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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE ALCOVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE MEETING IS CALLED THE ORDER.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER.

COLLAGIO IS ABSENT.

ALL OTHERS ARE PRESENT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND THEN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK MY FRIEND TERRY SONATA, CHAIRMAN OF SANDAG TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the July 24, 2018, Meetings and the Agenda of the August 14, 2018, Meetings in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

POSTED ORDERS OF A GERMAN OF THE JULY 24TH, 2018 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE AUGUST 14TH, 2018 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND COUNCIL AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY POLICY.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION

[ PRESENTATIONS: Presentation: SANDAG]

TODAY FROM SANDAG AND AGAIN, OUR, MY FRIEND TERRY SONATA WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WILL SHARE WITH US WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SANDY.

THANKS JERRY.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

IT'S VERY NICE OF YOU TO, UH, INVITE US.

AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SANDAG EFFORTS IN THE REGION AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN YOUR CITIES.

SO WE WANTED TO, UH, GET, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SEE WHAT WERE, WHAT ALL THE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING.

I WANT TO ALSO COMPLIMENT, UH, YOUR MAYOR WHO IS DOING AN AWFUL LOT FOR US ON SANDAG AND COUNCILMAN GOEBEL WHO IS ALSO INVOLVED, UH, IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WITHOUT THIS KIND OF INVOLVEMENT, WE COULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

I AM JOINED TODAY BY A KIM KAWADA WHO IS OUR, UH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHE HAS BEEN, UH, HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND IT'S, UH, SHE'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WHERE DID, WHERE DID I LOST ROBIN? THERE'S ROBIN WAUPNER WHO IS A, OUR EXPERT ON CALIFORNIA POLITICS, SO SHE'S ALSO HELPING.

UM, SO LET ME QUICKLY, UH, TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WANTING TO COVER BASICALLY TWO THINGS.

UM, I'LL TURN THIS ON.

OKAY FOLKS, DO WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL AREA? GOOD.

GOOD.

I WANTED TO GET INTO QUICKLY A RIGID REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING REGIONALLY AND THEN FOCUS DOWN ON EL CAHONE SPECIFICALLY FOR 2017 WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

THEY'D GO INTO 2018 FOCUS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING IN 2018? UH, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, SPECIFIC HANDOUTS THAT WE'LL GIVE TO YOU.

UH, WE COULD DO THAT NOW AND YOU'LL WRESTLE YOUR PAGES AS I GO THROUGH THE VIDEO.

UH, ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT I THINK IS, IS OF A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST TO ME AND I THINK IT WOULD BE TO YOU IS THERE'S A, A DIAGRAM THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWS HOW PEOPLE FROM EL CAHONE COMMUTE.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN SAN DIEGO IS WE HAVE AN ENTIRE NETWORK OF TRANSPORTATION.

ALL CITIES ARE LINKED TOGETHER AND THIS PARTICULAR DIAGRAM SHOWS HOW PEOPLE LEAVE A EL CAHONE GOING TO AND FROM THEIR WORK, UH, THROUGH TO EDUCATION OR TO WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO.

YOU CAN SEE THE THICKNESS OF THE LINE SHOW IS KINDA LIKE TENTACLES MOVING OUT OF, OUT OF EL CAHONE.

AND BACK.

SO WE'RE ALL RELATED.

WE'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED AND THAT'S WHY, UH, WE THINK THAT TRANSPORTATION IS DEFINITELY AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE OUR NETWORKS.

OKAY.

LET ME SEE IF WE CAN START THE VIDEO.

THERE WE GO.

WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, RAILWAYS AND BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS.

2017 WAS A LITERAL BUILDING YEAR FOR THE SANDAG BOARD AND ITS PARTNER AGENCIES REVENUE

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FROM OUR REGIONS.

TRANSNET HALF CENT SALES TAX LEVERAGED WITH OUTSIDE MATCHING FUNDS CONTINUE TO POWER DOZENS OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE REGION FROM OCEANSIDE TO SOUTH COUNTY TO THE URBAN CORE TO SUBURBAN EAST COUNTY, PROVIDING TRAVELERS WITH MORE AND MORE CHOICES.

THE MID COAST TROLLEY IS THE BIGGEST TRANSPORTATION PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IT WILL EXTEND THE BLUE LINE TROLLEY 11 MILES FROM OLD TOWN NORTH ALONG THE I FIVE TO UC SAN DIEGO AND INTO UNIVERSITY CITY WHEN THE LINE AND IT'S NINE NEW STATIONS OPEN IN 2021 IT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT 21,000 NEW TRANSIT RIDERS A DAY BEING BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MID COAST TROLLEY.

WHEN COMPLETED THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED GILMAN BRIDGE WILL GRACEFULLY SPAN JUST NORTH OF THE LA JOLLA DRIVE INTERCHANGE.

THE PROJECT WHICH BROKE GROUND IN 2017 WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED CONNECTION BETWEEN GILMAN DRIVE ON UC SAN DIEGO'S WEST CAMPUS AND MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE ON THE EAST CAMPUS BUILD.

NCC IS AN ALL ENCOMPASSING PROJECT THAT INCLUDES HIGHWAY RAIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COASTAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR CITIES, EVENTS, ADIDAS AND SOLANA BEACH AND THE NORTH COAST CORRIDOR WORK ALSO BROKE GROUND THIS YEAR ON A COMPREHENSIVE 102 MILLION EFFORT TO RESTORE OR THE LAGOON ITSELF.

THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RAIL BRIDGES OVER THE LAGOON ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON THE SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THAT AREA.

WE GET TO WORK INTEGRATIVELY WITH THE RAIL AND THE FREEWAY WORK AND THAT INTEGRATION IS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH CALTRANS AND SANDAG.

IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION GETS TO REALLY SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE PEOPLE PLANNING AND DESIGNING AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING TRANSPORTATION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE THINK NEEDED TO CHANGE IN THE CORRIDOR TO ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO BE MORE NATURAL AND THEY TOOK THAT ADVICE AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING IT.

MANY OTHER IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HAVE MADE MAJOR PROGRESS DURING 2017 PROGRESS CONTINUED ON THE SOUTH BAY RAPID PROJECT FROM THE OTI MESA BORDER.

PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH OTI RANCH ON A DEDICATED GUIDEWAY INTO EASTERN CHULA VISTA.

THE RAPID BUSES WILL BE ABLE TO USE A NEW DIRECT ACCESS RAMP RECENTLY ADDED TO INTERSTATE EIGHT OH FIVE AND CONNECT TO DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

THIS DEDICATED GUIDEWAY THROUGH EASTERN CHULA VISTA WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, ALLOWING THE RAPID SERVICE TO AVOID TRAFFIC.

SNARLS ON BUSY ARTERIAL STREETS WROTE THE HERITAGE STATION AS PART OF THE SOUTH BAY RAPID ROUTE.

AND FROM HERE YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN AND THE BORDER.

THIS PARTICULAR STATION IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO RESTAURANTS, DOCTOR'S OFFICES, AND PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU'D NEED THAT'S DECIDED AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE TWO NEW CENTER LINE TRANSIT STATIONS AT UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND EL CAJON BOULEVARD WILL ALLOW RAPID SERVICE ALONG INTERSTATE 15 TO QUICKLY STOP, PICK UP PASSENGERS AND CONTINUE BACK ONTO THE ACTIVE FREEWAY LANES, AVOIDING THE FREEWAY RAMPS AND THE HASSLES OF SURFACE STREET TRAFFIC.

THESE ARE THE FIRST FREEWAY LEVEL TRANSIT STATION PLATFORMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THESE STATIONS OPENED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2018 WORK CONTINUED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE COASTAL RAIL CORRIDOR KNOWN AS LOW SAND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.

THE OCEANSIDE TRANSIT CENTER WAS EXPANDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TRAINS THAT CAN BOARD PASSENGERS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND TO ALLOW FREIGHT TRAINS TO PASS THROUGH THE 28 POINT $1 MILLION UPGRADE.

MADE THE STATION MORE EFFICIENT BY ADDING A THIRD TRACK AND AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM FOR ROUGHLY 1.2 MILLION PASSENGERS THAT USE THE STATION EVERY YEAR.

WORK ALSO CONTINUED ON THE ELVIRA TO MIRENA DOUBLE TRACK PROJECT.

THIS SEGMENT WILL ADD A 2.6 MILES SECOND TRACK FROM STATE ROUTE 52 TO JUST SOUTH OF BALBO AVENUE WHEN LINKED TO DOUBLE TRACK SEGMENTS ON EITHER END OF THE PROJECT.

THE RESULT WILL BE A CONTINUOUS 10.3 MILES STRETCH OF DOUBLE TRACK TO IMPROVE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT OPERATIONS AND THE CORRIDOR.

THE SANDAG ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ALSO ACHIEVED SOME IMPORTANT NEW MILESTONES IN 2017 INCLUDING THE OPENING OF THE STATE ROUTE 15 COMMUTER BIKEWAY, THE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BIKE WAY LINKS THE MID CITY COMMUNITIES OF KENSINGTON TALMAGE NORMAL HEIGHTS AND CITY HEIGHTS WITH THE MISSION VALLEY COMMUNITY RUNNING ALONG I 15 BUT SAFELY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

A ONE MILE SEGMENT OF THE INLAND RAIL TRAIL IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF 2017 THIS SEGMENT IS PART OF A 21 MILE BIKEWAY THAT WILL CONNECT FROM

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OCEANSIDE TO ESCONDIDO.

PROGRESS CONTINUED ON THE BAYSHORE BIKEWAY WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY EXTEND 24 MILES ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SAN DIEGO BAY RELIEF IS ON THE WAY FOR ONE OF THE URBAN CORES.

MOST FRUSTRATING BOTTLENECKS WORK ADVANCED DRAMATICALLY ON THE GENESEE AVENUE INTERCHANGE.

OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH A NEW WIDENED 10 LANE BRIDGE AND MORE EFFICIENT ON AND OFF RAMPS EXPECTED TO OPEN.

IN 2018 THE EFFORT TO CREATE A THIRD BORDER CROSSING IN THE REGION IN EAST OTI MESA ALSO RECEIVED A BIG BOOST.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AWARDED THE STATE ROUTE 11 PROJECT, $45 MILLION TO HELP PAY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY WHERE THE NEW BORDER CROSSING WILL EVENTUALLY SIT.

WE WISHED THE SOUTH BAY EXPRESSWAY A HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY.

IN 2017 SANDAG ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO OPERATE THE TOLL WAY.

ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.

THE SANDAG BOARD IMMEDIATELY CUT THE TOLLS ON THE FACILITY TO RELIEVE CONGESTION IN EASTERN CHULA VISTA AND DRAW TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE I EIGHT OH FIVE THE SANDAG I COMMUTE PROGRAM WORKED HARD TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION OF REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY PROMOTING ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

SUCCESS IS DURING 2017 INCLUDED THE REGION'S BUSIEST EVER BIKE TO WORK DAY WITH MORE THAN 10,000 BIKE COMMUTERS VISITING ONE OF MORE THAN 100 PITSTOPS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

I COMMUTE, PARTNERED WITH UBER TO EXPAND THE I COMMUTE GUARANTEED RIDE HOME PROGRAM, OFFERED FREE RIDES TO ALTERNATIVE COMMUTERS FACING AN URGENT NEED TO GET HOME.

I COMMUTE ALSO PARTNERED WITH WAYS CARPOOL WHO WAS SUBSIDIZING UP TO $50,000 FOR CARPOOLING TO THE HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN THE REGION.

IN EARLY JANUARY, 2017, THE S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SELECTED THE SAN DIEGO REGION AS ONE OF THE 10 DESIGNATED PROVING GROUNDS IN THE NATION TO ENCOURAGE TESTING AND SHARING INFORMATION AROUND AUTONOMOUS CONNECTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.

SANDAG THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND CALTRANS.

DISTRICT 11 TEAMED UP TO SEEK THE PROVEN GROUND DESIGNATION.

THE PROVING GROUND GIVES OUR POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN AND HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY IS ULTIMATELY SHAPED AS IT COMES INTO THE MARKETPLACE.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR.

STAY TUNED.

THERE'S MORE TO COME IN 2018.

ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU.

UM, THE VIDEO I THINK HIGHLIGHTS THE REGIONAL BIG PROJECTS THAT SANDAG HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, IN 2017.

AND WHEN YOUR FOLKS GO OFF TO WORK AT SANDAG AND ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, IT IS A TO PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT GOING ON.

UH, LET ME GO FORWARD.

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VIDEO IN 2017, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GO.

THIS IS OKAY.

I WANTED TO FOCUS ON ELKA HONES ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND, UH, OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE $2 MILLION TO YOUR STREETS AND ROADS ALLOCATION OVER 18 MILLION.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE COMPLETED THE EAST COUNTY BUS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

UH, WE'RE OPERATING THE, UH, SUCCESSFULLY THE RAPID SERVICE ON AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ON YOUR CLIMATE ACTION EFFORTS AND YOUR CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING IN 2018.

UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING AN AWFUL LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES WANT FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT SANDAG.

AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT AT THE END OF THAT RESEARCH AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

AND IN FACT THIS FRIDAY THE BOARD MEETS AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING, UH, TWO CANDIDATES FOR A POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO THE SANDAG, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION.

SO THAT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE.

UH, IN 2017,

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR, UH, SAN DIEGO EFFORTS WAS WE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF INPUT FROM INDEPENDENT FOLKS FROM, UH, THE LEGISLATURE, FROM TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYING, HEY, WE COULD, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAY YOU FORECAST, THE WAY YOU DO SOME OF YOUR OUTREACH TO, UH, THE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO THE BOARD HAS PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF EIGHT INITIATIVES CALLED THE PLAN OF ACTION OR PLAN OF EXCELLENCE.

AND IT, IT REALLY IS FOCUSED INTERNALLY ON MAKING SURE OUR FORECASTING, OUR DATA GOVERNANCE, OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT, ALL THE KIND OF INTERNAL ISSUES ARE IMPROVED AND WE MAKE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON THOSE EFFORTS.

UH, OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE HIRED AND SET UP AN AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS HIRING AN INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE AUDITOR TO KIND OF LOOK OVER OUR SHOULDERS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN A BEST PRACTICE WAY.

AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING AS YOU AS THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR AGENCIES AND WITH OUR CITIES.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE, UH, INTERNALLY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.

UH, LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE LISTED.

I JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO BLUE AREAS.

UH, SANDAG EVERY FOUR YEARS UPDATES ITS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE CALL IT THE SAN DIEGO FORWARD PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHERE ALL 18 CITIES IN THE COUNTY GET TOGETHER AND THEY FIGURE OUT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA INCREASE OUR POPULATION BY A MILLION PEOPLE BY 2050, HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE SET UP OUR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE, THOSE FOLKS? SO THAT PLAN IS ONGOING NOW AND WE WELCOME THE KIND OF INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH ELKA HOMES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE PRIORITIES WE'RE SETTING ARE WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS.

SO THAT NEGOTIATE OR DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING.

NOW.

ALSO, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR RENA, THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING PROJECTIONS.

AND WE AS A REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP TRY TO, UH, ALLOCATE GOALS FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES, UH, TO BUILD ADDITIONAL HOUSING.

I KNOW HOUSING IS A BIG TOPIC IN OUR REGION AND, UH, W WE'RE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO EQUITABLY ALLOCATE THOSE GOALS.

UM, AND AS FAR AS OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, TRY NEW THINGS AND HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO WE WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AS TO HOW WE AND OUR STAFF CAN WORK TOGETHER, UH, ON THE REGIONAL PLAN ON RENA OR WHATEVER THE ISSUES ARE, SO THAT WE GET A GIVE AND TAKE.

SO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BEING INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLANS.

UH, SO THAT'S OUR, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALCOHOL TO BE INVOLVED.

WE HOPE YOU CAN BE AND WE WELCOME IT, UM, AND HAVE HANDOUTS SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE.

YOU HAVE ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS HERE.

SO I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE WELCOME YOUR INVOLVEMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TERRY.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

UH, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU.

THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GO HERE.

YOU HERE, YOU A ONCE A WEEK LIKE I DO.

SO.

OKAY.

THEY MAY WANT TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

POP.

YES.

UM, THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.

