Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Here.

Councilmember Campillo.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

President.

Councilmember Elo Rivera.

And Council President Lacava.

Present.

Also attending the meeting, our city attorney Heather Ferbert, Deputy Director in the IBA's office, Jillian Andalina, Council of Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's Office, Coda Zeiser, and myself, your city clerk, Diana Fuentes.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you.

We will begin this morning with the land acknowledgement and the pledges of allegiance led by Councilmember Campbell as soon as she settles in.

We were certainly all the nation are the original inhabitants of the unseen land now known as San Diego.

Despite enduring the wars of genocide and colonization, remains unbroken.

We honor the resilience of our ancestors who fought to protect their culture and land.

Today, a carry the legacy forward, ensuring that their traditions continue to thrive in gratitude and strength.

We stand in our nation, connected to our past and committed to a thriving future.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic.

One nation under God.

Liberty and Justice Carol.

Clerk, please go over how the public can offer their testimony.

Thank you, Council President.

I'd like to highlight the slide on the screen that reviews the public testimony rules for today's meeting.

Please note that time allocations for proclamations and consent items for meeting management purposes are one minute per item with a maximum of three minutes if you're speaking on three or more items.

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 locate at the entrance of chambers and bring it to the front of the room in the clear box.

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.

We will now dispense with the approval of the proclamation items.

Clerk, please proceed with public comments.

The public comment period for the 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 32 and S500 through S502.

I would like to mote note that we did receive one public comment speaker in favor of item 30 via web comment form, and that was distributed to the council.

If I can have the following people come up to the front row, Sam Abed, if you can please come up to the microphone.

You'll be speaking on item 30, and then um HRC Chair Nicole Murray Ramirez, if you can come up to the front row as well.

Please proceed.

Well, good morning, uh Mayor Gloria, Council President, and Council members, staff, and wonderful uh residents here.

It is my great honor to stand here today and celebrate the remarkable 37-year career of my dear friend Tony Keril, a truly dedicated public servant of the beautiful city of San Diego.

For nearly four decades, Tony demonstrated both effective leadership and relentless pursuit of excellence.

His contribution always went far beyond public expectations, demonstrating a deep and sincere dedication, excellent judgment, rich institutional knowledge, and the drive to make San Diego a better place for all.

Tony didn't simply manage the city's business, he passionately served the people and the community he loved and cared about.

Tony's conviction was driven and guided by his deep belief that public service is an honorable mission.

He genuinely touched countless life in our community.

That belief that belief was always at the core of his values and commitment.

Thank you for that concern.

Thank you very much and uh happy retirement, Tony.

Congratulations on truly outstanding career.

Thank you for that concluding comment.

You will have two minutes with time ceded to you by HRC Vice Chair Ricky Brown.

How many minutes?

Two minutes.

All right.

Good morning, Winnipeg.

Happy Filipino History Month and LGBT History Month.

Today I speak to you on behalf of the Human Relations Commission as its electorate chair and my elected vice chair Ricky Brown, and our executive uh director, Reverend Dr.

Gerald Brown, who is with us this morning.

I come before you as an individual who has lived through the Joe McCarthy era of the 1950s, the Black Civil Rights Era of the 1960s, the fight of Filipino Mexican farm workers of the 1970s, the eras of Anita Bryant, John Briggs, and Jerry Falwell.

As a person of color and a gay man who has been an activist for social justice and equality for all people for well over 50 years, I, as so many of you, have felt and continue to know hate.

I've witnessed it, fought it, and lived it.

Commissioner Brown and I can say to you this morning that we have never seen the rise of hate more than now.

I know that all of you know this, and many of you have been subjected to it.

With the rise of hate crimes and incidents in the San Diego region against especially the black community, the Jewish community, the LGBT community, the undocumented and refugees, the statistics are there and speak for themselves.

The recent hate graffiti incidents, yes, plural as an incident, spray painted on local Christian churches and Jewish temples still continues.

We of the Human Relations Commission have for decades worked with the district attorney, police chief, city attorney, community organizations, the mayor, and many of you on this issue.

We of the Human Relations Commission are proud that we worked with San Diego Crime Stoppers and recently re-established a special hate crime fund that covers all forms of hate crimes in our county.

We want to especially thank Councilman Elo Rivera for his proposed due process and safety ordinance, which our commission strongly supports.

We want to especially thank Councilman Mao Campeo for introducing this United Against Hate Week resolution, but also for focusing on hate literature spread around our San Diego neighborhoods attacking the black and Jewish community.

And yes, for all of your staff believes in that hate crime against one of us is a hate crime against all of us.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for that concluding remark.

That does conclude public comment here in Council Chambers.

I've started the five-minute timer going to those participating remotely.

We currently have one speaker in the queue.

Carlos, if you can please unmute and let me know which item or items on the proclamation agenda you wish to speak to.

I wish to speak on non-agenda public comment.

Okay, then you can raise your hand again during non-agenda public comment, which will be near the end of the morning session.

That does conclude public comment on the proclamations.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City, excuse me, City Clerk.

Uh, we'll now turn it over to my council colleagues for comments and entertain a motion, and we'll start with Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you.

At this moment, if I can call Mr.

Khalil up to the podium.

Um, item 30 proclaims October 21st, 2025 to be Tony Khalil Day in the City of San Diego.

And it is my thank you, yes.

It's my honor to co-sponsor this proclamation with Mayor Gloria and to stand before you today to recognize a truly remarkable public servant, Mr.

Tony Khalil, for over 37 years of dedicated service to the city of San Diego.

Mr.

Khalil began his career in 1988, joining the City of San Diego as a structural engineer associate.

From the very beginning, he demonstrated a high standard of professionalism, unmatched technical skills, and a deep commitment to public service.

With a bachelor's degree in science and civil engineer, I'm sorry, with a bachelor's degree of science and civil engineering and a master's in structural and geotechnical engineering from the University of Southern California.

He became a registered civil engineer in 1987 and a certified building official in 1933.

Throughout his career, Mr.

Mr.

Khalil took on many leadership roles, from section head of the building and housing code enforcement division to deputy city engineer and even serving as an ex-official member of the Planning Commission.

He has shaped and led impactful programs that have improved quality of life, public safety, and infrastructure across San Diego.

Mr.

Cleel also led efforts to help in the Tijuana River Valley by coordinating various agencies to restore river flow and reduce flood risks.

He led enforcements of illegal efforts, of legal efforts at Mission Beach Boardwalk by ordering the removal of 200 encroachment encroachments on private property, and also served as the city settlement coordinator on many complex legal issues.

Over the years, he has received several recognitions from various council members, along with multiple customer service awards.

But beyond his uh professional accomplishments, Mr.

Khalil is truly one of the kindest, most humble people you will ever meet, and deeply respected by all.

It's not often we see a crowd of this size, and the fact that so many of you are here today is a two true testament to the incredible impact Mr.

Khalil has had on the city and on all of us personally.

I would also like to recognize Mr.

Khalil's family who's joining us in the audience today.

Mr.

Khalil's legacy is one of integrity, leadership, and unwavering dedication to the people of San Diego.

So today we celebrate not just Mr.

Khalil's career but a lifetime of impact.

Mr.

Khalil, thank you so much for your service, your expertise, and your commitment to the city, and I'm honored to proudly proclaim October 21st, 2025 as Tony Khalil Day in the city of San Diego.

With that, I'd like to cede my time to Mr.

Khalil to say a few words.

First of all, I would like to thank uh Mayor Glory and of course Councilmember uh Moreno for uh this special recognition.

Uh, this proclamation really belongs to so many colleagues I worked with over the years.

Some are here today.

And the success of the projects you mentioned in the proclamation and many others is attributed to them.

I'm honored to have with us today.

My good friends, the honorable Judge Cindy Davis and the honorable Judge Nadia Keilani, uh, the former mayor of the city of Escondido, uh, my tennis partner, sometimes Sam Abed.

We have the executive director of the Gas Lamp Quarter Association, Mr.

Michael Trimble, and uh so many others I have here from the city attorney's office, the former assistant city attorney, Trisha uh Trisha Pamel, who and I have go back 30 plus years along with Eva and few so many people that I cannot mention in the interest of time.

But what I would like to recognize is some people who really really impacted the uh the quality of life of the city of San Diego here.

One is Miss Diane Silva Martinez, who was the chief of the code enforcement unit in the city attorney's office from 1993 to 2017.

Under her leadership, the code enforcement program became a national model for jurisdictions across the country.

The second edition of the book she co-authored will be used by the International Code Council.

And we've received working together, we've received so many inquiries from cities across California, Nevada, Arizona for guidance on enforcement and improving the quality of life in their own jurisdictions.

And again, Nayan, thank you for the acknowledgement in your book with the mention.

McGonagal Canyon, why we had to abate Magano Clan?

We had hundreds of farm workers, day laborers living in canyons in what used to be known as North City West.

It's now Carmel Valley.

The abatement of the largest migrant encampment was done with the utmost consideration and dignity for the workers and their families.

We received uh calls from uh Secretary of Housing Henry Cisneros at that time.

Walter Cronkite actually called me and interviewed me back then.

That tells you how far back we go, 1995.

The Mission Beach boardwalk.

Why did we enforce the Mission Beach workwalk?

City Manager Jack McMurray at that time, Councilmember uh uh District 2 was Byron Ware.

He called me into his office and said, We have a lot of people running into each other on the boardwalk.

What can we do about it?

We researched the boardwalk history going back to 1900s and found that the width of the boardwalk was being reduced over time, over a hundred years or so, by property owners along the boardwalk.

And uh we had to pursue enforcement today.

We have the boardwalk with two directional separated solid yellow lines and a speed limit.

And we haven't had any complaints about people running into each other, skateboarders, rotor bleeders, mothers with strollers.

Uh, one of the city's most complex legal cases that you mentioned, Councilman Moreno, and you sat on some of these discussions, some of them were heated for hours and hours in the conference room at Judicat West.

And uh, I was on the city's negotiating team and was later appointed as the settlement coordinator.

We turned an adversarial contentious interaction into a collaborative work with the property owner.

This is one of the busiest commercial truck border crossing in the country.

For that, I would like to recognize Mr.

David Wick for working with the city in settling these historical disputes.

Thank you, David.

I know you're here.

There you are.

Thank you so much.

Graffiti control.

Uh I have our former director, Marsha Samuels here under her leadership.

Our graffiti control program was recognized by the American Public Works Association under Mr.

Samuels.

And how did we do that?

We realized that the faster we get to our crews to our tagged areas, the less chance of confrontation between competing gangs.

We also offered free paint for the uh for victims of graffiti.

Um of course I've had the privilege of sitting on the planning commission, Miss Uh Campbell.

I've kept your seat very uh clean.

Uh I was I was on that, I was on that chair for 10 years, and I've had the honor to serve with so many commissioners.

I know the chair is stuck in traffic alimodin, and uh we have uh commissioner Farah Mazari here with her expertise in transportation traffic safety, uh Ken Marlborough and the fire prevention expertise and so forth.

But lastly, I would like to recognize a senior deputy city attorney Jenna Will.

I have not seen Jenna yet.

Oh, there she is.

Okay.

And the reason I'm mentioning that, this was my last case as a deputy city engineer.

And we were sued for denying a private encroachment permit that I actually denied the permit.

We went to Superior Court, they sued us.

The city prevailed in Superior Court.

The decision was appealed.

A few weeks ago, the Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court decision.

This was a major win for the city as it validates the review process for all the city engineers, that they need to exercise the discretion that the health and safety of the public outweighs the interest of private property owners.

And of course, it's hard to summarize everything.

I do want to tell you who's been my inspiration.

Michael, Mark, and Matthew, my three boys.

Michael is here from New York.

They were they were all born, they were all born here in San Diego.

Michael is a CPA and lives in New York now.

My youngest is Matthew here.

He's an attorney in San Diego.

My middle son, Mark, is a physician finishing his uh his uh residency in Sandusky, Ohio, near where I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.

And I know I'm probably pushing time, but I want to thank you all for this proclamation.

Uh City Attorney Herbert, nice to see you again.

And uh Council members, I really appreciate all of it, especially for Council Member Morino.

We've had we've we've had some tough times down in the valley.

We made sure that the livestock is safe.

We did remove a lot of the encroachments working with environmental services, bringing other agencies uh to help us to make sure the T100 Valley is not a threat.

Thank you very much again.

Um I'm going very fast because I know I don't I don't have the time, but thank you so much.

I have the Fontainebleau room reserved for coffee and pastries for everybody who made down here.

And if you go on consent on all your agenda items today today, you're welcome to join us.

What a fan club.

Uh Councilmember Moreno, did you have any other comments or just a motion?

I'd like to make a motion to move the proclamations.

Thank you.

All right.

Okay.

Uh Councilmember Campillo.

Do you want to wait for the crowd?

Or do you want to go last?

What one of my speakers is not here yet, so I'm gonna go later down the line.

Thank you.

We've been accidentally kicking people off the list, so we didn't want to get anybody's way.

So we'll go next to Councilmember Whippern.

Thank you very much, Council President.

Well, let me start by uh joining Councilmember Moreno and uh Mayor Gloria in thanking Mr.

Khalil for his extraordinary service to the residents of the city of San Diego and congratulating him on his retirement.

I want to thank City Attorney Ferbert and uh Councilmember Bon Wilpert for bringing forward the proclamation, recognizing October as domestic violence awareness month.

This month and every month we stand for with survivors and recommit to ending abuse in all of its forms.

I'm pleased to join Mayor Gloria, Councilmember Campillo, and Councilmember Elo Rivera to mark this week as show up for San Diego FC Week in honor of our Western Conference leading SDFC.

In their first season, they have not only managed to clinch the number one seed in the league, secured the most points for an expansion franchise in MLS history, but they've also cemented themselves as a valued community partner here in San Diego and across the region.

Under the guidance of their ownership group that is spearheaded by Sir Mohamed Bansour and Cody Martinez, the chairman of the Sequad Bed of the Kumyay Nation, SDFC has not only invested in an exciting soccer team, but in our San Diego region as a whole, especially our youth, bringing the joy of organized sports to our future stars with the Right to Dream Academy.

And we all wish the team the best of luck as they begin their playoff journey.

And finally, I want to thank Council Member Campio for bringing forward the proclamation, recognizing this week as United Against Hate Week.

Uh, appreciate Nicole Murray Ramirez and Hickey Brown for being here to speak to that proclamation.

I was proud to join Councilmember Campillo as well as a number of LGBTQ plus leaders, uh San Diego Police Department officials and other community leaders in Hillcrest last year to mark United Against Hate Week in 2024.

I'm pleased to see this once again being highlighted as now more than ever.

We have to stand as well to protect our most vulnerable residents from discrimination and hate and all forms of prejudice.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, can I take that as a second?

That is a second indeed.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So we have a motion by Councilmember Moreno, second by Council Member Whitburn to move the proclamations.

We'll go next to Councilmember Campbell.

Thank you, Council President, and congratulations to everyone receiving procs and and thank you so much for the work against hate.

That's so important.

And uh I'm speaking to item 32, uh, which is about the all of Cafe and Baking Company in Mission Beach.

And I would like to recognize Sarah Mattenson, the founder and owner of the All of Cafe and Olive Baking Company, each of which are celebrating a major anniversary this year.

All of Cafe first opened in Mission Beach in 2005, and 10 years later in 2015, all of Baking Company opened just across the street, making this their tenth anniversary.

All of Cafe and all of Baking Company give back to their community in many, many ways.

They have donated, hosted fundraiser for organizations like the Mission Beach Town Council, the San Diego Junior Life Guards, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they partnered with Stay Home SD to deliver free groceries and freshly baked bread to hundreds of senior citizens.

They also worked with the University of San Diego to provide mentorship and job opportunities to students, and they support Torero athletics, especially the rowing and women's basketball teams.

I'm especially grateful for all the support all of Cafe has shown for our first responders.

They often provide delicious freshly baked cinnamon rolls for events like the first responders lunch.

And just last week, they hosted a community event with SDPD's Northern Division, where you can have coffee with a cop as well as cinnamon rolls and other goodies.

Sarah Matinson, the founder of Olive Cafe and All of Baking Company, is here today with us.

Sarah, would you mind standing up?

And she's here with her team and team.

Do you want to stand up?

We want to congratulate you.

You are definitely a stalwart member of the community of District 2 and Mission Beach, and we so appreciate you and the food you give us and everything you do for the community.

So I would like to invite Sarah up if you want to say a few words about the Olive Cafe and the bakery.

Thank you so much.

I want to thank Councilmember Campbell and her whole team who I've talked to numerous times, um solving issues in Mission Beach.

And I just want to say thank you and to thank you to all the council members.

I always say it takes a village to raise a business, and that truly has happened with my business through the years, especially during COVID.

The community really came out and supported us.

So I just want to say thank you to everybody in the city and my community members, my family, and especially my team members through the years.

As you can tell, I get a little emotional, but I really appreciate all the love and support from everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you, Sarah, and uh tears of joy are good tears.

Thank you so much.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campbell.

We'll go next to our city attorney.

Thank you, Council President.

It's an honor to join Councilmember Von Wilbert this morning and sponsoring item 31, proclaiming October as domestic violence awareness month.

It's our solemn responsibility to honor the lives we've lost to domestic violence, to support survivors, and to recognize the people in our community who work every day to provide important services.

Domestic violence affects millions of people worldwide without regard to gender, race, religion, culture, age, or income level.

Statistics show that one in four women and one in seven men experience severe domestic violence by an intimate partner.

In 2024, over 15,000 calls were made to law enforcement in San Diego County related to domestic violence incidents.

And we know that the presence of a gun in these situations increases the risk of homicide by 500%.

As the San Diego City attorney, I am committed to bringing abusers to justice and to providing hope and support to victims of domestic violence.

Our domestic violence and sex crimes unit handles misdemeanor cases of domestic violence, elder abuse, animal abuse, sexual battery stalking, and child abuse, including neglect, molestation, and statutory rape.

To prevent family violence from escalating and perpetuating over generations, this unit focuses on early prevention at the misdemeanor level, coupled with a coordinated community response to protect victims and provide information on safety plans.

These city prosecutors work closely with your safe place, the San Diego Family Justice Center, which is run by our office to provide direct support to survivors.

This year marks your safe place's 23rd year of serving San Diego's domestic violence survivors.

