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[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
WELCOME TO THE EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WOULD Y'ALL STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the March 14, 2023 and March 21, 2023 Special Joint Meetings, and the Agenda of the March 28, 2023, Meeting in accordance to State Law and City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE REGULAR MARCH 14TH MEETING AND THE MARCH 21ST SPECIAL JOINT MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE MARCH 28TH, 2023 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING, I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN INVITE MEMBERS OF THE P OF THE PUBLIC TO THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT.
JOIN US THIS EVENING AT 6:00 PM AT THE COURTYARD MARRIOTT, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1 41 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM CITY HALL.
AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STATE OF THE CITY.
THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR VERY OWN CITY CLERK, ANGELA CORTEZ, CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.
I DON'T USUALLY DO THIS, BUT ANGELA INSISTS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ANGELA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
YOU WANNA MAKE A SPEECH
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO.
[7. CONSENT ITEMS: Consent Items are routine matters enacted by one motion according to the RECOMMENDATION listed below. With the concurrence of the City Council, a Council Member or person in attendance may request discussion of a Consent Item at this time.]
ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS ENACTED BY ONE MOTION ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.A COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, WHICH, WHICH NUMBER I WOULD LIKE TO PULL? NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.
WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO THAT THEN.
ANY OTHER IN THE COUNCIL STAFF? DO YOU KNOW CONSENT ITEMS? DO YOU PULLED? NO, SIR.
UM, ANY SPEAKER CARDS AND CONSENT ITEMS? WE DO HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS FOR ITEM FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S START THEN WITH THE SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MICHELLE AND THEN WE'LL GO ON.
TRUTH, UH, HAS PULLED ITEMS AGAIN.
SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, YOU READY FOR ME TO SPEAK ON IT? SURE.
SO THIS ITEM IS A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR OVER 70,000 IN FEDERAL DEBT DOLLARS.
USING THE EXCUSE QUOTE, SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, THERE HAS BEEN A HEIGHTENED CONCERN OVER THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACT OF TERRORISM TO OCCUR.
AGAIN, I THINK 2000 ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DATED OF AN EXCUSE.
AND WHEN I THINK OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON, I CERTAINLY DO NOT THINK OR HAVE FEAR OF TERRORISM.
BUT THIS ITEM SAYS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, HAS PROVIDED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.
THEY SURE ARE SKILLED AT WASTING TAXPAYER'S MONEY, AREN'T THEY? EVEN IF THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND THAT'S NOAD COULDN'T STOP THE PLAINTIFF TAX THAT OCCURRED DURING NINE 11, WHICH WAS THEIR ONE JOB TO DO THAT DAY, THEN NO GRANTS ARE GOING TO STOP ATTACKS AFTER NINE 11.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN PROVEN TO BE UNFORTUNATELY TRUE EVERY YEAR SINCE I WOULD CITE LAST YEAR'S MAY 14TH SHOOTING IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK THAT THE FBI SEEMINGLY ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
AS A VERY CLEAR EXAMPLE, THIS HOMELAND SECURITY MONEY WILL BE USED BY BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL GET OVER 51,000 IN FEDERAL DEBT DOLLARS TO PURCHASE MOBILE RADIOS, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL GET OVER 19,000 AND FEDERAL DEBT DOLLARS TO BUY A RISING BALLARD SYSTEM THAT CAN BE RISEN AND RETRACTED BACK INTO THE GROUND SUPPOSEDLY, QUOTE, FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR CONVERSELY, IMMEDIATE ACCESS
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RESTRICTIONS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.I'D LIKE TO KNOW ACCESS RESTRICTIONS FOR WHO AND WHAT KIND OF EMERGENCY SITUATION WOULD WARRANT ACCESS RESTRICTIONS TO STOP WHO OF THE PUBLIC FROM GOING WHERE AND WHY.
WHAT WOULD A BALLARD SYSTEM ACHIEVE OTHER THAN BLOCKING PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO BUILDING A TREES THAT THEY PAID FOR WITH THEIR TAXES? BUT THE ITEM SAYS THAT QUOTE, ACTUAL ITEMS MAY CHANGE IF MODIFICATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND APPROVED BY THE GRANTING AGENCY.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN GUARANTEED THAT THE OVER 70,000 IN FEDERAL DEBT DOLLARS, WHAT IT WILL BE SPENT ON.
THIS IS JUST AN EXCUSE FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILL YOUR MONEY BUCKETS WITH FEDERAL DEBT DOLLARS SO THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS CAN BUY SOME NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH.
BUT Y'ALL BETTER HURRY BECAUSE THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARD LETTER SAYS, YOUR PERFORMANCE PERIOD ENDS MAY 31ST.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST IN A TIMELY MATTER NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH.
SO HURRY AND GET THOSE MONEY BUCKETS READY SOON.
IT'S, IT'S GOING TO RAIN, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? THAT'S IT.
OH, ARE YOU? SHE'S BACK AGAIN.
SHE'S THE FIVE AND SIX MOVING WENT ON.
SO THIS ITEM IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES FURNISHING AND INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS, CARPORT, CANOPIES, AND A CITY FURNISHED BATTERY ENERGY SYSTEM AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN APRIL.
LAST YEAR, THIS PROJECT WAS TO BE BUILT BY CALIFORNIA SOLAR INTEGRATORS, INC.
IN JULY CS I I REQUESTED IT AN OVER A $283,000 INCREASE IN PAY.
THEY WEREN'T SATISFIED AND THEN REPORTED THE CARPORT SUBCONTRACTOR WOULD, WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND SUGGESTED AN ALTERNATE SUBCONTRACTOR.
THEN IN AUGUST, THEY REPORTED THAT THE SOLAR PANEL'S ORDERED WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND FINALLY IN OCTOBER, THEY NOTIFIED THE CITY OF EL CAJON THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THE WORK AS SPECIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL BID OFFER TRANSLATION.
IN ONLY SIX MONTHS, THEY COMPLETELY FAILED.
THEY ALSO WASTED TAXPAYER MONEY ON EVERYONE'S TIME.
MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD CHOOSE A LOCAL COMPANY INSTEAD OF ONE THAT'S BASED IN LOS ANGELES, LIKE CALIFORNIA SOLAR INTEGRATORS INC.
IS THIS ITEM'S THE CHANCE TO DO IT WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF REBIDDING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT? I DO LIKE THOUGH THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 5,105 SAYS, A BIDDER WHO CLAIMS A MISTAKE OR FORFEITS HIS OR HER BID SECURITY SHALL BE PROHIBITED FOR PARTICIPATING IN FURTHER BIDDING ON THE PROJECT ON WHICH THE MISTAKE WAS CLAIMED OR SECURITY FORFEITED.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CODE TO FOLLOW.
IF THERE MUST BE TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE LITHIUM BASED SOLAR PANEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TOXIC LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE BATTERIES, AT LEAST GET A GOOD DEAL ON SOMEBODY WHO WILL ACTUALLY GET THE JOB DONE THIS TIME.
I DID NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT IS ON THE CA.GOV WEBSITE WITH A STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 2007 0 4 1 1 35.
BASED ON THAT, I'M CURIOUS, DOES THE CITY OF OKON ACTUALLY GET USE OF THIS ENERGY GENERATED, OR IS IT THE STATE OR THE COUNTY IN CONTROL OF ITS DISTRIBUTION? THAT'S MY LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THAT? CERTAINLY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR OR MISS MAYORS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, SO WHENEVER WE HAVE A SOLAR PROJECT IN THE CITY THAT CITI, IT GOES BACK INTO THE GRID, BUT IT SAVES US MONEY.
WE DO A RE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THAT SOLAR SYSTEM WILL PAY ITSELF OFF.
IN THIS CASE, THERE IS A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE THE POWER GRID IS SHUT DOWN, WE CAN CAPTURE THAT ENERGY THAT WE'VE COLLECTED AND THEN RUN OFF THAT DURING AN EMERGENCY WHEN THERE'S NO OTHER POWER.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE POWER SOURCE TO BE ABLE TO RUN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
OKAY, ITEM SIX, TRUTH AGAIN, HERE WE HAVE YET ANOTHER FRAUDULENT EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
LAST WEEK, THE CITY OF SANTI FINALLY ENDED THEIR FRAUDULENT COVID EMERGENCY WHILE THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE JUST BEGAN ONE OVER STORMWATER, WHILE THE SUN STILL SHINES.
BUT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION SEEMS TO SHINE BRIGHTER THESE DAYS THAN COMMON SENSE AND ETHICS BECAUSE HERE IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON, CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL, EVEN THOUGH HE DID ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, DECLARANT AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH 22ND, ALL FOR $250,000 IN INFLATION CAUSING AMERICAN DESTRUCTION PLAN ACT DEBT DOLLARS.
BUT IT GETS EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU HEAR THE EXCUSE GIVEN QUOTE, VANDALISM AND DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
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OF RESTROOMS AT WELLS PARK HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT REPAIRS AND PROVIDE DAILY MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING CLEANING THE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS COULD SPREAD, INFECTIOUS DISEASES COULD NOT ARE, AND THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR PATHETIC EXCUSES.DESPITE NUMEROUS EFFORTS BY CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS TO REPAIR THE ONGOING DAMAGE, THE REPEATED VANDALISM HAS MADE IT CHALLENGING TO MAINTAIN THE RESTROOMS. INDIVIDUAL LOCKABLE STALLS IN THE RESTROOM BUILDING LEADS TO INDIVIDUALS USING THE STALLS TO ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OR OVERNIGHT.
THE ILLICIT ACTIVITIES WITNESSED BY STAFF, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDE PROSTITUTION, DRUG USE, VIOLENT CRIMES, VANDALISM, RESULTING IN BROKEN FIXTURES, DAMAGED PLUMBING, GRAFFITI, AND BUILDUP OF WASTE INSIDE THE STALLS, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME UNUSABLE, END QUOTE.
SO WHAT THIS ITEM IS SAYING IS THAT CITY STAFF AND PAID PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS WERE ALL A WASTE OF MONEY, AND THAT EVEN POLICE HAVE BEEN FAILURES AT THEIR JOBS OF PROTECTING PEOPLE'S SAFETY AT THIS BATHROOM, SOME BUDDIES FULL OF MORE CRAP THAN THE TOILETS, AND I INSIST ON FLUSHING AWAY THE LIES AS BEST I CAN.
SO THE PICTURES IN THIS ITEM SHOW HORRIBLE LOOKING BATHROOMS, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT AN EMERGENCY.
I'VE SEEN DIRTIER HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND RIVER BEDS THAN THIS BATHROOM.
HAVE ANY OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS EVER SEEN THE WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AT PACIFIC BEACH? NOW, THOSE ARE THE WORST UNNATURAL DISASTERS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE NO CONDITIONS OF EXTREME PERIL THAT WARRANT AND NECESSITATE THIS PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AS REQUIRED BY PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 2250.
THIS IS FRAUD, AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS TYPE OF UNSANITARY ITEM IS REALLY ABOUT.
WILL THE INCREASED DEBT AND INFLATION BE WORTH DESTROYING OUR FUTURES FOR? THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO ASK YOURSELVES.
WASN'T COVID ENOUGH OF A LIE WITH ITS 0.1 FATALITY RATE? YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER SPEAKERS, SIR.
UM, MICHELLE, LET'S COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME, SORRY, I'M DISTRACTED.
DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? CER CERTAINLY.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CAPITAL PR, UH, IMPROVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, PROJECT TO REPAIR AND TO RECONFIGURE THE RESTROOMS AT WELLS PARK.
UM, THAT PROCESS THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR TO GET TO THAT POINT.
WE BUDGETED ABOUT $150,000 FOR ARCHITECTURAL WORK ALONE AFTER GETTING SOME PRELIMINARY BIDS.
AND, UM, HAVING BEEN THERE RECENTLY AND HEARING COMPLAINTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS, I, I WOULDN'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE RESTROOMS BEING OPEN.
SO IT WAS EITHER A CHOICE OF DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND GETTING A CONTRACTOR IN HERE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME WORK IMMEDIATELY, OR SHUTTING THE RESTROOMS AND SECURING THE SERVICES OF A PORTA-POTTY TO REPLACE THE RESTROOMS UNTIL, MM-HMM.
WE RAN A COST ANALYSIS AND DETERMINED THAT THE PORTA-POTTIES WERE BY FAR THE MORE EXPENSIVE ROUTE.
THIS WILL BE THE, THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ROUTE WITH THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE CONFIGURATION OF WHAT THOSE RESTROOMS WOULD LOOK LIKE, I BELIEVE MS. ANO HAS SOME IMAGES OF THAT, OR MR. JAMES HAS SOME IMAGES OF THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
THAT RECONFIGURATION, BUT IS MORE OF A BEACH STYLE RESTROOM WITH OPEN DOORS.
UH, WITH A, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CONSTRUCT A CORRIDOR ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THAT THING COULD BE LOCKED WITH SECURED, UM, HEAVY DUTY LOCKS, AND THEN THE DOORS WOULD BE REMOVED.
IT'D BE MORE OF THAT OPENS BEACH STYLE RESTROOM THAT WOULD AVOID, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAMPING IN THE EVENING.
THERE, UH, IT WOULD AVOID ACTS OF PROSTITUTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING, OR DRUG USE THAT ARE, WE KNOW ARE OCCURRING IN THE PARKS.
SO, UM, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE NOW WITH I'M FINE.
I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION.
ANYBODY ELSE ELSE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSENT ITEMS? I MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
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ARE NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT.[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]
AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE EL CAHAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS HEARD.
STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS, AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE SIX CARDS.
I APPRECIATE YOU AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I SAW YOU LAST WEEK AT THE REOPEN PARTY AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST, SORRY, MY NAME'S KARA.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT THE EL CAJON COUNCIL MEETING, AND I GOTTA SAY IT'S LIKE A MASSIVE, UM, BREATH OF FRESH AIR COMPARED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS OR THE LA MESA COUNCIL MEETING, OR EVEN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR COUNTY HAS, UM, BEEN FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN WHERE LEFT IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS LEFT AND UP IS DOWN, AND DOWN IS UP.
IT'S JUST FEELS LIKE WE WOKE UP IN A TWILIGHT ZONE AND IT SEEMS REALLY SCARY.
UM, I'M MOSTLY HERE TO, BECAUSE I'M, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU IS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO I FIGURED IT'D BE BEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I'M ALSO HERE TO IMPLORE ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY FROM ALL, ALL THE CITIES, ALL OF THE COUNTY, ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS.
