City Council - Special Meeting

The CET Council will begin in August 20, 2026. Please stand up as a representative. I will be a person who is loyal to the sovereignty of the United States of America and the Republic, and the freedom and justice under God. I will be a person who is loyal to the sovereignty and justice under God. After a few weeks, we are happy to see everyone again. This place where we get together, live and work, now known as Palm Springs, is the birthplace of the Band of Cahuilla Indians of Agua Cali. The most powerful part of the people of Agua Cali governs this land as leaders. They will continue to govern this land with all the leaders in the world. We respect and respect the diverse and diverse people who are still related to this land. CET clerk madam Devaayi Hajar, can I ask you a question? Please note that all items are valid. That's very good. Our next topic is about accepting an agenda. The CET council will discuss the process and make a decision. We only have one. Do you have a plan to accept the agenda? A plan and a pin for it. Pramayam has passed. The next item is the public opinion. The public has stopped talking about specific agenda issues with the CET Council at this time. Two minutes are allowed. If anyone has any comments, we encourage them to share it with the CET Council. We need to submit it to the CET clerk for publication. There are a few people to talk to online. First, let's start with John Taylor, Deva. Jeffrey Bernstein rules that place. Thank you, John. I doubt that the first part of what you said will be lost to us. Let's correct it once, please.

Yes, John Taylor, Palm Springs resident. As a person, I am a member of the Local Pure Energy Foundation and I abide by this law of Jeffrey Bernstein. Are you able to hear that? We are able to hear that clearly.

Thank you, Ms. Taylor. Thank you. Next is Sol Dias. Sol, if you can hear us, you have two minutes. If you can hear us, you can unmute and speak. You will get two minutes. Oh, okay. Online or live, do you have anything else to say to anyone? Okay. The next item 1A is the provision of a seat for two seats in the CET Council, and the provision of a seat for two seats in the District 2, which was decided on November 3, 2026. Shall we get the staff report? Devaayi. Superb.

Honourable Mayor, CET Council members, on November 3, 2026, a general municipal election will take place to elect CET Council members from two to three districts. At the end of August 7, when the time to submit a petition for nomination was over, only the only candidate nominated by the District 2 Electoral Council under Jeffrey Bernstein. According to the California Election Code 10229, if only one person has been nominated to be elected from a particular district, the CET Council can accept one of the two actions. 1. Make the person nominated to be elected elected, or 2. Move forward with the elections. If the decision is not made, the CET clerk's office will accept write-in appointments from Sept. 7 to Oct. 20. In addition, the County Registrar of Voters calculated that the district 2 vote will cost about $22,000. If the city decides to cancel the district 2 vote, the district 1 vote will not affect the district 3 vote. At the end of August 17th, Kamiya Nagaram voted for your two council seats, and Temakula Nagaram decided that it would be appropriate for you to vote for your two council seats at 9 a.m. today. This is a normal process, and the election code is 10229. Let me tell you the decision of the council members. I would like to say something special about this. Thank you. Do you have any questions about this? I am here.

Before we start the discussion, do you have any special questions for Brenda? Yes.

That is, one question, only questions. Yes, only one question. Madam Clerk, thank you. Can you explain how that amount of about $22,000 comes? Is that a range? How does it work? Let's look at it in detail. That number is based on the number of voters registered in that district in Riverside County. So I think there are about 6,700 voters registered in District 2. So they usually count a voter with $3.50. Then it depends on the actual numbers. That is, even if only 4 out of 6,000 people vote, it is based on the actual number. Not the number of voters who voted, but the number of registered voters is important. Because they have to pay the cost of sending ballot papers to everyone who registered. So they have to pay according to the number of registered voters. Okay. Thank you very much. Welcome.

Council member Bernstein, do you have anything to say about this?

Yes. Do you have any comments? I have to make some things clear. I had spoken to the CET attorney. I don't need to stay in this discussion or the voting booth. However, I decided to stay in the voting booth. Before that, I have some things to say. After that, I will move on to the discussion. I understand that this is a very important financial issue for the Council. I believe that the right to vote or not to vote is very important, and all residents and residents should see it with respect. I support any decision taken by the council. I am happy about that. Today's decision is that I am ready to continue discussions with residents and residents, to respond to questions, to share ideas and to accept opinions. Even if I am re-elected, I will continue to do so. Thank you for coming here today and for your support. I fully appreciate your decisions. Thank you. Thank you for letting me know that you are leaving the office. I appreciate that. Thank you. Let's have a small discussion about this.

