Sacramento City Council Meeting Summary - July 30, 2024
Good afternoon everyone. The second of the city council will please come to order with
the clerk call the roll to establish a quorum.
Thank you Mayor councilmember capelin councilmember tau mayor pro tem telementes councilmember
valance weila vice mayor maple councilmember gettah councilmember jennings councilmember
vang and mayor steinberg. I am here vice mayor maple would you please
leave us an elanding knowledge been in the pledge allegiance.
Certainly please stand if you are able please rise for the opening acknowledgments in
honor of sacmones indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land
the nesanon people the southern my do galley and planes me walk put one one two people and
the people of the wilton ranch area sacramones only federally recognized tribe may we acknowledge
and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these
ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and
appreciation for sacramones indigenous peoples history contributions and lives.
The remain standing salute and 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.
Thank you very much vice mayor good afternoon colleagues city staff and members of the
public we actually have a relatively brief agenda this afternoon. I don't think there
any reports out of closed session madam city attorney or there's nothing to report
out at this time. Thank you all right let's begin with a special presentation I'll turn
it over to councilmember Kaplan. Thank you mayor well I might have the honor to speak
right now I know I say this on behalf of all of my fellow council members and mayor that
we so appreciate our parks and recreation staff and July is where we get to officially
recognize our parks and rec staff of which this country has done for over 40 years and we
even went further because we like to call ours yipsy which is our youth parks and community
enrichment which I can't think of a better name to truly describe what embodies what the
city of Sacramento's does for our parks and our youth this year's theme is where you belong
and it celebrates the many ways that our parks and recreational professionals foster a sense
of belonging in our communities because there really is power in our parks power in our
youths and power with community enrichment.
A little bit of facts you guys know this well but the public should know this our yipsy team
employees over 1600 individuals serving the mission of empowering our youth strengthening
our neighborhoods and providing life enriching programs for a beautiful livable city of which
you guys really do an amazing job. Our yipsy staff provide daily care and maintenance for
over 235 developed parks pathways open spaces where we have in the city which is over 4,300
acres in our city limits in 2023 alone they supported over 5,000 organized sporting events
in our parks and permitted 475 family and community events on a daily basis they are managing
over 14 community centers 17 aquatic facility city wide so that families and children can
enjoy of all ages in our city. In 2023 as well for our aquatic team they experienced over
100,000 drop in visits to city pools provided over 650 swim classes that resulted in 48
100 registrations employing over 225 youth and were recognized as one of California's top
training providers by the American Red Cross again that cannot be understated we are surrounded
by water and riverways and knowing that people know how to save a life is truly important.
Through our programs such as the Sacramento Youth Commission and summer at City Hall every
year which has been going on for over 11 years this year there were 72 students who participated
who truly understand and embody yipsy it is employing our youth it is talking about the value
of what it is to work for the city as well as community enrichment of what it means to be in
local government. So I am always appreciative as well no offense but we are the city of trees
kind of are and every year our Yipsy staff, Arborist and others and community volunteers truly
the definition of Yipsy we planted 248 trees last year I know we are going to do more I know
my one youth over three different which I think the city so immensely we did 85 trees last year
we are going to try and talk that and do some more but Yipsy's partnership in all areas of
running the city with our youth with our parks with community enrichment for all ages cannot be
understated how important it is to the fundamental of who the city of Sacramento is. So I just want
to thank you and recognize each one of you in your departments for all the hard work together as
a team you guys make it happen I would like to open it up for my fellow council members to say a
couple of words before I call Yipsy's director Jackie Beacham up but Jackie you can come up and
stand up here while you hear accolades from fellow council members. Thank you Jackie.
