Should we begin?

Okay.

So I'll go ahead and call this special meeting of the South San Francisco City Council to order for this uh February the fourth.

And we'll begin with a roll call.

Thank you, Mayor.

Councilmember Coleman.

Here.

Councilmember Flores?

Present.

Councilmember Nicholas.

Present.

Vice Mayor Nogales.

Mayor Adiego.

Here.

And it's uh nice to have Councilman Coleman um beaming in all the way from New York City tonight.

I understand.

Um maybe dinner later.

Oh, you're in Baltimore?

Yeah.

Oh, you're just you're moving so fast.

Yeah, okay.

Um, cold over here.

All right.

Um so let's um let's go ahead uh with uh the next item of business.

Moving on to pledge of allegiance, mayor.

That's right.

Um so I'm I'm asking um, I think the next up would be the vice mayor to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

You can't get over your heart.

I think my pledge of allegiance to the United States, and so we're looking at decision stance or the liberty.

Thank you, Mark.

Moving along to agenda review mayor.

Do we have any changes to tonight's brief agenda?

Madam City Manager, any changes to the agenda?

No, mayor.

We're gonna we're gonna actually take a little recess.

I'm gonna step off the dice for a moment.

Recording stopped.

Recording in progress.

Okay, we'll uh resume the meeting and um we've conferred with the city attorney who would like to answer some comments into the record.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um just wanted to clarify that um council member Coleman will be participating under the uh remotely under the just cause provisions of the Brown Act, which allow for um remote attendance um uh for reasons that are specified there for um for a variety of reasons.

Um we had previously noticed on the um on the agenda that Councilmember Coleman would be at a location in New York.

We understand from his comments that he's um participating from another location.

Uh but the Brown Act does allow for remote participation um under the just cause provisions, and so I just wanted to clarify for the record that he will be doing that.

Um as a result, he will need to um uh for any vote.

Um I specify whether anyone over the age of eighteen is in the room with him at the time of the vote, and we will um have to allow for remote public comments via Zoom as part of following the protocols that are in the Brown Act.

Okay, all right.

Um, and for members of the public to um know their the option to raise your hand online is now available.

Okay, all right.

Um, thank you for clarifying, Mr.

Ludruff.

And uh let's go ahead and um go to agenda review.

Are we gonna change anything on this uh limited agenda?

We do not need to change anything.

Thank you, Mayor.

Very good.

And uh Rosa.

Moving on to Lavine Act disclosures.

Does the council have any disclosures for tonight?

No.

Thank you.

Moving on to announcements from staff.

Okay.

So, mayor, um, I would like to start this evening um with announcements, and we'll still have some other of our stack folks be able to join us for some additional information.

Um, and I wanted to um start with the fact that we have the I had the pleasure of inviting everybody to the flag raising ceremony in honor of Black History Month.

We'll be raising the Black Lives Matter flag on the flagpole in front of City Hall, and it will be this Friday, February the 6th at noon.

City Hall is located at 400 Grand Avenue, and we hope to see you there.

Okay.

Thank you very much for that.

Uh-huh.

Yes.

Okay.

And then we also um next we'll have um uh Marie from the city manager's office um provide several different um uh events that are upcoming, including, as you see, the uh vice mayor's neighborhood town hall.

Marie, yes, thank you.

Um, this is a reminder about our Vice Mayor Nogales' Westboro Neighborhood Town Hall.

It's Tuesday, February 10th at 6:30 at the Alice Bullo Center, and the vice mayor and staff will provide updates on preschool expansion, child care, public safety, traffic, and much more.

Second, um, city offices will be closed on Monday, February 16th in observance of President's Day, with the exception of public safety and water quality.

And lastly, on behalf of Katie Donner and Ernesto Lucera with our ECD department, I'm excited to share a special event happening here in South City on Friday, February 20th from 3 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

We'll be hosting our second lunar new year night market along the 300 block of Maple Avenue, which is between Grand Avenue and Miller Avenues.

This is a free family-friendly celebration, and it's a vibrant gathering that highlights the diversity and cultural richness of our city, featuring food, local vendors, cultural performances, and activities for all ages.

The night market is a wonderful way to support small businesses, bring our community together, and welcome renewal and prosperity in the year of the horse.

I encourage everyone to attend, enjoy the festivities, and experience the best of South City's creativity and culture.

And a special thank you to Genentech and South San Francisco Scavengers for their generous sponsorship of this event.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs.

Pateo.

And with that, we'll move on to presentations.

Mayor item number one is a proclamation celebrating Black History Month in February 2026.

So tonight I've asked the Vice Mayor to present the um proclamation to one of his constituents from his district.

Um and I've asked the vice mayor because it's so very difficult when you're a working person to make a noontime event on a Friday.

He'll try, but if he's not there, I wanted him to fully participate tonight.

So with that, Mr.

Vice Mayor.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I am honored uh to present this proclamation.

Uh for February, the City of South San Francisco celebrates National Black History Month, and this year's theme is a century of Black History, uh, marking the 100th anniversary of the celebration initiated by Dr.

Carter G.

Woodson in 1926.

President Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month in 1976, and since then, every president has recognized the importance of this observance.

This milestone themes emphasizes the hundred-year impact of black history on American culture, focusing on the themes of memory, momentum, and the preservation of black history.

Shining a light on black history today is important to understand ourselves and the growings and growing stronger as a nation as ever been.

Black Americans lead industries and movements for change, serve our communities and our nation at every level, and advance every field across the board, including arts and science, business and law, health and education, and many, many more.

It was with that I am proud, along with along with the members of the city council that have signed this proclamation, recognizing February as Black History Month, and it's my honor to present this to Charles Stewart.

Charles.

And glad to uh participate in this council session here to recognize the achievements of black Americans.

Some people still call them African Americans.

So just to give you just a little bit of note here, the uh significance of this is that to remember the importance of people, events in the history of the African sporo, and is observed by the United States and Canada during the same month.

There are other countries that observe it: Ireland, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, but in different months.

Some people ask why February.

He chose the month to coincide with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, February the 12th, and Fed Vic Douglas, February the 14th.

Two pivotal figures in black history, building on existing celebrations of their birthdays to expand recognition of Black achievement.

So this proclamation honoring Black History Month is accepted with extreme gratitude and appreciation.

So we thank you.

But I just want to give you a few notable blacks.

There's a little whole list of them, so I'll just give you a few.

Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama.

I don't have a long list to go over, but that's just a sample of some of them.

So I appreciate your honored Black History Month and the celebrations and continue good work as City Council of South San Francisco.

Thank you.

Very nice.

Mr.

Stewart, thank you for joining us tonight.

And I know it may be difficult for you to be there on noon on Friday, but if you are able to attend, we'd love to have you in front of City Hall for the flag raising.

Um there's a gentleman who's has a 50-year business history in South San Francisco, quite a storied career, and he's agreed to be with us on that day, Robert Sims, and then we'll have members of both the uh South San Francisco Fire Department and the police department in uniform for a solemn flag raising.

So look forward to seeing you.

I'll be there.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Moving on to item number two is a presentation on 2025 annual crime statistics.

