Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

I call to order the close session meeting of the mayor and city council at 3:31 p.m. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome and thank you for being here and thank you to those who are viewing remotely. Madam City Clerk, please call the role. Council member Sanchez here. Council member Abara present. Council member Figueroa here. Council member Sheret here. Council member Kenos, I'm sorry, Mayor Pro Tim Kenos here. Council member Flores present. Council member Ortiz here. And Mayor Tran here. Thank you. Moving on to public comments for close session. Madam City Clerk, do we have any public comments?

No public comments. Thank you. Are there any comments or statements from the city attorney? No, mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Any comments from the city council? Seeing none, we will convene to close session at 3:31 p.m.

Good evening everyone. Welcome. Thank you for being here and thank you to those viewing remotely. I call to order this joint to regular meeting of the mayor and city council and the mayor and city council acting as the successor agency to the redevelopment agency of the city of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino city housing authority and as the San Bernardino Joint Powers Finance Authority at 5:16 p.m. Madam City clerk, please call the role. Council member Sanchez, here. Council member Barara, present. Council member Figureroa here. Council member Shereet here. Mayor Pro Tim Canas here. Council member Flores present.

Council member Ortiz I'm here. And Mayor Tran here. Thank you. Close session report. Mr. City Attorney, is there anything to report from close session?

Thank you, Mayor Tran. Mayor and council met on all the various items listed on the close session agenda. There is only one item uh that is reportable is related to item A conference with legal council anticipate litigation initiation of litigation pursuant to government code section 54956.9D4 is one case the council approved unanimously to initiate a receiverhip um case and the details of that will be publicly available when the case is filed. Oh, we're still here. Uh that concludes my report. Mayor, thank you.

Thank you. There was a glitch. Moving on to pre actually presentation. Actually, no. Invocation and pledge.

Where is that? I believe I don't have that piece. We have um Do you have the information on who's Can you announce that, Madam City Clerk? And also who's doing the pledge, please? Okay. For invocation and pledge, we have Dr. Clyde A. Stewart from Westside Worship Center who will lead the pledge of I'm sorry, who will lead the invocation. And we have Bryce Walton from Bonnie Elementary who will lead the pledge of allegiance.

Thank you. Please rise. Thank you. Good afternoon. Father, we come before you this day to lift this body up to you, to lift this mayor up to you, to lift leadership up to you. I pray, Father, for wisdom to go forth in this place. We stand against all division, all strife. This city is in need of you. The city is in need of help. So, Father, right now, we pray for your anointing and your presence in this place. They've invited me here to invite you. So I thank you, Father, that strife, deception cannot stay here. And what your will is, it will be done today. Those who have prayed already, those who have concerns, those who have situations that they think that will not happen, I thank you, Father, you will show yourself strong and mighty on their behalf. So I pray for the city of San Bernardino, the councilmen, the council women, and the mayor that they will operate, Father, in righteousness because you are the God of righteousness. So I set forth this meeting in your hands to give you all the praise and the glory for every good thing that goes forth in this place today. It's in Yeshua's name that I pray. Amen.

Please place your right hand over your heart. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. We will now move on um to presentations. We have three presentations. Uh we'll start off with the proclamation for the National Library Week in the city of San Bernardino, April 19th, 25, 2026. Presented to Library Director Ed and Library Board President James Pearson. Can you both come up to the stage? And council, will you join me to the front? Okay, we're all here. Can you hear me? Yes. Thank you. A proclamation of the mayor city council proclaiming April 19th to 25th, 2026 as National Library Week in the city of San Bernardino. Whereas in observance of National

Library Week, patrons are encouraged to visit one or more of the four San Bernardino Public Libraries either in person or virtually at www.sbpl.org. And whereas the theme for National Library Week 2026, Find Your Joy, is a celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. And whereas besides patrons checking out books, doing research, using a PC, or enjoying free Wi-Fi, we offer various free activities such as preschool story time, crafts, workshops, author visits, entertainment programs, literacy services, and classes to help people improve their lives at no cost. And whereas our online services for remote learners, including ebooks and e audiobooks, homework help via chat and others are valuable to our patrons. And whereas with the support of our mayor and city council, the library is looking forward to the opening of our Anna Anna Maker space area where the public can build, create, and innovate in 2026 along as well as a Feltime Central Library building improvements from a grant worth almost $6.5 million from the California State Library. And whereas libraries help change lives in their communities, serving people of every age, education level, ethnicity, and physical ability. And whereas more than 18,000 people have have our seat of Sanino library card. And whereas our Sanino Public Library has served our community for over 135 years. And if there is any city that can benefit from a free public library, it is here. Now therefore, be it resolved that the mayor

and city council of San Bernardino do hereby proclaim April 19th to 25, 2026 as National Library Week in the city of Sanino presented on the 15th day of April 226. Would you like to say a few words?

Thanks. Greeting from greeting from the library board. As the pro proclamation suggests, there's a lot that goes on in the library and we want to encourage most of that. that uh we it takes a lot of people to to do all of this and I want to thank the mayor and the city council for their continuing uh support of what goes on in the library and outside. uh in addition to that is I want to note that the friends of the library play an important role by having book sales and then the money that comes from that goes towards the programs that that you read about. But those could not happen if it were not for the librarians and the rest of the staff. And I also want to mention a very important person is Jeff Krauss who takes pictures of us and publicizes and gets us in the news. And so so thank you for that. But really the important person here and I'll turn it over to him now is the library director Ed Urg. Well, thank you for the kind words from President Pearson and the rest of the members of the board who I serve and thank you for their volunteering for the benefit of the community. And they have great uh interest in serving the community unpaid strictly for the good of the community, no ego or anything. And thank you to the mayor and council for your support throughout the years here. and we're glad to see things on a positive upswing in the community. Thank you to our city manager and deputy city manager for their contributions as well. And thank you to the many department heads who I work with who we collaborate

on various projects and especially as we're talking about the Anomaker space project in the second half of the upcoming building improvement grant. Thank you to in our invaluable friends in public works. So, thank you to them and thank you to finance especially and we're welcome to our new finance director and Zoeva's infinite patience and putting up with me all these years. So again, we encourage you to come out and you know, you can follow us through social media and our website and a note since the proclamation was written by a mysterious ghost writer. Uh in March, we broke our record for the Overdrive ebook and e audiobook collection. For the first time, we broke 2,000 items checked out in in a month. So that's a new record on that. And you can't beat the price. It's free. So, as stated, whether in person or online, you can't beat the price. So, thank you again to the community for your interest and your kind words and your applause and come out and see us. And thank you again to the mayor and council.

Thank you. Good picture. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Another round of applause. Another 135 years and nothing beats free. Thank you. The next proclamation we have charter proclamation for child abuse prevention month in the city of San Bernardino for the month of April 2026 presented to Hillary Steen Ray of San Bernardino County Children's Network. Please come up on stage. proclamation of the mayor and city council proclaiming April 26 as child abuse prevention month in the city of San Bernardino. Whereas, April 2026 has been proclaimed as child abuse prevention month by the state and federal government for the purpose of promoting community involvement in preventing child abuse. All children have the right to receive the care, protection, and guidance a family provides. They have the right to be free from harm and to have their physical, emotional, and educational needs met. And whereas just over 30,000 children in the San Bernardino County were referred in 2025 to the Children and Family Services for suspected child abuse and

neglect. CHI Children's Assessment Center staff, Children and Family Services social workers, public health nurses, law enforcement officers, educators, behavioral health clinicians, and others in the field are dedicated, compassionate, and skilled individuals working under the enormous pressure to protect children. The prevention of child abuse requires rigorous solutions, energy, strength, determination, and commitment on the part of concerned citizens and the community. And whereas protective factors are conditions that reduce or eliminate risk and promote the social, emotional, and developmental well-being of our children. And whereas effective child abuse prevention activities succeed because of the partnerships created between the Children's Network and Children's Fund in partnership with the Children and Family Services, Department of Public Health, First Five, San Bernardino, Community Action Partnership, County Superintendent of Schools, Sheriff's Department, Child Care Planning Council, Department of Behavioral Health, Preschool Services Department, County Library, Airhead Regional Medical Center, Children's Assessment Center, center, Lomolinda University Children's Hospital and County Fire Department. And whereas the blue ribbon is the international symbol for child abuse prevention. The Children's Network has planned a blue ribbon media campaign, educational materials distribution, and the 27th annual shine a light on child abuse prevention award ceremony to increase awareness of child abuse during the month of April. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the mayor and the city council of the city of San Bernardino do hereby proclaim April 226 as child abuse prevention month in the city of Sanardino and encourage all citizens to participate in the events and join in the efforts to end child abuse presented on the 15th day of April 2026.

Thank you, Mayor Tran, and thank you, city council members and the city of Sanino for continuing their efforts to support families uh and protect kids. So, we know that all our efforts are nothing if the community does not come together and support and lift up families and children uh with us. And so, for the second year in a row, Sanino City uh referral numbers have gone down. So, you are doing your job. Everyone has a part to play and we appreciate every one of you. Uh our last event for uh child abuse prevention month is April 24th at the government center and it is our children's memorial flag raising and that is where we wrap up and just remember all the kids that were lost to violence and it reinvigorates us and lets us remember what we're here for, what we're doing for another year and uh remember them and dedicate our time to them. and uh Pastor Stewart will actually be doing our speaking there. So come back, see him. We're going to release butterflies and have refreshments. So if you want to come, um we'd love to see all the public there uh on April 24th, 10 to 11.

Thank you.

Big round of applause for the work. Thank you. Thank you so much for all the work that you do and everyone that's involved. Thank you. And the last presentation, we have a proclamation for sexual assault awareness month in the city of Sanino, April 2026, presented to Carmen Madueno Madueno of Partners Against Violence. Yes, there you are. Thank you. Thank you. Proclamation of the mayor city council proclaiming April 2026 as sexual assault awareness month in the city of San Bernardino. Whereas, April 2026 is recognized as sexual assault awareness month, m marking 25 years of national efforts to raise awareness, support survivors, and prevent sexual violence. And whereas this year's theme, 25 years strong, looking back, moving forward, honors the resilience of survivors and the collective progress made by advocates, organizations, and communities working to end sexual violence. And whereas for 25 years, Sexual Assault Awareness Month has served as a call to action, educating the public, supporting survivors, and inspiring individuals and institutions to take meaningful steps toward prevention. And whereas sexual violence remains a significant public health and

safety issue affecting individuals of all ages, genders, identities, and backgrounds with data showing that most survivors are harmed by someone they know. and millions of individuals across the nation continue to experience sexual violence in their lifetime. And whereas disparities persist with disproportionately high rates of sexual violence impacting women of color, American Indian, Alaskan Native uh communities, individuals with disabilities, and transgender individuals, underscoring the need for inclusive equity centered prevention and response efforts. And whereas prevention begins with each of us through promoting consent posturing respect, supporting survivors, and creating safe, inclusive spaces rooted in dignity and care. And whereas we honor the courage of survivors who have shared their stories and the tireless commitment of advocates, service providers, and organization, organizations such as Partners Against Violence in the City of San Bernardino, whose work provides critical support, resources, and hope to those impacted by sexual violence. And now therefore, be it proclaimed that the mayor and the entire city council of the city of San Bernardino do hereby proclaim the month of April 2026 as sexual assault awareness month in the city of San Bernardino. The city recognizes and commends partners against violence for their unwavering dedication to supporting survivors, encourages all residents to stand in solidarity with survivors, participate in awareness and prevention activities, and commit to fostering a culture of respect, consent, and accountability. Presented on the 15th day of April, 2026.

Thank you.

Thank you. Good evening everyone. My name is Carmen and I am the community outreach specialist for Partners Against Violence and I am so privileged to accept the proclamation on behalf of our agency. Uh first and foremost I want to thank Mayor Helen Tran and the city council of San Marino. Um for those that don't know what we do, we are a sexual assault survivor service agency. So, we offer services like counseling, accompanyment, advocacy, education, and a 247 crisis hotline, all free of cost. As we stand here today, I am reminded of the 1,48 survivors from the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year that we service ongoing. Um, our survivors have shown immense courage in sharing their their stories and strength to allow us to help them through their healing journeys. This proclamation is not just recognition of our work from our agency, but also government officials, local services, other advocates and survivors. Sorry. Uh we actively choose to listen, to believe, and to support our survivors. We work towards the PAM mission of partnering to build healthy relationships, families, communities, and generations that are free of violence. We do have some upcoming events, so please check out our website of partners againstviolence.org.

Thank you, Ken. Big round of applause. And you're located just down the street. Can you provide that address? It's just off of Arrowhead, correct? Yes. So, we are at 444 North Arrowhead Avenue in San Marino. It's right between Fourth and Fifth Street. Thank you. And at no cost, everyone. Thank you for the service and the work. Big round of applause. And then we were taking a picture.

Yes. And that is all the presentation we have for today. Big round of applause for all the presentations. Thank you. Okay, we will now move on to public hearing. Number four, approval of the issuance of revenue obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $15 million by the California inpric development authority for TIP Property Karas LLC in Ward One. And just for the record, for clarification, what was agenda on the public uh website, it says amount to exceed, it should say amount not to exceed. So that was corrected, I believe. Madam City Clerk, can you confirm that

the the posted agenda is not corrected, but it is in the recommendation that it is not to exceed 15 million? Thank you. I'm opening the public hearing at 5:39 p.m. Could staff begin with presentation on this item?

Madame, mayor, members of city council, I don't have a PowerPoint presentation on this item because it's a very short item. This is perhaps the third TERA hearing we have and basically uh TERA is a tax equity and fiscal responsibility act. Whenever you have an organization or an entity uh in this case it's a California Enterprise Development Authority who is trying to either purchase renovate or or otherwise do things to a particular building in our jurisdiction and they would like to float a bond. Terra rules require the city of San Bernardino because it's within our jurisdiction to uh approve a resolution to that effect. So this is not the city's money. it is not coming out of our general fund. We are just a pass through organization in this particular instance. Uh they need this resolution in order for them to move forward with floating the uh uh obligation bond in the amount not to exceed $15 million. So the recommendation uh for uh the mayor and city council to consider is one hold a public hearing and then adopt resolution 2026036 approving the issuance of revenue obligations by the California Enterprise Development Authority in the amount not to exceed $15 million for Tip Property Kittas LLC, a California limited liability company and or a related or successor entity. the borrower at 662 678 and 696 South Typicano Avenue in San Bernardino in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act and Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended

above. And number three, authorize a city manager or designate to take any further actions and execute any additional documents necessary to effectuate the taxexempt bond issuance for tip property kuras LLC. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any requests to speak from the members of the public? Yes, we have one request to speak from Ron Alvarado.

Okay. Thank you. Good evening, mayor, council, neighbors. My name is Ronald Vado and I am here today as a resident of the first word and a candidate for the first word council seat. The public hearing regarding the issuance of up to 15 million in revenue bonds for tip property karas LLC as south tippy canoe is a significant moment for the first ward. As someone who lives in the community, I'm always looking for how development impacts our neighborhood infrastructure and the daily lives of our residents. While I recognize that these bonds are issued through the California Enterprise Development Authority and do not represent a direct financial obligation for the city's general fund. The host approval we are discussing today is more than just a tax requirement. It's an endorsement of the project's value to Sanardino. I want to ensure that as we approve these fiscal mechanisms, we are also demanding clear tangible benefits for our community. We need to know that these investments translate into local jobs, improvement to to our surrounding streets, and a project that respects the residential character of our area. Transparency is paramount. and my professional life as a fraud investigator, I see firsthand what happens when oversight is lacking. We must ensure that any entity receiving the benefit of tax and SEP status in our city is held to the highest standard of accountability. I urge the council to begin asking the difficult questions. How does this project integrate with our broader goals for urban redevelopment? How will it impact traffic and safety?

Let's ensure that the first ward and in expansion the rest of the city is a partner in growth, not just a location for it. Thank you. Thank you. We have two additional speakers, uh, Patricia Nichols Butler and Richard Schmidt. you turn on the mic, but thank you.

Now it's on. Thank you. Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm Patricia Nichols Butler. I'm the CEO and president of Community Action Partnership. Tip Properties Curas, an LLC. is actually uh controlled by Community Action Partnership, a nonprofit organization in Sanernardino County. We have been in this community serving low-income individuals for 60 years. Last year marked our 60th anniversary, and we were able to acquire after many years the property in which we provide services. And so what we're asking for is to be able to have this as a taxexempt financing. There's no cost to the city as in the staff reported as a pass through and it it will definitely strengthen our organization from a sustainability standpoint. These properties were built to suit for our organization and it allows us to provide critical services not only to the residents of the city of San Frernardino but through the entire county. Whether that's housing assistance, whether that's food assistance, we support over 250 organizations with food throughout not only the city of San Frernardino, but the entire county of San Bernardino. In addition to that, we provide lowcost weatherization services. I'm sorry, no cost weatherization services. We're the largest provider of utility assistance in this county and we're also the largest provider of emergency food assistance. So for us as a nonprofit organization, this means sustainability and continuity of our organization. And I believe that it benefits this city. We are fiscally sound as a nonprofit organization. And our track record, I believe, speaks for itself that we've been able to stand strong for 60 years. That's through the partnerships of not only this city, but the county and the many nonprofits that we work with in Sanernardino County. So, I urge this council and the mayor to please support this recommendation. It will help

another nonprofit in this organization be even stronger and have greater capacity to meet the needs of vulnerable residents in this county. Thank you. And I thank you. Uh Richard Smith is the chief financial officer for Community Action Partnership and we both are here in favor of this recommendation from the staff and thank you. Thank you.

There are no more speakers for this item.

Thank you. I'm now closing the public hearing at 5:47 p.m. for deliberation action. Do we have any discussion or comments from the council? I have a council member Sanchez. I've had the good fortune of getting to um tour uh Community Action Partnerships's current facility and I've gotten to know their uh their board and their staff and we are lucky to have such a world-class service provider in our community and I could not uh express more uh my confidence in their uh in the quality of work that they So, I'd like to move to approve the second recommendation.

Okay. Thank you. Council, any other comments? Council member Ortiz, followed by Council Member Barara. I I just want to echo I think um I appreciate everything that you guys are doing. Um and it's good to see projects like this moving forward and I know things take time and I think um you are the essence of patience as a virtue in the city and in the county. And so just thank you for not um looking elsewhere or giving up and that we're finally here and that your endeavors paid off. So um that's all I wanted to add. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Ibara. Yes. I I like

Sorry, if you don't mind, point of order just for a moment. Um I just I do have a conflict of interest that unfortunately I did not think of until now. My organization that I do work for actually situates its offices in the CAPS building. Therefore, I do have to recuse myself from this item. So, I do apologize. I will have to leave. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Flores. Yes. Question for Mr. City Attorney. I I currently sit on the board for CAPS. Should I recuse myself from this? I would recommend so yes. Thank you. I'll pull my second and I'll recuse myself. Okay.

Thank you, Council Marine Bar. Thank you. I I just like to attest the good work that community action partnership has done in our community because I worked also with a nonprofit in the in the city and you know when there was utility assistance needed and we didn't have the funding community action partnership reached out to all those people that were calling us for assistance back during the COVID era. Um, so the work they do is uncsurmountable and you know to get a tax bond relief that that will be something that our way of giving back to community action partnership for all the good they do in the community. Thank you. Thank you. There's a motion. Uh, can I have a second? I'll second.

Okay. Council member Artist seconded. Um, any other comments? Seeing none, Madam City Clerk. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Ibara. Yes. Council member Figueroa, yes. Council member Sheret, yes. Council member Ortiz, yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. Thank you, council. Thank you to community action partners. You're doing great work in our community. Thank you. Moving on. Um, we can call the two council members back to the DAS. Moving on to item number five, continuation of the public hearing of March 18th, 2026 short-term rentals. The public hearing was open on February 18th, 2026, 5:59 p.m. Continued the meeting to March 18th, and then continued to today, April 15th. Could staff provide an updated presentation on this item?

Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor, members of city council. As the mayor rightfully stated, um, this item has been before you twice, and I'm hoping that the third time is a charm. uh I have tried to uh listen to some of the uh issues and questions and requests and I have tried as much as possible both in the staff report uh and in the PowerPoint presentation to address some of the uh some of the critical issues. Uh I'm just going to uh go with uh the presentation. So uh I'm not going to dwell too much on the background because unless you want me to because we all know what the background is. I'm just going to go chronologically uh what happened in 2023 and then 2024 and then uh you know uh 20 on June 5 when we brought the item back to the city council uh council by a narrow majority said we want to ban so and and then we um some of the information in the background section also is we don't have an ordinance that actually allows this particular use. So part of what we're trying to do here is to is to build some standards by which we would actually uh either regulate or or or ban the land use. Either way, we have to go into our zoning code and modify certain um uh uh parts of the zoning code, including the definition thereof and where this thing is allowed or not allowed. Um uh okay, additional information. So, uh, a short-term rental will ensure that the use will be recognized as a bonafide land use in a development code with a definition and accompanying development standards. The city will adopt and implement specific revisions to the mun uh um um zoning code that would regulate the land use.

