>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO NOVEMBER 5th, 2019
MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CLERK CALL
THE ROLL.
>> SUPERVISOR SERNA HOOKER.
>> FROST.
>> HERE.
>> NOTTOLI.
>> TENNED INY HERE.
>> YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
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MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE WISHING TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD FILL OUT A
SPEAKER SLIP AND HAND TO IT
STAFF.
WHEN THE CHAIR CALLS YOUR NAME
COME TO PODIUM AND PLEASE
SILENCE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU AND PLEASE STAND
AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL
SEPARATELY READ OFF ITEMS 3, 9,
10 AND 20, BECAUSE WE HAVE
SPEAKER SLIPS.
MADAM CLERK?
>> OKAY.
SO FAR YOUR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 37 I
HAVE A COUPLE OF NOTES.
FOR ITEM 3, YOU'RE ADOPTING
ORDINANCE SACRAMENTO COUNTY CODE
REPEALING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER
2.96 TITLE 2 RELATED TO
SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN ARTS
COMMISSION.
WAIVE READING ON THIS ON
OCTOBER 22nd.
ITEM 9 ADOPTING ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTERS .1 TITLE 2,
SECTION 2.1.17 OF SACRAMENTO
COUNTY CODE RELATING TO MOUSE
REGISTRAR VOTERS FEES.
AND YOU ARE ALSO ADOPTING
ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 10 AMENDING
CHAPTERS 2.99.50 AND 2.99.60
TITLE 2, OF THE COUNTY CODE
RELATING TO THE FIRST FIVE
SACRAMENTO COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP
TERM LIMITS AND ITEM 30 ADOPTING
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 6.20
TITLE 6 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT YOU WAIVED READING ON
THIS ON OCTOBER 22nd.
I ALSO HAVE A NOTE FOR ITEM 8.
TO DROP BOARD LETTERS NUMBER 12
FOR THE SHERIFF, NUMBER 16 FOR
CHILD FAMILY AND ADULT SERVICES
AND NUMBER 23 FOR HEALTH
SERVICES.
ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS REMAIN
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THOSE FOUR
OTHER SEPARATE ITEMS AND CALL
THAT AT THAT TIME.
>> I HAVE TWO MORE TO ADD TO
THAT LIST.
NUMBER 16 AND NUMBER 17.
WE WILL ALSO SEPARATELY HEAR.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMMENT?
MR. NOTTOLI.
>> ITEM 7 IF I COULD REAL
QUICKLY.
>> ITEM 7 CONTRACT FOR COUNTY OF
SACRAMENTO LIBRARY FACILITY
MASTER PLAN APPROVE AGREEMENT
WITH GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE
RESEARCH AND PLANNING
INCORPORATED IN AMOUNT OF 28
287,900 FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
LIBRARY FACILITY MASTER PLAN.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
I HAD SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE NAV GILL AND HE GOT
BACK TO ME THIS MORNING.
MY CONCERN HERE WAS THAT THIS
CONTRACT GOES THROUGH MARCH OF
2021.
WE APPROVED THIS IN A BUDGET
YEAR A YEAR AGO.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS CONTRACT IS
COMING TO US AND MY CONCERN IS
THAT IS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AND
IN THE PLAN OF ACTION HERE, IT
DOES NOT DETAIL ANY MILESTONE
TIME LINES AND NAV ASSURED ME,
LET HIM SPEAK TO IT, THAT THAT
THEY WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO
THE BOARD IN TIME LINES THIS
NEEDS TO GET TO US SOONER AS
MARCH OF 2021 BEING OUTSIDE
DATE.
IMPERATIVE AS IT RELATES TO
LIBRARIES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND
CONSIDERATION BEFORE THIS BOARD
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT FOLKS
AGREE THAT WE NEED TO SEE THIS
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
>> THAT IS CORRECT SUPERVISOR
NOTTOLI, GIVE COMMUNICATION TO
THE BOARD ON WHAT THE TIMEFRAME
AND WHAT BAY DATES WE ANTICIPATE
TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD
WITH A PRODUCT.
>> ANY IDEA WHERE WE WOULD LAND
WITH THIS?
>> I DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC
DATE, BUT I THINK ONCE WE HAVE A
CONTRACT IN PLACE, OUR JOB
NUMBER ONE WILL BE TO COME UP
WITH TIME LINES.
>> CONSULTANTS MARCH 20620 LOOKS
REAL GOOD.
WORK REAL HARD AND QUICK.
>> PASS IT ALONG COMMUNITY
OUTREACH IN THERE BUT WE WILL
GET THIS.
>> MR. SERNA?
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
COMMENT ON ITEM 2.
>> ITEM 2 IS ADOPTION OF 2020
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
CALENDAR.
>> WANTED TO MAKE COUNTY CEO,
THANK HIM FOR WORKING WITH ME AS
VISE CHAIR THIS YEAR AND
PRESUMABLY SERVE AS CHAIR NEXT
YEAR.
BUT THIS WILL BE A BIT OF
DEPARTURE IN TERMS OF OUR FORMAL
CALENDAR SET UP FOR YEAR IN
ADVANCE AS WAS NOTED, TODAY I
THINK IT IS IN THE DIGITAL
VERSION OF THE SACRAMENTO BEE
LOOKING TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR
SCHEDULED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HEARINGS COMMENCE WITH TIMED
ITEMS HEARD IN THE EVENING.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A
NUMBER OF MY CONSTITUENTS OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
PROGRAMS OTHERS ON THIS BOARD
HAVE AS WELL, THAT BECAUSE WE
ARE CHARGED WITH HEARING SO MANY
ITEMS, WE HAVE SUCH A FULL DAY
THAT BEGINS AT 9:30 A.M. AND CAN
GO AS LATE AS 11:00 P.M.
SOMETIMES IT IS INFREQUENT BUT
IT HAPPENS, THAT FOLKS ATTENDING
SCHOOL OR WORKING, DON'T HAVE
THE CLANS TO COME DOWN -- THE
CHANCE TO COME DOWN TO PETITION
THEIR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON ISSUES
THAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
THIS WILL I ATTEMPT SHOULD IT
BASS CONSENT THIS MORNING TO
BROAD WREN THE TIME THAT WE WILL
BE ACCESSIBLE AND PUBLIC WILL
HAVE TO COME TO INTERBASE THE
THEIR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND I
WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY CEO'S
OFFICE FOR HELPING US TO GET IT
TO A PLACE WHERE I THINK THAT WE
ACHIEVE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
MISS PETERS.
>> I WILL PULL ITEM 2.
>> PUT AND HEAR IT SEPARATELY.
>> OKAY.
>> MISS FROST?
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK SAME
THING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HEAR 3, 9, 10, 20, 16, 17 AND 2.
NICELY DONE MR. GILL ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR THIS WEEK!
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT IS NOT DONE UNTIL IT IS
FULLY --
(INAUDIBLE) HERE WE GO.
>> MR. RODRIGUEZ YOU HAVE CARDS
IN FOR 3, 9, SO, TO.
I WILL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THOSE
AND GIVE YOU 5 MINUTES TO SPEAK
ON THOSE ITEMS.
10 AND 20.
>> ITEM 3 ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
REPEALING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER II
.96 TITLE 2 RELATED TO THE
SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN ARTS
COMMISSION.
AND THEN ITEM 9, IS ADOPTION OF
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.01
TITLE 2 SECTION 2 "1.17 OF
SACRAMENTO COUNTY CODE RELATING
TO MOUSE REGI TO MISCELLANEOUS R
VOTER FEES AND 10 AMENDING
CHAPTERS 2.9950 AND 2.9960 AND
RELATING TO FIRST FIVE
SACRAMENTO COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP
TERM LIMITS AND THEN FOR 17 IS
THE AUTHORITY TO --
>> ACTUALLY IT IS 20.
>> 20, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
20 IS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE
DATA SHARING AND REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR
PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2020
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022 IN
AMOUNT OF 15,276.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE THOSE FOUR ITEMS.
DAVEY RODRIGUEZ IF YOU ARE HERE
PLEASE COME TO PODIUM AND I WILL
GIVE YOU 5 MINUTES TO ADDRESS
ALL FOUR OF THOSE AT ONE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS DAVEY.
EVERYBODY CALLS ME DAVEY, THAT
IS THE WAY IT IS SPELLED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO GO IN REVERSE
ORDER, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO ME AND THAT IS
NUMBER 20.
ON THAT CONTRACT WITH THE EDD.
UNTIL I READ THIS I HAD NO IDEA
THAT THIS WAS EVEN POSSIBLE.
IT ALLOWS THE SHERIFF TO SEARCH
EDD RECORDS AND IT APPEARS TO
ME, ON ITS FACE TO BE A BROAD
WARRANTLESS SEARCH.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE THAT
REQUIRES HIM TO HAVE A WARRANT.
YOU ASK INFORMATION UNDER
CERTAIN GUIDELINES THEY GIVE IT
TO YOU.
NOW, THIS IS PEOPLE'S WORKING
PEOPLES' INFORMATION OUT THERE,
THEY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE DONE
ANYTHING OR WILL DO ANYTHING,
BUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HE
IS ASKING AND YOU'RE WILLING TO
GIVE HIM THE MONEY TO DO THIS, I
GUESS THAT IS --
WHO STANDS UP AND SAYS FOR US, I
EXPECT THIS FROM THE SHERIFF, I
EXPECT HIM TO ASK FOR
INFORMATION.
WHAT I ALSO EXPECT IS SOMEBODY
TO PROTECT US.
THERE IS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN THIS
AND IT ISN'T.
HE IS ALLOWED TO TAKE UP TO ONE
MILLION RECORDS AND THAT IS A IT
A TIME NOT A LIMIT OF ONE
MILLION, THAT IS ONE MILLION AT
ONCE.
AND SO THERE IS --
WHAT, 60 MILLION PEOPLE OR LESS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND ONLY
ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE WORKING
THAT I CAN SEE.
REQUEST AND HE HAS GOT EVERY
WORKING PERSON'S ADDRESS AND
THEIR EMPLOYER.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP TO GET A JOB, I
DON'T SEE THY ANYWHERE WHERE YOU
ARE SURRENDERING YOUR FOURTH
AMENDMENT RIGHTS THERE.
THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING SAID
ABOUT THAT.
REALIZE NOW THAT THE
UNEMPLOYMENT CODE WHICH I HAVE
NOT GOT TO, I READ ALL OF THE
CODES, I STARTED FROM THE
BEGINNING AND WORKED MY WAY, BUT
I HAVE NOT REACHED THE
UNEMPLOYMENT CODE YET.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TRIVIAL ONE
FOR ME, NOW I SEE IT IS QUITE
IMPORTANT.
SO SOMEBODY SHOULD QUESTION, YOU
KNOW, WHETHER ANYBODY YOU KNOW,
THE INDIVIDUAL WORKING PERSON'S
RIGHTS ARE BEING PROTECTED HERE.
YOU ENTER THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY
AND NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK THEY
BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE PROTECTED.
YOU HAVE A LAWYER PRESENT WHEN
THE COPS ARE THERE, ALL OF THE
RECORDS THAT THEY WANT ARE
SCRUTINIZED AND SEVERELY
RESTRICTED NOW.
YOU ARE A WORKING PERSON THEY
SAY OH YEAH, NO PROBLEM, JUST
GIVE THEM WHAT HE WANTS.
>> HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR TIME
MR. RODRIGUEZ.
>> I SEE I SAID THIS WAS
IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> I AGREE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN CONTINUE.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
>> QUIT THERE.
ON THE FIRST YOU ARE ASKING TO
EXTEND TERM OF THESE PEOPLE ON
MAKE PUBLIC TERM OR COMMUNITY
SEAT INTO ONE THAT IS BASICALLY
NON COMMUNITY SEAT AND WE HAVE
VERY LITTLE COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD AS
IT IS.
PLUS EXTENDING THE TERMS MAKE IT
KIND OF A THIEFDOM IN A SENSE I
UNDERSTAND IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR POSITIONS
ALL THE TIME, WHAT THE HECK, IT
IS A JOB.
YOU LIVE UP TO THE TERMS ARE YOU
DON'T.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT VERY
MINIMUM TO STAY LIKE IT IS AND
POSSIBLY BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE
MORE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION
THERE.
ON THAT VOTER THING ITEM 9 I SEE
SNOG THERE, YOU WANT TO HAVE
RESEARCH DONE, IT COSTS 110 PER
HOUR.
WHO IN THE HELL DOWN VOTER
REGISTRATION BRANCH IS MAKING
110 BUCKS AN HOUR?
THE COST OF THESE THINGS IS
SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THEIR COSTS.
THAT IS A LOT.
YOU NEED TO HAVE RECORDS
RESEARCH DONE.
WHICH I DO QUITE OFTEN.
SO, I KIND OF TAKE ISSUE WITH
SOME OF THESE FEES.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE RELATIVE
TO WHAT THEY COST THE COUNTY.
THE LAST THING IS METROPOLITAN
ARTS THINGS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THIS, ARE WE SURRENDERING COUNT
WRITE TO CITY'S GIVING UP DOMAI%
AND MORE REPRESENTATION ON HOW
THAT MONEY IS SPENT THAT IS
COMING INTO THE COUNTY?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW,
WHETHER WE NOW HAVE TO INFLUENCE
PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T VOTE FOR
WHICH IS THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO.
THEY WILL BE HAVING MORE POWER
IN THIS.
AND US LESS?
I READ THAT THING THROUGH AND I
HONEST TO GOD I DO NOT
UNDERSTAND IT.
SOY WISH YOU WOULD CLARIFY THAT
SOMEHOW.
AND GO AHEAD --
>> MR. GILL YOU HAVE A RESPONSE
FOR THAT?
>> YES I DO.
I THINK WHAT THIS ITEM DOES IT
CLARIFIES THAT THE CONTROL COMES
BACK TO COUNTY.
THERE IS DISSOLUTION OF
(INAUDIBLE) WE ARE REMOVING ANY
REFERENCE TO SACRAMENTO
METROPOLITAN ART COMMISSION AND
CITY OF SACRAMENTO AND PUTTING
IT BACK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY EXECUTE JIVE OUR
INTENTION IS NOT TO DIMINISH OUR
SUPPORT OF THE ARTS?
>> IT IS NOT.
>> OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE THAT.
DO I COULD NOT GET THAT OUT OF
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUE GEEZ.
>> MR. CHAIR?
>> YES, MR. NOTTOLI?
>> SINCE ISSUE WAS RAISED ON
ITEM 20, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE
REMEMBERFUL MR. RODRIGUE HE HAS
READ THIS AND CERTAINLY FOLLOWED
AGENDA ONE RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT
IN PLACE FOR NOW THREE YEARS,
ENTERED INTO FIRST IN 2016 AND I
WANTED TO READ WHAT THE PURPOSE,
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, SINCE
ISSUE WAS RAISED RELATIVE TO
CONFIDENTIALITY AND WARRANTLESS
SEARCHES AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT
IN THAT AREA OF THE LAW.
IF I COULD TAKE A QUICK MOMENT
HERE, THAT THROUGH THIS
AGREEMENT EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT AGREES TO PROVIDE
CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYER ADDRESS
AND CLIENT ADDRESS INFORMATION
TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
THE OFFICE AGREES TO USE EDD
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FOR
LECTING VICTIMS SUSPECTS MISSING
PERSONS, POTENTIAL WITNESSES OR
PERSONS WHERE A FELONY ARREST
WARRANT ISSUED.
WHEN INFORMATION REQUESTED IN
THE COURSE OF AND PARSE OF
INVESTIGATION INTO COMMISSION OF
A CRIME, WHEN THERE IS
REASONABLE SUS NATION THE CRIME
IS A FELONY AND THAT INFORMATION
WOULD LEAD TO RELEVANT EVIDENCE.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THE
PRODUCTION OF THE
CONFIDENTIALITY, FEDERAL AND
STATE CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS
REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE
POLICIES CLASSIFY ALL OF THE EDD
INFORMATION PROVIDED UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL AND
BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS
PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO
PUBLIC AND MANDATED PROTECTION
AGAINST LAW OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS USE DISCLOSURE OR
MODIFICATION OR DESTRUCTION AND
LIST OF ADMINISTRATION
STRAIGHTIVE SAVE GUARDS THAT
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO DOES AS
PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO POINT THIS OUT.
BETWEEN I THINK PEOPLE'S RIGHT
TO PRIVACY, CERTAINLY EMPLOYMENT
STATUS AND INFORMATION RELATES
TO EMPLOYERS AND COMPENSATION
AND OTHER MATTERS OF COURSE
RELATES TO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL
HISTORY NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED
AND LIMIT OF SCOPE IN THISR
REGARD AS IT RELATES TO ACCESS
TO INFORMATION AND AS I READ,
MORE INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO
BE SURE THAT WAS POINTED OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD POINTS.
ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD?
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM 16 AND 17 AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE CHRISTOPHER BARTON
HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THOSE
TWO ISSUES.
>> ITEM 16 AUTHORITY TO ENTER
INTO SINGLE YEAR EXPENDITURE
CONTRACTS WITH MULTI-YEAR
CONTRACT AUTHORITY WITH
TELLECARE CORPORATION IN AMOUNT
OF 12,765,000, WITH TERM BOARD
APPROVAL JUNE 2022 FOR ADULTS
LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL
HEALTH HOMELESS OR RISK AT
HOMELESSLESS THROUGH A
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
FOR ITEM 17 AUTHORITY TO ENTER
INTO SINGLE YEAR EXPENDITURE
CONTRACTS WITH MULTI-YEAR
CONTRACT AUTHORITY WITH TURNING
POINT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN THE
AMOUNT OF 1 10,050,000 FOR ADULS
WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS WHO
ARE HOMELESS OR RISK AT
HOMELESSLESS THROUGH THE HAVEN
PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU MR. BARTON?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD.
>> IF YOU --
WE WILL RAISE PODIUM FOR YOU
HERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD CHRISTOPHER BARTON.
CONSUMER FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE STEERING
COMMITTEE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY
AND SACRAMENTO COUNTY MENTAL
HEALTH BOARD.
I USED TO GET SERVICES FROM
KAISER PERMANENTE YEARS AGO THEY
OFFERED THEM THE MOST, KIND OF
LACKING, THE FIRST AGENCY THAT
EVER IMPACTED ME WAS TELECARE
CORPORATION STORE IN SAC COUNTY,
YEARS AGO I WAS NOT HOMELESS BUT
AVOIDED HOMELESSNESS BY LIVING
IN BOARD AND CARE IN THE SOUTH
AREA AND WHILE AT TELECARE THEY
OFFERED PROGRAMS THAT IMPACTED
ME SUCH AS DIE ELECTRIC TAL
BEHAVIOR THERAPY, REACTION PLAN
STARTED BY MARY ELLEN COPELAND
IMPACT THAT AFFECTED ME MOST AT
TELECARE WAS FACILITATED BY
BOZLEY WHICH THE JOB READY.
I GOT INVOLVED WITH WHY IS YOU,
WORKFORCE INTEGRATION SUPPORTED
INDICATION FACILITATED BY CAL
VOICES.
I GOT EMPLOYMENT SO I GOT TO
WORK FOR (INAUDIBLE) FOR YEAR
AND A HALF EMPLOYEE OF THE
MONTH.
THEN I GOT TO PURSUE THE JOB I
REALLY ENJOYED THE MOST WORKING
FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN CRISIS
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM HENRIETTA
WHICH IMPACTS PEOPLE RIGHT WHEN
THEY COME OUT OF MENTAL
HOSPITAL, AT THEIR MOST FRAGILE
OR MOST URGENT NEED OF CARE.
HOMELESSNESS IS ALWAYS ASPECT
THAT THEY TALK ABOUT BUT HEN
REET TAWAS TWO WEEK STAY WE
WOULD OFFER PROGRAMS WITHIN I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY THESE ITEMS
YOU ARE VOTED ON ARE VERY
NEEDED.
P MONIES SOUND BIG BUT THEY DO
IMPACT FOR ME PERSONALLY I DID
LOSE THIS SUMMER BEEN A TOUGH
SUMMER.
I HAVE LOW OF THE MY HOUSE
BECAUSE OF MISTAKES I MADE WHICH
WERE ILLOGICAL AND IRRATIONAL
FOR FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES I
GOT OFF MEDICATION IT AFFECTED
ME.
I LOST MY CONDO, LOST MY
SUBSEQUENT JOB, LOST MY CAR AND
NOW I FIND MYSELF BACK IN
ANOTHER ROOM AND BOARD OPERATED
BY THE SAME GUY THAT OPERATED
THE FIRST ONE WHEN I WAS
CONSERVED, I'M TURNING MY LIFE
AROUND THANKS TO A DIFFERENT
AGENCY CALLED TCORE UNDER
COOPERATIVE TLCS MENTAL HEALTH
IS VERY PREVALENT IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND I JUST WITH LIKE
TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE TO
SUPPORT BOTH TELE CARE AND
TRINITY POINT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
>> MR. MARTIN, THANK FOUR BEING
HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND
COMMITMENT AND WE APPRECIATE IT
AND I ALSO WILL SAY HEN RECEIPT
TAU IS IN DISTRICT I REPRESENT
AND IT IS A MODEL FOR THE REST
OF THE COUNTY AND THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
ITEM 2.
>> ITEM 2 ADOPTION OF 2020 BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS MEETING CALENDAR.
MISS METERS?
>> I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH
THIS ITEM AND I THINK THAT THE
BOARD HAS THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HAS VERY LONG
MEETINGS, 8 TO 10 HOURS A DAY ON
MEETING DATES AND I THINK NIGHT
MEETINGS IS EXTREMELY
IMPRACTICAL WHERE WE MIGHT BE
RUNNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR 2 IN
THE MORNING.
AND ALSO WITH SET DATES LIKE
THIS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT AGENDA
IS GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT IS ALSO IMPRACTICAL.
AND I'M -- I HAVE SOME
AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE TO THE CALENDAR.
I CAN GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A
TIME SO THE CLERK CAN KEEP THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THAT THE
CHANGING THE TIME FOR THE
MEETING EVER TUESDAY
MARCH 24th TO INCLUDE
AFTERNOON SESSION AND ELIMINATE
THE MEETING OF MARCH 25th.
LIKE TO CHANGE TIME FOR MEETING
ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 10th TO
START AT 9:30 INSTEAD OF
5:00 P.M.
CHANGE TIME OF MEETING ON
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd TO
INCLUDE AFTERNOON SESSION AND
ELIMINATE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 23rd AND CHANGING
THE TIME OF THE MEETING OF
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17th TO
INCLUDE AFTERNOON SESSION AND
ELIMINATE THE MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 18th.
