Order.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Council President.

Councilmember Campbell.

Councilmember Whitburn?

Sure.

Councilmember Foster.

Councilmember Von Wolfer.

Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Councilmember Campillo.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

Present.

Councilmember Ila Rivera.

And Council President La Cava.

Present.

Also attending the meeting are Chief Deep Deputy City Attorney Brent Bartelata, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst in the IBA's office, Amy Lee, Council Advisor in the Mayor's Office, Council Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's Office, Coda Zeiser, and myself, your city clerk, Deanna Fuentes.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

A quorum is now present.

We will begin this morning with the land acknowledgement and the pledge of allegiance led by Councilmember Campillo.

Sir, please rise if you can.

We respectfully acknowledge that the Kumeayai Nation are the original inhabitants of the unceded land now known as San Diego.

Despite enduring the horrors of genocide and colonization, the Kumeayi spirit remains unbroken.

We honor the resilience of their ancestors who fought to protect their culture and land, and today they carry their legacy forward, ensuring that their traditions continue to thrive in gratitude and strength.

We stand with the Kumeyay Nation, connected to our past and committed to a thriving future.

Please face the flag.

Ready?

Again, 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.

I'll now highlight the slide on the screen that reviews how the public can offer their public testimony during today's meeting.

Please note the time allocations for proclamations and consent items for meeting management purposes is one minute per item with a maximum of three minutes.

The order can be found on the agenda summary found online or at the table in the back of the room.

If you are in person, please complete a speaker slip located at the entrance of chambers and bring it to the front of the room.

Council ambassadors are available near the entrance of chambers and can assist with questions and speaker slips.

No further in-person testimony will be taken once the council begins virtual testimony.

Thank you, Council President.

All right.

Thank you for that.

Uh we will now dispense with the approval of the proclamation items.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

The public comment period for proclamation items is now open.

Each speaker will have one minute per item per person.

If you would like to speak on three or more items, you will have a maximum of three minutes.

The proclamation items being approved are items 30 through 35, S500 and S502, and S504.

I will note that we did receive proc uh comments via the e-comment portal on items 32, 35, and S504.

All in favor, one comment each, going to those participating here in chambers.

If we can have Joyce Sanyata, please come up to the microphone.

You're speaking on items 30, S504, and 35.

So you will have three minutes.

Please proceed.

Thank you so much.

It's so good to be back.

I've got three minutes.

Yes.

Wow.

Thank you.

Okay, uh, just a heads up.

Uh I I had to work on last yesterday's meeting, so I am not prepared today, but I'm ready.

Uh I'm just gonna speak from my heart on my items today.

So uh let's start with uh the first item, which is transgender.

Um excuse me, I I don't remember if it's an anniversary, oh it's history, transgender history.

I don't know their history, but here's what I want to say.

After yesterday, it was a difficult day for me.

I watched every second from close session on.

It was a difficult day for me, and I really had to work with it last night.

But when I woke up this morning and I sat next to Carlton today, and Carlton, wow, he said some powerful stuff.

I I just met him set right next to me.

It was meant to be.

Transgender is just like everybody that spoke yesterday.

We're all the humans, and we are trying to figure it out.

We all have our stories, and we we are just kind of looking at from those lenses.

So we have to embrace each other.

It's tough work, isn't it?

So happy, transgender history, uh month day, whatever it is.

I love you.

Uh just keep trying for your cause.

But remember, we're all in this together, and we have to love each other.

Is that 23 minutes?

My apologies.

You had two speaker slips, and the third one was Paul Kruger, so it was two minutes.

That's my fault.

My apologies.

What how many times do I have left, please?

I will add another 10 seconds due to my explanation.

But you submitted two speaker slips, one minute each, so that's two minutes.

But you gave me three babies.

I think that was my error.

I know, sweetie, but cut me some slack, okay?

Because I didn't ask you.

I did.

And I'm gonna have to 23 is good.

Um 50 years, state of California, beautiful.

Uh 250 years for the signing of our declaration of independence.

The Kumiai people were here before the state of California.

We love you.

We love the land acknowledgement.

We love the flag.

I think the flag is here.

Uh thank you, uh, Councilmember Edel Revere.

I love you for that.

And uh concluding okay, that's it.

Uh, thank you so much.

I'm sorry that I'm rusty.

I'll be getting back into it.

Uh Paul Kruger for item 35.

You'll have one minute for this item.

Um thank you very much.

I'm here to express concerns of neighbors in the College Orlando area about the lack of parking at this library that you're celebrating today.

We make very good use of the library, and the fact that the city and our council representative miss numerous opportunities to either make a deal with or purchase this property to provide more than just 25 parking spaces for an entire council district is completely unacceptable.

Um the idea that people could use mass transit when they're carrying three toddlers to a library is an insult, and there is no or very, very limited on-street parking.

The city failed this neighborhood in its efforts to create uh enough parking, which people desperately need when they attend story hour and all the other things.

And I hope the council will look at this as uh a lesson in how to protect city resources.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That does conclude public comment here in Council Chambers going to those participating remotely.

I've started the five-minute timer.

Blair Beekman, if you can please unmute and let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

Hi, uh, Blair Vikman.

Uh I wanted to speak to, I guess item S504.

Um I also wanted to speak to item S uh 501 and uh uh item 30.

You'll have three minutes, please proceed.

Thank you.

Uh to speak to first to item 30, transgender um history month.

Um, yeah, uh I'm I'm in agreement with uh Joyce from yesterday.

It was kind of a tough meeting yesterday.

Everybody's getting back into the groove of uh a public meeting process and and new voices came through, and um strong comments were made.

And um good luck that we can uh work on how to share public comments and when we do, I mean, they often can say a lot, and then uh how we make adjustments after those initial public comments when we speak again on these same subjects, um, to be sensitive to how everybody's feeling about it and learning how to uh um next stage of public comments can possibly be a way to develop um you know that that we're talking about it and thinking about it more.

I mean, a lot of interesting stuff was said yesterday.

There has to be a sensitivity from all sides, then how to better talk about it, how to continue the conversation.

Good luck on our efforts to do that, and to do that and really I don't know what to say, just in terms of engagement that we're uh trying to talk to each other instead of yelling at each other.

Good luck in those efforts.

Um yeah, okay.

I tried to say that that item on to item S5.

Um the S501, I guess, which is uh National Preparedness Month.

Um Yeah, there's been a lot of fires in San Diego this summer, and I've I've very nicely seen and read uh, you know, and all the prep work and and and preparing people to to evacuate an area and leave an area.

Good luck in that continued good efforts.

Um that is a community effort.

You know, there is certain uh coordination that has to be developed for that, and community learning that uh coordination and being a part of that process.

Uh good luck how we do that better and better in San Diego.

Uh I'm hopeful that that can be a better and better process.

Um, and I guess to go on, I can say some other words uh about the federal level that uh they they have this tendency in the practice that it's doing at the national level, uh, you know, with ice issues, with war in other countries.

Um, we're harming each other at the local level now, and we gotta be aware of that, and they gotta be aware of that and learn to take steps to mitigate harm at the local level.

And they they know what they should be doing.

Let's hope we work on that together.

All right, with my final seconds, thank you for allowing me to say that.

About um uh S504, California's 1605th year of statehood day.

Um just um uh happy birthday to California.

A lot of issues in how we've become California, and good luck that we're aware of them, and we can actually be still beworking on them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Audrey.

If you can please unmute.

I can't hear me.

Yes, which item or items would you like to speak to?

Actually, I'm clear find my items in the list, but I would like to speak about the party.

That's during the consent agenda.

So if you can raise your hand during that portion.

Phone number ending in 7499.

Please unmute and let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

Bob Kazuski, I'll be very brief.

I just wanted to comment to uh what Ms.

Sanyata and Mr.

Blair both expressed that yesterday was a tough meeting.

It was a tough meeting because this council is not listening to the people.

Sir, you need to speak on the proclamations, or you can speak during non-agenda public comment.

Would you like to speak on the proclamations?

I was just responding to what was already said on the proclamations by Ms.

Sanyata and Mr.

Blair.

Thank you.

That's fine.

Bye.

Jamie, if you can please unmute and let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

I do not hear you on my end.

Preparing for National Preparedness Month.

Can you name District One?

I want to talk on all items.

500 for 5001 and 30.

Why does the city want to get into sexuality?

That's his people's private business.

Why do you pretend to like the Kumiai Indians?

You stole their land.

Are you preparing for national preparedness month by bleeding Popul dry and packing them in at 53 per acre?

Another meeting of the den of vipers.

Yesterday you carved the city into cuts and gifted Jim Silverwood over 10 million in low interest loans.

Today you bleed the city dry by taking out almost half a billion on bonds.

That's almost 50 million in wasted taxpayer money you have wasted in two meetings, actually more, because the bond interest will repeat for years to come.

The city's favorite trick, borrow big, pretend it's investment, and pray no one reads the fine print.

Yesterday you build a low-income housing, and today you fill it with people who can't afford to pay your ransom disguised as tax.

What a horrible model.

A third of your money to the silverwoods for rent, a third in tax, and a third for all of your other expenses, all while crammed into a 600 square foot stack and pack with 53 other families per acre.

You've built designer poverty, dense, controlled extraction, wrapped in the language of compassion.

You hand developers the gold and give the people the crumbs, then ask them to say thank you.

This isn't city planning, it's feudalism at the permit.

You've created a system where the poor pay rent to the rich with money they've borrowed from the city that's already in debt.

If Kafka vote urban policy, it would look exactly like this.

You don't govern you auction.

Remember, just because you are following orders doesn't make it legal or right.

We should be proud of ourselves stealing from the Kumiai and from our people.

That concludes your comments.

We will move on.

That does conclude public comment on the proclamation items.

All right.

Uh thank you, City Clerk.

Um, having brought four of these proclamations, I'm gonna go first.

Um and I'm gonna start off with S504.

California is the 175th year of statehood day.

I want to thank Mayor Gloria for joining me and recognizing the 175th anniversary today, September 9th.

This year's celebration encourages us to reflect on the successes of the state, our place in the global economy, our impact on this country and who we are as Californians and the people that were here millennia before us.

I want to thank Governor Newsom for organizing cities throughout the state to recognize the 175th anniversary.

And to say a couple of words on behalf of Governor Newsom is Maurice Wiles.

If you want to come to the podium and give us a minute or two.

Thank you.

Just wonder this one.

Whichever one's comfortable.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

Um, Council President Lacava, uh, the council as well.

We appreciate uh your support for the celebration of California's 175th umniversary of our statehood.

On behalf of Governor Davenusum, it's an honor to accept this proclamation from the City of San Diego celebrating that 175th anniversary of statehood.

We begin by honoring the Kumiyay Nation, whose people have lived in this region since time immemorial, and whose stewardship continues to guide us today.

San Diego holds a special place in California's history in 1850, just months after statehood, San Diego was among one of the first cities established, laying the foundation for local democracy in the Golden State.

That legacy endures today with all of you and the mayor.

San Diego is home to world class beaches, a vibrant border community that celebrates deep ties with Mexico and one of the most diverse populations in the state, where cultures, languages, and traditions come together to strengthen the fabric of our community.

And to that world class research institutions driving innovation that contribute as well to us being the fourth largest economy, each your heart out, Texas, and the naval, the largest naval presence on the West Coast.

It's clear that San Diego continues to shape California's future.

As we mark this milestone, we honor our history, respect and respect those who came before us and recommit ourselves to building a California that is inclusive, sustainable, and full of opportunity for all to grow and thrive.

Thank you for celebrating this remarkable journey and milestone with the Golden State.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Loyals.

Next S501, National Preparedness Month, National Preparedness Month Month prepare provides an important opportunity to raise awareness about the value of emergency preparedness and to encourage all San Diegans to better prepare their homes, neighborhoods, and communities.

I would like to take the time to recognize the city's Office of Emergency Services and its vital efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters.

And there's no one better to explain the importance of being prepared than our emergency services director, Chris Heiser.

If you could speak that for a minute or two.

Thank you, Council President Lakava and Council.

This is about awareness, and that's why I really appreciate this being brought forward.

We need to be prepared.

It's not an if, it's a when.

And part of this awareness is everyone's responsibility.

You need to be self-sufficient for 72 hours.

Let's look at the last couple of years.

Floods, the fires in LA and the fires that we've had.

We've had an earthquake, we've had a tsunami.

The environment we're operating in has changed, and we need to be responsive to it.

The other one is evacuation.

If you're asked to evacuate, you need to evacuate.

If you don't, you become part of the problem.

So the purpose of this proclamation is awareness and starting to take ownership as a community, as a society, in what our responsibilities are.

The city is here to respond and to support, but we're not the primary answer.

The primary answer lies in the individuals.

So I'd like again to thank Council, Council President Lacava for this proclamation.

All right, thank you, Chris.

Next S502 Climate Action Campaign's 10th and 10th anniversary day.

Congratulations on 10 years.

You started out with an educational mission to teach the value of community choice energy and the need to adopt a robust climate action plan.

Since those successes, you have been tireless advocates and watchdogs of the city and the region as we implement our climate action plans.

And here to talk about the past 10 years and the fight ahead is the founder of Climate Action Campaign, Nicole Caprit.

Thank you, Council President, for this recognition.

Thank you to Councilmember Eli Rivera and Councilmember Lee for leading this proclamation effort and everybody for voting for it.

It's an honor and a privilege to be part of this fight for a clean energy future.

Arguably one of the most important economic transitions in world history.

My incredible team and their passion, creativity, and determination, what they have achieved over the past 10 years is truly remarkable.

And most of these achievements, achievements were sparked by the city of San Diego.

And I think these are some cute, these some these are some cool stats about it.

A decade ago, there was zero climate action plans in the San Diego region.

Today we have 18 adopted.

A decade ago we had zero community choice programs.

Now we have two community choice programs that are thriving and giving back to the community.

Ten years ago there were zero all electric school districts.

Today we have four, including San Diego Unified.

But the standout stat is that a decade ago, no U.S.

city or state had made a commitment to 100% renewable energy.

Today, 180 cities across the nation and 22 states have committed to 100% renewables.

And finally, while we know that there are some people who are trying to derail the clean energy revolution, I just want to assure everybody that the most they can do is slow it down, but it's happening.

And it's also a huge opportunity for cities like San Diego to rise to shine because the local action is where the action is going to be.

So we look forward to continuing to partner with you all, and we thank you for this recognition.

All right, thank you, Nicole.

And for my comments, I'll uh conclude with S500, San Diego Blood Bank's 75th anniversary day.

Congratulations to San Diego Blood Bank on its 75th anniversary.

This historic anniversary would not have been possible without this organization's unwavering dedication to saving lives, whether it be volunteers or staff.

You have made an undeniable impact on our community.

Your tireless efforts do not go unnoticed.

Today, I'm proud to bring this proclamation forward with my colleagues to recognize your achievements and highlight the incredible work of the San Diego Blood Bank.

And with that, and welcome director of community relations, Claudine von Gonka, if I get it right, uh, to spend a minute or two on the Blood Bank.

Thank you so much.

Um, on behalf of our board of directors and our staff and our leaders, our volunteers and the donors and the patients we serve, want to thank the city council for this proclamation recognizing San Diego Blood Bank's 75th anniversary.

For three quarters of a century, San Diegans have rolled up their sleeves for neighbors they may never meet.

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood.

And right here at home, those units help trauma patients, cancer patients, those who need surgeries, new moms, and premature babies across our region.

Behind every donation is a story of hope, and behind every story is a community that shows up.

We're proud to partner with the City of San Diego, local hospitals, schools, businesses, faith communities, the military, and countless community groups to ensure a safe and eligible blood supply.

With uh this month, it while it is a celebration of 75 years, it's also a reminder that our work continues.

Blood has a shelf life and the need never takes a holiday.

If you're eligible, we invite you to donate.

If you can host a blood drive at your workplace, your neighborhood or place of worships, we'd love to partner with you.

Even if you just simply spread the word by something like this proclamation, um, you're saving lives throughout Southern California.

So thank you to the city council for elevating this mission and our continued partnership.

We accept this proclamation with gratitude and with renewed commitment to serve this community for the next 75 years.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Claudine, and thank you to the Blood Bank.

And with that, I will move the proclamations and go next to Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you, uh, Council President Locava.

Um item 34 proclaims September 7th to be the 25th anniversary of the San Isidro Women's Club Scholarship Day in the city of San Diego.

Uh this proclamation is not only to celebrate a mile a milestone, we are celebrating a movement.

The San Isidro Women's Club is a hundred percent volunteer-based organization, and they do absolutely amazing work.

In 1915, a trailblazing group of women joined to advance community improvements and strengthen interpersonal connections within the neighborhood of San Isidro through immense volunteer services and in an in an organization that would later be known as the San Isidro Women's Club.

In 2000, the San Isidro Women's Club Philanthropy evolved as their leadership established the San Isidro High School Scholarship and Eighth Grade Incentive Awards to empower San Isidro students in their journey towards higher education and to inspire them to dream bigger.

For 25 years, the San Isidro Women's Club has made higher education more accessible for students in the San Isidro community, and the impact of that work can be seen in the lives of so many former recipients and volunteers.

The San Isidro Women's Club has distributed over 600 scholarships since the program was first established, making an instrumental impact in the early professional careers of over 600 students.

It's very important to note that this program's legacy would not be what it is today without the vision and passion of Miss Grace Kojima, the founding chair of the Signature Scholarship Project.

Through her leadership and the commitment of many, many women, we were able to raise $100,000 this year for our endowment.

And I say us because I'm a volunteer with them as well.

Now we did lose Miss Kojima this year, but her soul lives on through this endowment.

And I'm so honored to sponsor this proclamation and proud to proclaim September 7th, 2025 to be the 25th anniversary of the San Isidro Women's Club Scholarship Day in the city of San Diego.

At this time, I would like to call up Miss Maritza Chavarin, who is our president of the San Isidro Women's Club to say a few words.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

Thank you, President Council of La Cava, uh, Council Member Vivir Moreno and all Council City members.

Uh it's on behalf of the members of the San Isidro Women's Club, it's a great honor to receive this proclamation.

And our and represent our volunteer efforts that we made over the 25 years providing scholarships to our students to San Isidro School High School and our community students.

Thank you, and we appreciate and will we continue working on behalf of the students.

I'd like to just close by saying yesterday we had our 25th anniversary uh event and uh we we had we were almost close to the 500,000.

And then someone said, How much do you need?

I said 10,000 more.

The person said, here's the 10,000.

So we made our $500,000 endowment uh goal.

And that endowment will be in perpetuity for all our students.

It's in the San Diego Foundation, it's a very well-known foundation.

We have now $500,000 so that for the rest of eternity, our students will get a scholarship.

We only give to San Isidro High School.

We believe that's the high school that we feel most need.

It's also in our little community, San Isidro.

So thank you very much, Vivian, for giving us.

She's the one that gave us the idea.

Why don't you start an endowment?

That was four years ago.

And in four years, we were able to raise 500,000.

So thank you, thank you.

Thank you for those calls.

Thank you for those comments.

With that, um, I would like to congratulate the recipients of today's proclamations and also second your motion, Council President.

Thank you so much.

All right, thank you.

So we have a motion by myself to move the proclamation, second by Councilmember Moreno, and we will go to Councilmember Campbell.

Thank you, Council President.

I I would be, I I think she already seconded the motion.

Yes, she.

Okay, so I'll third it.

Um, we don't need to third it.

But I want to say congratulations for all of the proclamation recipients.

They're all wonderful.

I just want to speak a little bit on 3031 S500 and S501.

And I want to thank Mayor Tong Gloria and Councilmembers Whitburn and Von Wilbert for joining me in bringing forward this proclamation today.

This is number 30, declaring August 2025 as transgender history month in the city of San Diego.

August holds special significance in transgender history, making this the anniversary of the 1966 Comptons Cafeteria riots in San Francisco.

And Joy, you can look that up, and anybody who's interested in the history, Compton's Cafeteria Riots, San Francisco, one of the first acts of collective resistance by transgender people against harassment and discrimination in the U.S.

Here in the City of San Diego, we believe in dignity, equality, and authenticity.

So I want to celebrate and honor our transgender siblings who, despite facing tremendous attacks and hate, work tirelessly toward a future of inclusion and justice.

As a family physician, I have seen firsthand how transgender patients thrive once they can live as their true selves.

It's important to emphasize that being transgender is not a medical disorder.

There is nothing wrong with them medically.

What they need, like anyone else, is respect, support, and access to affirming care.

I will end with this.

I want our trans community to know that I see you, I respect you, and I love you.

And more importantly, our city honors and celebrates all of the wonderful contributions you bring to San Diego.

And remember, we are all in this fight together.

Let us stick together, one big LGBTQ family, and one big American family, and never give up on fighting for our right to be who we are and love who we love.

Thank you.

PROC 31.

I'd like to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Childhood Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children in the United States.

However, California is leading the fight against these horrible diseases.

Our home state is home to 18 children's oncology group hospitals, including here in San Diego, the Naval Medical Center, and Radies Children Hospital.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is a time to recognize the ongoing fight against cancer and the tremendous hardship faced by the children diagnosed with cancer and their families.

Thanks to advancements in cancer treatment.

Childhood cancers now have an 85% survival rate.

That's wonderful.

As a family physician, I'm proud to stand with my colleagues in medicine and all my colleagues on this council and recognize that Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the City of San Diego is this September.

Item S500.

And I would also like to join the mayor and our council president Lacovin recognizing the 75th anniversary of the San Diego Blood Bank.

The Blood Bank provides more than 150,000 units of blood per year to hospitals across Southern California.

I'm proud to have not one but two San Diego Blood Bank centers in my district, located in Liberty Station and the newest center in Claremont Town Square.

Donating blood is so important and saves so many lives.

I always encourage anyone who is able to donate blood to do so.

And as a family physician, I want to thank San Diego Blood Bank and all blood donors for the life-saving work that they have done over the last 75 years.

