The Alameda County Board of Supervisors met on October 14, 2025, handling routine approvals, public testimony, and in-depth discussions on issues including housing, wellness initiatives, and immigrant support services. The meeting also featured proclamations for arts, heritage months, and awareness weeks, along with awards presentations.
Recording in progress. Good morning, everyone. I'd like to call to order the meeting of the regularly scheduled board meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for Tuesday, October 14th. I'll ask the clerk to call the role to establish our quorum. Supervisor Marquez, excuse Supervisor Tam. Present. Supervisor Miley, excuse Supervisor Fortunatabas. Present. President Howbert. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. Would you all please join me? Rise if you can and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance. Thank you very much. Our next item is remarks from the Board of Supervisors. Do any of my colleagues have remarks to make? I'll just briefly say go ahead, Supervisor. Just briefly, I want to acknowledge that is that it is Filipino American Heritage Month, and thank everyone who was involved in the Filipino Island Festival that was uh last weekend in Alameda. It was really beautiful and well attended. And myself and Supervisor Marquez will bring forward a proclamation for Filipino American Heritage Month at our next regular meeting on October 28th. Thank you. Okay, very good. We'll move on to the next uh item. This is public comment on all items on the agenda, except those listed as set matters, which we have at one o'clock, and also I've had a request to hear public comment on item 14.1 at that time, immediately after the set matter. There's an item that uh is uh very similar to a set matter item. If anybody would like to make a comment on item 14.1 and they're here in the room at this time, we can do that. Otherwise, I'm going to ask item 14.1 to be heard in the afternoon. So for those members in person and for those members online who wish to make public comment on items on the regular calendar, with the exception again of the one o'clock set matters or item 14.1. We'll ask the clerk to call in-person speakers first and then online speakers rotating three at a time accordingly. Would the clerk please let me know how many speakers we have um slips for and how many we have online with hands raised? Four total. Very good. Two minutes for each speaker beginning in person first. The in-person speakers are Brian Schott speaking on item. Davita Scott speaking on item 15.1. Good morning. Today we just wanted to thank Supervisor Miley for his eleven thousand dollar donation for our Thanksgiving drive, which will cover a hundred families. I just wanted to say thank you because it's so important to say thank you. Because I wouldn't be here, we wouldn't be here without any of your support, so we're very grateful. Um, I also wanted to give you guys an update and say thank you to Chief Ford and probation and the research and evaluation unit because through their guidance and direction, they've taught us to collect data for raising leaders, and we had 220 students last night. I mean, excuse me, last Wednesday in our orientation, and I just wanted to share some data with you. 64% were women, 32% were male. The uh two top races we have sixty four percent were Latino, 17 percent were African American. Um, the majority of our students are in high school, 97 percent have never been arrested, 98 percent have never been found guilty of a criminal offense 98 percent have never been involved in probation 98 percent have never been in the foster care system. Have they ever had any work experience 38 9 percent have not sixty one percent have they ever had an internship 47 percent have not 52 percent have and have they ever had a mentor provide career advice to them 59 percent said yes and 40 percent said no so real shout out to chief forward because he's right it's all in the numbers the data is what backs up what we have in raising leaders so I just wanted to share that with you guys and thank you and I would like to take a picture if possible when Nate gets here okay okay we can we can figure a way to do that next speaker Gina Lewis you're on the line you have two minutes thank you um for the opportunity to speak to you today I come again on item five a regarding the bylaws for the behavioral health or mental health advisory board in my concerns um I've raised these concerns more than once and again this is my second time raising the same concerns here at the board of supervisors meeting um I'm requesting a point of order regarding the chair and why we are not allowed to follow the rules the bylaws the WIC code as to our appointment and in accordance with our appointment and in further research I've even found out that our chair has served now for 11 years running and we're supposed to have a three year term so all of these things if anything is please send the bylaws back to the full committee for a full vote and discussion which is appropriate and in accordance with the welfare and institutions code so please consider that move it remove it from the consent calendar and give the board clear direction when you send it back as to what you want to happen thank you again for the opportunity to speak and I look forward to speaking to some of you individually and your staff members moving forward thank you Kelly you're on the line please state the item you're speaking on you have two minutes. Whoa all right thank you I'm speaking on I think it's item number seven um the enhancing vision 2026 2036 2036 fund um and what it claims one of the major claims that it makes is geographic equity that it uh directs the funds to all areas of the con uh of the all areas of the con uh county um with geographic and population equity and uh each district gets equal amount of funding because each district has an equal amount of population what a noble noble noble sentiment um that that uh of course I support that and it's a shame it's a shame that district one is underspending its enhancing vision 2036 funds district one has spent less money if you read the report district money one has spent a lot less money uh than any other district and you know what's even worse than that district one is divided evenly between the tri-valley and tri-cities and do you think that the uh enhancing vision funding has been split evenly between those two jurisdictions or two areas uh constituent basis you know are the constituents being served equally you know every single staff member in district one does constituent service but unfortunately the funding for enhancing vision has been disproportionately directed one way and you know where the funding is not going? It's not going to Fremont. It's not going to Union City.