WE NEED MORE SUPPORT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE AGENDA THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING ENACTED ON OUR, ON OUR COUNTY, WE'RE, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE DRINKING SEWER WATER HERE.
ALL OF OUR RAW SEWAGE IS GONNA BE BECOME OUR DRINKING WATER.
AS WELL AS THE CAMERAS THAT THEY'VE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THAT WERE ALL GOING TO BE SURVEYED WITH, UM, LICENSE, UM, RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.
UH, THE FIRST TO ARRIVE WERE THE CAMERAS INSTALLED TO PROTECT BOTH YOU AND ME AND PLACES WHERE WE WEREN'T THAT THREATENED AND YET THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE WHAT FOLLOWED.
NEXT WERE TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS TO KEEP THE ROADS QUIET AND CLEAN.
THE MATH DIDN'T ADD UP NOR THE SCIENCE, BUT STILL, THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE.
NEXT CAME THE 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER, DECREED TO SOME IT SEEMED LIKE RESTRICTIONS, BUT STILL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE.
SO CONVENIENT, EASY, AND FREE YOUR LIFE IN ONE CHIP ON A MAINFRAME.
AND STILL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE THE CARS.
THEY SOLD US WERE ELECTRIC, ALL WIRED TO THE GOVERNMENT PC.
THEY SWITCHED OFF THE DRIVING ON SUNDAYS AND STILL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE.
THE BANKS MOVED THEIR MONEY TO DIGITAL.
THE GOVERNMENT BANNED CASH THE NEXT WEEK, AND THE ABILITY TO FLY WAS RESTRICTED AND STILL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE.
THEY LINKED UP YOUR MONEY AND PROFILE TO THE ID ON THE GOVERNMENT PC AND CONNECTED IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND STILL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE.
AND THEN CAME A NEW CURE FOR A NEW VIRUS AND IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND FREE.
AND THEY LINKED THESE JOBS TO YOUR PROFILES AND CONNECTED THE GOVERNMENT PC.
AND WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE LOCKED UP IN THEIR CITIES, POLICED BY THEIR DIGITAL IDS, UNABLE TO VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES.
NOW, FINALLY, THE PEOPLE CAN SEE RESTRICTED AND TRACKED WITH NO MONEY TO GO FURTHER, A PERMIT YOU'LL NEED CONTAINED IN YOUR DIGITAL CITIES.
A WHY DO THE PEOPLE NOT SEE THESE STEPS? THEY DECEPTIVELY SOLD US AS PROGRESS NEVER LOOKED TO BE QUITE WHAT THEY SEEMED.
AND IF YOU DON'T ASK THE QUESTIONS IN PROTEST, THEN YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL NEVER KNOW FREE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT, UH, ANYTHING THAT NATHAN FLETCHER HAD HIS HANDS IN AS FAR AS, UH, POLICIES OR, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESSNESS WITH THE, UH, HOTEL VOUCHERS, I THINK SHOULD BE NULL AND VOID.
CONSIDERING HE'S NOW IN REHAB AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVE THIS COUNTY, HE SHOULD ALSO BE RES RESIGNING FROM HIS POSITION AS SUPERVISOR.
MY NAME'S DAVID MERANGA AND, UH, I'VE DONE MINISTRY HERE IN EL CAJON FOR 16 YEARS NOW.
AND MOST OF THAT TIME HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND, AND FACING HURDLES THAT, THAT THEIR FAMILIES HAVE FACED FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
AND, UH, MORE THAN ONCE AFTER A CHURCH EVENT, I WOULD DRIVE A STUDENT
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OFF AND DROP THEM OFF AT A MOTEL, LOCAL MOTEL HERE THAT THEY CALLED HOME FOR THAT WEEK.AND, UH, I'LL NEVER FORGET DROPPING OFF ONE OF THESE STUDENTS.
IT WASN'T MY FIRST TIME, BUT THIS TIME SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT.
AND I, I, I PULLED OUT OF THE MOTEL PARKING LOT AND HAD TO PULL OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I JUST BROKE DOWN, UH, IN TEARS AND FRUSTRATION AT THE DIFFICULT SITUATION I WAS LEAVING THAT STUDENT IN.
AND WHEN, WHENEVER I COULD AVOID DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I, I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD, BUT TOO OFTEN, LEAVING A STUDENT WITH A SINGLE PARENT IN ONE OF THESE MOTELS WAS THE BEST SITUATION POSSIBLE.
AND, AND YET MY PRAYER WAS JUST THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR AND AVOID THE VIOLENCE AND THE, THE DRUG ABUSE THAT WAS HAPPENING JUST A FEW FEET OUTSIDE THOSE DOORS.
YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CHALLENGES THAT SO MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE FACING, UH, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING BETTER.
AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT BY DEFENDING OUR STREETS AGAINST SO MANY CRIMINALS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN LICENSE THROUGH STATE AND COUNTY POLICIES TO CONTINUE, UH, SELLING DRUGS, BREAKING THE LAW, AND UNFORTUNATELY ABUSING THOSE FOUND IN THESE FRAGILE POSITIONS.
SO I, I WANT TO THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, BUT ALSO FOR MANY OTHER ITEMS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE DEFENDING PEOPLE WHO NEED DEFENSE, WHERE YOU'RE STANDING UP WHERE WE NEED PEOPLE TO STAND UP, WE HAVE A REF, UH, A RIGHT AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO DEFEND OUR HOMES.
AND YOU GUYS, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVE A RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DEFEND THE CITY.
I LIKE BEING IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD AND DO GOOD WORK, AND I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT EACH ONE OF YOU.
UM, I'VE GOT THE SAME STORY THAT, UH, DAVID WAS JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT, BUT THOUSANDS OF THEM BECAUSE AT FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WE MINISTER TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.
AND, UH, YOU'VE BATTLED WITH US AND THESE BATTLES AND HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES.
SEEMS LIKE WE JUST KEEP FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT, AND I DON'T HAVE TO EDUCATE YOU TO, UM, THE VIOLENCE, THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS, THE MURDERS THAT ARE GOING ON BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RESPECT FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE STATE.
UH, WE WORKED ON A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT HERE A WHILE BACK.
AND UNTIL WE PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE COUNTY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT, THE FINGER POINTING WAS JUST GOING AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND.
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME THING IN THIS, UH, WE'LL SHOW UP AT THE, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WE'LL SAY, LISTEN, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS DUMPING OF SEXUAL PREDATORS.
UM, THE, THE RATIOS OF WHAT EL CAJON DOES FOR HOMELESSNESS EXCEEDS EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT THE CITY OF EL CAJON AND PER CAPITA, PROBABLY WE EVEN DO MORE.
SO WE'RE JUST, I'M, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WITH YOU ON THIS, AND WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT THE FIGHT, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, PRAYING FOR YOU AND SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
WE'LL SHOW UP AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WE'LL LET OUR VOICE BE KNOWN.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
THANKS COME, PASTOR, APPRECIATE IT.
I HOPE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THEY REALLY MEAN THAT BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE WATCHING FOR THE RECORD.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS 260 PAGES WITH SIX ITEMS AND CONSENT AND FOUR REPORTS.
SO AT THE MARCH 14TH MEETING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PHIL WHO WAS ABSENT, THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO WASTE $114,000 ON 40 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS FROM FLOCK GROUP INC.
FLOCK STARTED WITH FUNDING FROM MARK ANDREESSEN, A FRIEND OF FACEBOOK'S MARK ZUCKERBERG THAT SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE A HINT ABOUT LACK OF PRIVACY ON THEIR WEBSITE.
FLOCK ADMITS THAT THEY CAPTURE IMAGES OF 1 BILLION PLUS VEHICLES PER MONTH.
AND THAT QUOTE, OUR AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS INCLUDE SEARCHABLE QUERIES, BUY VEHICLE, MAKE, TYPE AND COLOR LICENSE PLATE UNIQUE FEATURES, ROOF RACK, BUMPER STICKERS, AND WINDOW STICKERS.
NUMBERS OF TIMES THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE LAST 30 DAYS AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLES, THEY INSIST THAT FOOTAGE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT SINCE IT'S WIFI ENABLED CONNECTED TO A CLOUD, THEN ANYONE
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ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD CAN HACK INTO IT.IT'S A EXACT SAME THING AS WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S STUPID SMART STREET LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ALL OF THESE SPY DEVICES WILL ONLY SERVE ONE TRUE PURPOSE, AND THAT'S A TRACK EVERYBODY'S MOVEMENTS.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY PUSHES THE CITY OF ELCON FURTHER INTO BECOMING JUST LIKE CHINA WITH FACIAL ID PROFILING, MONITORING A PER PURCHASE HABITS AND MOVEMENT, AND THE THEFT OF, OH, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION, COMPLETE SURVEILLANCE USING EXCUSES OF CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND STEVE, YOU WERE DEAD WRONG ABOUT INTEGRITY WITH THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AXON BODY CAMERAS.
THAT MEANS SECURITY IS ABSOLUTELY NOT GUARANTEED.
HERE'S WHY A LOT OF AXONS LEADERSHIP HAS TIES TO MICROSOFT AND AMAZON, AND THROUGH EXXON'S EVIDENCE AGENCY, THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTING POLI POLICE AND PEOPLE'S FOOTAGE WITH TERMS THAT INCLUDE, QUOTE, YOU GRANT US A TRANSFERABLE IRREVOCABLE, ROYALTY FREE SUBLICENSE WORLDWIDE LICENSE TO USE ANY IP CONTENT THAT YOU POST ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES.
AXON HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OF ALL OF THE FOOTAGE COLLECTED AND CAN EVEN SELL IT.
SO NO, THERE'S NO CONFIDENCE AND IT'S THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND MICHELLE, YOU SAID THIS, MY FEELING IS IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING A CRIME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT HAVING ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, CAMERAS AND GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
THAT'S THE WORLD TOTALITARIAN PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE CREATING INANIMATE OBJECTS LIKE CAMERAS DON'T SOLVE CRIMES, INVESTIGATORS DO.
AND IT'S BETTER TO PREVENT CRIMES LIKE MURDER, NOT JUST WATCH A VIDEO AFTER SOMEBODY'S ALREADY DEAD.
TRACKING IS FOR CRIMINALS, NOT FOR INNOCENT PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND YOU NEED TO START RESPECTING THAT RIGHT AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
NEXT SPEAKER, RAQUEL ASHLEY GRAHAM, WHILE, WHILE THE NEXT SPEAKER'S COMING UP, I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT LICENSE PLATE READERS.
UM, I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT ALL OF US ON ON COUNCIL HAVE I, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, BUT DO YOU THINK WE COULD, UH, HAVE A, UH, PARAGRAPH OR A WHITE PAPER ON, ON THE PRIVACY ISSUES THAT, THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT PREPARE SOMETHING.
YEAH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST DISCUSS IT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, UM, HERE IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.
UM, YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO LIKE YOU, IF WE HAD, UH, A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT THOUGHT MORE LIKE YOU, THE HOMELESS PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS CITY WOULD BE PROBABLY NOT NONE, BUT WOULD BE LITTLE TO NONE.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SAYING, KEEP YOUR ENEMIES, UH, CLOSE, WHAT IS IT? FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UH, PROBABLY EXCUSE ON WHY A LOT OF TIMES YOU FIND AN INFLUX OF HOMELESS HERE IN THIS CITY.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY THERE'S GONNA BE AN INFLUX OF HOMELESS COMING INTO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE PADRES OPENING DAY.
IT'S LIKE CLOCKWORK THAT ANYTIME THERE'S A BIG EVENT DOWN IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE COME HERE INTO THE CITY.
AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOUR HANDS ARE PROBABLY TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK.
AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK, CONTINUING TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR FAMILIES, AND KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE.
BECAUSE I THINK IF MORE FAMILIES THOUGHT ABOUT THE 16 YEAR OLD IN THE HOTEL AS THEIR OWN DAUGHTER, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE FULL.
AND THAT IS THE CONTINUED PROBLEM IS UNTIL, BECOMES IT, UNTIL IT BECOMES MY PROBLEM.
SOMEBODY ELSE'S DAUGHTER, SOMEONE ELSE'S SON, THAT IS THE ONLY TIME CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EVER GET FULL.
IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING WHERE WE THINK ABOUT IT BEING OUR DAUGHTER, EVERYONE'S DAUGHTER, EVERYONE'S SON.
UM, THERE'S TOO MANY KIDS STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE BEING APPROACHED FOR TRAFFICKING AND THEY'RE BEING LURED.
AND IT'S, THIS CITY, I FEEL IS ALWAYS A TARGET BECAUSE YOU GUYS STAND FOR TRUTH.
YOU STAND FOR FREEDOM, AND YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE FIERCE IN THAT YOU WILL NEVER, UM, STOP ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS GUYS GET RAGGED ON PROBABLY, UM, ALL THE TIME.
BUT, UM, FROM MY HEART, KNOWING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN PERSONALLY, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU.
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HI MOHAMED.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONOR MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
I'M AN EL CAJON RESIDENT, HOMEOWNER BUSINESS OWNER, AND MOST IMPORTANT, UH, FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN HERE IN EL CAJON.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF EVERY CHILD HERE IN EL CAJON.
UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER AND SAFER.
AND WE AS CONCERNED, CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ALWAYS GIVE YOU OUR SUPPORT.
AND ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WANTED TO TAKE EL CAJON FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT, AND WE STOPPED THEM AND WE KEPT EL CAJON IN THE DISTRICT THAT RESPECTS FAMILY VALUES.
AND MY TOPIC TODAY IS FAMILY VAL VALUES WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, WE ALWAYS SUPPORT THE CITY AND SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME AWKWARD MOMENTS THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
FEW THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE LIKE COMFORTABLE OR IN FIXING THOSE ISSUES GONNA DISRUPT SOME STATUS QUO.
MY TOPIC TO TODAY IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, KE HOME, VALLEY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THE WORST RATING ALL OVER.
THEY STOP TEACHING A LOT OF SUBJECT THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ARE ALMOST ZERO.
AND SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AT THE VALLEY FLOOR, NOT THE ONES ON THE HILLS, NOT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE ONES ON THE VALLEY FLOOR.
THEY STOPPED CARING ABOUT THE KIDS WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM.
THEY SAID, OH, THE ACHIEVEMENTS, THE MEASUREMENTS, ALL THE KNOWN MEASUREMENTS ARE NOT RELATED.
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THE WARD OF WORK.
THAT PROGRAM, WELL, IT'S NOT WORKING.