C.E.T. clerk madam thanked the assembly. When there is only one station, this is considered to be a normal walkway. Since there is no second station in this district, we were told that this would be a normal walkway. I found the details about the two cities that make this a walkway very helpful. As indicated in the staff report, the county itself is doing this in the name of special districts, districts, and school districts. Therefore, we are trying to make this as easy as possible for different districts. Since we are a city, it is a decision. This is just an ordinary program. A few people had spoken to me through email. Therefore, Some people may not think that $22,000 is a big deal for this election, but here $20,000 and there $40,000 is an important issue when it comes to handling our budget carefully. This is an example of how our elections can be carried out in an extremely cost-efficient manner and how the county can provide us with easy facilities. Therefore, I am willing to take this seat to the council to make the decision to legislate against Bernstein. Another thing to mention is that we would like to thank the office of the CET clerk for everything they do for our residents in all their activities. The office of the CET clerk is always available to answer all the questions about how to act, the procedures, and so on. I have complete confidence in the office of our CET clerk. Therefore, I am sure that those who are interested in this seat and those interested in other elections in Bavi will be able to understand the details and procedures properly. I am sure that it has been done properly here too. Do you have any other comments? Thank you very much.

As far as I'm concerned, expenses are more important. But if we are a decision-maker, I would like to use that profit for a specific purpose. For example, we have been discussing citizens' academy for years, as it provides more awareness to our residents. Our schools don't teach much about awareness, right? So, sometimes people don't really understand about self-determination and self-reliance. In many other places, such awareness-raising services have been a great success. Once, our police department ran a citizen's academy. It was to make people understand policing, and it had a good share. So, if we move forward, I would like to use that profit to establish a citizen's academy. At the same time, I understood the importance of selection. When only one person is selected in the ballot, there is a lot of confusion among people. Suddenly, even people who had not thought about it will start thinking. Oh, what a surprise! A selection took place, but there was only one person. I felt that it would have been better if I had also selected. Double quote. But they didn't agree. So, I like that this is giving a different kind of awareness. This is what we did with Lisa Middleton, who was last on council. This helped people to understand that there is a problem. Another thing is that there is still time to legally write-in. So, we can legally write-in someone and put it in the ballot. I feel that this is a difficult process, but I believe that it is permissible. So, when a person is appointed, we take the opportunity to write him. These are the things I think about. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, this is a question that is being raised in many places, but I think the main thing is that it is a dramatic argument, and as counsel Angam Garner pointed out, the right-wing is still standing. That's why we're taking that opportunity to make fun of it. She doesn't always have to be a winner. She only wins when she is unprecedented. Another important thing to note is that, even if there is only one candidate, voters have the right to vote for or against them. This helps to understand what voters think about their policies as far as candidates are concerned. On the other hand, I can tell you the good things that Council member Bernstein did during his tenure. The most important of which is the leadership that you gave as Mr. J. Netan Mayor. Thank you very much. It will be a great help to the city in the coming years. I think we can all agree on the good things you have done. Therefore, it is not a matter of whether you are a local or not. As far as I'm concerned, this is a critical issue. So, I think it's better to focus on things that are more beneficial to the people than profits. That's what I'm thinking, though. I'm eager to hear your opinions. Okay, from what we heard today, I think I have a different opinion. Jeffrey, to vote for you, to support you, to give more opportunities to your residents, I want you to act more strongly. I think that's a very important thing. It is important to see the people on the sides of the council as voters. Yes, I want you to be a voter. As Mayor Promp said, this is not about your qualities. I think you have shown your ability. This is about the fundamental principle of democracy. It is the most valuable right among our citizens to go to the ballot box and vote. Today we are telling them that you do not have the right to vote. We will make a great choice for you. I can't believe that this council, which accepts public opinion on everything from games, places, brands, logos, etc., is not seeking the opinion of the people to take over your council. The cost of this is definitely negligible. When we think about democracy and the possibility of voting for a country, this is absolutely impossible. When people find it difficult to go to the ballot box, we now say that you don't have to go to the ballot box. You don't even have to say that you are supporting council member Bernstein or that you should behave well. I am very disappointed that this meeting was not supposed to take place. We didn't have to come here today. The people didn't have to come here today. The time and energy needed to conduct this meeting was not needed. Our CET clerk just told us that on August 10, when we sent a report to three council members, staff members and staff members, they also said this. If it is not advisable to join a special council, we will move forward with a decision. If there is no intention to legislate a council member, there is no point in joining this council today. The clerk continued, and I and the CET clerk continued to advocate for the CET clerk's activities. Yes, the clerk nodded. The right-in candidates of the candidates who can write down what is stated in the ballot allow the possibility. That right is ours to take away. I know that both of you have asked people to write down your names. How can we take away that right? It is not clear whether they will get the votes they need to win in the election. That is their right. I cannot be a council member to take away that right. There is no place for it. On August 12, they asked me what my position was. Within an hour of the CET clerk's request, I asked the CET clerk and the assistant CET manager to bring me back to this office in Balat. I saw that another resident was encouraging me to write in. After a few minutes, I wrote another email to the CET clerk. Another D-2, D-2, was interested in personal rights efforts. I don't understand how we can deny that opportunity to others. They have the right to choose within their council. Within eight minutes, I got a reply from the assistant CET manager. Thank you for letting us know. There is an agreement to join a special association. Within minutes, a special vote was decided to be made. Within minutes, a special vote was decided to be made. When there was no need to do anything, why did we make a special vote? Because it was possible for the Council to stand in the ballot and go to vote. We made this vote to decide whether the Council should legislate Bernstein or not, and to cover the rights of those voters. That's why I am here. I am disappointed in the behavior of some residents who took up this effort to get the right to vote. That's why I am speaking today. It was very important to be here. Because the people of Palm Springs should know that I will stand and fight to give you the right to vote. I don't have any other options. I'm not part of the community that needs to discuss a law today. I don't know how we got here, but we're here. As you know, some very meaningful comments have come in. Someone who called us had expressed his opinion. Some comments have come online. Many have contacted me. So, The watermark in Palm Springs is clear to me. This is an unparalleled earthquake. The right-in period has not started yet. Today, the watermark that is affecting the earthquake will end before it is finally allowed to respond. Another thing is that the process of nomination is to decide who comes in the ballot. That is not the case for the ballot. Through a vote, voters can either accept Bernstein's candidacy under the Council, write someone else's name, write in, or vote without voting. Today's law does not apply to it. It can be passed on, but it does not apply to the same people's right to vote. These are the opinions I have received. This is not about the need for the council to oppose Benstein. You have heard it so far. It is not the National Council that decides who will represent District 2 for the next four years. It is the voters. I don't know how much it will cost us to get here today, but the three interpreters, the staff, and the staff will surprise all of us when they count the time to prepare for this event. So I don't think we're making money. That is why I strongly oppose this special amendment. I will not vote to cover the right of voters to vote in the Council. The D2 vote has to go to the ballot. It is the people who need it. I will vote for it. The residents should have the opportunity to participate in our democracy process and choose their representatives. I firmly believe that today's council meeting is not a decision to be taken.

