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Good morning, everyone.

I'm gonna call the Board of Supervisors regular meeting of October 28th, 2025 is now in session.

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Supervisor Marquez.

Present.

Supervisor Tam, excuse Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunatabas.

Present.

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Thank you.

Thank you, Clerk.

Um, I do have a statement from our uh vice chair of the board, vice president Tam.

Um I'd like to read it into the record.

Um the recent state audit of the Alameda County's Department of Children and Family Services, CFS, exposes some very serious issues that need to be corrected.

After receiving the report, the board of supervisors ask that Andrea Ford, Director of Social Services Agency, and Michelle Love, Assistant Agency Director, Department of Children and Family Services, report monthly at the board's work session meeting on the steps they have taken to correct the problems highlighted in the audit.

In addition, Supervisor TAM as chair of the board social services committee will be meeting monthly with Ms.

Ford, agency director.

Her quote is we are failing the most at risk children of Alameda County, stated TAM.

The children who are responsible for the children who we are responsible for have been neglected and abused by those whom they relied upon to protect them.

We cannot allow our county system to fail them again.

Again, that is a statement I'm reading into the record on behalf of Supervisor TAM, and just want to note for the public's information.

Um there was a press release yesterday by Senator Dr.

Aisha Wahab, and just want the public to know that uh the county takes the findings of the report seriously.

The report was published on September 23rd.

We were briefed on the item in a public meeting on October 7th, and that item will be coming back to us on November 28th, meeting the required 60 day deadline for the county to respond to the state with respect to our um recommendations to mitigate the findings.

So wanted to state that um for the public's record.

If they're interested in viewing that meeting, they could go back and review the meeting that took place on October 7th.

Um are there any other colleagues that would like to make a statement at this time?

Supervisor Mellon.

Um Chairman, yes, I'd like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of uh Bill Patterson, and at the time I'll make some remarks.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Well now move on to the next item on our agenda, which is the um let's see here.

Um so just want to flag that we are going to take public comment on all items on the agenda except for the set matters at 1 p.m.

Um are there any members of the public that would like to speak on an item on the agenda for our open session as well as closed session items?

There are speakers, Robert Payden, item 47, Carmen Alvarez, item 47, Simeu Ramey, item 7, 9, 13, 18, 20, 27, public comment.

Hello.

Hi, my name is Robert Hadley Payton.

Second.

Uh I've been here a couple of times.

I'm sure you know.

Uh I just want to came today to say thank you for listening to everything I had to say, and some of the other people from other districts about the program, the Biobex program.

I don't want to have to change my lifestyle again.

Yeah.

This program really works for me.

Keeping my blood pressure down, keep my health and good.

Well, matter of fact, last time I was here, I was a little emotional, but I'm feeling better now.

Things are getting better and better every day.

Yesterday I won't got me some fresh vegetables and fruit.

And then I have some for breakfast.

Reporting again, pick me up and get down here.

So I appreciate everything that you have said and listened to all the people.

But I appreciate I believe this program really works for everybody.

Thank you very much.

Good morning.

Good morning, Buenos Diaz.

My name is Carmen Alvarez.

Um, and I am I work with Saba Grocers, and I am part of a coalition that really wanna think wants to thank you for the allocation of the 10 million dollars for food security in our county.

Uh we are a program that provides and works with small corner stores to have fresh foods fresh food and vegetables, um, fresh produce, uh, particularly in underserved communities, and we see the need that those communities have.

You have heard from a residents in our last meeting, and we have been present advocating.

And so we just want to say thank you.

Thank you for listening to the residents.

Thank you for listening to the needs of the community in all of your districts.

Um, they all all very grateful.

We notify them that you had um approved the 10 million last Tuesday, and they were very happy that they were able to get more funding for food security.

That is something that a lot of other people that are on EBT are really feeling scared because a lot of them depend on their EBT funding for um to be able to get food for their families.

And so we just want to say thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to us, to listen to the residents, to listen to the needs of the community, to feel and feel your responsibility for taking care of them.

Um we know the winter is, you know, winter is coming.

The uh we're in the fall, and we this is a time when we a lot of our community experiences more hunger, and there's with less funding for social programs.

Um, your $10 million allocation is uh amazing.

So thank you so much for for listening and taking that action, and I urge you to vote.

Yes, thank you.

Good morning, Alan County.

My name is Sim Urain.

I'm I'm here for human rights.

I don't think this is right.

You take 20 billion dollars and give to another country, but they beat, and we got farmers here starving trying to pay people to feed us, schools, all it's wrong.

The system is wrong.

You've said, right, people's mind is wrong.

The uh Bill Collins should be in prison.

I mean, Donald Trump had the same hey, you go to prison.

Don't trump president.

We don't get justice in America.

We got people in prison right now, and he did nothing.

Man, just got prisoner.

He did 40 years for nothing.

I speak him up.

I got a bunch of highers in jail right now.

For nothing.

I would have been here to get him.

I came here.

I'll be in jail right now for nothing because of my bright man.

It's got to stop.

It's got to stop.

It ain't change, y'all.

The military health system, we need this facility bad.

Then county need you right.

We need a mill health hospital in Alameda County, especially Oakland.

So many people walk around in homeless, yeah.

You need somebody go get me, but they ain't got nowhere to go.

And people throwing them out in the streets just like just danger you're it's not right.

So I spot fight for a homeless and seeing your system right now.

I'm seeing a small, should I be out of senior citizens facility so we can get these people out of the street?

You take care of everybody else in the world, take care of your own people.

We pay taxing work, they take care of people from the country.

Maybe you do people here.

You got veteran home, and we don't pay people in the country over the vet.

Come on, this is not right, y'all.

It's not.

I'm sad.

I've been coming here for the last three years trying to chill y'all.

I'm ready to invest my own time in the senior citizen.

Just saying wrong, so we can get them off the street.

They're crying.

Y'all see you, probably shall help go on.

Becky, please unmute.

Hi.

Uh good morning uh to the board of supervisors.

I'm making a couple of public comment on item agenda item 81 on the consent on the consent calendar.

I'm asking you to pull it for a discussion or separate vote.

Uh this is the item in which Supervisor Supervisor Miley is asking for a waiver of the 12-year term limit rule to reappoint Chuck Moore to the Alameda County Agricultural Fair Association Association Board of Directors.

Um, I'm asking for you to bring this to for a separate voter discussion because term limits exist for a reason.

There must be someone else in Alameda County who could serve this role.

Um, I should note that in Chuck Moore's time on the Castor Valley Mac, um, he has in his official capacity as a MAC member expressed his contempt for and opposition to many Alameda County um plans and documents, including the Climate Action Plan, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the Alameda County Arts Commission, and the Ad hoc committee um on urban areas security initiatives.

And you know, many communities across Alameda County, you know, speak up for their voices to inform those plans.

And so every time he opposes those, he is speaking out against the thousands and thousands of Alameda County residents who have spoken up and made their voices heard and really put together a vision for our county.

So, how can we ask him to continue stewarding our county when he has such contempt for the people who live here?

Um so please bring um and again, this is not just appointing him, but asking for an exemption um to the term limit rule.

So I'm asking you to bring item 81 for discussion or separate vote.

Thank you.

Reggie, go ahead.

Reggie Young.

Thank you.

Good morning, Board of Supervisors, and thank you for your support of food security in this moment.

This is in reference to item 47.

Again, my name is Reggie Young, and I am the executive director of Alameda County Community Food Bank.

And on behalf of our organization, our network of food distribution partners, as well as our broader network of food systems partners, like our colleagues from Cyber Grocers in the room today.

