Remarks by Luis Chavez
45 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Chair, and thank you to our CEO and our team. Before we get into some of the department presentations, I just want to thank our CAO and his team. We had what we call the yearly town hall budget meeting that we had. And I just want to read off a couple of the surveys, because I think our CEO did a great job of incorporating a lot of the needs that popped out of that community meeting. with regards to roads and infrastructure, potholes, paving, sidewalks, safer after school, the housing and the homeless challenge that we just outlined. Health and human services, as we know, is a big,…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Just thinking for that presentation, DA Smith-Kemp, and I appreciate your honesty with regard to you being very just upfront about being able to recruit and retain our folks here. I know oftentimes when we're trying to recruit folks to come and work for the public sector, it's very difficult to compete with the private sector. One of those incentives has been where our attorneys would get their loans forgiven if they provided service to a public entity for 10 years what percentage of our attorneys that we currently have under that umbrella and what do you foresee for next year in the next…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“You foresee that being a challenge the next couple of years and not just recruiting folks to come here, but keeping the ones that that we have?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, and I appreciate that. And I think what the incident recently showed us too is, you know, that's part of the, sadly, the reality of their job right now. And talking with some of our prosecutors, I know they're not covered under the public safety umbrella. So God forbid something happens to them, like what happens to their family, who takes care of their family. I think that that'll be a conversation for later. But just wanted to kind of get a snapshot of what you're seeing on there. So appreciate that. Thank”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“I don't have any questions, Chief. I just wanted to thank you for the tour that you gave me a couple of months ago and really, I think, seeing up front the work that you and your team do and one of the most professional-run facilities that we have. And oftentimes, people have this perception that, Yes, bad people that people that do bad things go there to serve time and pay their debt to society. But at some point, like you said, they're going to come out. And it was really great to see not just the welding program, but the gardening program that you have there, the Boys and Girls Club…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, public defender, for that presentation. And I think sometimes I don't necessarily support the people that you defend, but I 100% support the right for those folks to have representation, you being part of that due process. I just want you to know that how valuable that is and critical for our folks in the community. I do have a question with regards to the retention. And you mentioned that you just lost number of attorneys recently you still have that obligation to provide representation for folks that come in through through our system um what's the dollar amount right now that…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, supervisor, we do that in the sales office. And we'll get that. Will this be one of those moments where I say page, what page? Yes.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“How many positions are you short right now?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“I don't have any questions, Sheriff. Just want to thank you for your work this last year. I know it's been a little bit challenging. We've had to help some of our rural cities when they lost some of their police department folks, and we step in and kind of fill that void. But I also want to thank you for making yourself available to the community. I think the feedback I've heard from our residents is that you're not, you know, afraid of doing media, you're not afraid of going out to community events. I've had community events where your office has been there, the town halls we've had, whether…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Just briefly, thank you for that presentation and my colleague touched a little bit on it. The model that we've been recently going down the path with the MOU with the city of Fresno under our new homelessness department I think has been very successful because one, you're eliminating the transportation barrier, but two, you're removing that stigma that folks oftentimes feel for mental health and getting the treatment that they need in order to be healthy and self-sustaining. So I just want to put that on your radar. I think our CAO's office is finalizing that MOU with the City of Fresno that…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“just director thank you this past year you worked with our office very closely and thank you for mentioning that i flagged that for our cao with regards to a lot of the animal rescue folks that are overwhelmed obviously there's a lot of loose dogs and and thank you for clarifying that um 250 000 that were we will be utilizing for spay and order and it's important to note i think the city of fresno put in 125 but we are we will actually be doing joint uh events with them correct or just for the benefit”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Great. I just wanted to make sure the public knew that. I think out of our town hall, that's one of the issues that came up after. And so thank you for clarifying. And then the last thing I'll say is... I think oftentimes folks don't know the work that your department does. I think a couple months ago when we had some of the farm workers that were coming from Arizona to Mendota Fireball area, your office was on top of it, being proactive. I got a couple calls already because you briefed us, so thank you for that. And then the big database system that you're working on that's actually tracking…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“And are we the only county in California doing that?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“yeah just just thank you for that presentation director um i think you probably have one of the hardest jobs in the county because you you do a lot of the federal state but you also deal with probably one of our most precious things and that's children and so i just want to thank you and your team for a lot of the work oftentimes you take a lot of the tomatoes that get thrown at the at the board so appreciate that um i did have just one question i got this from one of our constituents, maybe this is a CAO question. I know we were doing a audit for our foster care system. What's the status of…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“And I just want to make sure that was going forward. I think folks had questions, so you confirmed that now. Appreciate that. We don't want to rush anything. We want to make sure that everything is done thorough and all that. So thank you for that, T.O., and thank you, Director.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, just, Director White, you're our closer, so I'll be brief for the sake of time. Thank you for the update you gave during our town hall on the projects going on in Kalawa and Safe Routes to School and over by Shields and Chestnut. My question has to do with the roads measure conversation that we're having, because I think it affects our planning and budget. So you gave a contingency. If it doesn't pass, obviously, I think we estimated 90 layoffs, and then obviously the money won't be there. However, the contemplation of it does pass, would the conversation next year be just a clean slate…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“I appreciate that clarification and we'll see what happens. I mean at the end of the day our residents will either decide yes or no.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Director Holt. I have the privilege of serving with you on the first five Commission and she's one of the most professional, just compassionate leaders that we have. And I just wanted to tell you that publicly. Oftentimes when we're in that role, and you're expected to make decisions quickly and oftentimes data driven. I see that you've never lost your compassion and you always see things from the human perspective. And I think we need more of that. And so I just wanted to thank you publicly. So well-earned and we'll definitely be there for the ceremony.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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“Congratulations. Thank you. I didn't have your weight. I'm sorry.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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“any other comments just yeah thank you for that presentation and uh i remember when i'm gonna call you sheriff emeritus uh mims gave me a tour of the of the project when they still were turning dirt and to see that go from that to now and to my colleagues for for supporting phase one um would love to be able to support phase two uh myself and so we'll we can chat later about that but that was probably one of the most just beautiful poetic uh memorials that i've ever seen from from the way that the sun hits it to to when you walk in and in the image you get and i think it's a reminder um as…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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“Two. Thank you, Chair. This is just a question for our district attorney, Smith Camp. With the ordinance, you're comfortable that this will be enough? And I know you can't 100% prove the safety of folks all the time. But are you comfortable with just having this? Or is there anything else that you need in order to make sure that our folks are safe?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you for that Sheriff and I appreciate that because I think when this incident happened the feedback I got from some of our residents was if they're doing this to law enforcement or you know law representative What would they do to just regular folks that are wanting to have a sandwich here or coffee or anything? So I appreciate the extra eyes and ears that will be on the Plaza Park. Thank you.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026
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“T. Thank you for that. CAO, before we had this ordinance, there was already something in the books that we had passed, and you have the discretion on doing that. I know the conversation was under the umbrella of CCW, but are employees also allowed to have other options for those that don't opt, for example, pepper spray or tasers or anything of that sort?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 8, 2026