Apr 21, 2026 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON.

SUPERVISOR CRYE.

I MET, THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, MET WITH DAVE RICKERT, NORM HALL, AND THEN TRUSTEE JOSH BARKER ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

HAD A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS AS WELL ABOUT JUST VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES.

SPOKE AGAIN WITH HOPEFUL DISTRICT 1 CURRENT ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES GALLAGHER, BUT HOPEFULLY OUR CONGRESSIONAL REP FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

MET WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT...

FUNDING MET WITH THE LOCAL 185 TALKED ABOUT JUST THE BUILDING TRADES AND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING TENDED THE DRC OPEN HOUSE LAST WEEK.

MET WITH A FEW ENGINEERING FIRMS AS WELL AS IT RELATED TO SOME OF THE BUILDING NEEDS HERE IN THE COUNTY AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THE TRACKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.

MET WITH SHERIFF ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DOUG BOND.

DOUG BOND WAS IN DC LAST WEEK.

I'M NOT SURE IF SUPERVISOR PLUMMER IS GOING TO TOUCH ON IT, SO MAYBE I'LL JUST LET HIM TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDING OUT OF SCHIFF'S OFFICE.

I'VE TALKED TO PADILLA'S OFFICE VERY LITTLE, BUT IT LOOKS VERY, VERY PROMISING FOR THAT FUNDING THAT WE'VE COUNTED ON THROUGH AMITY AND THROUGH DOUG BOND.

SO, AGAIN, HE WAS IN D.C.

LAST WEEK HAVING MEETINGS ABOUT THAT.

I HAD THE SRTA, WHICH IS THE SHASTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.

WE HAD THE FISCAL POLICY MEETING YESTERDAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL COME OUT OF IT, AND THERE WAS QUITE A FEW BILLS WE'RE STILL PUSHING BACK ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO OUR BOARD, BUT WE DID MOVE TO NAME A PIECE OF HIGHWAY AND SUPPORT THAT FOR CONGRESSMAN DOUG LAMALFA.

THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF BUTTE COUNTY.

BUT WITH THAT, THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHRIST.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU.

SO LAST...

MEETING WE WELL ACTUALLY THE LAST TWO MEETINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE JAIL MEDICAL CONTRACT AND WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MEDECO TO BE OUR NEW JAIL MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER AND AFTER LAST MEETING I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH DR.

O WHO LEADS MEDECO AND THAT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING FROM THAT CONVERSATION WHICH IS THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE JAIL MEDICAL SERVICES DID INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF THE EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY FROM ABOUT $5.5 MILLION, I THINK, PER YEAR TO $8.3 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

BUT IN TALKING WITH DR.

OH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED, AND HE SENT ME SOME FOLLOW-UP RESEARCH ON THIS, IS THAT THERE IS A POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE COUNTY FOR DELIVERING MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT.

WHICH IS WHEN SOMEONE COMES INTO THE JAIL AND IS ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, IF WE CAN GET THEM ON THAT AND INITIATE THAT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING HISTORICALLY.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN CONTINUING IT IF THEY'RE ALREADY ON THAT.

SO IF WE CAN GET THEM ON THAT AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING THE JAIL, THEY'RE IN A BETTER PLACE, THEN THAT ACTUALLY WILL REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND INCREASE SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT WAS ENCOURAGING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

ANOTHER EXCITING UPDATE IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IS HOSTING A WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THIS YEAR AND SO I APPLIED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR KATIE CASSIDY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND TO FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF SUICIDE PREVENTION.

AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE, OUR SUICIDE RATE IS OVER TWO TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A KEY FOCUS, IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS.

AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COHORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON SUICIDE PREVENTION.

OTHER COHORTS WILL FOCUS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE ISSUES, BUT THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE ISSUE.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT...

NOT ONLY THAT WE'LL GET INSIGHTS AND GUIDANCE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER LEADERS AND EXPERTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO THAT WE CAN COME OUT OF THAT WITH A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO BRING OUR SUICIDE RATES DOWN TO THE STATE AVERAGE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE BOTH AMBITIOUS BUT REALISTIC GOAL OVER THE NEXT, SAY, FIVE TO TEN YEARS.

SO I'LL UPDATE YOU MORE ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH IT.

ACTUALLY, TODAY IS THE FIRST KIND OF INTRODUCTORY CALL.

ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS HOMELESSNESS.

AND THERE I'M ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.

AND WE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM NEW LIFE DISCOVERY PROJECT, WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF.

THEY HAVE FIVE MOTELS IN REDDING THAT HOUSE ABOUT 300 PEOPLE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND

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ITS EFFECTIVENESS, IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO THEY DID SHARE.

BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS, ARE YOU GETTING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, OR ARE WE PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN THE MOTELS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEN THEY'RE JUST EITHER GOING BACK ONTO THE STREET OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND SO THEY SHARED THAT 32% OF THOSE WHO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM END UP MOVING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH I THINK IS FAIRLY GOOD.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'D LIKE THAT TO BE BETTER.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I ASKED THEM IS, WHAT IS WHAT'S THE OBSTACLE FOR THAT OTHER 68%? AND THERE I EXPECTED THEM TO SAY, OH, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING.

WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH OPENINGS.

AND, IN FACT, WHAT THEY SHARED INSTEAD WAS THAT THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS THAT THE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ARE NOT READY TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, WITH SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES.

AND SO THEY...

SO I'M ENCOURAGED, AND THIS KIND OF LEADS INTO THE NEXT UPDATE, WHICH IS WE HAD AN AT-HOME COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH IS A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ALL FOUR JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS THE TRIBE TO FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS.

AND THERE WE HEARD UPDATES FROM TWO PROJECTS, WHICH YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THAT HAVE RECEIVED STATE MONEY TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.

SO THE GOOD NEWS RESCUE MISSION, WHICH THIS BOARD...

GAVE MATCHING FUNDS TO IS BRINGING, I THINK IT'S 75 BEDS ONLINE, AND THEN THE VISIONS OF THE CROSS IS BRINGING, I THINK IT'S 60 BEDS.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY BUILDING OUT THE PIPELINE THERE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT, AND THEN INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THEN INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

I THINK THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MOVING PEOPLE STRAIGHT INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND HOPING THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE JUMP TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

ONE LAST UPDATE HERE AS MY TIME RUNS OUT IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND CAO'S OFFICE ON A POLICY FOR RESPONSIBLE AI USE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE TO BRING BACK OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, BOTH A POLICY AS WELL AS A PROCLAMATION THAT CAN ENCOURAGE US TO BE INNOVATIVE AND TO USE THIS TO BENEFIT BOTH COUNTY SERVICES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO AS WE KIND OF MOVE INTO THIS UNCHARTED AREA AND TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES RAPIDLY THANK YOU THANK YOU SO FAR AS PLUMBER ALL RIGHT ON THE SEVENTH AFTER OUR MEETING I ATTENDED THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND UM I'LL ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME UP THERE AT THE END OF MY REPORT ON THE NINTH I WENT TO THE ACID MEETING IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE WORK THEY DID OVER THE SUMMER OR OVER THE WINTER ON THAT CANAL IS HOLDING UP AND HAS HELPED IT QUITE A BIT UH THE TENTH I HAD A KQMS INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN CLARK.

THEN ON THE 11TH, SATURDAY 11TH, I HAD MY VFW BREAKFAST IN ANDERSON AND THEN WENT STRAIGHT UP TO SHINGLETOWN TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, HAD BREAKFAST THERE WITH ALL THE CLAMPERS AND ALL THE GREAT FOLKS UP IN SHINGLETOWN.

THEN I CAME BACK TO COTTONWOOD, HAD THE SPRING FLING ON FRONT STREET, AND WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN OPEN A YEAR NOW.

AND THEN I WENT OUT TO THE LABORERS UNION PICNIC IN ANDERSON RIVER PARK.

SO MET ALL THE GUYS OUT THERE.

IT WAS QUITE A DAY.

ON THE 12TH, I WENT TO THE COTTONWOOD LIONS CLUB BREAKFAST.

THE 13TH, I WENT TO CARLEEN'S RESTAURANT WHERE JAMES GALLAGHER WAS THERE AND SPEAKING.

THE 14TH, I ATTENDED THE ASPHALT COWBOYS LUNCHEON, AND THEY WENT OVER ALL THE UPCOMING RODEO EVENTS.

AND THE 15TH, I HAD COFFEE WITH THE ANDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SHOUT OUT TO OLIVER COLLINS, THE POLICE CHIEF DOWN THERE, DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME DEBATES, OR I WENT TO THE DISTRICT 1 DEBATES, AND THEN HAD A GENDER REVIEW ON THE 16TH.

AND I WAS DOWN AT ANDERSON LIBRARY.

THEY HAD THEIR YEARLY OPEN HOUSE THERE.

SHOUT OUT TO MARTY MARTZ.

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB THERE.

LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF YOUNG KIDS GETTING ALL SORTS OF STUFF.

I HANDED OUT STICKERS.

THAT WAS MY JOB.

AND THEN I MET WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEPHANIE BRIDGET ON THE 17TH. AND THEN I ATTENDED A DEVELOPERS ROUNDTABLE WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, CHRISTY COLEMAN, SEAN EWING, JOHN HEATH.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM.

HAD SOME DEVELOPERS IN THERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE GRANTS AND DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT THEY CAN GET.

THEN I WENT TO THE LABORERS UNION JOB FAIR ON THE 18TH, AND THEN YESTERDAY I MET WITH CHIEF SEAN O'HARE AND CEO RICKERT, AARON BERTAIN, JEN ROSSI.

THEN I ATTENDED A READING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TALK, MET WITH ALL THEM, AND THEN LAST NIGHT I HAD A RABA MEETING.

SO WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS IT WAS SAID HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, AND IT WAS SAID AGAIN AT THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL, SO I'D LIKE TO CLEAR SOME STUFF UP.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS, JUVENILE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS IN ANDERSON.

LESBAUGH FIRST CAME TO ME SEVERAL, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROJECT, TOLD ME HE WAS WORKING WITH DR.

SANDRA WILSON, HAD ME GET IN TOUCH WITH HER.

EVERYBODY I TALKED TO, IT WAS BEDS THAT WE NEEDED.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSEDLY A GOOD PROJECT.

EVERYTHING WAS POSITIVE ON IT.

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NOW, AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS SAID WHERE IT WAS GOING TO GO.

SO I GAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

I BELIEVE A COUPLE OTHERS.

GAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO IT, I BELIEVE KRISTA COLEMAN GAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

SO WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.

WHEN IT CAME RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MATCH AT THE VERY END.

SO IT WAS ALL RUSHED.

HE HAD TO HAVE IT BY APRIL 1ST, SO WE HAD TO GET IT ON THAT AGENDA OR THAT MEETING IN MARCH.

AND HE CAME TO CEO RICKERT AND AARON BERTAIN.

NOW, CEO RICKERT AND AARON BERTAIN WERE ABLE TO FIND OPIOID DOLLARS, BUT THEY TIED STRINGS TO THEM.

NICE.

BASICALLY UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE WHERE THE PEOPLE UP THERE HAD NOT BEEN TALKED TO AND HAD NOT GOTTEN APPROVAL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT DOING THAT TO THE PEOPLE OF ANDERSON SO WE HAD THEY WE THEY NEEDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM EITHER THE POLICE CHIEF OR THE SHERIFF AND I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR PLUMBER TIED ON TRACY NEAL TO THAT TOO SO THEY NEEDED THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT BEFORE WE GIVE THEM A DIME OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL AT THE CITY COUNCIL SO THERE WE DID NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY AND THAT'S HOW THIS WHOLE THING WENT SO FOR SOMEBODY TO COME SAY THAT WE WERE LIKE TRYING TO FORCE THIS AT ANDERSON, THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

ANDERSON HAD TO APPROVE THIS OR THEY WERE GETTING NO MONEY AT ALL.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO R4.

RECEIVER PRESENTATION FROM NORM HALL, PRESIDENT OF SIMPSON UNIVERSITY, REGARDING HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND POSSIBLY ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOOL IN SHASTA COUNTY.

SUPERVISOR CRYE.

YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY ALLOWING THIS TO BE MOVED UP.

[R4 Receive a presentation from Dr. Norman Hall, President of Simpson University regarding health care needs and the possibility of establishing a medical school in Shasta County (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).]

THIS IS GOING TO BE A NO-VOTE ITEM, AND THIS IS REALLY...

I JUST ASKED THEM TO COME BACK BECAUSE WE'VE ALL ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION AS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR WELL OVER A YEAR AND SUPERVISOR PLUMBER HAS MADE GREAT EFFORTS AS WELL SO WELCOME DR HALL GREETINGS AND SUPERVISORS IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS ASKED TO JOIN AND EVENTUALLY CHAIR AN EXPLORATORY COMMISSION FORMALLY LAUNCHED ON JULY 28, 2025.

TO CONSIDER WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO BRING A MEDICAL SCHOOL TO SHASTA COUNTY.

WHAT BEGAN AS A QUESTION HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY CLEAR AND COMPELLING.

THAT COMMISSION INCLUDES DR.

PAUL DENUCA, GRETCHEN MELBERG, TODD SMITH, DR.

IRENE SALTER, DR.

JASON SALTER, DR.

JIAN WANG, CHRISTY COLEMAN, DEAN GERMANO, ROBIN SCHURIG, DR.

DARREN GORDON, DR.

MICHAEL SALMEYER, AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP WHOSE INSIGHT HAS SHAPED THIS WORK.

IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, WE MOVED CAREFULLY AND DELIBERATELY.

SIMPSON UNIVERSITY FUNDED A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL ROI THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED CFO COLLEAGUE.

THAT'S A FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

THE WORK DREW FROM REAL DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS AND WAS BUILT ON A CONSERVATIVE MODEL OF 150 TO 200 STUDENTS PER COHORT.

WE ALSO DEVELOPED A CASE STUDY EXAMINING MARKET DEMAND AND LONG-TERM VIABILITY.

THE CONCLUSION IS CLEAR.

THE NORTH STATE NOT ONLY NEEDS, IT IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN A MEDICAL SCHOOL.

THE COMMISSION VOTED TO FOCUS ON LAUNCHING A FULLY ACCREDITED FOUR-YEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL IN REDDING THROUGH SIMPSON UNIVERSITY, WHICH ALREADY DELIVERS STRONG PRE-MED, PRE-DENTAL, PRE-VETERINARY PATHWAYS.

AND SUPPORTED BY KINESIOLOGY, COUNSELING, AND A TOP-RANKED NURSING PROGRAM HERE IN CALIFORNIA, RECENTLY RANKED NUMBER THREE OUT OF 140.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO FACILITY PATHWAYS.

THE FIRST IS A LEASED MODEL REQUIRING ROUGHLY $50 MILLION IN ESCROW AND $50 MILLION TO LAUNCH.

AND THE SECOND IS A PURPOSE-BUILDING OPTION REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION WITH PARTNERS IDENTIFIED.

IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE NOW ENGAGED WITH MULTIPLE FLEXIBLE FINANCING AVENUES, AND SIMPSON UNIVERSITY IS PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE LAND AND HELP LEAD EFFORTS TO SECURE THE ESCROW AND INITIAL CAPITAL THROUGH FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS.

SIMPSON UNIVERSITY ALSO ARRANGED FOR A SMALL DELEGATION, INCLUDING OUR VICE MAYOR, DR.

PAUL DENUCA, BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, PROVOST, AND VICE PROVOST FROM SIMPSON UNIVERSITY AND MYSELF.

TO TRAVEL TO KENTUCKY TO STUDY THE UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE.

THIS RURAL MODEL PLACES APPROXIMATELY 72% OF ITS STUDENTS INTO REGIONAL RESIDENCIES, WITH ROUGHLY 42% REMAINING TO PRACTICE LONG-TERM, OUTCOMES THAT DIRECTLY INFORM OUR APPROACH.

WE ARE BUILDING TOWARD THAT SAME OUTCOME WITH THAT BLUEPRINT WITH THE GOAL OF LAUNCHING OUR FIRST CLASS IN 2029 OR 2030.

WE HAVE ENGAGED A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, SALUD, A FULL-SERVICE DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR, AND RETAINED WASHINGTON, D.C.

EXPERTS TO PURSUE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, RECOGNIZING THAT RURAL PHYSICIAN PIPELINE

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DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY A NATIONAL PRIORITY.

STANDARD ESI MODELING SUGGESTS A REGIONAL IMPACT BETWEEN $600 MILLION AND $1 BILLION OVER THE FIRST 10 YEARS.

AT FULL OPERATION, THE MODEL BRINGS APPROXIMATELY 27 NEW PHYSICIANS INTO THE COMMUNITY AS FACULTY, SPECIALISTS WHO WILL BOTH TEACH AND SERVE LOCALLY.

WE HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM HEALTH CARE LEADERS, INCLUDING TODD SMITH AND ROGER PAGE, ASSEMBLYWOMAN HEATHER HADWICK, SAM ATTANI, YOUR CITY COUNCIL, AND READING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

TAKEN TOGETHER, THE DATA AND MOMENTUM.

LEAD US TO A CLEAR CONCLUSION.

THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE ARE ASKING THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER AN ANCHOR INVESTMENT OF $10 MILLION TO INITIATE THIS EFFORT AND POSITION US FOR SUBMISSION TO COCA, THAT'S THE DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY BOARD, FOLLOWING THE UPCOMING SIMPSON UNIVERSITY SPRING BOARD MEETING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS STEP POSITIONS US TO SHAPE HEALTHCARE IN THE NORTH STATE FOR GENERATIONS.

NOW I INVITE OUR SIMPSON BOARD VICE CHAIR, JOSH BARKER, TO DESCRIBE HIS JOURNEY FROM DISBELIEF TO CONFIDENCE AFTER OUR TWO-DAY VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PIKESVILLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

RECENTLY, IT'S TRUE, I VISITED THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PIKEVILLE IS SIMILAR IN SIZE.

ENFIELD OR THE GREATER WEAVERVILLE AREA, ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM ANY SIZABLE CITY WITH FEW MAJOR AMENITIES, YET IT HAS BUILT AND SUSTAINED A MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATING ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS EACH YEAR.

WE MET WITH THEIR DEAN OF ENROLLMENT AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL WHO EXPLAINED THEIR APPROACH.

THEY PRIORITIZE FILLING THEIR CLASSES WITH STUDENTS FROM THE GREATER APPALACHIAN REGION, TYPICALLY 25% TO 50% OF EACH CLASS.

THESE RELATIONSHIPS START IN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRAD.

ONCE THEY'VE CAPTURED AS MANY LOCAL STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR, THEY OPEN ENROLLMENT NATIONALLY TO COMPLETE THE CLASS WITH OVER 2,000 APPLICANTS TO CHOOSE FROM.

