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>> GOOD MORNING. TODAY'S THE IRREGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, AND THE TIME IS 9:00 AM.WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY COUNSEL JOE LARMER.
FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, MARCY WINSTEAD, AND IN THE FOYER, MIRANDA ANGEL.
WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER.
SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS BLANKENSHIP.
>> THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARD ROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101.
THOSE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE THROUGH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S WEBSITE.
THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTIONS, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE.
UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED.
STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARD ROOM IS ACCEPTABLE SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS.
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE RECORD OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO SET UP EQUIPMENT FROM THE DESIGNATED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH WINDOWS.
SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES.
WITH THAT, I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING R1 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
IT IS A CORRECTION TO THE FOURTH WHEREAS CLAUSE TO ACCURATELY REFLECT MISS ROSSI'S DEPARTMENT AND DATES.
THE CORRECTED SENTENCE SHOULD READ.
WHEREAS LORI ANN ROSSI STARTED WITH SHASTA COUNTY IN 1998, IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICE BEFORE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES BECAME A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT IN 2002.
WITH THAT CHAIR, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MISS BLANKENSHIP.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR NATHAN BLANK FROM LITTLE COUNTRY CHURCH, FOR THE INVOCATION I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
>> LET'S PRAY. GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERS THAT GUIDE THIS COUNTY.
I ASK THAT YOU GUARD THEIR HEARTS, THEIR MINDS AS THEY LISTEN AND DISCUSS TODAY, BRING CLARITY AND PEACE IN THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TODAY.
PROVIDE FOR THEM AND ENDURANCE TO LEAD AND THE ABILITY TO BE MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY PRESENT BOTH HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS WHEN THEY GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.
>> WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE?
>> THANK YOU PASTOR BLANK. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
MOVING ON TO R1, ADOPT A RESOLUTION,
[R1 Adopt a resolution which recognizes Lori Ann Rossi, Child Support Specialist III, with the Department of Child Support Services as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for November 2025.]
WHICH RECOGNIZES LORI ANN ROSSI CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AS SHASTA COUNTY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER 2025.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERVISOR LONG.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHASTA HAS ADOPTED THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO COUNTY SERVICE, AND WHEREAS SUCH RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE PROGRAM, NAMELY EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS, INITIATIVE, INNOVATION, TEAMWORK, PRODUCTIVITY, AND SERVICE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE HAS CONSIDERED ALL CURRENT NOMINATIONS FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
WHEREAS LORI ANN ROSSI STARTED WITH STARTED WITH SHASTA COUNTY IN 1998 IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICE BEFORE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES BECAME A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT IN 2002.
AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, LORI PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN CREATING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMERS.
WITH A FRIENDLY SMILE AND WARM DEMEANOR, LORI GREETS EACH VISITOR, OFFERS HER ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET PROMPTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
LORI ENSURES CUSTOMERS ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE COURT PROCESS, HELPING ELIMINATE SURPRISES AND REDUCE STRESS WHEN ATTENDING HEARINGS.
CONFIDENTIALITY IS A VITAL PART OF LORI'S ROLE.
SHE CREATES A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT AT THE RECEPTION DESK, ENSURING EACH INTERACTION IS HANDLED WITH COMPASSION, AS WELL AS DISCRETION.
HER 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ALLOWS HER TO ASSIST WITH MULTIPLE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
CUSTOMERS OFTEN COMMEND LORI FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION IN A KIND, RESPECTFUL MANNER, AND FOR CLEARLY PRESENTING THEM WITH OPTIONS AND NEXT STEPS.
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WHEN CUSTOMER COMMENTED, HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT MEETING WITH A GOVERNMENT AGENCY BECAUSE OF NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES, BUT LORI MADE HIM FEEL AT EASE.LORI'S DEDICATION TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE REFLECTS THE VALUES AND MISSION OF THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO HER ESSENTIAL ROLES AS A FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR CUSTOMERS, LORI ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES.
LORI IS INVOLVED IN THE IRS PUBLICATION 1075 WORK GROUP, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE DEMONSTRATING HER COMMITMENT TO COMPLIANCE AND STAFF WELL BEING.
FURTHER, LORI CREATED A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE AND A CUSTOMER SERVICE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR ALL STAFF TO UTILIZE WHEN ASSISTING WITH FRONT DESK COVERAGE.
LORI CONTINUALLY LOOKS TO INCREASE PROGRAM EFFICIENCIES, SUCH AS COMPLETING A SPECIAL PROJECT TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PAPER CHECKS SENT BY EMPLOYERS.
PAYMENTS RECEIVED THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC PROCESS AND PAYMENTS MADE DIRECTLY TO THE STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT EXPEDITES PAYMENTS POSTING, GETTING MONEY OUT TO FAMILIES FASTER, AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PAPER CHECKS SENT ANNUALLY BY 60%.
LORI CONSISTENTLY LOOKS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT HER TEAM BEYOND HER REGULAR RESPONSIBILITIES.
TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO ASSIST MANAGERS WITH UNCOVERED CASE LOADS WHEN HER COWORKERS ARE OUT OF THE OFFICE.
LORI'S WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN WHEREVER NEEDED, ALL WHILE CONTINUING TO FULFILL HER OWN DUTIES, REFLECTS A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND A TRUE TEAM ORIENTED MINDSET.
IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES AND ASSISTING HER COWORKERS, LORI VOLUNTEERS TO ATTEND OUTREACH EVENTS, WHERE SHE CONNECTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE IMPORTANT RESOURCES THEY PROVIDE.
LORI ANN ROSSI'S 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO SHASTA COUNTY IS A TESTAMENT TO HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY SHE SUPPORTS.
FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE, THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS LORI ANN ROSSI CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 IN THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, BE SELECTED AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT LORI ANN ROSSI CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 IN THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES IS HEREBY NAMED SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR 2025.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUPPORT HER NOMINATION FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. GO AHEAD.
>> MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LONG, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
ALLEN, DO YOU WANT TO CALL HER UP?
>> YEAH. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GENE RICHARDSON, DIRECTOR OF CHILD SUPPORT.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND LORI ROSSI, CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 AS THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
AS MENTIONED IN THE BOARD REPORT PROVIDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG, LORI HAS WORKED IN OUR PROGRAM SERVING FAMILY SINCE 1998.
SHE BEGAN AS A FAMILY SUPPORT CLERK WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION, PROMOTING TO A FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICER 1 IN 1999.
SHE WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE UNIT WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS.
LORI MOVED ONTO THE ENFORCEMENT UNIT AND IN 2001, PROMOTED TO A FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICER 2.
DURING THAT TIME, SHE CONTINUED TO EXPAND HER KNOWLEDGE AFTER BEING ASSIGNED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT UNIT, WHERE SHE GENERATED LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND ASSISTED CUSTOMERS WITH THE COURT ORDER PROCESS.
LATER THAT YEAR, SHE TOOK ON THE DUTIES OF OMBUDSPERSON AND PUBLIC OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
IN 2002, WHEN WE BECAME A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT, LORI BECAME A CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST, TOO.
CONTINUING TO WORK AS A OUTREACH COORDINATOR, LORI WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS SHASTA COLLEGE, THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE, THE MISSION, ALCOHOL AND DRUG PERINATAL PROGRAM, PAROLE ORIENTATION AND STOP, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
DURING HER YEARS WITH OUR AGENCY, LORI WORKED IN SEVERAL UNITS, INCLUDING THE FAMILY CONFERENCE TEAM, REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT TEAM, CALL CENTER, AND RECEPTION.
LORI IS A SUPERSTAR IN RECEPTION.
LORI'S ABILITY TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS IS OUTSTANDING.
NOT ONLY DOES SHE HAVE A WAY OF WORKING WITH CUSTOMERS TO HELP THEM FEEL AT EASE, BUT SHE ALSO COMMUNICATES IN A WAY THAT SHOWS SHE TRULY CARES.
LORI HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND A VARIETY OF CHILD SUPPORT PROCESSES,
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AND DUE TO HER EXPERTISE IN THE PROGRAM, SHE ASSISTED 1,141 CUSTOMERS AT RECEPTION THIS FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.WHEN LORI IS ABLE TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS AT RECEPTION INSTEAD OF CALLING A CASEWORKER TO MEET A CUSTOMER IN THE INTERVIEW BOOTH, THE CUSTOMER RECEIVES THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED QUICKLY, AND THE ASSIGNED CASEWORKER THEN HAS MORE TIME TO PROCESS LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND OTHER SENSITIVE TASKS.
OUR CUSTOMERS ARE TYPICALLY MAKING A QUICK STOP, TRYING TO GET BACK TO WORK OR ON THEIR WAY TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL, SO SAVING TIME IN OUR OFFICE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLIMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM LORI'S CUSTOMERS, LORI'S COWORKERS CONSISTENTLY COMPLIMENT LORI FOR HER KIND HEART AND HER WILLINGNESS TO HELP OUT WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
COWORKERS UTILIZE THE RECOGNITION BOARD IN OUR OFFICE TO LET LORI KNOW HOW MUCH SHE'S APPRECIATED.
BOTH WITHIN OUR AGENCY AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICE, LORI IS A PASSIONATE CHAMPION FOR RELAY FOR LIFE, INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH HER COMMITMENT AND COMPASSION.
HER DEDICATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IS ALSO UNWAVERING AND HER DEVOTION TO THE THINK PINK COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
LORI IS AN AWESOME SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE, AND I AM SO HAPPY TO RECOMMEND HER AS SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WOULD WE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> THERE'S NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
WOULD SHE LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THIS SPECIAL HONOR.
I COULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IF IT WASN'T FOR MY AMAZING FAMILY AND MY AMAZING WORK FAMILY BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY WORK SO HARD FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT VOTE.
YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY FAMILY THAT YOU BROUGHT ALONG WITH YOU OR COWORKERS?
>> WELL, THERE'S A FEW COWORKERS THERE.
>> BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY DAUGHTER, SOPHIA.
ON THE PHONE IS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, DR. BRITTANY SANCHEZ, AND MY SISTER, CHRIS.
>> AWESOME. WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE, AND THEN ALLEN'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRIZES IN THE BAG.
[LAUGHTER] WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LONG, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> PASSES 50. SUPERVISOR LONG, THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS.
>> GOOD JOB. [LAUGHTER] SHE CAN HOLD THE PLAQUE.
>> MAY I PRESENT THIS TO YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. THE AWARDS THAT YOU WILL GET HERE ARE SHASTA COUNTY ROSEWOOD PEN, A $30 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM, A $20 DUTCH BROS GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATION.
$50 PETE'S BREW HOUSE GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 137, A $25 CINEMARK GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 137, A $25 TARGET GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 137, A $25 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, A 25.14 ALL GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OF CALIFORNIA, UPEC GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT, AND A $25 MASTERCARD GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHASTA COUNTY VETERANS AFFILIATED COUNCIL.
THERE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
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>>MOVING ON TO R2, RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM
[R2 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.]
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND RECEIVE SUPERVISORS REPORTS.WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR CEO DAVE RICKERT.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
DAVE RICKERT COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTING.
FIRST, AN UPDATE ON STATE ISSUES.
THE 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDED SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2025.
THE ASSEMBLY HAS ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 2026 AT 1:00 PM WHICH MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SOME KEY JANUARY DATES TO REMEMBER ARE JANUARY 10TH.
THE BUDGET MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR.
JANUARY 16TH, THE LAST DAY FOR POLICY COMMITTEE TO HEAR AND REPORT ON FISCAL COMMITTEE, FISCAL BILLS INTRODUCED IN THEIR HOUSE, JANUARY 23RD, THE LAST DAY FOR ANY COMMITTEE TO HEAR AND REPORT TO THE FLOOR BILLS INTRODUCED IN THAT HOUSE IN THE ODD NUMBER YEAR.
JANUARY 23RD, ALSO, THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT BILL REQUEST TO THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
FINALLY, JANUARY 31ST, THE LAST DAY FOR EACH HOUSE TO PASS BILLS INTRODUCED IN THAT HOUSE IN THE ODD NUMBERED YEAR.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH WAS AN ELECTION DAY IN SHASTA COUNTY WITH TWO ITEMS ON THE BALLOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
FIRST, PROPOSITION 50 WITH THE CURRENT NO VOTE PERCENTAGE IN SHASTA COUNTY AT 69.43%, AND MEASURE A, WITH THE CURRENT NO VOTE PERCENTAGE AT 63.87%.
>> THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE NOT OFFICIAL.
WITH THAT THOUGHT IN MIND, THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING MANY OF OUR OWN COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO SPENT 16 OR MORE HOURS OF THEIR DAY ASSISTING IN THE LOGISTICS OF RUNNING THE POLLING PLACES, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND ASSISTING VOTERS.
FROM MY OFFICE, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BROOKE, CHAZ, AARON, JARED, PATRICK AND STEWART, FOR VOLUNTEERING AND SPENDING THEIR DAY AT THE POLLING PLACES.
FOR EVERY ELECTION, WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENTS, NEW TRAINING, AND OPPORTUNITIES AND LESSONS FOR NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE ELECTION TEAM FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN SHASTA COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, CEO RICHARD. [NOISE] SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR COMING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU FOUR UPDATES.
THE FIRST IS AROUND A SECOND DEVELOPER'S ROUND TABLE THAT WE HAD THIS WEEK, MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM ATTENDED AND WAS PUT ON BY OUR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS.
THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO CREATE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BUILD HOUSING.
IT WAS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
WE WENT THROUGH A LIST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED IN OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED YET AND THAT IS MOST OF THEM.
WE TALKED WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO UNDERSTAND WHY ISN'T THERE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING ON THESE PROPERTIES.
WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD INSIGHTS, AND A LOT OF IT RELATES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS LARGELY NOT AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT BE WATER OR SEWAGE AT THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LIMITING AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE COST OF DOING DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE LOTS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN THE COUNTY DO IN TERMS OF GRANT DOLLARS TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE REALLY HAVE, WHAT I'LL CALL SHOVEL READY SITES THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BY A DEVELOPER OR AN INDIVIDUAL AND BUILT ON.
AGAIN, I'LL SAY THIS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING AND BUILDING IN SHASTA COUNTY AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THOSE, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO ME, AND WE'D LOVE TO INCLUDE YOU IN THAT.
THE SECOND IS RELATED TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WHICH IS A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING SITUATION, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT, THE PRIMARY BENEFIT, AND I THINK REALLY THE ONLY BENEFIT THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTERS THAT'S DIRECTLY IMPACT AT THIS POINT IS THE SNAP PROGRAM, WHICH IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS OR CALFRESH IN CALIFORNIA.
AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL FUND THAT AT 50% THROUGH NOVEMBER, ASSUMING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T RE-OPEN, IN WHICH CASE THAT THEN THE FUNDING WILL FLOW.
WE, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS STARTED A SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND CALLED THE SHASTA CRITICAL RESPONSE FUND, WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON THEIR WEBSITE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, AS OF THIS MORNING, WE'VE RAISED ABOUT $10,000 TO GO TOWARDS THAT.
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I KNOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DONATING DIRECTLY TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHETHER THAT BE FOOD OR MONEY ITSELF, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.YOU CAN ALSO VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS.
I WAS ABLE TO GO TO ONE YESTERDAY, AND THERE, THERE WAS ACCORDING TO DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING, 100 EXTRA CARS, WHICH WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, PROBABLY, I THINK THEY AVERAGE AROUND 400-500, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
ACTUALLY, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING BACK NOVEMBER 18TH, CONTRIBUTION TO DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL PURCHASE OF $50,000 WORTH OF FOOD, ASSUMING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES TO THAT POINT.
>> I'LL SECOND FOR A DISCUSSION.
>> DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT?
>> NO. THEN THE TWO OTHER THINGS.
ONE WILL COME UP MORE AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT THIS IS RELATED TO THE ONGOING WORK AROUND THE SHERIFF'S CORRECTION AND REHABILITATION CAMPUS.
THAT WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AROUND HAVING FUNDING IN THE GOVERNMENTS BUDGET, WHICH OUR CEO RICHARD JUST MENTIONED WILL COME OUT JANUARY 10TH, FOR MALE COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, AS SUPERVISOR CRYE HAS MENTIONED, THE AMNITY FOUNDATION.
IN FACT, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE STATE.
FOUR COUNTIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING AND DOING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON PREPARING A RESPONSE TO THAT BY DECEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS THE DEADLINE THERE.
MORE TO COME ON THAT, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO BRING UP IS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
THIS IS IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND MAJOR A WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE CITY OF READING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THEIR POLLING DATA SHOWED THAT THE TRUST IN LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS LOWER THAN IT IS OF STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH IS REALLY SURPRISING AND UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT, WE JUST POSTED A SURVEY AROUND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO FILL OUT.
ON THE COMMENTS THERE, I NOTICED THAT TWO COMMENTS ALREADY WERE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE SUPERVISORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE.
I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER A POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SUPERVISORS FROM GIVING THEMSELVES A RAISE.
IT WILL BAKE IN A 1% ANNUAL INCREASE THAT IS SET, AND THAT IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THAT, IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC FOR A VOTE.
>> SUPERVISOR, I WOULD SECOND THAT.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU OPEN, LIKE THE 1% RAISE? I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.
ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION?
>> YES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TOPIC FOR [OVERLAPPING] DISCUSSION DURING.
[OVERLAPPING] YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON BRINGING VOTE BACK.
>> I SECOND TO BRING IT BACK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'LL BRING IT BACK. ARE YOU GOOD?
>> YES. THEN COULD WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE POTENTIAL BRINGING BACK THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DIGNITY HEALTH COLLECTIVE LIVING FOOD BANK AS WELL?
THAT WOULD JUST BE A CONVERSATION.
WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR A VOTABLE ITEM OR A DISCUSSION ITEM?
>> THAT WOULD BE A VOTABLE ITEM.
IDEALLY, AND I KNOW WE'RE PAST THE TWO WEEKS, BUT GIVEN THE URGENCY OF IT, THAT WOULD BE BRINGING IT BACK AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GENERAL FUND OR IS THERE A FUND THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO PULL FROM?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN. [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE'LL BRING THAT BACK ON THE 18TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR REMINDING ME THAT BECAUSE I GOT A CALL FROM NICK MORGAN, FALL RIVER, MCARTHUR, SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT DOING PANCAKE BREAKFAST STARTING ON THE 8TH.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE BURNEY IN THERE TO TRY TO SHORE UP SOME OF THAT.
THEN ALONG WITH THAT MAKING SACK LUNCHES.
ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME OR NICK MORGAN.
THEN A REMINDER ON THE 14TH FRIDAY, I THINK THAT'S THE 14TH, IT'S SUSIE SMITH'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM.
I THINK THE DOOR'S OPEN AT 5:00,
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AND IT BEGINS AT 6:00.I COULD GET CORRECTED ON THAT.
THEN ATTENDED GATHERING FOR BRIAN NOLES RETIREMENT FIRE CHIEF AND GOT TO MEET I DON'T KNOW, HALF THE FIREMEN IN THE COUNTY, I THINK AT THE GATHERING, THAT WAS GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM ON HIS RETIREMENT AND HIS SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BRIAN TO THE COUNTY.
I ALSO MET WITH SETH HOPE REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE BURNEY FALL RIVER MCARTHUR, PALO CEDRO, THE REST OF THE COUNTY, TOO, OF COURSE.
AT PALO CEDRO CHAMBER MEETING, WE'RE WORKING ON FLAG POLES THAT ARE GOING TO GO ALL ALONG BEHIND SIDEWALK IN PALO CEDRO, WHERE FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE 4TH OF JULY OR WHATEVER.
PRETTY FUN LITTLE PROJECT, AND IT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION, TOO.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT.
WE WENT TO THE NORTHERN VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD MEETING.
IT WAS A JOINT MEETING, AND IT WAS HARD TO GET A WHOLE LOT OUT OF.
I THINK IT ONLY MEETS LIKE ONCE A YEAR, AND IT WAS, SORRY TO SAY, NOT A WHOLE LOT FOR ME TO REPORT OUT OF THAT.
THEN WE WENT TO AGC CALTRANS LIAISON MEETING AT BUTE STREET.
THAT WAS INTERESTING. THAT WAS AN OUTLOOK, WHAT'S OUT THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON WITH THE DBE PROGRAMS. THAT'S A CAN OF WORMS, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
>> AFTER OUR MEETING LAST TUESDAY, THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, I WAS UP IN SHINGLE TOWN, CALLING OUT THE BINGO NUMBERS AT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT UP THERE, SO SHOUT OUT TO MARY RICHARD RUBY AND ALL THE GREAT VOLUNTEERS UP THERE.
IT'LL BE THE LAST ONE FOR THIS WINTER.
[NOISE] THEN ON THE 30TH, WE HAD A CHESS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY MEETING WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER WAS THERE AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR CRYE, AND SUPERVISOR HARMON WAS EVEN THERE AND THE AUDIENCE AS AN ALTERNATE.
THE SRTA IS THE GO BETWEEN THAT EXTRA DOLLAR A GALLON AND TAXES THAT WE PAY ON GASOLINE HERE IN THIS STATE AND THE CALTRANS AND PUBLIC WORKS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE BIKE LANES AND ROUNDABOUTS AND NOT EXTRA CAR LANES OR PATCHING ROADS.
BUT WE DO OUR BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO STEER SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WILL BE A ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEN ON THE FIRST, I HAD A BREAKFAST AT THE COTTONWOOD LEGION HALL.
IT WAS THE CAMPERS MONTHLY MEETING THERE, SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
I FOUND OUT WHAT GRILLAD AND GRITS WERE.
THEY WERE FANTASTIC, BY THE WAY.
THEN THAT NIGHT, I HAD A FUND RAISER FOR THE WEST VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I AUCTIONEERED OFF ABOUT 40 ITEMS FOR THEM, AND A PRETTY GOOD FUND RAISER. PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
THEN THE NEXT DAY, I HAD THE ANDERSON SENIOR CENTER BREAKFAST, AND SHOUT OUT TO TRISH CLARK.