I would like to thank each of you for your commitment to increasing food security in our county during this challenging time.

Your leadership and support of higher relief organizations today and in the past to set an example for other counties throughout the state and across this country.

Your decision to provide additional resources for food security could not come at a better time due to the government shutdown and its impact on both federal workers' compensation as well as the pending impact it could have on cow fresh recipients beginning November 1st.

Along with this, there are avert attacks on our immigrant communities and their ability to access food and other resources on a daily basis, pending cuts to cow fresh benefits.

All of this places us where we believe in a food crisis that has to be addressed.

We appreciate your support, our food systems partners throughout this county, appreciate your support.

And we just want to thank you for considering this item, and we hope that you vote yesterday.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And again, we will take a public comment later during the set matter.

Um, just wanted to also flag for the public, um, we are going to go into closed session, but just flagging that at this time, since there is only three of us uh the items that require four-fifths votes, we will have to continue those.

Is that correct?

County administrator.

If we don't have four members, we will do that when we come back.

When we come back before you consider your motion.

Okay.

And we will now move on to the approval of the minutes.

We have minutes from October 7th, and then corrected minutes from March 25th, February 18th, January 7th, February 6th, and January 9th.

And I apologize, but the March and February from 2025, the January, February, uh, I'm sorry, three of those are from uh this year and then February and January from last year.

So is there a motion to approve the minutes that have been in our packet?

So moved.

It's been moved and seconded.

Um, are there any public comments on adopting the minutes?

There are no speakers.

Okay, we'll take a roll call vote.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam is excused.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortune out of us.

Aye.

President Halbert is excused.

Thank you.

The motion passes, and we will now go into closed session and come back for open session after uh we wrap up items in closed session.

Thank you.

Recording in progress.

Good afternoon, everyone.

I'm gonna call this meeting back to order.

If we could please start with a roll call.

Supervisor Marquez present.

Supervisor TAM, excuse Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Fortunatabas.

Present.

Present Halbert, excused, we have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

I'm gonna ask County Council if we have any reportable actions from closed session.

Thank you.

I'd like to report that in the matter of Martinez v.

County of Alameda et al.

United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number two zero-cv-06570-TSH at a closed session on July 8th, 2025.

The board authorized settlement of that case.

And today I'm reporting out that the case has now settled.

Um the final settlement amount is $1,205,000.

And the vote on July 8th, 2025 was unanimous.

Supervisors Miley, Halbert, Tam, Marquez, and Fortunato Bass voted for it.

Additionally, in the matter of coffee, the Alameda County et al.

United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number four, colon 24-CB-06837-KAW at a closed session on July 22nd, 2025, the board authorized settlement, and I'd like to report today that that matter has now settled in the amount of 75,000.

The vote was supervisors Miley, Halbert, Marquez, and Fortunato Bass voting yes.

Supervisor TAM was excused.

Thank you, County Council.

I'm going to repeat some remarks I made this morning since I see we have more members of the public here.

I'm going to read a statement provided by our Vice President, Vice Chair, Supervisor Lena Tam.

This is a statement that she provided to me and asked to read on the record.

The recent state audit of Alameda County's Department of Children and Family Services CFS exposes some very serious issues that need to be corrected.

After receiving the report, the board of supervisors asked that Andrea Ford, Director of Social Services Agency, and Michelle Love, Assistant Agency Director, Department of Children and Family Services report monthly at the board's work session meeting on the steps they have taken to correct the problems highlighted in the audit.

In addition, Supervisor Tam, as the chair of the board social services committee, will be meeting monthly with Ms.

Ford Agency Director.

Her quote is we are failing the most at-risk children of Alameda County, stated TAM.

The children who we are responsible for have been neglected and abused by those whom they relied upon to protect them.

We cannot allow our county system to fail them again.

Just wanted to be clear so that the public knows that the audit report was released on September 23rd.

This board received a presentation and was briefed in a public meeting on October 7th.

I encourage individuals that are interested in this topic to please go back and review that video and the attached presentation.

And this board is scheduled to receive a status update on November 28th, 2025 during our work session.

Just wanted to note for the public that we are on track to submit our response to the audit within the required 60-day timeline.

Thank you.

Um I will now entertain a motion for the consent calendar, and that's items 79 through 85.

If I may, yes.

Apparently I misspoke in reading out the settlement in the Martinez matter.

So can the record reflect that the settlement value in the Martinez matter was $1,205,000?

I'm sorry, $1,205,000.

Thank you for that clarification.

Is that been noted by the clerks?

We're good.

Thank you.

Okay, is there a motion to move the consent calendar?

Yes, I'll make a motion to move the consent calendar, which is item 79 through 85.

Okay, the motion's been made and seconded.

Um are there any public?

We already took public comments earlier, so roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam, excuse Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

President Halbert, excuse.

Thank you.

We will now move to our open session items.

And believe we're we're ready for the mass motion, and I believe we are pulling a few items.

Um Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Okay.

Let's see.

We are pulling items number 20 and 47.

And I would like to make a mass motion that includes items number two, three, four, five, six, nine, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-seven, forty-three, forty-four, forty-six, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, I'm sorry, 49, and then 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76.

Thank you.

The mass motion has been made, and we took public comment earlier today.

So are we ready for the roll call vote?

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam, excuse Supervisor Miley.

Hi.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Halbert, excused.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

So we will now take up item number 20.

We have questions or comments on item number 20.

Then I'll ask our social services director to join us as well as AC Health interim director.

So for the record item 20 from AC Health and Social Services Agency as a follow-up to your board's work session last week and recommending that your board take specific actions to approve the direction provided.

Supervisor Fort Center Bass, do you have questions or comments?

So I definitely appreciate our directors bringing this item forward, which will ensure that we have a strong county shelter system and that we are compensating our service providers for the actual work that it takes.

Would it be possible just to hear a high a brief high-level overview of this item for members of the public?

Because I do think it's important to share with the public how we are doing some interim work to meet the needs for a higher bednight rate as well as longer term work to have a stronger system.

Good morning, Supervisors Anika Chadry, Interim Director for Alameda County Health.

And I will start and then Director Ford may have other things to add.

And then we also have Jonathan Russell available online.

Should you have more detailed questions?

So essentially, you know, the Social Services Agency oversees the operation of about 751 shelter beds, which are emergency shelter beds across 14 providers, and these providers are paid a bednight rate, which is a little bit different than how other shelters in the HH space are paid.

So over the last couple of years, there have been some consistent conversations with those organizations in that the bednight rate doesn't meet the cost of their operations.

The Social Services Agency presented to the joint health and social services committee earlier this year, some research that had been done to potentially look at options for increasing the bednight rate.

And then with the Measure W opportunity, our teams have been talking together to think about how we can do two things.

One is in the immediate term work with the shelter providers for this fiscal year, and you know, and potentially a little bit longer, to augment their current contracts with the Social Services Agency to help you know bridge any cost gaps or service gaps, and then uh over the course of the next year working with our teams as well as with community providers to transition the administration of those emergency shelters to the uh AC Health Housing and Homelessness Team, and also to incorporate them into there's other shelter standards work that we're doing, which a large chunk of it is to infuse the experience of people with lived experience.

And so the intent is that by January 2027, we would come back to the board uh with that transition uh completion as well as new shelter standards that would incorporate the emergency shelters into the larger HH shelter system.

Thank you, and just one more question.

Uh, from the measure WRFP that went out some months ago.

I know there's about 300 new shelter beds coming online.

When will those contracts come to the board?

Uh we anticipate some of those being able to start early next year.

Uh, and so in the next couple of months and at the latest early January 2026, you should see those.