When your safe place was established by one of my predecessors, it was the first to offer confidential and comprehensive safety planning and supportive services in one location, so survivors would not have to go from office to office to get what they need.

Last year, your safe place served 7,800 vulnerable individuals, and our care team provided over 13,600 direct services to clients in need of safety and support.

As your city attorney, together with your safe place, I'm committed to ending the epidemic of domestic violence and promoting awareness of the comprehensive free services available to people in our community experiencing relationship violence.

Thank you for joining me in officially recognizing domestic violence awareness month in the city of San Diego.

Thank you.

Thank you, City Attorney.

That's worth explaining.

We'll go next to Councilmember Elo Rivero.

All right.

Thank you, Council President.

Um thanks to my colleagues for bringing forward a slew of of really, really great proclamations today.

Um Mr.

Khalil brought his huge, huge group um out of the room, but I think it was just a great recognition of how important public services and public workers are and the different ways that that um plays out.

And so I was really glad to see him celebrated in the way that he was today.

Thank you, Councilmember Von Wolpert and City Attorney Ferber, um, for bringing forward domestic violence awareness month.

Um, and then uh Councilman Campbell, the the recognition of all of Cafe.

Um I think the love and appreciation you have for your community and and uh the folks who you you've you've worked with over the years is it's clear to see.

Um, and that's no doubt why you've been around and successful for as long as you have.

So thank you for that.

Um, and then certainly um uh uh United Against Hate Week.

This is a uh important statement to make every single year.

I wanted to um thank Councilmember Whitburn and Councilmember Campido for joining me in proclaiming proclaiming uh October 24th 24 excuse me, October 24th, 2025 to October 31st, 2025 to be show up for Sandy FC Week.

Um the performance on the field speaks for itself.

It's a record-breaking season.

The the team has been remarkable, and I I think has a real opportunity this year, no pressure to change the way San Diego thinks about itself when it comes to athletic success.

Um, and and that could have a ripple effect beyond just playing fields here in the city.

Uh the ability to to actually get big things done and and win.

Um, I think is actually tied to the success of athletic teams in a community.

And so, again, no pressure, but uh a championship would go a long way here.

Um but all that being said, um, we should show up for San Diego FC, even if they didn't win another game ever because of the way that they show up for San Diego.

Uh I have been so appreciative of the partnership between San Diego FC and the City of San Diego and the even more importantly than the city as an entity, the communities within San Diego.

Um there are lots of ways to do that work superficially.

And what I've seen, even before the franchise's first game, but certainly in the time since has been really meaningful, deep-rooted engagement, even when the cameras aren't there.

Just this past weekend, um we had a tournament in City Heights, a futsal tournament.

Um it was a fantastic family event, and young, talented people were competing.

Uh it was it was um amazing to see, and that the that tournament took place on a courts that San Diego FC um repaved and repainted.

I think it's beautiful uh uh um athletic facility as you'll find at the city uh city park.

Um we've planted trees together, we've incorporated youth into our activities, and um all of that is to say that again, San Diego FC has shown up for San Diego, and because of that, we should show up for San Diego FC.

So uh thank you for everything you all are doing in the community and the way that you are doing it is truly, truly appreciated.

It is a model uh not just for how athletic teams should uh invest in and show up in community, but I actually think for all of our um uh all of the corporations and businesses in San Diego that um want to be part of of the community, you are creating a model for how that could be done.

Uh so thank you for that.

Very proud uh to be a uh co uh sponsor of that proclamation.

That concludes my comments, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember.

We'll go next to Councilmember Campillo.

Thank you very much, Council President.

Thank you to my colleagues for excellent uh uh proclamations this week.

Um I don't I think Tony left to go back to work, right?

Well, for those who were uh uh listening very closely, he wasn't just an amazing employee, but he handled some of the most difficult possible cases, and so we're losing somewhat of incredible skill and expertise.

But for something he uh absolutely deserves, and I congratulate him on his retirement.

Uh, I would like to thank uh uh City Attorney Ferber and Councilmember Von Wilbert and the folks from our criminal division at the city attorney's office who are here today uh for the proclamation of domestic violence awareness month.

Uh domestic violence is uh painful to the individual the victims, it's painful to the community, it's painful to our economy.

It is uh something that I'm so glad that the city of San Diego prioritizes through our criminal division to reduce and to protect the victims.

So I thank you for your very good work on that.

Uh on uh Olive Cafe and Olive Baking Company Day, uh Sarah Mattenson, I want to give you a lot of credit, uh, not just for your bake goods and your hospitality, uh, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention her advocacy on behalf of small businesses.

Uh, the number of times we've talked about the complexities of running a small business in San Diego and in California, uh, really a grip on just what it is uh she mentioned herself going through COVID, what that did to businesses here, um, but simply how severely hampered local businesses are due to supply chains, inflation, insurance, public safety, all of those things going into it.

Uh the thing that I admire most about Sarah isn't that is that she's not just about her business and her employees, she thinks about the ecosystem that they operate and want to lift all boats together.

Uh and it's undeniable she's put her whole life, all her effort, all her savings, her life's work into it, and I recognize that, and I really do appreciate you for being here today and for being a great teacher.

On United Against Hate, uh San Diego has always stood for inclusion and respect and community and its values that remind us we're stronger because of this diversity.

We just celebrated a one-year mark in the state of California for at becoming the first state to ban hate littering, and that was thanks to the good work of uh then city attorney Mara Elliott and Assemblymember Chris Ward working with my office and across the state.

Uh, and I appreciate that that went into effect immediately with an urgency clause to protect our communities, because communities like Allied Gardens and Del Cerro uh nearby in La Mesa and San Carlos uh were impacted directly in our neighborhoods.

Of course, uh that was just one small step.

I would be remiss to not point out that Nicole Murray Ramirez and Ricky Brown have been working their whole lives against hate.

So I thank them for being here and for their comments as well.

Across the country, we are seeing uh people divided by hate, a distortion of truth, an undermining of the progress we've made.

So United Against Hate Week reminds us that we have to keep showing up for each other, standing together, protecting each other, and building a city where we all feel welcome, safe, and respected.

And last but not least, on show up for San Diego FC Week, uh, as the self-proclaimed biggest soccer fan on this dais.

It's not just it's not just self-proclaimed, it's true.

Um as someone whose uh weekends really revolve around watching matches both on the field and in our living room uh on Apple TV.

Uh it is a true joy to recognize San Diego football club today.

Uh Councilmember Ilo Rivera pointed out just how dedicated they are to our community.

I couldn't have said it any better.

Uh but that's because they're not just about soccer.

They're not just about football.

It's about what they represent for our city, which is a new chapter, a shared identity, a dream finally realized for generations of San Diegans who've waited to see Major League Soccer come home to America's finest city.

And on top of all that, our own renowned Sequan Band of the Kumeya Nation are co-owners of this organization, one of only three Native American tribes to own an American professional sports team.

And oh, yeah, they're the best team in the Western Conference in their first year of existence.

Mike Averas and Chuki Lusano and Andres Dreyer and every other player and every other coach and assistant who's contributed to that sense of team first.

They make San Diego the team that is the most fun to watch.

Out of nowhere, they will score four goals on you in a matter of minutes.

Uh my wife and my son and I love going to San Diego FC games, though when the crowd went wild when Chucky Lazano's last minute uh header won the game against the LA Galaxy.

Raphael was scared and cried as 35,000 people went nuts.

But he learned the word goal, and he knows that you raise both hands high when you say it.

Uh the team isn't just 11 players on the field.

Their celebration of the diversity and passion and the unity that the world's game brings to San Diego.

So now is Raphael is just starting on his soccer shots team at almost two years old in the park near Lake Murray.

Thank you to my fellow council members for keeping it open during weekdays.

I can't help but imagine him and all the kids across the city that grow up inspired by their team and our players.

Now, I don't know that he'll be skilled enough to make the SDFC Academy.

I will say that one of the most amazing contributions they have made to our entire region is their investment in youth and their training facilities and the academy in East County, which is six minutes away from where I grew up.

To take children from across the world and to provide a first class education with the hope that they could become professional players.

That's a huge deal for us.

And that's because SDFC isn't building a roster, though they are building a legacy.

They're showing young people that anything's possible when you work hard and you play with heart and dream big and be aggressive at possessing and attacking with the ball.

They're investing in our neighborhoods, uplifting local soccer programs, creating a sense of pride that transcends the pitch, and their style, of course, go to 18 threads, and you will see they have the best style in the United States when it comes to MLS teams.

So now, as they step onto the field for the Audi 2025 MLS Club playoffs in their very first season as the best expansion team in MLS history, we're not just cheering for the team.

We're cheering for everybody associated and for this entire region.

So we honor San Diego FC for uniting us through the beautiful game.

And I'd like to welcome forward SDFC CEO Tom Penn to say a few words.

Thank you and good morning, everyone.

It's a true honor and privilege to be here.

Thank you for the proclamation.

Thank you for the support.

We are San Diego FC.

We represent San Diego to the world.

And we're so excited to begin our first ever playoff experience.

You mentioned we finish first in the Western Conference.

That means we host all of the Western Conference playoffs for as long as we are in it, it'll be here in San Diego.

So the race for MLS Cup goes through San Diego.

Our first match is Sunday at 6.30 p.m.

at Snapdragon Stadium.

Some tickets still available.

It's so gratifying to hear your comments.

Um to feel your energy and your this is such a opportunity for true civic pride.

Nothing unites a community better than a well-executed sports team.

We've seen that from the Padres.

We aspire to represent this community not only to all of North America, but to the entire world because this is the world's game.

And the opportunity to develop the young talent from this community, and then to represent it on the pitch in a first-class manner in first place is a true honor.

We're humbled, and we're ready to go for it.

Finally, I'll say we're just getting started in this community.

It's our first season, and we're here to stay.

That's been Sequan's vision from the beginning is to add to this amazing city, this amazing vibrant community.

And we're here to be a value ad and to be your club.

So onwards we charge.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to say hello and for the proclamation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And that concludes my comments, Council President.

Thank you.

Council member.

We'll go next to Councilmember Foster.

Uh, yes, thank you, Council President, and first and foremost, congratulations to all of the um proclamation um recipients.

I'd like to speak to just a couple of these.

I'm starting with item number 31, Domestic Violence Awareness Awareness Month.

I'm proud to stand with my colleagues, Councilmember Marnie von Wilbert and City Attorney Heather Ferber in bringing this proclamation for Domestic Violence Awareness Month forward today.

Domestic violence affects individuals and families across all backgrounds, leaving lasting impacts on survivors and children exposed to these situations.

I just really want to applaud programs like the Family Justice Center, Your Safe Place, Open Heart Leaders in District 4, and all the dedicated advocates and service providers that provide support services to survivors, helping them heal and get through their circumstances.

This month and every month, our community must stand with survivors, strengthen prevention efforts and honor the dedicated advocates and service providers making a difference every day.

So thank you again for bringing this proclamation forward.

Moving on to item S500.

Um just really quickly like to thank uh my colleagues for bringing this item forward.

Um San Diego FC Unites, San Diego's across the city to enjoy the universal game of soccer.

But C doesn't just stop at soccer, and I must say they have led with their community engagement, and that is something that I truly do appreciate.

You have had a presence in District 4 at MLK Park and other communities throughout southeastern San Diego.

And I just want to thank you to FC for jumping in, rolling up your sleeves, and beautifying our recreational spaces that provide a place for families to grow.

Thank you so much.

Um moving on, United Against Hate Week 2025.

Um reminds us that the fight against hate is daily work.

San Diego's strength lies in our diversity.

We must continue standing up for inclusion and justice every day.

This past Saturday, I'd like to say you saw what that looks like at the No Kings March.

We must continue to ensure that we do everything we can to end the divisive rhetoric that we are faced with today.

Hatred throughout our communities must not be tolerated.

Make no mistake, our work against hate must be consistent and collective.

And United Against Hate Week is our call to keep building the city where everyone feels safe, respected, and valued.

I'd like to thank our folks from HRC, Nicole, Ricky.

I see we have Reverend Brown here.

Um matter how difficult the times have gotten, you have not strayed away from the necessary, I'm going to say uncomfortable conversations that must take place.

And one would think, and I'm going to simplify this.

To spread love should not be this difficult.

So I applaud you for staying steadfast.

I applaud you for your commitment and your dedication to making San Diego the best that it can be.

Um, with that, Council President, that concludes my comments.

All right.

Thank you, Councilmember Foster.

Not seeing anybody else in the lights.

I'll offer a few concluding statements.

Uh thank you to my colleagues for bringing all these proclamations forward.

Uh it really shows what this city is all about.

Uh wanted to highlight the importance of domestic violence and united against hate and appreciate the good work of our city attorney and your office's commitment to do everything we can to work in trying to stem those uh those tides and the strong work of the human rights commission uh led by Nicole and Ricky and the good work you do every day uh in this regard.

Um we're making progress, and it's really a testament to the good work the commission does.

Um but in addition to those challenges, we also have the celebrations.

Tony Khalil, who took him and this entire city with him uh when he left chambers.

Um thank you for the good work, and I especially want to recognize that what an impression civil engineers make on the city, and especially the imprint that you've made uh on this city um over the years, and it is a testament that it takes it does take a village, uh, but it takes the civil engineers to create that strong foundation uh to build the city upon and taking on, as my colleagues have said, some of the biggest challenges.

Uh, and with your leadership and your style uh and your commitment to public service has made all the difference um in the world.

But professional sports really can be something that brings San Diegans from all sorts of backgrounds together to root for the home team going forward.

Such an extraordinary year.

Yes, and even uh the underpinnings of business in this town.

Uh, credit union want to recognize the good work that credit unions do uh to help businesses help uh residents going forward.

So uh with that, um we have a motion by Councilmember Moreno and a second by Council Member Whitburn to move the proclamations.

Uh City Clerk, please call the vote.

I started the voting system, please cast your vote.

That passes unanimously eight to zero with Councilmember von Wilbert absent.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

And with both with that, we will now take our group photos.

Uh Heidi will be our gatekeeper, and I think uh the uh photos for the domestic violence awareness month will be first up.

All right.

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

Are there any requests to pull in consent items?

Not seeing any requests.

Today's consent agenda includes item one oh four.

Item one oh four is the reappointment of Mr.

Hen Andy Hanel to a second term as city auditor.

I, as council president, and recommended that Mr.

Hanel's salary as city auditor be two hundred and eighty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars annually as currently set.

Mr.

Hanel would also be entitled to the benefits established for his classification, including a monthly automobile allowance, flexible benefits, and retirement benefits.

So with that notice, clerk, please proceed with public comment.

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 50 through 56 and 100 through 108.

Also, let me note for the record the potential appointments and reappointments that are on the agenda this morning for boards and commissions is item 105 is the potential appointment of Dr.

Brandon Woolner to the Community Forest Advisory Board.

Item 106 is the potential appointments of Reagan Lawson, John O'Malley, Matt Manganau, Dave Kenneth Adams, Caitlin Andres, and Frank Frisch to the Board of Building Appeals and Advisors.

Going to those that are here in chambers, Nicole Murray Ramirez.

If you can please come up to the microphone, you have time seated to you by Ricky Brown.

So you will have two minutes for your comments on item 107.

Am I in the right?

Oh, okay.

Recently, the Human Relations Commission voted to establish a permanent award in honor of Commissioner Julia Legazpi and titled the Com City Commissioner Julia Gaspi, Asian Pacific Islander Leadership Award.

I have uh I have stated for years that a community indeed, a city that does not know where it came from and whose shoulders it stands on, does not really know where it's going.

The San Diego Human Relations Commission is so grateful that our city council has established honorary streets in recognition of such outstanding citizens as Leon Williams, Kathleen Harmon, Tom Holman, Farmers Bill, Howard Wayne, Diane Powers, Jerry Daniel Wowland, and Willie Brown, and many others.

Commissioner Julia Gaspi was a very unique individual, not only loved by her Filipino and Asian Pacific Islander community, but her LGBD community and her Catholic community as well.

She was a fighter and Tyler's advocate for her beloved Asian Pacific Islander community.

She was the first openly trans woman appointed as a city commissioner by then Mayor Dick Murphy, and also served as a county commissioner.

Anyone that knew Julie Legaspi knew how deeply religious she was, and that she was elected and served as president of one of the Filipinos' most respected and prestigious Catholic societies.

Julie Gasby was a true pioneer and trailblazer.

The San Diego Cities Human Correlation wishes to most sincerely thank Councilman Kent Lee for his proposal of naming a street Julie Gasby Way.

And I personally want Councilman Lee, who I am sure remembers it was Julia who first introduced us, that she was absolutely loved and respected you and was so very, very proud of you.

In closing, Julie Govaski was indeed one of the most beautiful people I've ever had the honor to meet, work with, and called my daughter.

Thank you for honoring her legacy that has benefited so many San Diegans.

Thank you.

Next is Alex Villaforte.

Also speaking on item 107.

You'll have one minute, please proceed.

Yes, uh good morning, Council members.

I'm speaking in support of the honorary street naming for Julie Legazpi.

Uh I can't think of a better time to honor Julia than my October, with it being LGBTQ History Month and Filipino American Heritage Month.

Uh Julia was a Miramar Mira Mesa resident for over 40 years.

It is where she is laid to rest, and it's where her family and siblings currently live.

Uh to say Julia was a model citizen would be an understatement.

She was an act, she was active in her local church, a proud Filipino American, and a proud transgender woman.

The remarkable thing about Julia is that those identities never seemed to be at conflict with each other.

She was a she was as much devout as she was proud in who she was.

For over 40 years, she ran the very well-known and very popular Mira Mesa salon, Jake's Hair Studio, uh, having styled thousands of customers and multiple generations of families.

Through her salon, she volunteered her time and talents for my organization and our event, the San Diego Asian Film Festival, where she would style filmmakers and guests.

Uh Jigs, as many know here in the community, was a fierce advocate, and I thank you for the support.

But thank you to the council primary.

Council President for putting support.

Thank you.

Thank you for that concluding comment.

We have several speakers in the virtual queue starting the five-minute timer, currently for Blair Beekman.

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

Hi, Blair Beekman.

Uh, I wanted to speak to items uh 100, 101, and 105.

You'll have three minutes, please proceed.

Okay.

Uh to begin, uh, I'm gonna start backwards and start with uh 105.

It's the hiring of uh or uh bringing uh uh a person onto the uh forest board, the community forest board, uh advisory board.

An appointment.