I HAVE HAD NO CALL FOR THIS FROM
MY CONSTITUENCY TO CHANGE THESE
DATES AND IN FACTS WHEN WE HAVE
MEETINGS THAT RUN LATE AT NIGHT
USUALLY EVERYONE HAS TO LEAVE TO
GO HOME TO GO TO BED AND GET TO
WORK THE NEXT MORNING.
THEY LEAVE AT 8:00 PEE THEM A
KIND OF THING.
COUNTY IS A VERY DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATION THAN THE CITIES
WITH A MUCH LONGER AGENDA AND I
THINK IT IS BEST FOR THE
CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY TO HAVE
THE MEETINGS DURING THE DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THAT A MOTION?
>> MOTION.
>> IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT
MOTION BEFORE WE GO DOWN THE
LINE?
>> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND
ON THE FLOOR.
SUPERVISOR FROST?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS
CHALLENGING FOR ME, IT IS NOT SO
MUCH I UNDERSTAND MAYBE IN YOUR
SITUATION, SUPERVISOR SERNA,
THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS MAY CALL
AND ASK FOR EVENING MEETINGS.
MY CONSTITUENT DOES NOT.
THEY HAVE NOT AND I REPRESENT
OUTLYING AREAS.
HAVING EVENING MEETINGS FOR ME
DOESN'T --
IT DOESN'T MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE EXCEPT THAT I'M OUT
ALMOST EVERY NIGHT IN THE
COMMUNITY SO IT TAKES ME FROM A
COMMUNITY MEETING THAT I
PROBABLY WOULD BE AT OR MAYBE
ONE OF THOSE RARE EVENINGS WHEN
I WOULD BE AT HOME, BUT MOSTLY,
IT JUST -- IT SEEMS DIFFICULT TO
HAVE, TO HAVE A MORNING MEETING
AND THEN COME BACK THE NEXT DAY
FOR A MEETING THAT GOES FROM 5
TO WHO KNOWS HOW LATE.
OUR MEETINGS OFTEN TIMES GO
LATE.
AND SO I KIND OF AGREE.
I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT.
IT MAKES IT HARDER AND THE OTHER
THING IS, IT IS COSTLY TO HAVE
EMPLOYEES COME IN THE EVENING.
THEY ARE GENERALLY WORKING
DURING THE DAY, THAT IS AN ADDED
COST FOR THE BUDGET.
AND OTHER COUNTIES, WHEN YOU
LOOK AROUND, DO NOT HAVE EVENING
MEETINGS.
THEY DO GENERALLY DO THEIR
BUSINESS DURING THE DAY.
SO FOR ME IT WOULD WORK BETTER
TO HAVE IT DURING THE DAY IF
THAT IS WHAT THE COUNCIL AGREES
TO DO.
>> THE BOARD.
>> I MEAN WHAT THE BOARD AGREES
TO DO.
>> SUPERVISOR SERNA?
>> THANK YOU.
WELL I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES'
POSITIONS I RESPECTFULLY
DISAGREE WITH THEM AND DISAGREE
WITH THEM STRONGLY, BECAUSE
AGAIN I HAVE HEARD FROM MY
CONSTITUENTS NOT JUST RECENTLY
BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR
SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD,
THAT IT WOULD NOT BE
UNREASONABLE AND I TEND TO AGREE
WITH THEM TO HAVE A FEW OF THESE
MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
FOR THE EVENING AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT FOUR MEETINGS OUT
OF THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MEETINGS
MADAM CLERK THAT WE HAVE IN THE
COURSE OF A YEAR BUT IT IS
SEVERAL.
I THINK IT IS A MODEST APPROACH
AND WITH REGARDS TO NOT KNOWING
WHAT AGENDA MIGHT BE FOR THOSE
DATES WHERE WE HAVE MEETINGS
THAT WOULD START AT 5:00 P.M. WE
HAVE IT WELL IN OUR CAPABILITY
TO CAREFULLY PLAN AGENDANESS
ADVANCE TO SO THAT THERE ARE --
AGENDAS IN ADVANCE SO THAT THERE
ARE ITEMS THAT WOULD DRAW MORE
ATTENDANCE AND MORE INTEREST IN
ADDRESSING THE BOARD FOR THOSE
DESIGNATED DATES.
IT IS NOT BRAIN SURGERY.
SO, AGAIN, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY
ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT ADVANCES THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS QUITE FRANKLY
FOR HOW RESIDENTS OF SACRAMENTO
COUNTY CAN AND SHOULD PETITION
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND HAVE
EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I THINK KEEPING THE MEETING
SCHEDULE AS IS AS LONG AS THE
MEETINGS, WE KNOW FOR A FACT,
HEARD ALL FIVE OF US HAVE HEARD
AT THE SAME TIME MANY ACCOUNTS
IN THESE CHAMBERS WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE COMMENTED AFTER THE FACT,
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO
HAVE TESTIFIED AT A HEARING BUT
THEY HAD TO WORK OR ATTENDING
SCHOOL H OTHER DAYTIME
COMMITMENTS.
SO AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF
FORETHOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS
RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS,
THE FACT THAT ONE IS DESIGNATED
FOR WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB WE HAVE EVERY
YEAR, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF
OUR BUDGET AND OFO ALL OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE ROUTINELY THAT WE
HAVE --
WE ANTICIPATE EVERY YEAR, IT IS
OUR BUDGET THAT SHOULD BE THE
MOST WELCOMING TO THE PUBLIC TO
CONTRIBUTE THEIR THOUGHTS.
AGAIN, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
SUGGEST SUBSTITUTE MOTION IN
SUPPORT OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION
AND LOOK FOR A SECOND.
>> OKAY.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR
IS THERE A SECOND IN.
>> YES, SECOND.
>> SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR
NOTTOLI AND SUPERVISOR NOTTOLI
WANTS TO SPEAK.
>> I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIE
TEAM.
AND CERTAINLY -- TO THE ITEM AND
CERTAINLY SUPPORT SUBSTITUTE
MOTION.
THINKING BACK OVER HOW BOARD
CALENDAR EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS
A TIME CERTAINLY THAT PRECEDED
INCORPORATIONS OF THREE CITIES
IN THIS COUNTY, THE LAND USE
CALENDAR WAS A VERY HEAVY ONE,
BUT WHERE WE WOULD REGULARLY
HAVE A WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEETING
AND A LOT WAS DEVOTED TO LAND
USE SOMETIMES SUBSTANTIVE POLICY
MATTERS THAT RELATED TO COUNTY
ORDINANCES WHERE IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS TO ACCESS US
DURING THE DAY.
AND FROM TIME TO TIME, DURING
SOME OF THE BUDGET STRESS
PERIODS WE WOULD HAVE A BUDGET
DISCUSSION AS WELL.
I KNOW THIS NEXT YEAR WE
ANTICIPATE SOME LAND USE ITEMS,
OF MAJOR CONSEQUENCE ALONG
JACKSON CORRIDOR COMING TO THIS
BOARD.
I HAD OCCASION TO GO TO A
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THE
OTHER EVENING A FAIRLY LENGTHY
ONE.
MY POINT BEING IS THAT IT MAY BE
CONVENIENT FOR SOME FOLKS TO
ACCESS OUR MEETINGS DURING THE
DAY, AGAIN IF IT IS ONLY
SPORADIC, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT
THOSE LAND USE ITEMS IN
PARTICULAR ARE ONES THAT I
BELIEVE NEED TO HAVE A SESSION
DURING THE EVENING WHEN FOLKS
CAN GET HERE AFTER WORK OR PLAN
ACCORDINGLY TO BEGIN IN LATE
AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING AND WE
CERTAINLY R THE ABILITY TO YOU
KNOW WORKING THROUGH THE CLERK
AND CHAIR'S OFFICE RESPECTIVELY,
COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SET CALENDAR
AND AGENDA PI THINK IN ADDITION
SOME OF COMMENTS RELATIVE TO
BUDGET IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE
UPCOMING YEAR AND MAYBE FOR THE
NEXT YEAR OR TWO, PARTICULARLY
WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE
CONSIDERATIONS.
THOSE ARE MAJOR POLICY DECISIONS
BY THIS BOARD.
TALKING ABOUT TENS OF THOUSAND
OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS, TALKING
ABOUT IMPLICATIONS IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS TO
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES IN
AREAS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
PORTION OF THIS COUNTY.
AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST YOU
KNOW, WOULD BE VERY EMPHATIC IN
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS AS IT
RELATES TO THOSE ITEMS.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
BUDGET STRESSORS THAT WOULD
ALLOW FOLKS TO COME HERE, NOT
THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I THINK
HAVING THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS IN
THE COURSE OF A YEAR, AGAIN OUR
CALENDARS OBVIOUSLY ARE CROWDED
I RESPECT THAT FOR ALL OF US,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE
BUSINESS WE ARE ELECTED TO DO,
SIT IN SESSION DO, THE PEOPLE'S
WORK AND BUSINESS HERE AND I'M
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING A
NIGHT SESSIONS AND IF THERE IS
OCCASION WE DON'T NEED TO WE
HAVE THE ABILITY NOT TO USE IT
BUT I THINK SETTING IN IT THE
CALENDAR WE WORK OUR SCHEDULES
AROUND THAT AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR VARIETY OF
CONSIDERATIONS TO HAVE THOSE
NIGHT MEETINGS.
WE EVOLVED OVER TIME WITH
WORKLOAD TO GO TO AN EVERY OTHER
WEEK, TUESDAY MEETING, AND
INFREQUENTLY HAVE WEDNESDAY
MEETINGS AND I THINK AN EVENING
MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME WILL
IMPROVE ACCESS FOR FOLKS AND
ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS I BELIEVE
ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE OF
THIS COUNTY I SUPPORT SUBSTITUTE
MOTION.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT I HAVE.
SO WE HAVE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND
SECOND.
ON THE TABLE.
SO CLERK PLEASE VOTE.
>> MOTION FAILS.
>> OKAY SO GO TO ORIGINAL MOTION
CLERK CAPTURED?
>> I DID.
>> MOTION AND SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE.
>> AND THE MOTION PASSES.
>> THANK YOU OUR 37 MINUTE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
MADAM CLERK.
>> NEED MOTION ON BALANCE OF THE
WHOLE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> CHAIR WILL MOVE SECOND?
>> MOTION SECOND.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> SO FOR ITEM 38 PRESENTATION
OF RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING
EMILY BUTLER FOR YEARS OF
SWERVES THE SPLASH PROGRAM.
>> EMILY JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM,
PLEASE.
>> A DAY TO DO RECOGNITION FOR
HUMAN SERVICE AND GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE A
LOT OF FOLKS.
BUT TODAY IS ALSO A DAY WE
RECOGNIZE ANOTHER PERSON WHO I
CERTAINLY BELIEVE AND I THINK
THIS BOARD IS WELL-ACQUAINTED
WITH HER WORK, GIVEN A LOT TO
THIS COMMUNITY AND BOARD
REDUCTION AND WON'T READ ALL OF
THE WHEREASES IN REFERENCE TO
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SHE DEVOTED
AND CONTRIBUTION TO THIS
COMMUNITY GO THROUGH WHEREASES
AND EMILY HAS A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS TO OFFER.
RESOLUTION CONGRATULATES EMILY
BUTLER ON YEARS OF SERVICE WITH
SPLASH PROGRAM AND OF COURSE ON
THIS DAY NOVEMBER 5th WE ARE
HONORING HER AND CERTAINLY HAVE
A LARGE AUDIENCE HERE TO HONOR
OTHER FOLKS AS WELL RECOGNIZING
HER DEDICATED SERVICE OVER THE
COURSE OF A DOZEN YEARS AND HER
WORK WITH SPLASH PROGRAM.
ALSO HER LEADERSHIP IN WORKING
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND IN
THE POOL STEWARDSHIP.
THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME EMILY
HAD FASCINATION AND DEEP
APPRECIATION FOR OUT OF DOORS
AND AMAZING CRITTERS BIG AS WELL
AS VERY SMALL WHICH SHARE THE
WORLD WITH US HUMANS.
AND SINCE HER EARLY CHILDHOOD
HAS NURTURED HER INTEREST IN
PROTECTING NATURE AND
CONCENTRATED WORK AND PASSION TO
ADVANCING THE BELIEF THAT
PLAYING, EXPERIENCING AND
LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD
AROUND US AND AWESOME WONDERS IS
THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD.
EMILY'S MOTHER EVA WELL-KNOWN TO
THIS BOARD AND CERTAINLY HER
WORK ALONG THE SAME LINES, SHE
HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP MOST
ASSUREDLY SERVED AS A LOVING
MENTOR INEMILY IN PURSUIT OF
BRINGING STUDENTS TO NATURE'S
CLASSROOM AT MATHER WHERE THEY
CAN EXPERIENCE THE HABITAT OF
LIVING CREATURES WHICH THEY
HARBOR AND SUPPORT.
MORE THAN 13 YEAR AGO COMPLETED
COLLEGE STUDIES THAT EMILY
ACCEPTED THE POSITION WITH
SPLASH PROGRAM AT MATHER.
WHERE SHE WOULD SERVE AS FIRST
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE COURSE
OF HER TIME WITH SPLASH SHE
WOULD OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW PROGRAMS AND SCIENCE
EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR
EXPLORATION.
HER WORK INCLUDED MANY FACETS
AND FEW I MENTION COORDINATING
FIELD TRIPS, GROWING THE SPLASH
CENTER AND TEAMING UP WITH
TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN
SACRAMENTO REGION.
ROBUST HANDS ON SCIENCE PROGRAM
AND CURRICULUM ENTITLED LIFE IS
OUR WATERSHED, INVESTIGATING
POOLS EXCUSE ME LIFE ON
WATERSHED INVESTIGATING THE
POOLS AND THROUGH IT ALL SHE
TOUCHED MINDS AND HEARTS OF MORE
THAN 30,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THIS AWESOME AND
AMAZING ADVENTURE IN W NATURE.
EMILY EFFORTS WERE A CATALYST
FOR BRINGING TOGETHER UNIVERSITY
PROFESSIONALS ECOLOGISTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS, PARENTS,
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR COMMON
PURPOSE.
TO HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
EXPERIENCE AND GROW IN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TREMENDOUS
VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF
APPRECIATING AND PROTECTING OUR
NATURAL WORLD.
AND THROUGH HER TIME AT SPLASH
EMILY BROUGHT THAT TO A CLOSE
AND SHE IS TAKING A WELL
DESERVED REST TO DEVOTE TIME TO
HER FAMILY BUT HELD POSITION
PLASH TO CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN
MISSION TO SOME DAY REALIZE
DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION CENTER AT MATHER
FURTHER COMPLEMENT THE OUTDOOR
CLASSROOM WHICH BECAUSE OF HER
STRONG ADVOCACY AND ALLIANCE
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL
FOREVER INCLUDE PROTECTION OF
MORE THAN 1300 ACRES OF POOL
HABITAT INCLUDING CRITTER AND
FAMOUS POOLS AND ALL OF THE
CREATURES WHICH CALL THEM HOME.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HERE
BY EXTEND TOMORROW EMILY SINCERE
THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR
NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
FURTHER OFFER HEARTFELT WISHES
BEST WISHES TO EMILY AND HER
FAMILY FOR MUCH HAPPINESS GOOD
HEALTH AND MANY BLESSINGS IN
FUTURE YEARS AND HOPEFULLY FROM
TIME TO TIME OCCASIONAL SPRING
TIME VISIT TO VERNAL POOLS WHERE
STUDENTS AND NATURE WILL THRIVE
AND PROSPER BUS BAH BECAUSE OF
HER COMMITMENT AND LEGACY OF
SEEKING TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE
PRECIOUS AND WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE
FOR BENEFIT OF ALL GENERATIONS
TO COME EMILY CONGRATULATIONS
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND MORE TO
ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR LIFE WE THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS EL MILLY
BUTLER FORMER EXECUTE EVERYBODY
DIRECTOR OF SACRAMENTO SPLASH.
I SPENT 13 YEARS OF MY LIFE
WORKING TO BRING LOCAL KIDS OUT
TO EXPLORE AND LEARN SCIENCE AT
SPLASH OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AT
MATHER FIELD.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT YOU
ARE TALKING THE TIME TODAY TO
HONOR MY CONTRIBUTION.
THANK YOU.
TO ME SPLASH IS EMBLEMATIC OF
THE PREPOWER OF PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS.
20 YEARS AGO THE COUNTY, THE
CITY OF SACRAMENTO AND REGIONAL
SANAAITEED UNDER LEADERSHIP OF
BOB SHANKS BY POOLING AGENCY
RESOURCES AND ENGAGING LOCAL
SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS YOU
CREATED A WATERSHED EDUCATION
PROGRAM THAT MOVED FAR BEYOND
YOUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
YOU CREATED SOMETHING OF REAL
VALUE THAT BROUGHT JOY AND
KNOWLEDGE TO 30,000 CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES.
I SAW MORE EVIDENCE PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN EXCELLENT
WORK DONE BY MATHER STAKEHOLDERS
GROUP UNDER LEADERSHIP OF COUNTY
PLANNING AND SUPERVISOR NOTTOLI.
TOGETHER WITH LEWIS GROUP THEY
COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENT
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT
LISTENED DEEPLY TO COMMUNITY
VOICES AND ULTIMATELY RESULTED
IN A BETTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
SURROUNDING HABITAT AND CURRENT
AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF MATHER
FIELD.
WITH THAT SAID IN THIS MY FINAL
ADDRESS TO YOU, I FEEL A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO INFORM YOU THAT
THE WORK REMAINS UNPUNISHED.
AFTER RESOLVING ISSUES RELATED
TO MATHER SOUTH THE MATHER
STAKEHOLDERS GROUP NEVER MET
AGAIN.
UNADDRESSED COMMUNITY REQUESTS
INCLUDE A TRANSPARENT FINANCE
PLAN FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF THE
VERNAL POOL PRESERVE AND
CREATION OF TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE TO HARNESS LOCAL
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND
VOLUNTEER RESOURCES.
ON THESE AND A FEW OTHER
CRITICAL ISSUES, NO PROGRESS WAS
MADE.
COLLECTIVELY THE MATHER
STAKEHOLDERS DEVOTED THOUSANDS
OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME TO
CREATE A WIN-WIN-WIN FOR THE
COUNTY, VERNAL POOLS AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
THAT EFFORT WAS MET WITH
RESISTANCE AND RESENTMENT BY KEY
PLAYERS IN THE COUNTY.
I DO NOT SAY THIS TO YOU AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF SPLASH, I HAVE
BEEN GONE FOR FOUR MONTHS.
AND NOBODY OTHER THAN MYSELF
KNEW WHAT I PLANNED TO SAY HERE
TODAY.
I SAY THIS YOU TO AS A CONCERNED
CITIZEN.
I HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO
WATCH WAY AND OTHERS PERCEIVE AS
COUNTY'S WANING COMMITMENT TO
MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING BY THE
BOOK AND CHECK ALL OF THE BOXES,
BUT UNLESS UPPER MANAGEMENT
FOSTER AS CULTURE OF RESPECT FOR
COMMUNITY VOICES, AND ENCOURAGES
STAFF ACTIVELY ENGAGE THEM IN
CO-CREATING A BETTER FUTURE, THE
COUNTY'S DECISION-MAKING WILL
REPRESENT ITS OWN INTERESTS, NOT
THOSE OF THE PEOPLE.
I HAVE THE DEEPEST RESPECT FOR
THIS BOARD AND I'M TRULY
GRATEFUL FOR THE HONOR YOU HAVE
BESTOWED UPON ME TODAY.
THAT IS WHY EVEN THOUGH IT MAY
SEEM ODD I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO
SHARE THESE PARTING THOUGHTS
WITH YOU.
IF I DID NOT, I WOULD NOT BE A
COMMUNITY LEADER OR WORTHY OF
THIS HONORING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, FOR
THIS KIND RESOLUTION AND FOR
YOUR UNDYING COMMITMENT TO THE
PEOPLE AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> EMILY, EMILY, DON'T GO AWAY
YET.
YOU GAVE TO IT US.
WE GET TO GIVE IT TO YOU NOW.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINT
HEAD YOU NOT KICKED US IN THE
BUTT ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR!
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AT
SPLASH AND ON BEHALF OF A WHOLE
BUNCH OF FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH
SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WHO I THINK
YOU KNOW.
I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
A TREMENDOUS LEADER IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE AT SPLASH HAS
BENEFITED NOT JUST SACRAMENTO
COUNTY BUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. SERNA?
>> THANK YOU.
I TOO WANTED TO PERSONALLY
CONGRATULATE EMILY AND HAD THE
GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING OUT AT
SPLASH A FEW TIMES, IN ONE CASE
WE WENT OUT WITH A GROUP OF
STUDENTS AND GOT OUR FEET MUDDY
AND GOT TO SEE ALL OF THE SPLASH
PROGRAM OFFERS.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ADD TO
WORDS THAT SUPERVISOR NOTTOLI
AND MR. KENNEDY HAVE ISSUED SO
FAR, IT IS NOT JUST WHAT YOU
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT IS
HOW YOU HAVE ADVOCATED FOR IT
THAT HAS BEEN IMP IMPRESSIVE WEE
BLESSED IN SACRAMENTO IN OUR
REGION IN THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO
ALL KINDS OF ASPECTS OF HOW BEST
TO PROVIDE AUGMENTED EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR YOUNGEST
CONSTITUENTS BUT I THINK
ESPECIALLY DURING THE
CHALLENGING TIMES YOU HAVE BEEN
VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW
TO LE US AND WORKING A
PARTNERSHIP FIND RESOURCES TO
HELP TO CONTINUE PROGRAMMING
WHEN IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO
TRY TO BALANCE THE OTHER NEEDS
HERE IN THIS CO COUNTY AND IN TE
INSTANCES YOU WERE RESPECTFUL
AND ALWAYS VERY PRACTICAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT THINK OF
YOURSELF AS A POLITICIAN, BUT I
THINK YOU ARE A POLITICIAN, A
PRETTY GOOD ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE FEW
WORDS TO WHAT IS IN THE
RESOLUTION AND WHAT HAS BEEN
SAID SO FOR.
>> THANKS SUPERVISOR SERNA.
>> I DON'T SUGGEST THAT YOU MOVE
INTO DISTRICT 2 ANYTIME SOON!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> ITEM 9 HUMAN SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL APPRECIATION WEEK.
>> MISMISS EDWARDS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
ANNE EDWARDS, DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN ASSISTANCE AND
ACKNOWLEDGING FOLKS TODAY IT IS
MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN
HONOR OF HUMAN SERVICES
PROFESSIONALS WEEK.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICE
PROFESSIONALS DO.
THEY WORK TIRELESSLY DAY IN AND
DAY OUT.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, THE
MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO
NEED OUR SERVICES THE MOST.
