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          READY, STEPH? GOOD MORNING AND 
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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT'S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, AND THE TIME IS 9 A.M. FOUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TODAY, WITH SUPERVISOR CRY BEING ABSENT, INCLUDING CEO DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY COUNCIL JOE LARMER, AND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, ANGEL, IN THE FOYER. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD. AND SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. BLANKENSHIP. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE 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 RESTRICTION, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE. 
          UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED. 
          STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE 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 DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEM C-1, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD, HAS BEEN PULLED BY MYSELF AND WILL BE RE-AGENDIZED TO A LATER DATE. ITEM C-9, AN AGREEMENT WITH SCOE FOR THE COMMUNITY CONNECT PROGRAM, HAS ALSO BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA BY CHRISTY COLEMAN, HHSA DIRECTOR, AND WILL BE RE-AGENDIZED TO A LATER DATE. AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ITEM R-9'S RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKVILLE ROAD AT ASH CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. REVISED COPIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AT THE... 
          BACK OF THE BOARD CHAMBERS LATER DURING THIS MEETING. 
          WITH THAT, CHAIR, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BLANKENSHIP. OUR TODAY'S INVOCATION IS BY LES SHOUP, WHO I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND FOLLOWED BY THAT WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MYSELF. IF EVERYBODY WOULD, PLEASE STAND. WILL YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME IN PRAYER, PLEASE, THIS MORNING? HEAVENLY FATHER. I PRAY FOR THESE SERVANT LEADERS OF OUR FAIR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. 
          I PRAY FOR EACH OF THEM TO HAVE GOD'S GUIDANCE FOR THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MUST MAKE. 
          MAY THEY BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, WHICH IS PURE AND PEACEABLE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL MANKIND. 
          WHEN THEY FACE OPPOSITION, GIVE THEM A GRACIOUS RESPONSE, WHICH DOES NOT BLEMISH. THEM. 
          PSALMS 89 14 SAYS THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE ARE THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR THRONE. UNFAILING LOVE AND TRUTH WALK BEFORE YOU AS ATTENDANTS. HELP US, FATHER, INCORPORATE THESE QUALITIES INTO EACH OF OUR LIVES. THESE THINGS, I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. SHOUP. MOVING ON. R1. 
          I PRESENT A RETIREMENT PLAQUE 
          [R1 Present a retirement plaque from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office to Mike Lindsey, Deputy Director - Administration in recognition of more than 33 years of dedicated service to Shasta County.]
FROM SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO MIKE LINDSAY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND RECOGNITION OF MORE THAN 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO SHASTA COUNTY. I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF IS HERE. GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR, SUPERVISORS, AUDIENCE. IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE THAT I'M HERE TO HONOR MIKE LINDSAY. MIKE LINDSAY, IF YOU REMEMBER... 
          UNDER SHERIFF, FORMER UNDER SHERIFF, RETIRED UNDER SHERIFF BRIAN JACKSON, HAD STARTED IN THE JAIL AND TRANSCENDED THROUGH THE RANKS UP TO A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE AGENCY. MIKE LINDSEY IS PRETTY MUCH A MIRROR OF THAT SORT OF CAREER PATH. 
          HE'S GOT 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THIS COUNTY, AND HE'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS. 
          FROM THE YOU BOTTOM AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO THE TOP. AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIALS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO HIS ABSENCE HAS LEFT A BIG HOLE, WHICH WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FILL AND STRUGGLING WITH DIFFERENT FINANCIAL ASPECTS. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE THAT HE GAVE TO THE AGENCY AND SERVICE HE GAVE TO THE COUNTY. SO I'D LIKE TO 
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READ THE PLAQUE THAT WE PRESENTED HERE. 
          ON THIS PLAQUE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TWO BADGES. BIG BADGE AND LITTLE BADGE, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF HOW THINGS USED TO BE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE FOLKS THAT WORKED OVER AT THE JAIL IN PARTICULAR, OR IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE AGENCY, HAD THE SMALLER BADGE AT THAT TIME, AND THE SWORN DEPUTIES HAD THE LARGER BADGE. 
          WE'VE GONE AWAY FROM THAT MODEL NOW, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO. DIG UP ONE OF THOSE BADGES, MIKE'S BADGE IN ARCHIVES AND PUT IT ON A PLAQUE WITH HIS BIG BADGE. SO HE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE ON THERE. 
          SO, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO SHASTA COUNTY, YOUR CAREER, MIKE, EXEMPLIFIES DEDICATION, ADAPTABILITY, AND WAS INVALUABLE BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. DRIVING... 
          DURING YOUR CAREER, YOU HELD SEVERAL ASSIGNMENTS TO INCLUDE SHERIFF'S SERVICE OFFICER, SENIOR SHERIFF'S SERVICE OFFICER, SENIOR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYST, CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER, AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. 
          IN EACH OF THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, HE HAS EXCELLED AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED COMMITMENT TO SHASTA COUNTY AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR WELL-DESERVED CAREER. 
          RETIREMENT. SORRY, I'LL JUST BEND DOWN. MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? YEAH. MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN, FOR PROBABLY THE LAST TIME. 
          AND CERTAINLY, I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT DURING THE MORE THAN A THIRD OF A CENTURY THAT I WORKED HERE, IT'S BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE TEAMS OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH. I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE OVER A LOT OF YEARS. AND AS I MOVED INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES, I COULD NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT THE TEAMS OF STAFF. 
          THAT REALLY MADE MY JOB SUCH A PLEASURE. AND SO REALLY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM, AND THAT INCLUDES OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, WHICH I DID WORK IN BRIEFLY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. I WORKED AS AN ANALYST FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME AND FOR THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE. AND THAT KIND OF EXPANDED MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTY, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE COMING FROM 16 YEARS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHERE YOU'RE REALLY SILOED WITH WHAT YOU DID. AND I THINK THAT OPENED UP MY ABILITY TO CONNECT MORE WITH MUCH OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND THE VALUE THAT EVERYONE THAT WORKS FOR THIS COUNTY PROVIDES TO THE CITIZENS OF SHEST COUNTY. AND SO YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES HERE. 
          THEY DO. FABULOUS WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. 
          THANK YOU. MS. BLANKENSHIP, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, DO WE? OKAY, SHALL WE TAKE A PICTURE? DO WE WANT TO DO THE VOTE FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND I'LL SECOND. 
          GO AHEAD, ADAM. SO FIRST BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU, 
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SHERIFF, AND THANK YOU, MS. GALINZI. MOVING ON TO R2, 
          [R2 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.]
RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION IN SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, AND RECEIVE SUPERVISORS' REPORTS ON COUNTYWIDE ISSUES. CEO RICKERT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, REPORTING. FIRST, AN UPDATE ON FEDERAL ISSUES. ON JANUARY 21ST, I MET WITH WESLEY FINK. THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SENATOR SCHIFF. IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. WITH TWO OF THE SENATOR'S BILLS, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT, SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. THESE BILLS ARE SENATE BILL 1323, FACILITATING INCREASED RESILIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL WEATHERIZATION AND LOWERED LIABILITY FIREWALL ACT. THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE A TAX INCENTIVE FOR HOMEOWNERS PROVIDING FIRE HARDENING FOR THEIR HOUSES. THE SECOND BILL WILL BE SENATE BILL 2744, FEDERAL DISASTER TAX RELIEF ACT. THIS BILL IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS, ALLOWING THEM TO CLAIM LOSSES WITHOUT ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS THROUGH 2026. ON FEBRUARY 20TH, I ALSO MET WITH ROBERTO ORTEGA, THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SENATOR PADILLA. WE DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS OF CONCERN TO SHASTA COUNTY. FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR FIRE RESILIENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SHASTA COUNTY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL AND MEET RURAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. 
          AND THE GRAY ROOF PREDATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON LIVESTOCK AND RANCHERS. 
          MR. ORTEGA PLANS TO VISIT OUR COMMUNITY IN MARCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND NOW WITH AN UPDATE ON COUNTY ISSUES, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SHASTA COUNTY. ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT ARTWORK TO THE SHASTA COUNTY AMERICAN STORY ART CONTEST, OFFERED BY THE SHASTA COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. OVERALL, WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED BY GRADE AND GROUP, AND THEIR ARTWORK WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE SHASTA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER. 
          IN CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE. 
          WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING THE JUNE 30TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, AND PRIZES WILL ALSO BE AWARDED. THIS CONTEST IS A WAY TO CELEBRATE PATRIOTISM, AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND FREEDOM ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND SHASTA COUNTY'S PART IN THE AMERICAN STORY. 
          THE THEME FOR YOUR ARTWORK SHOULD REFLECT ANY AND ALL THESE IDEAS. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT. LET'S START TO MY RIGHT, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU. I WAS ABLE TO GO DOWN TO SACRAMENTO. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT MEETINGS THERE. ONE WAS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WHERE WE SPOKE WITH HIM AGAIN AROUND OUR CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION CAMPUS AND WAS ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE. AND THIS WAS TO ONE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF, BUT A MEMBER OF HIS STAFF. AND SHARE THE VISION FOR THE THREE PHASES. AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE TO INCLUDE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS UP COMING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE REENTRY PROGRAMS. SO, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, WE HAD IT OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT FUNDING WILL REMAIN IN THERE AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SECURE THE STATE PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT ANOTHER GOOD TOUCH POINT WITH THE STATE IN TERMS OF FOSTERING THAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ALSO WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH DOUG BOND, WHO IS THE CEO OF THE AMITY FOUNDATION. WHILE DOWN THERE AND DISCUSS SOME PRACTICAL NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE CONTRACTING SIDE, AS WELL AS BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE FOR CONSTRUCTION. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE PROPERTY ON EAST SIDE ROAD. SO THAT IS A WAYS OUT, BUT WE WANT TO BE PLANNING AHEAD AND GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT RATHER THAN LETTING IT COME UPON US. AND THEN BEING BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. SO, I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES CHALLENGE AWARDS, WHERE THEY HONOR COUNTIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE FOR VARIOUS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, SERVICES, OR APPROACHES. AND THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING IDEAS SHARED 
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AROUND BOTH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PRETRIAL DIVERSION. THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING HERE, AS WELL AS SOME UNIMPORTANT—SORRY. 
          EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS THAT WERE INTERESTING AS WELL. SO MORE RESEARCH TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATING THOSE, BUT ALSO HOPE THAT SHASTA COUNTY COULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED AT THOSE AWARDS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. I ALSO HAD A MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY AI TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE, THE BUSINESS SPACE, AND THEN THE K-12 SPACE. AND WE HAD SOMEONE JOIN US WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING. A $1 MILLION GRANT, WHICH WAS RECEIVED WITH THE SHASTA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT AI AND ROBOTICS INTO THE CLASSROOM THERE. SO. 
          WE HAVE AS A GROUP SELECTED A FIRST FOCUS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BROAD VISION OF MAKING SHASTA COUNTY THE MOST AI LITERATE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OR IN THE STATE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BROAD VISION THAT AS AI PROGRESSES, WHETHER WE. 
          WHETHER YOU KIND OF LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S CERTAINLY WHERE THE FUTURE IS GOING. AND SO RATHER THAN LETTING IT HAPPEN TO US, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN KIND OF USING IT TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES. AND SO BECOMING LITERATE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO USE THOSE TOOLS. AND OUR TWO KIND OF FIRST INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS, ONE, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN USE AI TO TAKE PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC MEETINGS, HIM. 
          GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND MAKE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND DIGESTIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SHASTA COUNTY STRATEGIC GOALS, AS APPROVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WAS TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. AND SO THE AI CAN DO A LOT TO TAKE A BUNCH OF INFORMATION AND MAKE IT EASY TO DIGEST QUICKLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENTS THERE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THOSE TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED. 
          SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT EXCITING FIRST STEP IN TERMS OF PICKING A DIRECTION THERE. 
          YESTERDAY I ATTENDED A, I'M ON THE FIRST FIVE SHASTA BOARD AND THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL PLANNING DAY AND THEY ARE UPDATING THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. AND THE THREE FOCUS AREAS FOR THEM ARE EARLY LEARNING, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, AND THEN THRIVING FAMILIES. 
          AND ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, WHICH I THINK I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, BUT ONE OF THE... VERY FUN AND EXCITING PROGRAMS IS THAT ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR IS THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY, WHICH BASICALLY ANYONE IN SHASTA COUNTY, DOESN'T MATTER, INCOME OR ANYTHING, WHO HAS A CHILD ZERO TO FIVE CAN SIGN UP FOR IT, AND YOU'LL GET A BOOK IN THE MAIL TO YOU EVERY MONTH FOR FREE. AND THIS IS REALLY KEY IN TERMS OF ENCOURAGING LITERACY, WHICH WE KNOW INFLUENCES SO MANY OTHER LIFE OUTCOMES DOWN THE ROAD. AND SO. WE HAVE ABOUT 27% OF THE POPULATION CURRENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THAT, BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE 0-5 WHO HASN'T SIGNED UP, WE'D LOVE TO GET THEM PLUGGED INTO THAT. YOU CAN VISIT THE FIRST 5 SHASTA WEBSITE AND SIGN UP THERE. AND START READING. TO OUR YOUNG KIDS SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO BUILD CAREERS AND BE EDUCATED IN THE NEXT GENERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SURVIVORS PLUMMER. SUPERVISOR HARMON. 
          GOOD MORNING. WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, SHERIFF JOHNSON, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, AND I'VE GOT TO REPORT BACK ON THE WOLF, BUT THERE'S A MOD CORE, TIM FROM MOD CORE, AT THE CSAC MEETING, OUTFIT OUT OF TEXAS, AND THEY DO MODULAR JAILS, AND IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE COUNTY, OR AT A STATE LEVEL WITH THE COUNTIES. ANYWAYS, AND THEN WE HAD OUR, I WENT TO THE LOGGING CONFERENCE DINNER AT THE CIVIC, LOOKING AROUND AT THE CIVIC. I HOPE THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT STAY FUNCTIONAL IN OUR COMMUNITY. JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT FROM CORKY. AND THEN ON THAT, REFERRING TO THAT MEETING, IT WAS A CSAC MEETING WITH THE STATE. JUST TO SUMMARIZE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO AARON BERTAIN AND NOEL DESHORT AND THE REST OF THE CREW. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION, THANKFULLY, THANK GOD, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE IN TROUBLE WITH OUR BUDGET. 
          AND HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT WAS, 
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AND THERE'S A LOT OF SENATE BILLS AND DIFFERENT, AND I'M JUST NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THOSE. THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS LIKE, TOP OF THE MIND, THE TIME YOU GOT DONE WITH HOURS OF PRESENTATIONS WAS THAT. 
          IT'S A LITTLE SHAKY, THE STATE FUNDING ALL THESE BILLS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DEPEND ON FOR OUR BUDGET. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT AS I'M LISTENING TO THE, IT WAS BOARD REPORTS ON THE DIFFERENT, THEY WERE ALL KIND OF. 
          WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SUMMARY QUESTIONING WHETHER THE STATE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON SOME OF THEM. AND SOME OF THEM, THEY HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH, LIKE 36, THEY HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONWIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH BUDGETS, WITH THE STATE BUDGET. SO IT'S A BIG CONCERN, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO THANKFUL THAT OUR COUNTY IS ON TOP OF OUR BUDGETS AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF... OF BEING CAREFUL WITH WHERE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY. AND I DON'T, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO, LIKE, SCARE ANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY OBJECTIVE. I THINK THAT WE'RE VERY SECURE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY, YOU KNOW, GOOD WITH THOSE WITH THOSE REPORTS. AND THEN WE HAD IT ON THE 19TH, HAD A WOLF MEETING THAT I THAT I NEED TO REPORT BACK TO. SHERIFF JOHNSON ON. TINA BARTLETT, WHO'S, I THINK SHE'S NINE COUNTIES, SHE'S IN CHARGE OF THE NINE NORTHERN COUNTIES FOR FISH AND GAME. WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND DO A ROUNDTABLE WITH HER AND JOHN INGRAM. AND TRY TO GET A, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE WHOLE THING ON THE WOLVES. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE NOT A RANCHER, YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M TALKING TOO MUCH. IF YOU'RE A RANCHER, YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M NOT TALKING ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LIAISON THAT WE'D LIKE TO, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT. DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE WITH BUDGETING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO. WE DID TALK TO TINA ABOUT WHETHER FISH AND GAME HAD SOME DOLLARS THAT THEY COULD THROW TOWARDS A LIAISON. 
          AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT. WE HAVE JOHN FRY, OUR TRAPPER, BUT HE'S UP IN THE FALL RIVER, END OF THE. COUNTY, SO HE CAN GET, IF THERE'S TWO THINGS GOING ON ON BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTY, HE CAN GET IN A LITTLE TROUBLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THE COST IT LOOKS LIKE WITH TAHAMA COUNTY. 
          FOR A SECOND TRAPPER, I KNOW THAT THE THE TRAPPERS ARE THE ONES THAT CAN GO OUT AND DO A AND DO A REPORT. 
          IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, IF WE HAVE A TAKE AND SOMEBODY'S LOST CATTLE, THEN WE. THE FIRST GUY OUT THERE IS WITH FISH AND GAME IS JOHN FRY, BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT DOES THE THE LAB REPORTS TO VERIFY AND CONFIRM THE LOSS. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION FOR FORENSICS. THEY'VE GOT TO GATHER EVERYTHING AND SEND IT ALL TO THE LABS AND VERIFY AND PROVE THAT IT WAS A TAKE. AND THEN ON THE 20TH, I WENT WITH CHAIRMAN KELLSTROM TO THE WYNN RIVER. FLAGS AND FLOWERS, PRESTON SHARP, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG MAN THAT PUTS ALL THE FLAGS, STARTED PUTTING ALL THE FLAGS FOR THE VETERANS. AND WE HAD A FUNDRAISER THERE, AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A SOLD-OUT, PACKED HOUSE. AND YOU DID A GOOD JOB. HE DID A GOOD JOB AS AN AUCTIONEER FOR US. 
          AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT, AND I NEVER HEARD THE RESULTS, BUT I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THEY HAD A GREAT... FUNDRAISER THERE AND APPRECIATE WHAT PRESS AND SHARPEN EVERYBODY THAT, UH... 
          JOIN THAT AND SUPPORTED THAT, UH... DID FOR US. 
          WITH THAT ALL, CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HERMANN, SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU CHAIR, WELCOME EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE HERE. UH... 
          APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT. 
          TRULY DO, UH... SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT ONE AREA THAT I MET WITH, UH... I MET FOR BREAKFAST WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AT WHISKEYTOWN PARK, JOSH HOINES, AND WE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS. AND I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR VISITORS TO THE PARK AND JUST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IS TAKING OVER THE FIREFIGHTING SERVICE AT WHISKEYTOWN PARK. SO THAT WILL INCLUDE AGENCIES LIKE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, BUREAU OF LAND 
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MANAGEMENT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE WILL STAND INDEPENDENT, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT THERE IS NO ANTICIPATED REDUCTION IN ANY KIND OF FIRE SERVICE. 
          IT'S JUST GOING TO BE UNDER A DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIS PARK, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CONTROL. SO ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, WE HAVE FUELS REDUCTIONS PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT. IN THE WHISKEY TOWN PARK AREA AND I. AND THAT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ARE, UH... SITUATIONS WITH FUELS REDUCTIONS WITHIN THE PARK, UH... SO JUST KIND OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING FACTS. 
          EAST BEACH, WHICH EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH ON JFK MEMORIAL DRIVE, THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CARS STOPPING THERE TO UNLOAD ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THIS AND THAT, AND CAUSING KIND OF A TRAFFIC HAZARD. SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY HAVE STRIPED ALL THE PARKING SPACES FOR THAT EXACT TURNOUT FOR EAST BEACH. AND THEN WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS, VERY SOON THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AN OVERFLOW. 
          WHICH WILL BE SOUTH OF EAST BEACH, GOING BACK TOWARD THE DAM, BUT NOT TOO FAR, WHICH WILL HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 30 PARKING SPACES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COVERED PICNIC BENCHES. AND APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO JOSH, IT'S THE BEST VIEW IN THE PARK. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. THE VISITOR CENTER, EVERYONE MAY KNOW, HAS BEEN UNDER REMODEL. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE PUSHING, LIKE, THE DESK IN THE CENTER OF IT BACK AGAINST A WALL TO MAKE MORE SPACE IN THERE. 
          THAT WILL BE OPENING OCCUPANCY NEXT MONTH. SO IN MARCH, THAT WILL BE TAKING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE CALTRANS BRIDGE ON WHISKEY CREEK, OVER WHISKEY CREEK, IS MOVING ALONG. THAT WILL START THIS YEAR. AND THAT, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WILL HAVE WIDER MARGINS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND JOSH IS ALSO INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE TURNOUT. IF I CAN DESCRIBE THIS CORRECTLY, IT'S JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO THE WHISKEY CREEK BRIDGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE LEFT SIDE. HE'S GOING TO DEVELOP THAT WHOLE TURNOUT AREA AND HAVE RESTROOMS POTENTIALLY AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND THAT'S ANOTHER NICE VIEW OF THE LAKE. SO THAT'S COMING. 
          DURING THE CAR FIRE, THE WHISKEY CREEK BRIDGE WAS NOT THE MAIN BRIDGE, 299, BUT THE BRIDGE. BACK THERE, WHICH WRAPPED AROUND TOWARD A CAMPGROUND THAT WAS DESTROYED. 
          SO THAT HAS BEEN RESTORED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING UP A PROGRAM NOW FOR RESERVATIONS ON THAT BEACH OPPOSITE OF THE BOAT RAMP. SO THAT'S COMING. AND THE LAST THING WOULD BE THAT THE NEED CAMP, THE WHISKEYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL CAMP, IS GOING FORWARD. AND SO. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THIS AGENDIZED BEFORE OUR ENTIRE BOARD TO GET A FULL LETTER OF BOARD SUPPORT. SO JOSH HAD ASKED ME, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME BEFORE THIS MEETING, HIS DEADLINE WAS LAST WEEK, TO WRITE AN INDIVIDUAL LETTER, WHICH I GLADLY DID, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM. 
          AND SO IT'S DURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE RIGHT NOW, AND SO I WROTE A PERSONAL, INDIVIDUAL LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THAT. EFFORT TO JUST SHOW MY CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS. AND THEN, AS EVERYBODY RECALLS, THE BOARD WROTE A UNANIMOUS LETTER OF BOARD OF SUPPORT LAST OCTOBER. SO THAT'S GOING FORWARD. HOPEFULLY THAT IS A SUCCESSFUL PART BECAUSE THAT CAMP IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO TRANSITIONING OFF WHISKEY TOWN, I WANT TO USE THE BULK OF MY TIME FOR THAT. BUT BUT... I MET WITH SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY, WHICH CHAIR KALLSTROM HAS ASSIGNED ME TO BE A LIAISON. I AM NOT THE BOARD MEMBER. THERE ARE FOUR COUNTIES THAT ARE COMPRISING OUR DISTRICT, AND CURRENTLY THE TEHAMA COUNTY, RICK LUTWEILER IS THE CHAIR THAT'S ON THE ACTUAL CNC BOARD, SNC BOARD. AND SO THAT'S A ROTATIONAL POSITION, SO I'D LIKE TO GET SHASTA COUNTY IN LINE. AT SOME POINT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT TURNED BACK OVER TO SHASTA COUNTY TO MAKE KNOWN OUR INTERESTS. 
          SO I MET WITH THEM, DISCUSSED ALL THAT, AND WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. I'LL MAKE MINE QUICK. ON THE 11TH, I TALKED WITH LORI SCOTT ON A PROPERTY IN ANDERSON THAT WAS SLATED TO GO TO AUCTION, I BELIEVE, YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY. SO SHOUT 
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OUT TO LORI SCOTT. SHE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, AND SHE ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN ON THE 12TH, I RAN INTO THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS IN COTTONWOOD AND WENT OVER THERE TO SHAKE ALL THEIR HANDS AND TALK TO THEM. AND THEY WERE LAYING A VETERAN TO REST OUT THE IGOE CEMETERY LATER THAT DAY, SO I WENT AHEAD AND WENT OUT TO IGOE AND ATTENDED THE SERVICES. THEN, ON THE 14TH, WE HAD THE VFW PANCAKE BREAKFAST IN ANDERSON. WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN SHINGLETOWN UNTIL NEXT MONTH, SO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY TIME AND STAY THERE AND VISIT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ON THE 19TH, WE HAD THE GENDER REVIEW WITH STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP AND CEO RICKERT. AND THEN I HAD A SHASTA COUNTY CHAMBER ROUNDUP AT THE GAIA HOTEL. THE GAIA HOTEL HAS A NEW OWNER, RASHID, I THINK HIS NAME IS. 
          AND ANYWAYS, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES, SO IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD MEETING. AND THEN THAT NIGHT, I WENT TO THE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING. AND THEN ON THE 20TH, WE HAD OUR EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING. AND AS SUPERVISOR HARMON SAID, WE ATTENDED A FUNDRAISER LATER THAT NIGHT AT WIND RIVER. AND THEN LAST NIGHT, I HAD A ROBBER MEETING. AND I HAD THEM FILE FOR AN EXEMPTION TO SOME OF CARB'S RIDICULOUS MANDATES. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED MORE AND MORE JURISDICTIONS TO START PUSHING BACK ON SOME OF THESE. RIDICULOUS. I MEAN, CALIFORNIA RESOURCE BOARD WANTS US TO HAVE ELECTRIC SNOW PLOWS AND ELECTRIC DUMP TRUCKS, AND IT'S TIME TO START PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT. SO WE FILED AN EXEMPTION LETTER, AND I BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MS. BLANKENSHIP, THIS IS A NO-VOTE ITEM, BUT DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 
          [R3 Adopt a proclamation which designates January 25-31, 2026, as “Coroner and Medicolegal Death Investigator Appreciation Week" in Shasta County (Sponsored by Supervisor Kelstrom).]
NO, OKAY. MOVING ON. R3, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION WHICH DESIGNATES JANUARY 25TH TO 31ST AS CORONER OF MEDICAL LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATOR APPRECIATION WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY, SPONSORED BY MYSELF. 
          DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO, CHAIR. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TO THIS ITEM. KIM MOORE. 
          OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU'RE A MEETING FOR SOMETHING ELSE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE CLERK IN THE FOYER, THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE SHASTA COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE PROVIDES THE NECESSARY AND OFTEN OVERLOOKED FUNCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING SHASTA COUNTY, AND WHEREAS THE SHASTA COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED 890 DEATHS IN 2025 AND RESPONDED TO EACH WITH COMPASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM. 
