Sep 23, 2025 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

>> CAN WE RETAKE THE VOTE, CHAIR?

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>> YEAH. GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE.

>> 5 - 0.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR HARMON.

>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELSTROM FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

SO I'VE BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO CLEAR BACK TO THE MCARTHUR FAIR.

I ATTENDED THE MCARTHUR FAIR, AND THAT WAS AS USUAL AMAZING EXPERIENCES FOR THOSE KIDS.

YOU GET TO CURL AROUND AND VISIT WITH ALL THE CONSTITUENTS UP THERE.

THEN I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO OVER TO THE ROV OFFICE AND VISIT THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE OVER THERE. NICE JOB.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE.

IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE HAPPENINGS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH CHARLIE KIRK.

WHAT A PHENOMENAL NAME THAT HE PICKED FOR THAT ORGANIZATION, TURNING POINT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT REALLY WAS A TURNING POINT, AND IT IS A TURNING POINT FOR THIS COUNTRY.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WATCH, YOU SHOULD GO BACK AND WATCH THAT CELEBRATION OF LIFE.

NOT ALL, BUT MAJORITY OF THE HEADS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU CAN NAME A LIST, GO DOWN FROM THERE THAT ATTENDED THAT AND SPOKE AT IT.

IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL TO ME.

I COULDN'T WALK AWAY FROM IT. LISTENING TO IT.

IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL AND VERY HEARTFELT.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

>> WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMAN. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT UPDATES TO SHARE, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONG, BUT I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE LAST MEETING, SUPERVISOR CHRIS SAID I COULD TAKE HIS EXTRA TIME IN A FUTURE MEETING, SO I MIGHT BE CASHING IN ON THAT.

[LAUGHTER] THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE STATE IN MARCH 2024, WELL, VOTERS OF THE STATE PASSED PROPOSITION 1, WHICH DID A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IT DID WAS SET ASIDE ABOUT $6 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF GRANTS THAT THE STATE HAD MADE AVAILABLE FIVE ROUNDS PREVIOUS TO THAT POINT.

BUT SHASTA COUNTY HADN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE GRANT DOLLARS IN THE FIRST FIVE ROUNDS OF THAT.

AS YOU KNOW AT LEAST, I'VE BEEN I'M TALKING WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS ABOUT THIS THAT, A LOT OF TIMES, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM THE SHERIFF'S STAFF, THAT THE JAIL HAS BECOME THE DE FACTO MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE THERE ISN'T SUFFICIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION BACK IN THE '70S.

SINCE I WAS RUNNING, I HAD WANTED SHASTA COUNTY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, NOT NECESSARILY THE COUNTY, THOUGH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBILITY, BUT THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M EXCITED TO REPORT, AND SOME OF YOU WOULD KNOW THIS THAT IN THE FIRST ROUND, WHICH WAS DUE IN DECEMBER, WE HAD FOUR ORGANIZATIONS APPLY, AND TWO RECEIVED THAT.

THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR IN THAT ROUND.

NOW WE HAVE THREE APPLYING IN THIS ROUND, WHICH IS DUE OCTOBER 28TH.

THERE'S A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR ONE OF THEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.

I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY NOTE THOSE.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS, RIGHT NOW, ON A GIVEN YEAR, WE'RE SENDING ABOUT 350 OR SO CHILDREN AND ADULTS OUT OF THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, I'M ON THE EMS AGENCY, WHICH OVERSEES THE AMBULANCES.

THERE'S ABOUT 800-900 CALLS A YEAR FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS CALLS THAT THEN WE'RE TAKING THEM TO OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS, WHICH ARE NOT REALLY THE IDEAL PLACE FOR THEM TO BE GOING.

THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THAT.

THERE'S THREE THAT I KNOW OF.

THERE MIGHT BE MORE.

ONE IS CALLED FAMILY DYNAMICS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HELP WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIGH NEEDS AND NEED TO BE PLACED SOMEWHERE.

ACTUALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, 10, 12 BEDS THAT WILL RECEIVE THEM THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT OF THE COUNTY.

THEY'LL ALSO DO SOME THINGS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE.

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THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE CALLED CHILDREN'S FIRST, WHICH IS GOING TO WORK WITH YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA, AND THAT'S THE ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.

THEN THE FINAL ONE IS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAMPUS THAT WILL HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH URGENT CARE WHERE PATIENTS WHO DON'T NEED MEDICAL CARE, BUT NEED PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS CARE CAN GO.

I WANTED TO, ONE, COMPLIMENT THE GROUPS ON GOING AFTER THIS FUNDING AND PUSHING FORWARD TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

I THINK IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON OUR OVERALL ABILITY TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THOSE AND URGE THE STATE TO AWARD THESE APPLICANTS THE FUNDING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

SECOND THING IS AROUND VETERAN HOMELESSNESS.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ONE THING HERE, WHICH IS, I'VE SAID DATING BACK MONTHS AGO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING MORE EFFECTIVE AT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A LOT MORE MONEY, THOUGH THAT MAY POTENTIALLY HELP, BUT WHAT WE NEED IS TO GET BETTER AT THE SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

I'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

ONE IS JUST FIGURING OUT, HOW DO WE GET ALL THE DATA IN ONE SPOT SO WE KNOW EVERYONE WHO'S HOMELESS? ONE IS FIGURING OUT, YOU HAVE A UNIT AVAILABLE THAT YOU CAN ALLOCATE FOR VETERANS.

LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE VA, WHICH DISTRIBUTES THE VASH VOUCHERS.

WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE DOTS TO MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK BETTER, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL ACTUALLY MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AT IMPROVING IT.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE.

A THIRD ITEM IS THE DEVELOPER'S ROUND TABLE.

SUPERVISOR KELTON MENTIONED THIS.

THIS WAS A GREAT STEP FORWARD IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM TALKING TO A NUMBER OF THEM THAT SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS HAVE FELT IN THE PAST THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN AT ODDS WITH THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN.

I'D JUST SAY THE FEEL IN THE ROOM WAS VERY COLLABORATIVE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THREE MAIN ISSUES.

ONE IS LAND USE.

WHERE ARE THERE LAND THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED INTO MORE HOUSING? SECOND IS AROUND PERMITTING, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT FASTER? WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOME THINGS POTENTIALLY USING AI TO HELP WITH THAT.

THEN THE FINAL PIECE, WHICH SUPERVISOR KELTON MENTIONED WAS THE GRANT DOLLARS.

THAT GROUP WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CONTINUING TO MEET, AND I THINK GETTING THEIR INPUT ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THE COUNTY TO SET POLICIES THAT WILL BE BUILDER FRIENDLY.

IF YOU'RE A BUILDER OR DEVELOPER IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO BRING HOUSING ONLINE, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO US, AND WE WANT TO GET YOU CONNECTED TO THAT GROUP.

THE LAST THING I DO WANT TO JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY IS I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND THERE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN OUR JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY THAT'S CALLED RIVER'S EDGE ACADEMY, AND IT'S FOR THOSE WHO ARE, I WOULD SAY, MAYBE A BIT HIGHER FUNCTIONING OR LESS VIOLENT IN TERMS OF THE CRIMES THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, BECAUSE WE GOT SOME DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

THERE'S 19 THAT THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO.

100% OF THEM HAD FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THEIR PAST.

100% HAD PHYSICAL NEGLECT.

95% HAD AN INCARCERATED HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, AND 84% HAD APPARENT PARENTAL SEPARATION OR DIVORCE.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE PREVENT CRIME DOWNSTREAM, IT'S THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDRESSING AND MOVING UPSTREAM.

GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT GROUP IS LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS, AS WELL AS FIRST FIVE, WHICH I ALSO HAD A MEETING ABOUT, WHICH IS ADDRESSING THAT EVEN EARLIER STAGE, AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

I'LL GET THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I'VE HAD SOME OTHER MEETINGS AS WELL, AND I DO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR KELTON FOR STEPPING IN AS MY ALTERNATE FOR PSA 2, WORKING CONTINUOUSLY ON THE COMMISSION ON AGING, AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE BRINGING BACK TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT MAKE UP THE 80 SOME OF THEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY AND JUST TRYING TO PRIORITIZE WHERE FUNDING SHOULD GO WITH SOME OF THOSE.

[NOISE] ATTENDED THE WINGS OF ANGELS CAR SHOW AS WELL.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT EVERYTHING MEDICAL AND OVERTAKING THEIR PARKING LOT FOR THAT.

THAT WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE.

I THANK SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, AS WELL FOR SUPPORTING THAT.

I'M CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DOUG BOND, WHO IS THE CEO OF AMITY FOUNDATION AND THE SHERIFF.

WE HAD QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS AT RCRC.

I WANT TO PUT IN SOME BENCHMARKS, SO THE SUPERVISORS AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO SOME TIMELINES, BECAUSE VERY OFTEN IN GOVERNMENT THINGS COME UP, AND THEN YOU SAY, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT? THAT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO, A YEAR AGO.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOME TIMEFRAMES TO SOME THINGS TO KEEP US ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO KEEP MOVING.

ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE FOR ELECTIONS.

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I WENT TWICE, I WENT EARLY, AND THEN LATE.

I JUST A LOT OF TIMES, I LIKE TO GO AND JUST SEE THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE AND JUST THE FLOW AND WHAT PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ARE.

EVERYTHING I HEARD WAS VERY POSITIVE.

I WANT TO THANK ROV CURTIS AND MR. TURNER AND THEIR STAFF.

HAD A MEETING WITH MIKE FREEMAN YESTERDAY, WHO'S THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE COUNTY.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF THE DETAIL, BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WHAT SOME MAY SAY, SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC ANIMOSITY, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT.

WE BOTH CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COUNTY, CARE DEEPLY ABOUT KIDS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HHSA CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SCOE, IN SOME OF THE AUDITS WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND SUPERINTENDENT FREEMAN IS VERY I DON'T KNOW IF EXCITED IS THE WORD, BUT VERY OPEN TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE BEING PAID FOR, AND SO I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT MEETING, AND IT WAS LONG OVERDUE.

THEN ALSO, I WILL SAY ON A SIDE NOTE.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THAT. I'M JUST THANKFUL.

PUT IT THAT WAY. I HAD THE CSAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

JUST CSAC IS A CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATION.

EVERY COUNTY IS PART OF THAT ALL 58.

THEY BREAK IT INTO URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL.

WE USED TO BE SUBURBAN.

WE NOW CAUCUS AS RURAL AS OF LAST YEAR.

THAT ORGANIZATION IS VERY HEAVY WITH, AS THE STATE GOES, SO DO WE.

I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS ME AS ONE SUPERVISOR AND AS THE REP THE LAST TWO YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RURAL CAUCUS WITHIN CSAC, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY ARE A RURAL VOICE FOR SHASTA COUNTY.

THEY PLAY MORE TO THE BIG CITIES AND BIG COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

I WOULD SAY CAPITULATE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEN HOW THIS STATE TEAM TENDS TO LEAN.

THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, TO SOME DEGREE, IS RCRC, WHICH IS THE RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH SUPERVISOR LONG, MYSELF, AND CEO RICHARD ATTENDED.

THE SHERIFF WAS OVER THERE AS WELL.

NOW, AT THAT, [NOISE] I CAN TELL YOU THAT RCRC IT'S ALL ABOUT RULE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY FELT THIS MEETING THEY STARTED TO FORGET WHERE THAT LIFEBLOOD IS.

IT'S RULE. WE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION AT OUR BOARD MEETING ON FRIDAY ABOUT PROP 50.

FOR ME, PROP 50 IS A BIG NO, INDEPENDENTLY AS ONE SUPERVISOR, BUT IT'S A NO IF ANYBODY DOES IT.

I CAN'T STAND WHAT OTHER STATES ARE DOING.

QUITE HONESTLY, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS SHASTA COUNTY.

IF WE AS RCRC DO NOT STAND UP AGAINST PROP 50, BECAUSE IT IS THE ABSOLUTE OBLITERATION OF RURAL COUNTIES; MODOK, LASSEN, TRINITY, SHASTA.

WE WILL ALL BE REPRESENTED BY MARIN COUNTY'S CONGRESSPERSON.

THERE IS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH A MARIN COUNTY CONGRESSPERSON WITH SOMEBODY IN MODOK COUNTY.

FOR ME, THIS IS EVEN ABOUT RED, BLUE, LEFT, RIGHT.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT RURAL VOICES.

I'LL BE DOING A LOT MORE AS IT RELATES TO RCRC, AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT AS WE GET CLOSE IN NOVEMBER.

I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THE USDA SENIOR ADVISOR FOR RURAL PROSPERITY.

THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE, HIS NAME IS T.W.

SHANNON. WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP, I'M HOPING IT WINDS UP BEING EARLY NEXT WEEK.

BUT THE ONE THING WITH THE USDA FOR RURAL PROSPERITY.

I BELIEVE THE MEDICAL INITIATIVE WE HAVE, AS WELL AS SOME COMPONENTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY, THAT'S NOT JUST PROSPERITY FOR THE RICH, IT'S PROSPERITY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S TRYING TO GET THEIR LIFE BACK TURNED AROUND OR WHO NEEDS A HAND UP, NOT NECESSARILY A HAND OUT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CONVERSATION UPCOMING WITH HIM AS I DO BELIEVE THERE'S FEDERAL DOLLARS TO IMPROVE MEDICAL SERVICES.

NOTICE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A MEDICAL SCHOOL.

I STILL THINK THAT IS A GREAT OPTION, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY OPTION.

THAT CONNECTION IN RCRC IS GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE.

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, I'LL GIVE A MORE EXTENSIVE UPDATE WHERE WE ARE IN THE MEDICAL PROCESS.

I WON'T TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME FOR THAT NOW, BUT THIS NEXT ONE I WILL.

THEN ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION TOO THAT SUPERVISOR LONG MENTIONED, WE HAD A SPEAKER, STEVEN FORD, WHO'S GERALD FORD'S YOUNGEST SON.

HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH HIM AND WE'VE EMAILED.

I'M TRYING TO GET HIM HERE IN FEBRUARY.

I THINK HE HAS A PHENOMENAL STORY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HIS FATHER IN TERMS OF AS A PRESIDENT.

OBVIOUSLY, HE WASN'T EVER ON A BALLOT.

NOT AS VICE PRESIDENT, NOT AS PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, UNTIL HE RERAN AGAINST CARTER.

BUT HIS SON'S GOT SOME AMAZING STORIES, AND I THINK IN THE POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN TODAY OR HAVE BEEN IN, AND WE WILL LIKELY BE IN NEXT YEAR, I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT PERSON TO BRING TO THE COUNTY AND JUST SHARE SOME INSIGHTS FROM WASHINGTON,

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DC AND WHAT HE STILL SEES TODAY.