WE ALSO MET WITH THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND STAFF OF THEIR 350-BED LEVEL 2 TRAUMA CENTER.

THEY SHARED THAT NEARLY 25% OF THEIR PHYSICIANS ARE GRADUATES OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND APPROXIMATELY 50% OF GRADUATES STAY AND SERVE THE SURROUNDING REGION.

AND THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY DID HIT ME.

THE SOLUTION TO OUR PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE ISN'T OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

IT'S ALREADY HERE.

IT'S SITTING IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ACROSS SHASTA COUNTY AND THE NORTH STATE.

THE SOLUTION AND, EXCUSE ME, AND JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN WITH OUR NURSING PROGRAM, YOU DON'T SOLVE THIS BY IMPORTING TALENT.

YOU SOLVE IT BY EDUCATING STUDENTS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THEY GREW UP IN, WHERE THEIR PARENTS LIVE, WHERE THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS LIVE, WHERE THEIR FRIENDS LIVE, WHERE THEIR SPOUSES LIVE, WHERE THEIR ROOTS ARE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRAIN PEOPLE FROM HERE THEY STAY HERE.

WHAT I WITNESSED IN PIKEVILLE WAS NOT JUST A SUCCESS STORY.

IT WAS A BLUEPRINT.

A BLUEPRINT THAT COULD SERVE SHASTA COUNTY AND ALSO SERVE EVERY RURAL COMMUNITY WITHIN 150 MILES OF US.

TEHAMA, TRINITY, SISKIYOU, LASSEN, MODOC, HUMBOLDT, BUTTE, AND GLYNN COUNTIES WILL ALL BENEFIT FROM THIS MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND READING WILL BECOME THE FUTURE CAPITAL OF RURAL MEDICINE.

BUT PLEASE ALLOW ME TO BE VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS NOT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ACT, NOTHING CHANGES.

THE SHORTAGES GROW, WAIT TIMES INCREASE, FAMILIES TRAVEL FURTHER, OUTCOMES GET WORSE, AND ACCESS TO CARE IN THE NORTH STATE CONTINUES TO ERODE.

NO ONE FROM THE OUTSIDE IS COMING TO SOLVE THIS FOR US.

I BELIEVE THAT SIMPSON UNIVERSITY IS READY TO LEAD.

SIMPSON IS PREPARING A PLAN TO FILE AN APPLICATION WITH COCA TO START THE JOURNEY WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS.

WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT, WELCOME ITS FIRST CLASS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS BY THE YEAR 2029 OR 2030.

AND IF WE GET THIS RIGHT...

MANY OF THE FUTURE DOCTORS CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY WON'T BE JUST PASSING THROUGH.

THEY WILL BE FROM HERE AND THEY WILL STAY HERE.

TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF WHAT'S AT STAKE IF WE DO NOTHING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DEAN GERMANO, FORMER CEO OF SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH, TO SPEAK TO THE SCALE OF THIS CRISIS AND WHY ACTION IS NEEDED NOW.

I'VE BEEN IN SHASTA COUNTY THANK YOU.

MORNING SUPERVISORS.

UP UNTIL RECENTLY, AS THE CEO OF SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND ONE OF MY MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT, AND IT HAS NOT GOTTEN LESS DIFFICULT WITH TIME.

I SERVED ON A COMMISSION, A STATEWIDE COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF CLINICAL WORKFORCE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA JUST SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I WAS THE LONE RURAL NORTH STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT, BUT MY VOICE WAS CERTAINLY

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HEARD.

BUT ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT THE PROJECTION IS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY 2030, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, WILL BE SHORT OVER 4,000 PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS ALONE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND THEN YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT BY SPECIALISTS AS WELL.

AS WAS MY EXPERIENCE WITH STANDING UP A FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, A NURSE PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, I WAS EVEN INVOLVED IN THE DENTAL HYGIENE DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT...

FOLKS THAT STAY WITH US ARE USUALLY, THEY HAVE ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, ALMOST ALWAYS.

WE ALWAYS LOOKED FOR THOSE.

SOMETIMES THEY WERE HARD TO COME BY, BUT WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE THEM INTO OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS, INVARIABLY THEY STAY BECAUSE THEY'RE MARRIED HERE, THEY HAVE FAMILY HERE, THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS REPRESENTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT.

AND ONE OF MY JOBS FROM SHARC, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO APPOINTED ME, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.

AND THEN YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.

BUT THIS, I THINK, IS ACHIEVABLE.

SIMPSON IS DOING THE HOMEWORK.

THEY'RE PULLING IN THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK YET TO BE DONE, BUT I AM ENCOURAGED BY THESE EFFORTS.

SO THANK YOU.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS, FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SIMPSON.

I'M DR.

THOMAS PERRY.

I'VE BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR 45 YEARS AS AN OBGYN PHYSICIAN IN THIS TOWN.

AND I'VE TRIED TO RETIRE TWICE, BUT BEEN RECRUITED BY DEAN GERMANO TO WORK AT SHOUSE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNDESERVED AND TEACHING THE RESIDENTS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A CRISIS IN REDDING AND IN THE NORTH STATE.

AND WE SERVICE EXCUSE ME, WE SERVICE SIX COUNTIES.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT FROM HUMBOLDT TO SISKIYOU TO LASSEN TO TEHAMA AND ET CETERA.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE HAVE GREAT PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALTIES AND WE HAVE GREAT PHYSICIANS.

WE HAVE GREAT HOSPITALS.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE OVERALL HEALTHCARE, THE OVERALL UPPATIENT HEALTHCARE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FINDING A FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

LET ALONE DEALING WITH ERS.

AND SO THIS IS A A COMMON PROBLEM THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FACES.

HAVING A MEDICAL SCHOOL HERE CAN HELP RELIEVE THAT STRESS.

WE'LL PROVIDE TOP-NOTCH PROFESSORS TEACHING THE MEDICAL SCHOOL WHICH WILL BRING IN TOP-NOTCH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, WHICH WILL BRING IN A LOT OF REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL.

AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF SIMPSON UNIVERSITY PROVIDING IT.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SHASTA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I'M DR.

NANDAKUMAR.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS AT SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

I'M HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN COLLABORATION WITH SIMPSON UNIVERSITY AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS AREA.

I STARTED MY PRACTICE IN 1997.

I HAVE PRACTICED IN PRIMARY CARE, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, DIRECTORSHIP AND TEACHING FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS.

OUR READING AND SHASTA HAS SOME OF THE VERY DIFFICULT STATISTICS IN TERMS OF HEALTH CARE, WHETHER IT IS DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, COPD, PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED CANCER.

THAT BECOMES SO BECAUSE OF LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS.

AND THAT'S WHY THREE YEARS AGO WE STARTED THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE PRESENCE OF RESIDENT DOCTORS.

WE STARTED WITH 24, AND NOW THIS YEAR WE'LL BE HAVING A COMPLEMENT OF 42 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS.

THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH EDUCATION.

THIS IS NOT JUST A SHORTAGE OF HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

THIS IS A SHORTAGE OF HEALTH CARE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING.

AND THIS MEDICAL SCHOOL WILL

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DEFINITELY HELP IMPROVE OUR WORKFORCE BY CREATING A CONSTANT.

PIPELINE OF PHYSICIANS.

IT WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE.

IT WILL ELEVATE THE REGION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE.

THIS IS ALSO QUITE ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHAT A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL, CAN DO.

AND MR. MATT PLUMMER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT.

THIS WILL BE THE BEST RETURN OF INVESTMENT FOR A LONG TIME TO COME FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THIS AREA WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL CONCERNED.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 40 SECONDS LEFT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL SALMEYER.

I'M THE PROVOST AT SIMPSON UNIVERSITY.

I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND, HAVING LIVED IN APPALACHIA, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN A HEALTH CARE DESERT AND HAVING THE NEEDS MET BY MEDICAL SCHOOLS LIKE THIS ONE.

I WORKED CLOSELY WITH IT.

I'VE COME HERE AS A FATHER WHO HAS TWO CHILDREN AND A WIFE WHO ARE GOING TO NEED MEDICAL CARE, AND I SEE THE SUBSTANTIAL IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

CAN YOU COME UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS SO YOU CAN GET THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF TOWN RIGHT NOW.

DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, STEPHANIE? FIRST, WE NEED TO ASK IF HE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD BECAUSE IF HE DIDN'T AND WE OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SUBMIT ONE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOTCHA.

DID YOU TURN THE CARD IN? OKAY, FANTASTIC.

LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THEN.

SO WE HAVE NINE SPEAKERS, SO IT'LL BE THREE MINUTES EACH.

FIRST UP.

DR.

TOM PERRY, THOMAS PERRY.

HE SPOKE DURING THE THING.

MARGARET HANSEN, FOLLOWED BY MO, THEN JAMES POSTA, THEN MICHAEL SIMIER.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A GREAT IDEA ALL OF THIS IS.

I THINK YOU'RE BEGINNING TO FIND THAT OUT.

IN MY EXPERIENCES, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LACK.

I'VE HAD TO FIGHT WITH DOCTORS FOR MY MOTHER, SAVED HER LIFE 17 TIMES BECAUSE OF HAVING TO FIGHT FOR HER CARE AND GETTING GOOD CARE, BAD CARE, OR REALLY UGLY CARE.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT THE MEDICAL MODEL NEEDS TO INCLUDE A NATURAL HEALTH COMPONENT AND TO TEACH HUMANITY COMPASSION AND TRUE INTEGRITY-FILLED CARE BECAUSE I'VE HAD THEM REJECT MY MOTHER BECAUSE OF HER AGE.

MY DOCTOR'S GOING TO RETIRE IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.

THAT'S SCARY BECAUSE I'VE HAD HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP.

BUT THIS IS AN AMAZING IDEA.

THIS IS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.

I THANK ALL OF THEM FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS MONEY BACKING BEHIND IT.

SO I'M SAYING...

YEAH, WE NEED TO DO THIS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

MY EXPERIENCE IS I'VE HAD AMAZING DOCTORS HERE, AND THEN THEY LEAVE, AND THEN YOU'RE FLOATING IN SPACE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION AND CARRY ON.

NEXT UP, MOE, FOLLOWED BY JAMES POSTA, THEN MICHAEL SAMIR, JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

GOOD MORNING, FELLOW CONSTITUENTS.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

MY NAME IS MONIQUE WILLEEN.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HERE.

TO ALL THE DOCTORS THAT SPOKE, I THANK YOU SINCERELY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

SO I HAVE BEEN COMING IN SINCE SEPTEMBER 19, 2017, TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR UNDERSERVED, UNSHELTERED, UNDER-RESOURCED INDIVIDUALS.

THIS CLICKS OFF THE UNDER-RESOURCED INDIVIDUALS.

YOU WILL BE HELPING A VAST FUTURE OF CHILDREN WITH KNOWLEDGE.

YOU WILL BE HELPING A VAST FUTURE OF CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE NORTH STATE.

THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE.

AND I WOULD HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU GUYS DEDICATE THE FUNDING, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WERE ASKING $10 MILLION.

SO I CAME UP HERE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE JUST LIKE MY MOTHER.

MY MOTHER HAS SCHIZOPHRENIA, HAS BEEN HOMELESS HER WHOLE LIFE.

LONG STORY SHORT, I CAME IN HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HER

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LIFE TO BE IN VAIN.

ONE DAY I WAS TALKING TO LARRY LEES ABOUT THE SACKLER FAMILY, THE OPIOID CRISIS.

LARRY LEES WALKED ME TO MY CAR AND TOLD ME THAT THE OPIOID FUNDING WAS BECAUSE I WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO TALK ON BEHALF OF SOMEBODY LIKE MY MOTHER.

SO THAT FUNDING MEANS SOMETHING TO ME BECAUSE I WAS TOLD I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS PLEASE THINK ABOUT OUR VAST FUTURE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MY CHILDREN.

FLIGHT MEDIC, FIRE MEDIC, 20 YEARS.

I WAS IN MEDICINE.

I WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR STUDYING FOR MY MCATS, BUT LIFE SOMETIMES CAN CUT YOU AT THE KNEES.

BUT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR YOU GUYS TO PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT I'VE SEEN THAT CAN COME OUT OF SHASTA COUNTY IN A VERY LONG TIME.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, FOR YOUR OBSERVATION, FOR YOUR DOCTORATE DEGREES.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND FOLLOWING ON THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.

PLEASE ALWAYS AT THE BASIS UNDERSTAND DO NO HARM.

NEXT UP JAMES POSTMA FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL SAMIR, JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

YES, I'M DR.

JAMES POSTMA.

I'M CHAIR OF THE BOARD AT SIMPSON UNIVERSITY AND ALSO AN AMERICA'S PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IN CHICO.

I'M HERE JUST TO SIMPLY REPRESENT TWO THINGS.

THIS IDEA IS NOT JUST THE IDEA OF OUR TALENTED AND ENERGETIC PRESIDENT, BUT OUR BOARD REPRESENTING LOCAL, STATEWIDE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IS BEHIND THIS EFFORT.

WE'LL BE VOTING ON SOME ASPECTS OF IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST NORM IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I'M A RESIDENT OF CHICO, BUTTE COUNTY.

THE ACUTENESS OF THE PROBLEM HAS NOT QUITE HIT CHICO, ALTHOUGH THE FIRST CRACKS ARE SHOWING WITH...

MONTHS-LONG WAIT FOR MEDICAL CARE EVEN FOR PEOPLE WITH EXCELLENT HEALTH INSURANCE AND AND SUPPORT BUT ONCE WELL THE CITIZENS BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHICO AND HERE THAT BIG RURAL AUDIENCE IS ACUTELY AWARE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS I WAS PART OF THE PIKEVILLE TRIP THE FAMOUS PIKEVILLE TRIP, AND IT WAS SO CLEAR THAT THAT DESIGN FITS THAT NEED TO A KEY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO USED ABOUT IT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AND YOUR SUPPORT MICHAEL PREMIER JENNY FOLLOWED BY THE LAW FOR SEVERAL THEN D T NANDA COME OFF MD BRIEFLY BEFORE BATTLE ACT MY COMMENTS IT LOOKS AT A LOCAL EXPLANATION I LIVED IN UH...

FOR THREE YEARS I LIVED IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION AS THE PROVOST AT A SMALL UNIVERSITY THERE, ONE OF OUR SISTER SCHOOLS IS A VERY LARGE OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT EVERY YEAR CONTRIBUTES 600 DOCTORS TO THE APPALACHIAN REGION AND THE DELTA SOUTHEAST.

WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM HAVING LIVED IN A HIGH-POVERTY HEALTH CARE DESERT IS THE IMPACT OF SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY BRING THEIR DOCTORS FROM THOSE REGIONS.

AND THEY SEND THE DOCTORS BACK INTO THOSE REGIONS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY STRUCTURE EVERYTHING WITH A COMPASSION AND A PASSION FOR HELPING PEOPLE IN THOSE REGIONS.

I MOVED HERE AND I SAID, OKAY, I SEE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I SEE IN APPALACHIA AND I SEE SOME OF THE SAME NEEDS FROM APPALACHIA.

AND I KNOW FROM HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT AS WELL AS THE TRIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE, I KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH MEDICAL SCHOOL WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND THANK YOU JENNY TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND UH...

COME OUT AND EVEN DID A HELL OF AN ECHOED IN A FEW THANK YOU HELLO, BOARD.

SO I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU, BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, I DO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROJECT.

AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD THEM WHEEL OUT A DOCTOR ON A COMPUTER RATHER THAN A LIVE PERSON, OR SOMEONE WHO'S WAITED MONTHS TO SEE DOCTORS FOR CERTAIN THINGS, OR STILL DOESN'T HAVE A SPECIALIST IN NEUROLOGY, THIS IS A GOOD START.

THIS IS A GOOD BEGINNING.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT EXPAND AND GET BETTER.

I KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SEEING, IT'S JUST CREATING DOS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY KIND OF DOCTOR.

BUT IT'S A BEGINNING, AND A BEGINNING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

IT'S BETTER TO START SOMETHING THAN TO GO, IT'S TOO BIG, I CAN DO NOTHING.

SO THANK YOU.

DOLORES, COME ON UP, FOLLOWED BY NANDA KAMLOV, MD, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS, BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING

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AT THE OTHER PART TO THIS.

I LOOK AT EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT MY CONCERNS ARE, THIS IS IN A WAY TO ME, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A JOKE, BECAUSE THE FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE JAIL.

THE JAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST.

THEN YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS. YOU'RE NOT A DOCTOR.

YOU'RE PLANNING TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO MAKE A BLUEPRINT.

A BLUEPRINT JUST TO KIND OF SAY, OH, SHASTA COUNTY DID THIS.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS? BY GIVING MONEY AWAY, $10 MILLION, WHEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE OPIUM.

DOES IT FALL ON THE GUIDELINES? DID YOU ASK THIS ORGANIZATION OR THE BUSINESS, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED, DID YOU ASK THEM WHERE ARE THEIR FINANCIAL RECORDS? BECAUSE I PULLED UP INFORMATION, THEY HAVE NO 990S, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE RECEIVING.

I KNOW THAT MR. KEVIN CRY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GRAVY TRAIN BECAUSE HE LIKES THE GOVERNMENT MONEY, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO CHASE MONEY FROM CHILDREN, BECAUSE I SEE ALSO THAT THE DOCTORS HAVE A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.

SO IS THAT KEVIN TRIED PUSHING BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A GRAVY TRAIN FOR HIM DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY DO TEACH AND HAVE AN EDUCATION SUPPOSEDLY FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS UH...

AND THEN DR.

DANUKA WHO ACTUALLY ALSO IS INVOLVED IN REGARDING THIS AND HE'S THE DOCTOR AND HE ALSO IS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF OF READING DON'T YOU SEE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR HIM TO BE PUSHING THIS AGENDA AND YOU AS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OVERSEE CERTAIN THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING TO COMMIT ANOTHER CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE LAST PRIOR MEETINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED CONTRACTORS WITH THEIR LICENSE REVOKED? HOW MANY BAD DECISIONS ARE YOU GOING TO BE MAKING? DID YOU EVEN CHECK ON THAT? DID YOU, MR. PLUMMER? YOU'RE ALWAYS SUPPORTING EVERYTHING THAT KEVIN CHRIST IS ALWAYS PUSHING.

YOU'RE LIKE HIS LITTLE PUPPET.

NOW, YOU'RE CHASING, YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER KEVIN CHRIST SAYS.

YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY? I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING MONEY AWAY, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.

YOU'RE GIVING THINGS AWAY WITHOUT CHECKING.

YOU THINK IT'S OKAY FOR THE COUNTY TO BE ENGAGING WITH A CONTRACTOR WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LICENSE AND HAS BEEN REVOKED? I DON'T THINK YOU'RE DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, MAKE ALL CRIMINALS INTO SAYING THEY'RE MENTAL? IS THIS GOING TO BE A MENTAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ISSUES? OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE A HOSPITAL? AND WHERE'S ALL THE FUNDING? WILL YOU BE QUIET, MR. KEVIN CRAIG, WHEN THE PERSON SPEAKING? JUST SHUT UP AND SIT THERE AND LISTEN.