Congratulations on reaching this milestone anniversary, and thank you to my colleague, Councilmember Whitburn, who in the past has worked very hard with the blood bank as an executive there.

And congratulations to all of you, many more years of success.

Thank you so much.

You don't have to fly.

Okay, so the my last one is S501.

I'd like to recognize National Preparedness Month.

Take this opportunity to remind each San Diegans to create an emergency plan.

Make sure you're prepared for an earthquake, wildfire, flood, or other major disaster.

With the effects of climate change, we're seeing more of these events throughout the year, as the chief told us.

Thank you all for keeping San Diego safe.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campbell.

We'll go next to Councilmember Elo Rivera.

All right, thank you, Council President.

I appreciate you and my colleagues bringing forward these proclamations this morning.

Thank you to uh everyone from the community who is out here.

Um Campbell did very much appreciate uh your comments on Transgender History Month.

Uh, not going to um say anything besides Amen to those comments and and uh share my commitment to the community um to to be here in uh whatever way I can help support, especially um in this in this moment when folks are under attack simply for being who they are.

Um I will also um say thank you to the Friends of College Rolando uh Ranch Library for your love and commitment to your library.

Um certainly appreciate uh everything that that library brings to our community and look forward to the next 70 years.

Um Cole, Climate Action Campaign Team.

Congratulations.

Uh 10 years is a big deal.

Um Nicole, I know when when you started this, it was um you know.

There was a you were climbing a big mountain in terms of of the forces that were up against you, um, not just in terms of the policy you're trying to pass, but to establish an organization that was going to be able to watchdog the implementation of the climate action plan.

And it didn't work.

Their efforts did not work.

You all are here, you're thriving, your team is growing, and you all are doing super important work.

Um so thank you for doing that.

I have certainly appreciated watching the growth of the organization, not just in terms of number of people, but where the work is done.

Um so often now I get to uh see parts of my district, District 9 where climate action campaign is showing up.

Particularly appreciate the efforts in Mount Hope.

Um so thank you again for showing up uh not just to grow the movement, but to do that in communities that have far too often been left out of the conversation with respect to climate change and uh the importance of of building a climate resilient community, climate resilient communities.

So thank you for that, and congratulations again.

And uh last but certainly not least, uh Maurice, thank you for being here on behalf of the governor.

Um celebrating California's 175th um birthday as a as a state um is I think a very important thing to do in this moment.

I I've I think I've shared um a number of times before that my family's moved a lot, I've lived in different places, and core to my identity is being a Californian, and I take a lot of pride in that.

And um what we've seen this state go through over the last eight months has has really kind of grown that pride and and really makes me really happy to see that we're celebrating the history of California.

California has such an amazing um history of of painting the paving the way for the country, and because of that, we we also get a lot of hate.

Um and there's a lot of people who are scared by the the change that we bring that we represent.

They're scared of the diversity that we represent, that we've built this incredible, very populous, very um very economically um uh prosperous state in such a way that is in direct defiance of what Trump and Stephen Miller's vision of of America, their false vision of what America is.

Um so uh thank you for celebrating this day.

Uh Council President, thank you for bringing it forward in partnership with the governor's office.

Um very proud to be a Californian and glad we're celebrating our state's birthday.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Elo Rivera.

We'll go next to Councilmember Foster.

Uh yes, thank you, Council President.

Um I want to keep my um comments brief as I will be looking to my colleagues to um give me some time as we move to the next item, the consent agenda, as we have something um on the consent agenda to celebrate.

Um I just really want to take a moment and congratulate um all of the um proclamation acknowledgments.

Um I think if you look at the lineup, um I think it speaks um just to the work that our community members do, our organizations do.

When you talk about uh transgender uh history month, um continuing to take that fight on to educate, to represent, and to uh do away with hate.

Uh, when we talk about uh climate action and resiliency, when you look at District Four, when you look at the rooftops that we have in regards to solar, thank you to the work that you do.

I think folks would be impressed when they look at District 4 and look at the impact we are making to our footprint in sustainability.

Um when you look at um all of the different organizations, the 75 years, 25 years.

Um, just want to just thank everyone.

Um, and I truly think it uh speaks to the commitment um and the dedication in making San Diego the best place that it can be.

So um congratulations to all the um folks acknowledged and uh keep doing uh the good work that you're doing.

Thank you so much.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Foster.

We'll go next to Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, I'd like to talk to items 31 and S502.

Um and I'll start with item S502.

I'm honored to join Council President Lacava and Councilmember Ila Rivera on this proclamation celebrating climate action campaign's 10th anniversary.

Um Nicole was just up here um speaking, but uh the founder and CEO, Nicole Capritz was dubbed the quote, godmother of 100% clean energy when she was inducted into the California Energy Commission's Clean Energy Hall of Fame in 2021.

Uh and I, for one cannot think of a more fitting title.

Um, since its founding, the climate action campaign has been a vital part of the adoption and implementation of equitable climate policy throughout our region, most notably through two legally binding San Diego uh climate action plans from uh 2015 and 2022, uh, as well as the creation of San Diego Community Power and much more.

Um and I want to thank uh the Climate Action Campaign for their dedication uh for always advocating for our frontline communities and for also holding us accountable to prioritizing public health, renewable energy, reliable transportation, and the overall improved quality of life of our communities.

But I would also be remiss to not note that our office has a special thanks to the Climate Action Campaign because our director of policy, uh Madison Coleman, I think has benefited from being one of the many team members who has been with the Climate Action Campaign and who continues to advocate through our office for your work.

And so certainly want to help you celebrate your 10th anniversary as well as wish you another successful decade of bold climate action to come.

Next, I'd like to speak to item uh 31.

Um today we are honored uh to partner with uh my colleague Councilmember Campbell in bringing forward a proclamation declaring September 2025 as childhood cancer awareness month in the city of San Diego.

Um as Councilmember Campbell noted, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States.

Uh survival rates have certainly improved, but many children continue to face serious long-term side effects from treatments that are typically designed for adults.

Um, and that challenge really underscores the need for care that is really uh specific when it comes to pediatric needs, um, but also the support that is necessary for families to be able to navigate the challenges of um of one of the most challenging periods of their time in support of their children.

Um we're here today also celebrating uh Joey's Wings Foundation, which was um established in 2020 uh 2014 in memory of Joey Sue, who passed away from childhood cancer in November of that year.

Um, and the foundation continues to carry on Joey's legacy by funding research on childhood kidney cancers, raising awareness, and providing vital support uh to families.

Um, one of the things that they're known for is um their program Cranes for a Cure, which was inspired by Joey's love for origami, and um they helped to provide um crane strings and mobiles to provide hope, health, and healing for pediatric cancer patients.

Um I thought this was something relevant to highlight because um if folks are not familiar, cranes have a long tradition uh amongst many Asian cultures.

Uh, in particular, um, according to Japanese tradition, anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted their most desired wish.

And so we've seen that often reflected in film and in media, uh, but also in real life, um, especially for those facing um challenges where the need for hope and the need for um their spirits to be lifted is something that ends up being resembled in those cranes.

And so the month is really an opportunity for us to consider the importance of increasing awareness, funding, and community support for the children and the families who are affected, while also recognizing the critical role of both medical providers as well as advocates and parents, often the same thing at the end of the day.

Um Joey's Wings Foundation has a particular connection for me as well, um, because uh Miss Kathy Liu, who is the founder of Joey's Wings Foundation and uh the mother to Joey, um, happens to be the kindergarten teacher for my son Oliver.

So it is a small world that perhaps connect together.

Um, and thank you to Ms.

Lou for all she does that continue uplifting children in all that she does today.

So, with that, I want to use the remaining dirt of my time to call up um Keith Andrews, who's a volunteer with Joey's Wings, and David Zoo, who is Joey's younger brother, uh, to share a few words.

Hello, everyone.

I'm Keith Andrews from Joey's Wings Foundation.

Uh Kathy couldn't be here, she's busy uh teaching your son.

Um as you mentioned, Joey's Wings was established in 2014 in memory of Joey, a 10-year-old boy who passed away from kidney cancer.

We are dedicated to supporting children and young adults with kidney cancer through research, advocacy, and family support.

We provide financial grants and services like tutoring and therapy dog visits for affected families and advocates for increased research funding.

In the past 10 years, Joey's Wings has invested in groundbreaking research to better understand and treat pediatric kidney cancer.

We actively advocate for increased research funding and policy changes to support childhood cancer initiatives.

We honor Joey's love of origami by creating and distributing paper cranes to hospitals, symbolizing hope and strength.

On behalf of Joey's Wings, I want to say a big thank you to the city council for proclaiming September as childhood cancer awareness month.

Your recognition shines an important light on the urgent need for awareness, research, and support for the youngest members of our community who are facing the hardest battles of their lives.

Thank you.

Hello.

My name is David Sheep.

I am a ninth grader at Tory Pines High School.

And my older brother, Jovi, passed away from a rare type of kidney cancer when I was three.

Since then, my family has been trying their best to raise money for child children's cancer, so no other child will have the same fate as my brother.

We're honored that San Diego City Council sponsored an official proclamation to recognize September as San Diego.

Oh, wait, as San Diego City Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

This month provides an excellent opportunity for San Diego to demonstrate its support in recognizing that childhood cancer touches the lives of those who live in our community.

Recognition of this month is a wonderful opportunity to educate the public on the reality of childhood cancer and its impact on our children's families and community.

This proclamation is not only symbolic, it is a powerful reminder that our city stands for these children and their families.

Thank you.

Thank you, and thank you to the entire team at Joey Swings Foundation for their work, which is uh for folks who don't know, really across the country.

Um thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Council President Pro Tam Lee.

We'll go next to Councilmember Whitburn.

Thank you.

And I will uh join my colleagues in congratulating everybody uh who is being honored with proclamations today, and thank my colleagues for bringing the uh very important proclamations forward.

I'll say uh a few words about item 30, uh Transgender History Month.

Uh beginning with my appreciation for my colleagues who have consistently supported the transgender community, uh, an appreciation for all of you uh here in uh council chambers who have supported the transgender community, especially in the current climate.

It is so important uh that we recognize uh and honor the transgender community.

I'm proud of the fact that the city of San Diego has long time been a leader in recognizing uh the rights of the transgender community and at everyone else.

Uh back in 2001, uh the city amended its human dignity ordinance uh to codify uh uh uh anti-discrimination protections uh for the transgender community.

It had had a uh human dignity ordinance that protected uh the gay men and and lesbians, uh, but in 2001 uh it added the transgender community to that.

And I don't remember that being particularly controversial.

I was a part of that coalition.

And we did our homework, we lobbied the city council, uh, and it passed.

And I do not remember there being the kind of vitriol that we hear today when it comes to uh transgender rights.

And why would we?

Of course, we want everybody to have equal rights.

Why wouldn't we want everyone to have equal rights and the equal opportunity to earn a living and have a job and work for the city and work for other companies?

So I don't remember it being particularly controversial then.

Today I could only imagine uh the horrible things uh that we would hear, but I also am confident and proud of the fact that this city council here today, and those of you in uh this room today uh would steadfastly support the rights of all the people in our community, including the transgender community.

Uh it is important that we support everybody's rights, and it's important that we make that clear as often as we can, and I'm glad that we're doing that today.

Thank you.

Uh thank you, Councilmember Whitburn.

Uh, we'll go next to Councilmember Campillo.

Thank you, Council President.

Uh thank you to my colleagues for their excellent remarks, uh, and I join them in those.

I'm honored to bring four uh proclamations today.

First to Kathy Coleman, the Heart Behind Brothers Family Restaurant and Allied Gardens.

Since 1994, she has welcomed generations of neighbors with warmth and hospitality and Grandma Jenny's famous pancakes.

Kathy has given so much back to our community, feeding police officers, lifting up local causes, and strengthening the very fabric of our community.

And she leads with kindness and integrity and unwavering belief in service and inclusivity.

And so it's with great pride that we proclaim next Tuesday her birthday, September 16th, 2025 as Kathy Coleman Day in the City of San Diego.

And last week we celebrated a remarkable milestone, the 100th birthday of Tresilla Pannot Flumion.

Born in Perpetto, Italy in 1925.

She brought her courage and heritage and love of family first to Canada, then here to San Diego in the Linda Vista area.

And settling in Linda Vista, she raised two sons, proudly sent them to the University of San Diego High School.

And as a fellow Don from that campus, I know your mother definitely cared for their futures.

Trisilla has been a beloved mother, Nona to seven, and Bis Nona to four generations.

And even at a hundred, she continues to inspire with her curiosity, her garden, her art, and her legendary rhubarb pie.

So happy one hundred birthday, Triscilla, and we're happy to proclaim the day for you.

That'll conclude my comments.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Council Member Campio.

I never thought I'd hear the word Bisno mentioned in Council Chamber.

So thank you for that.

That's a technical phrase.

Okay, with that, uh, that concludes Councilmember comments.

Uh, we have a motion by myself and a second by Council Member Moreno to move the proclamations.

Clerk, please call the roll.

I've started the voting system.

Please cast your vote.

That passes unanimously eight to zero with Councilmember Von Wilburn absent.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you.

Uh the clerk and again, thank you to all my colleagues for all the proclamations that were brought forward and those of you that showed up to speak and support them.

We will now proceed with the approval of the consent items.

Are there any requests to pull an item by the council?

Not seen any requests.

Oh, pictures.

My apologies.

I got a little ahead of myself.

So look for a Heidi.

Heidi will be a thing.

So hopefully the thing when I knew that it doesn't be.

And you can even see I know it doesn't show me a view because everyone know why.

All right, now we will proceed with the approval of the consent items.

Are there any requests to pull items?

Just to double confirm.

All right, none.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment on the consent items.

Thank you, Council President.

Please note each speaker will have one minute per item per person.

If you would like to speak on three or more items, you will have a maximum of three minutes.

The consent agenda includes items ten, fifty through fifty-seven, sixty, one hundred through one oh nine, and s five oh three.

Also let me note for the records the potential appointments and reappointments that are on the agenda this morning.

Item one hundred six is the potential reappointments of Jacqueline Jackson, Wayne Landon, and Patricia Siegelin Perry to the accessibility advisory board.

Item one hundred seven is a potential appointment of Alison Ole and the potential reappointment of Lauren Balsitas Garzes and Judith Eisenberg to the consolidated plan advisory board.

Item one hundred eight is abstention appointment of Matt Stamper and the potential reappointments of I Anya Anyanetu, Timothy Gordon Blood, Iona Magdalena Donea, and Lee Michael Duran to the privacy advisory board.

We did receive uh comments in favor for item uh fifty-three, fourteen in favor, twenty-seven in opposition, and item fifty-one in opposition VR e comment uh platform, and those were posted online and distributed to the council.

We will start with public comment hearing council's chamber, starting with debrenna uh glasterman and you have time seated to you by Carmen Montaya Reyes, if you can please raise your hand.

Thank you, as well as Martha Bereza, if you can please raise your hand.

You'll have three minutes, and before you proceed, if I can ask the following individuals to please come forward to the front of the room in the yellow reserve seats, Kenny Key, Desmond Collins, Carleton, Overstreet Jr., Henry Wallace, and Clark Maxine or Maxine Clark, my apologies.

You can all please come forward to the front row.

You'll have three minutes, please proceed.

Um I'd like to say Mr.

Morrow was one of my greatest mentors.

And I've traveled that street many, many days.

Uh in Aminous uh Street.

I I really feel we need to dedicate a part after this man's legacy.

Uh I was fortunate enough to be one of his childhood hair models.

Uh I grew up around Willie Morrow and at chemistry factory.

It was like a mad scientist to me growing up, but he was a brilliant man.

He made black people feel so proud.

And he made me believe that I could be anything that I wanted to be in business as a black man in San Diego.

And I would never forget this man's impact on my life.

He disciplined me and he inspired me.

And I will forever love him for that.

And thank you so much for carrying his legacy show on.

And more black people need to understand the history of this man.

He he influenced and impacted the world.

Thank you.

Desmond Collins.

Good morning, Council.

I think it's imperative that we recognize his legacy and what he what he accomplished.

He bring a lot of jobs to the community.

And I remember as a kid having that Afro pit, and it would magically transform me into being one of the Jackson Five.

You know what I mean?

I'd use that comb and I'd be transformed.

And I remember his products just raising my self-esteem and so many other people of color.

Then when we use his products, you know what I mean?

I think it's imperative that the young kids know what he done, and there's a street that honors him.

So when they walk that street, they can look up at that side and say, who is that guy?

And we can tell that story.

I think it's instrumental that we're able to do that in our communities of color.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Next is uh Carleton.

My apologies if I'm saying your name wrong.

Carlton Overstreet Jr.

Thank you.

Good morning, San Diego City Council leaders and community advocates.

My name is Carlton Overstreet Jr., a San Diego native and district four resident.

I'm here to support the initiative to rename Tuley Street to Willie Morrill Way for all of the reasons my family members will speak on.

Outside of the fact that I had a Jerry Curl at the age of four years old and listened to 92.5 religiously as a youth.

The impact that Willie Morrow has made should forever be memorialized.

Biweekly, I'm a part of an alcoholics anonymous meeting that takes place directly across the street from the Morrill Estate.

On average, 40 men gather at this invite-only meeting for recovery.

Everything Mr.

Morrow stood for community, brotherhood, and fellowship in a safe space happens here.

We are excited to promote our new meeting location address at Willie Morrill Way.

Today I've been sober for 4,912 days, and I look forward to that carry on.

Henry Wallace.

Thank you, Council members, for inviting us here.

Dr.

Willie Morrow is very important within the state and within the city, within the global issues.

He brought us out of Jim Crow through what he'd done back in those days.

He took the little pro comb away from us and went to Africa and found a real comb for black people.

Through him, we were empowered through our civil rights movement to move ahead.

And I think that it would be a great justice for you guys to rename Tooley Street after Dr.

Willie Morrow, which will give our city, our children and all, a positive uh role model for you him for them to understand.

You have to excuse me, I've been sick, but the thing is I want you to know that Willie Morrow is very important, and you guys should really take this action serious and know that you had an icon in this city that needed to be recognized.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Maxine Clark.

Good morning.

And I will be speaking quite quickly because I have a number of things I want to get through.

So put your listening ears on and put your seatbelt on.

Dr.

Willie Morrow, highly respected international businessman, barber, inventor, philanthropist, developer, entrepreneur, scientist, creator, writer, husband, father of many, and a community man here in San Diego.

We're here today asking you to please consider street naming in honor of Dr.

Willie Morrow, a man who was gifted, a man that you can dial 1-800, Willie Morrow, and you can get the answer.

Dr.

Morrow amassed more patents, inventions, and products, formulations than any other hair stylist in history.

He was the most quoted and notable hairstylist of our time.

He was hired by the military to teach military barbers to cut and manage Afro hair on land, sea, and all four continents.

America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

He recorded a revolutionized and documented beauty history.

He wrote.

Thank you.

If you do have written comments, we can submit them for the record if you'd like to give those to my staff.

Bobby Wood, if you can please come forward.

After that will be Cynthia Gilliam.

Please proceed.

Hello, everybody.

I know most of you guys.

One of the things I want to say is that in addition to all of the history Willie Morrill made, the pig, the California curl, uh the civil rights lead.

Willie Morrill inspired a generation of black people, not just black youth, but black people, black adults, Latinos, people of color saw somebody who built this huge empire from scratch.

And he stayed right in the community I stayed in, or that my grandparents stayed in.

I was always in as a kid over there in Encanto.

I went to Persian Junior High for a minute, right?

And when I was going to Persian Junior High, we would get on the bus and we get ready to go to school, and we'd be driving to school, and we would get to the Morrill's house, right?

And we would look up and we would say, Oh my goodness, that's the Morrow House.

We called it the Morrill Mansion.

So to us, it's already been Willie Morrow way.

But by you guys making official, you guys will make it inspiration way.

Go ahead, take that step.

He's worth it.

Thank you.

Cynthia.

Cynthia Gillum.

Gilliam.

After that, it'll be Paul Kruger, Joy Sonata, and Brian Gooden.

Good afternoon good morning, good afternoon.

My name is Cynthia Gillow, and I know Mr.

Morrow is being a loving and kindly man.

Um he was the one that taught me how to take care of my hair.

I was a young person that thought I was ugly.

And he took me in one day and he said, Your hair, and you're the most beautiful person.

He was a caring man.

He loved the young people, and I've had many opportunities to sit down with him.

So I would say to the board today, it would be great if we would keep the history and the legacy alive.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Paul Krueger.

All those speakers were on item 109, and Paul Kruger speaking on item 53.

Hello.

Um, item 53 is a second vote on Balboa Park parking meters, and I think it's it's very, very disappointing that none of you will pull this for further discussion.

I was at the Balboa Park Committee where more than a hundred people turned out to speak against the paid parking in Balboa Park.

And for your purposes, the bottom line was that um everyone who spoke felt this issue had been rushed.

There has not been sufficient communication with all those affected.

The mayor's office was there, and in response to these concerns about the lack of community outreach, gave the responsibility to your council.

And they claim that they wanted to spend more time in working out all the specifics, which are huge, but that the council has rushed this.

And again, I think it's uh extremely disappointing that you're not pulling this to discuss.

Joy Sonata.

You're speaking on item 101.

Thank you so much.

I do approve the AMR contract for the ambulance service.

It's it was complicated for me to try to figure out exactly how that worked, the contract itself.

But yes, on that, uh, I wanted to tell you that I have let go of my attachment to the alliance model.

I was too attached to it, and I need to stay more open and let Chief Logan and all the other key people figure it out.

I wanted us to anyway, so uh thank you very much for the work on the Alliance model.

I love all of you for all the work you did on it.

Uh Councilman Ron Wilpert, thank you.

And uh I did Google uh Falk, AMR, and the in-house ambulance service.

It's pro and con both ways.

So I know you're gonna look at that and pick the best service for our public.