WHAT IS A FUTURE OF A CITY WITH CHILDREN WITH NO FUTURE? MAY NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU PROBABLY SAY IT'S NOT GONNA BE SAFE.
LESS EDUCATION MAY LEAD TO MORE CRIMES, LESS HOME VALUES.
WHERE WERE WE BUILDING OUR CITY? I SEE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, GOING FROM LET'S SAY SIX, NOW IT'S 10.
BUT WHAT'S BRINGING US DOWN IS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CAJON VALLEY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE PARTNERED WITH THEM, WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM FOR SEVEN YEARS AND BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA FIX SOMETHING, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT, DAVID MAYASHIRO, THAT CONTROL THE BOARD FOR SOME REASON, THEY DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO US ANYMORE.
AND DAVID MESURE IS RUNNING THE DISTRICT AS HIS OWN CORPORATION.
THE MORE OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GOING DOWN, THE MORE HIS SALARY IS GOING UP.
WHEN WE TALKED TO HIM, HE SAID, OKAY, IT'S THE NEWCOMER'S FAULT WHEN YOU DO THE STUDIES, IT'S NOT.
AND HE SAID, OH, WALTER FORK, ALL THE, ALL THE MEASUREMENTS AREN'T WRONG.
SO I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GET THE NUMBERS RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LIE TO YOU AND SEE HOW ARE YOU'RE GONNA FIX IT AND SHOW THAT PERSON, DAVID MAYASHIRO, THAT COMING TO OUR CITY, DESTROYING OUR FUTURE IS NOT ALLOWED HERE IN EL CAJON.
AND THE ONLY RE LIKE SOLUTION FOR IT IS TO FIRE ME.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT ONE THING, I, I'M SURE YOU KNOW THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I, AND YOU'RE ANYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME HERE AND BRING UP ANYTHING, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THE AUDIENCE TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION.
YEAH, I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT A CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT HOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HOW GOTTA HAPPEN? ALRIGHT, THANKS.
WE HAVE TWO MORE COMMENTS, SIR.
THE NEXT ONE IS DONALD CANNON.
UH, FIRST OFF, UH, THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME I'M DOING THIS.
UH, UH, I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MOTELS AND STUFF.
WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE, UH, TO DO TO GET THESE PEOPLE AND THIS HOTELS SHUT DOWN OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING OVER THERE? BECAUSE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SEEING LIKE 16 YEAR OLD GIRLS, YOU KNOW, GETTING LURED DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, MY MAIN CONCERN IS I'M, I LIVED HERE IN EL CAJON FOR TWO YEARS NOW, AND I LOVE THIS CITY AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SEE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, GETTING CORRUPTED WITH MORE SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN HOTEL ROOMS. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GONNA DO ABOUT IT AND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS? WELL, I THINK YOU'LL, UH, IF YOU HANG AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR PART RIGHT NOW BY VOICING YOUR OPINION.
AND I THINK IT'S R EVERYBODY'S GOTTA BE INVOLVED.
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YOU.HEY, MAYOR, MY NAME IS JEFF AND I DO NOT CONDONE THE COUNTY'S POLICY OF PLACING ALL THE PROBLEMATIC INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY IN HOTELS IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S BECOME VERY APPARENT THAT THE MAYOR OF EL CAJON, BILL WELLS STANDS FOR TRUTH AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HOWEVER, ARE THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THAT.
AND THEIR FORMER CHAIR, NATHAN FLETCHER, HAS PUBLICLY INSTIGATED A BEEF WITH MAYOR WELLS AND EL CAJON AS A WHOLE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THE CURRENT UNBALANCED POLICY IS RELATED TO THAT VERY BEEF.
I CERTAINLY HAVE A TON OF COMPASSION FOR THE HOMELESS, AND I DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THEIR DILEMMA.
WHAT I CAN CLEARLY SENSE IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS NO DESIRE TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THEM.
IT'S BECOME THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WHERE THEY GROW PROGRAMS AND GRANTS AND PASS AROUND THIS CHUNK OF MONEY AND THAT CHUNK OF MONEY BACK AND FORTH TO THEIR FRIENDS AND HELP THEIR FRIENDS OVER HERE AND CAUSE PROBLEMS OVER THERE IN EL CAJON.
AND JUST KEEP THE WHOLE THING GOING.
IT'S LIKE THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OR THE MEDICAL MAFIA WITH ALL THEIR LIES OF, SAY, THE CANCER SOCIETY.
WESTERN ROCKEFELLER MEDICINE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO CURE CANCER.
AND KIDDING ME, SIMILARLY SO-CALLED VACCINES ARE NOT FOR YOUR HEALTH.
QUITE TO THE CONTRARY, AS HAS BEEN BECOME DEADLY APPARENT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, RIGHT? THE POWERS THAT BE WANT CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE.
THIS ALL PLAYS INTO THEIR DESIRED MAYHEM.
THEY POISON YOUR WATER WITH FLUORIDE.
THEY POISON YOUR FOOD WITH GLYPHOSATE, THEY POISON OUR SKIES WITH KEMP TRAILS AND THEY POISON YOUR BLOOD STREAMS WITH THE VACCINES.
IT'S COORDINATED LARGELY BY THE UN AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
OUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROLLING OUT THAT SCAM LOCALLY.
THE MASSES HAVE BEEN LULLED TO SLEEP THROUGH TELEVISED MIND CONTROL.
PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP NOW AND ACTIVATE, GIVE THEM YOUR SILENT CONSENT NO LONGER.
THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE A TERRIBLE IDEA.
MAYOR, I KNOW THERE CAN BE A GOOD ASPECT FROM THE SIDE OF THE POLICE, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, BUT THEY'RE A KEY FORM OF INCREMENTALISM TOWARD LOCKING PEOPLE INTO THESE EVENTUAL 15 MINUTE CITIES THAT THEY WANT.
JUST LIKE IN CHINA, IT'S A TYRANNY TROJAN HORSE, IT'S ALL PART OF THE UN AND THE W F'S AGENDA 2021 AGENDA 2030.
IT'S NOT FOR THE GOOD OF ANYONE.
UM, THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.
WE HAVE FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[7. Update on Regulating the Use of El Cajon Lodging Establishments – Ensuring Responsible Guests Requirements RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Receives the report and provides feedback on various initiatives; and Directs the Planning Commission to amend Zoning Code Chapter 17.212 (Deemed Approved Lodging Establishment) to include “Emergency Housing Placement Program” guidelines and considers changes to “Nuisance Activities and Performance Standards.”]
ITEM SEVEN IS AN UPDATE ON REGULATING THE USE OF EL CAJON LOGIC ESTABLISHMENTS.AND I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER REGULATE SOME OF OUR LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING, WHILE STAYING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON.
WE TOOK SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE THINK WE HAVE SOME PROPOSALS THAT MAKE SENSE.
SO AS YOU RECALL FROM THE 21ST MEETING, UH, WE PRESENTED SIX DIFFERENT IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE THE CITY COUNCIL ADDED AN AN ADDITIONAL ONE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FIRST THREE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE CO, UH, SAN DIEGO COUNTY GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE, UH, OVERPAYMENT OF TAX DOLLARS FOR MOTEL ROOMS AT A HIGHER RATE THAN YOU OR I WOULD PAY FOR THOSE EXACT SAME ROOMS. UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THE 90 DAY MORATORIUM AND THE LEGALITY OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY SET A MOTEL, A HEARING FOR MOTEL SIX TO APPEAR BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER THE DEEMED APPROVED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SO THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE UNDERWAY.
UM, PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT IN JUST THIS PAST WEEK.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS, WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE MEETING WAS THIS CONCEPT OF REGULATING MOTELS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF TODAY'S MEETING IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINE TO MUNICIPAL
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CODE CHAPTERS 17.2 12.UH, 17.2 12 IS THE DEEMED APPROVED ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED.
SO WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, DIRECT THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REALLY DELVE INTO THIS.
THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM HOTEL OR AND MOTEL OPERATORS.
BUT WHAT WE WOULD WOULD RECOMMEND AS PART OF THESE GUIDELINES IS IF A MOTEL IS PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM, THEY MUST PROVIDE A MONTHLY REPORT TO THE CITY ABOUT, UM, WHAT, HOW, HOW MANY ROOMS ARE BEING USED FOR, FOR, UM, EMERGENCY SHELTERING, UH, THE DURATION OF THE STAYS, WHO ARE THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE UTILIZING THAT SPACE? AND THE ROOM RATES.
THE ROOM RATES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UM, ALLEGED T O T BEING GENERATED.
IN, IN NO WAY ARE WE LOOKING FOR NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR NUMBERS SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE CITY.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE WOULD, UM, REQUIRE ALL MOTEL OPERATORS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER SECTION OR CHAPTER 17.212, AND ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPLETE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, TRAINING.
SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS OCCURRING.
WE KNOW THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING OCCURS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND MOTELS IS A, A COMMON PLACE FOR THAT, UH, WHERE TRAFFICKING DOES OCCUR.
AND, UH, OUR, UM, INDIVIDUALS ARE KEPT.
AND SO HAVING SOME TRAINING WILL ONLY BOLSTER OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT THIS HORRIBLE CRIME.
AND THE LASTLY, WE, WE HAVE INCLUDED OUR RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCLUDE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SOME VERY SPECIFIC TRIGGERS THAT WOULD BRING SOMEBODY FORWARD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THOSE TRIGGERS INCLUDE, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE EXCEEDING CERTAIN NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.
IT WOULD IN INCLUDE A HOST OF OTHER, UM, CRIMES SUCH AS, UH, JUST CRIMINAL OR NUISANCE ACTIVITIES, UH, DISCHARGING FIREARMS, PROSTITUTION, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HOMICIDE, UH, UM, ASSAULT, UH, PUBLIC HARASSMENT.
THERE'S A LONG LIST ASSAULT WITH A BA, UH, WITH INTENT.
SO THERE'S A LONG LIST OF, OF, UM, VIOLATIONS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BRING A HOTEL OR A MOTEL BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN USE ITS DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE, THE OWNER OR THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTEL HAD, UH, THE INABILITY TO THWART THAT AND HAD SOME CULPABILITY.
BUT IT, IT GIVES THE MOTEL OPERATOR SOME INCENTIVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OPERATING WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT HAS OCCURRING AT OUR MOTELS.
THE, THE LAST THREE THINGS, THE LAST THREE TASKS FROM THE 21ST MEETING, UM, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO REGULATE.
AND, UH, OUR PLANNING STAFF, UH, MET WITH, WITH, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, ME AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND SUGGESTED THAT WE CAN EMPLOY A TOOL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON OUR TOOLBOX.
AND, AND IT'S JUST REALLY TO EXPAND THAT.
AND THAT'S TO LOOK AT EXPANDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.16, WHICH IS THE CODE OR THE TITLE THAT, UM, OUTLINES HOW SPECIAL OPERATION LICENSES ARE ISSUED.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 15 TYPES OF BUSINESSES ALREADY THAT EXIST IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON THAT REQUIRE THESE SPECIALIZED LICENSES.
UM, IT ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATION WHERE IT'S HARD TO, UM, INCLUDE THOSE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE ON THESE, ON THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE VERY, UM, TRANSACTIONAL AND HAVE CHANGING DYNAMICS.
AND SO IT ALLOWS STAFF TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO REGULATE THESE BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO REGULATE OR TO, TO LOOK AT THESE REGULATIONS AND WE CAN TAILOR THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND SO ASSUMING WE DEVELOP, UH, A SET OF REGULATIONS, WHICH I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME DRAFT REGULATIONS IN A SECOND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT ANOTHER ONE OR TWO REGULATIONS WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, OR MAYBE EVEN, UM, ONE OF THE REGULATIONS DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT US, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT ON THE DIME AND NOT HAVE TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UM, AND, AND HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THAT.
AND LASTLY, IT ALLOWS, ANYTIME THE CITY MAKES A DECISION, WHETHER WE ARE DENYING THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL OPERATIONS LICENSE OR WITHDRAWING A SPECIAL OPERATIONS LICENSE, IT'S NOT ALONG WITH DRAWN OUT PROCESS LIKE A CODE CASES, THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY MAKE A, UM, AN APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT GETS IT RIGHT BEFORE YOU SO IT'S NOT
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DRAWN OUT AND ISSUES CAN BE HANDLED IMMEDIATELY.SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE REQUIRE ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOUSING PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES.
AND IN MY MIND, THAT WOULD INCLUDE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH, SUCH AS EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, OUR OUR OWN CONTRACTORS, HOMESTART CRISIS HOUSE.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A, WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO REGULATE OTHER AGENCIES, CONTRACTORS THAT DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.
ONE, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE, WHICH I DON'T THINK MANY OF THOSE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING FOR OTHER ENTITIES HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A DISCHARGE PLAN.
UM, I, I SHARED WITH THE MAYOR EARLIER TODAY, WHEN I SEE AN ENCAMPMENT OUTSIDE OF A MOTEL, I, I TYPICALLY STOP MY CAR AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHY THEY'RE THERE.
AND NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, THEY WERE DISCHARGED OUT OF A COUNTY RUN PROGRAM FOR VIOLATING THE RULES.
RIGHT NOW, THE COUNTY HAS NO PLAN WHATSOEVER.
ONCE SOMEONE'S DISCHARGED, IF SOMEONE WAS PICKED UP IN SPRING VALLEY, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO EL CAJON, THEY VIOLATE A RULE AND ARE DISCHARGED.
THEY'RE LEFT ON THE CURB IN EL CAJON FOR US TO DEAL WITH.
WE THINK THAT ANYONE THAT'S DOING BUSINESS IN EL CAJON IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER HOUSING SHOULD HAVE A DISCHARGE PLAN THAT INCLUDES OUR OWN CONTRACTORS AS WELL.
UM, WE THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK.
WE DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF ORDINARY.
UH, WHEN IF YOU OR I WERE TO GO RENT AN APARTMENT, WE WOULD BE SUBJECTING OURSELVES TO A BACKGROUND CHECK.
UM, WE ALSO THINK THAT THE, THE CONTRACTOR, IT'S, IT'S ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE CITY OF PLACEMENTS, UM, AND PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION SUCH AS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE.
AND WE PLAN ON SITTING DOWN WITH THESE ENTITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO SHARE, TO, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND SO WE CAN HELP THEM AS WELL.
SO WE NEED BETTER PARTNERS IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WOULD INCLUDE SOME SEX OFFENDER REGULATIONS.
I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS THOSE RIGHT NOW.
