May 19, 2026 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

MOVING ON TO R2, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE REGARDING THEIR EXISTING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIP IN SHASTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL BRANCH CAMPUS IN REDDING.

THIS IS SPONSORED BY YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS FOR COMING.

MY INTENT IN HAVING YOU ALL PRESENT IS I'VE OBVIOUSLY TALKED WITH YOU AND HEARD YOUR PRESENTATION A FEW TIMES, AS SOME IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE.

BUT AS WE'RE CONSIDERING THE PATH FORWARD ON MEDICAL SCHOOLS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE CONSIDERING A FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE OTHER OPTION THAT WE HEAR BOTH OPTIONS AND ARE ABLE TO KIND OF EVALUATE THOSE EQUALLY WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION.

I'M DR. DEBBIE LUPEIKA.

I ACTUALLY LIVE HERE IN REDDING, AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS.

I'M THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION AT DAVIS.

I'M ALSO THE UC DAVIS FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY NETWORK DIRECTOR. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE.

I'M ALSO...

THE FOUNDING PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, WHICH IS A RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT BRINGS DOCTORS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT THE DIRECTOR ANYMORE, BUT I BROUGHT MY LOVELY DIRECTOR WITH ME.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DR.

AMANDA MOONEYHAM.

I'M A PHYSICIAN.

I GREW UP HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY AND WENT AWAY FOR UNDERGRAD IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT UC DAVIS.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THIS PROGRAM.

I CAME BACK TO TRAIN HERE FOR FAMILY MEDICINE AT SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.

I STAYED ON AS FACULTY AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO STEPPED INTO DR. LUPEIKA'S ROLE.

SHE TOOK OVER AS VICE DEAN AT UC DAVIS.

SO I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT YOU HAVE TWO BIG EXAMPLES RIGHT HERE THAT RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WORK.

I'M ACTUALLY FROM THE BAY AREA.

I DID MY RESIDENT.

AT THE REDDING PROGRAM.

SO I LOVE THIS SLIDE.

AND THE REASON I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE IS BECAUSE DAVIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PARTNERING WITH SHASTA COUNTY SINCE 1975, WHICH IS CRAZY.

SO THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT MERCY STARTED AS A ONE-TWO RURAL TRAINING TRACK,

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WHICH MEANT THE FIRST YEAR WAS IN DAVIS.

AND THE SECOND YEAR'S IN REDDING.

AND THEN REDDING DECIDED, HEY, WE CAN TAKE THIS WHOLE THREE YEARS, SO THEY TOOK IT.

BUT DAVIS HAD STAYED A PART OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, AND SHASTA COMMUNITY STARTED IN 2013.

THEY ARE ALSO A PART OF THEIR NETWORK OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. SO DAVIS, WE ACTUALLY GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT RESOURCES.

BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF UP HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE IS WE'VE HAD OVER 300 GRADUATES, AND THIS LIST DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF THEM.

...INCLUDE EVERYBODY, BUT THIS IS A LIST OF GRADUATES OF THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WHO WERE TRAINED BY DAVIS, BY THE WAY, AND THEY ARE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'LL NOTICE DR.

MU, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, HE'S NUMBER ONE.

WE HAVE MERCY.

WE HAVE READING RANCH, RHEA.

WE HAVE SHASTA COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE THE VA.

ALL OF US ARE GRADUATES OF DAVIS, SO I JUST, I LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT.

WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK.

THIS IS FRESH OFF THE PRESS.

DR.

DANUKA HAS MET WITH MY TEAM AT DAVIS AND WE ARE GOING TO START A GI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS GI DOCTORS ARE GOING TO COME SPEND THEIR THREE YEARS OF TRAINING HERE IN OUR AREA, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT TEHAMA COUNTY HAS...

NO GI DOCS, SO THIS IS IMPORTANT.

SO DAVIS IS PARTNERING, AND I KNOW DR. MOONEYHAM, REDDING, MERCY, REDDING, AND SHASTA COMMUNITY ARE TRYING TO DO AN OB FELLOWSHIP AS WELL.

PATHWAY PROGRAMS, SO I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS AND HEARD DISCUSSIONS, SO WE HAVE PATHWAY PROGRAMS. IN FACT, THERE ARE SHASTA COUNTY STUDENTS AT DAVIS IS.

I JUST ATTENDED GRADUATION, AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THEM GRADUATE.