Thank you.

Brian, Brian Gooden.

Also speaking on item 109.

Uh good morning, counsel Brian Gooden, native San Diego, and I'm here to speak in Dr.

Morrill.

Um I was very fortunate to um get my first job in radio because Dr.

Morrow hired me.

Um, and not only did he hire me, he gave a voice to our community that is no longer there.

He single handedly lifted up our black community with his inventions and with his acquiring of 92.5 radio station.

And you know, I mean, to me, currently, without that station in his hands, is like eating soul food with no seasoning on it.

Mr.

Morrill really did his thing, and he allowed a lot of us to move on and uh support our families.

Um for about four months, I was able to help Mr.

Morrow.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Guthrie Leonard.

Speaking on item 53.

Good morning, council members.

Thank you.

Um I'm here to emphatically support the parking reform at Balboa Park.

I think this is a really effective and common sense strategy for uh fiscal responsibility, and it will allow the city to better maintain the roads and the parking lots in the area.

Uh, furthermore, um, this reform incentivizes walking, cycling, and taking transit in one of the densest areas of our city.

Um, this is in line with our emissions and moad share targets, which is massively important.

Um, you made an effective and rational choice here, and I implore you to stand by that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That doesn't include public comment here in Council Chambers.

I'm sorry, the five minute timer going to those participating remotely.

Currently have five speakers in the queue, starting with Blair Beekman.

If you can please let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

Hi, Blair Beekman.

Um I'd like to speak to items 53, 100, 106, 107, and 108.

Please do you have three minutes?

Great, thank you.

Uh, first to speak to item uh 53, uh establishment of the parking meter zone in Balboa Park.

Um, thank you for the words of Paul Krueger.

Um I'm hopeful that City Council is still really working and considering how they're going to manage and move forward with the future of parking issues in Balpola Park.

Interesting uh public comment from the last public speaker, by the way.

Um, for myself, what are exactly are you guys going to be working towards?

Um, I thought Paul Kruger made some interesting points.

I really hope you can still be considering as low as prices as possible for the future of parking zones.

Um, and that a tiered system, we have to start talking more about that.

I think we're full on board with the idea that we have to respect uh citizens of San Diego first, but we have to be a bit more inclusive about people of the county of San Diego and how a tiered system can be a much more practical way to talk about uh our future of these parking issues.

Um the technology, of course, uh massively important.

I'll have to move on, but uh good luck in your efforts to really consider community before budgeting.

Um for item 100.

That's about SAP items, which is basically the uh uh get it done app things, and um, you know, I just hope that you know Council Person Moreno has made a really important point that we have to really learn to expand get it done apps more to make it more accessible to people who don't have uh ways to get to the get it done app.

Um, how are we gonna do that kind of stuff?

What is gonna be the feature of a 311 line?

That kind of stuff.

Um good luck in those efforts to work on it.

Um items uh 106, 107, 108.

I can kind of clump together.

Uh there they're bringing new people onto uh uh commissions.

Um you have a uh accessibility uh accessibility advisory board.

I think the accessibility board is a great idea.

Man, in San Jose, where I came from, we were really jealous that you guys have this board just working in full full flavor and full ardor.

We we had trouble uh in San Jose to work on it, so thank yourself for that.

Uh the consolidated plan issues, a real good luck that um we have uh if that's consolidated plan issues are related to retirement board issues, um, and and not the like we have a real upcoming economy issues that we have to be worrying about, I think.

And that these sort of boards talk very candidly about how to what to expect in the upcoming years of our economic systems.

Good luck in reviewing those processes to get a sense of what to expect.

And to conclude, um privacy advisory board commission uh reappointments.

Um it was mentioned about uh uh RFID issues for uh trash can things, um and uh we we have to really be accountable and have all accountable policies for those things.

Good luck with the e-commerce.

Concluded Audrey, if you can please unmute Hello?

Yes, can you please let me know which item or items you wish to speak to?

Item 53.

Okay, you'll have one minute, please proceed.

My name is Adriana Moore and I'm here on the behalf of the students and families at the San Diego Civic Dance Arts.

For the last 75 years, the Civic Dance Arts has provided affordable, high quality dance educations for thousands of San Diegans from four years old to 99 plus.

I don't know if any of you have had the delight of attending to any of their events.

It there it's wonderful.

It has a few kids' dreams in future careers by charging parents that need to go to those facilities like me about five times a week, if it's a minimum of ten dollars, that's gonna be way more than that class itself.

It's gonna prevent people like myself and many others that have multiple children from benefiting from such a wonderful program.

And I hope you guys can think about the residents, the children that can't speak for themselves.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Francine Maxwell.

If you can please unmute good morning, can you hear me?

Yes, if you can please let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

53, 100, and 109.

You'll have three minutes.

I'll also just note for the public that the five-minute timer has concluded.

We have five additional speakers in the queue, and no additional speakers will be taken after that.

Thank you, Ms.

Maxwell.

Please proceed.

Thank you so much.

Francine Maxwell, Southeastern San Diego resident.

Item 53.

I'd like for you to picture yourselves as a seat, a seasoned senior who gets dropped off, may not be able to be dropped off because the person has having to spend so much money and gas now that they can't sit there and wait and let the seniors commiserate with each other to get them out of their homes and things like that.

So be mindful of what a tiered system looks like.

Be mindful of our senior citizens that come there for the exercise, the camaraderie, the fresh air, respect the dance troupe, respect the volunteers, and just be mindful of that tier system.

Get it done app.

We should have been have uh opportunity for our seniors to be able to call in when they are walking in their neighborhood and they see things.

We are extremely grateful for the city staff that go out, take pictures and upload for those people that are Wi-Fi deficients in districts four, eight, and nine.

But again, the people in Panda make six and seven figures.

I think that they can pick up a phone sometimes, besides running reports for everybody.

Item 109, the land of the enchanted's favorite millionaire.

There's nothing like showing up in Lemon Grove, having a meeting with Dr.

Morrill, and being escorted to the warehouse.

There's nothing like those moments that people across the nation can tell you the stories that were told.

This is an opportunity to let our children learn and their history of the rich culture in Southeastern San Diego.

I would be remiss if I didn't support and congratulate all the hard work.

Recently, at an incanto recreation advisory meeting, there was a Caucasian woman that's lived in our community for 20 years, and she never been to our encounter recreation team center.

And they were gracious enough to open it for her so that she can see it.

The possibilities, she was there to mention Dr.

Maraway and all the fabulous things that he's done and to watch her say and read his history and the bio and and just embrace this.

Is somebody that's lived in southeastern San Diego for 20 years?

So again, full support of making sure that he is highlighted, that he continues to stay at the top of the charts.

Everybody made babies off of 92.5.

As your grandparents.

So again, full support of 109.

Please have the Panda people cut their salary so that we can have somebody answer the phone for get it done, and please be mindful of our senior citizens that come to Balboa Park in your tier system.

Thank you for allowing me to speak.

Thank you.

Next is William, if you can please unmute William Dorsey, I can't unmute for you.

I will have to move on to the next caller.

Hello, hello, hello.

Thank you.

How which item or items do you wish to speak to?

53, please.

Thank you.

You'll have one minute.

Please proceed.

Okay, so making a free area and to pay parking hurts the poor people.

It shows the right to peacefully assemble.

And residents of the city and county should continue to enjoy free parking, either by you guys not making the areas that were free paid, or by creating a free or low-cost permit from the city for our residents.

Um this is gonna hurt a lot of people, from the elderly to low-income families.

Um, some people can't spend an hour on transit to get to the park.

Um so you've got to consider everyone that you know is lower income and how this could affect their right to peacefully assemble in the public.

Um there are other ways to make money for the city.

Be more creative.

Stop taking it from the people.

Thank you.

Next is phone number ending in 7499, if you can please unmute.

7499.

Bob Kazuski here.

Okay.

Can you let me know which item or items you wish to speak to, please?

Sorry.

Uh 100, 106, 107, 108.

You'll have three minutes, please proceed.

Thank you.

Bob Kazuski here.

I'll start with item 100 and the get it done app mentioned earlier.

The app fad abuses the original purpose of the world wide web, which is to provide equal access to all people and all platforms.

There's no reason why the city should be spending money on specialized apps, which only work on cell phones instead of a simple website interface, which can be used by all platforms, including cell phones and home computers, without any special software needing to be installed.

On items 106, 107, and 108, I endorse the appointments and reappointments to these advisory boards.

Advisory boards are a means for expert citizens to provide their expertise to the city in areas where the city does not have their own in-house expertise.

These advisory boards are also fiscally responsible because their members serve without compensation.

Advisory boards should be established for all matters where the city does not have its own in-house expertise.

It is a crime against the citizens of San Diego that this city has silently disbanded the Tory Pine City Park Advisory Board, which provides that expertise at that park.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is Jamie, if you can please unmute.

And if you can please tell me which item or items you wish to speak to, Jamie.

Jamie, District One.

I want to talk on all items.

100, 1 to 100, 953, and the bond.

You'll have three minutes, please proceed.

What happened to community hospitals?

All closed down.

Every time someone goes into the hospital, they have to pay over 1,000 dollars.

The app is for tracking, tracking and tracing in violation of the California Constitution.

Have you forgotten that people have the right to privacy?

To park, you bleed.

Balboa Park belongs to the people.

It is not yours to carve up in tax.

Don't worry about redoing the parking lots.

Because when you charge for parking, nobody will use them.

You think you are smart charging for parking?

You will lose money in taxes because nobody will spend money at the businesses in the park.

You want to kill the culture in Balboa Park.

And then when it is empty, bulldoze it.

For what?

For billionaire developers to build their stack and pack housing.

Do you think it's a joke to bleed the people dry and name streets after them?

It is so magnanimous of you to name streets after people while bleeding people dry.

A modern spin on the Roman phrase bread and circuses, where symbolic gestures are used to distract or pacify the public while real power and wealth are siphoned elsewhere.

Thank you for making sure that most people can't afford a home.

Thank you for wasting our money with bond interest and carving up our city and giving it to billionaires like Jim Silverwood.

Thank you for making sure real homes are not affordable.

Thank you for making sure that our seniors can't leave their stack and pack because of parking fees.

Thank you for removing lanes and causing traffic and smog and calling it sustainability.

And thank you, truly, for raising nearly half a billion dollars in bonds so billionaires can borrow it back at a discount while packing this all into sardine cans.

You sell bonds to fund equity, but the equity always ends up in someone else's portfolio.

And when the bill comes due, you'll just raise taxes, cut services and act shocked again.

You are bleeding us dry and our children dry.

Thank you for making sure that banks and corporations will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Every city council meeting a cut.

And we bleed and bleed and bleed.

And Dr.

Death Campbell, how dare you talk about cancer when you were trying to force the homeless to be vaccinated with cancer causing COVID vaccines.

Even though your advisors were telling you that it was illegal, we don't forget Thank you.

That concludes your comments.

Moving on to Bruce, if you can please unmute and let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

Yes, thank you.

Item 109.

Please proceed, you'll have one minute.

Thank you.

Bruce Kuhn, Secretary Director of Saver Heritage Organization.

Uh Soho uh supports the renaming uh of Thule Street to uh Willie L.

Morrow Way that uh Sean Harris uh presented.

Uh we're fully support.

This is long overdue.

Um and I think uh this will serve as a great model to recognize important people that inspire the uh community and please uh proceed.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

That does conclude uh non-agenda uh public comment on the consent agenda.

If you had raised your hand after the five-minute timer, you can definitely submit comments to City Clerk at Sandie.gov.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

We will now count go to the council members for comments and entertain a motion, and we'll start with Councilmember Whitburn.

Thank you.

I will move the consent agenda, but I will vote no on item 53, the establishment of a parking meter zone at Balboa Park.

This is not to be confused with the item that will be coming before us next week on implementing paid parking in the interior of the park.

This is a narrower item that would create a parking meter zone and install parking meters uh that would make people pay to park along Sixth Avenue on the west edge of the park and uh parking meters uh along Park Boulevard through the uh center of the park.

When this was introduced earlier this summer, uh we heard from a number of low-income seniors who benefit from using the bridge club uh and other activities over on the west edge of the park.

And there was a hope that a solution would be found to accommodate them.

But that has not happened.

The bridge club in many respects acts as a senior center, something that we need more of.

Uh, we have an aging population.

It provides mental stimulation and social enjoyment for seniors, many of whom don't have the resources to participate in other activities in the community, and now they are concerned that they will be priced out of this.

It is counterproductive for the city to raise money for programs and services in a way that jeopardizes existing programs, especially those serving low-income seniors.

We should be looking for ways to make it easier for people to participate in these kinds of programs, not harder.

And this, as we heard, impacts some of the other programs over on that side of the park as well.

I don't assign blame for any of this.

This is an obvious problem that has been arisen and has been called to our attention, and we need to solve it, and particularly in an environment in which low-income seniors are struggling with the cost of living, like so many other people.

I think we need a solution for this problem.

So I will vote uh I will move the consent agenda with a vote of no on item 53.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember.

So we have a motion by Council Member Whitburn to move the uh consent items.

Uh, we'll go next to Councilmember Foster.

Uh yes, thank you, Council President, and I would like to comment on item 106, 107, uh 108, and 109.

Um, just quickly um would like to just acknowledge um the reappointments um to several of our uh boards and commissions, um, and would like to uh specifically um congratulate Ms.

Jack William Jackson for being appointed to the accessibility advisory board.

Ms.

Jackson will be serving as an ADA expert and will be bringing 30 years of experience to the board.

Ms.

Jackson has served as an appointee to the governor's committee for the employment of people with disabilities, and served on the state superintendent's ethnic advisory committee.

Most of all, she's an active community member from District 4 that has been serving the community for many years.

And I would also like to note that she is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.

Thank you, Ms.

Jackson, for serving the community for decades and for remaining committed to the accessibility advisory board.

And again, congratulations to all of our other appointees to our boards and commissions.

And also for me, this is a very, very special day.

Being a young man that grew up in District 4.

Today, we are here to honor a very important gentleman, Dr.

Willie L.

Morrow, in naming a portion of Thule Street between Winnett and Oriel in his honor.

A well deserved honor and I must say, a late honor.

It is something that we have talked about on several occasions in the city of San Diego, how we could make sure that we honor such a great man.

Again, as I have stated, it's truly an honor and privilege to be able to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr.

Willie L.

Morrow.

Dr.

Morrow was and will always be an icon in San Diego and across the globe.

There's not enough time to list all of his achievements, but I will name just a few.

Dr.

Morrow was born in Tuscalooga, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to a family of sharecroppers and taught himself basic barbering and chemistry at a young age.

In the 1970s, the U.S.

Department of Defense enlisted Dr.

Morrow to teach hair cutting and to cut hair on military bases and in war zones.

Dr.

Morrow believed in entrepreneurship and owning at least one business.

So after the military, Dr.

Morrow would continue to work in the hair care industry and own his own barber shop.

He created the Tomorrow Curl, which was later renamed the California Curl, known to be a hairstyle that created and changed hair as we know it.

The formula was later popularized by Jerry Reddy, another California hairdresser, and by the 1980s, the Jerry curl was sported by individuals such as Michael Jackson on the cover of Thriller, displacing the Afro as a cutting-edge hairstyle.

From 1978 to 1989, for 11 years, Dr.

Morrow took over XHRM 92.5 radio station and continued to build one of the strongest black economies in San Diego history.

He was a founder, publisher, and editor of the San Diego Monitor as well.

I remember when Richard Tip Calvin was a reporter, and he would have us out walking as I was a young man at the Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

parade when it was on Euclid Avenue distributing the paper.

Those are the memories that I recall.

Again, Dr.

Morrow contributed to making Southeastern San Diego a major competitive business community and district.

He is a mentor and a role model to so many in the community, and his legacy will continue to live on through the work of his family.

I'm sorry, hold on.

Family and supporters who understand the true visionary he was.

I want to thank his family and the people's.

I'm sorry, my computer is malfunctioning.

People's Association of Justice Advocates for bringing this item forward.

And thank you for your continued fight and acknowledgement that we had to get this done.

With that, I want to save the rest of my time for the family.

And also I would like to acknowledge that we have Mrs.

Morrow in the House with us today.

Absolutely.

We also have Cheryl Morrow here in the House today.

And we also have Reverend Shane Harris with us today.

Before we turn it over, if I can have everyone stand, as I would like to acknowledge and give our flowers to the family, and I would like to personally thank Mrs.

Morrow, Sherl, the family, for the years that you have shared your father with us.

San Diego would not be the place that it is if it were not for your father.

And I just want to make sure that we acknowledge that as we move forward and allow you to say some words.

So if we can stand, please.

Mrs.

Morrow, thank you so much for sharing your husband.

Sheryl, thank you for sharing your father, and thank you to the family.

So with that, Council President, I would like to call the family, Reverend Shane Harris to the mic to allow them to provide some comments.

Thank you so much.

Councilmember Foster.

Any time I'm happy to share.

Okay.

Thank you, Councilmember Foster.

Good morning, Council.

My name is Shane Harris, and I'm the founder and president of the People's Association of Justice Advocates.

I am pleased to stand before you today in finality of a proposal and memorandum that I made to you and to the city in June 2022, shortly after the passing of one of our city's most profound treasures, entrepreneurs and leaders, Dr.

Willie L.

Morrow.

Willie Morrow was born in Utah, Alabama, as one of the eight children to Holly and Oileen Morrow on October 9th, 1939.

His father and mother were sharecroppers.

His father also sold bootleg whiskey.

He later moved to San Diego, California, where he trained as a barber and a stylist in the independent Barber College, graduating in 1959.

Marl started his first hair salon in San Diego in 1959.

His barber shop was located on Marker Street in San Diego from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Uh or easy tease.

And that was commercialized.

It was not invented by Dr.

Marl.

He commercialized it.

Morrill was contracted by the United States Department of Defense to teach black hair styling techniques to military barbers.

In that capacity, he cut hair on U.S.

military bases and in combat zones, as you've heard.

Dr.

Morrow is a historic figure, not just in San Diego, but across the nation and the world.

Dr.

Morrill is the inventor of the California curl, which later expanded to the Jerry Curl.

He was the founder of the prominent adjudicated newspaper called the San Diego Monitor News, which is still around, and he is prominently known as the person who established the AfroPIC in commerce.

Dr.

Marl also earned, uh also owned 92.5 in its emphasis.

As you noted, many babies were made.

Some of y'all in here might have made some.

In June 2022, I made a proposal to this council for the establishment of Willie Marrow in the city of San Diego with the full support of Dr.

Morrow's biological family and residents across our city.

In my office's proposal, we share two locations of interest.

One in District 9 on the street on Morrison Street, which is adjacent to where Dr.

Marl established his business empire, and the other on the District 4th Street of Thule, which is adjacent to Dr.

Marl's large mansion in the heart of Vencanto.

If we can pause just for a moment, uh you already put it up to take a look at some of the historic photos of Dr.

Willie Morrow.

And remembering Dr.

Marl today.

Thank you, you may take the slide down.

I'd like to thank, you may take the slide down, thank you.

I'd like to thank D4 staffer Tiffany Harrison and her for her work on this, along with Councilmember Foster, for picking it up in his first term and authoring my proposal on the floor today.

Council before you today is an opportunity, an opportunity to promote entrepreneurial innovation, an opportunity to honor someone who gave not only his tax dollars, but his whole heart to this city.

This city should give its heart back to Dr.

Willie Morrow.

Please approve my honorary proposed street naming for Willie Marlway on Tule Street between Oriel and Winnett.

And now I'd like to introduce Dr.

Marl's biological daughter, Cheryl Morrell, for very for remarks.

Thank you, Shane.

Thank you to my council Henry Foster and to, of course, Council President Joe Lacava into the council body.

I want to give some facts though about the home that sits on this street.

Mr.

Morrow felt that at the start of any career, you should thank the people who help you get there.

And so with that, and many, many prominent people.

He built the home so his community could have somewhere to come that has a prestige to it.

So as Governor Reagan, Governor Pete Wilson, Mayor, Tom Bradley, and many uh prestigious San Diego high profile politicians, one, uh, my dearly beloved uh Bob Filner and just many others, um, many sports figures, Jim Brown, and so on.

But the home is one of those particular places that um stands for uh ultimate achievement and prize.

And thank you.

And I want to and I want to note as you can see, he did a lot of folks' hair, but I brought somebody special.

He regularly cut council member George Stevens uh historic hairline and his uh his fire brand haircut.

There he is, right there, cutting council member Stevens.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Just um with some short concluding um remarks again.

I just sincerely want to thank the family uh for sharing uh Dr.

Willie Morrow with our community.

Um with that, as we are here today, um council uh president, um as we are celebrating and honoring such a great man and celebrating black excellence and someone that really um I just cannot say enough about um in in helping us to be who we are.

Um I would like to move the consent agenda um and second the motion of my colleague.

Thank you so much.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Foster.

So we do have a motion by Councilmember Whitburn and a second by Councilmember Foster to move the consent item items.

Uh we'll go next to Councilmember Campio.

Thank you, Council President.

Uh, first of all, thank you, everyone who's who's here for the honorary street naming for Willie Morrow.

That's uh the story is uh indicative of San Diego of California, the United States of America, and that story is something that every San Diegan should read on the front page of our newspaper uh to understand, and so I thank my colleagues for bringing attention to it.

I do want to register a no vote on item 53 and echo the comments of Councilmember Whitburn.

I have one question about item 50, which is the approval of the uh execution of the Motorola Solutions contract.

Um this contract extends to 2038.

I know that we are trying to pair up our services through Motorola for uh first responder technology and other services uh with the county of San Diego, which has that going to 2038 is particularly long.

So, my question for the Department of IT um a contract like this has to have off ramps in it because if we're gonna be talking about 13 years, uh 13 years ago, the technology massively changed, though I know in some departments we still use 13-year-old technology in the city.