THE LAST THING IS, I'M DOING COFFEE AGAIN THIS FRIDAY.

ATHENS COME TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES, 20 MINUTES, TAKE AS LONG AS YOU WANT. I'M THERE.

I JUST ASKED THAT YOU BUY SOME COFFEE SINCE WE TEND TO TAKE OVER THEIR ENTIRE COFFEE SHOP ON ATHENS, AND THAT'S AT 8:00 A.M. THIS FRIDAY.

WITH THAT, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, GUESS I OWE YOU 30 SECONDS NEXT TIME BECAUSE I WENT OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO R2.

[R2 Present a Certificate of Recognition honoring Isaac J. Lowe’s lifelong work and accomplishments to her grandson, Russell Lowe (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).]

PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, HONORING ISAAC J LOWE'S LIFE LONG WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR HER.

[APPLAUSE] WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO HER GRANDSON, RUSSELL, THOUGH THIS IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF.

THIS CAME ABOUT A GENTLEMAN, EDDIE MCCALLISTER.

GREAT. [APPLAUSE] I ALMOST SAID GREAT.

HOLD ON, ANNIE, GIVE ME A SECOND HERE.

I ALMOST SAID A GREAT YOUNG MAN, BUT THAT'S THE POLITICAL. HE'S NOT A GREAT YOUNG MAN.

HE'S A GREAT OLDER GENTLEMAN. I LOVE HIM DEARLY.

WHEN WE GOT TO TALKING RECENTLY ABOUT THE OPIOID DOLLARS AND PIONEERS OF SHASTA COUNTY, HE SAID HE FELT IT WAS A TRAGEDY THAT SHE HAD NEVER BEEN HONORED BY THIS BOARD, AND I SAID, WELL, I'LL DO IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY. RUSSELL SIRE, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ISAAC LOWE.

SHE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1921 IN WHARTON, TEXAS, AND IN THE '40S, SHE TRAVELED TO CALIFORNIA, MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND VERNON LOWE, AND STARTED A FAMILY HERE IN READING.

DESPITE HER COLLEGE DEGREES, ISAAC WAS INITIALLY UNABLE TO FIND A JOB QUITE POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF A RACE.

INSTEAD, SHE STARTED A CATERING BUSINESS AND EVENTUALLY SECURED A JOB AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND LATER WORKED AS A SHASTA COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER FOR 17 YEARS.

AFTER HER RETIREMENT, SHE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2015.

JUST A FEW OF OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE, SHE CO-FOUNDED THE READING CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLOR PEOPLE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAACP.

[APPLAUSE] FOUNDED THAT WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE 1950S, VERNON.

SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN EMPLOYED BY SHASTA COUNTY, WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE SHASTA COUNTY'S GRAND JURY, WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF SHASTA COUNTY CITIZENS AGAINST RACISM, ALSO KNOWN AS SCCA.

SHE WAS THE 1992, READINGS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

SHE WORKED VERY TIRELESSLY WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER, AND IT WAS SAID THAT OF ALL THE ACCOLADES, SHE WAS MOST PROUD OF GETTING THE READY CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY AS A HOLIDAY, SEVERAL YEARS AFTER IT WAS DECLARED A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

[APPLAUSE] AGAIN, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO ME BY EDDIE, AND IT WAS A VERY EASY, NO BRAINER FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY THAT HAD DONE SO MUCH FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE EASY IN A RURAL COUNTY.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS CERTIFICATE AND THEN PRESENT IT TO MR. LOWE.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISORY CALI.

MISS BLANKENSHIP [APPLAUSE] MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? [APPLAUSE]

>> YES, CHAIR. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

>> WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TWO SPEAKERS.

BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER NINE, WE WILL TAKE THREE MINUTES EACH SPEAKER.

IF YOU COULD CALL THEM UP, THAT'D BE GREAT.

>> FIRST UP, DORIS CILICERO, AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ANNIE BRASFIELD.

>> SHOW YOU TO SPEAK. VICTORIA GET TO SPEAK.

>> THANK YOU, LONG. THANK YOU.

AMAZING, SUPERVISOR BOARD.

THANK YOU, KEVIN CRYE, BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO AMAZING.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THIS LADY SAVED ME.

SHE TOLD ME THAT I COULD DO ANYTHING.

WHEN I CAME FROM NEW ORLEANS, I WAS PROSTITUTE AT 11 YEARS OLD IN NEW ORLEANS.

SAVED MYSELF AND CAME.

MY MOM SOLD HER BUSINESS CAME TO SAN DIEGO, AND THEN I BECAME BORDER PATROL, AND I BECAME INJURED, AND I BECAME IN READY.

BUT THIS IS WHAT MY MOTHER 107 IS IN HOSPICE NOW.

SHE TAUGHT ME.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO READ TO YOU.

TRYING TO SURVIVE IN THIS LIFE TAKES A LOT, RISING ABOVE IT ALL, STRIVING TO FIT PERFECTION, STRIVING THE SCURRY, SURVIVING THE FAILURES AND TROUBLE.

HOPING TO PULL THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH DISASTER SEEMS TO DOUBLE.

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SURVIVING OUR CRITICAL PEERS, RESISTING TEMPTATION AND FIGHTING OUR DEMONS, FACING OUR CHALLENGES LIKE ACCOMPLISHED SINNERS, SURVIVING THE BETRAYAL, SURVIVING THE DISAPPOINTMENTS.

THOSE CHOOSE TO BRING US HARM, YET WE STAND AND HOLD UP USING OUR WITS AND OUR CLIENTS.

SURVIVING BROKEN FAMILIES AND TATTERED MEMORIES IN SKETCHY PAST, LIKE SAVAGES, IN THE JUNGLE.

WE FIGHT EVEN IF IT WAS OUR LAST.

SURVIVING CRUELTIES AND STRANGERS, SURVIVING NEAR DEATH, SURVIVING EXISTENCE WITHOUT THE REGRETS.

WE STAND ABOVE IT ALL.

WE CONTINUE TO STAY ALIVE.

JUST REMEMBER, ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE.

I WAS THE UNITED STATES BORDER PATROLLED.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT ALIVE OUT OF SEVEN US AT THE UNITED STATES BORDER.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I LIVE EVERY DAY.

BE THANKFUL.

THAT LADY KEPT ME GOING ON IN MY LIFE WHEN I WANTED TO GIVE UP.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SUPERVISING BOARD.

THANK YOU, KEVIN CRYE, YOU GUYS THAT DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE A STRONG COMMUNITY.

>> VERY STRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> LORIS SERA?

>> WELL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW EDDIE FOR A LONG TIME.

HE'S A GOOD MAN, AND HE IS A GOOD ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT HERE WE ARE HONORING A PERSON WHO ACTUALLY FOUGHT FOR RIGHTS AND GET MOST OF YOU ACTUALLY TRY TO ATTACK THOSE WHO USE AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS TO SPEAK.

WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION RIGHT TO ABLE TO SAY AND EXPRESS WHAT WE KNOW, AND WE KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT IN THE HEART.

BUT YET, YOU CONTINUE TO USE AND MANIPULATE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.

HOW CAN YOU HONOR ONE PERSON AND GET THE OTHER HAND, YOU ACTUALLY TRY TO DESTROY THEM? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW CAN YOU FACE YOURSELF AND LOOK AT YOURSELF? GOD SEES YOU.

GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU DO.

THAT'S ONE THING YOU CAN'T HIDE.

YOU COULD DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BUT GOD SEES EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO IN LIFE. HERE WE ARE.

I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL LADY WHO ACTUALLY HELPED SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

IT TAKES SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS THE COURAGE TO UNDERSTAND THE CIVIL RIGHTS, AND HOW TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THEM, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHATEVER THEY THINK THEY NEED TO DO, TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

PASSION TO HAVE THAT PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF PASSION TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO ABLE TO HELP THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE LEADERS HERE. WE DON'T.

WE SAW CHARLIE, WHO ACTUALLY GOT KILLED, WHO BELIEVES IN GOD, WHO BELIEVES IN WHAT HE THOUGHT WHAT HE BELIEVES.

HE HAD A LOT OF CROWD, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIS SIDE.

BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE THEM CELEBRATING HIS DEATH.

IT'S REALLY SICKENING THE WORLD HAS BECOME.

OUR FREEDOM IS IN JEOPARDY.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE TRYING TO DESTROY EVERYBODY ELSE'S FREEDOM BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SAY.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HONORED AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO FIGHTS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

I HAVE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO PICKING UP THE TORCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

SOMEBODY ELSE TO PICK UP THAT TORCH TO LEAD THEM TO UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RIGHTS.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WITH PASSION WHO REALLY NOT JUST FAKE PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE AND USE OTHER PEOPLE FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN.

>> RUSSELL, WOULD YOU AND VICKY LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? GO AHEAD. IF YOU OR RUSSELL LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GO AHEAD.

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>> HI. MY NAME IS VICKY ZANBERGEN, AND I REPRESENT THE BELOVED COMMUNITY DUE TO ISAAC LOWE AND HER MENTORING ME, NOT ONLY ISAAC LOWE, BUT WE HAVE SOME AWESOME OFFICERS.

OFFICER ALTENDUR WAS MY MENTOR.

I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE MEETINGS THAT ISAAC WOULD PULL UP IN THIS BIG BLUE CADILLAC, AND GET OUT WITH THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL HAT ON.

IT MADE ME CURIOUS.

I WAS ONE OF THE LITTLE BAD KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THIS LADY, WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF THAT CAR, SHE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

LATER ON IN LIFE, I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER.

I HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT ISAAC WAS DOING IN THAT CENTER.

WHEN I GOT OLD ENOUGH, I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS.

THEN I GOT REAL INTERESTED AND GOT BOLD, SEE A NEWS INTERVIEW ABOUT A CHILD THAT DIED AT ANDERSON THAT HAD STARTED A PROGRAM TO SHARE CULTURE EXPERIENCE, AND SHARE CULTURE AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES WAS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM.

WELL, I DECIDED THAT NIGHT, I WAS GOING TO WRITE A LITTLE THING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT CENTER BECAUSE I WANTED THAT PROGRAM AT THE MLK.

WELL, I WENT AND TOLD GRANDMA ISAAC AND I TRIED TO PASS IT TO HER AS I WAS WALKING IN THE DOOR.

SHE SAID, OH, NO, HONEY.

YOU GOT TO TALK FOR YOURSELF.

YOU BRING IT TO THE BOARD YOURSELF. OH, NO.

I TOLD YOU I WAS THE BAD KID.

BILL FORCE WAS GOING TO BE IN THERE.

BUT I WAS BOLD, AND I WANTED TO DO THIS.

I WENT FORWARD. BUT FIRST, I SEARCHED MYSELF FOR BILL.

I WANTED TO BREAK THE ENTITY BECAUSE I'M NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.

ANYWAY, IN SAYING THAT, I DISCOVERED THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING'S PLAQUE HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE ROCK ONCE THE CITY TOOK OVER THE SITTER FROM ISAAC LOWE, BECAUSE THINGS WEREN'T BEING RUN RIGHT, AND THEY WERE IN ALL THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE OVER THE CITER.

SHE WAS READY TO RELIEVE SOMEBODY ELSE FOR THE DUTY OF TAKING CARE OF THE CENTER.

IN DOING SO, EVERYBODY THAT WORKED WAS RELIEVED AND THE CITY OF READING TOOK OVER.

I APPRECIATE THE CITY OF READING BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY PATRICK JONES TO DO A FUNDRAISER TO REPLACE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD A DREAM.

PLAQUE WITH A MONUMENT FOR ISAAC LOWE.

I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THAT FUNDRAISER.

THE MONUMENT WILL BE UNVEILED ON THE 27TH.

I'LL LEAVE SOME FLOWERS IN THE FRONT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE UNVEILING OF THIS MONUMENT.

I JUST GOT TO SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU, KEVIN CRYE.

I WANT TO BRING UP CLEARING OUT THE COMMUNITY DOWN THERE AND THE BELOVED COMMUNITY, THE CANYON.

I GREW UP IN THAT CANYON, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WALKING WITH KEVIN CRYE THROUGH THAT CANYON TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY ROOTS.

THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP. ALL THAT WAS DOWN IN THAT CANYON WAS TRASH UNTIL KEVIN CRYE WENT IN THERE.

BUT NO, THEY'RE COMING BACK.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HONORING ISAAC LOWE.

IT'S TIME. THANK YOU.

>> SHERIFF, WE MAY TAKE THE FULL VOTE, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE CERTIFICATE.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I ACCEPT THIS FROM MY FATHER, ROBERT L. HE WANTED TO SHOW HIS APPRECIATION TO KEVIN FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN.

MY GRANDMOTHER SHE'S MORE WORD-WORTHY THAN I AM.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

SHE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYBODY THAT HELPED HER OUT AND TO GET THE STUFF DONE THAT SHE NEEDED TO DO.

SHE NEVER JUST QUIT TRYING AND SHE MADE A LOT OF SACRIFICES TO THE FAMILY TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT VERY APPRECIATIVE.

I JUST LIKE TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR MY FAMILY, ROBERT LOWE, MY DAD, BROTHER, AND GRANDKIDS. THANK YOU, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT FULL VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>> AYE.

>> PASSES THESE FIVE VOTES. LET'S GO.

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>> MOVING ON TO R3.

[R3 Approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $135,961 in the Election Admin & Registration Budget (BU 140) offset by use of General Fund.]

APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH INCREASES APPROPRIATIONS BY $135,961 IN THE ELECTION ADMIN AND REGISTRATION BUDGET BU 140, OFFSET BY USE OF GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS A VOTE.

ROV CLINT CURTIS. WELCOME, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, GRAB ME, SIR. WE HAVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

WE'VE SENT IN ALL THE INFORMATION.

BASICALLY, WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS TO ADD THREE MORE TABULATORS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY FINISH THE COUNT IN TWO HOURS, AND WE RESTRUCTURED THE ENTIRE BUILDING, SO THE STAFF IS NOW UPSTAIRS, AND FUNCTION IS ALL DOWNSTAIRS.

I THINK SOME OF YOU CAME AND SAW DURING THE OPEN HOUSE.

YOU SEE IT'S ALL NICE AND CLEAN AND PRETTY AND DECORATED PROPERLY, AND EVERYTHING IS SEPARATED OUT.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITION OF AN EXTRA 15,000 WE'RE ASKING FOR BECAUSE THE STAFF IS STILL AT ODDS WITH THE PUBLIC.

THE UNION SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT THE STAFF EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS ODD, BUT THEY'RE GOING UPSTAIRS, AND THEN DURING THE PRODUCTION, WE'RE ACTUALLY USING EXTRA HELP TO RUN ALL THE PROCESSES.