SHE'S RUN THAT THING FOR YEARS, AND SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND SHE JUST RECENTLY STEPPED OFF THE COMMISSION ON AGING.
IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMMISSION ON AGING, I DO NEED A REPLACEMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK TRISH CLARK FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF ANDERSON AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION AGING AND THE SENIOR CENTER.
THEN, AS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER SAID, I DID ATTEND THE BUILDERS ROUND TABLE, AND FORTUNATELY, I HAD IT IN MY PHONE, THAT IT WAS STARTED AT 10 O'CLOCK.
BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, IT WAS ALREADY HALF OVER, WHICH I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THE 10 O'CLOCK FROM, BUT I MISSED QUITE A BIT OF THE MEETING, AND IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ME TO BE THERE.
BUT I WAS ABLE TO FILL IN AND GET THE INFORMATION.
THEN, YESTERDAY, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT FLAGS AND FLOWERS ON THE VETERANS GRAVES AT IGO CEMETERY DUE TO THE WEATHER.
IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED NOW UNTIL MONDAY, THE 10TH AT 3:30.
IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN DECORATING THE VETERANS GRAVES OUT IN IGO FOR THE UPCOMING VETERANS DAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.
THEN TODAY I HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE COTTONWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IF WE GET OUT OF THIS MEETING IN TIME, I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN THERE, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> IF ANYBODY DOES GO, WATCH WHEN SUPERVISOR KELSTROM BENDS OVER TO PUT FLAGS IN FRONT OF THE HEADSTONES.
IT'S LIKE WATCHING A TREE ALMOST TOPPLE LIKE HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELCOME, EVERYONE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.
SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I TOOK A TOUR [NOISE] OF THE OLD OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ON AN EAST SIDE ROAD.
AS YOU RECALL, WE WENT OUT FOR RFP WITH THE THOUGHT OF FIGURING OUT WHAT
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THE NORTHERN EXPANSION PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE NEW OES DOWN ON AIRPORT, LOCKHEED.WE TOOK A TOUR, AND AS YOU RECALL, THIS FACILITY IS COSTING ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT RFPS FOR THIS EXPANSION OF A NEW PROJECT OUT OF AIRPORT ROAD.
WE TOOK A TOUR THERE, SAW WHAT ALL WAS THERE, THE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS.
THEN WE WENT OUT TO THE NEW OES EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW EXPANDED PROJECT AND TALKED ABOUT LOGISTICS, LOOKED AT THE METAL FRAME FOR THE BUILDING WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED.
WE GOT A REALLY GOOD FEEL FIRSTHAND OF WHAT THAT PROJECT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR LONG. YOU HAVE THE 3.40 CARRYOVER FOR THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT'S PRETTY FAST.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS PRETTY QUICK.
AFTER THE MEETING WE HAD CONCERNING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND JUST HEALTH CARE IN GENERAL, AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH IN SHASTA COUNTY, IT SPURRED A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH JONATHAN ANDERSON, THE SHERIFF, HHSA, AND WE HAVE A MEETING TODAY THAT I'LL BE EXCITED TO REPORT BACK ON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AS A COMMUNITY, A LOT OF US ARE CONSTANTLY JUST ASSUMING GROUPS ARE CONNECTED, BUT PEOPLE STILL VERY MUCH SO OPERATE IN THEIR SILOS.
YOUR EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ABOUT SOLUTIONS ARE VERY WELCOME.
THEY'RE VERY WARRANTED. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE.
YOUR PERSONAL STORIES HAVE BEEN NOT JUST TOUCHING, BUT IT'S MAKES THIS PROCESS JUST MORE RESOLUTE THAT THERE DOES HAVE TO BE SOME SOLUTIONS, AND GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER IS JUST CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A REALLY BIG MEETING TODAY THAT I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING BACK.
IF YOU DO WANT TO COME TO COFFEE TOMORROW MORNING, I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.
KALEIDOSCOPE ON ATHENS FOR SOME OF YOU, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PURCHASE SOMETHING OR JUST DON'T BRING YOUR OWN COFFEE OR BREAKFAST IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY COLD NIGHT.
IF WE DO THAT, WE'LL SIT ON THE PORCH, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT LAST WEEK.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE FEEL HEARD, AND SOLUTIONS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD, BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, THE LIKELIHOOD OF FIVE PEOPLE UP HERE COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS SPACE, NONE OF US HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN THREE YEARS.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 20, 30, 40 YEARS THAT WE WANT TO PULL FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ESPECIALLY FROM SOME OF THE FAMILIES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TOMORROW.
HAD THE SRTA MEETING, AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WHY GOVERNMENT JUST COMPLETELY FAILS US IN SHASTA COUNTY, COME TO A SRTA MEETING AT SOME POINT.
IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE LOCALLY, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSES THE BURNING IN THE SNOW, AND IT'S JUST STAGGERING.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO R3.
I'M GOING TO JUST PICK THIS RIGHT UP. THANK YOU.
I SPONSORED THIS WHEN PROP 50 WAS INTRODUCED, AND WHAT WE JUST WITNESSED THAT WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN IN A FEW MONTHS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE CAN LOSE REPRESENTATION VERY QUICKLY, AND WITHOUT REALLY ANY SAY IN THE MATTER.
EVEN THOUGH PROP 50 WILL BE LITIGATED IN COURT, SHASTA COUNTY, WE STILL NEED TO BE PREPARED THAT OUR REPRESENTATION IS NOT GOING TO LINE UP WITH OUR ECONOMY AND OUR WAY OF LIFE.
WE HAVE QUITE POSSIBLY A CONGRESS PERSON THAT IS PUSHING FOR WOLVES, BUT THE PEOPLE IT'S GOING TO REALLY IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND MODOC, LAS AND IN OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
THEY'RE BEING DEVASTATED BY THOSE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AND PROJECTS ABOUT SPLITTING CALIFORNIA IN VARIOUS WAYS, GOING BACK MANY YEARS.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THIS, BUT WHAT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE YOU GUYS DYING ON ME UP HERE? COUGHING. JEEZ, LOUISE.
FOR ME, WHAT I REALLY WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IS, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL TASK ABOUT DOING THIS.
IS IT LEGAL? IS THERE A PATH? ABSOLUTELY.
>> BUT I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT, BUT I THOUGHT THIS IS THE TIME IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SOME PEOPLE HAD SAID, WHY NOT HAVE A TOWN HALL ON THIS? WELL, THE REALITY IS, IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO DO ANYTHING AS A COUNTY, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IF THERE'S A TOWN HALL, ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON CAN BE THERE.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT GETTING THE FIVE SUPERVISORS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION COLLECTIVELY,
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PUBLICLY, TRANSPARENTLY, BUT THEN ALSO HAVE, AND I'M SUPER HONORED THAT HE MADE THE TRIP PERSONALLY HERE.I DID REACH OUT TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER HEATHER HADWICK, WHO'S OUR ASSEMBLY PERSON.
BUT SHE SAID, HEY, EVEN THOUGH I'M A CO SPONSOR, ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES GALLAGHER IS THE LEADER OF THIS.
HE'S BEEN IN THIS FIGHT FOR WELL OVER 12 PLUS 15 YEARS AS A SUPERVISOR BEFORE HE BECAME AN ASSEMBLYMAN.
I ASKED HIS OFFICE, AND NOT ONLY DID THEY SEND SOMEBODY. HE CAME HIMSELF.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE UP
[R3 Receive a presentation from Assemblyman James Gallagher and adopt a resolution which supports Assembly Joint Resolution 23 (Gallagher) for the formation of a new state (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).]
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JAMES GALLAGHER TO PRESENT OUR THREE AND START THIS CONVERSATION.IF YOU WANT TO RAISE THAT UP, THERE'S A BUTTON TO THE RIGHT THAT WILL RAISE THE WHOLE THING UP, IF YOU WANT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN OVER. LOOK AT THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF SUPPORTING AJR 23.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DO AS A FORMER COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS.
YOU ARE THE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AND YOUR AMAZING COUNTY STAFF, PEOPLE LIKE LAURIE WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS.
I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU.
WHY AM I HERE THIS MORNING? I HAVE INTRODUCED AJR23, WHICH EXPRESSES THE FORMAL CONSENT TO FORM A NEW STATE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT IS CO AUTHORED BY SEVERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FROM THE INLAND PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, HEATHER HADWICK, AND YOUR SENATOR MEGHAN DALY.
I'VE BROUGHT THIS FORTH BECAUSE REPRESENTATION IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
I WOULD SAY, ACTUALLY, REPRESENTATION IS THE HEART OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMPACT THAT WE HAVE THAT ACHIEVES THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.
THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT AND HAVE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN ORDER TO HAVE ORDERED LIBERTY AND A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
IN OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO WAYS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION.
ONE OF THEM IS THROUGH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
THOSE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED THROUGH DISTRICTS.
THOSE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DRAWN TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ARE PROTECTED, AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO GO AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR ISSUES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR VALUES.
THAT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
STATEHOOD IS A FORM OF REPRESENTATION.
ORIGINALLY RECOGNIZED THAT THE 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES THAT BECAME STATES HAD DISTINCT CULTURES, INDUSTRIES, VALUES THAT NEEDED TO BE REPRESENTED.
THAT CONTINUED AS WE ADMITTED NEW STATES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.
LARGELY THAT WAS THROUGH RITES, AMERICAN TERRITORIES THAT SAID, HEY, WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS HERE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY OF INDUSTRIES, OF PEOPLE THAT NEED REPRESENTATION.
WE ADMITTED STATES TO THE UNITED STATES.
IN ONE CASE, A PORTION OF VIRGINIA WAS NAMED A NEW STATE, AND THAT'S A STATE WE NOW KNOW AS WEST VIRGINIA.
STATEHOOD IS ANOTHER FORM OF REPRESENTATION, AND THAT IS WHAT AJR23 IS OPENING THE DOOR TO HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
WHY HAVE I DONE THIS? I WOULD SAY PROP 50 WAS A VERY PRIMARY CATALYST FOR IT, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN THIS ROOM ON THE WHY.
WATER, WOLVES, TRUCKS, ELECTRIC TRUCKS, ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES, SKY ROCKETING UTILITY AND GAS BILLS, CRIME ENABLEMENT POLICIES, HOMELESS ENABLEMENT POLICIES, RECKLESS SPENDING, TAX DOLLARS THAT DON'T STAY LOCAL.
SINCE 2011, 789 COMPANIES HAVE LEFT CALIFORNIA, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS HAVE LEFT WITH THEM.
WILDFIRE. NOW, YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE FOUGHT
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VERY HARD ON THIS ISSUE FOR DECADES LONG BEFORE ME, BUT YOUR CURRENT ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS VERY HARD.WE'VE HAD SOME VICTORIES ON THAT.
BUT ONLY AFTER SEVERAL DEVASTATING FIRES HIT OUR AREA.
IN 2021, WE SECURED OVER $1 BILLION FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION PROJECTS, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD EVER DONE SO.
BUT WE HAD TO SHAME THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT INTO DOING SO.
AT ONE POINT, THE GOVERNOR CUT THAT MONEY IN HALF, AND ONLY AFTER THAT RELENTLESS REPRESENTATION, DID WE FINALLY GET THAT NUMBER.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE 2021, THAT BUDGET HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE, BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER US WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS, BUT THEN THEY START TO FORGET, AND THOSE MONIES HAVE CONTINUED TO BE DEPLETED.
ONCE AGAIN, A VERY COMMON SENSE BILL, A SQL EXEMPTION FOR FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS PROTECTING OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE WAS KILLED IN COMMITTEE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE.
OUR ENERGY POLICY IS FOCUSED ON ZERO EMISSION ONLY AND VERY COSTLY ENERGY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SELECTIVE ENERGY ZERO EMISSION POLICY.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE HYDRO, WHICH IS ALSO ZERO EMISSION.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE NUCLEAR, WHICH IS ALSO ZERO EMISSION.
IN FACT, THEY'RE WORKING TO SHUT DOWN THE LAST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA, 30% OF OUR POWER PRODUCTION.
EVEN HYDROGEN IS LEFT OUT OF THE EQUATION BY THESE POLICIES.
BIOMASS IS SLOWLY DWINDLING IN THIS STATE, WE'RE LOSING BIOMASS PLANTS WHEN WE SHOULD BE EXPANDING THEM.
ALL OF THIS CRUSHES US IN THE INLAND PART OF CALIFORNIA.
WE BEAR THE BRUNT OF THESE HIGH COSTS.
WE DRIVE TRUCKS AND CARS, AND WE HAVE TO COMMUTE TO OUR JOBS.
WE BEAR THOSE BRUNT OF THE HIGH GAS PRICES, NOT THE COASTAL AREAS.
YET THEY GET TO MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS.
THAT IS THE REALITY UNDER THE CURRENT CALIFORNIA STRUCTURE IS THE COASTAL PARTS OF CALIFORNIA HAVE ALL THE POPULATION.
THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, SUPER MAJORITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES.
WHEN THEY VOTE, THEY VOTE FOR THEIR INTERESTS WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR INLAND, CALIFORNIA.
THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY CAN PASS THROUGH WHATEVER POLICY THEY WANT, OVER OUR OBJECTIONS, OVER US, ME IN A VERY STRONG AND LOUD VOICE AGAINST THOSE THINGS.
IT SHOULD BE PRETTY CLEAR TO EVERYONE, BUT PROP 50 HAS RIPPED AWAY OUR REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
VERY LIKELY, AFTER THIS NEXT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION, THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BAY AREA WILL REPRESENT THE ENTIRE NORTH STATE.
THAT HAS TAKEN AWAY THAT DOORWAY THAT I TALKED ABOUT FIRST, OUR REPRESENTATION DOORWAY TO WHERE WE.
NOW WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SOMEONE WHO LIVES HERE.
ADVOCATING FOR OUR INTERESTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE OPENED THE DOOR TO STATEHOOD, WHICH IS ANOTHER FORM OF REPRESENTATION.
IT IS ALLOWED UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE 4, SECTION 3 OF THE US CONSTITUTION ALLOWS FOR THE CREATION OF NEW STATES, IT LAYS OUT THE PROCESS.
YOU NEED THE CONSENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS.
THAT CAN BE DONE TO CREATE A NEW STATE.
AJR23 CREATES THE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING THAT CONSENT.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW.
IF I WENT INTO COMMITTEE TOMORROW TO PRESENT THAT BILL, IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET THROUGH.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN HAPPEN IF IT BEGINS FROM THE GROUND UP.
IF IT BEGINS WITH COUNTIES, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS COMING TOGETHER WITH THEIR COMMON INTERESTS, WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, AND REQUESTING PETITIONING, DEMANDING THAT CONSENT FOR STATEHOOD.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING THAT THIS MORNING.
IN RECENT HISTORY, SEVERAL COUNTIES HAVE EXPRESSED THE SAME DESIRE.
SISKIYOU, MODOC, TEHAMA, LASSEN, AND EVEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN 2022, HAVE BOARDS CONSIDERED AND THE PEOPLE,
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IN THAT CASE, SAID, WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT SEPARATING FROM THIS CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IGNORES US.I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT IT WILL HAPPEN, IS IF COUNTIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS AND PETITION OUR STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THAT FACT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE FULCRUM WOULD BE THE MOMENTUM THAT COULD LEAD TO THE PASSAGE AND GETTING THAT CONSENT.
AND MOVING TO THE SECOND STEP, WHICH BE CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF A NEW STATE.
I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS JUST ABOUT THE MAP, BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD BE THIS, IF IT SHOULD INCLUDE THIS AREA OR THAT AREA, THE MAP IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE DEFINED BY THE COALITION OF THE WILLING.
AGAIN, I'M OPENING THE DOOR TO THIS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S THE DECISION OF THOSE LOCALS AS IT SHOULD BE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, A NEW STATE WOULD HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF COUNTIES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IN THIS JOB THAT I CURRENTLY HOLD, AND AS THE REPUBLICAN LEADER, I'VE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE NORTH STATE THAT FEELS OVERLOOKED AND IGNORED.
IT'S THE CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE THE WATER SUPPLY HAS BEEN CUT OFF BY BUREAUCRATS, NOT BY ELECTED OFFICIALS, BY UNELECTED PEOPLE.
IT'S IN THE INLAND EMPIRE WHERE PEOPLE DRIVE LONG DISTANCES TO WORK AND PAY HIGH PRICES FOR GAS, WHERE REFINERIES ARE GETTING SHUT DOWN, WHERE JOBS AND TRUCKING ARE GETTING SHUT DOWN IN MANUFACTURING.
IT IS MANY PLACES IN THE STATE AND LARGELY THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE STATE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DO NOT HAVE A VOICE IN STATE GOVERNMENT.
STATEHOOD IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE THAT SELF DETERMINATION THAT IS A VERY KEY AND FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN VALUE.
I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS MORNING.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS EFFORT.
I BELIEVE THAT OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO JOIN THIS EFFORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I' BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KELSTRO.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. AAGHO.
YOU DID GREAT PRESENTATION THERE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TO HOW WE GOT HERE.
WEST VIRGINIA WAS THE LAST STATE TO SPLIT.
LIKE YOU SAID, ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 4 SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION, YOU HAVE TO GET THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S APPROVAL AND CONGRESS'S APPROVAL.
THERE WAS NO LONGER A STATE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE VIRGINIA HAD SECEDED FROM THE UNION, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GO EMERGENCY TO CONGRESS.
HOW WE GOT TO THIS NO REPRESENTATION PROBLEM, ORIGINALLY IT WAS A LAWSUIT BAKER VS CARR AND THEN IS REYNOLDS VS SIMS. REYNOLDS VS SIMS BASICALLY SAID, ROCKS AND TREES SHOULDN'T HAVE VOTE VOTES.
IT SHOULD BE ONE MAN AND ONE VOTE EVERYTHING GOES TO POPULATION. PRIOR TO THAT.
WE HAD OUR STATE SENATE WAS CAPPED AT 40, AND OUR ASSEMBLY WAS CAPPED AT 80.
WHICH AT THE TIME, WE HAD ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION WE HAVE NOW.
NOW YOU REPRESENT A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, AND MEGHAN DALY REPRESENTS A MILLION PEOPLE, BASICALLY ROUGH NUMBERS.
REYNOLDS VS SIMS, PRIOR TO REYNOLDS VS SIMS, WE HAD THE ASSEMBLY PEOPLE WERE BASED ON POPULATION, SO THEY WERE IN THE LARGE CITIES LIKE THEY ARE NOW.
BUT THE SENATORS WERE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO WE HAD REPRESENTATION IN THE STATE SENATE.
THERE'S 58 COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY ONE SENATOR PER COUNTY, SOME OF THE SMALLER COUNTIES SHARED A SENATOR, BUT WE HAD REPS REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE.
WE NO LONGER OF REYNOLDS VS SIMS. I'M ALL FOR YOUR IDEA.
I WORKED ON THE STATE OF JEFFERSON, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE GREATER IDAHO MOVEMENT, THE FOUR STATE SPLIT, TIM DRAPERS THREE STATE SPLIT THE NEW CALIFORNIA MOVEMENT.
I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF MOVEMENTS OUT THERE, BUT I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION.
>> JUST TO EXPAND ON IT, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS TOO, SO THERE'S NO QUESTION.
BUT TO EXPAND ON IT, HOW DO WE GET PAST THE STATE? IT'S GOT TO GET PAST THE STATE, THEN IT'S GOT TO GO TO CONGRESS.
CAN YOU JUST HELP ME WITH THAT EXPAND ON THAT?
>> THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CONSENT IS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THE STATE.
>> IT'S THE REASON WHY I'VE PROPOSED THIS AJR IS BECAUSE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THAT IS THE FIRST STEP.
AS I SAID, I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN IS IF THERE IS SUCH A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT.
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I BELIEVE FROM THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AROUND THE STATE THAT THERE IS, IF THERE'S SUCH A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS LIKE YOURSELVES, BANDING TOGETHER TO SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE.WE WANT OUR OWN STATEHOOD, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE FULCRUM MOMENTUM THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE PASSAGE OF THAT OUT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT'LL HAPPEN TOMORROW.
JUST LIKE I SAID, IF I WERE TO INTRODUCE THIS TOMORROW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE VOTES.
BUT IF IT'S FROM A GROUND UP MOVEMENT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM BUILT UP AROUND IT, AND MANY JURISDICTIONS ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING BECAUSE OF THE VERY ISSUES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THAT THERE IS A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
YOU WOULD NEED TO GET UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PART, WHICH IS CONGRESS AUTHORIZING THAT AS WELL.
>> WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO STRAIGHT TO CONGRESS.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A WAY TO DO IT.
THERE ARE OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT PERHAPS AN INITIATIVE WITHIN THE COUNTIES AFFECTED.
IF THAT EXPRESSES THE WILL OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO DO, IT'D JUST BE ANOTHER FORM OF EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS TO FORM A NEW STATE, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO ULTIMATELY HAVE LEGISLATIVE CONSENT.
>> I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHALLENGES WERE WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
>> I'M WELL AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES [OVERLAPPING].
>> I KNOW YOU ARE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT [OVERLAPPING].
>> LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY THAT I HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS, IT IS A HEAVY LIFT BUT LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE HAVE JUST HAD REPRESENTATION RIPPED AWAY FROM US.
I SEE THIS AS, THE CONSTITUTION HAS ALLOWED A PROCESS FOR DOING THIS.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH DEMOCRACY AND SELF DETERMINATION AND ENSURING THAT EVERY PLACE HAS THE ABILITY TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
I THINK THAT THE MOMENTUM BUILT BY THOSE FUNDAMENTAL IDEALS AND A GROUNDSWELL OF LOCAL SUPPORT CAN BE THAT THING THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY GET US THAT CONSENT IN THE LEGISLATURE.
I CERTAINLY HAVE A MUCH BETTER CASE TO MAKE.
WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATURE, IF I HAD 36 COUNTIES SAYING, "LOOK WE WANT OUR OWN, WE WANT TO GO OUR OWN WAY."
>> ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
>> THANK YOU, SEMAN GALLAGHER FOR COMING UP AND OFFERING THIS PRESENTATION.
I STRUGGLE WITH THIS ON A FEW DIMENSIONS.
THE FIRST IS THE PRINCIPLE OF IT.
I WAS AS THIS WHOLE BOARD WAS AGAINST PROP 50 AND ACTUALLY, DID A DEBATE ON IT.
THOSE WHO WERE FOR PROP 50, WHICH I'M SURE YOU HEARD MADE THE CASE THAT THERE'S SUCH AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS WAS THE PRO PROP 50 SIDE, SAYING THAT WE NEED TO ABANDON THE PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING IN ORDER TO MEET THAT THREAT.
WHAT I SAID TO THEM AT THE TIME WAS, IF IT'S SUCH A THREAT, THEN CONVINCE THE PEOPLE IN THOSE FIVE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT IT IS SUCH A THREAT AND JUST WIN THEM OUTRIGHT AS THEY ARE TODAY.
I WONDER, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING OF WE'RE REDRAWING THE MAPS HERE IN ORDER TO GET THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE WANT RATHER THAN CONVINCING PEOPLE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE MORE PERSUADING, ALL THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, WILDFIRE, TRUCKS, AND ALL THAT, THAT WE'RE ABANDONING THAT AND TRYING TO REDRAW IT.
THAT WORRIES ME THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND HOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM A PRINCIPLE STANDPOINT?
>> I SEE THEM AS TWO SEPARATE BUT RELATED THINGS.
IT'S JUST LIKE I LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING, THERE IS REPRESENTATION THROUGH OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND THERE'S STATEHOOD REPRESENTATION.
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE REDISTRICTING FIGHTS THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, WHICH I DO NOT THINK ARE GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT STATE YOU DO IT IN, PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING IS WRONG.
IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND IT SHOULD BE DONE IN AN INDEPENDENT WAY, CITIZEN LED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, AGAIN, THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATION OF THAT SIDE OF ELECTED REPRESENTATION IS THAT EACH PART AS BEST AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
EACH PART OF A STATE OR EACH PART OF A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, EACH AREA IN A STATE THAT HAS A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS REPRESENTATION.
WHEN YOU DO IT BY GERRYMANDERING,
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BY PURELY PARTISAN MOTIVES, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTY, AND WHAT PERSON OF WHAT PARTY IS ELECTED RATHER THAN THE CHOICE OF THAT PLACE.THAT IS THE PROBLEM, THE SPIRAL THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, AND IT IS CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE ABILITY TO HAVE REPRESENTATION OF YOUR PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROP 50.
STATEHOOD DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
IT JUST SAYS, HEY, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A STATE WHERE THAT STATE AND ITS JURISDICTION, AGAIN, ALL DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED, ALL WOULD HAVE ITS OWN REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS WHICH IN MY MIND, SHOULD BE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, THAT IS OUR CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION CURRENTLY, WHERE THOSE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN FAIRLY, AND THAT WE ENSURE REPRESENTATION FOR EVERY PLACE.
SO STATEHOOD IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE VALUES, THAT THAT JURISDICTION, AGAIN, WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, AND THEY HAVE FAIR DISTRICTS.
BUT THAT STATE WOULD ACTUALLY THEN HAVE ITS OWN REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, TWO SENATORS IN ADDITION TO CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND A BETTER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA HAVE REPRESENTATION, HAVE SOMEBODY ADVOCATING FOR THEIR ISSUES, WHEREAS RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA, I WOULD ARGUE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
YOU HAVE COASTAL COUNTIES, COASTAL PARTS OF CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE ALL THE REPRESENTATION, AND THEY VOTE FOR THEIR INTERESTS IN COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR A HUGE PORTION OF THE REST OF THE STATE.
>> WHAT I WORRY ABOUT, TOO, IN THE SAME WAY THAT TEXAS'S FIRST ACT OF GERRYMANDERING AND DOING THE MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING SET OFF A CASCADE, WHICH NOW HAS PROMPTED PROP 50, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY IS SAYING WILL HAPPEN NOW IN A NUMBER OF OTHER STATES.
WON'T YOU IMAGINE THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR WOULD HAPPEN ON THE STATEHOOD FRONT? SAY WE COULD GET IT PAST THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT NEW YORK WOULD SAY, WE HAVE NEW YORK CITY, WHICH IS DOMINATING US FROM A POPULATION BASIS, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CUT OFF, AND THEN WE'LL SEE A RIPPLE EFFECT WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN ACROSS THE NATION, WE HAVE ALL THESE GROUPS THAT ARE NOW TRYING TO SPLIT OFF THE RURAL PARTS FROM THE URBAN PARTS, AND WE END UP WITH 30 PROPOSALS FOR NEW STATES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, AND ISN'T THAT CONCEIVABLE IF WE MIRROR WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE REDISTRICTING FRONT?
>> I THINK IT'S CONCEIVABLE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY.
AGAIN, ANY GROUP OR JURISDICTION THAT WOULD BE WANTING TO ACHIEVE STATEHOOD WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME EXACT PROCESS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] NEW YORK HAS SPLIT IN THE PAST.
>> I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. BUT ANY GROUP WANTING TO ACHIEVE STATEHOOD WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR OWN STATE LEGISLATURE AND GET CONSENT AND GET CONSENT OF CONGRESS.
I THINK IT UNLIKELY WE WOULD SEE SEVERAL OF THESE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
BUT EVEN IF WE DID, LET ME ASK YOU, WOULD THAT BE SO BAD? AGAIN, EACH OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN REPRESENTATION BASED ON DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL COMPACT OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
AGAIN, IF THERE WAS ALL THIS SPIN-OFF, ALL THOSE AREAS WOULD AT LEAST BE REPRESENTED.
ALL THOSE AREAS WOULD AT LEAST HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO THEIR STATE AND HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AT THEIR STATE LEVEL THAT REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS AND HAVE THE ACTUAL ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, AND HAVE THEIR INDUSTRIES AND THEIR PARTICULAR ISSUES ADDRESSED.
I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU GET TO SUCH A POINT WHERE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY JUST SHUTS OUT THE MINORITY EVERY TIME, THAT THAT BECOMES NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE REPRESENTATION.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE.
WITH REGARDS TO FEASIBILITY, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS IS AN UPHILL BATTLE.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PROCESS THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE.
ALSO THAT THE MAPS COULD EVOLVE AND THAT IT WOULD BE A COALITION OF THE WILLING, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
I DO THINK YOUR MAP, RELATIVE TO OTHER MAPS I'VE SEEN, IS A LOT MORE INTUITIVE AND LOGICAL.
THE THING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS IN THE WAKE OF THE PROP 50 RESULTS, OF THOSE 35, 36 COUNTIES THAT ARE IN THE MAP.
IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT NINE OR SO OF THEM ACTUALLY VOTED AT THIS POINT, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT, BUT IN FAVOR OF PROP 50, WHICH SUGGESTS TO ME THAT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GO AS FAR AS VOTING IN FAVOR OF PROP 50,
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THAT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD THEN BE INTERESTED IN SUCCEEDING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SEEMS LOW.IN FACT, THOSE ARE FRESNO, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, THE POPULATION CENTERS OF THIS, I THINK 10 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATE, 10-11 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE AROUND SIX MILLION.
IF THE SIGNS ARE ALREADY THROUGH THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE INDICATION THAT THE BIGGEST COUNTIES THAT WOULD MAKE UP THIS AND LIKELY DRIVE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND TAX REVENUE FOR THIS NEW STATE ARE ALREADY INDICATING THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GO AS FAR AS VOTING FOR PROP 50.
DO WE THINK EVEN THAT THERE IS A PATH HERE THAT IS WORTH SPENDING THE TIME AND ENERGY ON TO TRY TO ACHIEVE?
>> WELL, I'D SAY MY OBSERVATION WAS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE, AS I'M SEEING THAT MAP, AND AS VOTES ARE CONTINUING TO BE COUNTED ON PROP 50, IT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE MY MAP.
CERTAINLY IN THE NORTH. BUT WHEN THEY FINISH COUNTING ALL THE BALLOTS, YOU MENTIONED FRESNO, I THINK IT'S BARELY PASSING IN FRESNO, BUT WHEN ALL THE VOTES ARE COUNTED, I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT FRESNO WILL VOTE NO.
I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THE FINAL TALLY, I THINK THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE COUNTIES THAT VOTED NO VERSUS THOSE THAT VOTED YES.
IT WILL BE A VERY CLOSE ALIGNMENT TO THE MAP THAT I PROPOSE.
BUT AGAIN, MY MAP IS NOT SAYING, "HEY, THIS IS SET IN STONE." AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THOSE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
THOSE COUNTIES DECIDE, HEY, DO WE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS, THEIR CITIZENS, THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS? DO THEY WANT TO WALK THROUGH THIS DOOR OF STATEHOOD? I THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY A DEMOCRATIC VALUE AS WELL.
LET'S HEAR FROM THESE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MANY OF THEM WHO ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED, WANT TO PURSUE A DIFFERENT DOOR, PURSUE A DIFFERENT PATH, AND STATEHOOD, I THINK, IS THAT PATH.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SAN BERNARDINO EXPLORING THIS A FEW YEARS AGO.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT WAS DRIVEN BY AN INTEREST IN AND A SUGGESTION THAT THEY WERE BEING SHORTED ON TAX REVENUE COMING BACK TO THE STATE.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISPUTE OVER WHETHER THAT WAS A VALID OR FAIR ANALYSIS, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE BOTH FOR SAN BERNARDINO, WHICH YOU KNOW, HAS, I WOULD SAY, MORE ECONOMIC DRIVERS THAN SHASTA COUNTY, THAT THEY ENDED UP FINDING FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF TAX REVENUE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE AVERAGE.
THEY DID INCLUDE ON THOSE CHARTS, SHASTA COUNTY, AND SHASTA COUNTY WAS EVEN FURTHER ABOVE AVERAGE.
I APPRECIATE THAT IN THIS NEW STATE, SHASTA COUNTY WOULD HAVE MORE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE POLICIES FROM AN ECONOMIC OR FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONCLUSION OF THAT REPORT WAS THAT, BOTH FOR SAN BERNARDINO, BUT EVEN MORE SO FOR A PLACE LIKE SHASTA COUNTY, THAT IT WOULD COME AT A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT SAN BERNARDINO LARGELY DID MAKE THEIR DECISION, AND THEY PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE OF FEELING LIKE THEY DID NOT GET THE PUBLIC SERVICES BACK TO THEM THAT THEY WERE PAYING TO THE STATE.
I THINK THAT FEELING IS REALLY STILL STRONGLY FELT IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THE LION'S SHARE OF MONEY GOES TO THE COASTAL URBAN PARTS OF THE STATE.
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE OFTEN LOSE THOSE DOLLARS TO MORE URBAN PARTS OF THE STATE.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT OF THAT FRUSTRATION COMES FROM.
BUT WHETHER SAN BERNARDINO DECIDES TO GO DOWN THIS PATH OR NOT, A NEW STATE WOULD BE A JUGGERNAUT.
IT'D BE AT LEAST 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN MY MIND, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE JURISDICTIONS, AND IT WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING FROM AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TOURISM, MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS, HEALTH CARE, TECHNOLOGY.
MANY MANY BUSINESSES ARE STARTING TO LOCATE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, IN THE INLAND EMPIRE, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE TO BUILD AND WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
TO ME, I THINK WE'D ACTUALLY BE IN A GREAT PLACE, WE'D RIVAL STATES LIKE OHIO OR PENNSYLVANIA IF THIS WERE TO COME TOGETHER.
BY NO MEANS WOULD IT END, WE'D HAVE A MORE RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT, AND PROBABLY ONE THAT DOESN'T TAX AND REGULATE IS AS MUCH.
WE WOULD HAVE THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE WANT AS OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WANT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. SUPERVISOR LONG.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE.
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I LOOK AT THINGS FROM A PRAGMATIC STANDPOINT.FROM A MACRO LEVEL AND A MICRO LEVEL, HAVE WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE AGGREGATE INCOME REVENUE BECAUSE THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SOME OF THE SAN BERNARDINO, INLAND EMPIRES, THERE'S HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY.
WHAT WOULD THAT MODEL LOOK LIKE FROM THE MACRO LEVEL, AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD THE COSTS OR THE REVENUE SOURCES BE? HOW WOULD THAT BE GUARANTEED? SECONDLY, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE CAL FIRE, CHP, ALL THE AGS, THE HOSPITALS, THE SCHOOLS? EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE REINVENTED.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT EVEN FROM THE MICRO LEVEL, WHICH WOULD BE OUR LOCAL COUNTY LEVEL.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE TO RECREATE EVERYTHING? THERE WOULD BE A PERIOD OF TREMENDOUS CHAOS.
I WONDER IF THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK AND DETERMINE PRIOR TO COMING OUT WITH A MOVE TOWARD SECESSION.
>> WELL, LOOK, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WE'RE NOT LIKE THIS IS GOING TO GO FORWARD TOMORROW.
ABSOLUTELY, THOSE ARE ALL DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'D HAVE, AND THEY BECOME PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS YOU SEPARATE THE STATE.
THERE WOULD BE COMMITTEES SET UP TO DO JUST THAT, FIGURE OUT HOW YOU SEPARATE OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW YOU SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE FIGURED OUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, ULTIMATELY.
BUT YOU MENTIONED POVERTY, AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE SUCH HIGH POVERTY IS BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH COST OF LIVING.
OUR HIGH COST OF LIVING IN CALIFORNIA IS DRIVEN BY THE POLICIES IN SACRAMENTO.
OUR FUEL COSTS ARE AT LEAST $2 MORE A GALLON BECAUSE OF POLICY OUT OF SACRAMENTO.
OUR UTILITY COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, SIX INCREASES IN THE LAST YEAR.
THAT THE PUC APPROVES TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT, WHO'S IMPOVERISHING US? IT'S THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS DOING IT.
[APPLAUSE] OUR COST OF LIVING HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO US SAYING, HEY, MAYBE WE COULD CREATE A GOVERNMENT THAT'S BETTER.
I THINK WE'RE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF IT.
IN FACT, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT HERE ON THE COUNTY LEVEL.
EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILS YOU, YOU FIND WAYS TO GET THINGS DONE.
I THINK WE WOULD DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
I'VE SERVED WITH SOME AMAZING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MY TIME AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF FIGURING OUT HOW CAN WE STRUCTURE A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT HAS PROPER, NOT UNREASONABLE TAXATION, THAT HAS REASONABLE REGULATION.
IF WE HAD THAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST NEARLY AS MUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR RIGHT NOW.
I DO THINK THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY ATTRACT BUSINESSES.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT GUYS, WE HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRY IN OUR AREAS THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL AND THAT BRING IN A LOT OF REVENUE.
AGRICULTURE IS A HUGE ONE, TIMBER INDUSTRY THAT HAS BEEN HAMSTRUNG AGAIN BY STATE POLICY AND FEDERAL POLICY.
BUT MANUFACTURING THAT IS GROWING, IN OUR AREAS, TECHNOLOGY, AI, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING ON BOARD THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO LEAD TO MORE, GREATER PROSPERITY, GREATER REVENUE.
LET'S NOT DISCOUNT THAT EITHER.
LET'S NOT DISCOUNT OURSELVES AND WHAT THIS INLAND CALIFORNIA IS ACTUALLY REALLY CAPABLE OF IN TERMS OF GENERATING REVENUE, JOBS, PROSPERITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A GOVERNMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIVE TO US AND A GOVERNMENT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS TO TRY AND MEET THOSE NEEDS AND MEET THOSE INDUSTRIES.
I THINK WE COULD DO IT A LOT BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY THE COASTAL REPRESENTATIVES.[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WOULD BE IN THE 175 YEARS OF OUR STATEHOOD, WE HAVE HAD OVER 200 ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THE STATE APART.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW OF THEM HERE, 200.
THAT'S MORE ON AVERAGE THAN ONE PER YEAR IN OUR STATES HISTORY, THAT INTERESTS HAVE BEEN TO BREAK IT APART? WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HURDLE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL IN A SUPER MAJORITY STATE, AS YOU DESCRIBED.
IS THIS TO VENT A POSITION THAT WE'RE REALLY UPSET ABOUT PROP 50 AND THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION,
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OR IS THIS ACTUALLY SOMETHING YOU SEE AS BEING A VIABLE PROJECT GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'RE DISCUSSING?CERTAINLY, YES, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONCE TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT SUCCEED.
AS I'VE SAID, I KNOW IT'S A HEAVY LIFT.
I'M NOT UP HERE TELLING YOU THAT WE CAN EASILY GET THIS PASS LEGISLATURE.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, TO ACHIEVE SELF DETERMINATION, HISTORY HAS SHOWN IT HAS HAPPENED.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT FOUNDED OUR AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
IT IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR US, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR OWN REPRESENTATION.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR OWN SELF DETERMINATION OVER OUR AREA AND NOT BE GOVERNED BY REMOTE PLACES.
THAT HISTORY HAS SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IT CAN BE DONE.
I THINK THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THIS HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED ONLY ACTUALLY UNDERSCORES THE FACT THAT CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT IS NOT WORKING VERY WELL BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLEASED WITH HOW IT GOVERNS.
I THINK WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE REALLY DO ALMOST HAVE TWO STATES.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY MULTIPLE STATES WITHIN CALIFORNIA, AND THAT ONE SIZE FITS ALL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REALLY WORK VERY WELL FOR THE GOVERNMENTS OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'VE HAD SO MANY MOVEMENTS TO DO THIS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE AT LEAST NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS ELECTED PEOPLE, AS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN INLAND CALIFORNIA, THAT THIS REALLY ISN'T WORKING OUT VERY WELL FOR US, AND IS THERE A BETTER WAY?
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR JOHNSON.
>> WELL, LET'S GET TO MY FIRST CONCERN.
ON PAGE 14 OF THE PACKET AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS, HISTORICAL EFFORTS TO DIVIDE CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE VOTER APPROVED PROPOSAL IN 1859.
GREAT. I JUST LOST MY SCREEN, 1859 REFLECT A DEEP ROOTED DESIRE FROM OUR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENTS IN RECENT YEARS.
COUNTIES SUCH AS CISCO, MODOC, AND SAN BERNARDINO HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR EXPLORING SECESSION TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND REPRESENTATION.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT WORD SECESSION.
THAT SECESSION THAT IMPLIES FROM THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS A SECESSION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT SHOULD SAY STATE SPLIT RATHER THAN SUCCESSION ON THAT.
WE DO NEED TO GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT.
THEN TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, SUPERVISOR LONG, SO I DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE STATE OF JEFFERSON, AND A LOT OF YOUR CONCERNS WERE ALREADY ADDRESSED THERE.
FOR INSTANCE, THE CHP CALIF HIGH, ALL THOSE THINGS WERE ADDRESSED.
THE STATE OF JEFFERSON'S THOUGHTS WERE TO PUT THOSE INTO THE COUNTY'S HANDS FOR THE COUNTY TO TAKE CONTROL.
OUR CALIF HIGH RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH CALIF HIGH THAT DOES OUR COUNTY SERVICES FOR CALIF HIGH.
HIGHWAY PATROL COULD BE PUT INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF THOSE STATE AGENCIES WOULD BE RAN BY THE COUNTY LOCALLY WHERE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
LASSON COUNTY WOULD PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE WEALTHY COUNTIES IN THIS WHOLE THING, BECAUSE LASSON COUNTY HAS A PRISON.
SEVENTY TO 80% OF THOSE PRISONERS ARE FROM THE FORMER OLDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT WOULD NOW BE AN OUT OF STATE PRISON WHERE THEY'D EITHER HAVE TO TAKE THEIR PRISONERS BACK OR THEY'D HAVE TO PAY US TO HOLD THOSE PRISONERS THERE.
WHEN WEST VIRGINIA SPLIT FROM VIRGINIA, AFTER VIRGINIA SECEDED FROM THE UNION, AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SECESSION, IS WHEN VIRGINIA AND OTHER CONFEDERATE STATE, THEY SECEDED FROM THE UNION.
THIS IS A STATE SPLIT, BUT WHEN THEY SECEDED, WHEN WE CAME BACK AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THE PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA SAID, HEY, ALL THAT STUFF IN YOUR STATE IS OURS.
IT WAS BOUGHT WITH OUR STATE MONEY, AND IT'S PRECEDENT.
I WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT AND ITS PRECEDENT THAT ANY STATE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NEW STATE BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE NEW STATE.
A LOT OF YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE LOOKED INTO EXTENSIVELY WE HAVE SOME HURDLES.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT, I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ENDED UP ON THIS PROP 50 AS FAR AS TURNOUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ENDED UP AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE THAT VOTED YES AND NO.
BUT THAT GROUND SWELL IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING LIKE YOU AND I ARE.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
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I'VE HEARD SOME OF THEM STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MANY IF EVERYBODY WOULD SHOW UP TO VOTE.I DON'T CARE WHAT PARTY YOU'RE IN.
INSTEAD OF STAYING HOME WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS, IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE IN THE SLIGHT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THAT GROUNDSWELL HAS GOT TO HAPPEN.
>> I THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS COULD PROCEED OR NOT.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. I'LL MAKE A CLOSING REMARK, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MISS BLANKENSHIP, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? SEVENTY FIVE..
>> CHAIR AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE 19 SPEAKERS.
ARE WE DONE WITH OUR BOARD DISCUSSION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP?
>> WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO BRING SCOTT.
>> I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO JUST CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, THIS WAS JUST ME REACHING OUT.
WHEN SUPERVISOR HARMON MENTIONS GROUND SWELL, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT A GROUND SWELL PER SE.
THIS WAS A QUESTION I HAD TO SAY, MAN, IF THIS PROP 50 PASSES, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? LET'S JUST SAY MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS STUFF MUCH LONGER THAN I HAVE.
