All right, good morning.

I will call the rules committee of Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 to order and call the roll.

Vice Chair, Council President Pro Tam Flee.

Here.

Councilmember Campion.

Here.

Councilmember Moreno.

Present.

Councilmember Elo Rivera.

I understand he's going to be a little bit late.

And I am present.

Also attending the meeting today, Jillian Andalina with the Office of the Independent Budget Analyst, Kathy Simon with the Office of the City Attorney.

Matt Yeagan with the office of the mayor of Mayor Todd Gloria.

And Abby Reuters, committee consultant.

Sarah, please continue with public comment instructions.

Thank you, Council President.

If you're in person, please complete a speaker slip located at the entrance of the committee room and place it on the top of the box indicated at the table at the front of the room.

Please do so in a timely manner to ensure proper meeting management.

In-person testimony will conclude before virtual testimony begins, and members of the public can also 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.

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Chair.

All right.

Thank you, Sarah, for reviewing those instructions for the benefit of the public.

The quorum is now present.

We will start by taking up non-agenda public comment.

The 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.

Sarah, please proceed with non-agenda public comment.

Thank you, Chair.

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 are within the subject matter jurisdiction of this committee, and each speaker will have two minutes.

Again, if you need to participate by telephone, you may dial 1669-2545252, being sure to input webinar ID 16049-9420 pound.

We've received one speaker slip here in the committee room, so we will begin in-person testimony with Paul Kruger.

You will have two minutes.

Thank you for your testimony.

I'll begin the five-minute timer for all those in the virtual queue to indicate if they wish to provide non-agenda public comment at this time.

As a reminder, each speaker will have two minutes.

And we will begin with Blair Beekman.

Please unmute and provide your comment at this time.

All right, thank you, Blair Beekman.

Thanks a lot for the words of Paul Kruger.

Really nice to hear.

Um, to create a study process on the middle management issues uh is a really good idea.

And somewhat long term, and I think fits in nicely to what I'm trying to describe is that we don't have to be on this dead set course of uh reducing the the San Diego budget deficit in a short amount of time.

I think we can take some time to do it, and if we're clear on that with each other, that allows us a little breathing room.

And um to also mention, you know, he Paul mentioned that you know, why wasn't the mayor coordinating with wealthy donors for when art funding is gonna be cut?

The same can be said is that he's wanting to the mayor is wanting to cut services for the Neil Good uh Day Center.

That is a vital center for the community in the area.

It's shocking he wants to do that.

Um I'm a part of that system actually, and I need that place a lot.

I mean, for showers for mail, um just a place to be in the daytime.

It's shocking he's doing this.

Why doesn't the mayor coordinate social services to be at that location and to help with people find housing and make it a regular stop for city government persons to help in a process?

Um the mayor has said, you know, it doesn't serve any part of long-term permanent housing.

Uh, which why don't we coordinate things, programs, ideas?

You know, it's that sort of thinking that is really lacking from uh the mayor.