All right. Thank you. Thank you and welcome to this 2 p.m. meeting of the Sacramento City Council.

Madam City Clerk, please call the roll. Thank you. Councilmember Kaplan. Councilmember

Tal. Mayor Pertem, Telemontes. Councilmember Valenzuela. Councilmember Gatta. Councilmember

Jennings. Thank you. Councilmember Vang. We expect Mayor Steinberg momentarily. And

Vice-Morning. I am here. Thank you so much. And then Councilmember Kaplan, would you please

join us or lead us in the land acknowledgment and the pledge of allegiance? Thank you.

All right. 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

Maitu, Valley and Plains, Miwok, Putwin-Wintoon peoples, and the people of Wilton, Rancheria,

Sacramento's 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 Sacramento's indigenous

peoples' histories, contributions and lives. Thank you. Please remain standing.

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 liberty and justice for all.

Excellent. Thank you so much Councilmember Kaplan. And we're going to start off our day with a really

special presentation presented by Councilmember Ga. Thank you very much, Vice-Smer. It is my honor and

just a humbled opportunity to bring up to the podium the very reverent, the good-hearted,

and the committed Sacramento faith-wit more. Let's give her a big round of applause.

Mr. Mayor, you came for an amazing presentation. I entered

belatedly at the right time just to be able to look at faith-wit more and say thank you because

may I? Of course, of course. I have known pastor Whitmore,

faith for probably the entire time of my public service and more. And she is one of the

most exemplary leaders that I have known in those three-plus decades.

That rare combination of fight, of principle, of kindness, of faith, no pun intended,

and really just a dear person. And you look at the journey of your career and the different things

you have done, different, but all kind of with the same theme, caring about vulnerable people.

Thank you, Faith. Can't wait to see what you do next. Thank you, and we too.

Thank you, Mayor. We are here all today to not only congratulate but recognize

faith here for her retirement in service as the executive director of the Sacramento Regional

Family Justice Center. And I think the Mayor said it best. There are people in our community

who are experts and committed passionate in their career. And then there are those who not only

do that, but go beyond their call and bring people together, unite people together. Faith had the

opportunity to serve as a pastor for 30 years with United Methodist here in Sacramento.

She also was the executive director at Francis House from 2011 to 2013. She then went on and

said, we know we need to change public policy and make sure that we're working with our constituents

and served with Congressman Amibera as the first district director, interfacing community with

government. And then after that, during the time of the leadership, a president pro temp of the

California State Senate, Darrell Steinberg, she was recognized as a woman of the year in 2010.

Right as she retired and was ready to take on her own personal life, she decided to take on a new

role. And that is in the creation and the executive director of the first family justice center,

the Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center here in Sacramento. And that's when I got an

opportunity to really get to know faith, to help folks who were victims of domestic violence,

of elder abuse, of child abuse, and of human trafficking. And in that time, she is not only

created such an amazing resource where free legal services are available to many men and women

and children who have needed legal advice at a time when they are in greatest needs. And also,

in helping what the family justice center created was Camp Hope to also stop the end and the cycle

of violence. During the pandemic, she helped unite all of our service providers so that while

many cities were using their cares at dollars and their federal dollars on different needs,

faith helped bring together all of our different providers and say there is domestic violence

happening, there's human trafficking, have an elder abuse happening, child abuse happening,

and there are no reporters because we're all locked at home and making sure that we were addressing

that mental health issue. During her time as the CEO, she also helped create the national

human trafficking hotline here in Sacramento. And that was from the work with the family

justice center and community against sexual harm to help and respond immediately to those

who were facing domestic violence. I've had a chance to know a person here who has made me a better

person who has made me think about my role as a public servant and how when I feel I'm tired and

I want to you know call it quits for the day, how to get the energy to continue and to move on,

and to always think about what can we do positively to improve the life of those who are suffering so

much. It's my honor on behalf of the City Council to recognize and provide this resolution to our