          AND WHEREAS THE SHASTA COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE CONTINUED THEIR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE SHASTA COUNTY COMMUNITY THROUGH PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT. THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY PROCLAIMS JANUARY 25TH TO THE 31ST OF 2026 AS CORONER AND MEDICAL LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATOR APPRECIATION WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY. AND URGES EVERY CITIZEN TO TAKE THIS TIME TO CONSIDER THE LAST RESPONDERS AND THE DIFFICULT TASKS THEY FACE DAILY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS PROCLAMATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL VOTE AFTERWARDS. YOU MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND. OKAY. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AND DOING THE PROCLAMATION. AS IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, IT WAS JANUARY 25TH THROUGH 31ST. I DID NOT GET IT ON THE AGENDA IN TIME, SO THAT IS MY FAULT. I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE HERE A MONTH LATE, DCIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WERE FORGOTTEN. IT WAS JUST AN ERROR BY YOUR SHERIFF AND NOT GETTING IT UP ON A TIMELY MANNER ON THE BOARD AGENDA. WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          AND IN THE WORLD OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AS YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR, IT IS THE LAST RESPONDERS HERE THAT WE'RE HONORING TODAY. THAT SHOW UP DAY, NIGHT, ON-CALL, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THESE FOLKS HAVE TO DEAL WITH MOST UNFORTUNATE TIME IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. IF YOU CAN ALL REFLECT ON A TIME WHEN YOU'VE PERSONALLY LOST A LOVED ONE OR THE FAMILY'S BEEN GOING THROUGH GRIEF. THAT IS WHAT THESE FOLKS DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT MAY NOT BE THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBER, BUT THEY SHOW UP. THEY'RE OFTEN THE TARGET OF FRUSTRATION AND DISCONTENT AND GRIEF THAT'S GOING ON, NOT INTENTIONALLY, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM IN A UNIFORM. THEY DEAL WITH PHONE CALLS CONSTANTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GRIEVING FAMILIES THAT JUST WANT TO LAY THEIR LOVED ONE TO REST. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY WHEN THE CORONER'S OFFICE HAS TO GET INVOLVED AND DO THEIR PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. SO I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, THESE ARE SCIENTIFIC MINDS. 
          THEY'RE A VERY DIFFERENT SKILL SET THAN YOU AND I, AND PEOPLE IN THE BLUE-COLLAR WORLD AND CORPORATE WORLD ARE USED TO. 
          WE VALUE THEM VERY MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD TO FIND AND THEIR DEDICATION IS BEYOND REPROACH. WE CAN'T SEE ENOUGH HOW MUCH VALUE WE HAVE IN ALL OF YOU IN THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US TO HONOR HIM HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, BOARD, FOR TAKING THE TIME AND HONORING THESE FOLKS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU, SHERIFF. AND A MOTION WAS MADE BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES 
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4-0. WOULD YOU LIKE A PICTURE? ALRIGHT, MOVING 
          [R4 Discuss the recent actions by the County Clerk/Registrar of Voters and the alleged misuse of public funds for electioneering and campaigning.]
ON TO R4. SO, TO DISCUSS THE RECENT ACTIONS BY THE COUNTY CLERK, REGISTER OF VOTERS AND THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ELECTIONEERING AND CAMPAIGNING. 
          THERE IS NO VOTE ON THIS ITEM, BUT MS. BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, CHAIR, WE HAVE 23 SPEAKERS. OKAY, AND I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION LAST MEETING, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, SO WE WANT TO HEAR YOU, THOUGH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THE PUBLIC. 
          IS THERE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY? OKAY, LET'S HEAR THE PUBLIC. FIRST UP, STEVE WOODRUM, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT, JEFF GORDER, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING. A COUNTY CLERK EARNS TRUST BY DOING AND SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS. MR. CURTIS BRAGGED THAT HE CONDUCTED A FLAWLESS ELECTION. YET I WORKED AS A POLL WORKER AND SAW MANY VOTERS WAITING 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO VOTE WHILE A WORKER CALLED INTO THE ELECTION OFFICE. THIS DELAY WAS CAUSED BY MR. CURTIS CANCELING THE POLL PADS. THIS PROBLEM COULD OCCUR IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND BE EVEN WORSE. I HAVEN'T HEARD, MR. CURTIS BRAG ABOUT HOW HE'S FIXED THIS PROBLEM, A PROBLEM THAT HE HIMSELF... 
          MR. CURTIS THREATENED FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST KATHY ALLEN AND TOM TOLLER. TOM TOLLER? HE EVEN THREATENED JOHANNA FRANCESCA, HIS OPPONENT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. HE HAS ALSO SLANDERED HIS STAFF. 
          THESE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE SAID TO BE AFRAID OF THE PUBLIC. 
          THEY'VE BEEN SOMEHOW BRAINWASHED BY FRANCESCA INTO FOLLOWING ILLEGAL ELECTION PROCEDURES. HE REFERS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS USING TERMS LIKE IDIOT AND MORONS. A LOT OF THIS WILD AND RECKLESS TALK OCCURRED ON PUBLIC TIME, ON COUNTY TIME, AT COUNTY PROPERTY. THIS APPEARS TO BE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGNING. 
          BY THESE ACTIONS AND WORDS, MR. CURTIS HAS PROVED HIMSELF UNWORTHY OF PUBLIC TRUST. NEXT UP, DAWN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDER, DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN THOMAS H. AND AS YOU COME UP, MS. DUCKETT, WE NEED TO KEEP THESE ON R4, WHICH IS THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE COUNTY CLERK. YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR KELLSTROM, FOR PUTTING THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA AND ERRING ON THE SIDE OF WE THE PEOPLE. 
          AND THINKING BACK TO 2020, WHEN WE LOCKED THE BOARD CHAMBERS, WE HAD PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH BULLHORNS. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A VOICE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR FINDING THAT THE USE OF COUNTY PROPERTY WAS DE MINIMIS AND THAT YOU SPARED THE COUNTY THE COST OF A BIG INVESTIGATION. 
          LIKE THERE WAS WITH STEPHANIE BRIDGET. 
          BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE TODAY IS THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT JURISDICTION AND WHETHER THE BOARD HAD JURISDICTION OVER THE ROV OR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE THE BOARD THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE JURISDICTION, BUT IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THE PERSONNEL RULES OF THIS COUNTY. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A STATEMENT. AND ADMONISH ALL 
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OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS DURING THIS ELECTION SEASON NOT TO USE THEIR OFFICES FOR RHETORIC AND TO SAVE THAT FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN. THAT NEEDS TO BE DEMANDED BY THIS BOARD. 
          AND ENFORCED BY THIS BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JEFF GORDER, DAVID HALLIGAN, THOMAS H., THEN DEBORAH KAY. GOOD MORNING. I DO WANT TO DIFFER A LITTLE BIT WITH REGARD TO THE IDEA THAT THIS ACTION ON THE PART OF MR. CURTIS WAS DE MINIMIS. I WOULD DIRECT THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THE SHASTA SCOUT ARTICLE DATED FEBRUARY 12TH OF 26, WHICH DEMONSTRATES IN GREAT DETAIL THAT MR. CURTIS'S ACTIONS TO DISPARAGE HIS CAMPAIGN COMPETITOR WAS MUCH MORE THAN DE MINIMIS. IT WENT ON FOR QUITE A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. AND BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS WAS IN FRONT OF SOME GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS THE MEDIA. YOU KNOW, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN THIS BOARD DISPARAGED KATHY DARLENE ALLEN FOR... UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT HOW SHE DISRESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AS WE'VE HEARD NOW, WE HAVE AN ROV THAT'S REFERRING TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS MORONS OR MY LITTLE SOCIALISTS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FATHOM HOW WE MOVE FROM PROFESSIONALS LIKE KATHY DARLING-ALLEN, FRANCESCA, TOM TOLLER, TO A GUY LIKE CLINT CURTIS. IF HE WERE ONLY A GOOFBALL, WHICH HE IS, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. BUT HIS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND HIS LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM IS REALLY... 
          UNACCEPTABLE AND I THINK THE BOARD WOULD AGREE HERE. NOW, THE IDEA THAT THIS WAS NOT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY STRIKES ME TO BE ABSURD. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY PROHIBITION, ANY COMMUNICATIONS MADE THAT SEEK TO DISPARAGE A CANDIDATE'S QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE. HE'S ACCUSED, MS. FRANCESCA OF BALLOT STUFFING, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. CAN ONE REASONABLY SAY THAT THAT IS NOT DESIGNED TO CHALLENGE HIS CAMPAIGN COMPETITOR? I WOULD INVITE THE BOARD TO BRING THIS BACK FOR A VOTE FOR SOME KIND OF CENSURE OR DISAPPROBATION OF HIS ACTIVITIES, WHICH CLEARLY VIOLATED COUNTY POLICY. 
          NEXT UP, DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H., DEBORAH K., THEN STEVE KAHN. THANK YOU, MR. KALLSTROM, FOR CORRECTING THIS TODAY AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. I BELIEVE MR. CURTIS BROKE CALIFORNIA ELECTION CODE 3207 AND THE PERSONNEL RULES OF SHASTA COUNTY DURING THAT JANUARY 15TH MEETING AT THE ELECTION OFFICE. 
          QUOTE, SECTION 3207, CALIFORNIA CODE, PROVIDES THAT ANY CITY, COUNTY, PROHIBITS OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY DURING WORK HOURS. OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ON CITY OR COUNTY PREMISES, END QUOTE. I READ NOW FROM SHASTA COUNTY PERSONNEL RULES, WHICH YOU OVERSEE, QUOTE, CHAPTER 38. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO COUNTY ELECTIVE OFFICES WITHIN COUNTY-OWNED OR COUNTY-LEASED PREMISES. 
          COMMUNICATIONS THAT ADVOCATE THE NOMINATION OR ELECTION OF A CANDIDATE FOR A COUNTY ELECTIVE POSITION. 
          OR THE DEFEAT, THE DEFEAT OF HIS OR HER OPPONENT. 
          ARRANGING, COORDINATING, DEVELOPING, WRITING, DISTRIBUTING, PREPARING. IN PLANNING ANY COMMUNICATION OR ACTIVITIES, END QUOTE. ROV CURTIS STATED IN THAT MEETING HE BELIEVED FRAUD AND BALLOT STUFFING OCCURRED BY THE PREVIOUS ELECTION LEADER, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE CURTIS' OPPONENT, CANDIDATE IN THE JUNE PRIMARY. WHEN ROV CURTIS MADE THAT STATEMENT, HE HARMED HIS ELECTION OPPONENT AND SERIOUSLY DAMAGED THEIR REPUTATION. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS, THE DEFEAT OF HIS OPPONENT, CALLING FRAUD OUT ON THAT OPPONENT AND NOT BACKING IT UP, I KNOW AS THIS BOARD, YOU HAVE LIMITED ACTION REGARDING ELECTION OFFICIALS, BUT MR. CURTIS WAS APPOINTED BY THIS BOARD TO THE INTERIM COUNTY CLERK POSITION. AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THIS COUNTY, YOUR JOBS ARE TO ENSURE SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS SOLVENT AND, YES, LEGALLY COMPLIANT, AND THAT THE COUNTY POLICIES ARE ADHERED TO. AS I END, FIRST, I BELIEVE WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND NOW DAMAGING HIS OPPONENT'S REPUTATION WITH FALSEHOODS. BOARD. THE TIME HAS EXPIRED, SO KEEP PUTTING MONEY IN THE METER, BECAUSE THIS COUNTY'S VEHICLE IS NOW DOUBLE-PARKED, WITH POSSIBLY FUTURE LITIGATION. NEXT UP, THOMAS H., FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH K., STEVE KAHN, THEN CHRISTIAN. THOMAS H., I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT I HAVEN'T WORKED FOR THE COUNTY. I HAVEN'T BEEN A GOVERNMENT WORKER. I HAVE WORKED ON THE 2024 ELECTION QUITE EXTENSIVELY. AND I DID SEE BALLOT STUFFING. I DID SEE MISGUIDED. I SEEN FRAUD OF ALL TYPES. AND YOU GUYS SIT THERE AND WE CAME IN AND GAVE REPORTS. YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO NOTHING. NOW YOU'RE ON THIS GUY. THAT STRAIGHTENED IT UP. BUT EVERYBODY YOU HEARD COMPLAIN IS EX-GOVERNMENT WORKERS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE OVERWORKING. AND THEY 
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NEED THEIR OWN PEOPLE BACK BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT HONEST ELECTIONS. NONE OF YOU GUYS DO, EITHER. WHO SPONSORED THIS DEAL? ORIGINALLY, IT WAS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. OKAY. IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY SUPERVISOR LONG. WELL, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN DOWN BECAUSE IT'S THE DIRECTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING. I THINK HE'S TAKEN OVER. BUT ANYWAY, GETTING BACK, MR. CURTIS IS NOT PERFECT. HE'S A GOOFBALL TO ME. I MEAN, WE'RE DIFFERENT, BUT HE DID PRODUCE HONEST ELECTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE AVERAGE GUY WANTS IS GOING THERE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE HONEST ELECTIONS. TEN PEOPLE VOTE, YOU HAVE TEN BALLOTS. IT'S REAL SIMPLE. AND WE HAD IT, AND YOU FIVE WERE LETTING IT SLIP. TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE VOTED TO HAVE IT ON. YOU'VE GOT TO STICK TO THE RECENT ACTIONS. OKAY. 
          YOU'VE GOT TO STICK TO THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS. 
          CLINT CURTIS IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO BACK US UP, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. 
          THESE GUYS THAT CAME UP AND MADE A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS, LET'S HAVE THEM BACK THEM UP. 
          WHERE'S ALL THIS GREAT ATTORNEY ABOUT FRAUD? WHEN THESE GUYS, COUNTY WORKERS, SPEAK, THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BACK THAT WORD UP. DON'T COME UP HERE AND HEAR A THING OR SAY, YOU KNOW, LET IT GO. 
          BUT AGAIN, HONESTY IS WHAT COUNTS. YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS, AND YOU'RE MAKING A BRAND ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP. DEBORAH KAYE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, CHRISTIAN, THEN RICK H. THE COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE WAS USED AS A PLATFORM TO PROMOTE THE TAKE OUR CALIFORNIA BACK AGENDA ON 115-26. FOR THE BOARD TO NOT QUESTION OR ADMONISH CURTIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. IT WAS MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS THAT DID DIRECTLY BENEFIT CURTIS. 
          IN PURSUIT OF RECOGNITION AND REACHING A FAR WIDER AUDIENCE THROUGH HIS CONNECTIONS WITH DOUGLAS FRANK AND KIM YATER'S NETWORKS. IN RESPONSE TO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER'S BOARD RECAP, INTERPRETED AS CAMPAIGN RELATED, WHETHER CURTIS WAS APPOINTED OR ELECTED, HE STILL IS A PUBLIC SERVANT IN A NONPARTISAN OFFICE POSITION. 
          THE TOUR ON 115 TOOK PREPARATION TO ARRANGE THAT THE MARKET STREET OFFICE IS CLOSED, EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS BEFORE AND AFTER ELECTIONS. IT ALSO INVOLVED THREE OFFICE PERSONNEL TO LEAVE THEIR WORK AT THE COURT STREET OFFICE TO ATTEND. NAMELY, WILEY, PLUM, AND MARJORIE. HOW COULD IT NOT BE CAMPAIGN-RELATED, AS CURTIS PROMOTED HIS CHANGES TO THE ELECTION OFFICE AS A MODEL FOR THE STATE AND NATION TO EMULATE? COUNTY COUNCIL STATED BOTH STATE LAW AND COUNTY POLICY ALLOW FOR INCIDENTAL COMMENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT WAS TO PROMOTE AND SELL HIS BALLOT METHOD PROCESS AS BEING 100% SECURE WITH NO ERRORS. 
          HARMON'S COMMENT AT A PRIOR BOARD MEETING, WHERE APPLICANTS WERE INTERVIEWED, SAID THAT CURTIS COULD BE THE MODEL FOR ALL. AN ELECTION DENIER WITH NO EXPERIENCE, WHO PROMOTES NO MAIL-IN BALLOT, SAME-DAY VOTING, AND HAND COUNTING. 
          ON CRITICIZING THE ACTIONS OF PAST ELECTION OFFICIALS AS CAMPAIGNING, IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN CRITICIZING AN OPPONENT. 
          CURTIS MADE ACCUSATIONS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE, WHICH CONFIRMED VERBALLY DURING THE EVENT. HE CLAIMED HE SENT A LETTER TO THE FEDERAL DOJ ON ELECTION FRAUD. HE WAS ASKED AND THEN TOLD BY ATTENDEES, INCLUDING DOUGLAS FRANK, TO SUBMIT TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DA IN CALIFORNIA, SOS. IF CURTIS IS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, HAS EVIDENCE OF A CRIME, IS DERELICTION OF DUTY NOT TO REPORT. 
          OTHERWISE, IT IS SIMPLY HEARSAY AND GOSSIP WITHOUT MERIT OR EVIDENCE. 
          NEXT UP, STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN, RICK H., THEN JIM BURNETT. MORNING, BOARD, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S CLEAR TO ME, AND MANY OTHERS, THAT APPOINTED ROV CURTIS WAS ELECTIONEERING AT THE SUPPOSED TOUR THAT HE HAD IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT'S ILLEGAL. HAD COUNTY COUNCIL LAMOUR REVIEWED VIDEOS OF THE EVENT, I BELIEVE IT ALSO WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEAR TO HIM. 
          PERHAPS IT WAS, AND PERHAPS HE DID REVIEW THEM. 
          BUT ALL HE ADDRESSED WAS ONE PARTICULAR STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE. HE MAY HAVE FULFILLED HIS TECHNICAL DUTY. 
          ON THAT ASPECT, BUT HE DID NOT FULFILL HIS DUTY IN MAKING AN ACCURATE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CURTIS WAS ELECTIONEERING, IN MY OPINION. 
          AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, R4, CRY INSTRUCTED KELLSTROM TO MOVE ON, BYPASS PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE IT WAS A NO-VOTE ITEM, AND KELLSTROM COMPLIED. WHO'S RUNNING THE MEETINGS, ANYWAY? IT SURE SEEMS TO ME LIKE CRY IS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE WAY THINGS ARE RUN. AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP TO NOTIFY KELLSTROM THAT HE WAS VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT WHEN HE SKIPPED PUBLIC COMMENT FOR R4. THAT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY, AND HE'S NOT DOING IT. HE IS NOT FULFILLING HIS JOB WHEN IT 
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COMES TO THE BROWN ACT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMPLYING WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE LAW, I RECOMMEND YOU START MAKING YOUR OWN DECISIONS INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING CRI'S ADVICE, WHICH VIOLATED THE SECOND AMENDMENT. ALSO, YOU MAY WANT TO GET OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THE ALARMER EITHER KNOWS CORRECTLY HOW TO PROCEED PROPERLY, OR PERHAPS YOU'RE BEING THROWN UNDER THE BUS. 
          BUT I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL IN THE WAY I PROCEEDED, NOT COMPLYING WITH THE BROWN ACT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE CHALLENGED. ONE MOMENT. 
          CHRISTIAN, FOLLOWED BY RICK H., JIM BURNETT, THEN BEV. 
          JANUARY, DURING AN ADVERTISED TAKE OUR CALIFORNIA BACK EVENT STUNT, NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS AND WITNESSES AND VIDEOS SHOW THAT. 
          CLINT CURTIS, IN VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA CODE AND SHASTA COUNTY POLICY, USED OFFICE OF STAFF'S PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR ELECTIONEERING AND CAMPAIGNING AGAINST HIS OPPONENT AND THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTION LIES. 
          THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS SHOW THAT THIS EVENT WAS WELL PLANNED, THAT IT WAS PREMEDITATED, AND NOT INCIDENTAL. COUNCIL OF MOORE, THIS WAS DONE ON PURPOSE, WITH INTENT. THE LAST TIME CURTIS BROKE THE LAW, THE BOARD SLAPPED HIS WRIST, BUT ONLY AFTER BEING CAUGHT. 
          AND BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE VIOLATIONS, BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION BY THE MEDIA AND CONCERNED PUBLIC. THE ACTION BY THIS BOARD ON THE 10TH OF THIS MONTH TO VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT AND PREVENT ANY CITIZEN FROM DISCUSSING THE TAKE. OUR CALIFORNIA BACK STUNT BASICALLY WOULD INDICATE COMPLICIT PROTECTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY MR. CURTIS BY THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD. YOU'RE COMPLICIT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ILLEGAL USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES FOR FAR-RIGHT AGENDAS. AND YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT. 
          THIS BOARD MUST INVESTIGATE, MR. CURTIS. PROTECTION OF THE LAW IS AT STAKE. 
          PROTECTION OF DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE. YOU SWORE, YOU MADE AN OATH, EACH ONE OF YOU, TO PROTECT THE LAWS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES. DO YOUR JOB. RICK H., FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT, BEV, THEN SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG. 
          FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT... YOU INTERRUPT THE ONE PERSON THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA. WHEN I'VE HEARD THINGS LIKE SLANDERED, THREATENED, GOING AFTER, DISPARAGING, GOOFBALL, UNACCEPTABLE. ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ARE BEING SPOKEN UP HERE AND YOU DON'T GO AFTER THEM. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK. WHEN WE SAY GOD BLESS AMERICA, WE ARE ASKING GOD TO PRESERVE OUR INDEPENDENCE AND OUR FREEDOM. 
          THE FREEDOM THAT COMES FROM HIS BLESSINGS. WE WANT TO PRESERVE... OUR ELECTIONS. 
          THIS SAVE AMERICA ACT, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR ELECTIONS, IS BEING FOUGHT BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DISAGREES WITH TRUMP. YOU GOT TO TIE IT INTO R4. I'M TIED INTO R4. 
          THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT SPOKE ON MY DIRECTION HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED THE SAME WAY. THEY WERE USING NAMES ABOUT HIS RECENT ACTIONS. THIS IS ABOUT VOTING. THIS IS ABOUT R4. DISCUSS THE RECENT ACTIONS BY THE COUNTY CLERK, REGISTERED VOTERS, AND THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. OKAY, SO WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT THEN? WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING ABOUT MONEY WHEN THERE'S ALL THIS MONEY BEING STOLEN FROM THE HOMELESS, FROM SOCIAL SECURITY, FROM ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ACROSS THE STATE? ALL THIS MONEY IS BEING STOLEN AND WE'RE WHINING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT'S TRYING TO FIX THE ELECTIONS. R4 DOES NOT INCLUDE SLANDER, THREATENING, ACCUSING CLAYTON CURTIN OF BREAKING THE LAW. NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN R4. 
          THEY MADE THOSE ACCUSATIONS DURING THE TIME THAT HE HAD HIS EVENT THERE. AND THEY ARE ALSO BEING SPOKEN RIGHT UP HERE. 
          TIED INTO R4. THIS IS ALL TIED INTO R4. OUR ELECTIONS MATTER. 
          GOD GAVE US THIS COUNTRY. WE LOVE OUR CONSTITUTION. AND WE'RE GOING TO... NEXT SPEAKER. 
          YEAH. NEXT UP, JIM BERVINETTE, FOLLOWED BY BEV, SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG, THEN JEFF CARR. YOU ARE INTERRUPTING THE MEETING. THIS IS YOUR ONE WARNING, OKAY? JIM, COME ON UP. MR. BURNETT. YES, GOOD 
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MORNING. SUPERVISOR LONG, I FIND IT MOST INTERESTING THAT YOU PUSH SO HARD FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. YOU SEEM TO HAVE ALREADY CONCLUDED THAT, MR. CURTIS WAS ELECTIONEERING RECENTLY WHEN HE INVITED THE PUBLIC FOR A TOUR OF HIS ELECTIONS OFFICE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE PROCEDURES HE IMPLEMENTED TO PROCESS THE BALLOTS. 
          NATURALLY, WHEN ANYONE IMPLEMENTS CHANGES TO A COMPLEX SYSTEM, PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL INVOLVE DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW THE FORMER SYSTEM OPERATED, INCLUDING THE DEFICIENCIES THAT NEEDED TO BE REMEDIED. IT'S A BASIC TECHNIQUE TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE INHERITED AND COMPARE IT WITH WHAT HE DID. PROVIDING THIS CONTEXT HELPS EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY, MR. CURTIS OVERHAULED THE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT EASIER TO OBSERVE AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID. SURELY THERE WERE SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR PRESENT, BUT THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE CRITICAL OF MR. CURTIS, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY, WHO WERE AT LIBERTY TO MAKE COMMENTS AND ASK POINTED QUESTIONS AT THIS EVENT. 
          DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A CAMPAIGN EVENT TO ME. 
          SO THERE WERE SUPPORTERS AND DETRACTORS, BUT THE FOCUS OF THAT DAY WAS TO SHOW THE INNOVATIONS THAT MAKE MEANINGFUL OBSERVATION POSSIBLE AND CONVENIENT FOR ALL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, MR. CURTIS HAS GREATLY STRENGTHENED CHAIN OF CUSTODY PROCEDURES AND EXPANDED THE DOCUMENTATION AND STORAGE SO THAT ANYONE CAN REVIEW THE BALLOTS THEMSELVES. 
          SUPERVISOR LONG, THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD, YOU HAVE BEEN AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF JOANNA FRANCESCA AND AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF CLINT CURTIS. YOU HAVE NOT MISSED ANY OPPORTUNITY TO ARGUE AGAINST MR. CURTIS WHEN HE HAS COME TO THE BOARD TO REQUEST ADEQUATE FUNDING. 
          IN MY OPINION, R4 IS JUST A THINLY VEILED, NOT SO SUBTLE WAY TO OPPOSE MR. CURTIS, AND TO SUPPORT THE CANDIDACY OF JOANNA FRANCESCA. THIS IS KNOWN AS ELECTIONEERING. NEXT UP, BEV, FOLLOWED BY SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG, JEFF CARR, THEN DAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. 
          GOOD MORNING. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANY ORGANIZATION. I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. FROM THE TIME THE SO-CALLED REPORTER ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT BALLOT STUFFING, YOU COULD TELL THAT HE WAS SETTING MR. CURTIS UP, OKAY? I DON'T BELIEVE HE EVER MENTIONED ANYONE'S NAME, SO IF YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE STUFFED THE BALLOTS, WHY ARE YOU THINKING THAT IF THEY WERE FAIR ELECTIONS? MOST OF US KNOW. THERE WAS BALLOT STUFFING GOING ON. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACTUAL BALLOTS AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THROUGH PROGRAMMING. 