Good evening, uh, Mr.

Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Member Scott Campbell, your chief of police.

Tonight I'll be providing an overview of our 2025 crime statistics, and I'm pleased to report that many of our key indicators uh continue to move in the right direction.

For those who may not be familiar, crime rates are shaped by a variety of complex and interconnected factors, including social, economic, and environmental influences, such as poverty, education, city landscape, and effectiveness of policing.

These numbers tell an important story about the progress we've made as a community and the challenges that we still face.

Dispatches not only for South San Francisco, but also the city of Pacifica.

These numbers before you on the screen only reflect the calls for service in South San Francisco.

They're busy 24-7.

In 2025, they've answered 124,974 telephone calls.

22,801 of those were actual 911 calls, and all of the calls resulted in nearly 50,000 documented incidents and nearly 5,000 formal investigations.

Our crime data is collected by the California and national incident-based reporting systems, and crimes are categorized into three groups.

The first being crimes against property, such as robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, and stolen property.

As you can see, year over year, this has continues to drop, and in 2025, we are down another 17%.

Crimes against persons, such as homicide, kidnapping, sexual assault, and aggravated assault, down 14%.

Crimes against society, such as drug offenses and weapons possession is down a 23%, and I added violent assaults on there.

Those are assaults that involve weapons, and we are down 24%.

So when comparing crime statistics, it is generally recommended to use a three-year comparison to account for natural fluctuations and variability in crime rates that can occur over a two-year period.

This approach provides a more stable and reliable measure of crime tends crime trends, so we will be viewing a three-year view over the past three years.

So we've seen a significant decrease in stolen vehicles, and thanks to our ALPR cameras, we've recovered dozens of stolen vehicles entering our city.

We know that stolen vehicles are no longer used for joy rides.

They are used to commit additional crimes.

So the use of this technology has made a huge impact in preventing other crimes from occurring in South San Francisco.

Commercial burglaries are down 13%.

Commercial burglaries also include storage lockers, storage sets, and connex boxes, and a majority of these cases did involve storage facilities, construction sites, and vacant businesses.

Vehicle burglars, we saw another substantial decrease.

They continue to occur throughout the city with the highest concentrations near hotels and shopping centers.

As we continue to monitor crime trends, we have noticed that so far in 2026, we've already noticed an increase in vehicle burglaries uh throughout South San Francisco and the peninsula, where uh the suspects are targeting rental vehicles uh for luggage and electronic items, and it's typically individuals that are traveling to or from the San Francisco International Airport.

Robberies are down 32 percent.

It should be noted that uh several of these robberies were the result of shoplifting where suspects were confronted and threatened employees with physical harm.

And I'd like to highlight one particular case.

Our officers and detectives were able to utilize our AOPR cameras and other technical investigative methods to identify an armed robbery crew who were responsible for multiple robberies throughout the peninsula, to include one in South San Francisco that resulted in an individual shooting uh at one of our residents.

Fortunately, the resident was not struck, but based on uh the investigation, we are able to identify three suspects, and two of those suspects have since been taken into custody.

Residential burglaries are down 42 percent.

And I just want to make it clear that the term residential burglary can be somewhat misleading when you hear residential burglary, you think of someone breaking into your home.

However, the elements of uh residential burglary first-degree burglary are to enter an inhabited dwelling with the intent to commit a crime, and that also includes hotel rooms and structures affixed to inhabited dwellings, for example, parking garages, mail rooms, and bicycle storages on the first floor of apartment complexes, uh condos, and of many of these uh burglaries fell into those categories.

That's that's an interesting difference.

Um how many are actual residential burglaries where they're entering the domicile where somebody is living.

Yeah, fewer than fewer than 10 were actual residents.

That's reassuring because the scariest thing is when somebody enters your home.

So thank you.

Unfortunately, over the past three years, we have seen a 50% increase in sexual assaults.

Uh, these horrendous crimes.

Uh the silver lining is that uh we hope more victims and survivors felt comfortable uh coming forward and uh reporting their abusers.

In all cases, uh the victims knew their assailants.

There was no stranger attacks.

Our officers and detectives are extremely passionate uh about doing proper investigations of this nature and uh holding these individuals accountable.

And just recently uh I learned that uh two cases resulted in significant uh prison sentences.

We've had uh zero homicides.

Our last homicide was in 2023 as the result of domestic violence, and our city uh continues to partner with Cora, which is community overcoming relationship abuse, uh, to help survivors uh to make a change to get out of uh these dangerous relationships and hopefully prevent this terrible crime from from happening again.

Illegally possessed firearms are up overall 100% in uh due to some outstanding proactive policing, our officers were able to seize 48 illegally possessed firearms.

In addition, we have taken a proactive approach to remove weapons from individuals who meet the criteria to be served with a gun violence restraining order.

Our mental health commitments uh through 24 and 25 have remained fairly consistent.

Um the mental health of our community members and visitors remains a four at the forefront of our city's commitment to our mental health clinician uh and continues to have remarkable results.

Between 2022 and 2024, which was the beginning of our program, we did see a 36% decrease uh in mental health commitments, and as I mentioned, the numbers over the past two years have remained consistent, uh, which isn't surprising for a city of our size.

Uh our clinician who is now a full-time South San Francisco employee, continues to do a remarkable job in helping individuals find short-term and long-term solutions to receive help uh and the support that they need.

And she recently came up in conversation.

Um, uh, when is her coverage actually in effect?

Yeah, so we uh continually monitor um when she would be most beneficial based on calls for service, and that ranges uh during daytime hours, usually from 8 to 6 p.m.

Uh, either Tuesday through um Saturday or Monday through with through Friday.

Okay.

Thank you.

And lastly, our uh vehicle vehicle collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists.

Um overall, we've had a 20% uh reduction, uh small uh decrease uh in 25 from 24.

Um there was still work to be done, but I uh credit the decline to enforcement efforts to education and the continued uh bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements that are continuing to be made throughout the city.

That concludes my presentation.

I'd be happy to answer questions.

Okay, well, thank you for all the good news, and let's turn to the council and see if anyone has a question for you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you, Chief, uh, for providing these statistics year over year.

Um I'd like to through this council and through um Madam City Manager request that this um presentation also be shared uh to the chamber of commerce, in particular the statistics related to commercial um uh uh uh the commercial stats as well as the robberies and and burglaries.

Um I think it's it's it's worth telling.

Um, you know, the public relations piece of this.

Um I think over the last two, three years we've seen declines constantly, and it's important uh for business owners as well as our biotech partners to um see this, these numbers and stats.

Perhaps maybe you can join them at an upcoming board meeting.

Um I know that um the conference center also has their quarterly uh hotel uh managers meeting as well.

That's extremely important for hotel managers uh to also see the stats.

Um, and I'm sure um uh the vice mayor is gonna cover this in his town hall, but as much as we can, I know that our comms team puts out a and and your teams too put out a press release, but it's important for the community to know this.

You know, it's it's unfortunate that this this room is not packed to be able to share all these stats and understand what this is and debunk the myths that are out there, right?