THE STAFF WILL BE DOING ALL THE INITIAL AND ALL THE ENDING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE HARD PART, BUT THE EXTRA STAFF WILL BE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT WILL BE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S ANOTHER ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE IT WAS ALL CHOPPED UP FUNNY, SO NOW EVERYTHING'S BEING MOVED INTO ONE POSITION. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOME BOARD DISCUSSION NOW OR DO YOU WANT PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? I'M OPEN TO EITHER.

EVERYBODY, ONCE AGAIN, STONE FACE QUIET.

I'LL MAKE THE DECISION, I GUESS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING PUBLIC COMMENT UP.

LET'S DO THAT FIRST.

>> FIRST UP FOR PUBLIC, WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS, SO IT'LL BE TWO MINUTES.

>> FIRST UP, WE HAVE JENNY, THEN DELORIS LUCERO, LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, STEVE KAHN.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. IS JENNY HERE?

>> NOT SEEING JENNY MOVING ON, DELORIS LUCERO? HERE'S JENNY.

>> EVIDENTLY NOT.

JENNY, YOUR TIME HAS STARTED.

>> WE'RE ON THE REGISTER OF VOTERS ONE. HELLO, BOARD.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN, THROWING MONEY AT A CHARLATAN FOR A MONORAIL OR MAYBE AT 76 TROMBONES. I DON'T REMEMBER.

ALL I KNOW IS DOMINA STARTS WITH THE THAT RHYMES WITH T AND THAT STARTS WITH TROUBLE RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

IF THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, IT MEANS THAT KEVIN CRYE HAS FAST-TALKED AND SMOOTH HIS WAY OVER WITH MATT PLUMMER, MOST LIKELY, THIS IS GOING TO PASS.

IF YOU WANT TO EASE MY MIND ABOUT FRAUD, YOU'LL USE THE AGILIS MACHINE THE WAY THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE USED.

HE STATED DURING OPEN HOUSE THAT HE CUT THE CONTRACT WITH THEM.

AGILIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PREVENTS FRAUD IN THIS AREA.

THE AGILIS MACHINE IS WHAT PREVENTS THE DUPLICATE BALLOTS FROM GETTING THROUGH.

IT'S WHAT CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNATURES MATCH WITH THE ENVELOPES. IT DOES ALL OF THAT.

YES, WE HAVE SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS, BUT THERE'S 188,000 PEOPLE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO CHECK FOR FRAUD WITH 188,000.

YES, I KNOW THAT'S NOT EVERYONE VOTING, BUT THAT'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE.

CLINT CURTIS, IF YOU WANT TO EASE MY MIND.

YOU'LL HAVE DETAILED REPORTS.

HAILING WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

YOU'LL SPEND THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY, NOT JUST ON BUCKETS FOR THINGS THAT CAN'T BE USED, AND THEN HIDING YOUR PROBLEMS DOWNSTAIRS AT 1415 COURT STREET OVER HERE.

YOU'LL BE ACTUALLY VISIBLE AND TRANSPARENT, NOT TO SAY YOU ARE.

IF CLINT CURTIS CAN'T DO BASIC TASK IN FRONT OF HIM WITH THE MONEY HE ALREADY HAS, WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING HIM MORE MONEY, LIKE JESUS SAYS, "IF YOU CAN'T DO WITH THE LITTLE, YOU DON'T GET THE MUCH MORE." NOT QUITE BASIS.

>> DELORIS LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, STEVE KAHN, THEN DON DUCKETT.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. SORRY.

>> IT DIDN'T TAKE YOU LONG TO TAKE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

THREE MINUTES TO TWO. GREAT GREAT EXAMPLE. TWO HOURS.

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I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE ELECTION IS GOING TO BE A CHAOS.

TOTALLY CHAOS.

HE'S ASKING FOR FUNDING BEFORE HE COULD EVEN PROVE ANYTHING.

IT'S LIKE WRITING A BLANK CHECK.

HERE YOU GO. SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT.

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN WE'RE OUT OF MONEY.

IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY.

IT'S THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

MR. PLUMMER, YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE, BE MORE THOROUGH, AND I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK YOU'RE KEVIN CRYE IS HAVING AN INFLUENCE IN YOU.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEING THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF TALK AND IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING ON YOUR VOTES AND HOW YOU RESPOND.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT HOW CAN WE TRUST TO GIVE SOMEBODY'S MONEY WHO ACTUALLY HAS SEVEN LAWSUITS PENDING AGAINST HIM? HOW DO WE TRUST SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY HAS NEVER RUN AN ELECTION DEPARTMENT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT?

>> YOU GUYS CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.

YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A SHOT, A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE A DEMOCRAT.

YES, HE TURNS AROUND, SAY HE'S A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET ELECTED YEARS AGO.

BUT NOW, HE'S WHAT, A REPUBLICAN? WHAT IS HE? BUT YET, HE'S RUNNING OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM MONEY? WHO'S RUNNING THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT? WHO'S MAKING THE DECISION WITH THE MONEY, PATTY PLUMB, OR IS IT LAURA HOBBS WHO'S ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FRAUD WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE? WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE ALLOWING PEOPLE IN THERE WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED CRIMES AND RUNNING OUR MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION DEPARTMENT? I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WANTED REPUBLICANS, BUT YET THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS.

YOU DIDN'T WANT CATHY BECAUSE SHE WAS A DEMOCRAT.

YOU DIDN'T WANT MR. TOM TOLLER BECAUSE HE WAS A DEMOCRAT.

NOW, YOU GOT THIS GUY OVER HERE, CLINT CURTIS, WHO'S A DEMOCRAT.

>> LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KHAN, THEN DAWN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER.

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD.

REGARDING R3, PLEASE ALLOCATE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT HE NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK THAT HE'S PROPOSED.

HE'S WAITED QUITE A WHILE FOR IT.

LOOKS LIKE IT ON THE FORM HERE, 135K, GIVE OR TAKE.

THIS IS THE QUESTION, IS THERE A WAY FOR THAT STRIPPED-OUT, WROUGHT IRON FENCE LINED UP? I SAW A PHOTO OF IT. IS THERE ANY VALUE OR WORTH TO THAT? I KNOW SOMETIMES VARIOUS COUNTIES CAN TAKE ITEMS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED OR REQUIRED AND CAN SELL IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORTH MIGHT BE, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY, THAT WAS A HUGE WASTE, CATHY ALLEN DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO KEEP US ALL AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER OBSERVATION WAS.

IN CLOSING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERTAINS TO THE MACHINES THAT HE NEEDS, BUT HE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO A LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST.

I'M NOT SURE HOW QUICKLY THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO GET, IF IT'S APPROVED TODAY, TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND MR. CURTIS.

EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT NOT BE MUCH VALUE IN DOING THE LOGIC ACCURACY TEST, THE COMPUTERS KNOW WHEN THEY'RE BEING TESTED OR NOT, SO IT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE.

IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU JUST DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO IT. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT UP, STEVE KHAN, FOLLOWED BY DAWN DUCKETT, THEN LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY DAN.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC AGENDA, IT SEEMS PRETTY VAGUE AS FAR AS HOW HE WAS GOING TO SPEND THINGS.

WHAT HE JUST SAID HERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HE WAS ON THAT.

THAT CONCERNS ME, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD GO OVER VERY WELL IN A PRIVATE SECTOR WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR MONEY, NOT HAVING SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES.

I DID GO TO THE OPEN HOUSE, AND EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE UPSTAIRS DOING APPARENTLY NOTHING.

HE'S GOING TO USE VOLUNTEERS TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK WITH THE BALLOTS DOWN BELOW, AND THAT CONCERNS ME A GREAT DEAL.

I DON'T WANT VOLUNTEERS HANDLING MY BALLOT OR BEING ABLE TO VIEW THEM AT ANY POINT IN TIME WHEN THERE MAY BE IDENTIFIABLE MARKS, ALSO NOT UTILIZING THE AGILIS SYSTEM TO SCREEN OUT DUPLICATES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH BALLOTS.

I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN BE DONE EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT UTILIZING THAT PROCESS.

I JUST SEE SEVERAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, THE ADJUDICATORS, HE WANTS TO HAND PICK THE ADJUDICATORS, AND HE SAID HE WANTS DOCTORS AND LAWYERS.

I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHETHER THEY'LL BE TRAINED, AND HE SAYS, WELL, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE BELIEVES THAT DOCTORS AND LAWYERS ARE

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BETTER FOR THAT JOB THAN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, THE BLUE COLLAR WORKER OR WHOEVER.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE CITIZENS HAND PICKED BY HIM ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO DO THE ADJUDICATION BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS.

I SEE MANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS APPROACH, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. THANK YOU.

>> DAWN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER, DAN, THEN CASEY.

>> I HAD TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO MY HUSBAND WHO'S WATCHING REMOTELY.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

MY COMMENTS TODAY WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE CAO AND COUNTY COUNCIL.

I WILL BE ADDRESSING THE INADEQUACIES OF THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS ITEM.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE A COGENT OPINION ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER HERE BECAUSE A STAFF REPORT IS MOBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

NOW, THIS CAN'T ALL BE BLAMED ON CLINT CURTIS BECAUSE HE IS INEXPERIENCED, AND WE KNEW THAT.

HE DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, FINANCE, AND THE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.

THE CAO AND COUNTY COUNCIL SHOULD BE THE GATEKEEPERS TO THE AGENDA AND STAFF REPORTS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY LAWS THAT GOVERN YOUR DECISION-MAKING.

I'M GOING TO HELP YOU OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT ON THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE STAFF REPORT.

ONE, IT MENTIONS A QUOTE FOR CAMERAS, HOWEVER NO QUOTE WAS ATTACHED.

IT MENTIONS A LEASE.

THERE WAS NO LEASE ATTACHED.

IF IT'S AN EXISTING LEASE, TELL US THAT.

IF IT'S A FUTURE LEASE, TELL US THAT.

THE BUDGET AMENDMENT LISTS $30,000 IN EQUIPMENT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ONLY $4,800 WORTH OF QUOTES FOR EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO THE BOARD REPORT.

THE REPORT, AS WRITTEN, DOESN'T PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT BASIS FOR DECISION-MAKING AND DOES NOT COMPLY WITH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF THIS.

I WAS ASKED WHAT MY OPINION IS ON THIS.

I CAN'T MAKE AN OPINION BASED ON THE FACTS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT, AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE A DECISION.

>> LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY DAN, THEN CASEY, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDINIER.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE LAST COUPLE PRESENTATIONS, AND I FOUND MYSELF SIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH MATT PLUMMER IN SOME OF THE DECISIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS CLINT CURTIS COME AND GIVE THESE GRANDIOSE PRESENTATIONS AND DISPLAYS.

I'VE SAT THROUGH HOURS OF HIS INTERVIEWS, HIS PRESENTATIONS.

HE'S FULL A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, AND THEN HE COMES HERE AND IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE, WELL, YOU VOTED ME IN, SO GIVE ME THE BLANK CHECK.

I WILL SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HE DID THE OPEN HOUSE BEFORE THIS VOTE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LEVEL OF PRESENTATION THAT I WAS EXPECTING FROM HIM.

NOW WITH THAT, NOW WITH SEEING IT VISUALLY, WHAT HE PLANS TO DO SEEN, A CLINT CURTIS STYLE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND CAN SAY IT WAS SMART, MAYBE TO WAIT AND THINK ABOUT THINGS, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, AND NOW APPROVE IT, KNOWING WHAT THE PLAN IS FULL OUT.

I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

I DON'T EVER REMEMBER THE ISSUE BEING THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A DEMOCRAT.

I REMEMBER IT BEING THAT SHE UNDERMINED THIS BOARD AND THIS BODY AND THE CONSTITUENTS OVER AND OVER.

AS SOMEBODY WHO SITS ON CLINT'S SIDES OF THE ELECTION ISSUES, I WANT TO BE ONE TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS BOARD IS DOING THE SAME THING.

I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THIS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR OUR ELECTIONS.

WE NEED TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

IF HE FAILS, THAT'S ON HIM, BUT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> NEXT UP, DAN, FOLLOWED BY CASEY, THEN CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS.

>> YES, I HAD REQUEST THAT YOU DO APPROVE HIS REQUEST FOR MONEY.

HE CAME IN AND MADE A PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO. YOU DENIED HIM.

ON THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, FOUR OF YOU APPROVED SIMILAR BUDGET INCREASES IN FIVE DEPARTMENTS WITH NO JUSTIFICATION.

YOU GAVE THEM THE MONEY.

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HE NEEDS THE MONEY. WE NEED ELECTION INTEGRITY.

WE GOT OVER 10,000 CITIZENS THAT SIGNED OUR PETITION, SAYING THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING ELECTIONS.

THEY WANT CHANGE, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE THE TIME, PUT THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THAT PAPER TO GET THAT WORKING.

THE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTION SYSTEM.

HONEST PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID OF CAMERAS OR RECORDING.

DISHONEST PEOPLE FEAR THEM.

NOT APPROVING THESE CAMERAS AND RECORDING THAT HE'S REQUESTING, WE'VE GIVEN US TRANSPARENCY, GIVEN US VISIBILITY.

THE FACT THAT THE STAFF IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE PUBLIC IS A HUGE CONCERN.

WHY WOULD THE ELECTION STAFF PEOPLE NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PUBLIC? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT BEING CAUGHT DOING? WE GOT TO GET THE CAMERAS IN THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST THE ELECTION SYSTEM AGAIN.

MACHINES DON'T DO IT.

PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MACHINES ANYMORE.

CLINT'S GIVEN US OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE PEOPLE'S TRUST BACK, BUT HE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO DO IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOU GIVING HIM THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS.

THE ELECTION COMMISSION ALSO NEEDS TO COME BACK. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> REQUEST IT WHEN I STILL GOT 27.

>> I THOUGHT YOU'RE DONE.

>> YOU'RE GOOD, KEVIN. BUT THE ELECTION COMMISSION, I WOULD REQUEST THAT ONE OF YOU GUYS BRING THAT BACK.

HE'S REQUESTED IT. THE PUBLIC LIKES IT.

IT'S A WAY OF GETTING THINGS EXPOSED WITHOUT TAKING YOUR TIME.

>> GOT TO STICK TO R3. THANK YOU.

>> CASEY, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN.

>> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS.