MY GOSH, YOU NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPECT PEOPLE.

DT NANDA KUMAV, MD.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? OKAY.

ALREADY SPOKE.

DAVID HALLIGAN.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESENTATION FROM DR.

HALL IN THE PACKET, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE DR. HALL BEING HERE WITH THE OTHER DOCTORS, JOSH BARKER, IN PRESENTING THIS TODAY.

BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS, AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS.

A PROPOSAL TO FUND A MEDICAL SCHOOL AT A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LIKE SIMPSON UNIVERSITY, AND I HEARD THE WORD SEED MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, $10 MILLION.

AS OPPOSED TO A PUBLIC INSTITUTION LIKE SHASTA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FACES SEVERAL LEGAL FINANCIAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO SUPPORT SECTARIAN OR DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS FUNDING A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY COULD LEAD TO PROTRACTED LAWSUITS OVER THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MR CRY YOU CURRENTLY DEALING WITH THE U C COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES ALL PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES BUT NOT SIMPSON UNIVERSITIES THOSE UNIVERSITIES ARE PUBLIC AND CANNOT GIVE FUNDS TO SIMPSON COLLEGE FOR EDUCATION.

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OPERATE WITH MUCH MORE AUTONOMY OR ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE STATE OVERSIGHT AS COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES.

EQUITY AND ACCESS, ADMISSION POLICIES.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAN DISCRIMINATE IN ADMISSIONS BASED ON RELIGION, ACADEMIC HISTORY, OR INCOME.

IN CONTRAST, PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES LIKE SHASTA COLLEGE ARE MANDATED TO SERVE ALL THE RESIDENTS.

RESOURCE DIVERSION.

CRITICS ARGUE THAT DIVERTING LIMITED FUNDS TO PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM UNDER-RESOURCED PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY RELIES ON.

I GO BACK AND TALK ON SHASTA COLLEGE, A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE THAT EVERY ONE OF US AGREE, KIDS GO TWO YEARS, THEY GO OFF, AND MANY OF THEM DON'T COME BACK.

AND MAYBE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SHASTA COLLEGE.

MAYBE IT DID.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

BUT I I DO DO HOPE

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APPRECIATE IT.

DR.

HALL, COULD I HAVE YOU COME FORWARD? THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

WE HAVE A SHORTAGE, A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WISEST USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS.

SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS YOU WERE ASKING FOR A COUNTY COMMITMENT OF $10 MILLION.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WAS THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT.

WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING SOURCES COME FROM TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TEN AND I'M GONNA GUESS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION I DON'T KNOW GOOD QUESTION UH...

OUT JUST FOR THE RECORD OF REREAD THE PARAGRAPH ON THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO FACILITY PATHWAYS ONE OF THE LEAST MODEL WHERE WE LEASE A BUILDING A RETROFIT IT AND THAT MODEL COST FIFTY MILLION FOR ESCROW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE ESCROW WORKS BOTH COCA AND LCME, WHICH IS MD AND DO, ASK YOU TO SET ASIDE DOLLARS BECAUSE PRIOR TO 2017, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FOR-PROFITS THAT GOT INVOLVED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEN THEY FOUND THAT THE MARGINS WERE TOO THIN, THEY WOULD DROP OUT OF THE SPACE AND LEAVE THE MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS STRANDED.

SO THEY PUT IN PLACE THIS ESCROW, WHICH IS CAPTIVE MONEY.

TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS UH...

PERSISTENT THRIVE NONE NONE OF THOSE DOLLARS HAVE EVER BEEN CLAIMED SINCE TWENTY SEVENTEEN SO FIFTY MILLION TO LAUNCH AND FIFTY MILLION ESCROW THAT'S THE RENTAL BUILDING MODEL AND THEN THE OTHER MODEL IS WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMPANY CALLED SALUTED THAT BRINGS THAT BRINGS RESOURCES IN EXCHANGE FOR PARTNERSHIP, AND THAT'S $150 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES A MEDICAL SCHOOL BUILDING ITSELF.

SO THAT WOULD BE $150 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE FACILITY UNDER THE SALUD MODEL? RIGHT.

AND THEN THERE WOULD BE $10 MILLION.

WHERE WOULD THE OTHER $140 MILLION COME FROM? AGAIN, $50 COMES FROM SALUD, AND $50 IS ESCROW, AND THE OTHER $50 IS FOR SIMPSON UNIVERSITY TO FUNDRAISE.

THIS WOULD BE THE ANCHOR.

A VERY MEANINGFUL ANCHOR, BY THE WAY, IF YOU'VE DONE FUNDRAISING, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO COME BACK TO THE INITIATING BODY, WHICH IS THIS BODY FOR THE PROJECT.

SO THE VERY FIRST REQUEST WOULD VERY COMMONLY BE TO GO BACK TO THE INITIATING BODY TO SHOW THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT.

AND SO THE FIRST $10 MILLION WOULD BE VERY NORMALLY ASKED OUT OF THIS BODY.

AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FUNDRAISE THE OTHER $40 MILLION.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO FUNDRAISE AND DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW THAT WOULD GO? ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN UP TO A NATIONWIDE FUNDRAISING? $40 MILLION IS A LOT TO RAISE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE RAISED $36 MILLION FOR OTHER INITIATIVES THAT DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SAME DRAW.

WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERS, THREE SETS, THREE PARTNERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WITH US AND SITTING SENATORIAL.

PERSONNEL AS WELL AS CONGRESSIONAL PERSONNEL THAT ARE ASSISTING US TO IDENTIFY PATHWAYS TO TO GAIN SOME OF THESE DOLLARS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES YOU MAY KNOW NOW THAT THERE ARE TWO IF NOT THREE SIGNIFICANT STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS FOR RURAL MEDICAID FOR RURAL MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT WILL CERTAINLY BE PURSUING THOSE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE NORTH STATE SHASTA WELL FITS THE CRITERIA THAT HAS BEEN SET

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OUT TO RECEIVE THOSE DOLLARS.

IN ANY CASE, THE BROAD ANSWER IS IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THOSE DOLLARS.

AND I'M SURE THAT THE BOARD WELL KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE CAPACITY TO PUT A CONTINGENCY IN PLACE.

SHOULD WE FAIL, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DISPENSE THE DOLLARS, OF COURSE.

HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT THE DETAILED FINANCIAL PLANS ABOUT THE BUILD-OUT EXACTLY WHERE DOLLARS WOULD GO? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO.

MOST PEOPLE THAT WOULD LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE SPAGHETTI SOUP, BUT IT'S SEVERAL PAGES OF DATA.

I WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED CFO COLLEAGUE, WHICH IS A SPECIALIZED COMPANY IN ESTABLISHING ROIS FOR MAJOR...

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND SALUD ALSO CREATED THEIR ESTIMATE IN AN ROI FORMAT.

IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME AT MY OFFICE AT SOME POINT I'LL BE GLAD TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.

OKAY AND AND WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A UC DAVIS PRESENTATION TO SHARK RECENTLY AND THEY CAME IN NOT THE 10 MILLION THEY CAME IN AT SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TO CONDUCT THAT ANNUAL OR I HAD HEARD IT WAS 750 TO A MILLION ANNUALLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT'S THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPARING OKAY CORRECT AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IF SIMPSON EVER COMMISSIONED AN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY GIVEN THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WOULD SOMETHING POSSIBLY MORE AFFORDABLE LIKE A UC DAVIS EXTENSION, WOULD THAT BE A MODEL THAT WOULD WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP RECRUIT DOCTORS OR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE INDEPENDENT COMING IN AND KIND OF FIGURING THIS OUT VERSUS JUST THE PERSPECTIVE OF SIMPSON? SURE, IN FACT.

THIS INITIATIVE STARTED OFF WITH A CONSORTIUM, THE NAMES I READ OFF EARLIER, AND LOOKED NOT ONLY AT DAVIS, BUT ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH A GROUP OUT OF CHICO THAT WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE SAME.

AND AT SOME POINT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF RESEARCH, THEY ELECTED TO, DECIDED TO, ON A VOTE TO GO WITH SIMPSON BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST MODEL.

AND IT HAS THE GREATEST FINANCIAL RETURN AND THE MOST LIKELY MODEL TO BRING, PROVEN BY BLUEPRINT IN A MORE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT THAN OURS, 150 GRADUATES A YEAR.

AND SO WE ELECTED TO GO BECAUSE SIMPSON SAID WE'D BE WILLING TO CARRY THE WEIGHT.

SIMPSON DID NOT GO INTO THIS SAYING, HEY, LET'S DO THIS.

I WAS ASKED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE AND AT SOME POINT AGREED TO CARRY THE WEIGHT.

ON BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTION.

AND YOUR MODEL IS BASED ON KIND OF LOCAL RECRUITMENT FOR KIDS, CORRECT? AND KEEPING KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL, STAYING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WOULD THAT BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND, SAY, LIKE UC DAVIS? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

SO I KNOW THAT UC DAVIS DOES SOME WORK WITH SHASTA COLLEGE AND HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US TO PARTNER WITH, BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

BUT THEY ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGE SYSTEM, PERHAPS HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.

WHEREAS SIMPSON'S A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE THAT ALREADY HAS PRE-MED, PRE-VET, PRE-DENTAL.

THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD GRADUATE FROM OUR PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE GUARANTEED IF THEY MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS.

THEY'D BE GUARANTEED.

SO OUR REGIONAL POOL ALONE WOULD FAVOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE REGION.

IN ADDITION, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE BLUEPRINT FROM OUR TRIP TO UPIKE IS THAT THEY HAVE, AND CERTAINLY WITHIN LEGAL PARAMETERS, THEY HAVE FOUND AN AVENUE TO, LET'S SAY YOU'RE FROM BOSTON AND I'M FROM WAIRIKA.

AND I HAVE A 3.8 AND YOU HAVE A 4.0, THEY'VE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM THAT FAVORS THE LOCAL REGION IN THEIR APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS.

SO THEY VERY DELIBERATELY INVEST IN THE LOCAL REGION, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO.

IN ADDITION, IN SOME OF MY EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTIES, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY, I'M GOING TO SAY, LINING UP, SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO BE

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ON BOARD WITH BRINGING THEIR CANDIDATES FORWARD.

TO GO INTO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE.

SO THERE'S A NICE BIT OF MOMENTUM IN THAT SPACE.

GOOD QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BARKER, CAN YOU COME UP FOR ME, PLEASE? AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE STATEMENT DR.

HALL MADE.

AND I THINK I KNOW HE WAS REFERENCING THE CONSORTIUM, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED.

AND ACTUALLY THIS STARTED IN THE FALL OF 20, WHAT, 2024.

AT COFFEE WITH DR.

DENUCA, MYSELF, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER SUPERVISOR-ELECT PLUMMER WAS NOT EVEN TAKING OFFICE, WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT.

THAT WAS CHRIS STREET, AND THEN THIS HAS MOVED FORWARD, AND HERE WE ARE NOW.

MR. BARKER, HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SERVE ACTIVE MILITARY FOR THE COUNTRY? FOUR YEARS.

FOUR YEARS.

HOW MANY DEPLOYMENTS? TWO.

DID YOU FACE ADVERSITY? YES.

MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS? DID WE HAD TO DO SO YOU LOCALLY HAVE A BUSINESS CORRECT YOU SELL A LOT OF HOMES NAMES EVERYWHERE HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR NAME TO YOU IT'S EVERYTHING HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY IT'S EVERYTHING SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU WENT AND YOU WERE A SKEPTIC BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS RAW CONVERSATION I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR IT LIKE WHAT WERE YOU MOST SKEPTICAL ABOUT WELL I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST AS A TRUSTEE AT SIMPSON THINKING MAN 150 STUDENTS SOUNDS BIG AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG HEADWIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND NOT UNDERSTANDING IF IT REALLY WHAT IT MEANT TO EVEN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN I LEARNED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE TRAVELING OUT TO UPIKE, I SAID, I'VE GOT TO GO AND SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.

I CAN'T HONESTLY SAY I'M GOING TO GET BEHIND IT.

SO WHEN I WHEN I GOT OUT THERE, I WOULDN'T CALL ME A SKEPTIC, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS LIKE I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING, TOO.

AND WHEN I GOT OUT THERE, WHEN I LOOKED AROUND AND I SAW WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS WERE 25 YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THEY TOLD ME.

POINT BLANK THAT THEIR FAMILIES WERE DYING THERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET MEDICAL CARE.

AND THAT THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COAL COMPANIES CAME ALONG AND ASSISTED IN FUNDING A SMALL MEDICAL SCHOOL OUT OF PIKEVILLE.

AND THEY GREW THAT.

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY PUT EMPHASIS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, ON ATTRACTING KIDS UP AND DOWN THE APPALACHIAS INTO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THEY COULD KEEP THE, FIND THE STUDENTS FROM THERE, THEY WOULD STAY THERE.

AND IT WORKED.

AND WHEN I SAW THE MEDICAL HOSPITAL, WHEN WE WENT OVER AND TALKED TO THEM, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT I NEED TO HEAR FROM THE MEDICAL HOSPITAL THERE.

IMAGINE MERCY, RIGHT? TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR DOCTORS.

TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR MEDICAL SITUATION.

WELL, PIKEVILLE DOES NOT HAVE A MEDICAL SITUATION ANYMORE.

THEY ARE A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER WITHOUT ANY DOCTOR SHORTAGES AT ALL.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE MEDICAL SCHOOL BECOMES THIS RESOURCE FOR THEM WHERE THEY CAN LITERALLY START PICKING STUDENTS OUT IN YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR.

THAT THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE THEY FINISH UP THEIR RESIDENCY.

THESE KIDS ARE ALREADY FROM THERE.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THEY'RE FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYBODY'S THERE.

THEY JUST STICK AROUND.

THE GREATER REGION, I WAS TOLD, WAS OVER 50% OF THE DOCTORS FROM THE MEDICAL SCHOOL STAY IN THE REGION.

THIS IS WHERE, FOR ME, I MEAN, IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS TO THINK, AND IT REALLY DID, BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF OUR KIDS THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR SCHOOLS AROUND HERE, UP AND DOWN THE NORTH STATE, THAT GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS, IT NOT ONLY CHANGES THEIR LIVES, IT CHANGES OUR LIVES.

IT REALLY DOES.

AND WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO SHASTA COUNTY UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SHASTA COUNTY BUT WE'RE NOT SOLVING IT JUST FOR SHASTA COUNTY THIS IS SOLVED FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH STATE LIKE I SAID EARLIER 150 MILES FROM HERE EVERYBODY WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE SENDING THEIR KIDS DOWN TO THIS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SLOWLY DEVELOP RESIDENCIES BACK WHERE THEY'RE AT SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WHERE THEY CAME FROM I CAN'T WAIT TO GO AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH ALL THESE OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE ASKING YOU FOR AN ANCHOR INVESTMENT BUT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN THE NORTH STATE AND WE'RE SAYING WE GOT GREAT NEWS SHASTA COUNTY IS LEADING THE WAY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE THE CAPITAL.

OF RURAL MEDICINE, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

AND WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IT AFFECTS THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN IT TOO.

AND THEN SUPERVISOR LONG, TO YOUR QUESTION, MY UNDERSTANDING, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DAVIS IS OFFERING 150 STUDENT MEDICAL SCHOOL.

I'M HEARING A VERY SMALL SOLUTION TO A VERY BIG PROBLEM.

IT'S A BAND-AID.

WHAT, I'M SORRY? IT'S A BAND-AID.

WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE IS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.

CORRECT, FOR THE LONG TERM.

I MEAN, WHAT, YEAH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO INTO IT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO...

BECAUSE I THOUGHT THROUGH THIS TOO.

BECAUSE I WISH THAT IT WOULD BE EASY JUST TO SAY, LET'S JUST DO BOTH.

BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH RESIDENCIES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE STEPPING ON TOES, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE STUFF WITH THAT.

BUT I KNOW THIS.

I SAT FACE-TO-FACE WITH ROGER PAGE AT DIGNITY HEALTH.

THEY MANAGE THREE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS.

I SAT FACE-TO-FACE WITH TODD SMITH.

THEY SAID THEY'RE IN.

IF MERCY'S SAYING THEY'RE IN, THEN THEY'RE WILLING

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TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE HEAVY LIFT.

WE'RE ALREADY DOING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW WITH OUR NURSING PROGRAM.

IF WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THEM NOW AND THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE IN, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

I MEAN, I'M JUST A LOWLY REALTOR HERE.

I GET IT.

RIGHT.

BUT I KNOW IT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS IN ORDER FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE 150 STUDENT MEDICAL SCHOOL.

I'M NOT LOST TO THAT, HOW HARD THAT IS.

BUT MAN, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE COULD BE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE BUILT.

YEAH.

WELL, AND I'M GOING TO.

I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU.

LIKE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU RETIRED AND REBUILT YOUR I MEAN SERIOUSLY.

JUST ONCE.

SO WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS HE'S NEVER BEEN MY REALTOR.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS ON THE SIMPSON BOARD.

BUT HE DID A FACEBOOK POST AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS TRIP.

AND FOR ME, AS A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR OR WHATEVER, YOU START TEN THINGS.

YOU SEE WHAT GAINS TRACTION.

AND YOU PUT GAS BEHIND THOSE.

WHEN HE CAME BACK AND DID A POST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PUBLIC, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT IT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTFELT AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE MEDICALLY.

AND FOR MR. BARKER TO PUT HIS NAME ON IT AND LEAN IN AS MANY HOURS AS HE HAS, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY MET QUITE A FEW HOURS, AND THAT'S JUST WITH ME.

THIS IS VIABLE.

AND IF WE DON'T THINK BIG, MANY OF YOU, JUST LIKE ME, ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE DOWN TO UCSF FOR A CARDIOLOGISTS AND ONCOLOGISTS, A RHEUMATOLOGIST.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING ON AND ON.

AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, GUYS, FOR THE FIVE OF US, COME THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE I WILL BE REQUESTING SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE BIG HEADWAY.

AND IT'S A BIG MOVE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, AND THIS IS EVEN PRIOR TO SUPERVISOR LONG, HARMON, AND PLUMMER BEING SEATED, WHEN IT WAS EVEN FLOATED, WE HAD 15 PUBLIC SPEAKERS, 14 OF THEM WERE NEGATIVE.

NOW YOU SEE IT, AND IT'S STARTING TO GO THE OTHER WAY.

PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ON BOARD ARE ON BOARD NOW.

I MEAN, THIS IS VERY DOABLE, AND NOT JUST DOABLE, BUT THIS CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR COUNTY.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO ASK IS A FINANCIAL QUESTION, JOSH.

