Feb 10, 2026 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

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ARE WE READY, STEPH? GOOD

[CALL TO ORDER]

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. BLANKENSHIP. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARDROOM 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 BOARDROOM IS ACCEPTABLE SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS. MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE, RECORD, OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT A 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. I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING TODAY'S AGENDA, AND THAT IS THAT ITEM C-5 REGARDING AN AGREEMENT WITH ALOHA PSYCHIATRY HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM MUST... TO SUBMIT A SEPARATE SPEAKER REQUEST FORM TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM BEGINS. AND WITH THAT, CHAIR, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BLANKENSHIP. OKAY, TODAY'S INVOCATION IS WITH PASTOR JOSH THOMASON FROM WESTSIDE CHURCH OF READING, AND AFTER THAT, WE WILL FOLLOW IT WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY SUPERVISOR HARMON. IF EVERYBODY WOULD, PLEASE STAND. LET'S PRAY.

GRACIOUS AND HOLY GOD, YOU ARE SEATED UPON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP. YOU ARE THE LORD, THAT IS YOUR NAME. YOU ARE THE HEAD OF ALL RULE AND ALL AUTHORITY, EVEN HEAD OF THE RULE AND AUTHORITY REPRESENTED HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY.

BUT YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD, MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I REJECT YOU FROM BEING A PRIEST TO ME. AND SINCE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I ALSO WILL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT THE KNOWLEDGE YOU SPEAK OF HERE IS THE REJECTED, FORGOTTEN KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HOLY LAW, YOUR LAW THAT REVEALS YOUR CHARACTER TO US, YOUR LAW THAT DECLARES WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT YOU REQUIRE OF US, YOUR LAW THAT REVEALS TO US OUR SHORTCOMINGS AND OUR DESPERATE NEED TO DAILY SEEK YOUR FACE FOR MERCY AND FOR HELP. HOW, O GOD, ARE WE TO REGAIN THAT KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE LOST? SO THAT YOU WILL NOT FORGET OUR CHILDREN, SO THAT WE, IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY, AND STATE, AND NATION UNDER GOD, MIGHT BE BLESSED AND NOT DESTROYED. YOUR ANSWER COMES TO US CLEARLY, IN THE WORDS OF KING SOLOMON. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY ONE IS INSIGHT.

FATHER, YOU HAVE URGED YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR WORD THAT SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND THANKSGIVINGS BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE, FOR KINGS AND ALL WHO ARE IN HIGH POSITIONS, THAT WE MAY LEAD A PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIFE, GODLY AND DIGNIFIED IN EVERY WAY. AND SO, IN OBEDIENCE TO THOSE WORDS, I NOW LIFT UP TO YOU. THESE LEADERS ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY, ASKING FOR YOU TO BLESS THEM WITH THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM, INTERCEDING FOR THOSE WHO WILL NOT ASK IT, THAT YOU MIGHT GRANT TO THEM THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND ALSO THANKING YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM IN RAISING THEM UP FOR YOUR GLORY AND YOUR KINDNESS IN RAISING THEM UP FOR OUR GOOD. I PRAY ALL THIS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PASTOR THOMPSON, AND THANK YOU,

[R1 Adopt a resolution which recognizes Jessica Stork, Social Worker, with the Health and Human Services Agency, as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for February 2026.]

THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, JESSICA, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE. 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,

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JESSICA UTILIZES HER EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB, AS WELL AS CRISIS DE-ESCALATION TRAINING, TO DIFFUSE...

DIFFICULT SITUATIONS TO ALLOW HER TO RESPOND TO FRUSTRATIONS, COMPLAINTS, OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS CALMLY AND EFFECTIVELY, WHILE MAINTAINING A SOLUTION-FOCUSED ATTITUDE.

JESSICA HAS A TRUE DESIRE TO HELP THE ELDERLY AND DEPENDENT ADULT POPULATION IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE PROMOTING ADVOCACY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR HER CLIENTS. THIS ADVOCACY ASSISTS CLIENTS IN REDUCING THEIR RELIANCE AND DEPENDENCY ON THE PROGRAM. JESSICA IDENTIFIES EMERGING CLIENT RISK EARLY AND TAKES PREVENT PREEMPTIVE STEPS TO PREVENT HARM. JESSICA ACTIVELY SEEKS TRAINING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW HER TO STAY CURRENT ON LAWS, ELDER ABUSE TRENDS, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. OPEN COMMUNICATION IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT WITH CLIENTS, BUT ALSO WITH COWORKERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. JESSICA TRAINS NEW STAFFS, FOSTERS MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG TEAM MEMBERS, AND PRESENTS AT LOCAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO TEACH OTHER AGENCIES ABOUT ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDE.

JESSICA EMPLOYS COMMUNITY RESOURCES WHILE ADHERING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES POLICY AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS STATE REGULATIONS.

WHEN ASSISTING CLIENTELE, CO-WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THEY ARE BEING HELPED TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITIES.

JESSICA SERVES AS A MENTOR AND GUIDE FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, MODELING BEST PRACTICES IN FIELD WORK, ETHICS, AND CLIENT ENGAGEMENT. JESSICA SETS THE TONE FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION AS AN EMPLOYEE WHO INTERACTS WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS HER CLIENTS. JESSICA CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATES LEADERSHIP THROUGH CALM DECISION-MAKING AND SUPPORT DURING CRISIS SITUATIONS.

EMBODYING THE MISSION OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, PROTECTING VULNERABLE ADULTS WHILE PROMOTING DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, AND JUSTICE.

FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE, THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS JESSICA STORK, SOCIAL WORKER OF THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, BE SELECTED AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2026. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT. JESSICA STORK, SOCIAL WORKER OF THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, IS HEREBY NAMED SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. FOR FEBRUARY 2026. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHRISTINA BLACK UP TO COME FORWARD WITH, MAKE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M CHRISTINA BLACK, THE DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AS WE'RE RECOGNIZING JESSICA STORK, SOCIAL WORKER WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AS THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2026. JESSICA STORK FIRST STARTED WITH SHASTA COUNTY ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AS AN ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORKER. PRIOR TO WORKING AS AN INVESTIGATIVE SOCIAL WORKER, JESSICA WORKED ALONGSIDE VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE FOR ONE SAFE PLACE.

TO SAY THAT JESSICA HAS AN EXTREMELY DEEP SENSE OF EMPATHY, GENEROSITY, AND IS OVERWHELMINGLY COMPASSIONATE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

NOT ONLY HAS JESSICA PROVEN TO BE A STALWART ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SHE IS TRULY A CHAMPION FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED POPULATIONS AS WELL.

THROUGHOUT HER CAREER WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, JESSICA HAS REGULARLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR HER CLIENTS. AS WELL FOR THE AGENCY. JESSICA NOT ONLY INVESTIGATES AND ASSESS, BUT CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATES FOR HER CLIENTS NEEDS. PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF JESSICA IS HER ABILITY TO REMAIN POSITIVE. SHE HAS INVESTIGATED HUNDREDS OF ELDERLY AND DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT CASES, AND SHE STILL MANAGES TO SEE THE SILVER LINING EACH DAY.

SHE MAINTAINS A VERY POSITIVE MINDSET AND IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL FOR THE BEST OUTCOME AND APPROACHES, EACH CASE WITH AN OPEN MIND AND ENDURING KINDNESS

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JESSICA HAS MADE A VERY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN MANY OF THE CLIENTS' LIVES, AS WELL AS HER TEAM MEMBERS.

BY BEING THE MOST GENEROUS, ADAPTABLE, KIND, AND EMPATHETIC SOCIAL WORKER TO WORK WITH IN APS, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. SHE HAS BEEN AN IMMOVABLE FORCE IN APS. HER POSITIVE AND ENERGETIC DISPOSITION BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST WITH CLIENTS WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL CONNECTION AND SUPPORT DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. SHE HAS AN ENGAGING APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING.

TO SAY THAT SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO STABILIZE CLIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED OR REQUIRED SUPPORT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS AMONG HER TOP STRENGTHS. WHILE IN THE FIELD, SHE PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATION PROCESS. SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO ENSURING SAFETY AND DIGNITY AT EVERY STEP. SHE LISTENS CAREFULLY. SHE COMMUNICATES CLEARLY. CLEARLY, AND SHE TREATS ALL PARTIES WITH RESPECT AND EMPATHY. HER FOLLOW-THROUGH IS CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE, SHOWING GENUINE DEDICATION TO ACHIEVING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE.

ALTHOUGH NAVIGATING ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES CAN BE STRESSFUL, HER CALM PRESENCE AND ADVOCACY MAKES FOR A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. JESSICA, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BRINGING FORTH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, A SILVER LINING, COMPASSION AND KINDNESS TO YOUR CLIENTS AND TO OUR TEAM. YOUR GENEROUS SPIRIT AND ABILITY TO COLLABORATE AND CARE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH YOUR WORK IS A GUIDING LIGHT THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK TO AND FOLLOW WHEN NEEDED.

CONGRATULATIONS, JESSICA.

THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. A MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK. I ASKED YOU THAT, YEAH. OKAY. SO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NOW, IF WE COULD BRING JESSICA UP, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, JESSICA? NO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

IT'S NOT MANDATORY.

BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK A FEW WORDS, IF YOU'D LIKE. AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER HAS SOME ITEMS FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE. AND NOW? THE AWARDS THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE IS A $30 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM, $20 DUTCHBORO GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATION, $35 REDDING PUBLIC MARKET GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHASTA COUNTY VETERANS AFFILIATED COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU? DO YOU WANT TO INVITE ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, JESSICA WARD-WELLWORTH.

[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.]

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DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, REPORTING. ON JANUARY 29TH, 2026, I WAS NOTIFIED BY CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER TRACY NEAL OF THE FOLLOWING. AB 109 OPERATION WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, DEPUTIES FROM THE SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH PROBATION OFFICERS GIBBS, HOLT, MONTGOMERY, AND DEVINE, PARTICIPATED IN A SEX OFFENDER COMPLIANCE OPERATION.

DURING THE SEARCH OF ONE OF THE DEFENDANT'S HOUSES, OFFICERS LOCATED PROHIBITED MATERIAL ON THE SUSPECT'S CELLULAR DEVICE. THEY ALSO LOCATED A HARD DRIVE AND SECURED A SAFE CONTAINING AN UNREGISTERED FIREARM. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OUR PROBATION DEPARTMENT, AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE WITH SURROUNDING AGENCIES. I'M ALSO PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE FILLED OUR ADMIN ANALYST POSITION THAT WILL SERVE AS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER.

WE'VE CONDUCTED A RECRUITMENT WITH SOME HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. WE'VE SELECTED MIRANDA ANGEL FROM OUR OFFICE TO PROMOTE THE INTO THAT POSITION. SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB AND HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE AN EXCELLENT ASSET TO OUR TEAM AND IN HER SHORT BUT IMPACTFUL TENURE IN OUR OFFICE, HER PROMOTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN APRIL, WHICH WILL ALLOW TIME TO BACKFILL HER POSITION AND EFFECTIVELY TRANSITION THE CLERK OF THE BOARD TEAM IN A WAY THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND WILL NOT CAUSE WORKLOAD IMBALANCE TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELLSTROM, AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU. ONE HAS BEEN THAT I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS, AND I'D SAY, LOOKED INTO TOPICS AROUND THE FINANCES OF THE COUNTY. AND SO A FEW OF THOSE HAD, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR MONTHS HERE AROUND OUR SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGET, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE TEAM ON THAT AND CEO RICKERT. AND THE PROJECTIONS AT THAT WE THAT I WAS SHOWN AT THE TIME DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING BETTER THAN WHAT WE SAW IN DECEMBER. AND SO THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE. THOUGH, WE HAVEN'T FULLY FACTORED IN THE IMPACTS OF HR1 AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL COST BURDEN TO THE COUNTY. BUT THE THE OTHER GOOD THING IS THAT THERE'S THE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN PROBABLY BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER, ALREADY STARTING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. IN TERMS OF SEEING THE BUDGET. RIGHT SIZING, I'LL SAY. AND SO THAT WAS A GOOD STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. ALSO, I HAD A MEETING WITH CEO RICKERT AND SUPERVISOR LONG AND COUNTY FIRE AROUND THEIR FUTURE BUDGET PROJECTIONS. AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE INTO THE FUTURE AND HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE COVERED. RIGHT NOW, THE ZOG FIRE SETTLEMENT FUNDS AS WELL AS... SOME OTHER GRANT FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO COVER THE FULL CONTRACT.

AND SO, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND AND PLAN OUT HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO COVER THE COST OF THAT. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND EACH QUARTER. WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE AREAS THAT OVERSEE, IN MOST CASES IN MY DISTRICT, THE DELIVERY OF WATER. TO CUSTOMERS. SO I HAVE ONE UP IN LAKEHEAD, ONE IN COSTELLA, AND ONE IN JONES VALLEY. AND SO ATTENDED MOST OF THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

AND THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION AROUND FINANCES, AND THAT FOR MOST OF THEM, THE RATES HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF BASICALLY MAINTAINING AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES. SO A NUMBER OF THEM ARE UNDERGOING RATE STUDIES RIGHT NOW, OR WILL BE WITHIN THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.

BUT THERE ALSO APPEAR TO BE SOME RIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO, IF WE CAN FIND GRANT DOLLARS TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY BEING USED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS, THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS THERE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO... I'M HOPING TO LOOK MORE INTO OVER THE COMING MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MANAGE. THE COUNTY ESSENTIALLY MANAGES THOSE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THERE, AND THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD THAT MAKES THE DECISIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF WATER THERE. SO A NUMBER OF THINGS AROUND THE FINANCES AND TRYING TO PLAN OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE UPSIDE DOWN IN THE FUTURE. ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OVER... THE PAST MONTHS IS THE WORK WITH THE SHERIFF ON THE CORRECTIONS AND

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AND SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF JUST STAY THE COURSE AND CONTINUE TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM. AND AND UH... YOU KNOW, UH... BUT AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS, UH... SOME OF THE UH...

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON HOMELESSNESS, THERE...

ON HOMELESSNESS, WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE VETERANS GROUP, AND THERE I, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO WHAT'S CALLED THE BY NAME LIST, WHICH IS THE LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS.

AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO, WE PUT TOGETHER A SET OF DATA AND THAT SHARES DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS, AND HOW MANY ARE EXITING EACH MONTH, HOW MANY ARE ENTERING HOMELESS EACH MONTH. I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE IT YET BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME DATA QUALITY THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT, BUT I HOPE TO, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, HAVE BETTER DATA ON THAT. AND ON THE DATA POINT, ALSO HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR HOSPITALS AROUND SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND THERE, THERE'S AN INTERESTING COMPONENT IN THAT. THEY MIGHT SERVE SOMEONE WHO IS IN ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC SITUATION, AND THEN THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THAT PERSON GOES ON TO TAKE THEIR LIFE OR SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS. AND SO TRYING TO THINK ABOUT, HOW DO WE, WHILE RESPECTING THE CONSTRAINTS OF HIPAA, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THERE'S FEEDBACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM? SO THAT THE THE RELEVANT PARTIES AND NO KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR ABLE TO MAKE SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THAT. SO I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU THE SUPERVISOR. PLUMBERS RATHER CRY. PICTURE UH... ATTENDED THE MAY HAVE DOUBT, UH...

MEETING. WE HAD A SLOW SELECTION OF ASSIGNMENTS AND COMMITTEES HAD A PRESENTATION FROM DOCTOR MERCEDES. SEPARATE A REPEAT, THE T UH... SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING. AT THE D.

R. C. GRADUATION. ATTENDED THAT, WHICH ARE KALLSTROM AND SUPERVISOR HARMON. THERE WAS 15 GRADUATES, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF GRADUATES I'VE SEEN AT THE DRC SINCE I'VE DONE THIS. I ATTENDED THE CITY OF REDDING'S SEMI, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, BUDGET HEARINGS. AND JUST TO RELAY WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER SAID, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT OUR FINANCES AREN'T JUST IN SHAMBLES AND A MESS LIKE THE CITY OF REDDING.

NOEL DESHORT, DAVE RICKERT, AND ALL THE STAFF THAT IS WORKING SO HARD, I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS. MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. I MET WITH MICHAEL ORLICKI, WHO'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF SCOE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

IN TERMS OF A PASS-THROUGH FROM THE STATE, FROM THE COUNTY, TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF EDUCATION, MAKING SURE MORE MONEY IS GOING TO STUDENTS AND NOT SO MUCH TO OVERHEAD AND ADMIN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, POSSIBLY THERE. I MET WITH THE SHERIFF AS WELL ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THAT. WHAT I MUMBLED WHEN YOU WERE TALKING WAS THE SENATE, BOTH SENATE OFFICE. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH SCHIFF'S OFFICE AND I'M WORKING WITH PADILLA'S, WHICH IS HARD, BUT WE'RE DOING IT. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE THERE. ALSO, THE SHERIFF AND I ARE DISCUSSING THE DHE PROGRAM. I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK IN JUNE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BUDGET. THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT, I THINK, IS CRITICAL, CRITICAL.

FOR OUR COUNTY, IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM YEARS AGO, AND THEN BASICALLY BECAUSE OF POLITICS, IT WAS TAKEN AWAY. AND I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT COME BACK BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DETERRENT. WHERE PEOPLE WILL JUST AVOID SHASTA COUNTY ENTIRELY IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING ILLICIT DRUGS OR ANYTHING ELSE THROUGH. HAD THE YOUTH OPTIONS MEETING. WE VOTED AS A BOARD, AND OF COURSE, THE MEDIA PROBABLY WON'T COVER IT, BUT THAT'S NOT SURPRISING.

BUT OUR BOARD VOTED TO PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

AGAINST A FORMER DIRECTOR FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT COVERED.

BECAUSE I THINK IN THE AGE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND PEOPLE STEALING MONEY FROM KIDS, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE VERY PUBLIC. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING REPORTED ON THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. I'M NOT LETTING IT GO, AND OUR BOARD FINALLY MOVED TO MEET THAT HEAD-ON. I MET WITH EVAN JONES AND DIESEL DONELLO. TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN CHARGE

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THEY HAD THAT FAITH NIGHT AT THE CIVIC CENTER, AND I'VE MET WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND AGAIN, WHEN I SPOKE, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO AT THAT EVENT AT UPREP WITH STEPHANIE BRIDGET AND HEATHER HADWICK AND OTHERS, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE'S POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS ARE. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT. THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND GET INVOLVED AT A YOUNG AGE. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE COLOR VERSUS ANOTHER OR A PARTY. IT'S JUST ABOUT, HEY, LIKE, BRING IDEAS TOGETHER AND LET'S WORK ON SOLUTIONS.