I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF SHASTA COUNTY, AND TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO URGE, MAY IMPLORE YOU TO APPROVE IMMEDIATE FUNDING FOR OUR ELECTIONS OFFICE, SPECIFICALLY FOR SECURITY CAMERAS, UPGRADED SURVEILLANCE, AND ANY OTHER TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SECURE AND RESTORE FAITH IN OUR ELECTIONS.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THIS VERY CHAMBER, THERE HAVE BEEN NOT ONLY MANY ELECTION INTEGRITY EXPERTS, BUT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF HEARTFELT TESTIMONY FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, EVERY DAY, FOLKS LIKE ME, DETAILING THE PLETHORA OF ABHORRENT ISSUES IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM FROM MACHINE VULNERABILITIES TO PROCEDURAL LAPSES THAT BREED DISGUST.

I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED ELECTION COUNTS BEING FALSIFIED IN FRONT OF MY OWN EYES AND MANY OTHER UNSCRUPULOUS BEHAVIOR OVER THE PAST THREE ELECTIONS, AS AN OBSERVER, HAVING SPENT DOZENS OF HOURS PER ELECTION, WITNESSING THE ATROCITIES.

THESE AREN'T ABSTRACT CONCERNS.

THEY'VE SHATTERED TRUST, [INAUDIBLE] TOO MANY OF US QUESTION THE SAFEGUARDS, SOME EVEN HESITATE TO VOTE BECAUSE OF IT.

YET HERE'S WHAT BAFFLES AND FRUSTRATES US.

RECENTLY, YOU GREEN LIT BUDGET BOOST FOR HEALTHCARE AND ADMINISTRATION EXPANSIONS ON CONSENT CALENDARS, NO DEBATE, JUST DONE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, DELAYS, RESISTANCE.

IN AUGUST, YOU PUNTED ON FUNDING TO EVEN RELOCATE AND SECURE THE OFFICE.

THE 2025-2026 BUDGET PROPOSAL BEGGED FOR THESE VERY SECURITY UPGRADES, AND IT GOT A SHOULDER SHRUG.

WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD? ARE YOU TRULY STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE YOU SWORE ON OATH TO SERVE, OR HAS POLITICS TRUMPED THAT PROMISE? FUNDING CAMERAS ISN'T EXTRAVAGANT, IT IS ESSENTIAL.

LIVE FEEDS OF BALLOT HANDLING, LOCKDOWN, STORAGE, BROADER OBSERVER ACCESS, THESE MIRROR THE AUDITS YOU ALREADY CHAMPION AND ALIGN WITH WITH CALLS FOR VOTER ID AND HANDCOUNTS.

IN A COUNTY SCARRED BY RESIGNATIONS, LAWSUITS, AND THREATS BORN OF-

>> CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT.

>> THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT CLINT AND BRENT ARE VIDEO-TAPING US, VIDEOING OUR BALLOTS, EMPLOYING WELL-KNOWN ELECTION DENIERS.

SOME, MEMBERS OF A NEO-CONFEDERATE SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT, [NOISE] EXPLICITLY REJECTING DEMOCRACY.

SOME ARE RIGHT-WING MILITANT, MEMBERS OF A MILITIA.

OTHERS ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FLIPPANTLY SUED SHASTA COUNTY OVER ELECTIONS, THROWN OUT OF COURT THREE TIMES AT THE COST OF $107,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

TALK ABOUT BIG BROTHER, CLINT AND BRENT ARE ALSO COOPERATING WITH TRUMP'S DOJ, POTENTIALLY TURNING OVER SHASTA COUNTY VOTER INFORMATION, IDS, OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBERS, OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO TRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

HEY, MAYBE CLINT AND BRENT CAN BRING CONVICTED CRIMINAL TINA PETERS ONTO THE PAYROLL AS WELL.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

SHOULD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE GANG OF THREE

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GO AHEAD AND TRY AND INITIATE THE HOBBS INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT, COMING IN JUNE, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WILL BE WASTED IN COURTS.

OF COURSE, THIS IS THEIR OBJECTIVE.

THINK OF ALL THE MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED OR SPENT ON FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO BARELY MAKE A LIVING WAGE.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE SENATOR ELECTIONS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

THIS IS JUNK.

THIS IS CRIMINAL JUNK.

>> LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOWAIN, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT MOST OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD WAS FALSE, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

MY WORK CIRCULATING A PETITION FOR ELECTION REFORM TELLS ME THAT THIS COUNTY IS CRYING OUT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST IN OUR ELECTIONS.

WE INTERFACED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR SIX MONTHS AND RECEIVED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE RUN.

CLINT CURTIS HAS A VISION TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST, AND CREATE UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

CLINT CURTIS SAVED THE COUNTY 135,000 BY TELLING THE BOARD THAT THE RUNBECK DUPLICATION SYSTEM WAS NOT NECESSARY.

HE IS VERY SHREWD.

HE'S WILLING TO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY.

INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY CLINT WILL SAVE THE COUNTY UNTOLD HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE IF IT'S ALL ON CAMERA, IT'LL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LAWSUITS BROUGHT FORTH FROM CANDIDATES WHOSE ELECTIONS WERE NOT COUNTED FAIRLY.

THE HOBBS VERSUS ALLEN LONG CASE, JOANNA FRANCESCUT TOOK THE STAND, AND SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO THRESHOLD BY WHICH THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS SCANNED HAD TO MATCH THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN THE BATCH.

WHAT HE'S DOING IS GOING TO PREVENT THAT FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.

ALLOW ME TO REMIND YOU THAT IN THE LAST ELECTION, THE MACHINE COUNTED 2,783 MORE BALLOTS THAN PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY RECORDED AS HAVING VOTED IN THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION ROSTER.

WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTY.

IT'S GOING TO SAVE THE COUNTY A LOT OF MONEY.

THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THEM COME UP HERE THREE TIMES, JUST FOR THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, IS RIDICULOUS, SO PLEASE APPROVE IT. THANK YOU.

>> BENJAMIN NOWAIN, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT.

>> I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS. THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT I HAD.

I DID GO TO THE OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY.

ROOM WAS VERY WELL OPENED UP.

THEY HAD PULLED DOWN THE METAL GATE THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY KEEPING THE PUBLIC OUT OF AN AREA THAT THEY NEED TO VIEW.

I ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.

THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THE WALL WAS ORIGINALLY A CONCESSION MADE WITH COUNTY IT.

THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO KEEP THE GENERAL PUBLIC AWAY FROM THE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A SAFETY CONCERN.

IT WAS NEVER SOME POLITICAL POSTURING THING LIKE, WE WANT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUT.

THAT'S JUST POLITICS.

THE IRONY OF THAT IS THAT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT, I WAS TOLD IT'S BEING PUT UPSTAIRS, THE GATE'S PUT UPSTAIRS.

MR. GORBACHEV, WE'RE MOVING THE GATE UPSTAIRS.

THE OTHER THING THAT BOTHERED ME WAS THAT THE AGILIS MACHINE HAD $250,000 CONTRACT TO DO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SORTING ITEMS AND THE ABILITY TO DETECT DUPLICATES AND OTHER BELLS AND WHISTLES, THINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE FRAUD.

CUT THAT CONTRACT DOWN TO 30,000, NOW ALL IT DOES IS GO BY PRECINCT, SO IT'S JUST SORTING PRECINCT NOW.

WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING FRAUD-DETECTING FEATURES.

COUNTY STAFF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

COUNTY STAFF ISN'T AFRAID TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.

I GOT FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE SHOUTING AND ARGUING WITH STAFF, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOW DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH ELECTIONS RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES BEING KEPT FROM THE WORK OF ACTUALLY HANDLING BALLOTS.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THE VIEWING OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS NOW.

IT'S ACTUALLY LESS VIEWABILITY THAN THERE WAS BEFORE. THANKS FOR THE TIME.

>> JIM BURNETT. [APPLAUSE] CHAIR,

[01:10:05]

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.

>> OKAY, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING.

I URGE THIS BOARD TO APPROVE THE FUNDS THAT MR. CURTIS NEEDS TO GIVE US MORE TRANSPARENCY AND VERIFICATION OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.

OUR BALLOTS DO REPRESENT THE EXPRESSED WILL OF THE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

BESIDES THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTE COUNT, PRECISE AND FULLY OBSERVABLE CHAINS OF CUSTODY NEED TO BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED WITH THE SAME CARE AND LEGAL STANDARDS THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS.

WHY? BESIDES EXPRESSING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, OUR BALLOTS ARE THE POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF EACH ELECTION.

OUR VOTES REPRESENT VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED WEALTH, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, UNLIMITED POWER, THE POWER TO ENRICH PEOPLE WE ELECT, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOSEN TO SUPPLY THE GOVERNMENT WITH GOODS AND SERVICES, IN OTHER WORDS, BUSINESSES WHO HOLD BIDS OR WIN BIDS TO DO THE WORK OUR REPRESENTATIVES WANT TO DO.

EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT DOES COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, MONEY THEY EXTRACT FROM US.

THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD GUARD OUR VOTES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROCESSED IN THE MOST TRANSPARENT AND HONEST WAY POSSIBLE, REMOVING THE SLOPPINESS THAT WE'VE OBSERVED IN THE ELECTIONS [NOISE] THAT HAVE GONE IN THE PAST.

[NOISE] IF YOU TELL ME YOU DID NOT VOTE FOR HOMELESSNESS AND RAMPANT CRIME, I'LL TELL YOU THIS PUBLIC POLICY HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE OUTCOMES OF OUR ELECTIONS.

IT MAY BE TRUE THAT WE DON'T VOTE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DISAGREE WITH.

WE SURE AS HECK, VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF US, SO WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE GIVE MR. CURTIS THE MONEY HE NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE ALL CONTROVERSIES REGARDING OUR ELECTIONS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, CHAIR.

THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IN QUEUE.

>> SIR?

>> I THINK YOU'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> I THINK YOU'RE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS R3, SPECIFICALLY.

I'M GOING TO MIX IT UP.

I'M GOING TO LET CEO RICKERT GO FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SUPERVISORS. CEO RICKERT.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS $14,000 OF THIS REQUEST.

I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH ROV CURTIS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LABOR.

WE WENT THROUGH THE OFFICE, LOOKED AT POTENTIAL LIABILITY ISSUES AND REQUEST THAT THEY HAD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE SYSTEM, FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM, WE HAD MOVED THE GATE, AND WE'D ALSO MOVE SOME CAMERAS, AND THIS WILL ALSO HELP FACILITATE BETTER ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE $14,000 REQUEST FOR CHANGES FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE LIABILITY CONCERNS, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THE UNIONS DID, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT THE HIRING OF THE EXTRA HELP?

>> IT'S NUMBER 2 IN THE ITEMIZED REQUEST, CHANGES TO FACILITY MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE OF $14,000.

>> SUPERVISOR HARMON.

>> I DID GO DOWN AND VISIT THE OPEN HOUSE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GO DOWN.

I BELIEVE THERE IS, AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.

YES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DOWN AND LOOK AT IT.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT THE ROV HAS DONE DOWN THERE.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN EASY ON HIM.

WE'VE TOLD HIM NO, PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME.

HE'S COME IN FOR SOMETHING.

HE STARTED OUT WITH A LOT OF REQUESTS, AND I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO THE BARE BONES OF, LET'S GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE HIRED HIM TO DO.

FOR THAT, I'LL SAY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY ELSE ABOUT THIS ON THIS BOARD, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU, AND THE 14,000.

LET'S LET HIM DO HIS JOB.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND THEN A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE, ROV CURTIS.

THE EXTRA HELP YOU JUST MENTIONED, DID YOU SAY $15,000 FOR EXTRA HELP?

>> FOR THE EXTRA HELP, THEY COST THAT MUCH BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY USING THEM FOR IS JUST ON ELECTION NIGHT, THE ONE THAT ENTER, THAT GOES.

[01:15:01]

WE'RE NOT USING IT FOR ALL THE BUILD-UP AND EVERYTHING, THE STAFF CAN DO THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT INSULATION BETWEEN.

IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THAT MUCH MORE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT PART OF THIS BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY COVERED.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT MONEY.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

>> IT WILL COME BACK.

>> I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE, SO I WAS CURIOUS.

>> IT WILL COME BACK ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE THE STATE HAS GIVEN US $1.4 MILLION TO PROCESS THE ELECTION, PLUS REDDING HAS TO PAY THEIR SHARE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A PROFITABLE ELECTION IF WE COULD KEEP ALL THE MONEY.

ACTUALLY, WE JUST USE WHAT WE CAN THEN SAVE THE REST.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THEN ON THE TABULATORS, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING AND THEN WE OWN, VERSUS WHAT WE'RE RENTING AND WE'LL RETURN, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE PARTS OF IT, RIGHT?

>> YES. WITH THE TABULATORS, BASICALLY, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE ACTUAL TABULATOR WITH PHYSICAL TABULATOR.

BUT WE'RE LEASING ALL OF THE SERVERS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET EXPOSED TO A LOT OF WORK.

THEY WON'T LEASE THE TABULATORS BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY DON'T COME BACK IN GREAT CONDITION.

WHEN YOU SEE THE LEASE AMOUNT IN THERE, THAT REFERS TO ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO LEASE TO MAKE THE TABULATORS WORK PROPERLY.

>> THE SOFTWARE, IS IT?

>> THE SOFTWARE, THE SERVERS SET UP THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

>> YOU'LL SEE A POSTAGE IN THERE AS WELL, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE COST JUST TO RECEIVE THE EQUIPMENT AND TO SEND IT BACK.

>> THIS WILL GET US THREE MORE TABULATORS, SO WE'D HAVE SIX TOTAL?

>> WE'LL HAVE SIX, WHICH IS ALL THAT BUILDING CAN HOLD ANYWAY.

>> THEN THE AGILIS CONTRACT, COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT? THAT HASN'T BEEN PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.

I GUESS, IN PARTICULAR, WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, IF WE'RE CANCELING A CONTRACT AND THEN SAVING MONEY ON THAT, CAN THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR THIS?

>> WELL, I'M NOT SURE.

WE CANCELED THE CONTRACT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES.

BASICALLY, IT WAS A CONTRACT FOR $250,000.

IT HAS ALL THE LITTLE BELLS AND WHISTLES, WHICH MOST OF THEM WE DON'T USE.

IT OPENS THE ENVELOPES, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE ENVELOPES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OPENED ENVELOPES LAYING AROUND, WHICH IS WHAT USED TO HAPPEN.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN ANYMORE, SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THEM RIGHT BEFORE THEY'RE COUNTED SO NO ONE ACTUALLY HAS THAT INFORMATION.

IT DOES OTHER VALIDATION THAT WE HAVE NEVER USED, BUT IT'S IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE BASICALLY WE'RE NOT A VOTE CENTER, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT NEED TO HAVE THAT EXTRA SORT GOING ON.

ESSENTIALLY, ALL WE'RE EVER DOING IS WE'RE SORTING IT INTO PRECINCTS.

THEY WERE OPENING THEM AND TAKING IT OUT, BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT.