Oh do you want to hear from Jackie first or oh let's hear from colleagues with every one vice
mayor of course yeah I'll make my comments very brief I wanted to say I can't say anything
better than what councilor Kaplan said but I did also want to additionally give a shout out
to Kirk Cramp who just retired and trek me if I'm wrong I'm a speech him was it 37 years
that is correct 37 years on the job and working in the park community his family a long time
family in and Oak Park and the community so just really want to give him a shout out we're
going to give him some extra love in the future as well but congratulations to Kirk I don't see him here
go ahead Jake go ahead who else council member Valenzuela sorry sorry I feel like we keep
in a few Jackie I just wanted to echo my colleagues comments and say I mean what a privilege it is
every time I get to work with the Yipsy team and you're amazingly I'm looking over here too
Chris Sean's hiding in the corner um but you know I think every time we have a problem to solve
or a project idea or something going on you just always go above and beyond and so I just want to
thank you always look forward to our check ins every month and just yeah I want to appreciate all
the the culture that's clearly in the department of really serving the community and going
doing everything as well as you possibly can and it shows through so thank you council member Jennings
thank you very much mayor our colleague has said it all and I appreciate her for bringing this
forward what I didn't realize in my mind was that there are 1600 employees who do this incredible
work with you under your leadership and so I want to acknowledge them because without them coming
to work every single day doing the work that they do that makes a difference in our community
there would not be a jazz in July there would not be trucks and such it would not be movie nights it
wouldn't be tennis courts and or you know this new game that we play now that everyone loves so much so
all the different things that they do I just want to acknowledge them under your leadership
for the great things they do to make our city one of the best cities in all of the country so I just
want to thank you congratulate you and acknowledge you on this month of recognition for parts and
ricks thank you were memories are made for so many young people but people of all ages and I will
say that my very first job in life was as a recreation aid in the city of Milbury and that's what led
me to become mayor so just kidding but but there is some connection because you're
you're touching lives and and I was in the best part of life actually teaching and inspiring and
so many great things thank you so much all right do we have a resolution
I'll just share what you all said all of my words so I'll keep it brief but my first job was a
lifeguard and I think if you were to ask most of these stuff they're saying behind me it was probably
as a recreation aid or a lifeguard or score keeper for softball or or youth sports coach so
definitely the path that I think we all have chosen and and are here now so you've shared a lot
of the words thank you so much council member Kaplan for bringing this forward thank you mayor and
council national recreation and park association recognizes july as parks and recreation month and
we have not in my time here actually brought this forward to council so thank you for for doing
that work for us tonight there are several members of our leadership team and as we've said over
1600 employees of the youth parks and community Richmond department or Yipsey council our Kaplan
show shared our mission is to empower our youth strengthen our neighborhoods and provide life
and bridging programs for a beautiful livable community and all of that's done through our parks
recreation system so through all of our parks and our parkways and trails and open spaces our community
centers are 17 pools that we have countless recreation programs and classes all of the special
events that happen in our parks especially right now during the summertime our childcare programs
that are happening on school campuses and in our centers community gardens you name it there's
so much more we serve hundreds and thousands of residents on a daily basis people of all ages
all abilities all backgrounds all across the city by providing them access to our safe parks
and recreation system so the theme is this year's where you belong and that recognizes and celebrates
the importance of having access to all of these parks and recreation and youth programs and all
of our trails none of this would be possible without the hard work of our dedicated parks and rec team
we have our park maintenance workers our park rangers that you all are familiar with are planning
and development team some of whom are sitting behind me lifeguards we actually have some lifeguard
and aquatic staff here tonight all of our program staff that are in our community centers and our
summer camps our after school programs mean of your children participate in those programs now
our older adult services programs and access leisure and deafness sports programs
especially events and of course our admin team that really makes it all happen behind the scenes
the list goes on over 1600 employees every day that helped make that happen
so not just this month but every day we celebrate the many ways that our incredible team
really fosters a sense of community and belonging here in the city thank you so much
mayor and council for your continued support it really is a joy for our team to work with you
on a daily basis to bring all of these wonderful opportunities to the community thank you to our
community for visiting our parks and for participating in our programs and most importantly to our
incredible you see team for your service day in and day out I have to say we all do this work every day
because we love it we truly love the work we choose this work we love this profession and we all
find joy I think in serving our community but this team right here is one of the biggest reasons that
I show up to work every day they're like my family and they're the reason why I love my job so much
so I'm so grateful for this incredible team I would not be here if it weren't for them it's really
about the team behind me and those out working in the field so thank you so much
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the consent calendar are there members who would like to either discuss or vote on any of the consent items separately I see vice mayor maple council member tow all right comment on item 11 please
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okay council member tow
comments on item 8
council member cappellan
comments on item 11
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item number 11
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very good
anybody else all right let's hear from the public before we hear from the members of the council I have one speaker on the consent calendar Marbella Salah on item 8
thank you
welcome back
it's good to see all of you
