[R1 Adopt a resolution which recognizes Jessica Roi, Social Worker, of the Health and Human Services Agency as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for June 2025.]

SOCIAL WORKER OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, AS SHASTA COUNTY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2025.

WHO IS COMING UP ON BEHALF OF HHS? AYE. COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE AND FELLOW SUPERVISORS OF THE BOARD.

I'M CINDY LANE, BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

I'M HONORED TO SPEAK ABOUT JESSICA AND THE WONDERFUL WORK SHE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

JESSICA SERVED AS A SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE VHS BRANCH SINCE JUNE 2023, INITIALLY JOINING THE IHSS PROGRAM, SHE BROUGHT WITH HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHERE SHE MANAGED ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX IHSS CASELOADS. IN JUNE 2024, JESSICA TRANSITIONED TO SHASTA COUNTY ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHERE SHE NOW INVESTIGATES CASES INVOLVING ABUSE, SELF-NEGLECT, FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION, AND EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL HARM AFFECTING ADULTS AND DEPENDENT ADULTS.

HER CLIENTS OFTEN FACE ADDITIONAL BARRIERS DUE TO RURAL ISOLATION, FOOD INSECURITY, LIMITED HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UNRELIABLE TRANSPORTATION.

DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, JESSICA STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE WITH ENTHUSIASM AND HEART. FREQUENTLY REFERRING TO HER WORK AS HEART'S WORK.

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HER PASSION FOR SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IS EVIDENT IN HER ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AT OUTREACH EVENTS, WHERE SHE PROUDLY REPRESENTS THE COUNTY.

IT'S ALSO FITTING THAT JESSICA IS RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, AS IS AS IT IS ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH.

EVEN WHILE MANAGING A FULL WORKLOAD, JESSICA REMAINED COMMITTED TO HER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED HER MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK DEGREE AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT.

FURTHER STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING HER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL SET IN THE FIELD.

IN MY ROLE AS HER PRACTICUM SUPERVISOR FOR HER MASTER'S PROGRAM, I GAINED FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO THE QUALITY OF HER CHARACTER.

JESSICA IS KNOWN FOR HER UNWAVERING COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM.

SHE CONSISTENTLY APPROACHES ASSIGNMENTS WITH A POSITIVE, CAN DO ATTITUDE AND DEMONSTRATE SINCERE DEDICATION TO HER CLIENTS AND COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY. JESSICA LEADS WITH EMPATHY AND COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY WITH CLIENTS, FAMILIES, AND PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS.

HER STRONG ETHICAL FOUNDATION AND COMMITMENT TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONFIDENTIALITY ARE UNWAVERING. JESS, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN OUR AGENCY AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

HELLO. I DON'T OFTEN DO THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S A PLEASURE TO SHARE A SPACE WITH ALL OF YOU, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT MY TEAM OVER HERE. AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE. I WANTED YOU ALL TO STAND UP SO I COULD CLAP FOR YOU.

I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

I WANTED TO THANK MY TEAM AND LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONSTANT SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION, AND THIS RECOGNITION IS REALLY A REFLECTION OF ALL OF THE GREAT PEOPLE I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY DAY. AS ISAAC NEWTON ONCE SAID, IF I SEE FURTHER, IT IS IT IS BY STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF OTHER GIANTS.

I FEEL I FEEL LIKE THIS IN A LOT OF WAYS DESCRIBES MY EXPERIENCE.

EVERYTHING I'VE ACCOMPLISHED, EVERYTHING I'VE ACCOMPLISHED HAS BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING TEAM AROUND ME.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE, LEARN AND GROW HERE. AND I'M EXCITED TO TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND WORKING TOGETHER.

AND I FEEL VERY LUCKY FOR THE POPULATION THAT I SERVE.

ELDER AND DEPENDENT ADULTS.

I LEARNED SOMETHING EACH AND EVERY DAY FROM THEM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TO THANK YOU ALL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

ALL RIGHT. HANG TIGHT.

IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN, YOU CAN SIT DOWN. THIS THIS RESOLUTION ABOUT YOU IS PRETTY LONG, SO I'M GOING TO READ IT, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO SIT OR STAND. BUT WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHASTA HAS ADOPTED THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTY SERVICE. AND WHEREAS SUCH RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE PROGRAM, NAMELY EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS, INITIATIVE, INNOVATION, TEAMWORK, PRODUCTIVITY, AND SERVICE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND WHEREAS, THE COUNTY SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE HAS CONSIDERED ALL CURRENT NOMINATIONS FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHEREAS, JESSICA ROY HAS WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY SINCE JUNE OF 2023.

JESSICA CAME INTO THE POSITION WITH EXPERIENCE FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, BUT DID NOT HESITATE TO JUMP IN AND LEARN SHASTA COUNTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHILE UNLEARNING HER PAST PRACTICES FROM HER PRIOR POSITION.

ONE OF THESE TASKS INCLUDED TRANSITIONING FROM DOING TELEPHONE VISITS TO HOME VISITS.

JESSICA HAS NOT ONLY ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE WITHOUT HESITATION, BUT SHE HAS ALSO EXCELLED AT OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WHILE SOLVING PROBLEMS CREATIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY. ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES CAN BE A STRESSFUL ASSIGNMENT, BUT JESSICA HAS A CALM AND PATIENT DEMEANOR, WHICH SHE UTILIZES TO HELP RESOLVE ISSUES THAT ARISE WITH EASE. JESSICA ALLOWS CLIENTS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND HELP HER RECIPIENTS, TAKING TIME TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS WHILE ARTICULATING COMPLEX CONCEPTS AND IDEAS, AND SIMPLE LANGUAGE THAT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASY FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND. JESSICA IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL TO HER CLIENTS AND COWORKERS, TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS IN EVERY INTERACTION.

JESSICA GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THOSE AROUND HER, INCLUDING TAKING ON EXTRA CASES IF A COWORKER NEEDS ASSISTANCE AND SHE NEVER LETS IT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF HER OWN WORK JESSICA HAS REFERRED TO HER EXPERIENCES WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AS WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, AND ACKNOWLEDGES HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS TO WORK WITH SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

JESSICA IS RECIPIENT DRIVEN, FINDING AS MANY RESOURCES AS SHE CAN TO ASSIST HER CLIENTS, AND SHE MAKES SURE TO SHARE THEM WITH HER COWORKERS SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE SAME. JESSICA CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT OF OPEN COMMUNICATION,

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ENSURING EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY CAN RELY ON HER.

JESSICA ALWAYS ADVOCATES FOR THE MENTAL WELLNESS OF OTHER PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS, NOT THEIR DISORDERS, MAKING HER AN EXAMPLE OF EVERYTHING A SOCIAL WORKER SHOULD BE FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE. THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS JESSICA ROYCE, SOCIAL WORKER OF THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, TO BE SELECTED AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2025.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT JESSICA ROYCE, SOCIAL WORKER OF THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, IS HEREBY NAMED SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2025? AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MISS BLANKENSHIP? THERE IS NOT, CHAIR. THERE IS NOT. SO WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSES FIVE ZERO AND I'LL MEET YOU AT THE LECTERN.

YOU GUYS, IT'S TOTALLY FINE.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS BAG.

I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE. THERE'S A KEYS TO A NEW CAR.

NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'M SORRY, BUT SHASTA COUNTY ROSEWOOD PEN, A $30 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM, A $20 DUTCH BROS GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATION. A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM PEET'S DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL.

137 A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL.

137 ANOTHER $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO TARGET FROM TEAMSTERS LOCAL.

137 A $35 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND A $2,425.

ALL FOR ONE GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OF CALIFORNIA.

UPC GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THEY'LL TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. GO TO THE MIDDLE.

OKAY. WOW. SHE'S VERY BOSSY.

SUNSCREEN. THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO R2.

[R2 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues. (Part 1 of 2)]

RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND RECEIVE SUPERVISOR'S REPORTS. MR..

CEO RICKERT. GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

DAVE RICKERT COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

REPORTING. ON FRIDAY, MAY 30TH, I ATTENDED A VOCATIONAL PROGRAMING TOUR OF THE JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY.

PRESIDENT. THE TOUR INCLUDED CHIEF CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER TRACY NEAL AND AARON BURTON AND JEN ROSSI FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

I GOT TO TOUR THE NEW FACILITY, INCLUDING PREPARATION FOR A GREENHOUSE AND THE CURRENT RAISED BED GARDENS.

IT'S AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT THEY'RE GROWING IN THE JAIL THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE RESIDING THERE.

ALSO IN CONSTRUCTION WAS A SHOP THAT THEY'RE BUILDING TO PROVIDE FOR POSSIBLE TRADES, INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE SKILLS.

AND FINALLY, A TOUR OF.

I GOT TO SEE ONE OF THE TWO MURALS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE JCF.

THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THE REHABILITATION INTO THE PROGRAMS AT THE JRF AND I APPLAUD TRACY NEAL AND HER STAFF.

MOVING ON TO OTHER COUNTY BUSINESS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUDGET HEARINGS.

I SAT IN ON BUDGET OVERVIEWS WITH DEPUTY CEO AARON BURTON, WITH EACH OF THE COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS.

EACH OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO REVIEW THE BUDGET PROCESS.

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TALK ABOUT THE PROCEEDINGS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.

FINALLY, I REGRET TO INFORM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT OUR PIO OFFICER DAVE MONG, HAS LEFT FOR NEW AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY PERFORMED A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE BOARD TO INCLUDE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, COPYWRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, VIDEOGRAPHER, WEB DESIGN IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER THINGS, ONE OF DAVE'S MOST AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS WAS THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN HE PUT ON BEHALF OF FOR THE COUNTY BOARD IN REGARDS TO THE FOUNTAIN PROJECT.

DAVE. I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND HE WILL BE MISSED.

FINALLY, I WANT TO MOVE OVER TO LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

I WAS GOING TO REPORT ON STATE SENATOR SCOTT WIENER'S BILL, SB 310, WHICH WOULD CREATE A NEW AVENUE TO ENABLE TRIAL ATTORNEYS TO SUE AND EXPLOIT BASED ON MERITLESS CASES IN INFLATING SETTLEMENT COSTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

FORTUNATELY, A NUMBER OF GROUPS OPPOSE THIS BILL.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS BOARD TO ALSO OPPOSE THIS BILL.

APPARENTLY, MR. WIENER GOT THE MESSAGE AND DECIDED TO PULL HIS BILL.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS COMING FROM SACRAMENTO.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. CEO RICKERT.

WE'LL START TO MY LEFT WITH SUPERVISOR LONG.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CRYE.

SO I BROUGHT UP A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE LAST TIME WHEN I MADE MY PRESENTATION, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH FEMA MONEY BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR COUNTY AND POSSIBLY BEING DELAYED. SO I FOLLOWED UP WITH MCCONNELL FOUNDATION AND SPOKE WITH ALEX CARTER, WHO IS KIND OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR MCCONNELL, ON THIS MONEY. AND THIS MONEY IS $29 MILLION THAT WILL BE ARRIVING FOR OUR COUNTY, HOPEFULLY SOON. AND 4 TO 5, 4.5 TO 5 MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE FOR WEST SIDE CARR FIRE FOOTPRINT MITIGATION MEASURES FOR FUELS REDUCTION.

SO WE'RE VERY EAGER TO GET THAT MONEY STARTED.

VESTRE IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND WHATNOT.

SO I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS CURRENTLY WITH THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT AT THE FEDS, FEMA. SO THAT'S THE LAST STOP AT THE LAST STAGE.

AND I HAD THOUGHT THIS WOULD START BEING APPLIED LAST OCTOBER.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL THE DELAYS ON THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF IN THE WORKS SINCE THE CAR FIRE IN 18.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOW AT ITS FINAL STAGE WITH THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, WHEN COULD WORK BEGIN? WITH SOME OF THIS MONEY, ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED BY FEMA AT THIS LAST OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

AND THERE'S NO DEFINITE TIME, OF COURSE, BUT KIND OF A GUESSTIMATE MIGHT BE THIS FALL WHEN FIRE SEASON KIND OF WINDS DOWN A LITTLE BIT IF THERE IS SUCH A THING IN OUR COUNTY ANYMORE. AND IT'S A TWO YEAR SCHEDULE TO DO MITIGATION WITH LICENSED TIMBER OPERATORS. AND SO I ASKED ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS MONEY THAT'S COMING TO US.

AND APPARENTLY THAT WAS THE APPLICATION WAS NOTICED TO PARCEL OWNERS BACK FIVE YEARS AGO.

SO FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT GOT APPROVED HELP IS ON THE WAY POTENTIALLY.

AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET IN THERE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE COMING LATE TO THE GAME.

SO THAT'S AN EXCITING THING ACTUALLY WITH THAT MUCH MONEY ON BOARD.

ANOTHER THING IS I MET WITH OUR CHURN CREEK BOTTOM AND COUNTY STAFF AND WE, WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CHURN CREEK BOTTOM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW MAVERICK GAS STATION GOING IN AT NIGHT AND ROAD AND I-5. AND SO WE, WE HAD VERY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

AS YOU RECALL, WE THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE REZONE, AND THAT PROJECT IS SLATED TO BEGIN.

SOMEWHERE IT'LL PROBABLY BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE YEAR 26.

SO THAT WAS THE UPDATE I WAS GIVEN.

BUT THEN WE THEY STILL HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

SO WE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH COUNTY STAFF, WITH MYSELF AND, AND ACTUALLY MAVERICK THE OPERATOR DECIDED OR VOLUNTEERED TO COME AND MEET WITH, WITH THE GROUP, THE CHURN CREEK BOTTOM HOMEOWNERS. SO THAT WAS AWESOME DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT ALLEVIATED A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC IMPACT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED DOWN THERE. SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND WE JUST DID THAT HERE RECENTLY. AND THE FINAL THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS TIME OF YEAR, THE HEAT. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW YEARS GONE BY,

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THE VETERANS ASSEMBLY HALL THERE ON YUBA STREET NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE, HAS BEEN USED AS A COOLING CENTER FOR FOLKS THAT NEED TO GET IN AND OUT.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE THE MISSION.

SO I'M GOING TO DO SOME FOLLOW UP CALLS AND TALKED TO OUR VSO OFFICER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE RECENT BOARDS HAVE NOT APPROVED THAT BEING REOPENED, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN OPENED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO GET IN AND COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT. SO I WILL BE REPORTING BACK ON THAT AS SOON AS I GET SOME MORE ANSWERS TO THAT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

ALL RIGHT. ON THE 28TH, I HAD A HOUSING COLLABORATION MEETING WITH SEAN EWING AND CHRISTY COLEMAN, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING.

SO THERE'S A GRANT OUT THERE AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH IS DIRECTED AT PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUNG COUPLES THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PUT THE DOWN PAYMENT ON AND BUY A HOUSE.

SO THEY HAD APPLIED FOR IT BEFORE COULD NOT FIND A CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER TO CLIMB ON BOARD. AND SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

AND SO THE DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS OUT THERE PLEASE STEP UP.

SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LATER ON THAT DAY, I MET WITH JOHN INGRAM AND TOURED THE NEW AG DEPARTMENT BUILDING. I JUST MISSED SUPERVISOR LONG AND PLUMMER THAT DAY, I GUESS. AND THEN RIGHT AHEAD OF YOU, I SAW THAT.

AND THEN THAT NIGHT, I CALLED OUT BINGO NUMBERS AT SHINGLETOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALWAYS FUN. I HAD MY BUDGET MEETING ON THE 29TH WITH CEO RICKERT AND AARON BURTON. I WEIRDLY ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, BUT THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN AND THEN ON THE 30TH I WAS PLANNING ON GOING TO THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT IN IN REDDING, WHICH I ENDED UP DOING, BUT I STOPPED AT THE BARBER SHOP IN COTTONWOOD BEFOREHAND, AND I WAS INFORMED BY WOODY THAT NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER HAD CALLED HIM AND SAID THAT WE ARE LISTED AS A SANCTUARY COUNTY.

SO I ENDED UP DOING A INTERVIEW WITH THIS REPORTER ON THE PHONE.

I CONTACTED THE SHERIFF.

THE SHERIFF SAID THAT.

NO, WE WERE NOT. AND THEN I WENT FORWARD AND CONTACTED THE CEO, COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN CRYE.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND THEN THAT AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT WITH CEO RICKERT. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER AND HARMON WERE BOTH THERE. WE DID THE LAID A WREATH FOR SHASTA COUNTY AND THEN AUCTIONEER, THE FUNDRAISER IN COTTONWOOD ON THE 31ST.

ON THIS. ON THE FIRST, I HAD THE BREAKFAST AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS HALL IN A SENIOR SENIOR CENTER IN ANDERSON.

FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

AND THEN I ATTENDED A SHASTA LAFCO MEETING IN ANDERSON WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON.

AND THEN YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE COTTONWOOD LIONS CLUB BREAKFAST.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. I'VE.

GOOD MORNING. I'VE CHOSEN TO TAKE MY TIME THIS MORNING TO SPEAK UP ABOUT A COUNTY EMERGENCY. PUBLIC SAFETY DECISION THAT WE MADE ALONG WITH THE BOARD MADE ALONG WITH THE WITH SHERIFF JOHNSON REGARDING THE WOLVES AND THE EFFECT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ON AND THAT THEY ARE HAVING ON THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.

THERE'S WELL, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT JUST CAME OUT IN THE, IN LA TRIBUNE OR LA TIMES, I FORGET WHICH ONE, BUT, BUT IT WAS A, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE.