AND UM, I'M ON THE MTS BOARD, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THE PASSENGER, UH, NUMBERS ARE DROPPING AND UM, MASS TRANSIT DOES NOT WORK WELL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS WELL AS IT DOES IN NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL CORE.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO SPEND MORE AND MORE MONEY ON THAT MASS TRANSIT PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING OUT OF THEIR AUTOMOBILES.

THEY'RE, UH, STILL CONTINUING TO GET CLOGGED AND THEY'RE WILLING TO FOREGO THE HASSLES OF SITTING IN THEIR CARS FOR HOURS AT A TIME.

UH, WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO MOVE VERSUS RIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

HOW COME SAN TAG CONTINUES TO SPEND THE MOST OF ITS MONEY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT WHEN MOST PEOPLE WANT TO DRIVE THEIR CARS.

UH, ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE PEOPLE RIDE MASS TRANSIT.

AND A LOT OF THEM I UNDERSTAND ARE SENIORS AND PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO OWN A CAR AND WE NEED IT FOR THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS, UH, UH, BETTER, UH, HIGHWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR

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PEOPLE TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE MORE FREELY, THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR MONEY BECAUSE ABOUT 95% OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR CARS.

THEY PAY THE TAXES.

IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE THAT RIDE MASS TRANSIT TO PAY THE TAXES.

SO I'M REALLY UPSET WITH GOVERNMENT THE WAY THEY ALLOCATE THEIR FUNDS, UH, MAINLY FOR MASS TRANSIT AND NOT FOR, UH, MORE EASILY TO GET AROUND ON FREEWAYS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, I AGREE.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THE, THE RIDERSHIP IN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN TRANSIT HAS GONE DOWN.

A LOT OF FOLKS ATTRIBUTE THAT JUST TO THE FACT THE ECONOMY HAS IMPROVED AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, NOW COULD AFFORD TO COMMUTE MORE THAN THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO.

UH, AS FAR AS WHAT SANDAG SPENDS ITS MONEY ON, UH, IT IS A REAL CHALLENGING PROBLEM BECAUSE, UH, OUR MISSION IS TO BALANCE THE PRIORITIES OF THE ENTIRE REGION.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE GROUPS OF FOLKS WHO ARE VERY MUCH, UH, HIGHWAY DEPENDENT, WHICH YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

UH, SO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR OPTIONS AND THEIR, UH, EFFICIENCIES IN COMMUTING.

UH, THERE ARE FOLKS THOUGH THAT, UH, SAY, HEY, WE BETTER PLAN.

WE CAN'T JUST HAVE HIGHWAYS, UH, FOR ALL OUR COMMUTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BUILDING SUCH THINGS AS THE, THE COASTAL, UH, TROLLEY UP TO UTC.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT IF WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD TRANSPORTATION TO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, AND THIS NEW, UH, LINE THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP FROM OLD TOWN UP TO UTC IN THE, IN THE HOSPITALS AND THE UNIVERSITY IS A, IS A REAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD TRANSPORTATION TO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, TRANSIT LINE BECAUSE OF BRINGING EVERYBODY UP FROM THE SOUTH BAY TO WHERE THE NEW CENTER OF BUSINESS IS AT THE UTC AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

SO, UH, WE THINK IT WILL BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WILL BE THEIR PHILOSOPHY, UH, TO WATCH.

THE CHALLENGE OF COURSE, IS BUILDING IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT THE POPULATION IS GOING TO DO.

AND UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN, UH, VARIOUS MODES AND THAT'S GOING TO COST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT.

IT IS, IT IS COSTLY.

AND HOW MANY WRITERS A DAY ARE GOING TO WRITE IT? YOU SAID 10,000.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPE TO HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS.

YEAH.

WELL, I'D SUGGEST THAT MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE RIDE OUR FREEWAYS EVERY YEAR.

AND WE NEED MORE AND BETTER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND THAT WAY.

AND UM, THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH GOVERNMENT.

THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH THIS MASS TRANSIT AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE NEED, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS OR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T OWN THEIR OWN CARS.

BUT, UH, NOW WITH UBER AND LYFT, PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE MASS TRANSIT AND THEY SAY, I CAN GO UP THERE WITH A HUBER OR LIFT A LOT FASTER THAN I CAN GO ON MASS TRANSIT.

SO, UH, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU GET SOMEBODY WITHIN ABOUT THREE MINUTES OF YOUR HOUSE OR FIVE MINUTES AND THEY'LL TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

IT'S A LOT EASIER.

IN FACT, UH, MTS IS NOW STARTING A PROGRAM PRETTY SOON WHERE THEY'RE GONNA USE TAXICABS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE ACCESS PEOPLE THAT DON'T NEED WHEELCHAIR ACCESS, BUT THEY STILL NEED SOMETHING TO TAKE THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

THEY'RE GOING TO USE AND PAY TAXIS TO DO THAT FOR THEM BECAUSE THE ACCESS IS SO EXPENSIVE TO TAKE SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR, ADAPTABLE VAN THAT DOESN'T REALLY NEED IT WHEELCHAIR TO GET THEM TO A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT OR GO SHOPPING OR WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING TO GO OR THEY GO TO THE MALL.

SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO RETHINK OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE COMPETITION WITH SAY UBUR AND LYFT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOUR OBSERVATIONS ARE VERY GOOD AND, AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO CHANGING SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN DOUBLY HARD TO AND ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SELF DRIVING CARS.

UM, WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE AS MANY ACCIDENTS IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS WITH SELF DRIVING CARS BECAUSE YOUR CARS WILL BE A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER AND THEY WON'T BE HAVING ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? PLEASE, IF THERE ARE THINGS COME UP LATER ON, LET US KNOW.

GIVE US A CALL.

I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO FEEL SOMETHING OR I PASS IT OFF TO KIM REALLY QUICKLY.

WELL TERRY AND STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SANDAG.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND LISTENING.

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DON'T, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT LOTS TO DO.

SORRY.

OKAY.

AGENDA CHANGES STAFF TO HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES.

MR MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE CITY'S NEWEST EMPLOYEE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT STARTED THIS WEEK, VINCE DEMASIO RIGHT HERE.

UH, VINCE COMES TO US, UH, HAVING BEEN THE CITY MANAGER IN THREE OTHER CITIES, MOST RECENTLY, MENDOTA CALIFORNIA UP IN FRESNO COUNTY.

AND UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE LIKE ABOUT VINCE, WE WERE LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT VINCE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UH, IS THAT HE HAS SOME PRIVATE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS WHERE REDEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT.

SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE.

THANKS.

WELCOME.

VINCE.

WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR I'M, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND, UH, I, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, GRAHAM'S LEADERSHIP TEAM AND, UH, ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA.

THANKS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US THEN TO A CONSENT ITEMS.

[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. ]

CONSENT ITEMS, A ROUTINE MATTERS THAT ACTED BY ONE MOTION ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION.

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, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? HOW ABOUT STAFF? AND WE'LL DO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. IT'S BEEN MOVED THE SECOND AND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT THAT PRETZELS TO 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 L CONE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT 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 AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS THAT ARE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE 15 SPEAKERS AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM KELLY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

BYE.

WAIT, MR , YOU'RE NOT JUST A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BUT YOU'RE ON THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

RIGHT? I'VE REPRESENTED EAST COUNTY FOR 26 YEARS NOW, 10 YEARS ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION NOW 16 YEARS ON THE GROSSMONT SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I JUST GOT ELECTED TO ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE PULLED PAPERS RUN AGAINST ME.

I'LL GIVE ME THIRD YEARS AS PUBLIC SERVICE AND I'M, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE KIDS OF THESE COUNTY OR THE GROSSMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF BUT I, I'M SPEAKING CAUSE I DO REPRESENT THE CHILDREN AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE VOTERS OF EAST COUNTY.

I HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING TO THIS POINT PUBLICLY, BUT I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WITH BEN CLAW SHOW.

I HAVE BEEN HERE READING THINGS.

I HAVE BEEN UH, TALKING TO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF EL CAHONE AND I HAVE A SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENT AND UNFORTUNATELY BEN COLLAZO IS 100% CONSISTENT BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS, UH, THAT THIS TEAM HERE THAT'S HERE TODAY, I DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULDN'T BE HERE.

I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO HIM IN KIND OF A MINISTERIAL TYPE FASHION APPEAL TO HIM.

BUT HE'S NOT HERE.

BUT THIS IS A GREAT TEAM AND THIS IS A GREAT CITY AND YOU MEN HAVE SELFISHLY WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN, THE TAXPAYERS, THE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITIES, IMAGE AND REPUTATION AND FOR THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES, BEN COLOSSAL NEEDS TO RESIGN.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO SUBJUGATE EVERYTHING TO THE INTEREST AND BENEFITS OF THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY REPRESENT IS PORT NOT TO PLACE INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS ABOVE THE, UH, ABOVE THE INTEREST FOR PERSON CANNOT DO THAT.

THEY NEED TO RESIGN.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL, FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT TO CREATE SCANDAL OR ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT BRINGS REPROACH UPON THAT COMMUNITY.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ONLY BRING POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT

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TO OKLAHOMA AND TO EAST COUNTY OR TO RESIGN IF THEY CAN'T OR WILL NOT DO THIS.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU.

YOU MAN.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN HARD.

YOU CAN'T SAY THINGS THAT YOU'RE THINKING, UH, BUT HIS BOARISH BEHAVIOR, HIS IMMATURITY, HIS, UH, TOTAL SELFISHNESS AND NARCISSISM AND .

AND I CALL HIM A SOCIOPATH BECAUSE THIS IS A PERSON WHO DOES NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT ANYONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF.

HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THOSE THAT HE HURTS EVEN CHILDREN, EVEN MINORS, EVEN YOUNG LADIES.

AND THAT IS DESPICABLE AND HE DOES NOT DESERVE THIS OFFICE.

AND THE FACT THAT HE HASN'T ALREADY RESIGNED IN LIGHT OF THE MANY SCANDALS HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN JUST SHOWS YOU THAT HE IS TRULY A SOCIOPATH.

AND I'M SORRY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU MEN HAVE TO HAVE TO UH, WORK WITH HIM AND, BUT I WISH, WISH FOR BETTER AND I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT ELECTION OR WHERE HE IS ON THE BALLOT, THAT THE VOTERS WILL SPEAK ALOUD AND CLEARLY IN HALF TO PUT THIS PROBLEM TO AN END.

THANK YOU.

WENDY MORRIS.

AMISH BARRAGE.

WELCOME.

WE PULL THAT DOWN.

SO GARY, OKAY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

UM, I'M WENDY MORRIS.

I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF SOPHIE'S ART GALLERY, THE OFF-CAMPUS, OUR PROGRAM OF SAINT MADELINE SOPHIE CENTER.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR EVENT, THE ALLEY CAT ART WALK.

THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS EVENT AND ITCH.

UM, THERE'S EIGHT GALLERIES AND MUSEUM AND SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL WHO ARE PUTTING ON THE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S THE ONLY ART EVENT IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA.

UM, IT'S SATURDAY, EXCUSE ME, IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 14TH FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM.

AND WE HOPE TO CLOSE DOWN THE ALLEY, UM, BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND RAYA AND HAVE ALL OUR BACK DOORS OPEN SO PEOPLE CAN FREELY, UH, WALK TO AND FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES.

UH, THERE'LL BE FINE ART EXHIBITS, UH, CHILDREN'S BOOTHS, UH, CRAFTS BOOTHS, UH, DIFFERENT VENDORS.

UM, AND UM, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK, SO THANK YOU.

HELLO.

WELCOME.

YOU'RE GONNA WANNA PULL THAT DOWN.

OH, SORRY.

IT'S BETTER I CAN HEAR YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY ABOUT CANINE JESTER FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF VETERAN AND OFFICER JORDAN BACK RIGHT INTO THE MICROPHONE.

SURE.

RESIGNED FROM ALCOHOL AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

OFFICER WALKER RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED IN WRITING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE HIS PARTNER AND FRIEND CANINE GESTURE AT MORE THAN A FAIR PRICE AND WAS WILLING TO DONATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO PURCHASE A NEW POLICE SERVICE DOG FOR THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I AM ASKING THAT CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL REQUESTS HIS WRITTEN DOCUMENT HE SUBMITTED TO THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO PLEASE RECONSIDER GESTURES.

SUPPORTERS HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION THAT AS OF AUGUST 12TH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY 60,534 PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF RETIRING CANINE GESTURE TO OFFICER WALKER.

IN ADDITION, HIS SUPPORTERS ARE CURRENTLY RAISING $25,000 FOR THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO USE TOWARDS PURCHASING A NEW DOG WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO BOND EASIER WITH THIS NEW HANDLER AND PROVIDE THE CITY WITH ADDITIONAL YEARS OF SERVICE.

WE UNDERSTAND GESTURE IS TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM TURNING SIX YEARS OLD AND HAS A COUPLE OF YEARS SHORT OF THE AVERAGE RETIREMENT AGE.

WE ASK THAT YOU EVALUATE HIS CASE IN PARTICULAR BASED ON WHAT IS BEST FOR HIS WELLBEING RATHER THAN BLANKETING STANDARD PROTOCOL TO CONFORM HIM TO CONTINUE WORKING.

HIS INOCULATE RECORD WITH ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SIDE BY SIDE WITH OFFICER WALKER AND THROUGH HIS GUIDANCE BECAUSE OF THIS CANINE GESTURE MAY NOT REFLECT THE SAME RESULTS WITH THE NEW HANDLER.

HE HAS NOT IMPRINTED ON RIGHT NOW THE CDF ALCOHOL AND IS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT WORLDWIDE.

WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SEE KATELYN GESTURE GESTURES, NOT JUST A TOOL, BUT

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AN ANIMAL WITH FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PROTOCOL LOCKING HIM UP IN THE BOARDING FACILITY UNTIL HE TRUSTS AN UNKNOWN HANDLER IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO THANK HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND RECOGNITION HE HAS BROUGHT TO THIS THING IF ALCOHOL.

ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING.

HELLO SIR.

WELCOME.

HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SORRY.

A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

OKAY.

MY NAME WAS MAMAVA .

I'M A CHEST AND CHESTER SET CANINE TRAINER.

I REMEMBER WORKING WITH DOGS FOR 35 YEARS ACTUALLY FOR 40 YEARS, 35 YEARS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

I'VE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF POLICE DOGS AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A POLICE DOG IS.

A WORKING DOG AND A WORKING DOG IS A DOG THAT HAS TREMENDOUS DRIVES.

HE LOVES TO WORK.

HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO WORK OKAY.

IN MOST CASES PEOPLE CONFUSE YOU AND HE SAID HE LOOKS LIKE A PET.

HE SMELLED LIKE A PET.

HE ACTS LIKE A PET TO YOU.

THEREFORE, HE SAY A PET LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE AT HOME, BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT CREATE POLICE SOCKS.

THEY'RE BORN TO BE A POLICE DOG.

THE GENETIC MAKEUP IS LIKE THAT IS THE MOST COMMON PRACTICE TO TRANSFER THE DOG FROM HANDLER TO HANDLER.

I'VE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF DOGS, LIKE I SAID, AND 98% OF THE DOGS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE HANDLER TO THE OTHER AND THEY'RE PERFECTLY FINE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOYAL TO THEIR WORK.

THEY WORK WITH THE HANDLER, THEY DO WELL OUT ON THE STREET WITH HIS HANDLER, BUT ONCE THEY'RE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER, UM, UH, OFFICER, THE ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE TREMENDOUSLY WELL.

SO THERE'S NO EMOTIONAL OR, OR ANY TYPE OF, UH, A DEFICIENCY OF LOVE OR ATTENTION TO THAT DOG.

UH, THE DOG, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

THE IUD IS IN MANY CASES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRANSFER THE DOG, HE'S GOING TO SELL FOR IT, BUT THE DOG, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BORN TO WORK.

IT SAID THE SERVICE IT TAKES, UH, IN THIS CASE, JOHN CHESTER TO OR GESTURE TO A TELL BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, RETIRE HIM.

HE'S A YOUNG DOG.

WE'VE HAD DOGS SET A WORK UP TO ABOUT 10 AND A HALF AND THEY DO WELL AND THEY RETIRE AS A GREAT SUCCESSFUL, UH, UH, POLICE, UH, POLICE CANINE.

YOU KNOW, I HAD A DOG CYLINDER TO HIM AND I HAD TO GIVE THEM UP BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT HIS JOB IS TO WORK IS NOT TO BE IN MY BACKYARD.

