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Sacramento City Council Meeting Summary – June 25, 2024

City CouncilTuesday, June 25, 2024
BodySacramento, California
SessionCity Council
DateTuesday, June 25, 2024
StatusFILED
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Thank you, Madam City Clerk. I now call this meeting of the Sacramento City Council

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to order at 206 p.m. Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

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Council Member Kaplan, Council Member Tao, Mayor Patel, Mayor Patel, and

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Monty's will be absent. Council Member Valenzuela, here.

0:37

Council Member Gatta, Council Member Jennings, Council Member Vang, Mayor Steinberg will be absent.

0:43

Vice Mayor Maple, I am here. Thank you very much.

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Council Member Gara, would you please lead us in the landing knowledge and the flood of legions.

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Thank you, Vice Mayor. Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's

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Indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people,

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the southern Maidu, the Valiant planes, the Miwok, and the Putin-Winton people, and the

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people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

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May we acknowledge and honor the native people who come before us and still walk beside

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us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the act of practice

1:24

of acknowledgment and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous people's history, contributions,

1:30

and lives.

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Thank you. Everyone, I join me in the pledge of allegiance, salute, pledge, I pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one

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nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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All right, thank you, Council Member Gara. I want to thank the audience for being here.

1:54

Glad to see so many people here on a 2 p.m. meeting, so thanks for participating in democracy.

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We will now move on to the consent calendar. Do any members have items that they would

2:03

like to pull for discussion or separate vote? I see. Council Member Kaplan.

2:12

Thank you, Vice Mayor, on item 9, I'd like to bifurcate it.

2:17

So items A through E in the motion, which is the motel, keep on consent, and item F, which

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is step up on second, have that for separate discussion and vote.

2:30

And then just want to speak on items 10, 17, and 18.

2:35

Okay, thank you. And then really quickly, Madam City Attorney, your clerk, can we do that

2:41

by effortation? Okay, wonderful. All right, Council Member Towne.

2:46

Item 13, I'd like to pull up for separate vote and also invite everyone on this foundation,

2:53

Sam E's and Capitol College and Career Academy to come up and share what programs and what

2:59

they're doing in the community as well. Okay, so separate vote and discussion, item 13.

3:04

Okay, Council Member Vounzal. I'd actually like to just pull all of

3:08

item 9 for separate discussion and that would be I think preferred. Okay.

3:16

Other members? So item 9. So Council Member Vounzal and Kaplan will have item 9 pulled separately.

3:27

So at this time, we'll take that later and then Council Member Kaplan, if you want to

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speak on items 10, 17, and 18.

3:36

Thank you. Item 10, I just want to thank you. If you see, this is an agreement with

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St. John's Program for Real Change and Weave, which is helping women and families for

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the good work that they're doing as well as finding permanent housing and positive outcomes

3:54

for women and children and getting them off the street. So very supportive of the city

3:59

continuing this for an additional 12 months. I mean, specifically, you have to look at

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it. Over 50% are moving on to positive and with Weave and even higher with St. John's.

4:13

There's 70% that are exiting to positive destinations and that's something to be celebrated

4:18

with positive partners that we have. And then item 17, which is our coordinated

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access system with Sacramento steps forward. I just have a couple questions if Lisa Bates

4:35

can come. Ms. Bates, welcome.

4:40

My apologies. I am pulling up my question. And of course, they didn't make it. But I know

4:59

you and my staff talked earlier and the questions having around, you know, there's been questions

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about implementation of the HMI and some of the missing data. What is, where's the process

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on that and the timeline on getting the gap in the information?

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So the conversation that I had with your staff was around just increasing accountability

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and visibility and transparency of data. And so some of the things that we are working

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on relative to coordinated access system and beyond is one contributing the HMI system

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to a centralized approach that the county is undertaking, the social health information

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exchange. And so that's a exchange where a lot of data is going to be put together for

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purposes of being able to better coordinate access to the various systems of care that

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are happening for clients. So that's one thing that we talked about. We are also in

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the process of getting ready to publish for you additional key performance indicators

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around how different programs are performing, whether they be sheltering programs, housing

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programs, or outreach programs. And that is part of the community standards that you all

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Homelessness██████████████████████████████30%
Affordable Housing████████████████████20%
Community Engagement███████████████15%
Economic Development███████████████15%
Indigenous Acknowledgment██████████10%
Public Safety██████████10%
Summary of Proceedings

Sacramento City Council Meeting

The Sacramento City Council convened on June 25, 2024, to discuss various issues affecting the community, including approval of contract extensions, public comments on city matters, and infrastructure improvements for District 2. The meeting included significant insights from public participants and several key decisions by council members.