BECAUSE I TELL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE 40S AND 50S AND BE A GRANDPARENT AND ALL THIS STUFF.

AND IT STARTS WITH YOU GUYS OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANT, YOUR FUTURE TO BE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. WE HAD THE HEALTH CARE OR THE HEALTH COMMITTEE TEAM, DR. DANUKA, DR. NORM HALL, AND THEN WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER AT SIMPSON, JOSH BARKER. AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER, I THINK, STAFF MEMBERS FROM SIMPSON, THAT WENT BACK TO KENTUCKY, TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, AND THEY TOURED THAT HEALTH FACILITY. AND IF YOU YOU'RE ON FACEBOOK, MAYBE GO LOOK AT JOSH BARKER'S POST. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A PUBLIC POST OR I GOT TO SEE IT BECAUSE WE'RE FRIENDS, BUT HE GAVE A GREAT ARTICULATION OF THAT PROCESS.

AND WHAT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING TO ME IS THE NAYSAYERS AND THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY THE MEDICAL SCHOOL NEVER HAPPENED, IT'S A PIPE DREAM, YAK, WELL, GUESS WHAT? IT'S HAPPENING.

AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MONEY COMING. I BELIEVE IF JAMES GALLAGHER DOES GET ELECTED IN DISTRICT 1, WHICH WILL BE A DISTRICT 1 FOR A SHORT TIME, THERE IS MONEY WITH THE USDA IN THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE. AND WE'RE NOW SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO SAID NEVER, WHO ARE CHANGING THEIR TUNE, HAVE JUMPED ON BOARD AND ARE JUST BITING THEIR LIP AND DOING IT. WHETHER, I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR POLITICS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A MAJOR HEALTHCARE SHORTAGE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DRIVING THAT. BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING MORE PEOPLE GET ENGAGED. AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT CITY, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S LIKE 08,000 PEOPLE. AND NOW IT'S A MEDICAL HUB OF THAT ENTIRE REGION. AND IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY, MUCH SMALLER THAN REDDING. SO I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. LAST THING I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON QUICKLY IS I HAD A SHARC MEETING. AND I'M GOING TO ASK STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP. I'M JUST PUTTING THIS HERE ON RECORD, STEPHANIE. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT THE SHARC APPOINTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BOARD APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE LAST TWO YEARS AND CHAIR OF KELLSTROM THIS YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BOARD APPOINTMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S PICKED BY THE INDIVIDUAL. SO WHEN I APPOINTED MARY RICKARD THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND THEN, UH...

SUPERVISOR KELSTON POINTING, UH... ME THIS YEAR, UH...

WATCHING ON SORRY GOING BACK, PATRICK JONES PICKED MARY, THEN I PICKED MARY NIGHT PAST MAD. IF YOU WANTED TO SEE, YOU TOOK IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD FROM TWO DIFFERENT HHSA DIRECTORS WAS THAT, UH... WHY ARE WE IN THIS? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION. BECAUSE THE MEETING COINCIDED, THEY ALWAYS HAD A MEETING COINCIDING WITH THE STATE MEETING, SO OUR HHSA DIRECTOR HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND. THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST FRIDAY, IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS THE SECOND FRIDAY, SO IT CONFLICTED WITH HHSA. SO WHEN I GOT PUT ON THIS BOARD, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE, AND SAID, I'M GETTING US OUT OF THAT.

IT'S STUPID. WHY ARE WE EVEN PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET TO USE? IT'S LIKE HAVING A SUBSCRIPTION THAT YOU DON'T EVER GET TO READ THE PAPER OR WATCH THE VIDEOS. SO I TALKED TO BRANDON THORNOCK, AND THEN WHEN I FOUND OUT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BOARD APPOINTMENT. THEY ACTUALLY GET TO SELECT IT. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP SUPERVISOR PLUMMER THERE, AND I SAID, THAT'S GREAT. IF HE WANTS TO STAY, THAT'S GREAT. I'M NOT GOING TO STAY ON THE BOARD. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK TO BE ON IT BECAUSE THEY SAID I COULD GO BEFORE IT. AND I SAID, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING TWO OF US THERE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

BUT THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO GET ACCOMPLISHED WAS I WANTED THE MEETING MOVED, OR I WANTED US TO STOP PAYING FOR IT. SO THEY DID THAT BEFORE I EVEN GOT ON THE BOARD. BECAUSE I TOLD BRANDON THORNOCK, WHEN I GET ON THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO CUT THE FUNDING. OR YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE THE MEETING. AND THEY DID THAT. SO WHETHER IT WAS MY REASON OR WHATEVER HAPPENED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR HHSA DIRECTOR IS NOW INVOLVED WITH SHARC, WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND I'M THANKFUL TO BRANDON THORNOCK AND THE BOARD FOR MOVING THAT DIRECTION.

THAT'S MY EXTRA 37 SECONDS, SUPERVISOR CHAIR KALLSTROM.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CRYER. SUPERVISOR HARMON. GOOD MORNING. I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH A REPORT ON THE WOLVES. IT'S ESCALATING.

WE HAD A WOLF MEETING WITH THE... SHERIFF JOHN INGRAM, AG DEPARTMENT, FISH AND GAME. THE NEXT MEETING WE GOT COMING UP IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON 2-19. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A LIAISON FOR SHASTA COUNTY SO WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF THE DEPREDATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. I GOT A LITTLE REPORT FROM JOHN INGRAM THIS MORNING THAT SAID THAT OUR 19TH MEETING MIGHT GET PUT OFF BECAUSE TINA BARTLETT...

WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH, GOT IN AN ACCIDENT, A HORSE ACCIDENT. DANG THEM HORSES, RIGHT? AND THEN HE SAID

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DOUG LAMOFF AND HIS FAMILY.

WHAT AMAZING FAMILY AND WHAT AN AMAZING CAREER THAT HE DEDICATED TO US, THE PEOPLE. I MET WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SEAN EWING. WE'RE WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR COMMUNITY PLAN, SORRY, FOR PALISADRO. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL KEEP, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. EXCHANGE CLUB, WENT TO THE, GOT SOME EDUCATION, HAD A LUNCH IN THERE, WENT TO THE RED BLUFF BOWLING GELDING SALE.

THAT'S PRETTY... PRETTY MUCH AN ANNUAL BIGGEST SALE ON THE WEST COAST. CHAMBER, SHASTA COUNTY, HAD A, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, A SOFT OPENING FOR DIVINE RESTAURANT, WHICH USED TO BE WHERE O2? THE U-202.

U-202. THAT HATCH COVER BEFORE THAT. YEP, YEP. AND THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, I'M GIVING THEM A LITTLE PLUG.

KENNY ELWOOD OPENED THAT BACK UP, AND THERE'S A NEW RESTAURANT IN THERE. ALSO, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FUN REPORT. A YOUNG GAL IN PALISADRO QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD FINALS REIGNING CLASS IN TEXAS. SHE'S LEAVING NEXT WEEK, GOING DOWN. SHE'S BEEN TRAINING. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING HER.

HOOKED HER UP IN OUR ARENA OUT IN PALISADRO, AND THEN WE DID A FUNDRAISER FOR THE COMMUNITY, GOT TOGETHER. ANYWAY, THEY'RE LEAVING ON MONDAY, I BELIEVE, AND GOING DOWN, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT, SEE HOW SHE DOES DOWN THERE.

GREAT FAMILY, GREAT LITTLE YOUNG GAL. LUCIA IS HER NAME. HER PARENTS CALL HER LOU. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE REPORT ON THAT. WENT TO THE LAFCO MEETING, CITY CHAMBERS, THEN THE SACRAMENTO... VALLEY AIR BASIN BOARD MEETING WITH ROB STAHL. FOUND OUT I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WHEN I WALKED IN.

SOMEBODY FORGOT TO TELL ME I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, BUT THAT WAS FUN.

I THINK THAT'S FUNNY. I'M AN ALTERNATE. SO IF I DON'T SHOW UP, YOU'RE THERE. OKAY, NICE.

ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING IN BERNIE. LAST WEDNESDAY, THANK YOU TO REBECCA BAUER FOR HER HELP AND ALSO FOR NIGEL CAME UP AND IT WAS A GREAT MEETING WORKING ON, THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY BUILDINGS ON MAIN STREET AND BERNIE, AND WE'RE BRAINSTORMING AND GOING TO DO A TOUR OF ALL THE EMPTY BUILDINGS AT SOME POINT. AND TRYING TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BERNIE. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM. AND THEN ATTENDED THE LOGGING CONFERENCE. GREAT PROGRAM HERE, TOO. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMER.

SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE IN ATTENDANCE. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALLUDED TO IT. SO WE MET WITH CHIEF SEAN O'HARA, CAL FIRE, AND HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF... ALL VOLUNTEERS. SO WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I WON'T GO INTO THAT BECAUSE SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALREADY DID.

WE MET WITH, ON A SIDE NOTE, I MET WITH TROY BARTLEMAY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HIS ASSISTANT, JOHN HEATH, SEAN O'HARA, AGAIN FROM CAL FIRE, AND WE DISCUSSED INGRESS, EGRESS ON SOME OF OUR COUNTY ROADS AND HOW AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING BRUSH AND AND THE LIKE ALONG THE ROADWAYS? AND WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT THE

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THERE IS BUDGET IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET, BUT IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR ROAD CLEARANCE AND MAINTENANCE ALONG ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ROADWAYS. SO...

WE HAD A REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS IS THAT.

CHIEF O'HARA MENTIONED THAT.

CAL FIRE CREWS CAN BE PUT TOGETHER FOR ABOUT $400 A DAY.

AND THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD SUPPLY OF CAL FIRE INMATE CREWS THAT CAN ASSIST WITH THIS. AND $400 A DAY TO RUN A FULL CREW IS A PHENOMENAL PRICE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS... JOHN HEATH, THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH SEAN O'HARA TO TRY TO FACILITATE THAT. AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO TRAIN ALL THEIR CREWS, AND THAT TAKES KIND OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. SO THE CREWS ARE READY TO GO KIND OF IN APRIL, RIGHT BEFORE OUR FIRE SEASON.

SO IT'S A REALLY COOL POSSIBILITY, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT.

PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS BEYOND THAT 15-FOOT EASEMENT, AND HOW DO YOU GET THEIR COOPERATION TO START CUTTING UP INTO THERE, AND HOW DO THE FUNDING WORK? AND SO IT WAS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF INMATE WORK CREWS AND THE LIKE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPTION GOING FORWARD, I BELIEVE. I'M NOW ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE PSA 2 COMMISSION ON AGING. AND BASICALLY, THAT'S FIVE COUNTIES IN THE NORTH STATE. AND SO I MET WITH TERRY GABRIEL, AND WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, KIND OF INTRODUCTION TO THE BOARD, ITS FUNCTION, AND THEN POSSIBILITIES GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT I CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WHEN I JOIN THEM COMING UP SOON. LET'S SEE. WE HAD OUR... FIRST SUBCOMMITTEE, AND SO SO, BASICALLY, BY WAY OF REVIEW. WE DEVELOP FIVE MAIN GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING. AND EACH OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS NOW WILL WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THE GOALS. SO WE HAD A FIRST MEETING WITH, LED BY SEAN EWING, UH...

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER DIRECTOR. AND SO WE HAD A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIVE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES? ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE GOALS? WHAT ARE MANDATES THAT MAYBE WE ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET AND HAVE NOT MET UP TO DATE? SO STAY TUNED. AND SO BASICALLY, THE WAY THIS IS WORKING IS THAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I, BECAUSE WE WERE ON THE ORIGINAL AD HOC. TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIC VISION PLANNING, WE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON TWO COMMITTEES EACH. AND SO I'VE BEEN PUT ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF THE FIVE GOALS, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN PUT ON THE FIRE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE, SO WORKING TO REDUCE FIRE RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS AWESOMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND SO THAT WILL BE LED BY CHIEF O'HARA. AND SO I HAVE NOT HAD THE FIRST MEETING ON THAT. AND THEN SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, HE PICKED UP THE SHERIFF'S PROGRAM WITH THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY, EXPANSION AND THE MEDICAL.

ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT, INCLUDING THE DISCUSSIONS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THEN CEO.

RICKERT AND ERIN BERTAIN HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE LAST, WHICH IS THE LAST GOAL OF THE FIVE. WHICH IS INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PUBLIC SO THAT OUR PUBLIC IS MESSAGED PROPERLY AND THEY'RE STAYING IN THE LOOP AND INFORMED.

AND, UH... I THINK OUR NEW PIO, THAT MIRANDA ANGEL, WHO HAS JUST BEEN SELECTED THAT CEO RICKERT MENTIONED, SHE WILL BE, UH... INSTRUMENTAL IN PART OF THAT PROCESS, IN HER DUTIES AS A PIO OFFICER IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. THAT WILL BE HEADED UP BY CEO RICKERT AND MS. BERTAIN, AND THEN SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I WILL TAKE THE TWO EACH REMAINING OF THE FIVE GOALS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. OKAY, AFTER OUR LAST MEETING ON THE 21ST, I ATTENDED AN RCRC MEETING DOWN IN SACRAMENTO. AND SUPERVISOR HARMON, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT. ONE

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THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT, SO IT'S A PERMANENT REIMBURSEMENT FUND, SO IT'S FUNDED EVERY YEAR WITHOUT A FIGHT. AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A WOLF LIAISON OFFICER, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND SOME STATE FUNDING FOR THAT. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT HERE LOCALLY, AND IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME FINDING THE FUNDING FOR IT.

THAT SO, HOPEFULLY THE STATE THAT GAVE US THE WOLVES WILL GIVE US A WOLF LIAISON OFFICER, AT LEAST. ON THE 22ND, I HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE MANTON SOLAR FARM.

THAT DECISION WAS APPEALED AND IT'LL BE PROBABLY BROUGHT BACK TO THIS BOARD, SO I WON'T DISCUSS THAT ANYMORE. AND THEN THAT NIGHT, I WENT TO THE DAY REPORTING CENTER, AS WAS STATED EARLIER. IF ANY OF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ONE OF THESE, I MEAN, YOU REALLY SHOULD. IT'S VERY HEARTWARMING THIS, YOU HEAR THE STORIES, YOU SEE THE PEOPLE, THEY TELL, THEIR STORIES. JUDGE FLYNN HAS A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A STEP-UP PROGRAM IN THE DAY REPORTING CENTER.

THEY'RE ALL GREAT THINGS TO GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ANYONE MISS. FANTASTIC. A PRIVATE WAY FOR A MET WITH REBECCA BEAR WITH THE ADC. I'M JUST TO KEEP ME IN THE LOOP ON.

SOME THINGS ARE GOING ON AROUND HERE AND THEN I HAS, WAS STATED EARLIER ON THE 24TH AGO DOUBLE OFFICE FUNERAL IN CHICO. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO GRAVESIDE BECAUSE I HAD A COTTONWOOD CRAB FEED LATER ON THAT NIGHT THAT I HAD TO AUCTIONEER THE DESSERTS.

AND THEN WE HAD A ROBBER MEETING ON THE 26TH IN THE READING CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT DAY, I HAD COFFEE WITH THE COPS, WITH CHIEF OLIVER COLLINS AND ERIC HAYNES FROM ANDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THEN THE 28TH, WE HAD AN EDC LUNCHEON, AGAIN WITH REBECCA BAIRD, SO I WAS, AGAIN, PUT IN THE LOOP. 29TH, WE HAD AN EXCHANGE CLUB LUNCHEON WITH MARK BAIRD, WHO WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER. HE'S THE ONE THAT SUED BONTA FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT. SO HE GAVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT. THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. AND THEN LATER THAT AFTERNOON, I HAD A ZOOM MEETING AGAIN WITH RCRC.

AND THEN I DID ATTEND THE BOWLING GELDING SALE ON FRIDAY, THE 30TH. I DIDN'T GO WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON, BUT I ENDED UP SITTING WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON AND HIS SON, MARSHALL. AND THEN ON THE FIRST, I WAS AT THE ANDERSON SENIOR CENTER BREAKFAST. SHOUT OUT TO TRISH CLARK AGAIN. SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB DOWN THERE.

GREAT GAL, BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANDERSON FOREVER. AND THEN I BRIEFLY STOPPED BY.

ON THE 3RD, I BRIEFLY STOPPED BY A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR DOROTHY SARSFIELD. SHE TURNED 105, I BELIEVE, AND IT WAS AT CARLENE'S RESTAURANT, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE DROVE HERSELF TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. I WAS BEHIND HER. THERE'S NO RISK OF HER GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET, BUT SHE WAS A PRETTY DARN GOOD DRIVER FOR 105. IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND THEN I HAD A GENDER REVIEW ON THE 4TH. I DID GO TO THE LOGGING CONFERENCE BREAKFAST.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY. SUPERVISOR HARMON AND I BOTH HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE HAD A LAFCO MEETING LATER THAT MORNING. THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL NOT HOLD THE LAFCO FEBRUARY MEETING ON THAT SAME DAY. THE LOGGING CONFERENCE BREAKFAST IS VERY INTERESTING. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE HAD THE ACTUALLY, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WAS THERE AS THE GUEST SPEAKER, SO HE OVERSEES ALL THE NATIONAL FORESTS ACROSS THE WHOLE UNITED STATES. SO I WAS REALLY UPSET THAT I MISSED THAT. I CAME BACK TO THE LOGGING CONFERENCE LATER ON THAT AFTERNOON AFTER THE LAFCO MEETING, AND THEN I ATTENDED THE LOGGING CONFERENCE DINNER ON THE 6TH WITH SUPERVISOR. HARMON WAS THERE. AND THAT'S A GREAT EVENT, TOO. AND THEN I DID GO TO THE TURNING POINT USA EVENT, THE FAITH NIGHT, WHERE MY FRIEND JIM WADLEY WAS ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS THERE.

IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. AND GOOD TO SEE THESE YOUNG MEN GET ENGAGED. AND THEN, ON THE 8TH, I HAD THE LIONS CLUB BREAKFAST IN COTTONWOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY STUFF ABOUT ME GOING TO THESE BREAKFASTS. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS AT THAT BREAKFAST, I WAS SITTING WITH AN OLDER COUPLE, ACTUALLY, A WORLD WAR II VET, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.

HE'S NOT AS OLD AS MOST WORLD WAR II VETS, BUT HE WAS STATIONED OVER THERE IN 53, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE WE STILL OCCUPIED.

ANYHOW, WHILE I WAS THERE, I MUST HAVE HAD AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE COME UP TO ME, AND THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT... VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN COTTONWOOD AND SOMEBODY ELSE OVERHEARD SOMETHING. I SAID TO THEM. SO THEN THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT, AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAME OVER AND THEY WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING ELSE. AND A COUPLE BEEN IN MARYLAND THAT I WAS SITTING WITH. HE LOOKED AT ME, GOES, DO YOU EVER GET A WARM BREAKFAST? YOU EVER GET A WARM BREAKFAST? BUT THAT'S WHY I GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS, BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO GET ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC. AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE GROUND LEVEL AND SEE WHAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH.