Is that the current emergency shelter providers have been working under shelter standards since 2017?

So they have been monitored since that time based on a shared agreement of the shelter standards that everyone signed off on.

First, thank you both for working in partnership.

I found this board letter extremely comprehensive and thorough.

I'll just ask that when it comes back to us in the future for any updates.

If we could please highlight specifically, Director Ford, your team was instrumental last year in initiating a one-time grant to prevent shelters within our county from closing.

That was a very important stopgap measure and just want to flag that when we got the update for the home together plan over a year ago, that's really when we started discussing publicly the need to analyze the bed shelter rate.

So I think we don't always give ourselves credit when we do great work here in the county.

So just want to make sure that those efforts are also captured in the background and context of this policy.

And clarifying question is the contracts that are currently housed under SSA, those are going to move over to housing and homelessness services.

Yes.

So the two departments, AC Health and Social Services, have given ourselves through January 2027 at the latest to move them over.

So we'll be working together in the interim.

And the standard kind of operational procedures and best practices, are these unique to the current shelters?

Is there any type of overlap or discussion with our probation department in terms of those same standards?

I will let Jonathan or Anika respond to that.

Yeah, I might ask Jonathan to raise his hand if he's available.

Jonathan Russell, welcome.

Hello.

Thank you so much.

Some reason my uh cameras not showing up as an option.

But yes, uh, while my understanding, Supervisor Marquez, is that these um standards as such specifically apply to those that are funded through uh by the county uh SSA contracts, though we do work closely and are continuing to have similar conversations about a more integrated model with our probation partners.

Uh and those contracts have uh, to my understanding, those that they manage directly have very similar expectations in terms of the services that are offered, but they are transitional housing sites, which is a bit different uh than emergency shelters in terms of the model of service.

So there are not necessarily, to my understanding, using the same uniform emergency shelter standards, but similar standards of care with a little bit more target on the uh the current target population and referral pathways that probation uses for those uh 200 or so beds.

But what I'm hearing is you are in communication and coordination with the probation department, so that's that's positive to hear an AirChief Fords here.

If you'd like to chime in, you're welcome to do so.

I just want to confirm with what Mr.

Russell just said.

We don't have any contracts for uh emergency shelters, all of our housing is transitional services, but does have an elevated standard of care than those that are uh emergency shelters.

Thank you for that clarification.

Are there any other questions or comments on this item?

Okay.

Seeing none, we'll move to item 47, which happens to be the same representatives.

So welcome back.

Um, I think we're gonna have questions for the two of you, so don't go far.

Um, Supervisor Fortana Bass, do you have questions or would you like me to go ahead?

Um others can go for me.

I just have comments.

Okay.

Um, so this is uh follow-up to just last Tuesday.

Uh so I just wanted to thank everyone.

Um, the presentation last week was expansive.

Um, everyone involved with providing these recommendations in the framework, um, just phenomenal work, just really pleased and the progress uh we are making.

Um, I do have some clarifying questions with respect to food insecurity.

We've done a lot since June with respect to that, and I am gonna ask if our director of social services could please provide a memo to the board of supervisors within a couple weeks, just giving us an overview of what we've done since June because there's um I'm just gonna call out we allocated $500,000 for food recovery.

Um, that was uh in in advance of us adopting our budget, and then now with the Measure W discussion, we've talked about funding for the food bank, senior mills.

Um, there's just been a lot of investment going back into the community, and I just want to make sure we're clear on all those different pathways, and also just want clarity with respect to which of those funding are gonna go out in RFP, or are we backfilling what's existing?

So just want clarity around that.

Supervisor Marquez, did you want us to do a brief presentation on item 47 first, or do you want to get the response to your question and then we can do an overview so you understand what your presentation would be great if that's too and you said I'm sorry, what was the date?

On item 47, which is in terms of the food service.

We can I want to go through the actual recommendations that you're considering both on 47 and then we'll need to go back to item 20 as well to take an action.

Okay.

Yes, we'll hear the presentation.

Thank you.

So item uh 47 is a follow-up to your board's uh work session last week, but also a follow-up to numerous discussions, public hearings uh and deliberations on the part of your board since June related to Measure W.

So just to put that in perspective, just to recap, uh, you know, your board adopted guiding principles, you would adopted a framework, you adopted an allocation formula, and basically two buckets of funding home together as well as Essential County Services Fund.

So just to put this back into perspective, we are estimating over the life of Measure W, 1.83 billion dollars, and based on your board's allocations to date, 1.4 billion would go to the Home Together Fund and 258 million to the Essential County Services Fund.

In addition, you have established a prudent reserve of 170 million dollars.

The focus today and your discussions the last few weeks has been on the essential county services fund, and your board has approved investments of 75.3 million dollars in the current year, one-time capital investments of 39 million, one-time immediate known needs of 25 million, and one-time supplemental allocations that your board provided direction to staff at your work session last week, and that's what is before you today.

And just to provide a little bit more detail on the 75 million, uh that includes um the supplemental allocations that your board approved last week for interim coordination of immigrant and refugee services.

That's additional 450,000 for the Social Services Agency.

Senior Services Coalition Meals, you approved an allocation of 1.7 million.

Uh you also approved an additional allocation of 8.3 million for the Alameda County Community Food Bank for procurement and distribution of food, as well as designating 500,000 to provide support services targeted for the IDD community.

So that's a total 10.950 that your board added to the 25-26 allocation for essential services.

Those were essentially financed by the remainder of the flexible contingency pool that we had built into the essential services fund of 1.9 million.

And you also reduced the one-time carryover for the Essential Services Fund by $9 million dollars.

So that's how you finance the additional almost $11 million dollars.

And then to recap again, the total allocations that your board has approved for 2526 from Measure W proceeds for essential services, capital investments of $39 million, immediate known needs of $25 million, and the one-time supplemental allocations before you today of almost $11 million dollars for a total of $75 million.

That leaves almost $15 million of one-time carryover, as well as your estimated receipts going forward from Measure W that your board has allocated towards Essential Services, which is 20%.

We're estimating $34 million per year.

So the recommendation before you today is that you approve the allocation of the additional $10.95 million, as enumerated on the slide, as well as direct the Social Services Agency and Alameda County Health Agency to solicit provider proposals with composite budgets identifying all revenue sources and funding uses uses, negotiate contracts or amendments as appropriate, and return to the board for approval.

Thank you.

Are there any other clarifying questions?

Supervisor Marley.

Yes, thank you.

Yes.

So with the food piece, how does that play into SNAP?

With the food with the food allocations, how does that play into SNAP with the um with the uh shutdown?

Um those allocations are not related to SNAP at all as it relates to the federal shutdown.

Say that again.

They're not related to SNAP as it relates to federal shutdown.

Um they're separate from the federal shutdown.

Okay.

Are we responding to that?

Are we contemplating responding to that?

We are.

Um again, Andrea Ford, agency director for social services.

Um, last Friday our agency met with staff from the food bank to see how um the two of us can respond to the community in terms of meeting food needs because of on the federal shutdown.

So for the record, I will read a little background.

Um, California received notice from the federal government that it does not have sufficient funds for November 2025 CalFresh benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

CalFresh benefits are funded for the month of October 2025.

However, November 2025 benefits will be delayed.

Mass communication messaging about the delay in CalFresh benefits has been deployed and has included posting notices, the social services agency office waiting rooms, our public website, our social media that's in progress, text and email messages to CalFresh recipients, email announcements sent to community partners, and a newsletter was published for all of our staff, mitigating the negative impacts as a result of a federal shutdown.