I, I URGE YOU TO READ THAT.

HONEYCUTT IS THE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST.

HE'S IN. HE INDICATED THAT THAT THE 80 CORRIDOR TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS 2300 ZERO SQUARE MILES, HE HE FEELS THAT'S CAPABLE OF, OF MAINTAINING 500 WOLVES.

SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN INDICATOR WHAT THEIR GOAL IS.

THEY'RE UNDERSTATING HOW MANY WOLVES ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

I'LL SAY THAT WITH CONFIDENCE.

IT SEEMS IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE SENSITIVE ABOUT.

WELL, LET ME. LET ME JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE OF THEM IS THINKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS.

WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO US? WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE TO THE CATTLE INDUSTRY? IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.

UC DAVIS HAS ANOTHER STUDY THAT'S OUT THAT IS I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND THAT STUDY AND LISTEN TO THAT TOO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE WOLVES AND THE IMPACTS AND THE, WHAT IT DOES TO THE EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT KILLING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, DOING A BUNCH OF KILLING IN A HERD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEVASTATING BECAUSE THEY'RE RAISING THE CORTISOL LEVEL IN THE LIVESTOCK.

THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL TESTED AND UNDER STUDY WITH, WITH UC DAVIS AG DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEY ARE SHOWING THAT THE CATTLE ARE ABORTING AND THEN UNDER UNDERWEIGHT,

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THEY'RE NOT GAINING THE WEIGHT. THE WEIGHT GAIN IS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AND THEY'RE AND THAT, AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MANY THEY'RE KILLING.

THEN OVER 70% OF THE SCAT THAT THEY'RE CHECKING IS LIVESTOCK.

THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE FEEDING ON THE DEER AND THE ELK AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY MIGHT FIND.

BUT THE I'M SURE THEY'RE, I'M 30%, 25% IS WILD GAME.

BUT OUR WILD GAME HERDS ARE ALSO HURTING IN CALIFORNIA.

I'M NOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE MORE THING, AND I'LL.

AND I'LL WRAP THIS UP.

THE IF YOU THINK ABOUT.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WILDFIRE.

NOBODY'S POINTING THIS OUT. I'M GOING TO POINT THIS OUT RIGHT NOW. THE WILDFIRE PART OF THE CONTROL OF WILDFIRE IS GRAZING IN OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

WELL, THESE RANCHERS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GRAZE IF THERE'S ALL THESE, WELL, THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO.

THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THEIR CATTLE OUT OF THEM HILLS POTENTIALLY.

AND THE GRASS IS GOING TO I HAVE A I PUT A LITTLE FENCED AREA AROUND AND I HAVE A LITTLE TINY SMALL OPERATION NOT TO BE COMPARED TO A CATTLE RANCHER, BUT I RUN ENOUGH CATTLE OUT HERE EAST OF REDDING ON MY PROPERTIES THERE TO KEEP THE GRASS DOWN. WELL, I PUT A LITTLE FENCED AREA UP AND THE, THE IMPACT WAS PHENOMENAL BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS THREE, FOUR FEET TALL INSIDE THAT FENCED AREA WHERE IT WAS GETTING GRAZED DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS SIX INCHES TO A FOOT TALL ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND I'M KEEPING IT. AND I DO THAT FOR FIRE CONTROL.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE IT, BUT I HOPE THEY DO. BUT I DO IT.

I DO IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE.

AND IF IF WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING THE GRAZING LANDS BECAUSE THE CATTLE ARE ARE AND THE RANCHERS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE HILLS.

WE'RE GOING TO ACERBATE THE PROBLEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OF WILDFIRES.

SO ANYWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THIS AND WE'LL WE GOT A BEEPER FOR ME.

WAS THAT EVERYBODY TIMER EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT. YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE OF OF THIS INFORMATION COMING OUT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I'LL GIVE YOU THREE KIND OF POLICY RELATED UPDATES AND ONE MORE LOCAL ATTRACTION UPDATE.

SO LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO TOUR THE NEW NAPA DETENTION FACILITY.

THEY HAVEN'T YET ACTUALLY EVEN HAD THE INMATES MOVE OVER THERE.

BUT THREE INTERESTING THINGS I SAW IN LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING, WHICH THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN 2022.

THEY PLAN TO MOVE FOLKS INTO THAT THIS YEAR.

SO ABOUT A THREE YEAR TIME WINDOW. 304 BEDS, $133 MILLION IS WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTED TO SPEND ON IT. AND A FEW THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING.

ONE, THEY REALLY HAD INTEGRATED BOTH THE MEDICAL CARE CLINIC AND A INTO THE ACTUAL FACILITY. AND THEN THEY HAD ALSO TAKEN ONE OF THEIR HOUSING WINGS AND MADE THAT A WELLNESS CENTER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARE IN THE IN DETENTION.

AND THEY HAD DESIGNED THAT WING DIFFERENTLY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY HAD FOR EACH OF THEIR HOUSING UNITS, THEY HAD KIND OF STACKED THEM IN A ROW SO THAT YOU COULD ADD MORE AS NEEDED IF YOU ENDED UP HAVING TO EXPAND DOWN THE ROAD.

SO IT WAS REALLY FLEXIBLE ON THAT FRONT.

AND THEN I ASKED THEM HOW THEY HAD FUNDED IT, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD GOTTEN 20 MILLION FROM THE STATE BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THEY HAD AN EARTHQUAKE THERE, APPARENTLY, AND IT SPLIT THEIR EXISTING JAIL IN HALF AND ACTUALLY HAS A SEPARATION THERE.

SO THE STATE GAVE THEM SOME MONEY TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY.

AND THEN THEY HAD GOTTEN SOME EXTRA TAX MONEY FROM A LOCAL PROGRAM.

AND THEN REALLY WHAT THEY HAD DONE IS JUST SAVED MONEY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL OVER THE A SERIES OF MANY YEARS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.

ANOTHER UPDATE RELATED TO HOUSING AND TO PLAY OFF OF WHAT SUPERVISOR KELSTROM SAID IN TERMS OF OUR MEETING WITH OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR THERE, WE ARE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE A KIND OF LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE CONVERSATION WITH DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FALL TO HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW CAN WE STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD HERE? SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION COMING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND THEN A THIRD POLICY UPDATE IS IN LAKEHEAD,

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WHICH IS UP NORTH IN MY DISTRICT.

AND THERE, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, I THINK PROBABLY AT THIS .15 YEARS AGO, THEY HAD A RURAL RESIDENT DEPUTY RESIDENT, WHICH MEANT THAT THERE WAS A DEPUTY THAT LIVED THERE AND WAS THERE FULL TIME.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THEY WOULD LIKE THAT TO RETURN.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH THE BUDGET HEARINGS.

THAT'S NOT REALLY DOABLE.

AND SO WHAT WE DID AS KIND OF AN ALTERNATIVE WAS WE'VE CREATED A LAKEHEAD LIAISON PROGRAM WITH THE SHERIFF, WHERE A COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS VOLUNTEERED TO LIAISE BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE UPDATES FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN THERE'S REQUESTS OR THEY FEEL LIKE THEY AREN'T GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.

BACK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT OFTENTIMES THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DOING THINGS, BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND SO THEY GET FRUSTRATED. AND SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR OUR LOCAL LIAISON THERE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TIM MAPES. THIS PAST WEEK AND DISCUSSED HOW IT'S BEEN GOING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THAT. AND SO THAT'S AN ENCOURAGING PROGRAM.

WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME OF THE KINKS THERE, BUT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A MODEL FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER OUTLYING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND THEN LAST THING AROUND LOCAL TOURIST ATTRACTION IS I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAKE SHASTA CAVERNS REOPENING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO REDO THE LIGHTING WITHIN THE CAVERNS. IT WAS FANTASTIC.

WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH.

I'D GONE THROUGH A FEW YEARS AGO BUT WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH AGAIN AND THEY HAVE THIS WHOLE SOUND AND LIGHTING BASICALLY SHOW AT THE END IN THE CATHEDRAL ROOM.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING OUT THERE AND CHECKING THAT OUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH REDDING CHAMBER PRESIDENT TODD JONES. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RFP THAT JUST CAME OUT ABOUT GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IN ANYTHING FOR THE RFP, BUT WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH SOME DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE THINK ARE THAT I KNOW WE CAN GET TO LEAN IN AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

I THINK WE ALL WANT AT THAT RATE OF TEN GRAND.

AND I ATTENDED THE PEER COURT GRADUATION FOR YOUTH OPTION SHASTA AGAIN, ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZATIONS.

AGAIN, I'M VERY, VERY BIASED, BUT REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH WHO MAKE A MISTAKE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, YOU KNOW. 13, 14, 15 WELL, I GUESS ALL THE WAY UP TO 17 AND SEEING HOW THEIR LIVES PIVOT THROUGH PEER COURT, IT'S GREAT.

SO WE HAD THAT GRADUATION, HAD THE BUDGET OVERVIEW WITH STAFF.

WE ALL WE ALL HAVE DONE THAT.

I KNOW SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, AS HE'S MENTIONED, LOOKS FORWARD TO IT. AND IT IS IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE CHIEF DEPUTY MISS BURTON DOES A GREAT JOB. SHE SMILES AT LEAST TWICE IN THE HOUR.

BUT WHEN IT TALKS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MONEY, IT'S A VERY SERIOUS THING.

AND SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH CEO.

RICKERT MET WITH A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING.

WE HAVE ROUGHLY 87 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY WANT THIS BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS SOME OF THE REDUNDANCY OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE NO BUDGET.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME THAT THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TAKE WITH SOME OF THE OUTCOMES, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT. SO THAT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.

MET WITH A COUPLE DOCTORS ABOUT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL PROJECT.

WHAT'S BEEN INTERESTING IS HEARING THE DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY PRIVATELY VERSUS PUBLICLY AND THE POLITICS THAT GO INTO THAT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO USE THEIR NAMES, BUT VERY, VERY OUTSPOKEN WHY THEY THINK THIS IS A VERY REAL THING AND ALSO WHY IT HASN'T BEEN MOVED FORWARD IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN THE PAST.

AND ONE OF THEM IS VERY CLOSE TO RETIREMENT.

AND THEY SAID AT THIS POINT, ONCE THEY RETIRE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM STAYING HERE IS, IS VERY LOW, BUT THEY SAID THEY DEFINITELY LOOK TO BE MUCH MORE OUTSPOKEN WHEN, WHEN THEIR WORD WILL MEAN SOMETHING IN TERMS OF GETTING IT OVER THE HUMP.

SO I'LL BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION CONTINUING.

HAD THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY BASIN WIDE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COUNCIL, I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT ROB STAHL FROM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DOES A DOES A GREAT JOB.

AND THERE'S SO MANY STAFF WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WHO ARE RARELY OR NEVER MENTIONED. AND WE CAN'T HAVE EVERY ONE OF THEM BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. BUT I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO ROB AND THE WORK THAT HE DOES AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

BOARD AND I HAVE ONE MORE THING I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT,

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I BELIEVE, AT THIS TIME.

MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? CHAIR AT THIS TIME WE HAVE 22 SPEAKERS.

OKAY, SO TWO MINUTES AND THEN JUST 23 SPEAKERS.

23 SPEAKERS. JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE THE CAMERA, WHICH I POINTED TO THE HOLE, BUT IT'S A HOLE RIGHT NOW.

SO THE DOT CAMERA IS STILL BEING INSTALLED.

THEY INSTALLED IT. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT DURING INSTALLATION. SO THERE ISN'T A DOT CAMERA AS OF NOW, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT SOON THERE WILL BE.

SOON. IT'S COMING. ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, FIRST UP, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DOUG O'BRIEN, THEN PAMELA HANSON, FOLLOWED BY NOLAN WEBER.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. HERE'S MY OVERHEAD PROJECTOR. LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY.

I'M GOING TO. I'M SORRY YOU GUYS CAN'T READ THIS.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE BOARD CLEARLY STATES IN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTERS, ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S A LEGAL TERM, SUBJECT MATTER OF THE BOARD.

AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF EVERY MEETING IS SPENT ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT NON-EXISTENT VOTER FRAUD, COVID, ANTI-VAX PROPAGANDA, CHEMTRAILS, JOE BIDEN, NEWSOM, GOD, GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.

ALL ISSUES THAT ARE UNIVERSES AWAY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BOARD.

RUNNING A BOARD MEETING COSTS AT LEAST $2,000 AN HOUR, ONE YEAR OR 12 MONTHS WORTH OF.

THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT 96,000, AND FOR THREE YEARS THAT 96,000 GROWS TO 288,000. I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS NONSENSE ABOUT CONSPIRACY.

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND THAT DRIVES THE PRICE UP QUITE A BIT.

ALL THE WAY UP TO $3,840.

ADD TO THAT 1.2 MILLION ON REPLACING VOTING MACHINES VOTING SORRY, VOTING MACHINES WITH VOTER MACHINES.

ADD TO THAT ELECTION COMMISSION THAT ADVOCATES SHASTA COUNTY BREAKS LAW.

ADD TO THAT OVER $100,000 FIGHTING LOSER HOBBS IN COURT AND THE GIFT YOU GAVE HER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR HER LEGAL FEES.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS MONEY.

WE'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED ON NONSENSE WAY OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BOARD. IT'S TIME TO GET REAL.

WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. DOUG O'BRIEN.

FOLLOWED BY PAMELA HANSON, FOLLOWED BY NOLAN WEBER, THEN BENJAMIN ROTHBAUM.

I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS SHORT.

I'M A LIFELONG LIFETIME MEMBER OF SHASTA COUNTY.

WHAT I'VE SEEN RECENTLY IS CONCERNING TO ME HIRING CURTIS.

MR. CURTIS WAS A MISTAKE.

AND FIRING JOANNA. FRANCESCA WAS WRONG.

THANK YOU. PAMELA HANSON, FOLLOWED BY NOLAN WEBER, THEN BENJAMIN ROTHBAUM, FOLLOWED BY IAN FRAZIER.

GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS PAMELA. I VACATIONED HERE QUITE OFTEN IN THE 90S, HOUSE BOATING AND CAMPING.

AND WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO RETIRE FROM MY JOB IN SAN FRANCISCO, I CHOSE SHASTA COUNTY AS MY HOME.

I MOVED HERE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE BEAUTY OF THE REGION, THE PROMISE OF A SAFE, VIBRANT COMMUNITY, AND THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE I REMEMBERED. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER ARRIVING WHILE WAITING FOR A RIDE SHARE, MY LUGGAGE WAS STOLEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT FOR MY CRUISE.

AS I WATCHED FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW, IT WAS A SHOCKING WELCOME, ONE THAT MADE ME REALIZE JUST HOW URGENTLY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE RISE IN THEFT RELATED CRIME. THAT BRINGS ME TO PROPOSITION 36.

AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE HAS ALLOCATED $0 TO FUND ITS ENFORCEMENT.

THAT LEAVES THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO US HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS.

IT'S ABOUT DETERRENCE, JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

I HAVE PERSONALLY MET WITH CHAIRMAN FREY TO DISCUSS MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW.

OUR COUNTY HAS A SURPLUS BUDGET.

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THIS IS THE TIME TO ACT.

WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO SUPPORT OUR PROSECUTORS AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE LAWS LIKE 36.

WITHOUT PROPER ENFORCEMENT, THE LAW BECOMES MEANINGLESS AND ALL FORMS OF THEFT BECOME A LOW RISK, HIGH REWARD CRIME THAT CONTINUES TO IMPACT RESIDENTS LIKE MYSELF AND NEIGHBORS.

PLEASE FUND PROPOSITION SIX.

36 DO NOT DEFUND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THANK YOU. NOLAN WEBER FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN ROTHBAUM, FOLLOWED BY IAN FRAZIER.

THEN ERIS. HI. GOOD MORNING BOARD.

MY NAME IS NOLAN WEBBER, A DEPUTY DA.

TAKING TIME OFF TO TELL YOU THAT I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET'S IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. LET'S BE CLEAR.

THIS BUDGET DEFUNDS LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND IT DOES SO NOT WITH A HEADLINE, BUT WITH THE FINE PRINT.

BY CUTTING CRITICAL POSITIONS, SLASHING THE DA'S BUDGET, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S BUDGET, AND SUPPRESSING WAGES BELOW INFLATION.

THIS IS NOT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT IS A SLOW EROSION OF LAW AND ORDER.

YOU CAN'T SAY YOU'RE SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE MAKING IT FINANCIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE VERY PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THAT.

AT THIS RATE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE MISDEMEANORS OR LOW LEVEL FELONIES.

AND THAT'S NOT SPECULATION.

THAT'S A REAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE UNDERFUNDING OF THE DA'S OFFICE.

AND IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, CALL AROUND TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

I'M NOT GOING TO DIE MANY OUT, BUT CALL THEM AND YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT IT TAKES 4 OR 5 THEFT CRIMES BEFORE THEY FILE.

PUT SIMPLY, THIS BUDGET IS A GREEN LIGHT FOR CRIMINALS AND A RED LIGHT FOR JUSTICE.

AND JUST LIKE NEWSOM, JUST LIKE NEWSOM'S BUDGET, THIS COUNTY'S BUDGET ALLOCATES $0 FOR PROP 36.

IT'S A PROPOSITION THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY SHASTA COUNTY BY A RATE OF 81% OF VOTERS.

SO THIS ISN'T A FUNDING GAP.