so I'm just here to
in support of
item 8 it is a joint
grant proposal that
and thanks to
Jennifer and
Michele have put together a proposal that includes
garden land
and
the
and Michele have put together a proposal that includes garden land north gate but also north sacri meneau and I think it will be the first that we're coming together to address issues of transportation
this is a say cog ee i grant and the focus of that grant is to build infrastructure
under resource communities and
and provide information and outreach and really address
transportation needs
for garden land we really want to do an in-depth issue in our community to figure out and understand what they would what it would take for them to use
bikes and to walk and to ride public transportation
and we know that the north gate mobility plan exists and
if they've done a wonderful job but this is really to document first sacrogue
what our community is saying and in hopes that
with that information when they come to funding
the needs of north sacri meneau they're going to give us the necessary resources to begin
the implementation of our north gate mobility plan and then the other programs in north sacri meneau that
I know they're trying to address so
I'm very pleased that the city is supporting us and we're doing a joint proposal that
includes north sacri meneau and in addition to that
congressman berra has said that we need to start looking at doing joint projects north
sacri meneau and I'm hoping that this will lead to getting a block grant from him
thank you very much
thank you for your comments mayor i have no more speakers
thank you very much it's here from the members now i've got council member talent item
eight
yes thank you mayor first off i would like to commend
mkelle and Jennifer on working with community groups
for you know district three and two to apply for the expanse
my neighborhood is under
invested and you know i this is
a small grant but it helps with capacity building with trusted messengers
in my community you know cbo's that spend there for 15 20 years
that can really do the work with uh our uh bringing up this discussion on mobility
transportation and it compliments the city's work you know i i know
Jennifer's doing a lot of work on the study of north wood avenue as well as
jupasso boulevard and uh mayor's well road and so this is a holistic
uh the combination of all that work together with these cbo's
cultural mutual assistance and the urban league to really reach out to the community and
uh get their participation get their input so that uh the city can really look at how we
will redesign or rethink uh north sacri meneau moving forward and so uh
yeah uh can't uh excited for this grant and want to thank Jennifer and mkelle
for taking the lead on this okay thank you let's now hear as i'll
hear from uh vice mayor maple on item 11 all by council member camp led and then
council member gitta all right thank you mayor i really just want to
give a shout out to the city managers team and in particular yayin for her
incredible work and the team's work on on this um this is an additional five hundred
thousand dollars um it's going towards a great program um so last year
you as you all remember we approved a four pilot programs that to reduce the
likelihood of displacement and oak park neighborhood and some of the surrounding
neighborhoods um and and address it at a variety of needs everything from home
repaired homelessness prevention and first time first time home by a support
uh and so we're seeing the outcomes of some of these programs now um to date
these programs have sort of four hundred and thirty community members and
expended one million dollars in funding so this is going directly to the
the community to the to some of the areas that are most in need um so this
anti displacement program it provides one time assistance to folks in financial
crisis due to an unexpected life event so we all know what that feels like we
have been there um everything from medical expenses to car repairs
something happens things happen in life and sometimes we just don't have what
it takes to make ends meet um and so this can go to written utility assistance
and and other programs and so it's really it's made a difference in people's
lives truly um and we've heard directly from some of those people in my
office i know some of them have at times come to council um so just really
grateful for the program um it's so effective that we see the need to
allocate additional funds uh because we really want to make sure that we're
keeping people in their homes it's one of the key issues that i heard um
you know on the camping trail a couple of years ago um people were very
concerned especially in the park neighborhood about being displaced out of
their homes not being able to keep up with the rising cost of rent and so on
and we want to make sure that we can keep people in their neighborhood that
they love and they cherish with their neighbors their family their friends um so
just really grateful i'll be supporting this today and um thanks to the team
thank you council member kaplan thanks mayor i just want to piggyback on what the
vice mayor said i think this is just a a small microcosm of what a successful
program um can do that our community members need it's the when we talk about
how we handle or unhoused and and homelessness it's first and foremost starts
with how do we keep people in their house because once they lose it it's so
much harder and so this is just a small example of where we know um
in 18 months at least 85 families have received that assistance because
the the salvation army we've given them that flexibility
what does that family need right then and there for them to stay and in
extension of this means of potential other 50 to 90 families may be able to
stay in their house and not end up on the streets and so i think what's important as we do this
that we're also gathering the data so that we can look at is this the type of program
that while i get where we have budget cuts but where we're looking at how we're spending our money
we are the successful programs because i think something like this with this flexibility
we know has a greater impact than maybe other areas and and using and having that data
we're to invest um and what programs are successful but i just want to say say kudos and thank you
and please keep uh keep the data because i think this is something that we can build on
thank you mr mayor um you know this is an exciting opportunity here to talk about how
the real delivery of the active work that's happened i want to thank my colleagues for voting
in this past allocation for the four programs who are here and uh but i also want to give a lot
of recognition to both community partners and both council members shaneer and mayor
steinberg at the time uh and i who were working to um to get uh some outcomes here and here's a
clear example of how we are putting money directly into anti displacement to homeless prevention
through that conversation and negotiation and even outside of the community benefits agreement