In an effort to mitigate the negative impacts of CalFresh recipients delay and receiving their November Cal Fresh Food benefits.

The Alameda County Social Services Agency has partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Again, the partnership has been a long time, but for this purpose on Friday, those conversations began to provide free food distribution pop-ups at Alameda County SSA office locations.

The plans are still in development, but the tentative plan at this time is that the free food distribution pop-ups will be located at the North Oakland Enterprise, Eastmont, and Hayward Self-Sufficiency Centers.

Each office will hold free food distribution days two times per week.

The agency staff will volunteer at each food distribution site, and the food bank will support with food deliveries, setup, takedown, and logistics.

For the Livermore and Fremont offices, our agency staff will provide direct referrals to the food bank home grocery deliveries and referrals, helpline, and food now food now.net for individuals in need of food assistance.

Clients calling into our call center in need of food assistance will also be provided with direct referrals to the food bank, home grocery deliveries and referrals, and the Alameda County Community Food Bank helpline.

Okay.

Thank you.

Because I wanted to make sure we distinguish between the action we're taking today with Measure W and the emergency that's been produced as a result of the shutdown, of which, you know, both parties I think have culpability.

You know, both political parties I think have culpability regarding the shutdown.

But um, are you going to need additional augmentation?

Are we good?

Um, as I speak today, we're good.

Okay.

I do want to thank the food bank for stepping up as quickly as they did.

Again, the conversations began last Friday.

And as of today, Tuesday, October 28th, we've accomplished a lot together.

Okay, all right.

And then to the county administrator.

So with the um the action the board will be taking around Measure W today, the 75 million or thereabouts, which is really fantastic.

The staff will be coming back with a five-year strategic plan on how we will look at consideration for additional measure w monies over the next five years.

Yes, we'll be uh conducting a needs assessment as well as developing a five-year strategic plan to bring back to your board in the first quarter of 2026 is our goal, so it can be incorporated as part of your budget for the next fiscal year.

And then any funds that are above and beyond what's projected per year from the sales tax, that's gonna go back into the reserve or is that going into the um the home together?

So the board adopted a policy that any actual year-end receipts in excess of the budgeted projection would revert to the home together fund.

Home together, okay.

All right, just wanted to refresh my memory and make sure the public is aware of all that too.

So I think it's I think this is really good work, and once again, I'm just very thankful that we have Measure W so we can allocate uh resources as a result of um the crisis that we are uh facing.

Um I mean it's an unfortunate crisis, and as I said before, um I'm just you know, I was kind of pissed at um the taxpayers' association for delaying this, but you know, the Lord works in mysterious ways, and this has worked well for us.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Fortunatse.

Thank you, Chair Marquez, and uh thank you to our staff and to everyone who's been working on this essential services fund.

It's really critical to address the needs of our community.

I wanted to speak to um two of the allocations in the fund.

The first one is related to immigration, and so I certainly support the 450,000 dollars that's being allocated for interim staff to coordinate our immigrant and refugee services and appreciate the role of our social services agency in leading that work.

Um I also wanted to share that um, you know, last week was a really challenging week.

I went to and participated in a know your rights training just on Sunday, and the amount of fear and trauma has really escalated because of the roller coaster that we were on last week.

Uh I am very grateful that uh border patrol was called off and the escalated ICE enforcement was called off.

However, we know that because of the brutality of this current federal administration that ICE is still in our communities and we have to remain vigilant.

Um, so I do want to make sure that I thank our communities for being so incredibly courageous, resilient, and committed to keeping our communities safe.

And certainly the 450,000 that we will be allocating today is critical to making sure that we've got some interim staffing to support the community-based organizations that are doing rapid response, community organizing and deportation defense, and also paving the way for the work that Supervisor Marquez is leading around creating the Office of Immigrant Affairs in the future.

Um I also wanted to share that our next Act for All meeting, Alameda County Together for All is on Thursday, November 6th at 3 30, and I'll be bringing two items to our committee meeting to make sure that we're continuing to be a leader for our immigrant and refugee communities.

The first is to create a response plan for immigration enforcement activity, and then the second is a policy that would restrict the use of county-owned and county controlled properties for immigration enforcement.

So I look forward to those future conversations.

And then secondly, I certainly appreciate the additional allocations that we are making for food security.

I think everyone will agree that food is a basic human right.

Nobody should go hungry, especially our most vulnerable populations.

And now more than ever, we are certainly in a food crisis.

Just to put this in context, one in four residents in Alameda County is food insecure, and that's 400,000 individuals.

And while the demand for food assistance was very high during COVID, the demand for food assistance now is even at a higher peak, and we no longer have the federal pandemic dollars to support food security and food assistance.

And I think our staff were doing the research to look into how much federal funding we will lose because of HR1, the federal budget bill, as I understand it, it could be as much as 70 million dollars annually in CalFresh benefits.

And we know that certainly with this government shutdown and on Saturday additional money not going into people's debit cards that 170 vulnerable Alameda County residents are going to be impacted.

So that's CalFresh, and you know, we are also hearing that WIC, which is the food nutrition program for low-income pregnant women and their children, that may also run out in the future.

So I am very grateful to be working with our food justice advocates to make sure that we're meeting this moment and very grateful to this board for stepping up.

And so while the 10 million dollars that we are allocating was with the intention of meeting the moment because of the federal bill HR 1, I know that the food bank is already procuring additional amounts of food, knowing that this money is coming from us and additional money from the state and already activating their network of trusted community-based organizations with SSA in order to distribute and deliver food.

So I want to thank everyone who's been advocating and those who have come to our meetings, especially the Alameda County Community Food Bank and more than two dozen organizations, because at the end of the day, we have to build a food system that will not just meet this crisis but really be a much stronger food system to care for our residents who need food the most.

Our children, seniors, the in-house, immigrants, families, and other vulnerable community members.

So it's very significant that we're passing this allocation while we continue to look at and forecast what the true impacts of this federal budget and this administration will be over the next five years.

So thank you to my colleagues and to everyone who's been advocating.

Thank you, Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

I will also echo in thinking first and foremost the voters of this county.

We would not be able to reinvest these funds into our community if we didn't have their support.

So I take that very seriously.

We have a responsibility to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the Home Together Plan, as well as being responsive to new trends.

Unfortunately, last week was extremely challenging with the elevated threats of increased ICE enforcement in our community as well as border patrol.

So what we learned from that is we need to remain prepared and responsive and vigilant, and I just want to publicly thank our department heads.

I've seen a tremendous amount of cross collaboration.

That's what we need right now to not work in silos, to communicate and come up with effective solutions to meet the needs of so many of our vulnerable communities that are under attack with this federal administration.

So really want to thank everyone that had a role in this presentation and just uh echo the comments with respect to the interim positions for the Office of Immigrant Refugee Affairs.

Thank you.

Thank you for that.

We definitely need logistics coordination, a convener to work with our coalition partners, which we've already identified funding and supported up to $7 million dollars.

So just very impressive work in terms of really meeting the moment of what our residents need here to feel safe, a sense of belonging, and to equip them with the services that they need.

Um, just want to make a comment last week for those that didn't watch the work session.

My office is working closely with philanthropy.

We've secured a hundred thousand dollars to advance a study so that that can provide recommendations to the board of what the future office of immigrant refugee affairs will look like.

That study will analyze surrounding Bay Areas as well as offices in Southern California.

It will also have a component for community engagement.

The details of that proposal are still being worked on, and at this time I can't disclose where the funding is coming from, but we will be doing that soon.

But just want my board to know that we're working carefully to leverage outside funding just so we can continue to work collectively with one another.