YOU SELL A LOT OF HOMES.

IF THIS COMMUNITY WAS INFUSED WITH, LET'S JUST ON THE LOW END SAY IT'S $500 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO TO PROPERTY VALUES AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY? I LIKE YOUR QUESTION.

AND I JUST, FOR...

FOR EVERY REASON I WANT TO BE, PEOPLE KNOW THAT MY PASSION ISN'T ABOUT THE MONEY.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S ABOUT TREATING PEOPLE.

UM, BUT THE, BUT THE MONEY PIECE OF IT, AND THIS ISN'T FROM ME, THIS IS FROM PIKEVILLE.

WE SHOWED THEM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS AROUND THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PNL, SO TO SPEAK FOR, FOR THIS OPERATION.

WE BROUGHT THAT PNL TO PIKEVILLE.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THEIR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THEIR, THE LEADERSHIP INSIDE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND WE ASKED THEM TO BEAT IT TO DEATH.

WE REALLY DID.

I MEAN, WE WERE SITTING THERE, BIG SCREEN TV LIKE THIS ONE HERE, AND JUST WENT TO TOWN ON IT.

AND THE ONLY CONCLUSION THEY CAME UP WITH IS, WELL, WE THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL THERE, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVE.

WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN YOU THINK.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US THERE.

SO MY POINT IS, THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE BEING GIVEN ARE SOMEWHERE ON THE LOW END, I THINK, OF $600 MILLION TO $1 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS.

NOW, THAT'S GREAT.

IT MAKES SENSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 600 STUDENTS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, GUYS.

600 OF THEM RUNNING AROUND IN OUR TOWN EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR.

COULD YOU IMAGINE THE TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL CAPITAL THAT WILL BE SPREAD OUT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY? I MEAN, THESE ARE HANDS UP ALL DAY LONG.

AND I LOOK AT THAT AND I GO, DOES THAT AFFECT HOUSING? SURE IT DOES.

AND YOU COULD ARGUE THAT IT WILL BE GOOD OR BAD.

WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD SOME MORE HOMES TO SOLVE IT.

BUT WE ARE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THAT NEXT PIECE OF THE MODEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE HARD PART FOR YOU GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU.

IT'S WHEN I'VE WATCHED ALL OF THIS, PIECING THIS TOGETHER.

IT'S LIKE WHO'S IN FIRST, RIGHT? WE NEED TO GET MOMENTUM.

IT'S LIKE A BIG HUGE FLYWHEEL THAT WEIGHS A MILLION POUNDS.

ONE PERSON PUSHING IT, IT AIN'T MOVING.

WE NEED TO GET LIKE 50 OF US BEHIND THIS THING PUSHING IT.

WE'LL START TO GAIN A FEW INCHES.

AS SOON AS IT STARTS TO MOVE, THE OTHER PEOPLE WILL GET HOPE.

THEY'LL JUMP ON IT.

NOW WE'RE FLYING.

BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY TO START JUMPING INTO THAT SPACE.

AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE DAVIS OPTION.

I GO, IF IT WAS 150, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

IF IT WAS 100, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

IF IT WAS 50, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO GET SOMEWHERE.

BUT I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING, AND MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T, BUT I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY THAT'S TALKING ABOUT DOING WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO.

NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY, BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE NORTH STATE, 150 MILE RADIUS AROUND REDDING, LET'S SOLVE IT FOR EVERYONE.

EVERYBODY.

AND OTHER COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED SAYING IF IT WENT THIS...

DIRECTION, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK TO ALLOCATE ONE POSITION EVERY YEAR OR ONE DOLLAR AMOUNT EVERY YEAR ONCE SOMEONE GRADUATES AND PROVED IT, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK.

AND I'VE TALKED TO THREE COUNTY CHAIRS ALREADY.

SO, WELL, WE WERE IN CONVERSATION WITH DEAN LAST NIGHT AND DEAN'S A BRILLIANT MAN.

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I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HIS CREDENTIALS AND ONE OF HIS CONCERNS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE OF HIS CONCERNS WOULD HAVE BEEN, IT'S LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE RESIDENCIES LOCALLY? HOW ARE WE GOING TO REALLY COVER THIS? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THAT FIRST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT.

I MEAN DON'T FORGET DAVIS IS HERE.

THEY'VE WENT 200, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS AWAY TO TALK FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT OUR GOAL WILL BE OVER TIME THAT THOSE YEAR THREE, YEAR FOUR STUDENTS WILL START FOCUSING ON SHRINKING THE CIRCLE AS WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NORTH STATE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR IT.

BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME AND IT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GET NICKED UP A LITTLE BIT GOING THROUGH IT.

BUT NOTHING GOOD COMES WITHOUT SOMEBODY BEING WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YES, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

AND MY, AS SUPERVISOR CRYE NOTED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON THIS FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH YOU, DR.

HALL, A NUMBER OF TIMES, BOTH RECENTLY AND GOING BACK TO JANUARY.

THE, AND I, YOU KNOW.

EXCITING IDEA.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY I'VE COMMITTED AS MUCH TIME AS I HAVE TO IT.

AND I THINK IT HAS HUGE POTENTIAL.

THE, THE KEY THING FOR ME, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR DEAN GERMANO SAY THAT HIS EXPERIENCE IS THAT YOU'VE DONE THE HOMEWORK.

WHAT I'VE, WHAT I SEE IS WE DON'T SEE THE HOMEWORK THOUGH.

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY COMING BEFORE US WITH A $10 MILLION ASK WHEN THAT ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY THE COMES BEFORE US IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT, WHICH IS NOT TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A ROBUST BUSINESS PLAN THAT'S 20 PAGES OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND HERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I'VE SENT THIS OVER TO YOU IN EMAIL, BUT FOR US TO STEP INTO IT WITHOUT ANYTHING ESSENTIALLY DOCUMENTED IS INAPPROPRIATE, I THINK, FOR THIS BODY.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE IN THAT TO CONSIDER A $10 MILLION ASK IS ON THE STUDENTS.

YES, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MR. BARKER, 25 TO 50 PERCENT COME FROM THE GREATER APPALACHIA REGION.

SO IF WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ATTRACT LOCAL, WHY DOUBLE THE SIZE AND HAVE 50 TO 75 PERCENT COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL GRADS AND THE NUMBER THERE.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS ACTUALLY REASONABLE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLETING FOUR-YEAR DEGREES? ALL THOSE NUMBERS PLAYED OUT.

IT MIGHT MAKE COMPLETE SENSE.

I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE CALCULATIONS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN US RUN THROUGH THAT.

SAME THING FOR THIRD- AND FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED SIX CLINICAL ROTATIONS DURING THIRD YEAR FOR 150 STUDENTS.

THAT'S 900 CLINICAL ROTATIONS.

WHERE ARE THOSE GOING TO HAPPEN? WHICH, YOU KNOW, SHASTA REGIONAL AND MERCY HAVE SAID THEY'RE ON BOARD.

OKAY, HOW MANY CLINICAL ROTATIONS DO THEY THINK THEY COULD SUPPORT IN YEAR ONE, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE LAID OUT.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS DOWN IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY TALKING TO FOLKS THERE AND TALKING TO THE VICE DEAN OF UCSF FRESNO MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHO HAD STARTED THE KAISER MEDICAL SCHOOL, HE SAID, CLINICAL ROTATIONS IS MAKE OR BREAK.

IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT, THE SCHOOL FAILS.

AND THAT I'VE YET TO SEE ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATED THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

AND IT'S PART OF IT.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE.

ALSO ON RESIDENCIES, YOU MENTIONED WITH PIKESVILLE THAT 72% GO ON TO DO RESIDENCIES LOCALLY.

SO IF YOU HAVE 150 STUDENTS, THAT'S 108, RIGHT? CURRENTLY, PER YEAR, WE HAVE ABOUT 25 RESIDENTS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT QUADRUPLING, QUINTUPLING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCIES TO SATISFY THAT 72%.

AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY UNDOABLE, BUT WE NEED TO SEE HOW THAT WILL ACTUALLY WORK.

WE NEED TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT SUPERVISOR LONG ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE 10-YEAR OR 5-YEAR PRO FORMA ON THIS, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE $10 MILLION.

ASK WHAT WILL THAT BE USED FOR YOU MENTIONED WE COULD GET IT BACK IF IT'S PAYING FOR THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY EXPENDED OR DONE BY THAT POINT THEN YOU KNOW I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL WORK BUT UM THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE DETAIL AND THEN I THINK THE THING I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN UH CHRIS STREET WAS WORKING WITH US WE YOU KNOW I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE ORG STRUCTURE SO HOW MANY FACULTY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE DO YOU ESTIMATE ARE GOING TO BE PULLING FROM PRACTICING PHYSICIANS CURRENTLY THANK YOU.

AGAIN, ALL THESE ARE ANSWERABLE QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THEM.

WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM TODAY.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN A DOCUMENTED FORM.

AND SO WHENEVER IT COMES TIME FOR THIS ASK TO COME BEFORE US, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ALL SPELLED OUT,

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AND FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING THIS TO BE SEED FUNDING THAT THEN BRINGS ALONG OTHER INVESTORS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US, AND WE LEARNED THIS, YOU KNOW, AS SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM ALLUDED TO EARLIER TODAY, THAT UH...

I THINK WE'RE LEARNING THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS A BOARD BEFORE APPROVING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, AND I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE PART OF IT.

THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I SHARED A CASE STUDY.

IN THE CASE STUDY, I BELIEVE PAGE 5 HAS AN ROI, 10-YEAR PRO FORMA, AND ATTACHED TO THAT, THERE ARE NDAS THAT WE HAVE TO SIGN WITH THE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH BECAUSE IT'S A PROTECTED MODEL.

THE ONE I SHARED WITH YOU WAS MY INITIAL MODEL.

THE NDA MODEL IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

LET ME OFFER YOU THIS.

I'D BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU AND WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TABS THAT DRIVE IT.

FOR INSTANCE, I COULD TELL YOU THAT THE COST IS $62,000.

IF WE RENT A SPACE, IT'S 85,000 SQUARE FEET.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE 27 SPECIALIST INSTRUCTORS THAT NEED TO BE HIRED.

THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT I TALKED TO SAID THAT CERTAINLY SOME OF THOSE WILL COME FROM THE LOCAL REGION, BUT IN VAST MAJORITY, THOSE ARE SPECIALISTS THAT COME TO THE REGION THAT YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NET POSITIVE.

AND IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENCY, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN UPIKE DID, WITH 29 RURAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE, MANY OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BASED UPON THE DATA, NOR BASED UPON THE EXPERTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN THAT HAVE...

SALUD, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS ALREADY SET UP MORE THAN SEVEN SIMILAR SCHOOLS IN THE NATION.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT TURO IS SETTING ONE UP IN MONTANA IN A MORE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT THAN OURS.

ALSO ONE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.

SO TO SOME DEGREE, PROFORMA IS AVAILABLE AND IN PART ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED ON A 10-YEAR MODEL.

AND TO ANOTHER DEGREE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET DOWN IN THE DETAILS OF IT, I WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT PRIVATE MEETING.

GOOD QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, I THINK A PRIVATE MEETING, AND I KNOW WHEN WE MET, WE WENT THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET, AND THAT WAS GREAT, AND BACK IN JANUARY.

BUT YOU'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO COME BEHIND.

AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR EVERY CELL IN THE SPREADSHEET TO BE ON THIS PLAN.

IT CAN BE SUMMARY.

BUT WE NEED A DOCUMENT AS A PUBLIC BODY, IN MY OPINION, THAT ROBUSTLY LAYS OUT HOW THIS ALL WILL WORK.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC THEN CAN REVIEW, THAT WE ALL CAN SEE, AND THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO, AND OFFER FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE, OR BE LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING, WE THINK THIS IS SUPER ROBUST, AND WE FULLY SUPPORT IT, AND I THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY BUILD THE CASE FOR THIS, ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT AND THAT THE EXAMPLES PROVE YOUR CASE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I'M ALSO ASKING THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS ASSEMBLED.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSIDERATION FOR ANY NDAS THAT YOU'VE SIGNED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT IN WHICH WE GET ROBUST INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT VIOLATING SOME OF YOUR AGREEMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE I START TALKING, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IN THE MAGNITUDE.

OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THE DECISION, NOT REALLY THE DIFFICULTY TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT THE DIFFICULTY, AND I'LL LOOK AT AARON ON THE FRONT ROW, OF MONEY.

RIGHT? MONEY'S THE CHALLENGE.

AND THEN, OUT OF ALL DUE RESPECT FOR SHERIFF JOHNSON, EVERYBODY'S, AND SUPERVISOR LONG, AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS WE HAVE IS THE JAIL.

BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TWO BIGGEST PROJECTS WE GOT IS THE JAIL.

AND THE POTENTIAL OF DOING A MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND I KNOW THE JAIL HAS, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AS SEED MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO STOP SOME OR A LOT OF THAT REVOLVING DOOR FOR CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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THAT'S HUGE, RIGHT? BUT I'M ALSO A BUSINESSMAN.

MR. JOSH IS.

SO I HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW YOU CAN JUST TALK ABOUT MEDICAL ALL DAY LONG, AND YOU CAN GAIN A LOT OF TRACTION JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT PUT YOUR BUSINESS HAT ON.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE WHERE WE LIVE? ECONOMICALLY THE MARKET WHERE WE, AND THIS IS ALMOST, TO ME, FEELS LIKE A MINIATURE, I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN I SAY THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK I'M VERY INTERESTED IN CONTROLLED GROWTH.

BUT THIS IS LIKE A MINIATURE SILICON VALLEY FOR SHASTA COUNTY, POTENTIALLY.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE...

THIS TURNING TO SILICON VALLEY OUT HERE.

I LOVE THIS PLACE AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE HERE DOES.

BUT I ALSO LOVE THE IDEA THAT, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR MY GRANDKIDS.

MY KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS STAY HERE.

TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY HERE AT A MEDICAL SCHOOL? NOT THAT I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, NOT THAT I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO, BUT...

THE HAZARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS IS, AND I HEAR IT EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY, I'M MOVING TO IDAHO, OR MY KIDS ALL LEFT AND NOW I'VE GOT TO GO SEE THEM IN TEXAS OR IDAHO OR WYOMING OR SOMETHING.

AND I GET THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I LOVE WHERE WE LIVE.

YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO FIND A BETTER SPOT FOR OPPORTUNITIES, EXCEPT FOR WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

FOR PEOPLE TO STAY HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING OLDER, LIKE SUPERVISOR LONG.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

HE KNOWS THAT BECAUSE HIM AND I ARE LIKE ALMOST THE SAME AGE, SO I'M TEASING HIM.

BUT WE DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE WHERE WE'RE LIVING.

I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HEAR YOU'VE GOT TO GO SOUTH TO GET MEDICAL HELP? YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE OF SHASTA COUNTY IN A, IN A VERY BIG WAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME COMMITMENT.

I THINK WE BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM GRANT WRITERS MOVING ON THE JAIL STUFF AND THE MEDICAL STUFF THAT'S GOING TO, BECAUSE I KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING AT AARON AGAIN, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.

AND I KNOW THE ONLY FUNDS WE REALLY KIND OF GOT SET ASIDE IS JAIL FUNDS, BUT HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SIT HERE AND SAY, OH, THE JAIL'S MORE IMPORTANT OR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL'S MORE IMPORTANT.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EASILY...

AND THEN LOOK AT THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE THAT CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ME LOOKING AT PEOPLE I RESPECT.

AND THEIR OPINIONS.

THESE ARE MOSTLY DOCTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SHOULD LISTEN TO.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE CORKY'S COMING FROM.

IF I MAY, CORKY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THOSE WHO HAVE PURSUED THIS PATH SEE IT AS MORE THAN A MINIATURE ECONOMIC ENGINE.

IT ACTUALLY IS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ENGINE, PERHAPS THE MOST ECONOMIC ENGINE YOU CAN GET DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

BECAUSE IT DRAMATICALLY IMPACTS THE AIRPORT, ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANTS, REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, GROCERY, FUEL, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT FLOATS ALL THE BOATS.

SO GO AHEAD.

NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, SEE, LISTEN TO THAT.

HE'S WELL SPOKEN.

I'M NOT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE MY MIND'S AT.

AND ONE MORE THING FOR MR. PLUMMER.

THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF OUR COCA, WHICH IS THE ACCREDITING BODY.

SO IT WOULD BE EASY FOR THIS BODY TO PUT A CONTINGENCY ON IT.

IF WE DON'T GET ACCREDITATION APPROVAL, THEN YOU HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR HERMAN, SUPERVISOR LONG.

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ERIN, COULD YOU WELCOME? THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S PERTINENT TO THIS DISCUSSION.

I KNOW THIS IS A NO-VOTE ITEM.

THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A PRESENTATION, SO I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF BOARD DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS SHOULD BE.

ANYWAY, SO MY QUESTION IS, WE HAVE $24 MILLION CURRENTLY SET ASIDE, AND I KNOW WE HAD $10 MILLION THAT I THINK THE PRIOR BOARD, OR IT WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO ARE WE SITTING AT $24 MILLION MINUS THE $5 MILLION WE'VE COMMITTED FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE? SO ARE WE AT $19 NOW? SO GOOD MORNING CHAIR KALLSTROM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMBER TAIN, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

SO WE HAD ABOUT $34 MILLION SET ASIDE IN TWO SEPARATE COMMITTED FUNDS THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO THE JAIL OR THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY.

OF COURSE, THE BOARD CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT.

THE BOARD HAS VOTED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR DEMOLITION OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT $7 MILLION.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE DONE SOME WORK AND ARE PLANNING SOME WORK ON THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NORTHERN LOCKHEED EXPANSION.

AND SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE, WHEN I LOOK AT MY, OR THE THREE OF THOSE, WHEN I LOOK AT, LIKE, WHAT I'M PROJECTING FROM.

BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WE WOULD END PROBABLY AROUND 21 MILLION WITH THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

OH 21 MILLION SO WE'D BE ENDING WITH THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND BALANCE THAT CORRECT MY PLAN IS TO USE THE NINE MILLION DOLLAR ONE FIRST SO THAT WE REALLY JUST ARE DOWN TO THE ONE SO IT'S EASY.

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THE 10 MILLION WHAT HAD BEEN ROTATED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AND IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE.

YEAH, SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE.

SO INITIALLY WHEN THE COMMITTEE FUNDS WERE SET UP, THERE WERE TWO $9 MILLION.

WE'RE GETTING IN THE WEEDS HERE A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

IT'S A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BUDGETING FOR THIS $10 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

OKAY, AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT.

SO I WAS NOT GOING TO OPINE ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AS TO WHAT THE COUNTY'S FUNCTION IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY ON TOPIC WITH A PRESENTATION.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT ADVICE, AND THANK YOU, AARON.