PEOPLE HUNGRY IN NEED OF MEDICAL
CARE IN NEED OF SOME ASSISTANCE
WHILE LOOKING FOR WORK AND THEY
DO THIS WITH OUR DHA CITY VALUES
COMPASSION INTEGRITY TRUST AND
INNOVATION.
SO AS WE RECOGNIZE THEM FOR
THEIR DEDICATION I'M HONORED TO
PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO MO
WHO IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER OF NEW
PATHS PROCLAIMING THIS WEEK AS
HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS
WEEK.
THANKS MO AND CARMEN, PROGRAM
MANAGER WITH US TODAY.
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND
CARMEN AND ALL OF THE STAFF FOR
AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO EACH
AND EVERY TAY.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
MR. MOHAMMED VICE PRESIDENT OF
NEW PATHS IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
IT STANDS FOR NATIONAL
ELIGIBILITY WORKERS PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATED THROUGH HUMAN
SERVICES.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP IS TO
IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND
OVERALL PROFESSIONALISM OF
ELIGIBILITY PRACTITIONERS BY
PROVIDING INFORMATION TRAINING
AND NETWORK OF SERVICES TO
SUPPORT THEM SACRAMENTO VOLLEY
CHAPTER HOLDS TWO TRAININGS A
YEAR TO HELP TO IMPROVE PROGRAM
KNOWLEDGE FOR OUR PAYMENT
SERVICE WORKERS AND PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE WHICH IN TURN HELPS US
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO
INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY BY
PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS FOR RECOGNIZING HARD
WORK THAT HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS
ARE DOING AND PROCLAIMING THIS
WEEK HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONAL
APPRECIATION WEEK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I WILL
SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE WHY WE DO
WHAT WE DO AND YOU QUIETLY DO
IT.
YOU GET THE JOB DONE, YOU
SERVICE THE PEOPLE OF SACRAMENTO
COUNTY AND WE TAKE CREDIT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
THE WORK AND THAT IS TO EVERY
ONE OF YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ITEM 40 PRESENTATION OF
RESOLUTION IN RECOLLECT NICE OF
2019 HEROS OF HUMAN SERVICES
AWARD RECIPIENTS.
>> LET ME SAY IT IS YOU PEOPLE
THAT REALLY DO THE WORK IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
>> GOOD MORNING MICHELLE
DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF CHILD
FAMILY AND ADULT SERVICES.
I THINK I SWING AROUND TO FACE
AUDIENCE.
>> THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
>> I'M SWINGING RIGHT NOW.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY HOW IS
EVERYONE DOING?
>> GOOD.
SO WELCOME TO THE 13th ANNUAL
HEROS OF HUMAN SERVICES AWARDS.
SO THIS AWARD CEREMONY IS
PRESENTED BY OUR SACRAMENTO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND OUR SACRAMENTO COUNTY HUMAN
SERVICES COORDINATING COUNCIL.
TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
SOME AMAZING PEOPLE DOING
EXTRAORDINARY WORK IN
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR
COUNTY.
ADDRESSING ISSUES SUCH AS CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
HIV, PARKINSON'S, MENTAL HEALTH,
SUICIDE PREVENTION.
YOUTH AND OTHER MENTORING
PROGRAMS.
AND SO MANY OTHER SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS THAT UPLIFT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN OUR REGION.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING
GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL LEAVE
HERE MORE INSPIRED.
SO WE WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS GO
A SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO WHAT I WILL DO IS
INTRODUCE EACH SUPERVISOR BY
THEIR DISTRICT AND JUST LIST THE
NAMES OF RECIPIENTS.
SUPERVISOR WILL THEN COME UP AND
CALL HEROS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT
FORWARD AND THEY WILL SAY A BIT
MORE ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE?
ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT.
SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
SUPERVISOR SERNA TO COME TO THE
PODIUM AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT
DR. MICHELE LEVINS AND
DR. DOROTHY WILLBORN FROM KAISER
PERMANENTE AND MELISSA FROM ROCK
STEADY BOXING IN SACRAMENTO.
>> THANK YOU MICHELLE.
SO AS MICHELLE MENTIONED THIS IS
A SPECIAL DAY.
WE HAVE IT EACH YEAR, RIGHTFULLY
SO TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DO
TREMENDOUS WORK AND I JUST
WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE
I INTRODUCE THE FIRST HONOREE
FOR DISTRICT ONE IT REALLY IS
WORK THAT PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
HONOURING TODAY DO, DAY IN AND
DAY OUT THAT MAKES COUNTY
GOVERNANCE SO MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE.
NOT TO DISMISS WHAT OUR FRIENDS
AT LOCAL CITY COUNCILS DO IN
THEIR STAFFS BUT WHAT SACRAMENTO
COUNTY IS CHARGED WITH ALONG
WITH 57 OTHER COUNTIES IN STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, IT IS HUMAN
SERVICES THAT REALLY REPRESENTS
THE MOST INTIMATE LEVELS OF
GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY.
THAT IS WHY IT IS ESPECIALLY
REWARDING FOR ME AND I KNOW FOR
MY COLLEAGUES EACH YEAR TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HONOR THE PEOPLE
DOING SUCH TERRIFIC WORK IN THAT
REGARD.
FIRST TWO HONOREES FOR DISTRICT
1 DR. MICHELLE EVANS AND
DR. DOROTHY WILLBURN IF THEY
COULD JOIN ME DOWN HERE, PLEASE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DR. EVANS AND DR. WILLBORN
ARE BOTH WITH KAISER PERMANENTE.
AND THE WORK THIS THEY DO AND I
WILL CERTAINLY GIVE THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT AS
WELL, BUT THE WORK THEY DO IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN
OUR REGION WITH OUR HEALTH
SYSTEMS AND WITH OUR CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT
REPORTING THAT GOES ON WHEN
THERE ARE SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT IN OUR EMERGENCY
ROOMS AT OUR HOSPITALS IS
REPORTED IN A WAY THAT IS
PROFESSIONAL AND ALSO
COMPASSIONATE AND AWARE OF THE
SITUATION IN WHICH THEY PRESENT.
SO INSTEAD OF READING WHEREASES
I THINK IT IS PROBABLY BEST THAT
WE HEAR FROM THE HONOREES ABOUT
THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK BUT I WANT
TO SAY ON BEHALF OF MY DISTRICT,
DISTRICT 1, AND THE PEOPLE OF
DISTRICT 1, I REALLY WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TERRIFIC WORK
AND HOPE TO SEE YOU CONTINUE
YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD
FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ADDRESSING
CHILD MALTREATMENT IS DIFFICULT
AND THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE CHILD
MALTREATMENT IN A COMMUNITY
CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT BY JUST
ONE ORGANIZATION.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL
FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE
HAVE HAD WITH CHILD WELFARE.
PARTICULARLY MICHELE, THANK YOU
WITH THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
COUNCIL OF SACRAMENTO AS WELL AS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO
LIKE TO THANK OUR KAISER
PERMANENTE LEADERSHIP AND
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE HAVE
DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM
ADDITIONALLY THANK OUR FAMILY,
PARTICULARLY I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MY HUSBAND FOR HIS SUPPORT
AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE DO THIS
WORK.
THAT IS ONGOING.
>> I, TOO, AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR
THIS RECOGNITION FROM THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS.
THE WORK THAT WE DO REQUIRES SO
MUCH DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK AND
IT REALLY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO WORK
TOGETHER AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE
KAISER PERMANENTE LEADERSHIP FOR
SUPPORTING INNOVATION AND THE
CREATIVITY THAT IS REQUIRED,
THING THIS OUTSIDE OF THE BOX,
THE MANY TIMES THAT DR. EVANS
AND I WORKED TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF
OUR REGULAR CLINIC HOURS THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO
IN ORDER TO MAKE DIFFERENCE
CHILDREN IN SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY
AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY PLEASURE TO INVITE MELISSA
TO THE PODIUM APP, PLEASE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
STAND OVER HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO FALL.
THAT WOULD BE BAD FORM HERE.
MELISSA IS SOMEONE WHO
REPRESENTS INNOVATION.
THOSE ARE MY WORDS NOT
NECESSARILY IN REDUCTION ONE OF
THE THINGS WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
WITH THESE ANNUAL YEARS OF HUMAN
SERVICE AWARDS.
AND THE INNOVATION THAT I REALLY
TAKE FROM UNDERSTANDING HER
SERVICE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY IS
THAT SHE FOUND A REALLY
FASCINATING WAY TO HELP FOLKS
WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
AND AGAIN SHE WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IN IT
GREATER DETAIL, BUT IN A
NUTSHELL SHE IS A COACH IN
BOXING.
AND USES BOXING AS A WAY TO
REALLY HELP WITH PARKINSON'S
PATIENTS INIA TERMS OF THEIR
MOTOR SKILLS.
AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE ARE
CONSIDERING WHO TO HONOR EACH
YEAR AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY
TOUGH DECISION, WE HAVE A GREAT
MANY NOMINEES AND PEOPLE TO
CONSIDER, BUT IT REALLY IS
INNOVATION IS ONE OF THOSE
FACTORS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND THAT IS SPIRIT IN WHICH I
WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THIS
REDUCTION HONORING MELISSA AS
2019 HERO OF HUMAN SERVICE OF
DISTRICT 1.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> KEEP THIS SHORT LIKE ME, I
CAN'T TAKE ALL OF THE CREDIT AT
ALL.
THIS IS A PROGRAM OVER # HUNDRED
ROCK STEADY BOXING PROMISE OR
AFFILIATIONS WORLDWIDE.
I'M HONOURED HE ENOUGH TO
REPRESENT SACRAMENTO AND I CAN
SAY EASILY I FOUND MY TRIBE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW PARKINSON'S,
EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT,
EVERYBODY ADJOURNY IS UNIQUELY
DIFFERENT AND WHAT IT TAKES FOR
OUR GUYS TO COME TO CLASS TO
IMPROVE THEIR LIVES TO WANT
SOMETHING BETTER AND BELONG TO
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES
IS EXTRAORDINARY.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO
KNOW EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR
PROGRAM.
EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY TO KNOW
THEIR CAREGIVERS AND WHAT THEIR
FAMILY DOES TO GET THEM THERE.
IF YOU LOOK IN THIS SEA OF BLUE
RIGHT HERE THIS IS NOT ONLY MY
TRIBE BUT THIS REPRESENTS POWER,
THE BELIEF TO DO BETTER, TO BE
BIGGER THAN OURSELVES AND NEVER
BEEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY IN MY
LIFE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING
THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, TO
CREATE MORE PURPOSE AND POWER
AND LIGHT THAN I COULD EVER
BELIEVE IN AND UNTIL THE DAY I
DIE I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
AND I JUST LOVE THEM WITH ALL OF
MY HEART.
SO THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MELISSA.
IS IT BOXING OR KICK-BOXING?
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND FOR DISTRICT 2 I AM PROUD
TO HAVE TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE
HEROS OF HOME SERVICE AWARDS
FIRST BEING GOLDEN RULE
SERVICES, REPRESENTATIVE FROM
GOLDEN RULE SERVICES HERE?
ALL RIGHT.
SO GOLDEN RULE SERVICES FOUNDED
BY MR. SULLIVAN IN JANUARY OF
2000 ORIGINALLY SOUGHT TO
ADDRESS GAP IN PROVISION OF
CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES TO
PERSONS OF COLOR, COMMUNITIES IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
ESPECIALLY LGBTIQ WITH INITIAL
PROGRAMMATIC FOCUS ON CRIMINAL
JUSTICE DISPARITIES AND
ADDRESSING THE THE NEEDS OF HIGH
RISK YOUTH THROUGH AMONG OTHER
MEANS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
MENTORING AND COUNSELLING.
I THINK AT THIS POINT IN OUR
EXISTENCE IN CALIFORNIA, WE TAKE
A LOT OF THINGS FOR GRANTED.
BUT WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE
WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES.
IT IS EASY TO LOOK AT OUR NATION
AND IT IS FRACTURED IN MANY WAYS
BUT WE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY
HAVE STOOD STRONGLY BEHIND
PEOPLE IN THE NEED THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THESE
DECADES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY
AND GIVE YOU THE PODIUM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY?
I'M MR. SULLIVAN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND FONDER OF GOLDEN
RULE SERVICES HERE IN
SACRAMENTO.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AFTER 20
YEARS OF FIGHTING HIV, IN
SACRAMENTO GOOD NEWS AND BAD
NEWS.
GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR DOORS ARE
STILL OPENED SO WE ARE COMMITTED
TO CONTINUING HARD WORK OF
FIGHTING HIV IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY GOOD NEWS SACRAMENTO
GETTING TO ZERO PLAN THAT WE ARE
WORKING REALLY HARD ON WITH THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY ARE
WORKING ON GETTING TO ZERO PLAN
THAT WOULD MEAN ZERO NEW HIV
INFECTIONS, I SAY ZERO.
>> ZERO.
>> ZERO NEW HIV INFECTIONS IS
POSSIBLE AND IT IS POSSIBLE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
AFTER DOING THIS WORK FOR 30
YEARS HAVE HAD SOME FRIEND AND
BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER FOLKS
SUPPORT THIS WORK THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
DIFFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
I'M REALLY REALLY HONOURED AND
THRILLED MY FIRST AWARD FROM THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AFTER 20
YEARS OF DOING THIS WORK!
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M REALLY REALLY HUMBLED AND
THRILLED AND EVERYTHING A 20th
YEAR ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE IN
FEBRUARY I WILL BE SENDING YOU
AN INVITATION THANK YOU
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT
YEAR!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU AGAIN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NICE TO SEE AN ACTUAL CAMERA!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
FORWARD PEGGY.
ARE YOU HERE?
THERE YOU ARE.
SO PEGGY DEL GADA-FAVA FOUNDED
BRIDGE NETWORK IN 2011 AND
DEDICATED TO IT UPLIFT
MARGINALIZED YOUTH AND CONNECT
THEM, WITH THEM WITH VITAL
SERVICE AND RESOURCES.
THE WORK THAT PEGGY HAS DONE AND
HER ORGANIZATION HAS DONE HAVE
REALLY CHANGED COUNTLESS LIVES.
AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU DO,
YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE
IMMEDIATE PAYOFF.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU AND I HAVE
TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED BY YOUR SERVICES, THAT
YOU HAVE CHANGED LIVES, ONE AT A
TIME AND YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS
MEMBER OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY DISTRICT
2 SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
KENNEDY.
I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS
RESOLUTION.
TODAY WAS CONFLICTED DAY.
BECAUSE I AM A PEOPLE PERSON.
I DON'T LIKE RECEIVING AWARDS.
I HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT
COURT THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ADVOCATING FOR, SHIPPED OUT TO
STOCKTON IN A FOSTER VISION,
EXPLOITED AND SHE IS THE ONE,
THE FEW THAT I'M NOW TAKING
UNDER MY WING BECAUSE I HAVE HAD
TO DELEGATE THOSE TYPES OF
SERVICES BUT THAT IS WHY I GOT
IN THIS BUSINESS, I SAID I
SHOULD REALLY BE OVER THERE.
I HAVE A GOOD STAFF AND THEY ARE
HANDLING IT BUT THAT IS REALLY
WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
SAYING YES, BEING AVAILABLE, AND
POURING INTO PEOPLE
INDIVIDUALLY.
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH,
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU --
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES, YOUR CHURCHES AND
SO THAT IS WHEN I SEE THIS, I GO
THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M
DOING.
IT IS NOT ME.
I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY LORD
JESUS CHRIST, MY SAVIOR AND GOD,
WHO DIRECTED KNOW DO THIS TYPE
OF WORK.
I'M JUST BEING OBEDIENT.
NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE.
WE ALL CAN MAKE AN IMPACT AND WE
ARE VERY VOLUNTEER-LED SO IT IS
THROUGH PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING
THEIR TIME.
I'M ONE OF MANY SOLDIERS OUT
THERE.
BUT THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS
IT IS ALL ABOUT HUMAN SERVICES
AND HUMAN CONNECTION.
OUR YOUTH TODAY ARE TWO
DIMENSIONAL BECAUSE IT IS ALL
ABOUT THE PHONES AND OUR --
AND THEY ARE NOT, THEY ARE
LOSING THE CONNECTION AND SO
THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY PROVIDE
IS CONNECTION, A SAFE PLACE AND
INSPIRATION.
AND YES, IF YOU DON'T SEE THE
FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR ALL THE TIME
BUT IT DOES PAY OUT, THAT WAS ME
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, TRYING TO
RUN AWAY FROM SACRAMENTO AND MY
ROOTS AND THEM COMING BACK AND
SAYING I'M GOING TO COME BACK
AND BE THAT PERSON I NEEDED WHEN
I WAS A YOUTH.
THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING THIS ON.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SUPERVISOR PETERS?
>> THANK YOU PATRICK.
MY FIRST PERSON IS DOROTHY
CABODI AND ASK YOU TO COME
FORWARD AND STAND NEXT TO ME.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
DOROTHY FOR 60 YEARS HAS BEEN
HELPING AND CARING FOR OTHERS AS
MEMBER OF ORANGEVILLE WOMENS
CLUB AND REFLECTS IMPORTANCE WE
ALL PLACE ON SERVING HUMANITY.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU MADE THEM LAUGH.
>> SHE FIRST BEGAN VOLUNTEERING
IN 1959 AS MEMBER OF ORANGEVILLE
WOMENS CLUB WORKING TO IMPROVE
COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS
ENDEAVORS LIKE PLANTING TREES IN
PARKS SERVING SENIORS AND
HELPING CHILDREN AND FOR THE
LAST 7 YEARS SHE HAS FOCUSED
ATTENTION TO NEEDS OF CHILDREN
UNDER CARE OF SACRAMENTO
CHILDRENS RECEIVING HOME WITH
HELP OF ORANGEVILLE WOMENS CLUB.
DOROTHY IS A RESIDENT OF FAIR
OAKS AND I'M TOLD THAT YOU ARE
100 YEARS OLD?
>> YES.
GOING ON 103 IN DECEMBER.
>> ALMOST 103 YEARS OLD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AS YOU CAN TELL SHE HAS NO
INTEREST IN SLOWING DOWN!
AND I HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS?
>> YES.
>> YOU WOULD, OKAY, GREAT.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT
SAYS I'M BORED, THERE IS NOTHING
TO DO --
THERE IS SO MUCH VOLUNTEER WORK
OUT THERE.
AND WHEN I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY I'M
BORED, I HAVE NO USE FOR IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THERE IS SO MANY THINGS THAT
HAVE TO BE DONE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU
ARE OUR SUPERVISOR.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU ARE IN THE
DISTRICT.
>> WE ENJOY YOU.
AND THE CHILDRENS RECEIVING HOME
HAS BEEN JUST WONDERFUL FOR ME.
OUR WOMEN'S CLUB TWICE A YEAR, I
CALL UP THE CHILDRENS RECEIVING
HOME TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED
AND OUR MEMBERS IN APRIL AND AT
CHRISTMAS COME THROUGH WITH
WHATEVER THESE CHILDREN NEED.
IT IS JUST A BLESSING TO SEE
THEIR LITTLE FACES LIGHT UP.
IT IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO
THERE IS SOME VOLUNTEER WORK OUT
THERE FOR YOU!
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS
MARILYN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AT 81 SHE IS A SPRING
CHICKEN!
GO FIND OUT WHAT SHE EATS FOR
LUNCH!
MARILYN SERVING AS VOLUNTEER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FRIENDS
OF SURVIVAL FOR THE LAST 36
YEARS CARING FOR OTHERS AND
REFLECTING IMPORTANCE OF ALL WE
PLACE ON SERVING HUMANITY.
MARILYN HAS NEVER ONCE SOUGHT
COMPENSATION FROM NON PROFIT
FRIENDS OF SURVIVAL PROVIDES
COMPASSION TO THOSE WHO LOST A
LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE.
MARILYN AT AGE 81 HAS SHOWN NO
INTEREST IN SLOWING DOWN ALSO.
IN SUPPORTING FRIENDS OF
SURVIVAL AND EXPANDING THE
ORGANIZATION SERVICES TO
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN
NEED.
MARILYN IS AN INSPIRATION DUE TO
KNOWLEDGE INSIGHT AND EMPATHY
THROUGH DEMONSTRATION OF
COMPASSION UNDERSTAND IN AND
COMFORT.
LOVELY RESOLUTION FOR YOU AND
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> OH, YES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU THINK I WILL LET ALL OF
THOSE OTHER PEOPLE GET IN ON THE
MICROPHONE, TOO.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING
TO SAY THIS MORNING I'M
DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AND IT IS
AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR OVER
36 YEARS.
DID NOT TELL YOU WHAT WE REALLY
DO.
AND WE HAVE A NAME THAT DOES NOT
TELL YOU WHAT WE DO, ON PURPOSE,
BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO ASK.
WE ARE CALLED FRIENDS FOR
SURVIVAL.
FRIENDS FOR SURVIVAL IS A
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM
AFTER A SUICIDE DEATH.
MY SON STEVEN DIED BY SUICIDE
WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR AT
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS IN 1977.
I HAD A FOOD FOUR YEARS TO CRY
EVERY DAY AND THEN I MET ANOTHER
MOTHER WHO ALSO LOST HER
17-YEAR-OLD SON TO SUICIDE.
AND SHE AND I STARTED LOOKING AT
EACH OTHER AND SAYING WELL WHERE
DO PEOPLE GO TO GET HELP.
WE WERE DOING WELL AT THIS POINT
FOR OURSELVES BUT WE KNEW THAT
IT IS A TRAUMATIZING,
TRAUMATIZING SCARY, SCARY, SCARY
TIME.
HORRENDOUS IT IS UGLY IT IS
HORRIFIC IT IS VIOLENT AND YET
WHERE DO WE GO TO TALK TO PEOPLE
THAT CAN UNDERSTAND HOW AWFUL IT
REALLY.
SO AT THIS POINT WE GET CALLS
NATIONALLY NOT JUST FROM
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH A LAW
ENFORCEMENT CHAPEL, MINDY
RUSSELL AND A LOT OF OTHER FIRST
RESPONDERS IN FACT WE JUST
DESIGNED A NEW RESOURCE, A
PRINTED RESOURCE FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS TO LEAVE AT A HOME
WHEN THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR AND
FAMILY, FRIENDS, SAY NOW WHAT DO
I DO.
S WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR
RESOURCES.
WE HAVE SEVEN MEETINGS A MONTH
ALL THE WAY FROM CHICO TO
MODESTO.
WE HAVE GOT ONE STARTING IN
RONERT PARK NEXT YEAR AND
PROBABLY STOCKTON FACILITATED BY
VOLUNTEERS.