HE WENT THROUGH FOUR OFFICERS AND HE RETIRED ABOUT 10 AND A HALF.

HE DID GREAT OUT ON THE STREET AND HAPPY IT'S CAN BE K ONE THING WITH, UH, WITH ANY DOG, WITH ANY POLICE DOG.

THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER FROM ONE HAMMER TO THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A STRONG PACK INSTINCT AND THAT PECKING SINK HELPS THEM ADJUST QUICKLY.

ALL THEY NEED IS A ALPHABET, AN ALPHABET OFFICER IN THIS CASE THAT GUIDES HIM AND PERFORMS AND BECOMES A TEAM.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT HE LOOKING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT THE DOCTORS ARE HERE FOR.

THEY HAVE THAT STRONG .

IN MANY CASES, YOU FIND THE DOGS THAT HAVE TWO OR THREE OFFICERS GO THROUGH THE THIRD OFFICER AND WITH THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS COME UP TO THE VEHICLE, THEY ACTUALLY GUARD THEIR CAR AGAIN.

SO PREVIOUS HANDLERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOYAL TO THEIR WORK AND THE LOWER TWO THEN YOU HANDLER.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN TRAINED US FOR 40 YEARS, POLICE DOGS FOR 40 YEARS AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN.

THAT'S IT'S, IT'S EASY FOR THE DOG THAT DOG LOVES AND HE ENJOYS HIS WORK TREMENDOUSLY.

SO I'M ASKING TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE DOG.

I KNOW JORDAN STR, THE , BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CANINE AND YOU KNOW, AND GESTURE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS MATES, ABOUT 10 AND A HALF, HE SAID, GREAT DOG OUT ON THE STREET.

AND I THINK WE OWE HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, TO BE WORKING OUT ON THE STREET AND NOT TO BE IN A BACKYARD.

HE'S TOO YOUNG TO BE RETIRED.

SO JUST JUSTICE FOR JESS, RIGHT THING, YOU KNOW, LET'S HELP HIM OUT.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR CALLING ME THERE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHINE.

HORTON HI SUNSHINE.

WELCOME EVERYBODY.

UM, I WANTED TO TALK TO HIM, BUT I THINK SHE SEES HER IN COURT OR HE'S COWARD.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SALARIED, BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY TO HIM, THE BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD CANNOT BE SEEN OR EVEN TOUCHED.

THEY MUST BE FELT WITH THE HEART, BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR COLEGIO BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A HEART AND IT'S COLD, LIKE IT'S COLD AND HARD LIKE A ROCK.

THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I MADE PAID ATTENTION IS THE CAMPAIGN.

HE HAS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND ALL THAT, BUT ONE CAUGHT MY EYE, THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF EL CAHONE THAT HE THINKS HE'S SOLD TRASHY AND THAT THE RESIN IS, SHOULD MOVE TO SANTI.

I WONDER IF HE LIVES IN SANTEE, IN PACE YOU EVERYTHING SO HE CAN BE HERE.

I WOULDN'T DOUBT IT THAT HE'S DOING THAT.

UM, SO,

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UM, YEAH, I JUST SAID THAT AND I'M TRYING TO SAY THE PROBLEM I'M TRYING TO SAVE THE PROBLEM OF TRASH COULD BE SOLVED EASILY WITH COMMUNITY AND CITY OFFICIALS.

WE'LL ALL GET TOGETHER AND FIX IT.

BUT THE ISSUE OF HIS HEART, THE SOUL, THE SPIRIT, THEY ARE FULL OF UGLY TRASH AND BAD EMOTIONS.

AND FOR HIM, DO YOU WANT THE WAY THAT HE CAME PICKS THAT IS BY BRINGING GOD INTO HIS LIFE.

CAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF NOTHING OTHER THAN THE EVIL THINGS BECAUSE HE LOVES TO DO THAT.

HE HAS, UH, A BIG HIGH ON IT.

SHE LOVES TO MAKE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM.

AND TO BE HONEST, I WOULDN'T WANT HIM UP THERE NO MORE BECAUSE HE'S INTELLIGENT, BUT HE'S CHARACTER IS LIKE A CHILD THAT IS STUBBORN.

AND ONCE HE'S WAY NO MATTER WHAT.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT NOW HE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WHEN HE LEAVES THE ROOM, HE BRIGHTENS IT.

NOW I HAVE, NOW I HAVE TIME FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

TOMORROW I'LL BE BY GOD 49, NO 40.

I READ THAT I'LL BE 73 YEARS OLD AND MY BIRTHDAY HAS BEEN A MIRACLE MAKER FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SINCE I WAS 50.

BUT WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA HELP ME.

WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY AND UH, CANCERS OF THE GREEN DOT.

THE MIDDLE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TICKETS AND THE PRICES.

WELL, ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO DONATE TO MY MIRACLE MAKER TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR CANCER.

SO I'VE BEEN GETTING HIM BUYING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, SO I WISH ALL OF YOU CAN GO IN THROUGH A PENNY IN THE BUCKET OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD CAUSE AND HIS FOR KIDS AND FOR HIM, I'LL BE COMING OVER SO HE BETTER GET BRAVE BECAUSE I'LL BE HERE EVERY MEETING TALKING TO HIM.

THANK YOU.

TERRY I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? OKAY.

WELCOME PHOTOS THAT I HAVE TAKEN SINCE THE FOURTH OR THE 3RD OF JULY.

I LIVE IN THE SAFARI MOBILE LODGE.

I AM ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS, THEY'RE WAREHOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS.

MR MCCLELLAN.

MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS DO NOT DRIVE ANYMORE AND THEY HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE GAUNTLET OF THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT IS SEMI-PERMANENTLY ATTACHED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS.

I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW ALL OF THE POLICE DISPATCHERS BY VOICE.

SOME OF THEM.

I THINK IF I RAN INTO THEM ON THE STREET AND HEARD THEIR VOICE, I WOULD KNOW THEM IMMEDIATELY JUST FROM TALKING TO THEM SO OFTEN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS.

THE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS, WHO SETS UP HIS, HIS LITTLE SHELTER EVERY NIGHT THERE I AM 99% SURE HE IS DEALING DRUGS.

I'M A CHILD OF THE 70S I KNOW IF YOU DO THIS AND THIS, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.

THE POLICE DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE RESOURCES TO CAMP OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

I'VE HAD THEM CLIMB OVER MY FENCE AND USE CAUSE I LIVE IN THE CORNER OF THE PARK.

I'VE HAD THEM CLIMB OVER THE FENCE AND USED MY CORNER IS A BATHROOM, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL MY MAINTENANCE PEOPLE FOUND IT AND FORTUNATELY CLEANED IT UP FOR ME.

IT WAS RATHER NASTY OUT THERE THAT WE CAN'T WALK DOWN THE SAFARI DRIVE TO MAIN STREET WITHOUT FOUL LANGUAGE.

THE ONE MAN HAS RIGHT NOW, THREE DOGS THAT ARE NEVER ON A LEASH.

THEY RUSH PEOPLE, THEY BARK AT PEOPLE.

MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN IN THE WIELD SCOOTERS CAN'T USE THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEIR THINGS ARE SET UP ON THE SIDEWALKS WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON THE SIDEWALKS, THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THE GRASS, WHICH MAKES ME NOT WANT TO COME IN TO EL CAHONE AND DO BUSINESS.

THE ONE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON SECOND STREET IN FRONT OF A STRIP MALL THERE NEAR THE MCDONALD'S.

THERE IS, I DIDN'T GET THERE EARLY ENOUGH THAT DAY, BUT THEY SET UP AN HONEST GOD, SIX FOOT TENT IN FRONT OF THIS MAN'S STORE.

I HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE DO BUSINESS HERE ANYMORE AND I'M REALLY SAD THAT IT'S NOT THE BEAUTIFUL CLEAN CITY THAT I MOVED INTO 66 YEARS AGO AND IF WE CAN MAKE IT A PRIORITY, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE.

I WOULD HAPPY BE HAPPY TO MAKE IT AS AN AGENDA MEETING.

NO, I DON'T.

I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING.

LET ME SHIFT.

THERE'S DAY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

I WANT TO COMMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

JUST TO COMMENT.

THESE, THESE PICTURES ARE APPALLING.

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AND I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR PUBLIC WORKS IN A POLICE GO OUT THERE AND REMOVE ALL OF THAT.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE'S LISTENING THAT THE FACT THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A BIG ISSUE IS NOT SURPRISING TO US.

WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.

UM, AND I CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU THAT EVERY MAYOR AND EVERY CITY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE AREA, AND CERTAINLY EVERY MAYOR AND EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS.

IT'S A, WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

THE RISE IN HOMELESSNESS AND ALCOHOL AND IN THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN 35%, BUT IN PLACES LIKE CARLSBAD AND UM, LEUCADIA WE'VE SEEN A HUNDRED TO 150% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS.

IT IS A MASSIVE EPIDEMIC AND CITIES ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO ERADICATE THE PROBLEM.

BUT THERE'S, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THERE'S PUSHBACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE SAYS YOU CAN'T ARREST PEOPLE.

YOU CAN'T TAKE THEIR THINGS FROM THEIR CARTS.

THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STEAL A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN FOOD OR ITEMS FROM STORES WITHOUT BEING ARRESTED AND THERE.

SO THE LEGISLATORS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CITY SAYING, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO BE ALMOST.

AND OF COURSE THE RESIDENTS ARE RIGHTLY SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, PROTECT US, DO SOMETHING TO SAVE OUR CITY.

AND IT'S A DANCE.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A GOOD ORGANIZATIONS, A GOOD PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT.

I THINK IN TALKING TO PEOPLE, I TALK ABOUT TUPE, ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY.

SOMETHING THAT COMES ACROSS TO ME THAT, THAT TROUBLES ME.

IT'S KIND OF A SENSE THAT THE CITY JUST DOESN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION AND WE DON'T CARE AND THAT THE PROBLEM COULD GO AWAY IF WE PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT.

I PROMISE YOU IF THERE WERE A BUTTON ON MY DESK SO I COULD PUSH AND MAKE HOMELESS GO AWAY, I WOULD PUSH IT EVERY DAY.

SO BE PATIENT WITH US.

WE'RE WORKING HARD ON IT.

I, UH, I THINK I CAN RIGHTFULLY SPEAK FOR THE REST OF MY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OCCUPIES A GREAT DEAL OF OUR MIND.

WE THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.

WE'VE TALKED TO OUR WIVES ABOUT IT AND OUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE ON THE STREET, WE TAKE ADVICE FROM EVERYBODY WE CAN AND THERE'S SOME, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM, BUT AMERICANS ARE USED TO TACKLING BIG PROBLEMS. AND I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'LL COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND TALK ABOUT IT.

I THINK IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, WE'LL NEVER BE AT A SOLVENT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU BOB.

YES, I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY CALIFORNIA IS A MAGNET FOR HOMELESSNESS AND WELFARE BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN SO LENIENT, UH, ON NOT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO BRING CALIFORNIA BACK TO ITS GREATNESS.

AND UH, REMEMBER THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR WHEN YOU VOTE BECAUSE, UH, OUR LEGISLATURE HAS MA CREATED THE BIGGEST WELFARE STATE IN THE NATION.

WE HAVE 12% OF THE PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE HAVE 30% OF THE HOMELESS.

SO WE'RE A MAGNET FOR THAT.

AND, UH, I WOULDN'T GO TO SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH UP THERE.

YOU THINK ELK HONES BAG, THAT'S A REAL MAGNET FOR HOMELESS UP THERE.

AND, UH, I WON'T EVEN GO THERE ANYMORE.

SO, UH, IT'S REALLY A SHAME WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR STATE BECAUSE OUR, UH, LEGISLATURE IS SO LIBERAL ON DOING THE WELFARE THING FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK CAN'T DO IT FOR THEMSELVES.

UH, WE NEED TO HAVE WELFARE TO WORK IN ORDER TO GET BENEFITS.

YOU SHOULD NEED TO WORK IF YOU'RE CAPABLE OF WORKING.

SO, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR STATE IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE, UH, SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S A MINISTER SOCIETY.

HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE NAME OF, UH, ELIMINATING OR CHANGING HOMELESSNESS.

WE HAVE THE ELKO AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, WHICH HAS CONVERTED OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO, UH, PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS.

SO, UH, WE'VE DONE MORE IN EL CAHONE THAN MOST CITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY THOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

YEAH.

DID YOU WANT TO BECOME IT? SORRY, I DO.

I HAVE A COMMENT.

UH, WE ARE RELAXED TO SIT DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU CAN SIT DOWN.

WE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS LATER IN THIS MEETING ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO TO PLACE PEOPLE IN HOUSING.

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BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A SITUATION WHICH I THINK IS INDICATIVE OF THE, OF THE CHALLENGES.

I'LL CALL HER NAME MARY.

I DON'T KNOW HER REAL NAME, BUT SHE LIVED ON WALTER WAY BEHIND JACK IN THE BOX ON SECOND STREET AND SHE HAD MANY BELONGINGS WITH HER.

YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WENT OUT THERE WITH A SOCIAL WORKER IN A GOODWILL CALL AND THEY REALIZED THAT MARY NEEDED MEDICAL HELP RIGHT AWAY.

SHE HAD MEDICAL, MARY WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEN AFTER TWO WEEKS, SOCIAL WORKERS ABLE TO CONVINCE MARY TO GO INTO A NURSING HOME.

THIS IS ALL AT NO COST TO MARY.

MARY WAS IN THE NURSING HOME FOR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN SHE WALKED OUT AND SHE'S BACK IN THE VERY SAME PLACE.

ON WALTER WAY.

MARY HAS THE FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THAT'S HOW IN A SENSE IT'S ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT CLEARLY MARY NEEDS SOME HELP BUT OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN SOME CASES WE KEEP TRYING.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE KEEP DOING THINGS LIKE PICKING UP TRASH.

THERE'S COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE STARTING TO PICK UP TRASH.

IN THE PAST THREE SATURDAYS THEY'VE PICKED UP 951 POUNDS OF TRASH IN OKLAHOMA.

A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRASH.

I PARTICIPATED ON THE FIRST SATURDAY.

I KNOW THAT WEIGHT BECAUSE THE GOOD PEOPLE AT WASTE MANAGEMENT WEIGH OUR TRUCKS ON THE WAY IN AND THERE WERE A TRUCK ON THE WAY OUT SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS.

I'VE BAGGED UP, YOU KNOW WHAT? DOUBLE BAGGED IT.

GAGGED ON IT.

IT'S OUT THERE.

WE KNOW IT.

WE EXPERIENCE IT.

WE SEE IT.

WE'RE TRYING.

WELL, IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN AND ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.

THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA SPENDS MORE MONEY ON HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS AND OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS THAN ALL THE OTHER EAST COUNTY CITIES COMBINED.

WE CREATED THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE A WHILE BACK AND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS WE GOT 60 PEOPLE, 60 HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE LAST 16 YEARS, UH, THROUGH EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER AND OTHER PLACES.

UH, WE HAD ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE GO INTO EMERGENCY HOUSING AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE STILL HAVE A STEADY STREAM COMING INTO THE CITY.

SO WE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW CAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL TO US.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING HARD TO, TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

AND ERIC, CAN YOU STAND UP FOR A SECOND AND JUST, THIS IS ERIC LUND.

HE RUNS THE, UM, THE TASK FORCE, THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU WISH YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE TASK FORCE, I'M SURE HE'D BE WILLING TO TALK TO YOU AND THE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED THE BETTER.

MARK LANE AND MR WAYNE.

WELCOME.

FAREWELLS HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOOD.

UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY IN NATIONAL CITY.

UH, I HEARD THAT, UH, WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MITCHELL FOR MOVING UP.

WE MISS YOU IMMENSELY IN LEMON GROVE STILL.

UM, I CAME HERE ORIGINALLY TO ADDRESS THAT EMPTY SEAT RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS EMPTY EVEN WHEN IT'S FULL.

UM, BUT THEN I JUST HEARD SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU GUYS JUST MADE, SO I HOPE YOU MISSPOKE WHEN YOU SAID IF I HAD A BUTTON WE COULD GET RID OF THE HOMELESS AND MEANT TO SAY HOMELESSNESS.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

I HOPE THAT'S WHAT YOU ACTUALLY, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT I MEANT WAS THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS A PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IT AS WELL.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

MR MCCLELLAN.