So again, huge kudos to everyone who played a role in this.

Um, my only ask is just a little more detail in the future with respect to everything we're doing with respect to food insecurity because it is so much to track.

I'm clear on everything else, but just want to see uh a document that clearly illustrates what we've been doing since June.

But thank you for your leadership, thank you for the partnership with the food bank, and thank you for all the advocates that have come and spoke in public comment, sent emails.

There's been a high level of engagement, so really just proud of our ability to be responsive.

So thank you.

Um, I think we can now take the roll call vote for unless you want to add something, go ahead.

Okay, I did.

I just wanted to thank you, Supervisor Marquez, Supervisor Fortunately, and Supervisor Miley, President Halbert, and his absence in Supervisor TAM and the county administrator for your leadership and helping us to see this through.

Um, a lot of crisis that's happening right now, so your leadership is very important.

Just want to say that publicly since we're putting things on a record today.

So thank you.

Thank you.

We are modeling, we can work together and get things done.

So a lot of issues coming at us, but um we I we're all up here committed to be responsive to our community.

Um, so with that, we will call for the roll call vote.

And if I'm clear it's for item 20 and 47, is that correct?

Okay, is there a motion to move the items?

So, and just so we're clear, we're moving item 20 and 47.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor TAM, excuse Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Fortunato Bas.

Aye, President Halbert, excused.

Yes, we're gonna take a five-minute recess.

We're gonna come back to take up our ordinances, and then we'll recess again.

And we have a set matter at one o'clock, and then a special meeting at two o'clock.

But for now, we will take a five-minute recess.

We'll reconvene at 12 35.

So seven minutes.

Recording in progress.

Okay, everyone, I'm gonna reconvene this meeting.

Welcome back, everyone.

Can we please have the roll call?

Supervisor Marquez present.

Supervisor TAM, excused, supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bas.

Present.

President Halbert, excuse.

We have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

We're now gonna take up our ordinances.

Your first ordinance is item seven, an ordinance amending chapter 2.68 of the Alameda County Administrative Code to revise requirements relating to the behavioral health advisory board.

Move towards balance of the full second reading move for the adoption of the ordinance.

I'll second.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor TAM, excuse Supervisor Miley.

Aye, Supervisor Fortunato Bas.

Aye.

President Halbert, excused.

Item 42 is the second reading is salary ordinance amendments.

An ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2024-2025 County of Alameda salary ordinance.

With the way the balance of the full second reading, move for the adoption of the ordinance.

Second.

Please have the roll call vote.

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor TAM, excuse, Supervisor Miley.

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunately Boss.

Aye.

President Halbert, excused.

Item 50 is the first reading of ordinances related to the County Fire Code and making them consistent with the 2025 edition of the California Fire Code.

An ordinance repealing the Alamina County Fire Code, Chapter 6.04 of Title VI of the Ordnance Code of the County of Alameda, enacting a replacement Alameda County Fire Code as Chapter 6.04 that adopts the 2025 California Fire Code and makes amendments thereto, making findings supporting the amendments, and finding this ordinance to be exempt under the California Environmental Equality Act.

We have balance of the full first reading and move for the introduction of the ordinance.

Second.

Thank you.

Can we have the roll call vote?

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor TAM, excuse.

Supervisor Miley.

Hi.

Supervisor Fortunatabas.

Aye.

President Halbert, excused.

Item 67 is with is your board sitting as the board of directors of the Alameda County Fire Department adopting first reading of the same ordinance.

An ordinance repealing the Alameda County Fire Code, Chapter 6.04 of Title VI of the Ordinance Code of the County of Alameda enacting a replacement Alameda County Fire Code as Chapter 6.04 that adopts the 2025 California Fire Code and makes amendments thereto, making findings supporting the amendments and finding this ordinance to be exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act.

Second.

Thank you, roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor TAM excuse.

Supervisor Miley?

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunately Bas?

Aye.

President Hubbard, excused.

Thank you.

So that concludes our ordinances.

We are going to go into recess and come back at 1 p.m.

for our set matter.

And after a set matters, we will take up public comments not on the agenda.

Depending on how many public comments we have, we may have to limit the talking time to one minute because we have a special meeting at 2 p.m.

Thank you.

We're in recess.

Recording in progress.

Good afternoon, everyone.

What do I want to say?

Roll call, yes.

Thank you.

Supervisor Marquez.

Present.

Supervisor TAM, excuse.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bas.

Present.

President Halbert, excused.

We have a quorum.

Thank you so much for your patience, everyone.

A lot of moving parts today.

We are now gonna start our 1 p.m.

set matters.

We have two items, item number 77 and 78.

The first item 77 is presented by President Halbert to proclaim November 11th, 2025 as Veterans Day.

I want to thank Supervisor Miley, who has agreed to read the proclamation.

So I'll now turn it over to Supervisor Miley.

All right, thank you.

So it's my pleasure to read this uh proclamation in recognition of Veterans Day.

Whereas each year on November 11th, Alameda County commemorates Veterans Day to pay tribute to the honorable legacy and sacrifice of our veterans who selfishly served in our nation's military to defend our cherished freedoms and way of life, whereas the observance of Veterans Day began over a century ago as Armistice Day to recognize the Patriots who stood on the front lines of freedom and kept the light of liberty shining bright around the world.

And whereas 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which more than 400,000 American service members and an estimated 65 million people worldwide died in conflict.

Well, while untold millions of people loved and worked to support their patriotic endeavors.

Whereas the national theme for Veterans Day 2025, service to our nation recognizes that the willing service of ordinary people, supporting the liberty we all cherish, it involves many sacrifices, whether those be the wounds, both visible and hidden, received in battle or the strain of serving far away from home and family.

Whereas, as honored and respected citizens, the more than 42,000 veterans living in Alameda County have learned the value of service, of dedication, and of discipline, and know the worth of life and liberty.

We have found in our veterans the courage, skills, and determination needed to overcome all forms of despicable threats to the United States and its people.

Are represented in every facet of our community as leaders across the public and private sectors, first responders, and public safety personnel, and employees and employers who drive our economy.

And whereas veterans also face challenges such as post-traumatic stress disorder and homelessness that call on all of us to fulfill our sacred obligations to care for them and their families, directing local resources to help them access essential benefits and entitlements in the years after they return home.

And whereas from November 4th through the 11th, the Alameda County, Alameda County participates in Operation Green Light for veterans by lighting up multiple county-owned veterans memorial buildings in green as a sign of unity and honoring those who have made a measurable sacrifices for freedom.

And whereas Alameda County invites residents to also display green lights in their homes and businesses from November 4th through the 11th as a visible symbol of hope, appreciation, and support for brave veterans transitioning to civilian life while raising awareness of the ongoing challenges they face.

Now therefore be it resolved, Board of Supervisors of this state hereby proclaim November 11th as Veterans Day, urging all residents to honor and express gratitude for the commitment and personal sacrifices of our veterans and to participate in Operation Green Light, signed by all five of the county supervisors.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley.

Do we have a representative that would like to speak to accept the proclamation?

We have Anthony Simpson.

He could come up to the podium here.

Welcome.

Good evening.

I didn't mean to talk so loud, but I am a Marine, and I'm a proud one.

Again, thank you for supervisors for acknowledging veterans on this special day and forgiving us this proclamation.

My name is Anthony Simpson as they introduce me, and I am a proud Marine of 24 years of military service to include the Marine Corps.

The Army as well as the Air Force, as of today, marked my first anniversary asher County Veterans Service Officer.

And I like to thank the board for giving me the opportunity to serve those who serve in my capacity and with your help and your leadership.