YOU GOOD? SUPERVISOR CRAIG.

SUPERVISOR.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE KIND OF ADDITIONAL COMMENT RELATED TO CONTINGENCY VERSUS.

UPFRONT DOCUMENTATION AND YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD ADD ANY CONTINGENCIES SHOULD THIS GROUP DECIDE TO FUND IT BUT ALSO I WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF MAKING THAT DECISION VERSUS MAKING A DECISION AND THEN HOPING THAT THE CONTINGENCIES ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT AGAINST SOMETHING THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW AT THAT TIME IF IT'S A SUFFICIENTLY ROBUST PLAN.

SUPERVISOR CRAIG.

SO I'M GOING TO I'LL WRAP THIS UP.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD HERE.

AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.

SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY GET INTO THE POLITICS, RIGHT? SO IF SOMETHING'S IN THE BUDGET, IT REQUIRES A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE.

IF IT STARTS AFTER THE BUDGET HEARING, IT BECOMES A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE.

SO I COULD HAVE SPRUNG THIS AT THE LAST SECOND IN JUNE, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU GUYS.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO SIMPSON.

AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.

WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IS ROLL YOUR SLEEVES UP AND GET TO WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLING TO SIT AND GO THROUGH SPREADSHEETS AND TALK ABOUT DOLLARS.

AND THE SHERIFF'S GOING TO CALL YOU, AND I DON'T BLAME HIM TO CALL YOU BECAUSE HE HAS HIS ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WELL, THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ISN'T TO OPEN A CAR DOOR OR GIVE UP THEIR SEAT IF A FEMALE IS STANDING AND WE'RE SITTING.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT COMES DOWN TO...

DO WE WANT TO DO BIG TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS? THIS BOARD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING IN JUNE THAT WILL AFFECT THIS COUNTY FOR 50 TO 100 YEARS AND WE CAN SIT ON OUR HANDS AND SAY OH WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS DO THE WORK AND IF YOU GUYS COME BACK AND MAKE A GREAT CASE OF WHY WE SHOULDN'T SPEND THE 10 MILLION ON THAT THEN I'D SAY YOU'RE RIGHT BUT THAT HAS TO BE PROVED AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SO ANYBODY THAT'S NOT READY TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN JUNE, IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO THE WORK.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT BECAUSE THOSE GUYS AREN'T READY TO PRESENT TO YOU.

WELL, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU.

IT IS THEIR JOB TO PRESENT A CASE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY ROBUST.

I CAN DO THE WORK IN PRIVATE, BUT THEY NEED

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TO BRING A DOCUMENT.

THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTATION.

THERE WAS NO PRESENTATION ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

THAT'S FINE.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN WRITING THE PLAN, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR $10 MILLION.

YOU WANT THE SEED FUNDING.

YOU WANT THIS TO COME FROM THE BOARD.

WE DON'T HAVE IT.

WE'LL BE TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER STRATEGIC PRIORITY.

MAYBE THAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT.

BUT WE, AS A REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC, DESERVE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THE PLAN FOR THIS.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND DO A TWO-HOUR PRESENTATION WITH SPREADSHEETS.

NO, JUST PUT IT IN THE STAFF REPORT SO EVERYONE CAN READ IT.

AND KEVIN? AND THAT WOULD COME IN JUNE.

AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, OKAY, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAY IT'S FINE, BUT IT'S NOT FINE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT IT SOONER.

AND I'M SAYING GO GET IT FROM THEM, OR I'LL GO GET A COPY AND BRING IT TO YOU.

SURE.

YES.

I DISAGREE WITH YOU AS WELL.

THAT'S NOT SHOCKING.

SO MY OPINION IS THE COUNTY HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR JURISDICTION IS AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDING.

AND.

WE DON'T.

AND WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS.

AND WHILE THIS IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL IDEA THROUGH SIMPSON AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT A LIMITED POOL OF RESOURCES.

I GOT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS STOPPED FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHTFULLY SO.

WE MUST DECIDE WHAT BUSINESS THE COUNTY IS IN AND WHAT WE ARE MANDATED AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT DRIVES OUR DECISIONS WITH NOT, NOT UNLIMITED RESOURCES.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU JUST SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? SUPERVISOR KELSHAM AND I HAVE BEEN MAKING THEM FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED, ESPECIALLY WITH SUPERVISOR JONES THERE IN THE BACK.

THE REASON WE HAVE...

THAT MONEY IS BECAUSE WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS.

THE REASON WE HAVE THAT MONEY IS BECAUSE THE TWO YEARS THAT I WAS CHAIR, WE'VE CUT OVER 100 POSITIONS THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD.

THE REASON THE SHASTA COUNTY IS IN THE BLACK AND NOT BANKRUPT AND ALMOST INSOLVENT LIKE THE CITY OF READING IS BECAUSE THE STAFF HAS BEEN MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.

AND HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY IN CLOSING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JURISDICTION, ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.

WE CAN SIT UP HERE ALL DAY AND KEEP JUST RUBBER-STAMPING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY SHERIFF JOHNSON...

REACHED OUT TO ME TO HELP LEAD THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

HE SAID IT.

HE SAID, BECAUSE, KEVIN, YOU GET THINGS DONE.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE CAN GET THIS DONE, AND WE CAN GET THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM DONE, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF HARD WORK, JUST LET ME KNOW, AND I'LL JUST TAKE YOURS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MEDICAL SCHOOL BUILT, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM BUILT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

I'M DONE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS A FORMER CEO.

THAT SET ASIDE THE MONEY THAT

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WE ENDED UP WITH THE TWENTY FOUR MILLION BECAUSE IT WAS FOR SAKE TONIGHT LET'S WRAP THIS UP MOVING ON LET'S GET TO A PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN TIME DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS MISS BLANKET JUST ONE MOMENT HERE WE HAVE AND THANK YOU DOCTOR NORM HALL AND EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP TODAY REALLY APPRECIATE IT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ALLOW YOU WE HAVE TWELVE SPEAKERS THAT'LL BE A TWO MINUTES EACH WITH THAT, MARGARET HANSON.

STEVE KAHN, THEN MO.

OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO FINISH UP ON THE ANDERSON FACILITY.

I WAS GLAD THAT YOU GUYS PUT IT OFF AND PUT CRITERIA AROUND IT.

I INVESTIGATED A LOT OF THINGS ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE UNANSWERED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT, MY SUGGESTION FOR THE DOCTOR, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE HER PHONE NUMBER AT SOME POINT IF SHE'D LET ME.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARGARET.

NEXT UP, STEVE KAHN, FOLLOWED BY MO, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN.

IS STEVE HERE? NOT SEEING STEVE.

MO, COME ON UP.

IS MO STILL HERE? NOT SEEING HER EITHER.

DAVID, HALLIGAN, LINDA, GLASS.

AFTER LINDA, WE HAVE DAN, JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS EXPECTING A BABY IN JUNE.

AND SHE STILL HAS NOT MET HER DOCTOR YET.

SHE HAS NO IDEA WHO'S GOING TO DELIVER HER BABY.

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NOBODY HAS SHOWED UP.

SHE'S SEEN A NURSE PRACTITIONER, AND THAT'S IT.

WHOEVER IS ON CALL IS GOING TO BE HER DOCTOR.

THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS.

HOWEVER, WHAT I REALLY CAME TO SAY IS THIS.

WHEN 10,000 SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS SIGNED THE PETITION TO PUT MEASURE B ON THE BALLOT, THEY ASSUMED THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD MAKE THAT PROCESS HAPPEN.

HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN, AND IN FACT, THE BOARD TRIED IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO THWART THE LEGAL PROCESS, EVEN RESORTING TO SUING PRIVATE CITIZENS, OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE.

WHEN ONE ANTIFA ACTIVIST...

SUED THE BOARD AND THE COUNTY CLERK TO FURTHER OBSTRUCT JUSTICE FOUR OUT OF FIVE BOARD MEMBERS CHOSE TO DO NOTHING ALARMINGLY TAKING SIDES WITH ONE DISSIDENT INSTEAD OF 10 000 OF THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS IN ORDER TO FINISH THE LEGAL PROCESS OF GETTING THE MEASURE TO THE BALLOT FOR THE VOTERS TO DECIDE THE CITIZENS OR INTERVENERS HAD TO RETAIN AN IT.

ATTORNEY AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE DEFENDED THE BALLOT MEASURE PER COUNTY POLICY AND PAID THE LEGAL FEES FOR A BETTER ATTORNEY TO DO SO BUT SINCE PRIVATE CITIZENS PAID FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEFENSE IT IS THE COUNTY'S DUTY TO REPAY THE CITIZENS FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIRST PLACE THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE DAN, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO, THEN ANTONIA.

HE WASN'T HERE, SO WE DID MOVE ON.

CORRECT.

I, TOO, AM REQUESTING THAT YOU GUYS...

REPAY THE CITIZENS.

WE ENTRUSTED THE CHARTER AMENDMENT TO YOUR CARE.

WE FOLLOWED THE LAWS.

WE LEGALLY DID WHAT WAS REQUIRED.

THE CITIZENS SPOKE.

THEY WANT TO SEE IT ON THE BALLOT, AND YOU DIDN'T DEFEND IT.

SO WE HAD TO APPEAL THAT, PAY FOR THAT APPEAL, AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR THE BOARD TO PAY TO DEFEND THAT THING THAT WE ENTRUSTED, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WE ENTRUSTED TO YOU.

THAT'S JUST CHARACTER.

YOU GUYS NEED TO DEFEND WHAT IS ENTRUSTED TO YOU.

I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO IF YOU GUYS CAN REPAY THOSE CITIZENS, IT'LL SHOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRUSTWORTHY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE ENTRUSTING THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO YOU.

YOU CAN'T JUST PICK AND CHOOSE THEM.

YOU IGNORED 10,000 PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEIR NAMES, SIGNATURE, AND ADDRESS.

AND CAVED INTO ONE PERSON THAT ANONYMOUSLY FILED A LAWSUIT THROUGH AI.

THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR IT, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEFENDED.

ALSO, JOE LAMAR REFUSED TO LET CLINT CURTIS.

HE WAS MENTIONED IN THAT LAWSUIT BY NAME, BUT HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN DEFEND HIMSELF.

HE HAD TO GO WITH NO DEFENSE AS WELL, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU GUYS TO JUST IGNORE THE RIGHTS TO.

TO REPRESENTATION IN COURT.

WE DIDN'T GET THAT AND CLINT CURTIS DIDN'T GET THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.

JENNY, COME ON UP, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, ANTONIA, THEN CHRIS ENRIQUEZ.

GLAD I PUT MY NAME IN FOR THAT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TODAY AND THEN I HEARD THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, MEASURE B WAS...

NOT LEGALLY PUT ON THE BALLOT, AND BEFORE ANYONE SAYS IT, THE COURT CASE SAYS OTHERWISE IT DID NOT.

HE ACTUALLY SAID HE WANTED MORE TIME, AND THAT IT MOST LIKELY WOULD BE STRUCK DOWN AFTER IT GETS PUT IN, IF IT GETS VOTED FOR AT ALL.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, CLINT CURTIS USING HIS POSITION OF POWER TO PUT IT ON WHEN IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SIGNATURES TWO TIMES OVER.

NOT ONLY DID IT NOT HAVE ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH IT WAS INDEED ADVERTISED AS.

BUT HE DID NOT MEET THE 95% THRESHOLD OF SIGNATURES THAT WERE ACCURATE, YET STILL PUT HIS NAME ON THAT.

WHAT KIND OF A LIAR DOES THAT? HE USED HIS POSITION OF POWER TO PUT A BALLOT ON ILLEGALLY, AND WE ALL KNOW IT.

AND THAT EMAIL, BEFORE ANYBODY SAYS IT WAS HEARSAY, IS PULLED FROM A PUBLIC RECORD FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

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SO THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING THING TO BE HEARSAY.

I'M ALSO REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT THE PERSON WHO WENT AGAINST IT WAS ANTIFA.

I'M GUESSING, WAS SHE IN ALL BLACK? WAS SHE WEARING A MASK? HOW COULD YOU TELL? WHAT DID SHE SAY? DID SHE WALK UP AND GO, YO, ANTIFA, EVERYBODY? LIKE, HOW DO YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS? SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT COME UP HERE ON OUR SET ARE INSANE.

INSANE.

THANK YOU, COUNTY, FOR NOT DEFENDING AN ILLEGALLY PLACED BALLOT WITH ILLEGAL PARTS ON THE MEASURE THAT EVEN IF IT DOES PASS, WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE SEVERAL OF IT STRUCK, SEVERAL PIECES OF IT STRUCK OUT BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL BY CALIFORNIA STANDARDS.

AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE REDONE BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO.

NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, THEN CHRIS ENRIQUEZ.

IT'S A VIOLATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.

SHE'S RIGHT.

MEASURE B IS ACTUALLY...

MEASURE B SHOULD NEVER EVEN BEEN MOVED FORWARD TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT.

BUT I WAS CONTACTED BY THE ACLU AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE LAST WEEK.

THEY WILL BE STEPPING IN.

SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING.

IF IT PASSES, YOU GUYS ARE ALL SCREWED.

SO KEEP ON MAKING MISTAKES.

KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

TITLE III, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ADA.

NO.

KEVIN CRYE AND YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTINUE TO ALLOW MRS. LORI FREEBRIDGE TO CONTINUE TO ATTACK CERTAIN CITIZENS REGARDING THEIR ADA.

YOU ACTUALLY ENGAGE ALLOWING HER TO PLACE PHOTOS IN THE DAMN HALLWAY IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

I RECEIVED A LETTER.

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WHICH THEY OPENED, REOPENED THE CASE TO OPEN TO ACTUALLY...

FILES A CIVIL LAWSUIT, A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.

SO AGAINST WHAT YOU ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

SO YOU GUYS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR ALLOWING IT TO BE HAPPENING FOR YEARS.

KEVIN KRASH SHOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED, PEOPLE.

BECAUSE HE CONTINUES TO VIOLATE OUR CONSTITUTION, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

HE CONTINUES TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE CITIZENS.

WHEN YOU SPEAK UP, HE SPEAKS AND HE INTERRUPTS.

AND HE CONTINUES TO SLANDER PEOPLE.

HE CALLS HIMSELF A GODLY MAN.

HE'S NOT A GODLY MAN.

HE'S A HYPOCRITE.

HE'S A LIAR.

AND HE ALSO PUT CLINT CURTIS INTO OFFICE BECAUSE HE'S A DEMOCRAT.

HE CALLS HIMSELF A REPUBLICAN, BUT WE KNOW CLINT CURTIS IS A LIAR AND A CHEATER.

BUT YET, YOU ALLOWED HIM TO CONTINUE TO COMMIT FRAUD IN THE ELECTION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT FRAUD, BUT YET YOU ACTUALLY CREATED FRAUD.

KEVIN KRANTZ SHOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED BECAUSE NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE CHAIR.

BECAUSE IF KEVIN KRANTZ GETS RE-ELECTED, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU BETTER BE READY.

HE'S GOT A PLAN.

ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS ENRIQUEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK JONES.

FAKE NEWS, RADICAL FAKE NEWS, UNEDUCATED PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THINGS THAT ARE NOT...

OH, MY GOD.

GIVE ME A HEADACHE.

TRUE.

OH, GOD.

LORD, HELP ME.

WELL, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO REIMBURSE THE DEFENSE OF KASKY'S CASE KNOWN AS JANE DOE BECAUSE SHE CAME FORWARD WITH THE AI-GENERATED LAWSUIT TO TAKE DOWN A LEGALLY PERFORMED BALLOT MEASURE THAT YOU...

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING TO DEFEND IN DEFENSE.

YOU TOLD THE ROV THAT HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING THE CASE AND DEFEND HIMSELF.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE DEFENDED THE WILL OF OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION.

IT'S NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INTERVENERS, BUT THEY CAME FORWARD TO DEFEND IT.

WHEN THE COUNTY UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY FAILED TO DO THEIR DUTIES.

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO REIMBURSE THE INTERVENERS FOR THEIR EXPENSES.

NEXT UP, CHRIS ENRIQUEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK JONES.

I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO...

CHAIR KALLSTROM'S STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY WHERE THIS ANDERSON THING WAS NOT TRIED TO PUSH THROUGH.

WELL, I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING AND I HAVE

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TO DISAGREE.

YOU GUYS ALL SAT HERE, EXCEPT FOR SUPERVISOR LONG, PRETTY MUCH RAMRODDING THAT PROJECT OR THAT MONEY, THAT VOTE THROUGH.

IN FACT, MR. CRY EVEN EXERTED SOME UNDUE PRESSURE ON THE REST OF YOU TO TRY TO GET THAT VOTE THROUGH.

THANKFULLY, YOU PUT A CONTINGENT ON IT.

BECAUSE THE CITY OF ANDERSON SURE AS HECK WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.

THIS BOARD SEEMS TO BE USING THAT SAME TACTIC FOR THE ACP PROGRAM.

YOUR SHERIFF IS MAKING EMPTY PUBLIC SAFETY PROMISES TO THE PUBLIC.

AN ACP PROGRAM ISN'T GOING TO PROVIDE FURTHER PUBLIC SAFETY.

HE CAN'T.

THE STATE IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHO THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ON ANKLE MONITORING, NOT THE SHERIFF.

STATE TELLS THEM THAT.

THE SHERIFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE IN THAT PROGRAM THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE PROGRAM.

THEY CAN WALK AWAY AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

FELONS ARE ON ANKLE MONITORING.

VIOLENT FELONS.

THE COURT MAKES THAT DECISION, NOT THE SHERIFF.

SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE.

SCHOOL, MEDICAL SCHOOL WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY, WHY DON'T YOU COLLECT THE NORTH STATE COUNTIES, TAKE ALL YOUR ACPS AND YOUR MCRPS AND PUT THEM IN SUSANVILLE.

THAT PLACE IS EMPTY.

MAKE THE WHOLE NORTH STATE.

MOVE IT OVER THERE.

SAVE EVERYBODY A TON OF MONEY, TON OF HEADACHE.

THAT'S MY SAY.

PATRICK JONES.

AND THEN, CHAIR, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.

GOOD MORNING.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WAS TAKING A LOOK AT TRANSPARENT CALIFORNIA.

I STUMBLED UPON SHERIFFS FOR CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS TAKING A LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT-HAND COLUMN OF PAY AND BENEFITS.

AND SOME SHERIFFS IN CALIFORNIA ARE AT $600,000 AND $500,000.

SHERIFF JOHNSON WAS AT $445,000.

I TOOK A LOOK AT HIS BASE PAY.

AND THEN I TOOK A LOOK AT HIS BENEFITS, THE BASE PAY AND THE BENEFITS SHOULD EQUAL $445,000.

HIS BENEFITS WERE ZERO.

AND CLEARLY I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

I LOOKED AT 2023, IT WAS THE SAME.