So, um if we ban the city will uh no longer need to rely on various uh code provisions that together prescribe uh vacation rentals. We will adopt and implement specific revisions to the code that would ban short-term rentals outright in residential zones. Um what are some of the uh advantages and disadvantages? If we prohibit uh uh um uh short-term rentals, uh it would create less confusion among homeowners. The proposed ban in the city will prohibit STRs in the fireprone areas of the city which would include properties in the re residential estate and the RL residential low uh density areas. uh the city would first need to identify those properties that are currently engaged uh in the short-term rental activity and officially notify them of the ban. Now uh some of the uh benefits of of engaging a third party to actually help us is they would provide a map similar to this one that actually uh basically gives us a scatter point of where some of these uh properties have advertised uh online and and they would provide us with this information and that would enable us to kind of follow through with where they are. Um uh Deca Technology the company that we're currently uh engaged would also provide us with something similar to this uh this particular chart uh would show the fluctuation of the month or the months that are res uh that um uh vacation rentals are most active. You can see a peak point right there around October uh maybe because of Halloween. And then we also see a little peak point right

about the middle of the year and then uh in the uh early parts of the year. So they'll provide us this kind of information and additional monitoring going forward. So uh again I'm talking about DEC technology. I we've talked about the cost of what it's going to cost us uh to be able to uh use their services going forward on an annual basis. uh we have an option of either going with just providing us with where these uh locations are in the city or if we pay a little bit more they'll be able to uh uh collect toot and remmit them to the city it's part of the services part of the services that we provide um uh so we also discussed uh toot uh toot would be uh collected uh we would there will be access to properties that actually uh do this kind of work uh um moving forward. So, uh language about general general plan consistency and so on and so forth is what you have here. Um um and basically making a finding that uh regulating or banning short-term rentals aligns with key target number three, improve quality of life. Some people would see banning uh short-term rentals as improved quality of life uh and improving the city's appearance, cleanliness, and attractiveness. Now, I have to tell you that based on information provided to staff, there are currently about 108 properties that are currently listed on the different um uh websites for for these kinds of activities, Verbbo, Airbnb and and so on and so forth. So it kind of gives you an

idea of how much leakage of revenue we have uh when we have 108 properties already engaging its activity and we have no recourse to collect anything out of it. And I'm going to circle back to the analysis that was done in 2024. It's on your staff report. It's um it's also an attachment to your report. Uh it's the one that identifies um what um uh other cities are doing with their fees and and some of the activities that that occur and how much we would ask for registration and and this is the one that has the beige um heading uh table with a beige top that kind of talks about registration. So making a comparison between the city of San Bernardino, Big Bear, SB County, Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Santa Monica. Now uh for San Bernardino under fees, we have some dollar amounts. Now those dollar amounts were just not arbitrary numbers. those dollar amounts uh was uh reached uh with the help of our helpful finance department and they looked at uh the number of staff people that would actually uh touch a an application for for a short-term rental and they came up with uh the percentage of their uh of their um uh hourly rate and the amount of time spent. and they came up with uh some somewhere between $500 and $775. So that would be uh if with inspection, if you want these facilities to be inspected on a regular basis, it will be about $775 annually. With no inspection, it will be around $500, $550. So that would be the registration fee for each

one of these. So if you take that $500 on the average, multiply by 108, that kind of gives you how much revenue we could collect today, and then when you add the toot to that, it shows you uh the kind of revenue source. Now, um I'm going to go back to um uh to the table. Uh again, we're talking about uh updating the development code, etc., etc. Now, if we ban, my recommendation is that we only ban them in areas that have uh the high high fire areas. So, we can still uh have the opportunity to have a short-term vacation rentals in places that are not highfire prone. The unfortunate thing though with that is those areas that are in the high fire high fire areas are the ones with the bigger properties, bigger acreages, and those are the ones that are most attractive to people to rent because it's got space. But we would still be able to capture uh uh um um u um resources from uh people who want to rent their town homes and condominiums and single family homes. not in the high fire fire areas. By the time we sort that out, we may be able to whittle the number down from 108 to I don't really know, but we have to study uh study the map to be able to figure it out. Uh so we had uh informed the uh city council last time that the associated uh potential contribution would be up to $324,000 annually. Uh but we have a cost uh of uh approximately $16,500. And um so what are other what are other

cities doing? Uh other cities are putting guidelines. Uh for example, one city uh is uh has a proposed fine for $1,000 a day for no renewals. uh with no renewals after three violations. The fee is consistent with what other agencies are assessing for violations. Uh the city would would fine $1,000 a day. Outdoor noise disruption uh uh is generally prohibited between 1000 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. All agencies require an annual license fee ranging from $100 in Santa Monica to $1,000 in Palm Springs. A fee of 500 to 600 has been proposed for San Bernardino. Uh all cities would restrict the number of STR licenses uh to no more than two. So no more than two STRs per uh address or per property owner. In response to council concerns regarding process and procedure for regulating and enforcing staff contacted the following cities and the county uh and the county of San Bernardino uh Big Bear, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Santa Monica, and San Bernardino County. Most agencies prohibit street parking or parking uh on neighborhood properties. Parking must be on designated driveways. Uh, per state law, ADUs are prohibited from being utilized as a uh as uh not as ADUs, but as short-term rentals. Some jurisdictions require an initial inspection followed by annual inspections. I would recommend that if we really want to get into this, all jurisdictions contacted require payment of tot. I've talked about that a little bit. All agencies limit the number of occupants per bedroom. I've seen some no more than four per bedroom or some would say no more than six per the the house

itself. Len to stay is not regulated by most jurisdiction so you can stay more than 28 days. Uh code enforcement is used by most jurisdictions for enforcing STR regulations. Uh city of Ranch Kukumanga utilizes two part-time code of code officers to regulate their STR program. The equivalent cost of one code enforcement officer one in San Bernardino is approximately $17,000 annually. So that would be um which includes salary and benefits um scope. So how big is this uh issue knowing that we have 108 that are currently active in our city? Uh, as far as the as far as the complaints we've received, uh, over the last four years, there have been five uh, CRM 400 block of South D Street, one CRM uh, one CRM at 500 block of of Edgarton, one at 400 block of Edgarton, and several complaints at the 600 block of Ashton Drive. I'm going to uh guess that most of these are basically noise related or public intoxication which would be something that the police department would would would respond to. Uh uh um so as necessary uh depending on the scope of the problem when we actually get into it the city would dedicate one code officer specifically for this task. But we have a team of code officers who are still available to address any of these concerns. Um so um I'm I'm this is a squa um statement that I have to make. We conducted an envir an environmental evaluation uh with a proposed ordinance. It is exempt from SQA under section 15061 uh because it's an ordinance to regulate or ban short-term vacation rentals would

not create significant effects on the environment as it regulates or prohibits short-term rentals in residential zones. So uh back to the recommendation uh there are three of them. One is to adopt uh ordinance number, you know, 2026 establishing a regulatory program for short-term vacation rentals in residential zones in the city of San Bernardino. Uh or adopt ordinance number MC 26- whatever banning short-term rentals in residential zones in the city of San Bernardino. and three that the council take no action and leave uh things the way they are currently. Thank you.

Thank you. Do we have any requests to speak from the members of the public? We have uh nine requests to speak from Jose Gomez, Alicia Navaro, Ron Alvarado, Guadalupe Ortega, Rosalyn Br Bashannon, Mike Hartley, Arvin Santos, Diane Adlawan, Eric Mesa. Thank you. Please state your name. You have three minutes and you can turn on the mic. Thank you.

Press the button. Okay. My name is Jose Jose Gomez and I live on Edgen which the map or the thing you just showed showed only two houses on Edgen and we actually have four houses on Edgen that are Airbnbs. Okay. We have one on Skyllock that's an Airbnb. In Halloween night in 2025, the Airbnb that was rented out on Skyllock and Edton, there was a rave or a party that constituted a mass of just people. We had over a thousand people. And as you see, we live on a hill. There's only one road access up and one road access down. They were parked on both sides. They had an OD in the house. The fire department fought itself to get up there. There were cars parked down below our hill. That was just tons of cars. That house has always been a problem for Airbnb. The other ones are kind of the same way. The one at the very top of Sky of Eden is the same way. We are a firerated area. People that come there don't care about the property. They don't care what they're doing. They just want to get drunk and have a great time. And I understand there. They're young people. But when you're smoking and throwing it over the side of the hill and the hill is dry, what are you asking for? And I've lived there for 41 years and I've gone through seven fires on that hill. So, I'm not happy they're there and I won't be happy they're there and I don't plan on selling. But I live in the part of a house where it's on the corner of an access road and also Edertton. I live right on the corner. I've been very lucky. My house has never been hit and I have a duplex next door that I have to get a city permit to rent it. Those people don't have to get a city permit

to rent it. I'm required to. They're not required to. So, I don't understand why in a fire rated area that we would want to have Airbnbs. It's a moment for disaster because we go through another fire and lose three or four more houses. We have a house that still hasn't been rebuilt from the last fire because the people can't afford to rebuild it. And it's a nice neighborhood. I've lived there for 41 years. So, I'm asking you to really consider banning them from fire rated areas. If you want to put them anywhere in San Bernardino, I don't care because there's not fire rated areas in those areas. But where we live on that mountain, little east little mountain, it is a fire rated area. It's volatile. Anything can happen. And we cut our backyards. We trim. They uh what is it? Code enforcement comes, writes us a note. If we don't trim our backyards, we have to get them done right away. I cut all my palm trees. I've got nine of them. I cut them all the time, twice a year, to keep the fonds from being inflamed. Any fire will just burst those babies in half. And we have a lot of palm trees on that hill.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name.

Mike Hartley. I cannot believe that we're still kicking this freaking can down the road. You need to ban them. If you guys are looking for revenue, go out there and get the people who are renting their homes without a business license. How about finding all your slum landlords and their freaking apartments? How about finding them? I love that Airbnb finding. That's great. Why don't we do that? We'd be rolling in the dough. Obviously, you guys don't drive around Sanino because I'm telling you right now, it looks piss poor and it has for a long time now. Instead, code code enforcement needs to be proactive, not reactive, not wait for a citizen to call. A lot of them won't because they're scared. Why are they scared? I'm not scared. But I'll tell you what, a lot of people are and they don't complain. They may complain to their bridge partners, but they're not going to complain to you people. They are scared to call code. They're they don't trust that it's anonymous. But the reason why Sanardino looks the way it does is because code enforcement is reactive. We got to stop that. All you're doing with these Airbnbs is adding chaos to chaos. The police department doesn't have the people to go out for a noise complaint. Give me a break. And code enforcement isn't going to go out there at night.

Just ban them, please. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Hi. Uh, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today. My name is Alicia Navaro and I'm here because I care deeply about the safety of my family and also our East Little Mountain community. I live two houses away from our city councilman Fred Cherrett and we live next to two of four disaster short-term rentals. I lived in this community for 12 years and I've been through four major fires and um it's really been hard to come back and see the devastation on my neighbors and the whole community as a whole, how our homes look after those fires. And um we only have one safe road uh to evacuate, which is Etcherton Drive. And I've seen how difficult it has been for the fire trucks, the emergency vehicles to pass through there. Uh, and it it's difficult because we used to park our cars outside and um ever since 2021, the city did permanently designated our um neighborhood. 90% of it is uh fire lanes. Uh which is fine with us because that really has helped our narrow road to remain clear for emergency responders to pass and also for us to evacuate in case of an emergency. But unfortunately since 2022, these STRs started appearing and creating a public safety issue. These STRs have been uh using they use them as large parties. They bring a bunch of vehicles. Uh they park on those fire lanes on the fire hydrants um on our drive they block our driveways. So they prevent us from even entering our own homes. They drive under the influence of who knows what. They have hit parked cars outside our fences, our walls. They smoke. They drink on the streets and um they even have used the

restroom in our property. So, I spoken to the owners of these STRs and they they tell me, "Well, we're going to clean it up or oh, we're going to um screen the people better." But they don't reply uh they don't comply to any of those responses. the STR o STR owners, all they care about um is, you know, collecting their money. They don't care about the safety of our children, the elderly people that live there as well and families. Um so I'm asking the city council to please, please, please prohibit or ban STRs in these designated high fire hazard zones, especially in areas with limited evacuation capacity like our narrow hillside road. Our community shouldn't have to bear increased fire risks, blocked roads, and constant disruptions in exchange for these STR activities. So, please protect our community before a preventable tragedy occurs. And I really highly suggest for you guys to go and see how we live.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name.

Good evening, council neighbors. My name is Ron Alvarado. I'm running for city council first word. Tonight we are at a crossroads. Do we adopt a regulatory program, implement a ban, or do nothing? The planning commission has recommended a regulatory path. But for a regulation to work, it must have teeth. As a neighborhood leader, my pro my priority is protecting the quiet enjoyment of our homes. We cannot allow our residential neighborhoods to be turned into de facto hotel districts where the host is an absentee LLC and the neighbors are revolving doors of strangers with no stake in our community or its future. If the council moves forward with ordinance MC1660, we must ensure that administrative capacity to provide strict oversight is there and we must admit it's not even there to meet our current needs. We have seen in the past how a lack of coordination leads to a misuse of funds. The permit fees and transit occupancy taxes collected from these rentals must be explicitly earmarked for code enforcement and neighborhood safety. Ensuring resources go to the streets, not just the general fund. We need real time sharing from hosting platforms and a 247 hotline that actually results in citations for noise or parking violations. If we cannot even guarantee that minimum level of enforcement, then we must seriously consider the ban and proposed an ordinance MC1661. And and to go with the fire stones, uh fireworks are also illegal in the fire stones, right? And uh and they're still used in there. The firestone is what the area north of the 210. So again, the west side in downtown is going to get stuck with the leftovers of the city with the loud parties with with the misuse. We're not a firestorm, but our b fire our buildings are constantly burning down. We just lost a church off baseline. The roof of

the food for less collapsed. This is just more proof of how we're overlooked. And to add to the prostitution on G&H Street, again, it's kept south to 210. It is allowed to fester in our communities and this must stop. San Bernardino as a whole needs to be forward. We don't have a council member that speaks for our ward. We have to speak for our ward out here ourselves. We cannot be left behind. These if these if there is a ban, it must be a ban in the whole city, not just in the north side, not just in the fire porn areas, which again fireworks are illegal there. Fireworks continuously happen. We need a ban in the host city if it's a ban to happen. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name.

Thank you for taking up this really important issue. I'm another one of the residents of Edertton Drive and speaking for basically everyone on our hill. We had a community meeting last week and we had maybe 10 residents, a lot of whom can't be here tonight for medical reasons or work reasons or other reasons, but were unanimous in the threat posed to our lives by um the unregulated use of of these Airbnbs. This only started happening a few years ago. One family started buying every house that went up for sale and turning them into party houses. Um, so it's not somebody just renting out a spare bedroom to somebody who's in town for the weekend. They're they're rented specifically for the purpose of having rowdy, loud, unregulated parties. And in addition to the fire danger, and I've also been here almost 30 years, so I've been through multiple fires and it's scary. Um, the last one, you can't have a fire truck and a car go past at the same point at the same time on some of the street at the narrowest part of the streets. So once the fire started and the fire trucks were there, the cars couldn't go down. We had to literally walk down this very steep incline to those of you who know what used to be the castaways. We had to walk down that really steep slope because our cars couldn't go down because you can't get a car and a fire truck through the narrow part of the street. And speaking as a resident of like the upper part of of Edertton, I want to also call your attention to the fact that the emergency vehicles don't just come for fires, they come for medical emergencies. And I'm going to be 80 in a couple months. My next door neighbor is a few years older than I am. He has had a stroke. He's been in the hospital in the past year for a heart condition. two doors down next to the worst party house. Um there is a a woman who was in her upper 80s who had to be brought here

by her daughter to live with her because of her fragile health condition. She's needed the ambulance twice in the last year. And at the far end of the culde-sac is our wonderful neighbor Ed who's going to be 97 this weekend. And he's had to have the ambulance come a couple of times in the past year. So, it isn't just that we need the road access clear and get rid of the stuff to get the fire trucks through, but we have more frequent medical emergencies than we have fires. Thank goodness we don't have the fires that often, but we do have very frequent need to get uh those same vehicles up the street to deal with medical emergencies and you can't do it if they're blocked. There was one night where they and I was shocked that you only showed two incidents on Edertton because we're constantly calling to complain about all the violations, but one night they did send out the police and the tow trucks and everything and it took about an hour to clean out the culdesac. Well, what happens if anybody on the culde-sac is having a heart attack or a stroke or some some other serious condition,

they could they could die while we're waiting to get the traffic cleared. So, thank you. Thank you for taking action. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Guadalupe Ortega. I was born and raised here in San Bernardino. So, I consider myself an active member of this community. It's it's also my home. Uh, it's also the place where I conduct business. I'm also a short-term rental operator and most importantly, I'm a mother. This business has given me something incredibly meaningful. The ability to be a fully present, full-time mom while still providing for my family. It allows me to be there for everyday moments that matter without choosing between my child or financial stability. This business doesn't just support my household. It supports people in our community, local cleaners, gardeners, handymen, maintenance workers who rely on this home for income. So, when we talk about short-term rentals, we're not just talking about properties. We're talking about real people, local livelihoods. I want to also acknowledge the concerns that my fellow neighborhood people have uh addressed today, which is uh safety, including fires, overdoses, nonsense behavior. Those are serious issues, and I do believe they should absolutely be addressed. But those situations are not the reality for responsible hosts like myself. They are examples of individuals who are already violating the law. I understand concerns have been raised about noise, parties, and neighborhood impact, and I agree those issues should definitely be taken seriously, but some of these concerns are already being addressed currently under uh current

laws. For example, San Bernardino Municipinal Code Chapter 8.54, which enforces noise limits and quiet hours, and San Bernardino County Code section 84.24, which prohibits excessive noise and disturbances under a reasonable standard. So, these issues are not just short-term rentals themselves. It's making sure that bad actors are held accountable. I also want to acknowledge the concern that the city might not have enough personnel to monitor and enforce the regulations and I understand that concern. But short-term rentals today are not unmanaged. Platforms like Airbnb, VBO, built-in accountability, including verified guest identities, verification, tracking, review systems, and help uh help flag problematic behavior. with a a permit system. 24-hour contact requires and clear uh penalties responsibly is placed directly on operator, not solely on the city.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, mayor and city council. My name is Eric Mesa. I'm here. I'm speaking regarding the short-term rentals. I'm not a corporation. I'm not an investor. I'm a homeowner. A son helping his mother get ahead. My father passed away. So this is why I'm taking care of my mother and stepping in helping her and a helping hand. She came into this country not knowing English as an immigrant and in some ordinance instead of banning. I have a small ADU on my property. I live on the site. I see everything. I manage everything. I take full responsibility to everything. And this this isn't passive income. This is active daily work day and night. and the income for that unit helps us stay afloat, covering bills, property taxes, and rising of cost of living. I understand the city is considering different options to regulate to ban to take no action. But I want to be clear, a full ban does not solve the problem. It punishes the wrong people. There is a big difference between large investors buying multiple homes and local homeowners like myself who live on the property and do things the right way. I'm not taking housing off the market. I'm using the space I already have responsibly. Also like platforms like Airbnb, Verbbo booking already have a built-in protection. Parties are not allowed. There are systems in place and flag and block bookings to suggest over occupancy. They monitor messages for risky behavior and neighbors have a direct line to report disruptive properties. These safeguards already exist and they work on the combined with local enforcement. If you're going to move the forward with regulation, I ask you to consider something fair and balanced. Require short-term rentals. move forward with regulation and I ask you to consider something fair for Sanino and the people. That way, if someone expands and buys another home here, they are still part of this community, not an outside investor with no accountability. Because if you ban short-term rentals completely, you're not hurting big investors. They'll supply and move on. You're hurting like myself, local residents, business owners, and stay afloat and build

something great. You're taking away a safety net, a source of stability and opportunity for families to move forward. I agree there should be rules, but instead banning everything, create a system that supports responsibility, require owner occupant properties, require Sanino County residents, and enforce noise and parking rules, and hold actors accountability because the problem isn't responsible homeowners. It's lack of enforcements, systems, and processes on the ones who abuse it. I'm not asking for a special treatment. I'm asking for fairness. Let responsible homeowners continue to operate while you regulate ones causing problems. Because for me, this isn't just a business. This is how I help my mother and protect what we worked hard for. Don't ban the opportunity. Regulate responsibility. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

My name is Arvin Santos. Um, I'm here to I know that you're considering to ban short-term rentals because of perceived cost of regulation. However, a total ban is an oversimplified solution that damages our local businesses and jobs much more than it improves the city's finance. I want to address the concerns about the neighborhood safety and the bad actors. Platforms like Airbnb has evolved. They have been established strict multi-layered screening process and automated technology to flag and prevent high-risisk bookings before they even happen. Airbnb implemented sophisticated AI screening to flag party house risk before a booking even happens. Airbnb estab established a 247 neighborhood support line and robust host reliability system that removes removes poor managers. If the city's primary concern is cost of oversight, the solution isn't to kill the industry. It's to implement the sensible registration fee that makes the program self-sustaining. A ban doesn't just affect property owners. It hits the invisible workers just that keeps our city running. Think think of the independent housekeepers. Think of the local gardeners, the handyman, electrician, plumbers, smallcale decorators, and co-host who manages the properties like myself. When a guest stays in a short-term rental, they are not just eating at the at the restaurant. They are walking down the street to our local cafes, shopping at the boutiques, pumping money into our neighborhood restaurants. This foot traffic is the lifeblood of our small business community. Removing STRs means removing those customers for these small local businesses. Instead of a ban, let's work with like platform like Airbnb to report bad listings and enforce permits and fines. This is a cost-effective solution of the problem

and local uh workers will retain their jobs and small businesses continue to thrive. Please don't close the doors on the future of the travel. Keep city of San Bernardino open, accessible and vibrant. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening. My name is Diane Adluan and I'm a local STR host here in San Bernardino. I'm also a nurse and a mom and like many families right now, I rely on this income to keep up with the rising cost of living. Inflation has made it incredibly difficult and this has helped me provide stability for my family. I followed the March 18 council meeting and I heard the concerns especially around enforcement, budget, and neighborhood impact. One thing that stood out was cost. From what was shared, whether the city regulates or bans short-term rentals, both require funding. And even with fees from platforms like Airbnb, it may still not be enough. The problem is not the industry. It's a small amount of bad actors. On March 18, it was mentioned that most complaints are coming from fewer than 10 properties out of 108 properties, which means the majority of hosts like myself are operating responsibly. However, after hearing other residents, I do agree in implementing a system that's been that bans these irresponsible short-term rentals. So, I have to ask, are we considering eliminating an entire industry because of these because of fewer than 10 properties? We're not running party houses and we're not disrupting neighborhoods, only a few. And I'd like to share something that wasn't mentioned. Well, well, my other um the other host mentioned it already, but Airbnb has good neighborhood uh policies, quiet hours, and anti-art party measures and systems that actively flag high-risisk bookings. If someone even mentions a party in their messages, it can be flagged and they may not be allowed to book. So I urge other residents to please use that hotline to call and maybe we can uh

resolve this issue and report those bad actors to Airbnb. There are real consequences consequences listing reported for parties are or repeated issues can be penalized, suspended or permanently removed. And on top of that, most responsible hosts like myself are to use occupancy limits, noise monitoring, crowd monitoring to prevent these issues from before they even happen. The system to identify and remove bad actors already exists. If short-term rentals are banned, I respectfully ask mayor and the city council members who will be responsible for the loss of income that families like mine and local other workers depend on. This isn't about host. It's about an entire network of local jobs, cleaners, maintenance workers, and many others who rely on this income. So before the city spends more resources or takes away income from residents, has the city considered partnering up with platforms like Airbnb?

