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Keep cranking.

Yes.

Okay, we will call the meeting to order.

Um, welcome to our uh March uh reparations commission meeting.

Uh vocal.

Commissioner Brazil, Commissioner Barry, President Commissioner Downs, I'm President Online, Commissioner Gardner here, Commissioner Gayden online, onlineer Gaydon.

Hear me now, sorry.

Here, yes, here.

Commissioner Johnson here.

Commissioner Knowles, excused, Commissioner McClernon, excused, Commissioner Sass.

Commissioner Smaller.

Commissioner Triplett, excuse Commissioner Varlack, excuse, we do have a form.

Thank you.

Okay, uh, any public comments, uh, non-agendized items.

I have no speaker.

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry, I have a speaker for you.

Okay.

Uh Eric, welcome on the line.

Hello.

Uh, uh, my name is Eric Sapp.

I'm a friend and former colleague of Jesse Clyde Burleson.

Um, I uh uh, you know, as you will know, um, he was a uh member of this commission, and um uh I would like to um uh convey that um one of his visions was to make sure that the incarcerated populations uh formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated populations vision for reparations um could be determined um by this commission as um valuable input and um one of his uh ideas for that was to do jail visits at Santa Rita to talk with the population there about their ideas uh regarding reparations.

Um I don't know if that this commission has done that um in the past, but if it has it should continue, and if it hasn't, it should explore possibilities of doing that to carry on uh Mr.

Burleson's legacy.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I have no other speakers for public comment.

Uh yes, at the beginning of our um meeting today, we would like to have a moment of silence and recognition for Jesse.

Thank you.

Uh I will like I would like to lift up as well is that we will be having memorial um this Friday uh uh March 20th from 5 to 8 p.m.

at the Albany Community Center.

Um the public is welcome to join in celebration of Jesse's life, as well as the community uh the board of supervisor um has uh issued a memorial commendation, and I'd like to read it here and we'll also be sharing it with his family on Friday.

Uh and it begins whereas the Alameda County Board of Supervisor joins the Alameda County community in one of the passing of Jesse Burles, a respected advocate, organizer, and public servant whose life was devoted to advancing justice, dignity, and opportunity for incarcerated informally incarcerated people from black communities across Alameda County, and whereas Jesse served with dedication as a commissioner on the Alameda County Reparations Commission, where he was the only formally incarcerated commissioner, bringing clarity, lived experience, and moral conviction to the work of confronting historic harms and advancing meaningful meaningful pathways towards repair and equity.

And whereas Jesse Burleson spent 31 years incarcerating California prisons from 1987 to 2018, and after returning home, transformed his life experience into powerful advocacy, speaking openly about the realities of incarceration, prison labor and the challenges faced by people returning home.

And whereas Jesse served as a program manager and policy fellow with legal children, where he worked to uplift voices, rights, and humanity of the incarcerated and formally incarcerated and their family.

And whereas Jesse testified before the California State Assembly and other public forums, appearing in legislative hearings as an advocate and bringing the perspective of directly impacted communities into critical policy discussions about incarceration and justice reform.

And whereas Jesse was a committed member of the incarcerated people's party, uh known as TIP to strengthen civic engagement and political voice for those directly impacted by incarceration and served as the board chair of Diamonds in the Rough, helping expand access to housing stability and supportive services for women and children in need.

Whereas beyond his public service and advocacy, Jesse was a devoted husband and a beloved brother, uncle, and family member whose passion, wisdom, and generosity left an endearing impact on those who knew and loved him.

Now he stands, whereas Jesse stands as a testament to the power of redemption services and collective struggle, and his dedication, his dedication to justice community healing and liberation will continue to inspire the ongoing pursuit of freedom, dignity, and the repair of generations.

Therefore, the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, State of California, does therefore thereby recognize and commend the life, legacy, and service of Jesse Clyde Burlson and extends its deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and the many communities he served.

Very good.

Okay, so um now we we will have a pretty packed agenda.

Um we would like to start with um the framing of the recommendations.

As you know, we have this is such an important period where we will be looking at the recommendations and um summarizing them, prioritizing them.

Uh and so we we are really gonna take our time and focus on this part.

Uh so I will um are we gonna do the minutes?

Oh, we skip that.

Oh, thank you.

Uh yes, we have public um excuse me.

We have a motion to move the minutes.

The move.

Second, uh moved and commissioner Barry.

Okay, follow call.

Commissioner Brazil for approval of the February 11th minutes.

All right, Commissioner Barry.

Aye, Commissioner Dones, Commissioner Gardner, Commissioner Dayton, Commissioner Gore, hi, Commissioner Herskin.

Hi, Commissioner Johnson of Spain, Commissioner Knowles, excuse Commissioner McClendon, all right, Commissioner Sass.

Commissioner Small, Commissioner Tripplett, excuse Commissioner Farland, excuse, willing to prove for Legendary 11, 2026.

I uh for the record, uh excuse my shelf.