this amount of money was resolved and so it goes to show that you know that the active participation
of our council members with the community is how a lot of this this direct dollars goes out to
make sure that we're doing something more that's more than something that's pro forma more than
just a document it's the actual work of saying hey how can we can how can we get money to the
communities that need it and not only have we seen this month uh the opening of uh in starting to
fill uh one of the housing projects on stockton boulevard uh mercy housing that's a product of
that commitment and and that is on permanent housing uh this is on the uh the the prevention of
housing displacement and what was important about recognizing and we can just say hey this is great
we're getting you know half a million dollars out to prevent uh folks from falling into homelessness
but what's important about the action today is that continued work on every aspect of making
sure that we're securing an opportunity for folks because it's it's not just about the housing
piece but on Thursday and the next following weeks to come uh through the Sacramento Employment
Training Agency we're going to continue the work on the employment side uh and we as we have
been with all the hiring fairs that have happened so not not only on making sure that folks
have uh a safety net but then how do we make sure we increase their wages uh and making sure
that we address the overall impact that happens with the changing needs now housing costs were
increasing already before uh Aggie Square came in and what the what's important to recognize
here as well is that this was a recognition that even with Aggie Square coming in we needed to
take a step forward and address that issue so uh I'm excited about voting for this and getting it
out the door um but more importantly it's been now I think I would say three councils that have
taken an active step in making sure that we make this uh a reality for people in the community
both in district six and in district five I guess I just want to add I'm really glad you called out
this item uh maybe it's uh uh uh uh appropriate time for me now so I'm gonna do my last state
of the city address in September at Aggie Square I thought you were gonna see right now not right now
right now ladies and gentlemen all of you watching no two it'll be short but it'll be at Aggie Square
because I do think that this this investment is part of a larger model for how to achieve
inclusive economic development in all parts of our city and it's a story that needs to not just
be told for the sake of being told but to really think and strategize about how we replicate this
in North Sacramento council member town in other parts of the city on Northgate Boulevard all over
the city because um and yes it's true have the have the anchor of the of UC Davis and the UC Davis
Medical Center but this was not just UC Davis it was the community and you know sometimes
people and stakeholders are at odds about uh about common objectives but different ways to get there
well this was creative tension at its best and an agreement that led to a $50 million trust fund
for affordable housing which ten million is for direct anti displacement efforts of which this
project is now being funded so thank you to the council members and predecessors and uh
and all who helped make this happen and this is just the beginning not just at Aggie Square
but if we do it right in other parts of the city as well thank you
um let's hear we did hear from the public do I have a motion on the consent calendar
moved and seconded um hearing no further uh comment all in favor please say aye
opposed abstain all right well i guess i said this was a relatively brief agenda are there
council ideas and questions um council member valance wela yes thank you i need to make my
ab1234 report that i attended the local progress conference in oakland last Thursday through
saturday i connected with local elected officials from around the country on topics like immigrant
resettlement strategies best practices for housing and other great ideas really from peer
communities across the united states so it was really cool that i hope my colleagues um will
consider going next year and i'll make sure to send you the information so you can join um i
was gonna make a comment about rear city cafe but i do want to just publicly acknowledge
that the mayor statement really covered it and i really want to thank him for his work on on that
over the last few days in a couple weeks really um and then finally i guess i just want to ask
that after the grants past decision i know there's going to be some pretty big changes to the
enforcement protocol that we considered an adopted last July and so i think it would be prudent to
bring forward an update item to the council and the near future about um the enforcement protocol
as it stands so we can discuss and deliberate that as as a body i agree with that i think we want
to report back to to discuss that and understand where this is going okay uh where the where the
city team intends it to go thank you vice mayor maple yes thank you mayor um so two two events
and one really exciting announcement um so this Thursday at 9 a.m. at Thursday the first at 9 a.m
i'll be at the oak park community center doing our um our walk with Katie or with our seniors and
our wonderful yipc staff at the oak park community centers so please come and join us uh
Thursday at 9 a.m. and then this is not until the next week but i did want to announce here so
folks can put on their calendar that the mayor and i will be hosting a district five town hall um on
saturday that august 10th at 10 a.m. that's going to be at sacrameno high school um so please
put that on the calendar and come join us for that wonderful event and the really exciting news that
is not my news but the news of a wonderful organization in in district five law familiar they
announced this week that they incredibly received 17.8 million dollars from an EPA grant for the
greening north franklin project it's really really exciting yeah if you're listening out there
Rachel yes Rachel we also in a law familiar thank you so much for your hard work on this um
especially also i want to thank congresswoman matt zooie for helping make it that's happened this is a
huge deal for district five and a huge deal for franklin boulevard um so this will go towards
things like supporting your local residents and businesses energy efficiency and especially
urban green spaces so for those of you who haven't been down franklin um in the the south
city farms area where the maple neighborhood center is and law familiar is located um you know
that this is a neighborhood that needs a lot of love uh it's an area that needs a lot more um
tree canopy it needs a lot more of everything um and so they have been uh said vastly working on
this for many many many many years in partnership with many of you up here and my predecessor and so
um this is going to be a partnership with them community resource project the franklin boulevard