They talk about Grand Avenue, they talk about our downtown corridor being very dangerous, but yet we we we have proof here otherwise.

So if you could help that spread the word, I know I will be happy to do so.

Thank you.

Mr.

Vice?

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um Chief, I just had a question about the mental health condition.

You were talking about the hours, and it sounds like it's only right after the day, but a mental health crisis can happen at any point of the day.

Has there been any conversations that it's about and maybe this is a conversation about the council of looking at having the mental health condition working after six o'clock, those those hours at night?

Yeah, like I mentioned, we we try to look at our our statistics of when the most of the calls come in, and it it's remained the daytime hours or up until 6 p.m.

Um there is other resources throughout the county.

There's the the mobile uh 247 um group that come out, but it uh they could be an extended amount of time, it could be a up to an hour to an hour and a half for them to respond, and and they will not respond if an individual um is violent or has possession of a weapon or something like that.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

Well, let's see if um James in Baltimore would like to uh ask the chief a question or comment.

Um, no question.

I just want to say that uh I the work trip I'm on has uh two locations.

So I apologize much of the gotten cross uh for telling you the location of my first hotel.

Sure and not my second left.

Yeah.

Well, um I thank uh the attorney because he sorted that out pretty quickly.

So we're on solid ground again.

So thank you, James.

And I think that um I think the um Councilman Flores uh is correct.

We need to get this out there because really it only takes one event in a neighborhood to unnerve all the neighbors.

I'm thinking specifically of what occurred recently in West Winston Manor when somebody entered a home and and uh it was very scary for for that individual.

Uh and then that that just spreads like wildfire through the entire community.

But generally, we are extremely safe if you're talking about very proud of the work that uh unless it comes to us, yeah.

Then it feels much different.

And I am really impressed with the the technology we're using because even even little circumstances like the safe way across the street, a shoplifter, and you got a report, the description, and you put the drone up and you caught her before she got out of town.

I mean, that's that's remarkable.

If I could highlight one more situation, because you just brought it to my attention.

Is uh our journalist first responder program.

Uh we had a report of a large fight at a local hotel, our drone as first responder got there first, um, started monitoring the scene, observed individuals walking to a vehicle.

One of those individuals had a gun, concealed it in the car, and the drone pilot was able to direct the officers to that group to that vehicle.

They recovered the gun and took the individual into custody.

So game changer for sure.

Definitely, and I just learned tonight.

You know, I I guess I kept assuming that it was patrolmen that were demanding the drones, but you have some other talent in the department that's actually um putting the drones up in the air and navigating.

We want to share that.

Um a lot of uh our personnel are interested in, so we wanted to open it up to the entire department.

So we have uh records personnel, we have dispatchers uh and officers, and uh we're gonna continue to grow that as the program moves along.

And that puts everybody in the mix of uh active police.

It's pretty great.

And in addition to the technology that you have mentioned, of course, great police work and also our canine, right?

Because I have read a lot of instances that our canine is very helpful.

Yes, and very helpful to other communities.

Yes.

Probably at some point need to attach a fee to that.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you.

And we're ready for the next item, which is Council Commons request, ma'am.

Okay.

Who would like to start?

I just want to give a shout out to our library and also uh our youth commissioners, Isabella Talentino and uh Sonia Galati last Saturday.

Uh I hang out with the South San Francisco Brain Explorations team.

I was very impressed with the number of people who came out, donated their time writing those letters to the cancer patients at UCSF.

Uh I also would like to give a shout out to the El Camino Cosmetology Club, El Camino High School cosmetology club, who did face painting for the young kids.

So uh Adam also took his son Owen, and he was so game in writing all those letters.

So it was really a great time.

Okay, very good.

Thank you.

Thank you, Florida.

Um the vice mayor.

Thank you.

Um I'll be quick.

Um, since you know, we just met last week, so I haven't gone to as many events.

But I do want to recognize uh an event that I went to that uh Councilmember Flores was responsible for.

That was uh the peninsula division of the League of California Cities.

Um it's comprised of both uh San Mateo County and Santa Clara County, and also San Francisco, though we've never seen him from San Francisco come.

But elected officials coming together, and it was a great opportunity actually to hear from our uh legislators in Sacramento.

So I'm hearing from Diane Pappen, uh Isha Waha, but also Congressman uh San Licardo was actually there, uh giving uh legislative update.

And um, I was there uh Councilmember Flores and our assistant city manager, and something that was really interested in hearing was the uh potentially the vehicle license fee.

Um, that uh Silver Member Papen um has championed for San Mateo County.

So uh I look forward to a deeper conversation about that.

So that's all I have, sir.

So thank you for attending that, and also in attendance was Councilman Flores.

Yes, thank you.

Um I also want to congratulate our assembly, one of our assembly members, Diane Pappen, for receiving the League of California City's legislator of the year award, which we also were able to present.

Uh there were some conversations already, which I want to enlighten staff as well, um, in terms of the uh sales tax uh cap um with the assembly member, and I think the team there um is very interested in in pursuing those conversations for.

Furthermore, I know this council is is very um uh interested in that.

Um, the Thursday or the evening before, um, with our city manager attended the annual youth of the year um celebration for the our local boys and girls clubs of the peninsula.

Uh this is um a remarkable event that covers all the club sites and locations uh from Daily City all the way to East Palo Alto.

Um remarkable event highlighting many of the youth, um, both in the EPA club house as well as in Redwood City.

Hopefully, um in the coming years, when we have our clubhouse here in South San Francisco and Orange Park completed, uh we will also have representation.

The youth of the year is then nominated and goes on nationally uh to represent uh the division or the peninsula, I would say.

So it was a great event, fundraising event for the organization.

Uh, just to remind folks, uh, this organization has invested 28 million dollars here in South San Francisco.

They could have selected any city or even outside of South San Francisco, yet they chose South San Francisco to renovate the Orange Park Clubhouse.

So we're very grateful of the continued presence and tripling the number of students that they are servicing now in South San Francisco from prior uh iterations of this organization.

Uh thank you to the city manager, and I think we uh continue to have a strong relationship with not just them but many other partners that attended us well.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Okay, and and Eddie, um uh let me just take a moment to thank you for the good work you've done as a member of the board for the Boys and Girls Club.

Many of us have experienced um uh the operation up close.

Um but you've really been able to enjoy the rebirth and um thank you for all your effort on that.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Okay, let's move on to the East Coast.

Um, James, any anything to report on?

Uh no major update that I I left right after our our last council meeting uh last week, right on Thursday, but I was able to, you know, before I left, um, go to the Thrive Alliance, uh, which is kind of a group of nonprofits that do work uh in the community uh in San Mateo County.

Uh they had a mix and mingle of the beginning of the year event down in East Palo Alto.

I was able to go to an event um and um to see a lot of the great work that they have uh planned for the future all throughout the county, and I hope that uh we can see uh them and then the many uh nonprofits that are hard them uh up here as well.

Okay, well, enjoy your time uh there, but um recognize that while you're there on the east coast, we're enjoying 74 degree weather.

So okay, let's uh, I had to break out my winter coat, which I haven't worn to college.

Yeah, I don't think I have one, yeah.