UM, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH THE HOMELESS AND HAS FOR MANY YEARS, A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS RHETORIC.

MMM.

CALIFORNIA IS A MAGNET FOR THE HOMELESS BECAUSE OF WEATHER.

YEAH.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEW YORK IN THE WINTER.

IT'S NOT CHICAGO IN THE WINTER.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON WELFARE ACTUALLY ARE EMPLOYED.

MOST OF THEM WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE WALMART, TARGET, AMAZON.

SO HE MISSPOKE THERE AS WELL.

UM, IT'S A SHAME THAT YOU WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOMELESSNESS RIGHT NOW IS THAT EPIDEMIC LEVEL BECAUSE OF HOUSING SHORTAGES AND HOUSING CRISIS AND HOUSING PRICES AND RENT PRICES AND LACK OF RENTALS.

HOMELESSNESS IS AT A RECORD LEVEL BECAUSE OPIATE ADDICTION, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF STARTS WITH DOCTORS AND BIG FARM OVER PRESCRIBING OPIATES.

SO I'D HOPE YOU RECONSIDER YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.

MR GOEBBELS.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF HOW FAR WE'VE GONE WITH

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THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH PASTOR SLADE, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO PRESENTING A OPTION TO Y'ALL ABOUT CON, UH, MAKING A SMALL PROTOTYPE MINI HOME COMMUNITY ON HIS PROPERTY AT MERIDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH.

WE'RE WORKING WITH AMICUS ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO PRESENTING THAT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT BACK TO, UM, MR , I'M ASKING YOU GUYS, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS FOR US DEMOCRATS GIVING YOU MR AND I WANT TO REPEAT THAT APOLOGY BECAUSE AFTER 40 YEARS, THAT'S ALL WE COULD GIVE YOU OF NOT HAVING A DEMOCRAT.

UM, YOUR REPUBLICANS, I'M A DEMOCRAT.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE BAD PEOPLE.

DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BAD PEOPLE.

I DO WANT TO GIVE SOME PROPS TO MR .

HE'S CREATED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO GET RID OF HIM.

SO THERE'S THAT.

UM, I'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER PASSING A RESOLUTION TO CENSURE HIM.

THAT'S ALL YOU GUYS CAN REALLY DO.

YOU CAN'T KICK HIM OFF.

WE CAN KICK HIM OFF.

I PROMISED YOU MAYOR WELLS, IF HE RAN AGAINST YOU, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU.

AND I WAS SINCERE.

HE'S DECIDED TO RUN AGAINST MR KENDRICK.

MR KENNER, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE HE'S NOT ON COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE MY UNEQUIVOCAL, UNAPOLOGETIC AND NO STRINGS ATTACHED ENDORSEMENT AS WELL.

CALL ON ME.

I'LL PHONE BANK FOR YOU.

I'LL WALK FOR YOU.

I'LL RAISE MONEY FOR YOU.

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THAT VILE HUMAN BEING OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE.

OKAY.

YOU GUYS ARE REPUBLICANS.

YOU'RE NOT VILE HUMAN BEINGS.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS GO ABOUT THINGS TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.

HE GOES ABOUT THINGS, TRYING TO DO WHAT HE THINKS IS BEST FOR HIM.

I FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM FOR A BLOCKING ME ON FACEBOOK, WHICH IS AGAINST THE RULES.

WHEN YOU'RE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL USING YOUR FACEBOOK FOR PUBLIC STUFF, HE'S DODGED GETTING SERVED.

HE WAS GOING TO GET SERVED RIGHT NOW.

HE DODGED IT AGAIN, BUT HE'S GOING TO GET SERVED.

UM, AGAIN, I'M SERIOUS AND I'M SINCERE.

MR KENDRICK, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE A GOOD HUMAN BEING.

I HAVE SOMEONE I TRUST IMMENSELY WHO'S TOLD ME HOW GOOD YOU ARE.

YOU HAVE WHATEVER HELP YOU NEED FROM ME.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

ELLIA I CHANGED.

WELCOME.

WE'RE MAKING SOME A HISTORY TODAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, UH, REAL QUICK, MR MCCLONE, IF YOU WANT TO HELP BATTLE SOME OF THOSE LIBERAL MEDIA, UH, LIBERAL, UH, WELFARE QUEENS JOIN ME IN BOYCOTTING WALMART, WHO 65% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CAUSE THEY PAY STARVATION WAGES.

SO, UM, I THINK THEY'RE WORSE OFF THAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COLLECTING FOOD STAMP BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERPAID.

UM, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW IDEOLOGICALLY A PROUD DEMOCRAT COULDN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT STILL HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS WERE ALL LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I DO INDEED HAVE ADMIRATION AND I HOPE TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL MYSELF AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

UH, YOU KNOW, LORD KNOWS I'VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES ON MY DAYS.

UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN REDEMPTION.

I DIDN'T COME HERE TODAY TO BLAST MR COLLAGIO.

I DIDN'T COME HERE TODAY TO CALL HIM OUT.

I CAME HERE TODAY TO PLEAD WITH THEM TO GET SOME HELP, UH, BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALIZE IN ORDER TO BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR A PUBLIC SERVANT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPASSION.

AND I CAME HERE WITH THAT ATTITUDE UNTIL I WENT TO HIS FACEBOOK ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO AND I SAW HIM UPLOAD A PICTURE THAT SAID, UH, THESE POLITICIANS OUT HERE PLAYING CHECKERS WHILE I'M PLAYING CHESS.

THIS AIN'T A GAME.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT CHECKERS.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT REPUBLICANS VERSUS DEMOCRATS.

IT'S ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREETS.

I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, UH, LOOKING TO SERVE AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

I'VE GONE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE HIT A TON OF HOUSES OUT IN OKLAHOMA, AND, UH, THE THREE BIGGEST TOPICS ARE HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND BEN COLLAGIO.

UM, THEREFORE, I KEPT A LITTLE SILENT ON HIM IN THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I DEARLY CARE ABOUT THAT STILL DO SUPPORT HIM.

AND LIKE HIM, UH, SEEING THE FACT THAT THE FOUR WOMEN THAT HE VICIOUSLY HAD GONE AFTER THE BUSINESS OWNER, HE HAD VISUALLY GONE AFTER THE JUDGE HAS INDEED RECEIVED ALL OF IT AS FACT.

UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T STAY QUIET ABOUT IT.

I PUBLICLY HAVE TO SAY, THIS ISN'T WHAT MY PARTY STANDS FOR.

IT'S NOT WHAT I STAND FOR.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT IDEOLOGICAL POLITICS.

IT'S ABOUT SAYING THE RIGHT THING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I STILL DO CALL FOR BEN TO GET SOME SORT OF HELP.

UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK EVERY HUMAN BEING CAN BE SALVAGEABLE, BUT AT THIS MOMENT OF TIME,

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I DON'T, I DON'T THINK HE'S FIT TO SERVE.

UM, ON A SIDE NOTE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE JUST FOUND OUT, HE'S BEEN ON PROBATION FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT WAS NEVER, EVER DISCLOSED ANYWHERE.

I MEAN, IS IT EVEN LEGAL TO RUN FOR OFFICE IF YOU'RE ON PROBATION? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT MY COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS BY BEING UP HERE AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO PEOPLE DO SUPPORT.

BUT I SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND WILL BE AFFECTED IN THE FUTURE IF WE DON'T STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU JARED .

MIESHA WILLIAMS. I MUST, WHY IT WAS WELCOME.

WELL, MY NAME IS MYESHA WILLIAMS. I'M ACTUALLY PRESIDENT OF THE EAST COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE SENATE SAN DIEGO PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC CLUB.

UM, I CAME JUST TO SAY BIG COLLAGE SHOW IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN SUPPORT SUCH A MAN.

HE'S BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND WE ARE HERE TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

UM, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT SHOWS THE TRUE NATURE OF A MAN WHEN HE DOES NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE HE KNOWS WE, THE PEOPLE WILL BE HERE TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND CONFRONT HIM.

TODAY WE WANT HIM TO KNOW AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I CAME TO SAY.

BUT ALSO I WANT TO TOUCH ON HOMELESSNESS.

UM, THERE'S A MENTAL ILLNESS PROBLEM ALSO.

UH, WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS IS DIFFICULT TO WORK, IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORK AS DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING.

SO THAT IS ALSO AN ISSUE THAT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN YOU'RE TALKING HOMELESSNESS.

I PERSONALLY WORK A FULL TIME JOB AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT I AM RENTING A STUDIO FROM A FRIEND OF MY PARENTS, I WOULD ALSO BE HOMELESS WITH MY DAUGHTER.

UM, SO NO PEOPLE ARE TRYING AND ARE IN A BAD POSITION BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING EVEN WITH OUR FULL TIME JOBS.

UM, ALSO I WANTED TO SAY MR MCKELLEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE BUS.

I KNOW YOU DON'T FEEL IT A PRIORITY BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE IDEA THAT SANDAG IS ACTUALLY BUILDING THAT CORRIDOR BUS FROM SOUTH COUNTY ON UP TO THE, THE WHAT THEY CALL THE WORKING CENTERS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND CAN'T FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, CAN'T GET A CAR WITHOUT MONEY, CAN'T GET A JOB WITHOUT MONEY.

SO UNTIL THEY CAN MAKE THEIR MONEY TO GET A CAR, THEY ARE RELYING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

THANKS FOR COMING.

BOB, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I DIDN'T SAY THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WASN'T NEEDED.

IT WAS THAT THEY WERE SPENDING A PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATHER THAN WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING TRANSPORTATION IS IN THEIR CARS.

UH, PUBLIC TRANSMIT PROTECTION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD A CAR OR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DRIVE BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, THEY NEED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE.

BUT, UH, I HAVE NOT, I'M NOT AGAINST IT.

I'M JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S SPENT ON OTHER, UH, COULD BE SPENT ON OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE MOVE AROUND A LOT EASIER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NO, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AND PLACES LIKE THAT TO WHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST 80 YEARS OR SO.

UH, IT WORKS VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, COMPACT CITIES AND, UH, I'VE BEEN BACK TO THOSE CITIES AND IT WORKS VERY WELL.

I'VE USED IT LIKE IN LONDON TOO.

IT WORKS VERY WELL.

SO WE CAN GET IT TO WORK WELL HERE TOO.

IT'S, OH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT DOES WORK WELL, BUT WE NEED TO WATCH HOW MUCH WE, WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND HOW MUCH WE SPEND, WHAT WE SPEND IT ON.

AND, UH, I ADMIRE YOU FOR, UM, WORKING AND STAYING OUT OF THE STREET.

AND, UH, I ADMIRE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN DO THAT.

IN A LOT OF CASES.

THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP THEM OFF THE STREET, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO.

WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO TRY AND JUST AREN'T SUCCEEDING.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, I FEEL THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET DISMISSED AS WANTING TO BE HOMELESS, WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE ONE OF YOU ACTUALLY SAID.

UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING, AND LIKE I SAID, PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO BE HOMELESS.

I JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE.

AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE KINDNESS OF FRIENDS, I WOULD BE, SO TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, IF I ENDED UP HOMELESS, IT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY WANTS IT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES BUILT INTO IT, INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY, MENTAL ILLNESS, UM, DRUG.

UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ADDICTED.

SO IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED

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ON A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES.

IT'S, AND WE ARE DOING A LOT IN EL CAHONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO GET OFF THE STREET AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE EFFORT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE MENTAL ILLNESS COMES IN.

IF SOMEBODY IS MENTALLY OKAY, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HOMELESS.

IT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.

WELL I HOPE OUR WATCHERS IN SACRAMENTO IS WATCHING, IS THIS MOST CIVIL BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION I'VE SEEN IN THE COUNTRY.

LOVE WE DO NICELY DIAL.

YES.

YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

I HAVE TWO GRADUATES FROM THE EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER LIVING AT MY HOUSE.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE LIVING THERE FOR TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND THEY'VE WORKED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL.

AGAIN, WHEN PEOPLE GET HELP THAT THEY NEED, THEY CAN USUALLY SUCCEED.

SO THANKS FOR COMING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

OR WHO'S NEXT? WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW MORE CARDS.

SO WE HAVE NINE SPEAKERS LEFT.

OKAY.

THE NEXT ONE IS ERIC LUND.

MR LAWN, WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS ERIC .

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO EAST COUNTY CHAMBER, WHICH REPRESENTS THE FINE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

AND IT'S INTERESTING, I WAS REFLECTING THAT OUR CHAMBER HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.

IT'S A VERY LONG TIME REPRESENTING THE CITY OF OKON.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, REGARDING THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

WE WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GUYS HAVE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS, SOME VERY INNOVATIVE THINGS INCLUDING THE, THE REUNIFICATION PROGRAM WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, UH, HELPING WITH HOUSING, ASSISTING US WITH HOUSING NAVIGATORS, UH, ASSISTING US WITH ANTI PANHANDLING SIGNAGE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND ENGAGED IN.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF HAS BEEN THE LEADER IN THE ENTIRE REGION WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS.

UM, THAT SAID, UM, I PUT A CHALLENGE OUT TO LEMON GROVE TO THE CITY OF SANTEE, TO THE CITY OF, UM, LA MESA.

THANK YOU.

AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, THEY NEED TO DO MORE OF THEIR PART OF IT TOO.

AND THEY ARE DOING SOME THINGS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE GONE TO THOSE CITY COUNCILS AND REALLY STARTING TO HIT THEM A LITTLE HARDER ABOUT SOME THINGS, SOME WAYS THAT THEY CAN HELP US.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED VETERANS ON THE STREETS AND WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING TO HOUSE THEM.

WE JUST NEED TO FIND THE PLACES TO PUT THEM INTO.

UM, NOT ONLY TO HOUSE THEM, BUT ALSO WITH GUARANTEES OF, YOU KNOW, A SECURITIES AGAINST DAMAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD GET A HUNDRED PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND SO ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO, THEY HELP US WITH OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS.

WE'LL BE TALKING TO THEM AND BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

UH, I THINK OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS OR MANAGERS ARE THE KEY.

AND IF WE CAN FIND THOSE RENTALS, THOSE PLACES, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.

THAT'S THE FIRST STEP I THINK.

AND UH, YES, THEY NEED SERVICES, THEY NEED OTHER THINGS AND THEY CAN GET THAT.

WE HAVE ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE HERE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER TAKING THOSE STEPS AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE THAT WAY.

I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING SOME BUSINESSES IN JUST TO PRESENT TO YOU THEIR STORY CAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HEAR IT.

UH, WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE, SCUBA PRO, WHICH IS OVER OUR FAN UL RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKWAY BOWLING ALLEY.

UH, THEY HAVE OVER 40 EMPLOYEES, ALL THAT, MOST, ALL THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE IN, IN EAST COUNTY AND IN OKLAHOMA.

UH, THEY ARE CONSIDERING MOVING BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS ISSUE.

SO IT'S A BIG ISSUE AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS GET THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND TOWARDS THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN DEALING WITH THIS HOMELESS ISSUE.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE JUST A CITIZEN OR YOU'RE A BUSINESS OR YOU'RE A SERVICE PROVIDER OR A COUNCIL MEMBER OR REPRESENTATIVE.

ON AUGUST 22ND, WE'RE HAVING OUR NEXT GENERAL MEETING.

IT'LL BE AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP IN LAKESIDE.

SO WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE REGION AND 9:00 AM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TO PLEASE COME TO THAT MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

BY THE WAY, WE HAVE OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND IT'S A BIG REGION AND WE NEED MORE HELP.

SO YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THIS, ERIC.

THANK YOU.

AND BY THE WAY, WELCOME TO VINCE AS NEW CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, BONNIE PRICE.

HI BONNIE.

WELCOME.

OH, UM, I'M HERE REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT VILLA NEW AVA, THEY HAVE COME HERE MEETING AFTER MEETING, TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS OF

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HAVING TO PAY RENT THAT ESCALATES ANNUALLY AT 5% COMPOUNDED.

THEY'RE TRYING DESPERATELY TO PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.

THEY'RE USING THE ONE OPTION AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH THE CITY TO GET SOME MITIGATION ON THEIR ISSUE.

AND I HAD, DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TALK TO THEM TODAY TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE ON THAT.