Thank you. Thank you. There are no more speakers for this item. Thank you. I am now closing the public hearing at 6:32 p.m. for deliberation action. And uh now it's for council to comment. And I do have council member Ibara followed by council member Ortiz.

Thank you mayor and thank you public for coming out to speak. Um gives us two different perspectives and how to address this. Um I believe I also requested our staff to give us a revised um Decker Technologies agreement and I still see the September 2025 one. Um I checked online right now and it shows the Yeah, Council Mat, they are going to honor that that that agreement. So, it's not changing. That's why we don't didn't update it. Why can't they provide something in writing to say that? Why are we relying on an old contract? Um I think it's in writing. I just maybe didn't include it in your um in in your thing. Yeah, but they did they did confirm that they will honor uh those numbers.

Okay. And it says here that they're willing to talk to us um on the phone and confirm. Yes. are they available right now? And I I have to get because I I I don't feel comfortable with even pursuing an agreement if it's not current. No, I have to get my phone and then I'll dial the number and then I'll put it on speaker and then they will Do you want me to do that? And I don't think you could do that. Um please staff confirm. I I just didn't see the newer copy and I've been asking for it for the last two meetings. How hard is it to get it?

Correct. Council member Barara, if your concern is the price um being consistent, um um the community development director had confirmed it is. And what we can do is you could do the action if that if that makes you more comfortable based on the condition that the price is still the same as was shown. You could do that type of action and that would that would and I've asked for it several times already. I I just don't know why it's not included here. Yeah.

Um but besides that point, um I also want to address um of course the banning. If we're going to ban one area of the city, it has to be done across the whole city. Um I I hear what everybody's saying because frankly we did it with the fireworks and you know the when if they can't light them up on the north end, they'll light them up on the south end and the south end also has um areas of high fire um possibilities. So, it's one of those things that if we're going to ban something, we can ban it. But I wanted to ask the question, if let's say we do a regulation portion of it, can Decard I I saw the cost. If we were to hire code enforcement for just this, it's going to cost way too much than what's revenue that city's going to get. um if we hire Decard, if they can flag those properties that are have been constantly a nuisance in those neighborhoods to be shut down. Um and then the city I don't know if we can do something of imminent danger if the if the property owner continues to rent out the property even after being flagged as not suitable for rental. Um there's something I I I want to see if Decard can do that also. um because like these you know I understand the families are trying to make ends meet and this is a source of revenue for themselves but if it affects the whole community ADA f uh first responders access I'm really concerned with that um so we have to find ways of solving this I I'm not against businesses but I'm also not in favor of um causing these problems to our senior citizens or people that need emergency services throughout our city. Those will be my only comments and I I I've been, like I said, I've been asking for that revision and it hasn't come through. There's been contracts that have come to us that were not completed and in the end we see exorbitant amounts

of money being asked for from the city. Okay, that's my concerns. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Council member Ortiz, followed by Council Member Sanchez.

Thank you, Mayor. Yeah. Um, no. I think I think city manager the staff needs to do better than wanting to get on the phone during the middle of a meeting because councilwoman BA did ask for this multiple times and the point of this was so that we made sure we have all that information in front of us to make the decision we needed to. So, if you think that's an acceptable answer from staff, then we're on two very different pages right now because I didn't appreciate that response to her and I'm just going to let you know that right now. Um, or to any council member. be ready, be prepared, or stop wasting our time. Thank you. So, next, when we look at a map that says where are they? My question is where are we? There's 108 households right now that are up for discussion in the six in a city with roughly 65,000 households. Which means that we are taking out of cons consideration roughly 64,892 other households that aren't hosting parties when it's convenient for them. And so where is that in this conversation? Because when we buy our homes, one of the things that is about these attractive areas, especially in these in these wider populations, is that we aren't inconvenienced with people using them as a crash pad for their entertainment purposes when we are paying our property taxes, when we are investing into a community for a certain quality of life. And so, um, I I heard that speaker. I I I it's interesting when I hear people referred to as hosts and not homeowners. So that's that's a little difference of a context of conversation for for someone because when you talk about someone coming here to walk to a boutique or go get somewhere to eat in some type of district, that's literally not our city. And that's the problem is we do not have a city that's built like that. Um which is why we're looking for these type of investments. I have another issue. Um,

and I Councilwoman Nabara hit on this about us delineating the type of enforcement where we do it based on fire zones and and and Mr. Alvarado is absolutely correct. We have this tendency of pushing whatever we don't want out of the top of the city and into the heart of the city. But you can still light a house on fire even if there aren't trees around it. When people are in backyards, when people are shooting off fireworks, when people are partying, when people are drinking and doing whatever they want to do, we don't have the enforcement to regulate these things. And $364,000 a year isn't even going to rebuild a home in a non-fire area. So, when we look at the type of compaction when I you talk about CRM, here's what I want to know, Mr. um uh Elliot. When you talk about the CRM that come through for these specific homes, do people call in specifically and and complain about an Airbnb? Are they noise complaints? How do you distinguish in a CRM system what is Airbnb related versus what is citywide related?

Madame Mayor, council member Ortiz, yes, they would in this particular instance, they would identify them as uh uh vacation rentals. So, what if they don't know that? What if they're just like, "Hey, the neighbors down the street are being super noisy right now and there's a big party going on." Well, to me, if that was the complaint, it would be a wrong complaint to the wrong it would be the right complaint to the wrong agency because a code enforcement of when you get a CRM uh and you're complaining about somebody being noisy, that is not something that a code enforcement officer would immediately respond to. You said they're classified.

That would more that would be something that a police officer or the police department would they would response to those kind of disturbances. So are these not classified as CRM? These are classified as CRM, but the way they were reported, they're not reported for instant action. This the CRM when they come in, it is something that we would investigate if they come in the night before. Sometimes they're coming through the um um the call center, for example. We access that information. Yes, we access that information. So these are not live calls. Something is happening right now. Please send a code request. No.

So how does PD then if if calls come in at the evening then I guess someone's calling a noise complaint? How are they then classified? Do we know if they are Airbnb related or are they just general noise because we say there's only four, but do our neighbors know that? I I don't know how the police department classifies uh these kinds of calls, but I you know, so that we have two officers here um in the uh in the chambers that can address that if necessary, but they're not here for this item, but you know, it's that's what

Okay. So, so when we say there's only been four, that's not actually accurate. How, city manager, how are we categorizing this when we stand here and give a presentation and say there's only four calls? Is that accurate? So, Councilman Ortiz, you have a good point. Um,

based on the calls, um, it they when they identify and they call in, they're calling if they're calling about, um, a short-term rental, then they hit that category and that's for, there may be other noise complaints or other complaints that may be related to it that they may have coded it or they may have called it in a different category. It's hard to um, determine that, but you may be right. There may be more calls than that on this, but but what my experience has been is if short-term rental, a short-term rental tends to be a problem. Usually people will identify it when they call that it is a short-term rental. But you may be right that there may be some other calls.

We don't have a history. We don't we don't have that that put into this presentation because I to say there's only been four issues with 108 different houses. The math ain't math for me because this issue isn't just on Edertton. This issue is over by Yamova. This issue exists down um by the Orange Show when there are raves going on. This issue is over by the golf course. I think Valencia rston is one of the general areas that people come over and complained in. So, so what I find is that to centralize a problem to one specific portion of the area without actually being able to truly calculate the calls in the consistency of which they're coming in because we do not classify them as such. Cuz why would your neighbor know someone down the street decided to rent their house out? And I wouldn't believe for a second that anybody's going to let some strangers just randomly show up to their house on a weekend and rent out a single family home that them and their families live in every single day and just be like, "Here, have a full run of it." So, I think there's more to it. What are we doing for the business? I think what you've created here is is still so many more questions than answers because what it comes down to is we just don't have the capacity for this. You can have every rule and regulation in place. A ban is really the only way to get on a map, see what's being listed, and then go site it because after the fact isn't working for residents. Um hopefully we're going to get some type of revenue. Isn't working for residents. Mike Cartley said it great. Right. I mean, we just we just we just don't have it here for all of this. And so, um, I I support the residents and what you're saying about fearing your home burning down, but I think we we all are because internally and I think the council we well I can't get in specifics. We talk about this. We may want something at a 33,000 level, but the problem is is we

cannot execute from the inside out. The city doesn't execute. It's why we have slum lords. It's why we have prostitution. It's why we have vacancies. It's why the city burns because we can't execute from the inside of city hall to the outside into the city. And that's the same way I feel about this. So, thank you. Thank you, Council Sheret.

Thank you, mayor. I thought there was someone ahead of me. Uh, a lot of of what I I I've knows my position. I've been in favor of a ban from the beginning and in order to uh and that alleviates the problems of banning it in the north end and not in the south end or vice versa. Um and tonight we've heard uh I believe there were nine speakers. It's about 50/50 as far as for or against. We have 108 uh roughly short-term rentals. Airbnb may be a great organization and they may have uh mechanisms in place to deal with a lot of these issues. Uh there are other short-term rentals. Airbnb has become Kleenex for tissue. It's a generic term and the real term is short-term rentals and there's a number of organizations that that do them and I'm I'm sure they all have their own rules, regulations, and what have you. Um, I agree with my colleague that says we just don't have the resources and we're talking about two different kinds of of uh resources. We're talking about code, but the issues that are we're experiencing with some of these problem uh homes are police issues. And um out of 108, all you need is about five in a year that experienced what was experienced up in my neighborhood. And full disclosure, this is an area that's a problem without a doubt. But all you need is five of those. And I guarantee you the resources used that one night would be probably a third or more of what it would take to eat up all the

revenue that we're getting. So I'm not sure as they say the juice is worth the squeeze for let's say a hundred uh really good hosts as they call them. Uh but the eight or 10 or 15, the small percentage of bad actors, we are not Palm Springs. We are not Coachella Valley where they've had stage coach. They've had uh all the events down there. They've got the polo fields. They've got restaurants. Um as was said earlier, we are not a walking city walking to restaurants and and spending money at boutiques. That is just not who we are right now. And so I do I still support the ban because I think it's the easiest way to really deal with it. And I'm sorry for the uh hundred or so uh uh good hosts that that are doing this to uh to increase their income or to supplement their income. I think most of them are really uh to to make a lot of money, not just to supplement their income. I don't think it's so that they can pay their rent. I don't know that. I haven't done a survey. But I think I had a couple of of owners button hole me at one evening and they said how great it was for them. Um and and it was like $300,000 a year that person was making on what he was renting. Now whether it was good renters or bad renters or problematic or not, I don't know. But I don't think $300,000 I is a supplement supplement to his income so that he can survive or so that he can purchase food and gas and pay his rent. So, um I don't have a problem with the concept of short-term rentals, but I think the major issue that we have in this town is um who's going to do the who we don't it's been said we aren't

taking care of some of the issues that we need to take care of right now. I don't think we're at full capacity either in the police department even though we've budgeted for it or in code enforcement and that's budgeted for. So, um I I think the the easy way, and I'm not looking always for the easiest solution. Um but I I think the maybe the fair way is just to ban them. Everybody's under the same rule, and everyone's banned. And it's not just one area or one type or on a hillside or not on a hillside. Uh and by the way, there is a uh properties that are on hills that are south of uh the 210 freeway. So, it's got nothing to do with fireworks and it's really got nothing to do with the hosts. They're good people. I'm sure most of them are doing it for the right reasons and they're trying to be good hosts. It's that one time that the the tenants get out of hand and destroy a neighborhood because of a fire on a windy night of a a cigarette butt, whatever. And these those people, they get in their cars and they drive back to their homes. And what what were they here for? They were here for a rave. Uh they weren't here for the polo matches. They weren't here for a football game. Uh a professional football game. They weren't here um uh I I don't think they're coming to uh Yamaba uh because those are one night events. People are coming to town and they they drive there and they go home. So I again it's a it's a complex and a difficult issue and at the very least I and I don't know I may have overlooked it Gabriel but do we have a list that just says this this this and this is approved. This this this and this is not allowed. Do we have that list? I sent

you a list that we had two or three years ago. Um I've got it on my phone. I sent it to you. Uh it was done um a and I pointed out the fact that that it there was a clear banning of certain um activities in certain areas and I don't see that anywhere in the backup. Do we have a clear list of of things that that are not allowed and that are allowed? Um council member Shereet exhibit C. Um um maybe you don't know and and also

I don't think we do. And we did when we first brought we've been kicking this thing around for four or five years and it's ridiculous that we can't come to some resolution on this. And I think the uh the answer is is a a full ban. And I'll make that motion. I'll second. I don't believe the votes are there to do it, but I'm going to make that motion. We can try. Thank you, Mayor Paul Temp, followed by Council Figueroa.

Um, I first want to thank all of the public commenters that did come to speak regarding this issue. Regardless of what side that you're on for banning or not banning, thank you for coming and expressing your viewpoints and especially for the homeowners that are living in the situations that are impacted. Um, I just want to, you know, to the individuals that are living on streets that do have different characteristics. I don't think their intention is to disenfranchise and push, you know, these Airbnbs to other parts of the city. Um, I think a lot of times we mischaracterize situations as such. Um, we do have a diverse city. We do have neighborhoods that literally only have one point of entry and exit into those communities with very narrow streets and that are in very high fireprone areas. I know I have them on my ward. Um, so neighborhoods like that would be an absolute concern with inviting Airbnbs in those communities. Um, so regardless of where we stand, whether we're going to ban or not, I do want to take that in consider consideration because again, um, there are neighborhoods that do have very limited ingress and egress into those communities. Um, I think really what is at the center of whether you're for or against is enforcement. And I think that is still what is lacking in regards to whether we ban cuz someone did say it and I have to agree it's an oversimplified solution because banning still we have to enforce. There is still going to be illegal short-term rental operators in the city. Just because you ban something doesn't mean it's not going to happen. So still is a question is how are we going to enforce um there's some estimates here of 324,000 for potential revenue obviously and this is the same point that I brought up when it came to the firework ban we ban it we

don't have any revenue so if staff could hopefully appine in regards to what the course of action would be for enforcement if a ban was to take place in the city of San Frernardino Madame Mayor uh Mayor Prom uh Canals. So um if a ban was going to take place, the first thing we would have to do is we would get in touch with Decarder Technology, they would be the ones that would actually show us where these activities are taking place because right now uh we don't know. and the the scatter map that I showed earlier that shows where the registrations are, they will be the ones that would show uh when are homes advertised and when are the advertisements pulled and that's how they know whether or not it's been occupied. So if they advertise and then the ad the ad is pulled means somebody got into those homes. So we would start with that list and then we would have to go and and send them a letter and inform them that your uh your activity is so uh is banned. Now the p that picture basically is we're spending money to ban the activity but we're not getting the resources out of that service. So we're going to pay somebody to actually monitor that but what are we getting in return? We're not getting anything in return. Now, uh, if we regulate it, at least we're going to say we got a registration fee. We can limit the number of people, uh, in the homes. We can limit, uh, a lot of different activities, uh, inspections prior to inspections afterwards. I mean, if we really want to do this, we can do this properly. It can be done. you know, many jurisdictions are doing this and and it doesn't take uh you know, an army of of of code enforcement officers or whatever to to

regulate this process. Uh you know, you register, you pay the you pay the fee. If you violate any of the conditions stipulated uh in the agreement uh more than twice, you know, the the permit gets pulled. So, you can't you can't regulate anymore. So, at least we know who is doing what in the city. uh if we ban it, yes, we write them all letters to say thank you very much and and we we continue to monitor them and then we kind of start writing letters to them and saying you're in violation of blah blah blah blah blah. I mean, we've got all kinds of other unforeseen expenses like legal fees, people challenging the city's rights to do whatever. So, uh it's uh to me uh all things considered and I I totally respect uh you know just taking the easy way out of banning it. But San Bernardino in my perspective is not a major destination for anybody for this to be a uh an issue that we can't really put our arms around now during the rave events. Yes. Um, you know, um, yeah, you know, uh, council member Figaro did mention about how we can maybe get some additional funding from from the river activities. I realized that we don't have a contract with the RA people. Uh, uh, the um, what is that place called?

Insomniac.

In the Insomniac, we don't have a contract with them. They have a contract with uh, with the the state facility down u, you know, in our city. So that is part of of the challenge uh you know that we have is yeah we can go and identify these people but we're paying money to find these things uh because we don't know who they are. Now neighbors can turn in neighbors and say they're operating but for us to legally do it and do it properly, we have to go by you placed an ad on such and such a date. you we we found you online and and you know you are you you you're renting your house or Airbnb or verbal or whatever and that is how the easiest way to go about doing this so that we're everybody's uh on the same uh level uh level playing field and that's the that's the way I I would approach it. Uh my next question um for the option to regulate um within the resolution that was um created it leaves the kind of openness or vagueness for us to as a city council at a later time come back with the actual stipulations of the violations. Is that correct? Am I interpreting that correctly? Uh well um if you look at um one of the exhibits in your uh staff report, the one with the beige uh colored heading says registration, it does say that um what if we decide if we decide that we like what we see in the column that says San Bernardino, we can adopt those uh in addition to uh whatever action the city council decides to tonight. So for registration uh they will register. Uh they will pay a fee uh to register. Uh there is uh enforcement activity which is if you violate you get start getting

issued $1,000 a day and so on and so forth. And you have the opportunity to add anything else you think might be um uh relevant uh to regulating it activity. I mean, the the the purpose of this is for there to be some kind of a a dialogue between the city council and staff so that we know exactly what your concerns are. We can bring this forward to you again. uh you know and then we will still continue to have the same issue because we want you to identify what are the specifics what makes it work for you what would you like to see in this regulation because we have shown you what other jurisdictions are doing about it. So if you like what you see then we can adopt these same standards. Uh they're not very um uh extraneous in my in my opinion. uh the the fee for registering is about $500 and or $600. Uh and and and so that fee now becomes something that we would collect like I mentioned earlier. Multiply that by by you know by 108 properties, you know, we we get you know we we we get some additional revenue from that. Yeah. So so uh I mean I I just see a lot of I see a lot of pluses. Uh I I to me uh I don't really see most of the disadvantages, but I know they are there. But

of the $324,000 that was estimated, is that estimation include that uh possible $500 fee? Uh could you say that again? Um the $324,000 estimate that was provided. Is that inclusive of that $500 fee?

Oh, no. No. So you have that $500 fee is actually on top. So the $324 $24,000 is the toot that we will recoup depending on how much you rent your property for. So that's so if you rent your property for $1,000 per whatever the city gets a h 100red. So if you multiply that by several properties that is where that $324,000 comes from. So if it's a $1,000 a month uh in a year that's a,000 time 12 for one property alone. and then you multiply that by several properties. That is what that $324,000 is coming from plus the uh registration fee which would be uh every time you you know you register. Another way to control this is to limit the number of

city manager has a comment.

I would just say to clarify and to just simplify it there's two two financial aspects. one is you would have um the 324,000 that's estimated but um that's just an estimate that is similar to your bed tax or toot or whatever you want to call it that you get in a hotel. Then there's the code enforcement which is what Gabriel was talking about that would be separate and that would be going for code enforcement efforts um as far as the code enforcement as far as the fee and then any fines that we do for code enforcement. Um, and I can see both arguments to this issue. I've actually dealt with this issue way too long. I've dealt with this issue, I hate to say it, since the 1990s before you even had um or m maybe early 2000s before you even had Airbnb and V ver Verbbo and all those other companies. I did when they used to advertise in the newspapers. So, so um so there there's definitely legitimate arguments to both ways. there's quality of life arguments, but then there is if you regulate um what what what I've done one city when you regulate um it actually doesn't create that significant more work because what you do is um when there's police calls, there's police calls, then that gets funneled to the um code enforcement, then they do the follow-up the next day. And then if you do a regulatory process, you would actually be sending out letters to the individuals. It's a little bit more controlled environment.

Thank you, Cer Figureroa, followed by Casmer Ortiz.

