I will now call the city council meeting of Monday, September 14th, 2026 to order.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Council President.

Councilmember Campbell.

Councilmember Whitburn.

Councilmember Foster.

Councilmember Von Wolpert.

Council President Pro Tem Lee.

Here.

Councilmember Campio.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

Councilmember Ilo Rivera.

And Council President Lacava.

Present.

Also attending the meeting.

Our City Attorney Heather Ferber, independent budget analyst Charles Matica, and myself, your city clerk, Deanna Fuentes.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, City Clerk.

Quorum is now present.

We will begin this morning with an invocation by Clerk Fuentes, followed with the land acknowledgement and the pledge of allegiance led by Council President Pro Tem we Grant those who hold office in this city the spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice that with steadfast purpose they may faithfully serve in their offices to promote the well-being of all people.

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

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

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

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

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

If you'll face the flag, join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ready to begin.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation undergoing indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

City 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 how the public can offer their public testimony during today's meeting.

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

No further in-person testimony will be taken once the council begins virtual testimony for better meeting management purposes.

Each speaker will have one minute per item per person, up to a maximum of three minutes if there are three or more items.

Thank you, Council President.

All right, thank you, City Clerk.

Please read the closed session items into the record and proceed with public comment.

Thank you.

Conference with the council existing litigation pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 D1 is CS1, La Jolla Terrace HOA versus City of San Diego et al.

Public Employment Performance Evaluation Pursuing to California Government Code Section 54957B1.

CS2 title city clerk.

Thank you, Council President.

All right.

Thank you.

I see nobody here in Council Chambers has submitted a speaker slip.

I'm starting the five-minute timer and going to those participating remotely.

We currently have three speakers in the queue, starting with the original.

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

Both of them, please.

You'll have two minutes, please proceed.

So with this alleged failed underground pipe, it's unfortunate that the infrastructure in the city continues to cost the people more and more money and litigation as uh it's failing, as it's just not upkept, and it makes me think about the impending storms that are coming in your you know, five billion dollars that you need in storm infrastructure and what you're doing, you know, when you have a failed underground pipe.

Are you going and you know, making sure that there are no other failures?

Are you just waiting for a failure to happen and then a lawsuit to you know come after that with the storm infrastructure not being upkept and cloud seeding potentially happening with El Segundo and a new program that they have with drones, um you know, you guys need to start thinking about what you're gonna do to make sure that the city is gonna be able to withstand the amount of water that is going to come because of this.

So I think you guys need to really just uh be prepared.

Um, and then the city clerk is um do enjoy you, Deanna.

Um I don't think that we should be giving raises.

I don't know if that's included in this, but I do think that um as a clerk that you are pretty fair.

I do think sometimes you cut people off when they're speaking a little bit too quickly, um, like as almost just like immediately or right before the time is up.