Opening and Introductions

  • Meeting called to order by Vice Mayor Maple at 2:06 PM.
  • Council members present: Kaplan, Tao, Valenzuela, Gatta, Jennings, Vang, Maple.
  • Mayor Patel and Mayor Steinberg were absent.
  • Acknowledgment to Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands.

Consent Calendar

  • Several items on the consent calendar were approved without controversy, except:
    • Item 9 was bifurcated for separate discussion at Council Member Kaplan's request.
    • Item 13 was also pulled for separate discussion.
  • Council Member Kaplan expressed support for items 10, 17, and 18 regarding women's services and permanent housing initiatives.

Discussion Items

  • Item 9: Extension of Contracts
    • Discussion on contracts with Step Up on Second, amidst financial viability concerns. Staff will conduct a financial audit of the organization.
  • Item 13: Community Support Programs
    • Discussions featured comments from representatives concerning the funding and operations of local educational and community support initiatives.
  • Janitorial and Security Services Contracts (Item 20)
    • Amendments were discussed regarding janitorial and security service contracts ensuring collective bargaining and prevailing wages for workers.
    • Language changes introduced to protect the interests of unionized workers while balancing needs for event security at city venues.

Key Outcomes

  • Specific amendments passed unanimously addressing compensation and benefits for janitorial and security staff.
  • Direction given to begin work on establishing an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) to address long-standing infrastructure deficits in District 2.
  • Public comments emphasized community needs; requests for infrastructure improvements were acknowledged by the council.

Meeting Transcript

Thank you, Madam City Clerk. I now call this meeting of the Sacramento City Council to order at 206 p.m. Madam City Clerk, please call the roll. Council Member Kaplan, Council Member Tao, Mayor Patel, Mayor Patel, and Monty's will be absent. Council Member Valenzuela, here. Council Member Gatta, Council Member Jennings, Council Member Vang, Mayor Steinberg will be absent. Vice Mayor Maple, I am here. Thank you very much. Council Member Gara, would you please lead us in the landing knowledge and the flood of legions. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the southern Maidu, the Valiant planes, the Miwok, and the Putin-Winton people, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe. May we acknowledge and honor the native people who come before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the act of practice of acknowledgment and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous people's history, contributions, and lives. Thank you. Everyone, I join me in the pledge of allegiance, salute, pledge, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right, thank you, Council Member Gara. I want to thank the audience for being here. Glad to see so many people here on a 2 p.m. meeting, so thanks for participating in democracy. We will now move on to the consent calendar. Do any members have items that they would like to pull for discussion or separate vote? I see. Council Member Kaplan. Thank you, Vice Mayor, on item 9, I'd like to bifurcate it. So items A through E in the motion, which is the motel, keep on consent, and item F, which is step up on second, have that for separate discussion and vote. And then just want to speak on items 10, 17, and 18. Okay, thank you. And then really quickly, Madam City Attorney, your clerk, can we do that by effortation? Okay, wonderful. All right, Council Member Towne. Item 13, I'd like to pull up for separate vote and also invite everyone on this foundation, Sam E's and Capitol College and Career Academy to come up and share what programs and what they're doing in the community as well. Okay, so separate vote and discussion, item 13. Okay, Council Member Vounzal. I'd actually like to just pull all of item 9 for separate discussion and that would be I think preferred. Okay. Other members? So item 9. So Council Member Vounzal and Kaplan will have item 9 pulled separately. So at this time, we'll take that later and then Council Member Kaplan, if you want to speak on items 10, 17, and 18. Thank you. Item 10, I just want to thank you. If you see, this is an agreement with St. John's Program for Real Change and Weave, which is helping women and families for the good work that they're doing as well as finding permanent housing and positive outcomes for women and children and getting them off the street. So very supportive of the city continuing this for an additional 12 months. I mean, specifically, you have to look at it. Over 50% are moving on to positive and with Weave and even higher with St. John's. There's 70% that are exiting to positive destinations and that's something to be celebrated with positive partners that we have. And then item 17, which is our coordinated access system with Sacramento steps forward. I just have a couple questions if Lisa Bates can come. Ms. Bates, welcome. My apologies. I am pulling up my question. And of course, they didn't make it. But I know you and my staff talked earlier and the questions having around, you know, there's been questions about implementation of the HMI and some of the missing data. What is, where's the process on that and the timeline on getting the gap in the information?

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