[R3 Receive a presentation from the Shasta County Public Health Officer regarding key activities for 2025 and priorities for 2026 and consider providing direction to staff (Sponsored by Supervisor Plummer).]

GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM AND SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF MY ACTIVITIES AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER FOR SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY DUTY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER. I SERVE AS COUNTY MEDICAL AUTHORITY

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LEAD MEDICAL OVERSIGHT FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SUCH AS TUBERCULOSIS, STDS, IMMUNIZATION, AND OUTBREAK RESPONSE.

LIKE WE'RE HAVING WITH MEASLES CURRENTLY. THIS PRESENTATION WAS FORMULATED BEFORE THE MEASLES OUTBREAK.

ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, GUIDANCE, AND ALSO SERVE AS A LIAISON TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. I RECOMMEND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES AND BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCIES. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

IN TERMS OF MY 2025 ACCOMPLISHMENT, FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL, I HAVE FULFILLED THE CONTRACT WITH SHASTA COUNTY. BY TRANSFERRING MY PRIVATE PRACTICE AND DISSOLVED MYSELF FROM THE PRIVATE PRACTICE AS WELL. ALSO, I WAS RECERTIFIED AS A... MEDICAL FAMILY MEDICINE BOARD THROUGH AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE.

FROM A COUNTY LEVEL, I HAD DECLARED SHASTA COUNTY PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE CRISIS IN JUNE OF 2025 AND ALSO ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT.

FOR ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION, WHAT THAT IS FOR QUALIFIED DISABLED CHILDREN. WHO REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL INTERVENTION THERAPY, SUCH AS PHYSICAL THERAPY.

BEFORE WE ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE STATE HAS TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY, WHICH CAUSED, AS YOU KNOW, WITH STATE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN PROVIDING TREATMENT. WITH THIS AND OUR WONDERFUL STAFF, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED THERAPY FOR THESE DISABLED CHILDREN.

SINCE I DECLARED A PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE CRISIS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, THIS IS JUST A SELECTED UPDATE ON OUR RECRUITING PROCESS FOR SHASTA COUNTY. THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE. FORTUNATELY, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND SHASTA HEALTH CENTER. HAVE PROVIDED SOME OF THE DATA.

SO, STARTING WITH MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, IN YEAR 2025, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT MEDICAL PROVIDERS TOTAL OF 49.

THIS IS IN OUR REGION. OUR REGION COMPRISED OF TEHAMA COUNTY, SHASTA COUNTY AND SISKIYOU COUNTY AS WELL.

OF THOSE 49 MEDICAL PROVIDERS, PHYSICIANS WERE 34, ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS. THESE ARE THE NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIANS. THE CITIZENS WERE 15. IN TERMS OF REGION-WISE, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER HERE IN READING, WE HAD 38 PROVIDERS.

AND SO 27 OF THE 38 LOCAL PROVIDERS WERE PHYSICIANS. 11 WERE NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. FOR ST.

ELIZABETH RED BLUFF. NINE TOTAL PROVIDERS, SIX WERE PHYSICIANS, AND FOR MERCY, MOUNT SHASTA, TWO TOTAL PROVIDERS, AND ONE IS PHYSICIANS.

IN ADDITION TO RECRUITING NEW PROVIDERS INTO OUR COUNTY, MERCY WAS ALSO ABLE TO RETAIN EIGHT PROVIDERS.

OTHERWISE MAY HAVE LEFT OUR AREA. THEY ALSO HELPED FACILITATE FOUR RESIDENTS TO STAY IN OUR COUNTY. I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. AND AS OF END OF JANUARY, THEY ALREADY HAVE 16 PROVIDERS COMMITTED TO START IN YEAR 2026. FOR SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT SIX PHYSICIANS.

THREE ARE IN PRIMARY CARE AND THREE ARE IN SPECIALTY CARE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE ALSO FOUR DEPARTURES TO OUR NURSE PRACTITIONERS, TWO SPECIALTY CARE PHYSICIANS.

FOR SEHC, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT A TOTAL OF 27 PROVIDERS. SIX WERE PHYSICIANS.

THESE ARE FAMILY MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC, AND OBSTETRICS.

NON-PHYSICIANS WERE 21.

NON-PHYSICIANS COMPRISED OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, DENTISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPIES, AND OTHERS AS WELL. THEY DID LOSE 15 PROVIDERS. HOWEVER, THREE REMAINED IN SHASTA COUNTY. AND FOR 2026 PIPELINE, THEY HAD... THEY HAVE NINE, EITHER COMMITTED OR IN RECRUITMENT. BY THE WAY, THIS DEPARTURE STATISTICS ARE EXCLUDING THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING EACH YEAR.

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THEY GRADUATED FOUR DOCTORS.

TWO ARE STAYING IN OUR AREA.

AND FOR MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, THEY USUALLY GRADUATE SIX DOCTORS, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE FIVE THIS PAST YEAR, AND TWO ARE STAYING. SO COMBINING THOSE TWO, THAT'S NEARLY 50%. AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER. IF WE COULD RETAIN 50% OF OUR GRADUATING RESIDENTS, I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN BETTER SHAPE. THE NEARLY 50% RATE IS NOT AS GOOD AS WHEN I GRADUATED IN 1992.

WE HAVE FIVE OUT OF SIX PHYSICIANS STAYED IN OUR AREA. FOR SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, IT IS AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PROGRAM.

IN 2025 IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE. THE RESIDENTS. THIS IS A VERY YOUNG PROGRAM AND UNFORTUNATELY, ZERO. STATE AND OUR COUNTY.

THAT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL BECAUSE A LOT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS, AS THEY GRADUATE, THEY GO ON TO SPECIALTY MEDICINE. THEY MAY BE TRAINED IN THE FUTURE FOR NEUROLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, GI PHYSICIANS, AND CARDIOLOGY AS WELL, A LOT OF THESE SPECIALTIES THAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PROVIDED THIS DATA FOR ME TO PRESENT. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS, BUT THERE ARE BAD NEWS. THE SMALLER CLINICS AND OUTLYING CLINICS, THEY ARE NET NEGATIVE IN TERMS OF RECRUITING. THAT INCLUDES THE PRIVATE PHYSICIAN OFFICES AS WELL. AND FOR MY PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR, I CONTINUE TO BE... CONTINUE MY DUTY AS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS. THERE ARE MINOR PROJECTS THAT I'M WORKING ON, BUT ONE MAIN PROJECT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER NEWSLETTER. THE AUDIENCE ARE MAINLY FOR PHYSICIANS, MID-LEVEL PROVIDERS, CLINICS, AND HOSPITAL, AND IN THE FUTURE EXPAND TO OTHER HEALTH-RELATED GROUPS.

THE FOCUS IS FOR COMMUNICATION, DISEASE UPDATES, LOCAL DATA, AND TRENDS. TYPE OF LOCALLY RELEVANT TOPICS WILL BE DISCUSSED. AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND RELATE PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED TOPICS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE UP HERE AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. OKAY, THANK YOU, DR.

MOON. STAY CLOSE BY.

BEFORE I GET TO YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG, MS. BRIDGET, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, MS. BLANKENSHIP.

PROMOTION, I THINK. SO FOR THIS ITEM, WE DO HAVE ONE.

OH, SORRY, IT JUST UPDATED. WE HAVE THREE. THREE, OKAY.

SUPERVISOR LONG, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? OKAY. OKAY, FIRST UP, STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS R3, THE PRESENTATION BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER. MORNING, BOARD, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IN THE OPENING OF HIS PRESENTATION ON THE FIRST OR SECOND PAGE, IT STATED THAT ACTUALLY IT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE ON VACCINES. AND HE HAD STATED PRIOR THAT HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WAS HIS POSITION TO ADVISE ON VACCINES. IT MOST DEFINITELY IS. IN FACT, SHASTA COUNTY HAS EIGHT RELATED CASES OF MEASLES RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, THAT'S ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THE ENTIRE STATE HAS.

AND THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE VERY HIGH POPULATED COUNTIES. L.A.

COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, AND SAN BERNARDINO. THEN THERE'S SHASTA COUNTY THAT HAS HALF, HAS EIGHT OUT OF 17. OKAY.

CLEARLY, WHEN THE SITUATION WAS KNOWN TO BE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME TO ADVISE FOR VACCINES, AND HE DID NOT DO THAT. SO I THINK HE WAS NEGLIGENT IN THAT. SO I HAD... DR.

DANUKA HAD GONE TO U PIKE UNIVERSITY AND LOOKING AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL ASPECTS, AND THIS PRESENTATION ACTUALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

WHAT WE NEED IS TO RETAIN THE

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN ORDER TO DO THOSE RESIDENCIES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. THAT WOULD BE DONE BY RETAINING THESE PHYSICIANS, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SUBJECT THAT HE WAS DISCUSSING. WHY ARE THEY LEAVING, AND WHAT COULD WE DO TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY IN THE AREA? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED TO GET US MORE DOCTORS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, MR. CRY, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING RAPIDLY. GODSPEED TO YOU ON YOUR RECOVERY. I WANT TO SPEAK ON DR. MU'S PRESENTATION, THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, LEAD, MEDICAL OVERSIGHT, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL, IMMUNIZATIONS, AND OUTBREAK RESPONSE. I'M KIND OF SHOCKED THAT DR. MU JUST GOT UP HERE AND SAID, WELL, MY PRESENTATION WAS DONE AND COMPLETED. THE FIRST OUTBREAK WAS BETWEEN THE 23RD AND 28TH, I WOULD ASSUME. THE FIRST NEWS RELEASE WENT OUT PROBABLY AROUND FEBRUARY 1ST.

TIME TO UPDATE THIS COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MEASLES. LET'S UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEASLES CASE IN OUR COUNTY IN 2020, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

NONE. THE LAST REPORTED ONE WAS 2019. I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AND COME BACK UP HERE, DR. MOO, AND MAYBE GIVE US AN UPDATE. THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST MEASLES IS TO GET THE MEASLES MUBS. AND RUBELLA VACCINE. MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED WITH THE MMR WILL BE PROTECTED FOR LIFE. VACCINES AND HIGH RATES OF VACCINATION HAVE MADE THESE DISEASES MUCH MORE LESS COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES.

DR. MU, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR AT THE BOS MEETING OUT AT SHASTA LAKE, MR. CRY ASKED YOU TO PRESENT THE PITFALLS OF TAKING THE COVID VACCINE. I SPOKE AFTER YOU AND I...

TALKED ABOUT THE POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF TAKING THAT VACCINE. I ALSO SUGGESTED TO YOU, SIR, THAT YOU DO A PRESENTATION ON MEASLES. I STILL, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE EVER HEARD THAT.

YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY SAY TWO DOSES FOR CHILDREN. THE FIRST DOSE IS SUPPOSED TO COME BETWEEN THE 12TH AND 15TH MONTH. WE KNOW THE SECOND ONE HAS TO COME BEFORE THEY ENTER SCHOOL.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT TO GET INTO SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE. THERE'S NO PERSONAL BELIEF EXEMPTIONS. THERE'S NO MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS. YOU HAVE TO COMPLY, OKAY? SO, DR. MOO, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ME IS THAT UNDERAGE GROUP, UNDER FIVE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL, THAT AREN'T MAYBE VACCINATED AT ALL. WERE THEY AT SOME OF THESE SITES? WERE THEY AT THE COSTCO? WERE THEY AT THE BASKETBALL GAME? WERE THEY AT THE NINJA PLACE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT JUST SPEAKING ON THAT AND MAYBE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, IF IT SAVES ONE LIFE.

YOU HAVE DONE YOUR JOB, SIR.

SO GIVE US CURRENT UPDATES, PLEASE. DOLORES LUCERO. AND, CHAIR, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. MR. MOO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT MEANING, LIKE. PLEASE ADDRESS THE BOARD. I UNDERSTAND. DON'T TRY TO DICTATE ME, OKAY? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT YOU AS A PERSON, I UNDERSTAND, I RESPECT YOU AS A PERSON.

BUT WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES, WHEN YOU MISQUOTE THE LAW, WHEN YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB.

TO COME HERE TO THE PUBLIC AND INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT KEVIN CRY ACTUALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE HE WAS EXPOSED TO THE MEASLES. HE SITS THERE, GRINNING, THINKING, IT'S FUNNY.

YOU WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO THE MEASLES? HERE YOU TALK ABOUT MEDICAL AND HEALTH AND EVERYTHING. HE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE. HIS BUSINESS DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING ON THE DOOR SAYING THAT THERE'S A MEASLES, HIS BUSINESS BEEN EXPOSED BY THE MEASLES. THERE'S NOTHING ON HIS DOOR. AND WHY IS IT BEING SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET? WHY ISN'T IT OUT THERE ANYMORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN? KEVIN KRANTZ SITS THERE, LIKE, HE'S THINKING, IT'S FUNNY. YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY

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AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, HIS LICENSE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE PUSHING FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL WHEN YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON CRIMINALS. THE JAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR FIRST PRIORITY.

AND JUST BECAUSE EVERYBODY JUMPS ON ONE THING. WE NEED TO STICK TO R3. IT IS R3. THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY DR. MOO.

CHRIS, YOU ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ON NOTICE. DID THE CEO TELL YOU THAT I ACTUALLY COMPLAINED ABOUT YOU? OKAY, R3. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STICK TO R3, WE WON'T CUT HER, MIKE. WELL, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR. DR. MU, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE ALL THE UPDATES. I HAD JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT OF THE 49 MEDICAL PERSONNEL THAT YOU WERE RECRUITING, 34 WERE PHYSICIANS.

I THINK THAT WAS THE NUMBERS. I DON'T HAVE THAT HANDY, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? WITH TWO AND A HALF, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT HAD HELPED RECRUITING THOSE PHYSICIANS.

MAJORITY OF THOSE PHYSICIANS ARE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED, SUCH AS ORTHOPEDIC, ANESTHESIOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE. THERE ARE FEW COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS IN PRIMARY CARE. OKAY, AND IS THAT OUTSIDE THE NORM OF RECRUITMENT LIST LAST YEAR, OR IS THAT AN INCREASE DECREASE ABOUT THE SAME AS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN? I DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

OKAY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A TREND IN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT TO HELP RECRUIT MORE PHYSICIANS, BECAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE PHYSICIANS HERE. YOU ARE CORRECT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I GATHERED THIS DATA, AND I WILL BE CONTINUING TO COLLECT THESE DATA ONGOING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO WE COULD HAVE A—THIS IS A BASELINE WE COULD COMPARE TO THE FUTURE.

I COULD GO BACK AND ASK FOR PREVIOUS YEARS' DATA AS WELL.

OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE'RE STARTING TO DO THINGS RIGHT THAT ARE— HELPING OUR SITUATION, OR WHETHER IT'S WE'RE KIND OF TREADING WATER. THEY'RE TRYING THEIR BEST. OKAY.

IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH, PERFECT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS GOING TO BE, AND A SPEAKER JUST MENTIONED THIS, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN AGENDIZED PORTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE MEDIA ON THE MEASLES SITUATION? JUST SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT SHOULD PEOPLE BE CONCERNED? IS IT CONTAINED? IS IT? QUARANTINE, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? I DO HAVE SOME UPDATE AND THE UPDATES ARE PROVIDED AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

ORIGINALLY, HOW FAR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK ON? WELL, JUST THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH EIGHT INDIVIDUALS. AND I THINK THE PUBLIC JUST DESERVES TO KNOW WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE WORRIED OR NOT. SO WE HAVE ONE CONFIRMED CASE.

AT THE END OF JANUARY. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE EIGHT CONFIRMED, TOTAL OF EIGHT CONFIRMED CASES.

THESE CASES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING BECAUSE THESE ARE CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE NEIGHBORS. SO, WITH THIS EXPANSION OF CONFIRMED NUMBERS, DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AT THE CURRENT MOMENT. THOSE LOCATIONS AND TIMEFRAMES ARE STILL THE SAME. NOW, UNTIL WE HAVE... ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED CASES THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE NEIGHBOR, THEN WE WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

THANK YOU, DR. MU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. THIS KIND OF BUILDS ON ONE OF SUPERVISOR LONG'S QUESTIONS, WHICH. I THINK THE DATA THAT

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IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU PLAN TO KIND OF DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, OR IS THAT YOUR INTENT, OR IS THAT AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING? THAT'S MY INTENT AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF OUR COUNTY'S RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. GREAT. ADDITIONAL THOUGHT I HAD RELATED TO THAT IN TERMS OF FILLING OUT SOME OF THE QUALITATIVE DETAILS IS. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS ARE ALREADY DOING EXIT INTERVIEWS OR THAT TYPE OF THING WHEN A PHYSICIAN LEAVES.

IF NOT, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WELL, IF THEY ARE, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN, IN AN ANONYMIZED WAY, GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO TRACK.

NOT ONLY WHO'S COMING AND GOING, BUT WHY. AND IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT, IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE COUNTY TO PLAY? IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ENGAGE THESE AND GET KIND OF A SHARED DATABASE OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHY PHYSICIANS ARE COMING AND GOING? SO JUST AN IDEA, YEAH.

SOMETIMES THEY DO EXIT INTERVIEWS AND FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE CAUSES.

IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, WHY ARE THEY NOT STAYING? ONE, THE TOP. TOP REASON IS THEY ARE NOT FROM HERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN OUR AREA. AND THEY GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY HAVING A LOCAL MEDICAL SCHOOL HELP US SO MUCH IS THAT WE COULD HAVE LOCAL TALENTED, YOUNG STUDENTS GO TO OUR LOCAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND HOPEFULLY LOCAL RESIDENCY, OR EVEN IF THEY GO OUT TO RESIDENCY THAT WE DON'T HAVE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO COME BACK. GREAT. AND THEN I NOTICED, AND I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE SEEING YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU COLLECTED THIS INFORMATION.

YOU DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. DO YOU HAVE KIND OF A FORMAL? ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDICAL SCHOOL CONSORTIUM, OR WHAT IT KIND OF, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, SHARC HAS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I GUESS I'M ASKING, ARE YOU FORMALLY ENGAGED IN EITHER OF THOSE? BECAUSE IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE BOTH.

IN TERMS OF YOUR ROLE AS A LIAISON TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE AN MD, I ASSUME YOURSELF, THAT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO BE MORE FORMALLY ENGAGED WITH THOSE EFFORTS IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY. I AM NOT ENGAGED DIRECTLY. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, BUT IN TERMS OF YOU BEING PART OF THE CONSORTIUM, IN TERMS OF BEING THAT LIAISON TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, BUT JUST READING THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH, IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT YOU WOULD BE PART OF THAT. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY TO IMPROVE OUR PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE CRISIS.