Um okay.

So let's go on to the next item.

Thank you, Mayor.

Moving on to public comments.

We do have three speakers tonight.

We'll start with Laura from Hip Housing.

Okay.

Um, good evening, Mayor, members of the council and city staff.

I'm Laura Fenucki from Hip Housing here tonight to present you with Hip Housing's 2026 calendar.

I see you all have them.

Thank you for showing them.

And guess what?

You have a winner here, uh calendar winner here from South San Francisco, and I have Kaya here with me, and she's going to read her quote.

She's on the month of June.

I can be somewhere where I can be happy.

Also, I'm able to share it with family and friends in need.

Thank you.

So, Kaya was selected from hundreds of entries, and so we're really proud of her, her beautiful picture for the month of June.

We hope that you enjoy the calendars during the year as a reminder of the work of hip housing here in our community.

The South San Francisco has been tremendous supporters of our work and our mission to help people find housing resources and resources and a place to call home here in our community.

I also want to give a shout out to the South San Francisco Elks Club and the South San Francisco Fire Department.

They both participated in our holiday adopt a family program.

The Elks Club adopted seven families, and the fire department donated toys for our adopt a family program.

So great work here in South San Francisco, and we thank you so much for your support.

Laura, thank you for um joining us this evening and um and featuring Caira.

And uh it looks like maybe maybe your dream house is a is a tree house.

That's pretty pretty darn cool.

Um and I just um remembering while you were speaking, Laura, that it's it's a number of years ago when we had to redevelop it, but at that time we were able to purchase an apartment house and turn it over to you, and you're still operating that.

Anytime that you'd like to give a report on the successes, the amount of people you've been able to serve.

It would be nice to kind of update because some of us weren't here um when we actually invested with you.

Okay, that's amazing.

Okay, well, thank you for being here tonight.

Okay, thank you very much.

And Laura, we all actually have two from South City.

Although he lives in San Bruno, he's also from all souls.

I know Kaya's from all souls.

So that's what I was saying.

They they participated because we I sent them over to the invitation for them to join this uh calendar.

So Herbert Flores is also.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Flora.

And the next speaker.

We'll move on to Lorraine Yin.

And after Lorraine, we'll have Yisabella Tolentino.

Good evening, council members, vice mayor, and mayor.

My name is Lorraine Yin.

On January 3rd, 2026, Geraldo New Lunos Campos repeatedly told the agents that he could not breathe before passing away in an ICE detention center.

On January 7th, ICE fatally shot Renee Good.

On January 9th, Parody Las Perile Law suffered multiple organ failures.

He begged and begged for water before dying in a detention center.

January 14th, Herbert Sanchez Dominguez was found hanging from his cell.

That day, Victor Manuel Diaz died in another detention facility.

On January 24th, ICU nurse Alex Preedy was shot to death in the streets of Minnesota.

Since 2026, there have been eight deaths caused by ICE, 31 in 2025, 11 in 2024.

These people's lives have been reduced to a single number, a single statistic, a statistic that should not even exist.

ICE can no longer operate under the guise of domestic security.

73% of people detained by ICE have no criminal convictions.

Instead, we throw mothers, fathers, brothers, and even children into concrete warehouses, treating them as animals, stripping them of their civil liberties as we blatantly violate their constitutional right for due process.

ICE is not enforcement.

ICE is committing an ethnic cleansing.

I used we when referring to the people committing heinous acts against immigrants.

I know we are not ICE officers.

I know we are not the current administration, but how can we say we are not them when we do not do anything to stop them?

When watching Star Wars, you sighted with the resistance.

When reading the diary of Anne Frank, you wondered how Germany bowed down to the absurdity of the Nazi regime.

You fantasized about how you would be different.

You're when the world around you falls into moral depravity, you can do nothing but watch in some perverse act of apathy.

How dare you watch as the future of the youth is ripped from their hands.

I have not yet borne the responsibilities of an adult.

People are suffering.

People are dying.

I shouldn't be here.

We shouldn't be here.

We should be at home studying yet.

We are called out of moral obligation to fix a world plague by the greatest disease of all apathy.

How dare you?

I understand that today a resolution will be presented.

I strongly believe that the city should approve of such a resolution, and that an ordinance preventing ICE officers from using city property should be set in place.

I applaud those in this room who are actively working to abolish ICE, and I see your efforts.

Yet there are so many of us, especially those who hold some morsel of power, who choose a temporary comfort of silence over doing what is right.

From the youth of today, we urge you to do what is right.

As Martin Luther King Jr.

said in his letter from Birmingham Jail, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Thank you.

Lorraine, thank you for joining us this evening.

Your comments were um nothing short of brilliant.

And I hope you stay for the uh item where we'll be dealing with this as a as a city, and we can offer so very little, um, but it is it is time to stand up as best we can when it comes to the excesses of the current administration's immigration policies.

Um next speaker.

Yisabella.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

My name is Isabella Tolentino, and I am a student from El Camino High School who's committed to fighting for the rights and dignity of immigrants locally and globally.

I'm here today to speak on the urgent issue of ICE and the unjust detainment of migrants.

Since the Trump administration and continuing to this day, countless migrants have been detained by ICE or live in constant fear of detainment.

These individuals, many of whom have worked tirelessly and contributed so much to this country, are being held in inhumane conditions.

They are denied proper medical care, forced to eat expired food, and kept in unsanitary, unsafe environments.

We've seen firsthand how many are suffering from health complications that are completely ignored by detention centers.

Specifically, this issue pertaining to Filipino migrants, the Filipino consulate whose duty is to advocate for the well-being of Filipinos abroad, has repeatedly dismissed these concerns and failed to take meaningful action to support detained Filipinos.

As someone who lives near South San Francisco, a place with deep roots amongst migrant communities and Filipino communities in general.

Standing in solidarity with detain the detained migrants is not just a political stance, it is a moral obligation.

Thank you.

Thank you, Isabella.

Thank you, Mayor.

That concludes comments.

Okay.

Well, I certainly hope that you're able to be with us when we have the discussion on this issue a little later in the agenda.

So uh moving along to the consent calendar.

Moving on to consent calendar item number three is a motion to cancel the February 11th, 2026 regular city council meeting.

Item number four is a report regarding a resolution accepting 157,722 from the California Department of Justice for the tobacco grant program to be used for personnel overtime, equipment and training expenses, and the men, the police department's operating budget for fiscal year 2025-2028 by approving budget amendment number 26.051.

Item 4A is the resolution.

Item five is a report regarding a resolution authorizing the acceptance of 157,573.79 cents from an anonymous donor through the 100 club of San Mateo County to support and enhance the police department's drone program and approving budget amendment number 26.055 to increase the police department's fiscal year 2025-26 operating budget to increase general fund budgeted revenues and expenditures by the amount of the donation.

Item 5A is a resolution.

Thank you, Rosa.

Okay, let me be out of here too early unless I do this.

So let's let's uh start with item four.

And item four is 157,000 from the Department of Justice to enhance the tobacco um programs that uh deter the use of and um oh and we we have oh we have a return guest um Amy Serati is back for a second meeting in a row.

