All right. Welcome everybody to this 2 p.m. meeting of the Sacramento City Council. I

know I know I now call this meeting to order at 2 o 4 p.m. Madam City clerk will you

please call the roll. Thank you. Councilmember Kaplan. Councilmember Tao. Mayor

Pro Tem Talamantes. Councilmember Valenzuela. Councilmember Gera. Councilmember Jennings.

Councilmember Vang. For the record, Mayor Steinberg will be absent. Vice Mayor Maple,

I am here. Thank you so much. Mayor Pro Tem Talamantes, please leave us no ending

announcement and the pledge of allegiance. Okay. 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, Vowling planes,

Veewalk, Patwin-Wintoon peoples and the people of the Wilton Rancheria. Sacramento is only

fairly 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 together

together today and the active practice of acknowledgment and appreciation for Sacramento's

Indigenous people, contributions and lives. Thank you. So let's 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. We thank you for that. All right. At this time we are going to start with a

very special presentation by Council Member Valenzbo. Wonderful. Thank you, colleagues.

It is, you know, honestly for the past few years I've had the honor of presenting,

of working with care, California and many capacities. I guess I just want to start with

a brief indulgence to say, you know, that the care team has worked tirelessly in Sacramento

Legal Services, advocacy, emergency response, since the support pandemic relief on and on,

really responding to crises as they occur. They've been instrumental in providing supports

to folks who are grieving and fighting for their families in Gaza while still living through

their grief. And so I just wanted to start this by genuinely thanking care and the care

team for all that you do for our community and it's really truly been an honor to work

with you on this resolution and so many other things. August is the American Muslim Appreciation

Month and we are so much to appreciate in our Sacramento community, but we do want to highlight

two particular organizations that go above and beyond to ensure our local community's needs

are served. Movement for Life is the first organization. They serve the greater Sacramento

community by providing educational resources to reduce gun violence in the Sacramento area.

Movement for Life was founded by a mom Julius Tibido Hassan of Miss Chad Sabura. I'm sorry

if I mispronounced that, a Muslim faith leader in Sacramento area and the health education

aid and leadership are Heel Palestine organization in Sacramento serves the greater Sacramento

community by providing educational resources related to the health impact of the crisis

in Gaza. Heel Palestine has worked to provide a young boy from Gaza with treatment for his

injuries in the city of Sacramento. These two organizations movement for life and Heel

Palestine are just doing incredible work. It's worked from the heart, it's worked from

the faith and I just truly am so honored that you're here in Sacramento. I'm honored that

you're here with us today to recognize August as a Muslim American Muslim Awareness and Appreciation

Month. So I'd really like to invite up Omar Al-Tamimi and then a mom Julius Tibido Hassan

to come up and my sincere apology served. I mispronounced your name, but please come up

and share a couple of words about the importance of this month. You're welcome here.

Welcome.

We're all choosing, you know, who's lead to follow. You know, thank you all, Council members,

Vice Mayor Maple for signing on to this and you know, reintroducing this. You know,

I want to thank you, Katie, for sorry, Council member of the Council for introducing this

year after year for us. And you know, for us, it's an opportunity to recognize the efforts

of the community, but also to recognize that, you know, just like any other community,

Muslim Americans are part of the Sacramento community. We work for it and, you know, we

want to see a better Sacramento for all. And so yeah, I'll go ahead and start sharing

about heal Palestine. Unfortunately, none of their representatives could be here, but

heal Palestine envisions a future where the youth of Palestine are empowered within health,

education and leadership opportunities that enable and to break barriers, overcome challenges

and build a thriving a United Palestinian society. Their nonprofit is dedicated to providing

essential aid, health care, and educational resources, resources nurturing a generation

of resilient and compassionate leaders who will shape a brighter tomorrow for their communities.

So on wavering commitment to humanitarian work, they aim to foster a culture of hope

and empowerment where every young Palestinian can realize their full potential and contribute

to a prosperous and peaceful future in Palestine. For heal, their job is incredibly, you