SO ONE, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE PLACING AGENCY TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS A DISTANCE RESTRICTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY'RE PLACING FROM A SCHOOL OR A PARK OR A, A DAYCARE FACILITY, THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN PAROLE OR PROBATION ARE ADHERED TO.
UM, SECOND, THAT NO OFFENDER WITH A, WHAT'S CALLED A STATIC 99 R SCORE OF FOUR OR ABOVE WOULD BE ALLOWED OR PERMITTED.
AND IF YOU GO TO MEGAN'S LAW, YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THOSE SCORES ARE.
IF IT'S FOUR OR ABOVE, THERE'S A HIGH PROPENSITY OF, UM, REOCCURRING OFFENSE AND UNDER IT'S A LOWER THRESHOLD, BUT FOUR AND ABOVE, UH, I WOULD CONSIDER DANGEROUS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE HOUSED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND LASTLY, THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THE AGENCY TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO HOURS.
AND THIS IS, THE ONUS DOES NOT BECOME ON THE PERSON BEING HOUSED.
IT BECOMES ON THE AGENCY THAT'S PLACING THE PERSON WITHIN TWO HOURS OF PLACING A SEX AND A, A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN PLACED AT A LOCATION.
SO, UM, THOSE SEEM LIKE THINGS THAT, UH, WOULD PASS LEGAL MUSTER AND THAT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN REGULATING HOW THE OPERATIONS OCCUR IN OUR CITY.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A MOTEL OPERATOR EARLIER TODAY, AND I SHARED SOME OF THESE, THESE CONDITIONS WITH HIM AND HE WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT AS WELL.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S SEX OFFENDERS BEING, UH, MOVED INTO THEIR LOCATIONS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE, UM, HIGH PROPENSITY CRIME ISSUES.
THEY WANT TO KNOW, UM, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VETTED.
AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AS WELL.
AGAIN, DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME TIMING, THIS WILL GIVE STAFF SOME TIME TO MEET WITH MOTEL OPERATORS AS WELL, TO GETTING OTHER BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AS WELL.
SO IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD AND WANTS TO APPROVE THIS, HERE'S SOME TIMING.
UH, THE GRAND JURY INQUIRY HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE MOTEL SIX HEARING IS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18TH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, IF THE CITY COUNCIL IS DIRECTING FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT WOULD OCCUR IN APRIL, AND THEN IT WOULD BE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN MAY.
AND THEN WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT WOULD
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INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE CITY IN DOING EMERGENCY HOUSING.WE CAN GET THAT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE END OF APRIL.
SO WITH WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE MOTEL SIX HEARING THAT WE, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE THAT WE ADDRESSED AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS STAFF TO MODIFY CHAPTER 15 OR FIVE POINT 16.
AND WITH THAT STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, MICHELLE? THANK YOU.
UM, CAN YOU ON THE, THE LAST THREE, THE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS BASED ON TERMS OF PAROLE OR PROBATION, NO OFFENDERS WITH STATIC 99 RS AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCY TO NOTIFY PD, IS THAT JUST FOR MOTELS OR WILL THAT BE FOR ANY PLACEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY? THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ANY ENTITY, ORGANIZATION, GOVERNMENT THAT IS USING EL CAJON FOR HOUSING PURPOSES.
SO THE SEX OFFENDERS THAT ARE PLACED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN THE STREET, EVERY TIME WE MOVE THEM OUT OF ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTY, THEY GET PUT INTO EL CAJON.
WE CAN MAYBE USE SOME OF THIS AS WELL.
WELL, I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EMERGENCY HOUSING OR IF THAT'S PERMANENT HOUSING.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, THOSE ARE GROUP HOMES FOR THE MOST PART.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE, WE HAVE NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER GROUP HOMES.
SO THE TWO GROUP HOMES OF SEX OFFENDERS THAT ARE WITHIN A BLOCK OF MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER THAT.
THANK YOU GRAHAM AND STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW THIS IS A TIGHT TURNAROUND, BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, THE EXPEDIENCY OF THIS IS NECESSITATES IT.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S LAWS CHANGE WITH REGARD TO SEX OFFENDERS AND BEING LABELED.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE ALL OF THAT? DO YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH IT? YEAH, I, WE HAVE TO BE, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE VERBIAGE EXACTLY HOW THAT'S DEFINED.
CUZ THERE'S A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND THERE'S SEX OFFENDERS AND RIGHT.
SOME ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT, SOME ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT.
WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE SPECIFICS.
WE HAVE IN THE WEEKS PERIOD, WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO DELVE INTO THOSE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, BUT THAT WOULD BE FLUSHED OUT AS PART OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS.
AND, UM, WE HAVE MOTEL SIX COMING TO A HEARING.
UM, WHAT'S, REMIND ME THE, UH, MOTEL WHERE THE 16 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT? IT WAS, UM, THAT'S EL CAJON, THAT'S, YES.
AND WHEN ARE THEY COMING TO, THAT'S COMING TO A HEARING IN MAY.
SO A ANOTHER WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE TWO BACK TO BACK.
UM, SO THAT'S STILL ON THE DOCKET.
AND THEN THE STATIC FOUR OR THE STATIC LEVEL FOUR RATING.
UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHO DEFINES THAT? UH, AND, AND IT'S NOT OUR RATING.
CAN YOU, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A DEFINITION VERY BRIEFLY? CERTAINLY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CREATES A RATING SYSTEM AND, AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, WITH ANY CRIME, AND IT'S, IT'S BEYOND JUST SEX, UH, SEX OFFENSES.
BUT TYPICALLY PEOPLE WILL, WILL PLEA BARGAIN AND PLEA DOWN A CHARGE, RIGHT? THEY'LL PLEAD, THEY'LL PLEAD GUILTY TO A, A LESSER CHARGE.
AND SO YOU COULD HAVE A, UH, PERSON THAT COMMITTED SOME REALLY SERIOUS HEINOUS CRIMES, BUT THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM IS POOR.
AND SO THE PROSECUTING THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR WILL LOOK FOR A LESSER CHARGE TO ENSURE A CONVICTION.
WELL, IF, IF WE ARE JUST BASING LOOKING AT CONVICTION RATES OR WHATEVER THE CONVICTION WAS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUITY.
IT WOULD BE HARD FOR STAFF TO DETERMINE, UM, WHO'S DANGEROUS AND WHO'S NOT DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FOR EVERY PERSON THAT HAS BEEN CONVICTED, THEY CREATE THIS RATING SYSTEM AND THEY, THEY LOOK BEYOND JUST WHAT THEY PLED GUILTY TO OR WHAT THEY WERE CHARGED WITH.
THEY LOOK AT THE BIGGER, THE BIGGER PICTURE.
UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S SOME PSYCHIATRIC, UH, EVALUATION THAT GOES INTO IT, AND THERE'S A BOARD THAT CREATES THIS RATING SYSTEM.
THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW THE, THE CURTAIN HASN'T BEEN PULLED BACK.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S RATED, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE BEST TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU GO TO THE MEGAN'S LAW WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RATING SYSTEM HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO RATE, THIS IS THE RATING SYSTEM THAT THEY TEND TO RELY ON MOST RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S AN EVOLVING PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, REASON WHY HAVING THIS AS PART OF THE SPECIAL OPERATION LICENSE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STATE COULD CHANGE THE RATING SYSTEM TOMORROW, AND
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THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GET IT DOCKETED BEFORE THE COUNCIL.WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IMMEDIATELY AS THE STATE MAKES CHANGES.
AND LAST QUESTION, SO CONCEPTUALLY, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN THE EXPANSION OF, SO L IF, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD WITH A VIOLATION OF ONE OF THESE STIPULATIONS THAT WE'RE PLACING, UM, ON ONE OF THESE CONTRACT COUNTY CONTRACTORS? WHAT, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, SO LET'S SAY, UM, REGARDLESS OF, LET'S SAY WHO, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S FUNDING IT, RIGHT? FOR RIGHT NOW, LET, LET'S SAY AN ENTITY HAS A SPECIAL OPERATION LICENSE AND THEY VIOLATE THAT LICENSE, THE DISCRETIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE IF, IF IT'S, THEY FORGOT TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY NOTIFIED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THREE HOURS INSTEAD OF TWO HOURS, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH JUSTIFICATION TO REVOKE A LICENSE.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S PERPETUAL OR IF IT'S EGREGIOUS, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO WITHDRAW THAT SPECIAL OPERATION LICENSE.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL.
WELL IN, IN MY MIND, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN CONTRACTUALLY IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS, LET'S SAY IT'S HOMESTART, UH, THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY LOOK FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO CURE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE A VESTED INTEREST.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
I, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THIS ALREADY, SO I I HAVE NO WORRIES WITH THEM.
IF IT WERE A, LET'S SAY ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE COUNTY, IT COULD BE SANTEE HAS CONTRACTORS, LA MEA CONTRACTORS, LEMA GROVE HAS CONTRACTORS, SAN DIEGO HAS CONTRACTORS.
IF ONE OF THEIR CONTRACTORS IS DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON AND THEY VIOLATE, TECHNICALLY THEY CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE THAT SERVICE THAT EN THAT GOVERNMENT ENTITY WITH THAT CONTRACTOR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR OR CEASE DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.
A QUESTION ON, UH, THE TITLE EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD TAKE OUT THE CONNOTATION OF TEMPORARY BY EMERGENCY HOUSING.
I WOULD HATE FOR US TO HAVE SOMEBODY USE A LOOPHOLE TO SAY, WELL, IT REALLY WASN'T AN EMERGENCY.
IT WAS KIND OF MORE OF A LONG-TERM PLACEMENT, IF WE MIGHT JUST CALL IT HOMELESS SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS THAT ONE RECENT REPORT SAID THIS, UH, PERSON WAS GIVEN $2,000 IN VOUCHERS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND WAS TOLD BY EQUIS REPORTEDLY THAT HE COULD HAVE THIS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS.
WELL, THAT KIND OF IS A WAY AROUND THIS WHOLE EMERGENCY HOUSING.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR US TO REMOVE THAT LOOPHOLE BY REMOVING THAT CONNOTATION OF, WELL, THESE THINGS ONLY APPLY TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE TEMPORARILY.
I, I WOULD ARGUE THAT'S STILL EMERGENCY HOUSING, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. GOBEL.
I MEAN, WE NOTICE WHEN WE TALK TO OUR MOTEL OPERATORS, UH, WE'LL SAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE HERE ON A VOUCHER? AND THE REALITY IS THE COUNTY DOESN'T GIVE ME A COUPON THAT I CAN GO VOUCHER IT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SEMANTICS HAPPENING.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY THE WORDING AND, AND FRANKLY, I'M HOPING AS WE SIT DOWN WITH THESE SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE NEXT MONTH, THEY'LL HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE, THE BEST WAY TO DEFINE WHAT THEY DO.
BUT I, I FIGURE HOMELESS SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD WORK OR, OR SOMETHING BROAD ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND, AND, AND WORDS ARE IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO, TO ARGUE THAT AN EMERGENCY LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE HEARD THAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE OR LONGER.
AND THAT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY
SO I'D LIKE TO, WHATEVER LANGUAGE YOU USE, LET'S AVOID THAT, UH, KIND OF THING.
THE SECOND THING, IF A SPECIAL OPERATING LICENSE IS ESTABLISHED, WHEN WOULD IT TAKE EFFECT? THERE'S THE SECOND READING.
SO THERE'S THE MUNICIPAL OF CHANGE.
SO THERE'S A FIRST READING, A SECOND READING, AND THEN 30 DAYS AFTER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO JUNE.
SO CONCEIVABLY ALL THESE, UH, OPERATORS, BOTH A CONTRACTOR OR A PROVIDER COULD BE UNDER THIS AS SOON AS JUNE.
THAT WOULDN'T BE SOON ENOUGH, BUT I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
I WAS THINKING THAT A LOT OF KIDS COULD BE HURT BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY ASKING THEM TO VOLUNTARILY INITIATE SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING? UH, I MEAN, THEY COULD DO IT PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO RIGHT AWAY.
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IN THE MEANTIME, IF THEY DON'T, WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO A LOT OF KIDS.I I'M HOPING TO GET A MEETING SET UP IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH, UM, SERVICE PROVIDERS.
UM, CERTAINLY WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE.
BUT, BUT I, I WOULDN'T HOLD MY BREATH THAT, THAT A LETTER WOULD HAVE A LOT OF EFFECT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, BUT WE SHOULD TRY EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.
YOU MENTIONED A RATING SYSTEM.
THESE, UH, THESE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION AT THE HOTEL RECENTLY.
WHERE WOULD THEY HAVE FALLEN ON THAT RATING SYSTEM? UH, I BELIEVE ONE WAS OF, WAS IT A SEVEN? ONE WAS A SEVEN.
THAT'S THE HIGH, THAT'S THE HIGHEST RATING THAT, AND THAT GENTLEMAN HAD, WAS SENTENCED AT ONE POINT, I THINK LIFE IN PRISON AND WAS LET OUT MUCH EARLIER THAN LIFE.
UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SCORE OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO FLAG THIS.
I, I THINK HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE, I THINK IT WAS BELOW A FOUR.
OH, IT WAS A FIVE, NEVERMIND IT WAS A FIVE.
BOTH WOULD'VE BEEN FLAGGED, CORRECT.
AND, AND NOT ALLOWED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
UM, ANDREW, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS? WE DO SERVE, WE HAVE SIX, SIX SPEAKERS.
UM, JUST A QUICK SECOND, IF I COULD PULL UP MY NOTES FIRST.
I REPRESENT A BUSINESS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
I EL CAJON AND I WASN'T EVEN SMART ENOUGH TO WEAR THE SHIRT FOR ADVERTISEMENT, SO MAYBE THAT'S HOW SMART I AM.
UH, THE REQUEST IS FIRST OFF, TO START OFF WITH A THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDRESSING THIS MATTER AND NOT JUST TURNING A BLIND EYE TO IT.
UM, IT'S NOT AN EASY MATTER TO TALK ABOUT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALCON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SHOWING UP IN TAKING CARE OF THE PERPETRATORS SWIFTLY AND FASTLY.
AND, UH, MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE IN A CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY, CONSISTENTLY AND TIMELY.
UM, I, UH, I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN THIS CITY FOR ROUGHLY THREE YEARS.
I HAVE BUSINESSES IN LA MESA, AND, UH, THIS CITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO DEAL WITH.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT AS A POLITICAL SITUATION, BUT I JUST MEAN THAT AS A THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THESE MATTERS AND BEING COMMUNICATIVE.
UH, THE YOUNG LADY MENTIONED HOW THIS FEELS MUCH MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN TO THE MESA CITY HALLS.