So this is your issue also.

Yes.

That's wonderful.

So um uh I read the report and I'm most interested in how we might.

I know there are bullet points about where the money would go, but if you could kind of flesh out what those programs might look like.

Absolutely.

As you know, last March we discussed amending our Muni code for the sales of flavored tobacco to be in line with San Mateo County's municipal codes.

Um we applied for the new grant, which is for 2025 to 2028, and part of that is for code enforcement, retailer education, uh student education, decoy operations, and compliance checks.

Obviously, education is important to us, so we would be educating our retailers on the sales of flavored tobacco and also going to our schools to discuss flavored tobacco and um vaping.

If you're not aware, 90% 96% of high school students who vape in California have used flavored tobacco, and in San Mateo County alone, 8.7% of high school students have tried flavored tobacco.

So that education component is very important to the South San Francisco Police Department.

We have money set aside in the grant budget for educational material.

So we'll be working with the city and with the Department of Justice to create educational material to hand out to students as well as our retailers.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Any questions for her?

Since you pulled the item, I wasn't gonna bring it up, but now you're brought it up.

So remind me again.

I thought there was a county per uh component in terms of enforcement.

So where are they in this portion of it?

Because you're saying now we are now doing the enforcement or just to clarify there.

So uh South San Francisco Police Department received the grant.

So we'll be utilizing the grant um for our officers to work overtime to go do the educational components and doing the compliance checks.

There's also a component where we can add our code enforcement officers in to go to these retailers.

Um part of what we did with the San Mateo County initiative was we just wanted to make sure we were aligned with all of the California laws pertaining to flavored tobacco and what San Mateo County was doing.

So now our municipal code is up to par with San Mateo County.

Um if we do partner with other agencies in the San Mateo County um coalition for tobacco, um we'll all be on the same page.

Okay.

I just want to remind my colleagues that we were one of the first cities to ban flavored tobacco, and then the county decided to do it and then the state decided to do it.

So just wanted to mention that.

Mark likes to be first, city of first.

No, right, right.

Uh, it's great.

Um, so I I I thank you, Lieutenant.

I think that that helped a little bit in our understanding that's a something we're gonna be utilizing over the next four years.

Is it that's correct?

Yes, there's certain um budgets that we'll do for each year.

Okay.

Uh, if if needed, if we don't utilize all of the monies that we have, we can then amend the grant and have it pushed to the next fiscal year.

And and and at that point, when we're done with the four years, are we eligible for another grant?

Is that is that?

Absolutely.

Okay, all right.

Well, thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Okay.

And um so the next item, item number five, um, had to do with a very generous donation to our drone program.

And I I maybe um why don't we highlight a little bit?

It's not a secret society, right?

This 100 club of San Mateo County that gets together and and they're actually online, and I noticed that a former police chief from South San Francisco, Mark Rafelli seems to be uh um involved in that group.

Maybe you could tell us a little bit about it, and yes, are you ever gonna be a member?

I actually I'm a a donor.

Oh all right, all right.

Uh but yeah, there's hunter clubs uh throughout the country.

Um San Mateo County has their own uh chapter and it uh they've been around for for quite some time, but um what they do is uh raise money uh to educate officers and most importantly to assist families um for fallen officers.

Okay, so um if that were to happen, um, someone goes directly to that individual's family, um provides some financial support, um I've no they've sent um children uh to college.

Um they've sent um you know other other children to um other types of trade schools and stuff like that to just to help them through the process.

Okay.

Now good to hear that kind of supports out there for people when they most need it.

And and that's not unlike what the local um police association does with their corn beef feed that's coming up, the St.

Patrick's Day, right?

Yes, those monies also go to similar type of support.

Correct.

That's uh specifically for South San Francisco uh police officers.

Um hopefully that day never comes, but um yeah, that that fundraiser is to help support situations like that.

All right, thank you, Chief.

Yeah, absolutely.

So, mayor.

Oh, please, James, yes.

Yeah, thank you.

I do have a comment.

Um, for item number five.

Um, I recently met with an individual um who is who worked for one of the um autonomous drone company that and that contract with uh cities all across the country, and uh they told a story about how um there had been an individual who um called 911 uh because of a fire that was happening next door, and that individual had recently moved to that neighborhood and had given um the wrong address, their their previous address, and so what happened with the fire department had uh driven to the wrong address, revised that there wasn't a fire there.

Uh and you and the house that was on fire, you know, ended up uh burning down.

And so programs like these where you can send drones out, are so important in just ensuring that um you would our first responders are going to the right place.

Sure.

And it's so incredibly important to keeping people safe.

Um, one thing that that individual also talked to me about was uh that their program had um autonomous drones, and so it would release the drone and it would go autonomously to wherever the 911 call was coming from.

Um, and I wanted to ask the chief if our drone program was a fun or if it was completely manual.

It's a great question or mix of both.

Yeah, very good for the question.

I actually have my drone expert with me, uh Lieutenant Chris Devin, who's uh could fill you in.

Good thing, James, they were ready for you.

Uh yeah, so each of our uh drones of first responder drones do have the ability to be uh autonomous autonomously sent to a location, so um our dispatchers or whoever's piloting the drone can enter an address, and the drone will autonomously fly there.

Um, our handheld drones that we are going to be transitioning to these new SCADEO drones will also have the ability to be autonomously flown there as well.

Okay, very thank you.

I appreciate it.

Very good.

So a special thanks to the PD today this night was theirs, and um you measured up from the very beginning of the presentation through all the items on um on the agenda.

Uh last meeting was uh the library, and they did well, and who knows what department might be next.

Thank you.

So we're looking for a um a motion on consent calendar.

Mr.

Mayor, I make the motion to approve the consent items.

Thank you, second, and a second by councilwoman Nicholas.

Roll call.

Councilmember Nicholas.

Aye, mayor Diego?

Yes, Councilmember Flores?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Nogales?

Yes.

And Councilmember Coleman.

Yes, and there's no one over the age of 18 in the room with me.

Thank you.

Yeah, because you're 25 now or something, right?

Twenty-six.

And a half.

All right.

We will now move on to administrative business item number six is a report regarding a resolution reaffirming the city of South San Francisco's commitment to diversity and inclusion, expressing grave concern over recent federal immigration enforcement actions and their impact on civil liberties, calling for accountability, transparency, and respect for due process, and clarifying existing laws and policies and the city's response to immigration enforcement actions that do not comply with those laws and policies.

Item 6A is a resolution.

So Megan Willie, thank you for joining us.

You have the issue of the day of the moment, which has um a great importance to so many people in our community.

That's right, thank you, Mayor.

Well, thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

Um, my name is Megan Woolley Osstall, and I'm the deputy city manager.

Uh during the last council meetings, every several council members raised the topic of the action actions during recent weeks from the U.S.

immigration and customs enforcement or ICE.

In response to the request to agendize this item, staff has prepared a resolution for your consideration.

In preparing this resolution, our primary goals were to draft a resolution for your consideration that is implementable, legal, and keeps our community safe.

During this presentation, I'll give a review of the components of the draft resolution and also provide an update from Faith in Action, a nonpartisan network focused on immigrant rights.