          BUT THERE WAS INVALID BALLOTS OUT THERE. THERE STILL IS. 
          AND MR. CURTIS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH TO CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE LAWS ARE WRITTEN. IT IS INTENDED THAT WE HAVE INVALID ELECTIONS. MR. CURTIS IS DOING EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          TO MAKE THEM BETTER, AND THEY WERE BETTER. THE REPORTER MADE A BIG DEAL OF MR. CURTIS NOT REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
          EVERY COUNTY HAS REPORTED EVIDENCE OF FRAUD TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. OKAY, SO WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO? HE CAN FILE IT, AND ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT IT IN THE ROUND FILE. $6.04, BETH. WELL, ISN'T THAT, IT'S NOT ELECTIONEERING WHEN IT'S VALID STUFFING OF THE BALLOTS. OKAY, HE NEVER DID MENTION ANYTHING, SO IT'S NOT ELECTIONEERING. IT WAS JUST SIMPLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE STATING, IT'S TRUE. OKAY, YOU CANNOT DENY THAT THERE'S NOT THIS BALLOT STUFFING. OKAY, THEY SAY THERE'S INVALID VOTERS OUT THERE. BEEN OUT THERE FOR 20 YEARS. SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH YEAH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE. NEXT UP, SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG, FOLLOWED BY JEFF CARR, DAN, THEN LINDA GLASS. CLINT CURTIS IS A CRIMINAL. THE REASON HE'S A CRIMINAL, BECAUSE HE'S RUNNING THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. HE'S ACCUSING EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY JOANNA FRANCESCA, THAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE HE WAS HERE. HE'S TAKING SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORD THAT THINGS HAPPENED, BUT YET HE CANNOT PROVE IT. 
          IT'S ALL YOUR SAY. SO, BASICALLY, IT'S ALL SLANDER. 
          JESSICA, HERE'S THE THING. YOU GUYS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HIM. 
          ANYBODY WHO COMMITS A CRIME, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. CLINT CURTIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING DOWN OUR COUNTY. YOU MADE A MISTAKE. ALL YOU NEED 
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TO DO IS FACE UP TO IT. CHANGE IT BEFORE IT COMES DOWN, BEFORE THE STATE COMES DOWN. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING IN THE STATE BECAUSE THERE'S CASES OPEN ALREADY. AND MR. LARMER ACTUALLY MISQUOTED THE LAW. HE MISQUOTED THE LAW. HIM, AS A LAWYER, SITS HERE TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT YOU GUYS. HE ACTUALLY MISLED YOU TO THINK IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. 
          BULLSHIT IF IT'S AN ACCIDENT. 
          HE ACTUALLY DID IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE HE FEARS THAT JOANNA MIGHT WIN. HE WANTS TO STAY IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE'S A DEMOCRAT. YOU PUT A DEMOCRAT AND YOU SAY YOU WANTED A REPUBLICAN. HE'S NOT A REPUBLICAN. HE'S COMMITTING CRIMES. THOSE 10,000 SIGNATURES NEED TO BE AVOIDED. THOSE ARE FELON CRIMES THAT HE'S COMMITTING. YOU KNOW IT, BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE? THOSE 10,000 SIGNATURES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY'RE NOT VALID BECAUSE THEY WERE COLLECTED. 
          YES, THEY WERE COLLECTED BY THE PEOPLE, BUT WE WERE NOT CHARTERED INTO A YEAR LATER. SO, THEREFORE, IT'S FRAUD. THAT WASN'T CLINT CURTIS' RECENT ACTION. HE COMMITTED AN ELECTION YEAR. AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO DO? TAKE ACTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS TOO. WHERE'S THE INVESTIGATION? NEXT UP, JEFF CARR, FOLLOWED BY DAN, LINDA GLASS, THEN ANTONIA. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. JEFF CARR, DISTRICT 5. CHAIR KALLSTROM, I IDENTIFY AS A FOURTH GENERATION SHASTA COUNTY FARMER, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ALL BEFORE. 
          OUTSIDERS COME IN TO SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE. THEY BRING THEIR BIG CITY IDEAS, THEIR NEWFANGLED WAY TO SHOW ALL OF US COUNTRY FOLK HOW IT'S DONE. AND SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN, A FLORIDA CARPETBAGGER WHO DAZZLED THIS BOARD WITH HIS SNAKE OIL. HE SOLD YOU ALL WITH HIS DISARMING SMILE, WITH CONCILIATORY WORDS, AND YOU BOUGHT IT. AS YOU HAVE READ OR HEARD, AT HIS ILLEGAL REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL OFFICE TOUR, I CHALLENGED MR. CURTIS'S ASSERTION OF BALLOT STUFFING. WHICH HE THEN ACCELERATED TO A CRIMINAL ACCUSATION WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BY HIS PREDECESSOR AND HIS CURRENT POLITICAL OPPONENT. WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE? WHY IS HE HIDING IT? SHERIFF KJELLSTROM, DO YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO REPORT A CRIME IN THIS COUNTY? CALL THE SHERIFF NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. 
          THE DISPATCHER WILL INQUIRE AND SHE WILL DISPATCH THE APPROPRIATE AGENT TO TAKE THE QUESTIONS. THE ANSWER, REPORT IT TO THE DISPATCHER. MR. CURTIS MIGHT NEED TO KNOW THAT NUMBER. 
          530-245-6000. IT'S THAT EASY. 
          HAS HE DONE IT? NO. HAS HE CALLED THE DA? NO. HAS HE INFORMED THE SECRETARY OF STATE? NO. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S A CRIME TO LODGE A FALSE POLICE REPORT WITHOUT EVIDENCE, BECAUSE MR. CURTIS IS SAYING THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE. SO I'VE BEEN IN BARNYARDS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE ROV'S OFFICE. IT SMELLS, AND NOW IT'S STUCK TO YOUR BOOTS. YOU APPOINTED A MAN WHO'S A DEFAMER, A LIAR, A CARPETBAGGER. CLEAN YOUR BOOTS. CENSURE CLINT CURTIS. 
          NEXT UP, DAN, FOLLOWED BY LINDA, GLASS, ANTONIA, RON PEMBER, THEN MICHELLE. WELL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ENTERTAINING FANTASY SPOKEN HERE THIS MORNING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ELECTIONEERING AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ELECTIONEERING GOING ON WITH OUR FOR TODAY. BECAUSE THIS IS ALAN LONG'S PROJECT. 
          TO TRY DISCREDITING GOOD A GOOD ROV, SAY I GET CHOKED UP. 
          DOMINIC. ALAN LONG WANTS TO DISCREDIT HIM. BECAUSE JOANNA CAN'T WIN ON HER MERITS BECAUSE THEY KNOW SHE'S WRONG. 
          ALAN LONG HIRED YOUR HAD HIS WIFE. THIS IS OUR FOR. OKAY, HAD HIS WIFE HIRE JOANNA FOR A POSITION SHE'S NOT QUALIFIED FOR. SHE HAD TO GO AS A CONSULTANT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T HAVE THAT TRINITY COUNTY JOB. 
          ALAN NEEDS HER BACK HERE TO GET HIS RE-ELECTION DONE BECAUSE JOANNA PUT HIS NAME AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT. THAT'S HOW ALAN LONG GOT HIS POSITION. 
          THAT'S WHY ELECTIONEERING IS HAPPENING. RECENT ACTIONS BY THE COUNTY CLERK REGISTER OF VOTERS. ELECTIONEERING IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. DID THAT HAPPEN ON R4? DID THAT HAPPEN DURING THE RECENT ACTIONS? THEY'RE SITTING HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT HE DID AT AN OPEN HOUSE, AND YET THEY ALSO CRITICIZE HIM FOR WORKING SO HARD. ON A SATURDAY, HE HAD TO TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF. YOU CAN'T WIN WITH THESE GUYS. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CRITICIZE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. THE MAN IS A HARD WORKER. HE SHOWED HOW HE'S DOING IT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT ELECTIONEERING. THAT'S SHOWING WHAT WAS WRONG AND WHAT IS RIGHT. ALAN LONG'S ELECTIONEERING THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS TRYING TO DISCREDIT A VERY GOOD MAN THAT'S DOING A GOOD JOB GIVING US TRANSPARENCY. WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU'LL SEE HOW GOOD THIS NEW SYSTEM IS AND HOW CORRUPT 
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THE OLD SYSTEM WAS. IT'S NOT ENGINEERING TO TELL THE FACTS. NEXT UP, LINDA GLASS, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, RON PEMBER, THEN MICHELLE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. TRY TO KEEP IT TO R4, PLEASE. NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, YOU CAN'T MAKE A BIG MAC OUT OF A NOTHING BURGER. IT WON'T WORK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE BEEF. IF MR. CURTIS ANSWERED COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, THEY CANNOT BE TURNED INTO AN ELECTION STATEMENT. STUNT. 
          IN FACT, THE LAW CITED BY ATTORNEY LARMORE, STATED EXACTLY THAT. A PAST CLERK WITH NEARLY 3,000 MORE BALLOTS THAN VERIFIED VOTERS CANNOT SUDDENLY BECOME A MATHEMATICAL GENIUS. BUT CLINT CURTIS, THE EXPERT WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND 100% ACCURACY THAT CLEANED UP THE MESS IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, IS THE BIG MAC. THAT THE NOTHING BURGER WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BECOME, NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE TRIES. 
          ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY RON PEMBER, MICHELLE, THEN GARY PAYRO. WELL, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF LIES ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT ANYWAYS, CLINT CURTIS IS A VERY HONEST MAN, AND WE STAND BEHIND HIM. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD A TRUSTWORTHY ELECTION. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS LONG'S WAY OF CAMPAIGNING, AND WE KNOW THAT. SO WE'RE EXPOSING THAT, AND WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IN SHASTA COUNTY THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO CAMPAIGN THROUGH THIS. WE DO NOT NEED THIS PROCESS TO BECOME AN AVENUE FOR POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING BY INDIVIDUALS OPPOSED. TO MR. CURTIS WORK, INCLUDING ANY SUPERVISORS WHO MAY NOT SUPPORT OR DIRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE REGISTER OF VOTERS OFFICE. CLINT CURTIS HAS BEEN DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS FOR SHASTA COUNTY. HIS WORK HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY, STRENGTHENED BALLOT CHAIN OF CUSTODY PROCEDURES, AND RESTORED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. THERE ARE OTHER DIFFERENCES THAT THEY USED THAT WOMEN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT THAN, WELL, THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE USED TO BE. USED TO BE WAS LIMITED. THE BALLOT SECURITY WAS NOT WAS INSUFFICIENT. SO SHASTA COUNTY IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE MR. CURTIS WHO HAS? WHO IS. WHOSE RARE COMBINATION OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE, TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING EXPERTISE, AND LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO ELECTION INTEGRITY HAS ALREADY PRODUCED MEASURABLE BENEFITS. 
          AND SO, LAMAR, TAKE ACTION FOR THIS. RON PEMBER, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, GARY PAYRO, THEN KIM MOORE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. 
          RON, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY, MICHELLE, GARY, PAYRO, COME ON UP. AFTER GARY, WE HAVE KIM MOORE, BENJAMIN NGUYEN, THEN CLINT CURTIS. SUPERVARS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I ESPECIALLY LIKE JIM BURNETT'S COMMENTS TODAY. I HOPE YOU TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. I AM CONCERNED TO SEE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I DO NOT WANT IT TO BECOME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL POSTURING OR AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE DIRECTION. 
          OF THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. 
          UNDER CLINT CURTIS'S LEADERSHIP, THE ELECTIONS OFFICE HAS BECOME MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE SECURE, AND FAR MORE OPEN TO PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO JEOPARDIZE OUR PROGRESS. 
          AND IT'S COMICAL TO HEAR PEOPLE CRITICIZE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY WHEN HE'S JUST MAKING OUR ELECTIONS MORE SECURE AND MORE TRANSPARENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          HE MADE COMMENTS ON JANUARY 15TH THAT WERE CRITICAL OF THE PRIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. AND THIS INCLUDED HIS OPPONENT. 
          THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE EVENT ELECTIONEERING. IT WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, AND INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT UPDATED PROCESSES. AND IN TODAY'S POLITICAL CULTURE, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO DRAW SHARP CRITICISM FOR YOUR PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS. 
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IT HAPPENS OUTSIDE CAMPAIGN EVENTS ALL THE TIME, CALLING OUT PAST PRACTICES. THAT HAVE UNDERMINED CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. 
          NOT PUNISHED. AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, YOU'VE MADE A GOOD SHOW ABOUT AND BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS. YOU DID YOUR OWN RESEARCH A WHILE BACK, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING SUPERVISOR, MR. CURTIS. AND MEANWHILE, PATRICK JONES IS BRINGING IN AN ISSUE ABOUT USING RESOURCES FOR CAMPAIGNING. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED IN AN INDEPENDENT STUDY. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH MR. CURTIS'S BACKGROUND RUNNING OUR ELECTIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NGUYEN, CLINT CURTIS, THEN NICK GARDNER. 
          GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS, COUNTY EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE LAST ELECTION? WE DIDN'T HAVE EVERY MEETING FILLED WITH US PATRIOTS IN HERE COMPLAINING BECAUSE OUR ELECTION HAD BEEN STOLEN. SO GOD HELP ME, I LOOK AT YOU AND I SEE THE DEVIL, MR. LONG. WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO CLINT CURTIS, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO HIM WITH THIS ACTION, IT'S DESPICABLE. AND TO HAVE THESE BUFFOONS, EX-COUNTY EMPLOYEES, LINE UP HERE AND ACT LIKE THEY'RE THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH, AND THEY KNOW IT ALL, WHEN THEY HELPED YOU BRING THIS BS... ACTION AGAINST MR. CURTIS IS WRONG. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO SAT ON HIS CAMPAIGN, I'VE WATCHED IN THE MEETINGS HOW CAREFUL HE IS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE CAN AND CAN'T DO. 
          WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ELECTION... WHAT'S THIS WORD? ELECTIONEERING. THANK YOU. 
          BRING IT TO R4, PLEASE, KIM. I DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, CHRIS, RIGHT NOW. HE DID A GOOD JOB AND HE'S BRINGING HONEST ELECTIONS. AND ANYBODY WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT CAN GO SUCK ON A ROCK. BECAUSE HE'S MADE OUR ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR, AND HONEST. AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS DESPICABLE. I CANNOT WAIT. I HOPE PATRICK JONES COMES BACK TO THIS BOARD. BECAUSE EVER SINCE PATRICK'S BEEN GONE, YOU GUYS AND YOUR ACTIONS, ALLOWING THESE BUFFOONS, I'M UP HERE TRYING TO TALK, AND YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM. YOU LET THEM DISRUPT. 
          YOU'RE NOT TYING IT TO R4. I AM ON R4. I APPRECIATE MR. CURTIS. I THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPARENCY THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE ELECTIONS. AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE PAST THAT WAS ILLEGAL IS NOT ELECTIONEERING. MR. LONG, IT'S CALLED THE TRUTH, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT. 
          NEXT UP, BENJAMIN NGUYEN. IS BENJAMIN HERE? OH, THERE HE IS. 
          FOLLOWED BY CLINT CURTIS AND NICK GARDNER. SO, GOOD MORNING, BOARD. SO LAST WEEK, I BECAME AWARE OF A CURE AND CORRECT LETTER THAT WAS DELIVERED TO YOU REGARDING THIS ITEM BEING KEPT FROM THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON IT. SO THIS AGENDA ITEM EFFECTIVELY IS THE CORRECTION. BUT I'LL REMIND THIS BOARD THAT A CURE IS AN APOLOGY AND A PROMISE NOT TO DO IT AGAIN. AND THAT REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED, WHETHER WHAT HAPPENED WAS WRONG. WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT THE ACTIONS OF THE COUNTY CLERK. ON JANUARY 15TH. SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. THERE WE GO. 
          THIS BOARD HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THE JANUARY 15TH TOUR BY CLINT CURTIS WAS INCIDENTAL BY COUNTY COUNCIL. L'AMOUR, WHICH MEANS HE EITHER WILLFULLY IGNORED THE MOUNTAIN OF VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT OCCURRED, OR HE WAS IGNORANT OF IT. 
          NOW, NEITHER INSPIRES CONFIDENCE. WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THAT COUNTY FACILITY WAS A STRUCTURED PRESENTATION WHERE REGISTRAR CURTIS AND DOUGLAS FRANK, A NATIONALLY KNOWN ELECTION DENIER, WALKED ATTENDEES THROUGH SHASTA COUNTY'S PROCESSES. AS A MODEL FOR STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL REFORM. SO, FRANK TOLD THE ROOM, CANDIDATES ARE CAMPAIGNING ON IT. WE'RE ORGANIZING AROUND THIS. HEY, CALIFORNIA, SECURE YOUR ELECTIONS. 
          GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES WERE STRATEGIZING HOW TO PITCH THIS TO SACRAMENTO. SO CURTIS... 
          ALLEGED ON VIDEO UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ROV ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL BALLOT STUFFING. 
          THERE WERE REFERENCE TO TRUMP'S ANTI-MACHINE MOVEMENT, TALK OF ATHEIST MARXIST WHO LIE, CHEAT, STEAL AND TAKING CALIFORNIA BACK. EVEN CURTIS ACKNOWLEDGED IT WENT POLITICAL AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULD TAKE THIS OUTSIDE. 
          UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODES THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY SHOULD ALREADY KNOW, THIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY INTERSECTS WITH POLITICAL MESSAGING. 
          THAT'S A PROBLEM. LAST YEAR, CURTIS WASN'T CENSURED. 
          FOR RESTRICTING PRESS ACCESS FROM THIS BOARD. YOU MADE AN EMPTY THREAT. YOU DON'T APPEAR TO EVEN BE CONSIDERING IT FOR THIS. SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU HERE FOR? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THIS BOARD TO ACTUALLY ACT? THANK YOU FOR TYING THAT BACK TO R4. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT UP, 
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CLINT CURTIS, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER. R4, MR. CURTIS. I CAN FOCUS ON R4, SIR. IF SOMEONE THINKS I'M ELECTIONEERING, THEY CAN CONTACT THE FPPC AND THEY'LL LOOK INTO IT. IN FACT, HALF OF THE CRAZIES HERE DID. AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN KICKED OUT. 
          SO WHAT WENT ON AT THAT MEETING IS ALL ON VIDEO. YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME MENTIONING A CAMPAIGN. YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME MENTIONING ANYTHING. IN FACT, TOWARDS THE END, WHEN SOME OF THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES STARTED GETTING A LITTLE POLITICAL, I SAID, CAN'T DO THAT HERE. WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE. YOU CAN TALK OUTSIDE. YOU CAN'T TALK IN HERE. SO WE WERE VERY PURPOSELY AVOIDING ANY CHANCE OF ANY ELECTIONEERING. NOW, TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT WENT WRONG, THAT IS NOT ELECTIONEERING. DO I THINK BALLOTS WERE STUFFED? YES. HAVE I CONTACTED THE DOJ? YES. NOW I HAVE MORE EVIDENCE THAT I BUILT UP THAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE TO THE SHERIFF. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS THAT WAY HERE. BECAUSE THINGS WERE PROVIDED BEFORE, AND THEY SAID, YEAH, THINGS ARE BAD, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME MORE STATISTICS, ESPECIALLY A PARTICULAR RACE, THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS AREN'T QUITE RIGHT. SO WE WILL GIVE THAT TO THE SHERIFF AS WELL IF THAT WILL MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. YOU KNOW, THE FBI HAS BEEN IN CONTACT AS WELL. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME IN AND GET THE RECORDS, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN GEORGIA. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED WITH THE SHERIFF DOWN IN RIVERSIDE, OR HIS GROUP, NOT HIM ACTUALLY, AND HE IS NOW CONFISCATING ALL OF THE RECORDS IN RIVERSIDE. 
          R4. WELL, THAT IS R4. NO, IT ISN'T R4. YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR. I HAVE DRIFTED. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. QUIT YELLING OUT FROM THE CROWD. YOU'RE INTERRUPTING THE MEETING. 
          THAT'S YOUR ONE WARNING. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, NICK GARDNER. CHAIR, THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. R4, PLEASE, NICK. RECENT ACTIONS ON JANUARY 15TH. WELL, I WATCHED THE VIDEO, AND WHAT I SAW IS SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY PROUD OF THEIR ELECTION SYSTEM THAT THEY CREATED, AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN HAVING HONEST ELECTIONS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I SAW. I SEE, I AGREE, ELECTIONEERING IS GOING ON WITH LONG HERE. YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. I BELIEVE YOU'D BE MORE HAPPY YOU'RE REPRESENTING WHISKEY TOWN. WHY DON'T YOU GO APPLY FOR A JOB OUT THERE AND RESIGN HERE? CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. IS THERE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? YES. YES, SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I STATED THIS AT THE LAST MOTION. THE WAY THIS UNFOLDED WAS MR. CURTIS MADE HIS STATEMENTS DURING HIS TOUR. I WENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL. COUNTY COUNCIL SAID THAT'S AN APPARENT VIOLATION. I WOULD NEED YOU TO BRING THIS FORWARD FROM THE BOARD TO GET A VOTE FOR ME TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS, TO RENDER AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON THIS MATTER. SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT OCCURRED. 
          LEGITIMATE ANALYSIS WILL ALWAYS STAND UP. THE TRUTH ALWAYS REIGNS. SO THERE IS NO PROBLEM LOOKING INTO SOMETHING AND ASKING THE QUESTIONS, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PERSONAL BELIEFS. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ANALYSIS, AND THAT WILL ALWAYS STAND UP. 
          THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL. 
          SO THE QUESTION I HAVE, COUNTY COUNCIL, IS, AND THIS WILL BE THE END OF MY COMMENT, WE'VE HEARD FROM PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO ACTIVITY DURING THIS TOUR. 
          DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR OPINION AS TO THE DE MINIMIS OR THE INCIDENTAL FINDING, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I AM NOT A LAWYER, SO THIS IS YOUR ANALYSIS, AND WHETHER IT'S DE MINIMIS, INCIDENTAL, OR WHETHER NOW THAT WE KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE AT THE TIME THIS CAME FORWARD LAST BOARD MEETING, OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS ACTIVITY WAS REFERENCED. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS YOUR OPINION AT THIS POINT. 
          MUCH LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT, WE LOOKED AT ONE PARTICULAR STATEMENT THAT WAS REPORTED AND REPORTED BY THE PRESS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO A FULL INVESTIGATION, WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM, AND I WOULD ESTIMATE NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR BEFORE YOU GET AN ANSWER. 
          BUT I WOULDN'T RENDER AN OPINION ON THE ENTIRE EVENT. 
          SO THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAD AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT THIS WAS INCIDENTAL AND DE MINIMIS, ESSENTIALLY, THAT WAS BASED ON THE IDEA, THE NOTION, THAT THERE WAS ONE... 
          OF A FLIPPANT COMMENT MADE BY 
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MR. CURTIS DURING THE TOUR, BUT YOUR ANALYSIS DID NOT INCORPORATE ALL THE DIFFERENT REFERENCES. AND THE REASON I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WAS. A LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET INVESTIGATED THE ACTUAL SET THROUGH THE TWO HOURS OF THE TAPE AND DOCUMENTED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FINDINGS. SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE ONE INSTANCE THAT YOU AND I DISCUSSED, IS SOMETHING THAT COUNTY COUNCIL IS WILLING TO DO AND BRING BACK TO YOU. 
          IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE VIDEO AND INTERVIEW WITNESSES, THAT WOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION, AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. WE GOOD, 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME]
SUPERVISOR WARREN? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON, BEFORE WE GET TO CONSENT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, MS. BLANKENSHIP? FOR OPEN TIME, YES. OPEN TIME. 
          WE HAVE... 24 REQUESTS TO SPEAK. FIRST UP, JAMES CROWELL, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDER, DON DUCKETT, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. LET'S NOT YELL OUT FROM THE CROWD. MORNING. MINE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING. I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE. SO WE HAVE HAD KIND OF THE RUNAROUND, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THIS BOARD'S ATTENTION, IS WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR DISPUTE GOING ON, AND WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR SETTING UP A TARGET PRACTICE 75 YARDS FROM OUR HOME, AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE RUNAROUND BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT TELLING US WE NEED TO CONTACT SHERIFFS. SO I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME INSIGHT ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FISH AND GAME HAS 4003B. THAT PROTECTS YOU FROM 150 YARDS OF YOUR DWELLING AS A SAFETY NET. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO IF SHASTA COUNTY ENFORCES THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE AS A FAMILY OF FOUR NOW, WE HAVE A TWO-MONTH-OLD AND A TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEAR-OLD AT HOME, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY INSIGHT FROM THIS COUNTY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO PROTECT US FROM OUR DWELLING FOR TARGET PRACTICE. SO I WOULD SUGGEST CONTACTING CODE ENFORCEMENT. HAVE YOU CONTACTED CODE ENFORCEMENT YET? YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS. THE FISH AND GAME CODE IS CARRIED OUT BY THE FISH AND GAME OFFICERS. 
          IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE PENAL CODE, AND THE PENAL CODE IS WHAT OUR OFFICERS WOULD BE GOING AFTER. SO I THINK YOU'D PROBABLY GET MORE LUCK STARTING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND GETTING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          YES, SIR. YEAH, WE'VE GONE, YEAH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY DIRECTED US TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTED US TO SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH THEN... SO THEN I CONTACTED MARY RICKER, AND SHE HAD SUBJECTED US TO SHERIFF JOHNSON, AND HE STATED 150 YARDS, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIND SOME PEACE IN OUR HOME IN SHASTA COUNTY. THANK YOU. 
          SORRY, SIR, DO YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 3? YEAH, I THINK IF YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, ONE OF US CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND TRY TO GET THIS RESOLVED. NEXT UP, DAWN DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, ROCKY SLAUGHTER, THEN THOMAS H. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I HADN'T PLANNED ON TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRE SAFETY BECAUSE MY HOUSE GOT ON FIRE LAST NIGHT. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE COTTONWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. CAL FIRE AND THE COTTONWOOD CITIZENS PATROL. 
          THEY ALL RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. 
          CAL FIRE AND THE COTTONWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK GREAT CARE TO TRY TO PRESERVE ANY VALUABLE POSSESSIONS AND NOT CREATE A BIGGER MESS THAN WE ALREADY HAD ON SITE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT... 