IT'S A BROKEN PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHAT'S MOST TROUBLING IS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THIS BUDGET. IT ASSUMES SAVINGS FROM POSITIONS STAYING UNFILLED.

BECAUSE WAGES ARE SO LOW.

THE COUNTY IS AWARE THEY WILL NEVER BE FILLED EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

40 TO $50 MILLION RETURNS TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WHY DOES IT DO THAT? BECAUSE POSITIONS ARE LEFT UNFILLED, BECAUSE WAGES ARE SUPPRESSED.

THE COUNTY LITERALLY BANKS ON USING DEPRESSED WAGES AND UNFILLED POSITIONS.

THAT'S NOT BUDGETING. THAT'S GAMBLING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

SHASTA COUNTY DESERVES BETTER.

OUR PROSECUTORS DESERVE BETTER. AND FRANKLY, OUR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER. I URGE YOU TO RETHINK THIS BUDGET BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECOMES IRREVERSIBLE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE DON'T NORMALLY ENGAGE, BUT YOU WON'T BE UP HERE FOR THE BUDGET HEARING. SO WHY IS IT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS AT FULL STAFF AND PEOPLE TAKE PAY CUTS TO WORK FOR THE SHERIFF? SO THAT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH PERSONNEL ORIENTATION. IF YOU'D LIKE A FURTHER ANSWER, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET PRIVATELY. BUT YOU'VE DECLINED THOSE INVITATIONS. NO, I'M THAT'S WHY I'M DOING IT PUBLICLY.

I'M TELLING YOU. I'M ASKING YOU, WHY DOES THE SHERIFF CONTINUE TO FILL SPOTS? PEOPLE ARE TAKING PAY CUTS TO COME WORK IN THAT OFFICE, IN THE JAIL FOR THE SHERIFF.

AND THAT IS THE SAME LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET.

SO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW HE DOES THAT.

SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. THE CITY OF REDDING IS FOCUSED ON QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH DOESN'T ATTRACT POLICE OFFICERS. THEY WANT TO BUST FENTANYL DEALERS. AND THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW. YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, I DID.

NO YOU DIDN'T. YES, I DID, SIR.

OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, BENJAMIN ROTHBAUM, FOLLOWED BY IAN FRAZIER, THEN HARRIS, THEN DAVID VELLANTE.

GOOD MORNING BOARD. MY NAME IS BEN ROTHBAUM.

I'M HERE IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.

I'M A DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THE DIFFICULTY WHEN WE DON'T ADEQUATELY FUND PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES, I THINK WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN L.A.

WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THIS WEEKEND IS THAT IT EMPOWERS CRIMINALS.

WHEN WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HOLD CRIMINALITY RESPONSIBLE, IT EMPOWERS THEM TO DO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN L.A..

AND THAT IS REALLY CONTRARY TO WHAT THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY, THIS COMMUNITY, HAVE ASKED FOR IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BOTH WITH MY OFFICE AND WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.

SO IT'S LIKE THIS. IT'S LIKE A FOOTBALL TEAM WHOSE FANS PACK THE STADIUM EVERY WEEK CHANTING DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHILE THE FRONT OFFICE QUIETLY TRADES AWAY ALL THEIR BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS AND CUTS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS BUDGET IN HALF.

THE CROWD IS STILL CHEERING FOR HARD HEADS AND GOAL LINE STANDS, BUT MANAGEMENT IS DISMANTLING THE VERY UNIT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTING.

THE FANS SHOW UP EXPECTING A STEEL CURTAIN DEFENSE BECAUSE THAT'S THE TEAM'S IDENTITY AND TRADITION, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING THEIR DEFENSIVE LINE GET STEAMROLLED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VISION OF HOW THE GAME SHOULD BE

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PLAYED. MEANWHILE, THE DISCONNECT GROWS WIDER EACH WEEK AS THE COMMUNITY WONDERS WHY THEIR DEFENSE FIRST TEAM CAN'T STOP ANYONE FROM SCORING.

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I PLAYED DEFENSE FOR AN UNDERFUNDED FOOTBALL TEAM. I WAS A STRONG SAFETY ON A DEFENSE THAT RAN A FOUR FOUR.

UNDERFUNDED FOOTBALL TEAM, AND HERE I AM OVER TEN YEARS LATER, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M PLAYING DEFENSE FOR AN UNDERFUNDED TEAM ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. IAN FRAZIER, FOLLOWED BY IRAS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID BELLOTTI, FOLLOWED BY LAURIE BRIDGFORD.

GOOD MORNING. I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS TO YOU THAT BUDGETS ARE AN EXPRESSION OF VALUES.

YOUR VALUES ARE EXPRESSED IN THAT BUDGET JUST THE WAY THEY WOULD BE IN A BUSINESS OR IN A HOME. WHEN YOU USE YOUR BUDGET, YOU USE YOUR POWER TO EXPRESS YOUR VALUES.

IF YOU VALUE LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU WILL SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE ASKING OF THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE A PAY CUT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT FAIR.

A COMPETITIVE WAGE IS GOOD FOR OUR COUNTY, AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.

OTHER COUNTIES HAVE RECENTLY SEEN DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THOSE SALARIES, AND THOSE ARE THE COUNTIES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE. THESE ARE LAWYERS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED IN A COLLEGE AND THEN GRADUATE SCHOOL EDUCATION.

THEY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.

IT IS A MARKETPLACE THAT WE'RE COMPETING IN FOR PEOPLE.

I'D LIKE TO REFER THE BOARD TO THE PROSECUTOR VACANCY CRISIS FROM 2025.

WILLIAM AND MARY STUDY.

I'D LIKE TO READ FROM THAT NOW BRIEFLY.

THERE IS A PROSECUTOR VACANCY CRISIS IN THE U.S.

PROSECUTORS ARE QUITTING IN DROVES, AND THERE ARE FEW APPLICANTS TO REPLACE THEM.

THIS IS TRUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE SITUATION IS EQUALLY DIRE IN SMALL COUNTIES, LOW SALARIES, MASSIVE CASELOADS, THE LACK OF WORK OPTIONS, CRUSHING DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS AND EXODUS FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

ALL HARM YOUNG ATTORNEYS WHO NO LONGER PERCEIVE THESE JOBS AS ADMIRABLE OR VALUABLE.

LAWYERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR JOBS ARE FACED WITH A PROSPECT OF BEING UNDERVALUED AND AT RISK. WE ARE TIRED OF BEING UNDERVALUED.

WE ARE TIRED OF BEING ATTACKED.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WOLVES.

THINK OF THE WOLVES THAT ARE RUNNING OUR STREETS ON TWO FEET.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE JAIL.

NEXT SPEAKER HARRIS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID BELLANTE, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD BIERSCHBACH.

FASCISM IS AN AUTHORITARIAN, ULTRA NATIONALIST IDEOLOGY THAT DEMANDS STRONG, CENTRALIZED CONTROL, SUPPRESSES OPPOSITION, AND OFTEN PROMOTES A SINGLE PARTY STATE, USUALLY LED BY A DICTATOR.

KEY TRAITS OF FASCISM INCLUDE EXTREME NATIONALISM, SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT AND FREE SPEECH, CENTRALIZED POWER AND CONTROL, USE OF PROPAGANDA, AND OFTEN MILITARISTIC AND ANTI-DEMOCRATIC TENDENCIES.

FASCISM CAN SHOW UP IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL REGIMES, THERE ARE EARLY SIGNS THAT CAN APPEAR AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

TWO HERE IS HOW IT LOOKS LIKE SUPPRESSION OF OPPOSITION BY SILENCING LOCAL ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS, OR POLITICAL OPPONENTS LIKE CANCELING TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR PUNISHING DISSENTERS. PROPAGANDA USE BY LOCAL LEADERS, MAYBE ON THEIR RADIO SHOWS IN THE MORNING, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT CLIPS BEING SPLIT AND USED WHILE THEY CLIP THE SAME VIDEOS FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. MILITARIZED POLICING, WHERE WE APPROVE PURCHASES OF WEAPONS THAT ARE USED IN PALESTINE TO BE USED HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON THAT THAN ON IHSS WORKERS.

THIS BOARD IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THE MILITIA, AND THEY. AND THEY EXPLICITLY STATE THAT. KELSTROM CRYE COUNTY COUNSEL LARMER C E RICKERT YOU ALL VIOLATED MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IN THAT LAST MEETING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE SCARED INTO SILENCE.

YOU GUYS CAN POST ABOUT ME AND TRY TO DOX ME.

SALLY RAPOZA CAN TRY AND GET MY IDENTITY, BUT I'LL STILL COME AND I'LL STILL EXERCISE MY RIGHTS. THANK YOU. DAVID VALENTE, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD BIERSCHBACH, FOLLOWED BY NOAH KINCAID.

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DAVID VALENTE.

I WORK FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

FOR EVERY CASE THAT IS FILED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAPPEN.

THE CASE MUST FIRST BE LOGGED AND RECEIVED BY OUR CLERKS, REVIEWED BY AN ATTORNEY FOR A FILING DECISION SENT BACK TO THE CLERKS TO BE FILED WITH THE COURT. AND ONCE THE CASE IS FILED, COPIES OF ALL REPORTS, DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE DEFENSE.

WITNESSES MUST BE SUBPOENAED FOR TRIAL, AND SCHEDULED MOTIONS MUST BE WRITTEN BY AN ATTORNEY, AND MOTIONS WRITTEN BY THE DEFENSE MUST BE RESPONDED TO.

AND ALL OF THIS IS BEFORE A TRIAL HAS EVEN HAPPENED.

NONE OF THIS IS OPTIONAL, AND ALL IS REQUIRED BY THE LAW TO ENSURE THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

EVEN A SINGLE ERROR IN THIS PROCESS COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CASE.

WHILE THIS PROCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE MAY SEEM MACHINE LIKE, AND IT CERTAINLY DEMANDS MACHINE LIKE PRECISION, THERE IS A HUMAN ELEMENT TO EVERY CASE WHERE EACH ONE MUST BE EVALUATED ON ITS MERITS.

THESE ARE THE MINIMUM STEPS REQUIRED FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE CASES WE FILE.

EVEN THE SIMPLEST ONE YOU CAN IMAGINE, SUCH AS A SHOPLIFTING THAT OCCURRED AT WALMART. BUT THERE ARE MANY CASES THAT INVOLVE DOZENS OF CHARGES THAT MUST BE PROVEN, DOZENS OF WITNESSES THAT MUST BE SUBPOENAED AND SCHEDULED, AND HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS AND HOURS OF RECORDINGS THAT MUST BE REVIEWED AND PROVIDED TO THE DEFENSE.

WE DON'T DO ANY OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR BECAUSE FOR FUN, IT'S BECAUSE THE LAW REQUIRES IT.

AND BECAUSE IF IT IS NOT DONE, THERE CAN BE SIGNIFICANT LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING A DISMISSAL.

IF THERE IS A REDUCTION IN FUNDING OR A REDUCTION IN STAFFING, THESE ARE ALL ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS THAT CANNOT BE LEFT UNDONE.

SO THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE WOULD BE TO PROSECUTE FEWER CASES.

THERE ARE MANY BURDENS PLACED ON A LOCAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE BY RECENT CHANGES IN THE LAW THAT SACRAMENTO HAS NOT GIVEN US ANY HELP.

LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD BIRCHBARK, FOLLOWED BY NOAH KINCAID, THEN THEODORE WORKMAN.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD. LORI BRIDGEFORD. I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS HELPING WITH THE UPGRADE HERE WITH THE IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

ALSO, THANK YOU TO SHASTA LAKE FOR SPONSORING OUR MEETINGS THE LAST FEW TIMES.

AS SHASTA COUNTY CONTINUES TO PURSUE TRANSPARENCY WITH EITHER DEPARTMENTS, HEADS OR THE SUPERVISORS AND GENERAL LEADERSHIP.

WE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A CLEANSING BY THOSE THAT ARE EITHER DEPARTING FROM THEIR COUNTY POSITIONS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE NEEDING TO DO.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO STIR A LOT OF INFORMATION DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE ROV CLERK OFFICE LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST DIDN'T WIN LOYALTY WITH SECRETS OR EVEN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

THE COVER UP SEEMED TO BE ONGOING AND NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY EXPOSED.

LEADERSHIP MEANS TO OWN IT, SAY IT, SHARE IT.

ASK FOR HELP. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

LIKE WHEN THE INK OVERSPRAY, DON'T TRY TO SHUT THE DOORS AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE INCLUDED.

WE'RE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE PART OF THE COUNTY. HOLDING INFORMATION ONLY IMPAIRS LEADERSHIP. THE BETRAYALS HAVE LEFT A MARK.

SO REGARDING THE RADIO PODCAST AND THAT KIND OF THING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE MINGUS FOR THE INTERVIEW HE DID WITH CLINT CURTIS LAST WEEK, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. IT WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, VERY EDUCATIONAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF OPENNESS OCCUR WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL.

THERE'S TOO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN THAT VERY LARGE DEPARTMENT.

IT HAS A LOT OF OUR BUDGET, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DOING MORE OPEN PLATFORMS AND EXPLAINING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR PERSONNEL AND ALL THE REST.

THERE'S LOTS GOING ON. PLEASE BRING BACK THE ELECTION COMMISSION SO THAT WE HAVE NO MORE IMMATURE, DIVISIVE DISTRACTORS.

THAT WAS A WASTE OF MONEY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

SECURITAS BUDGET. I HOPE THAT GETS REVIEWED.

WELL, BECAUSE THEY ARE UNARMED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RICHARD.

FOLLOWED BY NOAH KINCAID, FOLLOWED BY THEODORE WORKMAN, THAN DIANE TÉTREAULT. GOOD MORNING.

I CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT A PROBLEM IN OUR AREA IN PALO CEDRO AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY ON MY PRIVATE ROAD IN PALO CEDRO.

I LIVE ON FRENCH CREEK ROAD.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON PALO CEDRO CRIME AND SAFETY ABOUT KIDS PLAYING ON MOTORCYCLES OR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES ON OLD 44 ON DESCHUTES, ON SWEDE CREEK, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A PRETTY LARGE RECTANGLE.

AND FRENCH CREEK ROAD GOES NORTH FROM SWEDE CREEK,

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WHERE SWEDE CREEK TURNS AND GOES OVER THE BRIDGE AND IN FRONT OF SWEDE CREEK SCHOOL UP THERE. THE THING THAT REALLY BROUGHT ME TO TO COME HERE AND SPEAK IS ONE DAY I WAS GOING DOWN SWEDE CREEK, PAST THE SCHOOL, AND AS I TURNED, THERE'S A LITTLE TURN AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TURN THAT GOES OVER THE BRIDGE.

THREE OF THEM WERE ON THESE MOTORCYCLES.

ONE WAS DOING A WHEELIE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, GOING TOWARDS THE BRIDGE.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, EVEN IN A 25 MILES AN HOUR, THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT ROAD. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR JURISDICTION BECAUSE I THINK THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY WRITES ON THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S AN INTERCONNECTING HIGHWAY.

THE, WHEN I REPORT IT TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS PATROL IT.

THEY'RE ALSO COMING UP OUR PRIVATE ROAD, WHICH I THINK I NEED TO KNOW WHAT PROPER SIGNAGE IS FOR OUR PRIVATE ROAD.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I'VE SPOKEN TO THESE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE ON OUR PRIVATE ROAD. I'VE ASKED THEM IF THEY LIVE ON THE ROAD OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO SEE SOMEBODY, THEY HAVE A PERFECT RIGHT TO DO THAT RIDING LEGALLY.

BUT AND, AND THE VEHICLES AND I KNOW FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL, THANK YOU. NOAH KINCAID, FOLLOWED BY THEODORE WORKMAN, FOLLOWED BY DIANE TÉTREAULT, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISS.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NOAH KINCAID.

I'M A PROSECUTOR. I PROSECUTE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, RAPE CASES AND CHILD ABUSE CASES, ALL ON THE FELONY LEVEL.

SO I SPOKE EARLIER. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT I SAID BEFORE.

WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM RECRUITING AND RETAINING DEPUTY DAS AND THAT PROBLEM IS JUST GOING TO GET WORSE. BUTTE COUNTY THEIR DEPUTY DAS ARE NOW GOING TO MAKE $48,000 MORE THAN WE ARE. THAT'S A COMPETITIVE COUNTY TO US.

SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE DAYS, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT BE ABLE TO RECRUIT DAS IF WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE, AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A DE FACTO DEFUNDING OF THE DA'S OFFICE. AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IF YOU CARE ABOUT LAW AND ORDER, IT'S TIME TO PUT YOUR YOUR, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN DAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEODORE WORKMAN, FOLLOWED BY DIANE TÉTREAULT, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISE, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.

GOOD MORNING. BOARD. I'M THEODORE WORKMAN.

I WORK WITH THE. I'M A PROSECUTOR WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. AND I'M HERE TO IMPLORE YOU TO INVEST IN YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS BOARD HAS THE RESOURCES TO USE ITS POWER TO INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY, TO MAKE SURE THAT SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMPETITIVE AND REMAINS A BASTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OFTEN LAWLESS STATE.

AS OF 2024, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OR RATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD HAD $68 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND UNASSIGNED MONEY THAT IT COULD SPEND ON WHATEVER IT WANTED.

ANYTHING IT WANTED. THAT MONEY CAN BE REALLOCATED, ALLOCATED AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.

BUT IN ADDITION, THIS BOARD HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CREATIVE THINKING AND LOOKING FOR FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAY NOT BE SO OBVIOUS.