What are the off ramps that this contract has in case technology not in case because technology will improve and it will improve significantly and the services that are covered uh in case um in case the technology and services become obsolete?

I I fully expect that in five years, half the contract will simply be obsolete based on what they're providing us.

So I want to know what contingencies we have for modernization, because a contract that's 13 years all the way to 2038 is almost two decades later is is pretty important to get right.

Yeah, thanks for the question.

Jonathan Banke, uh CIO of Department of IT.

Uh the contract aligns, you know, the city and county are in alignment with the contract.

Uh and a modernization has taken place uh with all that infrastructure at the mountaintop towers, dispatch centers, uh covering our public safety radio system.

So in alignment with that, uh, you know, that has a longer lifespan that uh that equipment, um so that equipment is put into production, and then uh there's 10 years of maintenance and support on that equipment.

So it does have a longer lifespan.

Um and and we've got Denise here who can speak to uh some of the work that Motorola is doing in the in terms of uh road mapping and modernization as we move forward in the contract.

Yes, thank you for the question.

Um so we work very closely with Motorola on the life cycle of the equipment and making sure any modernization is either backwards compatible or that we have long-term planning for any of the software and hardware replacements to make sure that this contract doesn't become obsolete, so that all the equipment and services will remain in effect for the term of the contract.

This is Motorola and our responsibility together to do that long-term planning.

Understood.

I hear you have a long-term plan, but if they're if we find technology that is significantly better and significantly cheaper, does the contract have off-ramps that let us get out of it so that we can go to a better manufacturer, a better service provider?

I think Motorola is pretty good.

They've been doing good work for us, but something could come out tomorrow.

So good morning or almost good afternoon.

Maureen Ben Vajev, Deputy Director IT contracts.

Just to clarify, this contract allows us to have the capacity to purchase.

Both hardware and software.

Also, this is not an obligation.

So at any point, this is as needed.

We can uh IT can pivot and uh and purchase whatever we think is most appropriate.

So we're not locked in.

This just gives us the ability to continue to align all of our emergency equipment with the county.

Got it.

Okay.

Um and how do we know the county got a good contract?

I know we're aligning with them, but there's no reason.

What reason do I have to believe that they got a good one?

So therefore us copying them is is a good one too.

So I'll jump in on that one as well, please.

So the county of San Diego is leveraging the this is a cooperative procurement.

So they did a competitive request for proposal process, and we benchmarked that against other uh pricing for Motorola.

So we have in fact independently confirmed that we have uh competitive pricing.

But again, you know, this is not a static contract, so this is not like you a one and done.

I think if you know anything about IT, we're all about continual service improvement.

We're always looking back.

So we don't get something in place and sit with it.

Um there's actually a they have a monthly meeting that's um a larger part of Southern California, but they're strategizing on this.

Okay, you said the magic word of independent confirmation that this is the right type of contract.

So I believe you when you say that.

So I just wanted to make sure we didn't just swallow what they gave us, but we we did our own work here.

You're asking the right questions.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh with that, Council President, I have no further questions, but just to register again the no on 53 with the clerk, and I'll be supportive of the balance.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campion.

Thank you for that line of inquiry.

Uh next we'll go to Councilmember Campbell.

Thank you.

I'm gonna be very brief, unfortunately, because these people deserve long messages about their wonderful credentials.

But I want to uh speak on item 106 and item 108, uh, which is the appointment of Wayne Landon, resident of Point Loma in District 2, willing to be reappointed to the accessibility advisory board.

He's an expert in this uh area, and I thank him for his service.

And I'm also honored that Alison O'Lay, resident of Ocean Beach in District 2, is willing to be appointed to the consolidated plan advisory board.

She is certainly uh an expert in those affairs, and we're very grateful to her.

I would also like to ask that I be counted as a no vote on item 53, and I want to thank uh Councilmember Whitburn for his remarks on that regard.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campbell.

We'll go next to Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you.

Um I will be recording a no vote on item 53, which is the establishment of a parking meter zone at Balboa Park or around Balboa Park.

Um again, I am troubled by the continued increase in costs for San Diegans and this uh these meters will directly impact residents who want to visit Balboa Park.

Um I know that the extra cost to pay to park at these meters will be very difficult for my constituents, and I simply cannot support it.

Um moving right along item 109, Dr.

Morrowway.

Um I want to thank Councilmember Foster for bringing this forward.

Um, and um thank you for sharing a little bit or a lot of history.

Um very well recognized history in San Diego that um my children's children should know about.

Um so hopefully this is the right step.

Um, and um may his triumphs and legacies live on.

So uh with that I'm happy to support the balance of the consent agenda.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Moreno.

We'll go next to Councilmember Elo Rivera.

Thank you, Council President.

I just very uh quickly wanted to say thank you to uh Mr.

Tim Blood uh for stepping up to uh continue to serve on the privacy advisory board.

He's offering some very important leadership uh on privacy advisory board that is especially important right now as that board uh considers the way that technology and surveillance uh can impact our community in in these very scary times brought about by the the Trump administration.

And um certainly last but not least, um thank you to Councilmember Foster um for partnering um with uh Shane Harris and the community to bring um item 109 forward.

Um I really truly appreciated the the testimony that was provided today.

Um anyone who's able to make folks feel seen and heard and and confident um that's an incredible gift to give to a community and uh Mr.

Dr.

Morrow uh seems to have done that in a way that's going to live on for a very, very long time.

Um that is especially especially important when the the folks who are um receiving that feeling and that that validation and affirmation um are meant are are consistently told that they don't matter as much.

And and then so um what an incredible legacy uh to leave on to uh leave behind.

Um and one that's felt in like so many different ways, right?

Um the way you walk to the grocery store and seeing um uh products that are meant for you, um, and also people who are doing work and doing uh doing jobs because someone made them told them you can be anything, you can do anything.

So uh couldn't imagine um a more worthy uh recipient of having a street named after them.

Thank you, Councilmember Foster, for bringing this forward.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Ila Rivera.

Uh not seeing anybody else in likes, I'll make some concluding comments and uh raise a procedural issue.

Uh so real quickly, thank you, Councilmember Foster, Mr.

Harris about bringing Willie Morrow away as uh an important rec at least a minor attempt by the city to recognize the contribution that that individual made and the family who supported him along the way and to remind us of that history.

Um I think this is one of the better things the city council does, whether it's proclamations or recognizing uh individuals in addition to the nuts and bolts of running the city.

So thank you all.

Thank you, Councilmember Foster, uh, for your leadership on that as well.

Uh, real quickly on items 107 and 108.

I want to thank Judith Eisenberg for her reappointment to the consolidated plan advisory board and Lee Duran for continuing to work on the Privacy Advisory Board.

Um, to the point that was raised by Mr.

Kruger and raised by a number of the council members.

Um item 53 was placed on the consent and was not pulled, I suspect, because it was approved on first reading on a six to two vote um and is a procedural item, uh not a policy or budget item.

Uh, nevertheless, we've heard some uh powerful comments by our colleagues uh on this item.

Um and so I'm going to make a request of Councilmember Whitburn whether you would be willing to remove 53 from today's action and bundle it with uh the larger Balboa Park conversation that we'll be holding next Monday, wherever the ships may fall.

Um I think that might be more productive.

That will also give chance um code for staff to reflect on the comments and the concerns that have been more strongly um relayed today that we didn't hear in the first reading.

Would you be comfortable with removing that?

And Councilmember Foster will be asked as well.

I would be happy to continue the conversation, but I would like a commitment that we will work to find a solution for the low-income seniors who would be most profoundly impacted uh by this.

If we can get a commitment to work toward a solution on that, I'm happy to continue the conversation next week.

Yes, Councilmember Whitburn, we can uh make that commitment, um, hearing public comment, council member comments.

We can work towards that goal uh and return at a later date.

Okay, then the answer is yes.

Okay.

Uh so that may or may not be part of the larger Balboa Park next Monday.

We'll target for that um and then pivot as needed.

Okay.

All right.

Councilmember Foster, are you comfortable with removing 53?

Yes, absolutely, and and quite honestly, um, as part of the um and I just want to understand the original motion.

My second was on the consent agenda as a whole, with my understanding that council member Whitburn was just simply voting no on 53.

It was not part of the uh per se consent agenda motion.

So I'm totally fine with that to give the um mayor's team some additional time to address issues and to um make the opportunity available to the public.

Um okay, uh thank you both, and I appreciate the opportunity to again given the some of the strongly worded comments offered in chambers today uh that we did not hear first reading to give staff a chance to reflect on that and respond uh that so item 53 will be returned to staff.

So we have a motion by Councilmember Whitburn, a second by Council Foster to move the rest of the consent agenda forward absent item 53, which is being returned to staff.

And please call the roll.

I'm sorry, the voting system, please cast your vote.

That passes unanimously 8 to 0 with Councilmember Von Wilbur absent.

And again, item 53 returned.

Okay, and as I understand though the only no votes were being registered, we're only on 53, so I think we're good.

Okay.

Um we'll now go to mayor, council, city attorney, independent budget analysts and city clerk comments.

And I did uh promise Councilman McCampy, okay.

We go first.

Thank you.

Thank you, uh Councilmember Lacava or Council President Lakava.

Um I see I see we have a lot of members, it's already into the lunch hour.

I already see that we have many, many people here in person for non-agenda public comment.

Um I have extensive remarks about yesterday's uh Supreme Court decision that essentially gutted the Fourth Amendment uh that would go on for quite a bit of time, and I I appreciate you calling on me first, but I I'm wondering if my colleagues would prefer that non-agenda public comment go before that, or maybe you put council member comment to after simply as a matter of calendar because I I had extensive remarks on that, and I don't want to beleagure our members of our public.

Well, we always respect people who show up in person, so we were going to take non-agenda public comment for those in person, and we would defer uh those participating remotely till at the end of today's session.

Um we can with the concurrence of my our colleagues, we can certainly take non-agenda public comment first.

I don't think there's gonna be any objection to that.

Uh I don't know how long you're talking about.

Yeah, no, but but I I appreciate I appreciate that.

Um so we have about 20 requests.

I think about 40 minutes worth.

So 10, 20 minutes worth.

Oh, 20 minutes worth, excuse me.

I did my math wrong.

Um, so I guess unless there's any objection by colleagues, uh, why don't we go ahead and take the in-person, non-agenda public comment at this time.

Uh, for those who want to participate remotely, we will take you at the end of today's session, uh, today's afternoon session, to be clear.

So, city clerk, please proceed with non-agenda public comment for those people attending in person.

Thank you, Council President.

Approval 2.7 non-agenda public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on items that are not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council.

Each speaker will have two minutes.

Please note if there are eight or more speakers on a single topic.

The maximum time for the topic will be 16 minutes.

If you are in chambers, please submit your speaker slip.

And as the council president noted, if you are virtual, you should return at the end of the council meeting where virtual public comment, non-agenda public comment will be taken.

If I can ask the following individuals to please come forward to the front of the room in the yellow reserve seats, Bruce Robertson, you can come up to the mic.

You'll be our first speaker after that.

Joyce Sonyata, Paul Kruger, Leah Hone Reese, Bonnie Kane, Pastor John Sorrentino, Shelley DeLeon, Tamara Um Litke.

We'll take those.

Uh the last ones are Stephanie Nissan and Yossi uh Tiff Brun.

You can all come up to the front of the room.

You'll have two minutes, sir.

Please proceed.

Good uh afternoon.

I wonder if you're curious why a 75-year-old man from La Mesa decided to come and speak to you today.

Uh two reasons.

One is I was born in Mercy Hospital, so I am a that rare person is a native San Diegan.

The second is though you make decisions for the city of San Diego, what you do affects about a million people easily in this county that border the city of San Diego.

So with that in mind, uh I'd like to make some suggestions and how you might look at your next budgets.

The 2026 budget was not an anomaly.

You're gonna face the same problems for the next at least three years, and who knows how what's happening to happen after that.

So what what we're looking at is not just a one-year problem, but at least a three-year problem.

Your approach has been to make little cuts in many areas.

This is kind of like death by a thousand cuts and add parking fees to Belbo Park, possibly.

I'm confused about where these parking fees are gonna be.

West end, middle, east.

I don't know.

But it's gonna add parking fees, and this will this will backfire because while this may increase parking revenue, it will guarantee income.

It'll get into park will drop, staff will be laid off, sales tax will drop.

I can guarantee that.

I'm willing to bet a lunch at the Grant Grill with any of you, but that's what happened this in this next year.

Is that where the power brokers still meet?

They still meet up at the Grant Grill.

I'm 75 years old.

It was back in the 60s and 70s that it was a hot spot in San Diego.

Okay.

My suggestion is like the Padres, who took big swings on July 31st, that you folks take some big swings.

You're not gonna like them because I'm gonna suggest things that affect uh the people that fill your coffers, and that's the unions.

We know where the money comes from to help you get elected.

It's it's it's no secret, but it's gonna affect those those unions if you do these three things.

One reduce the budget uh the uh pension plan to where it is equal to what we as citizens of the San Diego area make.

Two thank you for that conversation.

Outsource the trash, and three, make Balboa Park a conservancy.

Your time has concluded.

Thank you.

Joy Sonata.

Thank you so much.

Uh, before I talk about uh project vouchers and vouchers in general, somebody at proclamations this morning said something really related to this.

Thank you to that gentleman.

It just really is good.

He said for preparedness, awareness, and ownership.

Preparedness equals awareness and ownership.

So regarding our future on affordable housing, and especially for the low income and the extremely low income people that are on the Section 8 vouchers and the project vouchers.

Regarding a home that's provided with those vouchers.

So I'm speaking to all of you, to the housing commission, to the city, uh, our good mayoral people, and everyone help us prepare for what may come.

Now I think we're getting some clarity from HUD this fall on the vouchers.

I hope so.

They don't have a backup reserve where they can go and get the money that's going to help these subsidies that may be lost on the uh with the vouchers going.

So awareness, I've studied awareness for years.

I work on it every single day.

Self-awareness and general awareness, ownership's a beautiful word, help us own this future and live it together.

Love to all.

Thank you.

Next is Paul Krueger.

Excuse me.

Thank you, Council President Lacava.

Um moving forward, um, I think it's extremely important, Councilman Whitburn, with help from your staff that you work with the mayor's office to really understand the impact of the perimeter parking meters, and I do understand this issue is with perimeter parking.

Uh, the issues besides just the seniors at the bridge club square dance, lawn bowling, um, is the impact that these meters are gonna have on surrounding neighborhoods.

You you probably heard, and I know Ryan was at this meeting of the Bellboat Park Committee.

This is gonna cause significant problems in Marston Hills, Bankers Hill, and Uptown, and it's just another example of what I see more and more and never realized really as a journalist because I didn't follow these things closely, are the very significant unintended consequences of um legislation and regulations, especially when we rush these things through, and this uh parking effort, uh, which we're doing against um the advice of many people as a way to balance the budget has been rushed, and it and it needs to be slowed down.

I understand the need to generate revenue quickly, but the negative impacts are gonna be uh so devastating, perhaps an overstatement to many people's in and communities that we have to get it right.

Um that's all, and I want to thank you again uh to all of you for um appreciating the um concerns raised by literally thousands about parking and directing, please directing the mayor or working with the mayor.

Thank you.

Leah Cohen Reese.

Good afternoon, council members.

I am Liat Cohen Reese, the director of the anti-Semitism Task Force that stand with us and the founder of the Christian and Jewish Alliance.

On Sunday, I organized an event bringing Christians and Jews together to fight anti-Semitism.

I spent an entire year organizing this event.

We had elected officials attend, pastors, rabbis, social media influencers, speakers, a Holocaust survivor, a former hostage held by Gazan civilians for over 245 days, a gospel choir, an Israeli country music star, and many more.

It was meant to be an uplifting event to show the Jewish community they are not alone in this horrible fight against anti-Semitism.

Yet ironically, we were faced with it once again.

The San Diego police department knew in advance about the event, yet it took them more than 45 minutes to arrive after dozens of calls were made, asking for help.

Four laws were violated right before the police officers' eyes, and nothing was done.

Sirens and blaring of megaphones, breaking noise ordinance laws while also violating our right to free speech, as our voices were drowned out.

Battery and assault, cars were banged on, and protesters jumped on people's hoods.

Vandalism, nasty words to face legacies property and the city sidewalks.

Trespassing, they came onto the legacy center's property where the event was held.

Four laws were broken right before the police, and nothing was done.

How is this possible?

How long does the Jewish community need to fend for itself?

This is the third large gathering of the Jewish community in less than one year.

Where is where the police of the department has abandoned us while laws were being broken?

I'm here to emphasize how unacceptable this is, and that we will not let this slide any longer.

Thank you for your time and home, hopefully your prompt attention to addressing the lack of protection at future gatherings of the Jewish community.

Thank you.

Bonnie King.

Bonnie Kane.

If I can please ask you all after next to please come up to the first row so that we can have you come up to the microphone easier.

Bonnie Kane after that, Pastor John Sarentino, Shelley DeLeon, uh, and Tamara Litke.

If you can all please come up to the front row.

Good afternoon.

I want to thank the council president and members of the council to allow me to speak today.

Uh I, as an attorney, I've spent my entire career ensuring individual rights, human rights.

I've sued many foreign entities and companies over human rights, including slave labor.

I've sued for constitutional rights, for civil rights, etc.

I've spent my entire career doing that.

So on Sunday, I was shocked coming to this event and finding out that our rights were ignored.

The constitutional rights for free assembly and free speech because we were drowned out by Hamas protesters, pro-Hamas protesters.

And you all know Hamas is nationally designated terrorist organization.

These protesters, you know, they welcomed us with hate speech.

Christians or baby killers shouted in my face over and over.

I was prevented from getting into the event in my car.

It was very difficult.

But the worst of all, they were using sirens for about three and a half hours during this event.

Police type sirens, that's exactly what they sounded like.

And I saw two instances where ambulances were impeded because the folks driving along couldn't, they thought it was just the sirens from the protesters.

So they were not pulling over.

In addition, so you have you know the the case law is very crystal clear.

Let me just say that.

Thank you for that concluding remark.

Thank you, Timor.

Pastor John Sorrentino.

Hello, thank you.

My name is Pastor John Sorrentino.

I was one of the speakers at the event on Sunday.

I both witnessed and experienced the horrific behavior of the group of pro Hamas agitators.

It's been two days since the event, and I still hear sirens in my head.

I was horrified to watch this mob continually break the law by harassing event goers, blocking their cars, even jumping on their hoods.

Trespassing in groups of ten or more with loud sirens, banging pots, yelling obscenities, and holding offensive signs that promoted violence for hours, and eventually spray painting graffiti on hotel property in the presence of police officers, and then for the police officers to do nothing about it except gently escort the trespassers off the private property.

San Diego Municipal Code 59.50501 prohibits the use of amplification equipment in a manner that disturbs the peace.

The officers kept saying that we cannot limit their free speech.

Well, freedom of speech is no longer a right when it infringes on the freedom of someone else.

The right to free speech is not absolute.

The U.S.

Supreme Court has ruled that the government mail be allowed to limit free speech if it is an incitement to violence or obscene or without any redeeming social value.

Freedom of speech has been subjected to reasonable limits with respect to time, place, and manner of expression.

Regulations like noise ordinances, rules limiting occupation of public spaces like sidewalks have been upheld when deemed to be reasonable.

The group that violated this event on Sunday exceeded every one of those reasonable limits.

Honorable members of the city council, the San Diego police department failed to protect and serve the Christian and Jewish community on Sunday.

And I believe that we both deserve an apology and an explanation.

Thank you for hearing me.

Thank you.

Shelley the Leon.

Good afternoon, esteemed council members.

So thank you for the time to make these comments.

As a Christian, I was a volunteer at the event on Sunday evening at Legacy Center, and was there early to make sure that our esteemed speakers, uh, music professionals could be welcomed in.

And so I was able to be there when it was peaceful before we had the protesters lining up out on the sidewalk and infringing upon the event for the entire, it was definitely over three hours of solid sirens in a megaphone, along with some sort of bell clapping nuisance sound along together, and this was all a backdrop to the entire event, which you heard from Liat earlier, took her over a year to bring together.

So I appreciate your attention to the laws, four of which have been repeatedly stated regarding the noise infringement on the vandalism, um, the battery uh attendees coming in in their cars, are being attacked.

Um I'm sorry I forget the fourth, but I know that we've mentioned that prior.

So your attention to what happened there and um just protecting the great statutes of this nation.

Thank you.

Tomara, if you can please come up.

Um hi, thanks for giving us a chance to speak tonight.

Um, I know I don't have an American accent.

I'm a proud American citizen and a resident and taxpayer and property taxpayer in San Diego, Camel Valley.

Um, I was there on Sunday as a participant, and I was appalled as we were trying to drive in that the driveway was blocked by protesters who kept running in front of my husband's car continuously.

If we had taken our car and put it in front of that driveway, we would have received a parking ticket.

So, why was it okay for human beings who were protesting our presence to be able to block our way with the chance that we could maybe unintentionally hit one of them, which we wouldn't have wanted to do?

Um so that was number one, was trying to get in there with them hitting the car, knocking the car, running in front of the car, and then the constant noise.

I don't need to repeat what laws were broken.

But um, as someone who went to enjoy a peaceful event that had not a single word of hate in it from anyone, it was appalling to have the yelling, the banging, the screaming, the sirens.

And my husband did call the police requesting, and it took a long time for them to show up.

When we left, and we were one of the first ones to leave when it was over, we did see the police cars that were lined up on the road.

And only then, as we were leaving, did they put the sirens on and come down towards the area?

So I don't think their free right of speech should infringe on our free rights as well.

So thank you for giving us a chance to speak here tonight.

And I hope in the future when we have a peaceful event of a gathering of Christians and Jews or anyone else, that there is not behavior like that that is tolerated by the police that we support so generously.

Thank you.

Thank you, Stephanie.