We have provided outstanding services to the veteran of the, or should I say the 42,000 veterans in the county of Alameda?

And every day, me and my team, along with the leadership of Mrs.

Ford and her team has allowed me the liberty to do so.

I engage in providing that service through outreach program and providing the best quality training from our veteran service officers to assist veterans as well as their dependents and surviving spouses.

Our job is simply to assist those veterans with obtaining benefits from the Department of Veteran Affairs as well as California Department of Veteran Affairs.

We ask that every person in here who knows a veteran, that we're located at East Mont Mall.

If you know a veteran, send them our way, because we want to ensure they get the benefits that they so rightfully earned as well as deserved.

I want to express my gratitude to the board for this important announcement as well as recognition.

Veterans Day for veteran like myself should be celebrated, not just so nobody.

Again, thank the thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you for every veteran, veteran service member, for being able to sacrifice along with us.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Simpson, for your service and for your ongoing leadership in serving other veterans in the county.

We really appreciate your work.

Thank you so much.

Before we take a photo, do we have any public comments on this item?

There's one speaker.

Okay.

Mary Roberts.

Good afternoon.

My name is Mary Roberts.

I come from a military family, and I support the proclamation to honor our veterans who serve to defend our freedoms.

Our veterans and all members of the armed forces took an oath to support and defend the U.S.

Constitution.

They also swore to obey the orders of the President in accordance with the Code of Military Justice.

That second part compels me to speak today because the actions of the president put our military in moral and legal jeopardy.

They must obey all lawful orders, and they must not follow an unlawful order, one that violates the Constitution or federal or international law, or directs them to commit a crime, such as harming civilians or torturing detainees.

The president continues to show his utter disregard for the law and the rights guaranteed by our Constitution.

He sends armed masked agents to pull people off our streets, pull children from their bed, send people to detention camps, depriving them of legal protection from unlawful or arbitrary detention.

He uses our military to literally blow people out of the water, causing service members to act as judge, jury, and summary executioners.

He shows contempt for truth with constant disinformation and outright lies.

You are the governing board of our beautifully diverse county, home to over 42,000 military veterans.

You must speak out.

Adopt resolutions that call out what is happening and call on Congress to do their job to honor their oath, to not allow a wannabe dictator to destroy our democracy as he's destroyed the People's White House.

Go on record to support the principles our veterans sacrificed to defend.

At a No King's Day event, an elderly man wore a U.S.

veteran hat and held a sign that read, I served to defend democracy, not fascism.

Words are important and formal words by elected officials.

Thank you for your comments.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Simpson.

If you could please join us, we'd like to present the proclamation to you.

Okay, thank you, everyone.

We're now going to move on to item number seventy-eight.

This is presented by myself and Supervisor Fortunato Bass, proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month.

And I'll kick it off to my colleague.

Good afternoon, everyone.

As the first Pennai representative on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

My father's from Cebu, my mom is from Mindoro when they came in the 60s seeking economic opportunity, and then my grandparents followed them in the 70s, leaving the country when President Marcos was there as a dictator and was later ousted by the people's power movement.

So it is a real privilege to be sitting here to represent you with my family's history as well as my personal commitment to public service.

So I'm going to read the resolution together with my colleague, and then we'll present our two honorees who serve the entirety of the county.

So whereas Filipino American History Month, observed annually from October 1st through 31st is a time to honor the rich history, heritage, and contributions of Filipino, Filipino, and Filipino Americans in the United States, first officially recognized and celebrated by the Filipino American National Historical Society in 1988.

Whereas October marks not only the arrival of the first Filipinos in what is now the Continental United States on October 18, 1587 at Morro Bay, California, when Filipino sailors known as Luzones Indios came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza, but also honors the enduring legacy of Larry It Leong, a key labor leader in the Delano Grape Strikes, whose leadership along Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement exemplifies the spirit of Isang Bacsac.

If one falls, we all fall.

If one rises, we all rise.

And whereas Filipino Americans are the third largest growing Asian origin population in the United States, this growth reflects a broader trend of increasing Asian populations in California, which is one of the fastest growing racial groups in the state.

Therefore, it is essential to recognize their stories, struggles, and successes as a vital part of the American narrative, including their lived experiences and the vibrant culture they bring that enriches the nation's diversity.

And whereas the East Bay, including Alameda County, has long been a thriving epicenter of Filipino American life, dating back to the early 20th century when the first major wave of Filipino migration began.

This migration included Enciato sponsored students, veterans of the Philippine American War, and Filipino men recruited to work in California and Hawaii's agricultural industries or serve in the U.S.

military.

Whereas the Filipino American labor force evolved alongside the region's economic development from early farm and service laborers to industrial workers to leaders in professional, civic, educational, and public sectors, such as our Alameda County workers.

Today the Filipino American community contributes significantly to every facet of life in the East Bay, demonstrating resilience, excellence, and civic leadership.

Whereas the 2025 theme for Filipino American History Month is From Quotas to Communities, Filipino American Migration and Movement, which honors the significant historical events that have shaped the Filipino American experience, including the 90th anniversary of the 1935 Philippine Repatriation Act and 60th anniversary of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act.

The theme emphasizes the resilience and solidarity of Filipino Americans as they navigate the challenges of migration and the pursuit of belonging.

It also highlights the importance of community organizing and collaboration in challenging unjust systems and expanding opportunities for future generations.

Whereas the Board of Supervisors acknowledges the impactful work of institutions such as the Filipino American National History Society, East Bay chapter, and Filipino advocates for justice for their community leadership among underrepresentative Filipino community members.

In addition, we recognize the Filipino Americans' contributions, reflect Alameda County's vision 2036 by creating safe, livable communities, resilient populations, cultural inclusion, and equity that contributes to economic vibrancy.

Therefore, the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, State of California, does hereby proclaim October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in Alameda County and urges all residents to honor the past, celebrate the present, and support the future of the Filipino American community.

Let us recognize and uplift the cultural, artistic, economic, and civic contributions of Filipinos locally, nationally, and globally.

And our office are proud to, our offices are proud to recognize two organizations that serve the entire county.

My office and the Board of Supervisors proudly recognizes Filipino Advocates for Justice, or FAJ.

FAJ serves 200,000 plus Filipinos in the East Bay through offices in Oakland's Chinatown and Union City, advocates for immigrant worker and civil rights, and is committed to helping the most vulnerable navigate life's challenges and hurdles, particularly at risk middle and high school age youth, low wage workers, newly arrived immigrants, and the undocumented.

And on a personal personal note, I wanted to say that I proudly volunteered with FAJ as a young activist in my 20s and worked in the same building, the Asian Resource Center in Oakland, Chinatown.

And I'm proud to call the founding executive director, Lillian Gallego, a mentor of mine.

And I'm also proud that my daughter, when she was in high school, participated in FAJ's programs.

Given that Saturday was Larry It Lee Yong Day.

I also wanted to lift up Larry It Liang's resident, lift up Larry Littleyong's legacy as a champion of the farm workers movement and labor leader and as a civil rights advocate.

And I think it's also very fitting that his work brought together the Filipino community and the Mexican community in the agricultural fields.

And it's really important as we think about what multiracial solidarity is needed today.

And then lastly, FAJ is also a part of one of the county's core partners, ACUDIER, which is organizing in our immigrant communities to make sure our immigrants and refugees know their rights and are organizing in their workplaces, their neighborhoods, and around mutual aid.

And I would be remiss if I didn't also recognize there are many, many Alameda County employees with Filipino backgrounds and heritages and want to also appreciate our employees on this day.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Fertonobas.