Yeah, so um thank you uh for this item.

Uh I just it this item makes me feel good.

Um I've seen forest items on your council agenda items recently, so I wanted to comment finally that uh thank you.

Good luck in what uh local uh tree planning and foresty can do for our local San Diego neighborhoods.

Having that a community process, uh good luck in that.

That I think it's a really interesting, hopeful concept.

Good luck in that work.

Um Chida is a part of that process.

She's a uh board commission person.

Uh good luck in everyone's efforts uh for good work on that item.

Real community effort, thank you.

Uh, to go back to item 10100, uh the to work on uh legislative calendar issues and key dates.

Um is there still time to be thinking about uh how ALPRs can be removed and and can offer a budget savings for the 2026 budget.

I hope there is.

I my numbers this summer were a little large.

I'm very sorry about that.

Uh I guess it would be more around you know, like 20 to 50,000 in savings.

Uh we could do more, but I'm really sorry, I didn't I get the math right.

And so, but that's still a considerable savings to have.

And it and in our in our decency, it's definitely a good way to be thinking and working.

You guys were really strong and and and good with it back in May and June, and you guys have gone real quiet.

And I just really hope that you can learn how to make those conversations just open and conversational.

That's the key part.

Good luck on how to do that.

Thank you.

And for item uh 101, uh update on underground conversion uh utility lines to utility companies.

You had an item yesterday on undergrounding issues.

You had items at uh the environment committee on Thursday uh on undergrounding issues and infrastructure.

A lot of this has to do with SDGE.

And I tried to say yesterday to just ask that I'm for them being a part of our future infrastructure building.

If we make clear it's with the intention that we are building a future of community energy, I think we need to make that clear.

Underground is just important for safety's sake, but I do have concerns with SDG GE in control of such things as the future of smart street light polls, positions, the electrical uh you know, process with all of that.

That's gets into national security stuff, and then I start to get nervous.

And I'm just uh it's the same thing was going on in San Jose.

Uh up in uh San Jose, they have uh PGE, which uh they make me uncomfortable in charge of Pete of national security stuff.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Next is Kyle Elsler.

If you can please unmute after that, six uh four six four seven, and then Eduardo Luna.

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

Yes, I would this Kyle Elser.

I'd like to speak to item 104.

You'll have one minute.

Please proceed.

Thank you.

Good morning, Council President, members of the council.

I'm Kyle Elser, and I served as interim city auditor from 2018 to 2020.

And I'd like to comment on consite consent item 104 regarding reappointment of Andy Henell as city auditor.

I'm happy to see this item on consent because there's absolutely no question as to whether Mr.

Now should be reappointed.

As I'm sure you're all aware, Andy and his team at the Office of the City Auditor have continuously produced excellent high-quality reports with recommendations that have greatly benefited the city and its residents.

The role of the OCA has never been more important, and Andy is definitely the right person to leave the office for the next five years.

Thank you, and that concludes my comments.

Thank you.

Next is one of branding in 4647.

If you can please unmute if you can press star six to unmute.

Are you able to hear me?

Yes, please proceed.

Let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.

Item 101 on the consent calendar, um, update the council policy 600-08.

Uh my name is Dan Villanelik, I'm an external affairs manager at ATT.

As you adopt this policy change, I wanted to highlight that there are still items that need to be worked out with the industry, um, our industry telecom.

We're concerned that this policy, which was designed primarily to address the phase out of Rule 20, goes too far in Section F, where it seeks to endorse current staff efforts to improve the pace of undergrounding.

We think those staff efforts, while well intentioned, are actually counterproductive and will lead to more challenges and delay.

Delays and undergrounding projects are usually caused by more than one factor in trying to penalize those delays and requiring extensions will require more delays and bureaucratic overhead, not less.

As always, we'll work with staff to continue our decade-long working relationship.

So unintended projects delays do not occur.

I appreciate your time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And then our final speaker is Eduardo Luna.

The five-minute timer has concluded.

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

104.

Please proceed.

Thank you.

Good morning, Council President and members of the City Council.

I'm Eduardo Luna.

I served as the City of San Diego's first city auditor from the time the position was first created through 2018.

I'm here to talk about Mr.

Hanal's reappointment for a second term as city auditor.

I fully support that.

And I'd like to thank the city council for supporting his reappointment as well.

The work that Andy does and his team do is invaluable to the public and members of the Canvas City.

More importantly, in this time period when watchdogs are under attack at the federal level.

Andy and his team continue to do that good work, and I fully support that.

And thank you.

And that concludes my comments.

Thank you.

That concludes public comment on the consent agenda.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

We will turn it over to my colleagues for comments, questions, entertain a motion, and we will start with Council Member Moreno.

Thank you.

Item 104 is the reappointment of our city auditor.

I've served on the audit committee for six years, and several of them as chair.

And during that time, the work of the auditor's office has been just outstanding.

Time and again, the performance audits brought forward for review result in meaningful and significant changes in how the city operates.

Just to name a few high profiled ones, major building acquisition process, brush management program, equity and parts program, equity and street maintenance, trash recycle and organic collection and handling, contract management process, management of homeless facilities and contracts, city grants programs, and the city's disaster response effort.

Additionally, Mr.

Hanow's oversight of the implementation of audit recommendations agreed to by management has been very great as well, I would say.

Those reports empower the audit committee as well as the city council to understand where to focus attention on if agreed upon recommendations are not being implemented, and to allow a discussion about why they're being delayed.

I've often said it during audit committee that being an auditor, being in the audit committee is a very difficult thing because you let management and you let city council and you let the public know what the city is doing wrong.

Um, but it is something that I think is very important as transparency is at the should be at the forefront of running the city.

So I just want to thank you uh for your work, Andy, and thank everybody um in the office uh for all their um very difficult work that they do.

Um and also I would like to note that employees within the office of the city auditors are present today for this item, which I think speaks volumes uh to Mr.

Hanow's leadership.

Um running a professional and dedicated team that produces high quality work.

Um you've been a strong independent auditor for the last five years, and I uh strongly support this uh uh reappointment.

Um a side note, I would like to record a no vote on item 51.

Um, and I will make a motion uh to move uh the balance of the consent agenda.

And that concludes my comments, Council President.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Council Member.

So we have a motion to move the consent items by Councilmember Moreno.

We'll go Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Thank you, Council President.

I'll start by seconding the consent agenda.

Um we'll start with item 104 by offering my congratulations on the reappointment of Mr.

Hanau as our city auditor, uh, but also to share our thanks to the entire Office of the City Auditor for your work through our city.

Um there's a there's a ton of work that you do that I think we don't um necessarily get to see, and it's not the items that are flashing in news headlines all the time, but they are uh it's the very work that helps to move our city forward uh in meaningful ways, um, and certainly look forward to continuing that work with you in the years ahead.

For item 106, uh just wanted to take a moment to congratulate uh Frank Fritsch uh for his appointment as a district six resident um serving on the Board of Building Appeals and Advisors.

Uh Frank is an intellectual engineer with over 14 years of experience in the electrical engineering design fields, and certainly look forward to having his uh expertise on that board.

Um I want to move now to item uh 107.

Um, and today I'm proud to be putting forward uh two honorary street namings, uh, which is an uh a unique opportunity that we have here as the council and as Nicole shared, ways in which we can really acknowledge and recognize um our community as well as as its past.

Um the first honorary street naming is in memory of Alan Brainen.

Alan was the founder and CEO of Aya Healthcare, and his passing was not only a heartbreaking loss to those loved ones, um, but also to the broader San Diego healthcare community, where his leadership and compassion had a transformative impact.

His colleagues said that he exemplified a rare kind of leadership, quiet, steadfast, and deeply purposeful.

He didn't seek accolades or attention, yet his work resonated far and wide.

Through Aya Healthcare, the nation's largest healthcare staffing company, he founded and led with vision.

Alan pioneered innovative solutions in healthcare while maintaining a focus on people above all else.

Notably during the COVID-19 pandemic, Alan ensured Aya was on the front lines, deploying healthcare workers where they were most needed, creating jobs, and supporting local economies.

His efforts were not just about business, they were about improving lives and strengthening communities.

To the Brainen family, the City of San Diego sends its condolences.

Alan will certainly be missed by many people, and his impact will be felt by even more.

It's therefore my honor to propose the designation of the intersection of Cornerstone Court West and Pacific Heights Boulevard, where I Healthcare resides as Alan Alan Brainen Court.

I'm also proud to recommend an honorary street naming in memory of a dear friend of mine and of the city of San Diego, Miss Julia Jiggs Legaspi.

Julia was a woman whose courage and compassion helped shape San Diego into a more inclusive and just place.

Her loss on April 10th of this year was felt deeply, not only in the LGBTQ, Filipino American, and Asian Pacific Islander communities that she helped to advance, but across the entire city.

Julie immigrated to the United States from Capite City, Philippines, in 1980.

And just two years later, she opened Jigs Hair Studio in Mir Mesa, a salon that became one of the most beloved gathering places for the Filipino and Asian American communities for 40 years.

But that storefront was just the beginning of Julia's journey.

In 1991, Julia transitioned, and with that courageous step began a personal chapter of public advocacy.

Julia made history becoming the first transgender person appointed to public office in San Diego.

She served with distinction on the Equal Opportunity and Human Relations Commissions, the County of San Diego's Leon L.

Williams Human Relations Commission, and the San Diego AIDS Memorial Task Force, as well as on advisory boards to Mayor Gloria and Police Chief David Beherano.

Her advocacy helped repeal discriminatory policies like the cross-dressing law in San Diego, a law that had targeted trans women of color disproportionately for decades.

I first came to experience Julia's love, care, and dedication to the community through her many years of volunteerism for Pacific Arts Movement and the San Diego Asian Film Festival, where she styled filmmakers and celebrity award presenters alike from the very initial years of its awards gala.

There was something special about how Julia made others look and feel special, especially as the community gathered to celebrate the unique stories from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander voices.

Julia once said, I was not the son my parents wanted, but I became the daughter they could be proud of.

Indeed, Julia was a daughter, a sister, a leader, and an icon that our entire city could look to with pride.

Earlier this year, I had the honor of attending Julia's funeral mass at the Good Shepherd Parish in Mir Mesa, a community she and her family has lived in for decades.

Above all else, she was a daughter of God, and despite the discrimination she faced in her own community, remained a spiritual leader in her parish.

It's therefore my honor to recognize Julia's memory by proposing the designation of the 9,000 block of Penticton Way, the street that Julia's family has lived on for decades since arriving to San Diego to be known as Julia Legaspi.

Thank you, Council President.

That concludes my remarks.

All right, thank you, Council President Pro Tem.

And we'll go next to Councilmember Campbell.

Thank you, Council President.

I'd like to start with just a few remarks about our dear city auditor, Andy Hanao, so well loved by our council.

And I know we've been speaking with you the past several days and telling you how much we appreciate you and the way you have helped our city to improve.

And so, of course, I am in total support of your reappointment as city auditor.

And I want to thank you and your dedicated team for demonstrating accountability and leadership to make our city a uh a more efficient and much better city.

And uh I'm confident in the work that you all will do over the next five years.

So thank you so much again.

Again, we really can't thank you enough.

You've made so many hundreds of suggestions, most of which have been put into place already and are helping us.

Next, I'd like to speak about item 106, and I am very honored that Reagan Lawson, a resident of Point Loman District 2 is being appointed to the board of building appeals and advisors.

Has a background in engineering consulting.

She's a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

Ms.

Lawson earned her B.S.

in mechanical engineering and a master of science in fire protection engineering from California Polytechnic University.

I'm also honored that John O'Malley from Ocean Beach is also in District 2, is being appointed to the Board of Building Appeals and Advisors.

Mr.

O'Malley is a registered architect with a strong background in design and technical project delivery.

He has experience overseeing projects across various sectors, including high-rise developments, laboratories, wellness facilities, and tenant improvements.

Mr.

O'Malley earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Massachusetts.

And because they are two San Diego residents of District 2 that are experts in their field, I support their appointment, Mr.

John O'Malley and Ms.

Reagan Lawson to this board, and I so appreciate their willingness to serve our city.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Campbell.

Go next to Councilmember Whitburn.

Thank you, Council President.

Uh, thank you to Council President Pro Tem Lee for bringing forward the honorary street naming, honoring Julia Legaspi.

Uh I appreciate the comments of Nicole Maria Ramirez and Ricky Brown and Alex Belafuerte about her importance to multiple communities in San Diego.

She was a proud transgender Filipino woman.

And I knew her through her work of the LGBTQ plus community as a lifelong advocate, a community leader, and a true public servant.

As a member of the city's audit committee, I'm pleased to support the reappointment of Andy Hanau as our city auditor.

The Office of the City Auditor is one of the most important departments that we have at the City of San Diego.

It identifies areas where the city can improve.

It makes recommendations on how the city could make those improvements, and it follows up on getting those recommendations implemented.

So uh Mr.

Hanau has done an excellent job of leading the department.

I'm pleased to support his reappointment.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Whitburn.

We'll go next to Councilmember Campio.

Thank you very much, Council President.

Uh, on just a few items here, uh, I do want to uh thank uh our city auditor, Andy Hannow, for his good work over the last several years.

Uh and uh there's just no doubt that when it comes to uh the success and the excellence of our independent auditors office, it's it is amongst the very top of the United States.

Uh so given the number of recommendations they give us that get accepted.

I know they've won awards.

Uh their whole team deserves a lot of credit, uh, and Mr.

Hanow's leadership deserves credit as well.

So I'm happy to support his reappointment to a second term as city auditor on another item as it relates to item 101, the Council Policy 600-08 underground conversion of utility lines.

Uh, I want to thank staff for answering all of my questions uh that were prov uh that I gave at rules committee back in March and my team's questions back when this uh has come forward even further.

I want to thank them for incorporating a lot of the feedback I offered at that meeting to ensure that the council policy retains updated language uh about the council's role in this, uh annual actions that are taken, how the revenue gets budgeted, and how projects are prioritized.

And at this time, just want to offer a few additional remarks about the program overall.

First off, I want to acknowledge that the program is inherently very complex and time consuming.

Historically, estimated completion dates, years have been set when the timeline is not met, and years go by without setting new estimated completion dates because of the complexity and the public's frustration continues to grow, as does their distrust.

Meetings happen with residents as part of design, and there's excitement in the community that the project will finally be happening.

And many, many years ago, uh they go by and that's ultimately necessary.

But the hope that people once had, it turns into disappointment and a feeling from residents that they have to chase down staff and SEGE for answers.

And if they don't, the project just goes stagnant.

The program has not successfully communicated this complexity.

It has not had an adequate strategy for how to engage with residents within a project, as well as the general public that has questions about the program overall.

I feel like this has definitely improved uh somehow in the last year or so, and I appreciate the department for taking the lead on managing the expectations, which is an important part of what we do.

On top of this being a notoriously slow program, though, the fact that projects were on hold for three years while the new MOU was being negotiated, adopted, and implemented has meant that many of our residents lost faith in the ability of SDGE to deliver the service.

I hear them on that, and I agree with them on that.

This was originally a combination of state funds and surcharge funds that were supposed to speed up the delivery of the benefit, but at this time only the surcharge to their bills pays for this service.

And there's an expectation that now it's going to be 20 years or longer that they have to wait before they see anything in their neighborhood happen.

Coupled with increasing cost of projects and the sunsetting of Rule 20A, I don't even know if I can confidently tell any of my residents in their neighborhoods that they will receive the benefit in the next two decades or the next two decades after that.

I'm not saying that this is because the program is underperforming.

I'm simply questioning whether this bell benefit is even relevant to customers based on that kind of outlook.

Uh that is not a benefit that they even intend to see when the average time of purchasing a home and eventually moving is far shorter than that 40-year horizon.

Number one concern with SDG here, SDGE, we hear time and time again from the residents is affordability.

And I have to ask, maybe these funds are better off with the customers, helping them afford their monthly bills instead of waiting 40 years to see a benefit that might never materialize.

Don't get me wrong, District 7 communities are contacting my office asking when their streets will see undergrounding.

They know they're paying for it, but they are not seeing it.

So at this time, I just want to make sure they get their money's worth.

Given that the CPUC is not looking to vote on new undergrounding funding on a rule to on a rule after uh the repeal of 20A, I'm open to conversations about visiting the surcharge mechanism to see if it makes sense given today's environment.

Uh but that I will be in support of the consent agenda.

Thank you, Council President.

All right.

Thank you, Councilmember Campbell.

We'll go next to Councilmember Hilo Rivera.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, I I'll just take a quick moment to um also provide some recognition and appreciation to Mr.

Hanau for his work as city auditor.

Uh as Councilmember Moreno has said uh often before and today, uh, this is incredibly important work that often involves very difficult conversations.

Um very rarely um is anyone excited to hear about an audit of their work, let alone for that audit to be made public.

Um but that is one of the ways that we deliver um that is one of the ways that we do better for Sandy Eggens is by having that process in place, having those conversations in the public.

Um while there's many improvements to be made across the city, we also know that many improvements have already been made as a result of Andy's work.

Um so very appreciative of that.

I think Andy, 98% of recommendations you said have been implemented over over time.

Um there's a lot of recommendations that have been made.

There they're um oftentimes about extremely important matters.

Um while I think a lot of attention gets paid to the high profile disagreements about what the rec recommendations are.

Um at the end of the day, uh the vast, vast majority.

I wish 90% of our recommendations were implemented, to be totally honest.

Um share some insight with the council, Andy, about how to get 98% of our ideas uh approved by the by the mayor, that'd be great.

Um but all that aside, I just want to say thank you for the work that you've done and the improvements that have been made as a result of that work.

So thank you, Andy.

All right, thank you, Councilmember.

Not seeing anybody else in the lights, I'll make a few comments of my own.

Uh item 100, which is the adoption of the legislative calendar.

I want to thank Heidi Palmer for her incredible work every year, uh, putting that calendar together uh and loses help along the way.

Uh and I want to thank my colleagues and your staff as we explore changing the timing of our summer recess.

Uh that means the wrap-up uh before we break on summer recess will change some work schedules of the various departments, but um hopefully it'll give us a little bit more time for that year-end work uh that will get started in mid-August.

I also speak to Item 104, the reappointment of Mr.

Hamal for the service you've given to our city.

There is no doubt in my mind when this idea was originated back in 2008 or so that you have exemplified the very ideals and the very reason that we needed a city auditor to provide a balance uh check-in balance of the operation side.