business association jch research in united latinas um so we'll keep you all posted as everything
moves on but just wanted to send them a special congratulations thank you
thank you that's great and um think do credit to our city too because we made the initial grant
to law familiar which helped get to start it so thank you everybody all right council member
cappellan thank you mayor this friday is our district one a api uh second annual celebration um
we're gonna have live music from the east wind band which is pretty amazing performers and
others who lead dancers so coming out there's going to be food trucks at the north nontomas regional
park as well as uh bounce houses in more so a fun family event and then if you don't like the night
events but you like morning events wake up Saturday morning and come to our farmers market nine
a.m. starts yoga it's gonna actually be a beautiful Saturday morning um and come and join our vendors
and then for those who are residents in roblah the sacramental police department is partnering
with the roblas school district and i know uh i think we council member tao and i donated free
kids bikes to be raffled off to those who attend the event from from roblas schools and then
Tuesday august 6th um we will not be in these chambers but each one of us will be running around our
neighborhoods it is national night out so uh everyone enjoy your community and all the block
parties that are going on thank you council member rick jennings thank you mayor um as many of you
know we had jaz and july in uh in july in the month of july but unfortunately because of the
heat in july many of our concerts got canceled so we are now moving jaz in july to jaz in august
and it's gonna take place on the 16th at garshaven park we're going to have joe mara mara
maza sparrow ban uh and you're gonna take place at 16th from six to eight p.m we encourage you to
bring your chairs blankets family and friends and join us for delicious food trucks that will be
out there and the smooth sounds of joe maza sparrow under the stars under the cooler weather so come
on out and have a good time and jaz in august thank you thank you very much council member van
thanks mayor just have um two announcements one um wanted to announce that this friday um we have
the first e entertainment festival taking place at shasta community park this is one of our
recipients from the city of festival grant and that is happening at shasta park from three to six
encouraging the community to come and join us um and then also just wanted to announce uh that we're
having our annual south sack festival uh that's taking place uh august 24th from 11 to three at vali
high park uh there'll be free activities performances lots of resources so we hope to see you there
thank you so much thank you comes from a baguette uh thank you mayor thank you mayor wanted to
uh make a couple announcements uh this uh saturday at 10 a.m we're gonna do our sack fire open house
with our fire department and our fire at fire station 10 over off of fruit ridge in 66th street at the
fire station 10 that's 5642 66th street and then hope you'll join us for um the opening of the new
bike dog brewing and over uh in um their new location in east sacriamento um on uh the corner of
uh 66th and uh uh full full full symbol of art and that'll be at uh 12 30 to 130 this uh this sunday
august 4th thank you mr mayor thank you council member tau thank you mayor just a couple of
announcement uh of events happening and this weekend in my district uh next level anime group will
be hosting their fifth uh basketball and volleyball tournament and north sacrianoa grant high school
i'm told they they have about 20 basketball teams and 40 volleyball teams youth recreational teams
we will also be collaborative with them to do a uh back to school supply uh for the community with
backpack scooters and household items uh this event will start from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at grant high school
1400 grant avenue um another event happening in our district same day is a talent show hosted by the
strawberry manor neighbor association at 1505 grand avenue uh local talents will celebrate music dance
in community uh august 3rd at 12 noon 1505 grand avenue and then on sunday uh my office is also
sponsoring uh the aphrios in their 22nd annual unity in the community uh community event uh to
promote stop the violence uh featuring live music soul food cookout entertainers uh a a you
you basketball signups uh august 4th this will be at haigwood park 32 71 marisville boulevard from 12 p.m. to
6 p.m. and thank you very much thank you uh mayor proctor um last one um i'll walk with the council
member on thursday at the south of us community center so if you want to get your exercise in
and discuss city hall please join us um and i'm also doing a backpack drive at the south of
member kevin mccarty at north gate park on the fifth and we have a little over 400 backpacks give
away school supplies hot dogs um being grilled by the firefighter donated by the garland north gate
community association and much more so invite families to come join us okay thank you all
colleagues let's now in the meeting with uh public testimony and items not on the agenda thank
you mayor i have nine speakers guide uh get this gentleman as he signed up here he is i'll call
your name as well call your name uh just a moment please thank you guys divison lennett hall
for becker sand of all i think abridel nox
city counten members and uh mayor um i'm here but not to complain i'm here to more address something
last week i was here and i was having lunch with a couple of my deputy sheriff friends over at the
courthouse and this into the building was closed so i decided to walk around that was a mistake
because there's two things that i cannot stand because we don't live in that type of country and
you guys get paid money and that is when you walk around that courthouse it is so polluted
with urine and feces that it smells and when it's hot it intensifies so the only thing i'm going to
say is that i would appreciate and i'm requesting and asking if you guys can address this issue because
the people that work in the courthouse all the people in these attorneys around here they should
not have to smell that and i understand that there's a homeless problem i get that i do get that
but fea you know the feces in the year and they have to stay on top of it because it's really
i don't want to breathe it and i'm sure other people don't want to breathe it so i'm asking you
derroel's steinberg mayor if you can address this to your public works and ask them to at least
spray it down because it is foul it is very very foul and when it's hot oh my god you don't
need to leave how bad it is but thank you and have a great night thank you for yes and i will
Lynette hall
pardon me
sure so gabriel then Lynette and rebecca
good evening mayor and council members my name is gabriel nox you guys probably you guys probably
see me as much as you see my mom Lynette hall i'm here pleading for help on july 28th 2024 my friend