          FIRE SAFETY AND KNOWING WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. BOTH JOHN AND I, DURING OUR GOVERNMENT CAREERS, WERE REQUIRED TO DO FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAININGS. AND WE ALWAYS GROANED WHEN WE HAD TO DO THAT. 
          BUT WE HAD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AT THE HOUSE, AND WE BOTH KNEW HOW TO USE THEM. AND WE ALSO HAD NEIGHBORS COME OVER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIGHT THE FIRE. AND BY THE TIME HELP ARRIVED, IT WAS... SMOLDERING AND MITIGATE SOME OF THE DAMAGE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE, BUT CAL FIRE DID SAY THAT THE FACT THAT WE USED EXTINGUISHERS DID PREVENT A LOT OF FURTHER DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY AND NEIGHBORS' PROPERTY. AND ALSO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT COTTONWOOD CITIZENS PATROL. 
          ONE OF MY DOGS DISAPPEARED 
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IN THE CHAOS AND THEY PATROLLED FOR HOURS LOOKING FOR HER. 
          TURNS OUT SHE WAS HIDING IN MY CAR. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND JUST EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. IN TERMS OF THIS IS A HIGH-FIRE. AREA AND WE ALL NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THANK GOODNESS FOR FAST ACTING NEIGHBORS. GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORT YOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID HALLIGAN, ROCKY SLAUGHTER, THOMAS H., THEN LARRY S. THANK YOU. ELECTION INTEGRITY AND MEASURE B LAWSUIT. FOLLOWING A SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION ON FEBRUARY 20TH, THE BOARD VOTED 4-1 TO TAKE NO POSITION ON A LAWSUIT. CHALLENGING THE PROPOSED JUNE BALLOT B MEASURE. 
          OF COURSE, THIS MEASURE SEEKS TO REQUIRE VOTER ID, MANDATE HAND COUNTING, AND LIMIT ABSENTEE VOTING. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS WILL PASS IN SHASTA COUNTY. MOST PEOPLE I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTY AND THIS COUNTRY SUPPORT VOTER ID IN SOME FORM OR MATTER. 
          HOWEVER, BOARD, BEFORE YOU GO DOWN THAT PATH WITH A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE STATE, IF MEASURE B PASSES, I SUGGEST YOU HOLD OFF ON ANY LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE STATE. 
          ON REQUIRING VOTER ID, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA. WAIT, SUPERVISORS, WAIT, FOR WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, THE CALIFORNIA VOTER ID INITIATIVE. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 1 MILLION SIGNATURES, AND THEY ONLY NEED 875 VALID SIGNATURES. THEY ARE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP THEIR CAMPAIGN AS I SPEAK, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ADD ANOTHER 200,000 SIGNATURES BY THE DUE DATE TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH VERIFIED SIGNATURES. SO STAND DOWN ON THIS ONE, SUPERVISORS, IF B PASSES IN OUR COUNTY. LET'S WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT WITH THE CALIFORNIA VOTER ID INITIATIVE, OR PROPOSITION, IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION. NEXT UP, ROCKY SLAUGHTER, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H., LARRY S., THEN STEVE KAHN. GOOD MORNING. I'VE GOT SOME MATERIALS HERE FOR THE SUPERVISORS. I THINK IT GOES IN THIS DOCUMENT TRAY HERE. IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS? OKAY. THERE'S A TOP SHEET, AND THEN THERE'S AN APPRAISAL BEHIND IT. SO GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS AND STAFF. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG FOR THE BOARD. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION I REPRESENT, WHICH IS BLOCK 7 RETAIL INVESTORS. I SERVE AS GENERAL COUNSEL TO THAT ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THAT ORGANIZATION BUILT THE SIX-STORY PARKING STRUCTURE ON CALIFORNIA STREET THAT WE PROBABLY CAN SEE FROM THIS BUILDING. IT'S GOT 400 STALLS, AND THAT GARAGE SERVICES 400 VEHICLES A DAY, POTENTIALLY. 
          BUT THOSE VEHICLES GO TO PLACES LIKE THE READING PUBLIC MARKET, DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, AND IT IS... KIND OF THE HEART WHERE PEOPLE PARK. 
          AND SO THAT PARKING STRUCTURE HAS A HUGE PROPERTY TAX BILL ON IT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT THE COUNTY ASSESSES THE VALUE AS AND WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED. 
          THE VALUE IS THROUGH AN MAI APPRAISAL, WHICH YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF. 
          SO WE WENT TO CHUCK RYAN. HE'S A RESPECTED APPRAISER HERE. 
          AND HE ESTABLISHED A VALUE OF $2.4 MILLION, AND THE COUNTY'S VALUE IS CURRENTLY $12.9 MILLION. SO, $2.4, $12.9. 
          WE'VE GOT A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE HERE, AND SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO FLAG TO THE BOARD. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 
          ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARDS ARE KIND OF A PERFUNCTORY DECISION, USUALLY, BUT TO US, IT MEANS POTENTIALLY $100,000 OF ADDITIONAL TAXES PER YEAR, AND WE JUST WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. WE WANT FAIR, FRESH EYES ON THAT PANEL, JUST LIKE IT'S A JURY. WE'VE PRESENTED OUR CASE BEFORE, SO IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY ON THAT PANEL THAT HASN'T SEEN THE CASE, THEY CAN REVIEW IT WITH FRESH EYES, THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WOULD SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP, THOMAS H., FOLLOWED BY LARRY S., STEVE KAHN, THEN JOSH DEVINE. 
          THOMAS H., AS FAR AS THIS VOTER ID STUFF... I WOULD BE A LEADER. I WOULDN'T WANT TO STAND OFF AND WAIT ON SOMEBODY. IT'S OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO HAVE CORRECT VOTING, AND VOTER ID IS A BASIC. SO WHY, IF SOMETHING IS SO CORRECT AND SECURE FOR OUR GOVERNMENT AND WAY OF LIFE, WHY POSTPONE IT? WHY CAN'T WE BE A LEADER AS A COUNTY? WHY CAN'T SHASTA COUNTY STEP UP? IF IT'S COMING, FINE. WHY PUSH IT OFF? THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT. I'D BE PROUD 
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OF IT. I'D BE PROUD TO SAY, HEY, YEAH, LET'S HAVE VOTER ID. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? HOW CAN ANY OF YOU GUYS SAY, NOT SAY, I DO NOT WANT VOTER ID? I MEAN, WHERE'S THE AMERICANISM AT? WHERE'S THE HONESTY? BUT ANYWAY, GETTING BACK TO THAT, I HAVE A SITUATION, PERSONAL SITUATIONS ABOUT WATER. WE HAVE A BIG PLACE THAT BELONGS TO A CHURCH, AND THEY HAVE A BIG POND. AND THEY HAVE, THAT GUY CONTROLS THE WATER, SO WE HAVE THIS DRY CREEK THAT COMES IN AND FLOODS EVERY NOW AND THEN. BUT THE GUY NEVER DRAINS IT. I MEAN, HE CONTROLS THE WATER, AND SO WATER BACKS UP AND DESTROYS ROADS AND BRIDGES. AND THESE AREN'T NON-COUNTY ROADS, SO THERE'S NO TAX. BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE LIVING OUT THERE, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          I'VE CALLED ONE TIME AND NO ANSWER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT'S IN THE COUNTY. WE PAY TAXES. THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INVOLVED, TWO ROADS, BRIDGES. BUT THIS ONE GUY'S GOT A CONNECTION, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO IS LOWER THE DAM LEVEL DOWN. WHEN IT GETS TOO HIGH, WATER GOES DOWN THE STREET. 
          BUT HE'S GOT CONNECTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW. I'VE CALLED, AND NO ONE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          NEXT UP, LARRY S., FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, JOSH DEVINE, THEN CHRISTIAN. MORNING, BOARD. THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS THE TIME THAT THE IHSS WORKERS, WE'RE HERE IN FORCE. 
          AND THEY HAD A LOT TO SAY, AND THEY WERE PRETTY RAUCOUS, I ADMIT, AND I'M GLAD THEY WERE. I'M REALLY SORRY THAT KEVIN ISN'T HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING I HEARD HIM SAY SUNDAY MORNING. 
          THAT MADE ME DECIDE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I'M LISTENING TO HIS SUNDAY MORNING TALK SHOW ON THE RADIO AND HE'S DECRYING THE RATE. INCREASED, PROPOSED RATE INCREASE OF OUR EU. AND AS CALLERS ARE SAYING, WHY DON'T THOSE HIGH-PAID OUR EU EMPLOYEES, THE TOP STEP, HAVE TO LIVE ON $65,000 A YEAR LIKE THE REST OF US HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY? KEVIN AGREED, BUT THAT WOULD BE TOO BAD IF THEY HAD TO TAKE A PAY CUT AND LIVE ON $65,000 A YEAR. KEVIN WANTED TO SAY THAT THEY'D REALLY ACCOMPLISHED, YOU GUYS HAD REALLY ACCOMPLISHED. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONSERVATISM ON THE BOARD. BECAUSE, AS OPPOSED TO REDDING, THE SHASTA COUNTY SHIP WAS IN ORDER. HIS EXACT WORDS WERE, YOU ARE CRUSHING IT AS IT COMES TO THE BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES AND THE SURPLUS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YEAH, YOU REALLY ARE CRUSHING IT. 
          YOU GAVE YOURSELF A 50% RAISE. 
          I'D CONSIDER THAT CRUSHING IT, AND THEN YOU GOT ANOTHER 4%. 
          THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IHS WORKERS EVEN A 40-CENT-AN-HOUR RAISE SPREAD OVER TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO I THOUGHT, WELL, KEVIN, WHY DON'T YOU TRY AND LIVE ON $35,000 A YEAR WITH NO BENEFITS, NO HEALTH INSURANCE, NO RETIREMENT, AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT. THE IHS WORKERS WORK REALLY HARD. THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED TO RESCIND EVEN THAT 40 CENT AN HOUR RACE SHOULD REALLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK YOURSELF HOW YOU CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. NEXT UP, STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY JOSH DIVINE, CHRISTIAN, JIM BURNETT, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. 
          IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK HERE AND IT IS OUR, IT IS OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK HERE. I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE MY COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO HAVING THIS BOARD'S MEETINGS CARRIED OUT IN A LEGAL MANNER. CHAIR KALLSTROM, BECAUSE OF MISTAKES MADE BY THIS BOARD, COUNTY COUNCIL, AND CEO RICKERT. WITH REGARDS TO THE BROWN ACT, I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUGGESTED UPCOMING CHANGES DUE TO SB 707, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE COMMENTS. THE WAY OUR COUNTY IS GOING TO ADOPT THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO RESTRICT OUR ABILITY TO SPEAK. THE CHANGES INCLUDED REDUCING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FOR EACH ITEM TO 20 MINUTES AND LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT A COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN COMMENT ON TO FOUR ITEMS. BY BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE WITH THE MINUTES, YOU'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING THE PROBABILITY THAT THE CALL-IN INDIVIDUALS WILL COMPLETELY TAKE UP THE SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY. YOU DON'T. SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THAT CHAIR CRY, CORRECT? KELSTROM CRY WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE'S MAKING THE DECISIONS, BUT AT ANY RATE, UM. AND THEN WHEN 
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IT COMES TO FOUR ITEMS, STAFF SAID. WELL, HE THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, BUT IN MY RESEARCH, I CAN'T FIND ANY COUNTIES THAT HAVE RESTRICT, RESTRICTED AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO SPEAK ON ITEMS, TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ITEMS. AND SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP CHALLENGED IN COURT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY OTHER COUNTIES, AND HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW EITHER. SO IT'S A BOTHERSOME THING, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE ADVICE OF COUNCIL LARMER BECAUSE... I THINK HE MORE, HE SEEMS TO SHAPE HIS OPINIONS BY WHAT CRYWISH IS, AND NOT BY THE LAW. THAT'S BEEN SHOWN APPARENT RECENTLY IN THESE STATEMENTS THAT HE'S MADE. 
          THANK YOU. JOSH DEVINE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN, JIM BURNETT, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. 
          HEY, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JOSH DEVINE. I'M AN ATTORNEY HERE IN REDDING. I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST. 
          IN SERVING ON THE ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD. I'VE BEEN AN ATTORNEY SINCE 2003. I'VE BEEN IN REDDING SINCE 2005. I HAVE A BACKGROUND THAT MIGHT BE BORING, BUT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THIS JOB. I'VE DONE LITIGATION FOR MOST OF MY TIME HERE. A LOT OF THIS INCLUDES REAL PROPERTY, PROBATE, TAXATION, ASSESSMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN A TRANSACTIONAL LAWYER, WHICH HAS DEALT WITH THE SAME THINGS. A LOT OF ESTATE PLANNING AND... 
          ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH PROPERTY TAX CONSIDERATIONS AND TRUST HELD ASSETS. I'VE ALSO SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS. I RECENTLY FINISHED EIGHT YEARS WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION. WE DEALT WITH, I HEARD SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE CONVENTION CENTER. I DEALT WITH A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT, ALSO WITH ASSESSMENTS. I'VE ALSO, AS AN ATTORNEY, ADVISED AND REPRESENTED SEVERAL COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICTS HERE IN TOWN. SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BROWN ACT AS WELL. I SERVE ON THE EATON HOUSE AS A BOARD OF, ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS THERE. I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PATHWAYS TO HOUSING, WHICH DEALS WITH SOME ISSUES YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH TRANSPARENCY, WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, ALSO ADVOCACY, BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS A JOB REQUIRING ADVOCACY, BUT RATHER EVALUATION AND CONSIDERATION AND ADVISEMENT. 
          AND IT REQUIRES NEUTRALITY AND CAREFUL REVIEW OF EVIDENCE, AND I'M GOOD AT THAT, I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH IT, AND I'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT. IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO SERVE IT BEYOND SERVING THE THE CAPACITY OF A COUNTY VOLUNTEER. I'VE ONLY DONE IT OF THE CITY, SO I'D LIKE TO GET MOST PEOPLE TO COUNTY LEVEL. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. YES, MARCY, I'LL HAND YOU MY BUSINESS CARD. IF YOU CAN, CONTACT THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE DO HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD, SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU. 
          CHRISTIAN, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT, DOLORES LUCERO, THEN BEV. SIX MONTHS AGO, AND EVEN TODAY, NUMEROUS TIMES, CURTIS HAS DISCLOSED THAT HE'S GIVING TRUMP'S DOJ INFORMATION FROM THE ROV OFFICE. 
          WITHOUT A SUBPOENA, WITHOUT A JUDGE'S ORDER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT THIS IS, IS THAT I'VE BEEN STONEWALLED THREE TIMES NOW. AND LET'S, LET'S GO FOR A FOURTH. BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY EVEN SAYS WE HAVE. 
          WHY? MR. L'AMOUR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO STOP THE HOBBS BALLOT INITIATIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DID LAST YEAR AND YOU DID WHAT? THE JUDGE ASKED. AND LAST WEEK, YOU ADVOCATED AGAINST DEFENDING AGAINST JANE DOE BECAUSE THAT INITIATIVE IS BLATANTLY ILLEGAL. AND WOULD COST SHASTA COUNTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DEFEND. IT GOES WAY BEYOND VOTER ID. IT GOES WAY BEYOND EVEN WHAT. WHAT TRUMP IS TRYING TO GET THE SENATE TO PASS TODAY. AND NO, MR. CURTIS, THIS IS NOT GEORGIA. YOU DON'T JUST GIVE THIS STUFF AWAY WITHOUT A COURT ORDER OR A SUBPOENA. SHOW ME THE SUBPOENA. SHOW ME THE COURT ORDER. I FILED A FOIA. WHERE IS IT? YOU KNOW, BLATANTLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS WRONG. AND THAT'S WHY THESE PROTECTIONS... UM, ARE IN PLACE TO DEFEND THE PUBLIC AGAINST RISK OF FAILURE AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE BROWN ACT REQUIRES THAT 
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EVERY MEETING INCLUDE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO SPEAK, WHETHER IT'S VOTED ON OR NOT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR DOING IT. NEXT UP, JIM BURNETT, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, BEV, THEN DAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. HELLO AGAIN. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BOARD LAST MEETING TOOK THE ACTION TO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION AGAINST THE JANE DOE LAWSUIT. 
          TRYING TO THWART MEASURE B. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO ENACT SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY RESTORES... 
          VOTING RIGHTS, THE WAY THEY WERE MEANT TO BE, THE WAY THEY USED TO BE PRACTICED FOR OVER 100 YEARS IN OUR COUNTRY. AND THERE'S NO REASON TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE BAD PRACTICES THAT WERE INSTITUTED MAYBE 20, 30 YEARS AGO. SO THIS IS REALLY, IT'S NOT INNOVATION, IT'S A RESTORATION. AND IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT ONE ANONYMOUS PLAINTIFF CAN HIDE BEHIND SECRECY AND THROW EVERYTHING INTO THE TRASH BIN OR TRY TO. 
          BECAUSE WHAT THAT IS DOING IS OVERTURNING THE WILL OF AT LEAST 10,000 PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MOXIE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT. SAYING THEY WANTED THIS AND THEY WANTED TO SEE THE REST OF THE SHASTA COUNTY ELECTORATE VOTE ON IT. SO WE'RE NOT ONLY MESSING WITH THE RIGHTS OF 10,000 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED, WE'RE DEPRIVING THE RIGHTS OF THE REST OF THE ELECTORATE TO EVEN VOTE ON IT. SO THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH BURDEN THAT YOU GUYS ARE IGNORING. AND JUST ROLLING OVER AND LETTING, CASTING YOUR FATE TO THE WIND IS NOT SERVICING THE PEOPLE HERE. WE'RE ALWAYS HEARING ABOUT DEMOCRACY, WELL, WHAT'S MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN CITIZENS GETTING A NEW PETITION, GOING OUT, GETTING SIGNATURES, AND THEN HAVING THE ELECTORATE VOTE ON IT? THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY BEV, DAN, THEN LINDA GLASS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, MR. BERNIE, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS, THOSE 10,000 SIGNATURES ARE NOT VALID. THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY COMMITTED FRAUD BY COLLECTING THEM, BY MISLEADING THE CITIZENS, TELLING THEM THAT WE WERE CHARTERED. WE WERE NOT CHARTERED UNTIL A YEAR LATER. 
          GET THAT STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU COME UP HERE BECAUSE YOU SOUND LIKE A FOOL. YOU, WHEN WE GO IN, WHEN YOU GUYS GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, LET ME REMIND YOU SOMETHING. 
          THAT YOU ACTUALLY VIOLATING ADA TITLE II, I FILED COMPLAINT ALREADY. YOU VIOLATING THE ADA FOR KICKING PEOPLE OUT WHEN YOU GO TO CLOSED SESSION. YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ALREADY, I ALREADY REPORTING YOU. MR. LARMOR SHOULD KNOW THESE LAWS, BUT LIKE I SAID, HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE. HE DON'T CARE BECAUSE HE SERVES KEVIN CRY, NOT THE BOARD, KEVIN CRY, BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND WORKS FOR KEVIN CRY. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. BUT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO KICK US OUT INTO THE RAIN, IN THE COLD, NO CHAIRS, NO SEATING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. 
          I'M DISABLED. I HAVE GROUNDS TO SUE THIS COUNTY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. SO YOU BETTER MAKE SURE YOU DON'T KICK US OUT TODAY. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SO MANY LAWSUITS THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY. YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY, MR. LARMERT? DON'T FORGET, YOU HAVE A LICENSE. 
          THEREFORE, I COULD GO AFTER YOUR LICENSE. DISABLED PEOPLE, DISCRIMINATION, KICKING US OUT INTO THE FREAKING... HALLWAY AND CLOSING THE DOORS, SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE SESSION WHEN YOU GO UPSTAIRS. 
          AND ANOTHER THING, GET THIS NUMBER STRAIGHT, YOU GUYS, 2023-00500. THAT IS FPPC. 
          IF YOU GO ONTO THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A CASE PENDING AND OPEN. IT SAYS THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND PENDING. THIS IS REGARDING KEVIN CRY FOR COMMITTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO YOU GO ON THAT WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THAT HE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. SO JUST MAKE SURE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, BEV, FOLLOWED BY DAN, LINDA GLASS, THEN BRENT TURNER. 
          HELLO. AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOT REPRESENTING ANY ORGANIZATION. 
          I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS LAWSUIT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT IS VERY CONCERNING. 
          PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE THE ROV DID NOT DO THE PAPERWORK TO FILE THE CHARTER. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO BE ABLE TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT, FOR ONE THING. 
          AND MR. CLINT CURTIS HAD TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT, AND IT WENT BACK RETROACTIVE. 
          SO THE SIGNATURES ARE VALID. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED THIS IS A PATTERN. BECAUSE ALSO, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE VOTED 
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TO GET RID OF THE MACHINES, THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE PERSON FROM, I BELIEVE, FROM THE ROV OFFICE THAT WENT DOWN AND HELPED THEM PUT TOGETHER THE SB969 TO REMOVE ALL MACHINES. NOW, THAT IS TWO INCIDENCES GOING AGAINST... THE PEOPLE IN THE ROV OFFICE. SO THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS PERSON IS ANONYMOUS AND NOT SEEING WHO IS FIGHTING AGAINST WHAT AT LEAST 10,000 PEOPLE WANTED. 
          WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHO DOESN'T WANT FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS. THERE IS A MOVEMENT, AND I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE ELECTIONS, THERE WILL BE, UH... WE WILL SEEK OUT EXIT REQUESTED TO HAVE CALIFORNIA SUCCEED FROM THE NATION. DO YOU REALLY THINK CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS THE WAY THE ELECTIONS ARE RIGHT NOW, OR WITHOUT? UH... 
          PREVIOUSLY, UH... IT WOULDN'T PASS, JUST LIKE PROP FIFTY. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T THINK CALIFORNIA HAS PROBLEMS NOW, WHAT WOULD BE IF WE SUCCEED AND BECOME OUR OWN NATION? SO, YEAH, THANKS. NEXT UP, DAN, FOLLOWED BY LINDA GLASS, BRENT TURNER, THEN CLINT CURTIS. 
          HELLO AGAIN BOARD. 
          TO CLARIFY, YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO GIVE SPECIAL SEATING IF IT'S A MENTAL DISABILITY. YOU MIGHT CHECK THAT OUT, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. 
          BUT I JUST, WE TALK SERIOUSLY NOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. 
          YOU GUYS DECIDED NOT TO SUPPORT 10,110 PEOPLE. I'D ENCOURAGE TO PUT THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND SIGNATURE ON A PETITION BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO BE ON THE BALLOT SO THE PEOPLE CAN DECIDE. BY NOT SUPPORTING THAT AND LETTING SOME ANONYMOUS, FEARFUL, COWARDLY JANE DOE BRING A CASE AGAINST YOU, WE WON'T BE DEFENDED. BECAUSE THE ALARM WILL JUST SAY, OH, WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION. 
          WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THAT PETITION WERE COUNTING ON YOU GUYS TO REPRESENT THEM. THEY PUT IT IN YOUR HANDS TO TAKE IT TO THE COURT. AND YOU GUYS LET US DOWN BIG TIME. THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU. I AM SO EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST CARB. SACRAMENTO DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR REDDING. AND ALL THESE ELECTRIC CARS AND SNOW PLOWS AND STUFF THAT WE DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO PUSH BACK BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR US. THE SAME WAY MEASURE B ALLOWS SHASTA COUNTY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR US AND NOT LET SACRAMENTO TELL US WHAT TO DO. JUST LIKE YOU'RE PUSHING BACK ON CARB, WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU TO PUSH BACK ON SACRAMENTO SO WE CAN HAVE FAIR AND TRUSTWORTHY ELECTIONS UNDER CLINT CURTIS. JOANNA IS THE ONE WHO DIDN'T FILE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. THAT WAS A HUGE SCREW UP. SHE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. THANKFULLY, CLINT WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, AND IT WAS A TRIVIAL POINT AND A TECHNICALITY. SO WE ARE A CHARTER, BUT IT WAS NO HELP OF JOANNA. SHE BLEW IT. NEXT UP, LINDA GLASS, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, CLINT CURTIS, THEN ANTONIA. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. AN ATTORNEY NAMED JANE DOE RECENTLY FILED A FELONIOUS LAWSUIT TRYING TO BLOCK DUE PROCESS OF THE LAWFUL ACT BY 10,000 CITIZENS TO PUT A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT REQUIRING VOTER ID. 
          THE SAVE ACT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE VOTER ID ON THE STATE LEVEL ARE SIMILAR MEASURES. POLLS SHOW THAT AT LEAST 80% OF THE U.S. POPULATION KNOW THAT 30 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED... 
          ILLEGAL CITIZENS HAVE DILUTED THEIR VOTE. WE KNOW THE RESULT OF HAVING SELF-PROCLAIMED SOCIALIST COMMUNISTS IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE MAKING FELONIOUS DECISIONS AND BILLS. 
          WHICH CURRENTLY ALLOWED ONLY 25 HOMEOWNERS IN THE PALISADES MALIBU FIRES TO COLLECT INSURANCE OUT OF THE 10,000 HOMEOWNERS. THAT LOST EVERYTHING. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE BILLS ENABLE PERVERSE SEXUAL AGENDA, AS WELL AS BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AGENDA, TO BE TAUGHT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW HITLER USED EDUCATION TO FORM THE GERMAN YOUTH INTO THE BROWN SHIRTS. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, OUR CALIFORNIA MATH PROFICIENCY SCORES RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 PERCENT. ENGLISH SCORES 23 TO 
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38 PERCENT. WHAT ARE WE PREPARING THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR? JANE DOE'S METHODS RESULTS IN WHOEVER THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MACHINE POPS OUT AS WINNER. WE NEED TRUE SHASTA COUNTY LEADERS TO BE WILLING TO FACE CRITICISM AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR COUNTY. TO HAVE A TRUSTWORTHY VOTING SYSTEM OF VERIFYING ACCURATE ELECTION RESULTS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN USED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. NEXT UP, BRENT TURNER, FOLLOWED BY CLINT CURTIS, ANTONIA, THEN RON PEMBER. HELLO, BOARD. PUTTING SOME DOCUMENTS IN THE PILE HERE. THIS ONE, IN PARTICULAR, IS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN CALMATTERS, WRITTEN BY TRENT LANG, A FRIEND OF MINE THAT IS THE HEAD OF CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY. THE HEADLINE IS, CALIFORNIA CAN SIDESTEP SCANDAL AND BANISH BIAS WHILE COUNTING VOTES. AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT... THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN, THE LACK OF CLEAN INFORMATION, I REALLY WOULD SUGGEST, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S AS POLARIZED AS THE FEEL IN THE ROOM. I THINK WITH GOOD INFORMATION, IT'S NOT THAT POLARIZED. GOOD NEWS IS, AND THE REASON I'M HERE PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION IS... NONPARTISAN WORK. THE SOLUTION THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THAT CLINT HAS BROUGHT PARTIAL SOLUTION IN TIDYING UP THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY ISSUES. THERE'S ANOTHER STEP THAT I KEEP PUSHING UPON YOU TO SAY, HELP US ADVOCATE TOWARD THE STATE FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY. I THINK THIS COUNTY WILL COME TOGETHER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYTHING ERRANT OR OUT OF ORDER. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HEADING TOWARD ANOTHER GOOD ELECTION. 