I THINK THE CITY MANAGER HAS PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PROGRESS, UH, A GOOD IDEA HERE TO GO FORWARD WITH.
AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO COME AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS IS THAT, UM, YES, I OWN A BUSINESS.
I'VE BEEN A UNIVERSITY EDUCATOR, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M A FATHER OF A, OF A SON AND A DAUGHTER.
FORTUNATELY, MY SON AND DAUGHTER WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT AND FRANKLY NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY INCIDENT.
I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES WHOSE SON AND DAUGHTER WERE, AND THOSE CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS, UH, SUCH A DISGUSTING, NASTY ORGANIZATION.
AND IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION BY PROVIDING HOMELESS RECOVERY SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS, AND HOUSING AT AN ASTRONOMICAL FINANCIAL RATE IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND DISGUSTING.
IF YOU ASKED ME, I WAS A SUPERVISOR AT SCRIPPS MERCY, ER FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS WE EVER DID WAS BRING IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, EXPERTS AND, UM, SWORN MARSHALS AND FEDERAL, UH, FBI INVESTIGATORS TO HELP ADDRESS THE STAFF TO FIND OUT WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS AND THESE SITUATIONS THAT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE HAVE PUT THE CITY IN.
I THINK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT AT THE FACE VALUE AND IDENTIFY THAT A DISGUSTING UNGODLY ACT HAPPENED TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANNA STOP THAT.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THESE HOTELS IS FOUNDATIONAL BASE FOR DRUG USE, SALES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, GATHERING FURTHER HUMAN TRAFFICKING PEOPLE, AND A FINANCIAL GAIN.
UM, THE MONEY THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE GETTING AND CONTINUED TO GET FROM THE STATE GOES TOWARDS PEOPLE LIKE PIMPS.
WHEN THEY GET VICTIMS, THEY PROVIDE, THEY FIND VICTIMS EVERYWHERE.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE ER ROOM WHERE WE FOUND VICTIMS FROM CHURCH CAMPS, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, PEOPLE WALKING HOME ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN ENABLE THESE PEOPLE.
AND THIS SITUATION IS DIFFICULT, IT'S DISGUSTING, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY FOR DOING SOMETHING, FOR USING THE SCORING RATING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UP THERE TO IDENTIFY THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CREATE OUR OWN SO THAT THE STATE CAN'T COME BACK AND CREATE SOME TYPE OF RULE.
I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FAST TRACK THIS FASTER THAN JUNE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S A REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT ISSUE.
UM, IT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT ISSUES.
I DON'T REALLY, I KNOW PHIL AND I KNOW BILL, WHERE YOU STAND, THE OTHER THREE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARTY YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH, BUT I ASK THAT WE SKIPPED THE IDEA THAT THERE'S
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A PARTY INVOLVED AND THAT WE LOOK TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THAT WE LOOK TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR THIS CITY, WHILE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO OPERATE FAIRLY AND, AND NECESSARILY.AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
GARY BASICALLY SAID EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA SAY, SO I DON'T, ANYWAY, I I'M ALSO A BUSINESS HERE IN, UH, IN EL CAJON, BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN EL CAJON, MILITARY VETERAN AND A FORMER HEALTHCARE WORKER.
I WORKED AT A PLACE RIGHT BEHIND US HERE AND A TRAUMA CENTER DOWN NEAR HILLCREST.
UM, GARY AND I ARE ALSO BOTH VETERANS.
WE'VE SEEN SOME HORRIFIC THINGS THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, BUT NOTHING MORE HORRIFIC THAN CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT CHIEF AS WELL.
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ARE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY.
I REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE CHILD I HAVE EVER PERFORMED CPR ON AND LOST EVERY DETAIL ABOUT THESE FRAGILE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL ATTEST TO THE TRANSIENT ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY, AND NOW MORE THAN EVER UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.
THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, HAVE DRAWN, DRAWN A LINE OF THE SENATE IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR MOST VALUABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, OUR CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE DRAWN A LINE KNOWING THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE CITY AND THE STATE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND BECAUSE IF YOU ALLOW SOMEONE TO STEP OVER IT, YOU MAY BE LABELED A COWARD.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU HOLD THAT LINE FOR OUR CHILDREN, YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO, WHICH IS SUPPORT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PHIL MAYOR WELLS THROUGH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CHIEF FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE TRANSIENT ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT GARY SAID.
UH, I'M, I'M SURE THE POLICE CHIEF KNOWS PEOPLE AS WELL THAT CAN HELP WITH, UM, UNDERSTANDING AND FINDING THESE, THESE VICTIMS. UH, THERE WAS A CLASS THAT, THAT GARY WENT THROUGH AT HIS HEALTHCARE FACILITY, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH OUR BUSINESS THAT ARE IN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIVISION, AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP OUT.
SO IF YOU GUYS LIKE TO REACH OUT TO US, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US.
MR. MAYOR, STAFF MUST MOST OF WHAT WAS SAID ALREADY BY WHAT PRESENTED BY GRAHAM.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STEP FORWARD AND, AND, AND PUTTING, TAKING AN INITIATIVE AND DRAWING A LINE.
I, UM, I DID WRITE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY, BUT I, SO I, I, I RUN AND OPERATE THREE BUSINESSES HERE IN EL CAJON, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN EL CAJON.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO EXPLAIN OR APOLOGIZE FOR MY CITY.
AND, UH, AND, AND JUST A SIDE NOTE, UH, I KNOW A LOT OF THE ELCON PD ARE HERE AND THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CRIME BECAUSE OF THE COLLABORATION, JUST THE KUDOS TO THEM.
THEY'RE DOING A JOB WELL DONE.
UM, AND YOU ALREADY TOUCHED ON IT.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY, THERE'S A NEED TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO QUALIFY FOR VOUCHERS.
UM, AND IT'S NOBLE TO COME ALONGSIDE THE VULNERABLE, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF, UH, THE YOUNG OR THE OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO A BENEFIT FOR ONE SHOULDN'T TAKE FROM THE OTHER.
AND, UH, SO THERE REALLY, THAT'S THE HEART OF IT.
THERE'S LAW LAWLESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE'VE, THAT'S BEEN THRUST UPON US.
WE PLAY THE CARDS THAT WERE DEALT.
UM, IT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS, WHICH WAS ALREADY MEN MENTIONED, UM, TO MEET A NEED AND PROVIDE A SAFER COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU CONSIDER SOME STEPS TO GO FORWARD AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? BUT YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF US.
SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INITIATIVE AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND YOUR STAND, AND A VERY, VERY INTERESTING IDEA, UH, THAT'S CREATIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS, THEN THE NEXT ONE IS TRUTH.
I WILL SAY, UH, YOU WEREN'T RIGHT ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE
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CAMERA C, BUT YOU'RE DEAD ON ABOUT THE COUNTY'S SEMANTIC WORD GAMES.SO IT IS INTERESTING HOW THE CITY OF SANTEE STILL HASN'T DEALT WITH THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT THE Y M C A AND YET THE CITY OF OCON IMMEDIATELY CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, THE COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN CHANGE ON A DIME AFTER A CRIME'S ALREADY HAPPENED, OR QUOTE, STAFF RECOMMENDS REQUIRE ENTITIES TO ORGANIZA AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM TO FIRST OBTAIN A SPECIAL OPERATIONS LICENSE BEFORE BEING ABLE TO OPERATE OR PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE CITY, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING DISTANCE LIMITS REGARDING THE PLACEMENTS OF ANY SEX OFFENDERS FROM SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, PUBLIC PARKS, NOT PLACING A SEX OFFENDER WITH THAT HIGH SCORE OF FOUR AND ABOVE IN EL CAJON REPORTING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO HOURS OF PLACEMENT THAT A SEX OFFENDER IS BEING PLACED HERE IN EL CAJON.
PLACEMENT LOCATION, A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS TO BE KNOWN AND A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE PARTICIPANTS.
THAT'S ALL GREAT, BUT I WOULD ASK WHY APPROVE OF SEX OFFENDERS AT ALL? AND A LICENSE WILL NOT STOP A CRIME.
IT'LL JUST MAKE THE ORGANIZATION'S PAY FEES TO THE CITY COUNTY SUPERVISOR, JOEL ANDERSON'S FRAUDULENT MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM WHERE HOMELESS PEOPLE GET SHIFTED IN MOTELS PAST THE 28 DAY LIMIT HAS COST TAXPAYERS OVER 4.1 MILLION SO FAR PATH, WHO'S CONTRACTED WITH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE? GAVE A STATEMENT TO K U S I NEWS THAT SAID, QUOTE, CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS DO NOT PRECLUDE INDIVIDUALS FROM RECEIVING SERVICES.
BOTH OF THE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AT THE MOTEL SIX WERE REFERRED TO US BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
SO THE ALLEGED VICTIMS OF THOSE TWO PEDOPHILES ALLEGED PEDOPHILES NEED TO MAKE SURE TO SUE THE COUNTY AS WELL AS EACH SUPERVISOR WHO APPROVED THIS PROGRAM TO BEGIN WITH.
IT IS NOT JUST NATE FLETCHER, IT'S ALL OF THEM THAT APPROVED IT.
BUT WHY HAVE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO GONE ALONG WITH THIS FRAUDULENT AND CRIME CAUSING PROGRAM? THE CITY OF SANTI COUNCIL, THEIRS, AND HAS NO INTENTION OF EVER BRINGING IT BACK BECAUSE OF THE THE CRIME IT CREATES.
WHY CAN'T THE CITY OF ELCON DO THE EXACT SAME THING? WHY MUST YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS KEEP SOMETHING YOU ALL BELIEVE HAS LED TO PEDOPHILIC RAPES BY REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS? AND WHY ALLOW HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN TO BE DUMPED LIKE HUMAN GARBAGE HERE INTO EL CAJON? JUST USING THE WORD HOMELESS DOESN'T CUT IT.
FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE THROUGH THIS AND ALL OTHER FRAUDULENT COUNTY PROGRAMS. COUNTY SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON LIED AND SAID SOMETHING LIKE 96% OF HOMELESS ARE NATIVE TO EAST COUNTY, BUT HERE'S WHERE HE TOLD THE TRUTH.
WE'VE WORKED ON HOMELESSNESS FOR A DECADE, AND WE HAVE FAILED TIME AND TIME.
DON'T YOU LOVE THE TRUTH? I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE ACTUALLY DO PAY A VISIT TO THE NEXT APRIL 4TH COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MEANING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE FREE MOTEL VOUCHERS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
IT'S APRIL 4TH, 9:00 AM DOWNTOWN AT THE COUNTY ADMIN BUILDING, JENNY STICKLER.
UM, I FIRST WANT TO START BY SAYING, UM, GROWING UP HERE IN EAST COUNTY, I ACTUALLY UTILIZED, MY MOTHER UTILIZED SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
UM, OUR HOME HAD SOME SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE OF THAT, WE UTILIZED SOME PROGRAMS FROM THE Y W C A, UM, BATTERED WOMEN'S PROGRAMS. THERE WERE TIMES THAT WE DID NOT LIVE AT HOME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD'VE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF MOTEL VOUCHERS OR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A PART OF THAT PROGRAM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO SAY I'M FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROGRAMS. I HAVE RECEIVED SOME, I'M, I'VE BENEFITED FROM SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT MY DAD DIED HOMELESS WHILE HOMELESS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
THAT SHELTER REQUIRED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BE UTILIZED, THAT HE BE CLEAN WHILE HE WAS THERE, AND THEY HAD A JOB REQUIREMENT.
SO THERE, AT LEAST WHEN HE WAS HOMELESS, THERE WAS A SENSE OF DIGNITY.
HE WAS GETTING BACK ON HIS FEET.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAD DIDN'T GET TO A PLACE WHERE HE WAS 100%.
BUT WHEN YOU CONTRAST THAT WITH THE HOUSING FIRST PHILOSOPHY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, I CAN'T HELP BUT BE REALLY CONCERNED JUST IN CONTRASTING THE DIGNITY, THE PROGRESS, THE IDEA THAT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT MY FAMILY HAS UTILIZED WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THESE VOUCHER PROGRAMS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE EITHER WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY, ZERO REQUIREMENTS, ZERO FOLLOW UP, ZERO BACKGROUND CHECKS, ZERO NOTIFICATION OF SEX OFFENDERS BEING PLACED, ZERO HAPPENING WHEN CRIMES ARE BEING COMMITTED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING THESE VOUCHERS.
I CAN'T HELP BUT BE REALLY CONCERNED.
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MY CHILDHOOD AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD THAT WAS STAYING IN ONE OF THOSE MOTELS, I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH THAT, UM, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING HERE IN EL CAJON TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, SOME ACCOUNTABILITY, SOME REQUIREMENTS.WHEN YOU CONTRAST THAT WITH, AS WAS MENTIONED, WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED, WHAT'S BEING PUT FORWARD AND VOTED ON AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS.
I LIKE TRUTH, DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH HOW THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED.
WHAT CAN BE DONE IF A SEX OFFENDER ISN'T REPORTED IN WITHIN TWO HOURS? I'M SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME FURTHER DOWN THE LINE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, I REALLY JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS UTILIZED PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTY AND NOW A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A PARENT HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION, FOR DOING SOMETHING, UM, TRYING TO GET CREATIVE WORKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR JURISDICTION.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME UP WITH AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.
HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UM, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT THIS AND OTHER TOPICS.
UM, I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE POINTS I THINK I HAD MADE LAST FALL WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME TO THE FORE.
AS YOU CONSIDER ORDINANCES AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, UM, I'VE BEEN HEARTENED AND INSPIRED AND, AND ALSO CONCERNED TO HEAR SOME OF THE STORIES OF, UH, THE FELLOW SPEAKERS AND RESIDENTS.
AND ALSO JUST TO READ ABOUT THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR CITY, UM, AND ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY IN EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THESE HOTELS ON OUR CITY STREETS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, I DO HAVE, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPROACH IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OR EXECUTION OF IT.
UM, THE FEASIBILITY OF SOME OF THE MEASURES, UM, GIVEN THAT ANY VIOLATIONS I THINK WOULD LIKELY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH IS ALSO WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO HAVE, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK NOTED, UH, TO CONTINUE AND NOT GIVE UP ON, UM, PARTNERSHIP AND DIALOGUE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, IN THE HO OF SOLUTIONS OFFICES, ALSO WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DIRECTLY IF NEEDED.
UM, GIVEN THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY RELATIVE TO THE SUPERVISOR AND COUNTY STAFF, UM, I ALSO DON'T WANT THE CITY TO GET SUED OVER THIS.
