The San Diego Public Safety Committee met on September 17, 2026, to consider amendments to contractor standards and hear public testimony. The meeting was chaired by Vice Chair Campio due to the absence of Chair Von Wilpert, a point raised by multiple speakers. Note: The transcript identifies the meeting date as September 16, 2026, conflicting with the provided date; this summary uses the assigned date of September 17, 2026.
On Consent Item 1:
On Discussion Item 4 (Contractor Standards):
Non-Agenda Public Comment (selected speakers):
Item 4 – Amendments to San Diego Municipal Code Section 22.3004 (Contractor Standards)
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the public safety committee meeting of September 16th, 2026. Our committee liaison Sarah Jordan will provide information and instruction for the public to participate in today's meeting. Sarah. Thank you, Vice Chair. While members of the public are able to attend the meeting in person, this meeting is being televised and live streamed on the city's website, and council administration will continue to make arrangements for the public to comment using the Zoom web platform. Members of the public wish to provide testimony via a call-in or an internet-based service option must enter the virtual speaking queue within five minutes after conclusion of in-person public testimony or before the virtual speaking queue is exhausted, whichever occurs first. This will allow for better meeting management between the two platforms and ensure the committee is able to manage and conduct city business. We appreciate the public's cooperation, Vice Chair. Now call the meeting to order. Sarah, please call the role. Vice Chair Campio? Here. Committee member Campbell. Here. Committee member Whitburn? Sure. Chair Von Wilbert. Also attending today's meeting is Daniel Orla from the Office of the City Attorney. Bekup Patel from the office of the IBA and Coda Zeiser with the office of the mayor. And if you're in person, please complete a speaker slip located at the entrance of the committee room and place it in the box indicated at the table at the front of the room. Please do so in a timely manner to ensure proper meeting management. Once organized presentations have concluded, no other fur further organized presentations will be taken. No organized presentations have been submitted today. In-person testimony will conclude before virtual testimony begins, and no further in-person testimony will be taken once the committee begins virtual testimony. Members of the public can join the webinar by computer, tablet, or smartphone by accessing the link, which is listed online in the preamble language of the agenda on the city's webpage. To join the Zoom webinar by telephone, please dial 1669-2545252. Inputting webinar ID 1613980144 Pound. This information is also available on the agenda and it will appear on the screen during the public comment period for each agenda item. Please note that if you're watching via City TV 24 online, there may be delay. Please participate via the audio on your phone and mute your TV or computer when it's your turn to speak. If you wish to speak to a particular item, please wait for that item to be called and then raise your hand to speak by tapping the raise your hand icon, or if you're a call and participant by pressing star nine on your phone. If you raise your hand during a non-comment period, your hand will be lowered by Chair. Thank you. A quorum being present, uh, just as a note to the public, consent item number two and discussion item number three have been returned to staff will not be heard at today's meeting. Uh, and non-agenda public comment will be at the end of our meeting. Uh are there any committee member, mayor, city attorney, or independent budget analysts uh comments. Hearing none. Any requests for continuances. Hearing none, I will dispense with approval of our consent agenda. Do we have any request to pull an item from consent? Hearing none, let's move forward with public comment. Sarah. Each speaker will have one minute to provide their testimony to item number one. We've received one speaker slip here in the committee room. Um, hi. And it's um because when I'm inside this chamber, um, this I do not deserve to get treated like this in a uh American city hall chamber. Um, what's happening to me is disgusting. Uh, the city council before the meeting starts, um, speaks in constant gibberish. Basically tortures me, and they will say my thoughts out loud.