          THE LAST ONE WAS GOOD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, CLINT CURTIS, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, RON PEMBER, THEN MICHELLE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. 
          HELLO, EVERYBODY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE WORK THEY DO. THEY GET HAMMERED ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE COMING UP AND YELLING AT YOU GUYS, AND YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE AND TAKE IT, BUT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WHEN I'M OUT THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE, I TALK TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, AND THEY GO, THIS IS A GOOD BOARD. THEY REALLY WORK AT IT. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. AN ATTABOY IS NICE ONCE IN A WHILE, ALONG WITH ALL THE ROCKS YOU GET THROWN AT. MY MAIN FUNCTION HERE, THOUGH, I WANTED TO URGE THE BOARD TO PUT THEIR FULL ENERGY INTO DEFENDING THIS JOHN DOE SUIT. THIS DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, OR JANE DOE, I GUESS IT WAS. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT THE CONTENT OF THAT REFERENDUM IS. THE POINT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DESTROY THE PROCESS. 
          THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, THAT MEASURE GOT ON, IT HAD THE SIGNATURES, IT DID ALL THE PROCESS. 
          BUT WE DON'T LIKE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON IT. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S LEGAL OR NOT. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. ALL REFERENDUMS ARE ILLEGAL UNTIL THEY PASS. NO ONE PASSES A REFERENDUM THAT SIMPLY PARROTS EXISTING LAW. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A REFERENDUM THAT SAYS, I'M GOING TO RAISE THIS 25-MILE-AN-HOUR SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES AN HOUR? YOU DON'T DO THAT. SO WE NEED TO REALLY KICK THIS UP. THIS IS A HILL THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DIE ON. BECAUSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE DIED ON A LOT OF HILLS. TO ALLOW US TO VOTE ON THESE THINGS AND TO MAKE OUR DECISION, NOT TO HAVE SOME LITTLE BACKDOOR, KEEP IT OFF OF THE BALLOT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER. 
          NEXT UP, ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY RON PEMBER, MICHELLE, THEN KIM MOORE. THE VOTE TO TAKE NO ACTION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE SUIT JANE DOE VERSUS THE BOARD AND CLINT CURTIS IS, I BELIEVE, IT'S BEEN SET UP. I DON'T, LIKE CLINT SAYS, THERE'S SOME, MAYBE A FORCE BEHIND IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S A SETUP. 
          THEY'VE KNOWN AND PLANNED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PART OF THAT. SO, FROM THE BEGINNING, TO STOP THIS MEASURE FROM PASSING. SO IF YOU HAVE 
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ANY CONSCIENCE AT ALL, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE VOTER ID MEASURE B WHEN OVER 10,000 CITIZENS OF THIS SHASTA COUNTY WANTS THIS ON THE BALLOT. AND RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE DENYING THEM AND BLOCKING THIS MEASURE FROM BEING ON THE BALLOT. YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR ELECTIONS. YOU HAVE, SO THINGS ARE BEING EXPOSED. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND SEE THAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOUR AGENDA IS. AND RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT, YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING OR DOING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. SO GOD IS NOT MOCKED. THIS MEANS GOD CANNOT BE DECEIVED, FOOLED, OR TREATED WITH CONTEMPT, WITHOUT CONSCIENCE. SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. NEXT UP, RON PEMBER, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, KIM MOORE, THEN BENJAMIN NGUYEN. MORNING, BOARD. 
          MORNING, BOARD. THE REASON I WAITED UNTIL LAST IS I WASN'T SURE WHETHER MY COMMENTS WERE FOR THE 24, WHATEVER THE FIRST ONE WAS. ANYWAY, OUR SYSTEM IS BROKEN WITH THIS ELECTION STUFF. WHEN MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY, HE GOT A MAIL-IN BALLOT AND HAD A GIRLFRIEND WITH HIM, AND THEY GOT MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 
          SO I TOOK HIM DOWN TO THE ROV OFFICE, AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT KATHY DARLING ALLEN OR MS. FRANCISCO EVEN LOOKED LIKE, SO I JUST HANDED HIM SOME LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER. OKAY, AFTER THAT CAME DONE, THE SECOND ELECTION SYSTEM, HERE CAME THE BALLOTS AGAIN. 
          OKAY, SO I TOOK HIM BACK DOWN AND HANDED HIM TO SOME LADY BEHIND THE BOARD OR THE COUNTER. ANYWAY, NOTHING WAS DONE. SO ON THE THIRD TIME IT CAME IN, I THOUGHT, THIS IS CRAZY. 
          SOMEBODY'S NOT CLEARING THE VOTER ROLLS. SO I DIDN'T EVEN BRING HIM BACK DOWN. WHY WASTE MY TIME? I JUST THREW HIM IN THE BURN PILE AND GOT RID OF HIM. SO THIS IS WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS VOTER THING. AND NOW THAT MR. CURTIS HAS TAKEN OVER, I'VE GONE DOWN AND LOOKED AT HIS SYSTEM, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, I FEEL LIKE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FAIR AND BALANCED SYSTEM. SO THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING NOW. AND LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SAID, MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AND DYING FOR THOSE RIGHTS SINCE THE FOUNDING FATHERS. 
          AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM WITHOUT... 
          BINA YES, UH... DIFFERENT CITY, OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. SO THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING, UH... WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM WHENEVER WE WANT TO, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT. NEXT UP, MICHELLE, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE, BENJAMIN NGUYEN, THEN NICK GARDNER. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. KIM, COME ON UP. OKAY, YOUR TIME HAS STARTED. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M HERE TO PUT SOME STUFF ON THE RECORD FOR THE WOODLANDS. AND MR. LAMAR, SINCE MR. RICKARD ISN'T HERE, I NEED YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND GET YOUR NUMBER TWO PENCIL OUT. I DID A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE COPY THAT I KNEW WAS THE ONE THAT WAS IN USE WHEN THE WOODLANDS OPENED. AND THAT SECTION D WAS DATED FEBRUARY 20TH OF 2013. 
          WHEN I SUBMITTED THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, REQUESTING THAT, IT WAS ASSIGNED NUMBER 26112. ON FEBRUARY, OR IS IT NOW, FEBRUARY 10TH, THIS WAS SO INSULTING. AFTER A DILIGENT AND GOOD FAITH SEARCH, THEY SAY THEY WERE SUBMITTING ME THE RECORDS. THEY BURIED IT UNDER NUMBER 26102. SO LET ME TELL YOU GUYS SOMETHING. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FOR HARMEET DHILLON AT DHILLON LAW. I WAS MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS BEFORE I APPROACHED THE LAW FIRM AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE MY CASE. THE COUNTY FAILED AGAIN. AND I SUBMITTED IN ANOTHER GOOD FAITH EFFORT, SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. 26-112, MR. LAMAR. GO AHEAD AND PULL IT UP. 
          I SAID, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, 
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AND WE WANT IT LOOKED AT. NOW Y'ALL ARE COMPLICIT, OKAY? I DON'T KNOW WHO SCREWED THIS UP, BUT I'M SENDING IT OFF TO HARMEET, DYLAN, DYLAN LAW, AND SAN FRANCISCO THE WAY IT IS, AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN COURT. NEXT UP, BENJAMIN NGUYEN, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER, THEN RICK H. ALL RIGHT, WELL... I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY TODAY IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS UP. I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT STRUCTURE THAT'S COMING UP IN JULY, BUT AS I BELIEVE. 
          SUPERVISOR CRY MENTIONED ON HIS RADIO, THAT THERE WOULD BE A POSITION FOR THE REMAINING SPEAKERS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO HOW THE CITY OPERATES. AND I THINK THAT'S, AT THE MOMENT, PROBABLY THE BEST POSSIBLE. 
          SOLUTION. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY ARE DOING THAT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT A LOT WHEN I COME TO THESE MEETINGS IS HOW MUCH HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES, HOW MUCH HAPPENS WHEN YOU TALK TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CROWD, SOME OF THE LIKE KIND OF SECRET CONVERSATIONS, SORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL NATURE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDES. AND IT'S STRANGE. BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION, BUT WITH EVIDENCE, WHICH A LOT OF US HAVE PROCURED, THERE BEGINS TO BECOME A CLEAR DIVIDE BETWEEN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND THE ACTUAL THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND, LIKE, I'VE MADE IT MY GOAL THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO DO THAT, AND PROBABLY IN SOMEWHAT OF A DIVISIVE WAY. 
          BUT MOVING FORWARD, I'VE CHANGED MY WEBSITE TO AN AP-STYLE FORMAT. I'M GOING TO TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH. AND IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW BECAUSE WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS COUNTY. WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. I THINK IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 
          ACCOUNTABILITY SOMETIMES MEANS BEING VINDICTIVE, AND OTHER TIMES IT MEANS GETTING TO THE TRUTH. AND I WANT TO DO THE LATTER. NEXT UP, NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY RICK H. MAY I BE SO BOLD AS TO ASK, WHO PUT KEN MURRAY ON AS A CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSION? SOMEBODY PUT HIM ON. I'LL BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT HE'S A BIG REASON WHY THE CITY OF REDDING IS IN THE FINANCIAL DIRE STRAITS THEY'RE IN. HE SERVED FOUR TERMS. I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MIKE MOFFITT, AND I BELIEVE HE'D BE A REALLY GOOD ADDITION FOR THE MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL, SO I HOPE YOU'LL PUT HIM ON. 
          CORKY, DID YOU KNOW THERE'S TWO WOLVES SIGHTED BETWEEN PARKVILLE AND ASH CREEK? YEAH, TWO WOLVES OUT OF A PACK OF FOUR, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. 
          AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL PROBABLY TWO DAYS AGO. DID YOU GET THAT? LOOK FOR IT. IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. THEY'RE USING LIGHTS TO, PUTTING LIGHTS ON LIVESTOCK, AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. 
          SO, I HOPE YOU'LL READ THAT. 
          NOW, THIS ONE GENTLEMAN GOT UP HERE AND WAS PRETTY LOUD AND TALKING ABOUT BULLSHIT AND ON YOUR SHOES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE? WELL, WE'VE GOT EYEWITNESS EVIDENCE OF WHAT'S GONE ON IN PAST ELECTIONS. YOU'VE GOT THOMAS HILDEBRAND, YOU'VE GOT JIM BURNETT. YOU'VE GOT BILL RUSSELL, YOU'VE GOT PATRICK JONES, YOU'VE GOT BEV, CASEY, ANTONIO. EYEWITNESSES. THAT'S NOT A BUNCH OF BS. THAT'S NOT HEARSAY. THESE PEOPLE SAW IT. 
          THEY'LL TESTIFY IT IN COURT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE, THEY'RE SO MISINFORMED, IT REALLY GIVES ME HEARTBURN. 
          YOU SHOULD START HAVING A DEAL OF ROLAIDS UP HERE WHEN WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM. I'VE GOT SOME... 
          APPLICATIONS TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY CLERK. IF ANY OF YOU PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN THERE AND OBSERVE HOW THE ELECTIONS ARE RUN, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE AND I'LL TRY AND GET YOU AN APPLICATION FOR WORK OUT AT WHISKEY TOWN. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, RICK H. RICK, COME ON UP. HERE AND THERE'S ALREADY 10 SECONDS OFF OF MY CLOCK, SO SHOULD I EVEN COME UP HERE AND SPEAK? I WON'T. I'M TELLING MY TIME BACK. SHE STARTS THE CLOCK FIVE SECONDS AFTER SHE CALLS YOUR NAME. YOU WERE STANDING BACK THERE AND YOU'RE WALKING UP. I'M MIKE AND NOW YOU TAKE 10 SECONDS WITH ME. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. THAT WAS OUR 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
LAST SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE. 
          ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE PULLED C1 AND C9, 
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IS THAT CORRECT? FROM THE AGENDA, COMPLETELY, YES. THEY'LL BE RE-AGENDIZED TO A LATER DATE. BOTH OF THOSE? CORRECT. OKAY, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          SECOND. MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR LONG, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-1. ALL RIGHT, ON TO... I MEAN, NO, 4-0. 
          [R5 Take the following actions: (1) Receive a presentation from Justin Bond, CEO and founder of Our Heroes’ Dreams; (2) approve an agreement with Our Heroes’ Dreams for treatment and recovery programs to at-risk veterans for the period December 15, 2025 to December 14, 2026; and (3) approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations and revenue by $250,000 in the Opioid Settlement Budget (BU 430).]
YEAH. OKAY, MOVING ON TO R5. 
          TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS. 
          RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM JUSTIN BOND, CEO AND FOUNDER OF OUR HEROES DREAMS. APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR HEROES DREAMS FOR TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO AT-RISK VETERANS FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 15, 2025, TO DECEMBER 14, 2026. 
          APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH INCREASES APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUES BY $250,000 IN THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT BUDGET. MR. BOND. AND HAVE YOUR SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YEAH, WE KEPT IT SMALL. WE KEPT IT TO THREE. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HEAR THEM AFTER YOU. 
          ROGER THAT. GOOD EVENING TO, OR GOOD MORNING, AFTERNOON NOW, TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS JUSTIN VAUGHN. WITH OUR HEROES DREAMS, AS YOU SAID. AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACK STORY THAT'S RELEVANT TO THIS. IN 2004, I WAS SHOT THROUGH BOTH KNEES, AND I FOUND MYSELF IN THE HOSPITAL. WELL, LEAVING A LEG ON THE BATTLEFIELD WAS NOT MY DISABILITY, I FOUND OUT. IT WAS THE ADDICTION TO OPIOIDS THAT FOLLOWED. IT WAS THE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ENOUGH SHORTLY AFTER, AND THEY HAD TO. I MEAN, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE ROOM FULL OF GUYS CRYING OUT, WANTING TO DIE, THEY HAVE TO KEEP YOU CALM. WELL, AFTER... FAST FORWARDING ALL THESE YEARS, I'VE HAD 57 SURGERIES. I HAD MY BOUTS OF ADDICTION IN THERE. AND THAT WAS THE HARDEST BATTLE THAT I HAD TO FIGHT. THE ABSOLUTE HARDEST BATTLE WAS BEING ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. 
          BUT I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT. THE PROBLEM IS, JUST IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, I'VE HAD FOUR SURGERIES. AND I HAVE ONE MORE ON MARCH 3RD. 
          SO, HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, MOST ADDICTIONS... 
          WITH ALCOHOL AND STUFF, YOU JUST STAY AWAY FROM IT. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH MAJOR SURGERIES FOR YOUR LIFETIME, IT SEEMS, THEY'RE ALWAYS PUTTING IT RIGHT BACK ON YOU, AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. 
          BUT WE FOUND THE FORMULA, KIND OF OUR SECRET SAUCE ON HOW TO LIVE WITH THAT, HOW TO AVOID ADDICTION. AND IN OUR HERO'S DREAMS, THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE WORK WITH, HOMELESSNESS, SUICIDE, AND OPIATES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER. 
          MOST HOMELESS ARE BATTLING ADDICTION. MOST OF OUR WARRIORS, OUR VETERANS, AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE ATTEMPTING SUICIDE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN SUCH A DARK PLACE. AND BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE VA CANDY... THEY USE IT TO NUMB THEM, TO STABILIZE THEM, BUT IT GETS INTO A POINT WHERE THEY JUST NEED MORE AND MORE AND MORE. I WAS ON 16 OXYCONTIN A DAY. 
          TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A FENTANYL PATCH ON RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE TO TO SURVIVE. 
          BUT NOBODY EVER KNOWS ABOUT MY PAIN. I DON'T SHOW THAT. I DON'T COME OUT AND PORTRAY, HEY, I'M IN PAIN AND I'M ON MEDICATION. I USE THAT. AND ALL OF MY PAST EXPERIENCES KIND OF QUALIFY ME FOR HOW WE RUN THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN BASED ON THAT. FOR INSTANCE, REAL QUICK, OUR VERY FIRST VETERAN THAT I WENT OUT ON A SUICIDE CALL FOR, THEY GAVE FIVE YEARS TO LIVE. 
          HE WAS MISSING BOTH ARMS AND BOTH LEGS. HIS NAME WAS DAVE RILEY. HE WAS ON SUCH HIGH OPIATE, AND HE WAS SO ADDICTED THAT THEY GAVE HIM FIVE YEARS TO LIVE. ONCE WE STARTED WORKING WITH HIM, HE WENT OFF ALL HIS MEDICATIONS AND HE BECAME THE NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE DAV, HAVING TO REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ONCE A MONTH ON THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. AND IT IS DOABLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND WE HAVE A CAMP AT SHASTA COUNTY. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE A PROVEN FOUR-PHASE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE TAKEN OVER 4,000 THROUGH IT. 
          WE STARTED OFF IN MOSTLY SUICIDAL VETERANS. 
          WE'VE EXPANDED OUT NOW TO VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND DEALING WITH A LOT MORE OF THE HOMELESS AS WELL. AND CURRENTLY, WE HAVE OVER 25 HOMELESS THAT WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS HERE THAT ARE IN EITHER HOTELS OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING RIGHT NOW. 
          MOST OF THOSE HAVE HAD TO FIGHT WITH ADDICTION. NOT 
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ALL, BUT MOST. THERE'S TIMES WHERE OUR ACCOUNT'S BEEN DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS, AND THEN WE'LL GET IN $100,000 AND BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING, AND IT'S A GOD THING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD OR NOT. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S A GOD THING TO ME. AND THIS OPIATE MONEY WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO HELP CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF OUR WARRIORS THAT ARE ON THE STREETS NOW. AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALL ALONE. NONE OF THESE NONPROFITS CAN DO IT ALL ALONE. BUT THE COLLABORATION AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER AND THAT THE COUNTIES HELP BRINGING TOGETHER AND THAT EVERYBODY'S WORKING ON IS AMAZING. ONE OF THE HUGE PITFALLS THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IS AS WE GET THESE GUYS INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, MOST OF IT'S LIMITED THROUGH PARTNERSHIP TO THREE TO SIX MONTHS. THEN THEY'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. WE NEED SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, OFTEN EVEN 18 MONTHS, TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR CREDIT UP. GET THEIR THEIR MIND IN ORDER, INSPIRE THEM, GET THEIR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER AND GET THEM TO A POINT TO WHERE THEY'RE. 
          LIKE, YEAH, I WANT TO BE A WARRIOR, I WANT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I WANT TO DO WHAT YOUR TEAM'S DONE. 
          AND AS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, THAT'S COME TOGETHER AND USED OUR EXPERIENCES TO HELP MENTOR. 
          AND NOT NOT GIVE A HAND OUT, BUT GIVE A HAND UP TO THE GUY THAT'S IN THE TENT OUT ON THE STREET BEHIND, SAVE MART AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, BROTHER, TIME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU ALONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE. 
          LET'S GO. AND ONCE THEY'RE INSPIRED AND READY, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN KICK WHATEVER HABITS THEY WANT. IT EMPOWERS THEM TO DO SO. OUR FOUR-PHASE PROGRAM GOES FROM JUST THAT, WEEK ONE, INSPIRING, KICKING THEM IN THE BUTT, SAYING, LET'S GO, TAKING THEIR EXCUSES AWAY. WE GET THEM OUT OF THAT DARK SPOT THAT THEY CAN'T SEE. ANY LIGHT IN. WE RIP THE SCABS OFF AND WE TRY TO HEAL THE WOUNDS THE RIGHT WAY. WE TEACH THEM HOW TO DEMILITARIZE THEMSELVES. WE SHOW THEM THAT THE HARDEST BATTLES THAT THEY'RE FACING OF THE OPIATE AND ADDICTIONS, AND THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, WE SHOW THEM HOW THAT'S GOING TO QUALIFY THEM TO GO OUT AND SAVE THEIR BROTHER, THEIR SISTERS. AND WE HAVE THAT MOTTO, NEVER LEAVE A BROTHER BEHIND. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, 16,000 ARE TAKING THEIR LIVES EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THIS FUNDING HERE IS GOING TO HELP US END THAT CYCLE OF THREE MONTHS, YOU'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. IT'S GOING TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE BRING SOMEBODY IN FROM BEING HOMELESS, THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON ALL THE RIGHT BAND-AIDS, TO HEAL THAT WOUND THE PROPER WAY, TO GET THEM INTO NOT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, BUT EVENTUALLY PERMANENT HOUSING. AND OUR FIRST GOAL WHEN WE GET THEM ISN'T TO GET THEM INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING EVEN. 
          WE DO A COMPLETE MISSION PLAN AND FIND OUT. SOME OF THEM, YEAH, NEED THAT TRANSITIONAL, OR THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SIX MONTHS OR 18 MONTHS. SOME OF THEM WE CAN GET RIGHT ON THE ROAD, TRUCK DRIVING. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH THESE GUYS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE TAKEN HOMELESS RIGHT HERE OUT OF SHASTA COUNTY, BROUGHT THEM IN, FOUND OUT THEIR CREDIT SCORE WAS 680. WE BUILT THEIR PLAN OUT WITH THEM, TOOK THEM OUT. THEY GOT APPROVED, BOUGHT A FOURPLEX, MOVED INTO ONE OF THEM. NOW THEY'RE A BUSINESS OWNER. NOW THEY'RE A PROPERTY MANAGER. NOW THEY HAVE A PURPOSE. THAT SOUND ALWAYS GETS ME. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING THIS. WE'RE ALL SET UP. THIS WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE'RE OPERATING BY REIMBURSING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE OPIATE ADDICTIONS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO USE OUR OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE NOT ON THAT. IT WILL HELP US PUT MORE IN HOTELS OR AIRBNBS. IT WILL HELP US GET MORE. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. MS. BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SPEAKERS, FIRST UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE, THEN LOUIS ADAMS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. THIS PROGRAM SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. BUT I LOOK AT NUMBERS. I LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT. SO I AM GOING TO BE ASKING FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS REGARDING THIS. AND I WILL BE 
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ASKING FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS PROGRAM HERE ACTUALLY REQUIRES CERTAIN STATE REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          IT NEEDS TO FALL FOR THEM TO HAVE THESE FUNDINGS. I WOULD HATE FOR YOU GUYS TO SCREW THEM OVER IF THIS IS NOT PREPARED, RIGHT, AND IF IT FALLS UNDER WHERE YOU ACTUALLY APPROVE SOMETHING AND GIVE THE MONEY TO THE HEROES, DREAMERS, AND THEN TO FIND OUT THAT YOU MUST USE THE FUND, COMMIT A FRAUD, OR YOU NEED TO HAVE AN AUDIT DONE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. 
          AND SO... AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY THEY'RE OFFERING BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS PART OF THE WAY THE WORLD IS. 
          IS. PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING INTO DRUGS, DOING THINGS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT I SEE THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PROBLEMS. THERE'S NOTHING HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY FOR DRAMA. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER TO THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY? WHAT DO WE HAVE IF WE REALLY LOOK AT IT? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES OR TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE? LAND, PROPERTY, WALKING, BIKING. HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE WANT TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE WHEN THERE'S NOTHING MORE BESIDES JUST GOING IN CIRCLES? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS ARE GOING AROUND AND AROUND. 
          LIKE A DOG CHASING HIS TAIL BEHIND HIS BUTT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CAN'T CATCH IT. YOU HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT ROUTE. YOU HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT BOX, BUT WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK THE SAME. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GET OUT OF THE CYCLE. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING MORE. 
          LIKE, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOD, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER. THAN MONEY AND PROVIDING THINGS FOR THEM, GIVING THEM A ROOF OR HOUSING. 
          GOD IS THE ONLY WAY. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I BELIEVE IN GOD. YOU HAVE TO RELY ON GOD TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, TO HAVE A PURPOSE, TO FEEL THAT YOU DON'T NEED DRUGS, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, TO GET OUT OF THE SYSTEM. BUT WE HAVE BAD LEADERS WHO CONSTANTLY MAKE THOSE MISTAKES, WHO ARE NOT GOOD ROLE MODELS. 
          HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO EXPECT THESE DRUGGIES, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED, TO GET OUT OF THEIR SITUATION? NEXT UP, KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY LOUIS ADAMS, DOUGLAS HARRIS, THEN JIM RICKARD. I WANT TO THANK MR. BOND AND HIS OPENNESS, HIS WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK ABOUT HIMSELF AND WHAT HE'S FACED. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO TRIPLE THE FUNDING FOR HIM. HE DESERVES IT. THAT PROGRAM DESERVES IT. THE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS SOMEBODY WHO'S GONE THROUGH A HOMELESS PROGRAM. 
          AND I WASN'T HOMELESS BECAUSE I WAS ADDICTED ON DRUGS ON THE STREET. I WAS HOMELESS BECAUSE MY SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME AT THAT TIME WAS $990. AND LANDLORDS REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE RENT. IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO A PLACE? HOW CAN YOU MOVE INTO SOME... THERE'S NO PLACES TO RENT FOR $330 A MONTH. IT'S UNREASONABLE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY WITH THE VETERANS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR HOUSING. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT WHAT IT TOOK FOR ME TO BALANCE? AFTER EIGHT MONTHS, JUST EIGHT MONTHS OF HOMELESSNESS, NO DRUG ADDICTION, IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO... GET SETTLED DOWN TO HAVE FAITH AND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM THAT I'M IN IS SUCH A LIE AND A SCREW UP, IT DOESN'T WORK. 
          BUT THAT PROGRAM, HIS PROGRAM DOES, AND HE'S SHOWN IT. WHAT HE DID WITH THE ONE VETERAN WHO WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND BUY A FOURPLEX AND HAVE A LIFE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE A HUNDRED OF THOSE, BECAUSE I'D MUCH RATHER SEE VETERANS MANAGING PROPERTIES THAN PEOPLE LIKE NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES. WHO ARE SCAMMING THE SYSTEM, RAPING THE TENANTS FINANCIALLY. 
          IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          PLEASE, ALL OF YOU, COME TAKE A LOOK AT OUR RENT. 
          $1,500 A MONTH IS NOT AFFORDABLE RENT. AND I JUST THINK THAT WHAT HE'S DOING IS REAL COMPARED TO WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED. 
          BUT I'M BEING HONEST WITH YOU GUYS. THEY NEED THREE YEARS, TRIPLE THE MONEY YOU'RE GIVING THEM. NEXT UP, LOUIS ADAMS, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS HARRIS. THAN JIM RICKARD. MY NAME'S LOUIS ADAMS, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE BEING HERE TODAY. I CAME TO OUR HILLS DREAMS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. I WAS IN FRESNO, LIVING ON HUD-VASH, 
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DEFINITELY ADDICTED TO OPIATES, LIKE A LOT OF US VETERANS ARE, BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT INJURIES, BATTLE WOUNDS. I WAS ON 120 VICODIN A MONTH, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT A DAY. 
          THROUGH OUR HEROES DREAMS, THEY'VE HELPED ME WING OFF OF THOSE. THEY'VE HELPED ME DO SO MANY THINGS, ALONG WITH OTHER VETERANS, AS FAR AS WINGING US OFF, A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN UNDER THEIR WING AND GOT TO COME UP TO A RETREAT. 
          IN EIGHT MONTHS, I WAS ABLE TO... RAISED MY CREDIT SCORE FROM 505 TO 700 DUE TO A MISSION PLAN AND COUNSELING PLAN ON HOW TO BUDGET MONEY. THIS MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR OUR HERO'S DREAM IS NO JOKE, MAN. THEY'RE SAVING LIVES. 
          THEY'RE SAVING LIVES. I'M ONE RIGHT HERE, OKAY? ONE RIGHT HERE. LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS MUCH TIME. UM, GOD, I CAN'T PUT ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON HOW GOOD THIS ORGANIZATION DOES. THEY BROUGHT ME UP OFF MY FEET, MAN. I WAS IN A CORNER, ISOLATING MYSELF. THE FIRST RETREAT, THEY HELD UP THERE, I BROUGHT A KNIFE, YOU KNOW. I BROUGHT A KNIFE TO KILL MYSELF SO MY FAMILY WOULDN'T SEE IT. THAT'S HOW ASHAMED I WAS OF THE OPIATES AND THE MISUSE OF THEM THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. I MEAN, GOD, WE JUST NEED THIS HELP TO HELP THE VETERANS, HELP THEMSELVES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT ALL. NO, SIR. YOU KNOW, I'M LOST FOR WORDS OTHER THAN THE FACT. 
          THAT JESUS CHRIST IS MY SAVIOR. 
          I WAS BAPTIZED HERE IN ANDERSON. I BOUGHT A HOUSE HERE IN ANDERSON. I LIVE HERE IN ANDERSON. MY FAMILY HAVE A CONCRETE FOUNDATION NOW BECAUSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. OKAY, THEY'RE REAL. THEY'RE THE REAL THING. THEY'RE NOT SOME GHOST PLACE. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 15 YEARS. OKAY, LET'S GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DOUGLAS HARRIS, FOLLOWED BY JIM RICKARD. ON BOARD AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, EVERYBODY, THAT'S HERE. I SPEAK ON BEHALF, PROUDLY OF OUR HEROES DREAMS UNDER JUSTIN BOND AS THE PRESIDENT. 
          MY NAME IS DOUG HARRIS. I SERVED NEARLY TWO DECADES IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS AN OFFICER. I FLEW, I FLEW NEARLY 3,000 COMBAT HOURS OVER AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. I LED MEN AND WOMEN INTO COMBAT ENVIRONMENTS. I DID WHAT I WAS TRAINED TO DO FOR 20 YEARS. LIKE MANY OF US, THOUGH, I CAME HOME WHEN I CAME HOME A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          AFTER MY FIRST INJURY OVERSEAS, I TOO, BECAME ADDICTED TO PAINKILLERS. I WAS ON ABOUT 30, ANYWHERE UP TO 15 TO 30, 30 MILLIGRAM OXYCONTIN EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND UP TO 20 PERCOCETS A DAY AS NEEDED. ANY OF YOU KNOW MEDICINE WOULD KNOW THAT'S SO MUCH MEDICINE THAT YOU CAN BARELY FUNCTION ON THAT TYPE OF MEDICINE. 
          BUT I WAS IN THE LINE OF DUTY. MY STRUGGLES WERE REAL. MY PAIN WAS CONSTANT. 
          SURGERIES FOLLOWED. AND LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, AND MY BROTHERS, LIKE DOWN HERE, I WAS PRESCRIBED THOSE OPIOIDS. 
          FIRST, IT STARTED OUT AS MEDICINE, THEN IT BECAME MAINTENANCE, AND THEN IT JUST BECAME TO SURVIVE. I COULD DO THE DANCE. 
          I COULD SMILE WITH EVERYBODY. I COULD GET UP. I COULD DO MY JOB DAY TO DAY, NOT FLY UNDER THOSE. BUT I CAN NEVER SHOW MY BROTHERS THAT THE BATTLE WAS GOING ON INSIDE MY HEAD AND IT WAS DEEP. 
          THE ISOLATION AND QUIET EROSION OF MY PURPOSE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS SAID HERE. TWO THINGS TOOK ME OUT OF THIS. ONE WAS THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH WAS WHAT THEY GAVE ME, AND PURPOSE AND A VISION FOR LIFE WAS THE SECOND. 
          HERE'S THE THING ABOUT OPIOIDS. THEY DON'T JUST NUMB YOUR PAIN. THEY NUMB EVERYTHING INSIDE OF YOU. THEY NUMB YOUR JOY. THEY NUMB YOUR CONNECTION TO THE WORLD. THEY NUMB YOUR IDENTITY. AND WHEN YOUR CAREER ENDS, ESPECIALLY A CAREER THAT YOU BUILD YOUR ENTIRE IDENTITY AROUND, AND SILENCE DEAFENS, I WENT FROM MISSION FLYING AND TO FIGHTING JETS AND TO FEELING NORMAL, TO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY, TO STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. AND IF THAT DOESN'T HUMBLE YOU, IT DOES. TRUST ME, WHAT SAVED ME WASN'T JUST MEDICATION. IT WASN'T A RATING INCREASE ON THE VSOS. IT WASN'T A CHECK THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING 
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TO GIVE ME. IT WAS PURPOSE. IT WAS COMMUNITY BELONGING TO THESE GUYS, HAVING OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO NOT ONLY THIS GROUP, BUT THIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          OUR HERO'S DREAM DOES THAT, AND THEY REPRESENT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY'RE NOT JUST A PUNCHLINE. OUR HERO'S DREAM ISN'T JUST A 501C3 ORGANIZATION. IT'S A LIFELINE FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, JUST LIKE I, THAT WERE BOLD ENOUGH TO COME TO IT AND ASK FOR WHAT WE NEEDED. INSTEAD OF ASKING, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME, I STARTED ASKING, WHO CAN I HELP? AND WHY BE, WHO CAN I HELP? AND THAT SHIFT SAVED MY LIFE BECAUSE THE OPPOSITE OF ADDICTION ISN'T SOBRIETY. 
          THE OPPOSITE OF ADDICTION IS CONNECTION, AND CONNECTION IS BUILT THROUGH SHARED PURPOSE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE AS A SHARED PURPOSE AND A SHARED PURPOSE. NEXT UP, JIM RICKARD. 
          HI, I'M JIM RICKARD, AND I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE OF SHASTA COUNTY. I'M A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. AND LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR AS A FIRE DOZER OPERATOR, FIRST RESPONDER FOR CAL FIRE AND FOR SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST. 
          WELL, THAT WAS ALL GOOD UNTIL I WRECKED MY MOTORCYCLE. I WRECKED IT LAST OCTOBER AND I HAD A COUPLE SURGERIES AND I HAD FIVE GRAND IN THE BANK, AND THE DOCTOR JUST SENT ME HOME WITH PILLS. I WENT TO THE STORE AND GOT ALCOHOL, AND I WAS TAKING PILLS AND WASHING IT DOWN WITH ALCOHOL. 
          BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AFTER THE $5,000 RUNS OUT? YOU KNOW, I HAD NOWHERE TO GO. AND SO THE MORE I SLEPT THROUGH IT, THE LESS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. WELL, I GOT DOWN TO MY LAST FEW DOLLARS, AND I HAD TO BE OUT ON THE FIRST. AND ON NEW YEAR'S, I HAD TO BE OUT. AND SO I CALLED MY SON AND SAID, HEY, I'M GOING TO BE ON THE STREET. AND MY YOUNGEST SON, LANE RICKARD, HE CALLED THE VETERANS SERVICE RIGHT HERE, AND THEY GOT A HOLD OF OUR HEROES DREAMS. AND THEY CAME DOWN, AND THEY PICKED ME UP, AND THEY PUT ME IN A MOTEL. AND THEN THEY TOOK ME ON A RETREAT AND SHOWED ME THAT. I SHOULDN'T BE DRINKING WITH THESE PILLS. BUT I DIDN'T CARE BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAKE. SO WHEN I WENT TO MY FIRST RETREAT UP THERE, I GOT TO MEET OTHER VETERANS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING AS ME. 
          THEY GOT ME A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          THEY HAVE A MISSION PLAN FOR ME. THEY GAVE ME HOPE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BEST THING SHASTA COUNTY EVER, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS SHASTA COUNTY HAS EVER HAD IS THESE GUYS. THEY CARE. AND I KNOW THAT THEIR MISSION PLAN IS GOING TO GET ME BACK TO WORK. I HAVE A ROOF OVER MY HEAD. I DON'T HAVE TO SIT AND DRINK AND WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE. I KNOW MY DIRECTION, AND I KNOW I'LL BE FIGHTING FIRES AGAIN REAL SOON. 
          THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THEM FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, CHAIR. SO, I GUESS I CAN, NOBODY'S IN QUEUE, I GUESS I CAN START THIS OUT. 
          SO, I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT HEROES DREAMS BEFORE I WAS EVEN ELECTED OR ANYTHING ELSE, AND GOT TO KNOW JUSTIN, GOT TO KNOW THE PROGRAM. IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PROGRAM. 
          YOU JUST HEARD SOME OF THE TESTIMONIALS THERE. 
          THERE'S MORE AND MORE AND MORE. 
          I'VE BEEN UP TO HIS RETREAT, TOURED THAT WHEN HE FIRST GOT THE PROPERTY UP THERE. I NEED TO GET BACK UP THERE, THOUGH. 
          IT'S BEEN A WHILE. BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. THEY DO A TON OF GOOD WORK. THEY ARE PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING MORE VETERANS OFF OUR STREETS THAN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN ALL OF SHASTA COUNTY. AND LIKE YOU HEARD THE TESTIMONIALS, THEY NOT ONLY GET THEM OFF THE STREET, BUT THEY GIVE THEM A MISSION. 
          AND THEY GET THEM OFF THE DRUGS, AND THEY GET THEM OFF THE ALCOHOL, AND THEY GIVE THEM A MISSION. 
          AND THEY MAKE THEM SELLS A VALUABLE PART OF SOCIETY AGAIN. JUSTIN USED TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THEY WERE ON THE FIRE LINES. AND THERE WAS A GUY THAT WAS ADDICTED TO WHAT YOU CALL THE GOVERNMENT COCKTAILS, WHERE HE WAS TAKING PILLS AND JUST HAD NO PURPOSE IN LIFE. AND THEN HE PUT HIM IN CHARGE. I THINK YOU WERE GOING BACK AND GETTING ANIMALS OUT FROM BEHIND THE FIRE LINES. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS GUY NOW HAD A MISSION. 
          AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T NEED HIS 
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PILLS ANYMORE. SO ANYWAYS, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO STOP. 
          HE GETS ME EVERY TIME, SO SUPERVISOR, PLUMBER. YES, I'D ECHO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID, SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM, AND LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GETTING INTEGRATED INTO THE BROADER SYSTEM OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          WITH BOTH THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER AND OFFICE AND TROY'S WORK THERE, AS WELL AS WITH NATION'S FINEST. AND THAT COLLABORATION, WHICH I THINK TOGETHER IS REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, JUSTIN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COME UP. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH, FIRST, AND BASED ON THE COMMENTS AND OUR PAST CONVERSATIONS, I'M ASSUMING IT'S PRETTY HIGH, BUT GIVEN THAT THESE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THOSE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER OR, YOU KNOW, CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A SENSE OF, LIKE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE SERVING WOULD MEET THAT STANDARD? YEAH, WE'RE ABOVE 70% OF OUR GUYS THAT STRUGGLE WITH SOME SORT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IT'S MOST OF THEM. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED, BUT I WANTED TO CHECK THAT. THE OTHER THING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF WARRIOR COURT AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND I KNOW THERE'S AN EMPHASIS ON THIS IN THE AGREEMENT AROUND VETERANS, BUT I'M CURIOUS, IS THIS INTENDED TO SERVE KIND OF YOUR BROADER SET OF THE POPULATION, OR JUST VETERANS? OR IS THAT? WELL, I WOULD SAY 98% OF OUR GUYS ARE JUST VETERANS. 
          NOT JUST VETERANS, THEY'RE VETERANS. LIKE DOUG THAT JUST SPOKE, HE'S AIR FORCE AND FIREFIGHTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S MOST OF OUR GUYS IS DUAL. WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO HANDLE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL, SO IT CAN BE DEDICATED. BUT IN MY EYES, THEY'RE ALL WARRIORS. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. I WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE THEM ALL, BUT WE'RE GOOD EITHER WAY. 
          OKAY. AND IS THAT, AND I'M FINE, EITHER WAY, BUT I WASN'T SURE THE WAY THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS WRITTEN. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT OR IF THAT'S OPEN TO. I DID NOT SEE IT IN THE AGREEMENT. UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT INITIALLY FOR BEING JUST VETERANS, THOUGH, BUT IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN THE AGREEMENT. OKAY. WHAT'S THAT, AARON? GOOD MORNING CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ERIN BERTAIN, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THE AGREEMENT DOES SPECIFY VETERANS, BOTH IN THE TOP PART AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONSULTANT. SO AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO VETERANS. NOT TO SAY THAT WE COULDN'T AMEND THE AGREEMENT AT A LATER DATE. IF OUR HEROES DREAMS GET TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ACCEPTING OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, YEAH, WE CURRENTLY, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND, AND WE ARE LIMITED BY WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN HOTELS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN A CHEAPER WAY. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO USE AIRBNBS. 
          WE'RE MUCH CHEAPER THAN HOTELS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YEAH, CURRENTLY. IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. I WOULD PREFER THAT IT'S FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL, BECAUSE OUR TRACKING SYSTEM, WE DON'T HAVE TO TOTALLY SEPARATE FOR THE PURPOSES, BUT WE ARE READY AND ABLE TO GO EITHER WAY. OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, AND IT'S KIND OF SEMI-RELATED, BUT WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATUS IN TERMS OF OUR HEROES DREAMS, BEING ABLE TO ENTER DATA INTO THE HMIS, THE HOMELESSNESS? MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. YEAH. SO I SUBMITTED ALL MY PAPERWORK AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK. I KNOW THERE'S LIKE A 16 HOUR TRAINING. SO, SO WE ARE SET THAT THE PROCESS IS, IS ROLLING. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED THROUGH, THANKS TO PATRICK FOR, FOR SHARING THIS, THE, THE RATE OF KIND OF FEE FOR SERVICE. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THE THING THAT IS NOT IN THE CONTRACT AND THAT I THINK IN A FUTURE CONTRACT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE IT. KIND OF JUST BE IN TERMS OF, I KNOW. IT SAID THAT YOU COULD REPORT TO THE BOARD UP TO TWO TIMES A YEAR, IS KIND OF THESE OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO GET, WHETHER THAT BE RELATED TO THE SUICIDE CALLS? AND WHAT ARE THE OUTCOME OF THAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU ABLE TO PREVENT IN THAT MOMENT. OR THE HOUSING INSURINGS, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT WE'RE CREATING A TRANSITION INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          VERSUS KIND OF SEEING PEOPLE RECYCLE THROUGH AND GO BACK ONTO THE 
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STREET ONCE THOSE ARE OVER. SO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTING AT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO NOT ONLY SEE HOW MANY HAVE WE SERVED WITH THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT WHAT ARE THOSE OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THERE, AND THAT WILL GIVE US THE CONFIDENCE TO. AS SOME SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, CONTINUE THIS FOR MORE YEARS. 
          OR TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. 
          YES, SIR. YEAH. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. AND WE LOVE TO SHARE THE OUTCOME, MAINLY BECAUSE WE'RE OVER 04,000 MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE'VE TAKEN THROUGH. WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE THAT ENDED IN SUICIDE, AND HE WAS ADDICTED TO METH AND WE COULD NOT GET HIM OFF. HIS NAME WAS BRIAN, AND WE VOWED TO NEVER HAVE ANOTHER BRIAN AGAIN. AND... THE HOUSING IS ON THAT SAME NUMBER, SO WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM GO BACK TO THE STREET. I'M CALLING DONORS ON THE SIDE, LEFT AND RIGHT, GIVING THEM THEIR STORY, AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEM HOUSED. THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE GONE BACK TO THE STREET WERE ONES THAT WERE FAILING OUT OF THE SYSTEM, WARNED. FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. 
          SOMETIMES WE'RE TOO FORGIVING AND GIVE TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO STAY. 
          BUT IF THEY... CHOOSE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR THEM, THEN THEY WILL END UP GOING BACK TO THE STREET. 
          BUT AGAIN, OUT OF 4,000, THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED, I COULD COUNT IT ON MY HANDS. 
          HOW MANY TIMES. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE WHOLE TEAM. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. YEAH, MY TEAM, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THEY'RE SOLID. AND THE REASON? WHAT MAKES THEM SO GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO AND SO SPECIAL, IS THAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN THERE. 
          THEY'VE ALL BEEN IN THE TRENCHES. THEY ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE. AND SO THEY KNOW THE SECRET FORMULA TO SURVIVING. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SUPERVISOR HARMON. YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY RIGHT THERE. 
          ROGER THAT. OKAY. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR KELTSTROM. ALWAYS AN INSPIRATION. I LOVE HEARING THE STORIES BECAUSE WE ALL... HEAR ALL THE STORIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, WHERE YOU'RE FEELING FRUSTRATED, AND WHENEVER I HEAR YOU GUYS' STORIES, AND I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO BE UP THERE, AND I NEED TO GO UP AND REVISIT NEXT TIME YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON. BUT I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER THING TO SPONSOR, TO BE BEHIND, IS GETTING BEHIND THIS. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND. I KNOW YOU DON'T DO IT BY YOURSELF. YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT. I JUST LOVE THE CAMARADERIE, AND I LOVE THE SUCCESS STORIES, AND, YES, JUST KEEP UP THE WORK. IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE? THE SCOPE OF WHAT HE COVERS, SO THAT HE IS NOT RESTRICTED. 
          CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? YOU'D HAVE TO REDO THE WHOLE THING AND BRING IT BACK. 
          CORRECT. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE AN AMENDED CONTRACT SIGNED, AND IF YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE CEO TO SIGN THAT, IT WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. SO WE WON'T HOLD ANYTHING UP? I DON'T WANT TO HOLD ANYTHING UP. IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THE CONTRACT UPDATED, BUT THAT WOULD BE IT. LIKE, A WEEK, TWO WEEKS? WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING FOR TWO WEEKS. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE NEXT MEETING. WOULD THAT CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS TO HOLD THAT UP A LITTLE BIT? OKAY, HELP ME OUT. SO COULD I SUGGEST APPROVING THE AGREEMENT AS IS AND GIVING CEO RICKER PERMISSION TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT? TO INCLUDE THE INCREASED POPULATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS. THAT WAY WE COULD GET GOING RIGHT NOW. 
          THE CONTRACT IS A RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE HOLIDAYS ARE AN INTENSE TIME, AND SO WE'D LIKE TO REIMBURSE OUR HERO'S DREAMS BEFORE WAITING FOR THAT. 
          BEAUTIFUL. SHE'S MUCH EASIER TO TALK TO THAN YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE OUT. OKAY, I'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT. OKAY, LET'S LISTEN TO SUPERVISOR WONG. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SECOND THAT JUST FOR A MINUTE. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. SOME OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. I HAVE A FIRST RESPONDER BACKGROUND AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM INCLUDED. IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR BOARD FEELS THE SAME AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO GET THEM INTO THE FOLD, IF YOU WILL. SO THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED FOR ME BY MS. BERTAIN. I DON'T THINK IT GETS SAID ENOUGH AND OFTEN ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND ALL VETERANS FOR WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WELL-BEING. THAT IS 
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TRULY APPRECIATED, AND YOU GUYS DON'T GET THE SERVICE AND THE CREDIT AND THE RECOGNITION FOR WHAT YOU HAVE SACRIFICED, YOURSELF INCLUDED, AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS HERE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND THE RISK YOU PUT YOURSELF IN TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY WITHOUT GETTING TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. BUT IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND AS ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE SAFETY ARENA ARE. 
          THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE, AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DOMESTIC. AND IN THEIR RESPONSE, BUT NONETHELESS TRAUMATIZED. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO INCLUDING THEM IN THE GROUP OF POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS AND FALLING INTO YOUR FOLD IN CARE AND REACHING OUT WHEN NECESSARY. THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU UP AT THE CAMP SOMETIME TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRAM. I WOULD LOVE TO. I WOULD ACTUALLY, IF WE CAN ARRANGE THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO COME UP AND CHECK IT OUT. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. CEO RICKER, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM. 
          I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT OF WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS. WE FIRST WANTED TO OPEN UP THE VETERANS FIRST, WORK OUT ALL THE KINKS, TEST THE PROGRAM, EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM, AND THEN COME BACK AT A LATER TIME FOR EXPANSION WITH OTHER GROUPS. BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SUPERVISOR HARMON'S MOTION TO ACCEPT AS IS NOW, AND WITH THE ABILITY FOR HIM TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, I'M IN SECOND. AGREES WITH THAT. OKAY, MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR HARMON, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? SO MS. BERTAIN HAD SAID THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD INCLUDE INCREASED POPULATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS. WAS THAT YOUR INTENT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, ON RECORD, THAT'S WHAT YOUR MOTION IS STATING. I DON'T RESTRICT THE MONEY JUST TO VETERANS. I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE HIS OWN DISCRETION TO... 
          BUT WERE WE AUTHORIZING CEO RICKERT TO AMEND IT AT A LATER TIME? RIGHT. AND THEN WE WOULD ACCEPT THE BASE $250,000 FOR THIS PROPOSAL FOR VETERANS. YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD RIGHT NOW, AS IS. WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL PASS THAT. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S A 4-0. OKAY. OKAY, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. 
          THANKS TO YOUR TEAM. I GOT CHOKED UP WHEN WE DIDN'T GET ON THE BULLETS, DID WE? WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE BULLETS TODAY, SO I WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. THANK YOU, GUYS AND GALS. R5. I WAS HOPING YOU 
          [R6 Take the following actions: (1) Receive an update on the status of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Shasta County Budget; (2) direct departments to make spending adjustments to stay within approved net county cost contained in the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget, as adjusted; (3) approve the budget principles recommended for the FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget; (4) in accordance with Government Code section 29064(c), approve the Budget Adoption Schedule recommended for the FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget and direct the publication of a recommended budget pursuant to the Budget Adoption Schedule; and (5) approve mid-year budget amendments to better align projected budgets as follows: (a) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,450 and increase revenues in the amount of $140,000 in the Solid Waste Disposal Admin Budget (BU 00207); (b) increase appropriations in the amount of $52,444 offset by Reserves for Contingencies in the Recreation and Park Development Budget (BU 701); (c) decrease appropriations in the amount of $99,352 in the Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility Budget (BU 262); (d) decrease appropriations in the amount of $12,634 and increase revenue in the amount of $1,010,740 in the Probation Budget (BU 263); (e) increase appropriations in the amount of $11,927 and increase revenue in the amount of $130,947 in the District Attorney Budget (BU 227); (f) decrease appropriations in the amount of $5,228 in the Victim Witness Budget (BU 256); (g) decrease appropriations and revenues in the amount of $325,836 in the Department of Child Support Budget (BU 228); (h) decrease appropriations in the amount of $821,202 in the Trial Courts Budget (BU 201); (i) decrease appropriations in the amount of $2,100,000 in the County Fire Budget (BU 00391); (j) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,288 in the Board of Supervisors Budget (BU 101); (k) decrease appropriations in the amount of $7,670 in the County Administration Office Budget (BU 102); (l) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,111 in the Clerk of the Board Budget (BU 103); (m) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,571 in the Veterans Services Office (BU 570); (n) increase appropriations in the amount of $500,000 in the Miscellaneous General (BU 173) offset by a decrease in Reserves for Contingencies; (o) decrease appropriations in the amount of $6,811 in the County Counsel Budget (BU 120); (p) decrease appropriations in the amount of $16,636 in the Assessor Budget (BU 112); (q) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,364 in the Recorder Budget (BU 290); (r) increase appropriations in the amount of $646 and revenues in the amount of $12,999 in the Treasurer/Tax Collector budget (BU 111); (s) decrease appropriations in the amount of $632,045 in the Sheriff’s Budget (BU 235); (t) decrease appropriations in the amount of $45,036 in the Sheriff – Boating Safety Budget (BU 236); (u) decrease appropriations in the amount of $24,967 in the Sheriff - Civil Budget (BU 237); (v) decrease appropriations in the amount of $10,486 in the Sheriff – Detention Annex/Work Facility Budget (BU 246) ; (w) decrease appropriations in the amount of 265,084 in the Sheriff-Jail Budget (BU 260); (x) decrease appropriations in the amount of $165,868 in the Sheriff – Burney Substation Budget (BU 261); (y) decrease appropriations in the amount of $37,610 in the Sheriff – Coroner Budget (BU 287); (z) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,023 in the Sheriff – Animal Control budget (BU 297); (aa) decrease appropriations in the amount of 10,882 in the Personnel Budget (BU 130); (ab) decrease appropriations in the amount of $9,038 in the Purchasing budget (BU 113); (ac) decrease appropriations in the amount of $7,262 in the Elections Budget (BU 140); (ad) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,113 in the County Clerk Budget (BU 221); (ae) decrease appropriations in the amount of $79,126 and decrease revenues in the amount of $2,753,250 in the Risk Management Budget (BU 950) offset by use of retained earnings; (af) increase appropriations in the amount of $81,503 and revenues in the amount of $86,319 in the Ag Commissioner & Sealer of Weights Budget (BU 280); (ag) decrease appropriations in the amount of $70,067 in the Information Technology Budget (BU 925); (ah) decrease appropriations in the amount of $8,260 in the Farm Advisor Budget (BU 620); (ai) increase appropriations in the amount of $928,796 in the Impact Fees Budget (BU 157) offset by use of Restricted Fund Balance for Public Protection; (aj) decrease appropriations in the amount of $5,636 in the Environmental Health Budget (BU 402); (ak) decrease appropriations in the amount of $3,263 in the Planning Budget (BU 286); (al) decrease appropriations in the amount of $30,704 in the Building Budget (BU 282); (am) decrease appropriations in the amount of $29,876 in the Auditor-Controller Budget (BU 110); (an) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,841,288 and revenues in the amount of $1,470,084 in the Mental Health Services Act Budget (BU 404); (ao) decrease appropriations in the amount of $5,275,242 and revenues in the amount of $1,356,399 in the Mental Health Budget (BU 410); (ap) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,675,721 in the Alcohol and Drug Budget (BU 422); (aq) decrease appropriations in the amount of $157,357 and increase revenues in the amount of $50,000 in the Perinatal Budget (BU 425); (ar) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,212,987 and revenues in the amount of $88,839 in the Public Health Budget (BU 411); (as) decrease appropriations and revenues in the amount of $99,642 in the Shasta County Health Care Budget (BU 412); (at) increase appropriations in the amount of $1,762,326 and revenues in the amount of $105,000, offset by the use of FBD411-FB2011 General Purpose Restricted fund balance in the California Children’s Services Budget (BU 417); (au) decrease appropriations in the amount of $3,151,091 and revenues in the amount of $4,537,535, offset by use of FBD501-FB2082 HHSA 1991/2011 State Realignment fund balance in the Social Services Budget (BU 501); (av) transfer appropriations within the HHSA Administration Budget (BU 502) with no change in overall appropriations; (aw) increase appropriations in the amount of $209,646 and revenues in the amount of $1,390,850 in the Community and Action Agency Budget (BU 590); (ax) decrease appropriations in the amount of $23,627 in the HSG CalHome Budget (BU 591); (ay) increase appropriations in the amount of $3,136 and revenues in the amount of $14,225 in the HSG CalHome Budget (BU 592); (az) increase appropriations in the amount of $133,359 and revenues in the amount of $18,635, offset by the use of FBD596-FB2011 General Purpose Restricted fund balance in the CDBG Admin Rehab Budget (BU 596); (ba) decrease appropriations in the amount of $143,909 and increase revenues in the amount of $1,000,000 in the General Revenue and Transfers Budget (BU 100); (bb) decrease appropriations in the amount of 5,725 in the CSA Admin Budget (BU 175); (bc) decrease appropriations in the amount of $210,883 in the Road Budget (BU 301); (bd) decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,478 in the Fleet Budget (BU 940); (be) decrease appropriations in the amount of $68,172 in the Facilities Budget (BU 955); and (bf) increase appropriations in the amount of $3,990,928 in the Reserves for Contingency Budget (BU 900).]