Uh, yes. Thank you, mayor. Uh, in fact, some of them the questions I had were already addressed, but I'll just I guess I'll say them again or share a couple of other things also that um there are parts of of the city that that are south of the the 210 freeway and and I'll just mention a couple in in the third ward that do have some of those same issues that are present in the north end, right? I can think of Meridian and Mil Street where there are a couple of hundred homes in that area and they literally just have one way in, one way out. And so, uh, you know, then there's Congress Street, Belleview, where the the streets are so narrow that as it is right now, it's so difficult to even to navigate your way through those streets as well. But that there are other parts of the city that do have some of those same issues. But um currently the the motion on the floor is uh the adoption of ordinance MC1661 which is the the ban. Uh hypothe if this were to go through what what would be the anticipated cost associated with um enforcing this? I guess council member Fugar. So the associate cost would be um the uh contract amount uh from our um Deca Technology which would be the $16,500 that uh they would now uh basically uh do research on the properties that are uh basically operating this business. And then that'll be admin administrative cost on our end because the city now has to send a letter out on our on our letterhead and I think we have to pay the postage. Um I don't think that responsibility would be uh the responsibility of Decarder Technology. Their job is just to basically flush these things out to us and tell us where

they are and and so on and so forth. So we would have uh 165 uh and then we would have additional costs for mailings and and things like that which I cannot make any assessment at this particular time. But I think a first class postage stamp uh these days cost almost about 90 cents and would that be times 18 please? Yes. The And as far as code enforcement officers available to to continue enforcing a ban, since that falls under your department, do you have a rough idea as far as what that cost would actually be?

Um, Madame Mayor, Council Member Figura, as I mentioned earlier, uh, we have a team of code enforcement officers who currently uh, monitor different uh, sectors of the city. In addition to that manpower, we are willing to actually dedicate one officer uh to this effort in addition to the resources of other officers that would actually help. So, we we don't we don't anticipate um um any kind of significant hardship from doing this because once we do it, uh hopefully it's a one-time thing. We we send a letter out. uh if there's still strugglers uh you know um uh Deca Technology would continue to uh alert us to who those are. We can continue to send the letter and then it becomes an issue where if the activities still continue, we start issuing uh you know violation notices and then we can if they continue to operate then uh there might be opportunities for citations and and getting additional um uh resources. if they fail to pay and if they you know there it's a long process for us to actually get anything back from from whatever side.

Mr. city manager.

Yeah. So to simp to try to simplify it, whether you have a ban or you have a regulation, you're going to have basically the same um cost for enforcement under either scenario because 108, you're not going to just um increase um exponentially the the number of um short-term rentals just because you have a regulation. Because right now people are doing it, but they it's because we just don't have a regulatory environment. So you're going to have pretty much the same cost. where you're going to have an increased cost if you regulate um where you'll have the increased cost is you'll have an increased cost because you'll need to set up a system where you have people have to register and all that. So you'll have that increased cost if you regulate where you'll have a little bit increased cost if you decide to do a ban because you're still going to have the cost um for instance for EARD u or Decker uh you're going to have that same cost that same base cost under either scenario you're going to have that cost. So, um, whatever that cost is, you're going to have that same cost. But then if you have the, um, ban, what you'll probably have is, um, you'll be looking at that and then you'll have to send out letters and things like that. You'll be able have some enforcement costs on that, but you won't have any registration. You won't have registration revenues come back, but you'll have enforcement revenues that come back. And that's what I was trying to figure out is the the scenarios that were being described. uh what is the cost of the ban and then what is the cost of of regulation right because one is going to have a little bit more than the other and so with the with the ban uh and that's all I was just trying to figure out what is the actual cost because now this is the what the third this is the third time we're having this hearing right and so I will be asking this again for the third time and you you've kind of alluded to it earlier as far as the raves are concerned right prim That's the the main and primary reason why so many people

from come in from out of town is is for that purpose. Do we have the ability? Are we legally allowed to assess some type of a a per ticket fee? Let's say $2 per ticket or a dollar per ticket uh in one event just for one rave. I we get about a 100,000 uh people coming in for one weekend. That right there is a h 100,000 maybe even 200,000 depending on whether we do a dollar or $2 per ticket, right? Um and that doesn't even include like cannabis events because we allow currently under our our code. I think we allow up to six, right? And so if we do a a $2 ticket on on theirs, that's I I don't think theirs are as big as the as the raves, but they they'll probably bring in maybe 30 to 40,000 people. And so what I'm trying to get to is are we allowed to put a fee on on tickets sold for special events, special event tickets to help enforce uh a ban if we are to go down the road of a ban or to help supplement if we are to do just do regulation.

Um Madame Mayor, Mr. city manager. I I think um I we'd have to go through legal and make sure that we could actually put a fee on the tickets or I could have finance director um evaluate that. Um I think that revenue ne necessarily would be connected from my experience into the short-term rentals because I think those are events and you'll have you have a lot of people coming in and out that are not even staying in short-term rentals. That would be more for other types of activities, transportation, traffic forcement, parking, other types of things. Uh we'd have to evaluate as far as what the ticket cost would be, but I don't think it's going to apply too much to the short-term rental.

The frustration of the council tonight, staff, please listen. They have asked these inquiries. This is not the third time. I think that's the problem. They can't make good informed decisions without all the information that's provided, that's needed, that's asked three times. So, please, legal, staff, city manager, listen to what the council's asking. They're getting frustrated. And so, we don't even know if they can make decisions tonight with all of these inquiries. I'm just saying that tickets at the event, it's going to be hard to create that nexus to short-term rentals. So, I think that would be a different conversation outside of short-term rentals.

Understood. But again, It goes back to the the making informed decisions. Okay. Um

and I'll just wrap this. Yes. And I understand and this is why I've asked the third time now. Are we allowed to do that? What would that look like if we did or if we're not? So I can just get off of this topic, right? Because I' I've asked it a few times a and I get it. I understand that it's difficult to make a connection from ticket fees to short-term rentals, right? But then because those those people that are coming in aren't necessarily using the short-term rentals. But I would also argue th the people that are staying at our hotels are paying to that toot is being used for things that those people that are at the staying at the hotels aren't using the resources for. Right? We we're able to use toot to help fund our parks or other services in our city that the people staying at hotels aren't using or utilizing. Right? And so I'm trying to understand how I'm making the counterargument, I guess, to your point, right? Is that if if people who are coming in and paying a ticket fee is is difficult to make a connection to short-term rentals, then what is the argument for people staying at hotels and paying toot for services that they're not ever going to use?

And so I'll just leave it at that. Thank you. I would actually think your your point's well taken because I think actually what I think we're almost on the same page because I think what I was saying is the ticket fee is actually I would consider more of a general revenue similar to the toot. So I would I would urge you not to tie it to the short-term rental only or the enforcement but how that could work towards general services for the city. and I can have the finance director look at ticket fee and then how that would benefit us from a financial revenue situation. So then it would be up to the council at that point come budget time to allocate certain funds for that. So I exactly so we're on the same page then it would go into the general fund,

right? And then it would then be up to the council how to utilize those funds concerns me but I I I you know that will be shortlived. we kind of have a New Year's resolution type of governing sometimes where we we have these ideas that are short-lived and we don't follow through on them sometimes. So it it that's why I wanted to tie it down to that specifically so that we can't uh then change it later on down the road. Right. So that's all. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member. Good question, comments. Council member Ortiz.

Yeah. No, I I thank you for that, Mayor. Um, council member Figereroa because I mean honestly like I feel like I'm sitting in front of an Airbnb commercial and it's really annoying because we don't have the information. We've asked for it three times. Could you imagine for one second if we sat on three consecutive meetings and talked about homelessness, talked about economic development, talked about parks, talked about getting back into city hall, talked about paving streets the way we are for 108 houses that we can't even regulate. And yet we still have to come back and ask the same question and the same question because you're not prepared. And if you're not even prepared to ask questions which have already be preempted to you, how prepared are we for enforcement? And that's the frustration. If you can't even get the basics, what do you tell people that you're going to be able to do when they have a problem at their homes? And so I look I think this is why we got to take it off the table cuz you can't even justify to me first of all that a stamp at 90 cents a piece at $108 we can't invest $97 and we'll up it for tax can't go to $98 to send out 108 letters. I'll tell you what. Go send it certified and pay $5.80 80 cents and invest $572 to let people know you cannot break the law in the city of San Bernardino and rent your house out. And if you do, here's a $5,000 fine. What about just putting us at a space, Gabriel, where the city of San Bino is not somewhere you can just do whatever you want. It's not a free-for-all. You just have to be a part of the enforcement and follow the municipal code. Because what I hear is nothing but excuses of why other people get to come into our city and do whatever they want and it takes more more money to to let them do what they want and then not even think that we would be reducing if we had enforcement in a ban. Well, we would decrease the number of homes that are

registered in the city of San Bernardino, which would ultimately start reducing the cost of enforcement because some point maybe one or two people wouldn't follow it. But the majority of these great hosts who follow the law would say, "This is not acceptable here. So, we're no longer going to register. Get online, look at where the blue dots pop up, and go write a ticket." I just I just don't get the inefficiency of government. It is just such a waste and a drain on taxpayers that we just can't do something and streamline it. So, I'm sorry for my frustration, but my god, why is this so difficult? Why is everything in the city of San Bernardino such a difficult task?

Thank you, council member. Council member Sheret, followed by Sanchez, followed by Ibara. Thank you, mayor. And I might remind everybody here that this isn't the third time. It's the third time with this council.

So, it's about the sixth time. And it should have been banned a long time ago because we had a council that agreed to ban it and the staff did not come back in a week or two or a month with a ban. It would have been that simple. We would not be here today and those 108 good hosts would probably not be be renting uh there. And um my my question is um well, one is if we were to ban them and we find someone that's not complying, can we find them $10,000 for not complying? I mean, is that a legal question? Is there a does does uh is there a point where we can uh ban someone $100,000 for breaking the law for breaking our laws? For breaking San Bernardino laws? I you know that's the point I think we're trying to make here is that San Bernardine we've got to change the way we operate here and we cannot be the stepchild of the county and we've got to start standing up for what's right uh for our citizens not for 108 good hosts but for uh 230,000 people that live here. So, do we expect those 108 good hosts if we ban them? Do we expect them to break the law? Because we don't because there's no consequence if they break the law. They they there's no fine. And so, we go out there and say, "You can't do that. You don't do that." But do we find them $10,000, make sure we collect it, and then little by little, uh, people aren't going to be there. It's the risk is too is the reward isn't worth the risk. and San Bernardino becomes known as a place that you don't do short-term rentals. I I this is not this is not rocket science and I don't understand why it has taken

us this long to do this and we've been on this subject here tonight for an hour or more and it's taken up more time than some of the more important issues that we have in this community and a simple ban there's going to be a cost associated with it. There's going to be some enforcement associated with it, but eventually we'll ban them and people will know they're not banned and they won't do it in here. And if they do it, they should pay a penalty.

Thank you. There's a motion in a second already on the ban. Um, council Sanchez, can you make it quick, please, so that we can go see go with the motion. Second. Thank you. Uh so uh I would encourage I would wager that most of my colleagues um who expressed some of their frustrations didn't take the opportunity before the agenda was posted or even after the agenda was posted to ask these questions to staff and I would encourage my colleagues to make sure that they're not using this and as an exhibit to publicly fogg um our staff. So what I would like to do is I do have some valid points and I do believe that uh that there are questions that need to be answered and it's reasonable that those questions get answered. So I would move to continue this item for

I would move I would move to continue this item for that's a substitute motion council member. Yes. So I'd like to make a motion that we uh continue motion. Yes. Okay. Uh, I'd like to u make a motion that we continue this item for 30 days so that staff can answer all the questions. Uh, if I can answer if if staff can answer all the questions that my colleagues have and I would also encourage my colleagues to reach out to staff and ask those questions before that council meeting and not not use we did two council meetings ago. Council member let council member San please.

Yeah, you know the mayor herself mentioned that we can't make good decisions without the information. there were some valid questions asked. I encourage staff to reach out to my colleagues and my colleagues to reach out to staff to get those questions answered and then bring back this pretty contentious item within uh 30 days. So with either at the next council meeting or the meeting to follow. Council member again a substitute motion. Correct. That's a uh council member Barara.

I I don't know how many more times we have to ask publicly at a council meeting for revised information. Um because I'm reading the Decard information. Decard has a good proposal. I'm just asking for an updated one to make sure that we are with the current proposal that they have. Um everything that we've discussed as far as enforcement, notifying those owners, they do it already. Um it's just an an just us approving them. uh making sure that they are going to contact all these current homeowners that are renting out their properties to to abide, you know, by by whatever enforcement we want to do or regulation we want to do. We want to make sure that if our city staff can't handle it, which it seems like we can't, we're not being proactive. Just as Mike Hartley mentioned for years, we've said we need for code enforcement to be proactive. Do not wait until an a neighbor reports another neighbor. That is a disservice to our city because then we have code enforcement going after that one person that's getting reported and everybody else gets ignored. Um we don't have the capacity to enforce. I would love to allow for Decker to do the work that our staff can do it, but I cannot do it with an expired proposal on our agenda packet. I've asked for it for three the past three meetings and it still is not showing up. Simple as that. Um I'm okay. We're regulating, but ban the bad actors. Get them out of the city if they are continuously violating um the city rules causing havoc and preventing emergency vehicles from accessing those areas or even the homeowners from leaving the area should a fire arise. and they should not be operating in our city and they and we should be finding them for the damage they're causing our neighborhoods.

Banning them, I don't know how much banning is going to help, Fred, because they're already operating. And like we had a uh a speaker say right now, we have some that are not even listed on this map that are operating as short-term rentals. Who's to say that we really have 108? I think we have more in our city that we don't know about and they should all be paying their fees. Thank you, Councilwoman. There's a substitute motion to um continue this item. Is there a second? Seeing none, we're going to go back to the original motion, the motion by council member Shereet uh to ban um and seconded by council Ortiz. Madam City clerk,

the motion would be to approve um section three of the recommendation which would be introduce and read by title only and wave further reading of ordinance MC 1661 of the mayor and city council of the city of Sanernardino amending section 19.02.050 basic provision def definitions in chapter 19.04 04 residential zones of the city of San Frernardino development code SBMC title 19 banning short-term and vacation rentals in the city of Sanernardino. Council member Sanchez, no. Council member Bar, no. Council member Figeroa, yes. Council member Sheret,

yes. Mayor Proim Kas, no. Council member Flores. Yes. Council member Ortiz. Finally. Yes. Motion passes 4 to three to ban short-term rentals with council member Sanchez Ibara and Mayor Pim Kaz voting in opposition. Thank you. We will now move on to city manager update. Mr. City Manager,

Ma'am, Mayor, and City Council members, I want to give you uh an update first. Is this the right one? We'll make sure. Okay. First, um there's there's a 55h hour full closure at University Parkway this weekend. The SBCTA will be closing the underpass and all ramps in both directions for 55 hours from 9:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17th through 5:00 a.m. on Monday, April 20th. The um work is is what will put in place the final configuration of the new diverging diamond interchange which has already reduced congestion at one of the San Bernardino's busiest interchanges. Second, last Thursday, EV reality celebrated the opening of their 9 megawatt big rig EV charging center on Mil Street. The facility hosts 76 fast charging stalls, will be open 24 hours a day, and can fully charge more than 200 electric trucks a day. They also announced agreements with three local trucking companies. This facility is believed to be the second largest EV truck charging facility in the United States. Records and manage and information management month. Over the past year, the city clerk's records and information management team of Diane Grant and Manny Hernandez have demonstrated exceptional dedication in maintaining and safeguarding the city's records, supporting transparency and accountability within the organization. The team has responded to over 2400 California Public Records Act requests and processing more than 250 subpoenas. In recognition of these outstanding efforts, the city has proclaimed April as records and information management month. Let's see. I want to on some city news. Federal budget funding for San Bernardino Police Department mobile

command post. Congressman Pete Aular has submitted a 1.95 million community project funding budget request in the upcoming 2026 and 27 budget for a mobile um command post police department. The funding is contingent upon approval of a budget by Congress. Love your block voting and recipient announcement. Today is the last day to vote for your favorite proposals among the 12 Love Your Block project finalists. Vote at the city home homepage or grab grab a flyers with a QR codes to be which are in the back. The top six proposals be announced at the Court Street Arbor Day Festival on April 25th and will receive up to $5,000 each to help their route 66 Route 66 themed communitybased project. Under events this weekend, adoption fair this this Saturday at the animal shelter. Animal Services will be holding their spring into love adoption fair at the shelter on Chandler Place on Saturday, April 18th from 11 to 4. There will be an adoptable dogs and cats, food trucks, pet vendors, and a familyfriendly atmosphere. Adoption fees during the event are only $25 dollar and will include a spay or neuter, vaccinations, microchipping, flea treatment, and deworming. Third annual Inland Empire History Festival. The Inland Empire History Festival will take place on Saturday from 900 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Norton Air Base Museum on Third Street. There will be a historical um society's museums, local authors, musical entertainment, Inland Empire, baseball mascots, and face painting, radio personalities, and food. The National Orange Show Fair opened in the San in San Bernardino a few minutes ago and will be run through Sunday,

April 19th. Play games, ride rides, listen to great music, see racing pigs, camels, sharks, stingrays, birds of prey, stingrays, and some pretty pretty good food, too. Admission is free on Wednesday, April 15th with discounted tickets available online every other day. And for those who believe in the curse, there is no rain forecast during this fair. This I'm going to add one other thing to my updates based on the last conversation on on um short-term rentals. think it's important based on that last conversation that um I let the council know and this is a statistic that's been out there but there's a lot of discussion about code enforcement and resources and all that but I want to say with the same resources we've had code enforcement under the current management under um Christie who's the current code enforcement manager in 2025 we had 16,726 inspections were conducted by core enforcement. Previous year in 2024, there were 6,492. That's because new processes were put in place, not more staffing. And I think we need to when you keep saying how much it's costing on staffing. What we need to do put systems in place to be more efficient. And that's what we've been doing. And you kept asking the question, that's what we've been doing. It's not always about the dollar. It's also about what are you doing within the dollars you have to be more effective. A second thing that code enforcement did is they had a saturation day on Wednesday, April 8th. Code enforcement conducted a saturation day operation which they call um under Bday covering the first, third, and sixth wards in response to increased case loads in that particular area. During the operation, staff addressed a total of 107 code cases and CRM. This effort resulted in 24 notices of violation, 23 administrative citations,

24 extensions granted, 12 follow-up appointments scheduled, and 24 cases closed. And so I want to congratulate code enforcement because they are trying to put new process in place understanding our fiscal situation. They're putting new process in place to be more effective for the community. And I think based on the last conversation, I want to make sure that you're aware of what they're doing within the resources we have. Good job. Thank you. Thank you. Great job, staff. Thank you, Council Ortiz.

I just want to thank you so much for coming back to the city of San Bernardino. It it really is uh amazing to have you here and you're such an asset. And this is what it looks like when we retain and then when we sometimes lose, but then come back to our great employees. And so it it's been an honor knowing you and thank you so much for you doing for code enforcement. Truly appreciate you.

Thank you. Next is uh public comments. Before we go to public comments, uh we have 73 speakers uh tonight. I'd like to call for five minute recess. Let's take a break before we sit through those comments. Please five minute recess. We'll be right back at 5 7:36. Okay, moving on to public comments. At this time, public comments will be heard for items on the open session and item not on the agenda. Okay. To address the city council, everyone must complete a speaker card and provide it to the city clerk. Only those speaker cards turned into the city clerk will be allowed to address the city council. No late cards will be accepted. Just make sure as your name is called, please line up behind the podium. We have two podiums available for your convenience. Please pro proceed to either one as soon as your name is called. You'll have three minutes. Please state your name. Please note your name will be only called once. If you do not respond when called, you may forfeit your opportunity to speak. If you require Spanish interpretation, we do have an interpreter on I just lost a quorum. Who else is here?

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Thank you. Gracias. We have about 73 speakers tonight. Each speaker will have three minutes. Madam see the clerk. Damon Alexander Prince O. Leon Madlock, Tony Chandra, Jeremiah Maddox, Scott Olsen, Eric Marquez, Ron Alvarado, Jasmine Robles, Sandra Madison, Al Palazzo, Tanya Smith, Christian Shaughnessy, Kim Calvin, Dolores Armstead, John Scholenberger, Lydia Savala, Nori Ruiz, Jessica Esavl, Denise Perry, Ricky Van Johnson, Quincy Chariss, Jan Jan Robinson, Alandre Nodal, Connor Bush, Mike Hartley, Alicia Nash, Crystal Kara, Betty Ford, Betty Grant, Evie Robertson, Joyce Smith, Barbara Scott, Lisa Chapman, Sandra Jackson, Virginia Stewart, Patricia Williams, Melania Garcia.