I DIDN'T START NOTICING ANYTHING.
I WAS NOT EVEN SITTING OUT THERE.
I WASN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION TO ANY OF THIS STUFF FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT THEN THIS BOARD TOOK THE CHAIRS OUT, LOCKED EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THE BUILDING DURING COVID.
I SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? I DECIDED TO RUN.
I'M UP HERE. I'VE BEEN CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS.
THE ONLY WAY THIS IS EVER GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY MUCH BIGGER AND FARTHER IS IF MORE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T GET ENGAGED, DECIDE WE'RE LOSING EVERYTHING, AND EVERYBODY JUST SEEMS TO BE COMPLACENT.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WATCHING A PERSON SLOWLY, MAYBE THAT'S TRAPPED IN A VEHICLE WHO'S GONE OFF A BRIDGE, AND THEY'RE JUST SLOWLY SINKING, AND EVERYONE'S JUST STANDING ON THE OVERPASS WATCHING THE CAR SINK.
I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE TAKES ONE PERSON TO JUMP IN, AND THEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE JUMP IN, AND THAT LIFE IS SAVED.
YOU WOULD HOPE. AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE.
HERE'S WHAT I REALLY WOULD ASK EVERYBODY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE VERY POLARIZING COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL, REGARDLESS IF YOU BELIEVE OR DISAGREE.
IT'S NOT THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME.
WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND CONCEPTS AND I PROMISE TO LOOK EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE EYE.
I WILL BE ON MY ABSOLUTE BEST BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT A GREATER CONVERSATION BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW HOW THIS BOARD FEELS. I'LL BE HONEST.
I CALLED SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND SAID, HEY, I THINK I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO GALLAGHER, AND HE GOES, ABOUT WHAT? I SAID, STATE SPLIT.
HE GOES, OH MY GOSH, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN IN THIS FIGHT A LONG TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO IN THIS SINGULAR ROLE I HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR THAT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, EVENTUALLY, THEY MAY DO THIS WHAT PROP 50 DID.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT A REPUBLIC OR DEMOCRAT THING.
IT'S I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY REPRESENTING US WHO MAYBE LIVES IN SACRAMENTO FOR OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER OR OUR STATE SENATE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
AGAIN, PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL WITH ONE ANOTHER.
>> SO SUPERVISOR KELSTROM BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE IN THE RESOLUTION. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
YOU COULD AMEND YOUR MOTION, AND HE COULD CONTINUE TO SECOND IT WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.
>> MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD THAT APPROVED, AND I WORKED WITH STAFF AND THEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER GALLAGHER'S STAFF ON THE LETTER.
DOES THAT WORD NEED TO CHANGE FROM SUCCESSION TO STATE SPLIT?
>> THAT'S UP TO YOU. ESSENTIALLY, YOU GUYS CAN USE THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU WANT TO USE.
IF IT'S THE PREFERENCE TO CHANGE THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM.
>> YOU CAN DO IT IN THE MOTION.
>> SECESSION USUALLY IMPLIES FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT'S USUALLY WHAT SECESSION IS.
NOW, THIS IS SECESSION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH CLEANER IF WE SAID STATE SPLIT.
>> AT THE BOARD'S OPTION, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].
>> I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO AMEND MY MOTION TO PUT THE LETTER FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE OF STATE SPLIT IN LIEU OF SUCCESSION. YOU SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL LARMOUR.
THE BUZZKILL OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, USUALLY, I'M JUST KIDDING.
AGAIN, IN CLOSING, BE SUPER RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER.
>> FIRST UP, DON DUCKETT FOLLOWED BY DLOORIS LUCERO, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN JANET CHANDLER.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> MORNING. I VOTED NO ON PROP 50,
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AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT MR. GALLAGHER HAS SAID HERE TODAY, BUT SUPERVISORS.ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE SPENDING VALUABLE TIME DEBATING THIS SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION.
MEANWHILE, OUR ECONOMY, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SERVICES ARE ALL REAL ISSUES THAT ARE CRYING OUT FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOTHING TANGIBLE FOR SHASTA COUNTY.
IT DOESN'T FILL A POTHOLE, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, ATTRACT BUSINESSES, OR STABILIZE THE BUDGET.
IT'S POLITICAL THEATER, GENTLEMEN.
ECONOMICALLY, THE IDEA OF BREAKING AWAY FROM CALIFORNIA IS A FINANCIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.
RURAL COUNTIES LIKE SHASTA RECEIVE FAR MORE IN STATE FUNDING THAN WE CONTRIBUTE IN TAXES.
THOSE DOLLARS SUPPORT OUR ROADS, SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IF WE WERE TO SEPARATE, WE'D LOSE THOSE FUNDS OVERNIGHT, AND WE'D BE LEFT TRYING TO COBBLE TOGETHER A STATE GOVERNMENT FROM SCRATCH.
THAT MEANS HIGHER TAXES, FEWER SERVICES, AND EVEN A HEAVIER BURDEN ON WORKING FAMILIES.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT CREATE JOBS, IT WILL NOT REDUCE CRIME, AND IT WILL NOT STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
WHAT IT WILL DO IS FURTHER DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY.
I URGE THIS BOARD TO REFOCUS ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE ON FIXING WHAT WE CAN CONTROL RIGHT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.
STOP FILLING THE AGENDA WITH SYMBOLIC STATEMENTS THAT DO NOTHING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE CITIZENS HERE. THANK YOU.
>> LAURI LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER, JANET CHANDLER, THEN LESLIE.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> WELL, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOVE MEASURE 50, I DIDN'T EVEN VOTE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT RUNNING THAT PLACE.
MR. GALLAGHER, I WATCH A LOT OF YOUR VIDEOS, AND I PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU STAND FOR.
I STAND FOR GODLY PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GODLY.
IT'S ALSO NOT GOING TO BE A HYPOCRITE, LIKE KEVIN CRY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY ALWAYS DICTATES OUR CONSTITUTION HERE.
YOU DON'T SEE EVERYTHING, BECAUSE ALL YOU SEE WHEN WE GET UP HERE IS ACTUALLY THE PODIUM, THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE BACK ROOMS AND EVERYTHING, WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO ELECT GOOD PEOPLE AND WHO ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION EQUALLY, FAIRNESS TO ALL PEOPLE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
HE HAS MULTIPLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, MAKING CONTRACTS FOR HIMSELF WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS.
>> IT IS. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
THAT'S WHY WE ONLY GET TWO MINUTES BECAUSE BECAUSE HE TRIES TO DICTATE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT CONSTITUTION, HE'S THE WORST PERSON WHO AS A LEADER HERE.
WE'RE IN SO MANY LAWSUITS BECAUSE KEVIN IS NOT A LEADER.
SO IF YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO LEAD AND HELP YOU LEAD WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SUCCEED, YOU GOT TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE DIFFERENT WHO'S NOT GOING TO BE A DICTATOR LIKE KEVIN CRY.
AND ANOTHER THING, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT, RESPECT.
YOU DON'T HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHERS.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY ALL THIS BECAUSE HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'RE JUST PLAYING THIS GAME AND TRYING TO PUT THE FACE, WE'RE GOODIES, BUT YOU'RE A LIAR. THAT'S ALL YOU ARE.
>> CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY JANET CHANDLER, LESLIE, AND DAVID HALLIGAN.
SO, PROP 50 ONLY CHANGES THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME, GENTLEMEN. ABSOLUTELY THE SAME.
YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME REPRESENTATIVES, WHETHER IT'D BE HEATHER, OR BRIAN, OR MEGAN, STILL THE SAME.
BUT WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE PITY PARTY TODAY, PROBABLY GOING TO COST THE COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW, THREE MAYBE $4,000, BECAUSE PROP 50 ACTUALLY PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY.
AND SO GALLAGHER'S PROPOSAL IS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE.
I'LL BE HONEST, THAT YOUR LEADER, A CONVICTED, ADJUDICATED RAPIST, 34-COUNT FELON, WILL WAIVE HIS MAGIC LITTLE SPECTER AND SAY, CALIFORNIA IS NOW TWO STATES.
AND WHY NOT? LIKE JONES BEFORE, WE'VE HAD FAR-RIGHT MAGA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON ISSUES FAR BEYOND THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BOARD,
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ON KEM TRAILS, ON COVID, ON ELECTION ALLES, ON VOTING SCHEMES, MOSQUITO SYRINGES.ALL THIS NONSENSE, $40,000 TO STREET FOR WHAT? TRYING TO GIVE NIGEL A COOL MILLION ALL TO APPISE, WHAT? NOW, SURE, IT'S FUN TO SEE THE NCA AND SOJ AND THE AG R 23 FIGHT IT OUT, BUT MR. GALLAGHER, WHO TRUMP ACTUALLY CONSIDERED FOR EASTERN DISTRICT, A US ATTORNEY.
HE KNOWS IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS, PERIOD.
BUT THIS IS A LITTLE PITY PARTY HERE TODAY.
WE CAN ALL PULL OUT OUR HANKIES AND CRY.
OR WE COULD DO THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE AND STOP SPENDING MONEY ON CRAP LIKE THIS.
>> JANET CHANDLER, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN JEFF GORDER.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND QUEUE.
>> REPRESENTATION WAS THE CRY THAT WE HEARD ON THE WHARVES OF BOSTON HARBOR IN DECEMBER OF 1773.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW TO WHAT I AM REFERRING, THEN THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAS FAILED YOU YET AGAIN.
REPRESENTATION IS AGAIN THE CRY THAT YOU ARE HEARING IN THE RURAL COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA.
THE QUESTION HAS BECOME, WHY CALIFORNIA? WHY NOT A NEW STATE? AT THIS POINT, THE BOUNDARIES AND THE NAME ARE NOT IMPORTANT.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS SEPARATION, A STATE SPLIT, IF NOT NOW, WHEN? WHAT LITTLE REPRESENTATION WE ONCE HAD IS NOW GONE.
THIS ELECTION WAS FOR OUR CONGRESS DISTRICTS.
THE NEXT ELECTION COULD BE FOR OUR ASSEMBLY AND OUR STATE SENATE.
THE [INAUDIBLE] DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU NEED.
AS CITIZENS, WE DEMAND A GOVERNMENT THAT IS SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT WITHIN OUR CONSTITUTION, LARGE ENOUGH TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE PEOPLE TO HEAR THEM.
>> LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, JEFF GORDER, THEN LARRY S.
>> WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TALK AFTER HER.
THIS RESOLUTION DOES DO SOMETHING.
IT HELPS US GAIN THE BACKING AT ALL THE LOCAL LEVELS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS THROUGH CALIFORNIA.
I AM PROUD THAT THIS IS STARTING IN SHASTA COUNTY.
I WAS ON A CALL FOR THE GOVERNOR SHOWDOWN THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IN SAN DIEGO.
AND I WAS ON THAT CALL AS THEY WERE ANNOUNCING THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE STARTING IT WITH A LITTLE PLACE CALLED SHASTA COUNTY, AND I COULD SAY, I LIVE THERE, AND THAT'S US.
I AM SO PROUD THAT THAT GETS TO BE PART OF OUR LEGACY THAT WE GET TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.
PASSING THIS STATE SPLIT WILL IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVELIHOOD. YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE WON'T HAVE ALL THE FREE OF CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE THAT FREE COMES AT A COST TO ALL OF US WHO CHOOSE TO WORK.
WE'LL HAVE A BETTER STRUCTURED GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE SO LACK. THANK YOU.
>> DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDER, LARRY S, THEN JIM BURNETT.
>> MORNING BOARD. TO ANY COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR SPLITTING CALIFORNIA INTO TWO.
YOUR ARGUMENT FOR A SPLIT IS THAT CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REPRESENT YOUR VALUES OR GIVE YOU A SUFFICIENT VOICE.
HOWEVER, CONSIDER THIS, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ALREADY PROVIDES A PATH FOR YOU TO BE GOVERNED THE WAY YOU WANT BY MOVING SOMEWHERE THAT ALREADY ALIGNS WITH YOUR POLITICAL IDEAS, LIKE ANOTHER STATE.
THIS CURRENT EFFORT FOR A STATE SPLIT IS A POLITICAL MANEUVER IN THE REDISTRICTING BATTLE, NOT A SERIOUS VIABLE PLAN FOR GOVERNANCE.
MR. CRY, KEVIN CRY, 2.0, THE MAN WITH THE PLAN, THE MAN THAT CALLS HIMSELF A UNITED.
INSTEAD, HE NOW PURSUES ANOTHER, YES, ANOTHER, DIVISIVE,
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UNFEASIBLE STUNT THAT DISTRACTS FROM REAL ISSUES OF OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT.CHAIR CRY, YOU SHOULD BE WORKING TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE AND BENEFIT SHASTA COUNTY'S ISSUES NOW.
CHAIR CRY, PLEASE, SIR, THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO HAVE A BOS MEETING WITH DIALOGUE ON SUBJECTS THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR JURISDICTION, I SUGGEST YOU SCHEDULE A KEVIN CRY MEETING AT THE RED LION WITH ALL OF YOUR FOLLOWERS AND ON YOUR OWN TIME.
DON'T USE OUR PAID RESOURCES HERE IN THE BOARD CHAMBER FOR YOUR OWN AGENDA, YOUR PIPE DREAM.
KEVIN, AT YOUR RED LION MEETING, YOU COULD HAVE A LIGHT FAIR WITH A SPLIT THEME.
YOU COULD SERVE SPLIT PEA SOUP AND FINISH IT OFF WITH A TASTY TREAT THAT ILLUSTRATES THE SPLIT UP OF CALIFORNIA, THE FAMOUS KEVIN CRY BANANA SPLIT.
BUT HOLD THE NUTS, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME HERE.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THE $200 MILLION FREE GRANT FROM THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE TRUE NORTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAMPUS THAT YOU RAILED AGAINST AND VOTED DOWN.
>> FOLLOWED BY LARRY S, JIM BURNETT, THEN TERRY.
>> GOOD MORNING. SO AS WE SAW TUESDAY WITH THE LANDSLIDE VICTORY OF PROP 50, 64% TO 36%.
CALIFORNIANS ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP'S AUTHORITARIAN TAKEOVER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
ALL THE WHILE, RURAL REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE AMASSED VAST ARSENALS OF FIREARMS, FOR THE SUPPOSED REASON OF FIGHTING TYRANNY, SIT IDLY BY OR APPLAUD TRUMP'S AUTHORITARIANISM AND CORRUPTION BECAUSE HE'S A REPUBLICAN.
WHERE WERE ALL THESE REPUBLICANS ARGUING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS? CRICKET. DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
I'M SURE THIS IDEA OF SPLITTING CALIFORNIA FEELS GOOD TO MANY RURAL REPUBLICANS, BUT I'M SURE EVERYONE, EVEN GALLAGHER, KNOWS THAT IT'S GOING NOWHERE.
THIS IS APPARENTLY THE 221ST ATTEMPT TO SPLIT CALIFORNIA.
IT'S GOING TO END IN THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY JUST LIKE ALL OTHER ATTEMPTS.
IT'S ALL SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN VOICED.
ONE, NO REAL BENEFITS, BUT POTENTIAL COSTS.
SHASTA COUNTY WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE VIEWED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND COUNTRY AS A COUNTY RUN BY A GROUP OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS, WHETHER YOU THINK THAT'S LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OR NOT.
THE FACT IS, WE'VE LOST POPULATION.
SINCE 2020, OUR POPULATION HAS DECREASED BY 2000.
THERE MAY BE MANY REASONS FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE HERE.
YOU WANT MORE DOCTORS? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
CONSIDER THE MAP. NINE OF THE COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE ONES WITH THE MOST POPULATION, THAT WILL SUPPOSEDLY MAKE UP THE NEW STATE, VOTED IN FAVOR OF PROP 50.
SAN BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE, IMPERIAL, FRESNO, MERCED, SAN JOAQUIN, NEVADA.
THOSE NINE COUNTIES REPRESENT ABOUT 7 MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS THE NEW STATE WILL NOT HAVE 10 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT RATHER 26 COUNTIES WITH ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE OR 10% OF CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION.
THIS ATTEMPT TO JOIN A STATE THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST YET.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CONTOURS ARE BEFORE DECIDING. YES.
>> LARRY S, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT, TERRY, THEN STEVE KAHN.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND QUEUE.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, DON QUIXOTE RUNS THROUGH THIS CHAMBER ON HIS WHITE HORSE WITH A BIG SWORD, TILTING AT WINDMILLS.
PONCHO SANDA, WE'RE GOING TO GO KILL THOSE MONSTERS, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THE NEW STATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME AS I WAS LISTENING, MR. HARMON, I THOUGHT DONALD TRUMP HAD WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR BECAUSE YOUR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO SAY, HOW CAN WE GET AROUND THE CONSTITUTION? THAT IS REALLY.
[APPLAUSE] AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT.
I SEE WHERE YOU GET IT, THOUGH.
THE IDEA THAT AND YOU BRING THIS UP, MR. PLUMER.
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE WOULD NEED A SUPERMAJORITY TO APPROVE THE STATE SPLITTING.
AS WOULD OUR FEDERAL CONGRESS REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY FOR A STATE SPLITTING.
IF ANYTHING IS HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S BECOMING MORE BLUE, NOT MORE RED.
THE CHANCES OF THIS PROPOSAL EVER HAPPENING ARE MINUSCULE, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
AND YOU, MR. HARMON, COMING UP WITH THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO SUBVERT THE CONSTITUTION.
I DON'T KNOW. YOU MUST HAVE GONE TO TRUMP UNIVERSITY TO GET THAT EDUCATION. THANK YOU.
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>> JIM BURNETT, FOLLOWED BY TERRY, STEVE KAHN, THEN JEFF CARR.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, AND PEOPLE HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD, AND I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK CHRIS KELSTROM FOR PROVIDING NECESSARY CONTEXTS TO THE HISTORY OF THE STATE SPLIT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MORE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE FAIR AND HONEST REPRESENT, PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION, WHEREBY WE HAVE ABILITY TO COMPLIMENT OR YELL AT OUR REPRESENTATIVES, SUCH AS WE DO HERE.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY TO COMPLIMENT OR SUGGEST OR YELL AT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.
NOW, OUR ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, AND OUR STATE SENATE DISTRICTS, ARE WOEFULLY LOPSIDED.
REPUBLICANS ARE IN A VERY BAD POSITION.
THERE'S THREE TO ONE MAJORITIES AGAINST ANYBODY THAT'S EVEN BREATHED A CONSERVATIVE NOTION.
WHAT PROP 50 DID IS OBLITERATE THE REPRESENTATION FOR US REPRESENTATION.
NOW WE HAVE THE SAME SITUATION IN THE US CONGRESS, AS WE DO IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS ABISMO.
SO THE ONLY REASON THAT ANYBODY SUPPORTED PROP 50 WAS HATRED OF TRUMP AND IN THEIR MIND, THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATION.
IF THIS WERE PUT BEFORE THE PEOPLE AGAIN AS A SEPARATE, HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES DO YOU WISH? I THINK SAN BERNARDINO, FRESNO, OTHER COUNTIES THAT MAY HAVE VOTED IN FAVOR OF PROP 50 WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GET ON BOARD BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT REPRESENTATION.
>> TERRY, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, JEFF CARR, THEN RICHARD DALEY.
>> THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THEIR ASSEMBLY.
THEY CALL THEM THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT I'LL USE THE TERM ASSEMBLY BECAUSE IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND RELATABLE, HAVE 400 PEOPLE IN THEIR ASSEMBLY.
AS OF THE 2020 CENSUS, THEY HAVE 1,380,000 PEOPLE IN THEIR STATE, WHICH MEANS EVERY 2,450 HUMAN BEINGS HAVE REPRESENTATION.
CALIFORNIA KEPT THEIR STATE SENATE AND THEIR STATE ASSEMBLY IN 1862, WITH 80 IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND WITH 40 IN THE SENATE.
WHEN THEY DID THAT, THERE WERE 417,000 PEOPLE, WHICH COMES OUT TO EACH ASSEMBLY PERSON REPRESENTING 5,000.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, EACH REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTS 2,450.
IN OUR STATE, OUR ASSEMBLY PEOPLE REPRESENT 500,000.
HOW DO YOU GET REPRESENTATION? THIS ISN'T ABOUT PARTIES.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE UP HERE IN THIS COUNTY, VOTE 69% ON A NO VOTE ON 50, THEMA WAS ABOUT THE SAME, DEL NORTE WAS ABOUT THE SAME.
I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS A 63.9% YES VOTE.
HOW IS THAT REPRESENTATION? HERE'S THE POINT.
WE HAVE TWO WAYS TO GO, STATE SPLIT OR INCREASE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY IN THE ASSEMBLY.
IF WE INCREASED IT TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MODEL, WE WOULD HAVE 16,000 REPRESENTATIVES.
SMALLER STATE, SMALLER GOVERNMENT.
BY THE WAY, THE SESSION IS GOING AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION, YOU'RE LEAVING THE UNITED STATES.
>> STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY JEFF CARR, RICHARD DALEY, THEN CORK MCGOWAN.
THIS IS JUST A RED HERRING BEING THROWN OUT BY CRAY TO TRY TO GET US OFF THE SUBJECT THAT HE OPPOSED RECEIVING $200 MILLION IN 200 GOOD JOBS.
CALIFORNIA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY ON PLANET EARTH.
IT IS ONLY EXCEEDED BY THE US IN GENERAL, CHINA AND GERMANY.
WE AND SHASTA COUNTY ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE SPILLAGE THAT COMES UP HERE AND FINANCES A MAJORITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT,
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OUR SERVICES, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR SCHOOLS, WITHOUT THAT, I MEAN, YOU CREATE THIS OTHER STATE.IT WOULD BE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED AND THE COUNTY'S GOING TO RUN ALL THESE OTHER SERVICES, HUH? WOW. THAT'S GREAT.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON WHAT WE'RE RUNNING RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN'T EVEN BUILD A JAIL? YOU WANT THEM TO GO AHEAD AND RUN ALL THE STATE ROADS, ALL THE HIGHWAY PATROL, CAL FIRE.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ALMOST HARD TO EVEN QUANTIFY. IT'S HUGE.