IF THAT MEANS I GET INVOLVED WITH MEDICAL SCHOOL, I WOULD BE, IF INVITED. OKAY. AND THEN I SAW ONE OF THE OTHER KIND OF ROLES YOU SAID ON HERE WAS COMMUNICATING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS TO THE PUBLIC. I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES THERE IN TERMS OF ONGOING WORK. I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS EFFORTS, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR A COMMUNITY. A HEALTH ASSESSMENT THAT ARE UPCOMING THAT WE CAN BE EXPECTING TO SEE RESULTS OR INFORMATION ON? WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE MOST RECENT CHA, AND WE WON'T BE DOING ANOTHER ONE. I THINK THAT COMES OUT EVERY TWO YEARS, MAYBE THREE. I'M NOT 100% CERTAIN HOW FREQUENTLY WE HAVE THOSE. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SUPERVISOR CRAIG. THANK YOU, DR. MOO. THANK YOU, DOC, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THERE'S JUST A FEW COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE'S VACCINE SCHEDULES AND WHAT THEY DO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

PEOPLE JUST MAKE THEIR OWN MEDICAL DECISIONS. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TALKING HEADS OR ANYBODY ELSE.

TO MAKE THOSE CRITICAL DECISIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I THINK YOU NEED TO REEVALUATE YOUR PROCESS IN LIFE. MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. BASED ON THE DATA YOU HAVE, BECAUSE YOU CAN BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND ALL DAY LONG, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S MANY VACCINE-RELATED INJURIES AND DEATHS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS FORCED UPON PEOPLE. AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP. AND WE HAD RON OWENS HERE FROM SACRAMENTO, WHO IS

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LIKE, PEOPLE THAT CONTRACT SOMETHING, THAT'S TERRIBLE, AND I FEEL BAD FOR THEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY TAKE. THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT OTHERS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, I DON'T THINK FORCING MEDICAL DECISIONS ON PEOPLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RECRUITING, YOU NEED TO TALK TO ANTHONY BAYNARD.

WRITE THAT NAME DOWN.

B-A-Y-N-A-R-D. HE'S AT SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH. HE IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN RECRUITER WE'VE HAD IN THE HISTORY OF SHASTA COUNTY. HE'S BEEN THERE LESS THAN TWO YEARS. HE'S RECRUITED MORE DOCTORS THAN SOME PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN 10 YEARS. MOST OF THIS COMES DOWN TO PEOPLE, PROCESS, AND PRODUCT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS THAT AREN'T GETTING IT DONE, BUT CONTINUE TO GET PAID. OR CONTINUE TO SIT ON COMMITTEES AND TALK ABOUT RECRUITING, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT DONE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT DONE.

GO TALK TO ANTHONY. SEE HOW MANY HE'S RECRUITED. I HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND HAVE FOUR DOCTORS JUST LOOKING AT RENTING IT, AND THEY WANT TO BE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. AND HERE'S THE REALITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT. ONE, IT DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S AN ECONOMIC BOOM TO THE COMMUNITY, BIG TIME. WE HAVE DR. DANUKA'S DAUGHTER, WHO'S IN NEW YORK, SPENDING $100,000 OR WHATEVER IT IS A YEAR. TO BE THERE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE KIDS SITTING IN CLASS AT ALTA MESA, JUNCTION, SEQUOIA, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THIS COUNTY WHO CAN AND WILL BE DOCTORS, SO WHY NOT GROW THEM HERE? BECAUSE IF THEY GO TO SCHOOL HERE, THEY DO THEIR RESIDENCY HERE, THEY'RE LIKELY TO STAY HERE.

THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THAT.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, DR. MOO, ON YOU BEING INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE AS INVOLVED AS YOU NEED TO BE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE POWERS THAT BE TO SAY THEY CAN DO IT AND THE FUNDING'S AVAILABLE. AND THEN I BELIEVE, BECAUSE WHEN SUPERVISOR PLUMMER TALKED ABOUT YOU GETTING INVOLVED, I PERSONALLY WOULD SAY NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE OUR HHSA DIRECTOR AS THE COUNTY LIAISON, WHO I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL ROLE TO BE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MORE UPDATES. COULD YOU GIVE THE PUBLIC THE WEBSITE IF THEY WANT TO GET THE PRESS RELEASES OR THE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY HEALTH UPDATES? COULD YOU GIVE THEM THAT WEBSITE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST SHASTACOUNTY.GOV BACKSLASH, HHSA OR WHAT, BUT. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WEBSITE ADDRESS. IT IS UNDER SHASTA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. OKAY. SO SHASTACOUNTY.GOV AND JUST CLICK ON THAT OR CALL ME. I'VE LISTED MY CELL PHONE PUBLICLY PLENTY OF TIMES. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CRAIG.

SUPERVISOR HERMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK I'M... WOULD YOU LIKE TO UPDATE THE MEASLES CASE? I MEAN, YOU MADE THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE THE MEASLES OUTBREAK, SO YOU OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS PRESENTATION HAD YOU MADE IT AFTER THE OUTBREAK. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF, OR UPDATE ON THE MEASLES CASES? WELL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, VACCINE DOES PREVENT MEASLES, SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE IF YOU'RE NOT FULLY VACCINATED FOR MEASLES. GET VACCINATED.

IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO, AGAIN, SUPERVISOR CRY HAD MENTIONED THAT VACCINE, LIKE ANY OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT, IS INDIVIDUALIZED. WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO HAVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.

BUT IF YOU ARE READY TO BE VACCINATED, THERE ARE VACCINES AVAILABLE AT YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS, PHARMACY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL. IF YOU DO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE MEASLES, STAY HOME, AVOID PUBLIC SPACES, CALL YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS.

THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SET UP A TIME AND PLACE TO EXAMINE YOU WITHOUT EXPOSING TO THE PUBLIC. AND ALSO, IF YOU DO HAVE MEASLES, MAJORITY TIMES IT WILL RESOLVE BY ITSELF. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SECONDARY INFECTIONS THAT COULD BE TREATED. SO DON'T SUFFER AT HOME. CALL YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS. AND WE COULD HELP YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

MOODLE. SUPERVISOR CRAIG? YEAH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REITERATE IT ONE MORE TIME, LIKE, I'M ALL FOR MEDICAL DECISIONS AND VACCINES. I MEAN, I HAVE SO MANY VACCINES FROM THE MARMY THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I HAVE. YOU LINE UP AND THEY JUST START SHOVING PEANUT BUTTER SHOTS OR PENICILLIN. TED, I SEE YOU LAUGHING. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I HAVE IN MY BODY.

BUT THE REALITY IS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE EDUCATE THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE THE STUFF WE ARE SEEING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ROBERT KENNEDY AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AS WE LOOK AT, YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE REALITY IS, HEY, THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE THE CHAIR. I'M SORRY. DON'T YELL OUT AND INTERRUPT THE MEETING.

THAT'S YOUR WARNING. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, DR. MOO, ABOUT THE VACCINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE VACCINATED. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR CHRIST, SUPERVISOR HERMAN. WHAT'S THE FIRST TELLTALE SIGNS OF MEASLES? AND THEN HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE INCUBATION PERIOD

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THE INCUBATION PERIOD IS ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 21 DAYS. SO THAT'S A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD. YOU COULD, LET'S SAY, IF YOU WERE EXPOSED TODAY, YOU COULD STILL GET THE MEASLES VACCINE, GET PROTECTED WITHIN THREE DAYS.

BEYOND THAT, YOU COULD STILL GET IT, BUT THERE'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FOR THIS EXPOSURE. AND IN TERMS OF SYMPTOMS, INITIAL SYMPTOMS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SEEING UPRISINGS. FLU A AND MAYBE SOME RSV. SOMETIMES, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IT'S INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MEASLES TO FLU. SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS, THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF MEASLES IS THE RASH. BUT BEFORE RASH, YOU COULD HAVE PINK EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS TYPE OF THING. YOU HAVE RUNNY NOSE, YOU HAVE COUGH, YOU HAVE HIGH FEVER, AND MAYBE SOME BODY ACHE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND WHEN THE WHEN YOU START HAVING RASH, THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF RASH, YOU ARE CONTAGIOUS FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE RASH STARTS AND FOUR DAYS AFTER. SO THOSE EIGHT DAYS, YOU ARE IN THE CONTAGIOUS STAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. MOO. THANK

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APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE 20 SPEAKERS, SO TIME WILL BE TWO MINUTES.

FIRST UP, ALEX, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN MCMAINS, FRANCIS DYE, THEN TRACY WEBB. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT SEEMS THAT I DIDN'T GET BACK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN I SAID I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FOOD PROBLEM, LIKE OUR MEDICAL PROBLEMS, BASICALLY. IT'S A MATTER OF DOING MATH. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE. TRYING TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY, AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOOD.

LET'S JUST SAY ELDERLY PEOPLE NEED CERTAIN TYPES OF FOODS, POTASSIUM, LIKE A BANANA, OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO GOOD IN OUR BODIES. BUT WITH ALL THE FOOD PROBLEMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A... A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE OLYMPICS AND EVERYTHING COMING INTO CALIFORNIA. AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE'S WHAT YOU'D CALL A MAKER. YOU KNOW, MAKES DEALS. I DON'T SEE WHY HE CAN'T TALK TO NEWSOM.

BUT REAL SIMPLE, THE PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN THINK, HOW YOU CAN THINK. AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN FROM THIS COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOICE. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT'S WE, THE PEOPLE, THE ONES THAT WERE PERSECUTED THE WHOLE TIME. THEY COME OVER HERE AND THEY'RE STILL PERSECUTING US. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN JUST CLOSE THE DOOR? SUSAN MCMAIN. FOLLOWED BY FRANCIS DYE, TRACY WEBER, THEN LEE CLARK. SUSAN, COME ON UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS SUSAN MCMAINS, AND I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT IT'S A GOOD DAY, BUT I'M JUST NOT FEELING IT.

WHEN OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHO ARE MEANT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AND ABUSING THEIR POWER, IT'S A DARK DAY. WHEN YOU TELL IHSS WORKERS YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET TO GIVE IHSS A RAISE, THEN TURN AROUND AND GIVE YOURSELVES A RAISE, THAT'S AN ABUSE OF POWER.

TAKING AWAY FROM AND RETRACTING OFFERS TO PUT MORE IN YOUR POCKETS? SHAME ON YOU. I DIDN'T GO INTO IHSS WORK TO GET RICH. I WENT INTO THIS LINE OF WORK BECAUSE I CARE. I TRULY CARE WHAT

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MAYBE A REAL VACATION SOMEDAY.

SHASTA COUNTY ONLY PAYS PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR FOR IHSS WAGE INCREASES. IS THAT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK? A ROMAN POET ONCE REFERRED TO GIVING BREAD AND CIRCUSES TO THE MASSES AS A MEANS OF GAINING POLITICAL POWER. IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN IN POWER, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER GIVING MORE BREAD. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, FRANCES DYE, FOLLOWED BY TRACY WEBB, LEE CLARK, THEN RHONDA DILLON. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. MY NAME IS FRANCES DYE, AND I'VE BEEN AN IHSS WORKER FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. I LIVE IN CHINGLETOWN, THAT'S WHERE I WAS WORKING WITH MY CLIENTS IN CHINGLETOWN. AND I'M ALSO ON THE UNION'S BARGAINING TEAM, SO I'VE BEEN THERE EVERY MONTH THAT WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE AN INCREASE IN OUR RAISE AND OUR CONTRACTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO RETAIN OUR IHSS CAREGIVERS AND, YOU KNOW, GET A BETTER WAGE.

AND WE'LL KEEP THEM. AND WE'LL TRY TO RECRUIT SOME MORE INTO THIS JOB. BUT IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE THEY'D RATHER GO TO TACO BELL AND MCDONALD'S AND MAKE 20. THAN MAKE 18. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE CAN'T GET MORE PEOPLE IN TO BE MORE IHSS WORKERS. AND I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I LEARNED THAT YOU GUYS REDREW YOUR OFFER FOR A RAISE. THAT WAS A REALLY SHOCK TO US. IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE TELLING US THAT WE'RE NOT IMPORTANT, WE'RE NOT WORTHY ENOUGH, OUR JOBS DON'T MATTER, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US.

WELL, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS US.

THEY NEED US, IHSS WORKERS.

THE MAN THAT I WAS WORKING FOR, HAD I NOT BEEN HIS WORKER, HE WOULD HAVE DIED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I WENT IN WORKING FOR HIM, THAT. HE WAS GIVEN FOUR MONTHS TO LIVE. HE WAS ON HOSPICE. WELL, I WENT IN THERE AND ACTUALLY WAS WORKING LIKE A NURSE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A NURSE, BECAUSE ALL HIS SKIN WAS FALLING OFF BOTH HIS LEGS. AND THEY WANTED TO AMPUTATE HIM, AND HE SAID NO, BECAUSE HE ALSO HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, AND THEY SAID HE HAD A 50-50 CHANCE OF LIVING.

WITHOUT THE SURGERY, THE DOCTOR SAID HE WAS GOING TO DIE. WELL, I DID ALL THE CARE, AND IT WAS HORRIBLE.

GOING IN THERE AND WRAPPING HIS LEGS EVERY DAY, AND THE SMELL. IF YOU'VE EVER SMELLED ROTTING FLESH, IT WAS HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. THE SMELL WAS JUST HORRIBLE.

BUT I CAN ACTUALLY SAY, BECAUSE I WAS EVERY DAY WITH HIM AND TAKING CARE OF HIM, HE ACTUALLY GRADUATED OFF OF HOSPICE. AND NOW HE HAS GRADUATED OFF OF IHSS. HE'S ALIVE AND HE'S TOTALLY TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF. HE CAN DO EVERYTHING FOR HIMSELF NOW. SO WHAT WE NEED IS A RAISE SO WE CAN KEEP MORE CAREGIVERS IN HERE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, TRACY WEBB, FOLLOWED BY LEE CLARK, RHONDA DILLON, THEN JERRICA SALYERS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. HELLO EVERYONE. I WASN'T REALLY PREPARED. THIS IS MY VERY FIRST ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, SO I MOSTLY CAME TO TAKE NOTES. THERE ARE A LOT OF SUBJECTS THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. CAREGIVING IS ONE OF THEM. I WAS A CAREGIVER FOR 20 YEARS, SO I SECOND THEIR NOTION, FOR SURE. I'M GOING TO GO AND MAKE SOME GOOD PRESENTATIONS.

WHEN YOU SEE MY NAME IN EMAILS AND STUFF, HI, I'M TRACY. WE'LL TRY AGAIN NEXT WEEK. TAKE CARE. LEE CLARK, NOT SEEING LEE. NEXT UP, RHONDA DILLON, JERICA SELLIERS, THEN LETICIA GUARNERO, AND I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. SO OVER A LITTLE, ABOUT A YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, MYSELF, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, AND SEIU. 2015 UNION MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER TO BEGIN BARGAINING FOR A RAISE FOR IHSS CAREGIVERS IN SHASTA COUNTY. IHSS CAREGIVERS WORK FOR WAGES. WE HAVE NO BENEFITS, NO MEDICAL, NO DENTAL, NO RETIREMENT. WAGES ARE ALL WE HAVE. WE WERE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. A TWO DOLLAR RAISE OVER THE COURSE OF A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. WE WERE MET WITH ZERO FOR IN YOUR FIRST COUNTER OFFER.

IN AN HONEST EFFORT, IN GOOD FAITH, WE CONTINUE TO DROP OUR OFFER DOWN. YOU FINALLY OFFERED A SLAP IN THE FACE, WITH 40 CENT RAISE TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT.

ZERO FOR THE FIRST YEAR, 20 CENTS FOR THE SECOND YEAR, AND 20 CENTS FOR THE THIRD YEAR.

AGAIN, IN GOOD FAITH, WE DROPPED OUR OFFER USING YOUR 40 CENTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED

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OF THE THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, BRINGING OUR RAISE DOWN TO A MEAGER $1.20 OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS. THEN YOU RESCINDED YOUR OFFER.

BEFORE WE COULD EVEN EXHALE ON THE SHOCK, YOU VOTED A 4% RAISE, A COST OF LIVING RAISE FOR YOURSELF, A COST OF LIVING RAISE FOR AN ELECTED POSITION. THAT ALREADY MAKES TWO TO, SOMETIMES THREE TIMES. MORE THAN MOST IHSS WORKERS MAKE A YEAR. YOU'VE ALL FAILED THIS COMMUNITY IN THE MOST EGREGIOUS AND SELF-SERVING MANNER. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN UPHOLD YOUR HEAD WITH ANY LEVEL OF INTEGRITY OR DIGNITY. NEXT UP, JERRICA SALYER, LETICIA GENNARO, DAWN DUCKETT, THEN CHRISTIAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD. MY NAME IS JERRICA SALYERS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE APPALLED AT OUR ELECTED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAN I AM THIS YEAR. IHSS PAY IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT $18.50 AN HOUR.

AT FULL-TIME, THAT'S MAYBE $35,000 A YEAR. NOW, NOT INCLUDING YOUR GUYS' NEW 4% RAISE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOURSELVES, AT YOUR $85,024 SALARY, THAT BREAKS DOWN TO STILL OVER $44.28 AN HOUR.

TO SIT UP THERE IN YOUR COMFY CHAIRS, IN YOUR FANCY SUITS, AND EAT YOUR... EXPENSIVE MEALS, THREE KIDS. THAT $35,000 A YEAR BREAKS DOWN TO MAYBE $3,000 A MONTH.

THAT'S NOT EVEN HALF MY RENT, LET ALONE PUTTING FOOD ON MY TABLE, CLOTHES ON MY KIDS, AND GAS IN MY CAR. NOW, I WOULD CHALLENGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO DO A WALK A DAY IN OUR SHOES. AS MY COWORKER HAS SAID, WE'RE NOT NURSES, BUT WE DO ALL THE SAME WORK.

WE MAY NOT BE TRAINED PROFESSIONALLY IN SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO DO A WALK A DAY. SO, LET ME GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF MY DAY YESTERDAY. I WAS UP AT 6 A.M. FIGHTING TO GET MY 2-YEAR-OLD READY FOR PRESCHOOL. AND MY 8-YEAR-OLD, READY, WHO THINKS THAT SHE'S 18. BY 8 A.M., THEY'RE IN SCHOOL. BY 8.30, I WAS CLEANING HUMAN FECES. OFF OF A BATHROOM FLOOR, A HALLWAY FLOOR, AND OUT OF MY CLIENT'S BED. THEN I HAD TO BATHE MY CLIENT AND THEN PROCEED TO DO THE SAME THING WITH TWO OTHER CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ALONG WITH FEEDING THEM, DOING THEIR LAUNDRY, AND GIVING THEM THEIR MEDICATION, INCLUDING SHOTS.