Council Member Garner, do you have anything to say?

Yes, thank you very much. One reason for us to join a council is that we have to make a decision. That's why it's important to do it officially. Because to make sure that Mr. Benstein is in this ballot, we couldn't join. That's why we had to make a decision. We make decisions officially. That's why we are here to make a decision whether to carry out the law or move forward with the ballot. It is very important to do it officially. That's why the council members said we should join. According to the law, we had to do this within this time period. For this, we could not wait until the end of the write-in period. According to the law, we have to do this now. We have all presented our different opinions. The other two people who said that we need to make a decision are Council member and DRT. That is why there is a clear reason for the selection. I was in charge of that decision when the council board was in Middleton Ballot. I was in charge of that decision. So again, it is important for us to inspect these auctions. It is our job as a council board to inspect each auction. The cost is reduced in that. We have also conducted strong discussions on small expenses in the budget. So again, I agree that we need a vote. Because I think it is an important part of our democracy to raise awareness among the residents. Because we want people to vote. We want the residents to feel confident about voting. But we had to make a decision. We held a discussion. Now we are voting. We are doing it publicly. Prom, do you have any more opinions?

And my honest opinion is that we are lucky to be in California. We are lucky to be able to follow the instructions of the Registrar of Voters. And this discussion is not an unusual thing for any city that does not oppose. The other side of the county is exactly the same. So there is nothing unnatural in this discussion. Indeed, the same discussion took place yesterday at the top of Kala Masi. That is, no, three days ago. And it is important to change the procedures, because when we ask for a legal and legal procedure that we use, we ask for the rules that we have to follow. Therefore, I would like to say that this is something that the voters' registrar allows us to do. This is what other municipal government agencies are doing. I didn't have a problem moving forward legally. And again, other cities are doing this. I think Palm Springs is very special. Certainly. Sometimes I think we spend a lot of time, energy and attention on things. When other cities face similar problems or questions, we don't have to spend so much time. Therefore, if we decide to move forward with the election, I am waiting for that social conversation. If my co-worker wins again, I am waiting to work with him next time. But this process is against the California law. And I would like to reiterate that we must follow the instructions of the elected officials in our election process. Therefore, I would like to thank you for reminding us about this time period and for making sure that we are doing everything correctly. Yes. Therefore, let me say it clearly. I would like to announce a promise for the election. That is, this. Opposition.

Yes, that's why my request is to conduct the selection. Okay, your request has been accepted. Thank you. The next CET Council Yoke will take place on the 8th, 2nd, 6th and 3rd. It will be a regular CET Council Yoke. And until then, wishes to all the participants. And I am waiting again for that community meeting. Thank you. See you next week. Okay, then.