was assaulted by a girl in the neighborhood she has been a problem in my community but also
a community my mom fight so hard for this girl has tried to assault me multiple times some which
has been caught on camera at the old park community center and attack my friend for no reason this
girl has also been caught beating up a elderly woman when she was just trying to protect another
girl from getting assaulted this girl has this girl has also came to my school trying to fight me
and has jumped on me at the old park community center which is the reason why i no longer attended
and when she was asked why she wanted to fight me she said it was because i says something about
her diagram on which i did not she has also assaulted the principal and vice principal at father
Keith becuni and last but not least last year while my mom was hosting the city management academy
where the mayor was speaking she threatened to shoot up the community center in conclusion i
asked for something to be done i shouldn't be scared to walk to the park or even walk outside i'm so
sorry this isn't right and i thank you for coming forward and talking to us we know your family
and appreciate your family and you so much what have you has this been reported to the police
and are they are they investigating this it's all um they said it's a misdemeanor assault she's
been arrested eight times nothing happened so let us follow up with the police chief um we will
and uh and ask for a report and um and see what we can do right that's what we will follow up okay
so uh good evening mayor and council i'm here today as a resident of district five
but more importantly as a concerned mother um i'm usually the one people come to when they need help
but now i'm coming today because i need help over the past two years my daughter has been terrified
to be in a park where we live where my family has been since 1940 this child has been terrorizing
not only other kids but even the elders in the neighborhood i have removed my child for
attending the after-school program and have been able to protect her however on saturday i attended
an event at mcclatchy park which was supposed to be secure and gated but unfortunately we have
janky promoters that we continue giving permits to when we know that they are not doing what they're
supposed to they left after the park open where people could come and go even though this was a paid
event security sat idly by why myself and other people tried to break these kids up this kid was
just beating and beating on my daughter's friend she's never seen my daughter's friend before but
because my daughter was standing next to her and i was standing next to her and i couldn't protect
my daughter or this child the child was also the child of a vendor who had been paying to be a
vendor at the park um i do want to shout out um my benderman from katie maples office who intervened
and was also assaulted in the process this child also attacked him and threw bark and rocks in his
face again security was a part of the problem um it escalated to adults and grown men from o-park
getting involved all because of this kid's fight um and i'm just at my wits end my daughter doesn't
feel comfortable walking to the store and until something is done i will not only not attend any
events in o-park i will not sponsor or have my staff at any invents in o-park because i cannot
protect them so again i'm here asking for help um Lynette i just want to say thank you for
for coming here um i did i saw your facebook post and talked with uh michael benderman on sunday
and on monday and we're in communication with the police department to get behind us so you'll
expect your response from us and i'm just really sorry
you're expected the dees community
and next speaker is rebeca sandavall then william hunt then michael horn
good evening when council district boundaries changed in northgate and garden land were no
longer with these sacramental i had great hopes for better representation one our council person
has been referring to northgate boulevard as lawn northgate this is not saying well with the
northgate community and creates a cultural division the spanish chamber commerce has input
at the input into decision to give four hundred fifty thousand five hundred dollars of our
fund to joshua house these funds were to be used for economic recovery of northgate boulevard
it is concerning that a hospice facility for the homeless will not help with our economic recovery
councilmember talamontis geodial town hall meeting and people attended expecting
in exchange with mistalamontis and instead the meeting was run by the executive director of
this bannock chamber of commerce who spoke about a peabid public business investment district
and lastly garden and northgate neighborhood association has reported joshua house will be open
in september our children returned to school august 20th so please give us an answer to a very pressing
question how and when will the cease bodies be transported three yards from garden valley elementary
school to northgate boulevard so that our children's emotional well-being will not be affected
and got a little bit more time here just want to say that the community and you all know i've been
here a lot and the school district has sent asking for mitigation measures to ensure the safety
are children still no answers to date and with it scheduling to be open and we don't know what to
expect you least that property thank you for your comments our next speaker's william hunt
then michael horn
good evening everyone my name is we hunt a pastor a small church at
6380 63rd street and we have we moved from 3730 broadway of two years back we sold our property
and invested all our monies in this new building at 6380 63rd street where the homeless situation was not
bad at all one or two people and now we go there there's at least a half a dozen people that have
moved in there we went there today and they're tense everywhere they got tents for their cars they
got tents for their dogs they have dogs rolling up and down the street we have invested in that
building more than one million dollars and i am not happy i've called our chairman from district six
and he spoke to me a while but we can't seem to get anything done when you go in there and move
them out soon as the last truck turns the corner they come right back in it's just like wagon
train they just have their stuff all lined up and they just coming in there this is an end of the
street this is a street that was made that way for the students that goes to wealthy woods during
your high school they cannot use that adults don't even drive down there walk down there or anything
and i want to know who can i talk to in the city of Sacramento that will give me some kind of
reasoning or when they will move and clean up that street right now everybody's braining everybody
if i call the city the police has said well that's the the special community council people if i
call they said well we'll put you on the dot thank you for your comments your time is complete
and you called 3-1-1?