OUR VOLUNTEER BASE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TWO PART-TIME STAFF
PEOPLE DEDICATED AND THEY ARE
HERE TODAY, I'M DELIGHTED THAT
THEY DROVE ME DOWNTOWN!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT IS CONFUSING.
>> IT IS A VERY HAPPY OFFICE
BECAUSE WE SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE
GET BETTER AND START TO SMILE
AGAIN AND ARE LOSING THEIR FEAR
OF HAVING ANOTHER SUICIDE DEATH
IN THEIR FAMILY OR FRIENDS
BECAUSE THEY ARE AT A HIGH RISK.
A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT
I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
DON'T FOCUS ON, FOUR OUT OF FIVE
SUICIDE DEATHS NOT JUST
SACRAMENTO COUNTY BUT NATIONALLY
FOR YEARS AND YEARS, FOUR OUT OF
FIVE SUICIDE DEATHS ARE MALES.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WIDOWS AND A
LOT OF PARENTS AND A LOT OF
FATHERLESS CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE
TO SERVE AND WE HAVE A VARIETY
OF SERVICES.
AND I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY
ENOUGH.
WE HAVE BROCHURES AND I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
FEEL FREE TO CALL US WE HAVE
PEOPLE THAT ANSWER THE PHONE
SEVEN DAY AS WEEK, OKAY?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
AWARD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CAROL COME DOWN PLEASE.
CAROL HAS FOR MORE THAN HALF
CENTURY HELPING AND CARING FOR
OTHERS REFLECTING IMPORTANCE WE
PLACE ON SERVING HUMANITY.
CAROL WATTS VOLUNTEERED OVER THE
YEARS RAISING COMMUNITY
AWARENESS ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC
SAFETY WITHIN HER NEIGHBORHOOD
AND LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THAT IS
WHERE I MET HER WORKING IN THE
AREA AND SHE IS FIRST THERE
ORGANIZING THE MEETING, THE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THE NATIONAL
NIGHT OUT IS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE OUT A BIG
POT LUCK AND EVERYBODY GETS TO
MEET EACH OTHER.
IT IS WONDERFUL.
IT REALLY HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE
BOND BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR
EFFORTS.
IT IS YOU'RE DOING WONDERFUL
THINGS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND
HELPING WHOEVER REPRESENTS YOU
ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
KNOW WHAT GOING ON IN NEW
FOOTHILL FARMS DO YOU WANT TO
SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> VERY FEW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND
EVERYBODY FOR THIS RECOGNITION
AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, WORKING
REALLY HARD TO GET OUR COMMUNITY
TOGETHER.
WE STARTED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH AND THEN IT HAS GOT INTO
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND THEN
THE NIGHT OUT SO THANKS VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
PL.[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO AS SUPERVISOR FROST MAKES
HER WAY TO PODIUM DO I HAVE A
CARD FOR LIZ BLUM ON ITEM 42.
I WANTED TO LET LIZ KNOW THAT
ITEM WILL BE HEARD AT 2:45 NOT
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED 11 SO YOU
ARE AWARE.
SUPERVISOR FROST?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JUDY
ALEXANDER TO THE PODIUM.
GOOD MORNING JUDY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU KNOW, HERO OF HUMAN
SERVICES IS ALL ABOUT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ONLY
TOUCHED LIVES BUT PEOPLE WHO
WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM THEY ARE
THERE YOU CAN CALL ON THEM AND
THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS THEY BECOME A
TRUE INSPIRATION TO THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY AND JUDY IS ONE OF
THOSE FOLKS.
JUDY ALEXANDER, IS ONE OF THE
FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE FOLSOM
HEART AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING
IN WINTER SANCTUARY AS
COORDINATOR.
WORKS SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK DURING
SHELTER SEASON TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER SLOTS ARE
FILLED AND THAT CLIENTS ARE
SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED THROUGH
INTAKE TO TRANSPORT THEM TO HOST
FACILITY.
JUDY HAS A SENIOR LEADERSHIP
ROLE IN THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING
OF THE WINTER SHELTER AND AS AS
VETERAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVE HER
LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY
CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE SUCCESS
AND THE OVERALL PROGRAMS THAT
THEY ARE OFFERING IN FOLSOM.
AS A VOLUNTEER WITH HEART SHE
WORKS WITH HOMELESS OUTREACH
NAVIGATOR AND MENTORS HOMELESS
AT FOLSOM WORKING CLOSELY WITH
FOLSOM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
CITY ADMINISTRATION AND AS A
FRIEND AND LEADER AS WELL SHE IS
A TALENTED COMMUNICATOR
ORGANIZER AND SHE HAS EMPATHY
AND I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT
YOUR WORK JUDY FROM SO MANY
PEOPLE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
COMMUNITY AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
RESOLUTION FOR YOU AND I WONDER
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
COUPLE OF WORDS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL, THIS IS VERY HUMBLING
TO BE HERE.
AND VERY MOVING.
HEART OF FOLSOM IS THE HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE RESOURCE TEAM.
WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
CITY OF FOLSOM WITH FAITH-BASED
COMMUNITIES OF FOLSOM AND ALSO
WITH OTHER NON PROFITS AND
MERCHANTS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE ORGANIZATION IS FAIRLY
YOUNG.
THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD WINTER
SHELTER.
WE RUN 12 WEEKS AND IT IS ALL
VOLUNTEERS.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I FIRST
SAID I WANT TO DO THE SHELTER, I
TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND AS THE
VISION OF THIS CAUGHT ON IN
FOLSOM, IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS A
WHOLE COMMUNITY JUST WAITING FOR
SOMEBODY TO GET IT TOGETHER SO
THEY COULD VOLUNTEER.
AND I HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTED BY
THE CITIZENS OF FOLSOM, WE
RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE MATTERS.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND SOME OF US ARE MORE BLESSED
THAN OTHERS, WITH LESS TRAUMA IN
OUR LIVES, SO WE ARE THERE TO
SUPPORT THOSE VETERANS, THOSE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD MEDICAL
ISSUES, THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOT HAD A GOOD FAMILY AS A MODEL
FOR BEING A GOOD CITIZEN.
SO WE ARE ANXIOUS TO START THE
NEW SHELTER ON DECEMBER 15th.
WE ARE VERY SUPPORTED BY
SACRAMENTO SELF HELP HOUSING.
AND THERE ARE NOW 8 HEART
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY
OF SACRAMENTO WORKING ON
BASICALLY SAME MODEL TWEAKED A
LITTLE DEPENDING UPON OUR
INDIVIDUAL CITIES.
BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATION AND IT IS JUST GOOD
TO FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY TO ALL
OF OUR CITIZENS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU JUDY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
JASON GREEN TO THE PODIUM.
HI JASON.
JASON GREEN IS A LONG-TIME
VOLUNTEER IN RIO LINDA AND
PRESIDENT OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THERE.
HE WORKS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
AREAS.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE RIO LINDA
GRANGE AND SERVES ON THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMUNITY WATER
DISTRICT.
VOLUNTEERED TIME AND EXPERTISE
AS AN ELECTRICIAN, ACQUIRING
LIGHT FIXTURES, INSTALLING THEM
IN DRY CREEK RANCHHOUSE AT THE
RIO LINDA GRANGE AND RIO LINDA
AL CERTAINA FOOD CLOSET AND FIRE
HOUSE MUSEUM AND ASSISTS WITH
THE AMERICAN LEGION IN ANNUAL
SWAP MEET AND CAR SHOW AND
INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING PUMPKIN
PATCH IN RIO LINDA GRANGE WHICH
EVOLVED INTO A COMMUNITY GROWING
GIANT PUMPKINS AND ENTERING THEM
INTO THE ELK GROVE PUMPKIN
FESTIVAL AND FIRST GROWERS FO
FORUM.
I CAN TESTIFY PERSONALLY HOW
INSPIRING JASON IS BECAUSE HE
INSPIRED ME TO TRY TO GROW GIANT
PUMPKINS!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND I WASN'T QUITE AS
SUCCESSFUL AS HE WAS, I THINK IT
WAS BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY I USED
THE EXCUSE THAT I JUST DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO WATER IT.
BUT JASON USES A PROGRAM ON HIS
PHONE TO WATER HIS GIANT PUMPKIN
THREE TIME AS DAY FROM WHEREVER
HE IS IN CALIFORNIA!
SO HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE
THERE TO MANAGE HIS FARM.
AND THIS YEAR HE GREW A PUMPKIN
THAT WAS OVER 600 POUNDS I
THINK --
604-POUND PUMPKIN AND WHAT HE
DID WITH THAT PUMPKIN, YES --
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WHAT HE DID WITH THAT PUMPKIN
WAS HE INVITED ALL OF THE YOUNG
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOLKS OVER TO
COME SEE AS THE TRACTOR CAME TO
PICK UP THE PUMPKIN, THAT IS THE
MAGIC MOMENT TO WHEN THEY PICK
IT UP HOPEFULLY THE BOTTOM WILL
NOT FALL OUT, IF THERE IS ANY
BREAK IN THE SKIN IT DOESN'T
QUALIFY IN THE CONTEST.
AND ANYWAY IT WAS A PRETTY
EXCITING DAY AND NOW THE
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO
BE GROWING GIANT PUMPKINS NEXT
YEAR AND JASON AND THE GRANGE
WILL BE HELPING THEM.
SO THIS IS A PERSON WHO TOUCHES
A LOT OF LIVES AND I'M HONORED
AND DELIGHTED TO PRESENT JASON
GREEN WITH THE HERO HUMAN
SERVICES AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS JASON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE FACT I'M REALLY NERVOUS
BEING UP HERE BUT THANKS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GET A PICTURE.
.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I WOULDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT
BEING NERVOUS, JASON, I SPEND
MOST OF MY LIFE NERVOUS.
EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS
THAT.
OKAY NEXT WE HAVE COACH RICK
EDWARDS.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M REALLY NERVOUS TOO.
THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A
REPUTATION THAT PROCEEDS HIM
IN NUMBERS.
COACH RICK EDWARDS HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS HERO OF HUMAN
SERVICES BECAUSE OF HIS TIME
AND TALENTS AND HIS DEDICATION
AS HIS TENURE HISTORY TAZTHE
LOCAL YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH AND
HEAD COACH AS FOOTBALL BOARD
MEMBER AND A MENTOR FOR THE
KIDS FOR THE ATHLETES AND
FAMILIES NOT ONLY FOR FOOTBALL
BUT ALSO FOR PERSONAL
CHALLENGES THAT MAY SURFACE
AND HE HELPS GUIDE THEM
THROUGH THE TURBULENT TIMES.
HE FOUNDED THE PAPA STEVE
FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS CAMP IN
2016, WHICH ALLOWS KIDS FROM
ALL OVER THE REGION TO COME
AND RECEIVE QUALITY COACHING
FROM BIG NAME ATHLETES AND
COACHES PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS
TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ATTEND AUTHORIZE AND
MAKING SURE THEY HAVE
TRANSPORTATION TO THE CAMP AS
WELL.
COACH EDWARDS HAS HAD A PRO
FOUND IMPACT ON THE PARENTS
AS WELL AS OTHER COACHES AND
HIS PASSION FOR THE KIDS IS
CONTAGIOUSIS  AND REMINDING
EVERYONE THAT FOOTBALL IS NOT
JUST ABOUT GETTING OUT ON THE
FIELD BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT
RECOGNIZING YOUR STRENGTHS ON
AND OFF THE FIELD AND IT IS
ABOUT WORKINGS A EMTO.
COACH EDWARDS HAS MADE A HUGE
IMPACT ON THE YOUTH IN FOLSOME
AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTION TO THE YOUNG FOLK
S AND CONGRATULATE YOU AS
A HERO OF HUMAN SERVICES.
[APPLAUSE]
KIND OF WANTED THIS THING TO
GO UP AND DOWN.
[LAUGHS]
FIRST OF ALL, WHERE IS JASON.
NOW STOLE MY SPEECH.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SAY THE
SAME THING, I WANTED TO GET
OUT OF HERE, I'M PRETTY
NERVOUS AND CAROL WATTS, MY
WIFE WHO IS REALLY THE BACK
BONE OF THE PAPA STEVES
FUNDAMENTAL CAMP.
I THINK IF WE ADD OUR AGES
TOGETHER WE'RE STILL NOT 103.
THAT'S JUST FUNONINAL TO ME
AND COACH THANKS FOR PUTTING
YOUR JACKET ON.
NOW HAVE BIGGER GUNS THAN ALL
OF MY FOOTBALL COACHES.
SO THANKS FOR DOING THAT.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE]
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PAPA
STEVE CAMP.
EPAPA STEVE EDWARDS WAS MY
FATHER, NOT ONLY AM I NERVOUS
BUT I'M A CRIER.
HE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT UNEX
PECTEDLY DECEMBER 2013,
NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA, SERVED
33 YEARS IN OUR ARMED FORCES
AND 21 YEARS SERVING OUR
GOVERNMENT IN THE DEFENSE
INDUSTRY.
WHEN HE DIED WE THOUGHT HOW DO
WE HONOR THIS GUY.
AND PAPA STEVE STOOD FOR
ACCESS AND INCLUSION AND
THROUGH THE GAME OF FOOTBALL
SO WE THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY
TO HONOR HIM THAN WITH
FOOTBALL CAMP.
SO THROUGH THE HELP OF ABOUT
30 PEOPLE IN THE VISTA FOLSOM
COUNTY MANY OF THEM HERE
TONIGHT OR TODAY WE WERE ABLE
TO LAUNCH THAT CAMP IN 2016.
WE HAVE DELIVERED THAT CAMP TO
OVER 600 YOUTH ATHLETES GRADES
EIGHTH AND BELOW.
OVER 100 OF THEM HAVE ATTENDED
THE CAMP FOR FREE.
WHEN WE STARTED THE IDEA TO
LAUNCH THIS CAMP THEY SAID IT
COULDN'T BE DONE HERE IN OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THEY SAID YOU'LL NEVER COMPETE
WITH NIKE, YOU'LL NEVER
COMPETE WITH GATORADE, YOU'LL
NEVER COMPETE WITH UNDER ARMOR
WELL IN 2017 WE HAD 178 KIDS,
THAT'S THE LARGEST CAMP IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
THE EIGHTH GRADE.
[APPLAUSE]
TODAY AFTER FOUR CAMPS WE HAVE
RAISED OVER $32,000 WITH EVERY
PENNY GOING BACK TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY IN ALL, NOT JUST
FOOTBALL.
WE GIVE TO GIRLS SOFTBALL, WE
GIVE TO BASKETBALL AND WE GIVE
TO THE SOCCER ORGANIZATIONS
AND I THINK IN 2019 IT GETS
STRONG ARMED AND GIVE IT TO
THAT NEW SPORT THAT IS COMING
UP ON THE WEST COAST CALLED
LACROSSE.
SO WITH THAT I'M VERY, VERY
HONOR BY THE BOARD OF SUPER
VISORS OF SACRAMENTO AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE
YEARS OF THE PAPA STEVEISM CA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
PAPA STEVE CAMP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL GOOD MORNING.
WE SAVED THE REST OF THE BEST
FOR LAST.
WE HAVE FOUR MORE HEROES TO
RECOGNIZE HERE AND I
APPRECIATE CERTAINLY I THINK
THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL
HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO FIRST THANK THE
HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATING
COUNCIL AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
NOMINATED ARE ON HERE TODAY
BECAUSE AGAIN SOMEBODY TOOK
THE TIME AND EFFORT TO PUT
DOWN IN WORDS ONE OF THE
REASONS FOLKS SHOULD BE
HONORED.
I THINK THE POWERFUL MESSAGES
THIS MORNING FROM THE HONOREES
AND CERTAINLY FROM THOSE
RECOGNIZING THEM REALLY DO I
THINK LEND THEMSELVES TO A LOT
OF HOPE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR
THE FUTURE AND CERTAINLY FOR
ALL OF THE GOOD WORKS THAT GO
ON EACH AND EVERY DAY.
BEFORE I MAKE THE PRESENTATION
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW
FOLKS I KNOW THAT ARE HERE TO
ALSO HONOR OUR HONOREES.
WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE ELK
GROVE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE OUR ELK GROVE CITY
COUNCILMAN, DARREN SUNE, BOBBY
ALLEN, KEVIN PIECE, PLANNING
COMMISSIONER, AND CHAMBER,
PROBABLY OTHERS I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE AS WELL BECAUSE
AGAIN THEY SERVED IN DIFFERENT
CAPACITIES AND ARE HERE TO
RECOGNIZE SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
BEING HONORED.
WITH THAT LET ME JUMP INTO THE
FIRST OF FOUR HONOREES THIS
MORNING.
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MR.
CRAWFORD JOIN ME HERE AT
THE DIIS.
>> I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND JUST RECENTLY AT
THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAD A
CHANCE TO CHAT AT THE END OF
OUR OUTSTANDING CEREMONY AT
ELK GROVE.
AGAIN AS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
IN A MOMENT THIS LADY HAS DONE
TREMENDOUS THINGS ALONG WITH
MANY OF YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.
O ODET IS A RETIRED
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WITH THE
CORRECTIONAL OF REHABILITATION
-- .
[LAUGHS]
GOT SOME FANS OVER THERE ODET,
BUT SHE IN HER RETIREMENT OR
SO SHE SAYS IN 2006 BECAUSE
SHE JUST STARTED A WHOLE OTHER
LIFE PURSUIT IN GIVING BACK TO
OUR COMMUNITY TO COMPLIMENT
WHICH SHE HAD OBVIOUSLY DONE
IN HER PROFESSIONAL WORK AND
THAT IS TO COUNCIL YOUNG
PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE
THAT ARE FACING SOME
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND
ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE
POSITIVE LIFE CHOICES.
HER VOLUNTEER SERVICE GOES IN
MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BUT
HER WORK WITH THE COURT
APPOINTED SPECIAL APPLICANTS #
# CASA, CERTAINLY WITH THE ELK
GROVE AND UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND NATIONAL COUNCIL
OF NEGRO WOMEN AND CHILDREN
PROMISES PROGRAM, TO KIND OF
SUM IT UP SHE IS A REVERED
PERSON CERTAINLY FOR HER WORK
IN COMMUNITY INTERVENTION AND
HER PROGRAM LIFE SKILLS WE
TALK ABOUT TOUCHING LIVES I
THINK IT REALLY HAS CHANGED
LIVES, WE KNOW IT HAS CHANGED
LIVES AND SHE DIRECTS THAT
PROGRAM TO ELEMENTARY AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE
AT A POINT IN THEIR LIVES AS
MOST OF US WELL KNOWN THEY
COULD BE INFLUENCED READILY
AND PEER PRESSURE COMES INTO
PLACE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE LIFE
PATHS A LOT CAN BE DONE AT
THOSE YOUNGER AGES.
TO SAY THE LEAST IS A KIND
HEARTED, EXPERIENCED AND
CARING COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO
WORKS TIRELESSLY IN LENDING A
HELPING HAND THROUGH HER
DEDICATED SERVICE AND SHE IN
SPIRES OTHERS TO SERVE NOT
ONLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
CERTAINLY FOSTER YOUTH BUT
THOSE THAT ARE CHALLENGED AND
REALLY I THINK BRINGS TO BEAR
THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THAT
YOU CAN GET THROUGH THOSE
ROUGH SPOTS IN LIFE.
NOW NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR
CHOICES THAT YOU'RE MAKING BUT
TO SUM IT UP AGAIN SHE IS
TRULY A HERO OF HUMAN SERVICE.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND
TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M REALLY HUMBLED TO BE ABLE
TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF
THIS AWARD.
I HAVE HEARD SOME WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL HEART WARMING THINGS
THAT KIND OF GIVES ME CHILLS
AND MY YOUNG FRIEND HERE OF
103 I'M WITH HER-- NOBODY
SHOULD BE BORED.
OKAY.
I REALLY DO THANK THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISOR FOR GIVING ME THIS
HONOR.
YOU KNOW I'M JUST SO HUMBLED.
MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE WHO
KNOW ME I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY,.
[LAUGHS]
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE HERE
TODAY.
I HAVE TWO COUSINS I HAVE HERE
THAT I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT
HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
IT IS A SMALL WORLD AND I LOVE
THEM.
[APPLAUSE]
MY FAMILY, MY FRIEND, AND I'D
BE REMISSED IF I DIDN'T TALK
ABOUT MISTOMMY WIDLO WHO NOM
INATED ME.
THIS LADY RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN
A SUPPORTER OF ME AND SUCH AN
ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH.
WE BOTH WORK ON EMPOWERMENT OF
PARENTING SKILLS AND EMPOWER
MENT OF YOUTH AS WELL
BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU RETIRE YOU
DON'T JUST SIT BACK AND DON'T
DO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GET BUSY
, BECAUSE THE YOUTH ARE
THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY AND
THIS WORLD, THEY ARE THE
FUTURE.
ONE OF THESE DAYS I MIGHT NEED
ONE OF THOSE TO TAKE CARE OF
ME.
SO GUESS WHAT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE ALL OF THE
SKILLS.
[LAUGHS]
SO ANYWAY I'M GOING TO CUT TO
THE CHASE.
TOMMY WITLO THEY THINK SO MUCH
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
EVET PAIGE ONE OF MY BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS, ALPHA CAPA, ALPHA
SORORITY, I APPRECIATE, LOVE
YOU GUYS.
CARL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SPECIAL COORDINATOR AND
SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
CASA IS A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS US ALL
THESE KIDS NEED A CONTINUOUS
VOICE IN COURT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTH
EN THEM SO THAT THEY
KNOW THAT WE RESPECT AND LOVE
WHAT THEY NEED AND WHERE THEY
ARE COMING FROM.
SO JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
KEEP THEM IN YOUR MIND AND IN
YOUR PRAYERS.
MICHELLE YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
I GOT AN EXTRA CAN OF WD40
I'LL LET YOU USE IT LATER ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE FOR
THE HONOR.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE]
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO
ODET.
JOINING HER NEXT HERE AT THE
PODIUM WILL BE BRENDA LAMPELM.
BRENDA JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM
PLEASE.
[APPLAUSE]
WELL EVERYONE'S STORY IS A BIT
DIFFERENT BUT THIS LADY IN
ADDITION TO HER PROFESSIONAL
DUTIES IN WORKING WITH
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ASSISTANCE
DOES A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK
TAKING UP WHAT DOROTHY SAID
ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AND NO
BOREDOM AND NO EXCUSES.
SO IN ADDITION TO HER DAILY
WORK BRENDA IS A VOLUNTEER
WITH THE CITY OF REFUGE, THE
WOMEN'S SAFEHOUSE IN OAKPARK.