District 2 and the Board of Supervisors proudly recognizes the Filipino American National Historical Society East Bay chapter, chartered in 1991 and serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties for its leadership in preserving and promoting Filipino American history and culture through research, publications, exhibits, and community engagements, FANHS East Bay advances understanding, appreciation, and education of Filipino American heritage and played a pivotal role in the national recognition of October as Filipino American History Month.

I also want to just thank the leaders of that group.

I've known them for many years, joined them at Eti Long Middle School this past Saturday, where they brought the community together.

They provided an amazing cultural experience in terms of dance, spoken word, food, artisan.

It's just really incredible to see the fact that you consistently bring the community together.

You're also very involved with Sister Cities.

I've seen you expand beyond Union City.

You truly are countywide, not only in Alameda County, but in Contra Costa County.

And as my colleague said, now more than ever, we need to be more united as a community.

And so thank you to the elders and the organization for being our role models, our examples.

We look up to you, we aspire to be open-minded and have the heart that you have.

So we want to recognize you and we're going to ask you to join us down.

We're going to take a photo.

We have some gifts that um our teams have put together that we'd like to present to the two organizations.

So let's give them both a huge round of applause.

And before we do that, I can get ahead of myself.

Would you like to do public comment first from the representatives?

Yes.

Why don't we have the representatives from the organizations being honorable?

Hear from you first before we continue?

Welcome.

You could come up as a group, and you don't have two minutes, you could take as much time as you like.

Welcome.

Well, that's great because my speech is about three hours long.

You do have a two o'clock to say.

Behind me are members of Fonds, and uh we have Dr.

Rojas.

We have Tessie, um, trustee Pat Irvy, Fremont Commissioner Burt, and uh Dennis LaFlamme behind the camera.

So good afternoon.

Thank you so much for doing this.

It's really a wonderful proclamation.

So we really, really appreciate what you're doing.

On a theme, our theme this year is from quotas to communities, as you mentioned, Filipino American migration movement.

As we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1935 Repatriation Act and the 60th anniversary of the 1965 immigration and naturalization act, we reflect on the laws that sought to limit our presence, yet also shaped our journeys of resilience, solidarity, and community building.

From exclusionary quotas, the thriving communities, Filipino Americans continue to transform the meaning of migration by turning movement into memory, struggle into strength, and history into a living legacy.

We honor these historical milestones.

It's a good time for us to reflect on how far we've come and how much work remains.

Again, thank you for being an ally in uplifting our ancestors' stories and standing in solidarity with all immigrant communities as we move closer to future, to a future rooted in equity, remembrance, and better opportunities for all.

As you know, as early as the 1700s, Filipino sailors and manila men who jumped shipped in the Louisiana bayous, intermarried with African American, Spanish Canary Islander, and Cajun women in Louisiana, creating some of the first multi-generational African Filipino American families.

Today we were supposed to have Vanji Ruell, one of our Fonds members, she's 93 years old.

She was at the Saturday's event.

So I think she's a little bit tired from last Saturday.

She is our she was one of our co-founders of Fonds, East Bay, and was president from 1991 to 2007.

She was also one of the former national trustee.

Welcome, Peter, Mr.

Buffette, uh for France.

She is a perfect example of a Filipino shared hit with shared history with other ethnic groups.

Her mother was Filipino African American descent through her father.

Banji's maternal grandfather was an American Buffalo soldier, so lots of shared history.

And let's not forget the Filipino workers known as Sakadas, who were recruited by the Hawaiian Sugar Plantation Association to work on the Hawaii's sugar plantations from 1906 to 1946.

The Oahu sugar strike of nineteen ten twenty saw thousands of Filipino and Japanese workers unite against the plantation workers, owners.

I'm sorry.

Philippino American experience and history with our brothers and sisters goes on.

It's important that we continue to work together, as I've heard you're doing, to uplift our community.

Thank you for recognizing that.

We really appreciate it.

Let's give a huge round of applause to fans and want to welcome Trustee Peter Profetti.

Thank you for joining us.

And next we'll hear from Filipino advocates for justice.

Also, just like I think many folks, uh, my journey with Filipino Advocates for Justice started in twenty ten um when I was in college and I had the honor of coordinating the annual Filipino Youth Conference, where I met Chris Kara and um in Union City PYC.

So uh ever since then, um, it's been just come full circle that I'm now here as the board president.

Uh so we we again we want to thank you all for honoring us um with this acknowledgement, as well as we want to thank you, board for your continued commitment um to standing up against fascism and continue to protect and stand up for our immigrant communities.

Uh, FAJ is an intergenerational organization that for over fifty years has been an anchor for the Filipino community in Alameda County and has been a part of so many of our lives, especially um those that are Filipino advocates, um, advocates, activists, and organizers.

And now more than ever, we have a commitment to stand firm in our work of organizing and providing wellness services to continue the legacy of fighting for a world where the Filipino community and other communities um can live the dignified lives they deserve.

And so again, we thank um the Board of Supervisors for this acknowledgement, and we commit to honor our values in Bayanihan, Kapwa, and Makibaka and carrying it forward and continue our fight.

Thank you.

Thank you.

If you could please remain standing, we're gonna take a group photo if that's okay.

If everyone can please join us and we'll present the proclamation and we have some um gifts as well, we're gonna be a little bit more than a little bit of a good thing.

S'y are there any public comments on this item?

There are no speakers.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, I'm going to call this meeting back to order.

Um we have an announcement from the county administrator.

I understand that we will be joined by wait, give me one second.

You guys, um, if we could please um relocate to the lobby.

We want you to still enjoy yourselves.

Have a great time in Mingle.

Thank you.

I understand that Supervisor TAM will be joining your 2 p.m.

special meeting.

So I would like to um request that we continue the items on today's regular agenda that require a four-fifth vote and ask the clerk to record that as well.

I'll read them into the record.

Do we need to make a motion to do that, or we just need to verbally say that's what we're going to do?

To move the four fifths items to 2 p.m.?

So all the items that we did not vote on that required a four-fifth vote will be continued to our 2 p.m.

special.

So let me read them.

I'll read the items into the record just so that we have it.

It's item 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 55, 56, and 66.

Thank you so much.

Um we will now take public comment on items that are not on the agenda.

Um can you tell me how many speakers we have so we could determine?

We have four speakers.

Okay, great.

Let's give them two minutes, please.

Tim, Drew, Francois L.

Cameron, Joe.

You could go out of order if you're ready, please stand up, just get in line.

Sarah Dorman, please line up.

Whoever's ready doesn't have to go in a specific order.

Do I have two minutes?

Yes, you do.

I'm giving everyone two minutes.

I'm prepared for one minute, so you're uh we'll go for one minute.

Um good afternoon, supervisors.

My name is Tim Drew.

I'm a district five resident, retired SAIU 1000 home builder and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

I want to thank the board uh for approving uh Treasurer Levy's ethical investment plan on October 3rd.

As you recall, you also required further review.

Uh in requesting further review, it appears that the board is specifically following the recommendations of one member of the public, Chris Moore.

Well, disregarding a majority of the voices in favor of the ethical investment criteria.

Mr.

Moore's positions are vastly unpopular in my district.

Nothing could make this more clear than the measly 9% vote that Mr.

Moore received in the March 2024 primary election, where Mr.

Moore ranked fifth in his bid to become supervisor for district five.

The person who received the majority of the votes in the primary and who went on to win the election in November is Nikki Fortunato Bas, who represented a majority of the public present at the October 3rd special meeting when she insisted that the ethical investment criteria be adopted by the board and proceed immediately to implementation.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is Francois Long.