TAKE A WALK IN OUR SHOES AND TELL ME THAT WE DON'T DESERVE LIVABLE WAGE. LETICIA GUERNERO, DON DUCKETT, CHRISTIAN, AND CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. THANK YOU, JERRICA, FOR THAT. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. TODAY, I'M HERE.

IHSS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS WHERE EVERY LOCAL DOLLAR IS HEAVILY LEVERAGED.

FOR EVERY DOLLAR SHASTA COUNTY SPENDS ON IHSS WAGE INCREASES, THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES A COMBINED MATCH.

ACCORDING TO CURRENT FIGURES, OVER $6 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS REPORTEDLY AVAILABLE TO SHASTA COUNTY TO SUPPORT THE WAGE INCREASES.

BY REFUSING A WAGE INCREASE, THE COUNTY IS EFFECTIVELY BURNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE AND FEDERAL TAX MONEY.

THAT WOULD OTHERWISE FLOW INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, SUPPORTING LOCAL GROCERY STORES AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THE COUNTY IS CONCERNED ABOUT AN $80 MILLION SOCIAL SERVICES CLIFF PROJECTED FOR 2028.

THINK ABOUT THIS. THE AVERAGE COST OF KEEPING A SENIOR IN A NURSING HOME, OFTEN FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL COUNTY, SHARES, IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN KEEPING THEM AT HOME WITH AN IHSS PROVIDER. LAST YEAR, 4.4% OF ALLOTTED HOURS WENT UNUSED.

SO CONSUMERS AND CONSTITUENTS THAT VOTED FOR YOU TO BE SITTING IN THESE SEATS.

WENT WITHOUT CARE, WENT WITHOUT SHOWERS, WENT WITHOUT FOOD, WENT WITHOUT A RIDE TO THE DOCTORS. THAT NUMBER IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE IF CAREGIVERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE CARE. IHSS WORKERS LEAVE CAREGIVING. IF THEY LEAVE CAREGIVING FOR $20 AN HOUR FOR FAST FOOD JOBS, OUR VULNERABLE SENIORS WILL END UP IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

THE COST TO THE COUNTY FOR ONE... PERSON FOR ONE MONTH OF INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR A YEAR EXCEEDS A $2 WAGE INCREASE, WHICH THEY'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR A $2 WAGE INCREASE. THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS A 19% VACANCY RATE IN HUMAN SERVICES AND IS STRUGGLING WITH RETENTION. CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS IS $20 AN HOUR, WHILE SHASTA IHS'S WORKERS REMAIN AT $18.50. THE COUNTY CANNOT COMPETE FOR LABOR WHEN ENTRY-LEVEL FAST FOOD PAYS $1.50 MORE PER HOUR THAN SKILLED CAREGIVING. WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR VACANCY SAVINGS AT THE COST OF OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND THE STABILITY OF OUR WORKFORCE. LET US REMIND

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JOHN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN, CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY, THAT'S YOUR WARNING. YOU'RE INTERRUPTING THE MEETING.

OKAY, YOU GUYS NEED TO LEAVE.

WELCOME, DON. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. CHAIR KALLSTROM, I'D LIKE TO APPEAL TO YOU TO REINSTATE THE THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME DURING OPEN TIME. YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TESTIMONY SHOULDN'T BE TREATED AS A NUISANCE OR AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

AND SUPERVISOR CRYE, YOU MENTIONED REPRESENTATIVE GALLAGHER, AND WHEN HE WAS HERE... TALKING ABOUT SECEDING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ONE OF HIS CHIEF COMPLAINTS, WHICH I AGREE WITH, WAS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS NOT LISTENING TO ITS CONSTITUENTS IN THE RURAL COUNTIES AND THAT THEY WERE NOT PROVIDING A FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

BUT WHAT REPRESENTATIVE GALLAGHER DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT WE HAVE THAT GOING ON HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. WE FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN SILENCED AND MINIMIZED IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU.

EVEN WHEN IT'S BAD, IT SHOULD BE WELCOMED AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU.

AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO APPEAL TO YOU ON THAT MATTER. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, CHRISTIAN, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ, JOHN RUI, AND BRENT TURNER. WE CAN'T AFFORD A DECENT LIVING WAGE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. HERE'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WASTE. LAURA HOBBS HAS CURRENTLY FIRED UP ANOTHER LAWSUIT, AND HERE'S THE CPRA. I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE HAVING TO DEFEND AGAINST LAURA HOBBS BECAUSE SO FAR IT'S 107,000. WE HAVE 24 NEW LISTINGS ON THIS COURT CASE.

BEST, BEST AND KRUGER MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S THE START.

HOBBS' INITIATIVE FOR THE COMING BALLOT IS A JOKE. IT WILL COST US MILLIONS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND CLINT CURTIS IS NOT CONCERNED.

HE THINKS THAT HIS SAVIOR, AN ADJUDICATED RAPIST AND 34-COUNT FELON, IS SOMEHOW GOING TO COME INTO CALIFORNIA AND FIX THIS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. HERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET BACK TO MR. CRY'S PATHETIC STATEMENT, JUSTIFYING HIS... HIS BELIEF IN VACCINES ON KENNEDY, ONE OF THE MOST DISGUSTED, DISRESPECTED BY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY THAT OUR NATION HAS EVER HAD AS A HEALTH OFFICER.

DISGUSTING, PATHETIC. YOU HAVE USED, MR. CRY, THIS BOARD TO PIMP YOUR MAGA, EXTREME, FAR-RIGHT NONSENSE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT AIN'T FUNNY. YOU MIGHT THINK RAPE IS FUNNY. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT BREAKING LAWS IS FUNNY AND SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED. YOU MIGHT THINK NOT PAYING PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP FECES OFF YOUR CITIZENS IS FUNNY. WE DON'T! CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ, FOLLOWED BY JOHN RUI, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, STEVE KAHN, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GREETINGS. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED CORRECTIONS COMPOUNDS.

SPECIFICALLY, MR. PLUMMER'S, MR. KREIS, AND SHERIFF JOHNSON'S CHERRY-PICKED STATISTICAL QUOTE FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CDCR MEN'S COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM ON RECIDIVISM. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE OF 2021.

IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IT STATES, WE FIND THAT FOR OFFENDERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN MCRP FOR AT LEAST SEVEN MONTHS, MCRP DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF REARREST BY EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS.

AND FOR OFFENDERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN MCRP FOR AT LEAST NINE MONTHS, MCRP DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD

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THE CHERRY-PICKED STATISTICS STATED IN THE STUDY AND USED TO REPRESENT THE SUCCESS OF THE MCRP, IS FOR THE RECONVICTION RATE, THE 11 PERCENTAGE POINT DECREASED AFTER NINE MONTHS OF PARTICIPATION WAS EQUAL TO A 92% DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE ONE-YEAR RECONVICTION RATE, 12%, OF THE CONTROL GROUP IN THE STUDY. THAT'S PAGE 43.

TO PUT THIS STATISTIC IN PROPER CONTEXT, YOU MUST KNOW THE ENTIRETY OF THE STUDY, NOT ONE SENTENCE PLUCKED FROM THE 54-PAGE STUDY. WHICH USES MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS IN ITS BREAKDOWN OF SLIGHT PER PERCENTAGE POINT VARIATIONS. ON PAGE 34, LOOKING AT THE FULL ANALYTICAL SAMPLE, THE MEAN CONVICTED RATE FOR MCRP PARTICIPANTS IS 15 PERCENT.

FOR THE CONTROL GROUPS, IT'S 11.58 PERCENT. THE MEAN PERCENTAGE POINT FOR RE-ARREST FOR THE MCRP IS 40 PERCENT, AND THE CONTROLLED GROUP IS 34.75. THAT'S ONLY FOR RE-ARREST AND RECONVICTION WITHIN ONE YEAR. CONTROL GROUP HAS BETTER STATISTICS. NOT QUITE IMPRESSIVE. JOHN RUIZ, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, STEVE KAHN, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN RUIZ AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, THE DSA. EARLY LAST YEAR, WE MADE A REQUEST OF CAO RICKERT TO MEET FOR A GENERAL JUST A MEET AND GREET MEETING, WHICH HE ACCEPTED.

AND WE HAD A VERY PLEASANT CONVERSATION. MID-YEAR, WE REQUESTED TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR ANOTHER JUST MEET AND GREET. AT THAT TIME WE WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS. WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS AND WE WOULD NOT SPEAK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION AND WE AGAIN HAD A VERY NICE, PLEASANT CONVERSATION. THREE OF YOU, AT THE ADVICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL, DECLINED OUR INVITATION. ONE OF YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO US AT ALL. LATE LAST YEAR, WE REQUEST TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS ONLY AFTER IMPASSE HAD BEEN DECLARED. FOUR OF YOU DECLINED TO MEET WITH US AT THE ADVICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND ONE OF YOU, AGAIN, DID NOT RESPOND TO US AT ALL. WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD A TURNOVER OF OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND THEY HAD REQUESTED THAT I CONTACT YOU AGAIN, WHICH I DID TWO WEEKS AGO, AND REQUESTED THAT WE MEET WITH EACH OF YOU.

FOR A SIMPLE... MEET AND GREET.

WE WANT TO SAY HI TO ONE ANOTHER ON A PERSONAL BASIS.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, YOU ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION AND THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED. THE FOUR OF YOU REMAINING HAVE YET TO RESPOND AT ALL. SO PART OF WHY I'M HERE, I GUESS THE MAIN REASON I AM HERE, IS PUBLICLY. AND TO PERSONALLY ASK YOU IF YOU ARE WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND WHAT FURTHER I CAN DO ON BEHALF OF THE DSA? OKAY.

TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE OR DIRECTION, I WILL RELINQUISH THE RISK.

REST OF MY TIME TO LISTEN TO THAT. WELL, I, FOR ONE, WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU. IF WE'RE NOT IN NEGOTIATIONS, THAT'S WE ARE NOT IN NEGOTIATIONS. FANTASTIC. DO I NEED TO SEND ANOTHER EMAIL? PLEASE DO OKAY, NEXT STEP. I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU, I WAS WAITING FOR... ADVICE FROM COUNTY COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER IT'D BE APPROPRIATE NOW THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETED. SO I JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO YOU, APOLOGIZE, AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

SEND IT ON, JOHN, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. NEXT UP BRENT TURNER, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, DOLORES LUCERO, THEN BENJAMIN KNOWING BRENT. THIS IS FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.

THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON OUR FOR, ARE YOU? NO, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT IF REQUESTED. I'LL STICK AROUND, BUT I'M JUST CALLING FOR A GENERAL COMMENT RIGHT NOW.

HAVE AT IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANKS TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A REPORT FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION BEING PAID TO THE SHASTA COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THINGS ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, AS I REPORTED LAST TIME. WE'RE SEEING THE ELECTIONS COMING AT US STARTING IN JUNE, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT. AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU PREVIOUS, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE CURRENT REGISTRAR'S

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ALSO, I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU AND REITERATE, I'VE SUGGESTED TO THIS BOARD THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, HAVE CONVERSATION. ADVOCATING FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR SHASTA COUNTY AS SOON AS THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND I THINK IF YOU PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT, YOU'LL BE WELL SERVED. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE THE CITIZENS... UNDERSTAND THE SOFTWARE IS CORPORATE OWNED IN SECRET. IT DOESN'T ADD TO TRANSPARENCY LIKE WE NEED.

AND THE SOONER WE GET TO FULL TRANSPARENCY, THE BETTER FOR THESE SYSTEMS, FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, BENJAMIN NGUYEN, THEN ANTONIA. LORD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO... I AGREE WITH DON DUCKETT ON THE SPEAKING TIME PERIOD.

IT'S SO CRITICAL. BEING ABLE TO RELAY INFORMATION SIGNIFICANTLY IN TWO MINUTES IS VERY DIFFICULT. AND JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WANTS TO WEIGH IN, A GREAT NUMBER OF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO WEIGH IN.

TO LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK IS, TO ME, COUNTERINTUITIVE. SO I SUPPORT HIM IN THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS KEVIN.

CRY STATED PUBLICLY THAT HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAMPHOLT WAS UP TO, BUT THOSE OF US THAT OBSERVED CAMPHOLT AROUND CRY. I BASICALLY THOUGHT HE WAS HIS BODYGUARD BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WAY HE ACTED. YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY, BUT HERE YOU HAVE A GUY THAT YOU'RE EXPOSING TO CHILDREN THAT IS DANGEROUS, AND YOU HAD HIM IN AND OUT OF THE NINJA COALITION QUITE REGULARLY WHEN I OBSERVED, AND THAT'S ENDANGERING THE CHILDREN. I MEAN, WAS HE AT THE SCHOOL EVENTS THAT YOU CARRY ON ALSO, AND WAS HE ARMED? WAS HE ARMED WITH A FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND ARMOR-PIERCING BULLETS, OKAY, THAT ARE MAINLY DESIGNED TO KILL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS? THAT'S YOUR FRIEND. OKAY, SO THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT.

MYSTERIOUSLY ENOUGH, THE NINJA COALITION WASN'T ANNOUNCED AS BEING AN AREA OF EXPOSURE FOR DAYS AFTER THE OTHER FIVE SITUATIONS WERE EXPOSED. HOW COULD THAT OCCUR? I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED THAT THEY WERE AT THE NINJA COALITION. AND KEVIN CRY, HE BASICALLY KNOWS ALL THOSE STUDENTS. HE WOULD ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A STUDENT THAT HAS BEEN INFECTED.

I MEAN, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY STUDENTS GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING FROM WHAT I SAW. SO WHAT WAS DONE HERE? WERE YOU COVERING IT UP? DID YOU HAVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES KEEP THAT INFORMATION QUIET? DID YOU HAVE DR. MOO? KEEP IT QUIET. JUST ONE MOMENT, CHAIR. OKAY.

DOLORES LUCERO? FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN, NOANE, ANTONIA, THEN RANDY COMPTON. JUST TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR, TO MAKE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, TO STOP YOUR BULLSHIT, I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I BELIEVE IN BEING A CITIZEN THAT STANDS UP FOR THE RIGHTS.

BUT THIS CONSTITUTION, YOU MANIPULATE IT WHENEVER YOU WANT, AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO GO AGAINST WHAT YOU BELIEVE, OR BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR AGENDA. AND I'M SO SORRY. SICK AND TIRED PEOPLE GET UP HERE. I'M A CONSTITUTION. OH, I STAND FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG. IT'S A BUNCH OF BULL. NOBODY DOES.

EVERYBODY DOES THIS, BUT IT'S A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES. NOBODY STANDS FOR ANYTHING BUT THEMSELVES.

AND I'M SO TIRED OF IT. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S A SEX PREDATOR IS? A SEX PREDATOR IS SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY SOLICITING FOR SEX. WHEN THEY SOLICITED FOR SEX AND WHEN IT'S A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, IT'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. YOU COULD REPORT THAT PERSON. WHEN YOU SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOURSELF IN A BATHTUB, MR. CHRIS, THAT IS AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. YOU KNOW, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG FOR THE CEO. DID NOT INVESTIGATE WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE MADE THAT COMPLAINT ON MY BEHALF AND OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME TO PUT A COMPLAINT TOGETHER AND I SUBMITTED SOMEWHERE. AND GUESS WHAT? JANUARY 23RD, I GOT AN EMAIL. THEY ACCEPTED IT. SO GUESS WHAT? SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING MY ALLEGATIONS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE MADE, TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION WHERE YOU GUYS FAIL TO COVER YOU. SO NOW THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION. SO YOU CONTINUE TO RETALIATE AGAINST MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHEN I GET UP HERE.

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BEFORE WE EVER HEARD IT FROM OUR OWN COUNTY. NOW, I KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION NO LONGER SENDS OUT REGULAR PRESS RELEASES AND EXPECTS THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL MEDIA TO GO SEARCHING FOR UPDATES.

THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW YOU BUILD TRUST ON A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

TIMELY, DIRECT COMMUNICATION MATTERS. PEOPLE CANNOT ACT ON INFORMATION THEY DON'T EXIST.

AND SUPERVISOR CRY, YOU SAID TODAY THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE FORCED INTO MEDICAL PROCEDURES. AND NO ONE IS CALLING FOR THAT. WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR IS EDUCATION, CLARITY, AND LEADERSHIP. YOU RUN A GYM.

FOR CHILDREN AND SAY YOU CARE ABOUT CHILDREN. THEN ACT LIKE IT. CHILDREN RELY ON ADULTS TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

PARENTS RELY ON LOCAL OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED CHOICES.

WHEN YOU FRAME PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AS COERCION, YOU UNDERMINE THE PROCESS AND CONFUSE THE COMMUNITY. MEASLES AND SIMILAR ILLNESSES ARE NOT TRIVIAL. THEY CAN CAUSE LIFELONG COMPLICATIONS. THIS IS ABOUT PREVENTION AND KEEPING KIDS HEALTHY LONG ENOUGH TO GROW UP AND MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY.

SEND OUT REAL UPDATES. STOP TURNING BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION INTO AN IDEOLOGICAL FIGHT. DO YOUR JOB AND LEAD ON THE ISSUE. THANK YOU.

ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY RANDY COMPTON, AMBER BUSH, LINDA GLASS, NICK GARDNER. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. WELL, LISTENING TO THE CAREGIVERS, I WAS A CAREGIVER FOR 15 YEARS, AND IT'S HARD WORK. I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM BECAUSE I, AFTER LISTENING TO THE LADY THAT SAID THAT YOU CHOSE TO GIVE YOURSELVES A RAISE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF SAD THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN TALK TO US ABOUT IT, ALLOW US TO HAVE AN INPUT. AND YET YOU ARE STILL DOING THE SAME THING.

YOU'VE GIVEN A PAY RAISE TO THE UPPER MANAGEMENT WITHOUT.

DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO, YOU PUT IT ON THE CONSENT, AND YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN, AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN'T BE ON YOUR OWN. YOU CAN'T DO THINGS ON YOUR OWN. IT'S WE, THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE A SAY-SO ALSO. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE UP THERE. YOU'RE UP THERE TO PROTECT US. AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, RANDY COMPTON, FOLLOWED BY AMBER BUSH, LINDA GLASS, NICK GARDNER. HELLO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WOLVES. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER THAN WOLVES AND CATTLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THESE HILLS AND THESE AREAS AROUND HERE 70 YEARS AGO, BUT I HAVE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WILDLIFE HABITAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DECIMATED FROM CLEAR-CUT LOGGING. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH CLEAR-CUT LOGGING, THE AREA TO BE CLEAR-CUT, THEY STERILIZE IT WITH HERBICIDES, THEY REMOVE ALL THE BIOMASS, AND THEN START OVER WITH THE TREE FARM. IT'S NOT A FOREST. YOU KNOW, WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE WOLVES AND THE CATTLE, IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER. AND THE NATIVE OAK IS THE MOST VALUABLE, SINGLE VALUABLE WILDLIFE FOOD SOURCE IN OUR REGION. AND IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF CLEAR CUTS, IT'S TOTALLY REMOVED. AND IN THE AREAS ON THE OUTSIDE, MUCH OF THE AREA, THEY'VE HACKED INTO IT AND POISONED THE OAKS.