Thank you. Please state your name. You have three minutes.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. I am Damon Alexander. I'm asking you to walk back the center of Treasure Ortiz because I love the city and I love and and I love this council. And I believe that the facts presented on April 1st warrants a center for these following reasons. First, council member Ortiz stated many times to the public that she had never never been arrested and that the pattern of conduct by which the city established showed evidence that council member Ortiz indeed had been arrested on June 22nd, 2006 for 243 domestic battery on a person. But you cannot use that against her because it is her past and the only things that she is guilty of is lying to the seventh ward residents in the city of San Bernardino. Then the city presented the arrest of Dr. Ortiz on March 7th, 2015 by LAPD for 243 battery on a person for you cannot use that against her either for the same reasons. Again, she is only guilty of lying to the wards seventh ward residents in the city of San Bernardino. Her bankruptcies nothing more than mismanagement of her personal funds. Then on March 25th, 2025, Council Member Ortiz filed a $2 million lawsuit against the city. It took 5 years and she waited until she held a seat of power. Sounds like a money grab, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but you can't use that against her either because it has not been adjudicated. Then on February 27, 2026, for the first time as long as it can be known, a a letter of cease and desist was issued to her. And I quote from the letter, "It had come to the city's attention that you, Council Member Ortiz, have engaged in a pattern of conduct directed towards city staff that raises serious concerns about the professionalism, your harassment, and misuse of authority." End quote. I cannot believe I'm saying this, but I have not witnessed nor heard Treasures violate this cis and decease order. Thus, this center appears to be punitive in nature, and I know we are better than this. Then San Bernardino District Attorney's Office filed a criminal complaint on Dr. Ortiz for violation of

632 ANC for unlawful recording confidential conversations. The city cannot use this censure to censure her because she has she has the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. I must say, let's look at your decision. Then this council member Ortiz in an attempt to conceal her criminal arrest by impersonating San Bernardino personnel, which is another criminal violation of 538D section 2C. The question is, why didn't the council direct the city attorney to file a criminal case with the district attorney's office? We have directed the city attorney to file cases with lesser evidence. If there was anyone else in this room who impersonated San Bernardino personnel, anyone in this EV in this chambers, we would be in handcuffs. But I have digressed. For these reasons, I have stated, please reverse your decision. Let us be the council of fair and just. Thank you and good night.

Thank you. Next speaker, if we state your name, you have three minutes.

Mike Hartley. Uh, I was going to go uh have dinner because I didn't have dinner, but I wanted to make sure that everybody knew that Christy roll letter is the best. And I wish we had 20 of them, but we don't. But I can tell you in the fourth ward, somebody on next door sent over in front of an apartment complex where somebody had thrown out all this trash out on the lawn, a couch, clothes, sat there for two weeks. I saw it on next door. I emailed Christie and I said, "This is the problem with San Bernardino." The next day it was cleaned up. What I am saying, I got nothing against Miss Rollletter. I am saying we need to be proactive is what I am saying. We need to hire more code enforcement officers. You expect her to do it with 18 code enforcement officers? Drive around the city. It's freaking impossible. It's just not going to happen. We've got to get it cleaned up. And I feel like the system itself still needs to be worked on. There is no when when you turn in a CRM, they close it out. Well, a lot of people who don't know the system think, "Okay, well, it was taken care of." Well, no, it wasn't taken care of. All it was was put in the system. Now, if it's cleaned up, I don't see a reply saying it was cleaned up.

It's like there was no follow through, no followup. Sometimes I drive by the violation and it is cleaned up, but I never got any kind of notice saying it was cleaned up. And let me tell you something, my fuel now is costing me a lot of money because I drive around. I want to make sure they're cleaned up. But again, Christy, you're doing a great job and I I hope you continue to stay with Sanino. It's a it's a tough job. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

My name is Leon Madlock. I serve as a advocate for the homeless in the San Bernardino region as well as Southern California. I want to uh commend Mayor Fran and and the uh city council for the work that you all doing with the city with the homeless population. You're building a a nice building at a start to help the homeless get off the street. Over 30 uh families are being addressed in that situation. And I do see the problems that are facing in San Bernard been over 3,000 homeless here in this in the city and over 5,000 in the county. And I see what is going on and I see the template that you have in place a template that to change the things and anytime you put a template in place it is a pre-esigned pattern mold or model used to create a new consistently and efficient system. So when you go through a uh with a template, you have growing pains and anytime you have a template in place, you have to grow into that template. And I see your staff growing in. Many homeless have told me they are happy to see what is happening. They're happy to see that buildings are being built and places are being put in place. And I see the uh I also see the uh uh ownership with you and San Bernardino uh uh college that they they are training clinicians and uh mental health professional there because that's where the problem at a lot of our homeless veterans as well as the homeless period have mental health issues. We have we need more clinicians trained to go out in the community and help not only to feed but to uh show them how to get assistance. I believe if you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. But if you teach a man how to fish, he eat for life. And we need to teach that to all our people that are less fortunate that need help. Over over 3,000 people are still homeless in the San Bernardino area, but we are working on it. I see what you have in place. It's very

important that you stay the course and stay together. You know, don't get don't let outside entities come in and take you off course. You have a good thing going. stay the course and keep getting uh uh people off the streets because they need it and they're hurting. Not only people on the streets, I was I began to pray when I started here today. I seen the the the discontent on each side, but you have to keep in place the program that you have. Eventually, you'll get a breakthrough. I see the the numbers coming down in the in the community as as it pertain to homeless and the working poor and the people that are on the streets. Yes, the numbers are coming down, but we can do better than that. We are better than that and we must do it. I served in the 82nd Airborne for many years. We had to be anywhere in the world in 24 hours. I lived out of out of a duffel bag. I'm telling you, it can be done. Not only that, it will be done. This is the will of God concerning us in Christ Jesus. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, honorable mayor and common counsel. Ricky Van Johnson. A Koma Unity Center cordially invites you to attend the following events. On April 18th, our fifth annual Earth Day celebration, also the grand opening of our advanced agricultural hydroponics and aquaponics lab. In June, AOMA will celebrate our 10-year anniversary. 10 years. In October, we will host our harvest festival. host a Susan G. Coleman breast cancer awareness walk and our scholars will host a voter education for forum entitled your vote is your voice. In November, AOMA will participate in the national STEM steam day. In December, AOMA will host our annual toy and coat drive. During the year, our weekly events include our industrial automation and robotics lab, our Ann Charerelle's community garden with 16 harvest throughout the year, our Girl Scout troop, our Koma Speaks podcast and youth documentary club, San Kofa Saturday, and our golden majors where seniors stay active, connected, and empowered. Special programs at ENOMA include our drug and alcohol awareness prevention program which provides peer-to-peer counseling and the Borugard family therapy group a behavioral health service provider. Our partners include UC Riverside, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Park and Recck Department, San Bernardino Municipal Water Department, San Bernardino Unified School District, San Bernardino

Community Hospital, the Yahavia Tom of San Manuel Nation, and many others. Our s our supporters include Congressman Pete Aguilar, Senator Eloise Gomez Reyes, Assembly Member James Ramos, Supervisor Joe Barker Jr., the Westside Action Group, and many others. Let me tell you this. It would be hard finding a community center in the Inland Empire that offers such a wide varieties of service thoughtfully designed with our community in mind. Mayor and Common Counsel, I request that you carefully listen to the stories that the AOMA family will be sharing tonight and do the right thing. extend Aoma Unity C Center's lease for three years with options. I thank you for your time and may God bless you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Um, good evening, mayor and members of the city council. My name is Princeipe. I am a senior district representative for Senator Eloise Gomez Reyes and I am here on her behalf. The senator sends her regards and thanks you all for the opportunity to speak today. Um, Senator Reyes is proud to stand in strong support of Akoma Unity Center and the vital work it has provided to the San Bernardino community for over a decade. Since 2016, AOMA has served as a safe, empowering, and transformative space for young people and families, offering free educational programming um that nurtures creativity, builds confidence, and fosters leadership through innovative programs in digital arts, coding, robotics, mental health support. AMA has created meaningful opportunities for scholars to grow academically, socially, and emotionally. Just as importantly, it has provided a consistent and trusted environment where young people feel seen, supported, and inspired to reach their full potential. On a personal note, before joining the senator's office, I had the privilege of working as a mentor with Akoma Unity Center. I was fresh out of college. Um, that experience was pivotal for my early professional journey as I saw firsthand the impact AOMA had on young people's lives. the way it builds confidence, creates opportunities and truly changes lives. Um, and some of u my students were here today. I was really really proud to see them. And I I see some people waving over there. Organizations like Akoma Unity Center are essential to the strength uh fabric and future of our communities. They uplift families, expand access to opportunity, and help build a more equitable and resilient Sanernardino. So on behalf of Senator Reyes and from my own experience, I respectfully urge the city council to support the renewal of Akoma Unity Centers uh lease so that it may continue its critical mission in our community.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening, Mayor and Council. We the golden aers.

Unfortunately, a few of us had to leave are present this evening to introduce you to us and to give you an update on how Aoma Unity Center has provided us, the seniors of our community with valuable life thriving and lifesaving activities. Now that I am a senior living once again in San Bino, where my family has resided since 1958, we thank God for the Akoma Unity Center where for a little over two years, every Tuesday. There is a place where we can easily walk to or we catch a ride with a neighbor. a place in our neighborhood where we enjoy each other. Our oldest member is 93. Our average age is 80. We are blessed to have a place where we receive love and support from each other, thus allowing us to thrive in this our senior years which God has blessed us to see. We do Zumba, arts and crafts, delicious home-cooked meals. We discuss current events. We invite representatives from supportive agencies in our city to share various topics as it relates to being a senior in today's world. We've had US Representative P Pet Pete Aguilar come and spend the morning with us. We have made blankets for Yamaba to give to children who go into foster care in the middle of the night. Senator Eloise Reyes joined us as we hosted the Susan Becom breast cancer walk at Annie Charel's Park, the first time in San Bernardino again in over 15 years.

We also hosted ballots and brunch where we brought in federal, state, and local community guests to share with us about who's who and what's what on our ballots of past election and current elections and upcoming elections. We participated in community health fairs. We have partnered with Dignity Health who generously gave us a grant to further our participation and enabling us to engage in activities that enhance our lives as we grow older and wiser. So you see the AOM center has provided for us who have remained in this community the opportunity to continue to live a much more enriched life and at the same time has provided richness and comfort in the lives of others.

Thank you. We as acting productive taxpaying senior citizens ask that you approve the lease renewal with the Koma Center. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. have three minutes.

Good evening, mayor and council. My name is Tanya Smith. I'm here because there is a lack of communication and accountability in this city. I've reached out to the mayor's office multiple times. I've heard back from the police department, but from the mayor, nothing. It is deeply unsettling to wonder, is the mayor ignoring me because I am homeless. Do you believe that that being on the house doesn't count? If a developer came to you today with the $50,000 plan to improve a city lot, you would be giving him a ribbon cutting ceremony right now. I come to you with a $47,000 project to save lives. I can't even get a received notification. Is the value of the project based on the math or the person that's giving it? I'm also here because our community is being bullied. Police are taking our property and survival gear without notice. This is a direct violation of the fourth and 14th amendment. The ninth circuit ruling in the Leon versus the city of Los Angeles is clear. Government cannot seize or destroy property without due process unless it is a life-threatening problem. You must provide notice and don't try to cover this up by calling it trespassing. This is an illegal smoke screen. Many of the people you are sweeping have been in the same spot for years. Under California Penal Code 602, you cannot use trespassing as a loophole to bypass the notice required for cleanup. Every time an officer ignores this, you are opening yourself up for and the city for federal litigation. My pilot pro program cost $47,695. One civil right lawsuit will cost you 10 times that. Furthermore, the government and the ADA recognizes drug addiction as a disability. The individuals are protected class. When you treat people with medical conditions like criminals to be harassed, you are violating federal protections. They deserve treatment and sta stability, not constant displacement. Finally, the city just received the HHAP6 grant. The state mandate requires a housing first approach. That money was not given to you to fund more police sweeps or to ignore emails of the people

that grant is supposed to help. On Sunday, I mean se I emailed sever of you with the business plan for APN015128119. It is a managed high dignity solution that includes cozy space hygiene units and a seismic power panel to eliminate fire risk. Even private land owners could could profit if they follow this plan. Mayor, I'm still waiting to hear from you and council. Start following the law and respect the grants requirement. We are your neighbors. You can ignore my emails and turn away from the podium, but we are not invisible and we are not going away. The only question we have is is whether you will work with us or will you fight against us in court. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening, mayor and council. I'm reading this on behalf of Hardy Brown, who is disabled. I am a resident of the sixth ward since 1961 and a homeowner on California Street across from the Aoma Unity Center which I attend meetings with the seniors sometimes. It is a time for us to fellowship and talk about the great history and legus and legacy of those black and latinos who made the Westside community. It has not been easy because from time to time decisions were made by our government leaders on the city council, county board of supervisors, school board members, and state legislators who thought they knew best what we wanted or needed. We are here tonight to request a unanimous vote to negotiate and renew the lease of the Eekoma Unity Center as a demonstration of your commitment to them. The lease should be for a minimum of five years since they have been a good tenant since 2016. It is a center that children and seniors gather to be informed citizens to help improve the lives of all of us. Thank you for your attention and service to our city that we all love.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Bernardino ice solo cow. emphasis. for measucho. SKO homeless. Fore!

Foreign! Foreign! My name is Alberto. You already know me. I live in San Bernard in I live as part of the San Bernardino airport communities and I continue to come here to ask you for a resolution regarding the flock cameras. I do not agree with those cameras and a large part of the community does not agree with them either. They are more of a business opportunity for you and other corporations than a means for those who are supposed to protect the community to actually do so. Therefore, you should have them removed. I also insist that you expel ICE from our communities. They only cause panic within the community. There are many people who have been arrested and have subsequently gone missing. I demand an answer regarding this as well. Furthermore, I want to emphasize that given the vast amount of money allocated to the San Bernardino Police Department, instead of protecting us, they assist ICE. That is not their job. I demand that you defend us. You hold the positions you do thanks to the community to use those positions for good, for the well-being of the community, not for your own personal gain. And please use these meetings to address our petitions rather than spending so much time debating something as simple as the Airbnb issue. you would be better off discussing and proposing fair housing and rent prices because with a minimum wage of $1,550, you can't

even afford a tiny room. That is why along with our mismanagement of funds and misplaced priorities, there are so many homeless people. If you refuse to stop building warehouses, many of which sit empty, then use them to house people living on the streets. Finally, I have one or two questions for all of you. Do you really pay attention to us and actually listen when we come here to comment? Because sometimes it looks like to me that you're preoccupied with other things and just giving up. I need your answer today.

Have you discussed the public petitions that we've brought to you before? because I have not seen any responses.

Thank you. Gracias. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening, mayor and city council members. My name is Betty Grant and I am a golden aer of a unity center. I am here today to speak in support of AOMA Unity Center and its lease renewal. AOMA has been a meaningful impact meaningful has had a meaningful impact on me by providing fellowship, access to resources and education. intergenerational opportunities to connect with our youth in the community, reducing isolation and providing opportunities for civic engagement. A coma is more than a program. It is a safe space where we all ages of community feel seen, supported and empowered. It provides consistency, care, and camaraderie that we depend on. A coma community center is vital in that it provides opportunities and alternatives to underprivileged youth which might might otherwise become involved in undesirable activities. Therefore, I as a community member of over 70s something years, community volunteer

child advocacy, I strongly urge you to support the continuation of AOM Unity Center's lease so that it can continue serving scholars, seniors, and strenth strening our community. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

All right. Good evening, mayor. Good evening, council. My name is Dustin Christensen. I am the owner and operator of Sundowners Family Restaurant. We have been a staple and a tradition in Fontana and here in San Bernardino for over 40 years. I want to talk to you all today about some accolades that the city of Sanino has received recently. In a study from Wallet Hub, the city of Sanino ranked 151 out of 182 as the least peaceful and serene places to live. It ranked the dirtiest city in all of America. and it ranked 175 out of 182 as the least safe space or se least safe place to live behind cities like Chicago, LA, and Oakland. That's a failing grade because we got a score of 38 out of a 100red. Currently, there are over 1,500 hobos living on our streets, in our parks that terrorize us and our communities. drive up and down East Street, Third Street, Rialto, you will find that they defecate on our streets. They harass us. They come into my restaurant and try to steal the food off of my customers plates. My god. Unfortunately, we try to call the police to have them trespassed, but a lot of the time it's like the boy who cried wolf. We call, but it's the opposite. We're calling because there is a wolf, but nobody can come because we're underfunded. And due to the limited ability that our great police officers try to do, but they cannot. Due to this, a known addict and hobo physically assaulted and punched my general manager in the face the other night. Luckily, he was able to defend himself and scare him off, but again, he couldn't call the police because he knew nothing would happen. I asked this council, "Do you need your constituents to suffer like Arrana Tusca did in North Carolina when she was

stabbed on that bus? Who do you want in your constituents to be offered up as tribute?" Now, I offer two solutions. First is simple. Let's turn on all the lights on East Street. Let's turn on all the lights in the parks. Let's make it bright so that they cannot allow to be have these evil acts done. Secondly, if San Bernardino cannot afford to turn on those lights, I will go doortodoor and form a coalition and get the money myself so that we can turn on those lights. The last thing I would ask is for this council to come up with a resolution so that we can get the uh Prop 36, which is already voted for and passed by the city, the state of California to get the funding so that our police officers can actually do their job and protect us. Please remove the violent offenders that are hurting us so that nobody else has to be offered up as tribute. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, Mayor TR and city council members. My name is Denise Gibson Perry. I am a golden aer member at a coma unity center. I'm here to speak to you about my concerns about your support for a Koma Unity Center and its lease renewal. A coma has been a meaningful very meaningful impact for me on a personal level, providing me a chance to reconnect with individuals I went to school with right here in San Bernardino 50 plus years ago. Not that I'm that old. Uh also I learned about we have done since school I learned about what we have done a lot of have done since school days. I have gained awareness access resources medical research for the elderly education as offered by dignity health the how to tell the difference between a stroke and a heart attack or all about dementia. To start, we have a 20 plus minute workout to remind us we better move it or lose it. We experience opportunities to connect with our youth by attending their various ceremonies. Additionally, a coma unity center offers a chance to reduce isolation among the elderly and even the young. Also, it provides opportunities for civic engagement as when US as stated prior by someone US representative Pete Aguilar visit us and engaged us in conversation. That's why part of the reason why I'm here. A coma provides more than a place for people to gather. It is a safe space

where people of all ages in the community feel seen as opposed to marginalized, supported. They feel supported and empowered. It provides consistency, care, and camaraderie that we do depend on. I strongly support the continuation of a Koma Unity Center lease renewal, thus affording uh a continued servicing of scholars, seniors, and the youth in the community, strengthening our community. And lastly, I want to thank Dignity Health for their dedication and our well-being and their financial contributions. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Hello, council. My name is Miriam Netto. I am a resident of the seventh ward and um I also own a home in the sixth ward. Um I'm here today with the Sanino airport communities and asking you to please uh consider uh the contract that you guys have with the flock cameras. As we know, the flag com the flock cameras have not done well in different cities. other cities have also stopped working with them. Not because uh you know it's not doing some of the work that some of the police hope that it can does but it's also because the data doesn't actually belong to the city or to the police. It can belong to the actual company or corporation corporation that is pay paying for it and funding it and they can ask for that data anytime. I would suggest that instead of you putting $84,000 to go into this vlog cameras, we were talking about code enforcement, you know, which improves quality of life. Put that money into code enforcement that can support quality of life. Put that money into some of the infrastructure. I don't agree necessarily with the word hobos, you know, that the owner used, the sandowner owner used, but I agree that we need lighting in our streets. I I agree that we need more infrastructure and more security in our streets. Put that money towards there. More importantly, put it towards a center like a Koma Unity Center that's in the six ward that needs programming that supports career education and facilitation from actual community from family to family. That is such a great resources. You want to look at quality of life. You want to look at community. Look at those areas to really fund it and not areas that are going to sell our data and surveillance and are going to racially profile us here in our city. So, please consider getting rid of that contract. Thank you.

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Good evening, mayor, council, neighbors. My name is Ron Alvarado and I'm a candidate for the first word elections June 2nd. Tonight's agenda includes several items that are vital to our city's future. But I want to speak first on the lease renewal for a Koma Unity Center. As a seven-year veteran of the city of San Marino's parks department and now chair of the city of San Marino's parks commission, I see firsthand the value of programs that leave that breathe life into our public spaces. A coma is more than just a tenant. It is an engine of energy of and hope for the west side. This program provides a sanctuary and a springboard for our youth. And renewing this lease is a commitment to the continued springboard for our youth. It is a commitment to the continued rehabilitation of our community that has often been overlooked. We need to support organizations that have proven they can deliver results and foster a sense of belonging for our families. Like Mr. Flores is like the Nicholson Center. We had it long before 15 years ago. I was at the Phoenix Center that where Koma is now. I was there as bankruptcy and city mismanagement force that community to lose something special. We cannot allow that to happen again. This council needs to be unanimous and in support for a coma and to make sure it has a long lease. On the theme of community investment, I also want to voice my strong support for the partnership with Great Alternatives. Bringing no cost solar and green job training to our disadvantaged neighborhoods is a win-win. It builds generational wealth and provides technical skills that keep our workforce competitive right here in our home. However, as I look at these investments alongside the East Street median safety improvements and the million-doll ADA safe self-evaluation, we must talk about

the how. As a professional fraud investigator, I am acutely aware of the risks that come with large-scale funding. We cannot afford to continue this cycle of mismanagement that has historically hindered our city. We must prioritize adding administrative capacity to provide real oversight and coordination for these grants. It is essential that we have the staff and systems in place to audit every dollar. We need to ensure that resources are actually hitting the pavement and reaching our neighborhoods, not being siphoned off or misdirected. The residents of the first ward and the entire city to serve that their talk tax dollars and grant funds are serving the public are in our streets, not lining the pockets of your political donors. Let's support the programs at work like a coma. Let's Akoma is doing the job of the parks department and we should be supporting that. Let's support also with strict accountability to ensure that our city's resources are reaching the streets that they intended for. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Bernardino. Thank you. Hello, my name is Rosdio and I'm a member of the San Bernardino airport communities. I have appeared before you several times already to address the issue of the flock surveillance cameras. The reality is that you have failed to take our concerns into account and have yet to implement any changes. These cameras remain in place, infringing upon our privacy and collecting personal data, both mine and that of other residents. For me, this means I can no longer carry out my daily activities freely as my every step is being monitored. I have lived in Sanernardino for several years without the burden of being under surveillance and I wish to continue living with that same sense of peace and security. Therefore, I demand that you completely terminate your contract with Flock. I further want to acknowledge the hypocrisy in this

council for pointing out that your staff has been requested with the same questions again and again and you don't have the answers yet we're here again and again with the same request but you can ignore our petitions. Thank you. Next speaker please state your name.