Stephanie, and then after Stephanie, we have Yossi, and then that is our final speaker here in Council Chambers.

Hi, thanks for letting us be here to speak.

I'm not going to repeat what everybody has basically said, but I can tell you that as a woman who arrived at this event by myself and being in smile having my car encircled by people banging on my car, screaming death to Zionists, which would be death to me and everybody that was there, was a little bit jarring.

Um certainly not free speech to me.

I would consider that hate speech, particularly when they are chanting and screaming death to the IDF, which, as you may or may not know, everybody in Israel, it's mandatory service.

So everybody that's screaming death to everybody in Israel as a hostage, an innocent hostage who was dancing at a music festival, was speaking.

They're screaming death to the IDF.

They're banging drums, they're banging, I I don't know what they had, but it was awfully um distracting, I would say, and absolutely an infringement on our ability of free speech, and our performers were visibly shaken.

People that have been rehearsing for this for so long, before they get up there, they're visibly shaken because you got people there calling for their death as they're getting up there to perform songs of peace and unity, and while we're conducting prayers to end the hate and end all of this.

Um it was absolutely an atrocious um example of the hate that exists.

But the police, I looked at them and I said, Why aren't you doing anything?

And they just didn't really have much to say.

And I love and respect our police.

I was raised by a Chula Vista police officer.

It seems like their hands were tied, they seemed equally as frustrated.

Um they were throwing baby dolls in front of our cars so that we could run over them so they could scream baby killer.

I mean, this was a scene out of a movie, I mean, a horror movie.

Um, so I really hope that something can be done so that nobody, if this was any other group of people, if that this was happening to you, it wouldn't be accepted.

So I really hope something can be done.

Yes.

Hi, Council.

My name is Rabba Yassi Tifenbrunn.

I was a participant at uh the event.

Uh, you heard from all the previous speakers about the events that they that took place, but I just want to say, as a person that grew up in Europe, um seeing what happened at the event, how the police literally literally stood there and doing nothing about it doesn't make us as a community uh feel safe uh in a country that's given so much to to all of us, and just to watch them sit there with their hands tied and not do anything about it as taxpayers, as members of the community.

I don't think it's uh um something that should happen.

In fact, you know, they could have done whatever they wanted, and then the police just stood there, and only at the end of the event when they started jumping on cars and banging on cars, leaving the event, did they put their lights on and come come forward?

Um I don't think that it sends the right message to the community.

Um I have a lot of community members that are visibly shaken about by it, thinking that they have no protection and no uh don't feel safe being here.

I'm not talking about I'm talking uh Israelis, I'm talking about American Jews, talking about American Christians that live in this in this city in this wonderful city, America's finest city, yet to have the the cops just sit there uh and do nothing is is very troubling and worrisome, and that's why we're here today to bring this to the council to their attention that we were looking for answers.

You want to understand why something like this was not addressed and why, in a sense, we're treated as second-class citizen every time we have an event, every time we get together.

This was a peaceful event, trying to get as many people as possible together with unity and and pride and and togetherness, yet was was marred by just horrible scenes that um took place over there.

So I'm hoping to get answers from the council um to understand why things of this happened.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That does conclude non-agenda public comment in person for today's meeting.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

Thank you for you though.

Came in.

Um, on behalf of the council, I think we would appreciate uh circling back uh with us about that.

And especially if there is any ordinances that would give the police more flexibility in how they can respond uh to these kinds of incidents.

Please let us know.

Or do you come to the president?

Uh when we were made aware of these events yesterday, uh SDPD met internally to discuss the event and their response, and so we should be getting uh an update from them soon.

And then we plan to meet with the organizations that spoke here today to discuss further, um, and then we'll report back to the council as well.

All right, thank you.

Did you're for the next item?

Yes.

Yeah, okay.

Um, and again, we were only taking um non-agenda comment from people in chambers.

Uh at the end of this afternoon session, we will take uh non-agenda comment for those that are participating remotely.

So again, thank you for showing up and and sharing your stories uh about what happened um that day.

So with that, we'll now go back to comment period, and we will start with Councilmember Campio.

Thank you, Council President, and thank you to members of the public for being here today, and we'll get to the bottom of that.

Um thank you for my colleagues for bearing with me as I make some comments about yesterday's Supreme Court decision in the Gnome v.

Perdomo uh injunction, or rather the stay of the injunction from the Supreme Court, uh, which was more than a technical ruling about standing of the plaintiffs or balancing government action and public rights.

It was truly a betrayal of the Constitution's most basic promise that every person is judged by their actions and not by their appearance.

The court said that ICE and the federal law enforcement are allowed to enforce immigration laws, and that it is permissible that stops are based on the following factors.

Presence at particular locations, such as bus stops, car washes, day labor pickup sites, agricultural sites, and the like.

The next factor was the type of work one does, which has never been illegal if it's work.

Three, speaking Spanish or speaking English with an accent, which itself is not a crime, and four, a parent race and ethnicity.

I ask if none of those things is in itself enough to form a reasonable suspicion to stop a person, how can the four of them add it up equal a reasonable suspicion to believe that someone has no status to be in the United States?

By allowing the Trump administration to treat apparent ethnicity, language, and low-wage labor as factors in detaining people, they have approved legalized profiling.

This is not liberty.

This is a return to suspicion by stereotype.

And the Fourth Amendment, which declares that no person shall be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures, can now be read to say it's reasonable to profile based on appearance.

If the person who looks wrong happens to be near a low-wage workplace in a city with a large Latino population.

Six justices signed off, and five said nothing at all, simply letting the government continue.

But Justice Kavanaugh at least put some reasoning on the paper, and it has all the justification and logic we should come to expect from a man who bragged about drinking beer with his friends Bart and squee.

The court emphasized in prior cases that particularize and objective suspicion is what is important in stopping a person with reasonable suspicion, not vague generalizations about who might be undocumented.

But of course, Justice Kavanaugh twists this.

He calls it common sense, literally common sense to treat Mexican-looking men at a home depot as suspect, rebranding the stereotypes as circumstances.

He suggests that Latinos as a group are statistically more likely to be undocumented, so appearance plus setting equals suspicion.

I refuse to accept that that's what the Constitution says or what the American people believe.

That is probability tables masquerading as constitutional reasoning.

And the Fourth Amendment requires individualized suspicion.

But instead, Justice Kavanaugh speaking through a concurrence, replaced it with statistical discrimination.

Of course, Justice Sotomayor sees it for what it what it was.

Her dissent was twice as long as Kavanaugh's opinion, warns that this effectively licenses ICE to seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears at a low working job.

And she's right.

What Kavanaugh calls common sense is the very old the court has rejected in every other constitutional context.

And I implore everyone to read Kavanaugh's 10 pages, which seem innocuous, maybe a bit backwards, and then read Sotomayor's 20 pages, which shows you the scam that the court is running on all of us.

Because for decades, the Supreme Court condemned stereotypes as a basis for government action.

Across many cases, the court wove a common thread that stereotypes are poison to equal justice.

But yesterday, Kavanaugh just shrugged it off.

In prior cases, they've said women cannot be denied spousal benefits because women are, because of the stereotype that was from the 1975 case that women are usually dependent.

The Supreme Court said in 1975 we can't use that stereotype.

But yesterday they said Latinos can be detained because Latinos are often undocumented.

Both of those are the worst forms of stereotypes.

They don't even have the semblance of truth or statistical backing.

They just betray the promise of equal justice.

And here's another issue.

Latinos come in all colors.

Some were immigrants and some were slaves to Mexico and Central America, which is the apparent ethnicity that is specifically listed by Justice Kavanaugh.

I don't know if I should be happy that Kavanaugh simply listed Mexico only Mexico and Central America and left other geographies out, or if I should be worried that he didn't explicitly rule out where other Latino looking immigrants come for.

Now this is not abstract.

This means that Mexican American citizens, those born in the San Diego, may feel compelled to carry a passport to the grocery store or a Puerto Rican grandmother who Puerto Ricans having citizenship since 1917, before or during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, might have to tuck her birth certificate into her purse when she goes out.

It means an eighth generation Californian whose family lived in Los Angeles when it was still El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Larina de los Ángeles in 1781, decades before Brett Kavanaugh's ancestors arrived from Ireland, have to wonder is today the day I end up in handcuffs for leaving my house without some form of ID.

Now, federal law requires immigrants to carry documents, that's in the United States Code.

But citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship.

The Fourth Amendment protects that freedom, the Fourth Amendment, which was gutted yesterday.

So what happens when a citizen says to an ICE officer, I don't have to carry documents, I'm an American.

Does that officer let them walk away acknowledging that right?

Or does the appearance-based suspicion, which was ratified yesterday, override the assertion of the right to freely move?

The court has left every citizen who got tanned this summer and walks past a place where an immigrant works in that limbo.

Now let's ask something more.

Why is this policy being defended so fiercely by the Trump administration?

Well, let's follow the money on that one.

By many estimates, 85 to 90% of detained immigrants are being held in private prisons.

GEO group and core civic donate heavily to political campaigns.

GEO gave a million dollars to Trump's main super PAC.

Core Civic sent hundreds of thousands to the RNC and affiliated committees.

Proportionately, ninety-eight percent of private prison donations went to red candidates and supports for them, and two percent went to blue candidates.

These companies charge on average one hundred and fifteen dollars per detainee per day.

That amount would help most, almost every San Diegan afford rent in San Diego.

And every one thousand immigrants detained for two weeks recoupes the million dollar campaign donation.

Our tax dollars are being siphoned into corporate prison profits, and the Supreme Court just made it easier for that pipeline to flow.

As the Buffalo Springfield song said, there's something happening here.

The difference between now and then is that it's exactly clear what's going down.

Now, let's bring this back to everyday life.

This morning I stood in line at a Wells Fargo bank on Elkahom Boulevard, and the first eight people in that line at 857 AM were Latino, including me.

Across the street, a construction crew was at work.

Next to me stood a man with a thick brown and gray mustache.

Now, he was working on that construction site.

I'm an Ivy League law graduate, like most of the justices who yesterday decided I should be detained if I don't look like I'm in the right place.

That guy was that construction worker.

And under this decision, if we walk across the street together, our appearance could trigger suspicion to stop us.

I have to ask the justices who think this is okay, how dusty do my pants need to be before I look like an undocumented laborer?

What if I switch from dress shoes to work boots?

What if my Spanglish is good enough to sound fluent?

What if I drive an F 150 that might be more affordable than the F uh 250?

At what point does culture, language, or style become reasonable suspicion in the eyes of six justices?

When I'm 10 feet from that construction zone, five feet, one foot.

No group of Americans should have to live this way.

And the Constitution has until yesterday interpreted support of my notion.

So if you look Latino, which means you could be Middle Eastern, a dark-haired Frenchman, an Arab, an Italian who just had a long week at the beach for vacation, a Sephardic or Mizrahi Jew, a Native American, or anyone else with a bit of tan and brown hair, the Supreme Court said yesterday, you really ought to carry your passport or your birth certificate or ID.

Because if you do, Justice Kavanaugh said that individual will be free after the brief encounter with law enforcement, except for those folks who got deported by accident to some place they weren't born and can't get back here.

That's not a brief encounter.

The Supreme Court's decision ratifies the worldview that some people are suspicious by appearance alone.

Dark hair, dark eyes, tan skin, sounds like you speak Spanish or look like you might, you're less free than your neighbor.

And I s I believe the Constitution demands better.

If the Fourth Amendment stands for anything, it's that the government has to treat individuals by their conduct and not as stereotypes.

And Justice Sotomayor defended that principle, and the majority abandoned it.

But here's the truth.

And I don't think anyone up here or have ever watched a city council meeting will ever deign to say I don't support law enforcement.

But over the last three years, right after right after right after right, the right wing of the Supreme Court has just said that one of their own that sits right next to them, Justice Sotomayor, don't show up in LA with jeans and a long-sleeve white t-shirt next to a home depot, because otherwise, you know, common sense says she's an immigrant who ought to have her papers on her.

That's not liberty.

Liberty ought not be conditional because citizenship doesn't come with that condition.

The government in all ways must bear the burden of proof that something is wrong, that someone has done something wrong, and forcing U.S.

citizens of Latino ancestry to carry proof that they can be here is foisting the government's burden back on them.

And it's instilling fear in all of our neighborhoods.

A government that labels criminal suspicion of the darker set of our citizensry as common sense is a government that doesn't have common sense and instead has lost all sense of right and wrong and has no sense of what the Constitution guarantees to each and every one of us.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, Councilmember Campillo.

Uh and we are more than happy to give you enough time for you to work through that powerful statements.

Uh Councilmember Ilo Rivera.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, Councilmember Campio.

I appreciate the comments because the idea of starting today as if it was a normal day was not okay to me.

In my opinion, the Supreme Court yesterday legalized racial profiling and racism.

They gave the massed um personal stormtroopers of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, carte blanche, to start by picking up by uh picking off Latinos or those who look uh Latino, uh, but none of us should be fooled into believing that that's going to end there.

Um the alarm bells should be ringing.

We have a president who has fever dreams of being a dictator and openly shares those.

Uh we have a Supreme Court that is completely abandoning their responsibilities for checks and balances, a Congress that seems completely disinterested in their responsibilities, and uh the necessity of us taking local action uh could not be getting uh could not be more serious.

So uh thank you, Councilman Campillo for your comments.

Um very, very disappointing and frustrating, not surprising.

Um thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Yulo Rivera, uh, Councilmember Whitburn.

Thank you.

Uh thank you, Councilmember Campillo uh for those comments.

Uh thank you, Councilmember Ula Rivera.

Uh when I saw the story uh in the paper, I read the first couple of paragraphs and should shook my head.

Uh and I'm glad that you really articulated why it deserves a lot more than just uh shake of the head uh when you consider the alarming impacts uh that that ruling has uh and what it could portend.

Uh I am sorry that uh the two of you and anybody else of Latino to set is having to experience this.

Um it is frightening what is going on with our country and uh we'll all have to work together to try to write the ship.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Whitburn.

Um, you gave a very detailed response, Councilmember Kimpe, and I'm glad we could afford you the time to go through that.

You know, I'm I'm certainly not one here to speak about the law, but I reflect on uh if I understood correctly, Justice Kavanaugh's comment about a brief encounter with law enforcement.

Uh we're not talking about law enforcement.

We're not talking about our police departments.

Um, whether you're ICE or National Guard or even uh the armed forces, this is military takeover against the citizens and residents of this country.

Um, which you know, I've heard so many people talk uh dark stories about where we're headed to and the normalization of having this kind of activity by this particular president is a dark vision that you know, even worse than any conspiracy theories we often hear about.

This is a happening in real time.

Um, and uh as others have said, I haven't help us.

Uh okay.

Um with that um again to repeat for anybody listening in uh remote non-agenda public comment will be taken at the end of this afternoon session.

We will now adjourn for the noon recess and reconvene open session at 2 p.m.

or shortly thereafter.

And some of a quorum, so good afternoon.

I will now reconvene the city council meeting of Tuesday, September 9th, 2025.

Clerk, please call the role.

Thank you, Council President.

Councilmember Campbell.

Councilmember Whitburn.

Here.

Councilmember Foster, Councilmember Von Wilper.

Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Here.

Councilmember Campillo.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

Councilmember Elo Rivera.

And Council President Lacava.

Present.

Also attending the meeting, our assistant city attorney, Leslie Fitzgerald, senior fiscal and policy analyst in the IBA's office, Amy Lee, and myself, your city clerk, the NFWentis.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

With that, please introduce item 331.

Item 331 is the Coastal Resilience Master Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Report.

If you'd like to speak to this item and are here in chambers, please submit a speaker slip to the front of the room in the clear box.

And if you are participating remotely, now is the time to raise your hand by pressing star nine or the raise your hand icon.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, staff, as you settle in, introduce yourselves for the record and let us know how much time you will need.

Good afternoon, Councilman President and Honorable Council members.

My name is Julia Chase.

I am the chief resilience officer with the City Planning Department.

Joined here today by Kali Stanko, Deputy Director with the City Planning Department.

We will need 15 minutes for the presentation.

When you're ready.

Today we are seeking approval of the Coastal Resilience Master Plan, certification of the programmatic environmental impact report, and initiation of the CIP for four prioritized sites within the Coastal Resilience Master Plan.

The Coastal Resilience Master Plan identifies potential nature-based solutions for locations along San Diego's coast.

There we go.

To improve the resilience of our communities to sea level rise while also protecting habitat, supporting recreation opportunities, and improving coastal access.

The plan includes concept level designs for six locations as well as completion of CEQA environmental analysis.

The city has undertaken this effort as sea level rise when combined with extreme storms and higher tides results in accelerated cliff and bluff erosion, increased coastal flooding, and flooding from groundwater intrusion.

We are already seeing these impacts along our coast.

Based on the best available science, there's greater certainty on the amount of sea level rise anticipated for 2050 with a wider range of projections for the end of the century and beyond.

Sea level rise means more frequent flooding along our coast, where we typically see one to two days of high tide flooding.

By the end of the century, that flooding may be a regular occurrence without adaptation strategy implementation.

This means more flooding and damage, increased exposure of coastal communities, assets, infrastructure, and culturally significant areas and impacts to our local economy.

The city has taken action to protect our coast from the risk of coastal flooding and erosion.

The first step was completion of vulnerability assessments to understand where along our coast was most exposed to sea level rise and of those areas of what assets and resources would be most vulnerable.

The vulnerability assessments found significant exposure of both city and non-city assets and estimated replacement costs of these assets.

These findings are reinforced by regional studies that found $8 billion in sales and $6 billion in GDP contributions are vulnerable to sea level rise-driven flooding.

While it is important to note that these estimates are conservative and assume no adaptation measures are implemented, they represent the significant risk that sea level rise poses to the city assets and local economy.

To address this, the city developed climate resilient SD, the city's first climate adaptation and resilience plan.

The plan includes a suite of strategies aimed at mitigating risks from climate hazards, including sea level rise, and building community capacity to respond to and recover from these hazards.

The Coastal Resilience Master Plan was an identified strategy within climate resilient SD to develop a suite of nature-based solution pilot projects to support coastal resilience.

Nature-based solutions are sustainable planning, design, environmental management, and engineering practices that incorporate or mimic natural features or processes into the built environment to promote climate adaptation and resilience.

The Coastal Resilience Master Plan looks to achieve the following objectives address the effects of sea level rise and coastal flooding while leveraging additional co-benefits of nature-based solutions, protect and enhance critical coastal habitat and associated wildlife from the impacts of climate change, protect and enhance recreation opportunities, protect historic historical, archaeological, and tribal cultural resources, and incorporate indigenous knowledge into resilience efforts and adaptation strategies, and finally increase coastal access for all community members with a prioritization of communities of concern.

The Coastal Resilience Master Plan is fully funded through two grants.

Phase one of the project was funded through a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant that included site selection and prioritization, site feasibility analysis, development of nature-based solution concept designs for six sites, one pilot project design, community engagement, convening of a stakeholder advisory committee, an internal city working group, and completion of the programmatic EIR.

Phase one of the project is now complete.

Phase two of the project is funded through a state coastal conservancy grant.

Phase two work is underway with a scope supporting updates and completion of the draft coastal resilience master plan and supporting coordination with and outreach to tribal nations and organizations.

Future work under phase two will include continued community and stakeholder engagement, tribal coordination, completion of initial engineering for three sites, technical studies to inform project design, and additional environmental analysis as needed.

The planning effort included initial evaluation of 11 locations for site suitability and narrowed the scope down to six locations most appropriate and feasible for nature-based solutions.

Sites shown with in orange were considered but not prioritized at this time.

Sites in yellow were included in the plan.

Prioritization factors included city ownership, multi-habitat planning area, disadvantaged communities, sea level rise vulnerability, and site feasibility.

Stakeholder and community engagement has been continuous throughout plan development, providing an opportunity to iteratively update the project concept designs to reflect feedback.

Internal engagement included regular working group meetings with city departments, including stormwater, park and recreation, transportation, engineering and capital projects, and fire rescue to ensure alignment with city operations.

A stakeholder advisory committee was regularly convened at key milestones throughout the project to inform technical aspects of project design.

Community engagement included diverse opportunities for participation, including a series of community pop-ups, online surveys and feedback forms, in-person workshops, presentation to community planners committee, and a virtual workshop surrounding the release of the draft plan.

The project web page was regularly updated with project documents and recordings of workshops and presentations.

To ensure that community planning groups were aware of opportunities to learn about the coastal resilience master plan and provide feedback, the community planning group chairs were all emailed and noticed in advance of each community workshop and with a release of the draft document.

Through engagement, there were over 1,300 community touch points.

The following are key themes of community feedback received through the plan development that have been reflected in project design key features and items for further consideration.

Community members desired greater safety, particularly for pedestrians and beach users.

Parking was a top priority for all community members for all sites as a means to access the coast, as was enhanced access to the coast through multimodal means as well as ADA and emergency access.

Community members value a range of recreation uses along the coast and express strong interest in these opportunities being maintained.

We also receive feedback in the incorporation of art, cultural, and educational features into project designs, as well as strong support for the use of native plants.

Community members identify the need for stormwater drainage improvements at many of the project sites, and were interested in continued engagement opportunities as the project moves forward.

Concept designs considered historic conditions and impacts, development and management constraints, sea level rise hazard overlay, current uses, and our vision for the future.

The proposed concepts aim to provide resilience, create new habitat space, enhance mobility opportunities, and provide a balanced and integrated approach to coastal planning that considers infrastructure resilience for the protection of natural habitats while ensuring the preservation of public access and recreation opportunities.

Through these concept, the city aims to reduce long term risks and promote the continued use of the protection of the natural coastline.

I will now walk through the proposed concept designs for each of the six sites from north to south.

La Jolla Shores has two proposed project designs.

The amphitheater design to the left maintains the existing alignment of La Jolla Shores and includes two different flood protection strategies across the site.