Uh and as my colleagues have said, the very candor and the deep dive into the departments and the value that you bring as rather extraordinary as we all work together to make city operations better, more efficient, uh, and wise use of taxpayer dollars.

So thank you for that.

Uh very good service.

Uh and we'll be very proud to support you uh in your second uh term.

And in closing, item 106, the appointments to the board of building appeals and advisors.

Congratulations to Matt Mangano, District 1 resident, and a fellow engineer on being appointed to the board.

Uh you continue to give back to the community in so many different ways.

So thank you for stepping up and being willing to serve on this particular board.

Uh and I'll extend my congratulations to all the appointments and reappointments to all the various uh boards and commissions uh in this city and thank you all for your public service.

So, with that, uh we have a motion by Councilmember Moreno and the second by Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Council President.

Please cast your vote.

That passes unanimously 8 to 0 with Councilmember Von Wilbur absent and council district eight voting no on item 51.

Well, there was little doubt, you do have to take the vote.

So I invite Mr.

Hamell for any remarks you'd like to make.

Uh good morning.

Thank you very much, uh, Council President, Council members.

Uh it has been a great honor to serve as the city auditor for the past uh five years.

And in my observation, as many of you just mentioned, uh, the combined work of the Office of the City Auditor, my office, the audit committee, the city council, and management are helping uh to move the city together, uh, move the city forward in many areas.

In the past five years, uh, the excellent work of my staff has identified 297 recommendations to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and transparency of city government.

Uh, and just as important management has agreed to implement 98 uh percent of them.

So I think that's a testament to my office's work to identify uh key issues and solutions, uh, management taking those issues seriously, uh, and my office, the audit committee, and the city council holding management accountable uh for making uh critical improvements.

Uh so that's real progress, as many of you also mentioned on major issues such as building acquisitions, uh climate action, recreation equity, disaster response, contracting, public safety, infrastructure like street maintenance and pothole repair, uh, and city finances.

Uh my staff in the office of the city auditor, uh, many of them are here behind us.

They're dressed as blockbuster employees today, uh, have been instrumental in driving those changes.

Uh and the city is very lucky to have every one of those staff members back there.

So I really want to thank them.

Uh, we're all looking forward to uh driving additional changes for our residents and taxpayers and improvements uh over the next five years.

Uh thank you especially to Chair Marino uh for her strong leadership of the audit committee and vice chair uh Whitburn for uh his work on the audit committee as well.

So thank you very much.

And Andy, I would uh side to congratulations and thank you for willingness to serve a second term.

You know, the next item on the agenda is we invite mayor's office, IBA, city attorney, council members for any comment.

You are always welcome, even though we don't call you out by name uh to come up at that moment if you have anything that you think is particular uh relevant or timely for the council and the public to hear.

But you're always welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh so as I uh indicated, uh, this is now an opportunity for the mayor's office, city council members, city attorney, independent budget analyst, and our city clerk to offer any comments or comments, and I believe our city clerk does.

Thank you, Council President.

I just did want to invite everybody to the lobby of the city administration building in celebration of National LGBTQ History Month and National Archives Month.

We invite you and anyone to please experience the powerful exhibition in Chronicling San Diego's vibrant LGBTQ history from early activism and cultural milestones to the fight for AIDS awareness and today's triumphs.

It will be there from October 15th through November 5th.

During the office hours of the City Administration Building Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

This is a collaborative exhibit presented by the LGBTQ Historic Task Force, Lambda Archives of San Diego, the San Diego History Center, and the San Diego Museum Council to showcase these rare artifacts, photographs, and personal stories that celebrate decades of resilience, creativity, and community leadership.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk, for that and the work that everybody put together to have that exhibit in our lobby.

We'll go next to Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you.

Guy.

A lot of these restaurants are really hurting because of the federal closure.

And it would be remiss of me not to encourage.

I'm a very frugal person, but if there is any way city employees could help some of the restaurants, some of the cafes, Joey the Shoeshine guy down here in downtown right now is a good time to help out.

So just wanted to put that little plug in for us here in downtown.

There you go.

Will said.

Not seeing anybody else in the lights.

Uh I will mention that for those of you with sharp eyes.

Uh we have a group of young individuals on our left.

Uh these are students from San Diego State watching government in action.

I hope you come away with a favorable impression of what we do and how we do it.

Um welcome.

With that, we will now take up non-agenda public comment.

Council members respect and appreciate the public's input and are fully committed to protecting every participant's free speech rights at council and committee meetings.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you, Council President.

Per Rule 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.

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 now to the front of the room in the clear box.

If you're joining us virtually, now it's time to raise your hand by pressing the raise your hand icon, or if you're a call-in participant, star nine.

If I can have the following individuals, please come up to the front row.

Uh Robert Hermann, uh Guthrie Leonard, and Sandy Schakenberg.

Uh Robert, if you can please come up to the microphone.

You'll be our first speaker, and you'll have two minutes.

I have a proclamation.

National lead poisoning prevention week, NLPPW, in 2025 is from October 19th to 25th of October.

Whereas October is Children's Health Month, a time to raise awareness about children's environmental health, including the dangers of lead emissions from general aviation planes.

Whereas Montgomery Gid's executive airport has increased the amount of operations using leaded fuel by 80% since 2017.

Whereas Montgomery Gids Executive Airport has used far more than 700,000 gallons of leaded abgas in the year of 2024.

Whereas unleaded, unleaded fuel is not being purchased by pilots flying out of Montgomery Gibbs.

Whereas Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport has become the number one general aviation airport in the nation for lead emissions in 2024, whereas Montgomery Gibbs will expel over 60 pounds of lead emissions into our breathable air during national lead poisoning prevention week.

Let it be proclaimed that Montgomery Gibbs, as of this date, be dedicated as the biggest lead emitting airport in the nation.

And on a personal note, please keep the city's unsafe, toxic old aircraft out of East County.

We don't need toxic planes crashing on our freeways like they do in the city or along the beach.

So please take that into consideration.

You want to overproduce or overload your Montgomery Goods Airport.

Don't then send the planes out to East County so you can land and take them off.

Okay?

Thank you.

Guthrie.

Good morning, Council President, Council members.

I actually did not know that it was childhood health awareness month, but that's great considering what I'm going to talk about today.

I'm sure you heard about the tragedy yesterday involving three students from Pershing Middle School.

It would be really tempting to blame the driver, even though I heard that he was sober and that he stayed there and cried for almost two hours.

And God forbid that anyone would blame the children.

But I would like to blame a city government that has continually prioritized the speed of cars over the safety of children.

I want to ask you which is more important.

The flow of traffic or a child's life.

But this road was designed to inevitably claim someone's life.

This city chose to let it remain dangerous despite pleas from the community.

And now that same community will be scarred for generations.

Events like this are not really uncommon in this nation, but I think it is beholden to us to make sure they're not common in the city of San Diego.

So my question is will you do something about Jackson Drive and the other dangerous streets in San Diego?

Or will you let it happen again?

Thank you.

Sandy Zackenberg.

That's close.

It's Snakenberg.

Thank you.

Of course.

Okay.

Part three of my series.

I'm here not to whine about the situation, but rather to help with solutions.

Every day an artist is affected with these limited allocated 4B8 spaces.

What I hope to accomplish here is to catch the attention and the ear of a council member to take part as an artist representative in solutions to what uh is happening.

Um I will remain behind if anyone is interested.

Uh the origins of uh performing can go back to the origins of basically recorded history, you know, troubadours, minstrels, jugglers, puppeteers would travel from town to town doing their art in squares and marketplaces.

We as artists represent San Diego as ambassadors.

I've been doing this now professionally for over 10 years worldwide.

I've entertained conservatively, probably close to a million people in that process.

I do have a bit of street credit.

You can find me on Instagram if anyone is interested to see what's going on personally.

Um the bus crews that have been uh very famous Robin Williams, Rod Stewart, Tracy Chapman, Mike Daughtey, um, uh Newton Faulkner, Tom Noddy, and Benjamin Franklin, all of who were started off as street performers.

Um I appreciate your attention on this, and uh thank you for today.

Thank you.

I sorry the five-minute timer here in Council Chambers going to those participating remotely.

We currently have nine speakers in the queue.

Barbara Gordon, if you can please unmute.

Um, thank you.

Good afternoon.

As someone who advocates for public safety, I wanted to share with you the Journal of American College of Surgeon recently published findings indicating a concerning trend related to the fatal vehicle accidents and the presence of THV, the psychoactive component of marijuana.

The study highlights that an increasingly number of drivers involved in fatal crashes are testing positive for THC use and impaired driving.

The rise of incidents of fatal vehicle accidents involving drivers who test positive for THC underscores an urgent need for stronger riker license surrounding marijuana use and road safety.

As the marijuana expands their market, so does the risk of impaired driving.

Public safety concerns that should not and cannot be ignored.

Current evidence suggests that THC significantly impacts motor skills, reaction time, cognitive functions leading to dangerous driving conditions.

When stricter laws against marijuana, we need stricter laws against marijuana impaired drive, along with roadside testing capabilities and enhancing public education campaign campaigns about the risk of driving under the influence of marijuana.

Ultimately, the prioritizing road safety through robust marijuana regulations is essential for protecting lives.

We must act decisively to ensure that our roads remain safe for everyone.

Let's advocate for policies that address this growing concern and foster a safety driving environment in our community.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Thank you.

Blair Beekman, after that, Carlos and then Kathleen, if you can please unmute.

All right, thank you.

Uh Blair Beekman.

My non-agenda public comment yesterday was a bit more of guestwork and personal feelings compared to what may actually be taking place within the PAB subcommittee at this time.

I also base current ALPR questions of city council, is what the PAB subcommittee is actually working on this at this time.

I'm sorry, we're applicable and for mixing of these two committee bodies.

But I do feel the city council and PAB subcommittee should be on the same page in how to address the future of AOPRs, smart street lights, and flock use for the future of San Diego neighborhoods.

The PAB needs public input to be directed towards how current ALPR questions can be related to the trust ordinance itself at this time.

I tried to note this in my public comment yesterday that it was meant as a beginning rough sketch of ideas, and that with time I hope we can it can be brought into the policy language of the trust ordinance itself.

With all this said, state once again from yesterday, it is my current feeling and guesswork that the initial PAB subcommittee process has only been able to currently work in terms of how to better define and refine the use policies of all the additional surveillance techs that can be housed within San Diego ALPR and Smart Streetlight cameras.

And yet it was deeply spoken in May, June, and July by San Diego City Council.

The importance to seriously address that we simply may not need so many ALPRs in the future of San Diego neighborhoods.

Uh and is how to address public safety for San Diego neighborhoods.

And that there should be serious concerns about the future relationship with the flock corporation, who maintains the majority of San Diego ALPRs.

I hope we're currently learning important lessons at a plethora of additional surveillance and tech does not equate better public safety for local San Diego neighborhoods.

And thank you very much that uh PAB public meetings are now being placed sooner on YouTube.

Keep up the good work.

Thank you.

Our time is concluded.

Carlos, if you can please unmute.

After that, Kathleen Lippett and then Francine Maxwell.

Please proceed.

Good morning.

My name is Carlos Potel, the third executive director for the Army of Saints, a local 501c3 nonprofit organization.

That's mission is to uniquely encourage those in need and end street homelessness in downtown San Diego.

Today, over 24,000 people seek shelter annually, yet only 12% succeed in finding it, and nearly 900 sleep on our streets nightly.

We've also lost over 800 beds recently, leaving thousands without a viable path from street to home.

The current system costs upwards of 40,000 per person annually but fails to meet the need.

We must rescink the homeless resource center.

There's a huge opportunity no one's talking about, and that's the five acres behind Father's Joe's village.

This is where San Diego's future intake site should be.

OASIS offers a scalable and dignified solution.

500 private rooms housed in eco-friendly and solar-powered container clusters with the capacity to serve a thousand people daily.

Our five-acre site includes comprehensive recreational and service facilities, pools, gyms, clinics, administrative offices, all centralized for accessibility.

Most importantly, OASIS offers an innovative transitional model with real-life skills training, medical and mental health services, and employment preparation.

OASIS can reduce long-term public costs by lowering division between service providers and emergency services while revitalizing downtown San Diego.

The timeline is aggressive but achievable.

We can have the site ready in residence within 90 days, responding immediately to this humanitarian crisis.

Thank you for your time.

And you can find more information on Army of Saints.org.

Thank you.

Kathleen Lippett, if you can please unmute.

After that, Francine Maxwell, then Judy String.

Thank you, and good morning.

My name is Kathleen Lippett.

I have worked in Pacific Beach with their residents for over 20 years to increase the community capacity to have a say in the policies that may exacerbate community problems or the absence of policies that could prevent them.

Cleo Malone was a longtime Black Advocate on behalf of his community, and he was instrumental in getting an off-sale CUP process adopted in the city.

The purpose of the CUP was to hold licensees responsible for abiding by conditions andor best practices that would ensure the operator would remain a community-friendly business.

For decades, the community has advocated on behalf of the adopting adopting an on-sale CUP process for the same purpose to prevent alcohol licensees from becoming irresponsible operators or community nuisance.

The percentage of irresponsible operators is a mere 10% of all licensees.

However, that 10% makes an outsized contribution to community problems.

These operators continue to be sources of overservice to patrons contributing to neighborhood problems, observed over-served patrons leaving an on-sale establishment to roam residential neighborhoods, increased DUIs, cause pedestrian industry injuries andor deaths in PB and into communities beyond.

It is shameful that the community of Pacific Beach remains the number two community for commit for violence.

Please consider it is well past time for the city to adopt a responsible best practice for on-sale CUPs.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Thank you.

Next is Francine Maxwell.

If you can please unmute, then Judy Strang, then 7234.

The uh five minute timer also concluded during the speaker.

There were eight speakers in the queue at that time.

No additional speakers will be taken.

Please proceed.

Francine Maxville, Southeastern San Diego.

Good morning.

I wanted to make sure that I appreciate the officers this past Saturday that were at the Ease Gaming Tournament Center for a bonding with the community members along with parents.

It was just a wonderful time had by all started at 4 p.m.

so that parents could finish their games and everything with the kids.

And so activities like that to bring and build bridges with children and families with law enforcement is a good thing.

But was not is when our captain who's out at Southeastern Division started something which was office uh front desk hours from 10 to 7, where a lot of community members in District 4 could come and give their reports after work.

We're a working community just like others, and 10 to 7 was also helping build relationships.

The interim captain has decided that officers he can't get to work 10 to 7, so they decided that they only work nine to five.

So this is contrary, Kent Lee, to what he stood there and told you that I want to build bridges with the community.

Our captain is out, an entry captain is in and has ripped away something that was helping parents when they would be looking for a child when there may be some concern about some domestic violence issues.

So I wanted to bring this to your attention that when someone stands there and their audio doesn't match their video, everybody should question.

Nine to five is a is a work.

This is a career, and that entry of captain could easily have told somebody that they're gonna work 10 to 7 so that the community continue.

We have the data to show how many people were in there reporting things that don't go from nine to five.

Thank you for allowing me to speak.

Thank you.

Judy Strang, if you can please unmute.

After that, it'll be 7234 and then Madison.

Good morning, San Diego City Council.

I wanted to share some information that came in last week from UCSD School of Medicine.

And also was recently published in the Molecular Psychiatry Journey Journal.

It's entitled Large Genetic Study Leaks Cannabis Use to Psychiatric, Cognitive, and Physical Health.

What this study did was isolated two genes that are associated with cannabis use.

I won't give you the names of each of these genes.

We'll just call them gene one and gene two.

Gene one is involved in the cell assembly and in the signaling between nerve cells, particularly in the brain.

Past studies have indicated that these genes are very sensitive in their relationship to cannabis use and can produce impulsive personality and those who have this gene, also obesity and cancer metastasis.

Also obesity and cancer metastasis.

All of the second gene that's involved that they have noticed the relationship between cannabis use and long-term results, has to do with how the neurons communicate with each other and long-term brain plasticity.

Again, this gene has been linked to psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

They go on to say that not only are there problems that I've just mentioned regarding psychiatric conditions and or cognitive traits, but it also can affect physical health, like diabetes, chronic pain, and coronary artery disease.

And these genes seem to indicate when they're activated that there's risk for tobacco use, infectious diseases, and viral hepatitis, as well as immune diseases.

I think it's important for us to appreciate that we have UCSD's medical school in our midst, and that it's producing a great deal of information that helps us understand marijuana.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Phone number running in 7234.

If you can please unmute.

After that will be Madison and then 7499.

Good morning, San Diego City Council.

Sarah Lacaba, my name is Terry Ann Skelly, and I'm a member of my planning group.

I work as a public health educator in in San Diego and especially in youth mentoring program.

Because Red Ribbon Week is next week, observed nationally from October 23rd to October 31st.

I came today to thank you for the many times throughout the years that San Diego City Council has supported policies that present San Diego youth that a smoke-free and vape-free choice will assist in their long-term success.

Red Ribbon Week is the largest and longest running drug prevention campaign here in the United States.

The theme for Red Ribbon Week 2025 is Life is a puzzle.

Solve it drug free.

This theme was selected to inspire young people to stay drug-free so they can positively put together the pieces of their lives.

I am gravely concerned with the mental health and substance struggles of young adult males 18 to 30 years old.

As they try to find a place for themselves in a complicated world.

The visibility, promotion, and advertising of these marijuana storefronts via social media and billboards, threaten sabotages and diverts the lives of young people who may well decide that an acceptable form of relaxation, diversion or digression is getting high.

Good mental health is precious, and the city should only involve themselves in those business activities that will improve mental health, which do not include marijuana storefronts and their billboard.

Thank you for hearing my concerns this morning.

Madison, if you can please unmute after that will be 7499, and then our final speaker, Becky Rapp.

Please proceed.

Thank you.

Good morning, Council President and Council members.

My name is Madison, and I'm here to share some ongoing concerns about the public health impacts of marijuana use and the rapid evolution of cannabis products in our community.

While California has permitted marijuana for adults, the products on the market today are far stronger and more diverse than those we saw a decade ago.

Concentrates and high potency vape oils now contain THC levels exceeding 80 or even 90%, many times higher than the levels found in traditional cannabis flour.

These products raise serious concerns for both youth access and long-term health.

Recent studies, including findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, show that frequent marijuana use, particularly when smoked or vaped, is linked to elevated risks of heart attack, stroke, and heart rhythm disorders.