TO THAT, I WOULD POINT THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THE VARIANCE BETWEEN WHAT THE BUDGET HAS PROJECTED THAT IT WOULD SPEND VERSUS WHAT IT ACTUALLY HAS SPENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023 TO 2024. THE DIFFERENCE OF THIS MONEY WAS $56 MILLION, BUT SIMPLY THE BOARD, OR RATHER THE COUNTY BUDGET, PROJECTED THAT IT WOULD SPEND $56 MILLION MORE THAN IT ACTUALLY DID THE YEAR PRIOR.

IT WAS ANOTHER 56 MILLION.

AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, 21 TO 22, 43 MILLION.

THIS COUNTY IS WILLING TO SPEND MONEY, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THINGS IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SPEND MONEY ON.

IF THIS BOARD IS LOOKING FOR MONEY BEING LEFT ON THE TABLE TO FUND OTHER PRIORITIES.

I WOULD ASK IT TO LOOK AT PAST YEARS, TO LOOK AT WHERE THIS MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED WAS NEVER SPENT, AND SEE THAT AS A POTENTIAL UNTAPPED SOURCE.

THIS BOARD HAS THE RESOURCES.

IT HAS THE MONEY. IT CAN DO THIS.

IT JUST NEEDS YOUR WILL AND YOUR PRIORITY.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO SO AND INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DIANE TÉTREAULT, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISE, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.

THEN LARRY S. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.

CRYE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS DIANE TETREAULT.

I LIVE IN MONTGOMERY CREEK, A DESIGNATED OPEN RANGE AREA.

I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AN ISSUE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR SAFETY AND PROPERTY USE.

MY NEIGHBOR HAS A STALLION THAT WAS BORN ON HIS PROPERTY AND HAS NEVER BEEN TRAINED OR CONTAINED. THE. THE HORSE NOW ROAMS FREELY BECAUSE OF OPEN RANGE LAWS.

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SINCE HIS DAM DIED. HE HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE ON MY LAND AND HAS BECOME TERRITORIAL, ESPECIALLY AROUND MY MARE.

I CAN NO LONGER RIDE, GRAZE OR INTERACT WITH MY HORSE SAFELY, AS EVEN THE NEIGHBOR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO DO SO.

THE SITUATION IS NOT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS RAISING HORSES OR BREEDING.

I OFFERED A HUMANE SOLUTION CONNECTING THE OWNER WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE AND CARE FOR THE HORSE.

HE DECLINED, SAYING THAT HE HOPES TO SOMEDAY TRAIN THE HORSE, THOUGH HE HAS NO CLEAR TIMELINE TO DO SO.

I ALSO OFFERED TO HELP HIM BY PROVIDING SOME FENCING PANELS TO CONTAIN THE HORSE, BUT HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SOME POWDER RIVER PANELS AND THAT THE HORSE HAD BROKEN OUT OF THEM. THIS SHOWS NOT ONLY HOW DIFFICULT THE THE STALLION IS TO MANAGE, BUT ALSO THAT THERE IS NO RELIABLE CONTAINMENT IN PLACE, DESPITE THE RISK TO OTHERS.

I UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN RANGE AND RESPECT RURAL TRADITIONS, BUT WHEN AN UNTRAINED, INTACT STALLION ESSENTIALLY CLAIMS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PREVENTS SAFE USE USE BY THE RIGHTFUL OWNER, I BELIEVE THERE IS LEGITIMATE REASON FOR POLICY REVIEW AND CLARIFICATION.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SUSAN WEISS, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY LARRY S, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE. WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY HERE AN EXACT REPLICA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY, RIGHT DOWN TO THE BLUE SUITS AND RED TIES.

WE HAVE A MAJORITY THAT MAKES DECISIONS ALL IN LINE WITH ITS POLITICS.

HOW CAN IT BE THAT MR. CRYE. MR. HARMON, MR. KELSTROM ALWAYS VOTE ON EVERY ISSUE IN A BLOC.

I MEAN EVERY ISSUE. I HARDLY EVER WITNESS ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUES DURING THE MEETINGS.

WHEN AND HOW ARE THESE DECISIONS MADE? WHEN ARE THESE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING? MR. CRYE, YOU SAY IN EVERY RADIO SHOW THAT YOU WANT TRANSPARENCY.

IS THAT REALLY AN HONEST STATEMENT? WE HAVE BEEN HIRING AND FIRING DONE BY ALLEGIANCE TO YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA.

AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF HIRING UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET YOUR POLITICAL GOALS OR AGREE WITH YOU POLITICALLY. WHY IS THAT? IT APPEARS TO BE THAT THEY DON'T FOLLOW YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA.

LOOK WHAT YOU ALLOWED MR. CURTIS TO DO TO JOANNA.

FRANCESCO. HOW DID THAT SIT WITH YOU? IT SURELY DIDN'T SIT WITH ME.

HOW DID THAT HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE YOU HIRED HIM.

AND NOW HE REFLECTS YOUR GOALS AS A BOARD, JUST LIKE THIS MAN SAID EARLIER, THE FIRING EXPRESSES YOUR VALUES.

WE HAVE DECISIONS RUSHED THROUGH THIS WITH LITTLE THOUGHT OR ANALYSIS.

LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

COULD THAT BE A GOOD IDEA? SURE. BUT TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE PRESENTATION BY MR. STREET AT THE LAST MEETING AND TO DISREGARD SUPERVISOR, PLUMMER ASKS FOR MORE TIME ALTERING TO THE CONTRACT.

WHY THE RUSH? HOW COULD A SHOVEL READY PROJECT BE READY BY JULY 1ST? I'M NOT A BUSINESSWOMAN, BUT EVEN I CAN SEE THAT.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

REMEMBER THE RUSH ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE INDIAN CASINO? MR. CRYE, PLEASE, LET'S NOT RUSH ON DECISIONS TO GIVE YOU A LEGACY TO TAKE WITH YOU WHEN YOU WISH TO GO INTO STATE POLITICS.

WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

DOLORES. THANK YOU. DOLORES.

LUCERO. FOLLOWED BY LESLIE S, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE TREDWAY.

YOU DON'T CARE. WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK, ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS HURRY UP, GET OUT AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR MEETINGS.

JUST FOR ALL THE PROSECUTORS AND ATTORNEYS WHO ARE HERE, JUST BE AWARE THAT THEY ACTUALLY PREPARE TO ACTUALLY DEFUND THE DA BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.

WAY LONG TIME AGO. SO JUST BE PREPARED.

I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING TO GO AGAINST THEM BECAUSE WHEN THEY DEFUND THE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO DO THEIR JOB, IT BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST THE CITIZENS.

AND THE CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO ACTUALLY FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY JEOPARDIZING OUR SAFETY BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE STEPHANIE BRIDGETT.

AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN, THE SAME OLD BULLSHIT ALL THE TIME.

AND NOW YOU, YOU YOU ACTUALLY HIRE MR. THE ROV REGARDING TO TAKE JOANNA'S PLACE.

HERE YOU GO. THE NEW ROV WHO SUPPORTS BLACK MATTERS.

OKAY. BLACK LIVES MATTER.

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AND HE ACTUALLY ALSO HAS NO QUALIFICATIONS, NO EXPERIENCE.

BUT YET YOU NEED HIM TO MAKE SURE HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHEAT IN THE ELECTION.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT STEPHANIE BRIDGETT TO WIN OR MR. MIKE JOHNSON, LET'S FACE IT, YOU, CHRIS TWO, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, THAT OH, YOU WANT TO GET RID OF MIKE JOHNSON? THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

THAT'S WHY YOU BROUGHT IN THIS GUY, BECAUSE HE'S A HACKER AND HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING THIS. SO YOU GUYS BETTER BE READY.

YOU BETTER START DOING SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING ON AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. THEY'VE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER TO DO THIS.

CLINT CURTIS IS WORTHLESS.

HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE. YOU FIRED.

YOU ACTUALLY INTEND TO FIRE JOANNA.

THIS WAS ALL PLANNED. YOU PLANTED THIS.

SO FOR YOU GUYS TO SIT THERE LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING.

THANK YOU. LARRY S FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE TREADWAY, THEN JENNY MATTER. THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. BOARD. YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO COME UP HERE AND FACE THIS RIGHT WING MAGA GROUP.

BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT YOU CARE TO HEAR DISSENT.

YOU SIT THERE AND PRETEND LIKE YOU LISTEN TO IT, BUT YOUR MINDS ARE CLOSED.

WHAT WHAT REALLY FALLS INTO YOUR JURISDICTION IS THE WAY YOUR MINDS WORK AND HOW YOU JUSTIFY THE VOTES THAT YOU DO.

YOU JUSTIFIED IN YOUR IN YOUR MIND, VOTING IN A PRESIDENT WHO HATES AMERICA, WHO WANTS TO DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION AND INSTITUTE A WHITE SUPREMACY REGIME, AMERICA IS QUICKLY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE GERMANY DID IN THE 1930S.

AND NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WAS JUST CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO FEDERALIZE THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD.

HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO SEND IN 5000 MARINES.

HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.

HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN DISSENT AND PROTESTERS ANYTHING THAT DISAGREES WITH HIM. HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO ESTABLISH A WHITE SUPREMACIST OLIGARCHY IN AMERICA. HOW IT PERTAINS TO YOU GUYS HERE AT THIS LOCAL LEVEL AND HOW IT PERTAINS TO THE SAME PEOPLE IN GERMANY IN THE 1930S? IS THAT YOUR LEGACY IS VERY CLOSE TO BECOMING THAT OF NAZI COLLABORATORS IN 1933.

THANK YOU. LESLIE. FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE TREDWAY, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER.

OKAY, SO MY PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GOING TO BE GEARED MORE TOWARD MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GUYS'S PREVIOUS VOTE TO KEEP THIS NOT A SANCTUARY COUNTY.

BUT AFTER THIS MORNING'S PUBLIC COMMENT, I'VE CHANGED A LITTLE.

I WOULD INVITE THE ENTIRE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THE HEARINGS THAT ARE COMING UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHO COMES AND TAKES RESPONSIBILITY, DOES THE WORK TO WORK OUT THEIR BUDGET, AND WHO COMES TO LAY BLAME ON EVERYBODY ELSE AND BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THEIR OWN FAILINGS AND THEIR OWN FAILED LEADERSHIP? BAD LEADERSHIP SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED WITH MORE MONEY.

IN REGARDS TO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND. I BELIEVE ONE OF THESE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THAT CAME UP ACTUALLY HAS A DUI, THAT HE TRIED TO USE HIS POSITION TO GET OUT OF IT WITH.

THAT'S OUR FOOTAGE SOMEWHERE.

SOMEBODY HAS THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN THAT YOU CAN'T GET THE WORK DONE WHEN YOU'RE CAUSING MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

HOLDING CRIME ACCOUNTABLE LEADS TO THINGS LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LA WHEN YOU DO NOT HOLD CRIME ACCOUNTABLE.

I AGREE. YET WHERE ARE THE CHARGES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DISRUPTED THESE MEETINGS? I KNOW I SHOWED UP TO THE COURT DATE.

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, AND CHARGES WERE NEVER FILED BY OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

WHAT ABOUT THE DUIS? MULTIPLE DUIS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, YET THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES.

SO SHE CONTINUES TO DO IT.

ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE WERE TOLD FILES COULDN'T OR CHARGES COULDN'T BE FILED FOR 12 TO 18 MONTHS TILL WE GOT THE TESTS BACK.

YET THE TESTS WERE RAN ONE MONTH LATER AT A LOCAL LAB.

HEARD THAT IN COURT THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE JUST CHOOSING WHO TO PROSECUTE AND WHO NOT TO PROSECUTE.

OH, WAIT. WHAT WAS IT YOU WERE JUST ACCUSED OF BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES?

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JACQUELINE TREADWAY, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN.

HELLO. FOR YEARS, YOU'VE TRIED EVERY TYPICAL MEANS OF SECURING SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS, LIVING ON THE STREETS AND ON PUBLIC LANDS.

AT THE STATE AVERAGE OF $10 MILLION PER SWEEP, AND THE MILLIONS INVESTED IN VARIOUS TYPICAL SHELTERS AND HEALTH SERVICES.

I'M SURE YOU SPENT INTO THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR LESS THAN 8% SUCCESS RATE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTY.

FOR MONTHS I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT A SOLUTION THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND MONTHS OF CONSULTATION WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY PUBLIC AND THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS. I HAVE PAGES OF SIGNATURES FROM THIS POPULATION, FROM THE HOMELESS THAT SAY THEY WILL YOU BUILD IT? THEY WILL COME. AND FROM THE PUBLIC THAT SAY, PLEASE CHANGE THE THE TENTING LAWS THAT ARE NOT WORKING AND ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO PREVAIL. THE DEVELOPING DIAMONDS COMMUNITY IS WHAT THEY WANT THE PUBLIC AND HOMELESS.

THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THE.

THEY WOULD. THEY WOULD WANT TO LIVE AND DEVELOP THEIR DREAMS THERE.

AND MORE PAGES OF THE CONSTITUENT, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE ANTI-CAMPING LAWS TO ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO PREVAIL.

I HAVE LETTERS OF ENDORSEMENT.

I HAVE HOMELESS ADVOCATES AND OTHER PROGRAMS FROM FROM MANY.

I HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT I WOULD PRESENT AT ONE OF THE WEEK'S BUDGET WEEK'S BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO RAISE YOUR SUCCESS RATE FROM LESS THAN 8% TO OVER 60%. AND WITH ZERO FINANCIAL IMPACT, WE COULD COLLABORATE TO MAKE 100% OF THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS OUT OF PUBLIC ENCAMPMENTS OFF THE STREETS.

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A SECOND CHANCE TO ACCEPT THE 900 YEAR PORTION OF $920 MILLION FOR EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.

JENNY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS.

I WATCHED THE LAST MEETING ONLINE, AND THE SHEER AND UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE TREATMENT OF A YOUNG ACTIVIST IN THAT MEETING WAS BEYOND EXPECTATION.

IT'S BECOMING A REGULAR HABIT FOR THIS BOARD TO VIOLATE THE PUBLIC'S RIGHTS, RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, RIGHTS, TO PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT WITH GRIEVANCES, AND EVEN AFTER THE PROMISE TO TIE THE POLITICAL STATEMENT TO ISRAEL'S CORRUPT GOVERNANCE WITH SIMILARITIES TO THE GOVERNANCE OPERATING HERE.

THE HANDPICKED APPOINTMENTS THAT OPERATE FAR MORE AS FAVORS THAN GOOD GOVERNANCE OR PUBLIC SERVICE WAS THE FIRING OF JOANNA WITH THE FIRING OF JOANNA FRANCISCO, THE DEDICATED, LOYAL, KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYEE. AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CARPETBAGGING MONORAIL PEDDLING CLINT CURTIS.

SHE HAS A POINT. FALL IN LINE OR GET OUSTED.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH HEART OR EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE, IT WILL NEVER SAVE YOU.

THIS ROOM OPERATES MORE LIKE A MAFIA THAN A GOVERNMENT BUILDING, WITH YOUR LACKEYS GOING AS FAR AS TO PHYSICALLY PULL THE MIC AWAY.

THEY'RE NOT YOUR PERSONAL GOONS, KEVIN CRYE.

WE TAXPAYERS PAY YOUR LAWYER AND CEO TO PROPERLY ADMINISTRATE FOR THE COUNTY, NOT KEEP THE CHAIRS DELICATE EARS FROM HEARING THINGS HE DOTH NOT WISH TO HEAR.

AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, THE SHERIFFS ARE ALSO NOT YOUR PERSONAL GOONS. YOU CAN'T CALL THEM OUT EVERY TIME YOU FEEL A LITTLE ANNOYED WITH SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE. THE CHAIR HIMSELF HAS ASKED FOR A DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND DICTATORSHIP, YET FEELS TO SET THE PROPER EXAMPLE.

DON'T ASK WHAT FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHAT YOU CAN'T DO YOURSELF.

NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, THEN FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD SPLIT THE PUBLIC COMMENT INTO TWO SECTIONS.

THE FIRST SECTION COULD BE PISSING AND MOANING BY ABOUT FIVE OUT OF THE LAST SIX SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE COULD GET ON WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THINGS TO SAY POSITIVE ABOUT OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I WANTED TO PAT TO KEVIN CRYE ON THE BACK FOR GETTING US OUT OF ADMINISTERING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. THE CITY OF REDDING KIND OF LAUGHED ABOUT IT AND TOOK IT OVER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY NEEDED TWICE AS MUCH MONEY TO DO.

IT WOUND UP SAVING US A HALF $1 MILLION, AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY THAT WILL TAKE IT OVER. SO GOOD JOB, CHAIRMAN CRYE AND I WANTED TO PAT CORKY ON THE BACK FOR NOMINATING CHAIRMAN CRYE TO BE OUR SPOKESMAN. WHEN IT COMES TO THE WINDMILLS UP ON HATCHET MOUNTAIN, I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER CHOICE.

I SUPPORT CLINT CURTIS AND HIS FIRING OF JOANNA.

JOANNA HAD HER CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT SHE COULD DO AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY GOES, BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD.

I WAS OVER AT A STRIP MALL THIS MORNING AND THERE WERE THREE GUYS,

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YOUNG GUYS AND A AND A GAL SITTING THERE WITH A DOG, AND I WENT OVER AND WAS WORKING IN FRONT OF THEM AND WAS POLITE AND EVERYTHING, BUT I LOOKED DOWN AND THERE WAS THREE NEEDLES, ONE USED, TWO WEREN'T USED.