THEY STAND THERE DEAD. SO ANYWAY, SPEAKING OF WOLVES,

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BECAUSE IT'S BIGGER THAN WOLVES AND CATTLE. SO THANK YOU. NEXT UP, AMBER BUSH, FOLLOWED BY LISA GLASS, THEN NICK GARDNER. HELLO, MY NAME IS AMBER BUSH. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER EMMA. I AM HER PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION CARE WORKER, WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH THE REGULATIONS THROUGH IHSS. MY MOTHER, WHO RECEIVES INFUSIONS EVERY WEEK FROM MY SISTER AND I BECAUSE OF AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER, APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY WALKING IN HERE, HAVE ALL NOW BEEN EXPOSED. TO SOMETHING THAT COULD KILL US.

MY DAUGHTER HAS CEREBRAL PALSY, AND SHE WILL NOT SURVIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SHE HAS BEEN IMMUNIZED. WE ALL HAVE.

BUT NOW WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED, AND IT WAS NOT POSTED ANYWHERE, AND I'M JUST SHOCKED BY THAT.

MY HUSBAND, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW HOW SEVERE THIS IS GOING TO GET IF WE DO GET SICK, HE PROCESSES ALL THE MAIL. THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AT THE TURN CREEK OFFICE. THAT MEANS, IF WE GET SICK... HE'S GOING TO GET IT, AND HE IS GOING TO TRANSMIT IT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THIS COUNTY. THIS IS NOT OKAY, THAT WE WERE NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS GOING ON. THIS IS NOT OKAY THAT WE WALKED IN HERE. MA'AM, IF I COULD ASK YOU TO SPEAK TOWARDS THE MICROPHONE, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE OKAY. I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF RAISING MY VOICE OR CUSSING OR SAYING ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE EARMUFFS OVER HERE. OKAY? BUT I THINK IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE THAT WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.

OKAY? I AM A PARENT. I PROVIDE CARE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MORE PEOPLE. I CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LIMIT. AND I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD WALK IN OUR SHOES AND SEE WHAT WE GO THROUGH SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE REALLY NEED YOU TO HELP US WITH. BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T SEE AND FEEL WHAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY DAY, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? NEXT UP, LINDA GLASS, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER, THEN GARY PAYRO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS THAT WHEN I GREW UP, I WAS TOTALLY UNVACCINATED FROM BIRTH UNTIL PRESENT TIME.

I'VE NEVER HAD ANY VACCINES WHATSOEVER. AND WHEN COVID CAME AROUND, MY IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS SO STRONG THAT I WAS DRIVING AND MOVING. FRED CARELLI'S FURNITURE INTO HIS NEW HOUSE IN IDAHO. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT EACH PERSON SHOULD MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE. THERE'S LARGE SWATHS OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION, LIKE MORMONS, CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS, AND THE... INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT TAKE IMMUNIZATIONS AND THEY.

HAVE NO PROBLEMS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND IN THE COLLEGE SYSTEM FOR 30 YEARS, NEVER CAUGHT ANYTHING.

MY ABSENTEE RATE WAS ZERO. AND SO THE FEAR AND THE CONTENTS OF THE VACCINES NEEDS TO BE FULLY CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY GARY PAYROLL. I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE LAST ELECTION THAT JOANNE FRANCESCA RAN. NUMBER ONE, THERE WAS, VIEWS WERE BLOCKED BY THE PEOPLE. I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME THIS, CASEY AND THOMAS HILDEBRAND. THEY STACKED UP BOXES OF BALLOTS TO WHERE PEOPLE COULDN'T SEE THEM. AND CASEY TOLD ME, WHEN SHE LOOKED AROUND AND WAS TRYING TO PEEK AROUND THE CORNER, ONE OF THE ELECTION WORKERS TOOK HER BOARD SAW AND TURNED IT OVER SO SHE COULDN'T SEE IT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON THERE. CASEY TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MACHINES THAT WAS COUNTING THE VOTE, AND A FELLOW CAME OVER AND COPIED DOWN A NUMBER, BUT IT WAS THE WRONG NUMBER.

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COMPLAINED THAT SHE COULDN'T HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SHE WAS TOLD TO LISTEN THROUGH THE VENT, WHICH WAS DOWN ON THE FLOOR DURING THE BREAK. WELL, I HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT I'VE GOT PLENTY. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT ALL THIS CONTROVERSY IS ABOUT, THIS NEXT ELECTION COMING UP.

IF I'M, I'M SURE THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT AND HONEST. I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE OTHER SIDE ARE JUST A BUNCH OF COMPLAINERS AND NOTHING.

NEXT UP, GARY PAYRO. AND CHAIR GARY WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. NICK, QUIT INTERRUPTING THE MEETING, EVEN IF YOU'RE ANSWERING THEM. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR FOCUS ON THE BUDGET, AND I RESPECT THAT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS. I WASN'T GOING TO TALK ON THIS, BUT WHEN I HEARD THE PLEA OF THE IHSS PEOPLE, THAT TUGS AT MY HEART. MY DAUGHTER'S AN IN-HOME CARE WORKER, NOT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I'VE HAD MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON IN-HOME CARE. SO IT'S A BIG ISSUE. I WANTED TO BRING UP ANOTHER THING. I KNOW IT'S A CITY ISSUE, BUT THE CIVIC CENTER HAS BENEFITS TO THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON THIS.

OTHER THAN, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO BENEFIT FROM THE CITY? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WAYS FOR THERE TO BE AN UPSWELL OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFIT. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CAN'T PAY FOR IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, MAYBE WE CAN GENERATE SOME PUBLIC, PRIVATE FUNDING.

FOR THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES WITH WHAT THE DUAL ELECTIONS COULD CAUSE. I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE NEW BILL.

I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF ELECTION INTEGRITY AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIGHTROPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE WALKING, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE.

BUT I DO WANT YOU TO CONTINUE

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT. SO C-5 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REST OF IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER MADE THE MOTION. DOES HE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL HAVE A SECOND.

SUPERVISOR ZALONG HAS A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? CHAIR, WITH THAT, JUST REAL QUICK, WE DID HAVE SUPERVISOR PULL C-5.

YES. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT SEPARATELY

[C5 Approve an amendment to the agreement with Aloha Psychiatry, Inc., for Telepsychiatry Providers which increases the maximum compensation from $2,000,000 to $4,300,000.]

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, YOU PULLED C-5. WE TAKE IT FROM HERE.

YES. AND THANK YOU, CINDY, FOR BEING HERE. AND THIS ONE WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM $2 MILLION TO $4.3 MILLION, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH IN THE TEAM A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, BUT WANTED TO GET SOME MORE DETAIL.

IN TERMS OF, IT SOUNDS LIKE... THE NEED FOR THE INCREASE IS RELATED TO AN INCREASED NEED FOR SERVICES, AS WELL AS ESSENTIALLY BACKFILLING FOR A CURRENT AGENCY.

BUT COULD YOU, I KNOW I SENT SOME QUESTIONS THIS MORNING, BUT COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF WHAT EXACTLY IS DRIVING THIS? YES, SO, AND GOOD MORNING, BOARD, CINDY LANE, BRANCH DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. SO ESSENTIALLY, WHERE... WHAT STARTED THIS IS, I BELIEVE WE ARE OVERLY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR INITIAL CONTRACT REQUEST FOR ALOHA PSYCHIATRY. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED IS IN FALL, WE LOST A PROVIDER THAT PRESCRIBES, A NURSE PRACTITIONER INTERNAL.

AND AS YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH OUR PSYCHIATRY POSITIONS, THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FOR. WE HAVE THE CHIEF OF PSYCHIATRY FLYING RIGHT NOW.

AND IT HAS A BONUS, AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING YET.

AND SO WHEN THAT PROVIDER GAVE THEIR TWO WEEKS NOTICE, WE HAD

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BUT THEN WHEN YOU, BY YEAR THREE, IT'LL BE $2.81.

AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD ANOTHER FULL-TIME PROVIDER, NOW THIS, MIND YOU, THIS IS ONLY IF WE CAN'T RECRUIT INTERNALLY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL CONCURRENTLY DOING THAT. THEN THE COST, WE HAVE TO ADD IN THE COST OF ANOTHER FULL-TIME PROVIDER.

SO WE WERE ALREADY TRENDING HIGH PRIOR TO LOSING THE PROVIDER. AND AT THIS POINT, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE TRENDING TO BE $1.1 MILLION. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY A THIRD PROVIDER, IS THE THIRD PROVIDER FILLING THE NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR IS THAT BECAUSE THE INCREASED CASELOAD, I'LL CALL IT? THE THIRD PROVIDER IS FILLING IN FOR THE NURSE PRACTITIONER.

OKAY. SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE FOR THE NURSE PRACTITIONER, THEN WE WON'T NEED TO RELY ON... THIS ADDITIONAL SERVICE AS MUCH. YES. AND WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED, HIRING FOR A CHIEF OF PSYCHIATRY AS WELL. AND SO IF THAT WORKS OUT, WE THEN CAN LESSEN THAT AND ALSO OUR OTHER CONTRACT FOR LOCUM TENANTS.

THAT CONTRACT, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE AT ABOUT 272 FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY LOW IN COMPARISON. SO, AND WE CAN DO A DEEPER ANALYSIS. OKAY. I KNOW THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BOTH WHAT LED TO THE BIG JUMP AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WON'T NEED TO SPEND ALL OF THIS. AND IS THAT, I KNOW? IT SAID THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT BUDGETARY AUTHORITY IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS. IS THAT MEANING THAT, BASICALLY, IF YOU TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL 2.3, DIVIDE IT OVER A TWO TO THREE YEAR PERIOD, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $700,000 TO A MILLION PER YEAR? THAT THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET UNIT, OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WAS ALREADY THERE. IF WE, YEAH. I REACHED OUT TO ERIN AND TALKED TO HER. AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IS IT FOR 450,000, I THINK, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEN. WE'RE DECREASING THE NET COUNTY COST BY 3.9 MILLION IN THE MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET.

SO, AND, AND HERE'S ALSO EXAMPLE. THE LINE ITEMS, SO, LIKE LOCUMS, WERE TRENDING LOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALOHA, WERE TRENDING HIGH. SO THEY KIND OF BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT IF THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE LINE ITEMS, OKAY? GREAT, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, WELL.

YEAH, ARE YOU? THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, OKAY, AND BEFORE WE TAKE THAT VOTE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

[R4 Discuss the recent actions by the County Clerk/Registrar of Voters and the alleged misuse of public funds for electioneering and campaigning.]

MOVING ON TO REGULAR CALENDAR. DISCUSS THE RECENT ACTIONS BY THE COUNTY CLERK, REGISTER OF VOTERS, AND THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ELECTIONEERING AND CAMPAIGNING.

SUPERVISOR LONG, I BELIEVE YOU PUT THIS ON THERE DURING THE BOARD REPORT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AND EVERYBODY DESERVES TO KNOW THE TIMELINE AND THE...

HOW THIS ALL CAME TO BE PLACED BEFORE OUR BOARD AND OUR BOARD DECISION TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS MEETING. SO, BASICALLY, I WAS CONTACTED BY A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE OF BALLOT STUFFING THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY MR. CURTIS IN A PUBLIC MEETING, IN A COUNTY BUILDING, ETC. SO I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED COUNTY COUNCIL LARMORE. AND SAID, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? HE TOLD ME THIS IS AN APPARENT VIOLATION OF COUNTY POLICY AND THAT I WOULD NEED FURTHER DIRECTION FROM YOUR BOARD IN ORDER TO DO A DEEP DIVE TO CONFIRM THE NATURE OF THIS. SO JUST SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS COUNTY POLICY 27.1, WHICH ALLUDES TO USING PUBLIC RESOURCES.

FOR AN UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSE.

THAT WAS THE POTENTIAL VIOLATION. SO, AND THERE'S ALSO, THAT ALSO TIES IN, OUR COUNTY POLICY, TIES INTO STATE GOVERNMENT CODE 8314AC3E.

SO THAT IS THE SOURCES

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SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE OVERSIGHT IS OF HIS OPERATION. THE BOARD DOES MAINTAIN THAT JURISDICTION FOR OVERSIGHT OF HIS ACTIONS, AND THEREFORE, IT APPEARED APPROPRIATE TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO OUR BOARD. BASED ON THE OPINION OF COUNTY COUNCIL THAT THIS WAS AN APPARENT VIOLATION OF COUNTY POLICY, WHICH IS TIED INTO STATE ELECTION LAW. SO THAT'S HOW WE DID. WE ENDED UP WITH A 4-1 VOTE TO BRING THIS BACK FOR THIS DISCUSSION. AND SO THAT'S THE HISTORY, THE TIMELINE, THE REASONS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW TO OUR COUNTY COUNCIL, WHO HAS DONE A DEEP DIVE AND HAS ANALYSIS OF WHETHER THIS IS ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT, SO I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERVISOR LONG AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WHAT WAS ALLEGED COULD POSSIBLY BE A VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE. AND I DID RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE, ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS CAME FROM ONE COMMENT. ASKED BY THE PRESS DURING A TOUR WITH DIGNITARIES AT THE ELECTIONS FACILITY.

ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE 8314, IF AN ITEM IS INCIDENTAL OR A MINIMAL USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES BY AN ELECTED STATE OFFICIAL, INCLUDING A STATE OR LOCAL APPOINTEE, EMPLOYEES, OR CONSULTANT, PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION. SO, ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE, THE PREDOMINANT PURPOSE OF THE EVENT WAS A TOUR WITH DIGNITARIES. THE COMMENT CAME FROM A RESPONSE TO THE PRESS, WHICH WAS NOT RELATED TO THE TOUR AND LIKELY FALLS UNDER THE INCIDENTAL CODE SECTION. NOW WE MOVE TO COUNTY POLICY. COUNTY POLICY WOULD NOT BE CRIMINALLY ENFORCED, BUT COULD LEAD TO CENSURE FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

HOWEVER, COUNTY POLICY PROVIDES FOR THE SAME EXCEPTION UNDER INCIDENTAL USE. BEING THAT, THE PREDOMINANT PURPOSE OF THE ITEM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A TOUR. AND ONE QUESTION FROM THE PRESS BEING ANSWERED.

LIKELY WOULD BE FOUND UNDER THESE CODE SECTIONS AS INCIDENTAL. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? I MEAN, MY QUESTION IS, ALAN, ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE JUST WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE? IS THAT WHAT I'M SURMISING? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE. THIS IS A NO-VOTE ITEM AND IT'S A DISCUSSION, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

WELL, I BELIEVE THAT COUNTY COUNCIL'S OPINION WAS WARRANTED ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. AND I THINK HE HAS SATISFACTORILY ANSWERED THE QUESTION. AND IT IS INCIDENTAL BOTH IN COUNTY POLICY AND INCIDENTAL AS FAR AS STATE ELECTION LAW CONNECTED THROUGH COUNTY POLICY. SO I DO NOT SEE ANY ACTION AT THIS POINT. CHAIR, WE DON'T NEED TO DO A MOTION. YEAH, SO JUST SO. THE PUBLIC KNOWS, SUPERVISOR LONG HAD SOME CONCERNS, AND WE AS A BOARD CANNOT DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS UNLESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'VE BEEN SATISFIED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. YES, I THINK WE'VE MET OUR DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HAVE THE THE... TASK AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT OF THE ACTIONS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN AN ELECTED POSITION. SO I THINK WE'VE MET OUR BURDEN FOR KIND OF VETTING THIS AND

[R5 Consider approving a request from the Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Committee to extend the timeline for presenting a draft of the County Strategic Plan from April 7, 2026, to May 19, 2026.]

THERE'S NO VOTE. IT'S NOT A VOTABLE ITEM. THIS WAS SIMPLE FOR A DISCUSSION. R5. CONSIDER APPROVING THE REQUEST. OKAY.

R5. CONSIDER APPROVING THE REQUEST FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO EXTEND A TIMELINE FOR PRESENTING A DRAFT OF THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN.

FROM APRIL 7, 2026 TO MAY 19, 2026. SUPERVISOR LONG, IS YOUR... OKAY, YOU'VE ALREADY

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CHAIR, COUSIN, DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? YES, GO AHEAD. WERE WE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, OR WAS THAT, THAT WAS... THIS IS R5. THIS IS JUST A REQUEST.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS WANT TO EXTEND IT, CORRECT? SO WE...

QUIT YELLING AND INTERRUPTING THE MEETING. HE'S A LOSER. WE HAD A MEETING OF THE AD HOC AFTER OUR LAST BOARD CONVERSATION, AND WE HAD LAID OUT A SCHEDULE FOR BRINGING IT BACK ON APRIL 7TH. AND WHEN WE TALKED THROUGH THAT, IT FELT LIKE WITH PREPARING BUDGETS, THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. THAT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM AND SHARED WITH THE FIVE COMMITTEE HEADS, WHO ARE ALL COUNTY STAFF. AND THEY THEY ARE REITERATED THAT IT THAT IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE TO GET IT DONE AT THE LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT WE ALL WANT IT TO BE DONE. AND SO WE WANTED TO SATISFY THE NEED FOR IT TO BE DONE BEFORE THE BUDGET.

AND SO WE PUSHED IT TO, YOU KNOW, OUR REQUEST IS TO PUSH THIS TO MAY 19TH. SO THAT STAFF HAS THE TIME TO DO THIS WELL AND LEAD THOSE COMMITTEES. AND STILL ALLOW IT TO INFORM OUR OUR BUDGET HEARINGS IN JUNE. SO. SO. I WOULD ADD TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND REITERATE WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER JUST SAID, WHICH IS, WE WANT A QUALITY PRODUCT AND WE WANT TO ALLOW STAFF SUFFICIENT TIME TO PRODUCE THE BEST EFFORT. SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A WORKABLE DOCUMENT FOR US. AND WE HAVE MET AS AN AD HOC AND DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE AND THE STAFF IS FEELING TREMENDOUS PRESSURE RIGHT NOW TO TURN OUT SOMETHING. AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT, EVEN IF IT TAKES A MONTH LONGER. AND SO WE'RE GOING INTO BUDGET HEARINGS CURRENTLY, AND THAT IS A VERY STRESSFUL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS. BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING UP WITH ALL OTHER KINDS OF CONSIDERATIONS, AND IT'S KIND OF SIMULTANEOUSLY CONFLICTING WITH THESE SUBCOMMITTEE PROJECTS, AND I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE TIME AS RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. I WAS, I GUESS, I WAS STILL IN THERE.