column i got about 900 phone calls the three
we call them every day we call them twice a day let me just call at least
four to five times a week three one one we get the same answer back in June the
27th there's folks that come back up morsel and creek is there and they cut holes all through
the fence the county comes out there repair it they're supposed to get everybody out nobody did
anything and nobody calls us assistant city manager mario lara i believe is here see here he's
right behind that door it's gonna be right behind the door he oversees the whole homeless service
operation in the city so why don't we have mr. lara meet with you right now okay thank you thank you
thank you thank you next speaker is michael horn then michael colman then julia skiles
hello as i some of who lives on ss i and social security learning this very a formal foster use
and i've also a victim of childhood abuse and abuse who never turned to guns gains and
cry or never never became the abuser in fact i became a preschool teacher through the state
of california and i'm also starting to be a lawyer sacri actually prosecute abuse instead of becoming
the abuser i have a homeless proposition for low income housing for people who who are homeless
beakerfield has a home a union motel they the people on ss i social security pay 700
dollars a month and they have to be visually they had the bed they had the shower they had the
stolen and everything you need just to live throughout the month they don't have nothing like that
in that in in Sacramento so my proposal is create a a bring a hold homeless have the city pay for a
homeless motel so people on ss i and social security could pay 200 dollars a month so they could
make that 300 that three times a month because the only reason why they're on the streets is because
of ss i social security who don't make the three times a month which is not awful it's a government
because we don't give us the ss we don't give us the social security the federal government does
so it's a government responsibility to make sure this homeless motel for homeless or actually
be put into place so we could solve that real the real problem the rule of the problem
because we won't ask to be disabled but yet we are we won't ask to be on ss i but yet we are
and so by saying this all problem and it's all fault that we're homeless that's blaming us for
something we have no control over which is not just unfair it's unjust and unethical
so i was hoping we could put this on the ballot in the future so we could actually really so we
could actually leave me vote on a bill so we could get that funding for my organization because my
truth is complete thank you for your comments our next speaker is Michael Coleman Julius Guiles
and then Ryan Missano would be our final speaker thank you mayor and council for hearing me
i'd be friend of the homeless i went to them and i talked to them they look after each other they
share some have been on the street and known each other for years when they're forced to move many
of them move together they stay up all night to defend themselves they've had garbage dumped on
them attacked stolen from lied to and treated like garbage objects thrown frozen water balloon for
example a shot at with paintball is including a pellet gun they stay they have to they take
drugs to stay up all night and to ease their hunger pings and i know because they told me these things
they've one person went without food for days but not all of them are drug addicts and they're not
all troublemakers governor Newsom's suggestion to solve the problem the one billion dollars that does
nothing does nothing to solve the problem many want help and would accept it if provided if provided
they were not required to give up their pets which they currently are or go cold turkey but we
can help i believe we can help them where they are all they want is a place to live this safe
sanitary where their basic needs are met food water lighting showers and yes even needle
exchange some will undoubtedly continue to use as they work to get clean which for anyone who has
been addicted including myself takes time along with counseling and education and we need to give
these people the grace to do that so i have a solution give them a place they could call their own
and help govern with the provision that there be no violence keep it clean and dispose of trash
properly it won't work for everyone but for those who are ready it's the first step in attaining
self-sufficiency and restoration of self-respect and would relieve a great burden not only on this city
but every city in the state it would be far cheaper and if successful provide a viable path to
recovery taking inspiration and ideas from the homeless themselves who support and hold each other
accountable enabling them to govern and get back to where they were before your comments your time
is complete i have two more speakers julie's guiles than ryan misano
the last name is pronounced giles
i believe the sacraments was in shambles because our sole court leaders leaders care more about what
goes into their pockets and not what's best for sacramento you may be asking yourself julieus
what have you done for sacramento i am here and i've been here standing for free speech
ever since the implementation of feminism and minority victimhood if you dare speak out you
would be labeled a misogynist racist nazi homophobic anti-semitic white supremacist etc if i have
concerns about my city and i address a specific city council member i am told i'm not allowed to do
that you want to know why i believe is to absolve accountability from individual members thus compelling
the people compelling the people to address them as a whole rather than one by one to prevent
changing the minds of people who voted for them the media will never report this to you because
they're controlled by a group of people that cannot be named otherwise you'd be labeled anti-semit
this is not a conspiracy this is the truth and if we don't tell the truth politicians will contain
the lie the media will continue to lie lying lips are in the bottom of the nation to the lord but those
who act faithfully are his delight proverbs fall 22 thank you next speaker is Ryan missano
i don't think anyone should have a television as it's completely controlled or be watching movies
though there are two movies i'd highly recommend the 1988 movie they live by john carpenter
all shows how hard it is to expose dangerous elements that are hidden in society in 1970 a very
good movie was released brotherhood of the bell it details how secret societies are very powerful
and rule from the shadows let's talk about these secret societies when i end i'll discuss two
books that lay out irrefutable facts proving what i'm briefly touching on in 2021 i lived in kill deer
north Dakota for nine months north Dakota is a beautiful state and visiting the badlands was an
amazing experience though being surrounded by buffalo for 14 hours overnight with the temperature
around 10 degrees was quite the adventure i noticed in the city of kill deer population 1000 they
had a masonic lodge and having visited at least 45 to the lower 48 states in the last four years
i noticed that nearly every single city no matter how small had a masonic lodge now who are the
mason's who are all these international organizations there are many other international organizations
with secret agendas secret rituals and secret memberships my experience in life is when you are
telling the truth and you stand for good agendas you don't need to hide but in addition to the secretive
masons we have the elks lodge moves lodge lions international and our Greek alphabet college
fraternities none of these should exist and none have good agendas also mormon founder joseph smith
was a free mason and jahobo's witness founder Charles tays russell was another one 90 percent of
mormon's johob witnesses don't know this this is why these organizations have secretive rituals
and secretive leadership the books i recommend every american read are leon dade ponsines free masonry
and judyism and hendry fords the international jute behind all of these organizations are talmudic
juz thank you thank you for your comments marie have no more speakers thank you if there's
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Sacramento City Council Meeting Summary - July 30, 2024
The Sacramento City Council convened for a scheduled meeting to discuss various community matters. Key topics included the recognition of the parks and recreation staff, public comments regarding community safety issues, and discussions on consent calendar items. The council also addressed community concerns about ongoing challenges in the neighborhoods, particularly regarding youth safety and homelessness.