WE DON'T WANT THAT DONE BY A MACHINE, WE WANT THAT DONE BY A REAL HUMAN, AND SO WE CANCELED THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORTH ANYTHING. WE COULD DO ALL THAT.

WE COULD SORT BY HAND, IN OTHER WORDS.

FOR $250,000, WE COULD SORT AN AWFUL LOT OF BALLOTS BY HAND.

THEY CAME BACK AND WANTED TO GIVE US THAT SECTIONS WE'RE ACTUALLY USING, WHICH IS JUST THAT PART.

THEY ALSO THREW IN SIGNATURE VERIFICATION, SO WE CAN SPEED THAT UP BECAUSE THEY DO THIS SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.

WE CAN SET A HIGH BAR ON THAT, AND THAT WILL ELIMINATE 80-90% OF THE ONES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

WE'RE NOT TOO PERFECT BECAUSE IT'S AN EXACT MATCH, IT'LL KICK IT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OF A STAMP.

YOU NEVER SIGN YOUR NAME THE SAME WAY TWICE.

THAT WILL KICK OUT TOO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PUT THEIR EYES ON THAT, AND WE'LL HAVE COUNTS OF FIVE SECONDS IN EACH ONE BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO SO FAST THAT THE OBSERVERS CAN'T SEE THEM.

WE WANT TO SET THIS UP SO OBSERVERS CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

>> THEN IN TERMS OF THE TIME FRAME, WAS THAT A $250,000 CONTRACT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR?

>> THEN I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED 30,000, BUT IS THAT RIGHT, IT'S GOING DOWN TO 30,000?

>> IT'S GOING DOWN TO 30,000, SO WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE MONEY LEFT OVER FOR YOU.

>> MAYBE THIS IS, MS. BERTAIN, QUESTION ABOUT, IN TERMS OF THOSE SAVINGS, WHERE DOES THAT GO OR HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT?

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ERIN BERTAIN, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

IT REALLY LARGELY DEPENDS ON HOW THE ELECTIONS BUDGET WAS BUILT.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE CONTRACT, BUT IF THEY'VE BUILT THAT IN, WHICH I ASSUME THEY HAVE, THEN THAT WILL STILL BE IN THEIR BUDGET AND COULD BE SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE.

>> THEORETICALLY, THE 220,000 THAT WE'RE SAVING FROM THE CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT COULD BE REALLOCATED TO THE EXPENSES IN THIS ASK.

>> THAT IS CORRECT, PROVIDED THAT THEY DID INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR BUDGET.

I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET TO SEE IF IT WAS IN THERE.

>> TO ME, THAT SOUNDS LIKE, WHY WOULD I GRANT MORE MONEY IF THE SAVINGS ARE THERE THAT YOU COULD USE,

[01:20:04]

IN FACT, MORE THAN 130,000? AM I MISSING SOMETHING, OR DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A FEASIBLE WAY TO DO THIS?

>> IT WOULD BE A FEASIBLE WAY.

IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME JUST ONE MINUTE, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THEIR BUDGET AND MAKE SURE IT WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THERE.

>> WHILE ERIN'S DOING THAT, IT WASN'T EXPLICIT IN HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFER WITH IT BECAUSE I KNOW BEFORE THE LAST PROPOSAL WAS BROUGHT FORTH, THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED.

TOM, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THIS SATISFYING COUNTY POLICY OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ON THEM?

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TOM SCHREIBER, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND SATISFIED MY NEEDS AS FAR AS FOLLOWING POLICY.

THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED WITHIN THIS BOARD REPORT FOLLOW POLICY FOR PURCHASES AND AS FAR AS HOW IT GETS INSTALLED.

>> THANK YOU. THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS IN THE LANGUAGE IN THE STAFF REPORT SAYS, OFFSET BY USE OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LEASE.

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE TOUCHING THE LEASE IN TERMS OF THAT.

>> THAT'S THE LEASE OF THE EQUIPMENT.

>> LEASE OF THE EQUIPMENT.

>> IT'S NOT LEASE OF A BUILDING.

>> GOT IT. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. WELL, I'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT MS. BERTAIN COMES BACK WITH IN TERMS OF THE ANSWER TO THAT.

>> THE BIG ISSUE IS WE HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET MAYBE FOR THE AGILIS, BUT I CAN'T JUST GRAB MONEY AND MOVE IT AROUND.

I HAVE TO USE IT WHERE IT SITS, WHICH BECOMES A PROBLEM.

>> I IMAGINE THAT THE BOARD COULD APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS.

THAT ACTUALLY, AND I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THIS, IS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE APPROVED A BUNCH OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK THAT THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND IMPACT, AND IN FACT, MOST CASES, IT WAS MOVING FUNDS AROUND FROM ONE BUDGET UNIT TO ANOTHER OR ONE COST CODE TO ANOTHER, AND SO IT WASN'T ACTUALLY GRANTING THEM ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT.

I IMAGINE WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE AS THE BOARD IS THAT WE COULD REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO THESE EXPENSES IF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. [APPLAUSE]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTION? YOU'RE BACK.

>> I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THE BUDGET WHERE THERE WAS $250,000 INCLUDED FOR THE AGILIS MACHINES.

IT LOOKS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT THERE'S NO LINE ITEM THAT'S A $250,000 LINE ITEM.

THAT MAY BE THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT MAX, BUT NOT THE AMOUNT THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO JUST BE CAUTIOUS OF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVING MONEY THAT WAS IN THEIR EXISTING BUDGET, IS THEIR EXISTING BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE A SPECIAL ELECTION.

REALLY, THE COSTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION AT ALL HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED HERE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE A MATTER IF WE PLAN FOR THIS ELECTION AND ARE SPENDING LESS ON THIS ELECTION THAN WE PLANNED.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S AUTHORITY IS AT THE OBJECT LEVEL FOR THE BUDGET UNIT, WHICH MEANS THAT ANYTHING, SAY, WITHIN SERVICES AND SUPPLIES IS CONSIDERED AN OBJECT LEVEL, THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND HIGHER OR LOWER IN ANY OF THOSE LINE ITEMS AND SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, SAME IS TRUE FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS.

THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS FOR CAPITAL ASSETS.

IF THEY BUDGET FOR CAPITAL ASSET, THEIR AUTHORITY IS AT THAT CAPITAL ASSET LINE ITEM LEVEL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED, AND I THINK NEARLY ALL, IF NOT ALL OF THE ITEMS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ARE WITHIN SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, AND SO THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

MR. CURTIS COULD MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE 250,000 FOR THE AGILIS MACHINE IS NOT ITEMIZED EXPLICITLY, BUT IS LIKELY CAPTURED SOMEHOW IN THAT SERVICE AND SUPPLY BUDGET UNDER EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND THAT ROV CURTIS, ASSUMING HE'S REAPING THE SAVINGS OF THAT, COULD JUST, ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, USE THOSE FUNDS THAT HE'S SAVING TO PAY FOR ANY SERVICE AND SUPPLY-RELATED ITEM THAT'S IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE FULL 250 IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY LINE ITEMS THAT SHOW ME THAT.

THEN I JUST GOING TO WANT TO REITERATE THAT WHEN MR. CURTIS WOULD BE SAVING THAT IS IF HE CHOSE NOT TO USE IT IN THE JUNE ELECTION.

THE JUNE ELECTION WAS BUDGETED FOR, THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR.

>> GOOD? SUPERVISOR LONG.

[01:25:03]

>> AARON, CAN I ASK A LITTLE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT?

>> NO.

>> WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS UNDER THE 2025 STATUTES, CHAPTER 97 UNDER SB 280, I THINK, THIS SPECIAL ELECTION FROM THE STATE WILL BE FRONT-LOADED, MEANING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET COMPENSATION TO RUN THIS ELECTION PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL ELECTION, UNLIKE IN PAST WHERE WE HAVE TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT.

IS THAT ACCURATE, AND HAVE WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE MONEY TO RUN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION?

>> THAT IS ACCURATE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE RECEIVED THE CHECK AS OF YET.

WE SUBMITTED ESTIMATES FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT THE STATE HAS DONE IT THIS WAY, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY'LL SEND US THE MONEY AHEAD OF TIME.

WE'LL INCUR THE EXPENDITURE.

ROV CURTIS WILL NEED TO COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WILL INCLUDE THE OFFSETTING REVENUE FOR SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS SPECIFIC TO THIS SPECIAL ELECTION, AND HE'LL BASICALLY BILL AGAINST THAT ADVANCE.

IF THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER, AND I WOULD SAY THERE LIKELY WILL BE MONEY LEFT OVER, THAT MONEY WILL BE HELD SEPARATE AND WILL BE USED TO FUND THE STATE'S PORTION OF FUTURE ELECTIONS.

IT'S NOT MONEY.

I WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT.

WE'RE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAY THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.

IT DEPENDS, HONESTLY.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE USING EXISTING STAFF, WHICH WE SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE ARE USING EXISTING STAFF OR SOME OF THE BACK-END WORK, THEIR TIME WILL NOW BE FUNDED BY THIS STATE FUNDING AND ACTUALLY FUNDING THAT WILL ALSO COME FROM THE CITY OF REDDING.

WHEN WE COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS ELECTION, WHAT WE SHOULD SEE IS AN INCREASE TO EXPENDITURES AND AN INCREASE TO REVENUE THAT EXCEEDS THE EXPENDITURES BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE EXPENDITURES, SALARY AND BENEFITS, WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR.

WE'LL BE OFFSETTING SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT WOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN A GENERAL FUND COST.

BUT THE REMAINING MONEY THAT WE DON'T DRAW DOWN IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE FOR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT STATE PORTIONS OF FUTURE ELECTIONS.

>> CORRECT. IT CAN GO TO FUTURE ELECTIONS TO FUND THOSE.

ITS ACTUAL COSTS AND NECESSARY REASONABLE COSTS ARE THE STATE MANDATE, CORRECT?

>> THERE WILL BE AN AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS CLAIMED AGAINST THE STATE ELECTION PRE-FUNDING WAS WARRANTED AND MET THAT CRITERIA THAT I JUST SAID.

>> CORRECT? WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CURTIS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AV CAPTURE ALL?

>> AV CAPTURE?

>> AV CAPTURE ALL.

>> NO. IS THAT THE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CAPTURE VIDEOS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

>> CORRECT. THAT'S THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE STREAMING OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> OKAY. IT'S NOT THE ONE I USE, BUT I USE WHATEVER THE COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO DO THE STREAMING DOES.

THEY USED TO DO THE STREAMING FOR HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE THEY'RE GOING TO USE.

>> MY POINT TO ASKING ABOUT AV CAPTURE ALL IS THAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU WERE GOING TO USE FOR THE ACTUAL STREAMING PROCESS, AND THEN IT WILL CONNECT THE DEVICES AND SOURCE OUT THE VIZIO FLAT SCREENS, THE 18 OF THOSE, AND HOOK UP EVERYTHING, AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL DO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE HARDWARE.

>> BUT THIS AV CAPTURE ALL WILL HANDLE THE ACTUAL STREAMING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> YES. IF THAT'S THE COMPANY NAME, I DON'T REMEMBER THE COMPANY NAME, BUT YES.

>> THE QUESTIONS I HAVE WHEN WE'RE BEING ASKED TO FUND THIS IS, DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE? BECAUSE THE MAIL-OUT BALLOTS GO OUT IN TWO WEEKS AND THE ELECTION IS IN SIX WEEKS OR MAYBE NOT.

>> WELL, THIS HAD A CONTRACT, AND WE COULD GET A CONTRACT QUICKLY, I HOPE, FOR ANYTHING THAT WE ARE MISSING.

THIS HAS RUN US TO THE WIRE.

IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT TODAY, IT WON'T BE APPROVED BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER GET HARD IN THERE IN TIME TO SET ANYTHING UP.

>> THERE ARE NO DRAFTS, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU WERE TO GET APPROVAL TODAY,

[01:30:04]

AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU A PERIOD OF TIME TO VET AND DRAFT A CONTRACT WITH AV CAPTURE, LET'S JUST SAY.

THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH A FULL LEGAL PROCESS, MEANING IT HAS TO GET APPROVED BY IT.

IT HAS TO RUN THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL, THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS.

MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT CONTRACT READY TO GO ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE, OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THAT YET?

>> I DO NOT. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ALREADY HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY, AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL OFF OF THAT CONTRACT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

>> WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY.

THAT TO ME IS I'M LOOKING AT TIMING OF ALL THIS.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE GUT AND HEART OF ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS THIS STREAMING COMPANY THAT WILL HELP ENABLE ALL IT'S WORK AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO THOUGHT YET OF A CONTRACT IN THAT ARENA.

>> NO, I CAN'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE THEM.

>> IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, YOU SAY THAT THERE IS LIVE STREAMING AND, I QUOTE, "RECORDING".

>> YOU'RE INTENDING TO RECORD ALL THE CAMERA IMAGES, CORRECT?

>> YOU'RE AWARE THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU THEN MAINTAIN AND STORE THOSE IMAGES OF THE RECORDINGS, CORRECT?

>> ONE YEAR.

>> FOR A YEAR? HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO STORE THAT? BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH BODY CAMS AND A LOT OF STUFF, AND IT'S VERY INVOLVED, VERY MULTIFACETED PROCESS TO STORE IMAGES, AND YOU'RE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW TO STORE THOSE FOR A YEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE RECORDING.

WHAT PROVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN EFFECT FOR THE RECORDING?

>> ESSENTIALLY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE LIVE STREAMING, THEY'RE GOING TO DROP IT DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT A 12K, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY DROP DOWN TO 4K, BUT THEY'LL STORE IT, AND THEN THEY'LL LINK IN TO THE COUNTY SITE.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S THE SAME WAY YOU DO YOUR PRESENT LIVE STREAMING.

>> WE HAVEN'T REALLY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THAT.

YOU HAVEN'T ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS YET ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO STORE THESE IMAGES THAT WE'RE RECORDING?

>> THEY'LL STORE THEM, BUT THEY'LL LINK IT TO THE SITE.

>> WHO'S THEY?

>> THEY DO THE LIVE STREAMING.

THEY DO THE STORING AND THEY DO THE DRAW.

THEY DO THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

>> YOU'RE SAYING THIS AV CAPTURE ALL CONTRACT, SOMEHOW THEY WILL ALSO STORE THE IMAGES.

HAVE WE CONFIRMED THAT WITH THEM?

>> YOU SAID IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO LEASE THE 12 TABULATORS, AND I HEARD YOU JUST SAY THAT IT'S MORE LIKE SIX, SO IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO GET INTO THESE TABULATORS, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PRETEST THE BALLOTS.