SO IF THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION. SUPERVISOR CRAIG.

YEAH, I MEAN, SO IS THERE A MOTION, THEN? DID Y'ALL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING THIS BACK, THE PLAN FOR REVIEW BY THE FULL BOARD ON MAY 19TH AT THAT BOARD MEETING? AND I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE. IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY.

STEPHANIE. YEAH, WELL, CAN I SPEAK REAL QUICK? WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK, CHAIR, DOLORES LUCERO. AND I BELIEVE SHE LEFT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE JUST A COUPLE, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF SUPERVISOR LONG AND PLUMMER. THIS IS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS PROCESS IS, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, YOU WOULD NEVER, NEVER TAKE THIS LONG. AND WE STILL HAVE, WE'RE STILL SETTLING ON THINGS THAT WE KNEW IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 25. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. I'M GOING TO VOTE TO EXTEND IT, AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE SOLE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE NOLTE SHORT ASKED ME FOR THE EXTRA TIME. BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT OUR FISCAL PICTURE THAT WE HAVE AT THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS IN GREAT PART FROM OUR CEO, HIS STAFF, AND NOLTE SHORT'S OFFICE, THAT IF THEY WANT MORE TIME, AS IT PRESSES STAFF. AND AS WE MAKE DECISIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET IN JUNE, AS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALLUDED TO, I'M FOR IT.

BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO BE ON RECORD TO SAY, LIKE, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS LONG. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION BY PLUMMER, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG. LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE, STARTING WITH SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR LONG? YES. SUPERVISOR HARMON? YES. SUPERVISOR KELLSTROM?

[R6 Take the following actions regarding Senate Bill (SB) 707, Open Meetings: meeting and teleconferencing requirements (Durazo): (1) Receive a presentation regarding the impacts of SB 707; (2) approve terms and conditions and authorize the purchase of a public meeting engagement software subscription from Cityzen Solutions, Inc., dba PublicInput, Inc; (3) adopt a policy resolution which amends Administrative Policy 1-101, Operation and Conduct of Business Before the Board of Supervisors; and (4) approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $66,613 in the Clerk of the Board Budget (BU 103) offset by use of Unassigned General Fund balance.]

PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO R6.

TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS REGARDING SENATE BILL SB-707, OPEN MEETINGS, MEETING AND TELECONFERENCING AND REQUIREMENTS. RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF S.B. 707. APPROVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF PUBLIC MEETING ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION FROM CITIZEN SOLUTIONS. AND ADOPT A POLICY RESOLUTION WHICH AMENDS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101, OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD OF

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YEAH, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, CHAIR? YEAH, PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD.

WITH ME TODAY IS BRYCE RITCHIE, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF SENATE BILL 707, WHICH MODERNIZES PUBLIC MEETING ACCESS UNDER THE BROWN ACT.

BY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AND ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE BILL REFLECTS THE LEGISLATURE'S INTENT TO MAKE PUBLIC MEETINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO DISTANCE, DISABILITY, WORK SCHEDULES, OR OTHER BARRIERS. MY APOLOGIES, I'M NOT USED TO RUNNING MY POWERPOINT AT THE SAME TIME AS PRESENTING.

ALL RIGHT, SO S.B. 707 APPLIES DIRECTLY TO THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE WE'RE CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE BODY UNDERNEATH THE BILL.

WHILE THE COUNTY ALREADY PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ACCESS, OUR CURRENT MEETING PRACTICES DO NOT MEET THE NEW PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS BILL.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT S.B. 707 IS A MANDATORY, UNFUNDED STATE MANDATE.

COMPLIANCE MUST BE ACHIEVED NO LATER THAN JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. SB 707 APPLIES TO BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF 30,000 OR MORE, AS WELL AS CERTAIN CITY COUNCILS AND SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARDS. FOR ELIGIBLE LEGISLATIVE BODIES, THE PUBLIC MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS USING EITHER A TWO-WAY TELEPHONIC SERVICE OR A TWO-WAY AUDIOVISUAL PLATFORM.

THIS ENSURES THE PUBLIC CAN NOT ONLY LISTEN, BUT ALSO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.

THE BILL ESTABLISHES SEVERAL NEW REQUIREMENTS. FIRST, IT REQUIRES, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, A TWO-WAY TELEPHONIC OR TWO-WAY AUDIOVISUAL ACCESS THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY.

SECOND, IT REQUIRES LEGISLATIVE BODIES TO ADOPT WRITTEN PROCEDURES ADDRESSING HOW THE MEETINGS WILL BE HANDLED IF TECHNOLOGY FAILS. THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MUST BE ADOPTED, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, BY JULY 1ST, 2026. S.B. 707 ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE COUNTY ADOPT PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTIONS.

LIKE JUST MENTIONED. SO, IF SERVICES INTERRUPTED DURING A MEETING, THE BOARD MUST RECESS FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR.

WHILE STAFF MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO RESTORE SERVICES, OR UNTIL SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED, WHICHEVER IS FASTER. THE BOARD MAY CONDUCT CLOSED SESSION WHILE STAFF WORKS TO RESTORE SERVICES. IF SERVICE CANNOT BE RESTORED AFTER ONE HOUR, THE BOARD MAY CONTINUE THE MEETING, BUT ONLY AFTER A ROLL CALL VOTE, FINDING THAT GOOD FAITH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN CONTINUING OUTWEIGHS THE INTEREST IN REMOTE ACCESS. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO BRYCE. THANKS, STEPHANIE. AS WE REVIEWED THE BILL, AS IT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WE BEGAN EVALUATING DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BILL. THAT WOULD IMPACT THE COUNTY. INVOLVED IN THOSE WAS LOOKING AT A DEDICATED PUBLIC PHONE LINE FOR PARTICIPATION DURING THE MEETINGS, WEBINAR SOFTWARE PAIRED WITH OUR CURRENT AGENDA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, THOSE TWO THINGS WOULD HAVE WORKED IN TANDEM, AND THEN THE PUBLIC INPUT HYBRID PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SOLUTION. EACH OPTION WAS EVALUED BASED ON COST, STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, FUNCTIONALITY, THE ABILITY TO MEET THE COUNTY'S NEEDS AND FULLY COMPLY WITH S.B 707. THE SOLUTION THAT WE LANDED ON AS A TEAM WAS THE HYBRID SOLUTION.

PROVIDED BY PUBLIC INPUT IS THE ONE THAT BEST MEETS THE COUNTY'S NEEDS. IT PROVIDES A SINGLE PLATFORM FOR BOTH MANAGING REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS NOT INCREASING STAFF WORKLOAD DURING MEETINGS. IT ALSO, SOMETHING I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, IT PROVIDES METRICS TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO TRACK PARTICIPATION FROM INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS.

NUMBER OF ITEMS, TIME SPENT ON EACH ITEM. THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN MAKING DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS WITH PUBLIC INPUT IS WE'LL ESTABLISH A DEDICATED WEB PAGE THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO OUR AGENDA. SO THE STAFF CAN, OR STAFF PUBLIC CAN. LOG ON TO THAT WEB PAGE, SEE WHAT ITEMS THERE ARE ON ANY GIVEN AGENDA, AND THEN SELECT THOSE AND SUBMIT REQUESTS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY FROM THE WEB PAGE. THEY CAN BE SUBMITTED FROM ANY WEB ENABLED DEVICE.

ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE PLANNING ON INSTALLING TWO KIOSKS IN THE FOYER OUTSIDE BOARD CHAMBERS FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WEB-ENABLED DEVICE.

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WELL, ON HERE, YOU WROTE DOWN R2. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONQUER THOSE ISSUES AS WELL AS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE METRICS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR STAFF.

IN DETERMINING HOW WE'RE DOING ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. ALONG WITH THIS, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH S.B. 707 AND BRING OUR POLICIES IN LINE WITH THE NEW PROCEDURES, WE ARE PROPOSING UPDATES TO ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101.

MR. GARDNER, YOU WERE ASKED TO LEAVE. HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. I GAVE HIM A WARNING, AND HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE.

WHEN HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR, I ASKED HIM TO LEAVE, AND THEN HE CAME BACK IN, SO YOU NEED TO LEAVE. SORRY, BRYCE. CONTINUE. NO WORRIES, CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO, AS I MENTIONED, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO BRING 1-101 IN LINE WITH THE STATE'S DIRECTIVES.

THESE UPDATES EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION RULES, REVISE TELECONFERENCING PROCEDURES, UPDATES TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS, AND ESTABLISH REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTION PROTOCOLS. THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO INCLUDE MINISTERIAL UPDATES TO IMPROVE CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES. MY BOSS'S FAVORITE PART OF ANY PROJECT, THE FISCAL IMPACTS.

FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26, WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET AMENDMENT ALONG WITH THIS ITEM FOR $66,613.

THAT DOES INCLUDE A CONTINGENCY THAT WE'RE HOPING NOT TO TAP INTO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO UNDER BUDGET. GOES WITH THESE PROJECTS AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY LATER.

STEPHANIE NOTED EARLIER, SB 707 IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, AND THAT'S DUE TO BROWN ACT.

COMPLIANCE BEING REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION THAT EXEMPTS SB 90 CLAIMS, OR THIS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR SB 90 CLAIMS. PART OF THE REASON THE COST IS SO FRONT-LOADED AND SO HIGH IS BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE, IT'S AN ADVANCE PAY, BUT WE ARE PAYING FOR THE FIRST TERM THROUGH 6-30-2027. SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANY SOFTWARE COSTS IN THAT SECOND COLUMN FOR 26-27, BECAUSE THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR.

AND THEN WE'LL RESUME THE SOFTWARE COSTS IN 27-28. WHAT THIS DOES IS OBVIOUSLY EXTENDS OUR FIRST YEAR-ISH, BUT THERE ARE BUILT-IN INCREASES FROM THE VENDOR EVERY YEAR THAT WE RENEW. AND SO THIS GETS US OUT OF ONE OF THOSE BY JUST EXTENDING BY A FEW EXTRA MONTHS. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS OVER A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT TERM FOR ALL THE SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS ALL THE ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, IS $192,090. THE INITIAL YEAR COSTS ARE PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WITH FUTURE COSTS TO BE REQUESTED DURING THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS.

LASTLY, THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE AND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE WERE TODAY.

OBVIOUSLY, SB 707 WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. IN OCTOBER OF 2025, WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. GOING FORWARD FROM HERE, WE'LL WORK ON DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SPRING. TO GO LIVE JUST FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENT BY JULY 1ST, 2026. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. STEPHANIE AND I, AS WELL AS COUNCIL ARMOUR, ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. JUST SO THE THE PUBLIC KNOWS. S.B. SEVEN, OH SEVEN, UH... WITH THIS COUNTY FOUGHT IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, I MEAN, WE FIGHT COMMITTEE. WE THOUGHT IT WENT INTO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, UH... I BELIEVE, UH... MISS BLANK AND CHIP WENT DOWN WITH A GROUP OF, UH... OTHER CLERK OF THE BOARDS TO FIGHT THIS LEGISLATION.

IT'S A BAD DEAL, UH... IT'S WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THAT THAT COME HERE TAKE THE TIME OFF FROM WORKING, TAKE THE TIME TO COME HERE.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM FIRST PRIORITY, BUT SB SEVEN, OH, SEVEN SAYS WE CAN'T. SO LITERALLY SOMEBODY PHONING IN FROM THE UKRAINE CAN BUMP YOU AND BE FIRST IN LINE BEFORE THE PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER CALIFORNIA LAW ON AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT'S GOING TO COST US. SO, SUPERVISOR CRYE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAD.

BRYCE, I THOUGHT THE TIMING, YOU CRACKED YOUR KNUCKLES WHEN YOU WALKED UP, AND I THOUGHT, MAN, BRYCE IS READY. AND THEN STEPHANIE TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES. SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO I WAS MESSAGING NOLDA ABOUT SB $90.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UNFUNDED. SO THERE, THERE'S NO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE WORKING? CAUSE I DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NO CONTINGENCY DOLLARS IN THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S CUTE, BUT I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT BUDGETING FOR SOMETHING IS A MISS. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A NUMBER IN THERE OF CONTINGENCIES OF SOME TYPE, OF SOME KIND.

IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THERE IS A 10% CONTINGENCY THIS YEAR.

CAN YOU SLIDE BACK UP,

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THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY. WITHIN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEARS, WE WOULD BUDGET FOR... ALL SORTS OF CONTINGENCIES THROUGH THE NORMAL BUDGET PROJECT. ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST THINK, AS YOU LOOK AT THE LINE ITEM OF 26-27 THROUGH 30-31, SOMETHING HAS TO BE ALLOCATED THERE. UNLESS YOU DON'T THINK THAT 10% IS GOING TO BE USED IN YEAR ONE AND IT WOULD BE SPREAD OUT ACROSS. I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER, BUT WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW.

AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH MANY COUNTIES, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT DOESN'T IMPOSE TIME LIMITS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT TAKES WHATEVER, WE TAKE EVERYBODY.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I GUARANTEE YOU, IS THAT WE WILL PROBABLY MOVE IN A DIRECTION WHERE IT WILL BE A TIMED AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S 20 MINUTES, IF IT'S 30 MINUTES, WHAT THAT IS, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN CALL IN NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE STOPPED. BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THREE HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SINGLE ITEM. JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY GETS ONLINE AND TELLS EVERYBODY TO CALL IN. SO JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, SO STEPHANIE, IF THERE'S ANY COUNTIES TRYING TO PUSH BACK, IS THERE ANYBODY TRYING TO LEAD? ANY KIND OF CHARGE TO BLOCK THIS? BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRA COST THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE INCURRING? YEAH, SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ONE THING.

IN TODAY'S PACKET FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION IS THOSE TIME LIMITS THAT YOU JUST SPOKE OF. YEAH. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THOSE. IT IS UP TO THE BOARD'S DISCRETION AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, IF IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TODAY.

WITH THAT, I CAN SAY THAT AS THE TREASURER FOR THE CALIFORNIA CLERK OF THE BOARD ASSOCIATION, ALTHOUGH I WASN'T THE TREASURER LAST YEAR, I WAS A PART OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND WE HAD A WHOLE TEAM THAT WENT DOWN TO SACRAMENTO.

TO WORK WITH THE AUTHOR ON THIS BILL, TO EVEN GET THE BILL WHERE IT IS NOW, WHICH IS MORE PALATABLE THAN WHERE IT WAS TO BEGIN WITH. AND ALTHOUGH WE KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET A WHOLE WIN AND HAVE THIS BILL.

DIE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE BEST OF WHAT WE COULD GET. I KNOW THAT ALL COUNTIES ARE OPPOSED TO THIS, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE WANT TO QUIET THE VOICE BY ANY MEANS, BUT LOGISTICALLY, IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MANAGE PEOPLE IN PERSON AND REMOTE. AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET FROM THE SPEAKER IN PERSON TO THE PERSON ON THE PHONE.

AND WHETHER YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSON ON THE PHONE, AND WHETHER THAT PERSON ON THE PHONE IS WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. AS WE WERE LOOKING AT PUBLIC INPUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEIR SYSTEM DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO PUT IN THERE. WHEN THE PEOPLE GO TO REGISTER TO SPEAK, THEY CAN PUT IN WHETHER THEY'RE FROM SHASTA COUNTY OR NOT. NOW, WE CAN'T SAY THAT IF YOU'RE NOT FROM SHASTA COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO SPEAK. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IF WE HAVE A MEETING ON ANY ITEM, WE CAN PULL THE DATA FROM THAT. AND SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE VOICES THAT YOU HEARD TODAY WERE NOT. RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY. NOW, IT IS BASED ON SOMEBODY SAYING YES OR NO TO THAT AND TELLING THE TRUTH, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PULL THAT INFORMATION. I MEAN, YOU DON'T NEED AN ID TO VOTE, SO WHATEVER. ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD JUST, I'D ASK MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IF WE COULD NOT, LIKE, I DON'T, I THINK WE NEED JUST MORE TIME. I WAITED FOR THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE COME UP WITH WHAT THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF TIME SHOULD BE. IT'S IN THE PACKET. NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IF THERE'S DISCUSSION HERE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS, I'M JUST SAYING I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF BRINGING THAT BACK. AND I THINK WHERE THEY STARTED IN THE PACKET IS, AND SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WE'RE STARTING OUT PRETTY TIGHT. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE CALLING IN FROM OUT OF THE STATE OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY, IF IT SEEMS TO BE NORMAL MEETINGS, THEN WE WILL LOOSEN THAT BACK UP.

BUT JUST FOR THE PROTECTION, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT FAIRLY TIGHT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SEE HOW BAD IT IS. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE THAT BAD. HOPEFULLY IT'LL JUST BE THE, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL SPEAKERS THAT COME TO THE MEETINGS THAT ARE SPEAKING, BUT, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IT TIGHT TO START OUT WITH, AND WE CAN ALWAYS LOOSEN IT.

IT'S EASIER THAN STARTING OUT LOOSE AND THEN TIGHTENING AND MAKING IT SHORTER. SO THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR. BRYCE, THANKS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.

APPRECIATE IT. AND I'VE SPOKEN, MAYBE NOT WITH YOU, ABOUT THIS, BUT I SPOKE WITH COUNTY COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO ITERATE. THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVICE BASIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO ONCE THAT PHONE LINE OPENS, IF YOU GET 100 CALLERS FLOODING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA OR WHEREVER.

IT MIGHT LOCK OUT OUR LOCAL SPEAKERS. AND SO THIS IS VERY PROBLEMATIC, AND IT TAKES THE LOCAL OUT OF THE LOCAL MEETING IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HIJACK OUR PROCESS.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT?

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AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT OF AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS.

WITH THE SYSTEM, HOW IT WILL WORK IS IT WILL BE FIRST COMES, FIRST SERVE, BUT IT WON'T JUST BE, YOU CAN'T JUST CALL IN TO PARTICIPATE. IT'LL REQUIRE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR EACH ITEM.

SO IF PERSON A GETS ON AND SIGNS UP FOR, YOU KNOW, R1 AND THEY'RE FIRST IN QUEUE, WHETHER THEY'RE ONLINE OR IN PERSON, THEY'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO GO FOR.

BUT IT WON'T ALLOW, YOU CAN'T JUST CALL IN AND THEN BE IN QUEUE. YOU DO HAVE TO SUBMIT IT. IT'S STILL A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND THAT ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP. HOW WILL YOU- I'LL ADD TO THAT REAL QUICK. JUST SO, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO CHOOSE THE TIME WHERE WE WANT TO OPEN THAT REGISTRATION UP.