NOW, DO I AGREE WITH GALLAGHER ON MANY DIFFERENT POINTS? I AM UNHAPPY WITH A LOT OF THE DECISIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON WITH CALIFORNIA, BUT LOOK AT WHAT WE BENEFIT.
IMAGINE NOT HAVING ALL OF THAT.
>> JEFF CARR, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD DALEY, CORK MCGOWAN, THEN BENJAMIN NOEN.
>> THIS BOLD NEW VENTURE IS FINANCED PROBABLY BY SOME DISGRUNTLED MILLIONAIRES.
IT'S QUITE THE HOKA PIPE DREAM. IT'S NOT NEW.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A DECADE IF YOU FOLLOW THE HISTORY OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA MOVEMENT.
IT'S BOLD BECAUSE THESE FINEMEN AND SUITS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW YOU THROUGH THE PETITION PROCESS TO BECOME A NEW STATE.
IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BECOME A FEDERAL AND STATE OR A FEDERAL REVENUE RECIPIENT RATHER THAN A PRODUCER.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR LEGACY COUNTY LEADERS, A STATE THAT'S FUNDED BY THE ECONOMIC POWER CENTERS OF WEED, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, OAKHURST, AND MOJAVE.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR SHASTA COUNTY? REMEMBER, THAT IS YOUR STEWARDSHIP.
THAT'S WHAT YOU TOOK YOUR OATH TO DO.
WOULD WE HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO MARKETS, INDUSTRY, EMPLOYMENT, PORTS? HOW WOULD WE REALLY IMPROVE OUR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, UNIVERSITIES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE? OR IS YOUR PIPE DREAM AND THE PIPE DREAM OF OUR ESTEEMED VISITORS, THAT WE WILL BOLDLY CREATE ALL OF THAT ON OUR OWN.
WE'LL BE RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS.
WE'LL FORAGE OUR OWN WAY INTO OUR OWN SELF IMPOSED LABYRINTH OF COMPLICATION? THESE SNAKE OIL CARNIVAL HUCKSTERS, THEY SHOW UP NOT IN A PAINTED GYPSY WAGON, BUT IN A RENTED FOUR DOOR SEDAN.
DARE I SAY THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD THREE OF YOU, THEY'RE SPECIAL ELIXIR, AN ADDICTIVE POTION THAT TIES INTO SOME UNNAMEABLE RAGE, AND THEY KEEP IT AT A SIMMER, ONLY TO HAVE YOUR RAGE AND DOPAMINE LEVELS SPIKE WHEN THEY FEED YOU THE TRIGGER WORDS.
KARL ROVE. YES, THAT KARL ROVE.
HE SAYS THAT HAVING A FORWARD LOOKING AGENDA IS A MUCH BETTER APPROACH.
MAYBE INSTEAD OF CHASING THIS FICTION.
>> BRICK MCDELLY, FOLLOWED BY CORK MCGOWAN.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I'M OPPOSED TO THE SPLIT STATE.
I'M HEARING A LOT OF STRONG ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, AND THEREFORE, I FEEL THAT WE REALLY SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME LOOKING AT THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ANYMORE WITH THIS.
SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A MONUMENTAL TASK.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS SOLVE OUR LOCAL PROBLEMS. WE HAVE A VOTING SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I CAN ATTEST TO THAT, AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THIS COUNTY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS PANASA OF A SPLIT STATE WILL SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. I'M SURE WEST VIRGINIA HAS THEIR ISSUES.
WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT TRUST.
RIGHT NOW, SUPERVISOR PLUMBER THIS MORNING SPOKE ABOUT THE LOCAL TRUST IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY HERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT A LOT OF THINGS.
BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY ATTEMPTS AT THIS SPLIT STATE, IT CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.
I'M ALL FOR PROPER REPRESENTATION,
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BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS SPLIT STATE IDEA IS A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU.>> CORK MCGOWAN, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOEN, BEV, THEN NATHAN BLAZE.
>> CHAIRMAN CRAY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS MENTIONED, THAT NONE OF WHICH WILL BE RESOLVED BY THIS NEW STATE.
WE HEARD THAT REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN RIPPED AWAY FROM US.
IN FACT, IT HASN'T BEEN RIPPED AWAY.
PROPOSITION 50 CHANGES THE WAY THE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN UNTIL THE YEAR 2030.
I VOTED FOR THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.
I THINK EVERY STATE OUGHT TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE.
I EVEN HEARD KEVIN KYLEY, YESTERDAY AND NPR TALKING ABOUT IT, AND I FOUND SOMETHING THAT I AGREED WITH HIM ABOUT, WHICH REALLY SURPRISED ME.
HE'S FOR REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS ALSO.
BUT PROPOSITION 50 IS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT TEXAS DID, TO WHAT TRUMP WANTED THEM TO DO.
CALIFORNIA CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS JUST OUR PROBLEM.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH A PROBLEM AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE THAT CALIF THAT SHASTA COUNTY IS A NET RECIPIENT OF STATE FUNDS.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY BUDGET.
WE GET LOTS OF MONEY THAT COME INTO FROM THE STATE.
BUT JUST ONE PART OF THAT IS STATE WATER GRANTS.
IN THE YEAR "24, 25, SHASTA COUNTY, RECEIVED 57,000,387 $500 FOR WATER PROJECTS.
THAT MONEY GETS SPENT IN OUR ECONOMY, THAT MONEY CREATES JOBS.
THAT MONEY DEALS WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
I THINK THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU NEED TO HOLD OFF ON THIS MATTER UNTIL MUCH MORE STUDY IS DONE ABOUT THE REAL IMPACT ON THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY, THE ECONOMIC PARTS OF IT, THE OTHER FACETS OF IT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXAMINED.
GALLAGHER HAD A NICE SPIEL THAT HE PRESENTED. THANK YOU.
>> BENJAMIN NOEN, FOLLOWED BY BEV, NATHAN BLAZE, THEN LISA JENSEN.
>> CHAIR CRAY, ASSEMBLYMAN GALLAGHER.
THIS RESOLUTION SPEAKS ABOUT SELF DETERMINATION FOR RURAL CALIFORNIANS, ABOUT GIVING OUR REGION A STRONGER VOICE.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE FEEL DRAWN TO THAT IDEA.
THEY SEE DECISIONS MADE HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY THAT DON'T REFLECT THE REALITIES OF LIFE IN SHASTA COUNTY.
BUT JUST TWO DAYS AGO, VOTERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED PROPOSITION 50, A REFORM MEANT TO STRENGTHEN FAIR REPRESENTATION NATIONWIDE.
NOW, HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT AND MORE THAN 20,000 VOTED AGAINST.
NOW, THAT SPLIT SHOWS JUST HOW DEEPLY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT BEING HEARD EVEN WHEN THEY DISAGREE ON HOW.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION BEHIND THOSE NO VOTES.
PEOPLE WANT LEADERS WHO DELIVER.
BUT I'LL REMIND PEOPLE, CHAIR CRAY, WHEN YOU RAN FOR THIS SEAT, YOU PROMISED TO BE A UNITED.
YOU SAID YOU WOULD BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
YET, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION LITERALLY DIVIDES US FURTHER.
CONGRESSMAN DOUG LA MALFA HAS MADE THE SAME PROMISE FOR YEARS, TO FIGHT FOR US, TO MAKE RURAL CALIFORNIA STRONGER, BUT ARE OUR FORESTS SAFER? OUR ROADS REPAIRED? A OUR SMALL TOWNS THRIVING? OR HAVE WE'VE BEEN JUST TOLD TO STAY ANGRY WHILE HE ENRICHES HIMSELF WITH SUBSIDIES, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP WILL BRING POSITIVE CHANGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
DOES A STATE SPLIT BRING US CLOSER TO SOLUTIONS? NO. IT TELLS PEOPLE TO GIVE UP ON EACH OTHER.
REAL LEADERSHIP MEANS STAYING AT THE TABLE EVEN WHEN THE OTHER SIDE WON'T.
YES, SOMETIMES EVEN SETTING ASIDE OUR CORE VALUES.
IT'S LIKE BEING IN A PRISON YARD WHEN SOMEONE SNEAKS IN A HIVE AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU COMPROMISE YOUR MORALS JUST TO SURVIVE.
WE CAN CHOOSE THE WEAPON OR WE CAN CHOOSE INTEGRITY.
BUT I'M SORRY. INTEGRITY ALONE WON'T KEEP YOU ALIVE.
>> EVE, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN BLAZE, LISA JENSEN, THEN JENNY.
>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WE NEED TO TO SPLIT THE STATE.
HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED LOOKING INTO WHAT NEW CALIFORNIA STATE HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED TOWARDS STATEHOOD? WILL YOU BE MAKING SURE ALL CITIZENS HAVE A REPUBLIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT? EVERY CITIZEN DESERVES A REPUBLIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE POPULATION OF EACH STATE WILL BE? HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT IT TO TAKE TO GET A NEW STATE? WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR PRIORITIES IN SEPARATING THE STATE? THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM, NEW CALIFORNIA STATE ALREADY HAS A COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN
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WORKING ON THE PROBLEMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO WE ARE READY WHEN THE STATEHOOD BECOMES.THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT BECOMING A NEW STATE, BUT NONE HAVE GOTTEN AS FAR AS NEW CALIFORNIA STATE.
NOVEMBER 11TH, NEW CALIFORNIA STATE, WILL BE HOLDING A STATEWIDE ELECTION FOR ALL COUNTIES.
OURS WILL BE AT THE RED LION FROM 12-6, THEN NEW CALIFORNIA WILL BE PETITIONING CONGRESS FOR STATEHOOD.
WE DON'T ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND MAKE IT ONE BIG EFFORT.
WE'RE LIVING UNDER AN INVALID GOVERNMENT, AND WE DON'T NEED THEIR PERMISSION TO NOT BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU.
>> NATHAN BLAZE, FOLLOWED BY LISA JENSEN, THEN JENNY.
>> STOP TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN.
THIS WHOLE SPLITTING THE STATE, TO CEDING, WHATEVER JEFFERSON STATE, NEW CALIFORNIA.
IT'S JUST BEEN A FAILING PROJECT FOR.
I MEAN, HOW LONG HAS JEFFERSON STATE BEEN FAILING FOR 90 YEARS? THERE'S A LOT OF COPE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THE BLUE WAVE PROP 50 PASSING, AND I GET THAT.
IF I WAS A REPUBLICAN, I'D BE UPSET ABOUT THAT, TOO, BUT I VOTED FOR ALL THAT, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE SO MAD ABOUT PROP 50.
BUT, NO ONE'S TO TALK ABOUT TEXAS.
IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEBODY FOR WHY PROP 50 HAPPENED, BLAME GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND BLAME TEXAS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN PUT THEIRS TO A VOTE.
THEY FORCED CALIFORNIA TO HAVE TO RESPOND.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE PROP 50 IF TEXAS DIDN'T CHEAT, DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY DID FIRST.
SO PEOPLE WANT TO ACT LIKE SUCH VICTIMS AS IF THEY'RE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, REPUBLICANS HAVE THE HOUSE, THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY HAVE THE HOUSE OF CONGRESS.
THEY HAVE THE SENATE, THEY HAVE THE SUPREME COURT.
LOCALLY, THEY JUST HIRED ALL THESE ELECTION DENIERS TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.
WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN, FULL FIVE REPUBLICANS HERE ON OUR BOARD.
WHAT REPRESENTATION DO YOU PEOPLE THINK YOU DON'T HAVE STILL? YOU'VE GOT ALL THE REPRESENTATION ANYONE COULD EVER NEED.
WE LOST OUR ELECTION, SO WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT OFF FROM THE STATE.
THERE IS A LOT OF COUNTY BUSINESS TO GET DONE.
THIS IS JUST A BIG OLD PITY PARTY BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET, AND THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING SUCH MASSIVE VOTER TURNOUT ALL ACROSS THE STATE AGAINST WHAT DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES HAVE BEEN AND WHAT MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN DOING.
THAT'S WHY. YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN HOW THE STATE OR THE COUNTRY THINKS ABOUT THIS.
MAYBE DON'T JUST DO SOME MORE MAGA NONSENSE, BECAUSE CLEARLY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY DON'T LIKE THAT.
LET'S FIX OUR COUNTY AND STOP THE PATY PARTY. YOU LOST. DEAL WITH IT.
>> LISA JENSEN, FOLLOWED BY JENNY.
>> GOOD MORNING. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES YOU PROPOSE TO SEPARATE FROM CALIFORNIA SO FAR HAVE APPEARED TO SIDE WITH PROP 50, ALPINE, FRESNO, IMPERIAL, MERCED, MONO, NEVADA, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, SAN JOAQUIN.
IF YOU TRULY RESPECT THE IDEA OF NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WHICH DURING OUR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOT REPRESENTATION, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TRY TO KIDNAP THOSE COUNTIES OVER TO YOUR NEW PROPOSED STATE.
THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH 27 COUNTIES, 26 ONCE YOU GUYS REALIZE YOU ADDED WRONG, AND ONLY 35 COUNTIES ARE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE PACKET.
THANKS, DAVID BENDA I NOTICED THAT TOO.
I EXPECT THIS TO GO ABOUT AS SMOOTHLY AS OUR BRAND NEW THEATRICAL MULTIPLEX, OVER AT THE ROV.
ALSO, REMEMBER HOW FOLKS TRIED TO RECALL THREE SUPERVISORS ONLY GOT ONE, REPLACED THEM WITH TIM GARMAN, THEN THOSE SAME PEOPLE LEADING THOSE RECALLS ENDED UP JUST AS UNHAPPY WITH TIM GARMAN ANYWAY.
NEWS FLASH, HAVING AN UNWATCHABLE PODCAST DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN EXPERT IN CIVICS, AND THE BEST POLITICIANS LOOK OUT FOR THE MANY, NOT THE INCOHERENT COMPLAINTS OF A VOCAL FEW.
THAT WILL BE THE CASE WHETHER WE CALL OURSELVES CALIFORNIA, JEFFERSON, OR FLOTA FORNIA.
YOU IMAGINARY STATE WOULD INCLUDE ABOUT 6.3 MILLION PEOPLE, AND IT DROPS DOWN TO 3.7 MILLION IF YOU TAKE OUT THE COUNTIES THAT AREN'T EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING A STATE CAPITOL IN BAKERSFIELD OR DON'T FEEL LIKE HAVING TO CROSS STATE LINES TO GO TO THE BEACH.
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE.
YOU NEED TO GET A MAJORITY OF BOTH THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY 60 DEMOCRATS TO 20 REPUBLICANS AND THE SENATE, WHICH IS 31 DEMOCRATS TO NINE REPUBLICANS.
IF THIS ACTUALLY PASSED, IT WOULD ONLY BE BECAUSE THE RES STATE IS TELLING YOU NOT TO LET THE DOOR HIT YOU, WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YOU.
I'LL SAVE YOURSELVES A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK FOR SOME JOINT RESOLUTION THAT WILL JUST FAIL IN COMMITTEE AGAIN.
TO BORROW AN EXPRESSION USED BY MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR MYTHICAL STATE OF JEFFERSON.
>> CHAIR, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> HELLO, BOARD. I WAS LISTENING TO
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GALLAGHER AND THE POINTS THAT I PULLED OUT OF THIS IS HE SAID THAT HOUSING IS EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF COST TO HAWKINS.AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, HE COULD ASK FOR THAT TO BE REPEALED.
WHAT IS HE DOING HERE WHEN HE COULD DO A MUCH SIMPLER SOLUTION THAT COSTS LESS, AND WE STILL GET TO KEEP OUR ROADS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE STATE PAYS FOR.
RENT CONTROL CAN BE CONTROLLED BY CITIES.
JUST AN IDEA, GALLAGHER, IF YOU'RE STILL AROUND HERE, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR JOB.
AS FOR THE EXPENSIVE GAS PRICES, WHY WOULD YOU SPLIT FROM THE COAST WHERE ALL OUR OIL IS REFINED? BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE BUYING IT FROM THE COASTAL REGIONS.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT CHEAPER.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THE STATE, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO THE STATE OF JEFFERSON PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT FOR DECADES AND ACTUALLY HAD, PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTY TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER.
HECK, I LEARNED ABOUT IT IN BERNIE'S SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT IT SO MUCH.
IT WAS LIKE A PART OF OUR THING.
THAT'S THE MOST WELL KNOWN, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.
I'D PROBABLY TALK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY KNOW LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING THIS BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING REASONABLY POLITE TO ONE ANOTHER. SUPERVISOR LONG.
NOLDA, COULD I HAVE YOU COME UP?
>> I TOOK THE LONGEST WAY POSSIBLE.
>> YOU JUST RELISHED THE THOUGHT OF GETTING YES.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OLD THE SHORT AUDITOR CONTROLLER.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD.
I'LL JUST STATE SOME OF MY CONCERNS, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT AS TO YOU UNDERSTAND THE STATE SPLIT SUGGESTION AND THE PRESENTATION BY MR. GALLAGHER.
YOU HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID.
ISSUES THAT I HAVE ON BOTH A MACRO LEVEL AND A MICRO LEVEL, WHICH WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD THE REVENUE SOURCE BE FOR THE 36 COUNTIES OR TAKE AWAY THE NINE THAT VOTED FOR PROP 50 MAY NOT GO WITH IT.
WHATEVER THAT MAKEUP WOULD BE.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ESTIMATION OF WHAT THE REVENUE FOR THE STATE WOULD BE? THEN AS FAR AS OUR LOCAL LEVEL, WHAT COULD BE THE IMPACTS TO OUR COUNTY IF WE HAD TO, AS A NEW STATE, REINVENT CHP, CAL FIRE, HOSPITALS, MEDICAL SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING FROM GROUND UP.
CAN YOU PUT ANY NUMBERS ON ANY OF THIS?
>> THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WHAT'S GOING FORWARD, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT [OVERLAPPING].
>> I UNDERSTAND THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.
THE POINT WOULD BE THAT WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSION, WHETHER TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, CORRECT? THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A STATE SPLIT.
THAT GOES INTO THE GREAT NUMBER, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT EVEN REMOTELY, AND I HATE TO MAKE MY POLITICAL STATEMENT THROUGH YOU.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF. ARE YOU DONE?
>> SERIOUSLY. STOP. [OVERLAPPING] STOP, KEVIN.
>> OKAY, CAN I JUST SPEAK FOR A SECOND THEN?
>> I DID HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
I EXPLAINED, I'M AN EXPERT ON FINANCES IN THE COUNTY OF SHASTA.
I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EFFORTS, I KNOW WHAT THE CONCEPT IS, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EFFORTS TO SPLIT CALIFORNIA AND TO HAVE.
I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC HAS TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD COMMENTS.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT SERVICES ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE? WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT REVENUES WILL WE HAVE TO OFFSET THAT? HOW WILL WE GET THOSE REVENUES? WILL THEY COME FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? WILL THEY COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS ON WHAT REVENUES WILL SURVIVE IN THE COUNTY OF SHASTA, WHAT EFFORTS WE WOULD DO TO COLLECT.
IT'S ALL FIGURATIVE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE
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ANY IDEA ANSWERS TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS FIRST.>> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN Q&A. I'LL JUST MAKE A FINAL STATEMENT.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. AGAIN, IN SUPERVISOR, I APOLOGIZE.
I JUST LIKE, YOU ASKED A FOUR PARAGRAPH QUESTION TO NOLD SHORT, WHO I MEAN, THIS IS SIMPLY A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS, THERE'S SOMETHING.
>> HEY, KEVIN, CAN I PUSH BACK ON THAT JUST A BIT.
FOUR PARAGRAPH QUESTION? YES, IT WAS A LONG WINDED QUESTION.
BUT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION THAT CALLS FOR THE DISSOLUTION AND THE SEPARATION OF OUR STATE, WE HAVE TO HAVE ANSWERS BEFORE WE MAKE THAT.
OTHERWISE, THAT IS A RECKLESS DECISION.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SHE DOESN'T NEED MY HELP AT ALL.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE OR ANOTHER ELECTED COME UP HERE, SHE IS BEING SET UP.
I JUST DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT. BUT I APOLOGIZE.
HOW IS SHE SET UP WHEN SHE IS OUR COUNTY AUDITOR AND ONE OF OUR CHIEF FINANCE PERSONS, HOW IS SHE BEING SET UP WHEN SHE CAN HONESTLY STATE THAT SHE HAS NO IDEA AS TO THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS, THE REVENUE SOURCES, MACRO AND THE MICRO, WHICH ARE THE COUNTY EFFECTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.
THAT IS SIMPLY PUTTING HER EXPERTISE AND HER SAYING THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN OPINION, AND SHE CAN'T HAVE AN OPINION BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ANSWERS TO THIS.
>> MY POINT SIMPLY WAS SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE CALLED UP FOR POLITICAL THEATER IN THAT WAY.
LISTEN, I'M GOING TO MAKE MY LAST COMMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT A CONVERSATION.
QUITE HONESTLY, I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WHERE SUPERVISOR HARMON AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER LANDED ON THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COUNTIES AND WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WOULD LAY AHEAD.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE ROADS, AND WE DON'T HAVE A JAIL, AND WHAT ABOUT THIS? THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT STUFF, AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE OPERATED BUSINESSES IN SHASTA COUNTY AND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT IS NOT EASY TO DO BIG THINGS THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENT IS SET UP.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS REALLY SET UP TO MAKE US RELIANT ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
MY BIGGEST THING WITH THIS IS THAT YOU ARE PROVING MY POINT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T NEED A JAIL, A NEW JAIL A FEW YEARS AGO WAS BECAUSE CRIME WASN'T DECRIMINALIZED.