WOULD GET UP THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS. IT'S TWO PAGES. R6. I'M SORRY. 
          YES, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WONG. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ME READ IT, ERIN? NO. 
          OH, YOU'RE THE BEST. YOU'RE ALREADY THE BEST, ANYWAYS, BUT STILL. OKAY, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KALLSTROM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ERIN BERTAIN, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER. I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 BUDGET, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AS WELL AS ITEMS RELATED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET PROCESS. I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE DEPARTMENTS, MY TEAM AT THE CAO'S OFFICE, AND THE BUDGET TEAM AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR ALL THEIR HELP DURING THE MID-YEAR PROCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE DURING THE UPCOMING NEW YEAR BUDGET PROCESS. THE PURPOSE OF THE MID-YEAR REVIEW AND THE ASSOCIATED REPORT IS TO REVIEW THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND TO PROVIDE PROJECTIONS FOR THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR. INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS THE MID-YEAR REPORT, BUT I'LL COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE REPORT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES. 
          GENERAL REVENUE IS PERFORMING WELL TODAY AND IS PROJECTED TO MATERIALIZE HIGHER THAN BUDGETED. FISCAL YEAR 24-25 ENDED THE YEAR JUST OVER $12 MILLION OVER BUDGET AS A RESULT OF INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES AND INTEREST EARNED. I THINK SO. 
          OKAY. ALTHOUGH GENERAL REVENUE 
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HAS INCREASED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT COSTS HAVE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF SALARY AND BENEFITS. OUR BUDGET INCLUDES MORE EXPENDITURES THAN REVENUE, SO ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE WE RECEIVE LOWERS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN AN UNKNOWN ECONOMY. AND LARGE CHANGES BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT WILL AFFECT BOTH STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. PROP 172 REVENUE IS FUNDING SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS. 
          EACH COUNTY RECEIVES A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL SALES TAX PRODUCED IN THEIR COUNTY. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR PERCENTAGE INCREASED, BUT AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 21-22, IT BEGAN TO DECREASE AND HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE EVERY YEAR SINCE. 
          OUR CURRENT PERCENTAGE IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN AT LEAST NINE YEARS. REVENUES AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE PERFORMING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, IF INFLATION EASES, THIS REVENUE STREAM WILL DECREASE. THE REVENUE THIS YEAR IS PROJECTED TO MATERIALIZE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN BUDGET. INCLUDED HERE IS A COMPARISON OF POSITIONS AS ADOPTED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR PRIOR YEARS AND AS ADOPTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE GRAPH IS A POINT IN TIME FOR EACH YEAR, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE POSITIONS APPROVED OR DELETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          MOST COUNTY DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO FILL SOME VACANCIES. THE PURPLE BAR IN THIS CHART SHOWS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF FILLED POSITIONS. AS OF JANUARY 22ND, 322 WERE UNFILLED. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH LAST JANUARY, AND PERSONNEL CONTINUES TO WORK HARD TO FIND NEW WAYS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SERVICE AND RECRUIT NEW STAFF. MAJOR REVIEW OF THE COUNTY BUDGET IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AND IS INCLUDED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 2-101. 
          COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE BUDGETS WITHIN THEIR SPAN OF CONTROL AND NOTE ANY MATERIAL VARIANCES FROM BUDGET WITHIN BOTH THE EXPENDITURES AND THE REVENUES. 
          STAFF FROM THE CAO'S OFFICE MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AT OPERATIONAL REVIEW MEETINGS, OR CALLED ORMS, TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS. AT THE ORM HELD IN JANUARY, DEPARTMENTS WERE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THEIR BUDGETS AND SUBMIT LINE ITEM ACCOUNT TO INCLUDE PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR BOTH EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DEPARTMENTS WERE OPERATING WITHIN THEIR EXISTING BUDGETS. 
          AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE SHOULD REALIZE A REDUCED NET COUNTY COST. CONSISTENT WITH THE PRACTICE IN RECENT YEARS, THE MID-YEAR REPORT INCLUDES BUDGET AMENDMENTS RESULTING FROM THE MID-YEAR REVIEW. 
          IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, THIS GIVES THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO SEE ALL OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AT THE SAME TIME. RATHER THAN SPREAD OUT OVER SEVERAL MONTHS IN MANY DIFFERENT BOARD REPORTS. THE BUDGET PROCESS IS ONE THAT STARTS WELL BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS, WITH BUDGET KICKOFF IN THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, AND BUDGET REQUESTS DUE MID-MARCH, WITH BUDGET ADOPTION BY THE BOARD IN JUNE. THE INFORMATION USED TO DEVELOP BUDGETS IS ONLY WHAT IS KNOWN AT THE TIME, BUT MUCH CAN CHANGE FROM WHEN THE BUDGET REQUESTS ARE MADE. 
          POLICY 2-101 GUIDES THE PROCESS TO OPERATE WITHIN THE BUDGET AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE USE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE COUNTY'S BUDGET SHOULD BE A REFLECTION OF THE BUSINESS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING, RATHER THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THESE ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING THOSE LISTED HERE, AND THOSE WE'LL DISCUSS IN A MINUTE. BEFORE YOU, TODAY, TO CONSIDER OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-YEAR REVIEW, WHICH ARE DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS IN THE ATTACHMENT. THESE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, AS LISTED AGAIN ON THIS SLIDE. OVERALL, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS BY OVER $15 MILLION AND REDUCE REVENUE BY JUST UNDER $6.7 MILLION, REDUCING IT A DECREASE TO NET COUNTING COSTS OF $8.4 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND IMPACT IS A DECREASE TO THE USE OF GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE RESERVES FOR CONTINGENCIES OF JUST UNDER $4 MILLION. I'M NOT GOING TO COVER EVERY BUDGET AMENDMENT IN MY PRESENTATION, AS THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC HAVE A SUMMARY OF EACH, BUT I DID WANT TO COVER A FEW THAT STOOD OUT AND WARRANTED FURTHER EXPLANATION. I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. 
          THROUGH A REVIEW OF THE ACTUARIAL FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SIGNIFICANT SURPLUS EXISTED AS A RESULT OF REDUCTION IN CLAIMS. A REFUND OF THE SURPLUS WAS ISSUED TO DEPARTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE METHOD FOR CALCULATING ANNUAL RATES. 
          DEPARTMENTS WITH REFUNDS OF MORE THAN $1,000 WERE DIRECTED TO PREPARE A BUDGET AMENDMENT REDUCING THEIR OVERALL WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPROPRIATIONS. THE OFFSETTING DECREASE IN REVENUE IS REFLECTED IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT BUDGET OF $2.75 MILLION. THE TRIAL COURT'S BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDES A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE FOR TRANSPORTATION COSTS RESULTING FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REACHING STAFFING LEVELS. THAT ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE OVER TRANSPORTATION FROM THE COURTS. I'M THRILLED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AS IT HELPS TO SAVE FUTURE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES. HHSA'S BUDGET AMENDMENTS OVERALL DECREASE THE USE OF THEIR FUND BALANCE BY JUST UNDER $5.4 MILLION. 
          ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST TODAY IS APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION SCHEDULE. THE BOARD IS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE TO DIRECT THE PUBLICATION 
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OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THE APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET ADOPTION SCHEDULE WILL MEET WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. AS IN YEARS PAST, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD ADOPT BUDGET PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW. A FULL LIST OF THESE PRINCIPLES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MID-YEAR REPORT, BUT I'VE INCLUDED THE ONES ON THIS SLIDE THAT MOST APPLY TO HOW DEPARTMENTS WILL PREPARE THEIR BUDGETS. MOST OF THE PRINCIPLES ARE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, WITH ONE NEW ADDITION. 
          ALTHOUGH THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN APPEAL PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED IN THE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR, THIS PRINCIPLE REINFORCES THE REQUIREMENTS THAT DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THE APPEAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUESTS DURING BUDGET HEARINGS. THE COUNTY... CONTINUES TO RECEIVE ANNUAL PAYMENTS FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENTS. THIS BOARD HAS APPROVED SEVERAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING A JUVENILE PREVENTION PROJECT, CAPITAL PROJECT WITH GOOD NEWS RESCUE MISSION, AND A PROJECT WITH SHASTA COLLEGE. 
          TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE STEP UP PROGRAM AND THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG STUDIES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND, AS OF A FEW MINUTES AGO, A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HEROES DREAMS. WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AREAS TO SPEND THESE FUNDS IN A WAY THAT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND WILL PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY. IN JANUARY, THE BOARD APPROVED FIVE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT WILL DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WORKING GROUPS HAVE BEEN FORMED AROUND EACH GOAL TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND ESTIMATE COSTS. 
          WORK IS PROGRESSING TO DEVELOP A DRAFT FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE BY MAY 19TH. THE PROJECT TO DEMOLISH THE OLD COURTHOUSE IS MAKING PROGRESS. WE ANTICIPATE FULL DEMOLITION WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUATION OF OUR PRIOR AREAS OF FOCUS, I'VE LISTED SOME ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES ON THIS SLIDE. A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD IS THE CORRECTION AND REHABILITATION CAMPUS. 
          WORK WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE BOARD TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HAS TRANSITIONED ITS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST WHO WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION EFFORTS. AS WELL AS ADVOCATE FOR SHASTA COUNTY'S BEST INTERESTS RELATED TO UPCOMING LEGISLATION. 
          IN ADDITION TO ADVOCATING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION, WE PLAN TO PURSUE ADVOCATING FOR NEW LEGISLATION OR CHANGES TO EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BENEFIT SHASTA AND OTHER RURAL COUNTIES. UPPER REVENUE THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE OBLIGATED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024 MUST BE FULLY SPENT BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026. WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO ENSURE WE FULLY UTILIZE THESE FUNDS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. MS. BERTAIN, SUPERVISOR, LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, ERIN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IN DETAIL, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL THE QUESTIONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO DIRECT YOU, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT KIND OF IN PASSING, BUT 501, THE SOCIAL SERVICES. AND SO, IF I UNDERSTAND, THE EXPENDITURES DECREASED BY $3,151,000, AND THE INCREASED REVENUE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE, A DECREASE IN REVENUE OF 4.5. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? SO YOU'LL REMEMBER, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, SOCIAL SERVICES CAME WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF THEIR OWN THAT SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED THEIR EXPENDITURES, BUT REALLY DIDN'T AFFECT THE REVENUE AS THEY HAD TO RUN THOSE EXPENDITURES THROUGH THEIR MOCK CLAIM. AND SO THIS REFLECTS SOME ADDITIONAL REDUCTION TO EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS THAT. 
          REDUCTION TO REVENUE THAT IS A RESULT OF BOTH THIS ONE AND THE ONE BROUGHT PREVIOUSLY. AND SO WHILE IT ACTUALLY RESULTS IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT TO AN INCREASE IN NET COUNTY COSTS, COMBINED WITH THE OTHER ONE, WE'RE STILL AT REDUCING NET COUNTY COSTS. 
          OKAY, AND THIS DOES NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THIS LATEST UPDATED MID-YEAR REPORT, DOES NOT AFFECT THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE CYCLE OF LOANING. 
          FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SOCIAL SERVICES. BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A IT'S THAT'S HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW, WE'VE WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR. YEAH, CORRECT, AND THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET. SO WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES A LOAN TO SOCIAL SERVICES, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY JUST APPROVING THEM. TO BE IN NEGATIVE CASH IN THEIR FUND, RIGHT? WE ALL KIND OF HAVE ONE BANK ACCOUNT, SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A NEGATIVE LIKE CASH BALANCE AS A COUNTY. 
          BUT IT ALLOWS SOCIAL SERVICES TO ESSENTIALLY BORROW BY VIRTUE OF BEING IN NEGATIVE CASH. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR BUDGET AT ALL. IT DOESN'T CHANGE. WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING REVENUE TO THEM. 
          IT JUST ALLOWS THEM TO BORROW BY BEING IN NEGATIVE CASH. 
          RIGHT. AND FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES, PROBABLY. RIGHT. OKAY. AND DOES THIS MID-YEAR REPORT CHANGE ANYTHING, WITH THE PROBLEM OF HAVING TO CONTINUALLY SHORE IT UP THROUGH GENERAL FUND LOANS? OR IS IT STILL? NOTHING HAS CHANGED? SO WE'RE JUST REPORTING WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. 
          SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YES, THANK YOU, AARON. FIRST QUESTION I HAVE WAS YOU? SHOWED THE 
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ESTIMATED GENERAL REVENUE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING IN AT $79 MILLION. DO YOU, AND I COULD LOOK BACK, TOO, BUT REMEMBER WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED IT TO BE? OUR CURRENT GENERAL REVENUE BUDGET IS 72.8. OKAY, SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO COME IN ABOVE, QUITE A BIT ABOVE THE BUDGET. CORRECT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PRIMARILY WE BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY, RIGHT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX, AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING IN WELL, AS WELL AS INTEREST. 
          SO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I MEAN, ONE OF THE, I'LL SAY, BENEFITS LOOSELY, BUT TO THE COUNTY OF INFLATION AND INCREASED INTEREST RATES IS THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ALSO EARN INCREASED INTEREST. AND SO WE'VE HAD. YOU KNOW, PRETTY HEALTHY INTEREST FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          GREAT. AND THEN YOU, ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, SAID, THE MAJORITY OF, I GUESS, DEPARTMENTS OR BUDGET UNITS ARE OPERATING WITHIN THEIR BUDGET. WHICH ONES ARE NOT? SO IF WE LOOK AT THE SUMMARY WITH THE NET COUNTY COSTS, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT RISK MANAGEMENT IS ACTUALLY INCREASING THEIR NET COUNTY COSTS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT'S RESULTING FROM REFUNDS TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT OPERATING WITHIN THEIR NET COUNTY COSTS. 
          IT'S A FUNCTION OF THEM RETURNING MONEY TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          YOU'LL SEE, THE MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL IS THAT NET COUNTY COST IS POSITIVE BY $500,000, THAT. 
          A RESULT OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL, SO WE'RE INCREASING THAT OUTSIDE COUNSEL BUDGET, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES AND WHY THAT IS. AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT, LIKE, CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S SERVICES, THAT ALSO SHOWS A POSITIVE NET COUNTY COST, BUT THAT'S A REFLECTION OF REDIRECTING, AS ERIN WATTS DISCUSSED THE LAST TIME SHE PRESENTED SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          REDIRECTING SOCIAL SERVICES REVENUE BACK TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND USING PUBLIC HEALTH REALIGNMENT DOLLARS. 
          CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S SERVICES IS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 
          AND SO WE'RE CHANGING, RIGHT, THAT TRANSFER AND WE'RE RETURNING MONEY TO SOCIAL SERVICES. AND BY WAY OF THAT, WE'RE USING MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 
          OKAY. YEAH, AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES WAS ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT. SO WE'RE BASICALLY KIND OF JUST TRANSFERRING THAT BETWEEN TWO ACCOUNTS, BUT THE TOTAL EXPENSE IS STAYING ROUGHLY THE SAME. YEAH, SO THE EXPENSE FOR CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S SERVICES IS ACTUALLY SHOWING. A TRANSFER OUT, WHICH SHOWS IN EXPENDITURES TO SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THEN APPEARS AS A REVENUE IN SOCIAL SERVICES, AS A TRANSFER IN. OKAY, GREAT. 
          LET ME SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHERS HERE. AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT, BUT I WASN'T SURE KIND OF WHAT WE MEANT BY IT. THE INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS OF $133,359, IT'S AZ, I GUESS, IS THE NUMBER, AND OFFSET BY USE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THOSE REFERENCES TO THE FB NUMBERS UP FRONT WERE. YEAH, SO THE FB NUMBERS IS A RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE. SO, WHEN DEPARTMENTS HAVE FUNDING THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC SOURCE, EITHER BY WAY OF LAW OR LEGISLATION. OR THE FUNDER REQUIRES THAT, WE SET THEM ASIDE IN A RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE. 
          AND SO THOSE FB NUMBERS HELP THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE KNOW WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THAT MONEY FROM AND TELLS THE BOARD WHERE WE'RE USING THAT MONEY OUT OF. OKAY, THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? SURE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS DOCUMENTED, AND I'LL SECOND. AND, CHAIR, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY, LET'S HAVE THE SPEAKER NOW. YOU JUST PASSED. YOU JUST PASSED, OKAY. SO I HEARD CORKY FIRST, SO MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HARMON. ALL THOSE 
          [R7 Consider applications from Stephen R. McCarley and Michael E. Moffat and appoint one applicant to the Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees to serve the remainder of a four-year term to January 1, 2029.]
IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU, MS. BERTANG. OKAY, R7. I WANTED TO GET TO R7 BECAUSE BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN ARE HERE TODAY, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN SITTING HERE THE ENTIRE DAY. SO, CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM STEPHEN MCCARLEY AND MICHAEL MOFFITT. 
          AND APPOINT ONE APPLICANT TO THE SHASTA MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF A FOUR-YEAR TERM TO JANUARY 01, 2029. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THEM SPEAK, OR DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? LET ME CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW ONE OF THEM DID REQUEST TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, SO GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT. 
          SO, YES, STEVE MCCARLEY WAS THE 
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FIRST PERSON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE. OKAY, COME ON UP, STEVE. AND MIKE, WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SO IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WE MAY ADDRESS YOU THEN. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. 
          WELL, THE PAST COMMENT REALLY REMINDS US THAT. WE HAVE A DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR VETERANS AND REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR GOING THAT DIRECTION TO SUPPORT THAT ORGANIZATION. 
          SORRY, OFF TOPIC. GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS STEVE MCCARLEY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS MORNING REGARDING THE SHASTA COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL POSITION. I'M NOT CERTAIN IF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF MY APPLICATION OR NOT, SO I MADE SOME NOTES. JUST IN CASE. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY, ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED SHASTA COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS. 
          MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE SHASTA COUNTY FOR MOST OF OUR LIVES. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN, WHICH MOST OF THEM LIVE HERE IN THE SHASTA COUNTY. WE OWN TWO RANCHES IN SHASTA COUNTY AND LEASE SEVERAL OTHERS, OPERATING A COW-CALF OPERATION, RAISING COMMERCIAL GRASS-FED BEEF. THROUGH THIS WORK, I HAVE DEVELOPED A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF LAND STEWARDSHIP AND THE PRACTICAL CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH AGRICULTURE IN OUR REGION. FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS, I'VE SERVED AS A TRADE SHOW MANAGER FOR THE RED BLUFF, BULL AND GELDING SALE, WHERE I WORK WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 VENDORS ANNUALLY. IN ADDITION, MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES FOR OVER 23 YEARS, MANAGING UP TO 65 EMPLOYEES. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A MORE SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF BUDGETING, PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS, AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. I PREVIOUSLY SERVED FOR 16 YEARS AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE COTTONWOOD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TWO YEARS ON THE ANDERSON COTTONWOOD IRRIGATION DISTRICT BOARD. 
          DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME, PLEASE. DURING THAT TIME, I SERVED ON THE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE UNION REPRESENTATIVES. I CONCURRENTLY WAS ON THE BOARD FOR THE ENTERPRISE ANDERSON GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY. THESE ROLES PROVIDED ME WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A BOARD GOVERNANCE, AND I DO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. WHILE I'M NOT CURRENTLY SERVING ON ANY BOARD, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO STAYING INVOLVED AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. AFTER MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER, IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL, I BELIEVE THE POSITION WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR ME. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT MOSQUITOES AND VECTORS AND RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, I'M A QUICK LEARNER. AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONG WITH THE MANAGER AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING AN ALREADY SOLID PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE. OTHERWISE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO THIS BOARD HERE BECAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE A VERY HARD TIME HERE. I'M PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN, AND YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM? YEAH, AND I MEAN, THE GOOD NEWS IS BOTH OF THEM WOULD MAKE FANTASTIC MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD OR ANY OTHER BOARD. 
          THEY'RE BOTH UPSTANDING MEN, BUT I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD PICK BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO FLIP A COIN IF I'M FORCED TO PICK. SO MIKE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK A COUPLE WORDS? THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 
          UNLIKE STEVE, I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH OR ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I'M A LIFELONG SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENT. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1960. MY DAD WAS IN CONSTRUCTION, WORKED ON THE WHISKEYTOWN DAM. 
          I GRADUATED FROM ENTERPRISE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE HERE AS A RESIDENT. 
          I DID TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT. I LIVED IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA FOR A LITTLE BIT. I WILL TELL YOU, THE MOSQUITOES IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA PLAY HORSESHOES WITH THE HORSES STILL ATTACHED. 
          SO I THINK WHAT I BRING TO THIS BOARD WOULD BE MY EXPERIENCE. I CURRENTLY SIT ON TWO BOARDS RIGHT NOW. I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE READING GUN CLUB. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR LIKE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, BEEN REELECTED EACH TIME. I ALSO SIT ON THE BOARD AT THE WEAVERVILLE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
          SO I'M INTO FIREARMS QUITE A BIT, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT. BUT. 
          WHAT I BRING IS MY ABILITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, WEIGH ALL THINGS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS. I'M OPEN. I AM VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET, WE CAN DO IT. I DON'T LIKE WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL USE AN OLD TERM 
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FROM THE 80S, COMPUTER WIZARDS, WYSIWYG, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. 
          IT'S JUST MIKE. I'M HERE AND I WANT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO DO IT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE SUPERVISOR HARMON, YOU'RE IN QUEUE. 
          YEAH, WELL, I JUST WAS GOING TO SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, NOT DIRECTLY AT MIKE OR STEVE, BUT, YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH STUFF. I TOLD, BEFORE I KNEW STEVE WAS GOING TO STEP UP, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT SUPPORTING YOU. AND THEN HE STEPS UP, AND HIM AND I PRACTICALLY RAISED OUR KIDS TOGETHER, RODEON AND... AND I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU STEPPING UP BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IS OUR UPSTANDING, AND YOU'RE BOTH UPSTANDING CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO IT PUTS ME IN A TOUGH SPOT. 
          WELL, I'M IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT BECAUSE, AGAIN, I KNOW THEM BOTH VERY WELL. SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND SUPERVISOR LONG CAN MAKE A DECISION, AND THE OTHER TWO OF US WILL GO WITH IT. IF THAT SO, BE IT. ARE YOU GUYS... 
          LITERALLY THAT NEUTRAL? LITERALLY. I MEAN, AGAIN, THEY'RE BOTH OUTSTANDING MEN AND PERSONAL FRIENDS. AND WHAT I WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. NICK GARDNER SUPPORTED ME BEFORE I HAD TO LEAVE. I WILL TELL YOU, NUMBER 44 COULD RUN LIKE A DEER WHEN WE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. SO DON'T TAKE HIM INTO. KNOWING HIM NOW MIGHT BE A DISTRACTION. YEAH, HE MIGHT HAVE JUST LOST SOME POINTS, MIKE. WELL, I CAN GO FIRST HERE, MATT. GO AHEAD. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW EITHER, GENTLEMAN, AND THREE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE, WELL, ONE'S NOT HERE, BUT TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMPLETELY NEUTRAL, AND I APPLAUD YOU BOTH FOR APPLYING, AND I THINK YOUR WILLINGNESS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES IS JUST, THAT'S AWESOME, AND WE ALL NEED TO STEP IN AND MAKE THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPEN. THE ONLY THING THAT LEANS ME ONE DIRECTION, WHICH WOULD BE 17 YEARS ON THE COTTONWOOD SCHOOL BOARD, A COUPLE YEARS ON THE ACID CANAL, A LOT OF VERY INTENSE BOARD EXPERIENCES. 