I LOOKED DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THERE WAS A USED NEEDLE DOWN THERE AND THERE WAS SOME ALUMINUM FOIL, OBVIOUSLY USED TO SMOKE EITHER FENTANYL OR HEROIN.

AND I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR BAD HABITS, AND IT'S NOT WORKING.

SO I BELIEVE WE NEED TO LOOK IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW.

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT WOULD BE A NEW JAIL, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD ONE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH MORE PROSECUTORS IF WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY PLACE TO PUT THESE CRIMINALS.

SO THANKS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU. DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NORWAYNE.

MISS FRANCESCA TERMINATION 52725.

THE TOP TEN REASONS FOR EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS INCLUDE POOR PERFORMANCE MISCONDUCT, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, POLICY VIOLATIONS, DRUG ALCOHOL USE AT WORK, PERSONAL USE OF COMPANY PROPERTY, FALSIFYING RECORDS, INAPPROPRIATE SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND INSUBORDINATION.

NOTHING HERE ON MISS FRANCESCA.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE? SUPERVISORS? WHAT HAPPENED WITH MISS FRANCESCA'S TERMINATION? I JUST RAN DOWN THE TOP TEN REASONS THAT EMPLOYEES GET FIRED.

IF YOU WERE KEEPING SCORE, I ONLY GAVE YOU NINE.

I ONLY GAVE YOU NINE REASONS.

THE OTHER TOP TEN REASON EMPLOYEES GET FIRED IS FOR THEFT AGAIN.

THEFT. ON MISS FRANCESCA'S TERMINATION DAY, THERE WAS SOMETHING STOLEN.

NOT BY JOANNA, BUT BY CLINT CURTIS.

YES, BY CLINT CURTIS. THE ROV CURTIS STOLE THE CAREER OF A FANTASTIC, REMARKABLE, DEDICATED AND COMMITTED EMPLOYEE, MISS JOANNA FRANCESCA.

WHOM ELSE DO I BLAME HERE FOR HER TERMINATION? I BLAME THE THREE OF YOU, MR. CRYE, KELSTROM AND HARMON.

YOU THREE APPOINTED CURTIS.

YOU SENT THE TRAIN CURTIS DOWN THE TRACK AND HE RAN OVER MISS FRANCESCA.

WHAT OCCURRED WAS NOT RIGHT AND WAS NOT FAIR.

FIRING AT WILL, MISS FRANCESCA, A 17 YEAR EMPLOYEE WITH A GLOWING RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT, DOESN'T HOLD WATER.

I BELIEVE ROV CURTIS CREATED A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND RETALIATED AGAINST JOANNA FOR ANNOUNCING HER CANDIDACY TO RUN AGAINST HIM IN 2026.

THIS TERMINATION STORY IS FAR FROM OVER.

THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE TO BE REVEALED FOR ROV KURTIS AND EVERYONE EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS TERMINATION.

THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.

BUCKLE UP YOUR SEAT BELTS.

LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN DUANE, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA. OKAY.

GOOD MORNING BOARD. SO THANK YOU.

THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH ARE THAT JOANNA ACTUALLY FILED FOR HER CANDIDACY BEFORE MR. CLINT CURTIS ASSUMED OFFICE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR HIRING CLINT CURTIS.

HE HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

I'M GLAD THAT HE IS TAKING JOANNA'S LAWLESS LAWLESSNESS SERIOUSLY AND CLEANING UP THE OFFICE. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED A LONG TIME AGO.

SHE BOTCHED THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS AND HAS BROKEN COUNTLESS LAWS.

WE ARE IN A. WE ARE ACTUALLY A COUNTRY OF LAW AND ORDER.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT.

AND WHEN LAWS ARE BROKEN, PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.

THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY ARE UPSET.

THEY COLLECTED 52 AFFIDAVITS AND HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF EVIDENCE AND VIOLATIONS TO STATE LAW THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LAST ELECTION.

AND FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SEE THIS, IT CAN BE FOUND@SHASTA.ORG.

THE BOARD PAID AN EXPENSIVE ATTORNEY USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GET THIS CITIZEN'S CASE DISMISSED. NONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE EXAMINED BASED ON THEIR MERITS.

THIS IS NOT JUSTICE. HOW MUCH PUBLIC MONEY DID YOU WASTE TO DENY JUSTICE TO HARDWORKING CITIZEN ELECTION OBSERVERS WHO SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OBSERVING THE LAST ELECTION? THE ELECTIONS BELONG TO THE CITIZENS.

I'D LIKE TO JUST ALSO STATE THAT FOR THE BUDGETARY HEARINGS, HHS IS BY FAR THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE FOR OUR COUNTY, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WASTING MONEY FEEDING OFF THE PUBLIC TROUGH WHILE NOT PROVIDING SERVICES.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT, PLEASE.

AND ALSO PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE VIOLATING PENAL CODE 403, DISTURBING A PUBLIC MEETING.

WE HAVE RIGHT OVER HERE A GENTLEMAN WHO IS VIOLATING THE CODES OF CONDUCT OF THIS ROOM AS WE SPEAK. NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING.

WHY NOT? WE PUT THESE LAWS IN PLACE FOR A REASON.

WE PUT THESE RULES IN PLACE FOR A REASON.

IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW THE LAWS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DON DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN WAYNE, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA. GOOD MORNING.

BOARD. IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, CHAIR CRYE,

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ABOUT WHY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ABLE TO RECRUIT AND THE DA ISN'T, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT UNLIKE OTHER SPEAKERS, BECAUSE I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE HIRING PROCESS FOR THE DA'S OFFICE.

SO THERE'S TWO MAIN REASONS.

ONE IS LEVEL OF EDUCATION.

PROSECUTORS HAVE TO HAVE EXTENDED YEARS OF EDUCATION AND STUDENT LOANS, SO THEY MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE A PAY CUT TO COME WORK HERE.

AND ALSO THE DAS OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE COMPETES WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

SO THERE'S TWO GOOD REASONS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR HIRING OF THAT NITWIT COMPUTER HACKER CLINT CURTIS.

WHAT'S NEXT? ARE WE GOING TO HIRE SHERRI PAPINI TO BE OUR HR DIRECTOR? I MEAN, COME ON. WE ARE A LAUGHING STOCK, GENTLEMEN.

AND SPEAKING OF NITWITS, CORKY HARMON, YOU SAID SOMETHING DURING THE HIRING OF CLINT CURTIS.

YOU SAID THIS IS BIGGER THAN SHASTA COUNTY.

WELL, SIR, THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS.

YOU ARE HIRED TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET CRISIS HERE AT HOME.

AND FOR YOU TO EVEN SUGGEST THAT YOU WOULD SPEND $1 OF OUR DWINDLING PRECIOUS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SOLVE SOME IMAGINARY PROBLEM ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, AND CREATE SOME STUPID BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER LOONEY TUNE ELECTION DENIERS.

WHILE WE CAN'T EVEN FILL OPEN POSITIONS THAT OUR DA'S OFFICE IS SIMPLY OUTRAGEOUS.

DO BETTER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

BENJAMIN NOLAN, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA.

SO, CHAIR CRYE, YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH OUR VETERANS AND THEN VOTED TO DELAY OUR ONLY SERIOUS PLAN TO HELP THEM.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER SPENT MONTHS RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING A TAILORED LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, BUILT FOR ZERO MODEL.

YOUR OWN ADMINISTRATION HELPED COLLECT THE DATA.

PLUMMER DID THE HARD WORK.

BUILT COALITIONS AND BROUGHT FORWARD A SOLUTION.

BUT INSTEAD OF BACKING IT, YOU DERAILED IT.

AT THE MAY 13TH MEETING, YOU SHIFTED THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM SUBSTANCE. YOU FIXATED ON TERMINOLOGY AND CAST DOUBT ON THE PROVEN MODEL.

YOU REFRAME THE DEBATE, INTRODUCED MISLEADING DATA, AND ULTIMATELY BLOCKED PROGRESS, OFFERING NOTHING BUT VAGUE PROMISES IN RETURN. NOW, DESPITE CHATTING UP VETERANS AT THAT MEETING, THE ONES YOU PUBLICLY SUPPORTED, VETERANS IN NEED WILL BE LEFT WAITING.

NOT BECAUSE A BETTER PLAN CAME FORWARD, BUT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR A PLAN YOU DIDN'T WRITE, DIDN'T SUPPORT, AND DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOUR REAL AIM IS TO COPY AND PASTE SOMEONE ELSE'S SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK, REMOVE THE NATIONAL LABEL AND TRY TO REPACKAGE IT AS YOUR OWN.

NOW THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP.

THAT'S EGO. NOW, I RECALL YOU SAYING ONCE THAT FOR STUDENT PROJECTS, YOU WOULD FIND THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, DO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WORK AND THEN TAKE THE CREDIT. THIS MOVE TRACKS PERFECTLY FOR YOU.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT OPTICS.

IT'S ABOUT IMPACT. MAT PLUMMER SAID IT BEST THE STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING.

HE WAS RIGHT. THIS WAS A CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER AROUND A MEANINGFUL SOLUTION, AND INSTEAD YOU CHOSE POLITICAL POSTURING OVER POLICY, IMAGE OVER ACTION, AND DELAY OVER DUTY.

WHY? WHY IS IT SO? WHY IS HOW YOU LOOK SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU DO? OUR VETERANS DESERVE BETTER, AND FRANKLY, SO DOES THIS COUNTY.

ANTONIA AND ANTONIA IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

REACH OUT. REACH OUT TO NATION'S FINEST INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST.

LET'S GO. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IT'S VERY TOUGH BECAUSE I HEAR YOU BEING ATTACKED AND BEING ABUSED THIS WAY.

BUT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB BY HIRING CLINT CURTIS.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTY, SHASTA COUNTY ARE BACKING YOU UP IN THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU TAKE A LOT, BUT WE GO BY THE CONSTITUTION AND WE WANT FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT IS NOT VERY UPLIFTING, BUT IT'S TRUTH. THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY ARE UPSET.

WE KNOW THAT MANY LAWS WERE VIOLATED DURING THE LAST ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, THAT MANY LAWS WERE VIOLATED AND YOU ONLY CERTIFIED UNDER DURESS.

WHY THEN DID YOU SPEND TAX PAYER MONEY TO GET A CASE THROWN OUT? THE CITIZENS DESERVE ANSWERS.

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WE SUBMITTED 52 AFFIDAVITS OF THE LAWS THAT WERE VIOLATED AND NOBODY IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE CITIZENS WANT JUSTICE AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE NO RECOURSE.

THE JUDGE CHOSE TO SIDE WITH BB K, THE COUNTY'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE LAWYER, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND HEAR THE CASE BASED UPON ITS MERITS. SO THERE WERE MANY LAWS BROKEN BY JOANNA.

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT.

THAT IS THE TRUTH. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE.

AND AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PRESENTING.

YOU KNOW, JUST WANT SOME ANSWERS WITH THIS SUIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR.

AND THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT.

I HAD MENTIONED THAT I WAS GOING TO SAVE MY LAST PART OF MY SUPERVISOR'S REPORT JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF POCKET ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW. ONE PERSON I'VE KNOWN FOR 30 YEARS, SINCE MY VERY FIRST YEAR OF COACHING IN 1995.

AND AS THEY'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU HAVE PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND PONTIFICATE ABOUT ALL THE MONEY WASTED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

BUT HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE ON CONSENT TODAY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, WHICH NOBODY BUT ONE SPEAKER VAGUELY REFERENCED ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY, WE HAVE $23,269,827 IN THE STAFF OR IN THE AGENDA PACKET ITSELF.

NOW, IF YOU DIG DEEPER INTO THAT, THAT NUMBER CLIMBS WELL OVER $30 MILLION.

SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME UP HERE AND RAIL AND SCREAM AND RANT BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO DISRUPT AND THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO AGGRAVATE.

I'M TALKING, I'M TALKING.

THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING.

AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS TOMORROW WE HAVE THE BUDGET HEARINGS, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND PEOPLE REALLY DOWNLOADING THAT, GO THROUGH IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TRULY HAPPENING.

BECAUSE AGAIN, ALMOST $24 MILLION AND NOBODY SAYS A WORD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TRY AND DIVIDE THIS COUNTY FURTHER.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

MISS BLANKENSHIP, WE DID HAVE C2 PULLED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, CHAIR. SHOULD WE START WITH THAT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TAKE THE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE CAN TAKE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN DO C2.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS C2 BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG, WHO I SEE.

THIS IS NOT TURNING ON.

THERE IT IS. WELL, IT GOES RIGHT BACK.

YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND HELP, YOU KNOW, SECOND, SECOND. THERE WE GO. WELL, I SAW YOU PLAYING WITH THE MIC. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FIRST SUPERVISOR KELSTROM SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE.

PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE WILL MOVE ON TO C2.

[C2 Adopt a policy resolution which amends Administrative Policy 5-201, Disposition of Surplus Property.]

THANK YOU FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS EXITING STAGE LEFT.

WHO STAYED FOR THE CONSENT? ALL RIGHT. MR. KELSTROM SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

ALL RIGHT, SO IN READING C2 THE DISPOSITION OF COUNTY PROPERTY, I SEE IN THERE THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINE IS RETIRED OR TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE, IT'S OFFERED TO ITS HANDLER FOR $1 OR ITS HANDLERS, HANDLER'S FAMILY, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC.

AND I AM 100% FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

THE PART THAT CONCERNS ME IS IN READING THIS, THERE'S A DISPOSITION OF FIREARMS, AND ONE OF THEM IS IF A IF WE HAVE A FALLEN OFFICER, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, IF WE HAVE A FALLEN OFFICER THE THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF THAT FALLEN OFFICER IS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE FIREARM AT BLUE BOOK VALUE.

AND I JUST, I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION THAT WOULD BE WITH SOMEBODY FROM OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THE SHERIFF HIMSELF HAVING TO GO TO A WIDOW OR WIDOWER AND SAYING, WELL, WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THE SERVICE WEAPON, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. YOU'RE GOING TO PAY BLUE BOOK VALUE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REWORK THAT IN THERE.

I MEAN, AND HOPE TO GOD THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO FALL AN OFFICER, BUT IF THAT SCENARIO EVER HAPPENED I THINK IT'S UPON US TO PROVIDE THE FAMILY WITH YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD AND NOT CHARGE THEM FOR IT.

IT ALSO, THERE'S ANOTHER PART IN THERE THAT BOTHERED ME A LITTLE BIT. NOT AS MUCH AS THAT PART, BUT SO A RETIRING OFFICER AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE PUT IN THERE AS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SHERIFF, BUT A RETIRING OFFICER THAT HAS TEN YEARS OR MORE EXPERIENCE OR MORE SERVICE THEY ALSO ARE OFFERED THEIR SERVICE WEAPON AT BLUE BOOK VALUE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ON A RETIRING OFFICER.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TO BE POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, 10% OF THE BLUE BOOK VALUE OR A DOLLAR AGAIN.

THIS IS A FAIRLY SMALL AMOUNT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK. IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT,

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AND I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A LITTLE MORE.

YOU KNOW, HONOR TO THE OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.

AND THIS IS A FIREARM THAT WE WANT OUT ON THE STREETS IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE HANDS OF A GOOD INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED, WHO HAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND. SO COULD WE AS JEN, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THESE THINGS OR TELL ME HOW WE COULD WORK THIS.

SO THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

KELSTROM. SO CAN YOU LIFT THE MIC UP FOR ME, PLEASE? I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THE MIC. IS THAT BETTER? PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELSTROM FOR THE QUESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS.

WE CAN TAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT SEPARATELY.

SO A K-9 OFFICER WITHOUT SPEAKING FOR THE SHERIFF WHO IS OUT OF TOWN.

I SPOKE WITH CAPTAIN GONZALEZ THIS MORNING, AS I BELIEVE YOU DID AS WELL.

THEY. I'M AN ANIMAL LOVER, BUT K-9 OFFICERS ARE ASSETS TO THE COUNTY.

AND SO WHEN THEY RETIRE, IT'S ASSUMED THAT THEY HAVE ASSUMED THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND THEREFORE THEY'RE DEPRECIATED VALUE.

THAT'S WHY THOSE COME IN A DOLLAR.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACK INTO SERVICE AS ANOTHER K-9 OFFICER.

A FIREARM, ON THE OTHER HAND, DOESN'T HAVE A DECREASED USEFUL VALUE UNLESS IT'S BROKEN OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM WHERE IT WON'T BE AS OF BLUE BOOK VALUE.

IN REGARDS TO FALLEN OFFICERS, TYPICALLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR ALLIED AGENCIES FALLEN OFFICER SUPPORT GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS OFTEN COVER THOSE COSTS.

FORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT RECENTLY.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S AGENCIES THAT COME IN SUPPORT THAT.

SO THEN THE COUNTY IS NOT GIVING A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

SO THAT WOULD, I WOULD CAUTION HERE AS WELL AS WELL AS MONICA, I WOULD JUST CAUTION THE GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS IF WE'RE GIVING IT AWAY FOR A DOLLAR WHEN IT HAS A BLUE BOOK VALUE OF $500 AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE WILLING TO COVER THOSE COSTS. YEAH, AND I GET THAT, BUT I STILL I AGAIN, I HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING SOMEONE ELSE PAY THE COUNTY FOR THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S QUITE BE QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN A IN A CANINE DOG, WHICH I GET IT.