BUT I DO HOPE THAT TIM IS GOING TO SPEAK, UH, SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE.

I HAVE IN THE PAST BROUGHT FORWARD THE IDEA OF HAVING, UH, YOU JUST TAKE THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT SANTI HAS AND PUT A CAP ON THE RENTS AND THE IN A MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.

AND SO FAR THE ONLY ONE WHO'S COMMENTED ON THAT IS MR MCCLELLAN WHO SAID IT'S REALLY TOO COSTLY BECAUSE SANTEE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS OF LITIGATION AND A LOT OF EXPENSE OVER THIS.

SO PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR SENIOR YEARS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN WHO DIDN'T MAKE MUCH MONEY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER BECAUSE WE HAD ADS FOR WOMEN JOBS AND MEN JOBS AND NO WOMEN JOBS EVER GOT PAID AS MUCH AS MEN JOBS.

THESE PEOPLE AND THE MOBILE HOME PARK NEED TO HAVE BETTER RELIEF AND THERE HAS TO BE A POLITICAL WILL TO DO IT.

AND I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAD READ SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION ABOUT WHERE CAMPAIGN FUNDS COME FROM AND WE HAVE HAD FUN, SOMEONE, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TAKING MONEY FROM THOSE WHO OWN THE PARKS.

AND THAT'S US.

TO ME, THAT MONEY MEANS MORE THAN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND SAVING THEIR HOMES.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL THINK MORE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAN WHO IS PAYING FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

THANK YOU.

I SORT OF WELCOME COUNCILMAN STAFF.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, THANK YOU BARNEY.

UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY WHILE WE'RE, I BET ISSUE ABOUT SENIORS IN MOBILE, HOME PARKS, MOBILE HOME PARKS IN GENERAL.

I MUST SAY THAT COUNCILMAN COLLAGE SHOW HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US CAUSE WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL TASK HERE GOING ON.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES AND THIS HAS TO CHANGE.

A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, THE MOBILE HOME RESIDENCY LAWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THERE.

BUT I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT MR COLLAGIO HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE.

HE'S COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND HE'S COMING TO MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE ALSO.

AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO IS VOLUNTEERED.

NOW, REAL QUICK ABOUT THE UPDATE TO OUR RENT MEDIATION, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

MATTER OF FACT, THIS FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM WE WILL HAVE A PRE MEDIATION CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE MEDIATOR.

OKAY.

THIS ALL COMES THROUGH FRESNO, THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO SET UP THE RULES.

YOU KNOW, EVERY, EACH SIDE WILL PRESENT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, DATES TIMES FOR THE ACTUAL MEDIATION.

AND THAT'LL HAPPEN THIS, THIS FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM WE WILL HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL.

SO JUST UPDATE THAT AND THEN, UH, REAL QUICKLY ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS AGAIN.

AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY, YOU KNOW, INPUT ABOUT THIS HERE, ABOUT AGAIN, PUTTING THE FORM 700 AND FORMS FOUR 60 ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE.

IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR THE CITIZENS WHO DO, WHO ARE, WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS, IMMEDIATE ACCESS, UH, EXCUSE ME.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN ABOUT, UH, DR. PRICE, BY THE WAY, IN CASE ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW, THAT'S DR BONNIE PRICE.

AND SHE ALWAYS ENDS A LOT OF HER COMMUNICATIONS WITH A QUOTE THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND, UH, IT SAYS THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE A SPECTATOR SPORT AND THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE HONORABLE BARBARA JORDAN.

AND I DUNNO HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHO SHE IS, BUT YOU CAN GOOGLE IT.

AND SHE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND A WOMAN AND THAT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

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BUT I SAY SPECTATOR SPORT.

OKAY.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEND BY SAYING SENIORS VOTE AND WE WILL BE OUT THERE BECAUSE THE SENIORS IN THE MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURED PARKS, WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL TASK IN FRONT OF US.

IT ISN'T EASY AND WE NEED THIS COMMITMENT, A TRUE POLITICAL COMMITMENT, NOT ONLY HERE WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE, BUT ALL AROUND.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO.

WE'RE DOING HOWEVER THE MEDIATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE YET.

SO WE ARE PROGRESSING SLOWLY, STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS AHEAD OF US, BUT I WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WHERE IT'S ABOUT THE FORM 700 OR FOUR 60 OR ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS SIR.

PORTRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

BRENDA.

HAMMON I BRENDA, WELCOME AMIN.

WILA HI GRAHAM.

MR. MITCHELL.

OH YEAH, WE MISS YOU IN LEMON GROVE.

UM, AMI WALLA IS A GYPSY KING SONG.

IT'S NOT CASTING A SPELL OR ANYTHING.

IT'S LIKE THE F WORD FUN, YOU KNOW, FUN.

UM, HOWEVER, AMI RAMA IS DIFFERENT FROM THEF WORD AS IT CAN'T BE TURNED INTO THEF BOMB, WHICH MAY OR NOT BE A GOOD THING THESE DAYS.

ANGER IS A NORMAL HUMAN REACTION TO HARASSMENT WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING USED TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE ANGRY TO GET THEM IN TROUBLE.

IT'S TOTAL HARASSMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY USE OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE.

SINCE I'M, I FACT, I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM 17 ALREADY, IT'S THE NEW TREND, RIGHT? THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROGRAMS FOR, FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS. SO ANGERING PEOPLE ON THE PURPOSE TO CREATE ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT DON'T WORK.

UM, IT'S COUNTY CREATED JOBS THAT ARE RIDICULOUS.

IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL BECOME ANGRY ENOUGH TO GET PHYSICALLY VIOLENT AND SOMETIMES HARM EVEN KILL PEOPLE.

SO IF ANY OF YOU GET THE F BOMB DROPPED ON YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU PURPOSELY MESSING WITH SOMEONE, BE GLAD, BE GLAD THAT THAT PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A GUN OR A KNIFE AND YOU DON'T GET HURT BECAUSE WHAT SOME OF THESE COUNTY, AND I'LL SAY SOME OF THE COUNTY PEOPLE DO SO THEY COULD HAVE A COUNTY JOB TO MANAGE ANGER PEOPLE, ANGRY PEOPLE IS RIDICULOUS.

IT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS. AND THE CHURCHES, THERE'S CHURCHES OUT THERE THAT DO THE SAME THING.

I SAID IT BEFORE, DO YOU GUYS MESS WITH PEOPLE, MESS WITH PEOPLE AND THEN TAG THEM.

THEY HAVE TO PRAY MORE.

THAT IS NOT A CHURCH OR RELIGION AND IT'S THESE LITTLE POP UP ONES THAT ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER.

AND AS FAR AS, UM, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WOMEN, I HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED FIVE TIMES IN THIS COUNTY BY LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WOMEN AND NEVER CONTACTED BY A SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE.

WHY? WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, THIS COLOR RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE FORMER SPEAKERS AND KILIAN COLLIN.

HELLO.

HELLO.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

SO I'M DRESSING UP.

I'M LIKE A HANDMADE FROM THE HANDMADE TELL SHOW, UM, MIKE PAN'S FAVORITE SHOW AND I'M PRETTY SURE I'M IN SOME DRESS VIOLATION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY BEING COLLAGE IS NOT HERE TO CORRECT ME.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN ACTIVE AS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I BECAME MORE ACTIVIST SINCE I, SINCE MR PRESIDENT START RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND HE MADE THIS SEXIST REMARKS AGAINST WOMEN AND UH, OBVIOUSLY HE'S ALSO A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

BUT BEFORE I CALL OUT THE GUY FROM THE OTHER PARTY, I SHOULD CALL OUT THE GUY THAT I, THAT HE RUN ON MY PARTY TICKET.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ONLY SO MUCH POWER TO CONDEMN HIM, BUT AT LEAST ESSENTIAL HIM, OR AT LEAST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT

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BEING COLLAGE DOES NOT RESPOND, DOES NOT REPRESENT THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

HE ABSOLUTELY NOT REPRESENT ME AS A PRESIDENT OF THIS CITY.

HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME AS A MIDDLE EASTERN.

HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME AS A PERSON WHO VOTE DEMOCRAT.

I'M IN CHOLESTEROL ONLY TO PRESENT PINK COLOR SHOW THE SEXUAL PREDATOR WHO IS ON PROBATION RIGHT NOW.

SO I DISAGREE WITH ALMOST EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE.

I BELIEVE I YELLED OFF SOME OF YOU BEFORE IN SOME PROTEST, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO CENSURE MR BECAUSE HE IS GETTING PAID BY MY TAX MONEY AND I HATE SEEING A SEXUAL PRINT ORGANIC PAINT MY ME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LYNN MACKLIN.

HI, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

UM, MY NAME IS LYNN AND I AM A CITIZEN OF EL CAHONE AND I VOTE.

AND, UM, I WAS NOT LIVING IN ALCOHOL AND WHEN MR WAS ELECTED, BUT AS A CITIZEN OF EL CAHONE AND AN OFFICER IN THE SAN DIEGO PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS EAST CHAPTER, I'M HERE TO ASK BEN COLLAGIO TO KINDLY RESIGN.

AS A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND WE CLEAN OUR OWN HOUSE.

IF 2016 TAUGHT US ANYTHING, WE LEARN THAT VOTERS ARE TIRED OF VOTING FOR THE BEST OF THE WORST.

AND WE'RE TIRED OF THE SAME OLD THING.

HE HAS CONTINUOUSLY PUT HIS OWN WANTS OVER THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS OF EL CAHONE.

UM, HE'S EVEN, UM, HIS OWN SELF-SERVING BEHAVIOR IS ACTUALLY PUT THE, UH, AT ONE TIME PUT THE VERY CLUB WHO SPONSORED HIM AND ENDORSED HIM, PUT THEM IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THEIR CHARTER BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR.

UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WORKER'S COMP FRAUD, LYING ABOUT BEING ON PROBATION WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, POSTING, UH, EMBARRASSING PEOPLE, PICTURES OF PEOPLE THAT HE JUST DOESN'T AGREE WITH.

UM, SEEKING HIS DOG ON A LOCAL REPORTER AND BULLYING MEMBERS OF, UH, THE LOCAL PRESS.

THOSE ARE NOT DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR PLATFORM AND I WANT THEM OUT OF OFFICE AND I WANT THEM OUT OF MY PARTY BECAUSE HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME AND HE DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UM, HAS DONE.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE RESETTLED A WHOLE BUNCH OF REFUGEES MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY AND UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT, BUT HIS BEHAVIOR HAS EMBARRASSED US ENOUGH EVERY WEEK.

IT'S SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW, AND UM, IT'S GOT TO STOP.

WE VOTED HIM IN.

WHY DIDN'T I DIDN'T LIVE HERE THEN? WE VOTED HIM IN AND WE'LL VOTE HIM OUT.

COME NOVEMBER.

BUT HOW MANY MORE WEEKS ARE WE GOING TO GO ON WITH EVERY SPEAKER COMING UP HERE AND TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF HIM? YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A REPUBLICAN THAN HAVE A SLIMY DEMOCRAT.

AND, UM, HE'S, HE'S JUST, UH, HE'S GOT TO GO.

UM, WELCOME TO OUR CITY.

I WANT TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.

I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE HOMELESS.

I, UM, I'M, I'M AN INTELLIGENT PERSON.

I HAVE A DEGREE.

I HAVE AN EDUCATION.

AT ONE TIME I MADE SIX FIGURES AND THROUGH A SERIES OF LIFE EVENTS, I AM NOW RENTING AN APARTMENT.

UM, WE CAME VERY, VERY CLOSE TO BECOMING HOMELESS.

THIS, THIS, UH, THIS PAST MONTH.

AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE HELP OF MY FRIENDS, WE COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN.

UM, WE CONTINUED TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, THE, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL, UM, ABILITY TO PAY.

THE LATE FEE AT MY APARTMENT COMPLEX IS NOW 10% OF YOUR RENT.

INSTEAD OF BEING A $50 LATE FEE, IT'S $165.

IF YOU DON'T PAY BY THE FIFTH, WE HAVE PLENTY OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE SITTING OPEN.

NO BODY WANTS TO BE HOMELESS.

WE NEED TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO CREATE MORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IF THEY'RE MENTALLY ILL AND GET BACK ON MEDICATION, GET BACK ON, ON, ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

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NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE ON THE STREETS.

THE OTHER DAY I SAW A WOMAN SLEEPING IN THE GRASS NEAR WALMART AND SHE WAS LIKE EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT.

UH, LAST MONTH I WAS AT THE LIBRARY IN EL CAHONE AND I SAW ONE WOMAN BEING LED BY ANOTHER WOMAN BECAUSE SHE WAS BLIND AND SHE WAS HOMELESS.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING THAT IS? I KNOW SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE THERE.

UM, I DUNNO, IT'S A, IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING WHEN I HEAR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SPEAK ABOUT, UH, ERADICATING THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, RATHER THAN HELPING THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO, UH, ACHIEVE THEIR OWN SELF WORTH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT MINDSET, A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

AND, UM, AND SO I NEEDED A, I NEED TO SPEAK TO THAT TOO, SO THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING.

GARY WOODS.

HI CARRIE.

WELCOME.

HELLO, MR MAN.

DR. GARY WOODS IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

YES.

UH, AS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, BOYS, PRIVATE CITIZENS, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

IT'S IRONIC THOUGH, HOW BAN IS BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER SO WE CAN DISCUSS OTHER SERIOUS ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, HOLDING A PUBLIC OFFICE IS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND A TRUST.

AND BEFORE SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, LONG BEFORE THAT I WAS TEACHING US GOVERNMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S EMBARRASSING TO REALIZE THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE FOLLOWING THIS.

AND WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM THE CLASS THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THE GOVERNMENT CLASSES, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE OF DISCUSSION THAT IMPRESSIONABLE KIDS SEE THIS AND WHETHER WE'RE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, A PERSON THAT HAS POWER, DISRESPECTS WOMEN IS INVOLVED IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT FROM WHAT THE JUDGE IS SAYING, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IT THAT IS SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE.

IT'S SENDING A BAD MESSAGE TO YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN, AND WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS AND THE NEXT ONE IS TONY.

SO I TONY, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

IS A MEMBER OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

YES.

BUT I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

UM, I BELIEVE, UH, DON COLLAGIO IS WATCHING, UH, THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW ON THE INTERNET.

I THINK HE IS PRESENT WITH US AND HE SEEING WHO HAS, WHO HIS FRIENDS ARE AND WHO HIS ENEMIES ARE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE ADDRESSED THAT HERE MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, I TOLD THEM THAT REPENTANCE IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND THAT I PRAYED THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE THAT GIFT.

AND, UH, I DON'T THINK HE HAS RECEIVED THAT GIFT THUS FAR.

UM, ARE YOU, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT JIM KELLY SAID.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND UH, HE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, A BLIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BEN IS A WELL VERSED IN DIVIDING PEOPLE.

AND I BELIEVE HE BELIEVES THAT WHEN YOU DIVIDE PEOPLE, YOU CAN CONQUER THEM.

AND I THINK HE'S A GOOD IN DOING THAT.

HE'S GOOD.

USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GOALS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY ARE THE CITY IS, UH, NOT SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO IMPROVE.

HE'S USING THE CITIZENS OF ALCOHOL TO ACCOMPLISH HIS OWN PERSONAL GOALS, WHICH IS A ATTAINING A POSITION, ATTAINING POWER.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT HE HAS HELPED SOME PEOPLE, BUT EVEN, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL HELP SOME PEOPLE WHO WORK THEY FEEL IN RETURN WOULD HELP THEM AS WELL.

SO, UH, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE BEN COLLAGE SHOW, IT NEEDS TO BE CENTERED AND UH, I PRAY THAT IF HE'S NOT CENSURED BY THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ELECTED.

ADDITIONALLY, UM, REGARDING THE HOMELESS, I, UM, I'VE KNOWN SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS AND WHO ARE NOT HOMELESS.

AND, UH, NOW THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RECEIVE HELP AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO

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NOT WANT TO RECEIVE HELP.

AND, UH, I MET BOTH OF THEM.

THE ONES THAT WANT TO RECEIVE HELP, THEY CAN BE HELPED.

BUT THOSE THAT DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE RECEIVE TEMPORARY HELP.

LIKE MARY DESCRIBED, SHE WENT BACK OUT IN THE STREET.