So our the resolution before you has three components which address using city property, entering city property, and facial coverings.

So for the first component, uh the resolution states that the city exercises complete control over the use of its property.

If any per person or organization uses city property without proper authorization, the city's existing policy states that staff may tell the user that they must stop immediately and exit the property.

Therefore, if federal agencies are using city property without the proper authorization, we as staff can ask them to leave.

If they don't, under this resolution, we uh the city will inform city departments, the community, and the press regarding what is happening and the location where it is happening.

Component two is entering city property.

So if an unauthorized federal agent was attempting to enter city property without a judicial warrant and trying to gain access to an area that is restricted to city personnel only, as indicated by signage or locked doors or gates, city staff can ask them to leave.

If they do not leave, or even if they are there with a valid judicial warrant, the city will inform city departments, the community, and the press regarding what is happening and the location where it is happening.

And for the third and final component, um, in general, law enforcement officers are prohibited by state law from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity.

In addition, in general, state law requires that law enforcement officers that are not uniformed must visibly display identification with their name or badge number and the name of their agency.

Both of these state laws apply to immigration officers.

If city staff interacts with immigration officers and believes that they are not reasonably complying with these laws, staff will qu will request compliance.

If they decline and do not comply, the city will report to city departments, the community, and the press, what is happening and where it is happening.

These are the three components of the proposed resolution.

We also wanted to share a brief update from Faith in Action Bay Area, which is a nonpartisan network of congregations and community leaders working on immigrant rights in San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

Just today, Faith in Action shared that so far in 2026, there have been no reports of ICE detentions in San Mateo County.

They said that there is currently no evidence that suggests a plan immigration enforcement operation in the area for the upcoming Super Bowl beyond the typical protocols and presence of federal agents, which does include ICE and DHS that are typically planned for large national events.

They encourage the sharing of verified information and to as much as possible to remain calm and not stoke panic or fear.

For those in the audience and for those watching at home, we do want to share if you learn of someone who has been detained by ICE, or if you hear of a report of ICE activity in San Mateo County, please contact the Rapid Response Hotline.

And the number is on the screen, but it's 203 666 4472.

Thank you.

That completes my presentation and staff is available for questions.

Mr.

Mayor, if I may, I wanted to add on something.

Uh Meg, would you go back to that last slide?

Yes.

So one of the uh meetings I attended uh by Faith in Action.

Um, if you have to call the rapid response hotline, please be prepared if you know the person's first and last name and their date of birth.

So just um if you have to use the hotline, uh please be as prepared as possible.

To identify, yeah.

Okay.

Thank you, Rich.

Um, turn to the council.

Any um observations or comments about the this resolution.

Um, Jake.

Yes.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I just wanted to bring forth um, so maybe um Skye, um city attorney, you could help define this.

Um, if you could share a little bit about the California Values Act, SB 54.

Um, because there might be some overlap.

There is some coverage on that, if you could uh give context on that so that we know that that is already um law.

I'd be happy to.

Um, California Values Act um elevated to state law, uh group of policies that a number of cities in California had pioneered that generally referred to as sanctuary policies.

Um the core element of those policies is um to limit the use of state resources or the local level um local resources and the values act applies to cities in California, but limits the use of those public resources to assist in um civil um uh immigration enforcement activities.

If there is a criminal um element to um an enforcement activity, um the the state and the cities are obligated to assist with that and um the the police department and other city uh departments do follow those provisions of the law.

But the the core element is um that that um not to affirmatively share information for civil immigration enforcement, not to provide the identity of people who um who uh are potentially subject to civil enforcement activities, not to share other information, um, and basically to um ensure that people who that that the federal obligation to enforce immigration is left at the federal level and and does not um attempt to um uh bring state and local agencies into an effort to do that and to use information that local agencies may have to um assist them in those enforcement efforts.

Thank you.

So again, and just in case just for clarification for members of the audience and and um anybody who is watching online, those are those are those are that is an existing law, it has been in place for several years, um, it is not new.

Um the attorney general has has given some additional guidance about it, but but this is something that that has been in place for a while and that the city continues to um follow.

Thank you, Sky.

Uh Mr.

Mayor, sorry, maybe please.

Thank you.

Uh Sky, can we so there is this provision here where we can ask, I guess, ICE to leave from city property.

That isn't technically a new thing.

We can ask anyone to leave from city property.

Can you just clarify that?

Yeah, that's one of the things that we wanted to emphasize in putting this together.

Um I understand um the approach that other places have taken in um wanting to clarify and and in essence create new policy, but once we started looking at it, what we observed about the city's existing policies is that it is already the case that um any use of city property, any entrance into restricted portions of city facilities already requires express authorization.

This is not a new policy, it's not a new law.

It's been in place um for pretty much the entire existence of the city.

Just because somebody is a federal um immigration enforcement agent um does not provide them with a right to use city property um in the absence of some other um intervention, like obtaining a court order that would or a judicial warrant that would allow them to do that.

Um the city has both a regulatory and a property owner interest in those facilities, and uh just like any other property owner has the right to exclude others from um from uh using them or accessing them.

And so what we wanted to reflect in the resolution is that that is existing policy, the city has existing practices and policies for enforcing those provisions, and that the city will continue to do so.

We also recognize the reality that um in the current environment um federal and immigration enforcement agencies may not agree to comply, and so we wanted to identify the steps that the city would take to um to basically ensure that the community was informed about about what steps the city had taken taken to obtain compliance with its existing policies, the refusal to do so, and where and what form of activity those are taking place.

A couple things, so in terms of I guess an individual, I guess notifying the ICE individual, from what I understanding, that's gonna be the city manager or one of your designes.

Safety, obviously, of our of our personnel is very important.

So walk me through this if someone happens to come through city property, they alert you.

I want to make sure, because obviously safety of our personnel is very important.

I think we all care about that.

Correct, absolutely, it's a terrific question.

So the the specific response is of course going to be precipitated on what the specific circumstances are.

Um and as you mentioned, uh broadly, the intent, one of the significant intents of this resolution is to have the entire community feel safe, and that certainly includes our staff.

So let's take a scenario where federal agents are you know assembling, you know, the water fountain outside LPR.

Um and uh and we learn of this, the staff learns of it, and then I am notified of it.

Um I would, if there is a senior staff member, likely a department director, I would ask if they could make a contact just to let them know that um the city manager is on their way, says I would be going there myself to be trying to understand what is happening and to let them know where we stood and to have and to remind them of this resolution.

Um so it would depend on exactly what's happening and who would be available, um, but it would be a very senior staff member, likely only at the department level, and simply to say the city manager is coming to have a conversation, please don't take any further actions if they're setting up tables or you who knows what's happening um prior to that conversation.

And if this particular staff member you asked is if they're concerned, concerned to do that, then we will just then nothing will happen until I arrive.

So okay.

If I can quickly tag on to your question, my interruption.

What in the scenario that you're out of town in a conference?

Right.

So then so then we would typically go to the to the assistant city manager, um, and uh we still can do things by phone, you know, even if I can't be there in person, depending on who is available, what their comfort level is, that type of thing.