WE ALSO HAVE A RURAL ASPC PROGRAM DR. MOONEYHAM IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOON.

WE HAVE HER FIRST STUDENT STARTING IN JUNE, AND SHE'S FROM ANDERSON.

AND SO THAT WILL BE A THREE-YEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL.

INSTEAD OF FOUR A YEAR, SHE'S INTERESTED IN FAMILY MEDICINE.

SO HOPEFULLY SHE STAYS.

ALLISON MEARS, THIS IS A PICTURE OF HER.

SHE WAS AN RN AT SHASTA REGIONAL.

DR. MOONEYHAM AND I HAVE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HER.

SHE IS NOW A FOURTH-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT AT DAVIS, AND OUR HOPE IS SHE COMES HERE.

SO DAVIS, OUR MISSION, TRAIN THE PHYSICIANS THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS.

AND I SAY THAT NOW BECAUSE I JUST SHOWED YOU ALL THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

WE HAVE PATHWAY PROGRAMS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, LIKE, DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

THE IMPORTANT ONES UP HERE ARE RURAL PRIME AND TRIBAL HEALTH.

THESE ARE STUDENTS FROM OUR AREA WHO COME ROTATE WITH US AND HOPEFULLY STAY.

DR. MOONEYHAM IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS.

THESE ARE THE, WE HAVE LOTS MORE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE.

SO THE RESIDENCY NETWORK HAS BEEN SINCE 1975 WITH MERCY AND 2013 WITH SHASTA.

THAT WE'VE HAD THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM DAVIS ROTATING HERE SINCE 2009 AND PEDIATRICS AND FAMILY WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THAT DR MOONEY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT CALLED COMET WHICH IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY LOCAL STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO MED SCHOOL GET THEM IN MED SCHOOL AND GET THEM BACK HERE AVENUE M SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH DAVIS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES, A PRE-MED PROGRAM.

SHASTA COLLEGE HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER SINCE 2022.

SHASTA REGIONAL, THE TAVR PROGRAM.

THAT'S ACTUALLY DR.

SOUTHERN FROM DAVIS WHO COMES UP HERE AND DOES THAT.

AND THEN THE RURAL ASPC.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 500 LIVES CHANGED.

SHASTA REGIONAL, THAT'S DAVIS.

THAT'S DR.

SOUTHERN WHO COMES UP HERE AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

THIS IS, SO I'M THE NETWORK DIRECTOR, SO WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE OUR GRADUATES GOING ACROSS CALIFORNIA. 85% ARE CALIFORNIA, A MAJORITY ARE RURAL, SO THESE ARE THE NETWORK GRADUATES, BUT I'M GONNA LET DR. MOONEYHAM TALK ABOUT OUR LOCAL.

SURE.

LIKE DR. LUPEIKA

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MENTIONED, WE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE GRADUATES OF OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WERE GOING WITH THE INTENTION OF SAYING, ARE THEY STAYING HERE OR ARE THEY NOT? FOR MOST PROGRAMS, THEY STAY WITHIN A 100-MILE TRAINING PROGRAM 19% OF THE TIME.

BUT FOR US, BETWEEN 25% AND 30% OF OUR GRADUATES STAY IN THE AREA, WHICH IS AMAZING.

IN THE STUDY WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE CARE AREA, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS, MUA, AND TO HIRE THE MOST OTHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S OUR GOAL.

WE'RE TRAINING THEM TO ENTER INTO PRACTICE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA.

SAME THING FOR BETWEEN BOTH SHASTA COMMUNITY AND MERCY REDDING.

SPECIFIC TO MY PROGRAM, WE RECEIVE A TON OF APPLICANTS EVERY YEAR.

WE GOT OVER 500 APPLICATIONS FOR FOUR SPOTS IN OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

WE ALSO HOSTED 13 STUDENTS IN THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR, AND I PERSONALLY KNOW OF AT LEAST SEVEN STUDENTS WHO WERE APPLYING MEDICAL.

TO MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THIS LAST APPLICATION CYCLE AND THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.

NOW NINE.

YEAH.

AND THEN SHOULD WE RETAIN OUR GRADUATES? SO SINCE 2015 SHASTA COMMUNITY HAS RETAINED 35% OF ITS GRADUATES TO SHASTA COUNTY.

AGAIN, MUCH HIGHER THAN MOST.