AND I THINK THAT THERE IS LEGAL LIABILITY AND EXPOSURE WITH A NUMBER OF THE PROPOSALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
PRIMARILY THERE REMAIN, IN MY OPINION, UH, VIOLATIONS OF CALIFORNIA HOUSING DISCRIMINATION LAWS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES.
I THINK ANY, UM, AS MUCH AS I SUPPORT INCREASED BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE COUNTY AND ITS CONTRACTORS ACTUALLY DOING THOSE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND REGULARLY DOING THEM AS THE STATUS FROM THREE MONTHS AGO MAY HAVE CHANGED TO TODAY FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF CALIFORNIAN, UM, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON SOURCE OF INCOME.
HOTEL VOUCHERS ARE A SOURCE OF INCOME, THEREFORE, ANY APPLICATION OF A REQUIREMENT, PROHIBITION RESTRICTION ON RECIPIENTS OR HOTEL, UH, FOLKS STAYING IN THESE HOTELS, THAT APPLIES ONLY TO THE POPULATION OF FOLKS PAYING VIA HOTEL VOUCHER AND NOT TO OTHER GUESTS LIKELY RUNS THE FOUL OF STATE LAW.
SO I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK THROUGH SOLUTIONS WORKING WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.
UM, BUT I WOULD FURTHER HATE FOR US TO SPEND TIME ON THIS, IMPLEMENT IT, WASTE MONEY IN LITIGATION, AND THEN BE BACK AT SQUARE ONE IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR FROM NOW AS WELL.
UM, SO I JUST WOULD ECHO THE CONTINUED FOCUS AS, UM, OTHERS HAD MENTIONED.
I THINK ON THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AS THE METRIC, THERE'S PLENTY TO WORK WITH THERE.
I SUPPORT THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THAT'LL BE DONE TO REFER PROBLEMATIC PROPERTIES TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND OTHER MECHANISMS. I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITHOUT RUNNING ENOUGH FOUL OF STATE LAW.
WE'RE, UM, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT DISCUSSION, OPEN DISCUSSION.
I HAVE, I'D LIKE TO BEEF IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT A CONTRACTOR MUST PROVIDE RULES OF CONDUCT FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
WE WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY'RE HOLDING PEOPLE TO SO
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THAT WE CAN SEE IF SOMEBODY'S NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WE CAN CALL 'EM OUT ON THAT.AND THAT COULD BE A, A SOURCE OF VIOLATION.
UH, NUMBER TWO, I THINK THEY SHOULD CERTIFY THAT A PARTICIPANT IS NOT BEING RELOCATED TO OR WITHIN EL CAJON FOR VIOLATING PROGRAM RULES AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
UH, NUMBER THREE, I THINK CONTRACTORS SHOULD PROVIDE A FREE, A FREE BACKGROUND CHECK TO MOTEL OWNERS WHO REQUEST ONE.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN HOLD THE MOTEL OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR A FREE BACKGROUND CHECK.
I DO BELIEVE A FREE BACKGROUND CHECK IS OKAY BECAUSE TENANTS FOR APARTMENTS SIGN, UH, PERMISSION THAT YOU CAN CHECK MY CREDIT AND YOU CAN CHECK MY BACKGROUND.
I PROBABLY HAVE TO BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN HERE WHEN THEY JOIN THESE PROGRAMS, THEY, UH, HAVE SIMILAR APPROVALS, UH, IN THE SAME WAY THAT, UH, SECTION EIGHT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TO UNDERGO A BACKGROUND CHECKS.
SO VOUCHER PERSON COULD GO UNDERGO A VA BACKGROUND CHECK, CUZ IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SOURCE OF INCOME, IT'S ABOUT THE PERSON, WHETHER YOU'RE A TENANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A, A VOUCHER RECIPIENT.
SO I WOULD ADD A THIRD REQUEST THAT MOTEL OWNERS CAN REQUEST A FREE BACKGROUND CHECK BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE MOTEL OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE.
SO WE DON'T WANT, UH, A BARRIER THERE OF, I THINK WE HAVE AN INTERESTING TIME IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT IF YOU, IF YOU WATCH THE TEA LEAVES, THE COUNTY'S AT A TWO TWO TIE RIGHT NOW, AND THERE IS NOT A PREDOMINANT, UH, PHILOSOPHY IN THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO START COMPROMISING AND NEGOTIATING MUCH MORE THAN THEY'VE EVER DONE BEFORE.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ONE TO SAY, YOU GUYS, YOU GOTTA DO BETTER THAN THIS THAN WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, UH, TO THE PEOPLE OF EL CAJON.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IS WE'RE TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE COUNTY TO SAY, WELL, WE'LL TRY THIS, WE'LL DO THIS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNDER OUR CONTROL.
A SPECIAL OPERATING LICENSE IS UNDER OUR CONTROL.
A, UH, A LIST OF TRIGGERS FOR A MOTEL FOR VIOLATIONS IS UNDER OUR CONTROL.
IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS AND MAKE $147 A NIGHT ON A VOUCHER THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO RENT FOR 79 TO $95, SOMETHING'S BACKWARDS IN THAT SITUATION.
THAT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND, AND LOOK, WHAT'S RESULTING IS, IS NOT GOOD STUFF.
THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADD TO BEEF UP THIS, UH, LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PROFIT IN EL CAJON.
SEEMS RE DOES THAT COVER ANY PROBLEMS? GRAHAM? I DON'T THINK THOSE, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO VET 'EM, BUT ON SURFACE I DON'T, I'M NOT CONCERNED YET.
I LIKE, UH, ALL OF COUNCILMAN SUGGESTIONS.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, YEAH, I AGREE.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR ADDING THAT.
UM, I, I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE LEGALITY OF ENFORCEMENT AND NEEDING TO LOOP IN THE DA FOR SOME OF THESE, UM, POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS.
SHOULD WE ENACT THIS? IS, IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOP IN THE DA AND IT'LL BE PROSECUTED THROUGH THE DA'S OFFICE? OR COULD, IN THE LAST EXPLANATION THAT YOU GAVE, YOU SAID THAT WE COULD SIMPLY JUST REVOKE THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS LICENSE AND IT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT ENTITY WHOEV, WHOMEVER THEY MAY BE FROM OPERATING AND DOING BUSINESS IN EL CAJON.
WE, UH, UM, AS MR. GOBEL SAID, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT CONTROL OVER THE SPECIAL OPERATION LICENSE.
SO THAT'S NO DA INVOLVEMENT OR THE DA'S INVOLVED IS PROSECUTING CRIME.
IT'S SOMEONE ONE VIOLATES THE CRIME IN EL CAJON.
WE DO HAVE TO RELY ON THEM TO PROSECUTE.
UM, YEAH, I I I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO VOTE YES ON ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, THOUSANDS OF TIMES WE CAN HELP THE HOMELESS WITHOUT HARBORING CRIMINALS.
WE'RE DOING THAT IN EL CAJON RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE THE LEADER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH REGARD TO HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR EMOTIONAL POVERTY, THROUGH THEIR SPIRITUAL POVERTY, THROUGH THEIR MENTAL POVERTY, SO THEN THEY CAN LIFT THEMSELVES UP OUT OF THEIR PHYSICAL POVERTY.
AND THOSE THREE HAVE TO COME FIRST BEFORE THE LAST ONE.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH THE, WITH ALL PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THESE MOTELS IS UNCHECKED COMPASSION WITH MINIMAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE'RE SEEING WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING COMPLETELY UNCHECKED COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WITH
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ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR CONDUCT.AND TO PATRICK'S POINT, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS ABOUT CONDUCT, NOT ABOUT SOURCE OF INCOME, BUT CONDUCT.
AND I THINK WE TOUCH ON THESE, I THINK THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TOUCH ON THE CONDUCT OF PEOPLE.
UM, I WOULD SAY, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, THIS COUNCIL HAS MORE EXPERIENCE IN EXPERTISE WITH REGARD TO HOMELESS THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MAYBE EVEN CALIFORNIA.
SHE SAID IT PUBLICLY, SO I DON'T MIND SAYING IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL WAS HOMELESS.
I WAS HOMELESS, AND I'VE HAD VERY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HOMELESS.
UM, LIVING OUT OF STORAGE FACILITIES.
COUNCILMAN GOBEL BUILDS HOMELESS SHELTERS WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS ON THE WEEKENDS.
COUNCILMAN GARY KENDRICK HOUSES HOMELESS PEOPLE IN HIS HOUSE IN VACANT ROOMS. I WANNA KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE HOUSE PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOUSE, FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND MAYOR WELLS IS, HAS WORKED IN EMERGENCY ROOMS FACE-TO-FACE WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, UM, AS A DOCTOR AND A NURSE.
SO I WOULD PUT OUR EXPERTISE AGAINST ANYBODYS AND EXPERIENCE AGAINST ANYBODYS IN CALIFORNIA.
WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB IN EL CAJON MANAGING HOMELESS AND HELPING THEM IF THEY WANT TO BE HELPED.
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HOMELESS DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T GET TO COMMIT CRIME.
UM, AND, AND WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING IS THIS IS A CRISIS.
THIS CRISIS OCCURRED WITH MINORS AND IT EXTENDS BEYOND THE MINORS.
WHAT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OWNERS? WHAT ABOUT THE, THE, THE VICTIMS THAT ARE ADULTS OF, OF HARASSMENT AND, UH, ASSAULT? WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SURFACE? THERE'S A VERY DEEP UNDERBELLY OF THINGS OCCURRING MORE THAN JUST WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IS ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, THE COUNTY, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S CONTRACTORS, THE NONPROFITS, OUR CITY, THE MOTEL OWNERS SHOULD HAVE ALL HUDDLED UP TOGETHER AND SAID, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO STOP THIS? WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
AND SOME OF THE MOTEL OWNERS HAVE DONE THAT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME KIND OF CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER.
BUT WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT IMMEDIATELY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE EL CAJONS, IN IN SUITES WHEN THAT YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL GIRL WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE NEED, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING BETTER THAN, THAN THIS.
WE'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT WE'RE GOOD AT WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND I, I, SO I BILL, I IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN INCLUDING COUNCILMAN GO'S IDEAS.
YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A, MAKE THAT A MOTION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OH, LADIES AND DOWN FOR THE LONG AFTERNOON ALREADY.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO USE THE FACILITIES AND WE'LL COME BACK AND CONTINUE.
GO AHEAD AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS A LITTLE BIT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH ITEM
[8. Potential County Misuse of Taxpayer Funds in the Various Homeless Housing Placement Programs RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report from staff as an informational item.]
NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A REPORT ON POTENTIAL COUNTY MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS AND VARIOUS HOMELESS HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAMS. AND, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. VINCE DIMAGGIO, IS GONNA TELL US ABOUT THIS MAYOR AND COUNSEL.I, I WILL BE VERY BRIEF IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
UM, SINCE MR. MITCHELL ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, UM, MR. ORTIZ AND MR. GOBEL SAT ON A SUBCOMMITTEE, AS YOU RECALL, THAT MET WITH MOTEL OWNERS BACK IN THE FALL, AND WE STARTED TO RECEIVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, MOTEL, UM, THAT WERE PARTICIPATING MOTELS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT WERE RECEIVING AS MUCH AS $149 A NIGHT WHEN THE ACTUAL PUBLICLY ADVERTISED RATE FOR THE SAME HOTELS THAT WE KNOW ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
WERE MUCH, MUCH LESS THAN THAT.
AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, HOWEVER, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, PROTECTING TAXPAYER MONEY TO MAKE THE GRAND JURY AWARE OF THIS.
UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE, THE FORMS AS MR. MITCHELL INDICATED IN HIS PREVIOUS, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY GRAND JURY WILL TAKE THIS UP, ALTHOUGH IT IS COMING FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND WITH, UH, A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY MAY PICK IT UP, BUT THE FORMS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
THEY'RE AWARE OF IT, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? ALL RIGHT, UM, ANGELA, ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE ONE SIR.
UM, SO WHAT I LEARNED IS A VOUCHER IS A SOURCE OF INCOME.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? YOU LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY, BUT DOES BEGGING COUNT AS A SOURCE OF INCOME TOO? UM, BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, PHIL, EVERYTHING YOU SAID WAS GREAT, INCLUDING HARBORING CRIMINALS AND HOW PEOPLE
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ARE REALLY SUFFERING A, UH, SPIRITUAL POVERTY.SO THIS ITEM SAYS THAT ON MARCH 21ST, STAFF RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS BY THE COUNTY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE PROGRAMS. SINCE THE COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING WITH NUMEROUS REQUESTS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNTS PAID FOR ROOMS UNDER THIS PROGRAM, OR THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDED TO COUNTY CONTRACTORS, UNDERSTANDING PRECISELY HOW TAXPAYER FUNDS ARE BEING USED HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.
THAT'S A NICE WAY OF SAYING THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS MADE UP OF LIARS WHO KNOWINGLY AND TRY TO SECRETLY MISUSE OUR MONEY.
PLEASE ALLOW COUNTY SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON TO TAKE THIS ONE ON TOO.
WELL, I, I THINK THAT ANYTIME THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING MISSPENT, UH, THERE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, CHECKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY'S NOT SPENT, UH, FOOLISHLY OR IN A CROOKED MANNER.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL SHOULD BE CHECKING OUR GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE PROMISED.
THIS ITEM CONTINUES THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY'S FRAUDULENT MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
THE COUNTY CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SECURE MOTEL ROOMS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
THE SERVERS PROVIDERS MAY PAY THE MOTEL OPERATORS FOR MOTEL ROOMS AND ARE THEN REIMBURSED BY THE COUNTY FROM STATE AND OR FEDERAL FUNDS.
YOU SEE WHAT THAT REVEALS IS THAT ALL OF THIS FRAUD STEMS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH THE STATE GOVERNMENT BUYS INTO, AND THEN COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUYS INTO IT.
AND LASTLY, THE CITY GOVERNMENT BUYS INTO IT AS WELL BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOT ENOUGH ETHICS TO SAY NO TO THE FEDERAL FUNNEL.
EVERY SINGLE COMPROMISER ALONG THE WAY DOWN HERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL HAS REFUSED TO STOP CHOOSING TO FILL THEIR MONEY BUCKETS RATHER THAN HAVE A BACKBONE AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR WANTS THE SOLUTION, SOLUTION THIS ITEM OFFERS IS REQUEST THAT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY GRAND JURY LOOK INTO THIS PROGRAM.