And then I'm sorry, were you done with your okay?

Uh so the next question was this notification to the public, and that's very key because there's some federal laws regarding notification of the public.

Can you just talk about that a little bit, Skye?

So we're assuming for the purpose of this that um this is a public activity that's taking place, there's no confidential law enforcement activity occurring because these are all instances in which um the federal agents would be acting in public.

So our only intent and our assumption is that um that in that these are all circumstances in which um because it's a public activity, um the city is free to inform the public about um w what is happening and where, so that they can also take their own steps to ensure their own safety or take any other uh steps that they think are appropriate.

Um if this were um an actual law enforcement um activity and um they did inform city staff that that um they are engaged in activity that um the city is required to keep confidential, um we would of course follow the law in that regard.

Um the the policy is intended to be flexible to the circumstances.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And do they always notify, should there be a law enforcement action?

Do they always notify our police department?

So I'd I suspect the police chief's in the best position to answer that, but while he's approaching the microphone, I will say my understanding is that um that for um criminal enforcement, um, the federal agencies do inform the police department, um, so that they are aware of the activity that's taking place, and in those circumstances, the police department um is obligated not to um provide public information about that.

Now, once it's be now if it's an activity that does become public, then it may be a circumstance where um the city could follow these steps, but again, that's why it's intended to be flexible in that regard.

Yes, I can confirm that uh typically and historically uh we do get a call and they will notify um that there's gonna be activity at a certain location.

And again, we can't um provide that location to the public, but if there's questions after the fact, or we're starting to get reports from the community about activity which may or may not be mice related, then I don't have a problem letting you all know and educating the community on what's actually taking place.

Thank you.

And that's not unique to ICE.

I mean the FBI would do this.

Correct, correct.

But is this in both scenarios?

For example, they're targeting a specific individual because of past criminal background or a quote unquote raid.

Correct.

So we have not had any raids or random uh searches in South San Francisco.

Um I've kept track over the last several years about how many times that they've contacted us, and each one has been a specific individual that they're targeting based on criminal criminal conduct.

Um they have not done random sweeps or um questioned just people on the streets um in South San Francisco.

Okay.

Um let's see if um uh James, do you have any questions for um or comments on this?

Yeah, and I think um to please cheapen the entire department, it is very um it is very useful to the community um to let them know when uh an enforcement action is not immigration related, or even if it is immigration related, that is not a raid that is the target enforcement because um just being um federal agent and oftentimes it's not even either, maybe the FBI or or another agent be in a community is enough to um enough to cause a lot of fear in a community, and there are you know social media code and video that photos uh that get quite a bit of traction um in in the community, and it it causes people to not want to go to work, not want to go to the hospital, uh, not want to go to school, uh, and want to um allow our our members our members of our community to be able to uh you conduct their lives without any any sort of fear.

Um I do have a question to the city matter to the city uh attorney.

Uh what is the difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant?

Uh thank you, that's a great question.

So um administrative warrants are um basically um documents issued by ICE to themselves saying purporting to state that they have the right to enter into private property to engage in um immigration enforcement.

Uh they are do not actually um provide the authorization that is required under the U.S.

Constitution to allow a federal agency to enter into private property where um entrance has not been voluntarily provided.

Uh judicial warrant is a warrant that is issued by a judge where they have had an opportunity to evaluate whether or not there is um sufficient evidence to support granting a law enforcement agency the right to enter into private property even where permission has not been voluntarily given.

Um it does comport with the United States Constitution and allows federal agencies to enter into property, including city property to um engage in lawful law enforcement activities, including immigration enforcement.

Um, one of the things that is referred to in the staff report and um is part of um our thinking about this entire uh resolution to clarify existing policy is that internally um the city uh manager's office has um provided to department heads and to staff um guidance about um responding when um immigration enforcement um has come to the city um and um presented a document that purports to allow them to enter into a restricted area to engage in enforcement.

We've provided examples of an administrative warrant and a judicial warrant so that they can distinguish and um know when to um if it's not already a department head to bring into a member of the senior leadership team to help um engage in a discussion about whether or not um the the agents have a lawful right to enter into those restricted areas.

Great, thank you.

That was a concern because I had heard that across the country.

Um individual can brief term administrative warrant and you know in a way being tricked into um allowing agents of your property when they didn't have to.

But but thank you for that.

And I'm glad that uh staff is briefed on the differences.

Okay, thank you, James.

Do we have any members of the public that would like to comment?

No public comment raised hands.

Um, yeah, just had one question.

I'm not sure if you're familiar with it um yet, Laura, but I know that um in our uh your predecessor had put out some type of publication or poster or communication um around city buildings.

Um is that still happening or will that be updated kind of giving staff personnel like instructions, a mini of like what to do?

Yes, this is actually what um the city attorney was referring to.

Um and it has recently the uh in January been reissued to staff um to try and refamiliarize them with all that information, that education.

Terrific, great.

Thank you.

And I just supplement that that the that this memo originally went out in 2025, and as a result, part of the direction was to ensure that um city facilities that are not open to the public are properly signed as restricted access, and that that people are reminded about the protocols of lock doors, gates, other secure areas to ensure that um those are not open to anybody um who is not authorized to do so to enter into those areas.

Thank you.

Okay, um I just wanted to add that you know, uh as a um as a seasoned member of the of this political game, I always find myself flashing back to times past, and I really have to cheer, and I'm sorry some of the young people left, but I have to cheer for the young people that came here to express themselves.

And and uh one in particular lamented the fact that she had to be here, but of course you need to be here.

This is your moment to push back.

Um it's only a few years ago uh with the George Floyd is before he was a councilman.

Um uh James Coleman came to a council meeting and pushed back about what was happening in our nation and with policing.

And and then as a young person, I was very aware of the pushback during the Vietnam War that resulted in a a um long-established politician walking away from the White House.

Um, and we could only hope that um the same might occur again because sometimes history repeats itself.

So I just wanted to thank those that are um committed and recognize that um your words are really what changes um what's happening in America.

So with that, we need a motion.

Mr.

Mayor, I just wanted to um provide a little bit more.

Um I think also I wanted to applaud and add to your comments.

Um last Friday we also had um several students uh throughout our unified school district walking out um and expressing their um freedom, their right, their constitutional right to peacefully assemble.

Um and in fact, in in the educational code, it's actually a permitted um absence now.

Um and I wanted to uh support those students.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to join, but I wanted to also call out how important this is, right?

It's it's part of our education system, and also the the educators and and and the folks that were around there.

Um this is important for our community, you know.

Um I go back to January of last year when the first message that I was trying to convey jointly with our police department is we need to ensure that there's continued trust with our community, that when an emergency happens, that our community does not pause or stop from calling 911 from uh any type of situation that they experience, but that they know that here locally in South San Francisco, we're not collaborating.

Um, as I've said before, this is this is more than a resolution.

This is expressing, and that's why I started with that context.

This is expressing the values of this council and of this city.

We have the California Values Act.

This represents the South San Francisco values resolution, and it's more than a resolution.

It's speaking for what we believe in and what this community has been, right?