Good evening mayor and council members. My name is Christelle Kalara and I'm here with my peers Trinity Flores, Jaylen James, and Shelley Bowman. We are junior social work students at California State University, San Bernardino. We're asking for your support on our community advocacy project for our social welfare policy course. Our focus is on homelessness in San Bernardino, an issue that came up repeatedly in a recent community needs assessment we conducted last month. As future social workers, our mission is to uplift undeserved communities. We chose this issue because many unhoused individuals feel unsupported despite the resources available. Many face mental health challenges that make it difficult to confidently seek help. And from what we've observed, there's a strong need for more accessible support and encouragement within our community. While we're still students, we've created an action plan. We are collaborating with Mary Mercy Center at to host the small event where we provide hygiene bags for unhoused individuals. Our event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. And we are excited to directly engage with the community and provide support. We also plan to share important mental health and community resources through B conversations and flyers. While we are not licensed professionals, we aim to provide informations that can guide individuals through towards services such as shelters, food banks, and other support systems. Many unhoused individuals may not have consistent access to the internet. So providing this information in person can make a meaningful difference. Ultimately, our goal is to remind this community that they are not alone. We hope our efforts encourage individuals to seek additional support and feel more confident accessing available services. With your support, we hope to continue and expand these efforts to provide consistent and meaningful assistance. We truly appreciate your presence and support as it would help reinforce to the community that there are people who genuinely care and are here to help. Thank you for your

time and consideration. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes or six minutes. Good afternoon. My name is Mavia Costa and I am a member of the com San Bernardino airport communities surrounding the San Bernardino airport. I am here to demand that you cancel the contract you have with Flock instead of wasting money on those cameras. Our community needs parks, less pollution from warehouses, street lighting, and street repairs. Cancel that flock contract now. Thank you. Gracias. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Lydia Savala. I'm here to address the animal services department. Three items and specifically uh an update with regard to uh death, misuse of funds, and information management. With regard to death, I have a story to share with you. When I was about nine or 10 years old, I went to the grocery store with my mother. And of course, that was a long time ago. And she said to me, "I'm going to leave you in the car. I'm going to lock the doors and you're going to wait for me and I'll be back very quickly. She says, "Now, what would you do if somebody came to the window and pointed a gun at you and said, "Open the door." And I said, "I'd open the door." She said, "No, just let them shoot you." I thought, "Wow." The reason she said that was, "I would rather know that you were I would rather find you dead in the car that in some vacant lot knowing that someone did terrible things to you." Well, at that age, I didn't know what the hell she was talking about. And of course, years later, um, I understand. And with regard to death, you know, how we die, it's inevitable. I'm not a polyiana. I know that there in my opinion there's no such thing really as a as a nokill shelter. But how animals die is important to them also that they die humanely. Uh and that's what I'm here to address is that the numbers being omitted from the recordkeeping 50% are not reflected anywhere in public documents. And that really royals me that I have to spend an hour and a half or two hours sifting through data to identify that half of your inventory is ends up dead and that needs to be recorded. How can you improve a problem if you're pretending that there is no problem? So that I have an issue with.

The other is the misuse of funds. I was lamenting that, you know, it's a shame that our vehicle isn't out there as is the Palm Mission vehicle. And then I discovered when I was conversation with Georgia that, well, that's because our vehicle isn't up to par as grand as their vehicle. And the reason it's not up to par is because even though we got 1.2 million for the vehicle, only 75,000 was for the truck portion, 10,000 for the wrap, and 590,000 for the actual vehicle. So where did the other half a million dollars go? So you got half a million dollars there. You got $300,000 that was for spayneuter. We didn't see that either. And we had $200,000 for operating expenses. So I suggest to you that there really should be an audit of those funds that were meant for the community that we never saw. And if you don't want to hire someone to do it, I'd be more than happy to do it myself. I've got the general ledger. I've got the subsidiial ledger. Or you can get Ron Alvarado to do it. He was a fraud a fraud auditor but that needs to be accounted for.

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Good afternoon. My name is Mar Gonzalez and I've been a resident of San Bernardino for over 20 years. I am here once again to ask you to not renew the contract with these agencies. ities who are just gathering data on our community and the this data is going to ICE. You guys are here. I've been here several times demanding that these contracts end. You guys are here to defend the community, not to deliver us to ICE. The monies you're investing in these flock cameras can be used to be invested in this community in this community that I love so much but is actually so ugly. A few years ago, D Street was illuminated. For a few years since, it looks like a dark alleyway. And I'm not even accounting for the other parts of the cities which is

deteriorated. Um the city is falling apart. I ask you to start investing in San Bernardino. I ask you to protect our communities. And I'm asking that this contract not be renewed. The contract with the flock cameras. Sometimes I feel like you don't even listen. Gracias.

Thank you. Gracias. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good. Good evening, mayor and city council. My name is Alan. I'm 17 years old. I'm a scholar at a since I was 8 years old. Ok has provided many opportunities for the youth that we might not find anywhere else. It has supported our growth, guided us, and created a safe space where we can learn, lead, and build confidence. Having a coma near our community can continue to provide more opportunities for the future generation. So, I respectfully ask that you approve Okoma's lease renewal so the program can keep supporting and uplifting us youth. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes or six minutes. Good afternoon to everyone. My name is Alberto Leon Basquez and I've been a San Bernardino resident for more than 20 years.

I'm here because I am against the flock cameras. We know that these are counterproductive for the population. Instead of using the city's resources for these contracts, we can be using these resources to fix the streets with the devastating potholes. We know that some of this data is being used to arrest and detain, kidnap people that are undocumented.

And this negatively affects our community. Because we know that according to state and some federal data, more than 50% of communities that are undocumented work in the fields. In other reports, it's estimated that over 70% of the undocumented community works in the field producing the food that we consume. So it is illogical for the attacks to continue because how would you rep replace 70% or even 50% of the population that produce the food that you each consume? Florida. Fortunately, in this state, we have a

governor that protects undocumented communities, unlike states like Florida Dantis who is attacking the undocumented community. And so, pay attention to Florida. How has the attack on the undocumented community impact their economy and driven prices to increase? economic structure of this country. So, similar to Florida, when what happens to communities when they're disappeared? I know of a person that was arrested and removed from their apartment. So what happens to them? What happens to the economy once people are disappeared? They are part of the economy and part of this structure. So similar to the conflict in Iran who

is prohibiting the oil transport through the straight.

So how are the gas prices being impacted now? And since this and since this forms the basis of our economy, how has that inflated our gas prices?

So we don't know how long this conflict will continue with the blockage of the straight. Gracias. Thank you. Gracias. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Um, good evening, mayor and c console members. Um, my name is Sole GO. and I'm 13 years old and I'm here asking for you to perceive of the lease for a commun center since it had provided many scholars with opportunities and exposures to new things. An example being the robotics program. Myself and many students will greatly appreciate it if you do. That is all. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have six minutes. Hola. So Anna came to constru

My name is Anna. I'm a member of the San Bernardino airport communities. We do not agree with the renewal of the contract for flaw cameras. Stop this contract. There is no privacy. You are being watched, too. I do not agree with sharing information about our hardworking immigrant community with ICE. My people come here to work to clean your home, to fix your yards, to build your houses, and to clean up the messes you won't clean up yourselves. The money currently being spent on these cameras should instead be used to improve San Bernardino. Step up, politicians. You asked for my vote. In return, I ask you to make improvements to our community, to our city. We need green spaces, job training centers for our working people and parks. Plant trees to help clear the air of so much pollution. Our tax dollars are meant to improve our city, not to pay for cameras or to fund ICE. Out with the cameras. Out with ICE.

Thank you. Gracias. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Rick Ovula. I am a candidate for mayor. I was born and raised in the city of San Bernardino with family roots over 117 years. What brings me here today? As of March 6th, San Frernardino has six candidates for mayor. Over 40 days have passed and we had no debates. I understand why there are no debates. We have two candidates that have already been a mayor and nothing has changed. We've already seen those movies. I'm not here to bash on everybody though. Anybody. As your mayor, I have a vision and a plan to jumpstart this city forward in the right direction by generating numerous ways of revenue. We should designate targeted redevelopment zones focused on commercial activity restaurants, retail, car dealers, major appliances, small and large manufacturing businesses with a showroom so we can get retail tax. High density homes in the downtown area. Revitalize the existing historic buildings in the downtown area. All of this can only be done by modifying the SBX bus line, picking up passengers on the shoulders only, opening up our turn pockets through East Street and Hospitality Lane. Now, nobody's ever addressed that. We also have a homeless issue that I have plans and I have a vision for that and

I've spoke to many homeless people and I I've been to places where none of my candidates candidates would ever go. So if anybody wants answers, you can call me direct 909-7725036. My name is Rick Aila. I'm running for mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Evening. My name is Tony Chandra. Behind me are my fellow classmates, friends, and human rights advocates supporting supporting basically. Um, I speak on behalf of my program at Cal State San Bernardino studying Bachelor Arts of Social Work. our four-person group. We have reached out to nonprofit communities asking for service and donations. So, we may provide a relief and service to the homeless community. The local nonprofit we've reached out are mobile shower teams. They're called community action partnership, Mother's Nutritional Center, San Bernardino City Mission Ministries, Edon Corporations. We have partnered with a free mobile shower community. Again, their names are Community Community Action Partnership. On April 17th, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Paris Hill Park, we will be giving out free hygiene supplies, free fruits, free blankets, and of course, those free showers. Our groups have engaged with the homeless community and surveyed on status and need. Out of the results from the survey, we've learned that particular challenges, majority are unhoused over one year. A need for basic needs such as food, access to restrooms, hygiene facilities, bus passes for transportation. There is a 70% needing access to haircuts. those trans those transportation barriers. Some will not make it to the events in Paris Hill Park due to transportation needs and physical and or mental impairments. If they are to have bus passes, they can make it to

the future free mobile shower events around Del Rosa or even make make it to hospitals and food centers that are out of reach from the Del Rosa district. I'm here to on our goal is simply to reduce barriers, promote dignity and strengthen trust between services provides providers and community. This event is one small step towards addressing the gaps we identified, but it relieves a larger commitment to communitydriven solutions and meeting people where they are. As I close, we respectfully ask for your support. Whether that's helping us spread the word, handing out buzz passes, haircuts, and connect and connecting us with additional resources or supporting future efforts that brings basic needs services directly into Del Rosa. Your partnership can help create a more compassionate and accessible environment for our unhoused neighbors. Thank you for your time and for the work you do for our city. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, uh, city council and mayor. My name is Connor Bush. I'm also a Cal State uh, San Bernardino student with the social work program. Um, the only difference between our group and theirs is that we go to the Palm Desert campus, they go to the main campus. Um but we also have chosen San Bino as our community of interest and uh where we want to focus on helping a community with an action plan. Also um I'm joined here by Jeremiah Maddox uh Alandreal Diaz and Brenda Castillo who is uh videotaping this uh public comment. Um, so I would I want to first acknowledge that I've talked to um Cassandra Sery, deputy d the deputy director of uh home housing and homelessness in San Bernardino who uh gave me a lot of good information on what you guys are doing. Uh I want to commend the city council and all the guy all the work you guys do for the city. Uh I heard about the CWC campus and uh uh and hope campus as well. So I want to commend you guys very much for all the hard work that you guys do. Um but I will turn it over to my my group members to better get this ahead. Sorry.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening, honorable mayor, members of the city council. My name is Christian Shaughnessy and I speak to you here today as a community leader and candidate for San Marino City Council Ward 2 and in strong support of the hard work done by Akoma Uni Center. That's right. It's just been one sentence and they do it. So, Akoma represents what a true partnership is between a between a city and a school district should look like. It is a model, one that is actively serving our scholars, uplifting families, and strengthening our community in real measurable ways. This is not a controversial issue. This is the kind of work we should be proud to support, protect, and expand without hesitation. I encourage our parks director to speak to the many successes and accomplishments achieved during its time serving this city. The impact is clear, the results are visible, and the community response has been overwhelming. A coma is not just a program. It is a proven success. In fact, I would go so far as to say this. We should be working toward having an AOMA at every park. What exists on the west side, that's right. What exists on the west side is a veritable gem, one that draws people from near and far because of the opportunity, safety, and sense of belonging it provides. At a time when we are seeing concerns about the condition and direction of our public spaces, from the fire at Paris Park to ongoing delays at Second Lake Park, our community is asking for stronger visibility, clear updates, and active leadership. We need consistent representation and communication on the issues that impact our neighborhoods every single day. And yet, in the midst of these challenges, AOMA stands out as something that is working. Not only is it serving our youth, but it is also contributing back, bringing value and even revenue to our city while many other partnerships do not. That speaks

volumes about their commitment, integrity, and investment in this community. So, I ask you, why would we hesitate? Why? As a sign of good faith and appreciation for being a strong, reliable, and impactful community partner, the city should move forward with renewing AOMA's lease. This is about recognizing what works and choosing to build on it. Let's not over complicate what is clearly a good decision, my friends. Support AOMA. Invest in what is already changing lives in our community and help us continue building a stronger San Bernardino for our scholars and for everybody in our community. Councilman Flores, Oklahoma proudly calls the sixth ward home. And today, its community hopes to hear from you. Everybody, please stand up by leading the motion and approving the motion to go with the renewal of this lease. Thank you so much and let's hear.

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Hello, mayor. Hello, council. My name is Jeremiah. I'm a b a social work student at Cal San or Cal State San Bernardino. And today I want to talk a little bit about homelessness. Uh I get the idea that most people picture the people living in tents or the encampments, but there's a large part of the uh population that many don't see. Uh these are people living in their cars, parked in places like Walmart parking lots trying to stay under the radar. And the reality is we don't we don't really even have clear numbers of how many people in San Bernardino are living this way. They're counted as unsheltered, but they're often invisible in the data. What we do know is that in San Bernino County, the the majority of the people experiencing homelessness, around twothirds are unsheltered. And even those numbers are unlikely underounted. So a significant portion of the people are already living outside the system including in their vehicles. The things or the thing is many of these individuals are close closer to stability than we think. Some of them are working, have families, but one emergency pushes them into living into their cars. One solution I'd like to highlight is the safe pro or safe parking program. A program like this would create uh designated areas where people living in their vehicles could legally park overnight with access to basic services like restrooms, trash, and security. But most importantly, it would also include outreach workers, people that can connect uh individuals with housing resources, job programs, and mental health services. And this isn't just an idea. Cities like Oceanside are already doing this, providing structural parking along along with case management and allowing uh and um housing support. This approach meets meet meets people

where they are instead of waiting for their situ situation to get worse and living on the streets. It's also more coste effective and relying on emergency response systems after a crisis happens. I'm asking the C council to consider a pilot program similar to this uh safe parking program here in San Bernardino with built-in outreach uh support to address the needs of this often overlooked population because if we're serious about addressing homelessness, we need to start by seeing people seeing the people we've been left that have been left behind. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening, council members. My name is Jasmine Robles and my count my colleagues are Alexis, Mariah, and Cassandra. We are we are social work majors in at Cal State San Frernardino. We are here to speak about food insecurities in South San Bernardino. Based on our assessments, we have noticed a lack of access to affordable food in this community. This not only impacts hunger. It affects people's health, education, and quality of life. From our observations, we there is a l excuse me, a limited access to grocery stores, transportation challenges, rising costs of food, and fear because of the current political climate that we are in at this moment, which makes it very difficult for individuals to meet their basic needs. While we acknowledge the countless attempts of taking care of this issue, we see that food insecurities in this county communities, sorry, it's community are still very crucial to address directly. At this moment, we are working on setting up an event with the help of Hillside Community Church that is graciously donating food for us to distribute to this community and in hopes of partnering with the Sack Health Community Center for our location. We will we will be more than willing to provide provide a set date with uh through email when we get a when we have a date set in stone. With that said, we would really appreciate if you all would be if you

all would support our event and we would also really appreciate if you would come come along and uh distribute with us. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Hi. Hi everyone. My name is Alandra Nolias. I am a student here um well at California State University and I'm here to talk about homelessness in the city of San Frernardino. In San Frernardino, we already know that a large portion of people experiencing homelessness are unsheltered. But even beyond that, many individuals are still unable to access services that are available. The issue is not always whether the resources exist. but whether they are truly accessible in this city. For example, transportation is a real barrier in Sanernardino. Services may be spread out and without reliable transportation, it becomes difficult for for people to consistently reach these shelters, appointments, or even support programs. Documentation requires requirements can also prevent people from getting help, especially for those who have lost their IDs or important documents or don't even have an address for these. In addition, language barriers and lack of clear centered information can be hard for residents to know where to even start. There is also a gap in trust. When people have a negative experience towards these systems in the past, they are likely to seek help again. They aren't likely to seek help again even when they truly need it. All all of these creates a disconnect between the services in Sanernardino and what people are actually able to use. If you want solutions like safe parking programs or housing initiatives successful in the city, they must be paired with stronger outreach programs, fewer barriers of entry, and support that reflects the diverse community that s Sanino serves. Addressing homelessness here is not just about adding more programs because we have many. It's about making sure the ones that we have right now are truly accessible for those in need. Thank you for your time.

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Uh good evening uh mayor, council members, and members of the community. I first want to say um thank you to Coun former Councilwoman Kimberly Calvin, her staff and her board for the services and the programs that they provide at the at a Unity Center. It is something that should be commended. I thank you. It should be a no-brainer that your lease be extended, but if it is not, I want to state the obvious. Please extend that lease. There's a program there that is working and that is exactly what we need in this city. And I thank those golden aers for coming out. Those those golden ages for coming out, those who could stay and those who had to leave, but they respect the program enough to be here and support it. So I just ask that you take that into consideration when you're making your decision tonight. And I now want to move on uh to one of the reasons I stood up. My name is Amy Malone and I am running for mayor of San Bernardino. I'm here tonight to acknowledge the recent appointment of our new finance director, Mr. Romney. I believe he was here earlier, but I do not see him in the audience now. As members of the community, it is critical that we have um a clear and transparent understanding of the current state of our city's finances. Therefore, I ask, has an assessment of our budget been done? And if so, are we in a stable position? Are there any risk we should be aware of? These are important questions that need to be answered. I'm not here to point fingers, rather to ensure we are being proactive and getting in front of any possible financial issues facing this city. Now, if an assessment has already

been completed, that's wonderful. I'd respectfully ask, where can the public access those findings? Again, this is just about transparency. I'm not pointing fingers. Our city is still recovering from bankruptcy and we cannot afford another financial crisis. That is why it is imperative that we have a strong oversight, clear reporting and know what's going on with our finances. There has to be accountability. If we are in good financial state, then I think that should be acknowledged as well. Let us know that so we can celebrate your efforts. Additionally, I recently came across information from a city uh Fullerton city council meeting that was online. and it was it was a video and that raised a red flag for me regarding oversight and financial tracking. Part of the discussion mentioned our current city manager, Mr. Levit. There was a question about his accuracy and assessing their financial stability. Again, I want to make it clear. I'm not pointing fingers. I'm just asking questions.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Good evening. Molina Enriquez, president of the city of Sanardino Young Democrats. At a previous city council meeting, Bonito Barios, candidate for the second ward, threatened to sue the Democratic party and 14-year-old Andy Fuentes for slander after we didn't endorse him and publicly explained why. As Bario said in the March 18, 2016 city council meeting, "If there's merit to it, by all means, I own up to it. all the things that are being said, but there is there is none. There is none at all. Instead, we found this in our vetting, which is why our two local chapters of the Democratic Party are now calling him to drop out of the race. When former Councilman Barios was caught selling guns, ignoring the people's public comments, he told the Sanino son on September 23rd, 2015, "The perception is very bad for the people, and I'm aware of that. It'll probably never happen again. probably. Then after he was pulled over on a traffic stop, he called the police chief. Casey McDuff from the press enterprise on March 10, 2015 asked if he was going to ask for leniency from the police chief. His answer, he wasn't that he would have been that would have been unethical. Cassie McDuff replied, "But calling the police chief in the middle of the night after a traffic stop, that's ethical. He just calls the police chief whenever anything happens in his ward." He said the son on February 6th, 2015 reported that Barios had been fugitive from the law twice, including the night he was pulled over by the police as a sitting councilman. Barios in a public statement on July 6th, 2016, also endorsed former mayor John Valdivia. Councilman Valdivia is an independent leader who focuses on getting the job done. That's exactly the kind of public

servant we need in the mayor's office. Then as the Sanardino County Sentinel reported, Barios endorsed Trump for president. This is what Bonito Bario said in February 13, 2017 letter directly to Donald Trump that asked for aid that was conditioned on more immigration enforcement by the DOJ. We are honored to have you as our president and we are looking forward to working with you and others from your team to help make our nation great again. If our combined efforts prove successful, it could serve as a model for other cities grappling with such issues. When the Sanino Sun and press enterprise reported on the controversy behind this letter, Barios gave three different stories. In one March 7, 2017 article, he said dis he disagreed with it, but signed because he trusted the signatures of the city attorney and public chief and police chief. In another February 27, 2017 article, he said, "I read the first paragraph to see if it was the same. What what I understood was it was about the crime that we had." Then at the press enterprise pointed out in an in an editorial on March 3rd, 2017 since the release of the letter, Barios has explained that he directly actually read the letter he signed.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Um, good evening mayor and council members. I'm Mali Garcia, 15 years old and a 10th grader at Cohen High School. I'm here to talk about my experience in Nakoma Unity Center and to encourage the least renewal that you guys have with them. Um, as just someone who has very few months here in this center, I have to express my gratitude to all of them because they've provided so many programs. I'm part of a robot robotics programs and I it gave me insight on a field of engineering that is not as exposed and is in need of young of younger people and it helped me grow as a person. Other than that I have nothing to say and thank you for hearing me.