IT'S NOT USEFUL ANYMORE.

BUT I STILL, I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I GUESS I'LL LISTEN TO WHAT THE REST OF THE BOARD ONE SECOND COUNSEL LARMER YOU'RE IN QUEUE.

SO I JUST WANT TO LAY OUT THE DISTINCTION ESSENTIALLY.

UNTIL RECENTLY, CANINE CANINES WERE EUTHANIZED UNLESS THEIR OWNERS WOULD TAKE THEM ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAINING, THEY CAN'T BE PASSED ON TO AN UNTRAINED INDIVIDUAL. AND THEY HAVE TO BE HOUSED IN A SPECIFIC AREA.

I WOULD SAY THAT AS FAR AS YOUR REQUEST RELATED TO CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE? MISS SCHWARTZ BACK THERE CUPPING HER EAR.

SO THE PEACE OFFICERS, IF ONE WERE TO EVER BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY PLACE A PROGRAM FOR THAT.

I WOULD ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT CAN, THAT YOU CAN EITHER PASS THIS POLICY AS IT IS AND THAT MODIFICATION CAN BE MADE ON THE BACK END.

THERE ARE WAYS AROUND THAT, BUT THIS ISN'T CURRENTLY WRITTEN FOR IT.

I ALMOST SAID MEMBER GOING BACK THIS MORNING.

WE'RE BACK TO THE AIR POLLUTION. SUPERVISOR LONG.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU CHAIR.

I CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS A FORMER K-9 OFFICER MYSELF.

SO I WAS AN RPD K-9 OFFICER FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE HAD A SITUATION WITH A, WITH ONE OF THE CANINES VERMOUTH.

HIS HANDLER WAS RANDY BUNTON.

AND RANDY WANTED TO TAKE THE DOG WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO FLORIDA.

AND THE DEPARTMENT TOLD HIM NO, BECAUSE IT'S A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

AND THE DOG HAD A SERVICE LIFE LEFT IN THE DOG.

AND SO THE DOG WAS AGAINST HIS WISHES, RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND NOT TRANSFERRED OVER TO MR. BUNTON. AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE IN THE IN THE BUSINESS WE.

WE KNEW THAT THE DOG'S AGE WEIGHS INTO IT, AND AT A CERTAIN POINT, THE DOG CANNOT REALLY BOND TO ANOTHER HANDLER.

SO THOSE WERE THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD GIVE A DOG TO A HANDLER FOR A DOLLAR. AND SHORT OF THAT, THE DOG WAS RETAINED AS A PUBLIC ASSET OF THE CITY OF REDDING AND REDEPLOYED.

SO I SEE THAT AS DIFFERENT THAN THE GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR FIREARMS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS. AND I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED THAT WHEN I WAS WORKING.

AND FURTHERMORE, WHEN WHEN I RETIRED FROM REDDING POLICE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, I MEAN, EVERY LAST THING THAT WAS ITEMIZED WAS TURNED BACK INTO THE CITY.

IT WAS NOT RETAINED, NO MATTER HOW SENTIMENTAL, I HAD AN ATTACHMENT TO CERTAIN THINGS.

AND SO SO I DO SEE THEM AS DIFFERENT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE REASON WITH CANINES BEING TREATED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IS

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BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE DOG AND THE ABILITY OF THE DOG TO REBOND AND PURPOSE WITH A NEW HANDLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR LONG. SO COUNSEL LARMER, I HAD A QUESTION.

WERE YOU GOING TO PUT ANYTHING INTO A MOTION BECAUSE I, I WOULD AGREE ON THE FALLEN OFFICER PIECE ON A RETIRED ONE.

I, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT PERSONALLY.

UNLESS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 20 PLUS YEARS OR MAYBE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF SCALE WHERE FOR EVERY YEAR.

BUT, BUT HONESTLY, I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S IN THE, IN THERE. NO, I SAW THAT AS TEN.

BUT TO ME THAT'S NOT THAT THAT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH.

BUT EVEN THEN I I'M NOT REALLY NECESSARILY.

I MEAN, IF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE STILL BREATHING WANTS TO PURCHASE THEIR WEAPON, THEY CAN PAY THE FAIR MARKET VALUE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FALLEN OFFICER ONE. I MEAN, I, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT, JEN. THE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THAT, I'M SURE THERE'S, I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY GO TO ANY BUSINESS OWNER LOCALLY THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, I'LL SPONSOR IT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS BOARD EVEN ALLOW? I MEAN, THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE COST SUPERVISOR LONG.

I MEAN, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOU BE THINKING LIKE FOR THE, FOR A SERVICE REVOLVER FOR THOSE THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME? DO YOU. WELL, FAIR MARKET VALUE DEPENDS ON THE WEAPON.

EXACTLY. BUT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IN TERMS OF WHAT MOST LAW ENFORCEMENT CARRY NOW BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. WELL WE CARRY WE CARRIED THE 40 GLOCK AND I DON'T I HAVEN'T HEARD IF THEY. SO 600 BUCKS. SO THE RETAIL VALUE OF.

THAT'S PROBABLY 565 50.

OKAY. SO A USED ONE MAYBE 400 BUCKS.

THREE 350. I MEAN, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR CEO RICKERT JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION.

IS THIS SOMETHING, CEO RICKERT THAT WE PUT THAT WE ALLOCATE $1,500 INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENS, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE NOT USING AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION.

AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO RAISE HOLY HELL THAT WE'RE GIVING THE A SERVICE REVOLVER TO THE SPOUSE OF A FALLEN OFFICER, THEY CAN JUST GET IN LINE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, I GUESS BECAUSE I, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM CHAIRMAN.

CRYE. WHAT I'D DO IS RECOMMEND PASSING IT AS IS NOW, AND THEN I CAN MEET WITH THE SHERIFF AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BENEFIT FALLEN OFFICERS AND HOW WE CAN ORCHESTRATE THAT IN A WAY THAT WOULD HONOR THAT COMMITMENT, BUT DO SO WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ISSUES.

AND SUPERVISOR SUPERVISORS, IF I COULD ENGAGE FOR JUST A MINUTE, AS WE ALL WELL KNOW, THAT WHEN THERE IS A FALLEN OFFICER, IT IS A BIG DEAL STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE.

AND SO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS REALLY STEP UP TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES, WHETHER IT'S HELPING THEIR KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE OR THEIR SPOUSES THROUGH MORTGAGE PAYMENTS. SO I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE A BIG ASK OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND I DON'T EVEN THINK AN ASK WOULD BE NECESSARY.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, IF YOU'RE GOOD TO PASS IT, THEN YOU AND CEO RICKERT COULD WORK ON IT WITH MISS ROSSI AND THE SHERIFF.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT THAT FORWARD.

WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS C TWO AS WRITTEN. AND I'LL SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON C TWO.

THERE IS NOT CHAIR. THERE IS NOT. WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU AGAIN.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. MOVING ON TO R THREE.

[R3 Approve a letter notifying the Department of Homeland Security that Shasta County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).]

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS TO APPROVE A LETTER NOTIFYING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT SHASTA COUNTY IS NOT A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION, AS NOTED ON A FEDERAL REPORT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE JUST SOME QUICK BACKGROUND.

I RECEIVED TWO TEXT MESSAGES WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF EACH OTHER.

ONE OF THEM WAS FROM SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

AND THEN SO WHEN I SPOKE TO CEO RICKERT, I SAID, YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY SPONSOR THAT.

SO SUPERVISOR KELSTROM WANTS CREDIT.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. NO, BUT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SUPERVISOR KELSTROM DID HERE AT THE BARBERSHOP.

AND LIKE MANY THINGS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE LISTED ON A LIST SUCH AS THIS THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THERE.

WE WANT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO GET US OFF OF THAT.

SO HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE FOR THIS, MISS BLANKENSHIP? CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO NOTE IS THAT THE LIST WAS ACTUALLY PULLED DOWN FROM THEIR WEBSITE ON. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT ON MAY 29TH.

SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE AND THAT WAS PULLED DOWN FROM PUBLIC PUBLIC.

JEEZ, I CAN'T TALK TODAY. PUBLIC VIEW AND HAS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NOT BEEN REPUBLISHED.

OKAY, YEAH, I HAD HEARD IT HADN'T BEEN REPUBLISHED AND I CHECKED YESTERDAY, BUT I MEAN, I STILL WANT TO SEND THE LETTER JUST IN CASE IT GETS REPUBLISHED AND WE'RE STILL ON THERE. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

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SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE'LL BE THREE MINUTES OF SPEAKER SINCE WE'RE UNDER THE NINE. FIRST UP, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY IRIS, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, THEN JENNY.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. YOU MISSED ME.

SO I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT ON THIS RESOLUTION.

YOU KNOW, KRISTI NOEM IS A DOOFUS.

SHE DOESN'T EVEN BELONG IN IN OFFICE.

NEVERTHELESS, SHE'S THERE.

BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A GRANDSTANDING MOVE, KEVIN.

IT. YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS.

YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW YOU LOVE TRUMP, WHO IS A CONVICTED SEXUAL PERPETRATOR AND A CONVICTED 34 COUNT FELON.

BUT WE'RE ALL ABOUT LAW AND ORDER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU EVEN TRIED TO DELIVER A LETTER TO HIM.

YOU HAVE TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THIS COUNTY.

I FORGOT IT, BUT I'VE GOT A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE FOR YOU, AND I'LL DROP IT OFF AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFICE, BECAUSE WE CAN SAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THAT NONSENSE IS RIDICULOUS.

I KNOW YOU WANTED TO GLADHAND HAND BACK THERE.

YOU KNOW, DURING THE TRUMP'S BIG STATE OF THE UNION OR WHATEVER IT IS.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS AN HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

EXECUTIVE ORDER. TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 14287 TITLED PROTECTING THE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM CRIMINAL ALIENS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AND IS FOR NOW OUT OF, OUT OF THE FEDERAL COURTS.

SHUT IT DOWN. YEAH, BUT WHAT? THEY DID NOT SHUT DOWN MR. CRYE. MR. KELSTROM AND CORKY IS THE FACT THAT SB FIVE FOUR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CALIFORNIA VALUE ACT, WAS SIGNED INTO THE LAW UPHELD BY THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND THE SUPREME COURT.

IT IS THE LAW THAT IN FACT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT A GRANDSTAND, THAT'S THAT'S REALITY.

OKAY. AND SO MR. CRYE KELSTROM AND CORKY, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, YOU THREE PATTY AND HER ROOMMATE CURTIS, THE MILITIA, IN FACT, ALL THE TEAM OF COHORTS PIMPING CONSPIRACY BASED MAD TIN FOIL HAT NONSENSE MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO HEAR THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN PASS THIS ON TO TO THE MILITIA DOWN IN COTTONWOOD NEXT TIME YOU SEE THEM, BECAUSE THE STATE OF SHASTA COUNTY IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE THE STATE OF JEFFERSON OR NEW CALIFORNIA, PERIOD.

WE ARE CALIFORNIA. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE BEEN THAT WAY SINCE FEBRUARY 1850.

AND YES, MR. CRYE, YOUR R THREE IS NOTHING BUT A GRANDSTAND AT THE COST OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THANK YOU. HARRIS, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN DUANE.

DIDN'T YOU SAY WE HAD THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY FIVE OF US? CAN YOU PAUSE MY TIME, PLEASE? 3:00. THREE MINUTES.

YOU SAID THREE MINUTES EACH, RIGHT? THAT'S MY FAULT. NO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M HERE TO, OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY OPPOSE THE BOARD'S DECISION TO SEND THIS LETTER TO DHS. CALIFORNIA IS A SANCTUARY STATE, AS SO ELOQUENTLY PUT BY CHRISTIAN.

AND THAT'S THE LAW SPECIFICALLY SB 54, WHICH PROHIBITS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM HELPING ICE OR ENGAGING IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

THAT IS THE LAW IN THIS STATE, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

AND IT'S PROTECTED UNDER THE 10TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH YOU CLAIM TO UPHOLD FOR THIS BOARD TO GO OUT OF ITS WAY.

TO DEFY THAT LAW IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

IT DOES NOTHING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, OR SUPPORT YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

IT IS POLITICAL THEATER, A TAXPAYER FUNDED STUNT MEANT TO FEED YOUR EGOS AND SPREAD DIVISION AND HATE.

AND CONSIDERING THIS BOARD'S DEEP TIES TO COTTONWOOD MILITIA, NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED. I OPPOSE THIS LETTER AND YOUR BLATANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SB 54.

WE STAND WITH LA. THIS IS OUR STATE AND WE WILL PROTECT IT FROM FASCISTS.

ON HIS PUBLIC PAGE LAST NIGHT, CHAIRMAN CRYE SAID IF PEOPLE ARE COMPLICIT, THEN WHAT OTHER OPTION DOES OUR PRESIDENT HAVE WITH THAT KIND OF RHETORIC? I HAVE TO TURN IT BACK TO YOU AND ASK IF PEOPLE ARE BEING TARGETED AND ATTACKED BY THEIR OWN FASCIST GOVERNMENT, WHAT OTHER OPTION DO WE, THE PEOPLE, HAVE? CONSIDER THAT AS YOU CONTINUE SOWING CHAOS INTO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEATRICS LIKE THIS LETTER, THIS LETTER AGAIN IS A SHAM.

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I REJECT IT, I REJECT THIS BOARD AND AS ALWAYS, FREE PALESTINE. LESLIE FOLLOWED BY JENNY, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN WAYNE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS BOARD IS DOING WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY WANT. ALSO, IF YOU CAN WAIT, STEPHANIE, YOU PUT FIVE MINUTES. ALTHOUGH I COULD LISTEN TO PROBABLY LESLIE FOR FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT'S THREE. THANK YOU. I DON'T EVEN NEED ALL THREE. I WOULD SAY THAT THE SHAMS, PROBABLY LIKE THE 5 OR 6 PERSON PROTEST, SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING THIS.

WE LIVE IN SHASTA COUNTY BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE PARTS IN THINGS LIKE THE LA RIOTS.

WE DON'T TAKE PART IN THINGS LIKE THE GEORGE FLOYD RIOTS.

WE DON'T TAKE PART IN THINGS LIKE ANTIFA, WHICH IS WHY PLACE OR THINGS LIKE STEAK IN NORCAL CAME UP AND DETOURED PEOPLE FROM STOPPING HERE.

SHASTA COUNTY IS DIFFERENT, SHASTA COUNTY IS SAFE, AND SHASTA COUNTY WILL REMAIN THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CARE. THANK YOU BOARD FOR SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING US SAFE.

THANK YOU. JENNY. FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN DUANE.

AND THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

WHY DO YOU WASTE OUR TIME WITH THIS? THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS EXACT SUBJECT HAS BEEN ON THE DOCKET. IN 2018, IT PASSED WITH ONLY ONE PERSON ABSTAINING, WHICH WAS KEHOE AND KEVIN CRYE POSITION, THOUGH IT WAS ACTUALLY ABSTAINED DUE TO HIS OPINION OF BEING A POINTLESS MEASURE BEING TAKEN BY THE BOARD AS SHOW ME VOTE TO APPEASE THE SHASTA EXTREMIST AGENDA IN SHASTA COUNTY.

IMMIGRANTS ADD TO THE COUNTY OR ADD TO THE ECONOMY, CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY.

BUT DON'T TAKE ANYTHING.

OOH. SHRUGGING. WHAT MORE CAN WE ASK? IT'S ACTUALLY PASSED EVERY TIME AND WILL PROBABLY PASS AGAIN TODAY.

PERHAPS INSTEAD OF ALLOWING MASKED ICE AGENTS TO DETAIN PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANT OR FOLLOWING PROTOCOL IN SHASTA COUNTY, WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS STILL LEFT, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING REAL BUSINESS OF THE BOARD DONE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PRESSING ISSUE.

WILL YOU BE HAND-DELIVERING THE LETTER TO THE SOON TO BE KING TRUMP LIKE YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHER LETTERS? WILL THIS BE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LICK HIS BOOTS? YOUR NAME TO BE SPOKEN IN GOOD GRACES.

THIS ISN'T THE POINT OF YOUR ROLE IN GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE NOT YOUR STEPPING STONE FOR FURTHER ASPIRATIONS.

STOP WASTING OUR TIME AND TAXPAYER MONEY ON THE SHOW ME VOTES TO ENERGIZE YOUR BASE AND GET BACK TO THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

WHEN MATT PLUMMER TRIED TO GET 80 VETERANS HOUSED, THAT WAS THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

THIS IS NOT. BENJAMIN WAYNE.

SO SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS LETTER DECLARING SHASTA COUNTY NOT BEING A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION. AND LET'S BE HONEST, THIS LETTER ISN'T NECESSARY.

THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY TAKEN THIS POSITION MORE THAN ONCE. WHETHER WE WERE BRIEFLY MISTAKENLY INCLUDED ON SOME FEDERAL LISTS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T REQUIRE A FORMAL VOTE.

AND WHAT THIS REALLY IS, IS A STATEMENT, A POLITICAL ONE.

AND THE TIMING OF IT MATTERS BECAUSE LAST WEEK, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CARRIED OUT A WAVE OF ICE RAIDS IN LOS ANGELES.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS SENT IN TEAR GAS.

TEAR GAS, FLASH BANGS LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE.

NOW, I DON'T SUPPORT VIOLENCE, BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE.

