Remarks by Joel Anderson
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“You know, for too often, we've allowed affluent communities to step on smaller communities, weaker communities, and that's not fair, and it's not right.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I was hoping you were going to call Joe up and save us from both questioning Joe. Did you want to call Joe up to talk about the plume?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Why don't you go ahead and hit the plume portion.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. I was hoping that we'd hear from the other side as well.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you very much. When we do our community grants in some of my communities, we had so many grant requests that we set up a system very similar to what they're doing. Everybody submits a grant, gets to vote on in their community who gets the money because they're asking for four times more than what's allocated. And I'm not going to be the bad guy when I'm helping get the money. So I let them work it out. And I think that's essentially a one-off of what they're doing. One of the things that my staff had said that was... AN EARLY PROPOSED IDEA, AND MAYBE THIS WOULD HELP CLOSE SOME OF THE…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“May we add that to the amendment, I mean, of the motion?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“This would be the marginal profit that they would have received above the standard rate. because they pay a premium of 20% more for that power they use. So that marginal difference would then be reunited into the community for people who hit the criteria of underserved.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Would be used in the community to offset people who meet the financial criteria or the underserved aspect so that it would go to the most needy to help them augment their power.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“And it probably should say in the form of energy rebates. So it's not the additional benefits”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“YEP. MA'AM CHAIR, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ASK THE NATURE OF THEIR AQUIFER. SO WHEN YOU THINK IN TERMS OF COMMUNITIES LIKE RAMONA, ALL THOSE WELLS ARE ON SHALE. When you have shale, you can have water here that pops up over there. It's no rhyme or reason. If you're on sand, the aquifer is very clear where it begins, where it ends. For years, there was a Hatfield-McCoy battle over who's stealing whose water.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“and that was all based on shale, and it's not trackable. So I'd be curious to find out, if we're checking well in the reduction of the wells, that we don't have a shale situation where it's not truly trackable. The Barona tribe had to defend their water usage, and everyone complained that they were taking their water, but there was... It proved untrue, however, it drove great angst. So I'm just, I would like to take a look at and make sure that we're looking at this from a scientific geology standpoint.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“If I may. I've sat through a lot of hard community meetings.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“My staff just texted me. They said on the community benefits, I mean, as far as the community power, it would be the developer that issues the rebates. It would not be because they're not customers of Community Power. So we just need to make sure that it's routed the correct way so it gets to the community.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“It's broad enough that... Well, we were alerted by San Diego County Power... They called my office. They're worried. Okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Why don't we just write it more open-ended and say that rebates would be provided through the appropriate...”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“I wonder if the San Diego Foundation would do it.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'll make the motion to support it moving forward with these amendments.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thanks for coming up. This is the other half of the room. Good morning, everybody. Today, it's an honor to recognize the San Diego County Biodiversity Month at a time to celebrate and reaffirm our duty to protect the incredible natural biological diversity of our region. I'd first like to thank our Vice Chair, Montgomery Stepp, and her team in District 4 for all their help in coordinating this well-deserved recognition. I'd also like to thank Nadine Lamberski, I'm sorry, it's a slow morning, Makeda Okolo, Okay, so far so good. And Sarah Sulkin with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, as well…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thanks, Nadine. Hold it. No. If only I could read that small. Be it proclaimed by Chair Tara Lawson-Reamer and all the members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on this 15th day of September 2026 that we commend the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and all its conservation partners for their outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to the citizens of San Diego County and here do declare this month to be Biodiverse Month throughout San Diego County. Nadine, I'll take that from you, and I think that you want to say a few words.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think they want us to come up here for a photo. If any of my colleagues would like to join us in the photo, we would welcome to have you. Every one of our districts has a unique aspect. Supervisor Desmond has the desert area. I have some of the mountains. And of course, many of our colleagues have the beach areas. So come on down if you'd like to get in the photo.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to pull item 13, please. Has there been a motion already?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't need a presentation. I'm happy to, if we move to the vote.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm very excited to bring this board letter forward with Chair Pro Tem Aguirre, as it highlighted the hard work that we accomplished in the Fiscal Transparency and Accountability ad hoc subcommittee. We have been working with staff to take a hard look at our contracts to find efficiencies, reduce redundancy, and realize cost savings. This board letter today is an exciting step towards that goal by saving the county an estimated $1.8 million by insourcing these two contracts. I appreciate the work of our HHSA and county nursing staff have done to ensure that the…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“CAL FIRE HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PARTNER FOR THE COUNTY FIRE, PROVIDING JOINT FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION ACRES. SINCE CAL FIRE'S CREATION IN 2008, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE INVESTED OVER $1 BILLION INTO FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I have just a couple questions. So when reading the board letter, How is this going to proceed? So staff's going to put together some new plans. And then will we be coming back to the board to let us know what those plans are? Or will we immediately move forward with those plans? In the past, we've always come back to the board with the plans.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026