          TO ME, THAT LEANS A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER FOR THE EXPERIENCE IN BOARDS AND THEN THE IGSA, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT, BUT THE GROUNDWATER. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT STEPHEN MCCARLEY TO THIS POSITION. AND THEN I WILL HEAR WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS. ALL RIGHT. SUPER POSITIVE. I WAS LEANING THAT WAY AS WELL. AND SO I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER? YOU WERE IN QUEUE. 
          NO, I WAS GOING TO KIND OF GO A SIMILAR DIRECTION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE BOTH APPLYING AND LOOKS, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY, THAT BOTH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. 
          BUT I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, AND YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG, FOR LETTING CORK AND I SIT ON THE SIDELINES HERE. 
          IT'S A HARD CALL BECAUSE THEY BOTH ARE GOOD GUYS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY SUPERVISOR LONG, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. AND THERE IS OTHER BOARDS AVAILABLE. AS YOU HEARD THE APPEALS OF THE BOARD, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME PEOPLE THERE. SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF BOARDS. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE R8. 
          DO WE WANT TO GO TO R8 AND THEN HAVE A BREAK BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR HEARINGS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PREFERENCE HERE, OR DO WE WANT TO JUST MUSCLE THROUGH THE WHOLE THING? THE HEARINGS MAY TAKE A WHILE. WE DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY FOR A CLOSED SESSION THAT WE NEED 
          [R8 Find that the proposed ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act for the reasons stated in the ordinance and introduce and waive the reading of “An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Shasta Adding Chapter 16.14, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, to the Shasta County Code,” which creates an expedited, streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations in accordance with California Government Code Sections 65850.7 and 65850.71.]
TO TALK TO. A CLOSED SESSION FOR ITEM R9, WHICH IS A SCHEDULED HEARING. 
          OH, THAT'S FOR R9. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST POWER THROUGH. 
          OKAY. SO R8, I SEE OUR RESOURCE MANAGER WALKED IN. ARE YOU FIND OUT? THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE ORDINANCE AND INTRODUCED. AND WAVE THE READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHASTA, ADDING CHAPTER SIXTEEN POINT ONE. FOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS TO THE SHASTA COUNTY CODE, WHICH CREATES AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION SIX, FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, ZERO POINT, SEVEN AND SIX, FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, ZERO POINT, SEVEN ONE. LEO SALAZAR. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR KALLSTROM, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THIS ITEM, SO I WON'T INTRODUCE IT AGAIN. 
          BUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS IN RESPONSE TO STATE ASSEMBLY BILLS 1, 2, 3, 6 AND 970, WHICH REQUIRE THE EXPEDITED ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION ORDINANCE THAT YOU DESCRIBED. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO DEVELOP THE CHECKLIST THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE REQUIRED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING 
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STATION. PROJECT INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR STREAMLINED PERMITTING. 
          AND, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEGISLATION, WOULD ESTABLISH TIME FRAMES FOR DETERMINING AN APPLICATION COMPLETE AND SUBSEQUENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT. 
          IF, AFTER REVIEWING THE APPLICATION, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT UPON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL COULD IMPOSE OR ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROPOSE FEASIBLE METHODS TO SATISFY TO REALLY MITIGATE OR AVOID THE SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT. OR REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE USE PERMIT BY THE SHASTA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY ALSO DENY THE APPLICATION IF THE BUILDING OFFICIALS REQUIREMENT OF A USE FOR IT OR DENIAL. UH, THAT, THEN. THAT CAN BE APPEALED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ANY DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING THE PROJECT CAN BE APPEALED TO THE BOARD. IF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TAKES NO ACTION ON THE APPLICATION, THEN IT WOULD BE DEEMED APPROVED, AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE IT. YOU INDICATED THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ACT AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE IN TERMS OF APPROVING IT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO... ASK. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE CALIFORNIA JUST WANTS TO HELP THEIR PET PROJECTS GO THROUGH EASIER, BUT YEAH. 
          YEAH? YEAH. I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. OR AN ELECTRIC CAR CHARGER. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST. I'M NOT EXACTLY THE BIGGEST FAN OF ELECTRIC CAR CHARGERS, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY. YEAH. WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK. KIM MOORE. 
          KIM MOORE, DISTRICT 1. 
          SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF THESE ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING PORTS, WHATEVER, I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THAT IN THE FEBRUARY 20, 2013, SECTION D, WHICH SHASTA COUNTY USED TO OBTAIN FUNDING TO BUILD THE WOODLANDS, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS SAID YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE IN THERE IS ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING POINT. 
          IT'S ANOTHER FRAUD. IT WAS NEVER FULFILLED. ALL RIGHT. 
          [R9 Conduct a public hearing and consider adopting a Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition, by eminent domain, of easements interest in that certain real property located at 5250 Parkville Road in the unincorporated area of Shasta County more particularly described as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 057-300-006, 057-300-014, and 057-300-015, respectively, that are necessary for the “Parkville Road at Ash Creek Bridge Replacement Project,” Contract No. 705933.]
THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-0. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO POWER RIGHT INTO THE SCHEDULED HEARINGS. 
          ALL RIGHT. A COURT CHALLENGE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON ANY PROJECT DECISION MAY BE LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE ISSUES RAISED DURING PUBLIC HEARING OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DURING OR PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING. 
          R9 PUBLIC WORKS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN OF EASEMENTS. 
          I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON OF EASEMENTS. INTEREST IN THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 5250 PARKVILLE ROAD IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SHASTA COUNTY. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER 057-300-006 057-300-015 AND 057-300-015 RESPECTIVELY. THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PARKVILLE ROAD TO ASH CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. LET'S DO THE MAPS. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BRANDON MAGBY, THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY AGENT. 
          BEFORE YOU, TODAY IS A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY. WE'RE ACQUIRING RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS BY INMAN DOMAIN FOR THE PARKVILLE ROAD AT ASH CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY PLANNING TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE ON PARKVILLE ROAD, ACROSS ASH CREEK. THIS IS A PUBLIC PROJECT FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ADMINISTRATION'S BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. 
          THE EXISTING BRIDGE IS A SINGLE LANE. SO ON YOUR SCREENS, YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CURRENT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOWS IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT TO THE NORTH. THAT IS AN EXISTING SINGLE-LANE WOOD-TIMBER BRIDGE ACROSS ASH CREEK. IT HAS ONE PIER ACTUALLY IN THE CREEK CHANNEL. THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM THE EXISTING BRIDGE. IT'S DESIGNED TO BE A TWO-LANE CONCRETE BOX GIRDER BRIDGE ON A NEW ALIGNMENT. THAT NEW ALIGNMENT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THE BRIDGE AND THE ROAD TO STAY OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO THIS IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. ONE BACK. 
          ONE MORE. SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, BOARD. THE PROJECT 
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REQUIRES FOUR PERMANENT RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS AND FOUR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BRIDGE. THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS MAP SHOWS THE ACTUAL EASEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, THAT NEED TO BE REQUIRED. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY SECURED ONE OF THOSE PERMANENT EASEMENTS AND ONE OF THOSE TCES FROM ONE PROPERTY OWNER. THE REMAINING EASEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT ARE FROM MR. AND MRS. TRYON'S PROPERTY. 
          SO... OUR FIRST WRITTEN OFFER TO MR. AND MRS. TRYON WAS GIVEN IN JUNE OF 2024, WITH THE LAST ONE SENT JUST THIS PAST JANUARY, JANUARY 23RD OF 2026. 
          DURING THAT TIME, MR. TRYON HIMSELF DID SIGN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTRACT AND EASEMENT DEED. HOWEVER, MRS. TRYON DID NOT. THE COUNTY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND SPOKEN WITH MS. TRYON AND HER ATTORNEY ON SEVERAL TIMES AND WERE UNABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT FOR SIGNATURE ON THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTRACT AND THE EASEMENT DEEDS. SO IT'S AT THIS TIME. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC RESOLUTION NECESSITY. SO, TO DO THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY, THE BOARD MUST FIND THE FOLLOWING TRUE. 
          THERE'S FOUR STATEMENTS THAT WE MUST FOLLOW. THE FIRST IS THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THIS PROJECT. 
          THE PROJECT IS NEEDED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BRIDGE AS IT IS FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE, INSUFFICIENT WITH FOR THE CURRENT TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND THE CURRENT. TIMBER RAIL AND APPROACH GUARD RAILS ARE NOT UP TO THE STANDARDS. THE SECOND IS THAT THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A MANNER THAT WILL BE MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE GREATEST PUBLIC GOOD AND THE LEAST PRIVATE INJURY. THE BRIDGE IS DESIGNED TO BE ON A NEW ALIGNMENT IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CURRENT BRIDGE THAT WILL REMAIN. THE ROAD WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION DURING THE SUMMERTIME, WHICH IS ALSO DURING THE FIRE SEASON. SO WITH THAT, TOO, WE'RE MINIMIZING THE ACTUAL IMPACT ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS, SINCE WE'RE STAYING IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT EXISTING BRIDGE. THE THIRD STATEMENT IS THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS BEING ACQUIRED IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT. 
          REALIGNING THE ROAD ON A NEW ALIGNMENT. WE NEED EASEMENTS TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE AND THAT NEW ALIGNMENT, SO THOSE ARE REQUIRED. AND THE FOURTH IS THAT THE OFFER REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7267.2 HAS BEEN MADE TO EACH OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THIS PROPERTY WAS APPRAISED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISER, AND THOSE APPRAISALS WERE USED TO SET JUST COMPENSATION. AND THOSE OFFERS WERE MADE TO THE OWNERS OF PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL. SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT SHOULD WE HAVE DESIGNED THE BRIDGE TO GO ON ITS EXISTING ALIGNMENT, WE WOULD STILL NEED EASEMENTS TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE WITH THE NEW BRIDGE, THE NEW BRIDGE HAS A WIDER FOOTPRINT. 
          ALSO, THE APPROACHES WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO MEET CURRENT STANDARDS AS WELL. SO WE WOULD NEED EASEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT DESIGN OR THE EXISTING ALIGNMENTS. THAT'S REALLY ALMOST NOT AN OPTION, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE, YOU GO RIGHT UPHILL INTO A BLIND, ONE-LANE BLIND CORNER. YES, SIR. CORRECT. SO JUST REPLACING THAT BRIDGE WHERE IT EXISTS NOW, THAT WOULD NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. 
          YOU'RE STRAIGHTENING OUT THE APPROACHES ON EACH END OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH YOU'RE ALSO IMPROVING THE SIGHT DISTANCE FOR APPROACHING THAT BRIDGE. 
          THIS IS RANCH AREA. THERE IS CATTLE TRUCKS HAULING CATTLE TO AND FROM DIFFERENT RANCHES. SO OVERALL, IT WOULD BE A BETTER SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW HOW A RANCH TRUCK COULD GET OVER THAT BRIDGE RIGHT NOW AS IT SITS. I REALLY DON'T. IT'S A VERY NARROW BRIDGE AND IT'S A ONE LANE AND YOU DON'T REALLY SEE WHO'S THERE UNTIL YOU GET RIGHT UP ON THE BRIDGE. RIGHT. AND SO I'M NOT NORMALLY A HUGE FAN OF AN EMINENT DOMAIN, BUT IF THERE'S EVER A CASE THAT EMINENT DOMAIN IS REQUIRED, IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. YOU COME OUT PARKVILLE COMING FROM THE WEST, I GUESS WOULD BE, AND YOU COMING IN. THERE'S A NICE BIG NEW BRIDGE THERE, HALFWAY THROUGH BY THE OLD DUBOSE PLACE, YES, SIR, GIANT NEW BIG BRIDGE THERE. 
          AND THEN YOU COME DOWN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A COUPLE LARGE RANCHES, AND THEN YOU GO TO THIS LITTLE, NARROW ONE-LANE BRIDGE. THAT, YOU KNOW, 
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THE THE POSTS ARE STARTING TO FALL APART AND I ASPHALT STARTING TO COME OFF OF IT. I MEAN, IT'S A VERY RICKETY OLD ONE-LANE BRIDGE. 
          AND THEN IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS YOU CROSS IT, YOU IMMEDIATELY GO UPHILL AND A SINGLE LANE UPHILL BLIND CORNER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRECKED THERE. 
          EVERY TIME I DRIVE THERE, I GET SCARED AS I GO UP THERE. I'M HUGGING THE INSIDE AS TIGHT AS I CAN BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR TWO CARS AND IT'S A BLIND CORNER. YES, SIR. THE EXISTING BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1958. 
          RIGHT. IT'S A TIMBER DECK, TIMBER BRIDGE WITH AN ASPHALT LAYER ON IT. 
          YEAH, APPROPRIATE. TROY BARTLEMAY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO ADD A FEW MORE POINTS OF EMPHASIS. I'M A BIG FAN OF REPLACING THIS BRIDGE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS OF EMPHASIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GOOD ARE, ONE, AS HE SAID, THIS BRIDGE IS WHAT THEY CONSIDERED FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE. IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NARROW. IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET VEHICLE SAFETY ACROSS ANYMORE. IT'S A DESIGN FROM BACK IN THE 50S. IT HAS A SUFFICIENCY RATING OF 53. YOUR SUFFICIENCY RATING GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 100. SO IT'S DECLINING OVER THE YEARS. IT'S A TIMBER BRIDGE. ALL YOU NEED IS A FIRE, ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT. AND JUST ONE REMINDER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT, THIS IS A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE AND THERE'S FOUR INDIVIDUALS HERE. ALL I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, OH, AND IT'S 100% FUNDED. 
          PERFECT. SUPERVISOR LONG. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. BRANDON, WE SPOKE YESTERDAY, SO WE COVERED ALL THE ASPECTS OF THIS, BUT YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOME RESEARCH FOR ME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DISTANCE WAS DOWNSTREAM FOR THIS NEW BRIDGE VERSUS THE OLD BRIDGE. 
          AND WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY TO ME WAS THAT IT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY ADDITIONAL NEW PROPERTY OWNERS. IT'S JUST GOING TO MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR EASEMENTS. ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AFFECTING THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT IS CORRECT. CAN YOU GO TO THE FOURTH? THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN PARK YOUR EQUIPMENT ON THE THING. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S 100% FOR IT. WHY THIS ONE ISN'T, I DON'T KNOW. 
          SHE'S PULLING UP THE... SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND PARKVILLE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROAD LISTED IS PARKVILLE ROAD, AT THE END OF PARKVILLE. 
          OF THE WORDING IS WHERE THE ACTUAL CREEK IS. SO THERE ARE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS, ESSENTIALLY AT EACH CORNER OF THE BRIDGE. SO NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE WERE TO REALIGN THE ROAD, WE ARE STILL ONLY AFFECTING THESE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND I DID DO THE RESEARCH RIGHT NOW FROM THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF, SAY, THE EXISTING BRIDGE. 
          BETWEEN THE TWO BRIDGES, THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE TO THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE IS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. FROM CENTER LINE TO CENTER LINE IS APPROXIMATELY 55 FEET. AND IF YOU GO FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE OLD BRIDGE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE NEW BRIDGE, YOU'RE LESS THAN 100 FEET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO BRIDGES. SO WE ARE STAYING WITHIN, SAY, 100 FOOT OF, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE EDGE TO THE OTHER. 
          LESS THAN 100 FOOT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY YOU ESTIMATED IT WAS LESS THAN 100 FEET. YES, SIR, I JUST WANTED. I DIDN'T WANT TO QUOTE ANY NUMBERS WITHOUT MAKING SURE. UM, AND WE DID PLACE THAT BRIDGE AS SPEAKING WITH THE ENGINEERS. 
          THE BRIDGE WAS PLACED AS CLOSE AS WE COULD TO STILL BE ABLE TO DO THE EXCAVATION AND FRAMING OF THE NEW BRIDGE ABUTMENTS. 
          BUT THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE EXISTING BRIDGE AND THE ROAD TO REMAIN OPEN. SO THAT WE PLACED IT AS CLOSE AS WE COULD TO KEEP THE ROAD OPEN. OKAY, AND AS I RECALL, AND I AM NOT A FAN OF EMINENT DOMAIN, I JUST AM NOT. SO YOU TOLD ME THAT WE HAVE ONLY MOVED FOR EMINENT DOMAIN THREE TIMES IN YOUR 19 YEARS? THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN MY 19 YEARS, YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OFFICE FOR 19 YEARS. I'VE BEEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AGENT FOR 16, AND THIS IS THE THIRD ONE. I DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO AVOID. 
          INCLUDING WHAT YOU TOLD ME WERE ONGOING, CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIS ONE HOLDOUT PERSON. 
          YOU CAN STILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HER EVEN AFTER THIS, OR THE ATTORNEY. THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, OUR ATTORNEY CAN... CONFIRM THIS. BUT FROM WHAT HE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION NECESSITY DOES NOT STOP US FROM CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS. 
          OKAY, AND WHAT I DIDN'T ASK YOU YESTERDAY WAS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW, EMINENT DOMAIN IS ALLOWED, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, ANYWAY, BRIDGE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE EASEMENT ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO THIS FITS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY RESEARCHED THIS, BUT IF IT'S WITHIN CALIFORNIA LAW AS TO WHAT IS ALLOWED 
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WITH EMINENT DOMAIN. YES, SIR. 
          THIS IS FOR A PUBLIC GOOD. 
          THIS IS FOR A PUBLIC PROJECT. 
          SO THIS IS ALLOWED. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE STRESSED HERE IS THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT OF THOSE RANCHES AND THOSE LARGE ACREAGE PARCELS. THIS BRIDGE, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BRIDGE. 
          THEY WOULDN'T ACCESS THEIR PROPERTIES. YES, SIR. 
          FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS A CONNECTING ROAD BETWEEN DERSH AND ASH CREEK. 
          SO ANYONE LIVING ON PARKVILLE, THIS IS THEIR ONLY WAY IN AND OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE, SUPERVISOR LONG, BY CHANCE? OKAY, SO, AND LITERALLY THE LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN, IF YOU WILL, OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY CREEK BOTTOM. I MEAN, IT'S MORE OF LIKE A FLOOD CONTROL CREEK BOTTOM. I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS WATER ON IT YEAR-ROUND. AND SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY A PORTION OF CREEK BOTTOM. SO THERE'S NOTHING BUT ROCKS AND, YOU KNOW, CREEK STUFF. AND THEN YOU'RE A LITTLE FURTHER UP AND THEY GET THEIR OLD CREEK BOTTOM BACK. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CREEK BOTTOM UP THERE. SO, I MEAN, IT'S A COMPLETE WASH. 
          BUT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YES, THANK YOU. REAL QUICK QUESTION. 
          IN TERMS OF CARRYING TRY ON, HAS THERE JUST BEEN NO RESPONSE OR NO WILLINGNESS TO OFFER? OR HAS THERE BEEN A COUNTEROFFER THAT HAS NOT BEEN AMENABLE TO THE COUNTY? I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE. YES, I'M HERE AND I HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME. GOOD AFTERNOON. AS BRANDON STATED, THERE WERE TWO OFFERS, TWO OFFICIAL OFFERS MADE. AND IN THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS NEGOTIATIONS. THE OFFER OR THE COUNTERS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY. AND, AS BRANDON ALSO MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN APPRAISED TWICE. 
          ONCE, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND THEN RECENTLY. 
          TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO DIVINE THE APPROPRIATE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE, CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AN EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION. 
          THIS DOES NOT AT ALL PRECLUDE CONTINUING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CAN CONTINUE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE EVEN AFTER THE ADOPTION OF WHAT WE CALL THE RON, THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY, AND THE EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION. IT IS A DOOR THAT WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN. THANK YOU. AND THE HUSBAND DID SIGN THE AGREEMENT? YES, SIR, HE DID. 
          OKAY, SO HALF OF IT HAS BEEN SIGNED. OKAY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SUPERVISOR HARMON, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT NAME RIGHT THERE? I THOUGHT YOU JUST LEFT YOUR THING IN QUEUE. NO. OKAY. IT'S HARD TO MISS ME WHEN YOU'RE OVER THE TOP OF ME LIKE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY, AND I'M FOR DOING THIS. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT THE AMOUNT, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT WE'RE EXCHANGING IS ALMOST THE SAME. CAN YOU SPEAK ON IT? BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET OFF OF THE OLD EASEMENT AND ONTO THE NEW EASEMENT, AND WE DEMO THE OLD BRIDGE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY MUCH LAND THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO. 
          THE EMINENT DOMAIN. BECAUSE I'M NOT FOR IT, AND I KNOW NONE OF YOU GUYS ARE EITHER. 
          EMINENT DOMAIN IS LIKE A VOODOO WORD, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, AND IT IS IN THIS CASE. THE TOTAL ACREAGE AMOUNT FOR THE PERMANENT RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT IS .62. ACRES, SO LESS THAN AN ACRE. AND THE TCE AMOUNT IS .65. ACRES, AGAIN, LESS THAN AN ACRE. SO WE'RE REQUESTING JUST THE MINIMUM. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY EXCESS. THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ARE FOR STAGING AND ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BUILD THE NEW BRIDGE AND THEN DEMO THE OLD BRIDGE. RIGHT. SO MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, IT DOESN'T MEAN A LOT, EXCEPT FOR... I THOUGHT THAT THAT TRADEOFF WAS GOING TO BE ALMOST NOTHING, LIKE .5. 
          BRANDON, I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PRESCRIPTIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S BEING RETURNED. SO WE'RE TAKING SOME LAND, AND WHEN THE OLD BRIDGE COMES OUT, WE'RE GIVING IT BACK TO THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER. 
          YES, SIR. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE... 
          CORRECT. CORRECT. YEAH, AND I JUST THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THROW OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC. OKAY. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THIS LIES WITHIN MY DISTRICT. I DON'T SEE... SUPERVISOR LONG. LAST QUESTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST SO I CAN, I DON'T LIKE EMINENT DOMAIN, BUT SO 
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HAVE WE EXPLORED OTHER OPTIONS THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT THIS ONE FEMALE LANDOWNER? THERE'S NO OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE ROAD COULD BE STRAIGHTENED. AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED HERE, THAT THE BRIDGE COULD BE PLACED 50 FEET IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THAT WOULD AFFECT DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS? NO, SIR. OKAY. 
          OKAY. THE LAND THEY OWN ARE ON THREE CORNERS OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE. SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU MOVE, AND HER PROPERTY IS ALONG THE NORTHERLY EDGE OF ASH CREEK. SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU CROSS ASH CREEK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY. SO THE MINIMUM, THE SMALLEST IMPACT TO THEM IS TO RELOCATE IN THIS AREA. SO YOU'RE NOT CREATING ANY MORE... A SPLIT. A SPLIT ON THEIR PROPERTY. MORE OF A SPLIT THAN THERE ALREADY IS. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. SO THIS LIES WITHIN MY DISTRICT. SO I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          AGAIN, NOT A FAN AMENDMENT ON DOMAIN, BUT CHAIR, WE NEED TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OH, OKAY. DO I HAVE THAT SCRIPT? I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. NO, SO YOU'LL HIT THE GRAVEL. YOU'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN YOU'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OKAY. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO. 
          WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK, KIM MOORE. SHE HAS RESCINDED. 
          OKAY. PUT ON RECORD, THE... 
          CORRECT. SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT ANY CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED ON THIS MATTER IS ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. 
          WE DID RECEIVE AN OBJECTION LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. 
          FANTASTIC. SO NOW DO I MAKE MY MOTION OR I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL GO BACK TO MAKING MY MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN. I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU, BRANDON. THANK YOU, TROY. R10, 
          [R10 Take the following actions: (1) Conduct a public hearing; (2) find that Zone Amendment 22-0011 is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15303, and 15304; (3) adopt the recommended findings listed in Planning Commission Resolution 2026-003; and (4) introduce, waive the reading of, and enact “An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Shasta Amending the Provisions of Chapters 17.02 – General Provisions – Article II – Definitions, 17.86 Off Street Parking and Loading Regulations, and 17.88 – Special Uses of Title 17 of the Shasta County Code,” to amend the Shasta County Zoning Plan, Title 17, of the Shasta County Code, concerning Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and identified as Zone Amendment 22-0011 (Electric Vehicle Charging Stations).]
YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS, LEO, AND NOT MAKE ME READ ALL THIS STUFF? I'LL ATTEMPT TO READ IT ALL IN. SO THIS ITEM, BEFORE, HE RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS. OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. FIND THAT ZONE AMENDMENT 22-0011 IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 15061B3. 
          AND IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES 15301, 15303, AND 15304. AND FOUR, ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED FINDINGS LISTED IN PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2026-003. AND FIVE, INTRODUCE, WAIVE THE READING OF, AND ENACT AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHASTA. 
          AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS 17.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS. 17.86 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS AND 17.88 SPECIAL USES OF THE TITLE 17 OF THE SHASTA COUNTY CODE. TO AMEND THE SHASTA COUNTY ZONING PLAN, TITLE 17 OF THE SHASTA COUNTY CODE, AGAIN CONCERNING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND AS IDENTIFIED AS AN AMENDMENT 22-0011 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. ALL THAT TO SAY, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A COMPANION TO THE EARLIER ITEM. THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS OF THAT LEGISLATION REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS THAT CROSS OVER INTO THE LAND USE AND ZONING REALM. SO, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND PLUG IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS A DEFINITION, ADDRESS PARKING STANDARDS FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND INDICATE THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY ZONE DISTRICT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT OF THE... PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. THE SAME REFERENCES TO THE EXEMPTIONS UNDER CEQA APPLY HERE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THE ACTIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED. 
          I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU, MR. SELZAR. STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? CHAIR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IS ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. OKAY, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK, KIM MOORE. 
          SHE'S PASSED. OKAY, SHE'S PASSED, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS STATED. I WILL SECOND. ALL 
          [CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]
          [03:35:01]
RIGHT, MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 4-0. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO CLOSED SESSION. CHAIR, FOR CLOSED SESSION, WE DO HAVE TWO REQUESTS TO SPEAK, ONE FOR R11 AND ONE FOR R12. THEY'RE BOTH KIM MOORE. OKAY. AND SHE IS PASSED ON BOTH. PASSED, PASSED, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, IT'S AN ESTIMATED 50 MINUTES. LET'S JUST SAY WE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL 1 O'CLOCK. IS THAT FAIR? ALL RIGHT. CLOSED SESSION. 
          COMING BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION, COUNCIL LARIMER, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? WE HEARD ITEMS R11, R12, AND R13 IN CLOSED SESSION, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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