THC can increase heart rate, raise blood pressure, and constrict blood vessels, creating stress on the cardiovascular system that compounds over time.

We're also seeing a growing bottom of evidence connecting heavy marijuana use with mental health challenges.

Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse indicate associations between high THC products and increased risks of anxiety, depression, and psychosis, especially among young people.

At the same time, marketing and retail practices have outpaced regulation.

Edibles and vape products are often flavored, attractively packaged, or promoted on social media in ways that appeal to minors.

Nearly one in ten high school students nationwide now report using marijuana within the past month, many through vaping devices.

Locally, San Diego can lead with thoughtful regulation, stronger retail oversight, potency limits, and clearer labeling on THC concentration and health risks could help protect both consumers and youth.

I urge the council to continue prioritizing public health and cannabis policy.

Thank you.

Next to 7499, if you can please unmute.

Instead, the city has taken the indivisible indefensible position that the report on such incidents should be written by the business profiting from those who fly at the glider port.

It doesn't take a genius, Joe La Cava, to recognize that you can't have the fox guarding the hen house.

That advisory board provided the expertise to properly monitor the use of our city park for purposes of safety and fairness to the public.

Also, Ernie Casco has proposed a waiver for the public use of our park so citizens don't have to join a repugnant private private organization in order to use our glider port.

A nearly identical waiver was passed by the County of Los Angeles in 2017.

That waiver has been in continuous use in Los Angeles since 2017.

Barbara Bree proposed such a waiver in San Diego that same year, but she failed to follow through.

Finally, since Joe LaCava has pointed out the young people in the council today, let me say to them that Joe LaCava has been dodging this issue for years.

As council president and as a council member for District One, he could put the glider port issue on the agenda at any time.

But Joe Locava has refused to do so for his entire term in office.

If any of you are studying government, please note the power that he holds to set the agenda and to choke off any issues that he doesn't want to come before this council.

Also note that there was a previous San Diego City rule that empowered citizens to add their own items to the city council agenda.

However, that rule was repealed by the city council, so all of that power now rests with Joe LaCava.

Shame on you, Joe LaCava, for not fixing this problem.

Time has concluded.

Becky Rapp, if you can please unmute.

Also, if you've raised your hand after the five-minute timer, you may send in an email, City Clerk at San Diego.gov, and those comments will be distributed.

Becky, please proceed.

Good afternoon.

My name is Becky Rapp, and I'd like to acknowledge that next week, schools across the country will celebrate Red Ribbon Week.

A time to honor those who have stood up against drug abuse and to recommit ourselves to protecting our youth.

It's important to remember that this national movement began nearly 40 years ago, inspired by one of our own San Diego special agent Enrique Kiki Camarina.

Kiki was killed while investigating a major drug trafficking operation, and his courage sparked a nationwide call to action that continues today.

As we reflect on his legacy, we must face a difficult truth.

Marijuana remains the most commonly used drug among young people.

But what's on the market today is far more dangerous than in decades past.

These aren't the low THC products.

They're highly concentrated, synthetically derived substances, often contaminated with toxic chemicals reaching THC levels, up to 90%.

Science now shows that these high potency products are directly linked to psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, and suicidal ideation in young people.

And yet, instead of protecting our communities, marijuana businesses are being located in our neighborhoods under the assumption that everything will somehow be fine.

But it's not fine.

Families are breaking under the weight of this mental health crisis.

And parents are watching their children lose touch with reality.

This Red Ribbon Week, let's honor Kiki Camarina's sacrifice by standing up for truth, awareness, and prevention.

Let's give our young people the chance to grow up healthy, hopeful, and free from addiction.

In recognition of Red Ribbon Week, I ask this council to recognize and acknowledge that marijuana that's being sold on the market today is in fact directly and negatively impacting our young people's mental health.

Thank you.

That does conclude on agenda public comment for today's meeting.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

We will now adjourn for the noon recess and reconvene open session at 2 p.m.

or shortly thereafter.

I think are truly important.

We are integral to our city and its success, and we're not going anywhere.

These are indeed some of the most troubling times for the LGBT community.

Trying to erase from history books, schools, museums, and archives, even those in our nation's capital.

Exhibits like this are more important than ever.

When I joined the Marine Corps in 1983, being gay and serving your country were two things that couldn't coexist.

We wore our uniforms with pride.

No matter how loud the voices of hate may be, the truth is that we are normal human beings who deserve the same rights as every other person in America.

Today, I'm proud that we are able to be here to cut ribbon on phase two of this incredible project, making two hundred and twenty-eight new affordable homes available to San Diegans.

And my friends, this project is not happening in a vacuum.

It is the third that we've opened in just the last week on what I've been calling our Build More Housing San Diego Tour.

These apartments are within walking distance of grocery stores, schools, parks, restaurants, and they're connected to the rest of the city by some major transit corridors.

The transformation of the site into an intergenerational community with a total of about 400 housing units is truly remarkable.

The units that have already come online for seniors, the units that we're celebrating today, and the units to come are going to continue to be a core piece of how we change our community and we develop housing.

This is the way it should be done.

That is unacceptable.

Housing is not a privilege, it is a human right.

And with this project and the many more that we have down the pipeline, we are at a turning point.

For the City of San Diego, this project represents exactly the kind of partnership that we have worked to try and scale citywide.

We can do it faster, and here is your proof.

All right, good afternoon.

I will now reconvene the City Council meeting of Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.

Before we proceed with the meeting, please be aware that Councilmember Bon Wilbert is participating remotely in the meeting via teleconference from Jackson City Hall in Jackson, Mississippi.

I understand Councilmember Von Wolpert would like to make a statement at this time.

Yes, thank you, Council President, and hello everyone from Jackson, Mississippi.

The mayor here is actually about to launch his annual State of the City just down the street from here, but he wanted to extend his readings to the City Council in St.

Diego.

And I am calling in from Jackson, Mississippi from the second floor conference room at Jackson City Hall.

Notices were posted in accordance with the Brown Act at least 72 hours in advance in a public location, allowing any member of the public should they wish to participate.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Von Wolpert.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Council President.

Councilmember Campbell.

Councilmember Whitburn.

Here.

Councilmember Foster.

Councilmember Von Wilper.

Present.

Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Here.

Councilmember Campillo.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

Present.

Councilmember Ila Rivera.

And Council President Lacava.

Present.

Also attending the meeting, our assistant city attorney attorney, Leslie Fitzgerald, senior fiscal and policy analyst in the IBA's office, Amy Lee, Council Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's Office, Curtis, and myself, your city clerk, Diana Fuentes.

So quorum is now present, but before we launch in, uh City Clerk, I believe those folks trying to watch the meeting on Zoom may have some challenges.

Can you update us on that?

Yes, thank you so much, Council President.

We are having some video feed.

Oh the video feed is now back.

Correct.

Um so we are having no technological challenges anymore.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you for that quick work.

Uh, and thank you to IT and uh City 24.

So, with that, Clerk, please introduce item 330.

Thank you.

Item 330 is fiscal year 2024 annual report on development impact fees and other city planning managed funds with various CIP allocations.

If you'd like to speak on this item, please be sure to select the raise your hand icon or star nine if you're participating virtually.

And if you're hearing council chambers, please be sure to submit your speaker slips to the front of the room in the clear box.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you.

Well, I see staff is settling in.

Please introduce yourselves for the record and let us know how much time you need.

Good afternoon, everyone.

I'm Samira Rao, Assistant Planning Department Assistant Deputy Director with City Planning Department.

I will need around seven to ten minutes.

Also with me is Kelly Stanko, Deputy Director of City Planning Department.

We're here to present uh a report on and uh we're here to present a report on development impact fees and other city planning managed funds, in addition to a comprehensive report.

This item includes a request for city council approval to appropriate development impact fee funds towards a list of specific capital improvement projects to further spend on community specific funds that have long been difficult to expend, as well as create a project within the community of Del Mar Mesa.

As discussed briefly, this pro this package includes three items.

The city is required by the mitigation fee act to provide an annual report on development impact fees to the city council.

This act mandates that local agencies with DIF programs make specific information available to the public and establish certain findings related to development impact fee funds that have been in the account and unallocated for a period of five years or longer.

This annual report will be presented to City Council to satisfy the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.

We have also broken out the report to include a separate section for habitat acquisition fee, climate equity fund, and the neighborhood enhancement fee.

In addition, we are requesting City Council approval to allocate community-specific diff funds that have been in the account for over five years to six specific infrastructure projects in Carmel Valley and Del Marmesa.

This will allow the city to expend funds and invest in these communities rather than refunding the fees.

In allocating these funds, we are also asking City Council to create a trails project in Del Mar Mesa in order to expend these community funds as needed in that community.

The report provides information on the types of fees and amount of the fee, beginning and ending fund balance, amount of fees collected, and interest earned, projects funded and any interfund transfers or loans made.

It also provides findings for funds that have been in the fund for over five years and have not yet been allocated.

Development impact fees are fees imposed on projects to cover all or a portion of the cost of public infrastructure needed due to new growth and development.

All development impact fees must be expended in accordance with their associated next study.

Nexus studies determine how much diff can be charged to new development and which types of projects are eligible for diff funding.

Two types of next studies are used.

Plan-based next studies list specific projects on which the DIF funds can be expended.

Standards-based next studies establish public infrastructure standards that must be met.

Under the prior system, each community had its own public facilities financing plan, which served as the nexus study for the community's development impact fee.

These plans defined local infrastructure projects and fee structures, but over time resulted in inconsistent and outdated rates across communities.

The citywide diff structure now replaces those 43 community specific studies with four citywide nexus studies for parks, mobility, libraries, and fire rescue.

All new development applications submitted on or after July 1st, 2023 are subject to these citywide diffs.

Since community specific DIFs are no longer updated, the public festive financing plans that supported them no longer require revisions.

This shift creates a modern, equitable and efficient framework, ensuring consistent diff rates, unlocking unused funds, and aligning fee expenditures with citywide infrastructure needs.

For this reporting period, all citywide diffs for parks, mobility, fire, and library are fully in effect.

However, in addition to the effective date of the adopted programs, State Bill 330 requires that if an application for a development was submitted before the new fees went into effect, the application is entitled to the lower of the two fees, meaning that in many instances, applicants continue to pay into the community-specific funds.

For that reason, a complete transition from community-specific funds to citywide funds is anticipated to take multiple years.

While the report goes into a lot of detail regarding each of the funds revenue collected and expended, total fees collected for FY 2024 was around 69.2 million, and the city was able to expend around 94.6 million on infrastructure projects.

This is a step in the right direction as we have been able to successfully expend development impact fee funds on the much needed infrastructure projects across the city.

This has helped significantly by having access to the citywide diff to be able to make up any funding gaps from community-specific funds.

Under the prior community-specific DIF structure, funds were often restricted to individual community accounts, which made it difficult to spend them on projects and led to large unallocated balances.

With the transition to citywide DIF, we have seen a significant improvement in the city's ability to deploy these funds where they are most needed.

The unallocated community specific DIF fund balance has decreased by approximately 34% from $251.4 million at the end of fiscal year 2021 to 165.1 million by the end of fiscal year 2025.

Since citywide diff implementation, a total of 64.8 million has been collected across the four citywide funds, parks, mobility, fire, and library, and nearly 80% of the total has already been allocated to active project citywide.

For parks, 42.4 million has been collected, with all but 9.8 million allocated to projects such as Cannon Street Pocket Park, Buyer Park Development, and Southcrest Community Park.

The citywide mobility diffund has collected $15.5 million, all of which has been fully allocated to projects, including the normal street promenade, Streamview Drive Phase 2, and Interfund Loan Reimbursements between Rancho Penasquitos and Tory Highlands.

The citywide fire diffund has collected 4 million, with all but 1.4 million allocated to key public safety improvements such as a fire rescue emergency command and data center and the North Pacific Beach Lifeguard Station.

Lastly, the library fund has collected $2.8 million, with nearly half already allocated to improvements at the Linda Vista and Oak Park Libraries.

Overall, the citywide diff framework is achieving exactly what it was designed to do, unlocking previously unspent funds, improving efficiency, and helping the city deliver public infrastructure projects more consistently across all communities.

Under the Mitigation Fee Act, the city is required to make findings every five years for any development impact fee funds that have remained unspent for more than five years.

This ensures that all funds collected from development are actively programmed for eligible public improvements and remain consistent with adopted public Festivals financing plans.

For this reporting period, a total of 39 accounts have balances that meet the five-year threshold.

The good news is that most of those funds are already appropriated to specific capital projects and will be expended as those projects progress towards construction.

However, there are three community specific funds, Carmel Valley, Del Mar Mesa, and North University, that still have unallocated balances, which now need to be addressed through new appropriations.

As part of the five year findings required by the Act, staff is requesting City Council approval to appropriate these remaining community specific funds toward eligible projects identified in the corresponding public festival's financing plans.

The goal is to ensure compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act, reduce unspent balances, and continue advancing infrastructure improvements in communities where these funds were originally collected.

This sets up the next slide, which outlines the specific projects recommended for appropriation under Carmel Valley and Del Marmesa, including several park and trail improvements that will help deliver tangible community benefits.

One of the actions we are proposing with this item is for council approval to appropriate community specific funds that have been in the account for over five years toward the following projects.

Please keep in mind that these are funds collected from the community and can only be spent in the same community in which they were collected unless otherwise called out in the public festives financing plan.

These appropriations will further support the city's efforts to reduce the fund balances in community specific funds and invest in infrastructure in communities where funding is in fact available.

We are also requesting authorization to establish a CIP for the Delmar Mesa Resource Management Trails.

Next.

Fund balance for citywide fund was uh citywide fire was around 2.4 million in FI 2024 and is currently 1.9 million.

For mobility, the fund balance was around 10.8 million and is currently around 3.5 million.

We have additional slides for fund balances for regional transportation congestion improvement program fund, as well as active transportation in lieu fee, and a summary of other city planning managed funds, which include habitat acquisition fund, neighborhood enhancement fund, as well as climate equity fund.

All current financial summaries for funds managed by City Planning Department can be found by Googling City of San Diego Planning Financial Summaries or by using the QR code of the web address provided on the slide.

Thank you.

All right thank you for your presentation.

I'll turn it over to the Office of the IBA for comments.

Thank you, Council President Amy Lee with IBA's office.

As Council Mayor Reddy be aware the city's administration reporting and use of DIF funds what this was a topic of the county grand jury report released on May 30th.

The grand jury report included nine findings and 13 recommendations directed to the mayor and city council office worked with several departments including city planning and compliance to compile proposed responses which was released as IBA report 25-33 on October 13th.

This report will be heard in ATI committee later this week on October 23rd and will come before city council on November 4th.

Thank you very much.

All right thank you Amy always appreciate the input of the office of the IBA so with that clerk please proceed with public comment.

Thank you Council President there are no speakers here in Council Chambers so I will start the five minute timer and go to those participating remotely starting with Sally Small if you can please unmute you will have two minutes please proceed.

Thank you.

I do appreciate you looking into the DIF fees and I look forward to the meeting on Thursday.

Wanted to bring up about the communities of concern and the equity issues you had to dig down quite a bit to find the information in there.

I'm down in Emerald Hills Park of Choice Valley Community Planning Group area and we have concerns regarding our our um park poor neighborhoods but that's just a little nibble of of what we have concerns about but I I'm glad you're looking into it and uh that you plan to follow up on it.

Thanks thank you next is Blair Beekman if you can please unmute hi Blair Beekman thank you for this item I just wanted to quickly offer um is my feeling the importance of uh impact fees uh they have to be consistent in how you work with them and how you share them with community and and uh good luck that it can be a consistent process because that that sort creates a uh community well-being and understanding of how things can work best I feel I know these things end up becoming they vary they can vary a lot but um people prefer consistency overall um so good luck in those sort of efforts thank you thank you that does conclude public comment on this item all right thank you city clerk uh we'll turn over to my council colleagues for questions comments and ortain a motion we'll start with council member whitburn thank you council president uh we heard this at the September meeting of the Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee had a lively discussion of the use of DIF fees um as mentioned by Ms.

Lee we will be hearing the grand jury report on DIF fees at committee later this week uh these fees are one of the most important tools we have to ensure that as our communities continue to grow they also receive the infrastructure and the amenities that they need and deserve it's not the only tool but it is certainly a critical one here in district three we see those investments at work perhaps most visibly right now East Village Green is well underway downtown it's a transformative park that will include a community center a central lot a children's playground off lead dog parks and more it's a project that will improve the quality of people's lives and it couldn't be under construction were it not for development impact fees.

As the city continues to grow we're going to need to continue to have funding sources like Diff to deliver the parks and mobility improvements and public amenities that are residents deserve and I will make the motion to approve the staff recommendation.

Thank you.

All right thank you Councilmember Whitburn uh given that the projects are in district one I'm gonna jump in now and be happy to second uh your motion on that I think folks know I have a long history with developer impact fees the good news is I'm not going to regale you with stories of my experiences but I do have a few comments that kind of build on the presentation as well as the comments by Councilmember Whitburn.

I certainly want to thank city planning for producing this report I know there's a lot of numbers uh in there you're tracking a lot of uh a lot of stuff uh the modest funding that DIF provides in our older community which initially a benefit community seeking dedicated money for improvements has proven to be unwieldy and overly bureaucratic and worse unproductive and that's one of the reasons why I voted and supported the city's proposal to do a citywide or move to a citywide diff.

The passion with which residents and organizations fight for these complex dollars demonstrates how acutely the city needs resources for our aging infrastructure this is only one type of money available and why my while it may seem the most tangible of all the city's financing buckets it was never intended to cover all the needs of our older communities we can and should expect continue to expect developers to contribute to the infrastructure needed for the businesses and residents that our projects will bring.

We can and should expect, continue to expect developers to contribute to the infrastructure needed for the businesses and residents that are projects will bring.

However, diff will never be the fix to our infrastructure backlog.

For those who may see the proposed allocations to be frustrated that their most recent priorities are not being funded with this money.

And updating those old priorities is a tedious and costly process.

Again, why I supported moving to a citywide approach.

So we started collecting assessments with the very first home or the very first commercial business.

So we had those opportunities to be fully funded.

The facilities benefit assessments and the diffs in those communities were productive as they help build out 100% of these newest neighborhoods.

And with that, maybe just a couple of questions.

So the Cardinal Valley ones, I understand those are ongoing projects.