AND THERE AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE
SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST
WOMEN WHOOP ESCAPE ATTEMPT TO
ESCAPE SEX TRAFFICKING AND
PROSTITUTION AND OTHER SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES IN THEIR LIFE AS
A RESULT OF BEING VICTIMS MANY
TIMES.
HER PASSION HAS BEEN TO SERVE,
TO HELP EMPOWER THESE WOMEN
WHO OFTEN STRUGGLE MIGHTILY TO
OVER COME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
OTHER ISSUES OF ADDICTION AND
POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS.
AGAIN, YOU ARE REALLY KEY I
THINK IN A LOT OF LIVES IN
THOSE FOLKS.
SHE ALSO HAS WORKED WITH PRO
PROJECT HEAL, HEAL WHICH IS A
FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION AFFIL
IATED WITH PROJECT CHURCH
, SHE SERVES AS A CO-
LEAD FOR A 12-STEP RECOVERY
PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS COPING
WITH ADDICTION AND CURRENTLY
MENTORS A NUMBER OF WOMEN, I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, MAYBE
TELL US IN A MOMENT HOW MANY
YOU MENTOR AND WORKS TO HELP
CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN A
POSITIVE WAY.
SO INCLUDING RECOVERY AND
ADDICTION, COUNSELLING, SHE IS
KNOWN WELL AMONGST ALL OF
THOSE WHO SHE TOUCHES AS BEING
A VERY HUMBLE AND CARING
INDIVIDUAL WHO REALLY DOES GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BRIGHTEN
THE LIVES OF OTHERS NO MATTER
WHAT THEIR SITUATION OR
CIRCUMSTANCE AND SHE IS RENOWN
ED FOR A QUOTE I THINK
THAT REALLY REFLECTS AND
REPRESENTS WHO SHE IS AND WHAT
SHE STANDS FOR AND THAT IS HER
WILLINGNESS TO QUOTE LIFT THE
SPIRIT AND CHEER THE HEART AND
SO HER COMPASSION AND POSITIVE
ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE REALLY
REACHED DEEP INTO THE LIVES
AND INTO THE HEARTS OF MANY
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND
SHE IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL
WHO KNOW HER AND WE KNOW HER
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, HER
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT CONTINUE
TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT ANOTHER HERO OF
HUMAN SERVICE BRENDA LAMPELA,
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS RECOGNITION TODAY.
TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
TO MY COLLEAGUE OVER HERE WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ASSIST
ANCE WHO IS IN BAXTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
EDUARDO YOU WERE MY TRAINER 14
YEARS AGO WITH THE COUNTY OF
SACRAMENTO AND TO THE SUPER
VISOR WHO INTERVIEWED
WITH ME WITH THE COUNTY OF
SACRAMENTO 14 YEARS AGO FOR
GIVING ME A CHANCE AND
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A RESTORE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THE JOB THAT I DO IN THE
DAYTIME IS JUST A ABOUT COY EM
PLOYEE GIVING BENEFITS TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, FOOD
STAMPS AND MEDICAL.
WHEN I START IN THIS COMMUNITY
OF WORK OF HUMAN SERVICES IT
WAS MORE FACE-TO-FACE INTER
ACTION AND I REALLY LOVED
THAT ELEMENT OF BEING ABLE TO
TOUCH LIVES AND HAVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE.
IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT
NOW.
WE'RE IN A CALL CENTER MODULE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T
DO GREAT SERVICE.
I STILL CAN'T BE THAT GAP THAT
GIVES HOPE TO SOMEBODY AND TO
BUILD A BRIDGE FOR A BETTER
FUTURE FOR THESE PEOPLE.
OUTSIDE OF THAT HE HAD MENTION
ED THE DIFFERENT THINGS
I'VE DONE TO BE OF SERVICE AND
PLANT SEEDS IN THE HEARTS OF
THESE WOMEN.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US CAN
BE RESTORERS AND REBUILDERS IN
THE COMMUNITY.
SOMETIMES WE GET TO TO SEE THE
FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.
SOMETIMES WE JUST SEE THE
SEEDS PLANTED AND WE DON'T SEE
THE HARVEST, BUT I KNOW IT IS
ALL ABOUT BUILDING
RELATIONSHIP ONE SOUL AT A
TIME AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
YOU KNOW PART OF THE WOMEN
THAT I DO SERVE HAVE COME FROM
SEX TRAFFICKING AND PROST
ITUTION AS YOUNG AS 10
YEARS OLD AND IT IS IN THIS
HEART OF SACRAMENTO AND MOST
OF THESE GIRLS ARE COMING OUT
OUT OF FOSTER CARE.
I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AND
THIS IS THE GLINTS IS THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ASSISTANCE
AND FOSTER CARE CHILDREN ARE
VICTIMS LED TO SEX TRAFFICKING
I VOLUNTEERED AND PARTNERED
WITH THE CITY OF REFUGE
THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF
OAK PARK, THEY DO MANY THINGS
IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE
MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS
GIVING THEM SAFE SPACES
WHETHER IT IS GOING THERE FOR
HOMEWORK, SAFEHOUSES, SCHOOL
PROGRAMS AND I'M JUST HONORED
TO WORK WITH SO MANY GREAT
INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE ALONG
SIDE OF ME DOING WHAT I DO,
NOT TO BE NOTICED BUT TO BE OF
SERVICE WITH GOD'S HEART.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I WOULD JUST NOTE SHE IS
VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT HER WORK
ISM WE WERE CALLING HER TO
TELL HER ABOUT HER
PRESENTATIONS AND WANTED TO
KNOW HOW LONG SHE WAS GOING TO
HAVE TO TAKE OFF TO BE HERE.
GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO BE HERE,
CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE ONE OF
OUR HEROES.
NEXT IS BLENDA, PLEASE JOIN US
HERE AT THE PODIUM.
[APPLAUSE]
AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF STOR
IES THIS MORNING COMES
FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOW
YOU EFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND
IN THIS CASE AND GLAD I CAN
TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT BUT
OBVIOUSLY I WAS CERTAINLY
MOVED BY THE STORIES THIS
MORNING AND THE FOUR
RESOLUTIONS I'M GIVING THE
PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING BUT
IN THIS CASE GLENDA HAS BEEN A
VOLUNTEER WITH THE
ORGANIZATION CALLED FIRST CALL
HOSPICE AND HER CHARGE IN THAT
ORGANIZATION OBVIOUSLY IS TO
MENTOR OTHERS WHO WILL CARRY
ON THE WORK THAT SHE DOES BUT
TO DESCRIBE THE WORK AND AGAIN
I THINK IT IS EVEN DIFFICULT
TO PUT INTO WORDS BUT OBVIOUS
LY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
BIG HEART AND A LOT OF COM
PASSION BECAUSE HER AD
MISSION OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN WHERE
SHE HAS DEVOTED ALMOST 1,000
HOURS TO BEING AT THE BEDSIDE
OF PATIENTS IN THEIR FINAL
HOURS.
SHE'S HELD THEIR HANDS, SHE'S
OFFERED THEM ASSURANCE, LISTEN
ED TO THEIR CONCERNS,
MOST LIKELY SHE'S PRAYED WITH
THEM, SHE'S COMFORTED THEM
WITH HER KIND AND GOOD
THOUGHTS, OFTEN JUST LISTENING
TO MAYBE SOMEBODY OF THE LAST
WORDS THEY WILL SPEAK BEFORE
THEY PASS.
AS I REFLECTED ON THAT IT IS
OCCURRED TO ME THAT AGAIN THE
VIBRANCY OF LIFE AND THE
DESIRE TO GO ON EACH DAY AND
TO RECOVER FROM THE CHALLENGES
AND SO FORTH IS GREAT BUT
OFTEN TIMES AS WE GO INTO
THOSE LATTER STAGES OF OUR
LIVES IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
SOMEONE WHO CARES AND MOST
MOST OF US ARE BLESSED TO HAVE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO BE BY
OUR BEDSIDE BUT NOT EVERYBODY
HAS THAT ABILITY SO GLENDA
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR
FOLKS WHETHER THEY HAVE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO
BE NOT JUST A CAREGIVER BUT BE
SOMEBODY THERE IN SPIRIT AND
IN MIND AND CERTAINLY IN SOUL
TO SHARE WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS VERY HIGH
LY TO YOUR WORK AND
CERTAINLY I WANT TO JUST
RECOGNIZE YOU AS ONE OF OUR
HEROES.
I KNOW THAT YOU DO VIDEO OUT
REACH AND HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND OBVIOUSLY DEATH AND
MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
CHALLENGE FOLKS IN THOSE FINAL
DAYS BUT I THINK YOUR GENTLE
NESS, YOUR UNDERSTANDING
AND TRUE SPIRIT OF CARING
REALLY HELPS TO I THINK BRING
COMFORT BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT
JUST BEING THERE IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT TO FOLKS IN THEIR
FINAL HOURS.
SO GLENDA YOUR WORK WITH THE
HOSPICE HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY A
REAL PASSION FOR HER AND AGAIN
WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS A HERO OF
HUMAN SERVICE.
GLENDA, CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD AND
FOR ROCHELLE FROM FIRST CALL.
I'M SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE COMPASSION TO PEOPLE GOD
HAS REALLY BLESSED ME WITH
HAVING THE SPIRIT OF BLESSINGS
OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE I'VE EVER BELIEVE I'VE
BEEN ON SOMEONE'S DEATH BED
AND THEY HAD I WISH I HAD WORK
ED HARDER OR BOUGHT MORE
STUFF AND SO THE WORDS I CAN
JUST LEAVE WITH EVERYONE IS
JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU HAVE, APPRECIATE YOUR
FAMILY, GIVE THEM A HUG,
BECAUSE HONESTLY WE NEVER KNOW
WHEN OUR LAST DAY IS HERE ON
OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THIS LIFE
SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE THAT
WITH YOU, LET YOU KNOW THAT,
THANK GOD FOR HOSPICE BECAUSE
HOSPICE IS SUCH AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WE JUST HOLD
THEIR HANDS AND I PRAY WITH
THEM AND PEOPLE ARE JUST SO
BLESSED WITH JUST THAT LAST
LITTLE BIT OF COMPASSION FROM
THEM, FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL PASSING
THROUGH THIS ON A JOURNEY AND
WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE THAT AT SOME TIME.
SO JUST KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH
YOU AND WE ARE HERE JUST TO
HELP AND BLESS EACH OTHER.
AND I HAVE SO ENJOYED EVERYONE
'S STORY TODAY ON ALL
OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED
OTHER PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY
DOROTHY, I REALY WAS IMPRESSED
WITH YOU TELLING EVERYBODY
PLEASE DON'T BE BORED IN LIFE
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO
GIVE OF OURSELVES AND FROM
OTHERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I FEEL SO HONORED OF BEING
HERE TODAY.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU GLENDA.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST SOMEONE WHO
HAS PACKED A LOT OF WORK IN
THEIR LIFE THUS FAR AND THAT
IS DR. BREK.
>> THIS IS 1 OAF THOSE AS WE
WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE
RESOLUTION THERE WASN'T ENOUGH
PLACES FOR THE WAREHOUSES
BECAUSE IT WENT ON AND ON ALL
OF THE THINGS HE WAS DOING SO
WE TRIED TO CONDENSE THAT AND
NOT LEAVE OUT ANYTHING
IMPORTANT IN ADDITION TO
OBVIOUSLY HIS WORK AS A MED
ICAL DOCTOR HE IS AGAIN
LIKE ALL OF YOU HAS
VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME, RESOURCE
S AND ENERGY TO ASSIST
ING MANYWORTHY
ORGANIZATIONS AND MYGTO ASSIST
ING THEM HE'S HELPED TO
RAISE FUNDS IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND HAS
HELPED MANY THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
ESPECIALLY TARGETING AND I
THINK DEVOTING HIS EFFORTS TO
HELPING FOLKS ACCESS AND
RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND
CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES
AND WE'VE HEARD OTHER
REFERENCES TO THAT THIS MORN
ING BUT I THINK HE'S
RECOGNIZED CERTAINLY AMONGST
HIS PATIENTS BUT I'M SURE
AMONGST THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH
HE LIVES AND SERVES AT THAT
ACCESS IS SO VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT.
A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THAT WHEN
HE LEARNED OF AND WE'VE HEARD
IT MENTIONED HERE A LITTLE
EARLIER WHEN CAROL SPOKE ABOUT
LEARNING OF THE SUICIDE DEATH
AMONGST PARTICULAR POPULATION
OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUNG
STUDENTS WE HEARD ABOUT THAT
EARLIER AND OBVIOUSLY FOR A IN
OF GENERATIONS THAT HAS BEEN
SOMETHING THAT HAS I THINK
REALLY GARNERED OUR ATTENTION
BUT MORE SO NOW BECAUSE OF
WHICH THE FREQUENCY OCCURS.
SO HE TOOK THAT UPON HIMSELF
AND WORKED DILIGENTLY TO NOT
ONLY HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND
ABOUTIT IN CONNECTING SEMINAR
S AND ORGANIZING FORUMS
TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND
ON SUICIDE AND PREVENT AND
INTERVENE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
OFTEN TROUBLE MAY HAVE
DIFFICULT IN ACCESSING
LANGUAGE OR CULTURAL BARRIERS
AND THAT'S CONTINUED TO SERVE
IN THAT CAPACITY.
THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES AS
WELL.
HE AGAIN AS A MEMBER OF THE EL
GROVE COMMUNITY IN ADDITION
TO HIS PROFESSIONAL WORK AND
SOME OF THE THINGS HE DOES
WITH SOME OF THE FOCUS ON THE
POPULATION HE SERVES HE SERVES
AS A MEMBER OF THE ELK GROVE
SUMPTIES, MULTI-CULTURAL
COMMISSION, BEEN A LEADER IN
ORGANIZATIONING A NUMBER OF
EVENTS THAT CAN BRING
ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS, TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALK OF
LIFE AS I MENTIONED IN SOME OF
THOSE BEING WE EMBRACE, MY
SISTER'S HOUSE, THE CHILDREN'S
RECEIVING HOME WE HEARD
EARLIER AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER
OF BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS
AND BECAUSE OF HIS STRONG
COMMITMENT DR. BREK IS HELPING
TO CREATE A HEALTHIER
COMMITTEE, ONE MORE WELCOME
WELCOMING, ONE MORE ACCESSIBLE
FROM FOLKS OF DIFFERENT AGES,
DIFFERENT WALK OF LIFE AND WE
WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR HIS ON
-GOING WORK BOTH
PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY
FOR FOR HIS COMMITMENT OF TIME
, EFFORT AND RESOURCES
HE'S RAISE ADSIGNIFICANT SUM
OF MONEY THROUGH SOME OF HIS
EFFORTS AND I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE FOLKS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE
THAT I THINK WANT TO RECOGNIZE
YOU AS WELL SO WE'LL ALLOW A
SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TALK
ED TO ME A MOMENT AGO.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE A
HERO.
>> BEFORE I START I'D LIKE TO
THANK ALL OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE
FOR STAYING HERE.
I KNOW IT IS A BUSY DAY.
SO ON BEHALF OF ALL HONOREE
THANKS FOR COMING AND SUPOR
RING US AND BIG THANKS TO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR FOR
RECOGNIZING US.
NOW AGAIN I'M A FULL-TIME
PHYSICIAN, PSYCHIATRIST WITH A
BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE INCE-
COMMUNITY AND GIVING BACK
THAT'S MY MOTTO AND GOING
THROUGH MY OWN PERSONAL HURDLE
WHERE WE LOST OUR HOME, BECAME
HOMELESS FOR ALMOST A COUPLE
MONTHS WHILE LIVING IN CHICAGO
IN 1994 I REALIZED HOW TO
APPRECIATE IT.
IT REALLY CHANGE MY LIFE AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE MY FAMILY,
FRIEND, COMMUNITY.
SO AFTER COMING FROM WORK MY
SECOND LIFE STARTS, WHICH IS A
COMMUNITY WORK AND I DO A LOT
OF COMMUNITY WORK THE MAIN
PASSION IS MENTAL HEALTH AND
YOU KNOW SUICIDE IS A BIG
TROUBLING ISSUE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
44,000 PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE
EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED
STATES, THAT MEANS 120 PEOPLE
TAKE THEIR LIFE EVERY DAY.
AND EVERY 12 MINUTES WE LOSE
ONE PERSON, THIS IS SO SAD AND
TROUBLING.
IN THE WORLD WE LOSE ONE
PERSON EVERY 43 SECONDS.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING,
WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE TO PRE
VENT THE SUICIDAL DEATH.
AND I STARTED WITH OC AND
OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
CALLED MENTAL HEALTH
INITIATIVES, SUICIDE
PREVENTION TO PROMOTE MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES TO BREAK THE
STIGMA.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A SUPPORT OF
FULL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION,
THIS YEAR I HAVE NINE.
MY GOAL IS TO TAKE THIS TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD LIKE DIFFERENT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EDUCATE
ABOUT THE MISUSE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA, CYBER BULLYING, HELP US
OUT.
THIS IS A VERY CRUCIAL ISSUE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I SEE THIS IN MY ROUTINE
PRACTICE AND I CAN SEE THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS CAN GET HELP AT
AN EARLY AGE SO EARLY INTER
VENTION IS VERY CRUCIAL
FACTOR.
SO PLEASE DO ENCOURAGE FOLKS
WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR
FAMILY, YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SEEK
HELP IF THEY ARE FEELING SAD
OR SUICIDAL.
THAT CAN BE PREVENTABLE.
THROUGH MY OTHER ORGANIZATION
WE HAVE RAISED $110,000 IN THE
LAST 15 YEARS AND GIVEN OF AN
ALMOST LOSS OF MONEY LOCALLY
WE HAVE DONATED MONEY TO BIG
BROTHER, BIG SISTER
ORGANIZATIONS, MY SISTER'S
HOUSE.
SO MANY OTHER CHARITIES.
WE BOUGHT A BIG AMBULANCE IN
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND THAT
AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED ALMOST
4,000 PATIENTS AND 700 DEAD
BODIES WITHIN THE LAST 11
YEARS.
WE HAVE ADOPTED SO MANY UNDER-
PRIVILEGED CHILDREN,
GIRLS, BOYS FOR EDUCATION.
THROUGH THE CITY I'M SERVING
AS A COMMISSIONER FOR MULTI-
CULTURAL COMMISSION AND
DIVERSE CITY INCLUSIONS SO WE
LIKE TO PRO PROMOTE DIVERSITY,
PROMOTE WELL-BEING OF
DIFFERENT DIVERSITY AND IN
CLUSIVENESS SO I'M VERY,
VERY THANKFUL FOR GIVING ME
THIS WORK.
AND THE SUPPORT WITH REFUGEES
LIKE NEPAL, INDIA WE DO A LOT
OF OTHER WORK.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY
FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
WHO CAME HERE TO SUPPORT ME.
ELLEN, KEVIN SPACE, DAREN,
INDIAN COMMUNITIES SO I'D LIKE
YOU TO STAND UP AND I'D LIKE
TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY WIFE
I'D LIKE YOU TO COME TO THE
PODIUM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU ARE A GREAT MAN.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU ALL ARE HEROES.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
JUST ONE MORE ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THE HEROES
IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WE
ARE STILL GOING TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK OUT INTO THE LOBBY
FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS AND
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO
THE HEROES THAT WERE
CELEBRATED TODAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> AND I WANT TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS IS NOT THE
RIGHT WORDISM IT IS REALLY
THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
SORRY BOARD MEMBERS IT IS ONLY
FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY I'M GOING TO CALL THIS
MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
[ROLL CALL]
BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE
AGENDA IS SUSAN GALLAGHER HERE
SUSAN HAD COMMENTS ON ITEMS
THAT WERE ACTUALLY ON CONSENT
BUT I WILL ALLOW TWO MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS SUSAN GALLAGHER.
I'M WITH MEN-CALAMERICA, THE
OLDEST MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY
IN CALIFORNIA AND I'VE BEEN
COMING HERE MYSELF FOR ABOUT
22 YEARS NOW.
BASICALLY SAYING THE SAME
THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN I
FEEL LIKE IT IS GROUNDHOG DAY
BUT I GUESS THAT'S JUST THE
WORK OF ADVOCATES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT
ED TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS
OF ITEMS 16-18 IS THE LACK OF
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT THAT
WENT ON TO COME TO THE CON
CLUSIONS TO FUND THOSE
PROGRAMS.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR A
COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS IS
NOT MY OPINION IT IS THE
WELFARE AND INSTITUTION CODE
AS WELL AS THE REGULATIONS
THAT GOVERN THAT AND I'M WILL
ING TO SHARE THOSE WITH
YOU TODAY BUT BASICALLY WHAT
WAS DISCUSSED THIS MORNING AND
APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
WAS NOT APART OF THE THREE
YEAR PLAN.
SO IF IT WASN'T IN THE THREE
YEAR PLAN AND DIDN'T HAVE A CP-.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE
PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
FHPs ARE ALL PRIORITIES BUT
THERE WAS AN UPDATE THAT TALK
ABOUT THE LACK OF DATA FOR
THESE FHP PROGRAMS AND WE TURN
AROUND AND HAND THEM
$12 MILLION.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED THERE IS
A LACK OF CLIENT PROCESS,
CLIENTS SHOULD BE INVOLVE
INVOLVED IN ALL LEVEL OF THE
CAROLINA INCLUDING PROGRAM E
VALUATION AND IT HASN'T BEEN
HAPPENING FOR YEARS AND IT IS
REALLY FRUSTRATING PARTICULAR
LY WHEN MHSA IS WHAT
WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSFORM THE
SYSTEM.
NOW CANNOT TRANSFORM A SYSTEM
IF YOU DON'T HAVE PERSONS AT
EVERY LEVEL OF THE TABLE.
AND WE ARE LITERALLY CONTRACT
ED TO BE AT THE TABLE
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THE
TABLE.
WE HAVE ONE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
CONSUMER LIAISON FOR 20,000
CLIENTS AND SHE IS COMPLETELY
MARGINALIZED.
WE'VE BEEN MARGINALIZED FOR
YEARS.
IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO
LISTEN TO US BECAUSE WE ARE
THE ADVOCATES, WE KNOW IT
INSIDE AND OUT, WE GIVE TRAIN
INGS ON IT, WE'RE HERE
FOR YOU FOLKS, WE'RE HERE FOR
THE DIVISION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE MORE INPUT
REGARDING THAT BUT WE ALSO
WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT
THAT THE CALMACE AND FUNDING
WHICH I THINK IS ITEM 18 NEVER
WENT THROUGH A PROCESS.
THE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD DIDN'T
APPROVE THAT NEITHER DID THE
STEER AFSTARING COMMITTEE.
THESE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO
CALL OUT.
ONCE AGAIN I DON'T ENJOY CALL
ING THEM OUT BUT FEEL
COMPELLED TO CALL THEM OUT.