Thank you. Next speaker we state your name. You have three minutes. Uh good evening. My name is Keith Bedz. I am a member of the city of Sanernardino Young Democrats. I'm here tonight because a 14-year-old member of our organization and the Sanino Lunching Club did something brave. Andy Fuentes used his right to free speech in public comments to refer to events that were on the news that are public and documented. He criticized a candidate's record. That's not slander. That's his right as a citizen. He's allowed to say what he wants if it's public knowledge. And he was threatened by a frivolous lawsuit to his free speech. This is why our two party chapters are now calling for bonito barios to drop out. Society teaches young people to use their voice, to get involved, to show up at public meetings like this one, to speak the truth, to speak on to our belief. That's what powers our communities. What message does it send when our candidates like Benito Barios are suggesting suing a 14-year-old? What is that supposed to show our political parties that this is allowed? That we are allowed to do this. Our chapter stands with Andy Fuentes and we stand with people of whatever political party who want to speak their mind. We are allowed to have opinions. We are allowed to speak whatever we want as long as it's not hurting anybody. We stand with Republicans, conservatives, everyone, not just Democrats. Whoever we will keep show whoever whoever will keep sh whoever speaks we

will keep showing up for them because they deserve the right to be safe to express their opinions what they feel. They should not be afraid that somebody with power can threaten their right to speak or be silenced. That is what it is to be an American. That is their right as a citizen or to become one. That's why we come to this country and that is what we are given as a right of this country. I don't know if you guys remember that but that's part of our like thing I think. Bye. Thank you. Next speaker. Please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening mayor and council members. My name is Alani Chapman. I've been part a part of a Koma Unity Center since the third grade. I grew up in that building. I learned there and the leader I am today started there. A coma is not just a program. It is a leadership pipeline and a family. Because of a coma, I served on the first youth city council for the six ward. Today I am the SBVC ASG student senate secretary and the region 9 vice chair for student senate of community college council representing thousands of students statewide. These roles happened because Oklahoma poured into me and gave me a voice. Every program shaped me. Girl Scouts and Drip Squad gave me a community. ADAP taught mental health. Digital arts taught me entrepreneurship. And the garden taught me sustainability. I went from a little girl in those classrooms to a mentor working for Oklahoma Uni Center today. I like giving back to my generation and that is why I am asking you today to approve the lease renewal for a unity center. Investing in this space is an investment in the future leaders of San Bernardino. A is truly where the heart is. Please support the this lease and keep that heart beating for our community. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, council. My name is Georgia. I was surprised to hear uh previous council member Alexander's comment, and I disagree with much of what he said, except that you, Treasure, are a liar. You can't call yourself a truth teller anymore. You told the public you were never arrested. Many of us believe me, I didn't believe you, but many people believed you. I was there when you stood up and called Jim Penman a liar. You said you never you were never arrested. Then you were then you changed it to you were only detained and then you became a victim of domestic violence. These are not the same stories. You also accused Pemman of unlawful access to KLET which triggered an investigation and pulled support from PD away from your opponent. And now we know that wasn't true either. Your supporters continue to repeat that. They went after your opponent, pushed this narrative that you were the victim and your opponent lost. So, your lies weren't harmless. They actually influenced how people saw that race. Now, let's talk about the animal control commission meeting that you went to. You showed up with staff and Calvin to defend the incompetent former director uh regarding the uh animals that were being killed for space. And at that time there you were referencing the $185,000 brand new kennels kennels that were collecting dust in the back. Instead of addressing that you blamed other departments and said you had a public records request to back it all up. I actually checked treasure. Those records were never found. You lied. So you stood there used records to support what you were saying and they weren't there. That's not transparency. It's misleading. At this point, there's a pattern. So, what's convenient? Uh, shift the blame and attach records when it helps. More lies. Treasure, why don't you come clean and tell the truth?

Since mugsh shots are circulating publicly on social media, uh, when someone is portrayed as a victim, people understand a basic truth. Victims don't have mugsh shots. And with all of the cries of fraud and corruption, you seem to be the only one I've ever seen indicted. and all of your uh uproar. You have stifled change in this city. I've seen it. And to the mayor and Joe Sales, who I saw was here. There's a public statement uh that a candidate was approached and offered a commission or a waterboard position in exchange for stepping down. There are screenshots of messages tied to that. If that didn't happen, let's tell this the truth. Tell us what the truth is. Not that I expect you because all I've ever gotten from you is thank you next speaker. Last, can we please get an update on the kennels that are sitting empty in the back of the lot because we really need to know, especially since animals are still dying for space. Thank

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Hello, mayor and city council members. Uh my name is Haley Gonzalez. I am 11th grader at Sierra High School and I have been a scholar at Akoma Uni Center since August 2024. I'm here to convince you why you should renew the lease for Akoma Uni Center. I at my during my time at Akoma Uni Center, I have been been able to make friendships with my mentors and scholars. Those relationships help me to learn that and experience the support I have within my community. I have also been able to learn and experience a lot new things like I didn't know before like being a team mental health scholar who knows the science of someone struggling with their mental health and know how to support their friends to get the help they need as and um discovering automations. I know how to program robots uh robots and learn how to code. I learned these skills are valuable because I couldn't find these skills anywhere else. Also, these skills could help me with my uh future job. Also, thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you and speaker for this evening. You have three minutes.

Hello. Um Dolores Armstead. Earlier this evening, a gentleman shared how bad San Bernardino is is considered in the rest of the country. We have very low scores. You are part of the problem. However, a coma unity center is a beacon. You can actually be proud. put your chest out because it is a wonderful program. It deals with youth. It takes care of the seniors. It takes care of the communities and it's not just the youth in the sixth ward. They're open to youth throughout the city. There's nobody else that does that. What programs in this city support our youth the way a coma does? None of them. A coma is unique. No other program supports our youth and seniors and community the way a coma does. Parents, do you have a place to take your children on the weekend? A coma is there. Seniors, do you have a safe place to meet, especially in the sixth ward? We never have. A coma is it. We've never had it before. Is there any other center that offers mental health support for our young people? Nobody. Nobody else has it. Nobody else trains our youth to deal with their peers. Nobody else does. A coma does. Where can I use stop by after school to get a snack, to help with homework, and to just feel welcome? There is no other program in this city that does that. What program besides a coma? Where can you take your children on Saturdays from 10:00 to 2 where they can get a meal, support, engage in several programs? Nowhere else in the city. All these things are offered at a coma. There are no preschool or youth programs in the sixth ward. Nothing like a coma. Support a coma. It should be a multi-year lease, not a single year so that we have to come up and do this again. It should be multi-year. Support a coma. Thank you.

Thank you, council. It's uh 9:17 p.m. and in accordance resolution 2024029, if we wish to extend the meeting beyond 10 p.m., we must take a vote or decide which items will be continued to the next regular meeting. Um council, can we have a second? Thank you. Second. Thank you. Um, madam city the clerk. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Bar. Yes. Council member Figureroa. Council member Sheret. Yes. Mayor Poim Kas. Yes. Council member Flores. Yes. Council member Ortiz. Yes. Motion passes unanimous. Thank you, council. You may continue. Please state your name. You have three minutes. Thank you.

Hello, mayor and city council members. My name is Isabel Gonzalez and I am the guardian of that beautiful 11th grade 11th grade student who just talked um who is a scholar at Koma Unity Center and I'm here to speak in support of Akoma Unity Center today. Akoma has had a meaningful impact on my scholar and my household in many ways. I was 26 when um Haley and me were brought together and the very first thing I thought was how in the world am I going to raise a teenager? And for the first time I looked to my community for support and I found it. I found a coma unity center. Um, and it was like a beacon, you know, in a dark place for us because I didn't know what to do. And she was in a new place without her siblings. You know, it's a hard time for both of us. And a coma was there for us. Mama Kim was there for us. They give us a family and a place for us to belong and a place for us to get support. Um, sorry. Through this through this program, she has been able to do so many things, go on so many field trips, experience new things, learn about mental health, about automation, robotics, and just, you know, find pathways that she can take that weren't there for her before, that weren't even possibilities before. Um, I cannot express how thankful I am for them, how much they do for the community, and how there's nothing else around them, like around here like that. You know, I wouldn't without them, I don't know where I would have landed. Um, I know in the end I didn't have to worry because she's an awesome kid. Um, but being a parent in Sanernardino is a little a little bit hesitating sometimes. I didn't know where was a safe place for her and I'm so so happy that I was able to find a coma to be that place for her. So, thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker evening at 3 minutes.

Good evening, mayor and members of city council. My name is Chachce Wright and I stand before you as a native community member of San Bernardino. Born and raised in this community and as president of the Sanino branch of NAACP. Growing up here, I had access to programs, space, and activities that not only kept me engaged, but encouraged me, supported me, and guided me away from paths that could have led to a lot of trouble. These programs helped shape my direction in life and instilled in my values of education, ultimately leading me to become a proud graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. More importantly, that same foundation of support inspired me to return to my community and play an active role in giving back. And as much as a blessing as those opportunities were, none of them were as could hold a candle to the quality of impact that a Unity Center has on our community. Today, those kinds of opportunities are few and far in between. And in a time where saferu safe safe, structured and empowering environments for youth are increasingly scarce, the come Unity Center stands as a beacon of light, embodying the very resource and opportunity that so many of us once had and that our children so desperately need today. I I have personally volunteered at at Coney Uni Center and witnessed firsthand the impact of the programs. I've seen young people gain exposure to careers and industries that might have otherwise been out of reach for them. I have seen children find their voices, strengthen their minds, and begin to find believe in themselves as leaders in this community. You've seen the young people and old people and even more seasoned people be a part of this community and show how well this this entity, this program, this center is having such a positive impact on us. Our children need No, I'm sorry. No, our children deserve to have this type of facility and spaces. Someone looked at it before and I want to echo that we should be trying to replicate this type of center in our in our city.

To not support such a vital transformative resource would not only be a missed opportunity, it would be a disservice and a detriment to the future of our community. I respectfully urge you to support the continuation of a Unity C Center's lease so it may continue its critical work in shaping the youth, shaping our our our community, and strengthening San Bernardino for generations to come. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Hello. My name is Scott and uh Olsen. I'm a lifetime resident here and I'm also very politically active involved and I want to say congratulations to all of you who are supporting the Okoma Center. I've heard the name but I live on the other side of the city. You can't ignore this many voices. Okay. Now, also Sandre, you're my city council person. I never cease to be impressed with your work. You put the residents first. You don't get into all the little political games. You don't pay, please don't pay attention to the political bobbleheads online. They're just toxic. They don't know what half of them don't even know what they're talking about. I appreciate you and the work you do as a public servant. Now, on the other side, we have Fred Chet, a political puppet for 17 years. Trust me, if you got money and you give Fred attention, he will go for anything. the train wreckage in San Bernardino and the bankruptcy. Fred was front and center voting for all of it. Fred doesn't care who he misleads. That's why I called him misled Fred. Misled by Fred. He will sit up there tonight. We witnessed basic political grandstanding. Now, the issue with this these temporary rentals, it's real. It needs real solutions. But banning it so that you have hundreds of things you don't have any control over. Fred, your neighborhood sounds like it's been a mess for years. And how come you couldn't fix your own neighborhood? You know, I've seen your efforts to try and fix everything. Ban it. Get rid of it. That's all you do. I mean, we had a problem with the homeless at Wildwood. What was your solution? Give it away to your developer friends cuz they were going to take care of it. Park would have been gone. That park is very

important to me because there's a Mitchell field. In sixth grade, I had a friend and a classmate named Brett Mitchell. That is in honor of him. You step on my toes way too many times, Fred. You claim about being a Republican. Yes, you are a Republican. Yes, you are the caucus chair for this area, the fifth district. But then again, I'm on the central committee as well, and I will say quiet out publicly, they're an embarrassment, just like you are, Fred. We need Republicans who will get in there and work with the people and be public servants, not somebody who's going to sit up there and spend 17 years playing politics and helping their buddies and friends. You think I'm going to give up? We got four four people running against you. and the youngest one, Eric. One of the things I've been impressed with, he's learning and understanding things twice as fast as you ever did. A 23 year old kid pays attention to the issues and walks right over you and understands them better than you are. We don't need politics. Get rid of Fred.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Uh good evening, uh mayor, council members, and fellow residents. Thank you for the opportunity to speak in strong support of renewing the lease for the Koma Unity Center. For years, the Koma has been more than a building. It's a vital community hub right here in our community neighborhoods, serving our families and residents who need support. It provides essential programs, a youth mentoring and leadership de development, mental health resources, senior wellness throughout the Golden AERS program, educational workshops, garden workdays, and family empowerment events. In a city facing challenges like youth disengagement, mental health needs, and building stronger families, AOMA delivers real measurable results. It creates safe spaces where kids hear I am somebody and believe it. It partners with local agencies with health outreach and renewing the lease ensures continuity continuity. Without it, these proven programs risk disruptions at a time where community needs stability the most. This is smart investment in preventing opportunity and neighborhood pride. I urge you to approve the lease renewal without delay so can continue healing, educating and transforming lives for generations to come. So something uh we are not born and raised in San Marino like everybody says, but we purchased our home eight years ago and my daughter was one and we were I was looking for places to take her cuz I was pregnant with another one. So I found that Koma um they had a gardening pro gardening program and I was able to take my daughter to go pick strawberries and just do activities with her. There's me researching San Bernardino. There is not that many things out there and this is a a safe space for them to go and learn um and

get actual real like education there. So, not just go and play and babysit them, but they give them true um curriculum where they can learn about different different things. And they're also like somebody else else said, um we were invited to go as a field trip. So, there's field trips that we never would have gone to if it wasn't for the program. So, we encourage you guys to vote yes. Um the six ward over there on that side, we barely have anything. We have no not a lot of restaurants, not a lot lot of places to take our kids to. Um so this is something that they can get go to at least on Saturday mornings and get that got that get that um education with them and that time. So that's it. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker. Appreciate you. You have three minutes.

John Schullenberger. At the last special meeting regarding the censure of Councilwoman Dr. uthorities. Attorney Larson publicly demonstrated that the methods used to access KLETs were illegal and violated fundamental rights. That alone should deeply concern every person in this room. We also heard from individuals like former city attorney Jim Penman and former mayor John Valdivia, both who have had trouble troubling records when it comes to their own conduct towards this community. Yet, these are the voices being elevated to discredit Dr. Ortiz. Even more alarming, Mr. Valdivia publicly testified under oath that Dr. Ortiz threatened his life and his family. However, video evidence and your own police reports contradict that claim. That raises a simple but critical question. How are we supposed to trust testimony that's not even supported by facts? What we are witnessing is bigger than one person. It reflects a pattern where allegations are made, amplified, and accepted without proper evidence while the truth is ignored. That is dangerous and undermines public trust and weaponizes the authority given to elected officials. It also deeply it's also deeply troubling that that the chief of police and his team access nonpublic records shared and discuss them publicly. That's not transparency. That is a violation of privacy and misuse of power all over again. And when council members such as Kim Canos participate publicly pressing for deeply personal details to be discussed, it crosses a line from governance into public humiliation. That kind of conduct has no place in a professional or ethical proceeding. And and we saw that that was your only goal. I hope that none of you ever have to endure the humiliation of what you p personally put her through. No one

should go through that, especially for personal and political gains. Our community and police department deserve better. We deserve accountability, integrity, leadership guided by facts, not politics, not personal agendas, and not coordinated attacks. I'm calling on the city manager for the following. Follow the evidence. Ask hard questions. Examine the examine the relationships. the influence and the decision-making process that led us here and conduct your own independent investigation by interviewing Dr. Ortiz, her witnesses, and finally look at her evidence. I will be following up with you, Mr. City Manager, regarding this matter because when when trust is broken at this level, it is not just by one person who was harmed. It's the entire community. My mother has has been dead a month tomorrow. She raised me to stand up for what's right, especially when it comes to women. I'm with you. I stand with you because you are a trutht teller, Dr. Ortiz. I'm with you and so is my mother.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name.

Good evening, mayor and city council. My name is Jessica Esavl, and I am reading this email on behalf of Mr. Sam Cat Catalano. It is my pleasure to submit this email in support of the good work that Akoma is doing on the west side and I am glad to tell you why. I was the founding president and the president of more attractive community foundation in 2016 2017. The foundation researched the work that Okoma was doing and their relationship with the San Bernardino City Unified School District. We found them to be an organization that was capable of making much needed difference with just a little bit of help. The foundation board voted unanimous unanimously to assist Tacoma with critically important improvements to the facility in the An Charelle Park. We invested approximately $150,000 of foundation funds to install a volleyball court, engage an artist to paint a special mural, and to do a major renovation of the community garden with a storage locker for tools and equipment. This was a wise investment by the foundation, which continues to pay dividend, and more importantly has the potential to pay dividend well into the future. I invested or I visited a coma a number of times and have seen firsthand the good that they do in the community. They are an anchor, a touchstone for the community. I am pleased to report to you that I pay off on I'm sorry. I am pleased to report to you that the payoff on our investment will acrue to the community long into the future via the scholars they are creating. What better investment is possible than one in the

future of our children. I can think of no higher and better use of this than which Okoma brings to the table. the they perform at a deal of maintenance which keeps the facility looking good, not to mention the security factor that their present creates. The importance of this cannot be overestimated as we all know what happens to vacant buildings with a number of recent reminders. For the sake of the west side and the future of our youth, please take all the steps to preserve the valuable community resource. With kindest regards, Sam Cadalano. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes. Hello, council. My name is Greg Abdos. I'm the candidate for the 45th Assembly District, which is right here. And I wasn't going to speak tonight, but I have two things I wanted to do, why I want to talk. First of all, I want to thank this council. I've been a parent activist for seven years now. I've gone to several city council meetings, several schoolboard meetings, several times I've been one of the people in the audience that's been cut their time down to one minute. You guys have sat there graciously. You guys have sat there attentively and you've listened to every single speaker and there's been a lot and I want to commend you for that. I also stood up because of Akoma Unity Center. I want to know where I get an application to be part of this group. Um, I think it's amazing that you have a you have an entity in your community right now that not only is standing up. I haven't heard one opposition to their request. I haven't heard one other alternative other than support. They've got young, they have old, they have moms, they have students, they have everything. I think not only should you approve their extension, I think you guys should give them a proclamation and dedicate a day to them in the next month. Cuz seriously, this is this is what community looks like when you show up like this at a school at a city council meeting to ask for an extension. Not only that, I would suggest that council works with them to figure out how to not only extend their lease, but make sure they are a permanent fixture in the city of Sanino because I don't think you ever I don't think you ever want to lose a community member like that.

The last thing I will say is this. When I decided to run for this seat, I sat back and I prayed very deeply because I know what it takes to run for politics and I know it takes to run for this seat at a state level. And the one reason I stood up and I said yes, even though a lot of people told me to say no was because Sanino deserves a voice. Akuma Unity Center, you have a voice and I'm so proud of you for using it tonight and I hope you get your vote. Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name. You have three minutes.

Good evening, uh, mayor and city council members. Um, it is after 9:30. I woke up 5:30 this morning, so we're all here late. I appreciate the fact that you're listening. So, um, I'm here to speak on behalf of a coma. A coma is where the heart is. I have some note cards, but you've heard a lot. So, let me just start with my son attended a coma and please read the um emailed comments because he did submit a comment. He's currently in the state of New Mexico attending Western um Western University. I'm sorry I haven't spoke for a minute cuz I've been So, okay. So, let me just tell you my son is at the university right now, Western New Mexico University. We have no family there. He is there because of a coma. He would participated with um Eloise Reyes Young Legislators. He participated with Irvine um LifeFest program for a week. He participated in a a host of things. So now he graduated with a um business management in December. He's graduating May 8th with a bachelor's in accounting. He he just recently obtained a license in uh insurance for auto and residential. He's been a 3.5 and above student the entire time. Um he was a resident aid for two years, black student union president for two years. He's worked two jobs for the four years. He's currently a student senator at the university. He's a DJ on Thursday nights for the city. He's done voluntary taxes in the city and he's planning on bringing that all back here.

Furthermore, my husband and I, we also engage in community. I usually don't come out because there's people also that work in the background. There's people that work in the front. I am very deep in community. I work with youth. My husband got an award in Rialto for um Hall of Fame for sports coach. And there's we just had two students that came that went to a coma that weren't even planning on graduating. They didn't even care about school. We took them to a coma. My husband and I worked with them. They stopped by our house the other day. One of them is getting a degree from Valley College. The other one is transferring to Arkansas Baptist College. and he's planning on coming back and giving back to this community. And another thing, if we save one, if we save one, then we save all. I am one of those. I am one of those people that came from the weeds, from the concrete. I am that miracle child. I wasn't supposed to be here.