REALLY, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM AT ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HELPED.

AND I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WORKS, UH, AND UH, SHARP, UH, MENTOR COMMUNITY.

SHE, SHE WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON THAT SHE WORKS WITH THAT HAS MENTAL ISSUES THAT WAS NOT ABUSING DRUGS OTHER THAN THAT SHE KNOWS OF WERE ABUSING DRUGS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

SO THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION, NOT NECESSARILY SO IN EVERY SITUATION, BUT THERE IS A DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL ISSUES ARE THE DIRECT CORRELATION.

AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS WATCH WHAT THE CITIES HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, THROUGHOUT UNITED STATES, THE CITIES WHICH HAVE HAD A HOMELESS PROBLEM AND THE HOLDING OF SQUABBLES HAS NOT BEEN HELPED AS A MATTER OF FACT, HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SORRY.

YES.

THANK YOU, REBECCA.

RUDE.

HI REBECCA.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALL HERE TODAY.

AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO THE MEETING.

I'VE LIVED HERE IN ELKO AND FOR 20 YEARS, UM, I CAME TODAY TO SPEAK TO BEN, BUT OF COURSE I'M NOT HERE TODAY, PARTIALLY BECAUSE HE PROBABLY KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

UM, AS A MOTHER, I AM A BUSINESS OWNER.

I OWN SAN DIEGO REAL GALS, SO HOMELESS ISSUES, A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE SINCE I'M A REALTOR.

SO ERIC GLENN DOES AN AMAZING JOB.

I'VE GONE TO SOME OF HIS MEETINGS AND UH, PSAR HAS WORKED WITH HIM, WHICH IS, IT'S, IT'S LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN'T HELP EVERYBODY, BUT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO HELP THOSE THAT THEY CAN'T HELP.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT WITH THEN I ALSO HAVE A 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND WHEN YOU GOOGLE SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T EVEN GOOGLE BAD, YOU JUST GOOGLE SOMEONE'S NAME AND NOTHING BUT FILTH COMES.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT HE'S REPRESENTING OUR CITY.

SO I KNOW WE CAN'T AS PEOPLE WE CAN MAYBE MAKE, IT'S ALMOST DONE, BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE.

AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE ANY MORE DAMAGE DONE.

AND I KNOW IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT HE'S WATCHING ANY UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S NOT APPRECIATED BUT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THEM.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE AN ART NARCISSIST.

HE IS WHAT HE IS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

BUT I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT'S ALMOST OVER AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A LOT TO THE CITY.

A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS FAR AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I CAN SAY.

BUT SINCE HE'S NOT HERE TO HEAR IT, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

CAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY THAT HAS BEEN SAID THUS FAR.

SO AND REGARDING THE HOMELESS ISSUE, JUST REALLY QUICK ON A SIDE NOTE, CAUSE I DO LIVE HERE ON TRAVELODGE AND I'VE SPENT 10,000 SO FAR IN THE PAST, A YEAR AND A HALF ON MY VEHICLE DUE TO MY CAR BEING STOLEN.

WELL TRY TO ATTEMPT, THEY COULDN'T STEAL IT AND BREAKING IT AND SLEEPING IN IT.

I WAS HIT BY A PERSON WHO LIVED IN THEIR CAR AND DROVE DOWN THE STREET UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND TOOK OUT THE WHOLE SIDE OF MY CAR.

SO IT IS AN ISSUE AND AN ON TRAVELODGE.

IT IS A BIG ISSUES WHERE THEY SLEEP IN THEIR CARS AND I KNOW THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT TRAVELODGE IS A STREET WHERE THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT IN THEIR CARS AND, AND IT'S FINE IF THEY STAY IN THEIR CARS.

BUT ONE OF MY, UH, RESIDENTS AT THE COMPLEX, UH, HE WAS GONE FOR TWO WEEKS AND CAME HOME TO FOUND HIS CAR BROKEN INTO AND THEY WERE SLEEPING IN HIS CAR.

SO IT'S A PROBLEM AND I KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO TRY TO FIX IT.

BUT YOU CAN'T FIX IT.

THEY HAVE TO WANT THE CHANGE IN UNTIL THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

SO, BUT IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY'RE HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

LAST SPEAKER HUMBARD CABRERA.

GOOD AFTERNOON AMBER WALKER.

WELCOME.

UM, I WAS CONTENT SITTING THERE BUT THEN I HAD A FEW THINGS I HAD TO SAY.

UM, THERE ARE MANY CITIZENS HERE THAT ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND I WOULD INVITE THEM TO COME TO THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ALMOST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

I KNOW IT'S ONLY BEEN FORMALIZED FOR THE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

UM, ERIC'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS EVEN BEFORE IT WAS FORMALIZED.

UM, THERE IS OVER ALMOST UH, ALMOST 200 DIFFERENT PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT GIVE TO THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

THERE'S 26 DIFFERENT NON FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER AND EL CAHONE IS UM, LIKE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND FELLOW CITIZENS SAID IS THE SHINING HILL

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IS THIS SHINING CITY ON THE HILL? EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT ALCOHOL AND SAYING, HOW THE HECK ARE THEY DOING IT? YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB BY DOING A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS OPPOSED TO OTHER CITIES AND I HAVE GONE TO THE OTHER CITIES AND I'VE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THEIR A HOMELESS TASK FORCE AS WELL AND THEY'RE ATTEMPTING THAT.

THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO DO THE ENTIRE SOLUTION.

THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO THE ENTIRE SOLUTION.

AS MAYOR WAS NOTED, WE HAVE A 35% INCREASE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

WELL THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO OR TRY ATTEMPTING TO DO IT ALL THEMSELVES HAS 125% INCREASE.

SAN FRANCISCO ATTEMPTING THAT GOVERNMENT SOLUTION FOR EVERYTHING IS THAT A 300% INCREASE.

SO ALCOHOL IS ACTUALLY DOING PRETTY DOGGONE GOOD AND EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT AND I INVITE ALL OF THESE OTHER CITIZENS COME AND BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

DON'T TRY TO MAKE THE SOLUTION YOURSELF.

THERE'S AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER.

CONJUNCTIVELY WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE GOING, I, I'M ACTUALLY A BOARD MEMBER OF SALVATION ARMY CASA GROUP, CITIZENS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO THESE, UH, CITIZENS TO THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE, TRACKING THEM, FINDING WHO THEY ARE, FINDING THE RIGHT PLACES FOR THEM.

THERE'S SOME GROUPS THAT JUST REGISTERED THEM, OTHER GROUPS THAT FIND PLACES FOR THEM, OTHER PLACES THAT HO THAT WILL REUNITE THEM TO OTHER PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES AND PAY FOR THEIR TICKET AND TAKE THEM THERE AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT'S A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CRITICAL, COME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

FIRST.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE REALLY HAPPY AND BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

THE OTHER THING IS, UH, I WOULD JUST, UH, TAG ON, UM, THE S THE SITUATION WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN CLAUDIO.

UM, THERE WAS, UH, AN ELECTION A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WAS PART OF IT AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

SO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE THINKING, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT AS SOMEBODY SAID, LOOK AT, WE CAN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

WE HAVE, WE'RE A GREAT CITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO.

SO IF WE CAN CREATE A HOTLINE FOR THE WOMEN SO THAT THEY CAN CALL, WE CAN CREATE A HOTLINE FOR THE BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN CALL A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND SEEK REFUGE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIRST STEP FOR THE COUNCIL.

AND I THINK ALSO THE SANCTIONS OR AND OR UH, WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO FOR 'EM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO SANCTIONS WISE WOULD BE, WOULD IT BE, UH, WHERE YOU COULD GO AND START AND THEN WE COULD JUST MOVE ON.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, KELSEY, YOU WANT TO PLOW THROUGH AND FINISH UP OR DO YOU NEED A BREAK? OKAY, I'M GETTING THE HIGH SIGN TO PLOW THROUGH.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.

THERE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

ITEM 15

[15. Squad 6 Performance Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the Squad 6 Performance Update.]

IS AN UPDATE ON SQUAD SIX PERFORMANCE AND STAFF.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS? HELLO SIR.

HOW ARE YA? WELL, MR MAYOR, THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.

MY PLEASURE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

MR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

MR. MIXTURE CITY STAFF.

I'M EXCITED TODAY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THE SIX MONTHS PERFORMANCE UPDATE FOR SQUAD SIX.

I'LL TRY TO BE REEF.

BEFORE I GET TOO FAR INTO THE PERFORMANCE.

THE RESULTS I THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES DISCUSSING THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO US CONSIDERING THIS ALTERNATE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL.

LIKE MOST MUNICIPAL AGENCIES, WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR CALL VOLUME AVERAGING 6% A YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE CLEAR MAJORITIES ARE MEDICAL AID CALLS, SO SQUAD SIX IS AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL TO DELIVER SERVICE FOR THIS EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF MEDICAL AID CALLS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO AND NOT TO DO.

WE HAVE FOUND THAT WITH OUR CALL TRIAGING AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER A CALL WITH A PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE ONLY TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PATIENTS.

OUR LOWEST ACUITY PATIENTS AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE ARE HIGHER ACUITY PATIENTS.

AND FOR THOSE PATIENTS WHO ARE DELIVERING ALS CARE WITH A PARAMEDIC ENGINE AS WELL AS A TRUCK COMPANY.

BUT THE THOUGHT WAS, WELL WHAT IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER WAY, A GOLDILOCKS MODEL, IF YOU WILL, TO DELIVER SERVICE FOR THE INTERIM, UH, OR THE, UH, INTERMEDIATE LEVELS OF CALLS.

THAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE IDEA FOR SQUAD SIX.

WE THOUGHT IT'D BE HELPING YOU TO PROVIDE YOU THIS GRAPHIC TO DISPLAY WHAT THE DIFFERENT VEHICLES ARE THAT WHAT I'M DISCUSSING.

YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH TRUCK SIX.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S A PRETTY BIG VEHICLE.

DRIVE DOWN THE STREET TO MEDICAL AID CALLS.

UH, ITS REPLACEMENT VALUE IS ABOUT ONE POINT $5 MILLION.

SO WE TAKE RESPONDING THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

ENGINE SIX IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, A BIT DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE TO RESPOND TO.

LOW QE MEDICAL AID CALLS THE SQUAD.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS SIMPLY A MODIFIED PICKUP TRUCK THAT COSTS ABOUT $83,000

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TO GET DEPLOYED ONTO CITY STREETS IF STAFFED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

SO WITH TWO FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A FIRE CAPTAIN, AN ENGINEER, IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE FIREFIGHTING OR RESCUE EQUIPMENT THAT A TRUCK OR AN ENGINE WOULD HAVE.

BUT IT IS SPECIFICALLY TASKED WITH RESPONDING TO THESE, UM, MODERATE ACUITY MEDICAL AID CALLS AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE STAFFING ON TRUCK SIX.

SO THE BIG QUESTION, HOW DID IT DO? I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AFTER A SIX MONTH ANALYSIS, COMPARING IT TO A SIX MONTH PRIOR PERIOD, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN IT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE TRUCK AND FOR THE ENGINE BY 50% WHEN WE EMBARKED ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS IN GOVERNMENT, SOMETIMES WE WONDER, GOSH, IS IT REALLY GOING TO WORK? ARE WE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT OUR OFFICE POOL WAS ON THIS, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WASN'T 50% SO WE'RE VERY HEARTENED TO SEE THIS UNIT USE THIS EFFECTIVELY.

THAT'S EQUATED TO ABOUT 2000 CALLS OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD OR 11 PER 24 HOUR SHIFT.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE A SUCCESS.

I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE IT'LL CONTINUE.

AND WE'LL ALSO CLOSELY MONITOR IT'S CALL VOLUME, LOOK FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I COMMEND THE HEARTLAND FIRE EL CAHONE UNIT FOR DOING THIS AND CUTTING THE COSTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF EL CAHONE BY NOT SENDING THESE EXPENSIVE, UM, FIRETRUCKS OUT ON EVERY CALL, UH, THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

UH, I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING A GREAT JOB IN SETTING THIS UP AS A TRIAL AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GO ON FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS EVEN THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE TWO OF THESE TRUCKS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

UM, THE 83 MILLION OR $83,000 KIND, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU BET.

UH, SAN MIGUEL STATION 19, I THINK IT IS NEXT TO THE OLD LAWNS ON SECOND STREET, ABANDONED THEIR STATION RECENTLY, RIGHT? THEY'VE MOVED, CORRECT.

THEY MOVED A FEW MILES NORTH, I THINK TOWARDS A BRADLEY.

SO TO CITY STAFF, I WOULD SAY LET'S STAY AHEAD OF THAT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE PRESSURE ON STATION EIGHT OVER ON MADISON.

AND EAST MAIN, MORE OR LESS.

UH, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE ABSENCE OF SAN MIGUEL STATION 19 FOR MUTUAL AID TO PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON STATION EIGHT.

SO WHILE WE WATCH SQUAD SIX, WE SHOULD MAYBE BE THINKING ABOUT SQUAD EIGHT.

JUST ENCOURAGE CITY STAFF TO DO THAT ANALYSIS AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

KAREN UH, QUICK QUESTION.

I, I THE RESULTS LOOK REALLY GREAT THAT WE'VE UH, DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRUCK TIME THOSE OUT.

HOW DO WE DO FOR QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE PATIENTS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE BEING SEEN? THAT'S A DIFFICULT METRIC TO MEASURE.

I CAN TALK TO MY EMS COORDINATOR AND TRY AND SEE HOW THAT CHANGES OUTCOME.

UM, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

JUST SO AN ANECDOTALLY THOUGH, IT SEEM LIKE WE DECREASED OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND, AND OUTCOMES FOR THE CITIZENS OR W DID IT STAY THE SAME OR IS THAT JUST TOO HARD TO TELL? IT'S .

I THINK OUR, THE TRICK IS TO HAVE THE ADVANCED ALS UNITS, THE FIRE ENGINE AND THE LADDER TRUCK WITH MORE PERSONNEL AND A GREATER AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MOST ACUTE CALLS.

SO WE CAN SEE THAT WITH THOSE NUMBERS, THE ENGINE, THE TRUCK ARE AVAILABLE MORE FREQUENTLY FOR THOSE PATIENTS WHO ARE IN CARDIAC ARREST OR VICTIMS OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OR A VIOLENT CRIME, WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE WITH MORE RESOURCES.

THEY'RE MORE QUICKLY WHEN THE SQUAD IS HANDLING THE LESS ACUTE CALLS.

HELP.

YEAH, IT DOES.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UM, LET'S FINISH THIS REAL QUICK.

ALL RIGHT.

AGILE.

DO I SPEAK CARDS WITH THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.

NO CARDS.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNSELOR OR WITH SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? THAT WAS JUST A REPORT, WASN'T IT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.

DEWEY, YOU'RE CORRECT, MR MCCLELLAN.

THIS IS A RECEIVE, UH, TO RECEIVE A REPORT.

THERE'S A NEED FOR A MOTION FOR, THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT.

BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE AND GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE.

I KNOW, I THINK I'M ENVIOUS OF YOU RIGHT NOW.

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IF I CAN GET OUT OF HERE, I'LL BE COMING.

I HAVE SOMEBODY CALLED VIDEO SET UP THAT WAY THEY CAN DO I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP IN.

WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO WORK HERE.

IF I COULD HAVE STAFF COME BACK AND THAT WAS ON ADVICE OF MY ATTORNEY.

THERE WE GO.

LIZ IF WE COULD ALL TAKE OUR SEATS.

WE'VE GOT SCOTT, JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT TO FINISH UP THE COUNCIL MEETING.

YEAH.

OR YOU DID LOOK A LITTLE LOWER WAY DOWN THERE YOU STAY WHERE YOU STAY IN YOUR CORNER.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO ITEM

[16. Tax Lien for Unpaid Staff Time and Administrative Costs at 709 Hillsview Road RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council directs staff to place a tax lien on the property at 709 Hillsview Road in the amount of $1,318.95.]

16.

I'M 16 IS FOR A TAX LIEN FOR UNPAID STAFF TIME AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND STAFF.

COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS? HELLO MAYOR WALES AND NOW CITY COUNCIL.

EXTRA COTA.

WELL, AS YOU'VE READ MY REPORT, UM, THIS IS A, A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE THAT TOOK PLACE ACTUALLY SOME TIME AGO.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING A PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE.