ON BEHALF OF THE MENTAL HEALTH
CLIENTS OF THIS COUNTY THAT I
CALL THEM OUT.
FOR YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
SITTING ON MY, THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN FUNDED THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN FUNDED EVERY SINGLE
YEAR.
IT WAS NOT EARMARKED WE
RECEIVED A LOT OF GAS LIGHTING
RESPONSES TO OUR REQUEST, NONE
OF THEM FACTUAL.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME YOU NEED
TO SPEND THE MONEY BUT CAN'T
DO IT WITHOUT A ROBUST
PLANNING PROCESS AND
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO FOLLOW.
>> CAN YOU WRAP IT UP.
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO AGAIN NOT MY OPINION.
IT IS THE LAW AND I'LL LEAVE
THIS WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. WAGSTAFFER.
>> CERTAINLY I WOULD AGREE
WITH THE SPEAKER THAT
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS CRITICAL
TO WHAT WE DO WITH MHSA AND A
LOT OF ITEMS THIS MORNING
INCLUDING COORDINATION WITH
THE COMMITTEE AND THE MENTAL
HEALTH BOARD.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT DR.
QUIST AND DR. BELLSON MAKE
CONNECTION WITH THE SPEAKS TO
HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
IF THERE ARE WAYS TO BE IM
PROVED WE'LL CERTAINLY BE RE
CEPTIVE TO THAT BECAUSE
WE'RE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO GET
THAT INPUT.
>> THANK YOU.
QUAL SUSAN CAN YOU MAKE SURE
THAT MR. WAGSTAFF HAS YOUR
CONTACT INFORMATION.
>> ALL NOTTOLI.
>> I JUST ADDRESSED IT BUT
AGAIN SUSAN HAS BEEN HERE MANY
OCCASIONS OVER THE COURSE OF
THE BETTER PART OF 20 YEARS
AND CERTAINLY AN ADVOCATE FOR
MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING AND
PROGRAMS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
AND FOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER
INVOLVEMENT AND ALIGNMENT WITH
NOT ONLY THE LAW BUT I THINK
WITH GOOD PROCESS AND OUTREACH
AND AGAIN I THINK BRUCE TO
WHAT YOU JUST SAID I THINK
GETTING AGAMETING WITH SUSAN
AND MAYBE SOME OF THE
PRINCIPALS THAT SHE WORKS WITH
AND CERTAINLY DR. BELLSON AND
DR. QUIST AND MAYBE YOURSELF
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE WITH A
QUINT VOICE, SHE CERTAINLY
GIVES OF HER TIME BUT I THINK
AS AN ORGANIZATION WHO THEY
REPRESENT BUT ALSO I THINK THE
FOLKS THAT ARE ALL TRYING TO
BEST SERVE AND BETTER SERVE
WITH THE THERE IS THAT COME
INTO THIS COUNTY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT HAS
ALREADY HAPPENED I THINK WE
NEED TO RE-DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS
IN THAT REGARD.
THANK YOU.
MADAM CLERK NEXT ITEM PLEASE.
ITEM 41 IS THE
COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN
PROPOSED SACRAMENTO HOMELESS
POLICY COUNCIL
>> MR. WAGSTAFF WILL INTRODUCE
THE ITEM.
>> STEP TO THE PODIUM FIRST.
THANKS.
>> GET YOUR BETTER SIDE ON TV.
[LAUGHS]
NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND MEM
BERS BRUCE WAGSTAFF DEPUTY
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OVER SOCIAL
SERVICES.
A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS TO
INTRODUCE THIS NEXT ITEM.
THIS PROPOSAL FOR A HOMELESS
POLICY COUNCIL STEMS FROM
DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HELD
EARLIER THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE
COUNTY, CITY OF SACRAMENTO,
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT
ARE EITHER UNDERWAY OR PLANNED
FOR IMPLEMENTATION THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS HOMELESS
NESS AND RAISING THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THERE OUGHT TO BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ORGANIZED
EFFORT TO BRING TOGETHER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE VARIOUS
CITIES AND THE COUNTY TO NOT
JUST SHARE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ALTHOUGH THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT BUT ALSO TO
PROVIDE A FORUM TO DISCUSS WAY
S TO IMPROVE COLLABORATION,
COORDINATION, POTENTIALLY LEV
ERAGE RESOURCES AND PROVIDE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION NOT AND
THIS IS IMPORTANT NOT AS A JPA
, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT,
NOT AS A FORMAL DECISION
MAKING BODY BUT TO GET
TOGETHER, LOOK FOR WAYS TO IM
PROVE COLLABORATION
COORDINATION, LEVERAGE SOURCES
AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER COOP
ERATIVELY.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE
DIRECTION THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
DIFFERENT SETS OF GUIDELINES
FROM THE STATE RELATING TO THE
NEW STATE FUNDING BEING MADE
AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS HOMELESS
NESS AND SO SACRAMENTO
STEPS FORWARD IS HERE TODAY
AND I WILL TURN THE PODIUM
OVER TO THEM TO PRESENT THE
PRO PROPOSSESS PROPOSAL.
WHEN THIS IDEA WAS INITIALLY
RAISED PRIORITY BY YOUR BODY
WAS EXPRESSED TO BE SURE THAT
THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE VARIOUS CITIES TO GET
THEIRNER PUT, ANSWER THEIR
QUESTIONS.
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD HAS
HAD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS TO
THAT EFFECT AND I WANTED YOU
TO KNOW THAT WE ALSO ORGANIZE
MEETING JUST WITHIN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS I FORGET EXACTLY
WHEN IT WAS WHERE WE INVITE
ALL RIGHT CITIES AND THE COUNT
Y TO COME FOR A
DISCUSSION ON THIS PROPOSAL
AND WE HAD A GREAT MEETING,
MOST OF THE CITIES WERE THERE,
A LOT OF THE COMMENTS, A LOT
OF QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN TELL
YOU THAT AS WE WENT AROUND THE
ROOM, AS THE MEETING ADJOURNED
ALL OF THE STAFF THERE FROM
THE ALL OF THE CITIES THAT
WERE IN ATTENDANCE WHY THEY
COULDN'T SPEAK FORMERLY FOR
THEIR COUNSELS AND THEY MADE
THAT VERY CLEAR DID EXPRESS
THAT IT WAS THEIR VIEW THAT
SHOULD THIS PROPOSAL MOVE FOR
WARD THAT THEIR COUNSELS
WOULD BE WANTING TO
PARTICIPATE.
SO WITH THAT MR. CHAIR IF IT
IS OKAY WITH YOU I'LL PRESENT
THIS OVER TO THE BOARD.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SUPERVISOR MAT KENRY I AM THE
CURRENT CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND
ON THE BOARD SINCE 2015.
JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON
THIS ISSUE.
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD IS A
NON-PROFIT THAT MANAGES THE HM
IS SYSTEM, THE DATA
COLLECTION APPLIES FOR AND
RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS AND
DISTRIBUTES THOSE TO SERVICE
PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THIS
REGION.
IT ALSO STAFFS THE CONTINUUM
OF CARE, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
IS REALLY YOUR BOOTS ON THE
GROUND, THEY ARE YOUR SERVICE
PROVIDERS, AGENCY STAFF FROM
BOTH CITY, COUNTY, SHRA, ALL
OF THE JURISDICTIONS, IT IS
THE FAITH COMMUNITY, IT IS LAW
ENFORCEMENT, IT IS REALLY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEDICATED
THEIR LIVES TO SERVING THE
HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO SFS STAFF SERVES ON THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT
APPARENT TO ME ONE MORE VOICE
WAS MISSING IN THAT
CONVERSATION THAT IS CRIT
ICALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT
IS THE VOICES OF OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
EVERY JURISDICTION IN THIS
REGION IS WORKING WITH HARD TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THIS
REGION AND YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN
GREAT STEPS.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY WITH THE THE
REGIONAL PLAN TO ADDRESS HOME
LESSNESS HAS REALLY LED
THAT EFFORT.
I WILL SAY UNFORTUNATELY IN
MEETING WITH OTHER
JURISDICTIONS NOT A LOT OF
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
AWARE OF THAT PLAN OR WHAT'S
IN IT AND REALLY THAT'S THE
IDEA BEHIND THIS COUNCIL IS TO
CREATE AN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR E
LECTED OFFICIALS FROM ALL OF
THE JURISDICTIONS FROM
SACRAMENTO COUNTY TO GET
TOGETHER WITH SACRAMENTO STEPS
FORWARD STAFF, WITH STAFF FROM
THEJURISDICATIONS, THE CHAIR
OF STEPS FORWARD AS WELL AS
THE CHAIR OF THE CEO AND HAVE
A DISCUSSION TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GO ON, WHAT EVERY
JURISDICTION IS DOING, SHARE
INFORMATION TO HOPEFULLY IM
PROVE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE
SERVICES, STREAMLINE EFFORTS
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING JUST
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING
OUR OVERALL REGIONAL APPROACH
TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
PHYSICAL WAS MENTIONED BY
BRUCE WAGSTAFF THIS IS NOT A J
PA, THIS IS NOT A DECISION-
MAKING BODY BUT IT IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A
DEEPER LEVEL.
AND HOPEFULLY BY DOING SO WE
WILL IMPROVE OVERALL
COLLABORATION IN THE REGION
AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE HOME
LESSNESS CRISIS THAT WE
ARE FACING.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT AND IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT LAST
YEAR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PROVIDED NEARLY $20 MILLION TO
THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY FOR VAR
IOUS PROGRAMS THROUGH BOTH
HEAT AND CASH.
PARTICIPATED NEXT YEAR THERE
COULD BE UP TO $30 MILLION BUT
ONE OF THE CRITERIA THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR IS A TRUE REGIONAL
COLLABORATION.
SO WE THINK THAT THIS POLICY
COUNCIL ALSO ULHOWS US TO MAKE
A SHOWING TO THE STATE THAT
WE'RE TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS
IN THAT DIRECTION TO
COLLABORATE AT A REGIONAL
LEVEL AT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE
AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL
SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU IN THE COMING YEARS.
>> ONE QUESTION ON THE POINT
ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
IN YOUR OPINION WOULD THIS PUT
US IN A BETTER POSITION TO GET
MORE FUNDING?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> MS. BAITS THE DIRECT OF
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LISA BAITS WITH SACRAMENTO
STEPS FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO
THROUGH THESE SLIDES TO GIVE
YOU MORE OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS
OF THE PROPOSAL.
I THINK BRUCE AND MAT DID A
GOOD JOB OF GIVING YOU SOME
CONTEXT.
SO ONE THING I DID WANT TO RE
ITERATE IS THE EXCELLENT
PLAN THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED IN
DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND ALSO
THE COC ADOPTED, HAD SIX MAIN
GOALS THAT IT WAS ATTEMPTING
OR IS ATTEMPTING TO MEET, I
THINK THERE ARE 29 STRATEGIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND
PROBABLY OVER 100 ACTIONS
INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PLAN IS
YOUR GOAL TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEM
LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
AND MANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT
ARE IDENTIFIED HERE ARE UNDER
WAY OR HAVE BEEN
INITIATED BUT ONE THAT WE ARE
PROPOSING TODAY IS A POTENTIAL
APPROACH IS TO ENGAGE THE
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP WITHIN
THE COUNTY, THAT IS ACTUALLY
IDENTIFY IN YOUR PLAN:.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE OF WHAT
WE'RE PROPOSING AGAIN AS THE
STRUCTURE FOR COUNCIL.
AGAIN IT IS A DELIBERATIVE
BODY NOT A DECISION-MAKING
BODY AND ITS PURPOSE WOULD BE
TO PROVIDE THAT BROAD BASE
COLLABORATIVE SCROOGIC
LEADERSHIP AT AN ELECTED
LEADERSHIP LEVEL FOR
SACRAMENTO RESPONSE TO THE
CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS THAT
WE'RE FACING.
SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES OF
THESE WOULD BE FURTHER REFINE
WOULD THE COUNCIL ONCE IT IS
SEATED AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A CHARTER WOULD BE TO SHARE
POLICY INFORMATION AND
SOLUTIONS AT EACH JURISDICTION
IS USING TO ADDRESS HOMELESS
NESS AND HOW THAT IM
PACTS THE OVERALL SYSTEM, TO
REALLY TRY TO ALIGN AND
COORDINATE SOME OF OUR PROGRAM
S SO THAT WE HAVE A
BETTER ALIGNMENT AT THE SYSTEM
LEVEL AND TO ACCELERATE
KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND BEST
PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING HOME
LESSNESS IN THE REGION.
JUST IN TURNS OF CONTEXT AND
HOW THIS WOULD SIT RELATIVE TO
OTHER COLLABORATIVE TABLES YOU
HAVE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE,
WHICH WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER BY
MAT.
WE JUST INITIATE ADFUNDERS
COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS ALSO
PART OF YOUR HOMELESS PLAN,
THIS HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED
AS PART OF THE PLAN AND IT IN
CLUDES THE PUBLIC ENTITIES
FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT
DECLARED A SHELTER CRISIS AND
IT IS ALSO INCLUDING STAFF AND
IT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
BUILD COMMON OPERATIONAL STAND
ARDS AND PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AS FUNDERS OF A LOT
OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN THE POLICY COUNCIL
WOULD BE AT THAT ELECTED
LEADERSHIP LEVEL WITH MORE OF
THAT STRATEGIC LEVEL.
SO ALL THREE I THINK ARE VERY
IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO HOW WE
ARE LOOKING AT SOLVING OUR
HOMELESSNESS SITUATION IN
SACRAMENTO.
WE'RE PROPOSING CURRENTLY THAT
THERE IS 12 MEMBERS, TWO FROM
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
TWO FROM THE SACRAMENTO CITY
COUNCIL AND ONE FROM THE EACH
SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS.
IN ADDITION AS MALT MENTIONED
FOR CONTINUITY WE WANT TO HAVE
THE CONTINUE CONTINUUM OF CARE
CHAIR AS WELL AS SACRAMENTO
STEPS FORWARD PROGRAM.
LISA IF I COULD INTERRUPT ON
THAT.
>> YES.
>> SO THE MAKEUP OF THE TWO
MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS WAS INTENTIONAL
BECAUSE OF THE BROWN ACT?
>> YES.
ALTHOUGH WE WOULD ANTICIPATE
NOTICING THIS MEETING AND
HAVING IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS OF A BROWN ACT
SITUATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO SO WHILE YOU'RE ON THE
SLIDE RELATIVE TO THE
COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL
ESPECIALLY THAT PART COMING
FROM THIS BOARD I ASSUME IT IS
WELL WITHIN THE DIGRESSION OF
OUR BOARD WHETHER WE WANTED TO
ENSURE AT ALL TIMES YOU HAD A
REPRESENTATIVE, THE ISIS JUST
FOR EXAMPLE FOR INSTANCE THAT
REPRESENTS THE UNINCORPORATED
COUNTY AND A MEMBER THAT
REPRESENTS ONE OF THE HAS IT
IN THEIR DISTRICT ONE OF THE
SEVEN CITIES, OR MORE THAN ONE
OF THE SEVEN CITIES SO THAT
YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT BALANCE
COMING FROM THIS AT ALL TIMES,
IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW REPRESENT
ING THOSE TWO BROAD
CATEGORIES OF OUR CON
STITUENCIES UNINCORPORATED
AND CITY DWELLERS, I THINK
THAT'S IMPORTANT CONSIDER
GIVEN THE FACT THAT I THINK WE
CAN ALL AGREE IN THIS ROOM
THAT THE CHALLENGE OF HOMELESS
NESS CERTAINLY DOESN'T
RESPECT POLITICAL BOUNDARIES
AND IS I MEAN IT IS A
CHALLENGE THAT IS PERVASIVE IN
ALL CONTERS OF THE COUNTY SO I
ASSUME THAT'S WELL WITHIN OUR
PURVIEW.
>> THE WAY THE STRUCTURESER AT
EACH JURISDICTION AND HOW THEY
CHOOSE TO SELECT THE
REPRESENTATIVES WE DON'T DO
THAT OR DICTATE THAT.
>> WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE
START PERHAPS WITH THE COUNCIL
THAT WOULD MEET THREE TIMES A
YEAR, JUST GIVEN ALL OF THE
APPROVALS AND THE VACATION AND
HOLIDAY SCHEDULES WE DON'T
ANTICIPATE THAT THE FIRST CON
VENING WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL
THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE
ETSTOOD COUNCIL IN TERM OF THE
APPROACH AND THE AGENDA.
SO WE'RE SMALT FLUID HERE IN
TERM OF WHAT THAT STRUCTURE
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS WE WANT TO
BUILD THAT OUT WITH THE SEATED
COUNCIL, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU
AN SAMPLE OF POTENTIAL AGENDA
TOPICS, YOU KNOW CERTAINLY
POLICY DISCUSSION ON MAJOR
INITIATIVES INCLUDING SHELT
ERING AND HOUSING, OUR
ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING AT
COORDINATED ENTRY AND A
COMPLETE REDESIGN SO THE
ABILITY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT
WORK AT ONE OF THE CONVENIENCE
S IS CERTAINLY
SOMETHING WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED EARN AND THEN JUST
NORMAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS AND
UPDATES AROUND HOW OUR PROGRAM
PROGRAMS OR OUR PLAN IS
PERFORMING.
IT ALSO COULD BE FOCUSED ON
COMMON ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS THE PARKWAY FOR
EXAMPLE OR ENCAMPMENT ISSUES
OR PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
SO IT IS INTENDED TO BE A SAFE
OR A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO
POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT ARE
EFFECTING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW IT IS NOT A PERFECT
MODEL BUT WE HOPE IT IS A
FIRST STEP AND ABILITY TO
PILOT WHAT MIGHT WORK WELL IN
TERMS OF FURTHERING OUR ALIGN
MENT AND OUR STRATEGIC
DIRECTION AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
I WILL SAY THERE ARE A COUPLE
OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS I'VE HEARD
STANDING UP SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I'M AWARE YOLO COUNTY IS DOOG
ENING SOME, I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO GET MY HAND ON IT BUT
I'M MADE AAWARE THERE IS
SOMETHING SIMILAR IN WHAT YOLO
IS STANDING UP AND JUST LAST
WEEK FRENSO COUNTY ALSO
ESTABLISHED A COUNCIL VERY
SIMILAR TO THIS, IT HAS A
LITTLE BIT MORE EXPANDED
MEMBERSHIP.
SO I THINK IN PART BECAUSE OF
THE STATE PREFERENCES THAT
THERE BE REGIONAL
COLLABORATION TO THE EXTENT
THERE ISN'T ALREADY SOMETHING
IN PLACES COMMUNITIES ARE
STARTING TO BUILD SOMETHING
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PRO
POSING TODAY SO I WOULD
ANTICIPATE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
MORE OF THAT ACROSS THE STATE
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> SUPERVISOR NOTTOLI.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE
DONE.
I CAN WAIT.
IF YOU WANT TO FINISH.
>> I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU
MORE REASONS WHY I THINK IT IS
A GOOD IDEA.
>> A QUESTION IN MOVING FOR
WARD WITH THIS AS IT
RELATES TO IN SOME OF THE
PREVIOUS SLIDES I THINK EVEN
TO THE QUESTION THE CHAIR ASKS
ABOUT MORE MONEY BUT AS IT
RELATE TO BUDGETARY AUTHORITY
AND LAND USE POLICY AUTHORITY
AS TO.
TO THIS BOARD OR WITH RESPECT
TO CITY COUNCILS IT IS NOT IN
TENDED THAT THIS COUNCIL
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FOCUS ON
COLLABORATION COORDINATION TRY
ING TO HAVE A FOCUS REGARD
ING HOW WE CAN BEST
ADDRESS THIS RECOGNIZING IT
DOESN'T KNOW ANY POLITICAL
JURISDICTIONS THERE IS NO IN
TENT BEHIND THIS TO GET INTO
PEOPLE'S BUSINESS IN THAT
RESPECT AS IT RELATES TO A
BUDGET.
>> NO IT HAS NO DECISION-
MAKING AUTHORITY AND
SO IT IS PURELY DELIBERATIVE
AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME
CONCERN THAT MIGHT BE CON
FUSING TO THE PUBLIC SO
WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
VERY CLEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE CHARTER AND HOW WE
COMMUNICATE THE CONVENINGS.
I WILL JUST SAY SACRAMENTO
STEPS FORWARD WILL BE STAFFING
THESE AND WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH YOUR
RESPECTIVE STAFF TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE GETTING THE AGENDAS
RIGHT SO WE'LL BE DOING THIS
IN COLLABORATION.
>> I THINK IT HAS BEEN PLANNED
CERTAINLY TO ME AND I'M
COMFORTABLE MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION TODAY I WANTED
TO BE SURE, I HAVEN'T HAD A
LOT OF FEEDBACK, NOR
CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO THE
PLASHMENT OF THE POLICY
COUNCIL WITH SAY SOME OF THE
CITY LEAD LEADERS IN THE
DISTRICT I REPRESENT.
IF IT HELPS US TO IMPROVE OUR
APPROACH WHATEVER HOWEVER BIG
OR SMALL I THINK THAT COULD BE
A GOOD THING.
THANKS.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION
RELATING TO YOU WERE MENTION
ING ONCE SEATED WE
WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARTER AND
IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE WAS
MENTION OF YOU KNOW THE
POTENTIAL FOR A POSSIBLE JPA
OR YOU KNOW PROGRESSING OVER
TIME.
IT IS FLEXIBLE AT THIS TIME.
AND I GET ABOUT THE STATE ASK
ING FOR COLLABORATION AND I
DO THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AS LONG
AS EVERYONE IS IN THE ROOM AT
THE TABLE AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT YOU WENT, YOU
AND THE STAFF AND MET WITH ALL
OF THE JURISDICTIONS AND THEY
WERE ALL INCLUDED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME # THAT
IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
THAT EVERY JURISDICTION IS
PART OF IT AND I THINK WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL
THERE ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUES WE'RE FACING ONE OF
THEM IS MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW
ARE WE GOING TO HOUSE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY'RE NOT
ABLE TO OWN THEIR OWN AND
REALLY NEED TO BE IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY ARE CARED FOR AND
WITHOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH
INSTITUTIONS AND WITH THE DE
PLETIONS OF RESOURCES OVER
DECADES WITH CLOSING MENTAL
INSTITUTIONS THEY CAN'T
REMEMBER TO TAKE MEDICINES OR
BECOME A DANGER TO THEMSELVES
OR ARCOMMUNITY AND IT IS JUST
A VICIOUS CIRCLE FOR THEM.