>> YES, WE DID NOT GET ENOUGH OF THE TABULATORS TO PRETEST THE BALLOTS BECAUSE WE WERE REJECTED.

WE WANTED TO PRETEST EVERYONE SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM YOU HAD LAST TIME WITH RUNBECK, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE FUNDING.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS TIME IS WE'RE GOING TO GET RUNBECK PRINTING BALLOTS, JUST LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME.

I THINK THEY'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE CARE THIS TIME BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK WELL FOR THEM LAST TIME.

IF THEY FAIL TWICE IN A ROW, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO RUIN THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF WE HAD THE TABULATORS TO ACTUALLY PRETEST EVERY BALLOT AND MAIL IT OUT OURSELVES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE FUNDING.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS EVERYTHING'S GOING THROUGH RUNBECK, THEY'RE MAILING THEM OUT, THEY'RE PRINTING THEM, THE WHOLE THING.

UNTIL WE'RE READY TO REALLY COMMIT TO A SYSTEM THAT WE RUN OURSELVES, WE HAVE TO RUN IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY AND PAY THE EXTRA MONEY TO DO IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT BRINGS UP A QUESTION THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE BALLOTS THEMSELVES.

I KNOW THAT GEOFENCING HAS BEEN INITIATED, WHICH WILL HELP DELINEATE CITY OF REDDING VERSUS COUNTY OVERLAPS, THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE THE BALLOTS GO OUT IN TWO WEEKS.

>> BALLOTS ARE DONE. PAYMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT.

CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN FINISHED, SO WE HAVE ALL THE LINES, AND WE'VE SEPARATED ALL THE PRECINCTS.

IT'S EASIER BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TWO QUESTIONS, TWO IN REDDING AND ONE OUTSIDE, BUT THAT'S ALL BEEN DONE.

PLACER COUNTY, ACTUALLY TALKED TO US ON THE PHONE AND HELPED US WITH THE QUESTION WE HAD.

IT'S DONE, IT'S FINISHED, AND THE BALLOTS ARE READY TO BE SENT OUT.

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THEY INVITED US TO COME DOWN AND ACTUALLY WATCH IT.

I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING, BUT THE BALLOTS WILL GO OUT, DONE.

>> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

>> ROV CURTIS, YOU HAVE THREE TABULATORS NOW, AND YOU WANT THREE MORE, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES, WE TECHNICALLY HAVE FOUR, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE FOR ADJUDICATION, ONE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON SCREEN.

>> WITH THE THREE THAT WOULD COUNT THE BALLOTS NOW, ASSUMING EVERYBODY WOULD STAY WORKING 24 HOURS, 48 HOURS, OR WHATEVER, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO COUNT THE BALLOTS WITH THREE?

>> WITH THREE, PROBABLY SIX HOURS.

>> SIX HOURS WITH THE THREE YOU HAVE NOW?

>> SIX HOURS ON ELECTION NIGHT.

>> WITH THE THREE YOU HAVE NOW?

>>YEAH. WE HAVE TO COUNT THE EARLY VOTE EARLY BECAUSE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TABULATORS, WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT WHERE WE COUNT ALL THE BALLOTS ON ELECTION NIGHT.

DIDN'T OPEN ONE, COUNTED EVERYTHING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TABULATORS FOR THAT.

THAT WOULD TAKE DAYS AND DAYS.

INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO COUNT THEM, JUST LIKE YOU DID BEFORE, WHERE WE OPEN THEM EARLY, COUNT THEM, HAVE THAT NUMBER, AND THEN JUST THE ONES THAT COME IN ON ELECTION NIGHT ARE THE ONES WE WILL COUNT WITH THE THREE OR SIX.

WITH SIX, WE'LL BE DONE IN TWO HOURS.

WE'LL GET 18,000 PER HOUR IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIT, AS FAR AS A MARKET, WITH SIX.

>> WOULD YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE EARLY BALLOTS EARLY BEFORE ELECTION DAY IF YOU HAD SIX TABULATORS?

>> WITH ADDITIONAL TABULATORS, OTHERWISE, WE'D BE WAITING UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING WITH THREE TABULATORS, AND WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, 10:30, WITH SIX.

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THOSE MAILED-IN BALLOTS THAT WERE MAILED ON ELECTION DAY TO TRICKLE IN.

>> TEN DAYS.

>> TEN DAYS. HOW MANY BALLOTS, PERCENTAGE WISE, APPROXIMATELY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ON ELECTION NIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, SURE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OF THAT WILL TRICKLE IN THAT WERE MAILED THAT DAY, BUT IS THAT 2%, 5%, 12%? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, APPROXIMATELY?

>> WE'RE ESTIMATING THERE SHOULD BE LESS THAN 22,000 ON ELECTION NIGHT, AND THAT GIVES A LOT OF SLOP IN THERE.

>> [OVERLAPPING].

>> LESS THAN 22,000 STILL OUT THERE TO BE COUNTED IN THE FUTURE?

>> ON ELECTION NIGHT, YES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GEARED UP TO DO.

>> WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS ON ELECTION NIGHT, WE ALL SEE HOW IT WORKS.

IN THE PAST, THE EARLY VOTES WERE ALWAYS SKEWERED FROM THE ACTUAL RESULTS, AND THEN THE SECOND BATCH STARTED CATCHING UP, AND THEN THE THIRD BATCH FINALLY AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

>> SINCE COVID.

>> WELL, SINCE COVID, SINCE I'VE BEEN.

THEN IT TRICKLES IN LATER ON, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET THOSE THIRD NUMBERS AT 1:30- 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT 95-98% ACCURATE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE?

>> IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE.

>> [OVERLAPPING].

>> WHEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 50% OF YOUR BALLOTS IN, YOU PRETTY MUCH KNOW IF THE ELECTION IS A GOOD ELECTION, AND NO ONE'S PLAYING WHAT THE ELECTION IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHIFT THAT MUCH.

>> NOW, WHEN YOU SAY IT WOULD TAKE SIX HOURS WITH THE THREE YOU HAVE NOW, THAT EXTRA HELP, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE PROBABLY 8:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK THE NEXT DAY?

>> NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING THEM IN.

THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO DO THE TABULATING PART WON'T BE THERE UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.

>> GOT IT.

>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM A HALF HOUR ALONE JUST TO GET THE BALLOTS TO US.

>> THANKS.

>> I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN SINCE EVERYBODY'S GONE, AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE WITH SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS.

I DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER BECAUSE THIS IS A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE, AND I DO APPRECIATE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

I THINK REALLY WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS WE'VE ASKED YOU TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS AS UNORTHODOX AS THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN AT TIMES.

YOU HAVE DELIVERED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MR. SCHREIBER, TOM HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU AND HAS SIGNED OFF ON THAT.

SUPERVISOR LONG BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF THINGS, I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK.

COUNSEL LARMOUR, I'M ASSUMING THESE CONTRACTS, I KNOW, WOULD GO THROUGH SUPPORT SERVICE AND THEN YOUR OFFICE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS GETTING DONE? THESE ARE PRETTY STANDARDIZED TEMPLATES, I WOULD THINK, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AMOUNT AND THE LENGTH WE'VE HAD, BUT IS THAT ACCURATE THAT THESE CAN GET DONE?

>> I WOULD SAY THIS ISN'T A BUSINESS THAT WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH IN THE PAST, WHICH MEANS WE'VE NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A TEMPLATE.

I DON'T EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE ANY MAJOR LEGAL REVIEW ISSUES.

>> ASSUMING THESE QUESTIONS DON'T GO INTO THURSDAY OR FRIDAY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

AGAIN, I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF, BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN GETTING THINGS TO THEM EARLIER, BUT I GET IT, COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT'S DIFFERENT.

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I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE CEO'S STAFF ON THE THIRD FLOOR WITH THE HELP THEY'VE LENT IN THIS PROCESS. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THAT I MADE MY CONDITIONS CLEAR ON THIS A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO, AND I APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH ON THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE SATISFIED THOSE IN TERMS OF DOING THE WORK TO DEMONSTRATE.

WHILE I DO BELIEVE IT'S A LITTLE LIGHT IN THE STAFF REPORT, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL SPREADSHEETS AND DOCUMENTS AS WELL, WHICH I MIGHT SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND FEEL WITH IT ON BOARD, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS IN A WAY THAT COMPLIES WITH COUNTY POLICY.

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT OFTENTIMES, I THINK IN THE POLITICAL REALM, WE THINK OF IT AS A ZERO SUM GAME OF LIKE, WELL, IF YOU CAN, KEEP SOMEONE WHO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH COMPLETELY FROM GETTING SOMETHING, YOU SHOULD DO IT, YOU SHOULD BLOCK THAT.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO DO THINGS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

I THINK WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THIS SYSTEM IN A LOW-COST WAY, WHICH I THINK WE'VE BOXED IT INTO THAT AND MAYBE MORE SO THAN YOU'D LIKE AND THAT OTHERS WOULD LIKE, BUT I THINK IN A WAY THAT GIVES YOU A FAIR CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ON THAT NEXT JUNE.

THAT'S WHERE I STAND AT THIS POINT.

>> SUPERVISOR LONG.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THESE ARE GENERAL COMMENTS, SO I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UNLESS THE REST OF THE BOARD DOES. I'M NOT SURE.

BUT I COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, AS EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR.

IN ORDER TO ARREST SOMEBODY, WE HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE.

IN ORDER FOR THE DA TO CHARGE, THEY HAVE TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT IN ORDER TO CHARGE.

THEY HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PROVE THAT TO EVERY JUROR AND GET THAT UNANIMOUS VOTE.

I COME FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WE HAVE NEVER INTRODUCED ANY HARD EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS ME THAT THERE IS FRAUD IN OUR ELECTIONS.

I KNOW THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL AMONG SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN THE PROOF.

IF I WAS TO BE SHOWN THE PROOF, I WILL ACT.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT BECAUSE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION AND TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I LOOK AT THAT, AND I LOOK AT $135,000, AND TO THROW THAT OUT, DON'T EVEN HAVE A CONTRACT YET.

WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHO THE VENDOR IS THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE CORE FUNCTION OF THIS CONTRACT, THE VERY HEART OF THIS.

IT AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE PERIPHERAL PLAYERS.

THE CORE PLAYER IS GOING TO BE THE STREAMING ENTITY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR THAT.

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIME BEFORE THE ELECTION BALLOTS ARE GOING OUT IN TWO WEEKS, NOT THAT THAT WOULD NECESSARILY THROW IT OUT.

I HEARD ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOR JOST THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED, AND THAT IS $250,000.

I THINK WE COULD EXPLORE THAT AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR ANY OF THE EXTRA OPTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.

THE WAY I SEE THIS IS $135,000, THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, SEEMS LIKE POCKET CHANGE, GIVEN OUR FULL BUDGET.

BUT WE ARE STRUCTURALLY DEFICIT IN OUR BUDGET, AND WE'RE BORROWING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET AS IT IS.

I'M NOT INCLINED TO SPEND $135,000 NO MATTER WHAT IT'S FOR, BUT IN MY CASE, GIVEN THE LACK OF PROOF THAT WE HAVE RAMPANT FRAUD IN OUR COUNTY, I DON'T SEE THAT.

I WOULD RATHER TAKE THE $135,000, WERE I TOO EVEN WANT TO SPEND THAT, AND BUY ANOTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I WILL NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND THANK YOU.

>> SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

>> ORIGINALLY, WE WANTED TABULATORS IN EVERY PRECINCT, SO THAT WAS 50 OR 60 TABULATORS.

I THINK THESE THREE IS GOING TO HELP OUT AND GET OUR RESULTS MUCH QUICKER.

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I THINK WE'VE BEAT THIS DEAD HORSE ENOUGH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

>> I'LL SECOND. WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT.

MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM TO APPROVE, I'VE SECOND IT.

WE'LL START TO MY LEFT WITH SUPERVISOR LONG, MISS BLANKENSHIP.

>> SUPERVISOR LONG?

>> NO.

>> SUPERVISOR KELSTROM?

>> SUPERVISOR CRYE?

>> SUPERVISOR HARMON?

>> SUPERVISOR PLUMMER?

>> AS IS, 4-1. [APPLAUSE] MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT,

[PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME]

JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND SPEAKERS.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE, MISS BLANKENSHIP?

>> TWENTY-ONE, CHAIR.

>> WE HAVE 21. I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE SHASTA COUNTY IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD, WE HAVE THAT AGENCY AS WELL.

IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU CAN SPEAK IN THE IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY, THAT'S THE JURISDICTION OF THAT BOARD, AND THAT WAY, IT'S ALL PUT INTO THERE VERY NEATLY.

THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I, ACTUALLY, HAVE A QUESTION, TOO.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN THAT ONE?

>> JUST ONE MOMENT, CHAIR.

WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

>> I WAS GOING TO SEE IF WE WOULD MAYBE SWITCH SOME STUFF AROUND JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

I'M GUESSING SOME PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP UNDER THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT EITHER WAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

>> FIRST UP, VIRGINIA PHELPS, FOLLOWED BY DIANA RAMIREZ, ROY VINCENT, THEN JENNY.

>> IF YOU DO HEAR YOUR NAME AND YOU WANT TO BE MOVED, JUST YELL OUT FROM YOUR SEAT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE MOVED TO THE IHSS MEETING. WELCOME.

>> VIRGINIA, COME ON UP.

>> THANK YOU. IT'S STILL MORNING, SO GOOD MORNING.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PLASTIC AWARENESS COALITION TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND A FREE SCREENING OF THE PLASTIC PEOPLE DOCUMENTARY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH.

WELL, I AM SURE YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THE GREAT GARBAGE DUMPS IN THE OCEAN.

THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE WE ALL NEED TO KNOW.

FIREFIGHTERS HAVE WARNED THAT THE SMOKE POURING OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS A POISONOUS SOUP IN PART BECAUSE OF THE UBIQUITY OF PLASTICS AND OTHER PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS INSIDE THEM.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND ALSO YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY PROTECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS, BUT TO INFORM THE APPROXIMATELY 180,000 PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY OF OUR ENORMOUS PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND THE DANGERS TO THEIR HEALTH.

THE FILM IS AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES.

WHILE THE TWO-MINUTE TRAILER IS INTENSE, THE GOAL OF THE FILM IS TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO ACTION, NOT TO FEAR.

I DO HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND. THANK YOU.

>> DO YOU HAVE A FLYER?

>> I'VE LEFT INFORMATION CARDS FOR ALL OF YOU.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> DIANA RAMIREZ, FOLLOWED BY ROY VINCENT, JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

>> HONORABLE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS DIANA RAMIREZ, AND I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM WM.

THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE AND A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ORGANIC SERVICES THAT'S STARTING OCTOBER 6.

EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD AND ACCORDING TO PLANNED AND ON SCHEDULE.

IN FACT, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH WITH DISTRIBUTING THE ORGANIC CARTS IN THE DESIGNATED SERVICE AREA.

WM IS HERE TO HELP.

WE HAVE A RECYCLING EDUCATION SPECIALIST THAT'S LOCATED LOCALLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIC SERVICES.

THIS PERSON CAN BE REACHED AT 530-999-6045.

THIS PERSON IS ALSO ANSWERING EMAILS AT SHASTACOUNTYORGANICS@WM.COM.

THIS PERSON CAN HELP LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS WITH ESTABLISHING GOOD PRACTICES AT THEIR BUSINESSES AND TRAININGS.

SHE'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO HOST WORKSHOPS AT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE MAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER OR ANY OF THE MAIN WAYS TO GET AHOLD OF WM.

YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THIS PERSON AT THE FOLLOWING PHONE NUMBER.

FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THESE SLIPS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIC SERVICES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO THAT PERSON, AND YOU CAN ALSO POST THIS IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS AND FACEBOOK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ROY VINCENT, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO, THEN LORI BRIDGEFORD.

>> HI, SUPERVISORS, AUDIENCE, AND I WAS HOPING THE MEDIA WAS GOING TO STILL BE HERE.

WE GOT THIS SPECIAL ELECTION COMING UP ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING, PROP 50.

I GOT IN TOUCH WITH A GENERAL MANAGER OUT AT KIXE.

WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP A DEBATE, GOING TO HAVE OUR SUPERVISOR MATT PLUMMER, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4, AGAINST A ROSE PENELOPE YEE, WHO HAS RAN AGAINST CONGRESSMAN LAMALFA, A GRASSROOTS THING, NOT TAKING IT TO HIGHER INDIVIDUALS.

ROB KEENAN FROM KIXE, HE'S GOT ABOUT 30 YEARS ON THE JOB, A LOT OF ACCOLADES TOWARDS HIM.

AS YOU KNOW, PBS IS GETTING SOME OTHER FUNDING CUT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSED BROADCAST, GOING TO BE STAFF ONLY.

MATT CAN HAVE SOME OF HIS CONSTITUENTS, ROSE WILL BE A FEW OF HER PEOPLE, BUT NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AS YOU KNOW, THE VOTE IS NOVEMBER 4TH, AND OUR DISTRICT 1 HERE WILL CHANGE THE DISTRICT 2.I THINK, KEVIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR MARIN COUNTY, BUT IT STARTS JUST NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, HUGS THE COASTLINE.

[NOISE] THE REASON I REALLY WANTED TO BRING IT UP IS THE DIVIDING LINE CUTS RIGHT ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF SHASTA COUNTY, AND THEN GOES TO THE REST OF THE NORTH STATE FROM THERE, SO IT'S A LOT OF LAND, NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS LAST, OF COURSE.

THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE GOING TO GO OUT OCTOBER 6TH, A POSSIBLE MEDIATOR.

I WANTED TO HAVE MIKE MANGAS HERE, BUT HE BUGGED OUT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO.

I'LL CATCH UP WITH HIM LATER, BUT HAVE MIKE MANGAS AS A MEDIATOR.

BOTH MATT AND ROSE WILL GET QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.

THEY'LL HAVE SOME TIME TO RESEARCH AND CRITIQUE THAT.

I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS PROP 50.

>> JENNY, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES.

>> I'M SUPER SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A FLYER O SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF WHEN THAT'S GOING TO AIR?

>> I CAN GET ONE. IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN HAMMERED OUT YET.

>> WE DON'T TEND TO, USUALLY, ASK QUESTION IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU SEND US SOMETHING, THAT'D BE GREAT.

>> I'LL HAVE KIXE SEND IT DIRECTLY TO ALL YOU, GUYS.

>> JENNY, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TODAY.

I DEBATED COMING UP TO BE IGNORED FOR MY TWO MINUTES BY THE BOARD, OR I GUESS WOULD HAVE A LAST SPEECH, MAYBE 1.5 MINUTES.

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES, LOYAL, DEVOTED EMPLOYEES.

THEY CAN WAIT, THERE'S NO MONEY FOR THEM.

NO MONEY FOR IHSS, NO MONEY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, JUST NO MONEY.

WHO ELSE IS OUT OF CONTRACT IN THIS COUNTY? THEY CAN GET A JOB ELSEWHERE IS SOMETHING I DO BELIEVE I HEARD FROM CHAIR CRYE AT COFFEE.

BUT A SLICK USED CAR SALESMAN COMES IN FROM FLORIDA, A CARPET BAGGER WHO SWITCHES ALLEGIANCES, DEPENDING ON WHERE HE LIVES, ASKED FOR MONEY TO SHOVEL HIS PERSONAL AGENDA, AND SUDDENLY, THE MONEY'S THERE. IT'S AMAZING.

WHAT, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A PERSONAL TOOTH FAIRY? I KEEP WAITING FOR YOU TO PRIORITIZE, TO PLACE WHAT'S IMPORTANT OVER POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND POLITICAL AGENDAS.

I KEEP WAITING FOR A REASON TO BELIEVE IN YOU AND THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB, AND YOU DISAPPOINT ME EVERY TIME.

>> DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGEFORD, THEN THOMAS A, FOLLOWED BY ARMAJIT SINGH.

>> WELL, JUST TO INFORM YOU GUYS THAT I SERVED LORI BRIDGEFORD, WHATEVER HER LAST NAME IS, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT, BUT YOU ALSO WILL GET A COPY.

BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN HER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND YOU ALLOW HER TO USE THE COUNTY'S LOGO IN HER BUSINESS CARS.

SHE USED THE HALLWAY TO HARASS AND THREATEN PEOPLE FOR HOW MANY YEARS.

SHE WENT AFTER NATHAN OVER 3.5 YEARS.

SHE POSTED AND SHE PUT THINGS OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY TO CAUSE CHAOS, AND THEN SHE WONDERED WHY PEOPLE SAY, HEY, TAKE IT DOWN.

BUT YET, AFTER THAT SHE WENT AFTER JENNY AND BEN, AND TAKING PICTURES AND SAYING THINGS ABOUT THEM.

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ON TOP OF THAT SHE THREATENS THEM.

THEN LATELY SHE'S BEEN SAYING, HEY, DO YOU AGREE WITH DOLORES? HOW COME YOU DON'T DEFEND ME? SHE CRIES WOOF, BUT YET SHE CAUSES PROBLEMS. I STAND IN THE CORNER, SOMEWHERE TALKING TO SOMEBODY, AND SHE GOES, WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN? YOU GUYS DON'T SEE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU'RE LIABLE FOR HER ACTIONS, THREATENING PEOPLE AND USING ESPECIALLY THIS GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND USING THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY FOR HER BUSINESS CARD.

I SERVE HER A CEASE AND DESIST, BUT ALSO I'M MAILING ALL THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

ALSO, I'M ASKING FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HER BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALLOWED THIS.

AS US BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, YOU CONDONE THIS, YOU ENGAGED BY ALLOWING HER.

OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED, AND THIS WOMAN CONSTANTLY COMES UP HERE. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING? SHE'S CALLING OUT YOU GUYS TO ENGAGE MORE THAN SHE'S ALREADY ATTACKED OTHERS.

I AM SICK OF HER.

I AM TIRED, I'M TAKING LEGAL ACTIONS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H, ARMAJIT SINGH, AND THEN MICHELLE.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE, GET IN QUEUE.

>> LAURIE BRIDGEFORD, DISTRICT 4.

THAT SEAL WAS PRE-CHECKED.

THOSE BUSINESS CARDS ARE NOT MINE.

SHASTA COUNTY CITIZEN JOURNALISTS, WHICH IS NOT JUST MYSELF.

THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRE-CHECKED.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THIS PREVIOUS SPEAKER, DOLORES, PULLED OUT A BULLHORN AT THE LAST MEETING, SEPTEMBER 9, AND PROCEEDED TO YELL AT ME.

IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LEAVE THE MEDIA WALL.

THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.

I EXPOSE THE HARM, THE BULLYING, AND ALL THE REST FOR YEARS THAT I'VE ENDURED.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEING EXPOSED, WATCH WHAT YOU SAY AND DO.

I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO HAVE ANY POSTERS EXPOSING PEOPLE WHO CYBER BULLY MYSELF.

FIRST AMENDMENT WAS FOCUSED ON THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CENSOR US.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR HATE SPEECH OR FREE SPEECH, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH PACHECO.

WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED HERE WITH SHASTA LAKE CITY, ALTERING THEIR COUNSEL BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. THANK YOU.

A SUPERVISOR CRY FOR THE CHARLIE KIRK HONORS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE PUT IN PLACE.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OPPORTUNISTIC.

THERE WAS NO STREET RALLY LAST MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, BUT WHEN YOU PULL OUT A BULLHORN AND YOU'RE SCREAMING AT ME IN THIS CHAMBER, I FIND THAT THREATENING.

I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO SECURITY.

I'VE TALKED TO THE CEO.

I'VE SENT OUT MY WHAT DO YOU CALL IT INCIDENT REPORT BECAUSE THIS IS ESCALATING.

I'M AFRAID OF PEOPLE LIKE HER WHO ACT OUT AND THREATEN.

THIS IS MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'M KEEPING DOCUMENTS.

CONSIDER THIS YOUR VERBAL CEASE AND DESIST, MISS LUCERO.

LEAVE ME ALONE. I TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH.

I'M ON RECORD ON ARCHIVES MANY A TIME.

MAYOR COUNTY MAY HAVE NO PUBLIC EXECUTION LIKE WE SAW CHARLIE KIRK.

I SEE CONTROLLED DEMOLITION OF OUR MEETINGS BY SOME OF THESE SAME PEOPLE, MEDIA MALPRACTICE BY THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT MISREPORT WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU.

>> THOMAS H, FOLLOWED BY ARMAJIT SINGH, THEN MICHELLE, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW VAN SKODER.

>> MR. LONG, I THINK THERE WAS 14 VOTES CONCERNING YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

LAST ELECTION, THERE WAS 2,873 VOTES THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

THERE WAS NO CONNECTION, BUT YOU WON YOUR ELECTION ON 14 VOTES ABOVE SOMEONE.

MR. PLUMMER, I TRIED TO GET A-HOLD OF YOU, GET IN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I PHONED AND LEFT MY PHONE NUMBER.

I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY, AND I RESPECT ALL THE STUFF YOU PUT IN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU.

ALSO THE PERSON THAT TRIED TO KILL ME IS OUT OF THE SKY, HIT AND RUN, HEAD ON, DISTRICT BRITTANY, FOUND A CHARGEABLE WITH A MISDEMEANOR, AND SHE'S FIGHTING IT.

OUR COUNTY APPLIED TALKED ABOUT MONEY.

OUR COUNTY APPLIED THREE YEARS OF ATTORNEY FEES FOR HER AND SUPPLIED WE HAVE OUR FREE DRUGS, YOU MIGHT SAY.

AT LEAST I THINK THE COUNTY COULD GO AFTER MONEY.

THIS LADY TRIED TO KILL SOMEBODY, AND IN SHASTA COUNTY, YOU'D COME HERE, TRY TO KILL SOMEBODY AND THE DA WILL CHARGE YOU WITH A MISDEMEANOR.

IF IT HAPPENED TO ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN OR SOME FAMILY MEMBER, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFERENT.

BUT SINCE IT HAPPENED IN NO BEAT UP OLD VIETNAM VET, MISDEMEANOR.

CHRIS, I TRIED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE VA DEAL, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT THIS ONE THAT YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING.

MY SIDE OF THE STORY, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 50 YEARS, BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME.

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I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DO, TOO. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU. ARMAJIT SINGH, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, THEN MATTHEW VAN SKODER, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE DILLON.

>> HI. GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE SIC CENTER'S EVENT COMING UP SPECIAL FREE EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, FROM 10:00 AM.

TO 2:30 PM.

AT MEADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 2770 BALLS FERRY ROAD ANDERSON.

THIS MULTICULTURAL GATHERING IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER FOSTER HARMONY AMONG VARIOUS CULTURES AND WILL FEATURE ON SITE HEALTH SCREENINGS.

WHERE ATTENDEES CAN SPEAK WITH EXPERTS ABOUT HEALTH, NUTRITION, ALSO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

THE CELEBRATION WILL ALSO DELIGHT YOUR TASTE, BINDS WITH INTERNATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL FREE FOODS WHILE YOU ENJOY MULTICULTURAL MUSIC AND LISTEN TO INSPIRING GUEST SPEAKERS.

BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE WILL LOVE THE MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATION.

OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS AND VARIOUS CULTURES.

IN WHITING CULTURE, THE EVENT WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT MEADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ANDERSON, SO PLEASE STOP BY.

WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE CHRIS KELSTROM AS OUR MC FOR THE DAY.

THE LAST WHITING CULTURE, THE SHASTA LAKE MARY PLUMMER, US, SO WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

ALL ARE WELCOME. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REGARDLESS OF YOUR CAST, GRADE, CULTURE, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

FOR WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITIES GATHER ON THIS PLATFORM ON THIS DAY.

PLEASE STOP BY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, EMORY, [APPLAUSE] AND THIS YEAR IT'S AT MEADOWLAWN SCHOOL AND ANDERSON.

NORMALLY IT'S AT THE SIC CENTER [OVERLAPPING]

>> THAT'S RIGHT. YES I MISS TO MAKE THIS NOTE THAT, PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT.

WE USED TO DO AT THE SIC CENTER SINCE WE WERE OUT AND WEATHER WAS CHALLENGING EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS AT THE MEADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ANDERSON.

IT'S A NEW PARTNERSHIP AS WELL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> THANK YOU, EMORY. I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

>> YOU CAN LEAVE THAT FLYER THERE.

>> I LEFT THE FLYER IN HERE.

I'VE ALSO SENT A PERSONAL INVITATION TO ALL THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS E MAIL FROM MY PRIVATE EMAIL YESTERDAY.

>> MICHELLE, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW VAN SKODER, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE DILLON, THEN DAWN DUCKETT.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

CHRIS, I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT WITH I DON'T KNOW THE ORGANIZATION, BUT WITH THE CHILDREN.

I THINK NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE ON, WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE START LOOKING AT THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS AND RESPECTING US.

I THINK THE ABUSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO IS UNBELIEVABLE.

BUT I KNOW AS POLITICIANS, IT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT WHEN IT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS THAT ARE JUST SITTING HERE TRYING TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT AT SHASTA LAKE HAS EITHER HAD A MEETING OR GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY DON'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT STAND THE ABUSE THAT GOES ON TO THE CITIZENS.