Continuing design is identified.

Talk a little bit about, if you would, the Delmar Mesa project.

It's kind of a new animal that we're putting into the pot, so to speak.

So what is the thinking in terms of this trails program, which was identified in the facility's finance plan for Delmar Mesa.

But for those that may be listening in, can you kind of talk about what the thinking is for the Delmar Mesa allocation?

Yeah, thank you for the question.

So, yes, the reason we are requesting the creation of the Delmar Mesa Trails Project is because that is currently the only uh Delmar Mesa community def eligible project in that community.

And at this point, we are we need to um request the creation of this project and allocate funds to that project and expend those funds on that project because this is one of the funds that have has that has had funds sitting in the account for over five years, and we are required to allocate it and expend the monies to comply with the mitigation fee act.

And again, um just repeating that this is the only Del Mar Mesa community specific Diff eligible project in that community at this point.

Okay.

Um and I note that the presentation also included the citywide diff.

You're not proposing any allocations as part of today's action.

Um today's action is only for allocating funds that have been sitting in the account for over five years.

All other allocations we are working closely with Department of Finance and Engineering and Capital Projects to bring forward allocations as part of the annual budget process of the media rewise.

So we work with them closely even now.

Um, as they are working on their five-year outlook, we are working with them to see which projects are eligible for diff.

So that would be a different appropriation.

These specific appropriations are regarding funds that have been in the account for over five years.

All right.

Uh and we are under some obligation to spend that money down, and you've identified projects at least in those two communities.

So again, we'll follow up with the Del Mar Mesa allocation.

Uh again, that was in the facilities finance plan for that, maybe a little vague in that plan, but I look forward uh seeing that come through to fruition.

Uh so again, we have a motion by Councilmember Whitburn and a second by myself to move the staff recommendation on item 330, and we'll go to Councilmember Moreno.

Thank you, and and thank you for the presentation.

I have a number of projects in District 8 that have uh have received diff allocation.

Um, and I do have a few questions.

Uh first, the Saturn Boulevard sidewalk installation project was funded in the fiscal year 23 budget and did receive diff funding.

Uh residents of OTIME CNESTER eager to see this sidewalk installed, and what is the status of the completion?

Um I can look up the project tracking and provide you a status in just two minutes.

Um, I can look it up, and I have also identified a point of contact at Engineering Capital Projects to get more details on that, and I can make sure that we follow up with emails.

I got two minutes.

Okay, I will find it right now.

Yeah.

Councilmember, do you want us to look up the information and then we can um take some other questions and come back?

Or no, you guys knew I was gonna ask this question.

We let your staff know, so expect a response.

Okay.

So the project is currently in design, fully funded, and uh it is expected to go into construction in the first quarter of 2027, and construction closeout is expected in the first quarter of 2028.

Okay.

Um this fund this project was funded back in fiscal year twenty-three.

Why is it taking five to six years to build a sidewalk?

I will need to work with engineering and capital projects to provide that response.

They're not here to respond to that.

I don't believe so, but I can so we'll we'll get back to you.

We'll coordinate with engineering capital projects.

Um, the um item here today is to provide a reporting of the use of the development impact fees and the status of those funds.

Um there are some additional items related to appropriations of those funds, but with respect to the specific projects that are funded by these, uh, we're happy to follow up and work with uh the is Saturn um not on the reporting, the 2024 annual report.

So they are identified.

Um the scope of the report is with respect to the use of the funds, um, but not necessarily the uh full completion and schedule of the individual CIP projects.

But the expenditure of the funds is the use of the funds.

Right.

So the funding has been allocated to that and appropriated for that purpose, but with respect to the specific um responses to your questions about any delays in the project implementation.

We'll need to follow up with the engineering capital projects department to provide you with that update.

It's a really long time, five years.

Um it's also disheartening to know that I my staff let you guys know that I was gonna have these questions and that these questions are not being answered when we are speaking about the report.

So I would urge faster work on the project because the community has been eager to see the improvements for a long time, which you noted are fully funded.

Um another project in district eight that has received def funding as well as other sources of funding is Grove Neighborhood Park.

Um the community is very excited about this park.

Uh my understanding is that there has been changes to the scope of phase one to mainly focus on surrounding right-of-way improvements instead of park amenities.

Uh this change was not done in collaboration with my office.

Nobody from the from the mayor's office, nobody from any of the departments contacted my office, nor shared with the community.

In fact, in the proposed budget document for fiscal year 26, the CIP description includes park amenities, such as place structures and picnic areas.

Then in the adopted budget document, the description was changed to mainly street right-a-way improvements.

I think it's unacceptable, but more than being unacceptable, it's not transparent.

This is a park project, not a transportation project.

Now I do understand that many park projects have right-of-way improvements included, but it cannot be our main focus.

And with the passage of the state budget, another 4.3 million was allocated thanks to the advocacy of assembly member David Alvarez to complete phase one with inclusion of park amenities.

With the funding received from Diff from the Climate Equity Fund, and now the state of California, I would implore staff to work with my office to revise and expand the scope of phase one of Grove Neighborhood Park.

People have been waiting four decades for this park, and the first thing the city's gonna put in hasn't does not include park amenities.

I think that's just a slap in the face to Otai May Semester.

And then the fact that we had so many we had so many meetings in the community about this park.

So I really look forward to working with you guys on this update.

This is a 2024 annual report on diff funding.

This park does include diff funding.

Um so I think it's pertinent to the conversation that we're having right now.

Um it's just really disappointing to see just a just such a such a blatant disregard to the community.

Um you guys know that I follow my CIP projects like a hawk, and that's why we've been instrumental in building out so many CIP projects in district date.

So seeing that was just very discouraging to me.

Um I absolutely will support this item before us today.

Um, but I do look forward to working um with the mayor's staff on these two particular projects.

And that concludes my comments.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Moreno.

Uh we'll go next to Council President Pro Tem Lee, and then we'll go to Councilmember Von Wilbert.

Council President, Pro Tem.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, thank you to the staff for the presentation.

Uh, we did hear this uh in committee as well.

Um, but I did want to follow up on one item, especially because the slides have a focus on the several of the funds that have been identified as being uh significant funds with unallocated balances.

Um and two of them were described in the slides in terms of the appropriations that are being made in Carmel Valley and Del Mar.

Um but I do want to acknowledge that North University Um City that those different FBA funds still have a sizable balance as well.

I know when we responded to the grand jury report, the IBA identified that a chunk of that funding was already appropriated and some of the remaining fund balances anticipated for the region's greenway project.

Um of the uh appropriations I believe is specific to the coastal rail trail.

And so I I know our teams have have checked in with planning and and thank you to the team for also checking in with uh ENCP about what the status of that is.

I just thought I'd ask that um if you could share that today as as our staff is going to be prepared to um share that update with the university community planning group and their next meeting as well.

Um I can provide a equipped uh quick update from engineering capital projects on that um particular project.

Um, that particular project is currently in design and it is a it is substantially complete.

Um the design is projected to be completed in spring of 2026 with completion estimated um for uh 2028.

Thank you.

And I know and I know that it's um those funds have been identified by the community, especially because of the large balances that they've collected over time, um, recognizing that we do want to get those expended within the the community itself.

So um thank you again for your work on that, and again, we'll carry some of the details of that update back to the university community planning group.

So thank you, Chair.

All right, thank you, Council President Pro Tam.

We'll go next to Councilmember Vaughn Wolbert.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you for the presentation.

Um, we did we heard this at ATI as Chair Whitburn mentioned, had a very robust discussion there.

Um, and so thank you for clarifying some of the charts and formulas on the PowerPoint because we did see it was hard understanding committee, so I appreciate that.

Um I also do want to ask about even though we're gone to citywide diff, you know, what about the money that's still in the old accounts and how are we going to make sure that we spend that down?

Councilmember, can you please repeat the question?

I don't think I was able to fully hear the question.

Oh sorry, I was asking about the money in the old before we started collecting the citywide diff, we had individual community diffs, which still have money in there predating when we went to citywide.

And so how are you going to make sure we still spend down what's sitting in those accounts and turn it into community projects?

All community diff that has been collected or will be collected on projects that pay community diff because it is the lower of the two in compliance with SB3D, will be expended on projects identified in the public vesties financing plans.

For every single allocation, we work with very closely with Department of Finance and Engineering Capital Projects.

And when a project request is sent over to city planning departments, we eligible we identify whether it's eligible for community def or citywide if it is eligible for both the funds, then community diff is prioritized in order to spend down the fund balance before looking for citywide funds because cityfied funds are more flexible and are able to provide for infrastructure across the city compared to community specific diff, which are um specifically required to be spent in the community in which it was collected.

Okay.

Because our public facilities financing plans in my district are super out of date.

Yeah, we're taking on some most of the in fill development in the suburban areas of the city.

We've had over 2,000 housing units built since I got elected in Carl Mountain, Peñasquitos, and that's it's great.

We need the housing, but I remember talking to developers and they wanted to contribute with extra diffs, but we couldn't because the public facilities financing plans were so out of date.

But then nobody wants to do a new ballot and redo the entire community their financing plan because we know we're not gonna get individual diff money anymore.

It's in citywide diff.

And so we've we've been frustrated trying to spend the money we already had.

And so I'm just wondering how we're gonna change that in the future.

Um, council member, in terms of lobbying at the state, we are um fundamentally constrained on how we can use funds that we have already collected.

Um that constraint comes from not just the mitigation fee act, but is also rooted in um the United States and California Constitution.

So we do have significant constraints.

We are required to use the money for the purpose for which we originally collected.

Uh, the intent of moving to citywide funds, as you are aware, um, is to be able to provide additional funding to essentially top off individual community um pots of money to be able to begin to deliver infrastructure.

Of course, um, as council president has duly noted, um, development impact fees um do not fund um all of the capital improvement program budget and in fact only fund about five to ten percent of it in any given year.

Um, so in terms of identifying additional funding, um, we're happy to work uh with your office and the rest of the council offices and the rest of the um partner departments across the city to continue to identify these funding sources.

Um but in terms of um your statement about um you know developers looking to provide additional community improvements.

We're certainly happy to have those conversations with um the building uh partners as well.

Um there is um you know there are opportunities uh for there to be uh additional funds put towards um particular um improvements in the communities outside of the citywide diff funding.

Okay, I'm happy to chat about it offline, but we have we've we've tried and it's not been working.

Um so I'm also want to ask the question ask the committee again.

Why would we collect 14 million for parks and only less than a million for fire rescue when we know that wildfires is one of the biggest threats to our communities?

Yeah, so we have Nexus studies that identify the methodology for the amounts of the fees, and when we um update those nexus studies, uh, we do evaluate the methodology and then the corresponding amount.

Um, park development impact fees have always um historically been higher than the other fees, um, typically because there are more parks but across the city than there are other public facilities.

Um, in terms of the fire facility, um, absolutely agree with you that uh fire facilities are needed to ensure public safety.

Um, development impact fees are not intended to be um the full source of funding for those needs, and so we do need to work um across uh departments and resources to identify funding for those needs.

And so we do need to work across departments and resources to identify funding for those needs.

The constraint with the item that we have before you today is that we are required under state law to present to you the use of development impact fee funds, which is one of several types of funds that fund public infrastructure.

So it's a little bit complicated to have a discussion comprehensively about the full funding of the infrastructure in this context because development impact fees do fund such a small portion of the overall capital improvement program budget.

Yeah, and understood.

I still I still want to argue that we should be collecting more money for fire stations, though.

So are we planning on doing a new Nexus study?

Yes.

So one of the benefits to moving to citywide fees is that we moved from over 40 Nexus studies, which were called public facilities financing plans.

Um and now we have four citywide fees for parks, mobility, fire, and library.

Um that gives us the ability to update those much more frequently.

We are currently working to identify um updates to those, and we do plan to bring those forward to this council next year.

And we're happy to follow up with your office, council member, to discuss the specific methodology related to the fire fee.

Okay.

Are you going to put into the Nexus study the cost of building the new fire training facility that we're going to lose to Pure Water?

Um we're going to be working with a consultant team to develop the Nexus study, and we'll certainly uh be working with our partners in the fire rescue department to identify the totality of the needs across the city upon which uh the development impact fee would be based.

Okay.

Got it.

Uh well, hopefully we can get an update and a plan for how we're going to fund that training facility at some point soon.

I know we just got we secured the land transaction, but with the HOAVO, but we don't know how we're going to fund it.

So okay, well, thank you.

I asked my the rest of my questions at committee, and we look forward to the continued discussion on this in the next coming year.

So thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilmember Von Wolpert.

Not seeing anybody else on the lights.

We have a motion by Councilmember Whitmart Whitburn to uh move a staff recommendation, a second by myself.

Clerk, please call the roll.

I started the voting system, please cast your vote.

Councilmember Von Wilbert, if I can get your vote for the record, please.

I vote yes.

That passes unanimously 8 to 0 with Councilmember Ilo Rivera absent.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

Uh Clerk, please introduce item 331.

Item 331 is the 8610 Genesee Avenue project number PRJ-1121151.

Process 5 decision.

This item is not subject to the mayor's veto.

All right, thank you.

Uh Council President Pro Tem Lee.

I think you have a request to waive the staff presentation.

Correct.

I'm happy to wave the presentation.

Not seeing any of any objections.

And I understand the applicant does not wish to make an presentation either.

So I'll move right along.

And clerk, please, but thank you all for coming here and being ready.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you so much.

We do have several speakers here.

If the uh presenter will, we have one, Michael Yaniselli, which is uh the um applicant, he only presenting if requested.

So then with that, we have two minutes each.

Arya Grossman, if you can please come up after that, Colin Parent, Chris Nielsen, and Stephanie Badrell.

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

And Arya, you can come up to the microphone.

Good afternoon, Council.

My name is Arya Grossman, and I'm the policy manager at Circulate San Diego.

I am here today to comment in support of the plan before us.

The Costa Verde plan has earned a circulate circulate mobility plan certification, meaning it has been determined by an independent and volunteer committee to meet Circulate's objective criteria for sustainable growth.

The project takes advantage of the Midcoast Trolley extension and creates opportunities for residential and mixed use development near this transit investment.

The plan will help the city make progress towards meeting its sustainable and economic development goals, and I strongly urge your support.

Thank you.

Thank you, Colin Perrin.

Hi everyone, Colin Parent, CEO and General Counsel of Circulate San Diego.

Uh, just reiterating uh my colleagues' comments uh earlier.

Uh this is a great project that received uh certification from our mobility certification program.

We actually certified a prior version of this project on this site quite some some time ago.

And this is just a really important uh opportunity to get for the city to capitalize on a really important large transit investment in that area.

That's going to be really important for helping people get around, helping people to be able to enjoy their neighborhoods, uh mitigating climate change and making uh the that university city area uh vibrant and successful.

So uh we urge your support.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Next we have Chris Nielsen, and you have time ceded to you by Dustin.

Dustin, can you please raise your hand?

Thank you.

You'll have four minutes.

Please proceed.

Okay.

Uh good afternoon, Council President Lacava, Vice President Lee, and other council members.

Um, the University Community uh Planning Group really supports this project.

Um I'll be brief.

Um over the last five years.

The question I was most frequently asked was what's happening with Costa Verde.

And we now have an answer, and it's this important project.

Um I urge the council to uh to approve the development as presented.

Um I want to also say that the uh that the Cast Street developers uh engaged the UCPG early and got our feedback.

Um we really greatly appreciate uh having input.

They took many of our suggestions and incorporated them into the uh into the project.

Um Friends of Rose Canyon has a detailed letter of the efforts that they went through with sustainability and water runoff, uh stormwater retention, um, plus native trees and and plants uh for landscaping.

Um, and we fully expect that uh uh that uh Cass Street will have productive conversations with the V Living, and I note that Stephanie Boudreaux is the next speaker, so I will leave it at that.

Thank you very much.

We support the project.

Thank you, Stephanie.

If you can please come forward.

And sorry to correct myself.

Um Michael said only presenting if requested, not required.

Hi, good afternoon.

My name is Stephanie Boudreau.

I'm the executive director at V at La Hoya Village.

Um, myself, on behalf of the residents, we're happy to support this project.

Uh, we're excited for the amenities that it will bring in our neighborhood, and we fully support it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That does conclude council uh that does conclude public comment here in Council Chambers.

Nobody has their hands raised, so that concludes public comment on this item.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you.

So we'll turn it over to my council colleagues for questions, comments, and retain a motion.

We'll start with Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, thank you for those who spoke uh today, especially um District 6 residents, and I want to thank Chris Nielsen for his work on the University Community Planning Group and their engagement on this as well.

Um what you see before you today is um as I understand it, a rescission of the Costa Verde um site specific plan that has been in existence with a new tentative map that aligns also with the updated university community plan.

Um which is one that as many folks know the community spent quite a number of years to approve.

Um so we understand as Chris mentioned, this has been a site that I think for the last five years, everyone everyone has asked what is going to happen to it because it has sat there fairly quiet.

Um and there have been a lot of desires, I think, from some of the neighbors to see the site demolished finally and to see at least some effort to move forward.

And I think this is the first step that allows that while also allowing um any future potential development to align with the updated university community plan.

Um so I appreciate the letters of support that did um were shared, um, including the University Community Planning Group, Prince of Russian, uh, and others.

And so with that, I will uh move to accept the staff's recommendation.

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

I'll jump in since this used to be part of District One when back when happy to second that and I'll uh echo uh your thanks for working with the community, uh especially the neighbors uh there in taking their input in uh in fashioning this project.

So not seeing anybody else uh on the lights.

We have a motion by council president pro tem lee to move the staff recommendation, a second by myself.

Clerk, please call the roll.

I'm sorry, the voting system please cast your vote and council member von Wilbert.

If I can get your vote for the record.

I vote yes, thank you.

Thank you.

And that passes unanimously nine to zero.

Thank you.

All right.

With that, we will now adjourn as the city council and convene as the housing authority.

Clerk, please introduce housing authority item one.

Thank you.

Item HA1 is the informational report from the housing authority, executive director.

If you would like to speak on this item, please submit your speaker slip here to the front of the room in the clear box.

And if you are participating remotely, now's the time to raise your hand by pressing star nine or the raise your hand icon if you'd like to speak on this item.

I think they were, yeah.

I was expecting public comments.

My apologies.

Well, Ms.

Jones, uh please introduce yourselves for the record and let us know how much time you need.