OKAY, THERE YOU GO.

THEY HAVE OVER 400 APPLICATIONS FOR SIX SPOTS.

MERCY IS SIMILAR.

THEY SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO ROTATIONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.

THEY ALSO HOST A LOT OF STUDENTS AS WELL.

IN 1988, THEY'VE RETAINED 31% OF THEIR GRADUATES TO OUR AREA AND TO HAMLET COUNTY.

ONE OF THE NETWORKS THAT DR.

LUPEIKA HAD MENTIONED IS CALLED COMET.

IT'S CALIFORNIA-OREGON MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING.

WE ARE A LARGE NETWORK OF RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS FROM SACRAMENTO ALL THE WAY TO PORTLAND.

WE COLLABORATE ON MANY PROJECTS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT PODS.

THERE'S AN EDUCATION POD.

THERE'S A COMMUNITY PRACTICE POD.

THE ONE I CO-CHAIR IS MENTORSHIP AND PATHWAYS.

THESE ARE MY LOVELY...

CO-CHAIRS FROM UC DAVIS FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS THERE.

WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS HOW TO EXPAND CURRENT EXISTING PATHWAYS PROGRAMS OR CREATE OUR OWN NEW ONES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO TRY AND MENTOR MEDICAL STUDENTS, BUT WE WANT TO FORMALIZE THE PROCESS AND EXPAND.

FOR AVENUE M IS ONE SUCH PROGRAM.

COME OUT OF UC DAVIS THEY PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO APPLY TO MEDICAL SCHOOL HOW TO BUILD A RESUME HOW TO STUDY FOR MAS OR INTERVIEWS HOW TO WRITE PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND IT'S FANTASTIC AND IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR LOCAL STUDENTS ONE OF THE NEWEST PROGRAMS IS SOMETHING CALLED RURAL ACE-PC.

ACE STANDS FOR ACCELERATED COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION.

ALL THAT IS SHORT FOR IS A THREE-YEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL PATHWAY.

WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT? WELL, IT'S AN ACCELERATED PATHWAY.

MEDICAL SCHOOL TAKES A LONG TIME.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY.

AND FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THEN THERE'S ONE.

YEAR OF TUITION TO PAY FOR, WHICH MEANS LESS STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

AND IN ADDITION, THIS PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED A TON OF FINANCIAL AID SO THAT STUDENTS WHO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM CAN PAY FOR PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF HUGE STUDENT LOANS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL SITES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

THE FIRST YEAR IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON SHASTA IN NEVADA COUNTY.

EACH SITE RECEIVED ONE STUDENT THAT WAS ACCEPTED TO THE PROGRAM AND DR.

LUPEIKA THERE'S A LOVELY APPLICANT FROM ANDERSON WHO'S ENROLLING IN JUNE

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OF THIS YEAR SO REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING AND THEN IN THE FUTURE HUMBOLDT COUNTY WILL ALSO JOIN THE CLASS.

OKAY, SO BRANCH CAMPUS, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY IS HERE TO HEAR ABOUT.

SO DAVIS HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM UC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO START BRANCH CAMPUSES IN THREE AREAS.

SO LONG STORY SHORT, THERE WILL BE A BRANCH CAMPUS IN THE NEW STATE.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE YET.

SO WHAT'S A BRANCH CAMPUS? IT STARTS SMALL, SIX TO 12 STUDENTS A YEAR.

THOSE STUDENTS ARE FROM THE AREA.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE.

SO THE LOCAL LEADERS HELP PICK THOSE STUDENTS.

SO THEY'RE NOT FROM NEVADA OR NEW YORK.

THEY'RE FROM SHASTA COUNTY, DANE COUNTY, OUR COUNTY.

IT'S AFFORDABLE.

SIX CLERKSHIPS ARE WHAT IS NEEDED.

YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

SHASTA COUNTY HAS THREE OF THESE SIX CORE CLERKSHIPS.

FOURTH WILL START IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

THE FIFTH WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OB.

SO WE WILL HAVE ALL SIX CORE CLERKSHIPS FOR DAVIS STUDENTS BY 2028.

SO HERE'S THE SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE AREAS DAVIS IS FOCUSING ON.

RED THINGS ON THE MAP WITH US.

I THINK I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, DAVIS DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT US.

YES, WE DO.

WE'VE BEEN HERE.