PLEASE TAKE THAT TO CONSIDERATION ON YOUR NEXT MEETING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MATTHEW VAN SKODER, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE DILLON, DAWN DUCKETT THEN LESLIE SAWYER.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MATTHEW.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5.

I AM A CONSTITUENT OF SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE A REALLY LACK OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS AFFECTS THE COUNTY HEAVILY WITH THE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO FIND PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS, LET ALONE ANY TYPE OF SPECIALISTS THAT SPECIALIZE OUTSIDE OF JUST GERIATRIC OR VERY SPECIALIZED.

I MYSELF HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED TO FIND A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR WITHIN DISTRICT 5, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND WAS LITERALLY LAUGHED AT BY A RECEPTIONIST AND TOLD THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS, BUT THE NEXT TIME I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET INTO FIND A OR SEE

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A DOCTOR WOULD BE ABOUT 3-6 MONTHS FOR JUST A PRIMARY CARE CHECKUP, WHICH IS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND HARD TO HEAR.

WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE THROUGH US, SO MY PRIMARY JOB DOES PROVIDE INSURANCE.

BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF PROVIDERS AND CARE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE VIRTUAL CARE AND SEEK HELP OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE EAST COAST.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND UPDATE OF THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

THAT WAS AMAZING INFORMATION.

IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO ALSO, OF COURSE, HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SHORT TERM AS WELL AS LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THEM.

FUNDING HOME AND LONG TERM CARE WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE BEST OPTION.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> RONNIE DILLON, FOLLOWED BY DAWN DUCKETT, LESLIE SAWYER, THEN DAN.

>> I'M SPEAKING AT THIS MOMENT TO MY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, REPRESENTATIVE, KEVIN CRYE.

AS A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT 1.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

A CRISIS YOU YOURSELF, KEVIN, HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED.

NOW, I AM ALL IN FULL SUPPORT OF BRINGING THE MEDICAL COLLEGE HERE TO SHASTA COUNTY.

HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS A LONG TERM PLAN, ONE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WILL BENEFIT US AND BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE CURRENT CRISIS, AT THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS BEING PLANNED TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH CARE CRISIS.

WE HAVE EXISTING AND WELL ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED AND UTILIZED, NOT ONLY FOR THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS, BUT TO BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THAT LONG TERM PLAN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> DAWN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY DAN, THEN CHRISTIAN GARDINIER.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, FOR BRINGING BACK THE DENOUNCING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HATE.

ALSO, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR TALKING ABOUT BRINGING SOME GRACE INTO THESE BOARD CHAMBERS AND THE WAY THAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER, THE WAY WE TREAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, I HAVE DONE SOME SOUL SEARCHING MYSELF.

I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO CUT DOWN MY RHETORIC, KEEP MY COMMENTS ON TOPIC.

I'D LIKE TO IMPLORE BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM TO DO THE SAME, CUT DOWN ON THE NAME CALLING, WHETHER IT BE THE BOARD OR OTHER SPEAKERS.

JUST REMEMBER, WE'RE ALL HERE TRYING TO EXERCISE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE ALL PATRIOTS.

AT THE LAST MEETING THAT I WAS AT, I MENTIONED UP HERE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE GONE FOR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AND SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED VERY LOUDLY BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE HERE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ADMONISH THAT BEHAVIOR, THAT BULLYING AND MEAN SPIRITED BEHAVIOR IN THESE BOARD CHAMBERS.

IT'S DEMORALIZING.

PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING UP HERE TO SPEAK, I'M A WIFE. I'M A MOTHER.

I'M A GRANDMOTHER.

I JUST WANT THE BETTERMENT OF MY COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU DO, TOO, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IT STARTS WITH THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> NEXT UP, LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY DAN, CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, THEN LAURA HOBBS.

>> NOT EVEN GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.

THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF.

THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU TO SCOE FOR LEANING IN ON THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED AT PACHECO SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT THE SITUATION COUPLED WITH THE GOODWILL THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THE BOARD AND SCOE CAN BRING PEACE OF MIND TO PARENTS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.

KIDS WITH REAL ON CAMPUS EXPOSURE HAVE LESS ISSUES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED WITH DRUGS.

IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO WORK WITH ALL AGENCIES,

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USE SOME PREVENTIVE EDUCATION FUNDING COMBINED WITH THE FUNDING THAT SCOE NEEDS TO SPEND BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND PUT AN OFFICER ON ALL CAMPUSES EACH AND EVERY ONE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

WE CAN NOT ONLY CURB THE SCHOOL, THE PRISON PIPELINE THAT WE HAVE IN SHASTA COUNTY, BECAUSE KIDS WHO EXPERIENCE OFFICERS.

I WORKED ON MULTIPLE CAMPUSES AND KNOW FIRSTHAND, KIDS WHO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH AN OFFICER, SEE THEM AS A HUMAN BEING, HAVE THAT INTERACTION, ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THEM.

THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN DRUG USE.

THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THAT THEN BECOMES A POSITIVE ADULT IN THEIR LIFE.

WHERE ALTERNATIVELY, IF WE DON'T EXPOSE THEM TO POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH OUR OFFICERS, THEN ALL THEY SEE IS WHAT'S ON RAP VIDEOS AND VIDEO GAMES, AND THAT REALLY ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE POLITICALLY THAT REALLY DEMONIZES LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MAYBE THIS COULD BE SOMETHING POSITIVE YOU COULD DO BECAUSE THAT DISPLAY ON THE LAST ITEM WAS DISGUSTING.

MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO TO BRING UP UNITY.

>> DAN, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, THEN LAURA HOBBS, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN.

>> BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE FOUR OR FIVE VOTE THERE.

I APPRECIATE A CHANCE FOR US TO HAVE GOOD ELECTION TRANSPARENCY.

MR. LONG, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOOK AT THE LAND TOIRED COURT CASE.

THERE'S 52 SIGNED AFFIDAVITS OF THE LAW BEING BROKEN.

PEOPLE OBSERVING THAT AND THEN TESTIFYING TO IT.

THE 2,786 VOTES THAT SHOWED UP WITH NO SIGNATURES ATTACHED, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.

THERE'S 2,786 VOTES IN OUR LAST ELECTION THAT THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

IT'S A PRETTY OBVIOUS BLATANT THING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.

THE OTHER THING IS, I SAID EARLIER IN THE TEST TURN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT THE ELECTION COMMISSION AGAIN, I ASKED IF WE LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, THE ROV HAS REQUESTED IT.

IT'D BE HELPFUL TO GET THAT BACK ON TRACK. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

>> CHRISTIAN GARDINIER, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, THEN BENJAMIN NOWAIN, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA.

NOT SEEING CHRISTIAN. COME ON UP, LAURA.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, PLACE MY REQUEST THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING STATING, IN GOD WE TRUST, HERE IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES, AND ALL OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ACKNOWLEDGED HERE PUBLICLY.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PASSING OUR THREE FUNDING FOR THE ROV.

I FEEL LIKE HE GOT NICKELED AND DIMED.

I WISH THAT YOU WOULD SCRUTINIZE OTHER COUNTING FUNDING, JUST AS WELL AS YOU SCRUTINIZE THAT.

HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING BY THIS BOARD.

JUST LAST WEEK ALONE, YOU PUT IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR SIMILAR AMOUNTS, ABOUT 100,000 FOR NUMEROUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY, AND IT WAS JUST PASSED THROUGH WITH CONSENT, RUBBER STAMPED.

AND I WANT TO ALSO MAKE MENTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED DOWN ON THE 273 SOUTH OF GIRVAN, THE RELEASE FACILITY TO GIVE NON VIOLENT OFFENDERS AN EARLY RELEASE.

I FEEL LIKE I RECENTLY READ THE STORY ABOUT THE HOTEL ON CYPRUS AND BACHELI, WHERE THEY'RE HOUSING SEX OFFENDERS FROM TENNESSEE AND OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE RELEASED INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DANGEROUS.

AND MY CONCERN WITH THE SETUP THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON THE 273 IS THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SAYING, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE NON VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THESE PEOPLE, NOT THE SEX OFFENDERS, NOT THE PREDATORS.

BUT THEN OVER TIME, THAT CAN SLOWLY GET WHITTLED AWAY, AND IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE IN YOUR GUYS' HAND AND IN YOUR GUYS'S CONTROL.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO RELEASE VIOLENT PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M AGAINST THAT. THANK YOU.

>> BENJAMIN NOON, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, DAVID HALLIGAN, BRENT TUCKER, THEN LINDA GLASS.

>> SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW OPPORTUNITIES WE GET AS THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO A VOTE AFTER IT HAPPENS.

OFTENTIMES WE DON'T GET THAT ABILITY.

THAT $135,000.

AGAIN, IT WASN'T ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

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IT IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED FOR THE PREVIOUS REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, THE ASSISTANT IN THIS SCENARIO, THAT WAS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE.

AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY YOU GUYS HAVE A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE.

IT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY WHEN IT'S AFTER THE FACT.

I GET THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVE A NEW AND UNTESTED SYSTEM.

AND AGAIN, IN A SPECIAL ELECTION WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO, VERY SMALL RACES.

MAYBE THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO TEST IT.

BUT HONESTLY, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO SAY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN CAN COME IN WITH NO ELECTION EXPERIENCE AND THEN EFFECTIVELY SAY, HEY, I NEED THIS MONEY OR ELSE I CAN'T MAKE THIS WORK.

IT JUST FEELS LIKE HE'S HOLDING THE ELECTION HOSTAGE.

NOW, PART OF ME IS HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS GAVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IT'S ALL ON YOU GUYS NOW.

AND SO NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS THE MONEY. OH, HE DIDN'T GET THE MONEY.

THEN HE DIDN'T GET THE SUPPORT HE DESERVED.

BUT NOW HE GOT IT. AND SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THAT.

>> NEXT UP, ANTONIO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, BRENT TURNER, THEN LINDA GLASS.

>> OH, GOOD MORNING. IT'S STILL MORNING.

[LAUGHTER] YES, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU BOARD FOR SUPPORTING THE FINANCES FOR CLINT.

MY TALK WAS GOING TO BE ON R3, BUT I DIDN'T COME IN TIME, SO I'M SAYING IT NOW.

WELL, I WENT DOWN TO THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE ROV ON MARKET, AND IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

IT WAS VERY ORGANIZED.

THE ROOM LOOKS MUCH LARGER AND THERE'S A ROOM WITH A CAMERA SO THE OBSERVERS CAN CLEARLY SEE.

THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE MORE CAMERAS AND WHATEVER ELSE CLINT NEEDS TO MAKE OUR ELECTIONS AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THESE FINANCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR ELECTION TRANSPARENCY.

THIS WILL BE A TURNING POINT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY.

IT MATTERS FOR PEOPLE TO GAIN TRUST IN OUR ELECTION.

AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.

>> NEXT UP, DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, THEN LINDA GLASS.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I WANT TO SPEAK ON MEASURE A UPCOMING.

COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND THIS STATE HAVE TACKLED THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH SIMILAR MEASURES.

THE LOCAL CITIES OF RED BLUFF, CORNING, ANDERSON, WYRIKA, ORLAN, WILLOWS, CHICO, ORAVILLE, BUTTE COUNTY, HAVE ADOPTED PUBLIC SERVICE SALES TAX MEASURES, RESULTING IN A DECREASE IN CRIME, BETTER PROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR CITIES AND COUNTY.

MEASURE A IS ON THE REDDING CITY BALLOT, NOVEMBER 4, A SMALL $0.01 SALES TAX ON THE DOLLAR TO ADDRESS FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SERVICES THAT OUR CITIZENS RELY ON.

VOTERS MAY DECIDE TO VOTE YES BECAUSE THEY SEE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE TAX AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

I WILL SPEAK AT A FUTURE MEETING ABOUT PERCENTAGE, ALLOCATION, REVENUES AND HOW THEY BENEFIT THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR COUNTY.

TRUST. AN ADDED REVIEW ON MEASURE A WHEN PASSED.

THERE WILL BE A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ON MEASURE A REVENUES AND SPENDING ALLOCATIONS, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE.

LISTEN, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS IN REDDING.

WE WANT TO BE SAFE.

WE WANT OUR KIDS, OUR GRANDKIDS, AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE.

MEASURE A WILL HELP MAINTAIN, YES, MAINTAIN OUR FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, IMPROVE OUR ROADS, KEEP OUR CITY PARKS OPEN FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AND MUCH MORE.

SO SUPERVISORS AND TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF REDDING.

THERE IS NO GREATER PURPOSE.

THERE IS NO GREATER PURPOSE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAN KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.

MEASURE A WILL MAKE REDDING A SAFER PLACE AT A SMALL COST TO TAXPAYERS, A $0.01 SALES TAX.

AND THAT IS WHY I'M ENCOURAGING REDDING CITY VOTERS TO VOTE YES ON MEASURE A.

>> BRENT TURNER.

>> YEAP.

>> NOT SEEING BRENT, LINDA. COME ON UP.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

I'M LINDA GLASS.

THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FREEDOMS COME FROM GOD.

QUOTES FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS ARE THESE.

NATHAN HALE, WHO GRADUATED FROM YALE AT 18, SAID,

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I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND GIVE FOR MY COUNTRY.

PATRICK HENRY, WHO WROTE THE BILL OF RIGHTS, SAID, GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.

WE HAVE TO PASSIONATELY PURSUE JUSTICE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT WITH CORRUPT ELECTIONS, AND THEREFORE, MAYBE ILLEGITIMATE OFFICIALS.

THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY BALLOT HARVESTING BECAUSE THERE WERE 700 EXTRA BALLOTS IN THE PRIOR ELECTION AND 27 AND PLUS EXTRA BALLOTS IN THE LAST ELECTION.

SO WITH MORE THAN 10,000 CONSTITUENTS SIGNING THE PETITION IN OUR COMMUNITY LED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR UPDATING THE METHODS BY WHICH WE VOTE? WE DEMAND THAT THE BOARD ADDRESS THIS AND FIX THIS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WENT THROUGH SUCH A LONG PROCESS AND THEN MADE RIDICULOUS ACCUSATIONS, BUT AT ANY RATE, WE NEED TO CLEAN THE VOTER ROLES.

THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE STILL ON THE VOTER ROLLS.

ISSUE MAIL OUT BALLOTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

USE MACHINES WITH OPEN SOURCE, VERIFY ELECTIONS BY HAND COUNTING.

THIS CAN BE DONE EASILY.

RECTIFY THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS CERTAINLY WITH THE NUMBER OF VOTERS AND FINANCE THE NEEDED EQUIPMENT.

I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TODAY.

I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. THANK YOU.