STAFF HAS SUBMITTED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT FORM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
STAFF WILL ALSO PREPARE A FORMAL REQUEST FOR THE SAN SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE AND WILL PRESENT LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE GRAND JURY AND STATE LEGISLATORS WILL SEE.
NOW, I HATE TO BE THE BEAR OF BAD NEWS ON THIS ONE THOUGH, BUT I CAN ASSURE EVERYONE HERE THAT DA SUMMER AIN'T GONNA DO JACK BASED ON HER RECORD OF PREVIOUS INACTION ON CRIME.
SHE'S NOT INTERESTED IN JUSTICE FROM WHAT I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN.
I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT NEWS.
GOOD LUCK ON THE GRAND JURY THOUGH.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER SPEAKERS? ALRIGHT.
UM, VINCE, YOU DON'T NEED ANY ACTION ON THIS RIGHT ITEM, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE THEN.
[9. 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Accepts the 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report; and Directs staff to forward the report to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR), the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).]
SO, GENERAL, UH, PLAN, UH, I'M SORRY, GENERAL PLAN, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.AND I LOOKS LIKE TONY'S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS BEEN GETTING MY POWERPOINT UP HERE.
UH, HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THE ANNUAL GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES THAT PLANNING AGENCIES, UM, PROVIDE GENERAL PLAN, UH, AND OR REPORTS TO YOU, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, UH, THE OFF TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO RESEARCH O P R AND TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT H C D.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT IS TO INFORM THE CITY, UM, INFORM THE CITY COUNCIL, THE ELCON AND RESIDENCE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN MEETING SHARE OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION ARENA, EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HOUSING PRODUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY.
SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS RATHER QUICKLY.
UM, THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES WITH NEW GRAPHICS TO BETTER, UM, CONVEY DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MADE THOSE UM, CHANGES LAST YEAR.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO ADOPTED REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND URBAN LOT SPLIT REG, UM, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UM, IN LINE WITH, UH, NEW STATE LAW TO HELP PRODUCE, UH, MORE HOUSING.
UH, 71 NEW HOUSING UNITS WERE ISSUED.
OUR PERMITS WERE ISSUED, AND 47 OF THOSE WERE FOR ADUS.
THAT'S THE MOST, UH, THE CITY OF ELONNA IS ISSUED FOR ADUS IN ANY YEAR.
AND, UM, HCD HAS CERTIFIED THE CITY'S UPDATED HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH, UM, FOR SOME CITIES HAS BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED, UM, THE ALCOHOL AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UH, YOU DID THAT IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
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FOCUSES ON ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF EXISTING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES.IT IDENTIFIES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM NEEDS, UH, WHERE IMPROVEMENTS SEEM TO BE MADE.
IT ALSO INCREASES CONNECTIVITY TO SCHOOLS, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, RETAIL DISTRICTS, AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.
UM, PARKS AND REC, UH, MAINTAINS 17 PARKS AND SEVEN REC FACILITIES.
UH, THEY ALSO PROGRAM LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY EVENTS IN FULFILLMENT OF THE, UM, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT.
THEY ALSO SERVED ALMOST SEVEN, 800 INDIVIDUALS IN THE RECREATION PROGRAMS LAST YEAR.
FIRE MAINTAINS STILL THE ISO CLASS ONE RATING FOR ITS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SUPPRESSION CAPABILITIES.
AND, AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT POLICE, UH, THE POLICE COMMUNICATION CENTER PROCESS NORTH OF 190,000 CALLS AND GENERATED OVER 61,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PURSUE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN, JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF OC CAJON HAS SOME EFFECT OR SOME EFFORT MADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO O P R AND H C D AND SANDAG AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR TONY? SO POLICE CALLS 190,000, THAT'S WHAT THEY REPORTED TO US.
CALLS, NOT CALLS THAT RESULTED IN ACTION, BUT 190,000, THAT'S 520 A DAY.
AND YOU WERE ABLE TO SORT THROUGH THOSE AND PRIORITIZE THOSE AND THAT'S AMAZING.
THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE A HUGE ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING A SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
HEY, SPEAKER CARS ON THE SIDE.
I WANTED TO DO THE MATH ON THAT.
SO, SO WE HAVE THIS ITEM IS EXACTLY THE SAME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FRAUD THE COUNTY JUST APPROVED ON MARCH 15TH.
SOME OF THE RULES, THE STATE DEMANDS OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON TO FOLLOW OUR QUOTE, IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN, ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE, LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
DESIGNED GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, AND MIXED USE PROJECTS WITH NEW GRAPHICS, NEW GRAPHICS, UH, NEW REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND URBAN LOT SPLITS.
INFILL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE ARE ALL WHEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNITS ARE STUFFED IN HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE COUNTY, OVER 16 MILLION IN RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THEIR COVID, LOCKDOWNS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2022 CALIFORNIA GREEN STANDARDS BUILDING CODE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE.
SO THE GREEN BUILDING CODE ELIMINATES NATURAL, CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE GAS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND TELLS HOMEOWNERS WHEN THEY DO RENOVATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO INSTALL DIRTY AND EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES THAT WILL OVERLOAD THE GRID AND LEAVE US ALL IN THE DARK IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IF ANYONE THINKS THAT ANY OF THIS NEW HOUSING'S REALLY GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE, THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS THAT ONLY 20% OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE AFFORDABLE.
AND THE REALITY OF THAT LIE ACTUALLY, IS THAT AFTER THE STACK PACKS ARE BUILT, THEY'RE RARELY A GOOD PRICE.
THE COUNTY ACTUALLY CONSIDERS A SMALL UNIT A LITTLE APARTMENT THAT COSTS 650,000 TO $800,000 AS AFFORDABLE.
THIS GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT IS FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND SANDAG BY APRIL 1ST OF EACH YEAR.
YOU SEE, IT'S ALL ABOUT APPROVING UGLY ACCESSORY, DWELLING UNITS, STACKING PACKS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO TOWER OVER PEOPLE'S SINGLE FAMILY HELMS ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND IT'S SANDAG WHO APPROVE THESE NUMBERS.
AND AN UNELECTED REGIONAL GOVERNANCE GROUP WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY CONCERNED WITH TRANSPORTATION AND YET THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS IN HOUSING.
BUT THIS REPORT IS NOT REALLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S ONLY A REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THOSE STATE DEBT DOLLARS WHILE THE STATE IN RETURN GETS COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF LAND USE, MAKING
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SURE COUNTIES AND CITIES ARE IMPLEMENTING THEIR PLANNING GOALS, A MONITORING TOOL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.THAT'S THE UNITED NATIONS AGENDA.
21 PLAN TO GET US ALL DENSELY STACKED AND PACKED INTO SMART CITIES WITHOUT FREEDOM OF MOBILITY.
SO I WOULD SAY NO TO ALL CONTROL MECHANISMS IMPLEMENTED BY PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO ACT AS PUPPETS RATHER THAN AS PROPER REPRESENTATIVES AS THEY SHOULD.
HERE IN THE CITY OF OC CAJON, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? UH, MOVE TO ACCEPT REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO REPORT TO O P R AND H C D AND SANDAG.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[10. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022, and Other Written Communication from the City's Independent Auditor RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives and accepts the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and other written communication from the independent accounting firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.]
10 IS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED ON JUNE 30TH, 2022.IT LOOKS LIKE CLAY IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF OC CAJON.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE FY 22, THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS DOCUMENT IS PREPARED ANNUALLY.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GONNA FOCUS ON AN INTRODUCTION OF THE DOCUMENT AND ITS COMPONENTS, AND THEN WE WILL ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE REPORT.
UM, THE ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE, UH, PROBABLY TODAY AS, UH, FOLLOWING THIS MEETING.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY TROUBLE GETTING IT THERE, PLEASE CONTACT, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH IT.
THE ADVERSE PREPARED AND CONFORMITY WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, THESE ADHERE TO THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS COMPARABILITY BETWEEN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, MUNICIPAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UM, AND I'LL BRIEFLY RUN YOU THROUGH THE THREE SECTIONS OF THE REPORT.
THE FIRST SECTION IS THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION.
THIS IS THE LETTER OF TRANSMI, EXCUSE ME, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
THE MEAT AND POTATOES SECTION OF THE REPORT IS THE FINANCIAL SECTION, WHICH CONTAINS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION IS MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AS WELL AS REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
THE LAST SECTION IS THE STATISTICAL SECTION, WHICH DETAILS OUT GENERALLY A 10 YEAR HISTORY, UH, OF VARIOUS FINANCIAL TRENDS, THE AGENCY'S REVENUE CAPACITY, DEBT CAPACITY, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION, AS WELL AS, UH, MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING INFORMATION.
SO I WILL CONCLUDE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES AND ACCEPT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
UH, ROGERS, ANDERSON, MELODY, AND SCOTT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLAY? NICE JOB.
ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE ONLY HAVE ONE TRUTH.
HOPING YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GET TIRED OF ME.
OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM COMES WITH A 180 PAGE BOOK ATTACHMENT, AND THIS BOOK IS AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COUNTING FIRM OF ROGERS ANDERSON, MALLI AND SCOTT, L O P I DID LIKE THAT THEY SAID THEY FOLLOWED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
COMPARE THAT TO MOST WHO FOLLOW THE US.
THAT'S THE CORPORATION RATHER THAN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
SO HERE'S SOME OF THE SPENDING DETAILED IN THIS REPORT.
WE HAVE INSTALLATION OF BALLARDS IN DOWNTOWN ON MAIN STREET AND THE PURCHASE OF AN ARMORED VEHICLE FOR POLICE, MORE POLICE WEAPONRY AND SAM BALLARDS IN OUR WAY.
ISN'T THAT FUN? UH, THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THAT THE CITY OF ELK HOLMES'S REGULAR SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASED BY 2.1 MILLION, AND THE CITY'S ADDITIONAL DISTRICT SALES TAX KNOWN AS PROP J, ALSO INCREASED 1.4 MILLION WHILE PROPERTY TAXES INCREASED BY 11 BILLION.
AND THE CITY COLLECTED OVER 66,000 IN MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEES,
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OVER 1.8 MILLION IN LICENSE AND PERMITS, AND OVER 2.7 MILLION IN GAS TAXES.THE CITY'S TOTAL NET POSITION WAS 242.9 MILLION BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, TOTAL 75.2 MILLION.
AND YOU SEE THAT ALL OF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BECOMES A FASCIST MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
AND WHAT DID THAT CORPORATION, THE CITY OF EL CAJON DO WITH ALL THAT INCREASING AMOUNT OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, THEY HAD INVESTMENTS, ALMOST 30 MILLION IN US AGENCY SECURITIES, OVER 70 MILLION IN US TREASURIES, ALMOST 6 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL PAPER, OVER 9.6 MILLION IN CORPORATE NOTES.
OVER 604,000 IN CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, OVER 1 MILLION IN FOREIGN ISSUES, AND OVER $156,000 ENDING MUNICIPAL DEBT.
THAT'S A TOTAL OF OVER 117 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS.
AND YET, QUOTE, INVESTMENT EARNINGS DECREASED BY 2.9 MILLION DUE TO UNREALIZED LOSSES ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS.
THEY FAILED AT GAMBLING PEOPLE'S MONEY AWAY.
THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE CITY GOT 48 9 0.9 MILLION AND AMERICAN DESTRUCTION PLAN ACT DEBT DOLLARS THAT HAVE CAUSED THIS INCREASING INFLATION.
WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL MADE SURE TO GET OVER A $580,000 A YEAR.
THE CITY MANAGER MADE US SUPERIN INFLATED OVER $2 MILLION A YEAR, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY MADE OVER $776,000.
LASTLY, THE GENERAL FUND HAD RESERVES OF 15.9 MILLION FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
SOME CALL THAT PUTTING IT IN THE BANK.
THE PROBLEM IS I IDENTIFY AS A BANK, SO PAY UP.
Y'ALL GOT PLENTY RIGHT? ENOUGH TO GAMBLE WITH, RIGHT? WELL, I'M A SAFE BED.
I CAN, I CAN HOLD, JUST HOLD ONTO IT FOR YOU.
NUMBERS ARE BORING, BUT THERE YOU GO.
ANY ANYBODY ELSE? NO MORE COMMENTS.
OR SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? CAN YOU, UH, CITY MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CLARIFY WITH REGARD TO INVESTMENT? DID, DID WE TAKE OR IS THAT CALPERS INVESTMENTS? WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO UNREALIZED INVESTMENT LOSSES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR OVERALL INVESTMENT AND WE DID NOT LOSE MONEY IN OUR ACCOUNTING, OUR ACCOUNTS.
AND, AND I DON'T MAKE $2 MILLION EITHER, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMING UP.
JUST SAYING COUNSEL, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
ALRIGHT, SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ALRIGHT, OUR LAST MINISTER REPORT ITEM 11,
[11. Intention to Conduct Appraisal of Travelodge at 425 W. Main Street for Possible Acquisition RECOMMENDATION: No action is required by the City Council. This is provided as an informational item.]
IS FOR THE INTENTION TO CONDUCT AN APPRAISAL OF TRA LODGE AT 4 25 WEST MAIN.AND I'LL ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. VINCE MAGGIO, TO TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL BE BRIEF.
UM, THINKING BACK TO THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER WITH, UH, MR. ORTIZ AND MR. GOBEL, WE BECAME AWARE THAT THE MOTEL OWNER OPERATOR OF TRAVEL LODGE WAS INTERESTED IN SELLING, UH, INTERESTED IN GETTING OUTTA THE BUSINESS.
HE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE VOUCHER PROGRAM.
UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS HAVE HAPPENED AT, AT THAT LOCATION AND, UM, HE'S, HE'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON.
UH, A LOCAL DEVELOPER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM, BUT THERE IS NOT A MEETING OF THE MINDS WITH REGARD TO THE MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, ARPA FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE PROGRAMMED AND SPENT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE MAY ALSO WANT TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THIS.
UH, IF WE WERE WANTING TO BE A PARTICIPANT, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY COME TO THE COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT THE PLAN THAT WE HAD.
BUT ANYTHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE FIRST NEEDS AN APPRAISAL, AND THAT APPRAISAL MAY BOTH HELP THE PROCESS ALONG WITH THE LOCAL PRIVATE DEVELOPER THAT MAY WANT TO, UH, ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY.
IT MAY PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE MOTEL OWNER OPERATOR, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE THE FIRST STEP FOR US IF WE WANTED TO DO ANYTHING.
SO THIS IS SIMPLY AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT TELLING YOU WHAT STAFF IS INTENDING TO DO WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY.
