Note: The meeting transcript indicates a date of March 27, 2025, but the provided metadata specifies March 31, 2025. This summary uses the latter date as instructed, while acknowledging the discrepancy.
The Social Service Human Relations Board met on March 31, 2025, at 7:04 p.m. and adjourned at 9:20 p.m. The agenda included approval of minutes, discussion and vote on the FY 2025–26 work plan, and review of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public service funding recommendations. Board members also received updates from work groups and discussed community civility concerns.
Are we live? Yes, we're live. Okay, just give me one second. I want to get to it. Okay. Um good evening. Uh welcome to the March 27th, 2025 Social Service uh Human Relations Board meeting. Um before we get started on this, I just want to take us a minute here and uh uh thank uh Bella for her hard work and support of this board and we're going to miss you and uh thank you Diane for picking these up. We just have some flowers we'd like to give you an appreciation. Thank you. Thank you, Bella. Thank you, Bella. Thank you so much. All right, we we have a long and full meeting, so I'll get right to work here. Um this meeting has been recorded. If a panel member would like to speak, please physically or digitally raise your hand and the chair will acknowledge your request. The chat function has been turned off. If members of the public would like to comment on item, please digitally raise your hand or email Grestia Mana Ayan G M-A-N-N-A-A-H-A-Y-O-N at Alameda C A.gov. Comments submitted during the meeting before the conclusion of the public comment section will be read into the record. Her email address is also on the meeting's agenda. If you are calling in by phone, please email Ms. Mana Anyon as we cannot see you raise your hand. You can also dial star nine to raise your hand, and we will call on you. Public comments will be limited to three minutes. To clarify, the public has two opportunities for public comment. First, under agenda item two, public comments. Comments from the audience may concern matters either on or not on the agenda, but must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Social Service Human Relations Board. Second, under each agenda item, there will be an opportunity for public comment on that specific item. Each item follows a format similar to city council meetings. First, after presentation, we will ask if there are any clarifying questions from shrub members for staff. Second, we will ask if there are any public comments on this agenda item. And finally, after public comment, we will open the item up to forward discussion and a vote is recommended. This meeting will now come to order at 7.04 p.m. Okay. Um we'll do roll call. Um Bernie Wolf here. Michelle Buckholz, she's absent. Samantha Green. Here and Scott Means here. And I just want to add uh that uh Sam, can you just say why you're on remote? Yeah, I've been joining you remotely because I have a cold. Sorry. Didn't want to share. Thank you for still showing up tonight. Thank you for not sharing. We also have from the Housing and Human Services Division, Simone Falls, Housing and Human Services Manager, Greshamana, program manager, Andre Fairley, management analyst, and Gabriela San Diego Community Engagement Specialist. So today we're gonna have the daily meeting for the season for nonviolence, and then uh you're going to speak that for us. Sure. The word of the day for March 27th is service. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.