Please remember that. Thank you. Next speaker, please state you have three minutes.

Um, my name is El Palazo, mayor, council member, city manager. When I stand here, every time that I come and I talk about economic development, I'm talking about revenues. Revenues. how to create jobs for the people in San Bernardino so that this city will have revenues. I designed the mall site that I gave all of you to be a destination and to bring revenues to this city. It is better than Victoria Gardens, better than Ontario Mills, better than Terra Vista. It's all of that and better. If you were to read this, I estimate that over 30 years, if this plan were built, the city would get about $1 billion $1 billion in revenues. That is approximately what Ontario Mills has brought to Ontario in about 30 years. I believe we can also build a food court like the Haven City Food Court in Ranchukamonga. Just this week, I took two candidates on my tour to show them how we can diversify and raise the food um desires that people would like to see in our city, in our downtown. This is colorcoded the core buildings on both sides of three prominads,

green and yellow. The prominads are pedestrian spaces. They are free of dangerous streets to cross and are without cars to block the view of shops. Better than Victoria gardens. I estimate that this would double the size of shops that is in Victoria. Um the green prominards, the yellow prominads are walkways. They have orange trees celebrate our history. I remember going to the orange show and later I went to V uh the buffet plantation and Bob Hope showed up and he was about 3 feet next to me. So I can say I dance with Bob Hope. But my point is we had a fair like the Pomona fair and I'm going to be there this weekend. I need the exercise. the they have a few orange trees shaped like circles on Arrowhead Avenue. Next, the beautiful blooming trees is how I named this mall. Thank you. Three minutes. I can't say anything.

Next speaker, if you say you have three minutes.

Good evening, mayor and council. Tonight, we the AOMA scholars, parents, staff, and our community partners are honored to share the magnificent work we have created together. Since 2016, AOMA Unity Center, a youth development organization founded to serve historically excluded communities of color, has focused on education and community transformation through programming funded by the San Bernardino Unified School District along with generous grants and donations from organizations committed to community health and well-being. AOMA provides hands-on learning labs across science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In 2019, aoma Unity Center received a $135,000 grant from the More Attractive Community Foundation to improve blighted areas within An Charelle's Park, an investment for which we remain deeply grateful, especially to Frank Snitch and Sam Catalano. This donation was given to the city of San Bernardino on behalf of Akoma to revitalize key community space and transform it into a welcoming environment where children and families can gather through a coma's daily presence. Family centered programming and free community events such as the jazz festival and the harvest festival. Crime and violence within an Charel's Park has become nearly non-existent. This is what it looks like when community is truly served. The before and after photos speak for themselves. They tell a story of transformation, hope, and pride. Again, we extend our heart heartfelt thanks to the MAC Foundation. While I cannot name every scholar and family AMO has touched, I can share the facts. AOM has served more than 6,000 scholars. AOM has awarded 150 scholarships to local high school graduates and supported many through higher education. AOMA currently serves

five charter schools. AOM maintains a 5-year with local colleges in including Cal State, San Bernardino, UCR, San Bernardino Valley College Corps, Cal State Fullerton, Calp Poly Pomona, providing educational space for their scholars to intern in fields such as education, social work, and science. Through these partnerships, 66 interns have gained hands-on experience at AOMA through our digital arts lab, podcast studio, nature-based learning, automation and robotics, drip squad water education program, the documentary club, the drug and alcohol prevention program, the back to school giveaways, the toy and coat drives, Earth Day events, harvest festivals. AOM has partnered with more than 80 organizations and nonprofits across California and within our local region. Okoma is critically engaged organization. We believe strong communities are educated communities and we maintain meaningful relationships with our local, state, and federal elected officials to ensure our families voices are heard. Thank you for your consideration of the renewal of Okoma Center's lease. Thank you and thank you for all the work that you do for the community.

We will now move on to I'm sorry, Madam City Clerk, is there any additional information on public comments? Um I there's no additional speakers. I believe I called this many and then people just came up, but we did also receive written uh comments that have been distributed to the mayor and city council and are also available on the city's website. Thank you. Thank you to all the public comments. It was a a huge turnout tonight. So, thank you for all of you for um speaking your uh voices uh for tonight. And thank you again, former Councilwoman Calvin, for all the work that you do for the community. Moving on to the consent calendar, items 6 to 16. Mr. City Manager, is there are there any items that needs to be pulled from your end?

I have none. Right. We have none, madam. Thank you, council members. Council member Rebar, do you have any items? None. Thank you, Mayor PM. No. Thank you, Council Member Sanchez. None. Thank you, Council Member Ortiz. None. Thank you, Council Member Figo stepped away. Council Fo, do you have any polls for tonight? I do. None. Okay. Council member Flores. Uh, poll number 13 is just for a comment.

Thank you, Council Member Sharette. None. All right. Um, with one poll item 13, is there a motion to move the remainder? Motion. Thank you. There's a motion and there's a second. Council member Ortiz. Madame City Clark. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Barara. Yes. Council member Figureroa. Yes. Council member Sheret. Yes. Mayor Pro Tim Canas. Yes. Council member Flores. Yes. Council member Ortiz. Yes.

Motion passes unanimous for the consent calendar balance. Thank you. Thank you, council. Uh council member Flores, item 13.

Thank you, Mayor. And no, it's just a compliment really. Thank I want to thank staff for just being on top of it and making this item consistent and always making it come forward. uh t time and time again when I'm out in the community, the the main thing that I I hear is the yellow cones that are along along East Street. And honestly, I can't wait for this project to come to fruition and be completed because there's two components that are going to be to it. The the beautifification of it, but also the safety component. And as an alternate alternate member for the Omnitrans board, a time we hear again and the from the board of directors is just like the safety the safety for our drivers and the safety for our riders. So again, staff, thank you for for bringing this forward and continuing it. Looking forward to it to be completed. And with that, I move for approval.

There's a motion or second by Council Ortiz. Council um Madam City Clerk. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Barara. Yes. Council member Figeroa. Yes. Council member Sheret. Yes. Mayor Tim Kas. Yes. Council member Flores. Yes. Council member Ortiz. Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, councel. Moving on to discussion items. Item 17, introduction of ordinance amending chapter 10.16.120 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code. Mayor, if I may. Yes. Yeah. I'd like to wave the presentation and move to approve. There's a motion. Oh, there's a there's a motion. There's a second by Council Ortiz. And there's a question.

Council Ortiz. Um, yes. Uh, Lieutenant, Sergeant, Captain, I'm sorry. I don't know. Lieutenant. So, um, when we're talking about, so this is for commercial enforcement of parked, um, containers without the truck attached in commercial areas or also residential areas. It's in commercial areas. uh and non-commercial errors for sure. Okay. So, anywhere that there someone is detached a truck, we can call enforcement and and get help with that. Correct.

Okay. How I guess this is in the question is how does a resident get a hold of you guys? Like let's say at night when the trucks move into the neighborhoods, how do they um report it to you in the evenings? The best result is going to be to contact our dispatch center. they can call our non-emergency number which is 909 3835311. Uh that's the fastest route to get that to us. Um they will then either contact me or we will send it to our commercial unit to get someone out. We normally can respond within 24 hours to a to an issue.

Uh would you recommend let's say like they've they see it in the evening um capturing a picture with the license plate because let's say it's 24 hours and they've moved the truck. Would does that help you as well in your enforcement? We'll we'll take any piece of evidence or any assistance. Uh photos always help us because it can help it can help us identify. Uh they can also utilize the CRM system as well and uh that that also helps as well. So the photographs definitely help my team out for sure. Perfect. Thank you so much. That was my question. Thank you for answering CRM. I was going to ask that if they submit the CRM then you would your department would get it as well on to respond. Yes, mayor. Thank you so much. Okay, there's a motion and second. Uh mam the clerk. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Barara. Yes. Council member Figueroa.

Yes. Council member Sheret. Yes. Mayor Pim Kas. Yes. Council member Flores. Yes. Council member Ortiz. Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, council. Moving on to item 18. Authorization to proceed. Yes. Mayor just I need to read the title of

I'm sorry, Madam City Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. An ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of Sanernardino, California, amending section 10.16.120 of chapter 10.16 of title 10 of the San Frernardino Municipal Code to prohibit the parking or standing of detached commercial trailers in non-residential districts and to authorize the immediate issuance of citations for violations. Thank you. Mayor Pam, did you have comment?

Yes. for item number 18. Um, thank you for all the public commenters. It was mentioned about theus. My organization is one of the organizations that does have anou and although thatou is not monetary in nature, it could be a perceived conflict of interest. So, I am recusing myself from item number 18. Okay. Thank you, Council Ortiz. Station. Thank you, mayor. um as a previous employee of a Koma Unity Center um within the last 12 months um because there may be a perception of some type of economic interest, I'm going to recuse myself from this item in the discussion as well tonight.

Thank you. All right. Authorization to proceed with lease renewal negotiations with the Koma Unity Center Incorporated of the Anarels Community Center for 1367 North California Street, W 6 could begin with staff's presentation.

Councor Sanchez. Oh, if there's a presentation, I'd like to just speak after after the presentation. Thank you. Counor Ibar, did you have a question?

Uh, no. I just like to commend the work has done. Um, when I was with Habitat for Humanity, we had a group of young ladies come help us paint um some wooden pallet flags for some of our veterans in the community. And and it's nice seeing the young ladies grow into the fine young educated ladies they're becoming and going giving back to their community by mentoring the youth. um having I I know I I heard her and I think I remember her be a younger child, but um thank you for the work that you're all doing. Um this is what we need. We need an all-incclusive areas for our community members to go to. Um so I would like to make the motion that our city manager um continue the negotiations with the coma.

Okay. Thank you. There's a motion. Second. Second. Um, council me, did you still want the presentation or are we good to? It's up to you. You're the chair. Okay. I council, if you guys are okay with moving forward with calling for the votes or do you want the presentation? Madam City clerk. There's a motion to second. Council member Sanchez. Yes. Council member Bar. Yes. Council member Figureroa. Yes. Council member Sheret. Council member Flores. Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. Thank you, council. Again, thank you, Ka. We will now move on to May. Oh, we should call council members back. Thank you. At least you got your steps in. Okay.

We'll just go ahead and move on to Mayor City Council updates. Council member Bar, would you like to start? No updates. Then customer Sanchez,

you heard it from our library director, library director that Ed Urge that we had two over 2,000 for the first time we had over 2,000 books checked out on our digital catalog. That is uh impressive. I'm hoping we can double that number. I want to encourage everyone to get a library card and to check out books. It is the cheapest way to get transported into an incredible world of thought um and culture. And I, you know, I I think it's uh it grows better citizens and we can all improve as individuals when we're shaped by by academia and uh and vetted u you know thoughts. And so I encourage everyone who's who's watching if if you have a library card, encourage someone else who doesn't have one to get one. And if you don't have one, get a library card and check out some books. Thanks.

Thank you, Mayor Potm. Did you have any updates? No updates today. Thank you. Thank you, Casmer Ortiz.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, first I just I just want to applaud my colleagues for making such a great decision tonight. Um, and and congratulations to Okoma Unity Center. Just a wonderful, wonderful organization. So, uh, thank you for that. Uh, tomorrow night the Arrow View Neighborhood Association will be meeting at 6:30. Um, shoot, I forgot where, but they're meeting and so I will let you guys know. Um, I also uh want to wish our wonderful mayor a very very happy birthday and just to celebrate you and just thank you for all that you do for us and um, just having you here this year as as a mayor for me has just been a big blessing. So, thank you so much and happy birthday. And that's it, mayor.

Thank you, Casar Fuguawa.

Uh, yes. Thank you. And happy birthday. Now, we're going to all embarrass you. We won't sing though. Yeah. No, no, no. I wasn't going to start singing. Uh, uh, last week had the opportunity to to go to the 66ers opening day. I saw a lot of uh a lot of residents there. Saw a couple of commissioners there as well. Great uh great always a great time. I I love baseball and so I always appreciate it when it's baseball season. So, go 66ers. Um, also had the opportunity to go to the Eevee realy grand opening along with some of my colleagues. Mayor, you were there. Council member Sanchez, Ibara Kas, Mario Flores, I think. Yeah, you were there as well. And I'm sorry if I'm leaving anybody else. Uh, Mayor Prom Canas was there. Mr. City Manager Eric Levit was there as well. Uh, and and our staff was present there as And that's actually a it's a really big deal. It's it's so innovative and so futuristic that we didn't really even have anything in the books as far as how to move forward with it. In fact, uh the department of uh weights and measures didn't even have a way to actually measure this thing. And so they had to also they didn't have the appropriate tools to to figure this out. And so that's how futuristic and innovative this this uh project was. And so I do appreciate the staff in in recognizing and re and how important it is uh to to implement this uh council's vision and and helping move that forward. So Mr. City Manager, thank you to you and to your staff uh for being diligent on that about that because I know that there were timelines that they needed to meet for certain uh funding, federal funding and and other things like that. So thank you for for being on top of that. Um, I I I also had the opportunity last uh Saturday to attend the the the Kum the I'm probably mispronouncing this, the Kumai Buddhist Society of San Bernardino there, the Cambodian New Year. Uh, happy

new year to them. Mayor, you were there president as well. Uh, Supervisor Joe Baka Jr. was there also. It was a great event. Lots of people. It's always fun. I'm I'm always honored every time they invite me every year. And so I appreciate that and just wish them a happy new year. And today is the the kickoff for the National Orange Show and that goes until Sunday. So, please uh take the take the family out there. It's good family fun. It's always uh it's always a blast. I I'll make sure to be there as well. So, maybe I'll run into a few people there. And then I want to wrap up uh by saying a u wishing a very happy uh dispatcher uh appreciation week to our um city dispatchers over at the police department as well. So, just a happy uh uh and and thankful dispatcher appreciation week. And so, thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Council Member Flores.

Thank you, Mayor. This morning I got the opportunity to go to a Royal Valley High School to attend coffee with the principal and just see all the incredible things that Principal Gonzalez is doing at a Royal Valley High School and uh and being able to connect with the parents and talk to them about all the great things that are coming along to the west side and all the improvements and got to hear some some good feed much needed feedback that I'll be uh then discussing with our city manager. And after that, I got the the opportunity to go to the grand opening of medical health care linen services this morning where I saw Mary Tran and I also saw PIO Jeff Cross out there and some of our uh economic development team. So, shout out to them for being present. Uh this Saturday, the YMCA Healthy Kids Day 2026 is going to be at 10:00 a.m. So, I invite everyone if you have any kids, come on out and just enjoy a day of being healthy. Uh that concludes my updates. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, council member. Council member Sheret,

thank you, mayor, and happy birthday. Um, I just wanted to announce uh the uh coffee with a comp. We have uh four districts for uh and they're all on uh that'll all be on this next Tuesday. Uh what date is that? Whatever that whatever date that is next Tuesday. Uh they meet at 9:00 in the morning. Four different locations in the city. I'm going to announce two specifically because they cover the fourth ward. Uh, one is the Northern District, Lieutenant John Plamer. It's going to be at 9009 North D Street. That's the Kingdom Culture Worship Worship Center. Uh, and they meet somewhere downstairs. Uh, again, that's 9:00 for the uh, Northern District. And then the Eastern District is uh Lieutenant Ernie Luna and that will be held this week or next week, next Tuesday at Mountain View Mortuary. That's 570 570 East Highland Avenue. And I encourage uh the public that can be there at 9:00 in the morning to meet those uh meet those uh with the coffee with a cop uh to find out what's going on with our police department. They're doing a marvelous job uh keeping us all safe and bringing crime down. Uh there will be a Wildwood Neighborhood Association meeting tomorrow night at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior. That's at 5050 North Sierra Way. It starts at 7 I think uh there's a social hour at 6:30. It starts at u at 7:00 the meeting. I think uh our own uh city manager is going to be there as from what I can tell is going to be there to speak as well as uh as some other activities. Uh and then I too want to give a shout out to the dispatchers. Uh last week or is it this week that's dispatch? It's this current week that is dispatch uh dispatchers uh appreciation

week. And I want to give a special shout out to uh Vanessa at Two Guys Pizza who's providing food uh one of those evening I think for the dispatchers. So uh thank you Vanessa at Two Guys and uh that's all I have for right now. Thank you. Thank you council member. Um thank you for the birthday wish.

Another year born and it's actually tomorrow. So thank you. Thank you Kenisha for disclosing that with the butt cake out there. Um but um I I want to say congratulations to council member Figureroa. You have a fantastic development EV realy in your district one and I have to really um congratulate his district but the city because that is a huge win for the city one of the innovative um fastest charging in the nation in our city Sanino. So again huge congratulations to council member Figueroa and the city. So that's a huge one for us. Um I also attended the Camair Buddhist New Year. So thank you for um allowing me to join you. So that was really great. I also attended the 66ers girls power night where I threw the first pitch. The ball made it to the catcher. Yay. Um and saw the San High School girls water polo team there as well to join the fun. on a April 12th of this sun Sunday to Monday 12 to 13. I send attended the accelerator for America hosted by the city of Riverside, Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson that was founded by former mayor Eric Garcetti and it convenes 45 mayors across the nation to talk about the the the greatest things that we have to think about housing, infrastructure, all of that to kind of find in innovative ways to really help cities. And so that's one of the things that I um you know try to be a part of so that way we could um have staff be exposed to what resources available to help us as a city. and uh also joined mayor uh mayor uh council member uh Mario Flores on the grand opening of medical healthcare linen services one of the manufacturing companies in our city that is another gem if you uh staff you really need to highlight these um companies in our city because that's the largest manufacturing that um is really addressing the

healthcare linen in hospitals um I'm just amazed and not only that did you guys know we have Crystal Ger one of the two in our nation that Chris Ger say that I just visited. Um again, another place that we need to um really highlight business um business spotlight in our city and uh and so we need to do more to really highlight these things especially for when we have save the city. Um I again uh thank you to all the dispatchers in our police department for all the work that you do. So really we should um give them a shout out in our social media for the work that they do. Please. And um I wanted to say something else. Forgot. Um again, council. Yes, council member Ibara.

Yes. Sorry, I just remembered some things. Um so on Tuesday, I'm taking some time off from work to do something in in the neighborhood. And I took my mom over to the uh farmers market on Tuesday. And for any of our families out there that are on EBT food stamps, just know that there is a vendor there currently. I I thought this was wonderful. If you have EBT, you can go to that vendor on the very end and they're there every every Tuesday. What they're going to do, they're going to swipe your EBT card for $15 worth in uh veggies and fruits at the farmers market to purchase. In addition, they also give it um another $15 for you to spend. Those tickets don't have an expiration, so you can redeem those tickets. they give you um every Tuesday if you like on f um vegetables and fruits at the farmers market. Um also I did attend the EV realy very innovative I I believe there was some hiccups but I think that was one of the fastest projects that ever came into fruition and we have other projects that take up to 10 years before they get completed and and EV realy I believe was uh 12 months. So, congratulations to everybody involved in getting it passed. And lastly, I do want to address Paris Hill Park's Roseville Bowl, um the building that caught fire. As a city, we've done the best we have uh we can with providing security at the park. We have fencing around the Roseville Bowl. Yet, somehow somebody was able to get in there and start a fire in that building that we were fixing. Um, and you know, I I I'm very I was very disappointed. Right now, our county fire is conducting an investigation. So, for community members who may not know, they we do have to go through an investigation of what happened. Of course, it's arson. Um, it was purposely done. Um, we don't know by who, but just know that on our end as a

city, I don't know what else we could have done besides having the fencing around the building and having security throughout the the day at the parks. Um, but um, to me it was something near and dear because we did get funding from our um, Congress from Congressman Aguilard to help rehab that building and now we have to start again from scratch to rehab it and that's very unfortunate. Um, so I'm sorry I'm in on a sad note, but um, but just know community that we we are very aware of what's going on and there's only so much we can do in this case. We just have to wait for the investigation report to come out um, from the county fire. And with that, um, happy birthday, Mayor. Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. I remember now. I just want to give a quick shout out to, um, Hugh Hairhouse. They just had a grand opening on Saturday. If you guys haven't checked it out, please do check it out. And if staff could do a business spotlight for them, um I know um they had some um struggles with the process, but we would love to make sure that they do get a business spotlight. But check it out. They're near in the same plaza, little three little bluebirds. Um I just swung by there just now and uh and so it was beautiful. One other thing that we just did today was the organ uh the uh um Willitzer

Woritzer Oregon. We're one of I I mean this is if you guys have not seen it, please stop by California Theater to check it out. It's very very um beautiful and it's a gem in our city and in the country um possibly in the world as well. So that was very beautiful. I was able to witness that. So, um, and that's really it for me. Before we adjourn, I would like to take a moment to honor the life and service of Lance Corporal Daniel Montano. Lance Corporal Montano represents the very best of our community, courage, commitment, and willingness to serve something greater than oneself. His dedication to our country and his sacrifice would never be forgotten. On behalf of the city of Sanino, we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, loved ones, and all who knew him. We recognize the sacrifice he made and the courage it represents. I ask that we take a moment of silence to remember Lance Corporal Montano and to honor his service to our country. Thank you. Meeting is now adjourned at 10:11 p.m. the next joint regular meeting of the mayor and city council and the mayor and city council acting as the successor agency to the redevelopment agency and the mayor and city council acting as the San Bernardino city housing authority and mayor and city council of the city of San Bernardino acting as the San Bernardino joint powers finance authority will journ to the regular meeting to be held on May 6, 2026 at the Feltime Central Library located at 555 West 6th Street, San Bernardino, California 92410. Close session will begin at 4 pm. Open session will begin at 5:00 pm. Thank you everyone. Good night. Get home safely.