A community built by immigrants.

Latinos, Samoan, Chinese, Irish, Italians, so many others that have shaped the industries of of South San Francisco as the industrial city.

And today, you know, this is this is a sign that we are stepping up that South San Francisco will continue to be a place where our constitutional rights are are strong.

They will not it will not be a place where the our constitutional rights are optional.

And I think this speaks to what it is.

It's important that perhaps Madam City Manager, we could also share this in Spanish to our community so that they see that we are with them and we're communicating.

Many, like I said earlier, unfortunately are not here or not watching, but it's an incumbent upon us to be able to share as policymakers as we move this uh forward.

So it's important uh for multiple reasons, and it's not just a paper.

Um, it's again speaking to the values and how important it is um inclusivity and diversity here in South San Francisco.

And with that, I'd love to make a motion to uh move the resolution forward.

Okay.

Say a few words, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh please do.

Sorry, I'll I'll be brief.

Um I just you know, I I wish I could have attended the student uh walk out, um, or hundreds of students went to City Hall as well, but I was on a plane uh out of all places.

I was in the air, and it you know, seeing the photos and and the videos that were sent to me, it really reminded me of 2016.

Uh, you know, after you know during the first Trump administration, uh, when I was in high school, um, and and the year or so that followed was one of heightened civil unrest and protests um in general in my generation and as well as the uh around um I continue to be horrified um at the direction our country's moving in, um, but I do see uh a lot of hope um in our high school students in our regulation, and the courage that they have in standing up against what they see as incredibly unjust.

Um I also want to thank staff for crafting this resolution very swiftly uh in less than a week.

Uh, that is no small feat.

And I want to thank all of you on the council for acting urgently and agendizing this item and um while we have limited powers, we must exercise them to defend our American community.

And um there is urgency too, uh, because of our proximity to the airport.

And I feared that I yeah, I know if I if there's one thing I do not want any of our city properties to become a surveillance or staging location for ice uh for their operation throughout the Bay Area.

And um another thing is you know, good design of vacuum.

I hope that many of our neighboring cities, again, because of their proximity to the airport, uh, could continue uh to prepare um for the work for what may come that our communities can continue to be productive.

And uh if Councilmember Florida is making a motion, I'd be uh very honored to uh be the second.

Okay.

So we have a second on the floor, and we turn to Vice Mayor.

So yeah, before we vote, I wanted to say a few words.

So the youth will lead us.

So on Friday at 12 o'clock, just happened to be on my lunch break.

That makes that very clear.

I was on my lunch break.

Happened to be in the downtown.

And what I saw really, really inspired me.

Hundreds of our youth were protesting.

Standing up for civil rights.

And you know, typically politicians like to be in the forefront or whatever.

I I love the fact I was in the background.

Watching them leading.

And my son was there.

And he asked me if it was okay for him to go.

Because he had asked permission first the next year.

And I said, absolutely.

This is something that you are you believe in.

I'm happy to sign the permission note so you don't get a go and see the tension.

But I was so inspired by them.

And they came up to me and they're thanking me.

And actually I was thanking them.

I said, thank you.

This is what democracy looks like, right?

And so, you know, our city facilities exist for the public.

They're not federal enforcement zones.

There are places where parents register their kids for programs.

These were seniors come together.

This is where our community engages in their civic life.

You know, when people are afraid, sometimes they don't report crimes or they're incorporated with investigation because they're scared.

Immigration enforcement has been too often been carried out with aggressive and traumatic actions, tearing families apart and targeting people who are no threat to our community.

And I appreciate I think it was Councilmember Coleman who said the names of the individuals at our last city council meeting.

And you know, I keep saying that we're a welcoming city.

I do mean that, but you know, welcoming a welcoming city policy, it's not symbolic, it's actually a practical, it's humane, and it reflects who we are as a community.

So uh I look forward to stand with my colleagues in supporting this resolution.

Okay, thank you, Mark.

Thank you.

As a naturalized American citizen, I am very familiar with um how difficult the pathway and how complicated it's the pathway to legal immigration.

I all of this that's happening around us is something that I'm very familiar with.

When I was in the Philippines, it was the reason why we brought our children here, and it's quite disheartening.

As a local official, we cannot sit in here and believe that someone else will protect our fellow immigrants, our fellow immigrants' rights under the Constitution.

I join my fellow council members in condemning what's happening around us, and to the extent that we can, I support this resolution.

Thank you, Claude.

I just wanted to key off of uh Councilman um Flores' uh comment about communicating in Spanish.

So we're actually communicating to the part of the community that might be the most in fear.

And just today I was downtown um uh at a local bank, a large bank, which is usually quite crowded, and it was empty, and I ended a conversation with the bank manager.

Said, well, there's another rumor out there, maybe because of the upcoming game, and there's still rumors that ICE may or may not be here for the Super Bowl, but it spread so quickly through the community.

We've got to find a way to communicate what we're doing, and then more importantly, on an ongoing basis, if there was some place that the local community could turn to to, you know, kind of get the city's assessment.

Is anything happening?

No, not to our knowledge, to kind of squash the rumors that take off like wildfire.

I don't have the answer, but if if we could come up with some idea of how to effectively communicate in an instant, if somebody has a fear, is anything happening?

You know, there's a rumor that, and putting that aside.

Because that's that's not the first time that's happened.

And and uh the first time it happened, it shut down downtown.

Restaurants, banks, and shopping.

Um, and people are hiding at home.

And uh the fear is real.

To that point, I want to thank staff for putting this up on the screen.

I wanna uh you know instill in in our neighbors uh do not also spread panic and spread rumors.

Uh 203 666 4472, rapid response hotline here in San Mateo County.

Um, they are your your kind of local hotline there, clearing house to make sure uh that you get not only a support and assistance um for someone that needs uh immigration uh legal support, but also verifying.

Um so that's an entry point right there.

Um and I appreciate also our communications team to be able to promote that in our social medias continuously too.

Thank you.

Okay, so with that, we have a motion by Councilman Flores.

We have a second by um the gentleman from the East Coast, James Coleman.

And let's have a roll call.

Vice Mayor Nogales?

Yes, Mayor Diego.

Yes, Councilmember Nicholas, aye, Councilmember Flores?

Absolutely yes, Councilmember Coleman.

Yes, and there's no way in the room, I think.

Okay.

Um, thank you, Rosa.

And we um uh we I'm I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that um we only wish we could do more and have a bigger impact.

So with that.

Moving on to items from council committee reports and announcements.

Okay, are there any of those this evening?

No, thank you.

We'll move on to closed session.

Item number seven is a conference with real property negotiators pursuant to government code section 54956.8.

Property is 220 Linden Avenue, APN 012-316-010, and 226-246 Grand Avenue, APNs 012-315-130, 012-315-140, and 012-315-150.

City negotiators are Mike Noche, Housing Manager, Nell Sealander, Economic and Community Development Director, and Skye Woodworth, City Attorney.

Negotiating Party is Synergy Community Development Corporation and 220 Linden Ave LLC under negotiations, price and terms.

Thank you, Rosa, and good evening to you, we'll enter closed session.