THESE POLICIES ARE TEARING LIVES APART.

THE PEOPLE BEING TARGETED HAVE FAMILIES, JOBS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND TO ME, THIS LOOKS LESS LIKE ENFORCEMENT AND MORE LIKE PROVOCATION.

IT FEELS DESIGNED TO MANUFACTURE CONFLICT FOR CAMERAS.

AND IT'S WORKED. THE STRATEGY CREATE CHAOS AND THEN USE THE RESPONSE TO JUSTIFY HARSHER ACTION. IN THIS LETTER, IT APPEARS ON OUR LOCAL AGENDA NOT TO CHANGE POLICY, BUT TO SHOW WE'RE ON BOARD WITH THAT STRATEGY.

NOW, I THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE.

SHASTA COUNTY DOESN'T NEED TO PROVE ITS LOYALTY TO A FEDERAL AGENDA BUILT ON FEAR AND DIVISION. WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON LOCAL ISSUES, NOT FEEDING INTO NATIONAL THEATRICS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE OUR THREE AS WRITTEN.

I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HARMON AND UNDER BOARD DISCUSSION.

YEAH. I'LL BOARD DISCUSSION.

GLADLY. MY NAME IS IN QUEUE.

OH. OH THAT'S RIGHT. OH ISN'T THAT COOL? IT'S TOP RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM.

YES. SO YEAH, HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.

SO HOW THIS CAME ABOUT IS BASICALLY I WAS IN ON THE 30TH OF MAY, I WAS IN THE BARBERSHOP SPEAKING WITH WOODY CLENDENEN, A PROUD MEMBER AND A LEADER IN THE COTTONWOOD MILITIA PEOPLE.

THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING. THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING.

I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU WANT TO DISRUPT THE MEETING AND GET THROWN OUT. I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET THROWN OUT BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR CAUSE. BUT JUST LET US GET LET'S GET BACK TO BUSINESS IN MY COUNTRY.

SO ANYWAYS, TALKING WITH WOODY HE HAD GOTTEN A CALL FROM A NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER SAYING THAT WE WERE LISTED ON A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LIST AS BEING A SANCTUARY COUNTY,

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AND SHE FOUND THAT SURPRISING BEING THAT WE'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE UP HERE, AS WAS HUNTINGTON BEACH.

THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH WAS ALSO ON THAT SAME LIST. SO I DID AN IMPROMPTU INTERVIEW WITH HER ON WOODY'S PHONE, CALLED HER UP AND WE TALKED AND SHE SENT ME THE LIST. AND SURE ENOUGH, WE WERE LISTED ON THAT. SO I SENT IT TO YOU AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND NOTIFIED AYE.

WELL, FIRST I NOTIFIED THE SHERIFF. I ASKED THE SHERIFF, ARE WE A SANCTUARY COUNTY? AND THE SHERIFF ADAMANTLY SAID, NO, WE ARE NOT.

SO THEN I FORWARDED IT TO YOU AND COUNTY COUNCIL AND CEO RICKERT.

AND SO THIS LETTER IS JUST BASICALLY TO LET THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE KNOW THAT WE MAY BE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THIS PARTICULAR COUNTY IS NOT A SANCTUARY COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT I GUESS THESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE THAT THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THEY'VE LET WHOEVER WANTED TO COME IN ACROSS OUR BORDERS.

AND I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT.

DON'T LIE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OKAY.

THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARNING.

I'M OUT. DON'T WORRY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

ALL RIGHT. DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS.

HEY, DON'T NEED THAT. R4 APPROVAL WARNING.

[R4 Approve a letter of support for preserving the dams at North Battle Creek and McCumber Reservoirs (Sponsored by Supervisor Kelstrom).]

APPROVAL. WARNING. APPROVAL LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR PRESERVING THE DAMS AT NORTH BATTLE CREEK AND MACOMBER RESERVOIRS. THIS IS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

YES, SIR. YES. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE IN THE PAST BOARDS DID A STORY WITH MR. MANGUS OVER THERE. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS PG AND E HAS DECOMMISSIONED THE ENTIRE BATTLE CREEK PROJECT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT, ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO TAMA COUNTY.

SO THEY ARE DISMANTLING SOME OF THE DAMS AND DISMANTLING SOME OF THE, EXCUSE ME, THE POWER PLANTS HEADING UP TOWARDS SHINGLETOWN.

SO PG AND E IS WALKING AWAY FROM ALL THE HYDROELECTRIC.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RENEW THEIR, THEIR FERC LICENSE AND NO ONE ELSE HAS PICKED THAT UP. SO MY PROBLEM IS THE, THE PROJECT STARTS AT NORTH BATTLE CREEK RESERVOIR, AND IT'S SOMEPLACE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. IT STARTS AT NORTH BATTLE CREEK RESERVOIR.

THERE'S A DAM THERE. IT'S NOT HYDROELECTRIC. IT DOESN'T PRODUCE POWER. IT'S JUST FOR WATER STORAGE, FIRE STORAGE, YOU KNOW, RECREATION, WHATEVER. FROM THERE, THERE'S TWO DITCHES THAT TAKE THE WATER TO GRACE AND NORA LAKE, AND THEN IT GOES INTO LAKE MCCUMBER.

SO SINCE PG AND E HAS NOT DECIDED TO RENEW THEIR FERC LICENSE, ALL THOSE LAKES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING DRIED UP.

WE NEED SOMEBODY TO STEP FORWARD AND MAINTAIN THE DAMS, POSSIBLY REPAIR THE DAMS AND POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE REPLACE THE DAMS. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS PG AND E HAS DEEDED THE LAND AROUND BATTLE CREEK RESERVOIR TO THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S.

FOREST DEPARTMENT. SO THIS LETTER IS TO SEND IT TO THE FOREST DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE AG TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THESE DAMS, WE NEED TO SAVE THESE DAMS. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THESE DAMS. THE COUNTIES POCKETS ARE NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THESE DAMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND AND, YOU KNOW, AGREE TO MAINTAIN THEM.

THE WATER AND LAKE NORTH BATTLE CREEK RESERVOIR.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT ONLY USED FOR RECREATION, BUT IN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT, BUT IS ALSO FIRE PROTECTION.

YOU KNOW, IF THAT LAKE IS DRAINED.

CLARK RESERVOIR IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WAS DRAINED AND NOW IT'S JUST A DRY HOLE IN THE GROUND.

AND IT'S, IT'S IT'S HORRIBLE.

NOW, THEY ENDED UP HAVING A ROCKSLIDE THAT TOOK OUT PART OF THE FLUME THAT FILLED THE LAKE. SO THEY DECIDED NOT TO REFILL IT SINCE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THE POWERHOUSE.

SO I NEED TO GET THE PUBLIC AWARE.

I NEED TO GET THE AGENCIES AWARE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THESE DAMS FOR NOT ONLY WATER STORAGE AND FIRE PROTECTION AND RECREATION.

THERE ARE TWO GEMS OF THE, OF THE NORTH STATE AND NOT TO MENTION LAKE MCCUMBER HAS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND THAT LAKE. AND THERE'S A.

CAMP THERE, A CHILDREN'S CAMP.

YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST TO BRING ATTENTION TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND AGREE TO MAINTAIN THESE LANDS.

AND THE GOOD NEWS TO NEITHER ONE OF THESE DAMS IS ABOVE ARE IMPEDING FISH.

SO THE FISH CANNOT GO UP THAT FAR UP THE STREAM.

THERE'S SOME FALLS IN BETWEEN THEM. SO THIS IS NOT IMPEDING FISH.

THIS IS NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY SALMON HABITAT OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO BEFORE I MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND SUPERVISOR HARMON.

THE NEXT SPEAKER WAS GOING TO SECOND THAT.

GO AHEAD. I'LL SECOND IT SO YOU CAN SECOND IT.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. NO, I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP, BECAUSE IT WAS DISASTROUS THAT THE LARK DRIED UP. AND AND IT WAS AN AMAZING ECOSYSTEM IN THERE.

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AND I'M AND I WAS FLABBERGASTED THAT THEY JUST LET THAT WHOLE THING DIE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE. SO I'M 100% BEHIND.

DO WHATEVER WE CAN. SUPERVISOR.

IS THAT YOUR FORMAL SECOND SUPERVISOR HARMON.

YES. YES. I WITHDREW MINE FOR YOU.

SO, MIKE. LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

YEAH. SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHRIS, OR SUPERVISOR KELSTROM ABOUT WHY? WHY DID PGD. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS TO TO SEND THE LETTER.

BUT WHY DID THEY WHY DO THEY WANT TO SEE THOSE LAKES DRY UP AND WHY WHAT IT'S GOT TO BE A BUSINESS DECISION FOR THEM. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD BE. YEAH. SO PGD DOESN'T THEY HAVE NOT STATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, DRY THE LAKES UP. THEY HAVE NOT STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT. THAT IS LIKE STAGE FOUR.

THEY'RE WORKING ON GOING INTO STAGE THREE.

SO THEY HAVE MADE NO, THEY HAVE MADE NO PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DRY THE LAKES UP OR, OR TAKE THE DAMS OUT OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO BUT THE WE NEED TO GET ON THIS NOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEED FOR THOSE DAMS FOR PG AND E, I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE DAMS RIGHT NOW ARE USED FOR WATER STORAGE TO FEED THE POWER THE POWERHOUSES DOWNSTREAM.

SINCE ALL THOSE POWERHOUSES ARE BEING DECOMMISSIONED, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR PGE TO MAINTAIN THOSE DAMS. AND LIKE I SAY, THEY HAVE DEEDED THE LAND AROUND NORTH VALLEY RESERVOIR TO THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE. THEY DEEDED THE LAND AROUND GRAYSON NOR LAKE TO CAL FIRE.

CAL FIRE IS NOW IN CONTROL OF THOSE LANDS THERE.

SO THEY HAVE NOT SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DRY THE LAKES UP, BUT THERE IS NO REASON FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THEM. HAVE WE APPROACHED THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE A PARTNER TO MAINTAIN THEM THAT.

WELL, I'VE BEEN TO, I'VE BEEN GOING TO MEETINGS NOW FOR TWO YEARS. PGE WAS AT THE LAST MEETING IN MANTON.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE GIRL MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE NOT MADE A PLAN OR THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DECOMMISSIONING THE DAMS OR GETTING RID OF DAMS, BUT THEY ALSO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO STEP FORWARD AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.

NO, BUT THEY, THEY COULD, I MEAN, THEORETICALLY BE A WANT TO BE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER AND TRY TO MAINTAIN THOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE.

MCCUMBER. HUGE, POSSIBLY.

BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, IT'S AN EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FROM THEM, FROM A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT I JUST DON'T SEE THEM MAKING. MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? WE DO.

CHAIR. JUST ONE. LESLIE.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN HYDROELECTRIC AT PG AND E GOT THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE MAKING THAT DECISION, REACHED OUT TO SEE IF THEY EVEN WANTED TO SET UP A MEETING WITH SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

I REACHED OUT TWICE. SO DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THIS.

I THOUGHT BECAUSE I HAD THE CONNECTION AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT I WOULD ASSIST HIM AND TRY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

IT DIDN'T SEEM TO GO ANYWHERE.

SO I KNOW RIGHT NOW CONGRESSMAN DOUG LAMALFA WAS JUST AT AN EVENT THAT WE WERE AT IN ON SATURDAY IN RED BLUFF, AND HE'S DOING A LOT TO WORK ON PRESERVING OUR WATER AND TO HELP INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR NORTH STATE WITH WATER.

AND I KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES IS TRYING TO HOLD CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR BUILDING DAMS AND DAM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NEVER USED TOWARD THAT.

IN FACT, THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN FOUR DAMS OF THE ONES THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING UP. SO FOR THE MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR IT, WE ACTUALLY LOST DAMS, NOT GAINED THEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND COMMENT TO TELL CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WOULD REALLY CARE ABOUT, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING IN LOTS OF TIME AND ENERGY, SO THANK YOU. AND YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE ANY OF YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION THAT I GOT AND SEE IF YOU GET FURTHER THAN I DID, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE INTERESTED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

[R5 Designate Supervisor Crye as the spokesperson for the Board of Supervisors to attend meetings with the California Energy Commission regarding the Fountain Wind Project (Sponsored by Supervisor Harmon).]

MOVING ON TO R5, DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR CRYE AS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH THE CDC REGARDING THE FOUNTAIN WIND PROJECT.

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR. HARMON. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. THANK YOU.

I'M WELL, I'M RECOMMENDING WE MAKE A MOTION TO TO PUT YOU IN CHARGE.

YOU'RE IN SACRAMENTO ALL THE TIME. ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SACRAMENTO. SO HE'S GOING TO SACRAMENTO. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SECOND THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SACRAMENTO EITHER. THE JUST AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, I'LL BE GOING WITH OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

AND THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS MOVES ALONG AS WE'RE INTENDING AND HOPING.

SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? YES, CHAIR ONE SPEAKER NICK GARDNER.

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I MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THANK YOU FOR NOMINATING KEVIN.

HE IS USED TO REPRESENTING IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, AND I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER SPOKESPERSON TO REPRESENT US.

ALSO, I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE COMMENT, TELLING HARRIS NOT TO LET THE DOOR HIT HER IN THE ASS ON THE WAY OUT.

I WAS PROTECTING THE DOOR.

I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET BROKE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. WAS THAT FIVE ZERO? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. FIVE OH R SIX.

DISCUSSING. CONSIDER REQUESTING REGULAR UPDATES REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE

[R6 Discuss and consider requesting regular updates regarding the activities of the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC).]

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CCP AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, THE JJC.

THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WE VOTED ON AS A BOARD TO BRING BACK COLLECTIVELY SO IT DOES NOT HAVE A SPONSOR. THIS WAS LED, HOWEVER, BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

SO IT DOESN'T SAY SUPERVISOR LONG AS THE SPONSOR.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE STARTED SUPERVISOR LONG DO YOU DO YOU WANT TO START OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? SURE.

OKAY. SURE. SO AS EVERYONE RECALLS, THIS IS.

SOMETHING HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO OUR BOARD TO ESTABLISH WHETHER WE AS A BOARD COUNTY, WANT TO MANDATE THAT THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM AND THE JUVENILE JJC REPORT BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION.

AND I'M LOOKING PARTICULARLY IN THE IN THE AVENUE OF FUNDING AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND JUST FOR, FOR A REFRESHER FOR EVERYBODY, IF WE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT CCP IS, IT'S THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP, AND THEY ADMINISTER THE FUNDS FROM AB 109, THE REALIGNMENT FUNDS, AND THEY'RE USED FOR THE 2011 AB 109 REALIGNMENT WAS USED.

SO IT'S MONEY FROM THE STATE THAT GETS AWARDED TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEMBERS.

AND SO I IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD THE PUBLIC SAFETY FORUMS, WHICH WERE WERE WONDERFUL.

AND WE HEARD FROM ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND MY THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS THAT THE CCP IS THE, THE, THE BOARD ON THE CCP, WHICH I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF NOW, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I CAN BE A LIAISON BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THIS, THESE PARTNERSHIPS. BUT YOU HAVE EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN THIS MEETING.

AND WE MEET ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT THE SHERIFF, THE DA PUBLIC DEFENDER, CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER.

YOU JUST HAVE IT'S A IT'S A A THINK TANK, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO I CONTACTED TRACY NEAL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE TODAY.

I DON'T SEE HER. BUT I CAN, I CAN SPEAK FOR WHAT OUR CONVERSATION WAS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WAS AN ANNUAL REPORT BACK FROM CCP AND JJC.

THEY'RE KIND OF THE SAME. SHE CHAIRS BOTH OF THEM.

THAT'S THAT'S UNDER LAW, WHICH IS PART OF AB 109 REALIGNMENT.

SO SHE CHAIRS BOTH THE COMMITTEES, AND I'M A MEMBER OF BOTH COMMITTEES.

SO WE COULD HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT BACK WITH ANY FINDINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WAYS THAT WE CAN ADVANCE THE NARRATIVE OF, OF INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS TREMENDOUS THINK TANK THAT'S THERE.

SO I WAS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO FORMALIZE THIS AND MAKE IT AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT WE GIVE DIRECTION TO TRACY AND TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THESE TWO GROUPS TO BE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO INCREASE FUNDING.

THAT'S A BIG ONE FOR ME.

IF THERE'S FUNDING SOURCES INCREASE PRIORITY AND INCREASE WITH OUR LIMITED MEANS, HOW DO WE CREATE INCREASED SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH THIS.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

SO THE, THE ORIGINAL, WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP AND TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK WAS FOR REGULAR UPDATES.

SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING AT THIS POINT YOU'RE FINE WITH JUST BRINGING THEM BACK INDIVIDUALLY OR THE BOARD BEING ABLE TO DO THAT? IS THAT DO YOU MEAN NOT NOT GIVING THEM A TASK OR JUST.

YEAH, I MEAN, MEANING LIKE THIS WOULD BE REGULAR UPDATES.

SO IF BY VOTING NO ON THIS, THIS STILL GIVES ANY BOARD MEMBER, ESPECIALLY YOU, BECAUSE I SAT ON THAT COMMITTEE THE LAST TWO YEARS AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE A PERFECT FIT FOR THAT, BEING FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING OR ASK ANY OF THOSE MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY TRACY NEAL, WHO'S AN APPOINTED DEPARTMENT HEAD BACK AT

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ANY TIME. SO ARE YOU GOOD WITH A NO VOTE ON THIS, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO BRING IT BACK? WELL, AND I AND I DISCUSSED THAT WITH TRACY YESTERDAY. WE'RE OKAY WITH BOTH OPTIONS.