HAVING SAID THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
STEVE, UH, ANTICIPATING THIS ONE, UH, IT SAYS THESE SERVICES WILL BE WELL INTO THE CITY MANAGER SIGNING AUTHORITY OF 75,000.
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BE CLEAR, THE APPRAISAL IS NOT GONNA COST $75,000.NO, I THINK, I THINK I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT COSTS 20.
ANYBODY ELSE? AND MICHELLE, THIS MAY BE KIND OF EARLY, BUT ANY IDEAS IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY IF WE WERE TO ACQUIRE IT? IF, IF WE WERE TO DO ANYTHING, THE ABSOLUTE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND WHAT ITS VALUE IS.
SO IT MAY BE OUT OF, OUT OF REACH FOR US.
UM, WE MAY PLAY SOME SORT OF ROLE IN, WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME WHAT ROLE WE WOULD EVEN PLAY.
UM, SO I WILL CERTAINLY COME BACK AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ONCE THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETED, BUT THIS REALLY IS THE STARTING POINT.
UM, ANY SPEAKER CARDS OF THIS ITEM? WE HAVE TWO CARDS.
UM, GRAHAM, THERE MUST BE SOME HIDDEN FEES IN YOUR WORK.
YOU GOTTA GET THAT REPORT ACCURATE OR MISINFORMATION WILL BE ABOUND.
SO THIS ITEM CONTINUES DISCUSSION AROUND THE COUNTY'S FRAUDULENT MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
RATHER THAN JUST ENDING THE SH TRADE OF CRIMINALS, IT SAYS, LAST YEAR, STEPHEN PHIL QUOTE, ALONG WITH STAFF, MET WITH SEVERAL MOTEL OPERATORS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTY'S MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
DURING THOSE MEETINGS, STAFF BECAME AWARE THAT THE TRAVEL LODGE ON MAIN STREET WAS INTERESTED IN SELLING THE PROPERTY THE CITY HAS FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO ACQUIRE THIS SITE.
NOW, ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANNING ON RUNNING A MOTEL WHO WANTS TO STAY AT A GOVERNMENT OWNED AND RUN MOTEL? WHAT IS THIS THE SOVIET UNION? OR WOULD THE PURCHASE BE TO SIMPLY TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET AWAY FROM THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO USE IT AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR THE HOMELESS? I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE'S A GOOD IDEA THOUGH.
LET THE FREE MARKET REIGN AS NATURE INTENDED.
CITY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE NEED OF A MOTEL.
LAST I CHECKED AND USING 75,000 IN AMERICAN DESTRUCTION PLAN DEBT DOLLARS JUST TO APPRAISE THE MARKET VALUE OF A MOTEL THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE SITES OF THE COUNTY'S FRAUDULENT FRAUDULENT MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM IS GOING TO FURTHER RUIN THE ECONOMY AND INCREASE INFLATION.
DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT ALREADY? ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST END YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COUNTY'S MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, RATHER THAN EMBED YOURSELVES DEEPER IN THE FRAUD AND SOCIALIST REDISTRIBUTION OF HUMANS FROM DOWNTOWN INTO EL CAJON.
AND ALSO I WOULD SAY DEEPER INTO DEBT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT EITHER.
I THINK SCOTT SHERMAN ON KSI SUMMED IT ALL UP PRETTY WELL.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING THROWN INTO THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE, IT BECOMES AN INDUSTRY IN ITSELF.
I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES I HEAR FROM THESE PROVIDERS ABOUT WE SERVED X AMOUNT, WE COULD SERVE MORE IF WE HAD MORE FUNDING.
WELL, THE IDEA IS TO GET LESS FUNDING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN AND GET IT TO A POINT WHERE YOU DON'T NEED ANY FUNDING AT ALL.
BUT IT'S, IT FEEDS ON ITSELF WITH A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S LIKE THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE FUNDING, AND THEN YOU HAVE POLITICIANS WHO LIKE TO USE THE CRISIS AS A REASON FOR MORE GOVERNMENT BUILT HOUSING, MORE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND RENTS AND, AND EVERYDAY LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT JUST INCREASED THE COSTS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS PATRICK RIO, UM, RESIDENT OF EL CAJON.
UM, AND I SUPPORT THIS, THE CITY EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND OUR REGION.
UM, IN PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON THIS, UM, I SUPPORT THE CITY DOING ITS DUE DILIGENCE.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE REGION, UH, REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS GO AWRY, LET'S SAY
UM, SO I, I SUPPORT THE STAFF AND COUNCIL'S, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THIS TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, PROPERLY VET THE, UH, THE PROPERTY AND ALSO ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERING WHAT WE WOULD USE IT FOR, EVEN IF WE HAVE THE CAPITAL, WHAT ARE WE GONNA USE IT FOR.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TO, UH, THINK BEYOND THIS PROP, THIS SINGLE PARCEL AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE NEARBY PROPERTIES, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW OR NOT, BUT THAT ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, CLOSED BUSINESSES.
UM, I THINK NEXT DOOR EVEN, UM, A HALF A BLOCK DOWN OR, SO THERE'S, UM, I THINK IT USED TO BE THE, THE GRAND BAR IS OPEN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND BEYOND THIS AND, AND CREATE MORE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE REMODELING JUST TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, SIMPLEST
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CONVERT IT TO MAYBE SROS OR SOMETHING OR SERVICE CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.BUT IF WE HAVE A FEW PARCELS TOGETHER IN NEARBY THAT WE CAN, UM, REALLY CONNECT THE TRANSIT DISTRICT AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOTEL OR, UM, CONDOS OPENING ON EL CAJON THERE, UH, NOT TOO FAR AWAY, NOT TOO, UH, TIME OR SPACE.
BUT, AND THEN ALSO CONNECTING THAT AREA TO REALLY THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN AT, AT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STREET HERE AS WELL.
THAT, UM, IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT.
SIMILARLY, UH, ANOTHER HOTEL FURTHER DOWN WEST MAIN, THE RELAX INN JUST WEST OF YATE BY THE DENNY'S.
UM, IT'S NOT FOR SALE AS FAR AS I KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT PRESENTS A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THERE'S A PARCEL ACROSS ELMONTE ROAD THERE THAT'S, UH, A AUTO REPAIR SHOP, UM, THAT IS ON THE MARKET, UM, AND IS FOR SALE.
AND I THINK THERE'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER IF THEY MIGHT BE, UH, WILLING TO PUT THAT ON THE MARKET AND MAYBE DEVELOP THOSE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER AND REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONNECT THAT AS WELL.
UM, RELATEDLY, UM, THAT INTERSECTION AT ELMONTE IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH LEFT TURNS COMING OFF OF THERE.
THERE'S PIERCE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, MULTIPLE, A DOUBLE STOPLIGHT CARS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AT THE HIGH SPEED, AND I THINK THAT'D PRESENT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EVEN CLOSE THAT OFF AND REDIRECT IT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WASN'T TOO FAR FIELD OF THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UH, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, TO ALSO CONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBILITIES TO, UM, ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UH, SOMETHING WORTH NOTING, THE CITY, UM, WITH THE EAST COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS TENTATIVELY PLANNING A BUS TOUR, AN ECONOMIC BUS TOUR TO BRING IN DEVELOPERS TO EL CAJON TO ADDRESS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BRINGING, UH, BRINGING IN DEVELOPERS SO WE CAN GET THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OUT OF EACH PROPERTY, HAVE AN ECONOMIC SOLUTION TO THESE, UM, PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING.
UM, SO, AND I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO ASH STREET IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? WITH REGARD TO THERE.
UH, AN APPRAISAL, DOES THAT INCLUDE A PHYSICAL EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL? ASBESTOS, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES INTO THE ASBESTOS, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION DATE, AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF WILL PROBABLY GIVE US THE QUE THE ANSWER TO THE ASBESTOS QUESTION.
BUT YES, IT WILL INVOLVE A TOUR OF THE PROPERTY BY THE APPRAISER.
YEAH, I, I THINK WHERE SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS MISSED IS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, SO WHAT'S IN THIS PLACE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY BOUGHT IT? OKAY.
IS THAT THE, UH, END OF THE STREET COURT? ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED, UH, ANY A ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
ALL RIGHT, THEN LET'S MOVE ON.
UM, THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[12. Council Activity Report]
MY ACTIVITY REPORT, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE IS A SPEAKER CARD FOR MY ACTIVITIES REPORT, WHICH IS, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME EVER, SO I'M EXCITED.I, I JU I I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL TELL ME, I'M SURE.
UH, WHY AREN'T I JUST COMMENTING ON IT? I GUESS I WAS GOING FOR A WORLD RECORD OF MOST SPEECHES, I GUESS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I AM, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THAT NOW THAT'S A BATTLE.
THIS IS, THIS IS A LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT,
ACTUALLY, THIS IS A GOOD CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THE COMMISSIONER REPORT SAYS BILL HAS DONE AT LEAST 16 INTERVIEWS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
IT ALSO SAYS THAT BILL IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
UH, SO BILL WELLS, IF YOU LEAVE US MAYOR AND MAYBE HAVE A CHANCE AT BEING IN CONGRESSMAN, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE TO THE CITY OF EL CAJON? I THINK BAD THINGS AND WHEN INSTEAD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY MAYOR FOR AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO VOTE YOU IN, OR ANOTHER SANE CANDIDATE PRE PRESENTS HIM OR HERSELF.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU TAKE THE SEAT RIGHT FROM UNDER LITTLE QUALCOMM DAUGHTER SARAH JACOBS.
HOWEVER, I THINK YOU KNOW, THAT THESE ELECTIONS, AT LEAST AT HIGHER LEVELS THAN CITY COUNCIL, CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
I'M SURE NOBODY HERE HAS EVEN HEARD OF AN EMERGENCY BALLOT YET.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF NEW INVENTION THAT THE REGISTER OF VOTERS OFFERS.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR ANYTHING EITHER WAY.
I HOPE YOU'LL STICK AROUND SOMEWHERE, BILL AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT EVERY BAD THING THAT COMES THROUGH, WHATEVER PIPELINE YOU'RE NEAR, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY, AS YOU COULD TELL, CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND WHY I FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT EVERYWHERE I CAN.
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AMERICAN OUT THERE TO SPEAK UP AND SAVE THIS COUNTRY WHEREVER THEY LIVE AND WHEREVER THEY CAN DO IT, IT'S TIME TO BECOME BRAVE AGAIN.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF THESE SPEECHES TODAY.
I, I JUST WANT TO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, YEAH, SURE.
THERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ANY, ANYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE WOULD BE, UH, A GREAT MAYOR.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST I GOTTA WIN
IT'S, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY WE, WE HAVE THESE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETINGS.
WHAT, WHERE WE CHOOSE WHO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE.
AND IT'S SHOCKING THE RESUMES THAT THAT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT WANT TO TAKE ON A JOB THAT PAYS NOTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, GUESS THEM NOTHING BUT CONTROVERSY IS LIKE RESUMES.
ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO BE HEAD OF A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THE EAST COUNTY.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S ALWAYS TALKING TO ME.
I GO TO A CITY COUNCIL AND I'M THE ONLY SPEAKER
I WAS LIKE THE, I SPOKE AT THE SAN CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY.
I WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER FOR NON AGENDA AND THERE WAS A PACKED ROOM.
THANK, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT IS REFRESHING AS SOME OTHER SPEAKER SAYS, IT'S REFRESHING TO HEAR THE TYPE OF REAL DIALOGUE, REAL HUMAN DIALOGUE THAT YOU DON'T GET OTHER PLACES.
OKAY, SO MY, UM, ACTIVITIES REPORT IS AS REPORTED AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ACTIVITIES
[13. DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GOBLE MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board); East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG Public Safety Committee – Alternate.]
REPORTS OF DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GOBEL.UH, THE BULK OF MY ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON THE NEXT REPORT.
SO WHAT'S THERE IS, UH, HE, UH, MR. GOBEL, UH, FILLED IN FOR ME AT SANDAG ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS A, UH, QUITE A, A NOBLE THING TO DO.
I'LL BE USING YOUR CRUTCHES NEXT WEEK.
[14. COUNCILMEMBER GARY KENDRICK METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire Training JPA.]
AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER MICHELLE MITCHELL[15. COUNCILMEMBER MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA – Alternate; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate. ]
AS REPORTED AND COUNCIL MEMBER[16. COUNCILMEMBER PHIL ORTIZ League of California Cities, San Diego Division; East County Economic Development Council; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee – Alternate.]
PHIL ORTIZ, UH, ALTERATION TO MINE.I DID NOT ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AT XL STAFFING OR FIVE 11 TACTICAL.
UM, HOWEVER, I DID WANNA MAKE A NOTE.
WE HAVE A BIG WEEK IN SAN DIEGO FOR SPORTS.
NOT ONLY ARE THE PADRES OPENING DAY, BUT MY SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS ARE IN THE FINAL FOUR.
UM, SO I KNOW WE GOT SOME AZTECS ON THE DIAS AND IN THE ROOM, SO PLEASE TUNE IN, UM, AND SUPPORT OUR, UH, OUR ONLY BASKETBALL TEAM.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE? WANT THE SAN STATE? ANYBODY? ARE YOU GUYS? I'M, I JUST TEACH STATE OF STATE.
UH, THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, NO GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS, AND NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OF ORDINANCES ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]
ATTORNEY WILL RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US INTO THE CLOSED SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO, UH, RECESS THE CLOSED SESSION ON ONE ITEM AND IS A CONFERENCE WITH, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6.
THE AGENCY'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, OR, AND OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
IN THE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVE THE EL CAJON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 46 0 3.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE VERY LONG.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK WITHIN FIVE, SEVEN MINUTES.
YOU'RE BOUND FOR THE INFORMATION ANYWAY, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE DIEHARDS AND STAYED TILL THE END, AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT THE GOINGS ON IN CLOSED SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH, CONFERENCE, HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH ITS LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, UH, 5 4 9 57 0.6.
IN DEALING WITH THE ELK CAJON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 46 0 3 DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY'S NEGOTIATORS.
[ ADJOURNMENT: The Adjourned Regular Joint Meeting of the El Cajon City Council/ El Cajon Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency held this 28th day of March 2023, is adjourned to Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.]
TO ADJOURNMENT, THE ADJOURNED REGULAR JOINT MEANING OF THE EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL.EL CAJON HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE EL CAJON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 28TH DAY OF MARCH, 2023 IS ADJOURNED TILL TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2023 AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.