SO SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS
MIGHT EMERGE OUT OF A REGIONAL
CONVERSATION AND IF WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT REGIONAL I
THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO I TOTALLY AGREE, IT DOESN'T
JURIS JURISDICTIONS AND LINES
I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT
IN CITRUS HEIGHTS WE HAVE MANY
TIMES RELY ON ROSEVILLE AND
SOME OF THE FOLKS OVER IN THE
PLAZA COUNTY WHO WE WORK
TOGETHER WITH SOLUTIONS FOR
OUR SHELTERS AND WITH OUR HOME
LESS.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY
IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS
REGIONAL WHY DON'T WE MAKE IT
TRULY REGIONAL AND INVITE ALL
OF THE SIX COUNTY REGION TO BE
APART OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL
SO CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THAT,
IN THE SAME SOLUTIONS AND THE
SAME, THERE MIGHT BE SOME
CROSSOVER WHERE WE CAN SAVE
MONEY ON SOME OF THE BIG
THINGS WE WANT TO DO.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED
TO ASK YOU WAS REGARDING THE
NON-PROFITS THAT ARE SERVING
ON THE BOARD.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ERECTED
YOU WANT THE POLITICIANS
ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION,
THE DECISIONMAKERS FOR POLICY
ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION
AND THERE ARE SOME NON-PROFITS
ON THE BOARD I'M ASSUMING THEY
WOULD BE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD THAT THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE A VOTING SEAT THAT
REPRESENTS VOTING AUTHORITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION AND WE'RE GOING
TO BE MAKING DECISIONS,
REGIONAL DECISIONS IT SHOULD
BE THE ELECTED THAT HAVE THAT
VOTING AUTHORITY.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
A COUPLE OF QUICK RESPONSES.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
CREDIT TO BRUCE, BRUCE WAG
STAFF BROUGHT TOGETHER A
LOT OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS
THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED YOU
WERE INTERESTED IN SEEING
INVOLVED IN THIS COUNCIL.
AT THIS POINT WE'VE REACHED
OUT TONIGHT EVERY JURISDICTION
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND TYING
THAT BACK TO SUPERVISOR SERNA
'S COMMENT IF IT IS GOING
TO BE ONE SUPERVISOR THAT
REPRESENTS A DISTRICT THAT IS
LARGELY A PORTION OF THE CITY
OF SACRAMENTO IT WOULD BE NICE
TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT
REPRESENTED A LARGE PORTION OF
THE COUNTY THAT WASN'T WITHIN
THE CITY OF THE SACRAMENTO
JUST FOR OVERALL BALANCE ON
THIS COUNCIL.
>> OR IT COULD BE A SUPERVISOR
THAT REPRESENTS FOUR OTHER
CITIES.
>> THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC AS
WELL.
>> MAXIMIZING INCLUSIVENESS
WOULD BE OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE
AND THAT THEN TIES INTO OUR
NEXT POINT WHICH IS IF THE
OTHER SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN
PARTICULAR THE LARGER REGION
START TO SET UP SIMILAR BODIES
PERHAPS THERE WILL BECOME AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INTERACT
AND HAVE A DIALOGUE FOR WITH
THEM AS WELL.
WE'RE SEEING THIS AS A FIRST
STEP IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY
SERVE BY SACRAMENTO STEPS FOR
WARD AND THE CFO IS
COMPRISED OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
WITHIN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
SO LET'S START IT AT OUR LEVEL
AND IF IT GROWS TO THE SUR
ROUNDING JURISDICTIONS THIS
IS US KICKING OFF A PROCESS
HOPEFULLY WILL TAKE OFF ON A
LIFE OF ITS OWN AND IMPROVE IN
DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION AS
THINGS BEGIN TO UNFOLD.
I THINK TO YOUR LAST POINT AS
TO VOTING MATTERS, IT IS NOT
INTENDED AT THIS POINT THIS
BODY IS ACTUALLY VOTING
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY
DELIBERATIVE DECISION MAKING
BODY.
MORE THAN ANYTHING INFORMATION
SHARING ANDERSION CANS.
IF IT IS TO SOME DAY SHIFT TO
A JPA STRUCTURE YOUR POINT IS
WELL TAKEN THAT IT SHOULD BE J
PA MEMBERS THAT ARE FROM THE
JURISDICTIONS AND SHOULD BE
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, AT THIS
POINT THAT'S THOUGHT WHAT
WE'RE PROPOSING IT IS SIMPLY
TO BEGIN A PROCESS AND IMPROVE
THE OVERALL DIALOGUE.
POINT WELL TAKEN.
>> THE POWERPOINT SAYS
POTENTIAL AGENDA TOPICS POLICY
DIRECTION FOR MAJOR INITIATIVE
S SO THAT IS, LOOKS
TO ME LIKE POLICY DIRECTION.
IF IT IS GOING TO BE POLICY
DIRECTION THE VOTING NUMBER
SHOULD BE THE ELECTS, THEY'RE
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
>> THAT SOUND GOOD.
>> SUPERVISOR FROST JUST ONE
POINT ON THE JPA AS THE BOARD
KNOWS, NO JPA CAN BE FORMED
WITHOUT US BRINGING THAT TO
THIS BODY SO JUST BECAUSE
THERE MIGHT BE A PROPOSAL
COMING HAS TO GO TROW OUR
PROCESS AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE
A RECOMMENDATION.
>> BUT IN THIS POWER POINT IT
IS TALKING ABOUT THREE MEETING
S A YEAR AND POTENTIAL
AGENDA TOPICS AND POLICY
DIRECTION.
UNDERSTOOD.
I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT
THERE IS NO WAY BY IF THE
BOARD AGREES TO THIS THAT THIS
WILL CREATE A JPA.
THIS WILL NOT DO THAT.
>> OKAY AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR
BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS GOOD
TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION I'M
NOT OPPOSED TO THAT UNDER
CERTAIN 6S ONE OF WHICH IS IF
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POLICY, IF
THIS IS POLICY ELECTS THEN IT
SHOULD BE THE ELECTS THAT ARE
DRIVING THE POLICY DIRECTION
THAT IS BEING GIVEN.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CON
FLICT OF INTEREST WHEN YOU
HAVE TWO NON-PROFITS WHO
RECEIVED FUNDING AND THEY ARE
ALSO INVOLVED IN THE POLICY
DECISIONS AND DIRECTIONS.
SO FOR ME I, THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON, THE OTHER THING IS I
REALLY FEEL LIKE I APPRECIATE
THE SUPERVISOR SERNA BROUGHT
IT UP ABOUT BECAUSE THE OUT
LYING AREAS ARE DIFFERENT
AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THAT BECAUSE WE
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE IN THAT CONVERSATION AND
THAT WE COULD BE APART OF THE
SOLUTION SAID TOO.
>> SUPERVISOR PETERS.
>> THANK YOU.
FURTHERALONG THE LINE WHICH IS
REALLY NOT FOR YOU, BUT FOR
THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER WHEN
THEY DO THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO
THE BOARD IF THIS PASSES THREE
AND FOUR REPRESENT 63% OF THE
UNINCORPORATED AREA AND THE
OTHERS ARE SCATTERED, BUT--
>> POPULATION-WISE.
>> YES, I'M USING THE DOT
MODEL, YES, POPULATION.
>> I SAID POPULATION-WISE
BECAUSE GEOGRAPHY-WISE IT IS
DIFFERENT, BUT POPULATION,
JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
>> OKAY.
>> MY POINT BEING THAT THE
CITY OF SACRAMENTO IS HEAVILY
REPRESENTED JUST THAT THEY
HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN
EACH OF THE CITIES SO I THINK
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT YOU
HAVE AT LEAST ONE FROM THE UN
INCORPORATED AREA FROM THE
COUNTY BOARD IF NOT BOTH JUST
FOR THE FUTURE WHENEVER THESE
APPOINTMENTS COME UP.
I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR FROST
ABOUT WHEN POLICY DIRECTION
COMES IT NEEDS TO BE FROM THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALL I HAVE
FROM THE BOARD.
I DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
WE'LL START WITH LIZ BLOOM.
AND LIZ WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
NICKI JONES.
>> GOOD MORNING BOARD.
SO THIS GOVERNMENT'S BOARDER
IS CRITICAL FOR OVER SIGHTABL
IABILITY AND IMPROVING
OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
ACROSS FRAGMENTED SYSTEMS OF
HOUSING AND HOME HOMELESS
SERVICES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
THAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE
ALSO NEED TO COLLECT AND
ANALYZE MORE ROBUST DATA TO IN
FORM SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS
AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST
STEP TO AACHIEVING THAT.
>> THANK YOU, LIZ:
NICKI, FOLLOWED BY BRIGETTE
DUFFY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF COMMITTING TO
REGIONAL COORDINATED AND
COLLABORATIVE AS WE SAID HERE
BROADBASED COLLABORATIVE AND
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE.
ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW I
HEARD REPEATEDLY ABOUT THE
CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE
HOMELESSNESS SITUATION BUT DID
NOT HEAR TOO MUCH ABOUT THE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS
NESS, WHO ARE THE EX
PERTS IN WHAT CAN WORK IN
THEIR LIVES AND WHAT DOESN'T,
WHAT HASN'T SO FAR AND I'M
JUST WONDERING YOU KNOW THEY
ARE ALSO THOSE MOST IMPACTED
BY THE CRISIS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HOME
LESSNESS CRISIS WHO IS
EXPERIENCING IT FIRST AND
FOREMOST AND THAT'S PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING OUTSIDE AND SO TO
REALLY INCORPORATE THEIR VOICE
AND THEIR SOLUTIONS AND THEIR
CRITIQUES AND THEIR SYSTEM
ANALYSIS WOULD BE VERY IMPACT
FUL AND IMPORTANT PART.
THEY SAY IN EVERY ISSUE
NOTHING ABOUT US WITH US.
I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT
THIS PLAN DIDN'T COME WITH THE
IDEA OF HAVING FOLKS FROM UNIN
CORPORATED AREAS FROM
DOWNTOWN, FROM CITIES THAT ARE
PART OF THE COUNTY WHO ARE
LIVING IN THOSE AREAS OUTSIDE
AND EXPERIENCING NAVIGATING
THOSE SERVICE SYSTEMS BECAUSE
IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE, IT IS
A REAL DE-STABILIZING PROCESS,
IT IS A REAL TRAUMATIC PROCESS
AND A LOT OF POLICIES OF BOTH
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY # TO
CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE AND
TORTURE PEOPLE THROUGH SWEEPS
AND MOVE ALONG ORDERS AND
CONFISCATION AND DESTRUCTION
OF PROPERTY IS A SITUATION
THAT MAKES THE MATTERS WORSE
AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AND AN
ADVOCATE FOR YEARS.
I CAN SAY IT IS SO MUCH HARDER
TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMEBODY'S MED
ICAL CARE OR THEIR HOURSING
APPOINTMENTS WHEN THEY ARE
MOVED THREE TIMES IN A WEEK BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SO WE
REALLY NEED SOME BOLD SOLUTION
S, WE REALLY NEED TO
MOVE IN AN INNOVATIVE AND
DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAT LIST
ENS TO THE VOICES OF
PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED AND THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE IN
THAT DIRECTION.
>> THANK YOU.
BRIGETTE DUFFY FOLLOWED BY
CRYSTAL SANCHEZ.
>> HELLO BRIGETTE DUFFY.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY ALL OF
THE HEROES AND THE HUMAN
DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE HAS BEEN
JUST THE VIBES ARE ALL OVER
THIS ROOM TODAY SO I'M HOPING
MY WORDS COME OUT RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW THE POLICY OF
SACRAMENTO SEEMS TO BE
POLICING THE PROBLEM AND I
THINK TO GET THE RIGHT MINDSET
WE HAVE TO REALIZE THESE
PEOPLE ARE NOT CRIMINALS, THEY
ARE UNFORTUNATE BUT THEY ARE
NOT CRIMINALS.
IF THE POLICE WANT SOMETHING
TO DO MAYBE THEY SHOULD GO
AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT CREATED
THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE
WHO ARE PROFITEERS, PROFITEER
ING IS ILLEGAL STILL
IN THIS COUNTRY AND TO BE
CHARGING THE ASTRONOMICAL
PRICES FOR HOUSING IS IN FACT
PROFITEERING, AS A MATTER OF
FACT THERE ARE UNITS BEING
HELD OFF THE MARKET RIGHT NOW
THAT COULD BE HOUSING BUT
AREN'T BECAUSE OF A FINANCIAL
GAIN FROM A PRIVATE OWNER.
NOW WE LIVE IN A REPUBLIC, WE
LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY WHERE YOU
GUYS ARE ENTRUSTED TO UPHOLD
THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH MEANS
UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF THE
CITIZENS.
NOW THIS CRISIS HAS GOTTEN SO
BIG THAT FINALLY SOMETHING IS
BEING DONE AND I APPLAUD YOU
FOR THAT BUT PLEASE DON'T LET
IT JUST BE PAPERWORK.
WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS AND INTO HOUSING AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS CREATING A HEALTH
PROBLEM, IT IS CREATING, YOU
KNOW ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
THERE IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY
AN EMERGENCY, THIS ISN'T A
COUPLE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
THE SIS A CRISIS THAT AS HUMAN
BEINGS WE, RIGHT NOW, LIVING
HERE ARE CHARGED WITH FACING
AND MENDING.
IT IS A PROBLEM WE HAVE TO
FACE TOGETHER AND STOPPING THE
SWEEPS WOULD BE THE VERY, VERY-Y
RECOMMEND YOU THOODO.
DISPLACING PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY DISPLACED IS NOT GOING
TO BE HELPFUL FOR ANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU FOR TRYING
SOMETHING.
>> CRYSTAL SANCHEZ.
>> CRYSTAL FOLLOW BY MIKE GAT
SKIERS.
>> CRYSTAL SANCHEZ PRESIDENT
OF THE SACRAMENTO HOMELESS
UNION, SO WHAT I'M BRINGING TO
THIS I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS
POLICY COUNCIL AND THE REASON
WHY I AM NEUTRAL IS BECAUSE I
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT
THEIR SPECIFIC VOICES BEING
HEARD.
THE IMPACTED, THE ADVOCATES ON
THE STREETS ARE THE NON-
PROFITS HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR YEARS AND NEED TO BE
PART OF THIS VOICE.
POLICIES DO NOT NEED TO BE
ABOUT THEM THEY NEED TO BE
WITH THEM.
HUMAN NEED ARE NOT STATISTICS
AND UNHOUSES ARE EXPERTS ON
THEIR OWN SITUATIONS.
WE NEED TO OPEN UP THESE
CONVERSATIONS LIKE SUE FROST
SAID.
NATIONALLY WE MUSTINT GREAT
SERVICE SERVICES WITH THESE
PEOPLE.
NOW WOULDN'T WANT POLICIES
FORCED UPON YOU WITHOUT YOUR
VOICES.
IN ORDER FOR POLICIES TO BE
SUCCESSFUL WE MUST ALL WORK
TOGETHER.
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA IS
A CRISIS AND IT CAN ONLY BE
SOLVED IF WE DO IT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> MIKE JEPSKI.
AND AFTER MIKE IS JOHN FOLEY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
KENNEDY, OTHER SUPERVISORS FOR
THE RECORD MIKE SQUATSKI
REPRESENTING SACRAMENTO AREA
CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER, A MEM
BER OF ST. MARKS UNC AND I
LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
WE RECOMMEND THE BOARDNER
DORSE THIS POLICY COUNCIL AND
TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO
PARTICIPATE ONCE IT IS FORMED.
AS YOU WILL REMEMBER I HAVE
BEEN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS
ACT HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY
TIMES TALKING ABOUT THE NEED
FOR A COLLABORATIVE
COORDINATED PLAN TO END HOME
LESSNESS.
THIS COUNCIL WILL NOT
ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL ALL BY IT
SELF BUT WILL HELP IMPROVE
THE DIALOGUE AMONG ALL OF THE
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING AND TRYING TO
FIND THAT SOLUTION.
IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO US THAT
HOMELESSNESS IS A REGIONAL
ISSUE AND I MEAN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY IS A REGIONAL WHEN I
SAY THAT WORD RIGHT NOW WHERE
ACTIONS TAKEN BY ONE
JURISDICTION CAN HAVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR OTHER
JURISDICTIONS WHETHER INTENDED
OR NOT.
AND THESE POLICY DECISIONS
NEED TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD
WHEN SUCH ACTIONS ARE TAKEN BY
LOCAL BOARDS LIKE YOURSELVES.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS
STEP.
IT IS A SMALL STEP BUT IT IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
THAT WILL HELP LEAD TO IM
PROVED SITUATIONS FOR OUR
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JOHN FOLEY.
>> FOLLOW BY McKENZIE WILSON
>> CHAIRMAN KENNEDY AND MEMBER
S OF THE BOARD MY NAME
IS JOHN FOLEY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SACRAMENTO
SELF-HELP HOUSING.
I SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
HAVE ELECTS TAKE AN INVISIBLE
AND HIGH PROFILE WAYS SERIOUS
AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR A
COORDINATED EFFORT.
WE'RE NOT VERY WELL
COORDINATED RIGHT NOW.
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I HOPE CAN
BE WORKED ON IS THE WORK THAT
WE AND OTHERS DO WITH OUTREACH
NAVIGATION WHERE OUTREACH
NAVIGATORS I'VE GOT OUTREACH
NAVIGATORS, THE CITY HAVE OUT
REACH NAVIGATORS, THEY
DON'T GET TRAIN TOGETHER, THEY
DON'T COORDINATE WHAT THEY DO,
THEY DON'T HAVE A UNIFIED
PROGRAM SO THAT HOMELESS FOLKS
WHO ENCOUNTER THEM DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING AND
GET CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES
CONTRADICTORY SUPPORT.
IT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT
IF YOU'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER
I THINK THERE IS A A CHANCE WE
COULD FIND A WAY TO DO IT IN A
WAY THEREAT IS COORDINATED
IN ADDITION I THINK THAT
CURRENTLY THE BIGGEST STEPS
FOR FORWARD AS A NON-PROFIT.
THEIR BOARD MEMBERS ARE
BASICALLY NOT PUBLIC BECAUSE
THE ADVISORY BOARDS TENDS TO
FOCUS NOT REALLY AN OPEN
CONVERSATION ABOUT ANYTHING
YOU'RE DOING OR THE SIT A OF
SACRAMENTO OR ELK GROVE IS
DOING OR ANYBODY ELSE.
WE NEED ANOTHER FORUM THAT IS
MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND SO I
THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. FOLEY.
McKENZIE AND McKENZIE IS
FOLLOW BY JEFFERY TARN GEA.
>> McKENZIE WILTSEN.
SO I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING I DID YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY MORNING THERE WAS AN
ACTION OVER AT THE SHERIDAN,
IT WAS THE MEETING BETWEEN THE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND
THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THEY
CAN WORK TOGETHER REGIONALLY
AND THING LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT IM
PACTED VOICES WEREN'T BEING
HEARD.
EVEN THE COST OF THE TICKET TO
GO WAS LIKE 50 TO 100 BUCKS
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU GUYS AS
COUNTIES AND CITIES PAID FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SENT TO
THOSE THINGS WHICH OF COURSE
DIDN'T INCLUDE FOLKS ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCING THESE THINGS.
AND SO THEN WHEN YOU GOT THERE
OF COURSE THIS WAS A PIECE OF
PROTEST, CHANTING HAPPENS,
RIGHT.
THEY GET INSIDE OF THEM ROO.
THEY TRIED TO LOCK THEM OUT.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS
ACTUALLY WITH ONE OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS ACTUALLY LIKE
CAME AND LIKE BUST THE DOOR
OPEN, IT WAS SICK, IT WAS
REALLY COOL THAT THIS GUY LET
THEM IN.
SO THEY WENT IN PEACEFULLY,
GOT SOME TIME UP ON THE STAGE
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WAS
CONCERNING TO ME HOW MANY
PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM WERE
TRYING TO GET THOSE FOLKS
ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T,
BECAUSE THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE.
HOW MANY FOLKS ACTUALLY STOOD
UP AND WERE LIKE ARE THEY EVEN
ON THE AGENDA WHEN THESE FOLKS
ARE THE AGENDA AND ALL OF THIS
SO WHEN I HAVE MY FRIENDS AND
COMRADES AND PEOPLE AROUND US
SAYING IMPACTED VOICES, IMPACT
ED VOICES, YOU'RE MISS
ING IMPACTED VOICES, I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU
THAT LIKE THOSE WERE THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE DOOG THIS
WORK.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE FOLLOWED
US OUTSIDE AFTER WE LEFT PEACE
FULLY TO TELL US HOW A
LARMED THEY WERE AT HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE IN THAT ROOM UPSET
THAT THESE IMPACTED VOICES
WANTED TO SPEAK MEANS THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG BEING DONE
AROUND THIS WORK.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE'RE DO
ING TO MODIFY TO REALLY BE
INTENTIONAL AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE
MAKING EFFORTS.
I LOVE EFFORT, EFFORT IS DOPE.
BUT THAT IS THE WRONG THING, 
THE THING ABOUT EFFORT IS
SOMETIMES WE MESS UP AND RIGHT
NOW WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW
THIS IS A DIRECTION, THAT'S
THE WRONG ONE AND WE COULD
PROBABLY FIX IT NOW.
THANK YOU.
AND I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU GUY
S SOON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JEFFERY.
JEFFREY FOLLOWED BY ROBERT
COPLIN.
>> WELL UNFORTUNATELY BOARD I
AM INVOLVED A LOT OF THESE
COALITIONS THAT YOU ARE HEAR
ING ALL ABOUT BUT I AM
HERE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO RE
MIND YOU TO READ THROUGH THE
2006-016 HOMELESS STUDY THAT
WAS DONE BEFORE.
I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME YOU HAD
ELECTED OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
THIS IS A REASON WHY WE NEED
TO GET ELECTED OFFICIALS
INVOLVED.
I LOOK AT THREE MEMBERS OF THE
RT BOARD AND RIGHT NOW IT IS A
DESERT COALITION AND THE
REASON I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE
LAST TWO COC MEETINGICIZE
BECAUSE I NO LONGER HAVE THE
15 THAT WILL TAKE ME DOWNTOWN
OUT THERE.
SO IT IS AN HOUR JOURNEY TO
MAKE THAT LITTLE THING JUST TO
GET TO EL PASO BOULEVARD AND
THE CENTER.
BUT I HAVE THE LAST THREE
YEARS BEEN SERVING WITH THE CO
C AS YOUR PUBLIC AND COMMENT
ING AND BEFORE ROY LEFT
I HAVE BEEN COMMENTING ABOUT
THIS, THIS LAST YEAR I SERVED
AS A PIT COORDINATOR, YOUR
POINT IN TIME AND THAT SHOULD
LEAD TEE SOME BETTER QUESTIONS
I HOPE THAT THIS DOES TAKE
PLACE AND IN SEPTEMBER YOU DO
MEET SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE
SHALL WE SAY NEXT PIT COMMENTS
AD GET DIRECTED COMMENTS FOR
THE COUNTY.