I'm an artist, president of district three, uh, affiliate of the district workshop, and as well as a member of uh Isbed Democratic Socialists for America.

I am grateful to you uh for Supervisor Fortunato Bas for your support of the ethical investment policy, as well as your support for the increase of the budget of the SILAP.

I believe that the EIP and Islep belong to the same arc of justice.

Just last week we saw the federal administration threaten to deploy federal troops to the barrier.

Fortunately, that order was rescinded, but ICE has been operating in the region for months here without any without impunity.

Just like I urge the board of Supervisors to implement without any further delay the ethical investment policy as drafted on October 3rd.

Um this would allow Treasurer Levy to ensure and his eventual successor to ensure that our county funds are never used to oppress or brutalize our kin here or abroad.

Make no mistake, the occupation of Palestine and the entire immigrant sentiment are the same the same side of two sides of the same coin.

The companies that enable the infrastructure for either are the same, whether it is Cisco Alphabet or Claire View AI.

It would be obscene that our county would profit from duperization of our neighbors.

Thank you.

Hello, my name is Cameron Joe.

I'm a resident of district three and a member of uh East Bay DSA.

Um, also a Filipino uh Filipino Korean son of immigrants.

And I want to thank you all for adopting the ethical investment policy.

I'm especially grateful for Treasurer Levy, Fortunatabas, and Supervisor Marquez.

Your support for the EIP has shown great principle and bravery.

To Supervisors Halbert, Tim, and Miley, I respect your cautious approach.

I feel that I know all of you.

As close as I can get to be, uh, but it's the finance committee that I don't know.

And on October 3rd, it seemed like no one else knew either.

I wanted to iterate that the finance committee cannot overrule the process that the EIP has been through thus far.

The drafting by Treasurer Levy, having it open to public scrutiny, having it reviewed by consultants and approved by the TOC, and then adopted by the County of Super County Board of Supervisors.

The finance committee can, if the finance committee can undermine this process, I'm afraid of what that means, not just for the local politics of Alameda County, but for America as a whole.

The EIP will be implemented as adopted on October 3rd.

Our immigrant communities are under attack.

The earth is burning, Congo, Sudan, and Palestine are suffering.

Politics have a timeline, but ethicacy does not, and the world is watching.

Hi everyone, my name is Sarah Dorman.

I'm a lifelong resident of Alameda County.

I'm a current District 4 resident, and I've been teaching public middle school for the last eight years here.

Given that it would cost taxpayers 100,000 at least.

This policy was already developed with the help of an outside consultant, and it has already passed your own Treasury Oversight Committee.

So all the steps you set before yourselves at this point are completely redundant and they disrespect the process that you set out for yourselves.

So at this point, no self-respecting consultant is gonna want to review a policy that has clearly already passed a fiscal responsibility check, multiple of them.

So rather than waste county resources searching for some qualified consultant that's willing to be a political pawn and redo work that was already done, the board of supervisors should bring the EIP back to the board to authorize implementation as soon as possible.

If you insist on convening the finance committee, this needs to happen as soon as possible.

In December of 2024, the Board of Supervisors gave Treasurer Levy 90 days to complete the EIP and return it to the board.

But here we are a year later.

You're defying the timeline that you voted on and set for yourselves.

Delaying the policy further makes a mockery of your votes and our trust in you as public officials.

Restore our trust in your integrity and bring the EIP back to the Board of Supervisors to authorize implementation as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Bruce, go ahead.

Uh hello, this is uh Bruce Doogie.

Um I want to thank uh the board for the uh fantastic sidewalks that are presently being constructed in uh on Somerset.

Uh I am a little concerned uh that we are uh maybe not going to get the uh promised uh commute hour bike lanes because I have heard nothing about that from public works.

So uh I'm asking the board please to uh investigate this um uh commute hour bike lanes.

This is something that Supervisor Miley explicitly requested uh in one of the transportation and planning meetings and uh and then and then later uh made the comment that he assumed that was in the project uh when I made a comment, and and then uh the director uh didn't respond to that at all.

So he's just ignoring this idea of putting in commute hour bike lane.

And we know that you can um there's several examples.

There's one in Santa Cruz, there's one in Pleasant Hill, and there's another one in Sunnyvale.

So these are not radical ideas.

Um, and uh we already uh limit parking for uh street cleaning.

So these uh this is um something that we need to get our students to school.

This is uh 3,000 uh students in our high school.

So please uh please confirm the the commute hour bike language.

Thanks.

There are no more speakers.

Thank you all for your public comments.

I'm now gonna defer to Supervisor Miley, who would like to adjourn in memory of Bill Patterson.

Uh thank you, Chair.

So, yes, um.

Recently passed away.

A devoted public servant for over 25 years.

Patterson's leadership shaped East Bay MUD's commitment to equity, public health, and environmental stewardship.

It is with profound sadness that uh the park district, excuse me, the East Bay MUD, acknowledges uh the passing of uh William Bill Patterson, dedicated leader, longtime public servant, and unwavering champion of the East Bay.

You know, Mr.

Patterson served with distinction on East Bay MUD, served with integrity and compassion for over 25 years and was often recognized as the conscience of the district.

He's he thought uh his thoughtful leadership and commitment to equity, public health, and environmental stewardship left an indebable mark on East Bay MUD and the communities it serves.

Uh Mr.

Patterson uh joined East Bay MUD in 1997, representing Ward 6, which includes major portions of Oakland.

Over his decade of service, he became known for his steadfast commitment to ensuring safe high-quality water and uh wastewater services for the uh East Bay residents.

His dedication to public health helped drive policies for lead testing in schools and daycare centers and supported statewide efforts to phase out lead in home plumbing.

Long-time Oakland residents, uh Bill numerous leadership roles on seven member boards, excuse me, no, seven member boards, including president and vice president, was the first African American to serve as board president.

He also served on the board's Upper McCollony River Watershed Authority and the Freeport Regional Waste, Regional Water Authority, where he championed protection of watershed and East Bay Mud's uh water supply.

His leadership was instrumental in advancing policies that prioritize infrastructure resilience, equity workforce development, and environmental stewardship.

Beyond his work at East Bay MUD, Mr.

Patterson was a civic champion in Oakland and beyond.

His leadership with the Oakland and ACP and other community organizations reflected his lifelong commitment to inclusion, access, and public investment that strengthens communities.

And his you know service on East Bay Mud and his service to the community uh definitely enhance you know the quality of life for all of us.

Mr.

Patterson was a constituent of mine, and I knew uh Bill probably definitely more than 25 years.

Um, because you know, Mr.

Patterson was also the head of uh Oakland Park at Rex, and he would often talk about how a number of the um athletes um that became prominent in baseball, uh, basketball, football, and other sports actually came through Oakland Park and Recs.

And Oakland Park and Rex was, you know, um a premier uh organization uh back in the days when he was uh in charge of it and um through Oakland Park and Rec, said a lot of young men and women um were able to you know embrace an uh uh enrichment and go on to be um solid citizens, both uh in Oakland and throughout the county and in our society.

So um, you know, we want to send our our condolences to um be someone that um we will uh miss in Oakland and in this county and uh and once again I do know how he was very very um um adamant and uh strong around water quality and making sure that we all understood that and uh didn't take it for granted.

So thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley, for acknowledging the loss.

Um, my sincere condolences to you for losing a friend and to all of um Director Patterson's loved ones.

Um this meeting is adjourned.

Um we do have a two o'clock meeting that I believe will be starting a little bit late to wait for Supervisor Town.

Thank you.

This meeting's