Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Please call this being in order and call the roll.

Thank you, Mayor.

Councilmember Kaplan.

Councilmember Dickinson.

Vice Mayor Talamantes.

Councilmember Pluckybaugh.

Councilmember Maple is not in attendance yet.

Mayor Pro Tem Gera.

Presente.

Councilmember Vang.

And Mayor McCarty.

You have a quorum.

Thank you.

We're going to allow our Vice Mayor Talamantes and Mayor Pro Tem Guerra to lead us in the land acknowledgement and Pledge of Allegiance.

Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands.

To the original people of this land, the Nissanau people, the Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Meanwhile, Patwam Winton peoples, and the people of the 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 together today in the active practice of acknowledgment and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous people's history, contributions, and lives.

Thank you.

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.

So you can just read the first item and we'll start.

So, Mayor, the first item on our agenda tonight this afternoon is establishing a sister city relationship with the city of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.

Thank you, Adam City Clerk.

It's with great uh pleasure and distinction that we um uh hear this item at a special council meeting in front of this glorious uh crowd here today in our capital city of Sacramento.

Uh, we'd like to begin uh today's proceeding by inviting up the Presidente Alcalde de la Ciudad de Morelia Michoacan, Jesus Martinez Alcazan aquí, thank you, Ramich.

Okay, I'm good.

Thank you, Spring.

I'll do English first, okay.

Yes.

Good afternoon.

Welcome, uh President.

Um, I'll start in English and I'll unos paladas in español.

Uh today's a meaningful day for the city of Sacramento and the city of Morelia Michoacan as we officially signed a sister city agreement uh with our two cities beginning a new era of collaboration.

We had a chance to start this process several months ago in your host city in February with the Vice Mayor and the Mayor Pro Tem and 20 Sacramentans had the opportunity uh to visit and see Morelia Mitchwakan uh firsthand.

And again, we want to sincerely welcome you, Presidente Martinez, for your uh warm welcome back then and welcome your delegation uh here today.

Uh, you know, this uh ratification is more than just a piece of paper, it's an opportunity to further strengths uh going back decades if not centuries between the people of California and the people of Mexico.

Uh, this uh sister city arrangement uh will focus on building bridges, not divisions, especially at a time in our country where we have unfortunate divisions between our two countries.

We're certainly going in the opposite direction.

Uh this effort will focus on key areas of education, tourism, arts, culture, and economic development.

For the last 15 years, we've had a sister city in Mehicali, but today we're gonna announce we have two sisters, a baby sister.

And uh as a father of twins, I will tell you that I'm not gonna pick my favorite sister my favorite daughter, and um we're not gonna pick our favorite sister, but just to say you're here today, so um we are we're certainly excited about this.

I want to thank our mayor uh pro tem uh guera and our vice Mayor Talamantes, but especially our mayor uh Pro Tem uh guera, a son of Michael Khan, proud roots, Raises de esta ciudad.

This was an idea of council members the first day I became mayor.

So now you want to fix potholes and do all other great stuff in our city, but uh don't forget about an opportunity to further relationships with Mexico, especially in this strained era in our country.

So we're we are excited, we are very excited to begin this era, and know that it's gonna pay dividends for people in our city.

This is a city where over one third of our population are immigrants, and by far the majority of that population are individuals in Mexico.

And by far the majority of the people of Mexico are from three states, uh Michoacan, Jalisco, Zacatecas.

And we have so many people who are proud of Michoacanos aqui.

We saw a few come up today to join us.

We're those two young ladies who just showed up today, and they wanted to meet the president.

They heard about it, they decided to just show up today, and show their proud roots of Morelia and Michoacan.

In this unfortunately, I am much.

We also didn't have the opportunity.

People of the market that we can support one another.

Los que la voz de que Mexico need too, some países hermanos, some países que nos necesitamos.

We want to say los Mexicanos, and our country to work.

And to enrich our country too.