Uh I'm Lisa Jones, the thing of housing commission.

I'm sorry, could you turn on your mic and speak into the mic?

My apologies.

There we go.

Um I guess I haven't been up here for a while.

I forgot.

Uh, good afternoon, Council President and Council members.

I'm Lisa Jones, the San Diego Housing Commission's president and CEO and the housing authorities executive director.

I'll need about 12 minutes for my presentation.

Sorry, when you're ready.

The shutdown of the federal government has now lasted three weeks.

At this time, the shutdown has had no immediate impact on our programs.

We were able to make our rental assistance payments for the month of October.

And we just received obligated funds for the month of November, so we will be able to make our rental assistance payments for the month of November as well.

We are continuing to closely monitor developments in Washington and will provide additional updates as we have them, and we'll talk more about that in a few minutes.

As part of our federal advocacy efforts, in early September, we delivered letters to San Diego's congressional delegation communicating the potential impacts of the proposed HUD budgets on the households we serve.

This was in advance of our in-person efforts.

The week after the letters were sent, I traveled to Washington, D.C.

to meet in person with a CENIO congressional delegation, Senate Appropriations Committee staffers, and the House Appropriations Committee Chair to reiterate the potential impacts of potential HUD budget cuts on families in San Diego and across the country.

To share stories about who we serve and who would be impacted the most if programs are not fully funded and how devastating those impacts would be.

For example, 70% of the households on our housing choice voucher program are either elderly or disabled.

Not only will those impacts be impactful to the individuals and families we serve, but also to the health and well-being of our community.

It is not just the voucher program that could be impacted by these cuts.

Potentially impacted programs could include public housing operating funds, home and CDBG funds, and continuum of care funds.

And impacts are already include the diminishing emergency housing voucher funding funds.

It may seem like a counter counterintuitive time to be visiting with our federal lawmakers a week and a half before a very likely government shutdown, which obviously did occur.

Ironically, it's probably the best time to be meeting with lawmakers.

We wanted to make sure that the impacts we will see here locally, the impacts we would see across the country that decision makers would be responsible for were clearly understood.

To get in front of them and make sure that they knew the money we need to be sustained, to be vibrant, and to continue to support our community and all the families we currently serve.

I also wanted to make sure they understand what we and other public housing authorities as well as continuum of cares need across the country to continue furthering our efforts to address and reduce homelessness.

With either a lack of funds or diminishing funds, homelessness in our community and the number of people that experience that trauma of being unhoused will be impacted.

So I and our federal consultant strongly felt it was the right time to be in front of lawmakers.

Part of our effort included the development of new materials that communicated the number of families that could be at risk of losing rental assistance, the number of affordable housing developments that could be at risk of losing funding, and the number of households at a high risk of returning to homelessness if federal funds for housing and homeless programs are cut.

More recently, I also met with U.S.

Representative Scott Peters and shared with him the potential impacts federal funding cuts would have on our programs and the families that rely on our assistance.

Regardless of the challenges we're navigating, there are always good things happening at SDHC.

In support of our ongoing efforts to create and preserve additional affordable housing units that our community needs, we recently closed one notice of funding availability and soon will be issuing a second NOFA to further affordable housing development.

September 29th was the deadline for us to receive submissions responding to a two $6.2 million NOFA to support the acquisition of land or existing housing to be used as affordable housing.

The terms of our procurement policy do not allow us at this point to say how many respondents we received or who submitted responses, but we're reviewing what has been submitted and will determine what funding may be available to award through this NOFA.

In addition, later this month or early next month, we anticipate issuing a second NOFA to make up 17 million dollars of available available to support affordable housing development.

More information will be available on our website when that NOFA is issued.

On October 9th, we celebrated the grand opening of our Pacific Village property for the Midway community.

This is a former hotel that we purchased and rehabilitated to create 62 new affordable rental apartments with access to supportive services for individuals who previously experienced homelessness.

This is another step in our ongoing efforts to access and bring state home key funds to our community.

More than 600 units have been funded today through the collaboration of the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the state of California, and the Housing Commission, along with our service provider partners.

Residents include veterans, transition aged youth, and additional San Diegans who had been staying in shelters and their cars or on the streets.

Council President Lacava, Councilmember Campbell, Mayor Gloria, one of our commissioners, Stephen Cushman, and our partners from the state and county joined us in the event.

Living without shelter and security, as we know is a traumatic experience.

One cannot overstate the importance of turning your key in the lock for the first time, walking into your own apartment, or going to sleep in your own bed feeling safe and secure.

Our residents have been able to experience those moments at Pacific Village, and that is what we celebrated at the grand opening.

The state awarded 16.85 million from the Home Key program towards this project.

Since Home Key started in 2020, more than 105 million has come to our community to support the 600 units I mentioned earlier.

The Housing Commission now owns more than 550 of those units, including Pacific Village.

The city and county also provided 5.9 million each toward the Pacific Village Project, and we oversaw the rehabilitation of the property and are providing rental assistance for all of the residents.

Supportive services are available through the U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans at Pacific Village, and telecare provides services for all of the other residents through funding with the county.

It really is a beautiful site.

It has revitalized that site, and I think also just really contributed to ongoing revitalization in that neighborhood.

I think the team just did a beautiful job.

The Harrington Heights Development at 13th and Broadway provides 270 affordable apartments.

We awarded an $8 million loan and authorized multifamily housing revenue bonds toward the financing that made Harrington Heights possible.

The Housing Commission also awarded 115 rental housing vouchers to help residents pay their rent.

75 of those vouchers are for households that experienced homelessness, including 70 veterans, and the remaining 40 vouchers are for residents with very low income.

We joined the developer Chelsea Investment Corporation as well as Mayor Gloria and additional partners to celebrate the addition of Harrington Heights to our community in the East Village.

Last week we also celebrated the grand opening of two adjacent developments in Claremont.

It's just been it was a whirlwind of a week last week.

A lot of good stuff going on.

The grand opening of two adjacent developments in Claremont that provided a total of 228 new affordable rental apartments for families with low income.

The Motica and Terramina developments are the two newest properties to be completed on the former site of the Sheriff's Crime Lab on land owned by the county.

The rents at these properties will remain affordable for 55 years, and about a quarter of the units are set aside for families with individuals who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

The Housing Commission awarded a $3 million loan to support the MODICA development and eight rental housing vouchers to help residents at Tarmina pay their rent, and Councilmember Campbell, Mayor Gloria, County Supervisor Monomica Montgomery Step, and several partners joined the commemoration of the grand opening.

Chelsea Investment Corporation also developed these properties.

In addition to Motica and Tarmina, the Paul Downey senior residence opened at this site in January with 78 affordable units for seniors.

And another property for affordable units for seniors is under construction and pending completion at this site.

When the final development is completed, a total of more than 400 affordable units will have been built to create an intergenerational community in this Claremont area.

As those developments come online, additional properties are starting construction to create more affordable housing.

This is one of the many that are in our pipeline.

Also, last week we joined the commemoration of the start of construction at the Avanzondo San Yosidro development.

When it is completed, Avenzonda will provide 101 affordable rental housing units near transit in San Isidro for families with low income.

We awarded a 4.1 million dollar loan to support this development.

We're also administering more than six million in state infill infrastructure grant funds that were awarded for this development.

Mayor Gloria and Counter Supervisor Paloma Paloma Aguirre were among the participants at this groundbreaking.

And in September, we joined National Community Renaissance and San Diego Community Housing Corporation for the groundbreaking of Rose Creek Village.

Mayor Gloria and Council President Pro Tem Lee also participated.

When it is completed, the Rose Creek Village Development will provide 59 affordable housing units about two miles from the beach and a mile from a transit center and was San Diego's highest opportunity communities.

We awarded a $2 million loan to support this development and 47 housing vouchers to help residents pay their rent.

Of those, 18 are for veterans previously experiencing homelessness.

Finally, at the end of September, we received two awards of merit from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, or NARO.

Commissioner Tony Jackson from our board accepted the awards on our behalf.

NARO recognized our flood recovery and response programs that assisted hundreds of families displaced by the catastrophic floods in January 2024.

The second award of merit honored the community garden at our Belden Village Affordable Housing Property for seniors with low income.

With guidance from volunteer master gardeners, residents learn gardening skills, spend time outdoors, and participate in community activities such as the regular harvest parties where neighbors get together to taste the fruits of their labor.

Our SDHC Achievement Academy staff were instrumental in starting the community garden.

The garden has led to more engaged senior residents and has helped our property management staff forge closer relationships with the residents.

That concludes my report.

All right.

Thank you very much for that informational presentation.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

There are no public commenters here in council chambers.

We'll go to those that are participating remotely.

Blair Beekman, if you can please unmute.

You'll have two minutes.

Please proceed.

Hi, Blair Beekman.

Thank you for the report.

It is my feeling California over the past few years has simply been developing a more nonpartisan and well-reasoned conversational cooperative process in the questions of housing over the past few years.

It's been pretty interesting.

Does the current Trump administration want to make these more thoughtful ideas and ways of working?

Do they want to make the attempts to work towards these types of ideas and goals and conversations?

As it can actually be better ways to show a strength in their leadership from the current uh federal administration, I feel, and certainly much better than their continual attempts at overmilitarization, which is going to lead absolutely nowhere except people being hurt.

So good luck that we are working on this.

I think housing can be a great way to develop dialogue, uh non-uh bipartisanship, I guess is the word bipartisanship, and that we're working together to solve our issues.

And that's and that was mentioned here, you know.

How we can be having conversations with each other, like before the uh shutdown happened.

We want conversation.

Uh let's do it peacefully and in decent terms.

We don't have to do it in in terms of militarization.

We can do it in terms of having different points of view about the policies of our communities.

That uh it just is not based on over militarization.

Good luck how we can do that.

I think we can.

We certainly have been recently in the past and doing a good job.

So good luck in these continued good efforts.

And uh boy, hopefully that'll win them over eventually.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That does conclude public comment on this item.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

I'll turn it over to agency members for any questions and comments.

Again, this is an information item.

No motion is required, so we'll start out with agency member Campbell.

Thank you so much, Council President.

Thank you for the presentation, all the good work.

I can't tell you how happy I am that District 2 is able to be home to so many more apartments for for people who need them.

And we are happy to welcome them to District 2, and we're glad to have them.

You know, it's interesting when these uh when these projects are first presented to the public, sometimes there's a negative reaction, but they get over it as soon as they meet their new neighbors and realize we are all the same.

And but for the grace of God, any of us could be going in those footsteps that they have followed.

And so we're we're uh very grateful that we can help in any way possible so that all our fellow citizens, especially in district two, are able to have a happy and enjoyable life and a safe life in their own home with the key to lock their door so they feel secure.

So we welcome them to those neighborhoods, those are very safe neighborhoods, and uh we really can't tell you in words how grateful we are to the housing commission for the fabulous job that you do.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, Agency Member Campbell.

We'll go next to agency member Moreno.

Thank you, and thank you for the presentation.

Um I was very excited to see the slide um regarding the groundbreaking for Avanzando San Isidro Community Land Trust.

Um this is gonna be a wonderful uh affordable housing project, and it's the first project to utilize low-income housing tax credit financing with a community land trust model.

Um as you mentioned, it's gonna provide 103 affordable homes and community ownership, which I think is the key phrase there in San Isidro.

Um it's also gonna feature uh one, two, and three bedroom homes designed for multi-generational households, which is huge in D8.

Um, it's also gonna provide the people who live in San Isidro with an opportunity to build generational wealth, which can really have a big impact on the lives of residents, their children, and the grandchildren.

Um we at L UNH two weeks ago maybe uh heard an update um on community land trusts.

Uh this is this is new to San Diego, but it's not new to the nation with Sanny Sidio being avant-garde and being at the forefront.

Um it was mentioned that it was a little difficult to get financing from the San Diego Housing Commission.

Um, and I'm wondering if um that is a thing of the past if we're gonna um we're already allowing.

Are we gonna streamline uh community land trust models uh to potentially get more funding from the San Diego Housing Commission, or are they gonna compete with the rest of the affordable housing developers?

So, Councilmember, I'll I'll reach out to um and sort of get a better understanding of the challenges they experienced um so that we can look into that.

Uh I I haven't heard that directly before, but obviously that's very important to look into.

So I'll look into that and see what we can find out, and then I'll bring an update to you.

And should I ask, do we like I said, this is the first one of its kind.

Um do we give them more points?

Are we allowed to give them more points?

Is this something that this council is?

This time I think they compete along with everybody else, sort of equally.

So I at this time I do not believe we have any extra points or scoring that is different for CLTs.

Okay, yeah.

Well, that's something that was brought up at land use in housing for us as council members to look at or as uh committee members to look into.

So definitely interested in moving that um uh forward.

But thank you for all the presentation and thank you for the advocacy.

I think it was um uh very smart of you to go when you did to Washington DC.

Um, and I think it is important for folks to know how their vote is gonna impact um people you know on a day-to-day basis.

So thank you for doing that.

I know that the work doesn't stop.

Uh I think it has just only begun, right?

So um let us know how we could be of service to the San Diego Housing Commission.

Thank you.

All right, thank you for your comments.

Uh um seeing nobody else on the lights, apparently.

Uh I'll just thank you for taking the time and especially the the time that you and your staff take monitoring what is happening in DC or trying to monitor what is happening since it's not a pretty dynamic situation, it seems like day by day.

Uh and you know, for all the challenges that cities and states have with federal funding.

Um challenges are I would argue minuscule compared to the challenges you all have because we're talking about the direct impact on the individuals you serve.

So it is really heartbreaking to know that that isn't taken in greater consideration in some of the decisions that are being made.

Um and who knows what decisions will be made tomorrow.

So but thank you for keeping us informed.

Again, that was an information item.

Council President, I think Councilmember Von Wilpert has got to Oh my apologies.

Councilmember Von Wolpert.

Thank you.

And thank you, Councilmember Eva.

I raised my hand late, so it's um, but I just wanted to also thank you, Lisa, for your work.

And um, I wanted to ask about the ongoing government shutdown in DC.

Uh it doesn't look like there's end in sight, and I'm wondering what's gonna happen to San Diego.

I I saw in our in your presentation that we did already get to pay uh for for shelter for folks for October, but what happens if this goes into November?

Yeah, so uh we just today got our funds obligated for November, so we will be able to pay November rental assistance.

Um the last conversation we had with our federal consultant, which was yesterday, which was that the sides are not talking to each other.

Um so there is a lot of conversations going on around budget, but they're not actually talking to each other right now, and that um there's not much anticipation that that will change between now and November 1st.

So they think um November 1st when sort of the next big pinch for folks that are being directly impacted by this shutdown occurs, and when um frankly Medicare starts to be impacted and certain letters go out, is when they'll see the next maybe coming together.

Um in the meantime, you know, the Senate I think has voted 10 times for uh a CR and it's going nowhere.

So and the House hasn't met for almost five weeks.

So um we're we're looking to the first or second week of November to see any real change, and at least we'll have November rents paid.

Okay.

Yeah.

I mean, the president is too busy demolishing the White House and building a ballroom to clearly meet with anybody about running the government.

Um but what about the uh the emergency vouchers that were not going to be renewed after the pandemic era program?

Is there any movement on that at this point?

Even though the government shut down.

Have you heard anything about that?

No, and in fact, when we are de when we were in DC, um, even our um congressional representatives that are generally generally very pro-housing, have sort of feel like the horses left the stable on that, that that that that funding is not going to be put back in, that that funding is going to end.

So it is really at this point up to local and state jurisdictions to figure out um how we problem solve around that.

And frankly, it's gonna take a variety of initiatives.

We've um been putting people on our project-based voucher waiting list.

So as new PBVs come online, we're trying to encourage EHV holders to take those new PBV units.

Not everybody is going to take those, it's not gonna work for everybody.

Um we're looking at sort of if we can get a certain number transferred to other opportunities, how many is that left?

What funding will we need next summer to try to get people through an additional year?

So potentially putting philanthropic proposals together.

Um a number of public housing authority CEOs have been meeting together and also talking about having conversations at a state level, but the state is also experiencing funding challenges because of the federal government.

So it's it's um it's very concerning, but we do not feel like every lever has been or dial has been turned yet.

Um HUD is sitting on a bunch of waiver requests from us, and we have another one that we're gonna submit to them as soon as soon as the government reopens, but we don't anticipate hearing anything on those waiver requests because there's nobody at HUD until they return.

We hear it's close to the top of the pile now, so that's something.

Got it.

Thank you.

Um I know that's many families that may be suddenly evicted from housing because their bash vouchers are running out.

Uh is it bash I say the right acronym?

EHV.

Thank you.

EHV, we will be paying, we anticipate to be able to pay rent through fall of next year, at least to fall of next year.

Okay.

So we have about we have about a year.

Okay.

All right.

Well, thank you for the update.

I appreciate you, and thank you for engaging in DC.

It's great to have Sandy Go's voice there.

I appreciate you going and advocating for our folks.

So thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Well, that's a perfect segue to the next item.

Uh so again, thank you, Ms.

Jones, uh, for the presentation and the updates.

So, Clerk, please introduce housing authority item two.

Item HA2 is approval of the revised fiscal year 2026, Section 8 housing choice voucher administrative plan and the revised admissions and continued occupancy policy for public housing.

If you'd like to speak to this item, please be sure to submit your speaker slip up to the clear box at the front of the room, or if you are participating virtually, star nine or the raise your hand icon.

Thank you.

All right.

Staff, please introduce yourselves for the record and let us know how much time you need for the presentation.

Good afternoon.

I'm Maso Senna Vaya Lead, uh, the San Diego Housing Commission's Executive Vice President of Rental Assistance and Workforce Development.

With me is Beta Juarez, uh, the Senior Vice President of Property Management and Asset Management.

We'll need about 10 minutes for our presentation, please.

Okay, when you're ready.

Thank you.

The U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development requires all public housing authorities to adopt written administrative plans for the Section 8 housing choice voucher and public housing programs.

The San Diego Municipal Code requires the housing commission to adopt guidelines for programs previously approved and funded by the housing authority.

In December 1999, the housing authority also adopted a resolution that delegated authority to the housing commission's Board of Commissioners to approve administrative changes to these plans that do not affect selection preferences.

The proposed revisions we are presenting today do affect selection preferences, so they require housing authority approval.

Of those, 501 were awarded to the housing commission.