WE COULD PUT CRIMINALS AWAY, AND THERE ARE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I ARE WORKING ON WITH THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE WAY OUR STATE IS SET UP NOW, I SEE HOW IT'S CONTINUING TO TANK, AND IT WAS JUST ABOUT A CONVERSATION AND WANTING TO SEE WHERE MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS LANDED, AND WHO WAS WILLING TO POSSIBLY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES WITH OTHER COUNTIES, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ALL RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE MAYOR OF ORVILLE AND OTHER PLACES ABOUT JUST HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
I'M STILL GOING TO SUPPORT IT. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, STARTING TO MY RIGHT, STEPHANIE.
>> PASSES THREE TO TWO. MOVING ON TO R4.
[R4 Receive a Certificate of Sufficiency for the Local Transparency and Security Reform petition and, pursuant to Elections Code Section 1405(a), adopt a resolution ordering that this matter be placed on the ballot for the next established election date, June 2, 2026.]
RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR THE LOCAL TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY REFORM PETITION AND TO PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE 1405A, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, ORDERING THAT THIS MATTER BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NEXT ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATE JUNE 2ND OF 2026.MISS BLENKENSHIP, IS THIS MR. CURTIS COMING UP FOR THIS ONE?
>> YES, THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY MAYBE DO IT SOONER, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY HARD ON THE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SET THE ELECTION SPECIAL ELECTION, AND THEN WE'RE ANOTHER ELECTION.
ALSO COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. BUT IT DID PASS. IT WAS SUFFICIENT.
PAST FLYING COLORS, AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT.
>> THE LANGUAGE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE LANGUAGE IS SHALL, CORRECT? COUNSEL AMORE. THIS IS MUCH LIKE WHEN WE CERTIFY A VOTE.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, UNDER CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 23722, UPON THE PRESENTATION OF THE PETITION, WHICH IS OCCURRING NOW, OR ON ITS OWN SUBMISSION FROM THE BOARD, THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT OR AMENDMENTS PROPOSED OR THE QUESTION TO REPEAL THE AMENDMENTS FOR VOTERS.
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>> OKAY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY CEREMONIOUS.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT.
>> SECOND. SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR LONG.
MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> WE DO, CHAIR. WE HAVE 22 SPEAKERS.
>> FIRST UP, JOSEPH FAIRFIELD, FOLLOWED BY DOLARIS LUCERO, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN BEV.
>> JUST AS PEOPLE WALK UP, I'LL JUST HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS.
THE STATE SAYS, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THEN YOU DO THIS.
YOU YOU SEE I MADE THE MOTION, SUPERVISOR LONG, WHO WERE ARGUING, RIGHT, DEBATING, AND WE'RE LAUGHING ABOUT IT.
SECOND IT. THIS ISN'T THIS BIG ANIMOSITY THING.
AS YOU COME UP, UNDERSTAND THAT. WELCOME, SIR.
>> GOOD MORNING. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
I'M ADDRESSING A ISSUE THAT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT YOU MAY ACTUALLY VOTE AGAINST PUTTING THIS ON.
IF IN FACT, THAT'S NOT TRUE, THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS, AND I CAN SIT DOWN, BUT SINCE I DON'T NECESSARILY TRUST THAT TO BE THE CASE, THAT EVERYONE WILL VOTE FOR IT.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT, FIRST OFF, MY NAME IS JOSEPH FAIRFIELD.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SHASTA COUNTY POLITICS FOR 40 YEARS.
I'VE SEEN THE MORE SUPERVISORS IN THIS COUNTY DO BONEHEAD DECISIONS AFTER BONEHEAD DECISIONS THAT HAS COST THIS COUNTY MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR.
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUED OVER THIS, AND YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE.
I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE LAW AND PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.
>> DOLARIS LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER, BEV, THEN CAROL.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> THIS IS CLOSED. CAN YOU TAKE A SEAT COMMON SENSE, WE SAY THERE'S A ROPE THERE.
YOU ALL BEEN SERVED. MA'AM TAKE A SEAT.
>> YOU ALL BEEN SERVED IN REGARDING THIS ITEM.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE DOCUMENTATION REGARDING WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT, THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT HAS COMMITTED MULTIPLE FELONIES.
IF YOU APPROVE THIS, I ACTUALLY GIVEN YOU A NOTICE AND NOTICE TO ALL SUPERVISORS.
IF YOU VOTE, YOU WILL COMMIT A FELONY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY DID IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT, LAURA HUBB, RICHARD GERARO, ALL OF THEM GATHER 10,000 SIGNATURES TO PUT IN THE BALLOT TO AMEND THE CHARTER.
THEY COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT.
PLUS, WE WERE NOT A CHARTER FOR THEM TO GATHER THE SIGNATURES WAY AHEAD, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BECOME A CHARTER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9.
THEREFORE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING FRAUD.
I'M TELLING YOU, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN CRYING ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, THEY COMMITTED ELECTION FRAUD ALREADY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE NAIL ON THE COFFIN.
THAT MEANS THE COUNTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR YOU TO VOTE AND APPROVE THIS TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU COMMITTED MULTIPLE ELECTION FRAUD FELONIES BY CERTIFYING.
ALSO, IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THEY WENT AND GATHER ALL THOSE SIGNATURES.
THEY ALSO CAMPAIGN FOR CLINT CURTIS.
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GATHER THE SIGNATURES, WHO ALSO WORK IN THE ELECTION, ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR CLINT CURTIS.
YOU CANNOT USE GOVERNMENT RESOURCE TO CAMPAIGN IN HIS FAVOR.
RICHARD SHOULD KNOW THAT, WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE CONSTITUTION GUY WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS THESE THINGS.
IF YOU GO AHEAD AND VOTE I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS THE 161 PAGES, BUT THIS IS JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 50 PAGES FOR YOU GUYS.
>> CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY BEV, CAROL, THEN JEFF CARTER.
>> WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF SHASTA POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SUCH MAY NOT LAWFULLY DISREGARD REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE LAWS.
COUNSEL AMORE KNOWS THE HOBBS INITIATIVE IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL.
HE TRIED TO AFFORD THE COUNTY A TWICE THAT I KNOW OF. HERE WE ARE.
THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT PATRICK JONES, WHAT CRY, WHICH PLUM, LON, AND THE SHASTA FIVE CARTEL, WHOSE FAILURE IN COURT HAS COST TAXPAYERS OVER 100,000 AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
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THIS DAY, TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.THEY DEMAND THAT THE COUNTY PLACE A KNOWINGLY ILLEGAL INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT.
AS JONES SAID, BECOME THE COURT CASE THAT WILL CHANGE THE ELECTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IN OTHER WORDS, VIOLATE LAWS, SO TAXPAYERS CAN SPEND, I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST A FEW MORE MILLION, SMOKING ANOTHER MAGA CRACK PIPE DREAM.
FAIL, JUST LIKE HOBBS HAS DONE OFTEN AND OFTEN, AND JUST LIKE HUNTINGTON BEACH DID A FEW DAYS AGO IN THE STATE COURT.
THIS IS AN ILLEGAL INITIATIVE.
AGAIN, YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL TOLD YOU SO.
IN THE CASE OF THIS BOARD, THOSE WHO KNOWINGLY, WILLFULLY ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTS RELATED TO ELECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT SPECIFIED IN THE ELECTION CODE.
>> BEV, FOLLOWED BY CAROL, JEFF CARTER, THEN STEVE AMERLL.
>> LAWS ARE PASSED ALL THE TIME BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT ARE NOT LEGITIMATE.
THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION.
WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CALIFORNIA.
OUR ONLY WAY OF NO MATTER WHAT IT IS ON THE BALLOT IS TO GET THE PETITIONS.
IT'S HARD TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
THEY'VE GOTTEN THE SIGNATURES.
THERE'S BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRIED TO GET THINGS ON THE BALLOT.
THIS IS THEIR ONLY WAY OF GETTING ACROSS WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN.
YOU'LL BE DESTROYING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IF YOU DON'T ALLOW IT. THANK YOU.
>> CAROL, FOLLOWED BY JEFF CARTER, STEVE AMERLL, THEN ELIZABETH WALKER.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> HELLO, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING HERE AND SERVING US.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I WAS PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN THAT WENT OUT AND GATHERED SIGNATURES FOR THIS PETITION.
A LOT OF HARD WORK WAS PUT OUT AND MORE THAN 10,000 SIGNATURES IN FAVOR OF THIS WERE GATHERED.
YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY IN YOUR POSSESSION.
WHAT I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO IS TO VOTE YES AND PUT THIS MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, JUNE 2, 2026, AND LET'S PUT IT BEFORE THE VOTERS AND GET IT DONE. THANK YOU.
>> JEFF CARTER, FOLLOWED BY STEVE AMERLL, ELIZABETH WALKER, THAN MARGARET [INAUDIBLE].
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY REMIND EVERYBODY THAT COUNTY COUNSEL HAD OPINED THAT THIS INITIATIVE OR PETITION WAS UNLAWFUL, THAT IT VIOLATED BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WASN'T THE MERITS OF THAT ARGUMENT THAT LOST IN COURT, BUT RATHER THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF IT.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGED IMMEDIATELY BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR OTHERS.
THE SO CALLED SHASTA 5 WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT LEGAL FEES THAT THEY MIGHT INCUR, WERE THAT TO BE CHALLENGED.
NOW THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE LEGAL FEES TO DEFEND THIS, WHAT IS APPARENTLY A CLEARLY ILLEGAL PETITION.
I'M HOPING THAT THE SHASTA 5 WILL COME UP WITH THE LEGAL FEES TO REIMBURSE THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
PERHAPS DO A GO FUND ME COUNT OF ALL THOSE THAT SIGNED THE PETITION.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER VOTING UNDER DURESS.
MY RECALL THAT YOU USED THAT TERM BEFORE.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE YOUR ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU THIS IS UNLAWFUL.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR A BUNCH OF DOLLARS TO DEFEND THIS.
AT LEAST GO. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS UNDER DURESS. THANK YOU.
>> STEVE AMERLL, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH WALKER, MARGARET CONTROL, THEN JIM BURNETT.
>> IT'S NO SECRET THAT EVERY LAW PERTAINING TO OUR ELECTIONS OUT OF SACRAMENTO MAKES IT EASIER TO CHEAT.
THEY JUST DID IT AGAIN WITH 50.
IT'S OUR DUTY AS CITIZENS TO FIGHT ILLEGITIMATE LAWS.
THEY'VE CHEATED THEIR WAY INTO A SUPERMAJORITY.
THEY'RE ILLEGITIMATE, AND THEY'RE PASSING ILLEGITIMATE LAWS.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO FIGHT THAT.
WE'RE FIGHTING THOSE WINDMILLS.
YOU SAY IT'S NOT SACRAMENTO, BUT THE CPUC IS SACRAMENTO.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED BY SACRAMENTO.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE LEGITIMATE LAWS AND AN ILLEGITIMATE SACRAMENTO,
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WE WOULDN'T BE FIGHTING THIS WINDMILL THING.IF WE HAD ELECTION INTEGRITY, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE BOAT THAT WE'RE IN.
ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THESE STOLEN ELECTIONS.
UNTIL WE GET OUR ELECTIONS BACK, THE REST OF THIS REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY'RE STEALING OUR ELECTIONS.
IT'S IN YOUR FACE, AND WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IT'S OUR DUTY AS CITIZENS TO FIGHT THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS.
IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION FOR US TO DO SO.
THIS IS OUR HILL, LET'S MAKE OUR FIGHT RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU.
>> ELIZABETH WALKER, MARGARET CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT THEN KATHY ULRICH.
>> HEY, CHAIR. CAN WE INQUIRE AS TO DOES SHE NEED MEDICAL HELP?
>> WANTS IT? ARE YOU GOOD? [BACKGROUND] OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. JUST LET ME KNOW.
>> MORE THAN 10,000 VOTERS SIGN THIS PETITION TO HAVE LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR ELECTIONS, AND THIS NUMBER IS ONLY A FRACTION OF SHASTA COUNTY VOTERS THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF IT.
THE PURPOSE OF HAVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS THIS BOARD, IS SO WE CAN GOVERN OURSELVES LOCALLY.
OTHERWISE, WHY DO WE HAVE THIS BOARD? THIS BOARD HAS POWER.
BUT ABOVE THIS BOARD IS AN EVEN GREATER POWER, WE, THE PEOPLE.
WE, THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, THE SOVEREIGN POWER.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STATED, "IN FREE GOVERNMENTS, THE RULERS ARE THE SERVANTS, AND THE PEOPLE, THEIR SUPERIORS AND SOVEREIGNS." I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF NEXT YEAR SO THAT THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THE JUNE 2026 P\PRIMARY.
THIS WILL HELP TO MAKE OUR JUNE PRIMARY A SECURE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTION WITH VOTER ID, ONE DAY VOTING, IN-PERSON VOTING, AND SAME DAY ELECTION RESULTS.
NEWSOM AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE CALLED A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR PROP 50.
NO DOUBT BECAUSE THEY WANT THIS GERRYMANDERING TO BE IN PLAY BEFORE THE JUNE PRIMARY.
LET'S BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME BY HAVING OUR OWN SPECIAL ELECTION BEFORE THE JUNE PRIMARY.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE AN HONEST AND SECURE ELECTION IN THIS COUNTY COME JUNE 2. THANK YOU.
>> MARGARET CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT, KATHY ULRICH, THEN LAURA HOBBS.
>> I HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO RESIST PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT, AND I HAVE NO CLUE IF IT'S TRUE, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.
IT'S THE LAW. THE OPERANT VOTING ELECTIONS LAW SAY [FOREIGN] MEANS [INAUDIBLE].
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY TO DO IT.
IN THE LEGAL WORLD, THE MINISTERIAL DUTY IS A MANDATORY, NON-DISCRETIONARY TASK THAT A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PERFORM.
ONCE A CITIZEN OR CITIZENS GROUP HAS MET ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL CONDITIONS, THE OFFICIALS HAVE NO LEEWAY, NO CHOICE, AND NO JUDGMENT TO EXERCISE.
THEY MUST SIMPLY ACT, JUST LIKE A VENTING MACHINE HAS TO DELIVER A COKE.
THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK A MINISTERIAL DUTY TO COURT, YOU LOST.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
>> JIM BURNETT, FOLLOWED BY KATHY ULRICH, LAURA HOBBS, THEN TERRY.
>> HELLO AGAIN. WE HAD GREAT RESPONSE WHEN WE WERE OUT DOING PETITIONING FOR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, AND MORE THAN 10,000 SHASTA COUNTY CITIZENS REALLY ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN AND THEY'RE EVEN MORE ANXIOUS TO VOTE ON IT, SO I'D URGE THIS BOARD TO SET THE ELECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET THIS THING DONE IN THE BAG.
PARENTHETICALLY, IT'S RICH THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING THIS A VERY ILLEGAL PETITION DRIVE BECAUSE OF THIS OR THAT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORTING PROP 50, WHICH IS, ON ITS FACE, ONE OF THE MOST UNCONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES TO BE FOISTED ON US. THANK YOU.
>> KATHY ULRICH, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, TERRY, THEN DAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN FRY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WAS ONE OF THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT COLLECTED SIGNATURES FOR THIS, AND WE GOT OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE
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EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF HAVING VOTER ID IN SHASTA COUNTY.WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BE SURE AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT SO THEY COULD VOTE FOR VOTER ID IN SHASTA COUNTY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU WILL PLEASE DO THAT FOR US. THANK YOU.
>> LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY TERRY, DAN, THEN BEVERLY HAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. THE MOST RECENT HUNTINGTON BEACH DECISION IS IRRELEVANT TO US, AND WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE DECIDED AT THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT LEVEL.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND CALIFORNIA STATE LAW AND ENACT THIS IMMEDIATELY, ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA ELECTION CODE 9118, OR PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN FEBRUARY.
WE NEED TO FIX OUR ELECTIONS NOW BEFORE THE PRIMARY, WHERE AN IMPORTANT ROV RACE WILL BE DECIDED.
IT'S ALSO EASIER TO TRANSITION DURING A SMALLER PRIMARY ELECTION.
THIS WILL GIVE THE OFFICE TIME TO CREATE NEW PROTOCOLS AND BE READY FOR THE BIGGER ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
KEVIN AND CHRIS, THEY CHEATED AGAINST YOU IN THE 2022 PRIMARY, BUT THEY DIDN'T CHEAT ENOUGH.
IF YOU WOULD REPLACE THE DOCUMENT VIEWER HERE, I COULD SHOW EVERYBODY THAT DATA, BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE YOU GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN? THE PRIMARY IS COMING UP.
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FAIR AND ACCURATE ELECTIONS.
JUST AS JAMES GALLAGHER SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, "REPRESENTATION IS AT THE HEART OF OUR GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACT," AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT WITHOUT A FAIR AND ACCURATE ELECTION, THERE IS NO REPRESENTATION, OUR GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSES.
VOTER ID IS OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR AT THE NATIONAL STATE, AND ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WHERE WE GOT OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES, SO I URGE YOU TO PUT THIS ON THE CALENDAR IMMEDIATELY.
THE FIRST AVAILABLE WOULD BE EITHER FEBRUARY 2 THROUGH FEBRUARY 17.
THE CITIZENS ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
>> TERRY, FOLLOWED BY DAN, BEVERLY HAN, THEN RICHARD DALEY.
WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW IN THE WORLD WE CAN SAY NO TO NOT PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT.
I'M NOT SAYING RIGHT OR WRONG, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE 10,000 PEOPLE WANT IT ON THERE.
IF THEY WANT IT ON THERE, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD DO IT.
WELL, WE MIGHT GET HIT BY A METEOR.
BUT AT THIS POINT, WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS DONE IS GIVEN US A ROW BOAT UP HERE, AND THEY TOOK AWAY THE HOLES, AND THEY PUT HOLES IN THE BOAT.
THERE IS NO REPRESENTATION IF THE VOTERS HERE WERE 69% NO ON PROP 50, AND IN ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES LIKE I STATED BEFORE.
THEN WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT THE STATE IS 63.9%.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION.
ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, GUARANTEES US OF A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD.
WE DON'T HAVE THEM BEING HEARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT OR YOU DON'T PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, BUT JANE JOFLIN SAID, "WHEN YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING, YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO LOSE." WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE? I MEAN, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THE STATE WOULD BE A PROBLEM, PROBABLY IT WILL BE.
MAYBE THEY MIGHT EVEN TRY TO TAKE OVER OUR ELECTIONS, MAYBE, BUT LET THEM TRY.
AT WHAT POINT DO WE STAND UP AND UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE? WE ALL SAY WE'RE THE PEOPLE, OR THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
OKAY, IF WE'RE WE THE PEOPLE, DO WE THE PEOPLE DID SPEAK, I MAY NOT LIKE IT, I MIGHT LIKE IT, BUT THEY SPOKE.
IF CARL DE MILES INITIATIVE PASSES, GREAT, BUT THEY MAY TRY TO SUBVERT THAT, TOO, SO AS A COUNTY, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO STAND UP. THANK YOU.
>> DAN, FOLLOWED BY BEVERLY HAN, RICHARD DALEY, THEN CASEY.
DAN, ARE YOU HERE? I'M NOT SEEING DAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN CRAY FOR PRETTY MUCH MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM PASSING BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW.
>> I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND.
>> OKAY. WELL, I'VE SHORTENED WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT, HOPING THAT THAT'S THE TRUTH OR THE WAY THAT IT TURNS OUT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT A PREVIOUS BOARD HAD SAID THAT SHASTA COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO HAND COUNT,
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AND OUR LEGISLATORS WROTE IN, "THAT'S ILLEGAL.WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?" TO SUPERVISOR PLUMBERS CONCERNS OR STATISTICS, THAT SORT OF THING WITH THE VOTING SAYING, "OH, WELL, A MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIA DID PASS THIS PROP 50," I WOULD SAY, "AS OUR ROV HAS TESTIFIED IN COURT AND IN FRONT OF OUR LEGISLATORS, FEDERALLY, ANY MACHINE CAN BE HACKED.
ANYTHING CAN BE CHANGED, THE PROGRAMMER CAN PROGRAM IT OR IT CAN BE HACKED." TO THAT, DID PROPOSITION 50 REALLY PASS? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS SAY, "YES, WE WANT TO VOTE THIS WAY." THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE BY PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT AS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT HAVE ASKED IT TO BE DONE. THANK YOU.
>> RICHARD DALEY, FOLLOWED BY CASEY, LINDA GLASS, THEN ANTONIA.
>> SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE VOTING SYSTEM, I'VE WORKED AS A POLL WORKER FOR THE LAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS, AND I HAVE TO SAY I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND EMBARRASSED AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE VOTING SYSTEM.
>> WE GOT TO STICK TO THE RESOLUTION.
>> I'M SORRY. MY NAME WAS IN THE QUEUE, SO I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
>> OKAY, THEN THE RESOLUTION IS?
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE BALLOT INITIATIVE GOING FORTH ON JUNE 2.
>> OKAY. THEN I'LL SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH VOTING THAT WE JUST DID NOW, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BAD TO TRY TO GET ALL THESE PEOPLE TO VOTE IN ONE DAY AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS THAT WERE SENT IN.
DO I HAVE THIS CORRECT? AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK? OKAY. BASED ON THE LOG JAM, THE BACKUP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WANTING TO VOTE, GETTING FRUSTRATED, HAVING TO WAIT TO CALL INTO THE CALL CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THEM A BALLOT, IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
OUR TEAM IS A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
THEY WORKED VERY WELL TO DISARM THE TENSION, THAT SORT OF THING, BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF ENERGY.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THAT MANY BALLOTS.
IF WE HAVE OUR MACHINES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, IT'S GOING TO GO A LOT SMOOTHER.
I DO NOT LIKE THE CURRENT VOTING METHOD THAT WE HAVE, AND TO SHORTEN IT TO ONE DAY WOULD BE A BIG, BIG MISTAKE.
>> CASEY, FOLLOWED BY LINDA GLASS AND TONIA, THEN NATHAN BLAZE.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS ONE OF THE PETITIONERS FOR THE LOCAL ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY REFORM INITIATIVE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE HEART OF AMERICA, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE.