Opening and Introductions
- The meeting was called to order by Mayor Steinberg.
- Acknowledgment of Sacramento’s Indigenous peoples and lands.
Consent Calendar
- A relatively brief agenda focusing on grants and community programs.
- Notable items included joint grant proposals for transportation improvements and funding for anti-displacement programs in Oak Park.
Public Comments
- Various residents expressed concerns about safety in local parks, particularly regarding youth violence and harassment.
- Comments included:
- Calls to address ongoing safety issues related to an aggressive youth in the community.
- Concerns over a new hospice facility for the homeless near schools and its potential impact on children.
- Requests for improved sanitation and treatment of homeless populations in specific areas.
Discussion Items
- Celebration of Parks and Recreation Staff Month:
- Community recognition aimed at the dedicated work of parks and recreation professionals.
- Introduction of grants for neighborhood improvement and mobility plans.
- Funding allocation of $500,000 to support anti-displacement initiatives.
Key Outcomes
- Motion passed supporting several grants aimed at improving youth safety and community engagement.
- Acknowledgment from council members on the critical role of parks and recreation in fostering community connections.
- Commitment from the council to follow up on safety issues raised by residents.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon everyone. The second of the city council will please come to order with the clerk call the roll to establish a quorum. Thank you Mayor councilmember capelin councilmember tau mayor pro tem telementes councilmember valance weila vice mayor maple councilmember gettah councilmember jennings councilmember vang and mayor steinberg. I am here vice mayor maple would you please leave us an elanding knowledge been in the pledge allegiance. Certainly please stand if you are able please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of sacmones indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land the nesanon people the southern my do galley and planes me walk put one one two people and the people of the wilton ranch area sacramones only federally recognized tribe may we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for sacramones indigenous peoples history contributions and lives. The remain standing salute and 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. Thank you very much vice mayor good afternoon colleagues city staff and members of the public we actually have a relatively brief agenda this afternoon. I don't think there any reports out of closed session madam city attorney or there's nothing to report out at this time. Thank you all right let's begin with a special presentation I'll turn it over to councilmember Kaplan. Thank you mayor well I might have the honor to speak right now I know I say this on behalf of all of my fellow council members and mayor that we so appreciate our parks and recreation staff and July is where we get to officially recognize our parks and rec staff of which this country has done for over 40 years and we even went further because we like to call ours yipsy which is our youth parks and community enrichment which I can't think of a better name to truly describe what embodies what the city of Sacramento's does for our parks and our youth this year's theme is where you belong and it celebrates the many ways that our parks and recreational professionals foster a sense of belonging in our communities because there really is power in our parks power in our youths and power with community enrichment. A little bit of facts you guys know this well but the public should know this our yipsy team employees over 1600 individuals serving the mission of empowering our youth strengthening our neighborhoods and providing life enriching programs for a beautiful livable city of which you guys really do an amazing job. Our yipsy staff provide daily care and maintenance for over 235 developed parks pathways open spaces where we have in the city which is over 4,300 acres in our city limits in 2023 alone they supported over 5,000 organized sporting events in our parks and permitted 475 family and community events on a daily basis they are managing over 14 community centers 17 aquatic facility city wide so that families and children can enjoy of all ages in our city. In 2023 as well for our aquatic team they experienced over 100,000 drop in visits to city pools provided over 650 swim classes that resulted in 48 100 registrations employing over 225 youth and were recognized as one of California's top training providers by the American Red Cross again that cannot be understated we are surrounded by water and riverways and knowing that people know how to save a life is truly important. Through our programs such as the Sacramento Youth Commission and summer at City Hall every year which has been going on for over 11 years this year there were 72 students who participated who truly understand and embody yipsy it is employing our youth it is talking about the value of what it is to work for the city as well as community enrichment of what it means to be in local government. So I am always appreciative as well no offense but we are the city of trees kind of are and every year our Yipsy staff, Arborist and others and community volunteers truly the definition of Yipsy we planted 248 trees last year I know we are going to do more I know
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