A HUD notice in 2021 stated that funds would be available until September 30th of 2030 and could be canceled on September 30th, 2035.

Based on HUD's notice, we expected HUD funding allocations to continue through 2030 and to be available for use through 2035.

However, in March, a letter from HUD notified the Housing Commission and other public housing authorities that funding for emergency housing vouchers would end at least five years sooner than anticipated.

In May, HUD was informed, HUD informed us of the estimated final funding allocation we would receive for this program.

We estimate that with this funding, we will be able to assist the 465 families who remain in our program through fall of 2026.

At that time, our emergency housing voucher program will end.

There are no other funds to support the program.

Emergency housing voucher participants are among the most vulnerable in San Diego.

More than half are seniors or have disabilities, and the average annual income of our emergency housing voucher families is $15,895.

These vouchers were created specifically to assist households that are experiencing homelessness, at risk of experiencing homelessness, fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking, or who were recently experienced homelessness and rental assistance will help prevent their homelessness.

To mitigate the risk to these families from the conclusion of this program, we have requested a variety of waivers from HUD.

These include creating a local emergency housing voucher priority on our waiting list for project-based vouchers.

On June 20th, HUD issued a notice that allows public housing authorities to transition emergency housing voucher families to the housing choice voucher program.

But to do so, those families must be selected through the waiting list.

And HUD will not provide additional funding for this transition.

So we are proposing a revision to our Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan.

It would create a local preference for emergency housing voucher families to the waiting list for Section 8 and Project Based Versu.

This would apply only to our current emergency housing voucher families.

And the priority will be available for up to 12 months after HUD's emergency housing voucher funding for the uh for the families ends.

It is important to keep in mind that even with this revision, we are not pulling families from our tenant-based Section 8 housing choice voucher waiting list.

And only a small number of project-based vouchers will be available before 2026.

This will not resolve the housing challenges our emergency housing voucher families will face, but it is a step in the uh with the pot, it is a step with the potential to help some of these families avoid housing instability when the emergency housing voucher program ends.

Now Bethel will share with you the proposed revisions to the administ admissions and continued occupancy policy for public housing, also known as ACOP.

Thank you.

The Housing Commission manages 189 federal public housing units in the City of San Diego.

We periodically update our ACOP to incorporate moving to work initiatives adopted for other SCET programs.

Legally required updates and clarifications of the warding in the ACOP.

Federal regulations allow public housing authorities to establish local preferences for the public housing waiting list and to prioritize families that meet those criteria.

Our public housing wait list currently consists of 63,732 households.

The proposed updates to the ACOP include modifying the language about waiting list preferences to be consistent with the waiting list preferences in the housing commission's Section 8 housing choice voucher administrative plan.

This reflects our strategy, our strategic effort to ensure greater consistency, fairness, and administrative efficiency across both programs.

This slide includes a few examples of the proposed revisions to the language in the current ACOP.

The proposed ACOP would also state that within the preference categories, applicants will be served by the date and time of their application.

This is in addition to the ACOP, but it is consistent with our current practice for the public housing waiting list.

The proposed changes to the ACOP will not have an impact on those currently on the wait list.

Thank you.

This slide shows a full updated text regarding the waiting list preferences as it appears in the proposed ACOP.

The numbers for each category represent the updated rankings for the preferences, with number one indicating the highest preference and number four the lowest.

We are recommending that the board take the actions shown in the staff report and on this slide.

That concludes our presentation, and we are available for questions.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you for the presentation.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you.

Council President, we do not have any speakers here in Council Chambers.

I'll go to those participating remotely.

Nobody has their hand raised.

That concludes public comment.

All right.

Thank you, City Clerk.

So we'll now turn it over to HC members for questions, comments, and entertain a motion.

And I see Council President Pro Tem Lee is first on the lights.

Sir?

Thank you, Council President.

I don't want to believe some of this discussion.

I think we've had a lot of um conversations back and forth about the challenges of what we're seeing from the federal government.

Um and uh especially when it comes to emergency housing vouchers, uh, some concern as we move forward.

Um the only question I had on top of my mind was just watching the continuation of the shutdown as it moves.

Well, it's not moving at all.

Um, but that there have been some heightened discussions as of late of a possible longer continuing resolution.

I I'm curious compared to compared to what we've seen in the budget proposals out there, what what do we see and are the sort of potential impacts of a continuing resolution that is longer than previously anticipated.

So in general, um the continuing resolutions have been better what we think better than what we think we're going to get when we get a final budget, because the budget numbers in the final proposed budgets from both the House and the Senate don't get to fully fully funding the voucher program.

It's it's prorated by several percent.

However, the longer we go in a continuing resolution cycle, the less relevant that quote unquote fully effective fund full funding is because it doesn't take into account inflationary factors.

Right now, we're based on a CR from a budget that was over a year old, and the numbers for those budgets were based on numbers from the previous year.

So when you really look at it, we're almost back to 2023, is the kind of funding that we have right now.

Um so the longer we're in a CR, the less it takes into account for inflation, the less adequate that funding becomes thank you for that very depressing but real take on it.

Because this is a good reminder.

I think when we read what's happening, um, this is a a good reminder of just how broken our Federal Government is in terms of uh budgeting because even the continuing resolutions that are being discussed right now that might be extended another six months, another year perhaps, those are as I had read the funding is a misnomer.

Based on on numbers that are years old now and um 18 months at best, and so that that is a little scary, and even then it might still be better than what we are projecting in the proposed budgets that we have out there.

So I share this because I I think it's it's important for the public to understand how difficult a situation we all are in with the housing commission administering these vouchers because either way we are seeing a significant reduction to the potential services we are providing to people or the capacity of which we have to work with.

Yeah, the reality is when our lawmakers do not fully fund our voucher program, our voucher programs across that means that our voucher programs across the country are shrinking.

So they are finding a way to shrink these programs.

They're just doing it through cuts.

And as costs go up and cuts increase, the number of people you can serve with the quote unquote same amount of money continues to shrink.

So it it is it is a shrinkage of the programs is what we're seeing.

And this is exactly why the waiting lists continue to lengthen if not if they're not closed uh in entirety, and it's also what will directly translate if nothing else is done to families who might be displaced when when the assistance is not there.

Yes.

Um where we currently have been helping.

So we can't reach the folks that are have been waiting many, many, many years already.

Yeah.

Well, thank you for the presentation, nonetheless.

I'm happy to move the staff's recommendation.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you, Council President Pro Tem Lee for the motion to move the staff recommendation.

We'll go to next agency member Moreno.

I'm happy to second the motion.

All right.

Not seeing anybody else on the lights.

Uh thank you for the good work.

Oops.

Really this time?

Council member or agency member Ilo Rivera.

Really, this time.

Thank you, Council President.

Um appreciate um the presentation and thank you, Lisa, for the responses.

I just there's consequences of this action.

It it I support the motion in front of us.

I think that's what we need to do, but there's also the consequences that will stem from it.

What should we know in terms of thinking ahead and planning for the future based on the actions taken today and the anti the actions that we have to anticipate taking the um I think for us there aren't very many, if at all, any solutions to address the emergency housing voucher funding expiring five years prematurely.

The families in these vouchers are some of the most vulnerable out of all the populations that we serve.

They have some of the lowest incomes that we have, their lowest AMI, uh high rate of uh elderly and disabled.

So while HUD has allowed housing authorities to prioritize or give them a priority on waiting list, um there is no funding attached to it in order to give them vouchers.

Um we are not selecting from our tenant-based voucher waiting list, which is um not going to be as impacted by us prioritizing these families on that waiting list.

But by adding these EHBs as a priority to our project-based waiting list, they are being assisted prior to other families who are on the waiting list prior to that, which is also why we've added a caveat that this priority will only be in effect for 12 months until after the EHV funding ends.

Thanks.

So I I think I want to um I'm gonna push a little bit, not because I think you're hiding resources.

I I don't think that um but we we don't operate in a vacuum either.

You in and and we need to support you and the community needs to support us.

And so from that standpoint, I think thinking like in the biggest picture possible, what needs to happen in order to avoid the worst cases, worst case scenarios that you could envision based on the vulnerability of the people who are going to be made significantly more vulnerable as a result of this.

So we have about 460 households on the program today.

Let's hope that we can maybe get 140 onto the PABVs.

That's probably too high, right?

100, 80.

Which means then we still have let's say 350, 360 households to solve for we can't we can't absorb them into our existing program because we're spending more than we're getting.

That's the case for a lot of housing authorities across the country and particularly across the state, because when rent are so high like they are in California, when we're not getting enough from HUD, it it hurts even more.

Um what we're hoping to do is problem solve for those we can.

We have some waivers that we're still waiting for from HUD as well, so that people who came in who were previously homeless can keep their homeless designation, and we can use continuum of care funds, and we can also put folks into our permanent supportive housing units that are coming online, right?

More home key units and then our units that turn over.

After that, and I think probably by March or April, we'll have a pretty good idea, council member, of how many we have to work with that we have to problem solve with something else.

And that is looking at alternative funding streams.

Um, putting together a package proposal around philanthropy, looking at what potential funding streams come into our community that we can use.

Worst case scenario, trying to work through our prevention, our housing and stability proven prevention program and other prevention diversion programs across the county's jurisdiction to see how we can sort of cobble together resources.

But but our goal is to do everything we can to get folks into permanent housing we have control over or have a voucher connected to, and then to sort of problem solve with a package of options for the rest.

I think philanthropy is going to have to be very much involved.

And recognizing that housing is the very often the largest expense that folks have, but not the only expense that folks have.

I would imagine that there's another component of this where every bit of resource and assistance that we can provide to folks for food and health care and transportation closes that gap that either the housing commission or philanthropy is going to look to would need to close or the city need to close you know kind of more directly for housing.

Is that absolutely and that's sort of almost standard operating procedure for us already because we're already dealing with households and some of the lowest incomes in our community and are very vulnerable.

So those connection to other community resources that accessing benefits, accessing food, accessing you know, transportation vouchers, those kinds of things is something we already kind of do with folks.

So that's definitely part of that component.

But on average, these households earn about sixteen thousand dollars annually.

So we're talking when you compare our average rental cost of about 14, about $1,575 a month.

It's about our average subsidy.

These households get closer to 2100 a month on average.

We're talking very vulnerable households, so even those community resources are not going to solve that gap.

We're gonna need probably 10 million dollars annually approximately.

And and just to like put a very clear point on it, that 10 million dollars a year would, in your estimation, prevent how many folks from either being made homeless or displaced.

Yeah.

It'll keep them housed.

180 households is that well, that's probably 10 million would probably be around 400 households approximately.

Okay, so for the okay.

And only for one year.

And only for one year.

Yeah, on an annual basis.

Yeah.

Right.

It's a it's a lot of money, but it's also money that exists within this city.

So I you know, I think that's daunting, it's terrifying, especially if you're someone who is a member of those families or loves someone in those families, but it's also not an unachievable goal in a city that has the amount of wealth that we have here and the resources that we have in theory at our disposal.

And so honestly, I think it's one of our more achievable goals these days.

Yeah, I mean, there's there's I've heard worse math than that.

So I just, you know, intimidating, scary for sure.

I just I want to make sure that we have an understanding of what the numbers are, sort of like in a really clear way, and then again, this is gonna require community response and a shifting in the way things are done, clearly, because um I don't think that the damage being done today is you know, we're not anticipating it to stop.

It's likely to get worse.

Yeah, thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you.

Um I don't see anybody else in the lights.

I'll close by thanking you.

Um the day-to-day work that you do is difficult anyway, um, even when the money is there, but uh when these challenges um come forward, um the work that you do to try to understand diagnose and figure out the best um is is just we can't thank you enough for that, even as daunting uh as a challenge is in front of us.

Um are we the final authority on this, or does this also action have to go back to HUD for their approval?

HUD has already issued approval for the EHV preference and allows our board uh to make changes on the ACOP.

So this is the final authority approval.

Okay.

And just uh given the number that this is a national challenge with public housing authorities.

Are they in the same boat?

Are they looking at the same kinds of solutions?

We're seeing the same issue locally within the county of San Diego, statewide and um nationwide, where housing authorities do not have the funds to transition the EHV families into the traditional voucher program.

So yes.

There's not a lot of leeway in which way to go.

So all right.

Uh tough conversations, but uh thank you for the good work.

So we do have a motion by agency member Lee and a second by agency member Moreno to move the staff recommendation.

Clerk, please call the roll.

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

Councilmember Juan Wilbert, if I can get your vote for the record.

I vote yes.

Thank you.

That does pass unanimously, nine to zero.

All right.

We will proceed with the approval of the housing authority minutes for the meeting of Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025.

Clerk, please proceed with public comment.

Thank you.

The public comment period for the housing authority minutes is now open.

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

The minutes being approved for the meeting of Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025.

I have no public comment speakers here or online, so that does conclude public comment on these.

All right, thank you, City Council.

Can I get a motion to approve uh agency member Whitburn and a second by we'll give it to Campbell?

All right, so we have the motion by agency member Whitburn, second by agency member Campbell.

Uh, please call the role, Clerk.

I started the voting system.

Please cast your vote.

I vote yes.

Thank you.

That does pass unanimously, nine to zero.

All right, we will now take up housing authority non-agenda public comment.

The housing authority members respect and appreciate the public's input and are fully committed to protecting every participant's free speech rights at the housing authority meetings.

Clerk, please proceed with non-agenda public comment.

But within the subject matter jurisdiction of the housing authority, each speaker will have two minutes, and the public comment period for the housing authority is now open.

If you're in chambers, please submit a speaker slip.

If you are virtual, please raise your hand or do the call-in participant.

If you're a call-in participant, star nine.

I see no speaker slips here in chambers going to Blair Beekman online.

You'll have two minutes, please proceed.

All right, thank you.

Uh Blair Beekman.

Thank you again for your work yesterday to create uh more clear, good standards on how to address the current federal administration.

New programs to better address housing and violent crime have simply been developing and working well in California and in cities across the country in the past few years.

I feel a true testament to the good intentions and organizational skills of the previous Biden administration.

So now Trump and his own Republican Party brand at the local level want to upset these good developing good standards and to now over control, direct and dominate the situation, and when it's simply becoming more clear we do not need federal over-militarization to solve current housing and violent crime issues in local California and U.S.

cities.

Does the current Trump administration want to make efforts to the more thoughtful ideas of conversation and dialogue and ways of working at this time as a local level?

It can actually be better ways to show strength and leadership.

Less people will be hurt that way.

Good luck in our efforts to develop dialogue and uh best practices.

Uh we can work on that together.

Good luck what that can develop to.

With that said, um, I wanted to comment that you know, our housing development here for this item, uh HUD funding talks a lot about um uh it offers a lot of funding for uh tech infrastructure things, you know, bridging digital divide and stuff like that.

Um currently uh in the San Yasidro area in Council Person Moreno's district, you know, uh her a lot of her efforts in housing development and park development.

Um there's tech involved, and uh you know that we just have to be really mindful of all the tech that we're trying to better understand at this time and how that can be processed and delivered uh the data collection to the federal level.

So I asked for Council Person Moreno to have patience in her plans for what she has in the area and learn to better talk about you know the the tech that we have to be balancing at this time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That does conclude non-agenda public comment for the housing authority.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

We will now adjourn as the housing authority and reconvene as a city council.

And with that, I will now turn over to Council President Pro Dem Lee for an adjournment in memory uh thank you to my colleagues.

Um today I'm asking my colleagues to join me in adjourning this council meeting in the solemn memory of David Emile Joseph Bazo, a resident of District 6, Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego, and the former interim chair of UC San Diego's Department of Family Medicine.

Dr.

Bazo passed away on June 28th of this year at the age of 63.

Born on April 18th, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr.

Bazo was a second-generation Italian American.

In 1985, he earned degrees in biology and chemistry from UC Irvine, and then in 1990, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

He then moved here to start his residency at UC San Diego.

In 1994, Dr.

Bazo officially joined the School of Medicine faculty, embarking on a renowned career treating patients and families, all while holding leadership roles throughout San Diego and mentoring the next generation of physicians.

He was the medical director for the Mira Mesa Faculty Clinic, the interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine, and the team physician for several professional sports teams, including the San Diego SEALs, the San Diego Stars and Stripes All-Star Football Team, and as consulting physician for the San Diego Chargers and the United States Olympic Committee.

Well respected by his peers, he was also selected as one of San Diego's top doctors and was an influential member of the California and national medical community.

For those who knew Dr.

Bazo, he will be remembered as a kind, charismatic, and welcoming person.

One of his mentees, Dr.

McMillan, shared with us that when their advocacy groups were on trips to Sacramento, he would often stay up late to play darts with his younger colleagues, offering welcome advice not just about their careers, but often wisdom for their personal and work-life balance as well.

He worked hard to build an inclusive and collaborative culture across his department.

He loved to entertain and often opened his home to faculty and staff to share dinner and stories.

He hosted his clinic's annual holiday party, where he would help prepare dinner and dress up as Santa Claus to give gifts to children in his department.

During celebrations, you could always catch Dr.

Bazo on the dance floor, enjoying every moment.

Dr.

Bazo is survived by his wife, San Diego Unified School Board Trustee Sabrina Bazo, and his two daughters, Mara and Eliana.

His dedication to District 6 and the broader San Diego community will be deeply missed.

May we adjourn this meeting in memory of Dr.

David Emile Joseph Bazo, and may his legacy live on through the countless families he's treated.

We do have Sabrina Bazo, as many of you already know here today, and I'll offer Sabrina just a moment of my time.

In addition to the work he did through UCSD, uh he did a lot of volunteer work too as a sports medicine doctor.

He took care of a lot of students that didn't have health care.

They would come to our house.

So he gave, you know, of himself in so many different ways for our community.

Um and I also want to thank Peter Bull and Lauren Hazuski.

They're here from UCSD for uh joining us as well.

Um he was also a leader in area of healthcare advocacy.

He was president of the California Academy of Family Physicians, and he was president of the County or the California Medical Association, our chapter here.

And so I appreciate you taking the time to recognize him today.

Thank you.

And I'll note there's been uh several community celebrations of Dr.

Bazo, uh, but there will also be a celebration of life uh in November for those who are interested for the many, many members of the community in which he has touched.

Thank you, Council President.

Uh thank you, Council President Pro Tamley, and uh our best wishes for you, Sabrina and your friend your family and all the friends that he made.

With that, we will now adjourn council to the next regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 10 a.m.