AND I'VE TRIED MYSELF NUMEROUS TIMES TO TRY AND CONTACT MR LOPER AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT HIM.

UH, SO, UH, THIS IS DIRECTION THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE AT THIS POINT IS TO HAVE A, A TAX LIEN PLACED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

IS, IS HE HERE TODAY? NO, HE'S NOT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANGEL? THE VERY SPOOKED CARS FOR THE SIDE OF THEM.

WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARD, SIR.

SIR, I THINK WE'RE FINISHED, BUT THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, LET SOMEBODY HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UH, PUT THIS AS A TAG ACTUALLY IN A STAFF SAYS ON THE PROPERTY RECOMMENDATION AND UH, FOR $1,318 AND 95 CENTS AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

IS THERE A SECOND? MOVING SECOND.

THE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

ALRIGHT.

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[17. Update on City of El Cajon’s Homeless Strategies RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives an update on the City’s strategies to address homelessness. Also, staff recommends that the City Council provides feedback and directs staff to prepare agreements with Crisis House to extend the Housing Navigator and the Housing Assistance programs.]

IS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND STAFF.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS? MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS EXCITED TO PRESENT A SIX MONTH UPDATE REGARDING THE STRAT.

SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER IN 2017.

UH, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE WE'RE APROPOS TO THIS CO THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM, I THINK A LOT OF THEM HAVE LEFT SO THEY DON'T GET TO HEAR SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

COULD THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS YOU, AS YOU RECALL AS A, UM, AS A REMINDER, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL STRATEGIES AT THE UM, HOUSING NAVIGATOR,

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UH, HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDS, $80,000 WORTH OF THEM.

UM, SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAM CALLED A WAY BACK HOME WITH THE SALVATION ARMY.

UH, THE CITY'S ANTI PANHANDLING CAMPAIGN, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE PHONE APP THAT MR LUND SPOKE ABOUT THIS EVENING CALLED CONNECT AC.

AND THEN ALSO AT THE LAST ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN MARKETING, SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND ALSO TO, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE MESSAGING THAT WE ARE USING AS PART OF THE ANTI PAIN HANDLING CAMPAIGN.

I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THAT A LITTLE BIT FROM NOW.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AND THE, UM, HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDS, THOSE REALLY ARE MARRIED TOGETHER.

IT'S REALLY ONE PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE CRISIS HOUSE.

UM, THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION.

CHRIST'S HOUSES HIRED KOREAN HERNANDEZ WHO'S HERE TONIGHT AND SHE IS REALLY OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR.

SHE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR, UM, CRISIS HOUSE, WHICH SERVES ALL OF EAST COUNTY, BUT, AND SHE DOES THAT, BUT SHE HAS A SPECIFIC MISSION TO FOCUS ON ALCOHOL AND HOMELESS.

AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE IS ONLY MEANT FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN OKLAHOMA.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.

UM, SINCE SHE HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON AND STARTED OPERATING IN DECEMBER OF 2017 SO ABOUT SEVEN, SEVEN MONTHS AGO, SHE HAS ENROLLED 71 INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH INCLUDES 41 HOUSEHOLDS.

AND THROUGH THOSE 71 INDIVIDUALS, 47 OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN HOUSED.

THEY ARE IN PERMANENT HOUSING, NOT TEMPORARY HOUSING, NOT SHELTERS, BUT PERMANENT HOUSING.

AND THAT EQUATES TO 29 HOUSEHOLDS.

SO, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S ABOUT, UM, LITTLE 32 ADULTS AND 15 CHILDREN.

UM, ONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WAS, WAS, UM, WE FOUND HOUSING FOR WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN HOMELESSNESS, WAS, WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS WITH HER PARENTS AS A HOMELESS.

UM, NEVER HAD EXPERIENCED A HOUSE UNTIL, UNTIL, UM, THE HOUSE NAVIGATOR WAS ABLE TO GET HER INTO A HOME.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE GRAPH I'M SHOWING RIGHT NOW REALLY ILLUSTRATE SORT OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE HAD MONTH BY MONTH.

IT SHOWS HOUSE HOLDS, UM, OF FOLKS PUT INTO HOUSING AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A BIT OF A SLOW START.

UM, OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR WAS REACHING OUT TO MANY OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND AS WE KNOW, IT TAKES SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS, SEVERAL TOUCHES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THEY WANT TO RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE.

SO THERE WAS A NEED TO BUILD UP SOME RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST.

AND FRANKLY, IT WAS, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS FOR OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR WAS FINDING HOUSING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

SO IT WAS DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDLORDS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO THAT DID TAKE A FEW MONTHS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE STARTING IN MARCH, THERE STARTED TO BE SOME, SOME SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME ONGOING SUCCESS MONTH AFTER MONTH.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT JUST TO PUT AN INDIVIDUAL INTO A HOME, BUT IS TO KEEP THEM IN A HOME.

AND UM, SO WE'VE ASKED CRISIS HOUSE TO MEASURE, UH, WHETHER FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED REMAIN IN HOUSING AFTER SIX MONTHS AND AFTER 12 MONTHS.

SO THIS PROGRAM IS LESS THAN 12 MONTHS OLD.

SO THERE NO ONE THAT WOULD QUALIFY HAVE BEEN, UH, FOR HAVING BEEN IN A HOUSE FOR 12 MONTHS.

BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED SINCE THIS, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

OF, OF THOSE FOLKS, UM, ALL OF THEM REMAIN IN A HOME.

SO THERE'S NO DROPOUT RATE FOR THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO REPORT THAT IN MAY, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WAS PUT INTO HOME HAS SINCE RETURNED TO HOMELESSNESS.

UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE HAS ANY VALUE OR ARE WE JUST THROWING MONEY INTO A HOLE.

UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A BIT OF A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT IF YOU COMBINE THE, THE COST OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR WITH THE COST OF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THUS FAR, WE S WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $73,000 A LITTLE, UH, ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR OVER THE SEVEN MONTH PERIOD.

THIS IS COSTING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $1,500 PER PERSON TO GET INTO A HOME.

AND IF YOU JUST TAKE AWAY THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR PORTION AND JUST FOCUS ON THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S 800 LESS THAN $850 TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL INTO A HOME FROM A, FROM A HOMELESS PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT, THAT'S A MASSIVE SUCCESS

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THAT THAT IS VERY LOW NUMBERS.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TOUT, UM, REGIONALLY THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS WORKED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED IN AS WELL.

WHAT'S, WHAT'S ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROGRAM IS HOW MUCH THE NAVIGATOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDS, WHETHER IT BE, UM, OTHER GOVERNMENT FUNDS, UM, IN SOME CASES JUST HELPING THEM AN INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATE THEIR OWN RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY.

SO THEY'RE USING THEIR OWN SOCIAL SECURITY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GET INTO A HOME WHERE BEFORE THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME DOING THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, $26,000, OVER 26,000.

UM, SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED.

THAT MEANS FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THE CITY'S INVESTED, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT $600 BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE OVERALL ASSISTANCE, UH, LIFETIME, OUR, OUR INVESTMENT IS MASSIVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR SHARED WITH ME FOR AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $1,500.

UM, SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE $771 PER MONTH FOR THE LIFETIME OF THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR HOUSING.

THAT IF YOU DO THE MATH, ASSUMING THE PERSON LIVES 20 YEARS, WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, THAT A VERY SMALL INVESTMENT FROM HAS BEEN ABLE TO, UM, LEVERAGE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS SUCCESSFUL BASED ON THAT COST AND THAT BENEFIT FROM GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT OR UNDERSTAND, UM, IS SOME, SOME OF THE PATTERNS OF HOMELESSNESS, SOME OF THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS, WE RELY ON THE HOMELESS COUNT DONE BY THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE.

I THINK THERE'S SOME WEAKNESSES IN THAT COUNT.

UH, WE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT REALLY GOOD DATA AND THROUGH CRISIS HOUSE YOU'VE COLLECTED DATA ABOUT THOSE THAT WE'VE HOUSED OR ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND WANTING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DATA WITH YOU IN THE STAFF REPORT.

I'VE INCLUDED THE RAW DATA THAT WE HAVE SO YOU CAN KIND OF MANIPULATE IT OR LOOK AT IT AS YOU WISH AND FIGURE OUT SOME THINGS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF NUGGETS THAT I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOMELESS COMPARED TO THEIR TOTAL LIFE EXPERIENCE AND THEIR TIME IN EL CAHONE, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

SO THE NOTION THAT PEOPLE IN, LET'S SAY MICHIGAN HEAR ABOUT ELKO AND HAVING THIS AMAZING HOUSING PROGRAM, THEY'RE NOT COMING HERE FOR THAT.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS IN OKLAHOMA NOW, HOW THEY GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

BUT THEY'RE, WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE COMING HERE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

THESE ARE REALLY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN THE CITY AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON AN AVERAGE FOR OVER A YEAR, THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS BEEN ASKED IS WHERE ARE THEY SLEEPING? WHERE ARE THEY SPENDING THEIR TIME? UM, OVER 50% OF THE TIME THEY'RE SPENDING IT, WHAT I CALL ON THE STREETS IN A PARK, IN A, IN A CHANNEL, BUT OUTDOORS.

UM, AND ANOTHER LARGE PERCENTAGE IN VEHICLES.

UM, WE DID NOTICE THAT THAT FOLKS THAT RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVE TO THESE ARE ALSO PERIODICALLY FINDING A FRIEND'S HOUSE, A SLATE SLEEPING, OR WHEN THEY CAN, UM, FINAGLE SOME FUNDING IN A MOTEL.

UM, AND WE ALSO ARE GETTING SOME OF OUR, OUR FOLKS DIRECTLY FROM THE PIPELINE OF, OF UM, ECE TLC, WHICH IS, THAT'S WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR SHELTER EMERGENCY HOUSING.

NOW FUNNELING THEM FROM THAT HOUSING TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO THIS IS THE, THE GOAL.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS WHERE WAS YOUR RESIDENCE OR YOUR LAST PERMANENT HOME? AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, UH, OVER 50% OVER HALF HAVE BEEN THEIR LAST RESIDENCE WAS IN EL CAHONE AND 93% OF THEM, THEIR LAST RESIDENCE WAS SOMEWHERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND MOST OF THEM FROM EAST COUNTY UNINCORPORATED EAST COUNTY.

UM, THE ONE INDIVIDUAL OR THE FAMILY THAT WAS FROM OUT OF STATE, THEY'RE FROM ARIZONA.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY LIVING IN OKLAHOMA.

THEY MOVED TO ARIZONA TEMPER TEMPORARILY AND MOVED BACK.

BUT YOU COULD ALMOST COUNT THEM AS AN ALCOHOL AND INDIVIDUAL.

SO OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR REALLY HAS FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT I WOULD CALL OUR, OUR OWN, OUR OWN HOMELESS POPULATION.

THE LAST SLIDE WE DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

UM, OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE FOUND HOUSING, 17% OF THEM HAVE REPORTED SELF REPORTED, SOME LEVEL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THOSE ENROLLED.

SO THOSE THAT ARE NOT YET HOUSED, IT'S A 33% RATE OF, OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

THERE'S A CORRELATION THERE.

THOSE THAT ARE NOT USING DRUGS OR HAVE ALCOHOL ADDICTION, IT'S EASIER

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FOR THEM TO FIND HOUSING.

AND IN FACT I RAN SOME, SOME DATA IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR THOSE THAT REPORT SUBSTANCE ABUSE VERSUS THOSE THAT DON'T REPORT SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

AND THIS IS A MESSAGE TO KIDS.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE USED DRUGS BECAUSE THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN INCOME AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE USAGE OR SUBSTANCE USAGE.

SO, UM, IT CERTAINLY IS EASIER FOR HOUSING NAVIGATOR TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.

THE PROBLEM THOUGH, AND WE HEARD THIS EARLIER TODAY IS IN EL CAHONE, IF YOU WANT TO FIND HOUSING AND YOU HAVE EVEN A MINOR AMOUNT OF INCOME, OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR CAN FIND YOU HOUSING.

BUT WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION THAT DO NOT HAVE INCOME AND ARE IN A POSITION, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL ILLNESS OR DRUG ADDICTION, THAT FINDING THEM HOUSING AT THIS TIME IS, IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.

AND THOSE PARTNERS INCLUDE REALLY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ASSISTING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE CITY COUNCIL FUNDED, UM, UP TO $10,000 WORTH WAS THE SALVATION ARMY'S RELOCATION PROGRAM OR A WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY IS A PROGRAM TO REUNITE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOMELESS AND EL CAHONE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE AREA.

AND THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS WHERE WE BUY SOMEONE A BUS TICKET TO AND WE HOPE THEY LAND IN A SAFE PLACE.

THERE'S A LOT OF COUNSELING THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE RE REUNIFICATION.

NOT ONLY COUNSELING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS BEING SENT HOME, BUT ALSO WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE AT HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO TAKE THEM IN AND TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT.

IN FACT, THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NOT HAD THAT SUPPORT AT HOME AND WE'VE NOT REUNITED THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE WANT THE PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO FAR WE'VE SPENT AN AVERAGE OF THREE OF A LITTLE UNDER $350 PER PERSON TO REUNITE THEM WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.

FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS, THIS IS PHENOMENAL.

EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD BE DOING THIS PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.

UM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE SUCCESS RATES ARE, ARE, ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS STILL IN A HOME OF OF THE 13 THAT HAVE BEEN REUNITED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.

ONE OF THEM WE KNOW IS HOMELESS.

AGAIN, TWO ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF COMMUNICATION, SO WE CAN'T VERIFY WHETHER THEY ARE HOMELESS OR NOT, BUT 10 OF THEM ARE STILL AT HOME.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S OVER 75% OR ABOUT 75% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM REMAIN IN A HOME.

NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO DO AND THEN LATER TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT WAS THE INSTALLATION OF ANTI PAN HANDLING SIGNS.

UM, AT KEY INTERSECTIONS AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, THESE SIGNS ARE NOT MEANT TO PROHIBIT OR TO BAN PANHANDLING.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY TO ENCOURAGE, WOULD BE DONORS TO GIVE TO A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS WHERE SOMEONE CAN GET BETTER HELP THAN THEY CAN IF THEY'RE GIVEN A DOLLAR ON A STREET CORNER.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER MESSAGES, SO AT THE LAST, LAST MEETING THREE MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SIGN.

SO WE INCREASED THE SIGNS FROM 12 BY 18 TO 18 BY 24 INCH SIGNS.

THIS IMAGE SHOWS, UH, HOW THOSE SIGNS LOOK COMPARED TO A IN SIZE DIFFERENCE.

AND WE ALSO ADDED SOME MESSAGING FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS AND ARE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM A WAY TO CONNECT THROUGH THE CONNECT E E C APP, UM, WITH THAT FOOT.

WITH THAT, UM, F TEXT NUMBER.

UM, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $2,500 ON THIS PROGRAM.

UM, WE'VE REPLACED ABOUT 20 OF THE SIGNS DUE TO VANDALISMS, BUT SINCE THE BIG SIGN HAS BEEN INSTALLED, WE'VE ONLY HAD TO REPLACE ONE LARGE SIGN.

SO THAT'S, WE THINK THAT'S A SUCCESS AND WE HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE A TREND.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, THE LAST PROGRAM THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CITY, UM, HELP FUND WAS HELPING THE LAUNCH OF THE CONNECT EDC PHONE APP.

UH, IT WAS LAUNCHED EARLIER IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

UH, WE'VE, THROUGH THEIR DATA THEY'VE COLLECTED, WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THE APP'S BEEN ACCESSED A LITTLE UNDER 450 TIMES BY 268 UNIQUE USERS.

UM, FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, PROBABLY NOT GREAT.

UH, THAT'S $13 PER UNIQUE USER.

THAT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

HOWEVER, WE THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER PROMOTE THIS AND THIS NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED FURTHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, UM, ALMOST TASKS FOR EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE HAS DONE IS DEVELOPED THIS CARD AS I'VE TALKED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

I FOUND IT EASIER TO GIVE SOMEBODY SOMETHING THEN TELL THEM

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TO PULL UP AN APP ON THEIR PHONE.