OKAY. I PERSONALLY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO THE CC, PJC TO FORMALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM BACK WITH THEIR SPOKESMAN.

AND I CAN BE LIAISON AS ALSO ONCE A YEAR AND THAT.

BUT SHE SAID AND WE BOTH AGREED THAT TRACY'S HERE.

OH DID SHE. OH YEAH. TRACY.

BUT IF YOU'RE. BUT I MEAN, ARE YOU SO SO YEAH.

IN CONVERSATION WITH TRACY NEAL DEPUTY CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER.

WE THINK THAT BOTH OPTIONS WILL WORK.

SO IF THE BOARD CHOOSES NOT TO APPROVE THIS AND VOTES NO.

I CAN ACT AS LIAISON, AND CHIEF NEAL CAN ALSO COME BACK AND.

BUT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK WHATEVER OUR GROUPS HAVE DISCUSSED AND PRIORITIZED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND BRINGING IT BACK. I DON'T I DON'T THINK ONCE A YEAR, BY ANY MEANS, I MEAN, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT REGULAR UPDATES, I IT WAS VERY AMBIGUOUS.

SO DOES THAT MEAN QUARTERLY? WELL, I HAD THOUGHT I HAD THOUGHT EVERY SIX MONTHS.

THAT WAS MY PERSPECTIVE.

AND IN SPEAKING WITH CHIEF NEAL, SHE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE A ONE YEAR UPDATE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, SUFFICIENT, AND IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE PAST PROBABLY TWO MEETINGS EVERY SIX MONTHS BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AS TO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH, I MEAN, I SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT VAGUE IN TERMS OF LIKE, I LIKE, I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU, LIKE, I WILL SUPPORT THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. IF IT'S ONCE IF WE LEAVE IT TO WHERE THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NO VOTE AND IT'S THREE, TWO, 415. OH NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE CAN'T BRING THIS FORWARD AT ANY TIME AS A NO VOTE ITEM. SO COULD, COULD I BRING OR CHIEF CHIEF NEILL UP TO.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. ARE YOU GOOD TO WAIT OR DO YOU WANT TO GO NOW? OKAY, WELCOME.

THANK YOU. TRACY NEILL CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER WELCOME.

THANKS FOR THANKS FOR POPPING IN.

SURE. DO YOU HAVE SOME? I APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION, MY RECOLLECTION THAT IT WOULD WORK EITHER WAY, WHETHER WE FORMALIZE THIS AS A DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OR WHETHER WE JUST HAVE YOU MAYBE OR ME AS A LIAISON, MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. ARE YOU STILL OF THAT OPINION THAT IF WE VOTE NO ON THIS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO WILL THAT STILL WORK, OR DO YOU SEE ANY DOWNSIDES TO NOT GETTING FORMAL DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD? SUPERVISOR LONG I WOULD SUPPORT EITHER OR.

AS SUPERVISOR CRYE SAID, I DO FREQUENTLY COME TO THE BOARD AND REPORT OUT ON CCP ACTIVITIES OR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND IT'S ALWAYS PART OF MY BUDGET ITEM.

SO WHICHEVER THE BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE, I CAN DO THAT MORE FREQUENTLY.

I CAN DO THAT AS A LIAISON THROUGH YOU.

BUT I KNOW THE CCP MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON TOP OF WHAT WE DO FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. ARE YOU SUPERVISOR LONG? YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD WITH WHATEVER THE BOARD FEELS ON THIS ONE.

I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE TO MAKE IT A FORMAL EDICT OR MANDATE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP DOING THE RIGHT THING NO MATTER WHAT. I AGREE.

SO I MEAN, I'M GOING TO BE A NO JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THE ABILITY OF ANYBODY TO COME ANYTIME. SO IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK IN TWO MONTHS OR TEN MONTHS, THERE'S NOT A MANDATE THAT IT HAS TO COME BACK AND IT FEELS FORCED.

THAT'S WHERE I AM. SUPERVISOR.

PLUMMER. YEAH, THE ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS.

I DIDN'T NECESSARILY HEAR YOU MENTION IT EXPLICITLY SUPERVISOR LONG, BUT IT IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE UPDATED CRIME DATA FOR THE COUNTY OVERALL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS, YOU KNOW, HAS HAS CRIME GONE DOWN? AND IF SO, IN WHAT WAYS AND WHAT TYPES OF CRIMES.

AND SO I THINK, AND MAYBE THAT CAN THAT'S ALREADY INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE OTHER DATA. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THE EFFORTS AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE LEADING TO PROGRESS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND IS EVERYBODY ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS? EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I DON'T KNOW.

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IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. I THINK WE'LL JUST TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE AND WE'LL START WITH SUPERVISOR LONG. SURE. CHAIR, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

LESLIE. I'M SORRY, LESLIE.

I MEAN, MAYBE I SHOULD MEAN MUG YOU A LITTLE.

NO. THAT'S RIGHT. NO, DON'T DON'T SCREAM.

JUST REAL QUICKLY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY COMMENT WAS COMING. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. WE FOUND OUT A LOT DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET HEARINGS, AND A LOT WAS KIND OF JUST, LIKE, THROWN AT US AND TOLD TO US LIKE THE SITUATION WITH THE STUDENT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE, WHO ENDED UP MURDERING SOMEBODY IN THE SITUATION WITH MULTIPLE STUDENTS THAT ARE SENT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S MEETING REGULARLY AND CAN REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEN KIND OF IN.

SIDE STEP OR STEP WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY IF MEDIA IS REPORTING CORRECTLY.

REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE THERE, THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT THING.

I THINK IF THERE'S A SIX MONTH MEETING EVERY SIX MONTHS AND YOU ATTEND THAT AS PART OF THAT, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR.

I KNOW YOU TRY TO KEEP THEM BRIEF, YOU'RE OPENING THINGS, BUT THAT'S A THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO HEAR BECAUSE AT NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.

THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCIPLINE STUDENTS AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR HANDS TIED.

SO WE HAVE BEHAVIORS KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS BOARD CHAMBER THAT GO UNCHECKED WITH OUR STUDENTS. THEN THEY GROW UP TO BE UNRULY ADULTS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THIS SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.

AND SO IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT AND THEN REPORTING BACK TO THE BOARD, REPORTING BACK TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN CATCH THINGS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, NOT JUST HEAR ABOUT THEM AT A BUDGET HEARING WHEN IT'S LIKE, OH, BY THE WAY, WE HAD ALL THESE ISSUES, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE NEEDED MORE MONEY.

NOT, OH, WE HAD ALL THESE ISSUES.

WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THEM FOR A WHILE. MAYBE IF I CAME TO THE BOARD, TALK TO THE BOARD. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE SMASH DOWN ON YOU, BUT IF THERE WAS A BETTER COMMUNICATION AND IF THERE'S A GROUP THAT'S MEETING REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THIS AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, I'M ALL FOR THAT. BUT IF WE COULD HAVE REGULAR DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SURPRISED AT BUDGET HEARINGS WHEN THEY'RE USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE FOR WANTING MORE MONEY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. YEAH, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE SUPERVISOR LONG AND CHIEF NEAL, IT'S NOT BROKEN NOW. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET UPDATES.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEETINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO FILL US IN. CHIEF NEAL, FILL US IN.

SO I THINK I'D MAKE A MOTION TO JUST HAVE IT REMAIN STATUS QUO AND GET OUR UPDATES NORMALLY LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. SO SO JUST JUST TO CLARIFY.

SO THE, THE, THE MOTION ON THIS IS, IS TO GET THE REGULAR UPDATES.

SO A NO VOTE WOULD JUST MEANS IT'D BE STATUS QUO.

WELL I DON'T THINK WE HAD A MOTION FOR. GOOD POINT.

YEAH. SO THAT'S HOW IT WAS. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST MADE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT, I GOT WORD SUPERVISOR. OKAY. MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS JUST BRIEFLY.

SO THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD WAS TO PUT IT ON A REGULAR AGENDA, SUCH THAT WE WOULD KNOW THAT EVERY THREE MONTHS, EVERY SIX MONTHS, ANNUALLY, WHATEVER, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GET THESE UPDATES. AND SO I THINK THAT GIVES A CERTAIN IMPETUS AND, AND PRIORITY TO OUR COMMISSIONS, CCP AND JJC TO WORK TOWARD THAT GOAL ALWAYS.

BUT I KNOW THAT CHIEF NEIL AND I CAN CAN KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THE GOAL OF UPDATING.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO FORMALIZE THE PROCESS, WHICH MAKES IT KIND OF LIKE, OH, WE'VE GOT THAT. WE'VE GOT THAT REPORT COMING UP.

WE BETTER GET WE BETTER GET THIS FOCUSED AND GET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CONSIDERED.

MAYBE WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER INPUT AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WAS TO PUT IT INTO A FORMALIZED PROCESS THAT WE WOULD HAVE REGULAR UPDATES THAT WE ALL KNEW ON THE COMMITTEES THAT WE WERE WORKING TOWARD.

AND IF WE VOTE NO, WHICH I'M OKAY, BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN WITH CHIEF NEAL AND I'M I'M LITERALLY OKAY WITH NOT FORMALIZING THIS, BUT IT, IT, IT COULD, WE COULD GET, OR I SHOULD SAY MYSELF, I COULD GET LAZY IN THE PROCESS AND NOT REPORT BACK.

BUT WHEN I KNOW I HAVE A DEADLINE AND I'M GOING TO BE REPORTING BACK, IT JUST GIVES ME A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE.

SO. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF NEAL.

SURE. CHAIR CRYE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WE DO PRODUCE IN BOTH COMMITTEES, ANNUAL REPORTS, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA.

AND SO WHAT SUPERVISOR AND I SUPERVISOR AND I DISCUSSED IS FORMULATING SOMETHING MORE FORMAL SO THAT HE CAN REPORT OUT AT BOARD MEETINGS SOME OF THE VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS, BECAUSE OUR REPORTS CAN BE RATHER CUMBERSOME UP TO 50 PAGES.

AND SO I'LL WORK WITH HIM ON THAT AND PUT A LITTLE TICKLER ON MY CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE COMING WITH THOSE SPECIFIC DATA MEASURES THAT THERE'S BEEN AN INTEREST IN AND THAT'S BEEN VOICED AT THIS BOARD, SPECIFICALLY AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS.

OKAY. SO THE ONLY MOTION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS.

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SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR.

HARMON. I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO SAY MIKE MICROPHONE.

NO COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR LONG FOR TAKING THIS ON AND, AND TO PLUMMER'S IDEA THAT WE, THAT WE GET THOSE REPORTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I THINK THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD, BUT I, I'M, I'M THINKING A NO ON THIS SO THAT YOU HAVE MORE LATITUDE.

AM I READING THIS RIGHT? I THINK IT WORKS EITHER WAY.

HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK EITHER.

CHIEF. I'M A MOTIVATED PERSON ALWAYS, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BY ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET YOU JUST IN CASE YOU GOT LAZY.

WELL, THAT'S A COLLOQUIAL.

COLLOQUIAL. I'M JOKING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE HOW WE DO THIS.

AND IF IT'S FORMALIZED, IT'S OKAY.

IF IT'S NOT, I'M, I'M COOL WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A TICKLER ON OUR, OUR FILES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER EVERY SIX MONTHS.

WE GOT IT. WE GOT TO KIND OF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE OR EVERY ANNUALLY.

WE'LL, WE'LL BE UPDATING.

AND SO NOW I WILL GO INTO OUR BOARD MEETINGS ON BOTH FRONTS WITH THIS THOUGHT IN PROCESS OR IN MY MIND AT LEAST THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO REPORT BACK REAL TIME DATA TO OUR BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. PERFECT.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. AND LET'S WRAP THIS UP AND TAKE A VOTE.

WE BEAT THIS THING UP PLENTY.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK CHIEF NEAL IF, WHEN WHEN YOU PRODUCE THOSE REPORTS, DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY SHOW UP ON THE BOARD AGENDA CURRENTLY AND HISTORICALLY OR.

NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. NO IT DOESN'T.

SO WHEN WE WHEN WHEN PROBATION PRODUCES A REPORT FOR WHETHER IT'S THE JJC OR THE CCP, THOSE REPORTS GO TO THOSE COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND ANY EDITS.

AND THEN THOSE GET UPLOADED ONTO OUR WEBSITES.

SO THOSE ARE ACCESSIBLE.

BUT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE UNDER THOSE MEETINGS AND PULL THOSE.

THERE ARE A FEW UPDATES IN REPORTS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND I USUALLY DO THOSE VIA A MASS EMAIL THAT DOES GO TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AS WELL.

AND THAT USUALLY HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE JJC, AND THAT'S IN THE FALL TIME.

OKAY. SO I THINK ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, SUPERVISOR LONG, YOU'RE ON THE BOARD. YOU'RE A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU HAVE SHOWN A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS, BUT THIS WILL GO BEYOND KIND OF YOUR TENURE HERE. AND SO I THINK THOSE REPORTS ARE REALLY HELPFUL AND THAT IT'S WORTH HAVING BOARD DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WHEN THOSE REPORTS ARE PRODUCED, THAT THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS PART OF A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD. THOSE TWO. SO YOU ARE YOU YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT NOW OF FORMALIZING THIS PROCESS.

THAT'S WHAT MY MOTION WAS ORIGINALLY TO BRING THIS BACK WAS TO FORMALIZE THAT SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS DONE.

YEAH. I THINK SINCE WE HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORTS BEING CREATED, THAT HAVING A PRESENTATION OF THOSE TO THE BOARD WOULD BE HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE.

AND SO I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO KIND OF PUT THAT INTO THE STRUCTURE OF OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO ONCE A YEAR IS THAT WHAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. UPON COMPLETION UPON THOSE THOSE BODIES, COMPLETION OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS, I.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

THAT'S A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. SO I JUST WANT SOME I WANT I JUST WANT SOME CLARITY. IF WE SAY NO, WE WE'RE GOING TO GET REPORTS MORE OFTEN.

WELL NO, I, I THINK SAYING NO WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON THE MEMORY AND THE YOU KNOW, MARKING OUR CALENDARS TO BRING THIS BACK BEFORE THE BOARD.

I WON'T FORGET, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.

AND THIS IS, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I, I MEAN, IF IT'S ONCE A YEAR, THAT'S FINE. WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERY DEPARTMENT, YOU PUT STUFF ON THERE, THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS STEPHANIE AND THE CLERK OF THE BOARD GETS A LIST OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME BACK WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THAT LIST GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.

SO IF I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER SAYING WE DID THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, WE DID THE WHOLE FORUM WITH COMMUNITY SAFETY AND IT WAS HIJACKED ABOUT BUDGET, SO THAT'S FINE.

BUT HAVING THAT STUFF COME OUT.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. SO I'M A I'M A YES VOTE IF IT'S ONCE A YEAR.

HOWEVER, JUST SO WE ALL KNOW WITH THE MOTION.

YES, BUT CHIEF NEAL ALREADY DOES THIS.

SO IT'S IT'S REDUNDANT TO A POINT.

AND ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS DATA AT ANY TIME WE WANT, IF WE SO CHOOSE TO GO GET IT.

IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION AND DO IT OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC, I'M FOR THAT TOO. IF IT'S ONCE A YEAR.

I LIKED PERSONALLY HOW THEY'VE DONE IT FOR YEARS WHERE IT CAN COME UP IF A SUPERVISOR WANTS TO DO IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST HAVING THE CRIME DATA COME FORWARD

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ONCE A YEAR. AND I KNOW CHIEF NEAL AND THAT WHOLE COMMITTEE, WHICH I WAS ON FOR TWO YEARS, DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT DATA, AND IT'S READILY AVAILABLE ANYTIME WE WANT TO SEE IT.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE VOTE. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON SUPERVISOR PLUMMER'S MOTION, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG WILL START TO MY LEFT WITH SUPERVISOR LONG.

SUPERVISOR. LONG. YES.

SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. YES.

SUPERVISOR. CRYE. YES.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. YES.

AND. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER.

YES. FIVE. OH! ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. R SEVEN THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ON THE MOTION.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LONG ON THAT.

OKAY. R SEVEN MISS FUGITT.

[R7 Conduct a public hearing and receive a presentation regarding the status of vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts, in accordance with Government Code § 3502.3.]

WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OF COURSE. GOOD MORNING.

BOARD MONICA FUGITT, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES.

GIVE ME A SECOND TO GET MY PRESENTATION GOING HERE.

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE.

YEAH. STEPHANIE. BETTER CHANGE THAT CLOCK.

THERE IT IS. WHOA! DUDE, WHEN THAT COMES ON.

C KELSTROM IT IS BRIGHT.

CAN I WEAR BLUE LIGHT GLASSES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THE PATIENCE.

SO TODAY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO DO A PRESENTATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2561, WHICH WAS CODIFIED IN GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 350, 2.3 OF THE BROWN ACT. WHAT THIS NEW LAW ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES IS THAT THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT DURING A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD AT LEAST ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR REGARDING THE STATUS OF VACANCIES, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS, AND NECESSARY CHANGES TO POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE OBSTACLES IN THE HIRING PROCESS. THIS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATION.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST WE MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

HOWEVER, IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THOSE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENTITLED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AS WELL.