Good morning, everyone.

I'd like to call to order our regularly scheduled meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for Tuesday, September 23rd.

Will the clerk please call the role to establish our quorum?

Supervisor Marquez.

Present.

Supervisor TAM.

Present.

Supervisor Miley, excused.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Present.

Present Halbert.

Present.

We have a quorum.

Thank you very much.

Would you all please rise if you can and join me in the salute to the flag?

No flag.

Liberty and Justice Pro.

Thank you all.

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Thank you.

Very well, thank you.

Our next item is a board of supervisors' remarks.

I recognize Supervisor Marquez for brief remarks.

Thank you, President Halbert.

Um, good morning, community members.

I just wanted to take this moment to acknowledge and thank public defender Brendan Woods for confirming with District 2 yesterday that the first ICE arrest at an Alameda County courthouse last week occurred.

The strength of our communities comes from solidarity and shared responsibility in moments of crisis.

We cannot simply stand by and watch.

We must choose to act and to stand together with our neighbors.

We also have prioritize the expansion of a CLIPS rapid response hotline hours and launch of an Alameda County Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.

I'm also coordinating efforts with my colleague, Supervisor Fortunato Bass for the Stand Together Bay Area Fund with a $50,000 pledge to support families thrown into an economic and health crisis when a loved one is detained.

As the chair of the public protection committee, your next step, my next step is to convene local justice partners to a workshop group to strengthen safety measures in Alameda County courthouses, recognizing everyone's civil rights, including the right to do process, is under threat with the current federal administration.

So just wanted to elevate that information for the public, and then also make another announcement.

Many of my colleagues also supported the funds, the redress funds for Wrestle City, and I just want to let the public know that everyone has an opportunity to weigh in on the survey.

If you go to the City of Hayward's website, that survey is going to be up until October 3rd.

I encourage residents, descendants impacted by the forced removal to fill out the survey as well as any other community member that is interested in learning more or participating in shaping the criteria for the redress fund.

In closing, I also just want to highlight I will be asking to continue two items from today's agenda to our two regular board meetings, which my understanding would be October 14th, and that's item number seven, and it has to do with the bylaws for the mental health board, as well as item 45.

This is a contract for countywide printing services.

Thank you.

Very good.

Any other supervisors' remarks?

Supervisor Tam and then Fortinata Bass.

Thank you, President Halbert.

Um, I wanted to um announce that uh we are uh preparing for the October 18th, uh Alameda County District 3 emergency preparedness day, given that we just had an earthquake uh yesterday.

I think this is especially time.

I mean, we we so far have over 300 people that have RSVP, but there's still room, but the first 300 get uh emergency kits and backpacks.