[00:00:03] >> GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. [CALL TO ORDER] IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, AND THE TIME IS 9:03 AM. WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT COUNTY COUNSEL, JOE LARMER, AND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, MIRANDA ANGEL, AND THE FOYER, KRISTEN GOLDING SMITH. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT. FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. BLANKENSHIP. >> THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARD ROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101. THOSE CAN BE FOUND THROUGH ONLINE TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S WEBSITE. THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTION, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE. UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED. STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARD ROOM IS ACCEPTABLE SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS. MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE, RECORD, OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT AT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO SET UP EQUIPMENT FROM THE DESIGNATED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH WINDOWS. SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, ATTEND OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES. WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEM R6 REGARDING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR COUNTY CLERK AND ELECTIONS HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA BY THE COUNTY CLERK REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE. ITEM R7 REGARDING THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR TEMPORARY USE BY THE COUNTY CLERK AND ELECTIONS OFFICE HAS BEEN PULLED BY SUPERVISOR CRYE AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE. WITH THAT, CHARL TRANTINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. BLANKENSHIP. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP PASTOR BRIAN CUMMINS OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH. I'D ASK YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE LED BY MYSELF. >> THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. OH GOD, GRANT US A VISION OF OUR COUNTY FAIR AS SHE MIGHT BE, A COUNTY OF JUSTICE, WHERE NONE SHALL PRAY ON OTHERS, A COUNTY OF PLENTY, WHERE VICE AND POVERTY SHALL CEASE TO FESTER, A COUNTY OF BROTHERHOOD, WHERE ALL SUCCESS SHALL BE FOUNDED ON SERVICE AND HONOR SHALL BE GIVEN TO NOBILESS ALONE, A COUNTY OF PEACE, WHERE ORDER SHALL NOT REST ON FORCE, BUT ON THE LOVE OF ALL FOR SHASTA COUNTY. HEAR LORD, THE SILENT PRAYER OF ALL OUR HEARTS AS WE EACH PLEDGE OUR TIME AND STRENGTH AND THOUGHT TO SPEED THE DAY OF HER COMING BEAUTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. BLESS TODAY'S MEETING AND ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND FINALLY, BLESS, ESPECIALLY MR. CREAN, MR. LONG, MR. HARMON, MR. PLUMMER, AND MR. KELSTROM, AS HE LEAD NOT ONLY THIS MEETING, BUT ALSO AS HE LEAD OUR COUNTY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. APPRECIATE THAT WORD. MOVING ON TO BOARD MATTERS R1, [R1 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.] RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION, AS WELL AS RECEIVE SUPERVISOR REPORTS, CEO RICKERT. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DAVE RICARD, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTING. FIRST, I HAVE GOOD NEWS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FINANCIAL BULLETIN REPORTED GOOD NEWS FOR THE STATE BUDGET REVENUES. OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR JULY WERE $60 MILLION OVER THE AVERAGE. THE JULY OVERAGE IS LARGELY A RESULT OF RECEIPTS FOR PERSONAL INCOME TAX, AND JULY IS NOT PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT MONTH, BUT IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 24, 25 FISCAL YEAR. MOVING ON WITH THE COUNTY NEWS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA REPORTS THAT THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMPLETED THE 25, 26 COMPREHENSION INSPECTION OF THE SHASTA COUNTY. SORRY, MY SCREEN IS MESSED UP HERE. PROBATION DEPARTMENT, THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES WERE AUDITED AND PASSED INSPECTION, THE SHASTA JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY, THE RIVERS EDGE ACADEMY AND SHASTA SECURE TRACK TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE INSPECTION RESULTS WERE NO ITEMS OF [00:05:01] COMPLIANCE ISSUES WERE REPORTED FOR TITLE 15 AND MET ALL MINIMUM STANDARDS. THERE WERE NO ITEMS OF COMPLIANCE TO REPORT WITH ITEMS FOR TITLE 24, MINIMUM STANDARDS WERE ALL MET. CONGRATULATIONS TO DIRECTOR NEIL AND HER TEAM ON THEIR SUCCESSFUL INSPECTION. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT. I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. R5. MS. BLANKENSHIP, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BRING THAT ITEM BACK UP, BUT WE'LL JUST MOVE THE BOAT. I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, R5, ASSUMING WHEN WE GET TO THAT, AND THERE ARE THREE BOATS, I AM GOING TO LOOK TO PUSH THAT TO A FUTURE MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING, AS WELL AS HHSA STAFF. BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE PROCEDURALLY, WE VOTED AS A BOARD TO BRING THAT BACK BY THE END OF THE MONTH. IF YOU'RE HERE IN ATTENDANCE GOING TO SPEAK ON OUR R5, JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THAT COULD GET PUSHED TO A LATER MEETING AS WELL ON THE REQUEST OF STAFF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I MADE THAT POINT AT THE BEGINNING AS WELL. THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT. WE'LL START TO MY LEFT WITH SUPERVISOR LAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. I ATTENDED A NUISANCE ABATEMENT HEARING WITH SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, AND IT WAS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE THE LIEN HEARINGS. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIONAL. THE WAY THE INVESTIGATION WAS PRESENTED. THERE WERE SWORN TESTIMONY. THERE WAS A HEARING OFFICER. THERE WERE EXHIBITS THAT WERE INTRODUCED. IT REMINDED ME OF A CRIMINAL COURT, BASICALLY, THE WAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED CHAIN OF CUSTODY. IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE PROCESS, AND IT INVOLVED A PROPERTY UP IN SHINGLETOWN. THAT WAS A GREAT EDUCATION FOR US. CAL FIRE DON WATT AND I MET WITH THE CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT. THERE'S GREAT CONCERN OVER THE STATUS OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. WE HELPED ALLEVIATE THE FEARS THAT VOLUNTEERS WERE BEING WORKED OUT. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HERE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF RECRUITING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD, THEY SERVE AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY, VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION. IF THEY WERE TO BE REPLACED, IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1.7 MILLION PER STATION TO BACK FILL WITH CAL FIRE EMPLOYEES. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. THERE'S NO MONEY TO DO THAT. THE VOLUNTEERS SERVE A VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE. THEY COULD BE THE FIRST ONE ON SCENE WITH THEIR WATER TENDER, PUT KEEP A FIRE TO ONE ACRE SO IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF CONTROL. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE STATE IS DRIVEN BY OSHA REQUIREMENTS, AND SO PHYSICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS ARE POSING A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER STAFF. IT'S ALL LIABILITY DRIVEN IN MY BOOK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED IS THAT BUTTE COUNTY HAS WHAT THEY CALL A LIAISON OFFICER I'M SEEING THIS AS A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAYBE CAL FIRE NOT A MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT THINGS START TO FESTER WHEN THEY'RE LEFT TO THEIR OWN IMAGINATION. BUTTE COUNTY HAS A LIAISON OFFICER THAT ACTUALLY INTERCEDES BETWEEN CAL FIRE AND THEN DISSEMINATES THE INFORMAT. ON TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING TO DO HERE IN THIS COUNTY BECAUSE I THINK COMMUNICATION IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN RUMORS START FLYING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I WITH THREE OTHERS, ATTENDED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE STRATEGIC VISION PLANNING MEETING, AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT. MET WITH SHAUN O'HARA AND MATT ALEXANDER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MODIFIED FIRE ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE OUR BOARD THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOT QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I'M GOOD. I MET WITH SHERIFF JOHNSON TO TALK ABOUT THE LAND PROPOSAL. JUST MAKE SURE HE WAS OKAY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMMING BEFORE OUR BOARD THIS MORNING AS WELL FOR THE LEASE OF THE LAND DOWN SOUTH FOR THE EXPANDED ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. [00:10:04] LET'S SEE.I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SUE VS LONG. SUE VISOR CAL. >> AFTER OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY, I ATTENDED THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING DOWN IN ANDERSON, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY DISCUSSED WAS BODY CAMS FOR THEIR OFFICERS DOWN THERE. CHIEF OLIVER COLLINS WAS THERE, DID A PRESENTATION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING BLOODY CAMS FOR THE ANDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEN THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS AGAIN WITH CHIEF OLIVER COLLINS AND A FEW OF HIS OTHER STAFF WE HAD COFFEE WITH THE COPS AND AT THE ANDERSON STARBUCKS. THEN THAT SAME DAY, I MET WITH MATT ALEXANDER WHO'S HERE TODAY OVER THIS FIRE ORDINANCE, WHICH I SEE SANDY'S IN THE AUDIENCE. WE FINALLY GOT IT DONE, SANDY. WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET IT DONE, I SHOULD SAY. THEN AFTER THAT, I WENT TO THE BATEMAN HEARING THAT SUPERVISOR LONG JUST MENTIONED, AND THERE WAS A PROPERTY IN SHINGLETOWN, A PROPERTY IN HAPPY VALLEY. I SHOUT OUT TO THE CREW AT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET SOMEBODY TO ABATEMENT HEARING. THE PROPERTY UP IN SHINGLETOWN, THERE'S ABOUT A 300 PAGE REPORT. THE PROPERTY IN HAPPY VALLEY, THERE'S ABOUT A 240 PAGE REPORT, JUST PICTURES AND DOCUMENTATION. IT TAKES A LONG WHILE. IT'S AN ARDUOUS PROCESS, BUT SHOUT OUT TO OUR WHOLE TEAM. THE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WAS THERE AS WELL AS ALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND OUR RESOURCE MANAGER. IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. THEN THAT SAME NIGHT, I WENT OUT TO THE CLEAR CREEK WATER DISTRICT MEETING, AND THEY'VE GOT A NEW DIRECTOR OUT THERE. IT'S A YOUNG MAN THAT'S WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM THE TRENCHES RIGHT UP TO THE DIRECTOR NOW. THAT'LL BE INTERESTING IN WHAT HAPPENS THERE. HE SEEMS LIKE A GREAT YOUNG MAN. THEY'VE GOTTEN GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THEY'VE TAKEN OVER THE BOARDS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE WHOLE BOARD HAS CHANGED. THEY'VE HAD A DIRECTOR, THEN THEY HAD AN INTERIM DIRECTOR, AND THE INTERIM DIRECTOR IS STILL GOING TO HELP OUT HERE AND THERE, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE WRITING THEM GRANTS. THEN I HAD A MEETING WITH THE INTERIM DIRECTOR THE NEXT DAY WITH AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, JIM WADLEY. HE'S GOING TO STEP DOWN FROM BEING THE DIRECTOR AND GO BACK TO GRANT WRITING. HE WANTED TO TALK WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING A PASS THROUGH FOR WRITING GRANTS. THEN I HAD THE NEXT DAY, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CEO RICKERT AND SHAWN [INAUDIBLE] FROM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND WE DISCUSSED A FEW THINGS, AND I REALLY AM HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THAT ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING, AND SHAWN [INAUDIBLE] IS A GREAT DIRECTOR, AND I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT MOVE THERE. THEN SATURDAY, I HAD THE BACK OF THE RANCH DINNER IN COTTONWOOD FOR THE COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, SO I ATTENDED AND I AUCTIONEERED IT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR HARMON. >> YOU GO TO TURN BOTH THESE ON. >> YOU'RE ON. >> GOOD MORNING. WENT TO THE FUNDRAISER FOR ROTARY. I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO ROTARY. IT WAS THE FRIDAY MORNING CLUB. WE HAD A RAFFLE FOR. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT AROUND RAFFLE FOR RAFFLE OFF A CLASSIC CAR. THE FUNDS WERE ALL GOING TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS. IT WAS FUN BECAUSE WHEN THEY DID THE DRAWING, THEY HAD A 500 SOMETHING TICKETS IN THERE. THEY ROLLED THE THING AROUND LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A FAIR DRAWING. WE PICKED ONE YOUNG MAN I THINK HE WAS AROUND NINE-YEARS-OLD. HE WALKED UP AND WE COVERED HIS EYES, AND HE REACHED IN AND PULLED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TICKETS UP AND THEN HE SHOOK SOME OFF, AND THEN HE PULLED A FINAL TICKET OUT AND HANDED IT TO HIM. THEY HANDED IT TO THE LADY THAT READ OFF THE WINNER. THE WINNER HAPPENED TO BE THE LITTLE BOY'S MOTHER WHO WAS STANDING THERE. SHE WAS VERY SWEET. I WON'T SAY HER LAST NAME, BUT HER FIRST NAME WAS MICHELLE, AND SHE WAS CRYING. SHE WAS SO EELATED BY AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE ODDS? THERE WAS 500 SOME TICKETS IN THERE, SO I CALL IT A GOD THING. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. ALL THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE OUTSIDE OF PAYING FOR THE CAR, ALL THE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS. THEN I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BY SEVEN LAKES. THEY HAD A LITTLE FUND RAISER THERE. I THINK THE CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION. I THINK THEY'RE PRACTICING THEIR SHOOTING. IT WAS A LITTLE JOKE. NOT REALLY. TED LIGHTY WAS DOING THE MC FOR THE RAFFLES AND THIS AND THAT. I GOT TO VISIT WITH HIM FOR QUITE A WHILE AFTERWARD ABOUT THE MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD AND HIS EXPERIENCES ON THERE AND HE HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY, AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE ABOUT HOW GOOD A JOB ARE MOSQUITO VECTOR DEPARTMENT IS DOING. [00:15:07] I'M PLANNING ON GOING OVER THERE AND VISIT WITH HIM. IT'S VERY INVOLVED. THEY'RE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM, SO I'M PUTTING A SHOUT OUT TO THE MOSQUITO VECTOR GROUP. ALSO WENT AND MET WITH SHAUN O'HARA AND MATT AS WELL YESTERDAY. HOW TO SIT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. WE'VE PROBABLY AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF IN THERE. IT'S VERY INTERESTING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE MATT'S GOING TO GIVE US A LITTLE SPEECH HERE IN A LITTLE BIT AND SHARE WHAT WE ALL LEARNED. GREAT PROGRAM. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ALSO WENT OVER TO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE ENOVN, WHICH IS A COMPANY HERE IN TOWN. RS BRYANT BUILT A NEW BUILDING FOR THEM. THEN THEY HAD THEIR RIBBON CUTTING OR GRAND OPENING. THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, SO IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING, BUT THEY PUT TOGETHER TRUCKS. THEY PUT TOGETHER TRUCKS FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTIES, UTILITY TRUCKS, WATER TRUCKS, YOU NAME IT. THEY DO ALL OF IT. WHAT A GREAT LITTLE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE THEIR LARGER COMPANY. WE HAPPENED TO BE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR LOCATIONS HERE IN READING, AND THAT WAS INTERESTING AS WELL. THEY HAD A LOT OF TRAINING STUFF THERE AS WELL. THEN I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. PASTOR CUMMINGS YOU'LL LIKE THIS. EXODUS 14:14. