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Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting - April 28, 2026

Personnel and Public Employees Committee — Tuesday, April 28, 2026
BodySacramento, California
SessionPersonnel and Public Employees Committee
DateTuesday, April 28, 2026
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:08

Welcome everyone to the public personnel and public employees committee meeting.

0:14

This meeting will start right now.

0:17

And we will start with the clerk doing a roll call.

0:20

Thank you, Chair.

0:21

Member Telemantes.

0:23

Vice Chair Kaplan.

0:24

Yeah.

0:24

Member Vang.

0:26

Here.

0:26

And Chair Jennings.

0:27

Here.

0:28

Thank you.

0:28

We have quorum.

0:30

Good.

0:30

Okay.

0:31

I'm going to ask Member Telemantes to do the land acknowledgement.

0:37

And Member Kaplan to do the Pledge of Allegiance.

0:58

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 get to gather together today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous Peoples history, contributions, and lifestyle.

1:12

Thank you.

1:15

Pledge.

1:20

And to the Republic for which it stands.

1:23

One nation under God and indivisible liberty and justice for us.

1:31

All right.

1:31

I thank you very much for doing that.

1:34

We will move to our consent calendar.

1:38

Approval of the personnel and public employees committee meeting minutes.

1:43

So moved.

1:45

For the record, there's no public comments on this item.

1:47

No public comments, no comments from my colleagues.

1:49

All in favor say aye.

1:51

Aye.

1:51

Opposed.

1:53

We are unanimous.

1:54

Okay.

1:54

Let's move to our discussion calendar.

1:57

Item number two.

1:59

Thank you, Chair.

2:01

Our next item is review of applicants for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission.

2:06

The seat needing recommendation today is seat A.

2:09

The requirements for seat A are as follows.

2:14

Must not be an elective officer and must not be an employee of the city or county.

2:20

We have four applicants for review today.

2:27

We received an email late last night from Brooke Miller Jacobs stating that they would be moving out of the city of Sacramento, which would make them aneligible to uh for the city to appoint them to this commission.

2:41

So we'll have three commit uh three members to review today.

2:44

Our first is David Deluz.

2:47

I do not see them in the audience.

2:49

Um Michael Flamate, not in the audience, and they did not uh RSVP for the meeting.

2:56

And our final applicant is Micah Swen.

2:59

And as well, I did not hear back from Micah Swen as well.

3:02

So that concludes um the interview portion.

3:06

Um here for any questions.

3:09

Okay, let's go to Vice Chair Lisa Kaplan.

3:12

So we have several uh qualified applicants, and I totally get that they uh may not be here uh specifically something for my colleagues to think about.

3:25

You know, Mr.

3:25

Deleuze uh has been around and has uh significant experience, policy, whatnot, but I was also impressed uh by Micah Swin because he's also a young voice and works for uh one of the organizations that actually is helping our unhoused and getting them services, you know, so brings real life actual work experience, um, but also somebody who's still in their 20s in the young voice.

3:56

So I am uh I think it would be wise as we look at this also thinking about how we can bring our young people in, and Mr.

4:05

Micah works for the gathering in and is working out at Roseville Road, which I think gives a unique perspective as we're looking at housing and homelessness and SHRA to bring that real life experience.

4:19

So I I of course might lean towards towards Micah and the young voice, um, but open to hearing from my colleagues.

4:27

And Chair, I do have one uh public speaker slip.

4:30

Would you like to take public comment at this time?