IN FACT COC DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH RT AND WHAT
THEY WERE CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO COORDINATION.
I APPRECIATE FILL SERNA WITH
THE COLLABORATIVE, WHICH A
NUMBER OF GROUPS MEET AT AND
USE SOLE IT HAS BEEN AN
EFFECTIVE TOOL THROUGH THERE.
I SAY I'D HAVE A FEW SECOND
LEFT I WILL SAY TO YOU I WILL
LOOK FORWARD AND TRYING TO
SERVE FOR THE INFORMATION SAKE
OF EVALUATING PROGRAMS WITH
THE COC AND PLEASE ENCOURAGE
YOU TO LOOK AT THIS.
I AM DISAPPOINTED OVER 10
YEARS ALL WE'VE SEEN IS HOME
LESS COMMUNITIES DOUBLE
AND I WOULD STILL TURN AROUND
AND SAY GOING FROM 3,000 TO
5,000 IS NOT 20%.
SO GUYS PLEASE UNDERSTAND ALL
OF THESE THINGS AND YES
PATRICK I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE OUR HOMELESS COORDINATOR
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU.
AREN'T YOU A HOMELESS
COORDINATE FOR THE COUNTY?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT JEFFERY?
>> YOU DON'T DEAL WITH HOME
LESS SO IT IS ONLY DARELED
STINEBARREL THAT DEALS WITH
THE HOMELESS.
>> THANK YOU.
ROBERT COPELAND, PLEASE.
>> I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT
THIS BUT RIGHT NOW I CAN'T
BECAUSE WHERE IS THE PUBLIC
INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION-
MAKING PROCESS AND
THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE GOOD
POINTS AND I DON'T SEE WHERE
IS THE ADVOCATES GO TO BE
INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
THEY ARE NO WHERE, THAT'S ALL
ELECTEDFICIALS AND MAYBE
SACRAMENTO STEP FORWARD THAT'S
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
NOW NEED A MEMBER, THE PUBLIC,
THREE TIME A YEAR, IS THIS A
JOKE?
I MEAN I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS
RIGHT NOW.
IMPROVE THIS PLAN OR I'M NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JOHN CRATES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN.
OKAY LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET
THROUGH THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA
BUT ELECT OFFICILS WITH THE
DECISION MAKING PROCESS AT THE
POINT IN WHICH THESE IDEA ARE
FUNDAL ON WHAT TO DO.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PUNITIVE
DIRECTION WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE
LAST FORTY YEARS HASN'T SOLVED
THE PROBLEM IN FACT IT GETS
WORSE.
PART OF THAT PROBLEM IS YOU
HAVE PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE COMING
UP WITH IDEAS OF WHAT TO DO
AND THEN THEY PITCH THEM TO
YOU AND THEN YOU SEE THINS
THAT WERE NEVER SEEN BY THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME UP WITH THESE
THINGS.
IT WOULD BE EASIER IF WE HAD
ELECTED OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN
THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS
FROM GROUND ZERO.
SINCE THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE
ONES THAT HAS TO SELL THIS
IDEA TO THE PUBLIC AND
ULTIMATELY IF WE PUT UP ANY
KIND OF SHELTER OR ANYTHING
ELSE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS SELFING
IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
# SELLING IT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THIS IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE
GOOD AT BECAUSE YOU SPEAK WELL
WITH PEOPLE, YOU SMOOTH THINGS
OVER AND MAKE THINGS WORK AND
THIS IS YOUR SPECIALTY AND
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
IF WE TRY TO GET THE PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS HOMELESS THING
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE
NOT DRAWING NEW HOMELESS IN,
THEY ARE ALREADY THERE.
WE'RE ASKING TO MANAGE THIS IN
A WAY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
THIS BIG MESS ALL OVER THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE DON'T HAVE
THIS "I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT THE PROBLEM ASK, YOU'VE
SEEN IT FOR YEARS NOW, DECADES."
SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THIS IDEA MAYBE A FEW REVISION
S.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT A REGIONAL PLAN I
THINK IT WOULD BE BETTERFER WE
STARTED OFF WITH THE IDEA OF
TRYING TO GET OUR LOCAL DUCKS
IN A ROW.
BEFORE WE START-- BECAUSE THE
BIGGER YOU MAKE THIS THING THE
MORE SPREAD OUT YOU MAKE IT
THE HARDER IT IS GOING TO BE
TO CONTAIN DECISIONS.
SO, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>> CEAN BLISS.
AND THAT IS THE LAST SPEAKER
CURRENTLY I HAVE.
>> CORRECTION MY NAME IS KEON.
>> SORRY I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE SPEAKING
ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BUT I
WAS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT
OUT A UP CANAL THINGS THAT I
NOTICED FROM LOOKING MORE INTO
THE POLICY PROPOSAL AND STUFF
LIKE THAT, ONE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT THAT
THE VOICES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE
MOST IMPACTED BY DECISIONS ARE
NOT IN THIS SPACE, ARE NOT IN
THE ROOM ACTUALLY BEING HEARD
ON THIS BUT ALSO I NOTICED TOO
THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS
SACRAMENTO STETCHES FORWARD
SEEMS TO BE MOSTLY MORE A
FLUENT WHITE INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE NOT, WHO DON'T REALLY HAVE
MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
THERE IS, I NOTICED A UP CANAL
PEOPLE OF COLOR ON THERE AND
ONE PERSON I NOTICED WAS WHO
HAS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
HIMSELF BUT I DIDN'T SEE
ANYBODY MORE THAN AFFLUENT
WELL-TO-DO WHITE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
EXPERIENCE OF MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE LIVE ON THE STREET AND
STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS
EVERY DAY.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO
POINT OUT TOO THAT ALMOST HALF
OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND DESPITE
THE FACT THAT IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY THERE ARE LESS THAN 15%
OF THE POPULATION RELATIVELY.
SO BEYOND JUST THAT I WANT TO
ALSO MAKE CLEAR JUST TO
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO IS
LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN
THIS POLICY AND COUNCIL IF
YOUR IDEA IS TO THAT YOU CAN
MAKE MONEY AT THE SAME TIME AS
HELPING GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREET YOU ARE NOT DOOG THE
RIGHT ING THE.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THE
BUSINESS OF TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY OFF OF CORRECTING A
CRISIS THAT WAS LITERALLY,
THAT WE LITERALLY WALKED IN TO
BY OUR EFFORT AND
PRIORITIZATION BY EFFORTS OF
MAKING MONEY.
DO THE RIGHT THING.
DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS A WIN-
WIN SITUATION BUT ACTUALLY
GIVE IT TO THE WIN TO THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PERPETUAL
STOPPED BY THE PROFIT OF ALL
ELSE SPECTRUM.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
SUPERVISOR NOTTOLI.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGAIN I JUST THANK OUR SPEAKER
S.
I THINK A COUPLE THINS I TAKE
AWAY FROM THE COMMENTS THIS
MORNING, ONE BEING I THINK
THERE IS CERTAINLY PLENTY OF
ROOM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS
COUNCIL IN THE EVENT THAT
OBVIOUSLY RECEIVES SUPPORT
HERE TODAY AND GOES FORWARD IN
ITS FORMATION AROUND ANY
NUMBER OF ISSUES AND I DO
THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT COULD COME WAS COMMENT
ABOUT NAVIGATORS WHERE WE ARE
PUTTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES
INTO NAVIGATION SERVICES, I
THINK CERTAINLY SOME CRITIQU
ING AND PEOPLE MIGHT
HAVE THEIR OWN TAKE ON THIS
DEPENDING UPON HOW THEY ARE EM
PLOYING THEIR OWN
JURISDICTIONS ABOUT HOW
EFFECTIVE IT IS OR NOT BUT I
THINK AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN
DECHAMBERS OVERTIME THAT THE
NAVIGATION TELLING PEOPLE WHAT
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE DOESN'T SAY
IT IS AVAILABLE, DOESN'T GET
PEOPLE HOUSED, IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY GET TO THOSE
SERVICES, SO I THINK THAT
OUGHT TO BE A CONVERSATION
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO WITH
THIS POLICY COUNCIL.
I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT
WAS CLEAR HERE TODAY AND MAYBE
IT GOES TO DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE BROWN ACT ABOUT HAVING YOU
KNOW CONVERSATIONS THAT
OBVIOUSLY WHERE THIS POLICY
COUNCIL CAN HAVE SOME YOU KNOW
SERVICE REFLECTION BUT ALSO
FOCUS ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF
HOW WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESS AND THOSE WHO ARE
HOMELESS AND THE CHALLENGES
THAT ARE PRESENTED WHETHER
THEY BE BUDGETARY OR POLICY-
WISE OR YOU'RE PRACT
ICALLY SPEAKING EVEN.
SO YOU KNOW THE MORE I THINK
ABOUT THIS TODAY THAT I DON'T
KNOW THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
LISA SPOKE TO, CERTAINLY I
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA THAT
ONE SESSIONS BE PUBLICLY
NOTICED, YOU KNOW JUST
DESTRUCTIONS DOESN'T ENSURE
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
EFFECTIVE BUT I DO LIKE THE
IDEA OF HAVING THE VOICES WE
HEAR IN THESE CHAMBERS THAT
ARE HEARD IN THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS THAT MAY BE HEARD IN
THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
S NOT JUST CHANNELED
THROUGH, AGAIN THIS IS
CERTAINLY I WANT TO COMPLIMENT
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD BUT
MAKING SURE DISCUSSIONS
AMONGST ELECTS WHO STAND
BEFORE ELECTION, AND ACCOUNT
ABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND
CERTAINLY GET A CHANCE TO HEAR
FROM PEOPLE WHATEVER WALK IN
LIFE, WHATEVER THEIR
PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE BUT
FOCUS ON THE ISSUE AND FOLKS
WITH EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
SO SEEMS TO ME THAT NEEDS TO
BE PART OF THE FRAMEWORK AGAIN
NOT TO BOGDOWN THE WORK OF
THIS COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZE IT
MAY NOT BE AS FREQUENTLY AS
OBVIOUS AS THIS BOARD OR ELECT
ED BODIES BUT THE ROLE
NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD
AND ALSO ONE THAT ENGAGES FOLK
S AT VARIOUS LEVELS NOT
JUST PROFESSIONAL STAFF BUT
FOLKS AT SERVICE PROVIDERS OR
FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE
CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AGREE.
>> MR. SERNA.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS I
THINK HAD SOME REALLY VALID
POINTS TO MAKE ABOUT WANT TO
UNDERSTAND BETTER, HOW THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE GOING TO BE
HEARD.
I THINK THAT'S A SUPER, SUPER
IMPORTANT QUESTION SO I WOULD
LIKE LISA TO COME TO THE
PODIUM AND RESPOND TO THAT
FIRST.
AND THEN I HAVE SOME OTHER
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SERNA
AND NOTTOLI.
I CONCUR WITH THE SPEAKERS WE
NEED TO BUILD IN EXPERIENCE AS
PART OF THE POLICY COUNCIL
FORM.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOK
ING AT AS SACRAMENTO
STETCHES FORWARD IS AN IDEA OF
BUILDING A LYFT EXPERIENCE
COUNCIL THAT THEY COULD GROW
AND HELP INFORM SOME OF THE
COMMITTEE WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING WITH THE COC.
SO WE'RE ALREADY STRATEGIZING
FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER PLACES
WHERE WE CAN BUILD UP MORE
LYFT EXPERIENCE INTO THE
CONVERSATION.
SO IT WILL CERTAINLY BE A VERY
IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN WHAT WE
TERMS IN CITY COUNCIL COMING
AND GOING FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS I MENTIONED DURING OUR
BRIEFING LAST WEEK LISA THAT I
STILL HAVE HAVE HAVE A LOT OF
OF ANGST ON HOW MUCH WE RELY
ON POINT AND TIME IN POINT OF
THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF
THE HOME HOMELESS IN OUR
REGION, I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS
ACCURATE NUMBER ONE AND I
DON'T THINK THE QUESTIONNAIRE
IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO REALLY
GET AT THE ROOT ISSUE, WHICH
IS A BETTER UNDERRING OF WHY
PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS, WHY DO
THEY CONTINUE TO BECOME HOME
LESS, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO
GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT I WOULD HOPE IS THAT THE
COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD WOULD
KIND OF FOCUS ON A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE
GOING TO SERVE A POPULATION
THAT QUITE FRANKLY WE DON'T
KNOW A LOT ABOUT AND WHETHER
THAT'S PARTNERING WITH SAC
STATE BECAUSE I KNOW ON
OCCASION THEY DO MORE IN-DEPTH
SURVEYING OF HOMELESS POP
ULATION TO GET AT THOSE
ROOT QUESTIONS BUT FOR ME
THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF ME
CONTINUING TO ENDORSE SHOULD
THIS BOARD ADOPT TODAY'S
RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK
AGAIN WITHOUT THAT UNDERSTAND
ING WE'RE KIND OF
FLYING BLIND HERE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
VERY CONCERNED EFFORT IN THAT
RESPECT.
I AM CERTAINLY READY TO MOVE
THE ITEM.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF COMMENTARY ALREADY FROM
BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT
REPRESENTS THE APPROPRIATE
SELECTION OF THIS BOARD ON
THAT COUNCIL IN TERMS OF UN
INCORPORATED, INCORPORATED
AND I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT
PERHAPS WHAT WE CONSIDER IS
SOMEHOW HAVISH TWO MEMBERS OF
THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT IS PART
OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND
POINT TODAY THAT WE HAVE AT
ALL TIMES THE SUPERVISOR THAT
HAS IN HIS OR HER DISTRICT YOU
KNOW A SUBSTANTIAL ABOUT OF UN
INCORPORATED RESIDENTS AND
THAT WE CONSIDER A ROTATION
FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE
REPRESENTING PRINCIPALLY A
CITY OR CITIES.
IN THAT WAY I THINK YOU'D HAVE
KIND OF A CONTINUAL PROVERSE
REFLECTION OF THE COUNTY'S
POSITION AND PERSPECTIVE AS IT
RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THE
COUNCIL IS OPERATING WITH THE
FULL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S
OCCURRING IN OUR CITIES AND UN
INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL WITH THAT I WILL MAKE A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF
THAT SUPERVISOR SERNA JUST ADD
ED.
IS THERE A SECOND.
I KNOW I MADE A MOTION.
>> WOULD YOU CONSIDER ALSO
INCLUDING THE WORDING THAT
ONLY ELECTS ARE VOTING MEMBERS
>> BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
VOTING BODY.
IT IS NOT A VOTING BODY.
>> CAN WE MEMORIALIZE THAT IN
THE REPORT?
>> YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
>> YES, WE CAN,.
>> OKAY.
>> SO I'LL ASK AGAIN IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> I UNDERSTAND BUT I'M LOOK
ING FOR A SECOND WE HAVE
IT ON THE TABLE, WE CAN THEN
HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE
MOTION.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A
MOTION ON THE TABLE.
>> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND.
MR. NOTTOLI.
>> THE ONE THING THAT I THINK
IS IMPORTANT BEYOND THE
REPRESENTATION WHICH IS CRIT
ICALLY IMPORTANT THAT I
THINK IS CERTAINLY HOW WE
ENGAGE FOLKS TO MAKE SURE WE
GET A CLEAR REFLECTION OF
COMMUNITY VOICES IS YOU KNOW
HOW THEN WHAT'S THE MECHANICS
FOR COMING BACK TO THIS BOARD
AND YOU KNOW THAT REALLY ISN'T
HERE.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR SPECIAL
ROLE, THIS BOARD THE WAY WE
OPERATE HERE THIS BOARD AND WE
APPOINT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
OBVIOUS HAVE THE CONFIDENT AND
FAITH OF THE FOLKS WHO APPOINT
FROM THIS BOARD WILL REPRESENT
THE COUNTY, AND OBVIOUSLY IF
THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO
BE IN TOUCH BACK HERE THAT
THEY WILL COME BABBLING AND
THAT WORKS VERY WELL BUT I
GUESS SO THIS IS INTRODUCED
INTO THE MIX AND THE TECT
EXPECTATION IS AND AGAIN I'VE
HAD THIS EXPECTATION WITH MR.
GILL IT WAS TWO YEARSES A
GOAL WE'VE HAD THESER THIS
DISCUSSION ON A COUPLE CHAMBER
S ON HOW THE COUNTY
WE HAVEN'T HAD TOUCHBACK.
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGE WOULD THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND COUNTY
STAFF LEVEL AND HEAR FROM
OTHERS, SO MY QUESTION IS THAT
WHAT DIRECTION THEN IS GIVEN
AS IT RELATES TO US GETTING
REGULAR BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS
CERTAINLY OVER SHADOWED BY
OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE CRITICAL
AS WELL BUT IT HAS THE LEVEL
OF IMPORTANCE IN OUR BUDGET,
CERTAINLY IN THE HUMAN
CONDITION SO WHAT IS THE
EXPECTATION ABOUT HOW THIS
BODY GETS REGULAR UPDATES AS A
FULL BODY, WHICH THEN IS STILL
SUBJECT TO PUBLIC HEARING AND
DISCUSSION?
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
MAYBE IT IS DONE ONCE A ERYORK
MAYBE IT IS DONE TWICE A YEAR.
OR IT IS DONE WITH OUR
BUDGETARY REPORTS AND I KNOW
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME HANDLE
ON THIS BUT I THINK THAT'S KEY
YOU WANT THE APPOINTMENTS.
>> I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD
POINT SUPERVISOR AND I THINK
THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMMITMENT
THAT WE COME BACK, REPORT BACK
TO THIS BOARD ON WHATEVER
INTERVAL YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT
, THAT'S JUST ON THE WORKING
S OF THE HOMELESS
POLICY COUNCIL BUT IF YOU HAVE
LARGER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
CORRECTIONER DIRECTION OF HOME
LESSNESS WE CAN CERTAINLY
BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.
WILL BE REPORT BACKS TO THIS
BODY ON THE WORKINGS OF THIS
COUNCIL.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE
FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE
SAC STEPS FORWARD.
ONCE THIS IS CONSTITUTED WE'LL
GET MORE FEEDBACK ON WHAT KIND
OF REPORTS WE CAN MAKE AND
THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND PUT
IT IN THE AGENDA FOR THAT.
>> AGAIN BOARD MEMBERS CAN DO
THAT BUT WE DON'T HAVE A REAL
STRUCTURE.
I THINK WE SHARE INFORMATION.
>> I MEAN, SACRAMENTO STEPS
FORWARD THEY GIVE US THE INPUT
AND FROM THAT WE FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO BRING TO THE AGENDA
ITEM.
>> I JUST WANT A CLEAR
CONNECTION COMING BACK THROUGH
THE ENTIRETY OF THE BOARD AND
PUBLIC FORUMS SO IT IS DONE IN
A WAY IT DOESN'T PUT ALL OF
THE BURDEN ON TWO SUPERVISORS
WHOEVER THEY MIGHT BE OR IN
THE FUTURE AND ALLOWS THE
CONVERSATION AROUND THE VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO WORK CLOSE
LY THE TWO SUPERVISORS
WHEN THEY FEEL IT IS TIME TO
BRING THIS THING BACK.
>> MAYBE WANT TO BUILD IT INTO
THE STRUCTURE SO AGAIN THOSE
FEELINGS ARE IMPORTANT BUT I
THINK IT MAY BE ON SOME SORT
OF A SET BASIS WITH SOME
EXPECTATION THAT WILL OCCUR
FAIRLY REGULARLY NOT
INTERMITTENTLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ONCE YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE WE
COULD THEN TALK TO THEM AND
SET SOMETHING UP.
>> YOU KNOW THERE IS NO ISSUE
THAT'S FACING OUR COMMUNITY
OF THIS SO I DON'T HAVE ANY
PROBLEM WITH HAVING THIS
BROUGHT BACK EVERY TIME THERE
IS A MEETING OF THE POLICY
PARTY.
I MEAN IT IS THREE TIMES A
YEAR.
THAT WILL BE FINE.
NOT BEING REDUNDANT BUT TO
KEEP THE FOCUS AND EMPHASIS.
>> I'M FINE WITH THAT.
>> SURE.
>> JUST A QUESTION, PROCEDURAL
QUESTION.
DO WE NEED TO NOMINATE AND
APPOINT SPECIFICALLY TODAY?
>> THAT'S THE REQUEST BUT YOU
CAN MULL IT OVER, COME BACK A
DIFFERENT TIME.
>> WELL HOW TIME SENSITIVE IS
IT, DOES IT HAVE SPECIFIC NAME
S?
>> I THINK WE'RE MENTIONING
FIRST IN 2020.
>> I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TIME
IF YOU'RE TAKING ACTION TO
SUPPORT THE COUNCIL THAT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF THE
JURISDICTIONS TO START THEIR
PROCESS AND THEN YOU CAN SEAT
SOMEBODY IN JANUARY.
>> I THINK THERE IS TIME THAT
MIGHT GIVE LISA AND OTHERS A
CHANCE TO AGAIN HAVE
ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF BOARD TO
GAUGE INTEREST AND THEIR
AVAILABILITY BUT I THINK GIVEN
THE GENERAL CONSTRCT IN TERMS
OF THE ROTATIONAL BASIS JUST
KEEPING THAT IN MIND WILL HELP
GUIDE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> SO INCLUDED IN THE MOTION
WOULD BE THAT WE COME BACK
WITH APPOINTMENTS AT A FUTURE
DATE.
>> DIRECT.
CORRECT.
>> SUPERVISOR FROST.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO ON
RECORD AS EXPRESSING MY
INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE
POLICY COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER
YOU CALL IT.
>> I WHOLLY EXPECTED THAT.
>> YOU DID.
>> I DID.
[LAUGHS]
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM
REPORT REPORTING BACK EACH
TIME.
>> GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO STAFF UNDERS THAT THE
MOTION AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
>> GOT IT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A VERY SMALL BUT VERY
IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BRUCE, THANK YOU AND
YOUR STAFF FOR REALLY STAY ON
TOP OF THIS FOR THE COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
OKAY WE ARE NOW AT 1:00 AND WE
HAVE A FAIRLY LENGTHY ITEM MR. A
SUGGESTION HOW WE DEAL WITH
THAT?
>> WE COULD TAKE AN HOUR BREAK
AND COME BACK AND WE DO NOT
HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.
>> HALF HOUR.
>> WE DO NOT HAVE CLOSED
SESSION.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A HALF
HOUR BREAK.