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL. WHEN PEOPLE SAY I DON'T TALK ENOUGH, MAYBE I'M FOCUSING ON THAT, SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. I DID PREPARE ABOUT 53 SLIDES, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE SLIDES. NO, I'M KIDDING. I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY SLIDES, BUT I'LL GIVE A QUICK UPDATE. I JUST WANT TO HIT ON THREE COMPONENTS OF IT. WELL, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONTRACTING WITH HOPE SETH AROUND FACILITATING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THAT'S GOING TO BE A 12-16 WEEK PROCESS. THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A COMMUNITY SURVEY, FOUR WHAT SHE'S CALLING COMMUNITY VISION WORKSHOPS. I THINK WE MIGHT GET TO FIVE, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED ONE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED. THEN SHE'S GOING TO DO A NUMBER OF FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL WITH CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT MAY MAY BE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THOSE COMMUNITY VISION WORKSHOPS. THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO REALLY HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU ON WHAT DO YOU FEEL SHOULD BE THE TOP 3-5 PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL. SHE WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING AND SERVING OUR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE COUNTY STAFF'S PERSPECTIVES ON THOSE SAME QUESTIONS. THE GOAL THEN IS TO HAVE HER COME BACK AND DO A PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD IN NOVEMBER TIME FRAME, THAT THE AD HOC WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNTY FOR FIVE-YEAR COUNTY-WIDE GOALS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. THEN, ASSUMING THE BOARD APPROVES A SET OF COUNTY-WIDE GOALS, THEN IN THE NEW YEAR, WE WOULD FORM WORKING TEAMS MADE UP OF COUNTY STAFF, POTENTIALLY SOME EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS FOR EACH OF THOSE, SAY, 3-5 GOALS THAT WOULD THEN WORK ON DEVELOPING THE PLAN AROUND THOSE GOALS, BECAUSE WE EXPECT THAT THOSE GOALS WILL BE CROSS-CUTTING. IT WON'T JUST BE ONE SINGLE DEPARTMENT. IT WILL SPAN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. THEN THAT WE WOULD FORM WORKING TEAMS FOR EACH OF THOSE GOALS THAT WE'LL WORK ON CREATING PLANS FOR HOW DO WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND THAT THEY WOULD THEN PRESENT THOSE PLANS BACK TO THE BOARD IN MARCH, AND THAT THOSE WOULD THEN BE INCORPORATED WHERE RELEVANT INTO THE BUDGETARY PROCESS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE OTHER PARALLEL PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IS, WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL WORKING WITH THE CO'S OFFICE TO COME UP WITH SOME TEMPLATES AROUND DEPARTMENT-LEVEL GOALS THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET NARRATIVE AND THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO ALIGN THE FULL COUNTY ORGANIZATION WITH THE SET OF GOALS AND TO HAVE CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC AROUND WHAT IS EACH DEPARTMENT WORKING ON AND PLANNING TO ACHIEVE OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND WHERE IT STANDS. [00:20:01] WE'LL HEAR PROBABLY AN INTERIM MID-PROCESS UPDATE FROM A CONSULTANT IN EARLY FALL, AND THEN THE FINAL PRESENTATION AROUND NOVEMBER. THAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN TERMS OF FORMAL PRESENTATIONS ON THAT FRONT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR CRYE, WE'RE AT THE AT HOME MEETING, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE THREE CITIES. THE TRIBE, THOUGH THE REPRESENTATIVE WASN'T THERE THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, AND THE COUNTY. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS. BUT THE THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS, AFTERWARD, THERE'S SOMEONE THERE WHO I'LL SAY ATTENDS A BUNCH OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. THEY SAID AFTERWARDS, THIS IS THE MOST COLLABORATIVE WE'VE EVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF MEETING. I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK ACTUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND MYSELF INCLUDED IN THE PAST, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DIVISIVE NATURE OF POLITICS IN SHASTA COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. BUT I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A NEW SEASON OF THAT, AND EVEN JUST LOOKING AT WE HEARD FROM THE CORE SUBSTANCE USE TEAM LAST WEEK THAT THEY ARE PULLING TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED SURVEY AROUND THAT, SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE. WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE AT HOME MEETING THE POSSIBILITY OF COORDINATING COUNTY HHAP FUNDS, WHICH IS STATE GRANT DOLLARS, WITH THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE. WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING INTO, I THINK, A PERIOD OF COLLABORATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AROUND SHARED GOALS, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING PERIOD. MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR CRYE I ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE CITY OF READING, INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK, WORKING ON THE LAND DEAL THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR COLLABORATION ON THAT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD IS A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AROUND A SHARED GOAL, [NOISE] GETTING PAST DIFFERENCES, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE SOME BIG THINGS FOR SHASTA COUNTY. VERY EXCITING. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. [NOISE] I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 12-16 WEEKS WITH HOPE SETH, WHICH WOULD PUT US INTO DECEMBER. BUT DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR YOU AND SUPERVISOR LONG, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS MEET AGAIN, BUT GETTING THAT, THE COMMUNITY STUFF MOVING A LITTLE FASTER, BECAUSE IF WE GET INTO MARCH. BECAUSE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I BELIEVE THE BUDGET PROCESS, THEY ALREADY START ON THAT IN THE FALL, BUT IT'S REALLY ROLLING BY JANUARY OF MIDYEAR REVIEW AND STUFF. BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND I'M LOOKING AT BOTH OF YOU. WHATEVER YOU GUYS COULD DO TO USHER THAT ALONG WOULD BE GREAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU AND SUPERVISOR LONG ARE DOING. >> WE DID HAVE SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION WITH NOLDA AND AARON, WHO ARE BOTH IN OUR AD HOC, AND TRYING TO FIT THE TIMELINE WITH BUDGET HEARING STARTING IN FEBRUARY AND THE TIMELINES, AND THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT IT COULD WORK, BUT I'M OPEN TO SPEEDING THINGS UP. YEAH, AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. >> [NOISE] STEPH, STOP MY CLOCK REAL QUICK. JOE, BEFORE YOU PIPE IN ABOUT THIS BEING AN AGENDIZED ITEM, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT MY SCREEN. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS REALLY QUICK. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK A LOT OF US UP HERE, ALREADY UNDERSTAND A LOT OF IT'S AROUND THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, SOME MEDICAL ITEMS. IN TERMS OF WE WANT THE STAFF REALLY ROWING IN THAT DIRECTION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO COME ALONGSIDE THOSE TWO INITIATIVES, WHICH WE'VE ALL IDENTIFIED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T. >> OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE APPROVED GOALS FROM THIS BOARD BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. >> PERFECT. BECAUSE I THINK HOPE SETH, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK SHE COULD GO TO COSTCO AND DO A LOT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT IN THIS COUNTY AND PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IS ONE OF THEM THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MET WITH RONALD OWENS. RONALD OWENS WAS THE FORMER PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THAT HE'S BEEN TRAVELING TO VARIOUS COUNTIES ABOUT HOW HE WAS SILENCED OVER ISSUES WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS BEING KILLED AT A HIGHER RATE WITH THE VACCINES. HE'S IN DEL NORTE TODAY. THIS IS HIS 43RD COUNTY. HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S DOING ACROSS THE STATE AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH. I MET WITH EDDIE MCCALLISTER, AS WELL AS THE CHEMICAL PEOPLE, AGAIN, REVISITING SOME OF THE OPIOID DOLLARS, AND AGAIN, JUST REALLY PUSHING INTO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR KIDS, AND WHAT DATA DO WE HAVE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE MONEY WE'RE INVESTING. I HAD A MEETING WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND JOHNSON. I HAD A BUNCH OF THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER SAID. I'M VERY THANKFUL WITH THE CITY READING, THE COUNCIL, WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THEIR AGENDA, SEPTEMBER 2ND, [00:25:02] SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WE WILL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY 5-0 TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SIGN THAT FINALLY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. SOME WOULD SAY THAT SOME OF THE TACTICS HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE AT TIMES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GET PAID FOR DONE, AND WE GOT TO GET THIS DONE, AND WE GOT TO GET IT MOVING, AND WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD. HOWEVER, WE'VE GOTTEN THERE, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE EFFORTS OF EVERYBODY THAT SEATED UP HERE, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONE TO SPEAK AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL. I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WITH DOUG BOND. HE'S GOING TO BE HERE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WITH THE AMITY FOUNDATION, TALKING ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. HE'S VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND UNDERSTANDING MORE WHY SHASTA COUNTY IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THE NEXT FACILITY, OF THEIR FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS IN ARIZONA, SAN DIEGO, AND THE LONG BEACH AREA. I WANT TO THANK KRISTY COLEMAN FROM HHSA AND HER TEAM DOING A WOODLANDS WALK-THROUGH. WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM THE WOODLANDS HERE THROUGHOUT MY TIME BEING HERE, SO THEIR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD. I APOLOGIZE. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING AS I HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT CONFLICTED, BUT THANK YOU, CHRISTY, AND YOUR TEAM, FOR DOING THAT. I HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER HEATHER HADWICK. WE TALKED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY ABOUT REDISTRICTING AND WHAT A COMPLETE SHAM THAT IS, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND MORE AND MORE ABOUT WHAT THE STATE'S DOING AND HOW IT'S VERY DIFFERENT, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN CALIFORNIA VERSUS HOW IT'S HAPPENING. I KNOW RIGHT NOW TEXAS IS A BIG THING, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS, OPPOSED TO PUTTING MODOC WITH MARIN COUNTY, WHICH YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE MARIN COUNTY IS. IT'S LIKE NORTH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OR OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE IN MODOC, REPRESENTED BY THE SAME PERSON WHO REPRESENTS PEOPLE NORTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, THAT'S INSANITY. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, AND THEN WHAT WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF LETTERS, WHICH WE DO HAVE ONE ON NOW, AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE THAT PRESS. THEN WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 495 AND 84, WHICH BOTH OF THOSE BILLS ARE ABOUT SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND KIDS IN EDUCATION. I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN AN ASSAULT ON THE NUCLEAR FAMILY FOR YEARS, AND A LOT OF THAT RELATES AROUND CAMPUSES AND SCHOOLS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE TO BE HIGHLY VIGILANT OF WHO'S EDUCATING YOUR KIDS, WHO'S SPENDING THE MOST TIME WITH THEM. LEGISLATIVELY, WHAT'S BEING PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS, AND THEN WHO IS ACTUALLY MINDING THAT GAP WITH AN OVERREACH OF THE STATE. CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE AT HOME MEETING. I'VE BEEN ON THAT SINCE ITS INCEPTION. I BELIEVE MAYOR BAUGH OF ANDERSON, TINESSA ADE OF CITY OF READING AND MYSELF ARE THE THREE THAT ARE ON THAT THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT SINCE DAY 1, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AS WELL. COMMUNITY MEMBER HAD SAID THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WE JUST GOT TO GET STUFF DONE AND PUT THE PARTISANS ASIDE. [NOISE] THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MAN, WE ALL FINISHED RIGHT AT FIVE MINUTES. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD STUFF. MOVING ON TO R2. [R2 Introduce and waive the reading of, “An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Shasta Amending Chapter 8.10 Defensible Space for Fire Protection and Prevention of the Shasta County Code” and find the proposed ordinance is not subject to and exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the reasons stated in the ordinance.] WHERE THERE HE IS. CHIEF O' HARA. WELCOME, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. [OVERLAPPING] >> SHERIFF JOHNSON SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT YOU. >> I APPRECIATE IT. >> SHERIFF BEHIND THE FIREFIGHTERS. >> I ALSO HAVE MY OWN COP. THANKS, BUDDY. AGAIN, MY NAME IS SHAUN O'HARA, I'M THE FIRE CHIEF FOR SHASTA COUNTY, AND ALSO THE UNIT CHIEF FOR THE SHASTA TRANITY UNIT. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MATT ALEXANDER, WHICH, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, HAS BEEN HIS SOLE PROJECT. ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, THE CURRENT CHIEF AT THAT TIME AND THE BOARD CAME UP WITH A DEFENSIBLE SPACE ORDINANCE. IT WAS SOMETHING TO GET IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT FOOTPRINTS OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AT THAT POINT, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN LARGE DEVASTATING FIRES, AND SHASTA COUNTY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A FOOTHOLD ON HOW TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE FUELS RIGHT UP NEXT TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE. AT THAT POINT, THEY CAME UP WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND THAT WAS A GREAT ORDINANCE TO GET A FOOTHOLD IN THE DOOR. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THROUGH THE ZOG SETTLEMENT THAT WE HAD A DESIGNATED PERSON THROUGH THAT SETTLEMENT TO HAVE MATT ACTUALLY TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND GET THIS THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNTY COUNCIL, JOE, AND HIS TEAM. WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A FINAL PRODUCT, HOW IT IS. ALSO, WE REACHED OUT TO NUMEROUS COUNTY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. WITH THIS NEW UPDATED ORDINANCE, I BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS RIGHT AROUND THE BUDGET MEETING THAT WE RECEIVED A GRANT. THAT LINES UP WITH EXACTLY THIS ORDINANCE HERE, [00:30:03] THAT HELPS US GET A FOOTPRINT EVEN LARGER. THEN ALSO A SEED MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. IN THAT GRANT, WE HAVE MONEY JUST ABOUT $1,000,000. ONE IS TO BUY AN EXCAVATOR, THAT'LL BE A COUNTY-FIRE OWNED EXCAVATOR. THERE'S ABOUT $100,000 WORTH OF A MEDIA OUTREACH, ALL THOSE MAILERS, THE FACEBOOK, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ALL THOSE OTHER PARTS. THEN ALSO THE OTHER PORTION IN THERE IS TO GET DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTORS, AND THEN A SMALL AMOUNT OR I'LL CALL IT A SMALL BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH MONEY TO GET SOME OF THESE HAZARDS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, ROUGHLY ABOUT $400,000-500,000 ISH IN ORDER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY ITSELF FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT MEET THE EXPECTATION AND THAT HAVE PROBLEMS THAT THEY CANNOT HELP OUT THEMSELVES OR DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO. THERE'S WAY MORE INFORMATION, AS I'VE DISCUSSED WITH A GOOD MAJORITY OF YOU, THE FINITE DETAILS, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS, I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND IN A BIGGER MOTION BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S A SEED PROGRAM. PEOPLE SEE THAT IT'S ALSO AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. HE'LL GO OVER ONE EXAMPLE AS A SUCCESS. THEN ALSO IT'S THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, IF THEY DO THEIR JOB, WE CAN DO OURS BETTER. THIS ABSOLUTELY GIVES US A BETTER FOOTPRINT TO START GETTING THE REDUCING THE FUELS IN THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A WANT, OR THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT IT. IT'S A WANT TO CLEAR THEIR PROPERTY FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR. WHAT HAPPENS USUALLY IS IT'S THAT PARCEL THAT THEY MEET THE INTENT OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S NO FOOTHOLD OR TEETH TO THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CLEAR A LOT MORE VEGETATION. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MATT ALEXANDER. LIKE I SAID FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN HIS BABY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MATT AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S BEEN PART OF THIS, BUT MATT. >> MORNING CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MATT ALEXANDER. I'M A BATTALION CHIEF WITH SHASTA COUNTY FIRE AND CALFIRE SHASTA TRINITY. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, BUT MANY HANDS AND MINDS WITH THE COUNTY AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, AND COMMUNITIES WITHIN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE HELPED ME TO DELIVER THIS UPDATE TO AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE APPLICABLE TO OUR SHASTA COUNTY NEEDS. TO START, THIS IS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF MINE LAST YEAR OUT IN HAPPY VALLEY, WHERE WE HAD A FIRE START ON A NORMAL SUMMER DAY IN SHASTA COUNTY WITH PRETTY BENIGN WINDS, BUT IT GOT UP AND WENT FOR ABOUT 40 ACRES THAT BURNED, AND IT HIT LASSEN AVENUE THERE. WE ALMOST HAD IT CONTAINED BECAUSE, POINTER DOES NOT WORK. PROPERTIES WERE ALREADY MEETING REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE ON THEIR OWN, OUT OF THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. ONE PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRE, SEE THAT FIRE PERIMETER COME DOWN, DID NOT MEET THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND IT CAUSED THE FIRE TO GAIN AN INTENSITY THROUGH A SPOT FIRE, AND IT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE FIRE. YOU CAN SEE LOWER ABOVE BRIGHT PATH THERE. YOU CAN SEE A PROPERTY WHERE THE FIRE NATURALLY WENT AROUND IT. THAT'S BECAUSE OF THIS PROPER HAZARDOUS VEGETATION MANAGEMENT THAT THEY WERE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. THAT'S THE WHY AND HOW IT CAN ACTUALLY PUT INTO FUNCTIONALITY AND HOW IT'S GOING TO HELP US LIMIT THESE DEVASTATING FIRES. ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS ENFORCEMENT OF THIS. WE'VE INCLUDED AN INFRACTION STATUS, THAT IS A GOVERNMENT CODE THAT IS A STANDARD FINE SCHEDULE OF $100 FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, 200 FOR A SECOND IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OR IN A 12-MONTH TIME FRAME, AND THEN A THIRD AT 500. WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS HEAVILY, BUT IT IS A WAY TO GAIN COMPLIANCE AND MOTIVATE THOSE THAT DON'T THINK IT IS A PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> WITH THAT, THE FINES COLLECTED WILL GO INTO A COMMITTED FUND BALANCE, AND THAT MONEY WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC USE, AND THAT WILL BE TO HELP CLEAR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO GO IN AND ABATE AND WE HAVE THAT FUND SOURCE TO LIMIT THE FISCAL IMPACT OF GETTING PROPERTIES IN COMPLIANCE TO LIMIT THESE DEVASTATING FIRES. [00:35:02] LIKE CHIEF O'HARA MENTIONED, WE GOT A GRANT THAT'S GOING TO FUND SOME POSITIONS TO GET THAT EDUCATION PIECE OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT TO THIS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACETS THAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO HELP US LIMIT THAT FIRE INTENSITY. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ABSOLUTELY CLEARED DOWN TO BARE DIRT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR JUST MAINTAINED PROPERTIES THAT LIMIT THAT FIRE SPREAD AND YOU CAN STILL HAVE ORNAMENTAL AND DECORATIVE VEGETATION. IT'S JUST GOT TO BE MANAGED IN A WAY THAT IT REDUCES THAT FIRE INTENSITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN PERSON GUIDANCE ON THAT WITH THE INSPECTORS AND THEN WAS MENTIONED, THE MEDIA. THE MASTICATOR THAT'S BEING PURCHASED OFF THE GRAND OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PURCHASED IS A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT'S WELL KNOWN IN THE FIRE SIDE OF CLEARING ROADS, GAINING ACCESS, AND THEN ALSO JUST LIMITING THAT INTENSITY OF FIRES BY TAKING THAT BRUSH DOWN TO THE GROUND [NOISE]. THE ABATEMENT PROCESS WILL FALL IN LINE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLAY, AND IT WILL LIVE WITH THEM. OUR AGENCY WILL SEE IT START TO FINISH. WE WILL JUST LIVE WITHIN CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS THAT IS ACCEPTED IN GOING THROUGH THAT. JUST REAL QUICK, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS LIMITED TO TWO ACRE PARCELS, AND EVERY ABATEMENT PROCESS HAS TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD IN THIS ROOM. IT'S LIMITED TO 100 FEET AROUND STRUCTURES. WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT TO GO TO THE TWO PARCELS [NOISE]. NO FUNDING SOURCE TO ABATE, SO WE'VE RECTIFIED THAT, AND THE PARCELS WERE UNDER ZONING, WHICH WAS VERY CONFUSING, SO WE GOT RID OF THAT. SO WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS PARCELS THAT ARE UP TO TWO ACRES. WE'LL ASK THAT THE WHOLE PROPERTY BE CLEARED TO THE ZONE 2 OF THE 4291 PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE STANDARD. THEN 2.01 ACRES TO 10 ACRES, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A PERIMETER OF 30 FEET FOR THAT ZONE 2 GUIDELINE OR A SITE SPECIFIC PLAN WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS AND LANDOWNERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SAFEGUARD THAT PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THEN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, SO IT'S UP TO 10 ACRES. THE INFRACTION LEVEL ENFORCEMENT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMAL ENFORCEMENT, THE FINES THAT CAN HELP US GET THESE OTHER PROPERTIES IN COMPLIANCE AND REMOVAL OF THE ZONES. LIKE I SAID, MANY HANDS AND MINDS HAVE WORKED ON THIS THROUGH THE COUNTY IN THE PROGRAMS TO OVERCOME ANY POTENTIAL HURDLES. OUR HOPE IS TO AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE WILL NOW BE IN PLACE, AND THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> SUPERVISOR COUNCIL.. >> FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH YOU GUYS. THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING, AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. I THINK MY FIRST DAY BEHIND THIS DIAS. I HAVE A CONSTITUENT OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S HERE TODAY. ALSO, SHE'S A NEW INDUCTEE IN THE REDDING AND RODEO HALL OF FAME. BUT SOON AS I WAS CAMPAIGNING, SHE BROUGHT TO ME THAT WE NEEDED A FIRE ORDINANCE. MY FIRST DAY BEHIND THIS DIAS, I THINK CHIEF O'HARA CAME UP, INTRODUCED THE ROLE WE'D ALREADY MET, AND I MENTIONED THAT WE NEEDED A FIRE ORDINANCE, AND THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, AND HE WAS ALREADY WORKING ON IT. HE SAID HE'D GOTTEN ORDINANCES. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT WORK ON YOUR GUYS'S PART, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL, THIS THING WAS DONE PRETTY MUCH MONTHS AGO, THE T'S HAD TO BE CROSSED, AND THE AYES HAD TO BE DOTTED, AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SUPERVISOR HARMON. >> I KNOW THAT THE FIRST THING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK IS A LITTLE MORE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TEETH TO IT, WHICH YOU GOT TO HAVE IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE TO COOPERATE SOMETIME. I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED MYSELF TO THEM TO COME OUT AND INSPECT MY PROPERTIES BECAUSE I HAD A PROBLEM IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, GOT MY INSURANCE CANCELED. I'D DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD BE PROUD OF AROUND MY PROPERTY, BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY WASN'T RECOGNIZING IT. IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, I BROUGHT UP AND I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP TO MR. LARMAR, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO EMBRACE THIS AND SEE IT AS A POSITIVE THING THAT MAYBE WE CAN USE WITH OUR INSURANCE ISSUES THAT WE GOT, OR WE SHOULD GET CREDIT WHEN WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER. SOME OF THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES, I KNOW IN THE TRACKER BUSINESS, IF YOU PUT TRACKERS ON THE TRUCKS, IN THIS AND THAT WE GET AN INSURANCE BREAK. EVERYBODY KNOWS INSURANCE IS THROUGH THE ROOF. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO EMBRACE THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GO [00:40:05] FORWARD WITH SOME PROMOTION ON THIS, THAT MAYBE CAN ENCOURAGE THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT, HEY, WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO END UP WITH ANOTHER CAR FIRE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS STOP A BIG CATASTROPHE FROM HAPPENING. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE BURNING DOWN BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO THE PROPER THINGS ON MY PROPERTY. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THIS AS A VERY POSITIVE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT PUT TOGETHER HERE. I'M SECONDING THIS AND VOTING YES ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR HARMON, WHEN DID YOU SAY THEY WENT OUT TO YOUR PROPERTY? WHEN WAS THAT? THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, WASN'T IT? >> WELL, MY INSURANCE COMPANIES? >> YEAH. >> ALL I DID WAS ARIEL AND I ENDED UP ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEBODY BEHIND A DESK IN OAKLAND, I THINK IT WAS, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'D DONE ON THE PROPERTY. BUT I LOST MY INSURANCE. THEN I HAD TO GO FORWARD AND WE COULD GET MIKE LATAL ON THIS BECAUSE HE'S AN INSURANCE BROKER, AND I WENT TO HIM AND WAS ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY COME OUT, LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, GIVE ME 100% APPROVAL, AND GET CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN MAYBE GET THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COOPERATE WITH, HEY, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THESE CATASTROPHES HAPPEN AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH PROMOTING THIS TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY TO, THAT WE CAN BENEFIT. >> SUPERVISOR LONG. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, SEAN AND MATT FOR THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THIS IS LONG OVERDUE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TOUCHED ON, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN VOICED TO ME IS SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO MAINTAIN A MANZANITA RING AROUND THEIR PROPERTY FOR THEIR PRIVACY SCREEN. YOU AND I, WE TALKED YESTERDAY AND THAT IS NOT PROHIBITED. IT MIGHT JUST BE SHORED UP A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE SITE INSPECTION AND STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE A PRIVACY SCREEN BUT MAKE IT MUCH SAFER. CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? >> LIKE I SAID, ZONE 2 OF THE PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE DOESN'T CALL FOR A FIRE OR BREAK DOWN TO MINERAL SOIL LIKE PEOPLE THINK. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MAINTAINED AREA OF VEGETATION, REMOVING THE HAZARDOUS VEGETATION. MOWING DRY GRASS DOWN TO ABOUT A FOUR INCH HEIGHT, AND THEN LIMING UP TREES AND MAINTAINING BRUSH, GETTING RID OF DEAD COMPONENT TO IT, AND JUST HAVING IT WHERE A FIRE DOESN'T SPREAD FROM THE GRASS TO THE BRUSH TO THE TREES. GET RID OF THOSE LADDER FUELS, SO THE FIRE INTENSITY IS MUCH LESS, AND IT CAN BE PUT OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE, LIKE I'VE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE, 25 YEARS FIGHTING FIRE IN SHASTA COUNTY. THAT IF IT IS MAINTAINED THAT WAY, IT CAN BE VERY EASILY FOUGHT BY OUR FIRE CREWS, AND WE CAN REALLY LIMIT THE DAMAGE OF THESE FIRES. >> THAT'S AWESOME. THE LAST THING, WOULD YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE INSPECTORS AND THE FUNDING FOR THE SITE INSPECTORS. MAYBE NOT THE FUNDING SO MUCH, BUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE INSPECTORS TO COME OUT AND WORK CUSTOM PLANS WITH HOMEOWNERS AT REQUEST SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THEIR PROPERTY SAFE AND IN COMPLIANCE. >> THE GRANT WILL FUND SOME POSITIONS AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STATE FUNDED DSIS THAT WILL WORK HAND IN HAND LIKE WE DO IN A COOPERATIVE FIRE AGREEMENT. THEN WE HAVE OUR ENGINE COMPANIES THAT ALSO GO OUT. WE HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN OUT THERE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND BE A FACE TO FACE CONDUIT OF INFORMATION TO THE HOMEOWNERS TO REALLY CLARIFY WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THEIR PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY TO GAIN THAT FIRE RESILIENCY AS A COMMUNITY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO USE MEDIA, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT AND OFFER PROGRAMS AT THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT. >> ARE YOU GOING TO OFFER THE PUBLIC AN EASY CONTACT SYSTEM TO GET AN INSPECTOR TO THE PROPERTY? >> YES. THAT'S IMPLEMENTING. COVER THAT. >> YEAH. IT'S THE SAME NUMBER. IF YOU WERE TO WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, IT'S 530-225-2418, AND ANYBODY AT ANY TIME THAT HAS A COMPLAINT OR HAS A CONCERN ABOUT ANY PROPERTIES, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL BECAUSE OUR FULL LE-100 INSPECTION, OUR DSIS ARE ALREADY OUT THERE UNDERNEATH THE STATE SIDE, BUT THEY CANNOT ENFORCE WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OR WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TODAY IN ORDER TO MEET THAT INTENT. IF ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ANY TYPE OF CONCERN ABOUT ANY PROPERTY, [00:45:05] EVEN RIGHT NOW, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL, 530-225-2418, AND ASK FOR A DSI, DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTOR, AND THEY WILL COME OUT AND INSPECT YOUR PROPERTY NOW. >> ONE LAST QUESTION. MY QUESTION AND I BROUGHT IT UP WITH YOU GUYS YESTERDAY, WAS AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE THAT ARE DISABLED, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY. CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ASSESS THEIR NEED AND ASSIST WITH THE PROCESS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE? >> THAT'S PART OF THE GRANT PROCESS THAT WE GOT. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH AN AGENCY ON COMING UP WITH A STANDARD ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THE PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY OUT THERE AND THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT COUNTIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CORRECT FOR SHASTA COUNTY, NOT, LET'S SAY, BUTTE OR TEHAMA, OR SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE HAD LARGE DEVASTATING FIRES THAT ALREADY HAVE THIS LITTLE BIT OF A PROGRAM IN IT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COMPANY. IF THIS GOES THROUGH, BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS SAID NO, AND THEN WE HAVE TO BACKTRACK. BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A MEETING SETUP WITH A COMPANY IN ORDER TO HIT SEND AND PRETTY MUCH FINALIZE THAT, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD, AND WE'LL FLEX AND RETRACT AT THE SAME TIME, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. WHAT OUR IMPLEMENTATION TRULY IS BEFORE NEXT SUMMER. WE WANT TO GET ALL THE STUFF IN LINE AND THEN ROLLED OUT IN THE SPRING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS 100% SUCCESSFUL FOR THE NEAR FUTURE FOR NEXT FIRE SEASON BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET EVERYBODY IN PLACE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DRY AND HOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HAVE ANYBODY ELSE START A FIRE. MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SUCCESSFUL, EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE AND HOPEFULLY LAUNCHING THIS INTO YEARS YEARS IN THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK, MATT, FOR YEARS ON THIS AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> CAN YOU GIVE THE NUMBER FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE AGAIN? >> YEAH. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE A PAID CALL FIREFIGHTER, PHONE NUMBER IS 530-225-2418 AND ASK TO BE A PAID CALL FIREFIGHTER. YOU EITHER TALK TO JULIA OR KATE. I KNOW THEY'RE WATCHING, SO. >> THAT'S THE SAME NUMBER THEN? >> EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBER. >> SHERIFF JOHNSON WANT TO KNOW, I THINK HE'S EXCITED ABOUT. >> HE IS. HE TELLS ME THAT ALL THE TIME. HE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A RIDE ALONG. >> SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. I'M GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. >> THANKS, CHIEF. YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. I SAW THAT THERE'S FOR 0-2 ACRES AND THEN 2-10. WHAT IF YOUR PARCEL IS OVER 10 ACRES? WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE THERE? >> THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THAT PARCEL SIZE. HOWEVER, WE'RE FINDING THAT THE LARGE LANDOWNERS, TYPICALLY, LIKE THE RANCHERS AND THE COMMERCIAL TIMBER COMPANIES ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THESE FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS ON LARGE SCALES AT THE STATE SIDE, AND UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS. WITH THIS BALANCE OF CUTTING IT OFF AT 10 ACRES, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR THING ON THE LARGER LANDS, THEN IT SHOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER AND BE A REALLY MORE OF EFFECTIVE RESILIENCY OF WILDFIRE WITH ALL THOSE. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE STATE HAS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LARGE LAND HOLDERS ALREADY THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING OR THEY'RE VOLUNTARILY COMPLYING WITH CERTAIN STANDARDS AROUND DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND MITIGATION? >> IT'S A VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, BUT WHAT IT IS, IT'S DRIVEN IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE OF SEEING THESE FIRES IN THEIR EFFECT AND SEEING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FUEL MANAGEMENT, AND REDUCING THOSE HAZARDOUS VEGETATION AND IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW FIRE HISTORY AND WE KNOW FIRE ENVIRONMENT. THOSE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER, AND THAT'S THE HOPE WITH THE TIMING OF THIS ORDINANCE TO UPDATE IT, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE THAN EVER, GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE FIRES AND JUST OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND MORE PEOPLE LIVING OUT IN THE URBAN INTERFACE, SO THAT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. >> THEN TO TOUCH ON THE FUELS REDUCTION. OVER THE LAST YEAR, SHASTA COUNTY OR THE SHASTA TRINITY UNIT, HAS LED THE STATE IN FUELS REDUCTION. I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO WHEN THOSE NUMBERS CAME OUT. I'M VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM WORKING WITH LARGE LANDOWNERS AND IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS TO REDUCE THE FUELS THAT'S BEEN A STATE PRIORITY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN ORDER TO MEET THE MANDATES, [00:50:02] AND MY TEAM HERE IS JUST KILLING IT. THEY ARE REDUCING FUELS UP AND DOWN SHASTA COUNTY AND TRINITY COUNTY, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE LEADING THE STATE RIGHT NOW IN FUELS REDUCTION. THAT'S NOT JUST US, THAT'S THE FIRE SAFE COUNCILS, THAT'S LANDOWNERS THAT HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS. I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MAKE IT A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH IN SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTY, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. >> ONE THING I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC, AND WHICH I THINK IS GREAT IN THIS ORDINANCE, IS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY, AND IN THE PAST, WE HAD NO WAY TO ENFORCE ANYTHING OTHER THAN TAKING IT TO A MISDEMEANOR. IF IT'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, THEN WE STILL HAVE THE MISDEMEANOR TO GO AFTER THEM, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. BUT LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A CONSTITUENT IN COTTONWOOD, WAS BURNING ON A BURN DAY. I GOT AWAY FROM HIM, HE HAD TO CALL IN RESOURCES. FOR THAT, IT WASN'T GROSS NEGLIGENCE, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. BUT THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE, HE WAS CHARGED OF THE MISDEMEANOR, OUR DA'S OFFICE HAS TO GO TO THE COURT TO SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND MONEY. THIS HAS AN INFRACTION IN THIS ORDINANCE, WHERE IF IT'S NOT GROSS NEGLIGENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MISDEMEANOR ROUT, THEY CAN JUST WRITE THEM A TICKET, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK BOTH YOU AND COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THIS THING. IT'S A GREAT ORDINANCE, AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> SUPERVISOR HARMON, AND THEN SUPERVISOR LONG, AND THEN PROBABLY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AGAIN. >> TO BACK WHAT YOU WERE ALLUDED TO, DON'T GO OUT AND START MOWING. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME OF YEAR TO MOW. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WITH MY NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE RUNNING A LAWNMOWER OUT THERE, AND SO WHEN HE SAID 4'' DON'T GO OUT AND START MOWING RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. IN OUR AREA, MATT, IF YOU'VE GOT A 20 ACRE PARCEL, 10 ACRES OF IT IS WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS REALLY GOOD, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS A WHOLE. CAN THEY STILL APPLY FOR 10 ACRES ON HEART OF THE 20? >> IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE ACTUAL PARCEL LINES THAT ARE DOCUMENTED. IT'D BE UP TO 10, AND THAT WOULD BE THE CAP. >> THEY CAN'T QUALIFY IF THEY'VE GOT A 20 ACRE THAT THEY WANT TO DO? >> YOU'RE ASKING FOR ANY GRANT ASSISTANCE OR JUST THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ORDINANCE? >> BOTH. >> WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COUNTY AND IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT 10 ACRE LIMIT CAME FROM. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF OUR URBAN DENSITY IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF SHASTA COUNTY. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO SO FAR TO BE A BIG ASK OF LARGE LOTS OF LAND THAT ARE IN BETWEEN THAT RANCHES AND TIMBER INDUSTRY, BUT RATHER JUST TO KEEP THOSE COMMUNITIES, THE HOMES SAFE BECAUSE OUR INTENT, LONG TERM IN THIS IS TO LIMIT THOSE DEVASTATING FIRES, SEEING LESS HOMES BURNED, AND THEREFORE SEEING MAYBE MORE AVAILABILITY OF INSURANCE AND AFFORDABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE PRESENTATION, APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARM. SUPERVISOR LONG. >> LAST QUESTION, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T HEAR THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT CAN YOU TELL EVERYONE WHO THIS AFFECTS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMONG OUR CONSTITUENTS? IT'S GOING TO BE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND PROPERTIES THAT TRANSITION SADDLE BETWEEN THE TWO? IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD? >> EVERYWHERE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF SHASTA COUNTY, IT'LL BE IN IMMEDIATELY ON UPON APPROVAL WILL BE APPLICABLE. DISTRICTS AND CITY OF ANDERSON, SHASTA LAKE CITY, THEY CAN ADOPT IT AND USE OUR ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CITY OR IT'S IN THE SHASTA COUNTY, THEY CAN ENFORCE IT AS WELL. IT CAN BE COUNTY WIDE, BUT IN THIS ROOM, IT'S GOING TO BE THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF SHASTA COUNTY, AND THEN THOSE OTHER ENTITIES OF CITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY CAN ADOPT IT AND USE IT. >> NOT MANDATORY FOR THE CITIES. THEY CAN VOLUNTARILY ADOPT MANDATORY FOR THE COUNTY TERRITORY, UNINCORPORATED COUNTY? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOOD. MISS BLANKEN, HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE? >> YES, CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, DELORES LUCERO. >> WHILE SHE'S WALKING UP, I CAN TELL YOU IN DISTRICT 1 FOR ANYBODY THAT'S EVER LOOKED AT THE MAP, I HAVE ABOUT TWO STREETS THAT ARE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA IN THE COUNTY. FOR MOST OF THE SUPERVISORS UP HERE, HUGE CHUNKS OF THEIR DISTRICT, OR ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT OR UNINCORPORATED AREAS, FOR ME, I'VE GOT BASICALLY TWO STREETS. WELCOME. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I THINK MR. LONG, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, [00:55:01] I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED WHAT I HAD A QUESTION. SINCE I LIVE IN THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU SAY SHASTA COUNTY, THAT OVERALL, MEANING DOES THAT IT'S LIKE AN UMBRELLA? DOES THAT ALSO APPLY TO THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY SHASTA COUNTY, I'M GUESSING THAT IT'S LIKE THE UMBRELLA THAT COVERS THE WHOLE COUNTY, BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS INCORPORATED. THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARD HAS PASSED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT I NEED TO KNOW DO YOU OVERSEE THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, ALSO BUT DOES THEY APPLY TO THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, THOUGH? >> IF YOU CAN'T DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS HERE, THEN. >> BUT YOU CAN'T ANSWER THEM ANYWAY. WHAT'S THE USE OF LOOKING AT YOU? IT'S TRUE. THIS IS IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING SHASTA COUNTY, THE FIRE CHIEF. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE OF THIS PROPOSAL ORDINANCE, YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT LITTLE CLAW OVER IT'S GOING TO COVER CITY SHASTA LAKE, BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A BIG FIRE IN SHASTA LAKE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FIRE PERSONS TO GO OUT THERE. THE CITY OF READING, SHASTA COUNTY, ALL GO TO ONE PLACE. THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION THAT YOU COULD CALL 5302-2524. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE VOTE. WE'VE LISTENED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. WE'LL JUST DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE. PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU GUYS. >> MATT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME] DID MIRANDA JUST REACH OVER AND REACH THAT? THAT'S A LONG REACH. >> I'M STRONG ENOUGH. >> HOW MANY COMMENTERS DO WE HAVE MISS BLANKEN? >> CHAIR AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE 26. >> 26. ALL RIGHT. >> DID YOU CALL MY NAME? FIRST UP, STEVE WOODRUM, FOLLOWED BY LARRY S, LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, AND HARRY MADISON. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN CUE. >> SUPERVISOR [INAUDIBLE] >> SANDY, DID YOU PUT THAT IN THERE UNDER R2 OR DID YOU PUT IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> R3 [INAUDIBLE] >> WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO R3 YET, MA'AM. >> WELCOME, STEVE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY REMARKS ARE A FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THIS BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AND THE ELECTIONS OFFICE STILL COMPLAIN ABOUT DOMINION VOTING MACHINES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE. JUST ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. WELL, NEWSMAX ACCUSED DOMINION OF VOTING CORRUPTION. DOMINION SUED FOR DEFAMATION. ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, THIS CASE WAS SETTLED, AND DOMINION WAS AWARDED $67 MILLION COURTESY OF NEWSMAX. NOW, NEWSMAX WAS ALSO SUED IN A SIMILAR DEFAMATION CASE BY SMARTMARTIC IN THAT CASE NEWSMAX HAD TO PAY $40 MILLION. THAT MEANS NEWSMAX HAD TO PAY OVER $100 MILLION FOR ALL OF THESE FALSE CHARGES AGAINST DOMINION. NOW, LET'S GO BACK TWO YEARS AGO IN 2023, DOMINION SUED FOX FOR THEIR CHARGES AGAINST DOMINION. IN THAT CASE, FOX HAD TO PAY, AND LISTEN TO THIS NUMBER $787.5 MILLION FOR DEFAMATION AGAINST DOMINION. NOW, THESE ARE ACTUAL COURT CASES. THAT MEANS THAT JUST BETWEEN THESE TWO NEWS NETWORKS, FOX AND NEWSMAX, THERE'S BEEN OVER $1 BILLION WORTH OF LIES. NOW, BASED ON THIS, OUR UNELECTED REGISTRAR OF VOTERS HAS COME UP WITH A SERIES OF CRACKPOT SCHEMES TO ABOUT ELECTIONS, AND THIS IS GOING TO COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WELL, HE SAYS, LET'S TAKE IT OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET. IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S ASKING TO DEFUND THE POLICE. THIS IS SUCH A BAD IDEA ON SO MANY LEVELS. I'M VERY GLAD THIS BOARD LAST MEETING DID NOT LET THIS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> LARRY S, FOLLOWED BY LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, [01:00:02] HARRY MADISON AND MATTHEW VAN SCOTAR. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND CUE. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. THIS IS REALLY PROBABLY THE MOST SERIOUS TOPIC AND DISCUSSION THAT I'VE EVER HAD HERE. I KNOW THE BOARD LIKES TO SEND LETTERS TO VARIOUS PEOPLE, SO IT'S IN YOUR PURVIEW TO SEND A LETTER ALONG THESE LINES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEAR, MR. TRUMP, WHILE IT IS CONSIDERABLE THEOLOGICAL DEBATE IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH THAT A PERSON CAN WORK THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN. WE NEVERTHELESS APPLAUD YOU THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET TO HEAVEN. APPARENTLY, YOU FEEL AT THE PRESENT TIME THAT YOU'RE LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE, AS YOU PUT IT, AND A GOOD WORK THAT YOU THINK MIGHT GET YOU TO HEAVEN IS TO HELP END THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WELL, THIS IS LAUDABLE, WE, THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION. SIMPLY THIS. REPENT OF YOUR SINS, WHICH ARE MARRIED. ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, BECOME A TRUE CHRISTIAN AND BE BAPTIZED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS. THIS WOULD MEAN SCRAPPING YOUR PLANS TO DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA, REMAKING AMERICA INTO A CORPORATE AUTHORITARIAN, THEOCRATIC OLIGARCHY, USING AS YOUR BLUEPRINT THE NAZI LIKE PLAYBOOK YOU AND YOURS CALL PROJECT 2025. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING UP RON OWENS JUNIOR. I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIM VERY REGULAR. HE'S SPOKEN HERE A FEW TIMES. HE HAS THE BOOK IN THE WEBSITE CALLED MUDDLE TRUTH. WITH THAT THEME, A LOT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND I'M HEARING THAT MORE PARENTS ARE BEING CAREFUL NOT TO CLUSTER THEIR CHILD, MEANING THEY'RE GOING TO GET A TOTALITY OF WHO KNOWS HOW MANY VACCINES IN ONE VISIT. THAT'S COMPLETELY JUST AWFUL, SCARY, FRIGHTENING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MEDICAL PEOPLE ARE STILL INTRODUCING THAT INSANE CONCEPT. THERE'S A NEW FILM WORLD PREMIERE CALLED INSIDE MRNA VACCINES THE MOVIE. IT'S ABOUT ONE HOUR. I BELIEVE IT'S ON YOUTUBE. I GOT IT FROM MY GOOD FRIEND DANE WIGGINTON. I HELPED HIM WITH RESEARCH HERE AND THERE, SO I TAKE THAT AS A REPUTABLE SUGGESTION. IF YOU'RE STILL CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS THE MRNA. I KNOW THE SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH THE TYLER MCCAIN ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT, SO I'M HOPING MORE PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD IF THEY DO HAVE INFORMATION ON WHERE IS NIKI. LOOKS LIKE IT'S ME TRYING TO LOCATE THE BODY. IT'S VERY SAD, IT'S VERY SCARY. I PRAY FOR THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE BEING STILL IMPACTED BY THIS. WE NEED MORE WHISTLEBLOWERS. I GOT TO HEAR TENNESSEE ADD ON SUNDAY MORNING RADIO, DISCUSSING QUITE A BIT OF ISSUES RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, CITY OF READING. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THIS THURSDAY, WE'VE GOT CLINT CURTIS FUNDRAISER. IF YOU HAVEN'T MET HIM OR TALKED TO HIM, BRING YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. IT'S AT THE WYNN RIVER 4:00 PM. THE DOOR'S OPEN. DINNER AT 6:00. I THINK THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, BUT TIME'S FLYING BY. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR LOOKING AT MY ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE THAT LASH OUT, SPEAK OUT. IT ALREADY HAPPENED HERE WITH THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> PERRY MATSON, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW VAN SCOTAR, FOLLOWED BY JULIE SARGENT THEN CHERYL OLSON. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN CUE. >> WELCOME, SIR. >> THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN UP HERE MANY TIMES TALKING TO YOU, AND I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU JUST DON'T HEAR OR WHAT YOU HEAR, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE PROGRAM IHSS HELPS SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HOLDS THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER AT A LEVEL THAT NEEDS THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU JUST LET HIM GO, POVERTY CREATES CRIME, CREATES HOMELESSNESS. HELP KEEP PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO TAKE CARE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPROVED FOR THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN'T GET CAREGIVERS BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S IN TERMS OF GIVING A RAISE, IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED FUNDING A PROGRAM THAT IS SOCIALLY, WHAT YOU GUYS SAY YOU WANT TO DO, [01:05:01] KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, CRIME. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES. YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT AS A LITTLE PAY RAISE BECAUSE THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO COME AGAIN BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS DON'T SEE IT, YOU CAN LEAD THEM TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM DRINK [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, MATTHEW VAN SCOTAR, FOLLOWED BY JULIE SARGENT, CHERYL OLSON, THEN WILLIAM REDDING. >> HELLO, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS MATTHEW. I HAVE BEEN A IHSS CAREGIVER FOR OVER 12 YEARS NOW. I'M WITH THE SAA UNION TO SUPPORT OUR RIGHTS TO BE FUNDED FOR A HIGHER MORE WAGE, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND LOVED ONES IN THEIR HOMES. SOMETHING I WANT TO BRING UP ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT TODAY IS WE HELP KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. WE KEEP THEM SAFE. WE ARE TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN SPECIAL WAYS, TO HELP KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL OUT OF URGENT CARE, OUT OF CARE HOMES. WE HELP KEEP THEM HERE IN THE COUNTY. IF THESE PEOPLE, MY GRANDMA INCLUDED, WERE TO NO LONGER HAVE THE CARE FROM IHSS. SHE WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE PUT INTO A HOME, WHICH WOULD THEN MOVE HER INCOME, AS WELL AS MY OWN OUT OF THIS COUNTY. WE'D BE HITTING A FINANCIAL DEFUX FROM THERE FOR BOTH INCOMES, INCLUDING HER GRANDSON. THIS ISN'T JUST ONE PERSON. WE'RE LOOKING AT 4,500 PATIENTS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IN THIS WHOLE COUNTY ALONE. THAT IN ITSELF, JUST THE PATIENTS ALONE IS A HUGE INCOME THAT WE WOULD LOSE IF EVEN HALF OF THEM LEFT THIS COUNTY BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CARE HERE. SOMETHING I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR GUYS' ATTENTION IS THE FACT THAT FUNDING US, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES OF HOW MUCH WE MAKE, HOW MUCH YOU GUYS PROVIDE, HOW MUCH THE STATE PROVIDES, AND HOW MUCH THE FEDERAL PROVIDES? WE'RE LOOKING AT A $6 MILLION FUNDING THAT WE ARE MISSING OUT FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND FUND HOME HEALTHCARE [APPLAUSE] >> JULIE SARGENT, FOLLOWED BY SHERYL LINTON. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. >> THIS IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH WILL LISTEN TO 126 INDIVIDUALS. IHHS WOULD BE THE AGENDA. I'M JUST TELLING YOU PROCEDURALLY. IHSS, SORRY. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT THERE'S MANY OF YOU, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT, EXPRESS THEIR OPINION, YOU GUYS AREN'T SCREAMING AND YELLING, AND I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AS ONE SUPERVISOR, AS YOU GUYS COME UP. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT PROGRAMS THAT NEED FUNDING. I'M NOT GOING TO EVER SAY WHAT YOU GUYS DO ISN'T VALUABLE AND NEEDED AND CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO THIS, SO IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US, BUT WHEN THIS MEETING IS OVER, I'LL MEET WITH EVERYBODY OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT TO SIT AND TAKE MORE THAN TWO MINUTES, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND. PLEASE, AS YOU COME UP HERE, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US THAT DON'T VALUE WHAT YOU GUYS DO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK IN THIS SITUATION, I COULD TELL YOU, WE ALL APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. COME ON UP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KEVIN CRYE. I'M JULIE SARGENT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE GRACE AND TIME YOU ALLOT US TODAY. I'VE BEEN AT CAREGIVER FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, SO IT FEELS LIKE A DECADE, OR IT IS A DECADE. LAST TIME I EVER SPOKE WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO IN RED BLUFF. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE MORALE AND BEING PAID MORE. THAT DOES GO INTO IT. I'M NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS. I KNOW THAT WE ENTER A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED OF HELP. THEY HAVE FROM QUADRIPLEGICS TO JUST HORRENDOUS LIVING CONDITIONS. MY NEW CLIENT, HE WAS IN DESERT STORM. HE RAN THE SECURITY AND HE HAD A HEART. HE ONLY HAS 15% OF HIS HEART. BEING THROWN INTO THE MEDICAL FIELD WHERE MEDICAL IS NEEDED, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM PRIVATE HEALTH CARE AND SOMETIMES IT BELITTLES SOMEONE THAT SERVED OUR COUNTRY OR HAS BEEN A NURSE OR A TEACHER. BEING IN THE HEALTH BEING A CNA, I KNOW EVERY YEAR WE GET AN EVALUATION. WE GET A 50% INCREASE WITH A HUGE SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE. WELL, UNDER THE NUMBERS, IT SAID 6 MILLION IS ON THE TABLE FOR OUR TAXES THAT WE PAY AND FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE. THERE'S LITTLE THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S 7.7 MILLION BACK PAY AND TAXES WITH, [01:10:07] FOR EXAMPLE, THE BALLPARK, BY SMALL LITTLE THINGS, GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN. I THINK WITH LITTLE THINGS LIKE BACK PAY AND TAXES AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE COMMUNITY COULD EVEN OPEN UP THAT, BRING IN SOME REVENUE THAT WAY. SO JUST LITTLE THINGS, BUT THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. >> CHERYL OLSON, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM REDDING, WENDY DICKENS, AND JEFF GORDEN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. >> HELLO, I'M CHERYL OLSON, AND I'VE BEEN WITH IHSS SINCE 2019, AND I'M GETTING AT THE AGE WHERE I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A PERSON TO TAKE CARE OF ME IN A LITTLE WHILE. THINK ABOUT THAT. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, GUYS, WHERE YOU NEED HELP WITH ONE OF US COMING IN AND TAKING CARE OF YOUR HOUSE AND YOURSELF. WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. WE LOVE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AND MAKING THEM FEEL HAPPY THAT WE'RE COMING TO ENJOY THEIR DAY WITH THEM. THERE'S A LOT TO IT. BUT KEEP IN MIND, SOMEDAY IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER WHERE YOU NEED HELP, SO LET'S GET THE RAISES THAT WE NEED. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS GOT YOUR RAISE. WHAT WAS IT, 69% PERCENT? WELL, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR MAYBE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING $2 OR SOMETHING AN HOUR. PLEASE, CARE FOR US, CARE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND LIKE WHAT HE SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE IT MAKES US REALIZE THAT YOU DO CARE. EVERYBODY, JUST LOOK AT IT. DO WHAT YOU CAN. AM I DONE? >> THIRTY SECONDS. >> BUT DO WHAT YOU CAN, AND CARE. CARE ABOUT US AND THE PATIENTS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO US ALL [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. >> WILLIAM REDDING, FOLLOWED BY WENDY DICKENS, JEFF GORDEN, RONNIE DILLON. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS WILLIAM REDDING. I'VE BEEN AN IHSS WORKER FOR SIX MONTHS ABOUT, BUT I'VE WORKED IN HEALTHCARE FOR NUMEROUS YEARS. I WAS A CNA BEFORE I WAS A IHSS WORKER. I'VE SEEN THE STATE OF HOW CARE FACILITIES ARE VERSUS IHSS. ALSO, WHEN WE TAKE LOOSE PROVIDERS, IT CREATES MORE OF A BOG ON THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND CREATES LONGER WAIT LISTS. I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST FOR FIVE YEARS NOW FOR A DOCTOR. THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD FUND THE HOME CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WENDY DICKENS, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDEN, RONNIE DILLON, THEN KATHERINE. >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR LET ME COME UP AND HAVE A FEW MINUTES. I WANTED JUST TO BRING SOME FUN NEWS TO THE COUNTY, WHICH IS ABOUT DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY. I MEAN, WHO DOESN'T LOVE DOLLY. ALSO THE FACT THAT SHE WILL GIVE BOOKS TO THOSE WHO ARE 0-5, ONE A MONTH FOR THEIR ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY'RE SIGNED UP FOR THE PROGRAM. FIRST 5 SHASTA AND SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE EDUCATION AND THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ARE ALL PARTNERING TO BRING DOLLY PARTNER'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY HERE TO SHASTA COUNTY, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TWO LAUNCHING EVENTS. ONE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT FOR ADULTS MAINLY. IT'S A MOVIE CALLED, SENTENCED, AND STEPH CURRY AND HIS WIFE, AISHA, CO-PRODUCED THAT WITH THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROJECT. IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW LITERACY IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW ILLITERACY AFFECTS YOUR ECONOMICS. IT AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH, ALL OF THE PIECES AND PARTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE TRYING TO COMBAT AS A COMMUNITY. IT REALLY DOES TAKE A COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR OUR KIDDOS. THEN THE SECOND ONE IS REALLY FOR FAMILIES TO SIGN UP FOR DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY. THAT WILL BE THE SENTENCE IS ON THE 4TH, FROM 05:30-08:30, YOU'RE ALL INVITED. IT'S AT THE CASCADE THEATER, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE. THEN THE CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN, WHICH IS FOR FAMILIES TO SIGN UP WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 6TH FROM, LET ME GET THE TIME,10:00-02:00, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN THINGS. IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE USUALLY HAVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE IT TO LAUNCH DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING IT HERE. THANK YOU. I ALSO LEFT SOME FLIERS FOR EACH OF YOU WITH BOTH EVENTS, AND ON THE BACK SIDE, IS A QR CODE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY, IF YOU WANT TO. [01:15:03] THEN THERE'S FLIERS IN THE BACK FOR OTHERS. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> JEFF GORDEN, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE DILLON, KATHERINE, THEN DEBBIE KAY. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR BRINGING AN UPDATE ON THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND, WHICH HE POSTED ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE CHAIR DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THIS ISSUE UP, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US WERE CALLING FOR THE UPDATE. I THINK THE LESSON IS, YOU CAN BYPASS THE CHAIR AND JUST GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND REACH THE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY AND DIRECTLY WITHOUT HAVING TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE CHAIR TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC ON THESE ISSUES. AS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, AND PERHAPS THIS WILL PUT TO REST SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED $14.2 MILLION AS OF THIS DATE, AND ONLY ABOUT 4.5 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN GUARANTEED TO ORGANIZATIONS. THERE'S ANOTHER 3.75 OUT THERE TO RENEWED LIFE RECOVERY. THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR GRANT, BUT MAYBE THEY'LL REAPPLY. BUT THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AVAILABLE. WHY HAS THE BOARD NOT FUNDED THE MAT PROGRAM IN THE JAIL? THAT IS THE MAIN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED, THE MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM. SHERIFF CAME UP IN NOVEMBER. REMEMBER, WE HAD 20 ORGANIZATIONS COME UP IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, 37%, HE BELIEVED THAT THE POPULATION WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT PROGRAM. HE WAS SEEKING ANYWHERE 740,000-1.7 MILLION. WE'VE GOT THE MONEY. WHY ARE WE NOT SPENDING THE MONEY? HERE'S A NEWS FLASH. YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR A MEDICAL SCHOOL. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S TIME TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. IT'S TIME TO FUND THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME UP IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, EMPIRE RIVER RECOVERY, THE SHERIFF'S MAT PROGRAM, SAVE SOME LIVES. PEOPLE ARE DYING. I'M SURE ANOTHER FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE I WAS HERE LAST. LET'S MAKE SOME GOOD INVESTMENTS, FOLKS. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> RONNIE DILLON, FOLLOWED BY KATHERINE, DEBBIE KAY, THEN STEVE KAHN. >> HELLO. SHASTA COUNTY IHSS WORKERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CARE SYSTEM, BUT YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS MANY TIMES. WE CARE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED IT. WE ALSO SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY BY CUTTING DOWN NURSING HOME AND HOSPITAL VISITS FOR SHASTA RESIDENTS. BUT AGAIN, YOU'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THIS AS WELL. COUNTY SUPERVISORS, YOU CAN AVOID PAYING 1 MILLION ANNUAL TO STATE AND KEEP OUR TAX DOLLARS RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY BY FUNDING 1.2 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR IHSS WAGE INCREASE. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. YOU CAN SAVE OR YOU CAN PAY 1 MILLION ANNUALLY TO THE STATE, OR YOU CAN KEEP OUR TAX DOLLARS RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY BY FUNDING 1.2 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR IHSS WORKERS WAGES. I'LL LET YOU ALL FIGURE OUT THE MATH ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> KATHERINE, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE KAY, STEVE KAHN THEN DELORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. [BACKGROUND] IS KATHERINE NOT HERE? OKAY. COME ON UP. NEXT UP, DEBBIE KAY. STEVE KAHN THEN DELORES LUCERO. >> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE APPLAUSE. SORRY. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I AM A VOTER. I HATE ELECTION TIME. MY MAILBOXES ARE FILLED WITH ALL REQUESTS FOR CHANGING MY VOTE. THEY MIGHT SAY THEY'RE EDUCATING ME, ASKING FOR MONEY. BIG MONEY JUST HAS TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER OUR ELECTIONS. BUT I'VE ALWAYS NOT PAID ATTENTION TO MANY OF THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FELT THAT WE VOTE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, WE VOTE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THIS IS MY STATE. HOWEVER, I HAVE REALIZED THAT THIS SENTIMENT IS SO VERY NAIVE. OUR LIVES IN CALIFORNIA ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR CONGRESS, AND OUR CONGRESS IS AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS IN INDIVIDUAL STATES. [01:20:03] WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS NOW, FRANKLY, I THINK IS AN ABOMINATION. THEY ARE DRAWING DISTRICTS THAT COMBINE AREAS THAT ARE PROBABLY WAY DIFFERENT THAN MODOC AMARIN. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. I BELIEVE CALIFORNIA DID THE RIGHT THING IN HAVING AN IMPARTIAL COMMITTEE DETERMINE LEGISLATIVE LINES. BUT CHAIRMAN CRYE ALWAYS ASKED FOR SOLUTIONS. HERE'S A SOLUTION. INSTEAD OF SENDING A LETTER TO THE STATE, SAYING THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE REDISTRICTING, WHY DON'T YOU SEND A LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO OTHER STATES AND SAY, USE IMPARTIAL REDISTRICTING. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FAIR AND EVEN LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR. >> THANK YOU. >> DEBBIE KAY, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, DELORES LUCERO, THEN RON PLUM. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MORNING. >> I WANTED TO ALSO SPEAK REGARDING THE LETTER OPPOSING AB 604, SB 280 AND ACA 8. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN STATING, "I WRITE TO RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE. HOWEVER, THIS IS WRITTEN ON THE COUNTY LETTERHEAD, WHICH WOULD REPRESENT ALL FIVE SUPERVISORS AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY. THE CONCERN, AS YOU STATED, IS WITH THE TEXAS RECENTLY CREATING DISTRICT CHANGES AT THE BEHEST OF TRUMP, INFLUENCING THE DECISION FOR REDISTRICTING HERE. HAD THAT ACTION NOT BEEN TAKEN, THERE WOULD BE NO CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING HOW WE REDISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS LETTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL VOTER, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I OBJECT TO IT BEING SENT ON COUNTY LETTERHEAD, AS IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COUNTY." THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY-. >> JUST TO CLARIFY TO HELP PEOPLE SEMI FACT CHECK AS WELL. I DID SEND A LETTER ON MY OWN LETTERHEAD, AND THEN THIS ITEM THAT'S ON CONSENT TODAY IS FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE TO SEND ONE AS A BOARD. COME ON UP, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. JEFF GORDEN'S COMMENTS GOT ME AND THERE WAS ONE THING I DON'T THINK HE HIGHLIGHTED, AND THAT WAS WITH THE MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT IN THE JAIL, WE WOULD, I THINK, WITHOUT A DOUBT, REDUCE RECIDIVISM, WHICH IS A LONG TERM SAVINGS FOR US AND A SAVINGS FOR THE IMPACT OF CRIME ON THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANYTHING ON THIS AGENDA TO SHOW WHETHER YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD ON FINANCING THE CITIZENS INITIATED AIDED SALES TAX. MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WANT AN ANSWER TO THAT. IN ABOUT 70 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS TIME TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION OR CHANGE OPERATION SIGNIFICANTLY AND DO A GOOD JOB. I BELIEVE THE ELECTIONS OFFICE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON DOING THE BEST JOB THEY CAN WHERE THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOUR APPOINTED ROV HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING AN ELECTION. WE SHOULDN'T BE CHANGING THINGS SIGNIFICANTLY NOW. ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT JOANNE'S LOCATION ON DANA DRIVE IS A HORRIBLE IDEA. IT'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN WRITING. IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE, VALUABLE RETAIL SPACE. SOMETHING ELECTIONS OFFICE DOESN'T NEED, AND MANY ELDERLY AND INFIRMED PEOPLE WOULD BE AT CHAMPIONING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS A BIG MISTAKE. I GO TO A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND YOU'LL FIGURED OUT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. >> I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE END HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS AT THE END. WHAT IS THE BOARD DOING TO GET MORE DOCTORS TO SHASTA COUNTY? THAT'S OUR ISSUE. THAT IS OUR NEED. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IS JUST A RED HERRING THAT'S BEING USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. THERE WOULD BE NO BENEFIT FROM IT FOR OVER A DECADE OR LONGER IF IT HAPPENED AT ALL. LET'S HAVE SOME PROGRESS AT LURING ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE DOCTORS TO SHASTA [NOISE] COUNTY. ENCOURAGE THEM. >> [INAUDIBLE] SOUND FOLLOWED BY RON PLUM CHRISTIAN GARNIER. >> STEVE, STEVE, LOOK TO C6. C6 ON THE AGENDA IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED. >> JUST FOR YOU KNOW, MR. PLUMMER, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU. WHAT YOU DID THE LAST MEETING IS PRETTY DISTURBING. BECAUSE NOW I'M GLAD THAT I NEVER VOTED FOR YOU. IT CONFIRMS THAT I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME SPECIAL SKILLS, I WANT TO SAY, SPECIAL SKILLS IN HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE. [01:25:01] BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A GOOD DECISION, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE JUST LIKE PATRICK JONES, JUST FOR THAT. MAKE IT CLEAR. I MADE A COMPLAINT ALSO WITH THE GAVINW AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. I UNDERLINED YOUR NAME THAT YOU MADE MOTION TO ACTUALLY HIJACK, AND ALSO REGARDING THE ELECTION TO DO AN EXTORTION, TO ABLE TO DO THIS LAND DEAL. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU VIOLATED THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. LET'S GET THAT CLEAR. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. ANOTHER THING, WE HAVE THIS CRAZY PERSON WHO ALWAYS COMES UP HERE AND WHINES AND CRIES AND EVERYTHING. THE LAST MEETING I WAS HERE, AND SHE ACTUALLY ASKED BEN AND JENNY, HEY, DO YOU AGREE WITH DOLORES, WHAT SHE'S SAYING? BUT SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S BEEN ATTACKING PEOPLE FOR FOUR YEARS. THE COUNTY ALLOWED IT. I GOT MULTIPLE PHOTOS. YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWED THIS. ON THE PREMISES OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOU ALLOW THIS BEHAVIOR [NOISE] HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION. SHE USES HER LITTLE PHOTOS FOR SLANDERING PEOPLE AND USING IT AS A PERSONAL EMAILS FOR PEOPLE. THEN ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE HARASSMENT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT. YOU SHOULD BE HERE. MR. CHRIS, YOU ACTUALLY SENT ME A PHOTO OF YOU IN THE HOT TUB SAYING I SHOULD BE IN THERE WITH YOU. THEN HOW ABOUT THE EMAIL. YOU SAID THAT GUYS IS SUCH A DOUCHE BAG. THEN YOU SAY, I LOVE TO [NOISE] >> THAT'S YOUR TWO MINUTES, THANK YOU >> RON PLUM. FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARNIER. FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN. FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN. >> YES. >> RON, COME ON UP. >> THANK YOU. YOUR TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING. THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARNING. THANK YOU. WELCOME, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT'S HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. MORNING BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK ANYTHING SAFETY, JUST LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE OR REDUCING LADDER FUELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S TOP PRIORITY. I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I MYSELF, WE WORKED AT CAMPFIRE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. I HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THAT AND PAST VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND ALL OF THAT. I GET IT. I KNOW HOW DEVASTATING FIRE CAN BE, AND WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THAT IN OUR STATE. IT'S NOT ALL JUST FIRE, AND WE SHOULD KNOW THAT. WE SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS AFOOT. I WOULD SAY, IN ANSWERING, I WAS LISTENING AND SAYING, HEY, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME PRIORITIES. I KNOW MR. PLUMMER, YOU SAID THAT WE OUGHT TO COME UP WITH SOME PRIORITIES. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE AND I WISH ALL OF YOU WOULD THAT VOTING ELECTIONS IS NUMBER 1 PRIORITY. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT GOES ON. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE MINUTIA THAT YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN. THIS RAISE OR THIS PERSON, ETC [NOISE] IT'S ALMOST LIKE MOVING THE CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC. YET WE GOT TO KEEP THE PIECE. I GET THAT. BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT CLINT CURTIS IS THE MAN FOR THE HOUR, AND I SUGGEST, AND I ASK YOU TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE BECAUSE THIS SLOW WALKING JUST IS GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN, BOTTOM LINE. YOU WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN. I GET IT, MR. LONG. YOU WANT TO SHUT HIM DOWN. YOU DIDN'T WANT HIM IN IN THE FIRST PLACE [NOISE] [APPLAUSE]. >> CHRISTIAN GARNIER, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, BENJAMIN NOWAIN, THEN JENNY. >> MR. CRYE, YOU HAVE TURNED THIS BOARD INTO AN ARM OF THE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. YOU ARE ON TRUMP'S BEHALF AND MAGAS BEHALF, IMPLEMENTING STUFF LIKE THIS PROPOSITION 50 OPPOSITION LETTER, AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S FILLED WITH MISTRUTHS. MR. TRUMP CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES AND AN ADJUDICATED RAPIST, WHO AFTER LOSING 60 LAWSUITS, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT, IS STILL DEMANDING THAT THE 02 ELECTION WAS RIGGED. YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP TEXAS TO GERRYMANDERING THE VOTE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TRUMP DEMANDED TEXAS PASSED THE HOUSE BILL 4 TO KEEP CONTROL, [01:30:01] AND THIS IS HIS WORDS. WE ARE ENTITLED TO FIVE MORE SEATS BECAUSE I WON THE HIGHEST ELECTION IN TEXAS HISTORY. NOW, TRUMP DEMANDS OTHER STATES, GERRYMANDER, FOR HIM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIANA, MISSOURI, OHIO. IN FACT, THE GUY WHO WROTE THE BILL, HE PUBLICLY STATED THE UNDERLYING GOAL OF THIS BILL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, IMPROVE THE REPUBLICAN TURNOUT. THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, WERE NOT GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON HB4, BUT CALIFORNIA HAS GIVEN THE RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON PROPOSITION 50. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE [NOISE] BY THE WAY, THIS IS A TEMPORARY BILL, NOBODY IS SUSPENDING THE COMMISSION, PERIOD. IT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED AND SIGNED. IT'S GOING ON TO THE BALLOT, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. THIS IS ANOTHER STUNT. YOU WANT TO DEBATE THIS? BRING BRUCE ROSS ALONG. I'LL DEVIATE IT ANYWHERE YOU WANT [APPLAUSE] >> DAVID HALLIGAN. FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN. FOLLOWED BY JENNY, THEN ED BORDERS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND KEEL. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I WANT TO SPEAK ON C3. WHY SHOULD THIS BOARD NOT SEND A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR REGARDING REDISTRICTING? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL. IT'S LIKE BEING JUST A TOKEN EFFORT. YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR WORD FROM PROPOSE, JUST CHANGE IT TO REDISTRICTING IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND IT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN THIS COUNTY ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, OPIOID CRISIS, ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, PUBLIC SAFETY, WILDFIRE AND INSURANCE ISSUES, IMPROVING OUR ROADS, GETTING THE UNION CONTRACTS COMPLETED. HEY, HOW ABOUT A LETTER SUPERVISORS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE GOVERNOR ON PROTECTING HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR OUR CITIZENS IN THE FACE OF CUTS TO MEDICAL. THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR CITIZENS IN SHASTA COUNTY ARE ON SOME FORM OF MEDICAL. ARE YOU GENTLEMEN ALL OKAY WITH THE CUTS? SUPERVISORS. EVERY MOMENT YOU SPEND WORKING ON A PROBLEM YOU CAN'T CONTROL, YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON A REAL PROBLEM OR OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE ARE MANY IN SHASTA COUNTY. BUT SUPERVISORS, ARE YOU TRYING TO INFLUENCE THIS ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4TH? YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH THIS LETTER TRYING TO SWAY VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY TO VOTE NO ON THE REDISTRICTING. THIS IS NOT A NONPARTISAN LETTER FOR WHICH YOUR POSITIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NONPARTISAN. IT'S PARTISAN ALL THE WAY. LEAVE IT ALONE. MR CRYE SITE TEXAS IS DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. TEXAS JUST REDISTRICT IN OCTOBER OF 2021. LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. I GUESS [NOISE] THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HEY, FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS THIS WEEK. I LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP AS ONE OF THE HEAD COACHES. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S ALSO THE HEAD REFEREE ON THE FIELD, AND HE'S MAKING RULE CHANGES AS THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS. THAT'S NOT COOL. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FOUR UNSPORTSMANSHIP LIKE PENALTIES CALLED, ONE ON TRUMP, ONE ON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, ONE ON CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE, AND ONE ON GAVIN NEWSOM. GUESS WHAT, SUPERVISORS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MANY PENALTIES ARE TO COME, AND I DON'T LIKE IT BY EITHER PARTY [NOISE] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> BENJAMIN NOWAIN, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, ED BORDERS, THEN LAURA HOBBS. >> I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO ISSUES, ELECTIONS AND RESPECT FOR WORKERS. ON ELECTIONS, BOTH R6 AND R7 WERE POLLED TODAY. NOW, I DON'T BLAME THE BOARD FOR THAT. THE DETAILS OF R6 WERE PRETTY RIDICULOUS. WHAT I SAW AND WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES IS A SHOPPING LIST OF EQUIPMENT PANIC PURCHASED OFF AMAZON WITH NO VETTING FROM IT AND STILL NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE ELECTION. WELL, ACCORDING TO OUR OWN REGISTRAR ANYHOW. WE ARE JUST 71 DAYS AWAY, AND CLINT CURTIS HAS ONLY 41 DAYS TO SEND OUT THE VOTER PAMPHLET. NOW, I DON'T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN A REGISTRAR WHO HAS NEVER ACTUALLY RUN AN ELECTION. IF THAT'S THE SITUATION, THEN THE LEAST HE CAN DO IS FOLLOW THE BOOK AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE DO WITH WHAT HE HAS, JUST LIKE THE BOARD HAS TOLD PREVIOUS ROVS OFFICE TO DO TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THESE DELAYS AND SHORTCUTS CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF CHAOS, AND WHAT VOTERS NEED IS STABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND A CLEAR PLAN. NOW TO SEIU. FOR EVERYBODY HERE, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS FOR A LONG TIME. I CONSIDER MYSELF SOMETHING OF A CRYE TRANSLATOR. CHAIR CRYE, YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER TO SEIU MEMBERS WAS ESSENTIALLY THAT THEIR COMMENTS WERE WASTING YOUR TIME. WHEN YOU SAID YOU'D TALK LATER, WHAT YOU REALLY MEANT WAS, I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN WHEN IT MATTERS. BUT IT MATTERS DURING THE MEETING. IT MATTERS TO HAVE THOSE CONCERNS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD, NOT BRUSHED ASIDE IN THE HALLWAY. IHSS WORKERS ARE HERE [NOISE] BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL VALUED. WHEN YOU DISMISS THEM, [01:35:01] YOU PROVE THEM RIGHT. WHEN YOU SAY THEY ARE VALUED, TRY SHOWING IT BY LISTENING IN SESSION WHERE IT COUNTS [APPLAUSE] >> JENNY, FOLLOWED BY ED BORDERS, LAURA HOBBS, AND NICK GARDNER. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. LOOKING OVER THE SEA OF PURPLE SHIRTS THAT ARE NOW OUTSIDE, I SEE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BOARD. THIS IS THE CHANCE TO TELL THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS JUST HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR THIS COUNTY. BEFORE YOU IS A GROUP OF CAPELESS HEROES, MEN AND WOMEN WHO GIVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO CARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PART OF OUR POPULATION. WITHOUT THEM, PEOPLE END UP IN COSTLY CARE FACILITIES OR ON THE STREETS UNCARED FOR, WHERE THEY END UP BURDENING OUR JAIL WITH CATCH AND RELEASE OR EVEN WORSE DYING. OR, IF THEY ARE SAVED FROM DEATH, THEY END UP CROWDING UP URGENT CARE AND THE EMERGENCY ROOM. WHO HAS TO CARE FOR THE SICK REGARDLESS OF THE ABILITY TO PAY? THIS PUTS QUITE A BURDEN AND EXPENSE ON THE HOSPITAL AND AFFECTS THE CARE OF ANY AND EVERY CITIZEN WHO NEEDS CARE OUTSIDE OF THEM. THEIR CARE OF THE LEAST OF THESE IS CARE FOR ALL OF US. THE INVESTMENT IN YOUR STAFF IS AN INVESTMENT IN BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN OUR OVERBURDENED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, IN THE LEAST OF THESE, OF WHOM REFLECT THE FACE OF JESUS, AND GIVE THE LOWEST PAID COUNTY STAFF THE FUNDING THEY DESERVE. DON'T TELL THEM, YOU APPRECIATE THEM. SHOW THEM [APPLAUSE]. >> ED BORDERS, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, NICK GARDNER, AND THEN BRAD GARBUTT. >> YOU CAN GET IN QUEUE, THAT'D BE GREAT. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I'D LIKE YOU TO ADOPT AN N GOD WE TRUST RESOLUTION. PUT A PLACARD UP HERE. THEY DID THAT IN FRESNO COUNTY RECENTLY. YOU CAN DO THE SAME. PLEASE DO NOT DELAY ANY FURTHER ON FUNDING THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND THEIR TRANSPARENCY PLAN. CLINT CURTIS HAS OUTLINED AND DIAGRAMMED A PLAN FOR CAMERAS AND COMPUTER MONITORS SO THAT WE CAN SEE EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS. AS ELECTION OBSERVERS, THIS IS SORELY NEEDED. HE GAVE AN ACTUAL SHOPPING LIST THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE FOR EACH CAMERA. IT'S VERY CLEAR WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING. UNFORTUNATELY, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER IS TURNING THIS INTO A POLITICAL GAME. PLUMMER HAS NEVER WATCHED A SHASTA COUNTY ELECTION FROM START TO FINISH. NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECAUSE IT TAKES MONTHS. BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE EVEN SEEN HIM THERE FOR ONE SINGLE DAY. YET HE WANTS TO MICROMANAGE HOW ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. THIS IS AFTER YEARS OF BEING FALSELY TOLD BY THIS BOARD THAT THEY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER ELECTIONS. CLINT CURTIS HAS ALREADY SAVED THE COUNTY 135,000 BY GETTING RID OF THE RUN BACK NORVIS SYSTEM THAT JOANNA WANTED TO USE TO DUPLICATE BALLOTS. JOANNA CREATED THIS PROBLEM BY NOT FOLLOWING THE VERITY BALLOT PRINTING GUIDELINES TO TEST LIVE BALLOTS BEFORE THEY'RE SENT OUT. CLINT ON THE OTHER HAND, ACTUALLY INCLUDED A TESTING OF ALL BALLOTS BEFORE SENDING THEM OUT TO VOTERS. DON'T SPEND THIS $5,000,000 TO DEMOLISH A BUILDING THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR FAIR AND TRANSPARENT [NOISE] ELECTIONS. CLINT SAID THAT THE AEC COULD FIT AND MEET ALL OF HIS NEEDS. LASTLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE SURVEYS THE COUNTIES ARE PUTTING OUT ARE BIASED. WHY NOT LISTEN TO WHAT CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT THEY WANT? THE CHARTER AMENDMENT DRAFT SURVEY WAS A JOKE. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A CHARTER AMENDMENT BEING CIRCULATED. WE'VE GOTTEN THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES FROM CITIZENS SAYING THEY WANT ELECTION REFORM. WHY NOT INCLUDE THAT AS A CHARTER AMENDMENT AND FIND IT [NOISE] THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY BRAD GARBUTT. LOUISA, LESLIE AND GARY PERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND QUEUE. >> LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I SUGGESTED THAT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, WHEN THEY GET A WEBSITE THAT YOU COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE ENTER THE PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE RE OFFENDED. I THINK THAT WOULD BE TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT WOULD BE A STEP TO WHERE SHOW US WHETHER THESE PROGRAMS WORK OR NOT. I WAS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. AS FAR AS CLINT CURTIS GOES, AND HE'S WANTING $125,000 OR THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GIVE HIM? AFTER HE SAVED US $135,000, I THINK IT SHOULD BE IT'S A PUSH. GIVE HIM THE MONEY. PLEASE [APPLAUSE] I THINK THAT'S PARAMOUNT. I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE THESE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING POSITIVE FROM THEM FOR MONTHS. MAYBE THEY COULD GET TOGETHER AND THINK OF SOMETHING BETWEEN HERE AND THE NEXT MEETING AND SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. [01:40:01] DID ANYBODY NOTICE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS JUST PUT THE KAPUT TO CRIME IN WASHINGTON, DC? [APPLAUSE] >> HE'S GOING TO CHICAGO AND THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T WANT HIM THERE IS THE LIBERAL POLITICIANS AND THE CRIMINALS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> BRAD GARBUTT FOLLOWED BY LOUISA LESLIE, GARY PERO, THEN PADDY PLUM. >> THAT REPORT BY CHRIS STREET WAS RIDICULOUS. KEVIN, YOU PUT $40,000 IN YOUR BUDDY'S POCKET FOR NOTHING. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY, AND EVERY TAXPAYER IN SHASTA COUNTY SHOULD BE UPSET ABOUT THAT. DON'T BE GIVING CLINT CURTIS ANY MONEY FOR THE ELECTION OFFICE. THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU GAVE THE ELECTION OFFICE WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR CATHY DARLING ALLEN. IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR TOM TALLER, AND UNLIKE WHAT LAURA HOBBS JUST SAID, JOANNA HAS NEVER RUN AN ELECTION. SHE'S NEVER BEEN THE ROV, SO STOP PINNING IT ON HER. WHEN WE HAD DOMINION, WE HAD 77 TABULATORS. WE HAD ONE IN EVERY POLLING PLACE. WE HAD ONE IN THE LOBBY AT THE ELECTION OFFICE. WE HAD MORE FOR TABULATING UPSTAIRS. WE REPLACED IT WITH FOUR TABULATORS. THAT WAS INTENTIONAL. YOU WANTED TO PUT AS MUCH STRESS ON THE ELECTION OFFICE STAFF AS POSSIBLE BY STRIPPING DOWN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM AND GIVING THEM THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TOOLS TO MAKE THEM LOOK BAD. THE MORE TABULATORS YOU HAVE, THE QUICKER YOU CAN COUNT THE VOTES, BUT YOU TOOK ALL THAT AWAY FROM THEM. SHAME ON YOU FOR GETTING RID OF DOMINION AND I DO LIKE WHAT CLINT SAID. HE SAID HE WANTS TO LEASE MORE TABULATORS. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. LEASING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN BUYING BECAUSE HARDWARE BECOMES OBSOLETE VERY QUICKLY AND NOW WE HAVE THIS HARDWARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE, SO LEASING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN BUYING AND THAT YOU GOT DUPED. YOU DRANK TOO MUCH OF THE PADDY PLUM COOL-AID. [APPLAUSE] >> LOUISA, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, GARY PERO, PADDY PLUM, THEN ANTONIA. LOUISA, COME ON UP. [BACKGROUND] >> GOOD MORNING DEAR BOARD. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, AS YOU START THIS MEETING IN THE NAME OF GOD, WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO BRING GOD INTO THIS WHEN YOU DON'T WALK THE TALK? PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WITH THIS BIG UGLY BILL, 20% OF THE NURSING HOMES IN CALIFORNIA WILL CLOSE DOWN. EMERGENCY ROOMS HERE LOCALLY WILL CLOSE DOWN, INCLUDING SOME HOSPITALS. IHSS WORKERS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND GUESS WHAT? YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE DEMAND. LET'S NOT BE HYPOCRITES BRINGING GOD INTO EVERY MEETING. YES, AND I'M TALKING TO YOU GUYS WHEN YOU CAN'T DO WHAT'S RIGHT, PLEASE PAY YOUR WORKERS. YOU HAVE THAT POWER. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PAY HIGHER WAGES TO IHSS PROVIDERS, AND BY THE WAY, COUNTY WORKERS TOO. LET'S GET TO IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY GARY PERO FOLLOWED BY PADDY. >> JUST BRING YOUR MERMAID TO WORK DAY. NO, I APPRECIATE WHAT LAURIE SAID, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE DEALING WITH ISSUES WITH VACCINATIONS IN THIS COUNTY. I'M ONE OF THEM. I FOUND OUT A WEEK BEFORE SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO KINDERGARTEN, SHE'S TRYING TO LOOK AT YOU GUYS, THAT THEY WANTED HER TO HAVE FOUR SHOTS AND I WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE FOUR VACCINATIONS, INCLUDING ONE OF THEM BEING A MULTI-SHOT TO MY KID ALL AT ONCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY 11-YEAR-OLD AND ONE WEEK LATER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED TYPE 1 DIABETIC. THAT WAS THE SCARIEST TIME IN MY LIFE, AND I'M NOT EVER GOING TO CLUSTER VACCINATE A CHILD AGAIN. WE'VE BEEN SPACING OUT HER VACCINES BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO WAIVER EXEMPTION, ANYTHING THAT THE STATE WILL APPROVE, AND IT'S A MANDATE. IT'S NOT A LAW. THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ASK QUESTIONS. YOU GUYS STAND UP AGAINST THINGS THAT ARE TYRANNICAL. YOU GUYS PUSH BACK ON THINGS THAT ARE WRONG BECAUSE THINGS THAT ARE MANDATES ARE NOT LAW, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE UNEDUCATED AND THEY JUST GO WITH IT, AND THEY DON'T PUSH BACK, [01:45:01] AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE PUSHING BACK. THEN, I AM LEFT TO HOME SCHOOL FOR A MONTH WHILE I SPREAD OUT HER VACCINATIONS AND MONITOR AND MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE, BUT I SPENT TWO DAYS AT THE CAPITOL LAST WEEK, THAT'S WHY I WASN'T HERE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH REPRESENTATION. I WATCHED. I WAS THERE AS THEY WERE DOING THE FIRST PRESENTATION ON THIS BILL, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WRITING A LETTER OF OPPOSITION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION, AND THIS IS NOT A RESPONSE TO TEXAS. THIS IS SOMEBODY THROWING A TANTRUM BECAUSE HE'S LOSING GROUND IN A BLUE STATE AND TRYING TO MAKE IT POLITICAL AND TAKE AWAY WHAT LITTLE REPRESENTATION WE HAVE. THEN MAYBE AN ADHOC COMMITTEE OR DIRECTION TO STAFF TO DO SOME DIGGING INTO THE WASTE AND FRAUD IN IHSS, AND IN THAT HOME HEALTHCARE. >> THANK YOU. >> GARY PERO, FOLLOWED BY PADDY PLUM, ANTONIA, THEN BEV. >> I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK HERE. I WANTED TO THANK SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR THE OPIOID UPDATE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BEING KEPT UP TO DATE. JUST TO SAY, AS A CITIZEN AND AS A THINKER, I THINK THAT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL LINKAGE BETWEEN THE OPIOID PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION IT'S TOO FAR OUT THERE. IT'S NOT A TIGHT LINKAGE, AND IT OPENS US UP TO ACCUSATIONS OF MISUSE OF FUNDS TO TAKE AN OPIOID FUND AND APPLY IT TO BUILDING A MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHERE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE OPIOID PROBLEM, AND THE TIME FRAME IS SO FAR OUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR FUNDS. I APPRECIATE, ALSO AS A PLUMBER, YOUR EFFORTS ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE WHOLE BOARD. I HAVE A VET IN MY MEN'S GROUP WHO LIVES IN A RAT TRAP MOTEL WHERE THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALLS AND THE CEILINGS AND HE CAN'T GET IT FIXED. HE WAS GOING TO GET UPGRADED TO A PLACE ON PEPPER TREE, AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM IN BECAUSE THEY DECIDED TO STOP TAKING CARD. I DON'T KNOW. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO THERE. THE GERRYMANDERING, I'M AGAINST GERRYMANDERING AND RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE OVER THE POPULATION IN TERMS OF THEIR REPRESENTATIONS. REPUBLICANS ARE SLIGHTLY UNDERREPRESENTED, BUT ACCORDING TO NUISANCE PLAN, IT WOULD SWING WAY FAR AWAY SO OUR STATE IT'S NOT GOOD. I DEFINITELY ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD WITH A $125,000 OF FUNDING. I COULD BE AN EXPERT WITNESS FOR THE INSECURITY ISSUES WITH ALL VOTING MACHINES, THE WAY THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED, AND THEY ARE NOT SECURE. THE ONLY WAY TO SECURE THEM IS WITH THE PROPOSALS, LIKE WHAT CLINT CURTIS HAS SAID, WHERE YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE SYSTEM, WATCHING IT AND SAFEGUARDING AROUND THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE MACHINES ARE INSECURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> GO JOB. [APPLAUSE] >> PADDY PLUM, ANTONIA, THEN BEV. >> HELLO, BOARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN REVEALED TO US THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I AGREE THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP IN THE ELECTION OFFICE. WE'VE SPENT SO MANY HOURS THERE IN OBSERVATION WATCHING THIS CIRCUS. IT'S EQUAL TO DAYS THAT WE'VE SLEPT OVER AND EQUAL DAYS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN YOU HAVEN'T SEEN AND SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS AN ILLUSION. OUR ELECTION IS AN ILLUSION. IT'S A CIRCUS. WE SIT AND WE WATCH HAMSTERS ON WHEELS IN EVERY ROOM, AND IT'S COMPLICATED ON PURPOSE, SO WE WILL NEVER UNRAVEL IT, BUT WE ARE. LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE'RE COMING TO THE PLACE OF REVEAL. I REALLY HAD HOPED THAT YOU GUYS BY NOW WOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD ASKED ME, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MATT PLUMBER AND [INAUDIBLE]? I SAY, WELL, THEY SEEM INTELLIGENT. MAYBE THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT, BUT YOU HAVEN'T, AND SO I'M NOT SPEAKING AS ELECTION COMMISSIONER, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COMING IS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. NO MAIL IN BALLOTS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE MAIL IN BALLOTS. YES, THAT'S ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ELECTIONS, ONE THAT'S COUNTY AND THEN ONE THAT'S FEDERAL? IT'S RIDICULOUS. UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE THING IS GOING TO UNRAVEL AND COME APART AND SO WE NEED TO BE ON THE PLANNING SIDE OF IT. DON'T BE SANDBAGGING OUR NEW ROV. HE'S ONLY ONE PERSON. WE NEED ALL THE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. IT'S NOT UP TO ONE PERSON. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT BUILDING OVER THERE IS NOT AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, SO PUTTING 5 MILLION TOWARDS IT IS RIDICULOUS. APPARENTLY, IT HAPPENED IN MARCH. YOU NEED TO PULL THAT BACK. DON'T MAKE ME STAND IN FRONT OF A WRECKING BALL OR LAY IN FRONT OF A BULLDOZER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WILL. I WILL LAY DOWN TO STOP THE DEMOLITION OF THAT BUILDING, THE MONEY GOING TOWARDS IT, WHEN IT CAN BE PUT TOWARDS OUR ELECTION TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE ELECTION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. YOU NEED TO GET EDUCATED, AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE INFORMATION, WE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU SO YOU WILL HAVE [01:50:01] INTELLIGENT BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS EMBARRASSING. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY BEV. >> WELL, I AGREE WITH PADDY, DO NOT PUT 5 MILLION TOWARDS A NON-EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WHEN THE BUILDING CAN BE USED FOR CLINT CURTIS IN THE BACK SECTION. CLINT NEEDS SIMPLE FUNDING FOR A LEGITIMATE ELECTION. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, THROUGH THIS PETITION, AND I'M ASKING THEM, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE ELECTIONS, AND THEY ALL SAY THEY WANT TO SEE MORE TRANSPARENCY, THEY WANT TO SEE FAIRNESS, THEY WANT TO SEE SECURITY. I TELL THEM, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A GOOD ROV PERSON IN THERE NOW, AND HE WANTS THE SAME THING. IT'S UP TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SUPPORT HIM AND BACK HIM UP. GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS WORK, TRANSPARENCY, AND SO IT'S UP TO YOU. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WITH THEM AND WANT TRANSPARENCY IN OUR ELECTIONS. SIMPLE AS THAT, HEAR THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. [APPLAUSE] >> OUR LAST SPEAKER, BETH. COME ON UP. >> HELLO. SOME OF YOU DIDN'T WANT CLINT CURTIS AS OUR ROV, BUT HE IS OUR ROV. NOW, WHY ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTING HIM AND WANTING HIM TO SUCCEED BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO SUCCEED. YOU ARE TRYING TO DELAY HIM FROM HAVING THE TOOLS HE NEEDS. IS IT YOUR GOAL TO MAKE HIM FAIL BY DELAYING EVERYTHING TO THE POINT THAT THERE IS NO TIME TO IMPROVE OUR ELECTIONS? IF WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR ELECTIONS, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE CORRUPT, AND THEY ARE CORRUPT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUBLIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT, WHICH IS WHY SO MANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED. GOOD GRIEF. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR ELECTIONS? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO R3. [CONSENT CALENDAR] [OVERLAPPING] CONSENT, I GOT YOU. I GOT IT. I WAS RIGHT ON IT. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. >> THERE IT IS, AND WE HAVE A SECOND SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG TO APPROVE CONSENT. ALREADY HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT, NO BOARD DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> PASSES 5-0, AND PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT VOTE ON C3 AS WELL. MR. BRICE RICHIE, WELCOME, SIR. [R3 Approve a lease agreement with the City of Redding for properties with Assessor Parcel Number ("APN") 050-050-010 and APN 050-070-008 in Redding for land to develop custody operations in Shasta County.] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CROY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BRICE RICHIE, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY READING FOR TWO PARCELS ON EASTSIDE ROAD TO EXPAND THE SHERIFF'S CUSTODY OPERATION, INCLUDING THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. ON AUGUST 19, 2025, THE BOARD APPROVED THE LEASE AGREEMENT, AND AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO FUND THE PROJECT. CITY WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE LEASE, BUT REQUESTED CHANGES FOLLOWING THEIR NIGHT MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, INCLUDING APPROVAL OF THE LEASE BEING CONDITIONAL UPON HCD FINDING THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY AS EXEMPT SURPLUS PROPERTY, CLARIFICATION ON INSURANCE PROVISIONS, AND CHANGES TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND REZONING PROVISIONS. STAFF IS SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S REQUESTED CHANGES AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED LEASE AGREEMENT. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT. WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WE BEAT THIS UP QUITE A BIT. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MS. BLANKENSHIP? >> JUST ONE MOMENT, CHAIR. >> MIRANDA. >> WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS. >> LET'S BRING THEM UP. >> FIRST UP, STEVE KAHN, SANDY WINTERS, DELORES LUCERO, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. STEVE KAHN, COME ON UP. >> BRICE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS SUCCINCT. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, CHAIR CROY AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORS. I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR PASSING R3. THIS BINDER REPRESENTS 35 YEARS OF WORK TRYING TO GET [01:55:01] 100-FOOT FIRE DEFENSIBLE SPACE ORDINANCE FOR HAPPY VALLEY. WE HAD A HORRIBLE FIRE IN 1998. THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN. >> MA'AM, EXCUSE ME. THIS IS R3? THIS IS TIED TO R3. YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT? >> I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON IS R2. >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID R3, I'M SORRY. >> THIS IS R3 RIGHT NOW. >> CHAIR, I BELIEVE SHE'S PROBABLY JUST MISTAKEN, AND SHE PROBABLY SIGNED UP FOR R3 THINKING IT WAS THE COUNTY FIRE ITEM. I KNOW THAT SHE HAD CAME UP EARLIER DURING R2 TO SPEAK AND THOUGHT SHE WAS SPEAKING ON R3, SO THAT WAS PROBABLY WHERE THE CONFUSION WAS. WE DID ALREADY TAKE THE COUNTY FIRE ITEM. IT'S JUST ON YOUR SPEAKER REQUEST CARD, YOU HAD NOTED YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, WHICH IS NOT THE COUNTY FIRE ITEM. >> I'M SORRY. >> DON'T BE SORRY. >> CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. >> WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE ACTUAL ITEM. DO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE? >> YES, I DO. I HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. BUT ANYWAY, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS FIRE ORDINANCE, 100 FOOT DEEPENSILE SPACE. IT WAS DEFEATED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. I WANT TO REALLY THANK SUPERVISOR KELS, OUR DISTRICT 5 SUPERVISOR FOR HIS WORK. HE STARTED WHEN HE WAS NOT REALLY SUPERVISOR YET AND PREVENTED A LOT OR PRESENTED A LOT OF HELP. [OVERLAPPING] >> I HAVE TO STOP YOU. I TRIED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I HAVE TO STICK TO R3, WHICH IS THE PARCEL FOR THE CITY OF READING. >> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR FAR WISE COMMITTEE OUT IN HAPPY VALLEY. >> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL DO, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, LEAVE YOUR NUMBER WITH MIRANDA OVER THERE, AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY, AND YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO HIM, AND HE'LL INVITE YOU BACK TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC COMMENT, WILL THAT WORK? >> NO, IT WON'T WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING THURSDAY. I WANT TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE OTHER SUPERVISORS HAD REQUESTED. WE'LL BE SPEAKING ON THAT. WE'VE BEEN THREE YEARS NOW WITH OUR COUNTY MEMBER. >> IF I MAY INTERRUPT. ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU WANT TO GET INFORMATION TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THAT DATE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM AN EMAIL. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK WITH MS. ANGEL OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GUIDE YOU ON HOW YOU CAN SUPERVISE. >> IS THIS COMING THURSDAY, SANDY? >> SIX O'CLOCK, HAPPY VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU. >> MR. KHAN. >> AFTER STEVE, WE HAVE DELORES LUCERO, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS A FANTASTIC DAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS THE DAY THAT THINGS MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY CENTER, AND I'M JUST TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE, AND I'M GLAD YOU COULD ALL COME TOGETHER. I THINK THIS COULD ALSO BE THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN OCCUR IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL THE MEETINGS, BOTH HERE AND AT THE CITY OF READING. THAT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO AND WORKING ON SOME VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS, WHICH WOULD BE CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS, AND PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL COLLABORATION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER AS FAR AS CRIME IN THE CITY OF READING. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP TO DELORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN AND THAT'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> COME ON UP. >> I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM. I DO APPRECIATE THAT IT IS MOVING FORWARD. THE ONE PIECE OF CONCERN THAT I HAD WAS MATT PLUMBER'S STUNT LAST WEEK. I JUST FELT IT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF POCKET TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO HOLD SOMETHING ELSE UP THAT WASN'T DIRECTLY RELATED. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT HOW THIS BOARD HAS CONDUCTED BUSINESS IN THE PAST. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BENEATH YOU TO PLAY GAMES IN THAT MANNER. I JUST I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO ALIENATE THOSE THAT SUPPORT YOU. >> SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, AND THEN AFTER THIS, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. >> I JUST WANT REALLY QUICKLY, WANTED TO THANK THE CITY COUNSEL MEMBER LATA AND CITY OF READING, CITY COUNSEL AND CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS OUR COUNTY COUNSEL AND CEO AND THE SHERIFF FOR PUTTING THE PRESS ON THIS LAST WEEK AND GETTING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE. OUR FULL EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNSEL NEXT TUESDAY, AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE PRIORITY ON THIS AND GETTING THIS RIGHT TO THE FINISH LINE HERE. >> WE'VE TAKEN THAT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> MOTION PASSES 5.0. [02:00:02] MOVING ON. AGAIN, WE'VE TAKEN THIS VOTE TWO OR THREE TIMES. REALLY, IT COMES DOWN TO SEPTEMBER 2, MY BIRTHDAY, ACTUALLY, AND THAT'LL BE A GREAT PRESENT WHEN THE CITY OF READING SIGNS THIS. MOVING ON TO R4, TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, [R4 Take the following actions: (1) Approve participation in a coalition of counties to submit "Oppose Unless Amended" position letters to Assembly Bill 470: Carrier of Last Resort; (2) authorize the Chair to represent the Board in the coalition to assist in drafting, approving, and signing letters consistent with the Board's intent; and (3) approve the use of the Shasta County logo on the coalition letters (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).] APPROVED PARTICIPATION OF A COALITION OF COUNTIES TO SUBMIT OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED POSITION LETTERS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM? BOARD, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? MS. BLANKENSHIP. >> CHAIR, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. >> OKAY. >> FIRST UP, DELORES LUCERO. >> DON'T SEE HERE. >> NOT HERE. BENJAMIN NOWAIN'S UP NEXT, AND THAT'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> I ACTUALLY TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS ITEM. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. I DON'T KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAVEN'T READ ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT BILL IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. IT'S BASICALLY STATING WHAT IS IT? THE LAST COMMUNICATION LINE. THE LANDLINES THAT EFFECTIVELY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN OUR RURAL AREA. THEY BASICALLY THE CARRIERS DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE ANYMORE. THEY TRY TO POSTURE IT AS LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN GET NEW TECHNOLOGY AND WE CAN GET YOU MODERNIZED AND WHATNOT. BUT I DON'T SEE WHY THEY COULDN'T DO THAT WHILE STILL KEEPING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMMUNICATION IN THEIR FIRE SEASON AND THESE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE CELL SIGNAL. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF FIGHTING BACK ON THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU. JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN I MADE MY TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC, AND I WORKED WITH THE NAPA COUNTY CHAIR. WE'VE WORKED ON THIS, AS WELL AS WITH SENATOR TIM SCOTT'S OFFICE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE. ANYWAY. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE. THIS IS TO APPROVE R4. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. >> CHAIR. >> YES. >> IS THERE A MOTION OR A SECOND? >> PROBABLY WAS NOT. I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT R4, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. THANK YOU, MS. BLANKENSHIP. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. >> AYE. >> PASSES 5.0. GETTING GREAT WORK DONE AT A QUICK CLIP. MOVING ON TO R5. [R5 Receive a presentation from the Health and Human Services Agency regarding the Commission on Aging (“Commission”) and either: (1) designate authority to the County Executive Officer, and direct staff, to take the actions necessary to decommission the Commission; or (2) provide alternative direction to staff.] THIS IS RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY REGARDING THE COMMISSION ON AGING. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP. AS YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, MS. BLANKENSHIP? >> YES, CHAIR. THERE IS. >> DELORES LUCERO, WHAT'S THAT? >> WAS THIS THE ONE THAT YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION? >> YES. BUT WE HAVE WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE. >> WE DO NOT. >> WE DO NOT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR PROCEDURALLY. I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING AS WELL AS HHSA STAFF THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TO A FUTURE DATE. >> I'LL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG. WE DON'T NEED PUBLIC COMMENT, MS. BLANKENSHIP. >> I'LL DEFER TO COUNSEL, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IT BACK. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT AT THAT TIME. >> PUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MAN. ANOTHER 5.0 VOTE. R5 WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE TIME. I JUST WANT TO TELL THE COMMISSION ON AGING, AS WELL AS HHSA STAFF, CONTINUE TO PLEASE WORK, GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND WE WILL GET YOU BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. R6 AND R7 HAVE ALREADY BEEN PULLED AND MOVED. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO CLOSED SESSION, PUBLIC COMMENT. [CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT] >> CHAIR, WE HAVE NO REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR ITEM R8. HOWEVER, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM R9. FIRST, LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY DELORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND CUE. >> YES. [NOISE] >> WELCOME. >> HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE CLOSED SESSION FOR R9 REGARDING LAURA BURCH, WC. I BELIEVE THAT STANDS FOR WORKERS' COMP. PLEASE CORRECT ME. OTHERWISE, I KNOW THERE'S ITEMS AND SUBJECTS AND TOPICS THAT ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE VERY PRIVATE BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO HUMAN RESOURCE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SOME INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC. I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF [02:05:02] PAGES BEFORE EACH MEETING BECAUSE I WORK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE THE TIME. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A HIGH PROFILE POSITION WITH HHS. THEN SHE WENT ON MEDICAL LEAVE AFTER APPARENTLY 10 YEARS OF VERY FINE SERVICE. I MEAN, I'VE GOT ALL MY PRINTOUTS FROM THE COUNTY AND OTHER MEDIA. IF THERE'S SOME WAY BEFORE YOU GO TO CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE SOME OF US CAN'T JUST SIT HERE FOR AN HOUR, 1.5 HOUR TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY ACTION TAKEN. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL GO OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE MEDICAL REASONS. THEY'RE USING BENEFITS THAT THEY'VE HAD, PERHAPS. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH LAURA BURCH. BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW STRATEGIES CAN BE PUT TOGETHER FINANCIAL PLANNING. I DON'T KNOW. SHE WAS HERE LAST MEETING AND DIDN'T ALLUDE TO A WHOLE LOT MORE OTHER THAN SUPPORTING KRISTY COLEMAN, WHO NOW HAS THAT POSITION. I'M JUST STARTING TO SENSE AND SEE A PATTERN. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS WONDERING, WHEN A MASSIVE PART OF OUR BUDGET, THE HHS, HALF OF IT OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW. DID SHE MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE AFTER DONAL EWERT LEFT AND THE WHOLE PANDEMIC, OR WAS IT MORE REORGANIZATION AND LOOKING AT COMBINING ADULT WITH CHILDREN? I'VE GOT THE LIST. I'M NOT GOING TO USE UP YOUR TIME MORE THAN TO SAY, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA AND WE CAN PUT OUR ANXIETY AT REST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP, DELORES LUCERO FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN. >> THANK YOU. REGARDING THIS CLOSED SESSION, I DID A LITTLE HOMEWORK IN REGARDING THIS CASE, AND I DID DO SOME RESEARCH. MY QUESTION IS, I GUESS, WHAT SHE WAS ACCUSED OF,IT WAS EMBEZZLEMENT. WHO ACCUSED HER BECAUSE NOW SHE'S SUING THE COUNTY. THAT'S WHY SHE'S SUING. IT'S IN ACTUALLY SOME RECORD SEARCH, AND SO WHO CAUSED THE PROBLEM? WAS IT YOU, MR. BURCH? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAPPENED WITH MCGREENI BEFORE. HE'S THAT'S WHY HE'S SUING THE COUNTY. IS THIS ONE OF YOURS THAT YOU DID SOMETHING THAT YOU ACCUSE THE PERSON? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS ISN'T RELATED TO IT. >> IT IS RELATED. IT'S AN INVESTMENT. >> I WASN'T SURE A LOT OF TIMES THAT SHE TRAILS OFF. I'M TRYING TO. >> DON'T MAKE COMMENTS ON WHAT I'M SAYING. >> I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD CONTINUE. >> I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE IT SAYS THAT SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF HHSA. IT SAYS HERE IN YOUR ARTICLE, IT SAYS, I AM NOT A CRIMINAL THAT NO EMBEZZLEMENT HAS OCCURRED. SOMEBODY ACCUSED? >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT R9. >> IT IS. >> WELL, I COUNT TO ONE. >> IT'S UNDER CLOSED SESSION. LAURA. >> R9 IS A CLOSED SESSION RELATED TO A WORKERS' COMP CLAIM. WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE LAWSUITS OR. >> IT IS. >> IF YOU CAN STICK TO THE ITEM OF R9. >> IT IS. I DID. >> WORKERS COMP CASE NUMBER 23. >> BENJAMIN NOWAIN. >> ZERO, 7, 5, 1 HERE AT THE COUNTY OF SHASTA. THANK YOU. >> I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN I SAW THAT LAURA BURCH WAS ON THE AGENDA ON A CLOSED SESSION ITEM, IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HER WELL. BUT IT IS TELLING TO ME THAT IF A DIRECTOR IS LEAVING THE AGENCY AND IS ASSERTING THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS MY OWN OPINION THAT MAYBE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT WAS UNTENABLE OR THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO DO WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO WITH WHAT SHE WAS GIVEN OR THAT SHE WAS ASKED TO DO THINGS THAT WERE NOT LEGAL OR APPROPRIATE. THIS IS TO ME, VERY INDICATIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THIS AGENCY IS CURRENTLY TRENDING TOWARDS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THIS WORKERS COMP CASE OR ANY LITIGATION THAT ENDS UP COMING OUT OF IT. I KNOW I'M IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH THE COUNTY, SO I CAN COMMISERATE. >> SURE, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU. [02:10:02] >> WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIME FOR, I BELIEVE, DID I SEE IT WAS AN HOUR? >> THIRTY MINUTES, CHAIR? >> IS IT 30 MINUTES? WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 11:00, WE'LL SAY 11:35, JUST IN CASE IT GOES QUICKER. WITH THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS. BOOM. DOWN. GOOD LUCK. [REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS] RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION, COUNSEL LAURA, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, R8AND R9, WERE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. >> THANK YOU. MS. BLANKENSHIP, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE DID NOT COVER THAT NEEDS ATTENTION? >> NO, CHAIR THAT'S IT. >> SEE YOU RIGOR. >> HERE, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.