Along the seaward borders of La Hoya Shores Park and Kellogg Park, an elevated linear earthen dike would be constructed along the border while along the border of the parking lot, a terrace seat wall would be constructed.

These features would provide recreational space, viewing and seating areas while also providing flood protection benefits.

The reconfigured park concept to the right would realign the parking lot and grassy recreational areas, moving the parking lot to a more inland alignment.

This would create a large continuous linear park along the seabird edge and provide more opportunity for resilient design.

While parking would be reconfigured, the total amount of parking was proposed to remain the same.

The La Hoya Shore site is not recommended to move forward as a CIP at this time.

The proposed design for the Tormeline Surf Park site converts the existing shoreline protection feature into a hybrid nature-based solution.

The existing riprap would be buried to provide a core layer and topped with a mix of cobble and sand that would be vegetated with native plantings to provide ecological benefits.

Additional seating and enhanced viewing areas would be integrated into the top of the dune.

Multiple optional project features are proposed to be evaluated further as the project design moves forward.

These include undergrounding of the existing drainage culver along the northern edge of the project site to create additional green space and a pedestrian pathway, exploring the addition of an underground vault beneath the parking lot to capture runoff and provide water quality treatment, and considering a more landward realignment of the entire project site and assets to support beach continuance.

The Tormline Surf Park project concept is recommended to move forward as a CIP with plan adoption.

Next slide.

Both project concepts are intended to replace the existing winter burn program.

Additional consideration for this site includes adding EV charging and solar car ports to the parking lot.

The Mission Beach Project concept is not recommended to move forward as a CIP at this time.

The Ocean Beach Dog Beach Dunes project to the left proposed includes dune habitat restoration at the eastern edge of the project site near Smiley Lagoon, as well as a new multi-use path for cyclists and pedestrians fronted by the elevated sand dunes that run along the beach.

The proposed sand dunes would be vegetated with native plantings to provide ecological benefits.

The Ocean Beach Resilient Relocation Project to the right maintains the same sand dune habitat restoration, multi-use path, and elevated sand dune, but relocates the existing restroom further inland.

Optional features for this design are to add an express shuttle or other form of connection to a nearby transit station to improve beach access.

Additional consideration for the site also includes adding EV charging or solar car ports to the parking lot.

The Ocean Beach Dog Beach site is recommended to move forward as a CIP with plan adoption.

Similar to the Ocean Beach Dog Beach site, the concept for Ocean Beach Beachfront would continue the multi-use path for cyclists and pedestrians fronted by the sand dune.

This project would connect the existing western terminus of the San Diego River Trail to the Ocean Beach Pier through the multi-use path and provide continued flood protection from the sand dune to the community.

Similar to the Mission Beach site, both Ocean Beach project sites are intended to replace the existing winter burn program.

The Ocean Beach Beachfront site is recommended to move forward as a CIP with plan adoption.

This graphic shows an image of what that project design might look like.

Our last site is Sunset Cliffs.

Given the narrow cliff edges, ongoing erosion along this stretch of roadway, and limited amount of recreational space.

A major focus for the Sunset Cliffs project is to protect public safety and enhance the existing resources without compromising the structural integrity of the cliff or current infrastructure.

For the northern portion of the project site, the proposed concept looks to realign the parking lots away from the cliff edge to pole and parking spaces along the roadway, with the opportunity to explore paid parking for the on-street alignment.

This section of the project also includes a separated pedestrian bike path, trail enhancements, revegetation of the linear park with native vegetation, and drainage improvements as feasible and appropriate.

The southern section of the project site considers a road reconfiguration on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, which would maintain a new separated path for pedestrians and convert the roadway to a one-lane, one-way southbound vehicle travel lane.

One or more traffic studies would be completed to better inform the roadway design and identify potential impacts and mitigation strategies.

This project would initially be tested through temporary pilot phases to monitor the project and incorporate lessons learned back to project design.

As such, the road reconfiguration and separated multi-use path would be initially assimilated through cones, signage, and other temporary traffic calming design devices.

The Sunset Cliffs Project site is recommended to move forward as a CIP with plan adoption.

This side shows the key updates made following public review and through the public hearing process with a blue text reflecting updates made since environment committee.

Updates include clarification to project design and phases of work and additional project features that can provide greater future proofing of beaches, support city climate action plan goals, and provide financial benefits to the city.

The staff recommendation was amended since Environment Committee to prioritize Tormaline Beach instead of Mission Beach at this time for the CIP.

For Mission Beach, based on concerns of beach width and space for emergency response and lifeguard operations, additional analysis should be completed first to further inform project design.

Following council, phase two of the project continues the work of the state coastal conservancy grant.

A key step will be to initiate the CIP for the pilot projects.

The pilot project recommendations have been made with a focus on sites with the greatest vulnerability to sea level rise, opportunities to improve public safety, the ability to offset current operation costs, and an overall goal to bolster those local economy and tourism.

Technical studies will inform and refine proposed project design and provide probable construction costs.

Additional environmental analysis will be completed as necessary.

Continued stakeholder engagement in phase two will include regular convening of both the city working group and the stakeholder advisory committee.

Continued community engagement under phase two will include focus workshops for each of the sites prioritized for CIP, as well as broader opportunities for community engagement and seeking opportunities for the inclusion of youth voices and communities of concern in the planning effort.

Finally, continued consultation and coordination with tribal governments will help inform project design and implementation.

Work under phase two will position the city to be able to take advantage of significant funding available through the $10 million climate bond, which includes $1.2 billion for coastal resilience.

Staff's recommendation to council is to certify the programmatic environmental impact report, adopt the Coastal Resilience Master Plan, and authorize the CIP for the Torm Lane Surf Park, Ocean Beach Dog Beach, Ocean Beach Beachfront, and Sunset Cliff Sites for the Capital Improvements Program, and authorize the funding for the CIP.

That concludes staff presentation.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you very much for the presentation.

With that, Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you, Council President.

If I can have the following individuals, please come up to the yellow reserve seats at the front.

Richard Aguirre, you can actually come up to the microphone.

And then we have Javier Sanders, Zachary Zielman, Andrew Meyer, and Joy Sonata.

If you can all please come up to the yellow reserve seats, and you will have a minute and a half.

Please proceed.

Thank you for having me today.

I'm Richard Aguirre.

I'm with Safe Sunset Cliffs.

The issues on Safe on Sunset Cliffs are erosion.

We need to stop the erosion by putting a comprehensive storm drain on Sunset Cliffs, which I've given you all a sample of.

The reality that the woman was speaking of of sea level rise is untrue.

The numbers that she projected towards sea level rise are not even, I don't know where they're getting those.

Sea level rise in San Diego.

I have a degree in geography from Berkeley.

The sea level rise in San Diego has not been over a quarter inch in the last 50 years.

It seems like what you're doing, we really need to move forward to not have that plan and vote against it and really realize, think about what you're doing.

We need a storm drain on Sunset Cliffs.

But also, this money was taken under the ruse that these are spots where there's sea level rise is doing damage.

Under your own surveys that have been done, the McMillan survey on Sunset Cliffs, it shows it's all top-down erosion in your own studies.

To be accepting money from the federal government under a sea level rise grants is fraudulent.

You really need to take a look at where the money's coming from and if it really is, because there's no proof, and if you look at all the experts, the proof is that the erosion on Sunset Cliffs is not from the ocean.

It's from the hillside runoff when it rains.

It comes down the huge hillside, jumps the curb, and everywhere where one of the streets meets the boulevard is where the erosion is taking place.

By putting a storm drain in the alley that collects up all the water, we'll be able to stop the erosion.

Please vote no.

Please vote no.

Your community meetings.

Javier Sanders, Javier, you have time seated to you by Robert Heron.

If you can please raise your hand.

Thank you so much.

You'll have three minutes.

Please proceed.

Good afternoon, Honorable Council.

I'm Javier Saunders.

I'm representing the Peninsula Community Planning Board.

I'm a native of San Diegan.

I spent 15 years as a senior engineer with the City of San Diego.

I was also the assistant director at the port, and I had the pleasure to work on numerous coastal projects along the Bay and Imperial Beach.

The Peninsula Community Planning Board opposes the proposed reconfiguration of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard from two lanes to one lane.

We also oppose the city's natural-based solution as a single strategy for preserving sunset cliffs.

Redirecting traffic through local residential streets will lead to increased traffic safety concerns.

While nice natural-based solutions may provide some environmental benefits, they are inadequate on their own to protect public infrastructure and not a viable long-term solution to protect Sunset Cliffs.

In the 70s, the Army Corps of Engineers and the City provided stone reventment to protect Sunset Cliffs.

These measures have proven effective for over 50 years.

However, the cliffs now require maintenance due to multiple factors, including storm drain maintenance, damage to storm drains, rain and wind erosion, and wave run-up and splash.

The city's own study ranks Sunset Cliffs as the least vulnerable to sea level rise among the six sites studied, and ranks the Sunset Cliffs project last in overall feasibility or the least favorable site.

A projected sea level rise of one foot by 2050 will have insignificant impacts to Sunset Cliff, just as the study acknowledges.

The proposed natural-based solution will not prevent the level of physical protection needed for safeguarding public infrastructure.

A hybrid approach, combining natural-based solutions will with proven traditional coastal engineering methods is essential.

This strategy will reduce the existing shoreline protection in place by the Army Corps and ensure long-term stability for Sunset Cliffs.

The community is surprised to learn that the least favorable project, ranked last of the six sites, is now being moving forward as a proposed project without key community input or involvement.

The Peninsula Community Planning Board requested a presentation over a year ago, back in July of 2024, and we were denied the request for a presentation.

The Peninsula Planning Board urges the city to work with the community to identify a balanced approach, an approach that integrates both natural and coastal engineering infrastructure.

We ask that the city initiate a new CIP project that preserves the two-lane configuration of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.

We believe with a comprehensive review of alternatives and meaningful community engagement, we can develop a win-win project that the community can support.

Thank you.

Zachary Zillman.

Good afternoon, honorable council president Lakava and Council members.

I'm my name is Zach Zielman, and I'm a resident of Ocean Beach, San Diego, and uh and I represent the climate action program of the Surfrider Foundation San Diego chapter.

Um, as a local resident and frequent beachgoer, these beaches are very important to me, but they also contribute uh significantly to our coastal economy.

Uh sea level rise, coastal storms, storm water, and erosion now imperils our heritage, ecology, economic stability, and quality of life.

Therefore, this planning effort is critical so that future generations may continue to enjoy the coastline so that we may limit as much damage to coastal infrastructure as possible and conserve and enhance the limited remaining natural coastal habitat for birds and other species.

Please continue to prioritize nature-based solutions or hybrid solutions as much as possible over traditional shoreline armoring, which sacrifices our beaches by worsening erosion and giving giving the beach nowhere to migrate as rising seas drown the existing beach.

Now is the time to explore all feasible options to ensure longevity, accessibility, safety, resilience, and habitat protection.

Please support bringing these excuse me the plans for ocean beach, sunset cliffs, and turn to 15% design.

I also urge you to direct staff to improve the proposal for La Jolla Shores and explore landward relocation of infrastructure.

Thank you for that concluding comment.

Thank you.

Andrew Meyer.

Good afternoon.

I'm Andrew Meyer.

I have the honor of being a member of the Resiliency Advisory Board, but I'm speaking today on behalf of the San Diego Bird Alliance, of which I'm the director of conservation.

Nice to see you all again.

We signed on to a letter that Surfrider has been organizing one of uh at least 15 organizations that is in support of the Coastal Resiliency Master Plan.

Please vote in support of the staff recommendations, staff's recommendations to certify the PEIR, adopt the master plan, and authorize the addition of the Sunset Cliffs, Ocean Beach, and Tourmaline sites into the city's CIP program, as staff mentioned.

We support the concepts in the master plan at sites with multiple options like Ocean Beach and Mission Beach.

We definitely urge the council to echo the resiliency advisory board's support for the more resilient options.

Meanwhile, we believe that the concepts for Tormaline and La Jolla Shore should be improved to include more ambitious resiliency features that center preservation of the beach itself and the habitat there, not just the human infrastructure behind it, and prioritize the nature-based solutions over coastal armoring.

Habitat Restoration Plan for in the Ocean Beach and the Mission Beach plans are what we're most supportive of because they they enact the habitat restoration and protection goals of the grant that funded this project, as staff mentioned.

Uh, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the grant application, the city prioritized habitat protection because as the beaches shrink for humans, they shrink also for birds, all of the birds that use these places on the Pacific Flyway, all of the other wildlife that need access to our coast and need these beaches just as much as humans do.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Joyce and Yada.

Thank you so much.

I want to repeat the the words I said earlier today from the proclamations.

Preparedness equals awareness and ownership.

This is going to do that.

Thank you.

And I really like the title of this because we have to look at the word resilience.

To me, resilience doesn't say we're going to figure it out.

That we're going to work it out, that it's all going to be okay and have a happy ending.

Resilience means is that we're going to meet the moment, accept, adapt, and act to it.

I'm glad it's there.

And it's a powerful word.

It's it's the most powerful word, in my opinion, that all of us need to live right this moment.

As far as the programmed IRIR, environmental impact report.

Let's look at the word environment.

Environment is a moving target right now.

That target is not going to stay in place, folks.

It's going to move on the horizon back and forth and back and up and down and up and down.

I think Mother Nature is in charge.

Who is in charge of all of this?

I don't blame it all on us humans, to be honest with you.

So thank you for this.

It's great work.

Thank you for that.

Stay together, love tool.

Thank you.

I started the five-minute timer here in Council Chambers going to those participating remotely, starting with John Stump, if you can please unmute.

Did I unmute?

Yes, you did.

You have a minute and a half.

Please proceed.

How is this minute and a half chosen?

I mean, is it based on the amount of speakers that we have?

Your time is running.

Thank you.

Is there a formula?

Yes, I can email you after.

Please proceed.

Thank you.

Okay, my concern is regarding the bay and Troyus Creek.

In 2024, uh hundreds of millions of dollars of residents, businesses, and infrastructure were destroyed because Troyas Creek could not drain correctly to the bay.

A sea level rise will uh make drainage harder.

The same is true with downtown.

So I'm wondering when are we going to see the plan or why hasn't this health and safety concern been included as a first priority in this plan?

Um the other thing is people forget that the first Spanish contact with the Kumey was with the band that lived along the Troyas Creek.

And then Troyas Creek, we have many uh indigenous people's sites, burials, and uh usage.

So please, when is uh flooding and sea level rise in the bay and along Troyas Creek going to be addressed?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is Ali, if you can please unmute.

Good afternoon, Council members.

My name is Ali, and I'm speaking on behalf of both Climate Action Campaign and as a resident of North Pacific Beach.

I we are in full support of our partners with uh Surfrider, and thank you so much for organizing the community uh support around this master plan.

So I just wanted to echo everything that is in the letter that we signed on to, and that we support the Coastal Resilience Master Plan, and we absolutely support nature-based solutions, and we commend the amount of science, the robust science, and the amount of community engagement that has gone into this plan.

And I also want to highlight and point out that I appreciate uh the integration of indigenous connections, and I look forward to seeing how that will play out.

So thank you very much, and finally, strong support.

Thank you, Nexus Scott.

If you can please unmute Hi, my name is Scott McCaskill.

I'm the advocacy director for the Ocean Beach Community Foundation.

Uh just wanted to make two quick points.

One, we have received uh a lot of objections from our residents to the proposed one way at Sunset Cliffs.

And it does not seem well thought out at all, and it does not address what many of the people who actually live and spend most of their time at the cliffs know to be the main cause of erosion there, which is rainwater uh runoff coming down the hill.

Um so we are opposed to that portion of the plan.

The second point I wanted to make is that we have received you nearly universal condemnation to the idea of installing any paid parking at the cliffs or OB.

So to the extent this plan leaves open the possibility of paid parking, or is reliant on meters being installed in any way.

The Ocean Beach Community Foundation is wholeheartedly opposed to it.

I did also want to quickly note we also requested a presentation of the plan at the last uh community foundation meeting, and we're also denied that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is uh phone number ending in 1384.

If you can please unmute 1384.

Yeah, hello, Ernie Casco.

It's time to stop the illegal commercialization of Tory Pine Slider port.

It's illegal to block pilot access portion.

Ernie, this is uh specific item, not agenda public comment comes later in the afternoon.

Next is Blair Beekman, if you can please unmute Hi, I'm Blair Beekman.

Um the least you offer a minute 30.

And coming from the SF Bay area, they would only allow a minute public comment time at times like this.

And uh you guys have the decency to offer 130.

Um, it's kind of maybe why I've moved to San Diego, actually.

Some of the reasons.

Uh so to continue, uh, my mom uh was originally from Ocean Beach.

Uh she grew up in Ocean Beach in the 50s and 60s.

I lived in Ocean Beach in the late 80s.

So um it's kind of important this this work.

I know Lori Sildano had made some previous mentions of a project of a stairwell going down to the beach in Sunset Cliffs area.

She said it was kind of a big mistake because of uh you know um uh um sea level rise issues, and you guys seem to be trying to address that.

Um good luck what that can mean.

Um the work that we do with Mexico, I think is important to deal with ocean water in and of itself to make those conversations very open and clear between each other and not hidden as we've done for decades.

Good luck in those efforts.

And it doesn't have to be an angry argument.

Good luck how it can be open and clear.

And to conclude, you know, uh it was initially said that you know the the uh sea level rise statistics were wrong.

I would like some clarity that they are can be correct.

I want to really trust my city government is working towards best practices, and they're not lying to me.

Can I be assured of that?

And can we all come to agreements?

The hillside issues are a problem with.

Well, hi.

Um I'm commenting on the cliffs thing.

There's no way you guys are gonna put in parking meters on the cliffs.

We get whoever suggested that on staff needs to be shit canned.

It ain't gonna happen.

Just leave it the way it is, put in some drains.

There's no sea level rise.

I guess it's half an inch.

Come on, man, it's part of the fun.

If you guys try to do that, there's gonna be an uprising in ocean beach.

I don't know.

Take the money and put it somewhere else.

Come on.

The staff who suggested that's gotta go.

They're always trying to sneak things by everybody, man, like the trash thing.

Oh, we're gonna charge 20, now it's 40.

You know, they're trying to sneak it in on you guys, you know be mad.

The cliffs need our fine the way they are, man.

Just leave the traffic the way it is.

Just go work at something else, man.

Put your things up.

I don't know.

Once you do a twilling of the thumb contest, it'd probably be do more good that way.

Who in the city could twiddle the thumbs the fastest?

Give them like a $50 scholarship to uh to wear like the In and Out Burger or something.

Thanks a lot.

Thank you.

And our final speaker is Andrea Ebbing, the five minute timer has concluded, so this will be our final speaker.

Andrea, please unmute.

Hi, my name is Andrea Ebbing.

And I just wanted to let you guys know I was at the Ocean Beach community planning meeting in August at the elementary school.

And I was disheartened to hear how little, I guess, involvement, transparency, and respect is offered to Ocean Beach, which is a really important community for our travel and tourism and hospitality.

I think it's iconic.

I mean, it's it is what San Diego is, and it is so neglected.

And so to come kind of come up with this initiative and the importance of it and the urgency of it and wanting to put parking meters in it just completely is so off-brand.

I mean, it's just so off-brand in general for San Diego and then also for Ocean Beach.

Um, I also just wanted to say there are other things like the pier that are just kind of like wasting away the lifeguard stations, wasting away.

Um these are critical, and other piers have been fixed in like far less time um the ocean beach pier has been closed.

And as part of the Ocean Beach Pier being closed, again, we're talking about it being an iconic place.

I'm about driving revenue to the city through hospitality tourism, small business.

Um they need to be able to recoup those costs, and I think that having them pay permits just like anybody else is also really off brand and inconsiderate.

We all know what Ocean Beach is.

It's really home, really local, really connected, and they won't stand for it.

Thank you for that concluding remark, and that concludes public comment on this item.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

And with that, we will turn to my council colleagues for questions, comments, and retain a motion.

And we'll start with the council member representing District 2, Dr.

Jennifer Campbell.

Thank you so much, Council President Lakava.

And thank you, folks, for the presentation.

I kind of wish you could talk a little faster.

But it was so slow that I finally was able to understand that you have changed the priority of mission beach to tourmaline, which last week when I had my briefing was not that way.

So I am a little bit upset that I'm not really totally up to date on this.

However, uh I I understand because I I have a quick question for you, and that is this plan is in concept only, right?

We're not gonna move forward and do this this minute.

That's correct.

This is concept only, there's still um full engineering that needs to be completed, an opportunity to adjust the concepts as that is completed.

Thank you, thank you.

And I and I understand the switch to turn because when I was briefed last week, um I understood that the lifeguards were concerned about how wide the path is for the vehicles when they go up the beach.

So um I'm kind of glad we changed because we do need to look at that and work on that.

We need to work on a lot of other details, such as the one-way street, keeping the street right on right on Sunday cliffs when the cliffs are falling apart, and how much uh are the vibrations involved in that, and uh how much of it is is from the flow, is the flow just from the top?

And why are people saying we need storm drains there?

Wouldn't that make it worse?

And you know, we've been trying for the last several years to figure out how we can get that stormwater cleaned up so we can send it to pure water, which would increase our local ability to provide our own water by at least a third, according to the to the uh public utilities department.

So we have to go slowly, even though you presented this rapidly, which I understand.

I want the public to realize that these are conceptual ideas that we're still working on this, that this isn't decided, decisive, this isn't how it's gonna be necessarily, because we still need to look at it and study it more so.

So don't jump to the conclusion that we're gonna immediately make all these changes.

No, no, we're not.

We're looking at the various things, and I agree with the terminaline above the mission beach because we've got to look at the mission beach thing further, but we have to look at all of it further.

So that's why it's a concept.