AND AFTER DISCUSSIONS, INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, WE FELT THAT 8 O'CLOCK THE MORNING OF THE MEETING WOULD BE BEST, AND THAT WOULD PREVENT A LOT OF THE OUTSIDE VOICES FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY.

SO, FOLKS, JUST IF WE'RE GOING WITH THAT 8 O'CLOCK, THEN PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO THIS MEETING AND WANT TO SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD, THERE ARE GOING TO BE AN HOUR LATE AT MINIMUM. SO IT'S... THE BUILDING WILL BE OPEN AT 8, AND LIKE WE MENTIONED, WE'RE PUTTING KIOSKS IN THE LOBBY. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AND WANT TO SUBMIT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD HERE.

IN PERSON VERSUS, OR DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE OR A HOME COMPUTER TO DO IT. SO THAT KIND OF HELPS BALANCE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF WHEN SOMEONE, BECAUSE IF WE OPENED IT UP AT 8 P.M. ON A FRIDAY, RIGHT, THE BUILDING'S NOT OPEN, THE KIOSKS AREN'T AVAILABLE, BUT BY WAITING UNTIL 8 A.M.

GIVES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO COME IN AND SUBMIT THEM IN PERSON.

EVEN IF THEY'RE ELECTRONICALLY CHALLENGED, IF YOU WILL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WANTING TO SUBMIT THE TRADITIONAL SPEAKER CARD. AT 9 O'CLOCK. WHEN THE MEETING STARTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A KIOSK THAT THEY CAN THEN COME AND DROP THAT AT 8 O'CLOCK IF THEY WANTED TO? YEAH, YEAH, THOSE WILL BE SET UP IN THE LOBBY. THERE WILL BE TWO OF THEM. AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UNDER THIS NEW LAW, 707, THAT WE HAVE AN EQUAL MIX OF OUTSIDE FOLKS AND...

INTERNAL COUNTY FOLKS THAT NEED TO BE HEARD. UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

WE CAN'T SAY FIVE SPEAK, WE'LL ALLOW THREE SPEAKERS FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THREE FROM THE INSIDE. OR, IF WE WANNA PRIORITIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON, SEVEN WHO ARE IN PERSON. WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM AS THEY COME. THE GOAL WAS FROM THE BILL TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY. SO BY PRIORITIZING THOSE PEOPLE IN IN PERSON, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF UNDERCUTTING THE OVERALL GOAL, I THINK, OF THE AUTHOR'S BILL. AND TO ADD TO THAT, THE SAME RULE WOULD APPLY AS WE HAVE NOW.

ONCE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM BEGINS, THE TIME TO REGISTER WILL BE CUT OFF FOR EACH ITEM. OKAY, OKAY. AND IN THE COUNTIES THAT YOU'VE POLLED, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THIS ALREADY. AND ARE THOSE PROBLEMS WHERE THEIR LOCAL CITIZENS CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO OUR GOVERNMENT? IT'S MORE OF A EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, LIKE SEVERAL HOURS OF COMMENT PER ITEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING COMMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. WELL, SUPERVISOR HARMON. NICE, ORGANIZED TRAIN WRECK, RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH. IS THERE OTHER STATES THAT ARE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, OR IS THIS JUST A CALIFORNIA STANDALONE? IT'S JUST CALIFORNIA, AND THERE COULD BE OTHER STATES THAT DO IT. WE HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO THAT, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A LAW THAT CAME THROUGH THE STATE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE DONE SOME KIND OF CONSIDERATION OR STUDY THAT SAYS HOW, HOW LONG, HOW MUCH. THIS IS GOING TO EXTEND EVERY MEETING IN THE WHOLE STATE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ENORMOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THEY DID THAT STUDY, BUT THAT DATA HASN'T BEEN PUBLISHED, SO WE REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WENT INTO IT. THAT'S GOING BACK TO REALLY WHAT SUPERVISOR OR CHAIR, KALLSTROM HAD SAID EARLIER. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TIGHTEN IT UP AT FIRST TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS, AND THEN IF THIS BOARD MAKES A DECISION TO LOOSEN THOSE A BIT, THAT'D BE FINE. BUT OUR INTENT IN REALLY TIGHTENING UP PUBLIC COMMENT AS OF EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST IS REALLY TO TRY AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

AND SEE IF WE HAVE THAT ISSUE HERE LOCALLY.

BUT THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO, IF THIS IS JUST A COMPLETE CATASTROPHE ALL ACROSS, THERE'S NO WAY TO BACKTRACK THIS.

WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY THE STATE, NO. YEAH, THEY'D HAVE TO AMEND THE BILL OR REPEAL IT ENTIRELY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE SAID ENOUGH.

BEFORE I GET TO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO, CHAIR. OKAY. SUPERVISOR

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WHAT IS THAT? SO GENERALLY WITH BILLS, THEY DO INCLUDE SOME KIND OF NEW LEGISLATION. THERE'S AVAILABLE SUNSET CLAUSES. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THEY GET SEVERAL YEARS IN AND JUST EXTEND IT OUT SEVERAL MORE YEARS. SO RIGHT NOW, IT IS SET FOR 2030.

OUR ESTIMATIONS, OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON A FIVE YEAR, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR RETENTION CYCLE FOR EQUIPMENT IS. AND IN FULL ESTIMATION THAT THEY WILL EXPAND THIS BEYOND WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS, OR MAKE IT PERMANENT. AND SO IF IN 2030 THEY DO DECIDE TO, OR BEFORE THAT, THEY DO DECIDE TO STOP WITH THE PROCEDURES OR CHANGE THEM DRASTICALLY, WE'LL JUST BE PREPARED TO ADJUST. AND THEN, JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS, I DON'T THINK I, IF IT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION, I MISSED IT. BUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT THIS POLICY CHANGE WOULD MOVE TOWARDS IS 20 MINUTES TOTAL PER AGENDA ITEM AND TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON MORE THAN FOUR ITEMS. CORRECT. SO A FEW THINGS WITH THAT. ONE IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THE NO MORE THAN FOUR ITEMS? BECAUSE I COULD, AS WE ALREADY STATED, I COULD JUST ENTER WHATEVER NAME I WANT INTO THIS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THE SYSTEM REQUIRES A PHONE NUMBER, SO BY PUTTING IN A PHONE NUMBER THAT LINKS YOU TO. SO THAT IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN PERSON OR ONLINE, IT LOCKS THEM INTO THAT REGISTRATION. AND THEN IT WOULD BE FOUR ITEMS. WITH EVERY SYSTEM, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO MANIPULATE IT, RIGHT? THIS IS THE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE BEST WAY WE COULD FIND TO TRY AND MAKE IT EQUITABLE AND STILL PROMOTE LOCAL PUBLIC INPUT. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS MAYBE MORE FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, IS THEN A QUESTION FOR YOU.

BUT 20 MINUTES, TWO MINUTES EACH, THAT'S ABOUT 10. I WOULD SAY, AND TODAY, JUST AT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAD 20.

WE FREQUENTLY GO OVER 10 BECAUSE WE'RE OFTEN DROPPING IT FROM THREE MINUTES DOWN TO TWO MINUTES. I MEAN, AND I GET THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TIGHTEN IT TO PREVENT SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING INFLUX.

BUT I THINK THAT, TO ME, THAT FEELS A LITTLE BIT TIGHT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE'RE FREQUENTLY GETTING MORE THAN 10 IN PERSON HERE. AND SO THIS WOULD BE FURTHER, NOT ONLY MAKING EVERYBODY ONLY GET TWO MINUTES, BUT FURTHER RESTRICTING IT. I THINK GOING MORE TOWARDS A 30-MINUTE LIMIT WOULD BE WHERE I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE. OKAY, BUT WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMBER IS IF WE PUT A 30-MINUTE LIMIT ON THERE. WE HAVE 30 CALLERS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. SO WE WANT TO TIGHTEN IT UP, WE WANT TO START TIGHT AND WE'LL LOOSEN UP. I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. IF WE DON'T HAVE AN INFLUX OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF CALLERS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA CALLING IN. AND, YOU KNOW, CLOGGING THE WHOLE PROCESS UP.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MOVING IT MORE TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT IT'S HARDER TO START THERE, AND THEN WE FIND OUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND TIGHTEN IT BACK UP.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO TAKE AWAY TIME. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO ADD TIME. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO START OUT VERY TIGHT, SEE WHERE IT GOES. YOU KNOW, IF AFTER THE FIRST MEETING OR TWO WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFLUX OF CALLERS, THEN WE WILL LOOSEN THEM UP.

BUT I WOULD PROPOSE THAT ACTUALLY THE INFLUX OF CALLERS PROBLEM WOULD BE A CASE FOR EXTENDING IT. IS. SAY YOU DO GET AN INFLUX OF CALLERS AND THEY ALL SIGN UP, THAT COULD BOX OUT ALL OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWING 10 SPEAKERS PER ITEM. IF YOU EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU HAVE 15, SO 50% MORE, THEN THERE'S A BETTER CHANCE THAT YOU GET MORE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THERE, WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW ON MANY AGENDA ITEMS, WE'RE GETTING UP TO 10. SO I THINK IF WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING MORE LOCAL PEOPLE. BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO INCLUDE THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY.

BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THE LOCAL PEOPLE THE THEIR FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM, PUT THEM IN FRONT OF LINE, BUT WE CAN'T. THIS BILL PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT. SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO START IT OUT TIGHT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. IF WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, THEN I'M ALL FOR LOOSENING IT BACK UP. SO WHAT IF? SO, WHAT IF WE DO THIS? AND THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP ARE OUT OF NON LOCAL CALLERS? NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. RIGHT, AND SO MY POINT IN SAYING THAT IS THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND THEN NOBODY HERE IN THE ROOM WILL ACTUALLY GET TO COMMENT ON IT. BECAUSE WE'VE TIGHTENED IT SO MUCH THAT WE'RE ONLY ALLOWING 10 SPEAKERS.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'VE LOOSENED UP TO THE FIRST 15, PEOPLE ARE ALL CALLING IN. NOW IT'S JUST ANOTHER, YEAH. THANK THE SUPERMAJORITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES DOING IT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 10 MINUTES ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FROM HERE. WE DON'T NEED TO BEAT THIS UP. JUST PUT IT IN WHATEVER YOU WANT. PUT IT IN MOTION. COULD I ASK BRYCE FOR AN OPINION REAL QUICKLY? BECAUSE I SEE. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THESE GUIDELINES, WITH THE PROPOSAL, WITH THE

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ALREADY HYBRID, LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING CURRENTLY. MOST COUNTIES ARE BETWEEN A TWO AND A THREE MINUTE WINDOW. SEVERAL DO HAVE LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF TIME PER ITEM. AND I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE AS WELL THAT ALREADY DO A NUMBER OF ITEMS PER SPEAKER. THE GOAL, AGAIN, WAS JUST TO HOPEFULLY HELP BALANCE. SO IF THAT ONE PERSON IS CALLING IN, THEY DON'T MONOPOLIZE EVERY SINGLE ITEM, RIGHT? SINCE WE'RE LIMITING THAT TOTAL NUMBER, TOTAL TIME. AS WELL AS JUST BEING COGNIZANT THAT OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT THIS BOARD HAS ADDRESSED HAS GROWN BY, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN MEETINGS HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER.

AND SO TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN RECEIVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONDUCTING EFFICIENT COUNTY BUSINESS IS REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THIS. CEO RICKERT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM. I DID SOME REAL QUICK MATH HERE.

EVEN WITH THIS VERY TIGHT RESTRICTION, BASED ON TODAY'S MEETING, WHICH IS A VERY MODEST MEETING AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE, IT ALLOWS FOR TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES OF COMMENT. SO I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM IN THAT. WE WANT TO START OUT FAIRLY RESTRICTIVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES, AND WE CAN MAKE MODIFICATIONS AS WE GO TO LOOSEN THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES UP AS WE GO. BUT TO START OUT WITH EVEN RELAXING IT EVEN MORE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE TO FOUR HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EVERY MEETING, WHICH MIGHT BE CHALLENGING CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WE HAVE AT THE MEETINGS WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE. IT WOULD REALLY TIE UP OUR PROCEDURES.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET COUNTY BUSINESS DONE HERE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT...

CHALLENGE FOR US. AND PLEASE REMEMBER, WE DID NOT COME UP WITH THIS. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAME UP WITH THIS.

AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERVISOR CRYE. YEAH, REALLY QUICK. BRYCE, THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDED INFORMATION.

THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS WHEN MY FIRST YEAR AS CHAIR IN 24, I KNOW I WORKED WITH MS. BLANKENSHIP AND STAFF ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT...

WAYS OTHER COUNTIES DO PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN WE TOOK IT DOWN FROM THREE TO TWO, LIMITING DIFFERENT THINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LANDED ON, AND THIS IS WHY I'VE STARTED IT BACK AND AGAIN. I'LL BE THERE THIS FRIDAY, I DO COFFEE AND I'LL HAVE MY CHEMO PUMP ON AT THAT POINT AND I JUST THINK IT.

I THINK IT SHOULD JUST PRESS ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO MORE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PUBLICLY.

WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND JUST GRIPE, COMPLAIN, DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.

BECAUSE REALLY, THIS HAS JUST BECOME GRANDSTANDING, THAT'S ALL THIS IS. MOST THE PEOPLE, EVEN THAT ARE IN HERE TODAY, IT'S JUST ABOUT LIKE GETTING THEIR THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. I THINK THE MORE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC, WE CAN JUST GET RID OF MORE OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE THIS IS SUPERFLUOUS. IT'S A WASTE OF COUNTY TIME. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT WHAT WE HAVE HERE. I REALLY WAS FEELING VERY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH STAFF. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. AND JUST WITH THE DISCUSSIONS HERE, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AS THE STAFF. HAS STATED IN THE REPORT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY SUPERVISOR HARMON. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR CHRIST, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE EXTEND THE TOTAL TIME TO 30 MINUTES, BUT WE RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS YOU CAN COMMENT ON TO THREE, BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH THE POINT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT. AND I THINK OPENING THAT UP TO 15 ALLOWS FOR THAT, BUT ALSO IF SOMEBODY'S COMING TO SPEAK ON EACH ITEM, THAT THERE SHOULD BE LESS OF A CHANCE FOR THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

AND PERSONALLY, I WOULD, AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM LOOSENING IT UP TO THAT. I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM LOOSENING IT UP TO THAT, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. SO DO I HAVE A SECOND VERSUS ALTERNATE OR THE SUPERVISOR PLUMBER'S MOTION? HEARING NO SECOND.

DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

MS. BLANKENSHIP, YOU SAID WE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? WE DO, CHAIR. LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WAS ONE, AND IT'S STILL ONE. BENJAMIN NGUYEN? SAMPLE A. SO CONGRATULATIONS, YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TO BLAME CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS TO REDUCE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND CRY, KUDOS TO YOU FOR CALLING MANY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AS GRANDSTANDING.

SHOWS SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. CHRIS

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FOR A WHILE NOW, I'VE BEEN WATCHING ONGOING ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE PUBLIC COMMENT, MOVE IT AROUND, SHORTEN IT, AND REMOVING PEOPLE WHO SPEAK OUT.

AND I KNOW THAT FIRSTHAND, WHAT THAT'S LIKE. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME IS THIS BOARD SAYING IT FOUGHT A LAW TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS. SO YOU CAN KEEP TIGHTENING THE RULES AND LIMITING HOW PEOPLE SPEAK. YOU CAN KEEP TREATING PARTICIPATION LIKE A PROBLEM TO MANAGE INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE MEETINGS.

BUT EVERY TIME YOU DO THAT, MORE PEOPLE FEEL PUSHED OUT OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. YOU BELIEVE IT CREATES ORDER. JUST DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN IT CREATES RESENTMENT AND DISTRUST. NOW MY WIFE JUST WANTED TO SIT IN THIS ROOM WITHOUT RISKING HER HEALTH. WE WERE TOLD NO. SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU FOUGHT THIS BILL, UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF US, FOR SOME OF US, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU FOUGHT. VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO BE HERE AT ALL. YOU CAN KEEP REDUCING PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. JUST UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOTICE. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MS. BLANKENSHIP, STARTING AGAIN WITH MY LEFT. SUPERVISOR LONG. YES. SUPERVISOR HARMON? YES. SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM?

[CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]

PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU, BOARD.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CLOSED SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEMS ON CLOSED SESSION? JUST ONE MOMENT, CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO SPEAK TO ITEM R7 AND ONE PERSON TO SPEAK TO R8, AND THEY'RE BOTH DOLORES LUCERO. OKAY. THEY'RE BOTH AGENDAS, SO SHE GETS ONE OF EACH. WELL, WELL, ALL THESE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COUNTY. I'M GLAD THAT FINALLY, PEOPLE ARE TAKING CONTROL OF FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COUNTY. THE ONLY THING I DO SEE THAT I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY FOR THAT.

MOTHER WHO ACTUALLY LOST HER SON IN JAIL, WHO WHEN SHE HAD TO CALL FOR HELP BECAUSE HER SON HAD SOME MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND I THINK I HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT SHE ONLY FILED A LAWSUIT FOR $35,000. I THINK IT'S PRETTY LOW FOR HER TO HAVE FILED THAT. BECAUSE A HUMAN BEING, NO MATTER WHAT, WHEN A MOTHER LOSES THEIR SON OR A DAUGHTER IN THE HANDS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR IN GOVERNMENT, SHE'D BE WORTH A LOT MORE THAN THAT. SO I HOPE THAT SHE'S LISTENING, AND I HOPE SHE RAISES HER PRICE, BECAUSE SHE'LL NEVER GET ANY TIME WITH THAT PERSON EVER AGAIN.

SO I JUST HOPE TO SEE MORE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COUNTY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE VIOLATED SO MANY FREAKING LAWS. DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO R8 NOW AT THIS TIME? YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR IS LEAVING. AND I GUESS THERE'S A REASON WHY HE'S LEAVING. HE'S NOT JUST RETIRING. SO WHO IS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY PUSHED THEM OUT? WAS IT KEVIN? BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY IS LEAVING, IT'S USUALLY KEVIN'S FAULT. NOBODY'S TALKING TO YOU, KEVIN. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEAVING BECAUSE OF KEVIN. SO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THAT, CHRIS.

KEEP ON GOING THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT WILL BRING US TO CLOSED SESSION.

IT'S ESTIMATED TWO HOURS.

LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT 10 MINUTES TILL NOON. I WOULD SAY WE WILL NOT BE BACK HERE BEFORE 1230.

CLOSED SESSION. COUNTY

[02:50:04]

SUPERVISORS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? OTHERWISE, THIS CONCLUDES THE MEETING.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.