UM, BUT I THINK BETWEEN THE, THE CARD WHICH YOU HAVE A COPY OF ON YOUR DESK, UM, AND THE APP, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF HIT BOTH, BOTH GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND THIS CARD INCLUDES A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE APP THAT YOU COULD ACCESS TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO AT THE LAST MEETING, THREE MONTHS AGO, THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME PROMOTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UM, SO WE CREATED A SPECIFIC WEBSITE ON OUR CITY'S WEBPAGE AND NOT ONLY DESCRIBES VERY BRIEFLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT ACTUALLY HAS A BUTTON.

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HELP OR IF YOU KNOW OF, SO I'M LOOKING FOR HELP RATHER THAN JUST TOUTING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT LINK AND IT CAN TAKE YOU TO THAT HELP DIRECTLY.

SO WE THINK IT'S A, UM, IT'S A MARKETING PIECE THAT, THAT NOT ONLY EDUCATES BUT ALSO IS A TOOL TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE.

AND THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE HAS ACTUALLY CREATED A WONDERFUL RESOURCE PAGE THAT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN BROWSE THROUGH.

AND IT'S BY CATEGORY OF, OF NEED OF HELP.

IT'S NEEDED.

WE THINK IT'S A VERY VALUABLE ASSET.

AGAIN, IT'S RECENTLY LAUNCHED IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROMOTING.

AND LASTLY, WE DID INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE TO THE ANTI PANHANDLING SIGNAGE AND WE THINK THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

THE LAST SLIDE.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE JUST SEEKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL OF ONE, WHETHER WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, IF THERE'S SOME DEVIATION FROM THE COURSE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.

THE OTHER THING THAT THE STAFF REPORT ADDRESSES THAT WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR ONE YEAR, UM, TERM WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH CRISIS HOUSE TO ADMINISTER THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AND THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM THUS FAR AND BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO BRING THAT UH, AN AGENDA ITEM BACK TO RENEW A AT LEAST A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH CRISIS HOUSE FOR THOSE TWO UM, PROGRAMS. STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

JAMIE VAN RAS RASMUSSEN IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING THE SLIDES FOR ME.

UM, SHE'S REALLY BEEN MANAGING THE CONTRACTS WITH SALVATION ARMY AND CHRIST'S HOUSE.

SHE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT DATA AND ABOUT THE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES SO SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.

NICE REPORT, GRAHAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB.

YES.

UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER ONE THAT YOU HAD, UH, THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HELPED BY MONTH.

UM, IT, UM, IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE DROP AS OF LATE, EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER'S GOTTEN VERY HOT IN JULY AND AUGUST.

UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, JANIE, UM, YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

WE MAY ALSO WANT TO INVITE MS. HERNANDEZ TO COME UP AND SHE CAN, SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE EBBS AND FLOW OF, OF HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS AND SHE COULD PROBABLY RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL.

YEAH.

SINCE THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE DROP-OFF, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE STREET IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND UH, THE ONES THAT ARE, THE MORE THE HARDCORE, THE DRUG USERS, THE MENTALLY ILL, UH, SOME AND THEN, UH, UM, ALCOHOL ADDICTED, UM, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE TURMOIL OF TRYING TO GET OFF THE HOUSING OR THE STREET.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE ONES THAT WANTED TO BE HELPED? WE'VE HELPED A LOT OF THEM.

DO YOU THINK IT'S GETTING HARDER TO HELP PEOPLE NOW THAT, UM, YOU'RE GETTING INTO MORE OF THE HARDCORE PROBABLY POPULATION.

SO SOME OF WHAT YOU CALL THE HARDCORE POPULATION HAVE BEEN ENROLLED.

AND SO WITH A BOY TO HOUSE WHAT OUR GOAL WAS, I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT.

BUT TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THOSE WHO DO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THEM OR FIGURE OUT IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU.

IT'S LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE RESOURCES.

UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE MCALLISTER WITH ANY LIKE REFERRING THEM OUT TO SHELTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

HOW ABOUT THE MILITARY? THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR MILITARY ARE OFF THE STREETS.

UH, IF YOU HAD ANY SUCCESS IN REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF THOSE THAT ARE ON THE STREET.

SO UNFORTUNATELY IN CRISIS HOUSE NO LONGER IS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.

WE HAVE RECENTLY WORK STARTED TO WORK ON THE MIRANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VSD VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO TO COME TWICE A WEEK TO CRISIS HOUSE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OUR VETS TO HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR OFFICE THAT THEY CAN TALK TO THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE.

UM, SOMETIMES WITH BETH, IT'S A LITTLE A TRUST THE ISSUE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NON VET.

AND SO FOR

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US TO REINTRODUCE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH A VETERAN PARTNERSHIP, WE HOPE TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF VETERANS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

THANK YOU.

AND I MIGHT ADD THAT STEVE GOBLE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THIS AREA AND UH, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALCOHOL AND REMEMBER THAT WHEN HE'S RUNNING FOR REELECTION ON 2020.

SO, UH, HE'S A GREAT GUY, A GOOD FRIEND.

WE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE SAME DISTRICT, SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL TAKE OVER FOR ME.

KARINA, IF I HERO STOP.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE TURN YOU DOWN WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND YOU TALKED TO THEM TWO OR THREE TIMES, WHAT CAN WE LEARN? WHY PEOPLE SAY NO? WHAT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION FOR SOME, NOT ALL.

IT'S THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR A HOUSEHOLD.

WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND A LOT OF THEM, WHEN WE DO WHAT WE CALL THE COMMON ASSESSMENT TOOL, THE VULNERABILITY INDEX, THE VA SPIT OUT, IT'S THE HOUSING AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT SCORE IN A HIGHER RANGE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

AND IN ALCOHOL WE HAVE NONE.

AND THEN IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, IT'S VERY LIMITED.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, AND GRAHAM, NO, I HAVE BEEN AT A TRAINING THIS WEEK IS TO KIND OF REINVENT THAT WHEEL TO REINTRODUCE THE COMMON ASSESSMENT TOOL.

WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL IT BETTER SERVE THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROVIDERS? UM, BUT A LOT OF IT IS, I HAVEN'T WORKED IN AN X AMOUNT OF YEARS.

MY SSI, I DON'T GET A LOT OF IT.

I DON'T GET A LOT OF DISABILITY.

I'M ON DISABILITY.

I CAN'T WORK.

HOW DO I INCREASE MY INCOME? SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE STARTUP FUNDS, IT'S THEIR ONGOING ABILITY IS A CONCERN.

SO, OKAY.

IF YOU HAD A WISHLIST OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD SAY, BOY, I COULD, I COULD USE THIS AND I COULD USE THIS AND I COULD USE THIS.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ON THAT WISHLIST? UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN SERVICES THAT I, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED, BUT IT'S ALSO, I'M ONE PERSON, SO I'M DOING THE OUTREACH.

SO AN OUTREACH WORKER, A HOUSING LOCATOR, SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY TAKES THE DEDICATION OF THEIR TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR THEMSELVES INTO LANDLORDS, GOING TO LANDLORD MEETINGS.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO DOES IS A LANDLORD INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS OFFERING, I THINK IT'S $100 TO A LANDLORD WHO HOUSES SOMEONE THAT'S GONE THROUGH A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM.

AND IN ADDITIONAL, I THINK, $50 FOR EVERY PERSON THAT THEY DO.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS WORKED.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS BEING ONE PERSON, I WISH I COULD DO IT ALL AND I'M TRYING, BUT IT'S HARD.

SO DO YOU THINK THE ISSUE IS A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING OR YOU MENTIONED THE INCOME SIDE IS, DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE READY AND YOU'RE JUST CAN'T FIND PLACES? YES.

SO THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE.

UM, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAS A 2% VACANCY RATE AND WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO 17,000 OVER 17,000 PEOPLE SITTING IN A HOMELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THAT'S THEN WE'LL NEVER BE WHAT WE CALL TOUCHED THAT YOU'VE UH, HOUSED 47 WHEN THE GOAL WAS 25 IS FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU.

YES.

IS THE LACK OF A DEPOSIT AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE? CAUSE USUALLY IT'S TO MOVE IN IT'S FIRST AND LAST MONTH'S RENT.

YES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IF A PERSON IS ON SECTION EIGHT, THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A DEPOSIT ON THEIR OWN.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S TWO TIMES THE RENT, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UP TO TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE RENT.

AND THEN A LOT OF THE TIMES IS DO YOU MAKE ENOUGH INCOME TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF? SO A LANDLORD LOOKS AT HOW MUCH INCOME YOU HAVE AND IT'S US LIKE BARGAINING WITH THEM.

YES, THEY CAN DO IT.

THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE.

WE WORK ON THEIR BUDGET.

THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AFTER OUR SUBSIDY IS COMPLETE.

BUT IT IS A SECURITY DEPOSIT CAN RUN UP TO 26, $3,200.

RIGHT.

AND PROBABLY SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE THE BEST OF CREDIT.

SO IT'S RISKY FOR THE LANDLORD.

UH, IS THERE ANY GRANT MONEY YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT WE GO AFTER FOR DEPOSITS OR MAYBE A HOLD THE COUNTY'S FEET TO THE FIRE TO GET THEM TO COME UP WITH SOME MONEY CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THEIR PURVIEW.

WELL MR KENDRICK, THAT'S OUR, OUR FUNDING, OUR HOUSING FUNDING IS BEING USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, THAT HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDING.

THAT'S, THAT'S HOW MS. HERNANDEZ USES THAT MONEY IS FOR THAT.

UM, BUT IF WE CAN EXPLORE SOME GRANT FUNDING OR SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING

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AND LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL MONEY, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE LEVERAGE THAT SHE'S DONE SO FAR.

SO IF THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME COUNTY MONEY THAT THAT PERSON'S ELIGIBLE FOR, THEN WE'LL GO AFTER THAT MONEY RATHER THAN USING OUR MONEY.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

PROJECT ONE FOR ALL.

AT THE COUNTY HAS THAT BEEN HELPFUL TO YOU FOR, FOR MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN PROJECT ONE FOR ALL.

I CAN NOT EXPLAIN.

FOFA AND SO I'M, I'VE LEARNED, I ACTUALLY MET MEGAN O'DELL FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY.

UM, BUT SHE DOESN'T USE WHAT WE, THE COORDINATOR SAYS ENTRY SYSTEM TO HAVE HOUSE.

AND SO FOR US, WE'VE LOST LIKE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH NO LONGER COMES TO OUR OFFICE.

UM, AND SO FOR US IT'S, LET ME SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR WHAT WE CALL ACTION EAST HEARTLAND.

AND IF THEY ARE NOT A HIGH UTILIZE UTILIZER OF EITHER EMERGENCY ROOMS OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS, IT STARTED THEM GOING TO THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICE.

UM, BUT FOR IT'S LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST NOT GETTING THE MATCH OR THE ASSISTANCE OR THE CONNECTION WITH THE COUNTY.

YES.

OH, WE GOT TO FIX THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO FIX THAT.

OKAY.

WELL GREAT REPORT.

GREAT WORK.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP AND TALKING TO US ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

ANGELA DO IT IS SPEAKER CARDS ON THE SIDE? WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM BRENDA HAMMOND.

WELL, BRANDON, ARE YOU STILL HERE? ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

NO MORE CARDS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO COUNSEL, UM, ANY THOUGHTS OR SOME ACTIVE EMOTIONAL, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

UH, IT'S A BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK.

IT'S CERTAINLY A LOT CHEAPER TO HOUSE PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY BECAUSE IF ARE LIVING OUT IN THE STREETS, THEY'RE PROBABLY TAKEN A FEW TRIPS IN OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE, WHICH COSTS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A TRIP AND UH, COSTS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEY GO INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

OUR TECH PEERS ENDED UP PAYING FOR THAT TOO.

SO, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THAT EMOTION THAT WE DIRECT THE STAFF TO PREPARE AGREEMENTS WITH CRISIS HOUSE AND TO EXTEND THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR AND THE HOUSING SYSTEM.

THE PROGRAMS IS THAT AGAIN, MOVED AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

MR MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK A DIRECTION FOR THE COUNCIL ALSO, I THINK THIS PRESENTATION NEEDS TO GET OUT BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS OF ELKA HOME.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE HOMELESS IN SAN DIEGO SHOULD BE AWARE OF.

THIS IS JUST OVER THE TOP SUCCESSFUL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN EVERY WAY, BUT UH, I'D BE GLAD TO GO MEET WITH PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY TO DRAW IN THOSE COUNTY RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND TO DRAW IN ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT MAYBE NECESSARILY WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GIVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOWN TO THE COUNTY LEVEL FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED HELP WITH.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD TELL THE COUNTY WE ARE DOING OUR PART, HOW WILL YOU HELP US JOIN WITH US, PARTNER WITH US.

AND SO, UH, IF THAT'S, COULD HAVE THE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THOSE.

GO GET THAT MONEY STEVE.

MAYBE YOU COULD GET A DVD OR THAT TONIGHT'S PRESENCE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REQUEST EITHER OF THE COUNTY OR THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO THEM.

IT'S VERY COMPELLING.

YEAH.

THERE ARE SO MANY PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS SUCCESS FROM, FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE EAST COUNTY TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS.

THERE'S THE, THE COMMUNITY COORDINATION IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

PHENOMENAL.

VERY GOOD.

YEAH.

NO, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU DID THAT.

SHE LET US KNOW IF WE CAN BE OF ANY HELP.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, YOU'VE ALL BEEN VERY PATIENT.

WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

SO A COUPLE OF SMALL COUPLE OF SMALL ITEMS. ITEM 18 IS

[18. Authorization for Letter to Oppose Proposed Regulations Allowing Cannabis Deliveries in the City RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorizes sending a letter of opposition to the Bureau of Cannabis Control for proposed regulations allowing cannabis deliveries in the City of El Cajon.]

A LETTER I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

IT'S, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THIS SO YOU CAN READ THIS.

UH, BASICALLY, BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PROPOSITION FOUR, THEY STARTED A NEW, UH, ORGANIZATION, UH, THE GOVERNMENT, UH, AGENCY THAT CONTROLS HOW CANNABIS IS SOLD AND USED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW IS TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONCEPT OF LOCAL CONTROL BY ALLOWING DELIVERIES TO GO TO ANY CITY OR ANY AREA IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, CIRCUMVENTS

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THAT COMPLETELY.

WE, THE, THE PROMISE OF OF 64 WAS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE LAWS ABOUT MARIJUANA, BUT THE CITIES THAT DIDN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE DIDN'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE AND NOW IT SEEMS TO BE GOING AROUND THAT.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO DRAFT A LETTER AND SAY WE DISAGREE WITH THAT CONCEPT.

W AGAIN, IF THAT'S EMOTION, THAT'S EMOTION.

AND MOVING.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN, UM, WE ARE ONTO ACTIVITIES

[13. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF MAYOR WELLS: SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments); League of California Cities, San Diego Division; Heartland Fire Training JPA - Alternate; Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee; LAFCO.]

REPORT, UH, MY ACTIVITY REPORT AS, AS A WRITTEN.

THERE'S NO, UH, LEGISLATIVE OR PR REPORT TO GIVE AT THIS TIME AND I WILL GO ON TO A MAYOR.

PRETEND GARY KENNER

[14. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS:]

AS REPORTED COUNCILOR OBAMA CLAW AS REPORTED.

HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO COME ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS, UH, ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE UNION TRIBUNE ABOUT CORN OTTO DOING SOMETHING WITH THESE RENTAL BIKES BYX AND COLLECTING $9,300 FOR 94 IMPOUNDED BIKES.

AND MAYBE WE COULD FOLLOW IN SOME KIND OF A FASHION THAT WAY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.

NOT BETTER.

I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. CALDWELL.

UH, AS REPORTED, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ASSISTANCE OF CITY STAFF ON THE RECENT TRASH PICKUPS BY THE CITIZEN GROUPS IN OKLAHOMA, ESPECIALLY THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND THE, THE, UH, THINGS TO PICK UP TRASH, UH, AND FOR THE TOWN HALL TO WHICH STARTED ALL THAT.

SO THANK YOU T TO CITY STAFF FOR THAT.

THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNSELOR REPORTS AND THE GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.

THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OF ORDNANCES TODAY AND THERE IS NO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE GERMAN, THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ELKO HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOP AGENCY HELD THIS 14TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2018 IS ADJOURNED TILL TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2018 AT 7:00 PM WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.