And I think the idea is that once we get this concept in place, then we can really get dig down deep into the engineering, the chemistry of it, the water flow of it, et cetera, so that we can come up with a plan that will be resilient for our coastline to keep it safe for people to use and to enjoy, and also uh to do what we can to overcome the changes that are coming.

They are coming with sea level rise, and it is coming faster than we thought 10 years ago it would come.

So we have to be we have to really get on this.

So with that in mind, with thinking of this as conceptual and we will do more work before finalization.

I would like to make the motion that we uh will continue with the planning that will finally help us to decide what will be done with this as our conceptual base.

So thank you.

That is the motion.

All right.

Uh just so staff is comfortable.

Is that moving the staff recommendation with that caveat?

Yes, with the caveat that this is not decisive.

This is planning, and that we will go forward with our planning even further.

And uh Council District One, which is also so coastal, and Council District 2, and we love to work together and we'll be glad to, and we're glad to work with you, and we thank you so much.

But we know our districts really well, and so we I think we can be of great help.

Thank you.

All right, thank you for the clarification.

Um, and as the district one council member, I'll jump in and I'll start off by seconding the motion.

Um and I want to thank you for the good work that you've done.

Um I want to thank you for pursuing and securing these grant funding, which really made this entire effort um possible.

Um as we heard from others, resiliency is not about stopping the forces of nature, whether it be sea level rise, more intense weather, more frequent storm surges.

It's ensuring that we protect our natural recreation areas, protecting our investments and public infrastructure and private property.

Um I will uh express my gratitude that termine uh surf park is included now in uh as a pilot program in the next round of analysis, the feasibility study.

Uh and certainly this section is an excellent candidate because the high usage of the park by surfers and beachgoers alike, and the very dramatic impact to the recreation access due to loss of beach sand and erosion of coastal blocks makes us a good candidate.

Um it's a good example of why uh a dramatic example of why we need to move quickly to ensure the stability and resiliency of the areas we value and make San Diego special.

Um there has been some talk at I'll interject here at Sandang about including termaline as part of beach sand replenishments.

I would hope you would coordinate.

I don't know that that got finalized because it was originally not on the list.

So uh and I also recognize that D1 residents and termline turmaline surf park users have welcomed the proposal during the community outreach process.

So I look forward as uh Councilmember Campbell said to continuing robust community outreach with residents and users as we move into that next step of implementation.

Uh I wanted to ask real quickly about some of the other sites that were originally identified and didn't make the final cut, so to speak.

This work was based on the grant funding that you had, and so I assume that to pick up those other items would require brand new applications and and new funding to move those forward.

That is correct.

Okay.

To the point.

Um and the one of the reasons I ask that is that some of those areas um have had underinvestment in some of the coastal infrastructure, whether it's routine maintenance or just things aging out.

Um it's going to be difficult for me to support any investment in that coastal infrastructure when we don't have a resiliency plan to really make sure that that is stable and in for the long term.

So I know constituents will get frustrated by that, but I think it really has to go hand in hand.

We have to have a resiliency effort while we replace some of that coastal infrastructure.

Um that is not on your agenda until we figure out new grant uh funding uh for that.

So um again, I do want to emphasize that this is about resiliency uh and ensuring that we protect our natural recreation areas and protecting our investments and public infrastructure and private property.

What we had yesterday won't be there tomorrow unless we take action today.

So again, I second the motion and thank you for your very good work.

With that, so we have a motion by council member Campbell, second by myself, and we'll go next to Councilmember Whitburn.

Thank you, Council President Olacava and uh Councilmember Campbell for your leadership in your communities for coastal resiliency.

Um San Diego's 17 miles of coastline are uh certainly uh an element that brings a lot of pride and joy to our cities and its residents.

Those miles of coastline help to define our city's identity, fuel our economy, and bring joy to residents and visitors alike.

But as has been mentioned, they feel real threats, uh face real threats from flooding and erosion that are only expected to worsen in the years ahead.

And if we want future generations to be able to continue to enjoy the access and beauty that we do today, then uh we've got to take action now, and that's uh why I would agree that this plan is so important.

It sets our coastline up for long-term success by outlining specific strategies and uh developing a portfolio of nature-based strategies.

Uh these are strategies that will protect our natural resources.

Uh, it also offer a number of ancillary benefits as well, stronger habitats and better recreational opportunities, expanded access to our beaches or uh other coastal spaces.

Um it's not just about protecting our shoreline, it's about uh improving uh quality of life across San Diego and for all San Diegans.

Uh, certainly looking forward to the capital improvement projects identified in the plan uh should they come to fruition, uh including the updates at Ocean Beach Pier and Ocean Beach, Dog Beach, and Turbo Line Surf Park, uh those will allow us to protect our infrastructure, safeguard access for our restaurants, restaurants, residents, uh, and ensure that uh these beloved community landmarks could be enjoyed for years to come.

So uh I will also be supporting the item.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Whip Arm.

We'll go next to Council Member Campio.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, thank you, staff for your presentation uh and your hard long work on this.

Uh do we have a sense of how long the new mission beach analysis is going to take?

Um we are looking into uh various monitoring that could be installed at the beach that would both give us a more refined look beyond what we have currently from Sandag on on beach width, but also um you know how that fluctuates over the the course of the year.

Um I think we want to make sure that we have at least a year of monitoring because we do see a difference in in tides over the year, um, and then also continued coordination with our fire rescue department, our lifeguards to make sure that um they feel comfortable based off of the the data that we're seeing from the monitoring.

So probably a year.

No, no less than a year is what it sounds like.

Okay.

And I know that considering the uh mission beach area is in certain ways larger at larger risk than turmoiline.

Will switching the two projects in any way affect funding that the mission beach project might need in the future.

Um, as noted, the funding that we currently have for the grant is is limited in the number of sites that can move forward, which is why we have four of the six sites prioritized.

Um so we would need to go and apply for additional grant funding to support either the mission beach or the La Jolla Shores park sites moving forward.

Um but we do see significant funding at the state right now through Prop 4.

That's that 1.2 billion dollars for coastal resilience.

It is prioritized for projects like those in the Coastal Resilience Master Plan that take a nature-based solutions approach.

Um so there is significant funding there for us to go after.

And how much are we going to need?

It depends on how much we're scoping.

Um, so you know, if you're looking at one site, um, if you're doing you know initial engineering, that's not a lot of money.

Um, but if you're going for full design and permitting, it'd be um substantially more for sites that are similar to mission beach, Cardiff Living Shoreline is a good regional example of that.

Um, that cost about 3.5 million dollars total.

Understood.

Okay, thanks for putting that into the perspective.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campia.

We'll go next to Councilmember Ilo Rivera.

All right, thank you, Council President.

Um, thank you for for the work on this.

Um, I want to start by saying thanks for the for incorporating the feedback from uh environment committee when we talked about um including opportunities for carports for the solar car ports.

Um so I think that's a great opportunity to demonstrate how we can integrate clean energy investments alongside coastal resiliency strategy uh strategies, um, and that's going to be especially important as those technologies become more used.

I um also want to make sure that I am that we we're getting meaningful feedback from the communities, obviously the coastal communities that live right next to that are either part of or right next to the communities included in this plan are important to have feedback from.

But um, we also know that our beaches are a citywide asset, and um, we need to make sure that we are including folks from communities like City Heights and Mount Hope and Stockton, just to name a few in District 9 in the conversation.

Uh, and so um can we hear a little bit about how we plan to incorporate um feedback and input from communities of concern that are have often been left out of the conversation when it could when it comes to our beaches?

Yes, and and just to echo, um, we do recognize that these projects are in our coastal communities, that they are going to impact those immediate communities, but we do see this planning effort as uh a citywide planning effort that the beaches are really an an asset to everyone in the city of San Diego.

We want to make sure everyone has access to the beaches and also has a voice when we're thinking about what is that shared vision for our coast in the future.

So throughout development of the plan, we really look to make sure that we had a variety of ways that we were engaging with the community that were both in person along the coast but also virtual, um extending that um those engagement opportunities out to multiple communities, also making sure that we are holding pop-up events in some of our more um inland communities to to be present there and seek feedback from those communities that will continue in phase two.

So we are looking to have focused workshops that will focus on each of the individual project sites that are moving forward, but those are open both to the immediate communities and we'll do a lot of outreach to planning groups, town councils, um, but they're also open to the the broader San Diego community.

We'll make sure that we're doing um equal outreach to our other communities.

Um we are also really looking in phase two to make sure that we're doing some targeted engagement with communities of concern, um, particularly looking too for bringing in more youth voices into how we are planning for their future of of what the coast looks like for them.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

You may be already doing this, but um we had um a number of organizations, community-based organizations that work to bring youth from communities of concern um in uh to our beaches and bays um that engaged in a conversation just before recess.

Um I think that they could probably provide um not only meaningful feedback at from the staff level of those organizations, but also have a um great trusted relationship with youth who are building that that very loving uh relationship with with our beaches, and I think they could be an important part of that conversation as well.

Um I was at Ocean Beach this morning and um look forward to seeing you know better the improvements that we are we are planning for.

Um, and again, I I do really hope that this can be a citywide effort so that everyone feels like they're part of what I think will be actually really beneficial changes.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Yulor Rivera.

We'll go back to uh council member Campbell.

Thank you so much.

I'm just a little bit concerned about subitem B, the way it's written resolution adopting the coastal resilience master plan.

No, we are not.

My understanding is we are not totally adopting it.

We're using it as a beginning.

This is a conceptual plan.

It is not necessarily going to be the way it's written right now.

We're gonna look at all the different factors over the next several months and figure out what would be the best plan to save our beaches.

Isn't that correct?

Correct.

Um, so we are looking to adopt the plan with the high-level concept designs included, recognizing that these are high-level concept designs that need additional technical studies and community engagement to further refine and update the designs as they move forward.

So they are very high level.

This is a first step in what will be many steps that occur before the projects are actually implemented.

Okay, so my concern is that the way it's written it doesn't say resolution adopting the plan and concept.

Count Council Member Campbell, if I can leave some clarification.

So the request before the council is to adopt the master plan.

What um our team is articulating is that the adoption of the master plan itself does not mean that the concepts that are identified in those plans are what it will look like on the ground when it's ultimately implemented.

But yes, in fact, we are asking the city council today to adopt the master plan.

The master plan allows us to move forward with taking these from concepts that can be refined with additional community input as it moves into an engineering design process.

Those designs are not final.

Um we are asking the council also to establish CIPs to move some of these projects into that further design phase.

Um the other projects are still identified within the plan that will be adopted, but we do not have funding for those at this time.

Thank you.

And I I also wanted to ask you about the funding that you mentioned.

So we have funds that have already been passed on the state level and the federal level that are available.

Correct.

The the phase one funds through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, that grant has has been completed.

We have continued funding through the state coastal conservancy grant to continue the the work.

So the initiation of the CIPs, those technical studies, that community engagement, that funding is secure.

Any additional work beyond that, the city would need to seek additional grant funding to support.

Okay.

Well, okay, I trust Heidi implicitly.

So all right, in that case, so long as we understand that we are in the trying to figure it out phase, I'm fine with it.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you, Councilmember Campbell, for that getting that clarification.

Councilmember Foster.

Yes, thank you, Council President, and thank you, staff, for the presentation.

And I guess I just kind of have a systems type question because I kind of feel like we're talking about coastal resiliency, right?

But yet we guess isolate for lack of a better term, isolate other systems that I guess at some point intersect or feed into what hits our coastal areas, right?

So for example, where I'm going with this is the Choice Creek, right?

Where we clearly call out on this plan that I think we referred to it as some additional initiatives and things that we are working on.

But as you look at what's happening in Imperial Beach, when we look at the Tijuana River and the contamination there, I guess how are we having the resiliency conversation as a whole if we are isolated and if I'm going to speak specifically about the Choice Creek.

If you go and look at various conditions of the creek, I don't know how this, I don't know how we can say there's not per se contamination and certain things going on when you look at the level of garbage, when you look at the level of feces and certain things that are taking place, and um we've tried to work with the mayor's office to get areas cleaned up.

We get the usual you know, we've been getting some feedback that hey, we don't have the funds to go out and um clean the creeks the way they should be cleaned, right?

If you go through, we have palm trees um growing in the creeks, which I have said over and over that that is not a natural habitat and should not be in our waterway system as such.

Um so if you can kind of help me to understand how are we having this climate resiliency conversation if we are not addressing the system as a whole and what I feel we are isolating certain aspects and focusing on very specific projects or certain things where when do we actually work at understanding the waterway itself and preventing things from contaminating said waterway that's reaching its way back to the coastal line.

Uh council member, thanks for the question.

Um we do have a comprehensive climate resiliency plan known as climate resilient SD.

Your question is relating, I believe, um, to some operational challenges.

Um we would need to coordinate with the stormwater department, and we're happy to follow up with you there on that.

The um Choice Creek watershed, sorry, the Choice Creek region watershed regional park master plan is a planning effort that's currently underway, as you're aware of.

Um, and we look forward to continuing to work with your office and the community as we bring forward that.

We also coordinate with the Stormwater Department um extensively through those efforts.

Um with respect to this particular plan, the scope of this plan was necessarily limited to these particular areas along the coast, and it was in particular limited to nature-based solutions to climate change.

Um, that was this uh the limitations of this particular grant um and the item that is before you, um, but there are many other items um that have to work in tandem.

Um, and I do agree with you there, of course, that it's part of a much larger solution, um, and that has to be paired with not just planning but with operations and maintenance as well.

Okay, I I appreciate that clarity.

I do think that I um at this point, Heidi, if I can um fall back and have a briefing uh because I am concerned as we issue memorandums and and what comes back uh from the operations um side and just the the level of um garbage and things that that we find um in the creek beds I think is very very um problematic.

Even with the floods, when you look at what took place and um the damages um, you know, the we had our lifeguards and and firefighters having to go into um water that was not safe for them.

Um and so I have uh residents that are living around this on a daily basis, and just um as we're talking resiliency coastal line.

I just want to make sure we're not um losing sight of the system as a whole and what's feeding into that system potentially as I think we're kind of chasing our tail if we're talking true uh resiliency.

So thank you.

Happy to follow up with you, Councilmember.

Uh thank you, Councilmember Foster.

Um, not seeing anybody else in the lights.

Uh we have a motion by Councilmember Campbell, a second by myself.

Please call the roll.

I said this is please cast your vote.

That passes unanimously eight to zero with council member von Wilbur absent.

Thank you, Council President.

All right.

Um thank you again to planning your good work in bringing this forward.

So with that, um clerk, please introduce the city council public facilities financing authority related items.

Thank you, Council President.

Item 330 is the authorization for the public facilities financing authority of the City of San Diego Lease Revenue and Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2025 A and Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2025 ballpark refunding preliminary official statement.

Item FA1 is the authorization for the public facilities financing authority of the City of San Diego Lease Revenue and Lease Revenue Refunding Bond Series 2025 A and Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego Lease Revenue Refunding Bond Series 2025 B ballpark refunding preliminary official statements.

This item is not subject to the mayor's veto.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

Uh for these items, we will take the staff rec staff presentations together.

Also, public testimony and council comment on these items will be taken together.

We will then take separate votes on each of the item, item 330 and item FA1.

So staff, I see you're settled in there.

Introduce yourself through a record and let us know how much time you need.

Good afternoon, Council President, members of the City Council, Richard Eyre, Financial Operations Manager in the Department of Finance.

Uh, with me assisting today's presentation is Krista Davidson financing coordinator in the Department of Finance, as well as Deputy City Attorney David Powell.

We'll need about no more than 10 minutes.

All right, when you're ready.

So the actions for you your consideration today are to authorize the form of and distribution of the preliminary official statements or POSs, and the execution, delivery, and distribution of the official statements for two bond issuances issued by the public facilities finance authority.

Both assurances are expected to be sold in the next few weeks, and the POS is for each distributed to potential investors in the next few days.

Both bond issuances were authorized via ordinance in June, both by the city council and the by resolution by the PFFA.

The larger issuance under the master lease included a not to exceed 465 million new money component, as well as the potential to refund outstanding master lease bonds.

The second bond issuance is for the refunding of the outstanding 2016 ballpark refunding bonds.

Since June, we've rounded out the financing team to include an underwriting syndicate led by Jeffries and Ramirez and Company.

The trustee for both bonds issuances will be US bank.

Let me turn that over to Krista to go over the updated financing plan.

Since City Council's approval of the bonds in June, the market has moved favorably to allow the possibility of refunding two additional series of bonds to produce economic savings.

The series 2018 bonds and series 2020 bonds.

The docketed version of the POS lists only the series 2015 A and B bonds to be refunded.

Since docketing, the POS has been updated to reflect the additional bond series refundings.

The next few slides discuss the current financing plan and are based upon market rates as of August 2025.

The 2025 lease revenue bond issuance is currently anticipated to produce approximately $670 million in total proceeds at an estimated true interest cost of 4.4%.

Of this, $465 million in proceeds will be used to satisfy prior appropriations of debt to fund various general fund capital improvement projects and equipment, including streets, sidewalks, and drainage projects, as well as fire engines.

This new money portion is anticipated to result in average annual debt service of approximately $29 million.

The remaining $200 million in proceeds will be used to refund the outstanding series 2015A, 2015 B, 2018A, and 2020 A bonds, resulting in debt service savings to the general fund.

Financing costs, which include municipal advisor fees, bond and disclosure council fees, and underwriters discount are anticipated to be approximately $3 million.

This slide shows anticipated savings of each series of refunded bonds.

Since the city covenants to budget full debt service for each series of outstanding bonds, the anticipated refunding savings are not reflected in the current fiscal year 2026 budget.

Net present value or NPV savings is estimated to range from 4.47% to 9.08%.

And due to the timing of the bonds, there will be nominal savings in fiscal year 2026, then annual average savings ranging approximately from 200,000 to $825,000 per series through the life of each series of bonds.

Through the 2025 ballpark refunding bonds and a separate transaction closely timed with the 2025 lease revenue bonds, we anticipate to refund all of the outstanding 2016 ballpark bonds.

We expect true interest costs to be around 2.6% and produce net present value savings of 7.3%.

Fiscal year 2026 will also have nominal savings, an average annual savings of approximately $725,000 will begin in fiscal year 2027.

The cost of issuance is expected to be around $500,000.

All five bond series refundings are anticipated to produce an aggregate of $30 million in savings for the general fund, with fiscal years 27 through 32 realizing about $2.4 million in savings each year.

Annual savings are broken down in the table on this slide.

As is practiced with all of the city's bond issuances, staff will provide council with an update on the actual interest rates achieved, debt service, and bond sizing shortly after pricing.

With the council approval of the POS, we expect to release it to the market later this week and price the 2025 lease revenue bonds the week of September 22nd.

Depending on market demand, we may sell the ballpark refunding bonds that week or the following week.

The bond sale for both bonds are expected to close on October 7th when proceeds will be made available for the projects.

Next, I will describe the POS and its contents.

The POS provides material information about the city that an investor would require to make an informed investment decision.

This includes disclosure information about the ratings, terms, structure and security and sources of payment for the transactions, descriptions of leased property under the master lease and ballpark lease, and certain risk factors for the city and the general fund.

Current financial information is included from the FY2024 ACFER, FY25 and 26 adopted budgets, and third quarter budget monitoring report.

Other regulatory and operational information includes disclosures on labor relations, pension and other post-employment benefits, and material litigation disclosures.

In addition, the POS includes certain appendices for required information, such as demographic and economic information and summaries of the legal documents associated with the transaction.

Since both the 2025 lease revenue bonds and ballpark refunding bonds will be repaid through the general fund, they have nearly identical appendix A and Bs.

Please note the POS will continue to be updated as necessary, and all material updates will be circulated to city council prior to release.

Thank you, Krista.

So I'll just briefly go through the city standard uh disclosure process that was used for both preliminary official statements in this case.

So the disclore disclosure ordinance uh which is set forth in the city's municipal code requires the establishment of disclosure practices working group or DPWG and sets its membership as is set forth in the screen.

And uh this additionally requires uh certifications from the mayor, the city attorney, the CFO stating there are no material misstatements or omissions from that disclosure document that's in front of you today.

Um, so we gather that information by soliciting information for contributed departments, including those that are set forth on the screen.

Uh we also review uh publicly available sources uh that's used in our appendix B of the POS, and we review multiple drafts of the POS during conference calls with members of the financing team, um, other city officials and DPWG and the financing group and all the contributing departments uh do uh certify to DPWG on the content and process of the POS respectively.

Uh further that uh memorandum set forth city the city council's legal obligations and provides guidance on meeting those obligations.

Uh the memorandum also includes certifications from all of the contributing departments uh that we outlined previously in the last slide.

Uh and that is uh the end of the presentation.

Thank you.

All right, thank you very much for that presentation.

As a reminder, we're gonna take public testimony on both of these items together.

So city clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you so much, Council President.

I do not have any public comment here in Council Chambers for items 330 or FA1.

I will go to those.

All right.

I will go to those participating remotely.

I'm sorry, the five-minute timer.

Uh Andrea Ebbing, if you can please unmute.

Will you be speaking to both items?

Um you know what?

I'm gonna pass.

I'm sorry.

I apologize.

Okay, no worries.

Okay, thank you.

Uh Blair Beekman, if you can please unmute.

We'll be speaking on both items.

Yes, I will.

Yes, I will.

You'll have two minutes, please proceed.

Yeah, uh hi, Blair Beekman.

Um, I just wanted to quickly offer, I'm not quite sure if this is related to uh bond issues and um uh using bond issues from the library to help support um the this effort of this item and and the stadium.

And um if it is, uh I just wanted to quickly comment that you had an item similar to this, or at least what I just stated uh back a few months ago, uh maybe in the springtime, um uh uh to support the stadium and the pod raise uh to continue, and that had to be put up with uh bonds from the uh public library system or something from the public library system.

Um I just wanted to question that and just it's nice to use money uh for the library for such a purpose in a way.

Uh there's a familiarity and a love for the padres.