AND IN 2022, THERE WAS ONLY $6,000 PAID INTO BENEFITS.

WITH A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH, I FOUND A SENATE BILL IN CALIFORNIA PASSED IN 2017 THAT NO ONE OR AT LEAST VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT.

THAT ALLOWS ELECTED OFFICIALS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED RETIRED ANNUITANTS AND COME BACK AT THE 960 HOURS BUT TO COME BACK WITH UNLIMITED HOURS.

SHERIFF JOHNSON IN FACT IN THE START OF 2022 BEFORE THE ELECTION THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF 2022 RESIGNED AS SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF STARTED TAKING HIS CALPERS PENSION AND UNLIMITED HOURS.

TODAY HE TAKES HOME ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY AND THAT WAS KEPT FROM THE BOARD.

NOW YOU CAN IT IS LEGAL TO DO IN A CERTAIN MANNER.

THERE ARE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU CANNOT SEPARATE MIDTERM UNLESS YOU RESIGN.

IF YOU RESIGN, YOU HAVE TO BE REAPPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH WAS NOT DONE.

THIS WAS WITHHELD FROM THE BOARD.

AND THEN A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH FINDS OUT IN 2024 THAT OUR TAX COLLECTOR, LORI J.

SCOTT, IS DOING THE SAME THING.

THAT WAS WITHHELD FROM THE BOARD.

SHE RESIGNED AS WELL.

THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.

FOR A SHERIFF IN SHASTA COUNTY TO TAKE HOME A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BEFORE A PRIMARY ELECTION IS SHOCKING AND UPSETTING, AND IT'S UPSETTING TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAPPENED ON MY WATCH.

THIS BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION, A POLICY, AN ORDINANCE, OR EVEN A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

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ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CONSENT.

HAVE WE HAD ANY ITEMS PULLED? ALL RIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE ONE.

SECOND, PLUMBERS.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR PLUMBERS, SECONDED

[R3 Receive a presentation from Amanda Macon, County Coordinator for the Shasta County Fire Safe Council, regarding an overview of program scope, deliverables, and anticipated impact (Sponsored by Supervisor Long).]

BY SUPERVISOR CRYE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 5-0.

MOVING ON TO REGULAR CALENDAR, R3.

RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM AMANDA MACON, COUNTY COORDINATOR FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, REGARDING AN OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM SCOPE, DELIVERIES, AND ANTICIPATED IMPACT, SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ALAN OLSON.

I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.

REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'VE PUT ON OUR CALENDAR TODAY, OR YOUR CALENDAR TODAY, THE ITEM WITH RESPECT TO LEARNING ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY COORDINATOR TO STRENGTHEN WILDFIRE EDUCATION, PREPAREDNESS, AND RESILIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, TRIBES, FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVESTING HEAVILY IN FIRE RESILIENCE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COUNTY AND A GOOD COORDINATION WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE BOTH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.

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PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE AMANDA MACON WHO WILL PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW TODAY ON THE COUNTY COORDINATOR POSITION.

AMANDA.

GOOD DAY CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

TODAY I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATE OF THE 2025 WILDFIRE COUNTY COORDINATOR GRANT PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS POSITION IS STATE FUNDED.

IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN WILDFIRE MITIGATION, THE COORDINATION AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, ENSURING LOCAL EFFORTS ALIGN WITH STATE PRIORITIES WHILE REMAINING COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

I'LL START WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND THEN FOCUS ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THE GOAL OF THE WILDFIRE COUNTY COORDINATOR PROGRAM IS TO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE, AND DEVELOP COUNTYWIDE COLLABORATION AMONG WILDFIRE MITIGATION GROUPS.

WILDFIRE RESILIENCE REQUIRES COORDINATION ACROSS AGENCIES, NONPROFITS, FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, LANDOWNERS, AND RESIDENTS.

THIS PROGRAM ENSURES THESE EFFORTS ARE ALIGNED STRATEGIC AND NOT OPERATING IN SILOS.

IN SHASTA COUNTY, MY ROLE IS TAILORED TO MEET OUR COUNTY'S UNIQUE WILDFIRE RISK AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.

THE COORDINATOR ROLE IS ADAPTED TO EACH COUNTY'S UNIQUE NEEDS.

IN SHASTA COUNTY, THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING OUTREACH TOOLS FOR MITIGATION GROUPS, COLLECTING DATA AND SUPPORTING MAPPING EFFORTS, STRENGTHENING NETWORKS AND RESOURCE SHARING, SUPPORT GRANT DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPING MORE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, AND HOSTING MITIGATION GROUP MEETINGS.

AT ITS CORE, THE ROLE IS ABOUT BUILDING STRUCTURE SO WILDFIRE MITIGATION CAN WORK...

EXCUSE ME.

SO WILDFIRE MITIGATION CAN WORK AND SCALE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.

STATEWIDE, THE PROGRAM NOW OPERATES IN 48 OUT OF 58 COUNTIES, WITH 151,000 ALLOCATED PER COUNTY FOR 14 MONTHS.

SINCE ITS PILOT LAUNCH IN 2021, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY, DEMONSTRATING STRONG VALUE IN STRENGTHENING THESE COUNTYWIDE WILDFIRE FRAMEWORKS.

HERE ARE SIX CORE TASKS THAT GUIDE THE WORK OF THE COUNTY COORDINATORS.

THESE INCLUDE COORDINATING WITH CAL FIRE, SUPPORTING THE CWPP DEVELOPMENT, HOSTING THE CWPP TOOLKIT TRAININGS, CONTRIBUTING TO STATEWIDE GIS TRACKING, AND REPORTING OUTCOMES TO COUNTY LEADERSHIP.

FUNDING IN 2025 BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT STARTED IN 2021.

THE PROGRAM BEGAN AS A $6 MILLION PILOT IN 24 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.

IN 2022, IT EXPANDED STATEWIDE WITH 13.8 MILLION, REACHING 52 COUNTIES.

IN 2025, IT CONTINUED WITH 11 MILLION, SUPPORTING 48 COUNTIES AND A FEW MORE POSSIBLY JOINING.

THE STEADY GROWTH SHOWS THAT COUNTIES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN BUILDING WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 2025, ACROSS 52 COUNTIES, COUNTY COORDINATORS ARE MAKING MEASURABLE IMPACT STATEWIDE.

THEY'VE SECURED MORE THAN $100 MILLION FOR LOCAL MITIGATION PROJECTS.

PARTNERED WITH OVER 10,000 ORGANIZATIONS AND REACHED NEARLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

THEY'VE HELPED ESTABLISH MORE THAN 100 NEW FIREWISE COMMUNITIES AND FIRESAFE COUNCILS AND HOST OVER 4,000 COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THESE RESULTS SHOW THAT STRONG COORDINATION AT THE COUNTY LEVEL LEADS TO REAL, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

BEYOND THE NUMBERS, COUNTY COORDINATORS REPORT BETTER COORDINATION, GREATER SUCCESS IN SECURITY AND FUNDING, AND STRONGER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM.

ACROSS THE STATE, THERE'S A CLEAR AGREEMENT THAT HAVING A DEDICATED COUNTY COORDINATOR STRENGTHENS THE STRUCTURE, IMPROVES COMMUNICATION, AND INCREASES IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY.

THE CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL'S NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING COUNTING SYSTEMS FOR WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.

THE GOAL IS TO TURN STATE PRIORITIES INTO REAL COMMUNITY-LED ACTION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COUNTY HAS THE STRUCTURE AND RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.

THE WILDFIRE COUNTY COORDINATOR.

THIS PROGRAM IS KEY TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THE STATE LEGISLATION, $9.5 MILLION WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2025-2026 BUDGET TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.

PROGRAM 3.0 IS NOW FOCUSED ON PUTTING CALIFORNIA'S WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN INTO THE ACTION AT COUNTY LEVEL.

IT ACCELERATES DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND HOME HARDENING EFFORTS.

IT IMPROVES DATA COLLECTION AND STRENGTHENS PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY INSURABILITY.

OVERALL, THIS REPRESENTS A CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN COUNTY-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION.

PROGRAM, OH, YES.

THE PROGRAM 3.0 INTRODUCED FOUR KEY SHIFTS.

FIRST, CLEAR, MORE SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES CO-DESIGNED WITH CFSC, CALIFORNIA FIRE AND SAFE COUNCIL, CAL FIRE, AND THE COUNTY COORDINATORS.

SECOND, A UNIFIED STRATEGIC DIRECTION, SO ALL PARTNERS ARE ALIGNED AROUND MEANINGFUL ACTIONS.

THE THIRD IS A CLEAR RECOGNITION THAT COUNTY IS OUR PRIMARY VEHICLE.

FOR DEVELOPING THESE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES.

AND FOURTH, STRONGER SUPPORT

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FOR LOCAL PRIORITIZATION, MAKING SURE THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE STRUCTURE, PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE NEED TO FOCUS THEIR HIGH RISKS FOR WILDFIRE.

FIREWISE GROWTH.

AS FEBRUARY 10, 2026, SIX NEW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FIREWISE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

THIS REFLECTS THE GROWTH IN RESIDENT-LED WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS, STRONGER FUELS MITIGATION COORDINATION, WHICH HAS INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN COUNTY FUELS MITIGATION GROUP.

WE HAVE STRENGTHENED THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THESE AGENCIES AND PARTNERS AND REDUCED DUPLICATION AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY.

THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT HAS INCREASED COUNTYWIDE.

WILDFIRE RESILIENCE DEPENDS ON SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST, AND THESE FOUNDATIONS CONTINUE TO GROW WITHIN THE COUNTY.

OH, I'M OFF ONE.

LET'S GO BACK.

OH, I CAN'T.

THIS FIRST YEAR, HAS FOCUSED ON BUILDING FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHING THE SIX NEW FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, AND THE STRENGTHENING COORDINATION AND INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

I THINK I'VE DUPLICATED.

I'M SORRY.

IT DID? OKAY, WELL I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT.

SO TO END, THIS POSITION ENSURES THAT SHASTA COUNTY IS ORGANIZED IN LINE WITH THE STATE PRIORITIES AND IS POSITIONED TO CONTINUE WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION AND FUTURE MITIGATION FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

ANY QUESTIONS? SUPERVISOR LONG.

MUCH APPRECIATED, AND YOU GUYS ON THE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL ARE DOING WONDERFUL WORK, AND THIS COORDINATOR POSITION IS CRITICAL FOR THAT.

CAN YOU TELL ME OR TELL THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC ONE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT PRESENTATION? WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THIS COORDINATOR POSITION? WELL, FOR ANY POSITION IN THE COUNTY COORDINATOR POSITION, REGARDLESS IF I'M IN THAT OR NOT, IT IS THAT TO REDUCE THE REDUNDANCIES AND TO STREAMLINE THE EFFICIENCY THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND PROMOTE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE PERSON LEADING THE ORGANIZATION.

IT'S ALL THE LANDOWNERS PARTICIPATING TO REDUCE THIS WILDFIRE RISK AND IMPROVE OUR RESILIENCY AS A WHOLE COUNTY.

EXCELLENT.

AND WE'VE GOT SO MANY PARTNERS THAT ARE IN THE PIE, SO TO SPEAK, IN THE MIX.

CAL FIRE, U.S.

FOREST SERVICE, FIRE SAFE COUNCILS.

IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

AND SO I THINK THIS COORDINATOR POSITION IS A KEY.

COMPONENT OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HARVARD UH JUST A QUICK QUESTION SORRY SORRY UM THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION UH THE QUICK QUESTION IS IS THERE BEEN ANY INROADS MADE TOWARDS HELP FOR THE RESIDENTS FOR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT NOW WE'RE BECOMING A...

SO, AGAIN, EACH LANDOWNER AND PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS DOING THEIR OWN WORK, AS IN JOINING THE FIREWISE COMMUNITY, THAT OFFERS A DISCOUNT ON INSURANCE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAIN GOAL, ALTHOUGH MONEY-DRIVEN IS A PRIMARY FACTOR FOR MOTIVATION IN JOINING A FIREWISE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE'S HOUSE OR PROPERTY OR LOSS OF LIFE.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPORTING.

AND SO I GUESS A BENEFIT OF THAT WOULD BE AN INSURANCE DISCOUNT.

AND SO THE MORE ACTIONS THAT EACH PROPERTY OWNER, TO HAVE THE EMPOWERMENT OF THEIR OWN CHOICE TO ENSURE THAT THEY POTENTIALLY HAVE A DISCOUNT, WOULD BE HAVING THOSE MITIGATION EFFORTS IN PLACE.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE DO IS TO EDUCATE AND OUTREACH.

AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW IN THE PUBLIC, WE ARE HAVING AN APRIL 29TH FIREWISE MINI FAIR RESOURCES.

CAL FIRE WILL BE THERE.

WE'LL BE THERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO TAKE ACTION AND TO REDUCE THEIR CHANCES OF HOME LOSS.

I MEAN, I REALIZE THAT'S LIKE ABOVE THIS ROOM, THIS WHOLE ROOM.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

BUT SOME KIND OF LEGISLATURE GOING FORWARD THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE A FIRE-SAFE COUNTY.

WE SHOULD GET SOME KIND OF CREDITS FOR GETTING BETTER INSURANCE RATES.

IS THAT ANYTHING, ANYBODY DISCUSSING ANY OF THAT? IT IS IN STATE.

THAT IF YOU DO ARE IN A FIREWISE COMMUNITY, YOU WILL RECEIVE A DISCOUNT.

NOW, EACH INSURANCE IS THEIR OWN PRACTICE.

CAL FIRE CANNOT TELL THEM WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IT IS A BUSINESS, ALTHOUGH WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE SAME WITH THE CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.

BUT TOGETHER WORKING, THAT WE HAVE THE SAME COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION, THAT WE'RE WORKING ALL FOR THE BENEFITS OF WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, THEN THE INSURANCE.

WE'LL BRING THAT DOWN.

AND SO BEING IN A FIREWISE COMMUNITY, YOU DO RECEIVE A DISCOUNT, WHETHER THAT MEANS BECAUSE EACH HOUSE IS UNIQUE AND IT'S SITE-SPECIFIC.

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BUT WORKING TOGETHER, BEING A FIREWISE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEASURABLE MITIGATION EFFORTS, WILL HAVE A REDUCTION.

AND HOPEFULLY THE MORE THAT WE ARE REDUCING OUR FUELS, THE MORE THAT WE ARE INCREASING OUR HOME INSURABILITY HERE AS A WHOLE.

I WAS GOING TO ADD ONE THING.

IT IS KIND OF SITE-SPECIFIC, AND FIREWISE COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN LIKE ONE STREET.

THEY'RE NOT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO INSURANCE COMPANY RECOGNIZES THE EFFORTS FOR ACCOUNTS FOR INSURANCE AND INSURABILITY WHERE YOUR NEIGHBOR MIGHT NOT BE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE FIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF A FIREWISE COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S A BIG DEAL.

YES, BECOME FIREWISE COMMUNITIES.

YOU GOOD, SUPERVISOR HERMAN? THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

TO WHAT EXTENT ARE YOU USING THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREVENTION PLAN IN YOUR COORDINATION ROLE? AND INCREASINGLY, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM CHIEF O'HARA THAT THERE'S KIND OF A HORSESHOE STRATEGY AROUND THE FIREBREAK PLAN IN TERMS OF, LIKE, PROTECTING THE VALLEY.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS KIND OF TO WHAT EXTENT THOSE PLANS OR STRATEGIES ARE.

PART OF YOUR COORDINATION? YES, IT'S THE NORTH VALLEY FUEL BREAK, AND THAT'S SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

SO WE ARE PROMOTING ALL THOSE GAPS TO BE THEN TAKEN AND TO BE THE FUELS REDUCED THERE.

IN ADDITION, WITH THE CWPP, WE ARE LOOKING AT COLLABORATING WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND SEEING HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH EACH OF THESE TO THEN GET THAT FUELS REDUCED.

SO THAT IS THE MAIN THING IS HOW CAN WE HELP AND HOW CAN WE SPEED THIS ALONG BECAUSE NOT ONE PERSON CAN DO IT ON THEIR OWN.

IT'S ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.

AND WE DO HAVE A FUELS MITIGATION GROUP SOLELY FOCUSED ON LET'S GET THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE.

IT'S JUST THE MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK NOW.

BUT, YES, ANY HELP THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE, ABSOLUTELY, WHETHER IT'S MAPPING OR COORDINATING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PROMOTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, WE'RE THERE TO HELP.

GREAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS...

DIFFERENT BODIES ARE DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND PLANS THAT EVERYBODY'S COORDINATING AGAINST THOSE VERSUS HAVING DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING.

HEY MATT, COULD I ADD ONE THING WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS? SO FIRE SAFE COUNCIL AND ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE PURSUING DIFFERENT GRANTS AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE CONCEPT OF SPOKES ON THE WHEEL.

SO CAL FIRE IS KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE ON THAT HORSE-SHAPED NORTH VALLEY EFFORT.

AND THEN ALL KINDS OF ENTITIES ARE PURSUING INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO HELP CLEAR FUELS A SPOKE AT A TIME KIND OF THING.

THAT'S GREAT.

MS. MINKINSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DID, CHAIR, BUT THAT ONE PERSON JUST WITHDREW.

[R5 Take the following actions: (1) Receive a presentation from the County Administrative Office regarding new and pending legislation in the California Legislature and United States Congress that may impact Shasta County, its residents, and/or local natural resources; (2) consider approving the positions of support or opposition, as described in the presentation and Legislation Package One; and (3) authorize the County Executive Officer, or their designee, to draft and transmit position letters on behalf of the Board, provided such letters do not alter its intent or affect the Board’s position. ]

ARE WE ALL GOOD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO R5.

TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.

RECEIVING PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE REGARDING NEW AND PENDING LEGISLATION IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT MAY IMPACT SHASTA COUNTY, ITS RESIDENTS, AND OR LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE POSITIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION AS DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENTATION AND LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.

AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AUTHOR OR THE DESIGNEE TO DRAFT AND TRANSMIT POSITION LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD PROVIDED SUCH LETTERS DO NOT ALTER ITS INTENT OR AFFECT THE BOARD'S POSITION.

WELCOME, STUART.

GIVE ME JUST A SECOND WHILE THIS PRESENTATION COMES UP, WITH ANY LUCK.

ALSO, THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

GREAT JOB.

HEY, THERE WE GO.

GOOD MORNING.

CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, STUART BUTEL, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

WE'RE HERE TODAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN THE 2025-2026 TWO-YEAR LEGISLATIVE CYCLE.

LOOK FOR AN OVERVIEW OF HOW LEGISLATION TYPICALLY MOVES THROUGH BOTH THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE, AND CONSIDER ACTING ON WHAT STAFF ARE REFERRING TO AS LEGISLATION PACKAGE 1.

COLLECTIVELY, THIS COMPOSES SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR THIS CYCLE.

AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND KEEP US ON TRACK IN HOPEFULLY UNDER EIGHT MINUTES.

SO WE'LL SEE.

AS THIS BOARD IS AWARE, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IS COMPOSED OF TWO DISTINCT AND SEPARATE HOUSES, THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE, WITH 80 AND 40 ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, RESPECTIVELY.

EACH YEAR, LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE, AND WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DRAFT AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

CURRENTLY, AS THE LEGISLATURE HAS COME BACK INTO SESSION FOR 2026, THERE ARE OVER 2,000 BILLS BEING HEARD AND CONSIDERED IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES IN BOTH HOUSES OVER THE PAST WEEK AND INTO COMING WEEKS.

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PROPOSED DRAFT LEGISLATION ONCE INTRODUCED AND READ FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE FLOOR IS REFERRED TO THE RELEVANT POLICY COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEES.

FOR ALL BILLS THAT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT EITHER IN THE FORM OF A MANDATE FROM THE STATE OR VIA ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT THAT LEGISLATION, THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

AFTER A BILL PASSES THE FISCAL COMMITTEE, AKA APPROPRIATIONS, IT IS READ FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THE FLOOR.

THIS IS USUALLY FOLLOWED BY A THIRD READING.

WHICH IS THE LAST STAGE IN THE HOUSE OF ORIGIN BEFORE IT PASSES AND GOES TO THE SECOND HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE PROCESS EFFECTIVELY STARTS OVER IN THE SECOND HOUSE, INCLUDING GOING THROUGH THE SECOND HOUSE'S VARIOUS COMMITTEES, AND IF ULTIMATELY APPROVED IN THE SECOND HOUSE, ANY AMENDMENTS MUST BE CONCURRED IN BY THE HOUSE OF ORIGIN.

ONCE FULLY APPROVED, A BILL THEN LANDS ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE GOVERNOR AT THAT POINT HAS THREE OPTIONS.

NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE BILL AND SIGN IT.

NUMBER TWO, VETO THE BILL, WHICH REJECTS IT AND USUALLY TRIGGERS A RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATURE VIA WRITTEN MEMO.

OR NUMBER THREE, NEITHER SIGN THE BILL NOR VETO IT, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BECOME LAW TYPICALLY WITHIN 12 DAYS BY DEFAULT OR BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, IF THAT BILL DIDN'T REACH THE GOVERNOR'S DESK UNTIL AFTER THE LEGISLATURE HAS ADJOURNED FOR THE YEAR.

BILLS PASSED THROUGH BOTH HOUSES AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR ARE THEN CHAPTERED.

AND OR CODIFIED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

SO AS WITH ALL THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMENDMENTS, DELAYS, ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES, AND VARIOUS RULES IN WHICH EACH HOUSE THAT IMPACT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES FOR EACH PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

BROADLY, STAFF LOOK FOR BILLS WHICH PROPOSE OR COULD LIMIT LOCAL CONTROL, GOVERNANCE OR REGULATION OF LOCAL ISSUES, MAY INCREASE TAXES OR COST OF LIVING, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH WOULD DO SO THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNFUNDED MANDATES.

WE ALSO LOOK FOR BILLS THAT AFFECT WILDFIRE MITIGATION, NATURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING WATER, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER SUBJECT AREAS WITH SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, CALIFORNIA'S LEGISLATURE FUNCTIONS ON A TWO-YEAR CYCLE.

2026 IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CURRENT CYCLE, MEANING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEGISLATION, OVER 4,000 BILLS ACROSS BOTH HOUSES.

HAS ALREADY BEEN PRINTED AND IS SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE.

THIS BOARD TOOK POSITIONS ON OVER 40 PIECES OF LEGISLATION IMPACTING SHASTA COUNTY IN 2025.

SOME OF THOSE BILLS, WHICH PASSED THEIR FIRST HOUSE AT THE END OF THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE YEAR, ARE NOW CONSIDERED TWO-YEAR BILLS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE SECOND HOUSE THIS YEAR.

ANYTHING THE BOARD HAS PREVIOUSLY ACTED ON THAT HAS NOT OTHERWISE BEEN RESOLVED WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED THIS YEAR.

IN TANDEM WITH OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION THIS BOARD HAS ACTED ON RECENTLY, THIS LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE REFLECTS LEGISLATION THAT IS CURRENTLY OR STILL IN PROGRESS IN 2026 AND WILL BE REVISED AS BILLS ARE INTRODUCED OR FAIL AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THE PROCESS.

THIS IS A SNIPPET OF THE BILLS STAFF RECOMMEND THE BOARD SUPPORTS, WITH THE FULL VERSION ALSO ATTACHED AND INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE BILLS ARE FROM A VARIETY OF AUTHORS AND COVER A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING CEQA STREAMLINING, FOR NEW FIRE STATIONS AND FUNDING FOR PROPOSITION 36.

WE TYPICALLY LOOK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES, SUCH AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER HADWICK AND SENATOR DALLY, FOR MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE WORTH SUPPORTING, THEN BRANCH OUT FROM THERE.

IN CONTRAST TO THE LAST SLIDE, THIS SLIDE REFLECTS A SNIPPET OF BILLS STAFF RECOMMEND THE BOARD OPPOSE, WITH THE FULL VERSION INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS REPORT AND IN TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA PACKET.

AGAIN, THE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECT MATTER COVERED IN THESE PROPOSED BILLS IS BROAD, FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO GRIZZLY BEARS.

IN ADDITION TO THE LIST ON THIS SLIDE AND FOLLOWING VERY RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, STAFF WILL ALSO BRING FORWARD A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 2494, WHICH CONTEMPLATES STATE FORESTS AND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.

STAFF COORDINATE WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES, CSAC, RCRC, AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO RESEARCH LEGISLATION AND HELP DETERMINE LOCAL IMPACTS.

IF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE CONCERNS OR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE BILLS, I RECOMMEND PULLING THEM FROM THIS LIST, TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AND AT THIS BOARD'S DISCRETION.

AND AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ALSO SUBMIT LETTERS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THEIR DISTRICT LETTERHEAD, AND OUR CLERK OF THE BOARD TEAM STANDS READY TO ASSIST IN THOSE EFFORTS AND ENSURE DELIVERY OF ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TO THE LEGISLATURE IN A TIMELY FASHION.

AS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE, THERE ARE KEY DEADLINES THAT ARE FAST APPROACHING FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

THESE DEADLINES ARE GOVERNED BY JOINT RULES THAT APPLY TO BOTH HOUSES, THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION AND OR CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE, PENDING ON THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION AND WHERE IT'S HEADED NEXT, USUALLY EITHER TO THE GOVERNOR OR CALIFORNIA VOTERS.

TO SUMMARIZE, APRIL 24TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR POLICY COMMITTEES TO HEAR AND REPORT TO FISCAL COMMITTEES BILLS THAT QUALIFY AS FISCAL BILLS INTRODUCED IN THEIR HOUSE.

MAY 1ST IS THE LAST DAY FOR POLICY COMMITTEES TO HEAR AND REPORT TO THE FLOOR NON-FISCAL BILLS INTRODUCED IN THEIR HOUSE.

AND BETWEEN MAY 26TH THROUGH THE 29TH, ONLY EACH

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HOUSE FLOOR MAY BE IN SESSION.

NO COMMITTEES OTHER THAN THE RULES COMMITTEE MAY MEET.

MAY 29TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR EACH HOUSE TO PASS BILLS INTRODUCED IN THAT HOUSE.

ON JUNE 1ST, COMMITTEE MEETINGS MAY RESUME, AND BY MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 15TH, THE BUDGET BILL MUST BE PASSED.

AND AS A FINAL NOTE FOR REFERENCE, JUNE 25TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR A LEGISLATIVE MEASURE TO QUALIFY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION THIS YEAR ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

DEPENDING ON THE BOARD'S ACTION TODAY, STAFF ARE PREPARED TO DRAFT SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION LETTERS CONSISTENT WITH THE STANCES PROPOSED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND IN THE AGENDA, OR AS REVISED BY THE BOARD.

AS DISCUSSED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE, THE TIMELINE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT IS MOVING QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY AS WE APPROACH MAY.

ADDITIONALLY, ABOUT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR, THE NARRATIVE WILL SHIFT SUBSTANTIALLY TO STATEWIDE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE ACTED ON IN THE MEANTIME OR SHEPHERDED UNDER BUDGET TRAILER BILLS.

WITH THE BOARD'S ACTIVE FEEDBACK AND INVOLVEMENT IN THESE LEGISLATION PACKAGES, WE HOPE TO HAVE A MORE PROACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IMPACT IN ADDRESSING LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS SHASTA COUNTY AND ITS RESIDENTS.

AS SOME FINAL NOTES, THE ANNUAL CSAC LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IS ALMOST EXACTLY ONE MONTH FROM NOW IN SACRAMENTO.

SEVERAL STAFF, INCLUDING OUR BRAND NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST, MIRANDA ANGEL, WILL BE ATTENDING, AND I ANTICIPATE WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AFTER THAT CONFERENCE.

THIS SLIDE ALSO PROVIDES SOME HELPFUL LINKS, AS EVERYTHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, AND I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING AND GET INVOLVED.

ALMOST DONE.

IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

WE ALSO INTEND ON BUILDING A SUMMARY OF RELEVANT LEGISLATION TO THE BOARD HAS ACTED ON AND WILL INCLUDE STATUS UPDATES FOR THAT LEGISLATION AS PART OF A REGULAR COUNTY NEWSLETTER.

I APPRECIATE THE BOARD BEARING WITH ME.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS TOPIC.

MY TEAM AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

TEN SECONDS LEFT.

FANTASTIC JOB, STUART.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GET TO SUPERVISORS? WE DON'T, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, STUART, AND YOU AND I TALKED AS YOU DID WITH EACH OF THE SUPERVISORS ABOUT THIS CONCEPT, AND MY ONLY CONCERN WAS TIMELINESS.

IF WE HAVE 30 BILLS THAT ARE IN BULK FORM, MAYBE YOU CAN EDUCATE ME BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION, BUT IF WE DECIDE TO PULL SOMETHING FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, DOES THAT INVOLVE A FULL BOARD DISCUSSION, OR CAN WE JUST HAVE YOU PULL IT? AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDED FINDINGS BASED ON OUR DECISION TO PULL.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT TIMELINESS WITH 30 BILLS, AND IF WE EACH PULL THREE OF THEM, AND THEN WE END UP WITH DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AN HOUR.

A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SLOW DOWN THIS PROCESS.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE TRY AND ADDRESS THIS PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION, THERE IS THAT RISK THAT WE WILL NOT MOVE FAST ENOUGH, AND THAT COULD SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD HAS SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION, I'M HAPPY TO DRAFT AND SEND A MEMO TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK SIMILARLY TO HOW WE DO REGULAR PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF ONE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, USUALLY ON CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND THEN THE BOARD CAN PULL THEM FOR DISCUSSION OR ACT ON THEM.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SUPERVISOR LONG? YEAH, KIND OF.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE PULL IN REAL TIME.

YEP.

THEN YOU TAKE IT BACK AND THEN YOU EMAIL US FURTHER INFORMATION ON IT, AND THEN WE EITHER GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT OR WE DON'T, AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION AT A LATER TIME.

YEAH, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AT ANY POINT, WE CAN RE-AGENDIZE IT AND WE'D BRING IT BACK JUST LIKE WE WOULD INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION AS THEY COME UP.

AND THEN WE CAN BLANKET APPROVE, LET'S SAY THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM.

WE CAN APPROVE ALL OTHER 29.

CORRECT.

AND THEN JUST LEAVE THE ONE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

YOU GOT IT.

GOT IT.

MY ONLY COMMENT IS I'M JUST GUESSING ASSEMBLYPERSON RICHARDSON.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT PERSON COMES FROM, BUT I BET THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT GRIZZLY BEARS IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT, ARE THEY? YEAH.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YES, THANKS, STUART.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ON TWO OF THESE THAT ARE RELATED.

IT WAS AB 1421 AND AB 1783, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

SO I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR KIND OF THE REASONING FOR OPPOSING, WELL, SUPPORTING THE ONE THAT PROHIBITS FURTHER STUDY OF THIS AND THEN OPPOSING THE EXTENSION OF THE PILOT, BASICALLY COMING OUT AGAINST THE FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THAT.

BECAUSE WHILE I SEE SOME CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THE MECHANISMS FOR TRACKING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, IT DOES SEEM LIKE AS THERE'S A PROGRESSION TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ULTIMATELY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY ELECTRIC, THAT THE FUEL TAX WILL NO LONGER BE RELEVANT OR WILL BE LESS RELEVANT AND WILL BE LESS SUFFICIENT TO PAY

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FOR OUR ROADS.

SO IT SEEMS WORTHWHILE TO AT LEAST STUDY THAT AND FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO CURIOUS KIND OF THE REASONING HERE.

SO I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT WE WERE, STAFF RECOMMEND, OPPOSING THE ONE BECAUSE IT PROPOSES IMPLEMENTING A PER MILE TAX.

AND WE'VE HEARD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT IN COMMITTEE AND AT THE LEGISLATURE.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERALL COSTS FOR EVEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE OWNERS, WHAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY DO TO VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS THEY TRY AND MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN LOSS OF GAS TAX REVENUE.

THAT BEING SAID...

I'M HAPPY TO PULL THOSE OFF AND WE CAN DO A DEEPER DIVE AND AGAIN, SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AND BRING THOSE BACK AT A LATER DATE.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A POSSIBILITY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL THEM OR AS THIS BOARD DIRECTS.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A STRONG POSITION IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING IT, BUT IT FEELS TO ME A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE TO OPPOSE THEM.

AND SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS WE'VE SEEN THIS MORPH A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST PROBABLY TWO LEGISLATIVE YEARS.

AND IT SEEMS TO KIND OF...

REVERT BACK TO THIS POSSIBILITY OF LIKE A PER MILE CHARGE ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE OWNERS IN PARTICULAR AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IN A METROPOLITAN AREA THAT'S ONE THING AS YOU CAN BOUNCE, YOU KNOW BETWEEN PLACES RELATIVELY QUICKLY BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW GOING OUT TO BERNIE AND SHASTA COUNTY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STRETCH COMPARED TO GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF SACRAMENTO TO THE OTHER SO AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE, I MEAN, IN SOME SENSE, AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF THE RURAL-URBAN DEBATE ON THIS TOPIC, THOUGH, IN SOME WAYS I'M LIKE, WELL, WOULDN'T MILES TRAVELED BE PROPORTIONAL TO FUEL CONSUMPTION? SO IT SHOULD, IN MY MIND AT LEAST, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ACTUAL ANALYSIS ON THIS, BUT YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF DIRECTIONALLY THE SAME.

ONE WOULD ABSOLUTELY THINK SO.

AND MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR AS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNPACK THINGS FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS, AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF ANY PARTICULAR LAWMAKER, WHAT THE BEGINNING SENTENCE AND THE INTENTION OF A PIECE OF LEGISLATION STARTS AS TENDS TO CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS THEN LATER IN THE LEGISLATION AS IT RELATES TO HOW PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY BE IMPACTED.

SO, AGAIN, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND GET BACK TO YOU.

WELL, I THINK I WOULD BE I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE EVERYTHING AND JUST TAKE THOSE TWO OFF AND I DON'T NEED TO BRING THEM BACK.

I'M JUST NOT.

JUST NOT TAKE ACTION ON THOSE TWO.

SURE.

AND QUESTION, WOULD THEY BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT PACKET? SO LET'S JUST SAY THESE TWO ARE PULLED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO WEIGH IN ON.

WILL THEY BE PART OF THE 32 NEXT TIME THAT WE CONSIDER IN BULK? SO MY OPINION, AND THIS BOARD CAN ABSOLUTELY DIRECT ME OTHERWISE, MY OPINION IS IF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION ARE PULLED AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER I'M OUT.

DOESN'T WANT THEM TO BE BROUGHT BACK AND THIS BOARD AGREES BY TAKING NO ACTION THIS BOARD IS TAKING ACTION AND WE WOULDN'T BRING THEM BACK WITH THE EXCEPTION IF THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY AMENDED AND WE THINK THERE'S THERE'S A BETTER ANALYSIS FROM ANY OF THE COMMITTEE'S OR THERE'S SOME ACTION THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS TAKING THAT WE THINK MAY CHANGE THIS BOARD'S OPINION ON THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THEN ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD BRING THOSE BACK AND I WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM AS HEY THIS IS WHAT'S CHANGED WITH THESE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND HERE'S WHAT STAFF RECOMMEND NOW THE ONLY CHINK IN THIS ARMOR IS IF A SUPERVISOR PULLS THESE TWO ITEMS, LET'S SAY, AND DOESN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HASN'T RESEARCHED THEM, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AUTOMATICALLY, THEN WE MIGHT LOSE OUT THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON THESE.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN, WHEREAS THE FIRST MODEL I THOUGHT YOU WERE DESCRIBING, WHICH WAS THEY GET PULLED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.

THEIR EMAILS GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES BETWEEN MEETINGS, AND THEN THEY COME BACK, POTENTIALLY BACK, IF THAT SUPERVISOR'S QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.

SURE.

AND TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, IT'S AT THIS BOARD'S DISCRETION.

SO THIS IS A NEW PROCESS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE'S THIS PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO ACT ON.

THIS BOARD HAS DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE AND DIRECT STAFF HOW EXACTLY YOU WOULD LIKE THIS PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WHAT I'M DESCRIBING IS HOW I THINK IT SHOULD WORK, BUT ABSOLUTELY THIS BOARD, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ADAPT TO WHATEVER THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE.

CEO RICKERT.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN KALLSTROM.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, I BELIEVE INITIALLY, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS STILL THE FORMAT, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAS A VEHICLE TRACKER AND ALL VEHICLES TO TRACK MILES, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME THIS BOARD WOULD OPPOSE.

IF THERE'S OTHER DIRECTION FROM THIS BOARD, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

ALSO, BECAUSE WE'RE A RURAL AREA THAT TAKES SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE TO GO ANYWHERE, IT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS

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RURAL AREAS.

WE ARE SUBSIDIZING URBAN AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T TRAVEL THE SAME MILES WE DO.

SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS WE CONSIDERED OPPOSING THESE BILLS.

YEAH, AND I'M PERSONALLY OKAY WITH OPPOSING BOTH OF THOSE ALSO.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, AND A MOTION SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HARMON.

ANY MORE BOARD DISCUSSION? YOU OPPOSE THE TWO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION? JUST TO LEAVE THEM IN? YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH, I MEAN, JUST FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, I OPPOSE THEM ON THE FACE, BUT I MEAN, YEAH, I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE LEAVE THEM IN AND OPPOSE THEM.

ALL RIGHT, AND I'LL SECOND THAT ONE.

JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION, ONE OF THEM IS SUPPORTING IT, WHICH IS CARL DEMAIO'S BILL, WHICH IS PROHIBITING ANY STUDY OF THIS.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS OPPOSING WHAT I GUESS IS A ROAD USER.

WHAT WAS YOUR REASONING FOR CARL DEMAIO? I'M SAYING WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THE FUEL TAX IS EVOLVING AND IT WILL GO DOWN.

SO I THINK IT'S WORTH STUDYING IT AND COMING UP WITH SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT I SUPPORT HAVING A MILEAGE TRACKER, BUT I'M SAYING LET'S NOT PROHIBIT US FROM STUDYING IT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO GET IN A POSITION.

ONCE WE STUDY IT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE JUST LETTING THAT, IT'S LIKE ENTERTAINING SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY DON'T DO? SUPERVISOR CRAIG, CAN I HAVE YOU TALK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? THINK ABOUT IT.

SO, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR...

I'M SAYING I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO STUDY THE TOPIC BECAUSE...

IT'S CHANGING NO MATTER WHAT, AND WE WILL NEED, SO FUEL TAX WILL GO DOWN, AND THEY'LL LIKELY NEED SOME REPLACEMENT FOR FUNDING OUR ROADS, WHETHER THAT'S A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FEE OR REGISTRATION FEE OR SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN THOUGHT OF YET.

WE SHOULD NOT PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM LOOKING INTO THAT AND FIGURING OUT SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

BUT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO.

THE STATE'S GOING TO JUST FIGURE OUT A WAY TO JUST CHARGE AND CHARGE US MORE MONEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I MEAN, IF WE DON'T STUDY IT AND WE JUST SAY, OKAY, WE DON'T WANT ANY EVOLUTION OF OUR THINKING ON THIS, THEN WE WILL ULTIMATELY GET TO A PLACE WHERE OUR FUEL TAX REVENUE IS, SAY, HALF OF WHAT IT IS OR A THIRD OF WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR OUR ROADS, WHICH WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR.

WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING.

THEY JUST CHOOSE TO USE IT OTHER WAYS.

I MEAN, THEY JUST PISS OUR MONEY AWAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY.

THEY JUST FRAUDULENTLY.

DUMP IT INTO DIFFERENT AREAS, WHETHER IT'S ANYWAY.

WELL, IN TERMS OF THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE STATE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE GET DIRECTLY.

I'M GOING TO AMEND MY MOTION.

I WANT TO SUPPORT CARL DEMILES AND I WANT TO OPPOSE.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF IT? 1421.

YEAH, 1421.

I'M GOING TO OPPOSE 1421.

OKAY, AND I'LL AMEND MY SECOND.

AND SUPERVISOR POLAR, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU ABOUT, BUT WE JUST DID SOMETHING WITH THE SORT OF FISCAL POLICY THING YESTERDAY ABOUT JET FUEL AND ALTERNATIVE JET FUELS.

IT'S LIKE WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE OPTIONS, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD, AND THEN ALL THE JETS IN CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL FUEL, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE CALIFORNIA TRAVEL EVEN WORSE.

SO WE HAD ALMOST THE SAME DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST NOT ENTERTAINING THE STATE.

AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT CERTA A FEW TIMES, WHERE BASICALLY THEY WANT TO TAX ELECTRIC CARS, BUT THEY CAN'T JUST DISCRIMINATE AND SAY WE'RE TAXING ELECTRIC CARS BY MILES TRAVELED, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY.

THEY'RE ALREADY TAXING US ON THE GAS.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HAVING THE HARD TIMES.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE EARNESTLY GOING TO STUDY IT.

I THINK IT'S A STUDY THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY WANT TO ARRIVE TO.

EITHER WAY, THOSE ARE THE REAL ERRORS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK, AS ALWAYS.

SO I HAVE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION ON THE TABLE MADE BY SUPERVISOR CRY AND SECONDED BY ME.

CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, STEPHANIE? I GOT A COMMENT.

OH, YOU.

OKAY, SUPERVISOR LONG.

I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS HERE.

IN THE SENSE THAT DO WE GIVE AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR THE ABILITY TO PULL SOMETHING AND THEN WE COME BACK LATER AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THE BOARD AGREES WITH IT OR NOT TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE BUT DO WE WANT TO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR CAN BE VERY CONCERNED OR PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING MAY HAVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEN WE COULD JUST ALLOW THEM THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH.

NOT A SINGLE SUPERVISOR.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SINGLE SUPERVISOR? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT WE'RE NOT, IT WOULD JUST GET PULLED.

I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THAT.

YEAH, IT'S GOT TO BE THREE-FIFTHS.

YEAH, SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE ON THAT, WHICH, YEAH, OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE.

I THINK AS A SINGLE SUPERVISOR, YOU COULD REACH OUT TO STUART AND SAY, HEY, THIS PARTICULAR BILL HERE,

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I NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.

I THINK MAYBE THAT'S...

ANYBODY CAN STILL PUT A LETTER OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT ON THEIR OWN LETTERHEAD.

WELL, AND MAYBE THE KEY IS TO, BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, THIS WILL COME OUT AT AGENDA POSTING, WOULD BE TO GET A HOLD OF YOU AND SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PATH, BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED A VOTE ON THESE SUPPORT OR OPPOSE.

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT.

I CAN ALSO SAY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PROCESS.

BY CONSENSUS, THIS BOARD COULD DECIDE TO PULL, SAY, TWO BILLS.

STAFF COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND THEN THOSE COULD GET BROUGHT BACK, IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD.

BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS BOARD CAN TAKE ACTION BY MAJORITY, AND THAT...

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND IT DOES REQUIRE A VOTE.

BUT WHERE WOULD...

THE BOARD COULD AUTHORIZE, THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE, THE ABILITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR TO PULL WHAT HE'S REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, MEANING THAT WE WILL JUST CONSIDER IT A COURTESY.

WE'LL SUPPORT YOU AND WE'LL VOTE TO LET YOU PULL THAT.

WE COULD DO THAT, BUT I GUESS MAYBE WE WANT TO MAKE IT INCUMBENT UPON THE INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR TO DO THEIR RESEARCH DUE DILIGENCE BEFOREHAND.

WELL, I MEAN, JUST TO BE CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I HAVE A BUNCH MORE QUESTIONS THAT I WANT ANSWERED ABOUT THE LEGISLATION.

I'M SAYING THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THE OPINION ON THESE BILLS AND TAKING AN OPINION ON THESE BILLS.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M LIKE, THERE'S A BUNCH MORE THAT I NEED TO FIGURE OUT.

I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THOSE ACTIONS.

AND THE BOARD COULD AUTHORIZE YOU THE ABILITY TO, IF WE GAVE A MAJORITY VOTE, TO PULL IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S OF CONCERN TO YOU, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK NEXT TIME, ENCAPSULATE IT BACK, AND THEN WE COULD ALL VOTE.

I THINK IT'S WHATEVER THE MOTION IS.

SO IF I MADE A MOTION TO PULL THOSE AND BRING THEM BACK FOR DISCUSSION LATER, THEN THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK.

BUT IF I JUST SAY...

REMOVE THEM, THEN THEY WON'T NECESSARILY COME BACK BECAUSE THE BOARD HASN'T TAKEN ACTION ON IT.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REMOVE THEM, RIGHT? WE'RE VOTING.

RIGHT.

I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WOULD THEN BE VOTED ON.

CORRECT.

WE HAVE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR CHRIST, SECONDED BY ME.

LET'S START.

YES.

IF I COULD JUST HAVE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION REPEAT THE MOTION FOR ME.

SUPPORTING CARL DEMAIO'S AND THEN THAT OTHER, I FORGOT, I JUST WROTE THE NUMBER DOWN, BUT WHAT'S IT AGAIN? 10-WHAT? 1421.

1421.

SO YOU WOULD OPPOSE 1421? SO THAT'S WHAT'S RECOMMENDED CURRENTLY? SO YOU WOULD JUST BE APPROVING AS RECOMMENDED? CORRECT.

BUT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THE MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER WAS TO PULL THEM, SO I GUESS I COULD JUST SAY APPROVE AS IS.

ROLL CALL VOTE STARTING WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

ONE MOMENT.

SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM? YES.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER? NO.

SUPERVISOR CRY? YES.

SUPERVISOR HARMON?

[R6 Consider requesting the Commission on Aging to undertake focused studies regarding Senior Suicide and Senior Homelessness in Shasta County and return to the Board with reports and/or recommendations (Sponsored by Supervisor Plummer).]

YES.

AND SUPERVISOR LONG? YES.

PASSES 4-1.

THANK YOU, STUART.

GREAT JOB.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO R6.

CONSIDER REQUESTING THE COMMISSION ON AGING TO UNDERTAKE FOCUSED STUDIES REGARDING SENIOR SUICIDE AND SENIOR HOMELESSNESS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

AND RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH REPORTS AND OR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS IS SPONSORED BY YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YES, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN FOR PROBABLY OVER A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF, AND HAVE TALKED WITH MY APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION ON AGING EVEN BEFORE SHE WAS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE BYLAWS OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING, IT SAYS THAT WE CAN ASK THE COMMISSION TO DO A STUDY.

ON TOPICS AND IT SAYS RELATED TO SENIORS, AMONG WHICH IS INCLUDED HOUSING.

AND I THINK HOUSING AND SUICIDE HAVE BEEN TWO TOPICS I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN.

AND IN PARTICULAR, WE KNOW THAT LOOKING AT OUR HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, THAT THERE'S ABOUT 100 SENIORS WHO ARE HOMELESS OVER 65.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S INCREASING DEMAND AT DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING FOR THE FOOD SERVICES THERE.

AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT SUICIDE RATES, IF WE LOOK AT THE RATE, NOT NECESSARILY THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER, BUT THE RATE TENDS TO BE THE HIGHEST AMONG THOSE 60 AND 65 PLUS.

AND SO I THINK THE COMMISSION ON AGING IS WELL POSITIONED TO DO SOME OF THAT MORE FIRSTHAND RESEARCH WHERE THEY GO OUT AND JUST TALK TO THE SENIORS AND SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THIS ISSUE, WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU.

AND COME BACK AND I'D LOVE TO SEE.

I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSION LAST YEAR ABOUT YOU KNOW, IS THIS COMMISSION ADDING VALUE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WAY FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND TALK

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TO SENIORS AND THEN PRESENT BACK TO US.

A WAY FOR THEM TO ADD VALUE TO THIS BOARD AND ADVISE THIS BOARD WHICH I BELIEVE IN MY OPINION IS KIND OF THE CORE FUNCTION OF THAT COMMISSION.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO A COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING? YES.

BECAUSE I WENT TO ONE AND I MEAN IT'S A SKELETON CREW, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE, I MEAN THEIR HEARTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

THEY'RE RATHER FRUSTRATED AT THE MOMENT.

THEY HAVE NO FUNDING.

MY APPOINTEE, TRISH CLARK, STEPPED DOWN.

BONNIE SIMMONS, FROM THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL, WAS ON IT.

SHE ENDED UP, HER TERM ENDED AND SHE DIDN'T REAPPLY.

I MEAN, IT'S A SKELETON CREW AND LIKE I SAY, THEY'RE VERY FRUSTRATED.

OR AT LEAST THE MEETING I WENT TO, THEY WERE VERY FRUSTRATED.

I MENTIONED LIKE WITH NO FUNDING, I THINK TRISH CLARK BOUGHT A TABLE AND I THINK CHRISTY BOUGHT A POP-UP BECAUSE THEY HAD NO FUNDING.

I MEAN, THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SO...

UM THAT I I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I JUST I THOUGHT WELL ARE ANY OF THEM HERE TODAY I KNOW CAROL IS HERE CAROL'S HERE OKAY NOPE ALL RIGHT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK SIR OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? ONE MOMENT, CHAIR.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD ONE COMMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT A FEW PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED OFF.

I HAVE TALKED WITH BONNIE.

AND I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT VALUE ARE WE CREATING? AND I THINK NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND TIME ON SOMETHING IF THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M CONTRIBUTING FOR.

AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY THAT.

I BELIEVE THEY COULD ADD VALUE TO US AS THE BOARD, WHICH IS, IN MY MIND, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION.

AND I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO DO A 100-PAGE REPORT WITH DETAILED DATA ANALYTICS.

I'M SAYING GO OUT AND TALK TO A NUMBER OF SENIORS, SOME OF THE PROVIDERS, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, AND COME BACK TO US AND SHARE WHAT YOU FOUND, SHARE WHAT YOU HEARD IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO I THINK THIS WOULDN'T REQUIRE A HUGE INVESTMENT OF TIME.

SO I ORIGINALLY HAD SAID ONE BY JULY AND ONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN THROUGH SOME CORRESPONDENCE WITH CAROL IT SEEMED AND SO I WOULD AMEND THAT TO HAVE THEM BOTH BUT SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT THE COMMISSION ON AGING TO BRING BACK A PRESENTATION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR ON SENIOR SUICIDE AND SENIOR HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CRAIG.

DID I ASK YOU ALREADY? DID WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? YOU DID ASK ME, BUT I JUST HADN'T HAD IT PULLED UP YET.

WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

OKAY, LET'S GO.

LAURA FLUSERO, COME ON UP.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, MR. PLUMMER.

BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A MOTION TO BRING IT AS SOON OR MAYBE MAKE A DATE TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED IN THE BOARD.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ATTENDING SOME OF THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.

TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

I MEAN, NONE OF THEM ARE HERE REALLY TO SPEAK.

AND WHEN YOU PUT THIS ITEM HERE, THAT SHOULD HAVE, YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY DOING A PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME, NOT TO BRING IT BACK.

ALWAYS TRY TO DO IT BEFORE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE ON THE BOARD, ON THE COMMITTEE HERE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE NOT EVEN HAPPY WITH DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE BACKING OF THE PERSON WHO PUTS THEM THERE, THE BOARD, THE COMMITTEES, OR WHATEVER.

YOU HAVE TO BE ENGAGED.

JUST BECAUSE YOU APPOINT SOMEBODY TO A POSITION AND THEN YOU JUST LET THEM GO ON THEIR OWN, THEY NEED SOME COMMUNICATION.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SOME OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW THEIR ROLE ON HOW TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR JOB, PERIOD.

SO THEY ALL KIND OF SCRAMBLE AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THEY ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SAY, WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE, AND I SPEAK TO SOME OF THEM.

BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION TODAY, I THINK.

AND YOU SHOULD DO IT THE SOONER THE BETTER, NOT WAIT TO MAYBE MONTHS AND MONTHS.

THE SOONER THE BETTER, AS YOU JUST HEARD CHRIS SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OFF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE...

USING MONEY THEY'RE PROBABLY UH OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT SO BECAUSE I KNOW DISTRICT FOUR

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HAS SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD SO AND I KNOW SHE SHE HASN'T BEEN HAPPY SHE HAS QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST SO AND I'M SURPRISED THAT PERSON HAD DOESN'T EVEN ATTEND THE DAMN MEETINGS EVEN HERE TO SAY WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON WHAT SHE'S EXPERIENCING IT'S EVERYTHING GETS SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS THANK YOU.

EVERYBODY DOES, YOU KNOW, YOU FIND OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE BOARD OR DON'T WANT TO BE BACK ON THE BOARD BECAUSE THERE WAS PROBLEMS. EVERYBODY WAITS TO THE LAST MINUTE.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS. THEY JUST LIKE TO JUST IGNORE THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

SUPERVISOR LONG.

GREG? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD? GREG WINTERS IS MY APPOINTEE FOR DISTRICT 2, AND I ALSO SEE MATT'S DISTRICT 4.

RIGHT, AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU AND I HAVE COMMUNICATED ON THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAFFING HAS BEEN LIMITED, AND YOU DO HAVE THREE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A QUORUM, BUT BARELY.

WE HAVE VACANCIES ON THE COMMISSION.

AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY WAS THE SUIT YOU HEARD SUPERVISOR PLUMBERS REQUEST ARE THOSE SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE THE THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING ADVISORY BOARD IS TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD THAT IS PART OF THAT AND RESEARCH TOPICS TO ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY I I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT SO WHAT I JUST WANT TO CHECK WITH YOU DIRECTLY AND AND MAYBE YOUR COUNTERPART TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DOABLE BY THE END OF DECEMBER TO COME OUT WITH THESE TWO REPORTS AND THAT RESEARCH AND HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT AND MAKE SURE THIS IS A REASONABLE REQUEST? IT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST, BUT THE BOARD, THE COMMISSION NEEDS HELP.

THERE'S THREE VACANCIES FROM APPOINTEES FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

WE HAVE NO MEMBER FROM ANDERSON, NO MEMBER FROM SHASTA LAKE.

YOU HAVE CITY OF READING, CORRECT? WE HAVE CITY OF READING.

DISTRICTS 2-4 IN THE CITY OF READING ARE ALL THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE COMMISSION.

YEAH, RECRUITMENT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND AN ISSUE.

BUT AS FAR AS THE ADVISORY AND WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER HAS ASKED, IS THAT REASONABLE? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD DO BY DECEMBER FOR THOSE TWO REPORTS? WE CAN WORK IT UP, YES.

I THINK WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING IT, UNLESS CAROL HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION.

CAROL ARNETT, COMMISSION ON AGING.

THANK YOU, GREG.

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH GREG.

I THINK THE THREE OF US WHO ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THESE ARE TWO TOPICS WE THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A FULLER COMMISSION.

THE MORE HANDS-ON, THE MORE EYES-ON, I THINK THE BETTER THE REPORT WILL BE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

AND UH...

SUICIDE COLLECTIVE PREVENTION COLLECTIVE THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THAT SERVICE FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EXCELLENT THANK YOU THANK YOU GREG WELL THAT ALLEVIATES MY CONCERNS I AM THE PERSON WHO IS REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR I'M NOT FRUSTRATED I'M NOT ANGRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT IT ISN'T ME.

I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY BEING ON THE COMMISSION, AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION WE'VE CHOSEN TO TAKE.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT I THINK GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS BACK TO THE BOARD OVER THE NEXT YEAR WILL ALSO HELP.

INCREASE INTEREST IN PEOPLE BEING PART OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, I'M STEPPING INTO SOMETHING THAT HAS A CLEAR PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE.

I, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO CLARIFY HIS MOTION.

MS. BLANKENSHIP.

WHAT I HEARD WAS A REQUEST FOR A PRESENTATION, BUT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE DIRECTING THEM OR REQUESTING THAT THEY DO THE RESEARCH AND BRING THEIR FINDINGS BACK AS A PRESENTATION, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS YOUR INTENT.

YES, I WILL.

AMENDED TO INCLUDE DOING THE RESEARCH AND BRINGING BACK A REPORT AND PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

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MR. PRICE, ARE YOU SECOND? THAT'S FINE.

AMEND YOUR SECOND? YEP.