FOR NEARLY SIX MONTHS THROUGH THE BLISTERING READING SUMMER, MORE THAN 50 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, NEIGHBORS, PARENTS, EVERYDAY SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS POURED COUNTLESS HOURS INTO GATHERING SIGNATURES.
WE STOOD IN THE SUN, TALKED TO THOUSANDS AND FOLLOWED EVERY LETTER OF THE LAW.
WE SUBMITTED OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES VERIFIED, VALID, AND SUFFICIENT BY THE REGISTER OF VOTERS.
THIS IS NOT PAPERWORK, THIS IS THE UNDENIABLE WILL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, DEMANDING COMMON SENSE REFORMS, VOTER IDS, SAME DAY VOTING, HAND-COUNTED BALLOTS, MEASURES THAT MAKE CHEATING HARDER, NOT EASIER.
YET, RUMORS PERSIST THAT THIS BOARD PLANS TO SQUASH ALL FOUR ENTIRELY, PERHAPS BY FOLLOWING ORANGE COUNTY'S PLAYBOOK OF LAWSUITS TO BLOCK ELECTION INTEGRITY.
THAT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 9310, WHICH MANDATES YOU EITHER ADOPT THIS MEASURE OR PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT.
AS A SHASTA COUNTY, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHAMPION THESE REFORMS AND RESTORE TRUST.
INSTEAD, IT APPEARS SOME HERE WOULD RATHER PARTNER WITH SACRAMENTO, ALIGNING WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S MACHINE THAT GERRYMANDERS DISTRICTS SILENCES RURAL VOICES AND ERODES FAIR REPRESENTATION.
YOUR JOB IS TO SERVE US, NOT THEM.
WHEN YOU OVERRIDE 10,000 CERTIFIED SIGNATURES, WHEN YOU IGNORE NATIONAL WARNINGS, INCLUDING FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S RIGGED SYSTEM, THE ONLY CONCLUSION IS CORRUPTION OR COWARDICE.
WHY ELSE WOULD ELECTED OFFICIALS FIGHT SO HARD AGAINST TRANSPARENCY?
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THIS IS YOUR MOMENT, HONOR THE CITIZENS YOU SERVE.PUT R4 ON THE JUNE 2026 BALLOT, ADOPTED OR SUPPORT IT THROUGH THE CHARTER.
>> LINDA GLASS, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, NATHAN BLAZE, AND LISA JENSEN.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON A SPIRIT OF FREEDOM.
THIS COUNTRY STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING.
MY RELATIVES CAME OVER ON A BOAT WITH NOTHING, BUILT UP BUSINESSES.
NOW WE HAVE 12 ENGINEERS IN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY OUT WEST.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS BOARD COULD NOT APPROVE OF ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.
VOTER ID IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE RIDICULOUS THINGS THAT YOU NEED A VOTER ID FOR, BUYING ALCOHOL, OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT, APPLYING FOR FOOD STAMPS, APPLYING FOR WELFARE, APPLYING FOR MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, RENTING AND BUYING A HOUSE, BUYING OR RENTING A CAR, FLYING ON AN AIRPLANE, GETTING MARRIED, PURCHASING A GUN, ADOPTING A PET.
ISN'T VOTING FOR OUR LEGISLATORS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ADOPTING A PET, APPLYING FOR A HUNTING LICENSE, RENTING A HOTEL ROOM, APPLYING FOR A FISHING LICENSE, BUYING A CELL PHONE, PICKING UP A PRESCRIPTION, VISITING A CASINO, HOLDING A PROTEST, DONATING BLOOD, PURCHASING MATURE RATED VIDEO GAMES, PURCHASING TOBACCO, APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
WELL, LET ME READ YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATORS HAVE USED.
GETTING CONTROL OF THE SCHOOLS AND USING THEM AS A TRANSMISSION BELT FOR SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM PROPAGANDA.
>> ANTONIA FOLLOWED BY NATHAN BLAZE, LISA JENSEN, THEN BRAD G. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WELL, I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT THE SIGNATURES THAT WE COLLECTED WERE VERY LEGAL.
YES, I WAS ONE OUT THERE COLLECTING SIGNATURES BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IT VERY MUCH.
YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE COULD GET THE SIGNATURES FOR THIS INITIATIVE.
WE CITIZENS AND DEDICATED PATRIOTS OF SHASTA COUNTY HAVE PROVED HOW THE MAJORITY OF SHASTA COUNTY WANT TO SEE THE VOTER ID PETITION ON THE BALLOT.
OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION, AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING.
I SPOKE TO AN ATTORNEY THAT CAME BY WHEN I WAS PETITIONING AND ASKED HIM TO SIGN THE VOTER ID PETITION.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN THE PETITION BECAUSE HE JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN.
I ASSURED HIM THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND WHEN IT DOES, HE COULD GIVE GLORY TO GOD, SO HE SIGNED.
PEOPLE WANT HOPE AND BELIEVE IN FAIR ELECTIONS.
THEY WANT TO BELIEVE YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO WERE VOTED IN TO SERVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND TO BE HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY.
YOU CAN CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN FEBRUARY.
FAIR AND ACCURATE ELECTIONS ARE THE PILLAR OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN FAIR ELECTIONS IN OUR REPRESENTATION FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS NATHAN BLAZE AND THEN LISA JENSEN.
>> THERE SURE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN RED SHIRTS ACTING LIKE VICTIMS TODAY.
BUT I WATCHED ONE OF THEM THAT CAUSED THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, JENNY BEING TAKEN OUT BY AN AMBULANCE, BECAUSE HE BROUGHT A SPECIFICALLY A FLASH CAMERA IN HERE TODAY WITH THE GOAL AND THE INTENT OF TAKING PHOTOS OF HER.
BEN CONFRONTED HIM ON AND ASKED HIM TO PLEASE NOT DO THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SHE'S BEING TAKEN OUT ON AMBULANCE.
I'M TELLING YOU WHY THAT HAPPENED.
>> SAVE IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
>> LISTEN, IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THOUGH, MAN.
JUST PLEASE, IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG.
JENNY CONFRONTED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO PLEASE NOT TAKE PHOTOS, AND HE SAID, NOPE, IT'S MY RIGHT AND TOOK ANOTHER FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY.
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HE DID THAT BECAUSE OF THE WOMAN WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY THAT STARTED THAT.>> YOU GOT TO STICK TO R4. SAVE IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
>> IT'S REAL, THERE'S AN AMBULANCE HERE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT FUCKING KILL US.
>> NEXT UP, LISA JENSEN, FOLLOWED BY BRAD G. [BACKGROUND]
>> HEY, LISTEN. PLEASE CAN WE BRING SOME ORDER BACK IN?
>> THE ORDER THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS THIS THIN VENEER UNDER WHICH I HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT FROM MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
CLINT CURTIS IS THE BOSS OF THE GUY THAT WAS SO PROUD ON FACEBOOK SAYING, WE GOT THIS, GUYS, AND THAT SAME GUY CRIMINALLY DOCKS ME. THAT'S RICH GALLARDO.
I DON'T SEE HIM HERE AND I WONDER WHY, MAYBE BECAUSE HE'S AVOIDING BEING CALLED AS A WITNESS IN MY CASE WHERE I WOULD CROSS EXAMINE HIM AND HE WOULD BECOME VERY MUCH INCRIMINATING HIMSELF, AND THEN HE WOULD ASK FOR AN ATTORNEY AND THEN HE WOULD SAY, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
THAT'S BEEN THE THING IS THEY PLAY DUMB.
ALL THESE PEOPLE WEARING THE RED SHIRTS, I'VE SEEN THEM SMUG, I'VE SEEN THEM SMILING, I'VE SEEN ONE OF THEM BACK THERE, HE THINKS HE'S SO SMART AND HE'S CALLING NATHAN, NO BRAINS, AND JUST CHUCKLING UNDER HIS BREATH.
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FOR YEARS NOW, AND I'VE SEEN IT, AND THEY'RE STILL CHUCKLING.
THEY STILL THINK IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST EVIL, SOULLESS PEOPLE, AND THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT CLINT CURTIS CORRECTLY CHECKED ALL THOSE VOTES.
I REALLY DOUBT IT BECAUSE THAT'S HIS NEW BABY EMPLOYEE.
WHEN MR. MCKENNY SHOWED UP TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A GUY THAT'S BAD NEWS, HE JUST GOT THE RUN AROUND.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU, AND THE REALITY IS THAT IF ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN AND ACTUALLY OPEN THEIR EYES AND LOOK ON FACEBOOK AND SEE THE SHITTY THINGS THESE PEOPLE DO, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN IT'S LIKE, PATRICK JONES OVER THERE, HE'S BEEN BEHIND ALL CRAP.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE TIE IT TO R4? PLEASE. I KNOW IT'S GOING IN AND OUT, BUT JUST KEEP IT TO R4.
>> THE CHUCKLE FS OVER THERE ARE JUST ALWAYS SO EXCITED TO JUST CLAP AROUND AND SAY, SHE GOT INTERRUPTED.
THE REALITY IS THAT ALL OF IT IS CONNECTED. ALL OF IT.
THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, THE LITTLE SMIRKS AND THE SMUG THINGS THAT THEY DO, THEY'RE JUST DOING THIS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR LITTLE WISHWASH BULLSHIT OF, WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN ELECTIONS.
WE GOT TO CONTROL ALL OF THIS.
THAT'S WHY CLINT CURTIS INSERTED ALL OF THEM AS A SOCIAL PROJECT.
IT'S RIDICULOUS. THE WORST PEOPLE THAT HATE ELECTIONS.
CHAIR, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> I SEE YOU HAVE A OFF RAMP HERE.
YOU COULD DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT IN JUNE.
YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE LEGALITY OF COLLECTING SIGNATURES ON A PETITION BEFORE WE'RE A CHARTER COUNTY.
YOU DIDN'T DO THE PAPERWORK TO MAKE US A CHARTER COUNTY AND THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE GATHERING SIGNATURES.
YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT OUT FIRST BECAUSE THE LEGAL COST TO THIS COUNTY IF THOSE WAS EVER TO BE PASSED BY THE VOTERS WOULD BE IN THE MILLIONS AND THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS.
IF YOU ARE A NUMBERS GUY WHICH YOU CLAIM TO BE, THEN YOU WILL DEFER THIS AND YOU WILL FIGHT THIS BATTLE NOW NOT TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT UNTIL WE DETERMINE THAT IT'S LEGAL.
AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD BE OUT GATHERING SIGNATURES FOR A CHARTER COUNTY THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP THIS.
YOU'VE GIVEN THIS ELECTION DENIER CRAP SO MUCH OXYGEN IN THIS COUNTY SINCE YOU BECAME SUPERVISOR.
IT'S COMING BACK TO BITE YOU BIG TIME.
YOU'VE WASTED MILLIONS ALREADY ON THIS.
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE HAPPY.
THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CLAIM FRAUD, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF OF FRAUD.
THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE LAWSUITS, THERE'S BEEN A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
THERE'S NO FRAUD, AND YET, YOU HERE YOU GO, WELL, LET'S PUT THIS ON THERE.
THIS VOTER ID THING, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY, 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE VOTE BY MAIL, THEY DON'T SHOW AN ID.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 10% THAT SHOW UP IN PERSON HAVE TO SHOW AN ID.
WOMEN GET DIVORCED, THEY GET MARRIED, THEIR ID DOES NOT MATCH THEIR REGISTRATION.
AGAIN, SUBSTITUTE MOTION, DEFER THIS UNTIL YOU GET A LEGAL OPINION ON WHETHER THIS WHOLE BALLOT THING WAS LEGAL.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.
I SUPER AGREE. WE'LL GET A LEGAL OPINION, COUNSEL LARMOR.
YOU READ THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN
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THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SINCE YOU READ THAT 20 MINUTES AGO?>> THE ONLY LEGAL MATTER FOR YOU TODAY IS THAT IT'S MINISTERIAL DUTY.
WHETHER THE ITEM IS LEGAL OR ILLEGAL WOULD BE IRRELEVANT.
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU WOULD NOT CARRY OUT YOUR MINISTERIAL DUTY WOULD BE TO FILE AN ACTION WITH THE COURT AND ASK FOR AN INJUNCTION.
>> MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT PRINTED FOR OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR MINISTERIAL DUTY IS IN THE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS HAVE RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CHARTER TIMING.
CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT AND WHETHER THAT AFFECTS OUR MANDATE UNDER STATE ELECTION LAW?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THE ELECTION?
THE CHARTER WASN'T ENACTED AT THE TIME IT WAS VOTED ON.
IT WAS ENACTED SEPTEMBER, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
DOES THAT AFFECT? A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THAT.
DOES THAT AFFECT IN ANY FASHION THE MANDATE, THE MINISTERIAL DUTY WE HAVE TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT ONCE VALID SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENCY?
>> THAT'S NOT A SIMPLE QUESTION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF IT BECAME AN ISSUE, WE WOULD DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSION.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO VOTE WHEN I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHARTER WAS A BAR.
>> AGAIN, EVEN IF IT WAS, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE MINISTERIAL DUTY.
WHETHER THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TODAY ARE ILLEGAL OR WHETHER IT'S ILLEGAL BASED ON THE CHARTER, THE MINISTERIAL DUTY IS TO PLACE THIS ON THE ELECTION BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION.
>> WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE TO MY LEFT.
MISS BLANKENSHIP, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN QUEUE.
[APPLAUSE] MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL GIVE IT A 30-60 SECONDS SO PEOPLE CAN CLEAR OUT.
CAN I EMBARRASS YOU FOR A SECOND, MISS BLANKENSHIP? WELL, NOT EMBARRASS YOU, BUT CAN I SAY A COUPLE WORDS?
>> THE ONE THING ABOUT MISS BLANKENSHIP AND HER ENTIRE STAFF, KRISTIN GOLDING SMITH, MIRANDA ANGEL, MARCY WINSTED, AND THEN, OF COURSE, MR. STEWART BUTEL WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THAT DEPARTMENT, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WE HAVE C2, WHICH IS ADOPT A PROCLAMATION, WHICH DESIGNATES NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND AS CALIFORNIA CLERK OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS' WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY.
I SPONSORED THIS, BUT YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT, AND YOUR TEAM WORKS TIRELESSLY.
I, FOR ONE, AM VERY THANKFUL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> WE HAVE 23 SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN TIME.
[PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME]
WE'LL START WITH DON DUCKETT FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, NELDA JOHNSON, THEN CHRISTIAN GARDNER.IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. DON, COME ON UP.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS NO MOTION.
CORKY IS JUST SAYING THAT IS A GOOD, YES, IT'S A UNANIMOUS VOTE. MISS DUCKETT, WELCOME.
>> MORNING BOARD. AFTER THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK, THIS BOARD PROMISED TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HATE.
MONTHS LATER, THAT RESOLUTION STILL HASN'T APPEARED ON ANY AGENDA.
MEANWHILE, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BECOME EVEN MORE DIVIDED.
WE'VE GOT THE FAR RIGHT MEGA LOYALISTS ON ONE SIDE, THE FAR LEFT ACTIVISTS ON THE OTHER, AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE MIDDLE.
I'M A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, BUT I'M MODERATE.
I COME HERE EVERY WEEK BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY.
I'M SORRY, COUNTY. FOR SPEAKING UP, I'VE HAD WINDOWS BROKEN OUT IN MY HOME.
I'VE BEEN SHOUTED AT IN PUBLIC, HARASSED ONLINE THROUGH FAKE ACCOUNTS, AND MY FAMILY'S BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO BEEN TARGETED.
I'VE BEEN CALLED A TRAITOR AND ACCUSED OF TREASON.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY FOR TREASON IS, AND MY ONLY CRIME HERE IS THAT I HAVE AN OPINION THAT DIFFERS FROM OTHERS.
WHEN THIS BOARD SAYS IT CONDEMNS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, I ASK THAT YOU PROVE IT STARTING RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM, THE SHOUTING, THE NAME CALLING, IT HAS TO BE STOPPED.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN
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ACTION WITHOUT SEEING ADULTS BEHAVE LIKE THIS.THIS HAS BECOME LIKE AN EPISODE OF THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW.
IT'S RIDICULOUS. CHAIRMAN CRAY LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH YOU.
I DID NOTICE THAT TODAY THAT YOU DID MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MODEL LEADERSHIP AND DECORUM IN YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR.
>> BUT LET'S START ENFORCING BASIC RULES FOR BOTH SIDES AND SHOW THAT SHASTA COUNTY STANDS FOR MORE THAN HATE HARASSMENT AND BAD BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, MISS BLANKENSHIP.
>> [INAUDIBLE] JUST IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENT ON OCTOBER 7, THE BOARD APPROVED A PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DAY, DESIGNATED IN OCTOBER 14 AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
>> I WASN'T TITLE WAS TITLED THAT. YOU BET.
>> NEXT UP, DORIS LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY NELDA JOHNSON, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN VICKI ONO.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> CAN WE ONLY GET TWO MINUTES?
>> WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 SPEAKERS.
>> JUST SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY JUST COMMITTED A FELONY, BUT ACTUALLY IN APPROVING THAT ELECTION, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER 9 IS WHEN CHARTER BECAME CHARTER.
YOU WERE NOT A CHARTER UNTIL THEN.
THEREFORE, THOSE SIGNATURES THAT GATHERED BEFORE BEFORE WE WERE CHARTERED, THEY AUCTION MISLEAD THE PEOPLE TO SIGN THOSE PETITIONS.
THEREFORE, YOU ACTUALLY ALL COMMITTED A FELONY. YOU'RE AWARE THAT.
I DID ASK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHER AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ALL VOTE.
NOBODY LOOKED AT THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOU ACTUALLY COMMITTED FELONIES.
YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE LAWS.
YOU GO AHEAD AND LAUGH, MR. KEVIN CRY.
BY THE WAY, I KNOW LESLIE SAWYER CAME UP HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND BASICALLY SAID, I WENT TO COURT TO SEE HER CASE.
WELL, IT'S JUST SO YOU KNOW FOR THE RECORD, LET'S FACE IT.
I WENT TO THAT COURTROOM TO MAKE SURE TO OBSERVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE COURTROOM BECAUSE TWO OF YOU A SUPERVISOR, SOMEBODY CAME TO YOU AND TOLD YOU THAT SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY THEIR CHILD, GRANDCHILD WAS GETTING MOLESTED.
THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE COURTS AND JUDGE GIBSON.
I ATTENDED THAT MEETING, THAT COURT HEARING TO MAKE SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BY END OF THE WHEN EVERYBODY WAS DONE, ACTUALLY, THAT JUDGE ASKED ME TO COME IN BACK OF THE CHAMBER TO TALK TO HIM ASKING ME WHY I WAS THERE.
I EXPLAINED TO HIM. THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE, NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO SPY ON LESLIE.
I DON'T WASTE MY TIME FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
I GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO, HELPING OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT VICTIMIZED BY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS.
>> NELDA JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER.
I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET QUEUED.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
HI, KEVIN, AND CHRIS AND ALL THE SUPERVISORS.
I'M SORRY YOU TAKE SUCH ABUSE.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, WHAT A TIME? WHAT A TIME. WE ARE IN AN AMAZING TIME TO BE ALIVE.
WE ARE ALMOST 250 YEARS IN THIS AMERICAN PROMISE.
WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW WHERE WE WERE ALL PRETTY MUCH ASLEEP WHEN IT CAME POLITICALLY.
WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER.
WHEN I SAY THAT, I SAY IT FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION.
WHEN OUR FOREFATHERS DECIDED TO CREATE THIS GREAT NATION AND TO CREATE THE CONSTITUTION, THEY WERE THINKING OF TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SO DIVIDED.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, AND WHAT I WAS COMING TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR HIRING CLINT CURTIS.
THERE'S A COMFORTABLE PLACE IF YOU'RE AN OBSERVER.
I QUIT MY OTHER JOB TO WORK THERE SO THAT I COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE THE BARS WERE RIDICULOUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE WEREN'T A CHARTER COUNTY WHEN WE VOTED FOR THAT A LONG TIME AGO, WHO DROPPED THE BALL.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT THE JUDGE DID IT DID NOT WANT TO HEAR THE CASE.
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JOANNE, THE PREVIOUS PERSON, ADMITTED SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE LAW.LET'S GET IT STRAIGHT. LET'S BE REAL.
>> CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY VICKI ONO, LESLIE, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, CPRAS, TWO OF THEM WERE FILED. ONE OF THEM.
I DID GET A RESPONSE BACK SAYING THEY'RE GATHERING INFORMATION.
THE CPRA WILL EITHER BE I'LL EITHER GET THE INFORMATION OR I WON'T, BUT I'M GIVING YOU THIRD NOTICE ON THIS.
ONE OF THEM IS, CLINT CURTIS PUBLICLY ADMITTED.
HE'S WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INDICT TYLER AND FRANCISCO.
IF HE'S WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THAT INFORMATION BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, WE NEED TO SEE IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED TO SEE IT UNLESS COUNTY COUNCIL SPECIFIES OTHERWISE, AND HE HAS NOT.
THE OTHER IS CLINT CURTIS HAS HIRED A SLEW OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ADVOCATED BREAKING THE LAW RIGHT HERE.
WHO HAVE PERSISTENTLY SAID, OUR ELECTIONS ARE RIGGED, THAT PATTY PLUMP SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHOSE ROV. IT'S RIGGED.
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S INFORMATION AS TO WHO WORKS FOR THE COUNTY.
I EXPECT TO GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY, I THINK JUDGE HANNAH SPECIFIED THAT COUNTY COUNCIL HAD TO PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT.
YOU HAD TO WRITE IT UP AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
HE WASN'T MAKING A RULE ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OR THE LEGALITY OF THAT INITIATIVE.
BUT I SURE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO SOME BIG TIME LITIGATION, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SECRETARY OF STATE IS AWARE OF THIS.
PARLANS OFFICE IS AWARE OF THIS.
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WE GO, FOLK.