We hope we can come through this fall, I'm sure.

Um, but I I just wanted to question it and just have a voice that says this isn't just airtight locked securely that um we should be doing this.

Uh it has to be really considered and that baseball has its own problems and issues.

Uh gambling is a very serious issue in baseball.

That um we call it America's pastime.

We give it a lot of space to make it America's pastime, but I I just think it's practices should sometimes be questioned.

And that um our sports in general, um there's a lot of money involved, and we have to be very cautious how we proceed with such things.

Um I I care for baseball, but I just want to be mindful and uh just to try to make some sort of note here in the public space time about it.

Uh thank you for your time.

Thank you.

That does conclude public comment on both these items.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

Uh we'll turn it over to Council Colleagues.

Questions, comments, entertain a motion.

Uh again, we will be taking two separate motions for the two separate items, and we'll go to council member Moreno.

Uh thank you for the presentation.

I do appreciate the work of our debt management and department of finance teams.

Um I also would like to thank the disclosure practice working group for the review of the preliminary official statement.

Um I do have some questions, and I will ask um staff for the record.

Uh do you believe that all relevant and material information that would need to be considered by potential bondholders and investors has been disclosed in the preliminary official statement?

I do.

Thank you.

Do you believe that any information contained in the preliminary official statement is inaccurate or misleading to potential bondholders and investors?

I do not.

Is there any additional material information that the city council should be aware of today concerning the content of the preliminary official statements?

Not that I'm aware of.

Are there any questions this council has not asked that should have been asked?

Not that I'm aware of.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um I think there was an intentional not making the motion.

Okay, just wanted to make sure.

Uh Councilmember Campbell.

Uh thank you very much for the presentation, all the work you've done on this.

Um just to boil it down, what we're doing here is paying a lot less interest, but getting what we need to do our projects with paying less interest so that we are actually getting ahead by planning this out so that we have less interest payment, which means we will be able to recover more money for our use as a city.

I think I don't know if I said that quite clearly, but we'll be refinancing basically quite a bit of the city's existing debt for debt service savings that'll benefit the general fund.

Yes, at a lower interest rate.

So that's that's the really good part about this.

I'll I'll make a motion to approve staff's recommendation.

Thank you.

Okay, so we have a motion by council member Campbell to move the staff recommendation on item 330.

Um I will go ahead and second that and to clarify.

I I don't know where the public caller kind of got that information, but there is no new bonding done for PETCO Park or any facilities with that.

We're just refunding in your language the existing bonds to accrue some interest savings.

Exactly.

There's about six years left on the original PECO park bonds.

We're gonna refund those and collect some savings for the next six years.

Okay.

I didn't want anybody that was listening to to misunderstand.

So not seeing anybody else in the lights.

We have a motion by council member Campbell and a second by myself to move the staff recommendation on item 330.

So, clerk, please call the roll.

I'm sorry, the voting system, please cast your vote.

That does pass unanimously, eight to zero with council member von Wilbert absent.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

We will now adjourn as the city council and convene as the public facilities financing authority.

Uh Councilmember Campbell, can I also take your motion for FA1?

Yes, I'll be glad to make that motion.

Thank you.

And I'll second that as well, and not seeing one anybody else in the lights, but we have a motion by Councilmember Campbell, second by myself to move the staff recommendation for item FA1.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Oh, sorry, the voting system, please cast your vote.

And that does pass unanimously, eight to zero with council member von Wilburt absent.

Thank you, Council President.

Right, thank you, City Clerk, and thank you to staff for the very good work in bringing this forward and to constantly monitoring our debt financing and achieving those savings.

Uh we will now proceed with the approval of the public facilities finance authority minutes.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you.

The public comment period for the minutes is now open.

The minutes being approved are for the meeting of Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025.

I do not have any public comment here in Council Chambers, and nobody with their hand raised.

So that does conclude public comment on the PFFA minutes.

All right.

Um we'll turn it over to our agency members as we're correctly called for any questions and comments.

Can I get a motion to approve the minutes?

Uh Councilmember Whitburn and a second by Council President Pro Tim Lee.

So we have a motion to approve the minutes by Councilmember Whitburn and a second by Council President Pro Tim Lee.

Please call the roll.

Sorry, the voting system, please cast your vote.

And that passes unanimously eight to zero with council member agency member Von Wilbert absent.

Thank you.

We will now take up public facilities financing authority, non-agenda public comment.

Public facilities financing authority members respect and appreciate the public's input and are fully committed to protecting every participant's free speech rights at the public facilities finance authority meetings.

Clerk, please proceed with any public comment on the work of the public facilities financing authority.

Thank you, Council President.

Public comment period for the public facilities financing authority is now open.

If you're in chambers, please submit your speaker slip now.

If you are virtual, please raise your hand by pressing to our star nine or the raise your hand icon.

We currently have four speakers in the queue.

I have nobody here in council chambers who has submitted a slip.

So Andrea, if you can please um mute.

I don't.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to pass.

I apologize.

Oh no worries, thank you.

Blair Beekman.

Oh, my apologies, it went up.

Blair Beekman, please unmute.

Everyone's hands going up and down.

Peggy Walker, if you can please unmute thank you, and good afternoon.

I came today to share that September international recovery month.

Promoting awareness of mental health and substance.

Peggy, this is still public facilities finance authority, not agenda will come later, just a moment.

So hang on.

I'll come back to you.

John Stump, if you can please unmute.

This is on non agenda for public facilities financing authority.

So uh good afternoon.

My comment concerns those organizations and persons who might be exempted from lobbying registration and disclosure just because they are a member of a corporation that is publicly traded.

I think that the rules concerning who should be a registered lobbyist, and who should disclose should be as broad as possible.

You know, yesterday uh concerning the um municipal zoo.

We had a whole big president.

John, are are you talking public facilities or are you speaking to not agenda public comment?

I don't I'm sorry to interrupt, but I think you're that's a non-agenda item for public can thank you.

Are you there?

Yes.

Okay.

Yesterday we had an example of a facility who had lobbyists there that were not registered.

Why?

Because they were a nonprofit corporation.

Is everybody that comes in from the padres a registered lobbyist?

The council needs to be more transparent and not have rules that make citizens register as lobbyists, but not people uh but excludes and exempts people from multinational corporations or stocked corporations.

Anyone who is paid to influence city council should be disclosing to the public finance um facility group and other groups of the city that there are lobbyists.

Thank you very much.

All right, my apologies for interrupting John.

Sorry.

Our next speaker is 7499.

If you can please unmute.

And I will be going back to you, Blair.

That was my error that it was everybody was unmuting at the same time.

Four and seven four nine nine, please proceed.

Bob Kaziski here.

I just want to be brief and state that um the switching between city council and public facilities uh meetings, and and you do that a lot with various uh subcommittees.

It is very confusing and it's not well represented in the agenda.

So uh if you could do a better job on that, you might not have so many people calling in to talk at the wrong time.

Thank you.

Thank you, Blair Beekman.

If you can please unmute uh thank you.

Uh Blair Beekman.

Thank you uh to City Clerk Deanna Puentes for figuring out uh the problem was on her end.

Um that's getting it together.

Uh we're at a new fall period, and uh you've been away for a while.

Thank you.

Uh hopefully this is uh getting back into the groove.

Thank you.

Um I um I just wanted to quickly comment this uh thank you for the clarification from uh Council President Lacaba uh about the previous item, how to think of it and and its terms.

Um there was some sort of issues around uh funding for the future of the stadium based on uh library issues that uh from the springtime, early summer, that uh just to re-mention again and uh thank you for your uh clarifications Peggy Walker, if you can please unmute.

I'm sorry, but I am waiting for um non-agenda okay.

That will be next.

Thank you.

That concludes public comment, non-agenda public comment for PFFA.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, we will adjourn as the public facilities financing authority to reconvene as the city council.

And with that, we will now take the city council virtual non-agenda public comment trailed from this morning.

So uh city clerk, please proceed with our virtual non-agenda public comment.

Thank you, Council President.

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Please note if there are eight or more speakers on a single topic, the maximum time for the topic will be 16 minutes.

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So if you'd like to speak, please raise your hand by tapping the raise your hand icon or star nine.

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I've started the five minute timer here in Council Chambers, starting with John Stump.

If you can please unmute thank you very much.

Sorry, I'm still working, you know.

At my age, I still have an office and I still work.

Um the council needs to take schedule in the rules committee or whatever committee, a serious look at who gets an exemption from registering as a lobbyist.

Currently, it appears that if you're a nonprofit corporation with a $300 million budget on city land, or you're the uh franchisee that charges the highest utility rates in the country to city residents.

You don't have to register as lobbyists.

Uh, and you don't have to disclose what you're doing.

The council needs to change those rules so that people who are making tons of money, big money, off of the citizens of San Diego register as lobbyists and disclose what they're doing.

Um the other thing, after I watched the uh presentation yesterday, it seems like the city of San Diego is getting outlawyred.

And it was embarrassing that a the city has to so carefully negotiate with a non-complying franchisee leaseholder for the municipal zoo uh when they they've never performed under their contract.

The that contract requires each January for them to submit a budget for your approval.

They don't do it.

So you're being outlawyred, they're in violation of the contract, and stop getting on your knees.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madison.

If you can please unmute.

There you are.

Got it.

Okay, thanks.

Okay, thank you for your time this afternoon.

Um, I'd like to share an emerging trend that is pretty concerning.

Across the country, surveys show that younger adults are shifting their daily routines toward cannabis use.

Three and four young adults now say they substitute marijuana for alcohol at least once a week.

And more Americans overall use cannabis every day than drink alcohol every day.

That shift matters.

It means cannabis isn't just occasional recreation anymore, it's becoming woven into daily life.

People report using it right after work, multiple times a week to relax or mark the end of the day.

While that may seem harmless, it normalizes regular intoxication.

Over time, that affects workplace performance, productivity, and mental health.

Employers and families in San Diego are already carrying those costs.

We also need to look at substitution effects beyond alcohol.

National analyses show people are turning to marijuana instead of cigarettes, painkillers, even opioids.

While some might see that as harm reduction, it still leaves people dependent on a substance that impairs judgment and can block long-term recovery.

And as more and more marijuana shops are permitted, the marketplace of cannabis beverages, pouches, and edibles is growing faster than public health safeguards can keep up.

For San Diego, this is not abstract.

Daily cannabis use means more impaired drivers on our roads, more emergency room visits, and more challenges for young adults trying to launch careers and pay rent in an already difficult economy.

Council members, I urge you to recognize this trend as more than a cultural shift.

It's a public health and workforce issue.

San Diego needs to get ahead of it with stronger education, stricter regulation of emerging cannabis products, and prevention strategies that support young people before dependency becomes another barrier to stability.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next, Andrea, if you can please unmute.

Andrea, I can unmute for you.

My apologies.

Hi.

My name is Andrea Ebbing.

Uh, and I want to go back to what I was discussing yesterday.

Uh, just a bit of relief on the council and leaders in San Diego who may not be aware of uh what their superiors are doing.

I'm very deeply concerned about something called the Bramida Triangle of Injustice.

And this is a structure in which regular residents, um, civilians, constituents cannot access fair um and equal rights or the law, because our district attorney, Summer Steppen, handles felony cases and um county cases.

Her sister, Raina Stefan, handles city cases and misdemeanor cases.

And if you want to file a case or win a case on either one of those sisters, and you find yourself getting nowhere, then you have to go to Samurai Stefan's husband, Federal Judge Dana Sabrow.

This is a complete conflict of interest.

There cannot be one dinner table in San Diego in which all criminal justice decisions are made.

And we know that the criminal justice decisions that are being made right now are outrageous and not focused on public safety.

They seem to be focused on personal interests and financial interests.

As we've experienced over the last week, I don't know, about 10 different um shootings, homicides, bodies burnt in cars.

Fallons have gotten the message that they can do whatever they want.

There are cases in which the county is contracted with uh certain rehab owners who are involved with opioid distributors, who once they are caught and um and prosecuted by federal agencies under Dana Sabrow, they're getting slaps on the rest, like a hundred and forty-five thousand dollar fee for opioid distribution, or 18 months for hill mill operation.

Um we need to really take a uh a huge look at this and change it.

Thank you.

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Peggy Walker, if you can please unmute.

Okay, thank you.

I so appreciated Marty von Wilpert's plea for child safety at schools yesterday, and I wanted to share a safety concern of my own related to youth drug use.

September is national recovery month, promoting awareness of mental health and substance use disorders, and celebrating that recovery is attainable with good resources.

SAMSA, the National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, suggests this is also a call to action for good prevention strategies.

It's a time to ask if our community is doing everything possible to prevent substance use, which brings high treatment and social costs and leads to mental health issues and homelessness.

Both permitted and illegal high potency THC products have contributed to alarming upticks in cannabis use disorder, psychosis, anxiety, depression, and suicide among those under 25.

Substance abuse potential is further exacerbated by the onslaught of illegal products marketed to youth and containing THC, alcohol, nicotine, and other intoxicating ingredients that are flooding retail outlets.

Permitted and illegal products combined contribute to a normalization that makes marijuana access and use easier and recovery more challenging.

Unfortunately, our recovery resources aren't keeping up with our need.

Meanwhile, though, studies show that prevention strategies are critical.

For example, psychosis rates alone are 67% lower in jurisdictions that do not permit marijuana sales.

This is a strong indicator, and I suggest to you that perhaps it's time to revisit San Diego's drug policies.

Thank you.

Thank you, Blair Beekman, if you can please unmute.

All right, uh Blair Beekman, thanks for the meeting today.

Um I hope coastal drainage, river pollution, and sea level rise can all be better acknowledged from previous items today.

I wanted to also uh quickly acknowledge the work of uh Councilperson Whipurne who offered really nice words about um the the uh book park issues and parking issues.

Um I'm I'm really encouraged that in his language that I hope it can be a part of how you're thinking of the future parking issues for the park overall.

Um technology uh is an important uh factor in our future.

We really have to work to be accountable with our with our tech.

Um people yesterday were mentioning the concerns of RFID technology and the future of trash cans.

We should be having a whole set of policies that that goes to the privacy commission that asks, you know, what how can the public have a set of open public policies to understand what that RFID technology is doing, what it's about, what to expect of it, what data will it actually be collecting.

Those sort of questions should be able to be answered.

This is not a secret government cabal.

Our future is dedicated that we share this information with each other, and it's free and it's um not to be feared.

We're not going to live in a future military industrial state.

We're going to live in a future of an open democracy where technology is shared.

I hope we get used to those ideas.

It's not very scary or difficult to think of that and think in those terms.

Good luck.

We um in those efforts to work towards that.

We boy, think of what life we'd be living if we worked together towards those efforts.

Make those efforts if we can.

Good luck that we can.

Um, and I also want to make efforts about accountability with uh public meeting process and talk to Civic Center TV about making the public meetings uh more accessible and uh if if there's breakdowns.

Good luck how we can do that.

Good luck with the ALPR things too, by the way.

Thank you.

Thank you, Zoom user.

If you can please unmute.

Hello again.

Yeah, I want to make a uh comment about the Supreme Court decision yesterday about the one councilman that was ranting and raving about it.

You guys were all culpable when Biden, the Biden regime took over, opened up all the borders, let in 30 million illegal aliens into our country, and you guys were culpable.

Payback's gonna be a bitch now, man.

Trump's gonna hire 20,000 ICE agents coming at you hard.

And we're there's gonna be a new app for your cell phone.

We got all their pictures, the illegal aliens, they got those phones, and we've got their pictures captured.

So now they're gonna have ICE is gonna pay private citizens 500 bucks to turn in somebody on your cell phone.

It's gonna be rapid capture and rapid uh deportation.

And why don't we create a thing down in Brownfield?

We could create something like uh call it the taco stand, but it's gonna be a uh incarceration place where we can bring guys to the taco stand, not just Mexican people, but all sorts of people.

There's 180 nationalities that are in here illegally, and eventually they gotta go.

And somebody's gonna make money on it.

We city of San Diego might want to open up one of those things so we'll make a hundred bucks a day on everybody's down there.

And eventually it's it's not gonna get any better, man.

So hopefully the Supreme Court will get a few more rulings out there, and uh we'll proceed with the mass deportation, and we can actually make money on it.

It'll be cool.

Okay, thanks a lot.

Thank you.

Next speaker is Becky Rapp, if you can please unmute.

Good afternoon.

My name is Becky Rapp, and today I'd like to draw your attention and acknowledgement to September Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time when we recommit ourselves to protecting lives, supporting families, and breaking the silence around mental health struggles.

I want to highlight the important work of an organization titled Every Brain Matters, a community dedicated to sharing critical public health information about how marijuana use impacts mental health, especially among young people.

Too often marijuana is portrayed as harmless, yet the silence is telling us a very different story.

High potency products are strongly associated with anxiety, depression, psychosis, and tragically induced suicide risk among youth and young adults.

Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 24.

And when we ignore the role of substances like marijuana, we miss a vital piece of prevention.

Every brain matters helps families, educators, and policymakers see the full picture, connecting the dots between brain health, substance use, and suicide.

Prevention starts with education, and it means ensuring parents how the risks, young um, to know the risks, young people hear the truth, and decision makers prioritize mental health over marijuana profits.

Suicide is preventable, but only if we address all contributing factors, including substance use.

This month, as we honor lives lost and strengthen our commitment to saving others, as I urge us all to recognize the resources of groups like every brain matters, to speak openly about marijuana's mental health risks and to work together for the health and safety of every brain and every life.

Thank you.

Next is phone number ending in 7499.

If you can please unmute Bob Kazuski here.

As I said yesterday, the Tory Pines glider port issue has not gone away.

The privatization of our public parkland is continuing through the tenure of Todd Gloria and Joe LaCava.

As I also said yesterday, in March of 2017, we spoke to the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors about the abuses of public access.

By July of 2017, the County of Los Angeles had produced a hang lining flight waiver that we have been using in Los Angeles for the past eight years.

The County of Los Angeles went from first hearing our complaint to producing a completed finalized flight waiver for public use in less than four months.

We've been trying to trying to accomplish the same thing in San Diego for well over a decade.

Joe Lacaba has failed to address this issue during his entire term in office.

He follows in the shameful footsteps of Sherry Leitner and Barbara Bree, who also dodged this issue throughout their terms.

Shame on you, Joe Locava.

On another issue, yesterday I asked Joe Locava for his reasons for not reactivating the Tory Pine City Park Advisory Board.

I then reserved my remaining time for his response.

However, City City Clerk Fuentes jumped in to say that it was not an opportunity for back and forth.

To be clear, the Brown Act only prohibits taking actions on non-agenda items.

It does not prohibit council members from responding to questions asked by the public.

In fact, it states that officials may respond briefly and even ask questions of non-agenda speakers.

I don't believe the city's rules of counsel can legitimately restrict council members' rights under the Brown Act.

I asked the city attorney to review this.

Also, in response to Mr.

Campillo's and other speeches earlier today, I agree completely that legitimate citizens should not have to produce proof of citizenship.

But the Supreme Court's decision and President Trump's actions have been forced by many years of sanctuary city policies by this city and others.

You have created the problem by flagrantly ignoring our immigration laws.

Now you complain about the consequences.

You can't have it both ways, Mr.

Campio.

Thank you.

Our final speaker is Judy Strang.

If you can please unmute.

Good afternoon, San Diego City Council.

Thank you for letting me share an experience I had this weekend.

I was leaving a football game on Friday, and as I watched the teens pour out of the stadium, I realized that 11 of my 19 grandchildren fall in that age group 16 to 30.

They make up a third this age group of all fatal alcohol and marijuana impaired crashes.

And I remember that our older previous city attorney did a wonderful editorial regarding San Diego City's social host ordinance.

And I was thinking maybe it's time again for the city attorney and San Diego PD to join hands and provide this information again as the school year is underway and remind us all that it is illegal to host drinking or marijuana parties for those under the age of 21.

And in fact, there is a fine and possible jail time associated with so doing.

Concludes your comments.

Yes.

Thank you.

And that concludes on agenda public comment for today's meeting.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

And with that, we have one adjournment in memory by Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you.

Um I'm requesting that the council adjourn in memory of Alejandro Gutiérrez.

I believe we have a slide available.

Thank you.

Mr.

Guitier Gutierrez is a was a devoted husband to Marisa Hernandez, loving father to Alejandro and Marisa, and beloved community members, a member by those he helped and mentor.

He was an accomplished man with three careers in criminology, business administration, and aeronautical engineering, and was employed by General Atomics at the time of his untimely death.

Mr.

Gutierrez was raised in our local communities, graduating from both Southwest Middle School and Southwest High School, and transferring from Southwestern College to the University of Phoenix.

He returned in 2007 to support local youth sports, starting as a baseball coach at the Hollister, the Juana River Park, and later joining Aztec FC as a coach at Montgomery Waller Park.

By 2023, he concluded his time with Aztec FC and transitioned to Nido Aguila Academy.

There he dedicated himself to youth sports and outreach, taking on a more active role as a mentor.

In this position, he continued guiding young athletes both on and off the field, ensuring that they had not only the skills to succeed in sports, but also the encouragement to pursue their personal and academic goals.

Mr.

Gutierrez actively supported the city of San Diego's park and rec whenever he could and served as the secretary of the board of directors of the Otai Mesa Community Rec group.

He motivated our community's youth not just to be great athletes, but also to be great citizens and continued theirs and continue their studies, pursuing their goals like he once did.

Mr.

Gutierrez helped with the organization of various community events, such as Dia de los Niños, Snow Day, and Easter celebration.

Before his diagnosis, he helped my office staff during our dumpster drop-off events, volunteering to help his neighbors unload trash and make our communities cleaner.

Mr.

Gutierrez was never called to service.

He worked hard for the betterment of his community and our youth for the kindness of it from the kindness of his heart.

Thank you, Alex, and may you rest in peace.

And with that, we will now adjourn council to the next regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 10 a.m.

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