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Arts And Culture██████████████████████████████████████████42%
Procedural████████████████████████████28%
Personnel Matters██████████████████████22%
Public Comments████████8%
Summary of Proceedings

Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting - April 28, 2026

The Personnel and Public Employees Committee of the Sacramento City Council met on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 11:01 AM in the Council Chamber. The meeting included approval of prior minutes, interviews and recommendation for a Housing and Redevelopment Commission seat, review of the Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission's annual report and workplan, and continuation of the Community Police Review Commission's annual report to the next meeting. Public comments were received on agenda and non-agenda items. All votes were unanimous.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of Minutes (March 24, 2026): Approved unanimously by a motion from Member Talamantes and second by Member Vang.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Item 3 (ACCEC Report): Lambert Davis expressed strong support for the Arts and Culture department, praising staff Megan and Melissa Sarone. He noted their work with the Grant High School Drumline and advocated for continued funding. He also mentioned his ongoing effort to track funding sources for a program called Wide Open Walls.
  • Non-Agenda Public Comments: Lambert Davis spoke about delivering cheesecake and carrot cake to the coaches of UCLA's women's basketball team during their visit to Sacramento for the NCAA tournament. He highlighted the team's success and the players' professional futures.

Discussion Items

  • Item 2 – Review of Applicants for Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission (SHRA): The committee considered three applicants for Seat A: David Deluz, Michael Flamate, and Micah Swen. None of the applicants were present. Staff noted that one applicant, Brooke Miller Jacobs, had withdrawn due to moving out of the city. Vice Chair Kaplan recommended Micah Swen for his young age and work experience with an organization serving unhoused individuals. After discussion, the committee passed a motion to recommend Micah Swen for appointment to the Mayor and Council, and directed staff to bring forward the other candidates (David Deluz and Michael Flamate) for review for a recently vacant SHRA seat, as their applications remain valid for one year. The motion passed unanimously.
  • Item 3 – ACCEC 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Workplan: Jason Jong, Cultural and Creative Economy Manager, and Dr. Nkuruka O'Hegbu, Vice Chair of the ACCEC, presented the report. Key accomplishments included presentations on arts education, youth programs, the Cultural Tourism Symposium, and the release of a GIS mapping tool for public art. The commission's work is organized around five strategic goals: internal strengthening, community awareness, policy advancement, infrastructure needs, and support for the Creative Edge Plan. The committee praised the report's comprehensiveness and passed a motion to forward the annual report and workplan to the City Council for review.
  • Item 4 – Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Proposed Workplan: No city staff from the CPRC were present to present the report. Member Talamantes moved to continue the item to the next meeting on May 19, 2026. The motion passed unanimously.

Key Outcomes

  • Consent Calendar: Minutes approved.
  • SHRA Appointment: Micah Swen recommended for appointment to Seat A; direction given to bring other candidates back for another vacant seat.
  • ACCEC Report: Forwarded to City Council for review.
  • CPRC Report: Continued to May 19, 2026 meeting.
  • **Meeting adjourned at 11:30 AM.

Note: The meeting included a land acknowledgement led by Member Talamantes and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Member Kaplan.

Meeting Transcript

Welcome everyone to the public personnel and public employees committee meeting. This meeting will start right now. And we will start with the clerk doing a roll call. Thank you, Chair. Member Telemantes. Vice Chair Kaplan. Yeah. Member Vang. Here. And Chair Jennings. Here. Thank you. We have quorum. Good. Okay. I'm going to ask Member Telemantes to do the land acknowledgement. And Member Kaplan to do the Pledge of Allegiance. 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 get to gather together today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous Peoples history, contributions, and lifestyle. Thank you. Pledge. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God and indivisible liberty and justice for us. All right. I thank you very much for doing that. We will move to our consent calendar. Approval of the personnel and public employees committee meeting minutes. So moved. For the record, there's no public comments on this item. No public comments, no comments from my colleagues. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. We are unanimous. Okay. Let's move to our discussion calendar. Item number two. Thank you, Chair. Our next item is review of applicants for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission. The seat needing recommendation today is seat A. The requirements for seat A are as follows. Must not be an elective officer and must not be an employee of the city or county. We have four applicants for review today. We received an email late last night from Brooke Miller Jacobs stating that they would be moving out of the city of Sacramento, which would make them aneligible to uh for the city to appoint them to this commission. So we'll have three commit uh three members to review today. Our first is David Deluz. I do not see them in the audience. Um Michael Flamate, not in the audience, and they did not uh RSVP for the meeting. And our final applicant is Micah Swen. And as well, I did not hear back from Micah Swen as well. So that concludes um the interview portion.

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