>> THANK YOU. VICKI ONO, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN BRENDA WOODS.
>> WELL, IT'S ALMOST AFTERNOON.
IT'S STILL MORNING. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I HAVE A COMPASSIONATE HEART ABOUT THE MENTALLY ILL.
I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHEN YOU CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING AND DECIDED TO VOTE AGAINST ACCEPTING $200 MILLION FOR A GREAT NEED IN OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS SERVING THE MENTALLY ILL HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.
WE HAVE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MENTALLY ILL. EVERYBODY HAS EVERYWHERE HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE MENTALLY ILL.
MOST FAMILIES HAVE SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY WHO SUFFERS FROM SOME MENTAL ILLNESS.
MY COMMENTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WERE ABOUT COMPASSION, AND THE BIBLE CALLS US TO BE COMPASSIONATE FOR THE LEAST OF THESE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO TODAY IS I INVITED YOU GUYS TO COME TO A DINNER, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE PAPER INVITATIONS FOR ALL OF YOU TO COME TO A DINNER, WHICH IS HELD ONCE A MONTH FOR MENTAL ILL PEOPLE TO COME AND JUST BE INCLUDED.
IT'S CALLED INCLUSIVE MINISTRIES.
IT'S AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
PERHAPS IF YOU MET PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS AFFLICTION, YOU WOULD HAVE MORE COMPASSION FOR THEM AND YOU WOULDN'T VOTE AGAINST ACCEPTING $200 MILLION TO HELP US HAVE A FACILITY LOCALLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL LEAVE YOUR INVITATIONS FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.
>> IS LESLIE STILL HERE? LESLIE? NO. DAVID HALLIGAN.
BRENDA WOODS, ALSO NOT SEEING BRENDA.
AFTER JEFF, WE HAVE MARGARET CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY SHANNON, LARRY S, THEN BRENT TURNER.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEQUE.
LET ME COUNT THEM. I'M STILL HAVING A HARD TIME BELIEVING ACCEPTING THAT THE BOARD OPPOSED EVEN SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR THE TRUE NORTH PROJECT.
JUST TO NOT EVEN SUPPORT AN APPLICATION AND CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS AND WORK ON THE DETAILS OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
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BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT GOT ME INTO THIS LOCAL POLITICS IN THE FIRST PLACE.THAT WAS THE MILITIA MEMBERS THAT WERE SHOWING UP IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS, PARTICULARLY ZAPATA THAT SHOWED UP AND THREATENED BLOOD IN THE STREETS.
THAT GOT ME OUT OF MY CHAIR AND DOWN HERE TO VOICE AS A PATRIOT, HOW OFFENSIVE I FELT THAT TO BE.
I NOTICED THERE WAS A TIME NOT LONG AGO WHEN THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT JENNY DOING A SIT DOWN PROTEST, AND SOMEBODY CALLED THE BLACK SHIRTS, THE MILITIA.
THEY STOOD BACK UP AS IF IT WAS AN INTIMIDATION ARMY HERE TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE.
THEN, AS A NUMBER OF ELDER CITIZENS, LET'S SAY, PARENTS WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES, RETIRED FOLKS LIKE MYSELF, EDUCATORS, AND WHATNOT.
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE GATHERED OUT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD CHAMBERS TO PROTEST THE BOARD'S DECISION, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION OF ARCH COLLABORATIVE.
WHAT DID WE HAVE, BUT A NUMBER OF BLACK SHIRTS, JASKA COUNTY BLACK SHIRTS THERE TO INTIMIDATE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S CALLING THESE PEOPLE UP, WHETHER IT'S ANY OF YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING INTIMIDATE US.
IF THAT'S THE IDEA TO INTIMIDATE US, ALL IT DOES IS JUST STIMULATES OUR RESOLVE.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M A COURAGEOUS GUY.
I'M JUST SAYING IT STIMULATES MY RESOLVE TO GET OUT HERE AND EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE MORE YOU CALL THOSE PEOPLE, THE BETTER IT IS.
>> THANK YOU. MARGARET CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY SHANNON, LARRY S, BRENT TURNER, THEN JIM BURNETTE.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
I' SEE M. MARGARET. ARE YOU HERE? SHANNON. COME ON UP.
>> FRANKLY, I'M PRETTY UPSET THAT WE HAVE SPENT THIS ALMOST THIS ENTIRE BOARD MEETING TALKING ABOUT SPLITTING CALIFORNIA INTO TWO DIFFERENT STATES.
WHEN WE HAVE HUGE PROBLEMS WE COULD BE DEALING WITH HERE IN OUR COUNTY, HELPING PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY.
WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, ADDICTION PROBLEMS, HOUSING CRISIS.
PEOPLE ARE GOING UNFED BECAUSE THEIR SNAP BENEFITS HAVE BEEN CUT OR HAVED, AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING TO EAT.
I'M GOING TO LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS TO DONATE CLOTHING.
I'M ASKING MY FRIENDS TO HELP ME DONATE CLOTHING AND FOOD.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WELL, MR. PLUMER IS DOING SOMETHING, AT LEAST.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF YOU ARE DOING, BUT WE NEED THAT TRUE NORTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
I WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS ALL THE TIME.
WE OFTEN SPEND DAYS, DAYS DOING NOTHING FOR THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL WE'RE DOING IS HOLDING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN STAY SAFE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED WELL OUT OF THE AREA, WHEN WE COULD DO THEM HERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT SERVICE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE WILL BUILD JOBS.
IT'LL CREATE JOBS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'LL BRING HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM HERE.
FRANKLY, I'M REALLY TIRED OF THE ARGUMENT ABOUT CALIFORNIA SPLITTING.
IT'S BEEN TRIED 221 TIMES, SUPERVISOR LONG SAID, AND IT'S A WASTE OF TIME WHEN WE COULD BE SPENDING TIME, TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE HERE AND SPENDING MONEY, TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE HERE. THANK YOU.
>> CARY S, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, JIM BURNETTE, STEVE KAHN, THEN TERRY.
I HAD A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SAY ABOUT PROPOSITION 50.
IT WAS TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE SPLIT, BUT WHAT I HAD TO SAY REALLY DIDN'T APPLY.
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COUNTRY, A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER FELT REPRESENTED.
ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER, BACK AND FORTH.
I DON'T FEEL NECESSARILY REPRESENTED IN SHASTA COUNTY JUST BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL MAKEUP OF MAGA AND ALL THE REALLY LOUD VOICES THAT WE HAVE, AND EVEN I THINK THE BOARD IS PRETTY MUCH MEGA.
THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT ME, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
ONE COMMENT YOU MADE, MR. PLUMER WAS ABOUT PEOPLE GOING SO FAR AS TO VOTE FOR PROPOSITION 50.
THE REASON THEY WENT SO FAR IS BECAUSE IT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION THEY WERE VOTING ON.
SOMEBODY GOT UP THERE AND SAID THAT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, A FAR FROM IT.
WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE BEEN HERE WITH THE PROP 50 IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR TEXAS AND YOU KNOW THAT.
PEOPLE VOTED, AND THEY DID NOT VOTE TO GET RID OF THE INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION FOR A FEW YEARS.
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WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A PROPOSITION THAT YOU FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL REPRESENT YOU.MAYBE THE PENDULUM WILL SWING THE OTHER WAY SOMETIME.
BUT THAT'S A BEAUTY OF OUR REPUBLIC.
WE END UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO BETTER.
I WANT TO I APPRECIATE THE DECORUM THAT WE HAD HERE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW. THANK YOU.
>> BRENT TURNER, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETTE, STEVE KHAN, TERRY, DENLEY CLARK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BRIAN TURNER.
I'M YOUR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IN YOUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO READ SOMETHING NORMALLY I WING IT.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, I THOUGHT I SHOULD READ SOMETHING.
I JUST RECEIVED CONGRATULATIONS TO SHASTA COUNTY, AMONGST MANY OF THE CONGRATULATIONS I'VE RECEIVED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
ONE THAT TOUCHED MY HEART, PARTICULARLY, WAS BECAUSE THE SENDER WAS WITH THE MEDGAR EVERS FAMILY.
THE CONGRATULATIONS IS IN ORDER.
FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, FIRST TO THE VOTERS, THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN WHAT I REFERENCED AS A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT WHERE CLINT CURTIS' VISION OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL FACTIONS, WORKING SIDE BY SIDE FOR DEMOCRACY, CAME TO FRUITION.
AS WE KNOW, SHASTA COUNTY HAS HAD A REPUTATION FOR CONTROVERSY, NOT WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON IS WEARING A SHIRT OR NOT, BUT RATHER REAL CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE VOTES WERE BEING COUNTED PROPERLY.
HERE, THAT WAS BIG TROUBLE, BUT THAT BIG TROUBLE IS NOW OFFICIALLY OVER FOR THE MOMENT BECAUSE LAST NIGHT ON THE FOURTH, SHASTA COUNTY SET THE STANDARD FOR THE STATE, CERTAINLY.
WE'RE STILL RELEGATED TO USING PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE IN THE KERNEL OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OFTEN DISCUSSED HERE.
I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DISINFORMATION, BUT AT ITS CORE, WE STILL ARE RELEGATED TO USING PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE.
BUT UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES THAT CLINT CURTIS PUT INTO PLACE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND CREATED A NEXT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT IS NOVEL TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I THINK THAT THE ACTIVIST I'M HAPPEN TO BE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SIDE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, BUT WE COME TOGETHER ON THIS ONE POINT, THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> JIM BURNETT, FOLLOWED BY STEVE CONOR, TERRY LEE CLARK. YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.
>> NOT SEEING JIM BURNETT. STEVE CONOR.
COME ON UP. FOLLOWED BY TERRY LEE CLARK, THEN DAN.
>> WE COULD STOP YELLING OUT FOR THE CROWD. THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD, STAFF. THOSE THAT ARE LEFT.
[NOISE] CRYE, YOU JUST SAID AT THIS BOARD MEETING THAT THE REASON THAT THE JAIL DIDN'T GET BUILT IS BECAUSE ONLY RECENTLY, THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE LEVELS OF CAPACITY IN THE JAIL DUE TO RECENT LAWS? THAT'S PATENTLY UNTRUE.
YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AT ALL.
WE HAVE BEEN MANDATORILY RELEASING INMATES SINCE THE MID-90S, WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
ANYWAY, GETTING BACK TO THIS THING, ANOTHER THING, DON'T INTERRUPT ME.
THIS TRUE NORTH BEHAVIORAL CAMPUS.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE DISAPPROVAL FOR IT.
WERE BASICALLY DISCOUNTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT I SAW, PRETTY MUCH WAS DISCOUNTED WITHIN THE DISCUSSION HERE AT THE BOARD CHAMBERS.
YET THREE OF YOU STILL VOTED TO SUPPORT IT, WHICH WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
I CAN GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE, I GUESS.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU CRYE, WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE A GREATER NEED THAN JUST ABOUT ANYONE IN THE COUNTY.
AS YOU CAN TELL BY YOUR BEHAVIOR, YOUR CHILD LIFE BEHAVIOR RIGHT NOW AT THIS CHAMBERS.
I WAS GOING OVER THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THE BOARD SENT REGARDING TRUE NORTH.
THE FIRST POINT WAS THAT THE CAMPUS WOULD PROVIDE BED TYPES THAT ALREADY EXIST AND CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE CAPACITY.
THIS WAS COUNTERED BY MANY INDIVIDUALS AND MANY EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE HAD.
IT WAS ALSO COUNTERED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS WAS COUNTERED BY THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE NO.
YET YOU GUYS STILL SUPPORTED THIS THING, EVEN THOUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WAS SHOWN TO BE WRONG.
>> TERRY. [APPLAUSE] NOT SEEING TERRY. LEE CLARK.
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ROBERT, THEN JEFF CARL.>> SO MANY ISSUES, IT'S PRETTY HARD, NEXT IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE THEM ALL WITH THE COMPLEXITIES GOING ON.
THIS IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THIS PETITION THE GOVERNOR FOR REDRESS GRIEVANCE RIGHTS LAW.
NOT TO VENT, MON BITCH, REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, A JURY TRIAL AGREED.
THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE, EXTREMISM.
IF WE DON'T HAVE CORRECTIVE ACTION, REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES ON THE NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT ARE SNOWBALLING, THEN THE ALTERNATIVE IS "TREASON 18 USC, SECTION 23 "SHALL SUFFER DEATH." SOUTH THREAT. DR CHAMPS, PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
"WHILE ON A LONG TRAIN OF ABUSE, URGE PATIENTS, IT IS THEIR RIGHT.
IT IS THEIR DUTY TO THROW OUT SUCH GOVERNMENT." WHICH ONE AM I GOING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD FIRST? HOW ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO? FELONY BY DR MAGIC ON A PSYCH LEVEL FOR VSO? WYNE 35 YEARS FROM MY PEN, SHOULD BEING WRONGFULLY DENIED THAT'S SEPARATE CRIMES.
ANYWAYS, THIS PSYCHE VEAL THAT I FILLED OUT PAPERWORK WITH SAID ON THE PAPERWORK I WANT COPIES.
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT EQUAL PROTECTION LAWS THAT I'M BEING DENIED MY COPIES BY YOUR VSO, ETC., AND THEY'RE DOING CONCEALMENT CRIMES.
18 USC SECTION 4, 18USC SECTION 2302, CONCEALMENT OF FELONY CONCEALMENT OF TREASON.
I'M ENTITLED TO COPIES OF THE PAPERWORK I FILLED OUT EQUAL PROTECTION LAW WITH THAT QUACK DOCTOR.
BASED ON EQUAL OBJECTION LAWS. HOW ABOUT YOU BOARD? YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE CASMA CRIMES? THE SAME STATUTES I JUST REPEATED, ESPECIALLY YOUR FAKE LAWYER, BAR BRITISH CREDIT REGISTRY.
MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. BEING WRONGFULLY SUSPENDED BY DOV BECAUSE THE POLICY I HATE HAVE FOR SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER IS NOW THEY WANT 2,800.
BECAUSE DOV IS IGNORING THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT.
THAT TIES IN TO YOU BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO ARTICLE 1, IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS.
YOUR CONTRACT WITH MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE, YOUR CONTRACT WITH PUBLIC DEFENDERS, AS FAR AS THE STATE SPLIT, DON'T DO IT.
IT IS TREASON, GIVE THE ENEMY COVER.
WE'RE UNITED STATES OR AMERICA.
[BACKGROUND] YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO LEE, PLEASE SIT DOWN.
LEE, PLEASE SIT DOWN. [BACKGROUND]
>> TORTURE. I'M DOCTOR ATRESIA WITH YOU PEOPLE. THAT'S MY CHOICE.
>> LEE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
>> ROBERT, COME ON UP. FOLLOWED BY JEFF CARL.
NOT SEEING BENJAMIN NOWIN OR JENNY, FOLLOWED BY MARY RICKERT.
>> THAT SHERIFF RICKERT, HE COMMITTED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MY MOM. YEARS AGO.
LOOK AT MORE HUMAN PROTECTION, TALK IN THE JAIL ABOUT SELF SPEAKER.
>> THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING, LEE.
>> AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK, AND I'M GOING TO BORROW MY FRIEND DAWN'S SPEECH AND JUST ADD MY OWN EMBELLISHMENTS TO IT.
I FIRST WANT TO THANK ALSO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BRINGING REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ROV OFFICE.
I KNOW I SAW JOE AND DAVE THERE ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM FOR SOME TIME, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TURNER IN PRIVATE.
AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK, THIS BOARD PROMPTED BUYER LETTERS, PLEDGED TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HATE.
ALSO, I ASKED BOTH THE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL TO REAFFIRM THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREE SPEECH WITHOUT RETRIBUTION OR ATTACKS.
I ASSUME OTHERS BESIDES MYSELF WROTE IN TO REQUEST THIS.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I RECEIVED NO MEANINGFUL REPLY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING MY REQUEST.
ANYWAY, HERE WE ARE, AND ALL I WAS POINTED TO BY STAFF WAS A WIMPY, HAPPY CIVIL ENGAGEMENT DAY, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A PATHETIC BOX CHECK AND DOES NOT ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
MONTHS LATER, THE RESOLUTION AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND IN FAVOR AND SUPPORT OF FREE SPEECH HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY OR ENFORCEABLE FORM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA, IS IT? MEANWHILE, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BECOME EVEN MORE DEEPLY DIVIDED.
WE HAVE FURTHER RIGHT, SELF REFERENCED RADICAL INDIVIDUALISTS LIKE THE CRAY GANG AND HIS FOLLOWERS ON ONE SIDE.
FAR LEFT ACTIVISTS ON THE OTHER, PEOPLE LIKE MY FRIEND DON AND OTHERS WHO ARE MODERATE REPUBLICANS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE MORE IN THE CONSERVATIVE LINE.
FOR SPEAKING UP, I'VE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED, RESTRICTED AND DEFERRED AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
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I THOUGHT IT HAD THREE MINUTES, BUT I GUESS IT'S TWO.WHEN THE BOARD SAYS IT CONDEMNS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, I ASK THAT YOU PROVE IT, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE GAS LIGHTING YOUR DISSENTERS, BUT START HERE AND NOW IN THIS ROOM, THE SHOUTING NAME CALLING, BRUSQUE DISMISSAL OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND PRESENTERS SO RUDELY THAT IT FEELS LIKE A TRIBUNAL OF THE INQUISITION RATHER THAN [NOISE].
>> JESSICA, FOLLOWED BY MARY RICKERT. [NOISE]
>> I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND SUCH.
HAVING GROWN UP IN IN THIS COUNTY, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE DEMOCRATS AT LEAST HAD A FIGHTING CHANCE, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS WHEN THE MILLS WERE RUNNING AND UNIONS WERE STRONG.
BUT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE, I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY PRETTY FINE BEING IN THE POLITICAL MINORITY IN THIS COUNTY.
I SPENT THE DAY AS AN OBSERVER AT THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR FROM ABOUT 1:00 PM.
TILL THEY CLOSED UP AT MIDNIGHT.
I HAVE SOME COMPLIMENTS IN TERMS OF THE AFFABILITY AND THE FRIENDLINESS OF MR. CURTIS.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROCESSES, HOWEVER.
THIS WAS A FAIRLY SMALL SAMPLING FOR TROTTING OUT ALL OF THESE NEW ELECTION PROCEDURES AND SUCH.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT UPON YOU AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SCALE UP WHAT I WITNESSED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INITIATIVE THAT SAYS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE DAY VOTING.
MY ESTIMATE IS BASED ON WHAT I SAW IS THAT IT WILL TAKE THREE DAYS OR MORE FOR US TO GET RESULTS.
BECAUSE [NOISE] WHAT I WITNESSED IN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT THE OTHER DAY, I DO NOT BELIEVE IS SCALABLE IN ITS PRESENT ITERATION.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOMETHING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ELECTIONS THAT PEOPLE WILL FEEL ARE FAIR.
BECAUSE THE LONGER PEOPLE WAIT FOR A RESULT, THE MORE THEY FEEL THERE ARE SHENANIGANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH BECAUSE IT WILL COME HOME TO ROOST WITH YOU IN JUNE IF YOU DO NOT FIX IT NOW.
>> FAIR RICKER. CHAIR, THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.
IT'S BEEN ROUGHLY A YEAR SINCE WE AS A FORMER BOARD BROUGHT FORWARD OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS IN OUR COUNTY.
I BROUGHT FORTH A LONG LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PRIORITIES FOR THIS MONEY TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO SAVE LIVES.
WHERE ARE WE TODAY? YOU DID VOTE TO ALLOCATE SOME MELOXICAN TO AVAILABLE COUNTY SITES, AND YOU ASSIGNED A COBBLE TOGETHER GROUP TO BRING FORTH A PLAN AT THE TUNE OF OVER $4 MILLION.
I'M VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR OF THEIR PROGRESS AND WHAT IMPACTS THEY HAVE MADE WITH THEIR FUNDING.
I CAME HERE TODAY TO REMIND YOU THAT 2019-2024 IN SHASTA COUNTY, THERE WERE 190 FENTANYL DEATHS, METHAMPHETAMINE ACCOUNTED FOR 96 DEATHS AND HEROIN CLAIM 30 LIVES.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND LAST WEEK, YOU HAD TWO DEATHS IN THE SHASTA COUNTY JAIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE DRUG RELATED, BUT ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS FOLLOW THE BOOKINGS ON A DAILY BASIS AND SEE THAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTY.
WHY AREN'T WE DOING MORE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED WHILE THE COUNTY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE OPIOID DOLLARS FOR TREATMENT? THE HIGH IMPACT ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES LISTED IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE GUIDE, AND I'M PARAPHRASING.
ONE, PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FACILITIES, TWO CREATE NEW OR EXPANDED SUD TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THREE, ADDRESS NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IMPACTED BY SUD.
FOUR DIVERSION OF PEOPLE WITH SUD AND JUSTICE SYSTEM, INTERVENTION WITH YOUTH, SIX, PURCHASE OF NALOXONE.
YOU'VE TOUCHED ON NUMBER 5 AND NUMBER 6, BUT HAVEN'T ADDRESSED NUMBER 1 THROUGH FOUR AS PRIORITIES.
PEOPLE ARE WANDERING OUR STREETS, COMMITTING CRIMES, AND THEY'RE DYING.
YOU ARE FAILING FAMILIES ALL OVER SHASTA COUNTY.
>> WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. [OVERLAPPING]
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
>> THAT WAS QUICK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH NOTHING PULLED, CORRECT MISS BLANKENSHIP?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WHO MEANS A SECOND.
>> SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
>> WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [OVERLAPPING]
[CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]
>> CLOSED SESSION CHAIR. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS FOR EITHER ITEM.
[03:15:02]
WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 12:45.IT'S ESTIMATED FOR AN HOUR, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL ARMER?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT, CHAIR.
>> WE'LL JUST SAY WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 12:45.
RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION,
[REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS]
COUNCIL ARMER, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION?>> ITEMS R5 AND R6, WE'RE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
>> NOTHING HERE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
>> WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.