WE KNOW.

AND SO THE BIGGEST BRANCH CAMPUS RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD, IS SANTA CRUZ.

YES, THEY DID PUT $1.5 MILLION IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR THEIR BRANCH CAMPUS, BUT SANTA CRUZ IS GOING TO TAKE THAT OVER YEARS FROM NOW.

SO I THINK YOU CAN START A BRANCH CAMPUS AND MOVE ON.

THIS IS JUST A TIMELINE OF WHAT OUR BRANCH CAMPUSES DO.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT...

THE THING IS I WANT TO SAY IS DAVIS GETS THE APPROVAL FROM LCME.

WE'RE AN MD PROGRAM, NOT A DO PROGRAM.

DAVIS WOULD GET THAT ACCREDITATION.

WE WOULD GET LOCAL APPLICANTS, NOT FROM OUT OF STATE.

AND AT YEAR NINE AND BEYOND, IF THIS GOES GREAT, WE KEEP EXPANDING.

YOU CAN EXPAND TO 150 STUDENTS, BUT IT'LL TAKE TIME.

AND IF WE GET THAT UP AND RUNNING, AND SHASTA COUNTY DECIDES, OH, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS.

DAVIS WILL BE LIKE, OKAY.

SO START-UP BUDGET IS FROM DAVIS AND FUNDING SOURCES.

THE DEAN WILL BE FROM HERE, OUR STAFF FROM HERE.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT.

THE ANNUAL BUDGET, ABOUT $750K.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, FUNDING SOURCES I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

THIS IS A NICE STUDY.

I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP.

THIS JUST CAME FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

SO IT SHOWS THAT UC CAMPUSES ARE MUCH CHEAPER TUITION.

AND IF YOU'RE A MED SCHOOL, YOU HAVE NO MONEY.

SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

SO THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT BRANCH CAMPUS SOME MORE.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK I HAVE TIME TO DIVE INTO THESE, BUT I HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT.

BUT LONG STORY SHORT, DAVIS IS HERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

WE'RE HAPPY.

TO PARTNER AND CONTINUE.

THAT'S IT.

QUESTIONS? AND I DO WANT TO SAY DR.

SERVICE WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT OUR DEAN IS RETIRING, SO WE'RE IN A DEAN SEARCH RIGHT NOW.

SO HE'S INTERVIEWING OUR NEW DEAN RIGHT NOW.

SO HE'S HAPPY TO COME UP AND TALK WITH YOU ALL.

MS. BLANKENSHIP, BEFORE I GET TO YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG, MS. BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO, CHAIR.

WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST, SUPERVISOR LONG? OKAY.

WHY DON'T WE GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT? AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU WHEN WE GET TO BOARD DISCUSSION, SO...

FIRST UP, WE HAVE MOE, FOLLOWED BY JEFF CARR, DOLORES LUCERO, THEN JENNY.

HELLO, FELLOW CONSTITUENTS.

MOE, COME ON UP.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

MY NAME IS MONIQUE WILLEEN, AND I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND I WAS HOPING I CAN GET AN ANSWER.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS IN LIEU OF OR TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH SIMPSON? IS THIS IN LIEU OF LIKE WE'RE CHOOSING ONE VERSUS ANOTHER? IS THAT WHAT THIS CAN SOMEBODY

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CAN ANSWER? YEP.

YOU SAY WELL WE CAN'T WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ANSWER THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TALK AND THE LADIES MIGHT ANSWER THE QUESTION I GET IT I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS ON THINGS I SAY BUT I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN ANSWER ANYWAY SO IN LIEU OF UH...

IT WAS COOL TO SEE THAT PART OF THE FINANCES WERE TIED TO IF YOU LIKE GO TO RURAL WILL TAKE FIFTY GRAND OFF OR SOMETHING THAT UM...

THAT'S AWESOME UH...

SO THIRTY PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS GRADUATE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SATELLITE CAMPUS WITH SIX TO EIGHT WITH ROTATIONS IT SAID EVERY FIVE TO NINE YEARS FIVE YEARS SOME NINE IS THAT TRUE IS THAT THE CASE MY POINT BEING IS WHEN WILL WE FIRST START TO SEE THE FRUITION OF YOUR EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN INTO OUR COMMUNITY DOES THAT MAKE SENSE LIKE ARE WE LOOKING AT FOUR YEARS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIX PEOPLE AND IN EIGHT YEARS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12.

IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS? THOSE ARE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

NEXT UP, JEFF CARR, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, BRAD G., THEN CHRISTIAN GARDNER.

THANK YOU, MEL.

I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION TODAY ABOUT UC DAVIS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS TO REMEMBER THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WAS FOUNDED IN 1868, SO FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS SHASTA COUNTY TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN FUNDING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THEM EXPAND AND PUT A BRANCH CAMPUS WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A FULL CAMPUS HERE IN THE NORTH STATE.

WE'VE TALKED IN RECENT WEEKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE...

LACK ALSO THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN ATTORNEYS IN THIS COUNTY.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT UC DAVIS IN TERMS OF ITS GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND LOOK AT PERHAPS EVEN EXPANDING.

FIRST, LET'S GET THE MEDICAL PROGRAMS AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN GET, WHERE THEY WOULD BE RENTING AND LEASING PROPERTIES HERE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE, I THINK, FOOL'S ERRAND OF TRYING TO INVEST LONG-TERM IN A SIMPSON PARTNERSHIP.

YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH ITS ENROLLMENTS, THAT'S LOOKING TO EXPAND ITS PROGRAMMING IN ORDER TO SURVIVE FOR THE LONG TERM.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WITH ITS NEARLY 160-YEAR RECORD.

AND THEY'RE THE BETTER PERSON TO PUT IN WITH AND TO SUPPORT IN OUR COUNTY.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO US EXPANDING BEYOND THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT LOBBYING AND HAVING OUR LOCAL LEADERS REALLY PRESS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS TO EXPAND THE NEXT CAMPUS IN OUR AREA.

WE HAVE...

NO ONE ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS LIVES NORTH OF DAVIS.

WE HAVE A REAL DEARTH OF REPRESENTATION ON THE CSU TRUSTEES AND ALSO ON THE UC BOARD OF REGENTS.

AND IT'S TIME FOR OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS, OUR STATE SENATOR, OUR ASSEMBLY PERSON, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE, IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO REALLY PRESSURE THE STATE TO ADD MORE PROGRAMS. AND I REALLY AM EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT...

NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, BRAD G., THEN CHRISTIAN GARDNER.

WELL, MY CONCERN IS HAVING A MEDICAL SCHOOL AND MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANYTHING REGARDING MEDICAL.

MY CONCERN IS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

SO FAR, WE HAVE SEEN...

THEY MAKE BAD DECISIONS, LAWSUITS AFTER LAWSUITS.

SO MY CONCERN ALSO IS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOUR TO FIVE YEARS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DECIDE TO WANT TO BE A NURSE OR A DOCTOR, WHATEVER, EDUCATION, TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS.

BUT MY CONCERN, EVERYBODY'S CONCERN SHOULD BE, IS THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE COUNTY, THE CITIZENS, WHAT THEY THINK, NOT JUST YOU GUYS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR DECISION.

BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, YOU CANNOT MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

AND YOU VOTE ON THINGS THAT ACTUALLY CAUSE MORE CHAOS.

IT PUTS US IN A BAD SITUATION.

AND WHO KNOWS, YOU'RE GOING

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TO BE HERE, SITTING THERE.

AS WE KNOW, THE ELECTION'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

SO HOPEFULLY, KEVIN WILL BE GONE BY THEN.

ALSO MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT WHY ARE WE ALWAYS JUST FOCUSING ON MEDICAL? WHY? IT SEEMS LIKE SO FAR FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, IT'S A PATTERN OF PEOPLE.

YOU BRING UP SOMETHING, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY FOLLOWS LIKE LITTLE SHEEPS.

WHAT ABOUT THE JAIL? HOW ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED A LONG TIME AGO? WE PASSED AN OPPORTUNITY REGARDING A JAIL, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT MEDICAL.

YES, YOU KNOW, CHRIS, I'M SICK OF YOU.

OKAY, I'M TIRED.

YOUR LITTLE PUPPET, KEVIN CRYE, TOLD YOU WHAT TO DO.

I SAW THAT.

GEE, AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED? SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH THIS BIG DECISION, NOT KEVIN CRYE'S AGENDA TO PUSH THIS.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH KEVIN CRYE WAS HOLDING CLOSED MEETINGS, PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH...

CERTAIN OFFICIALS LIKE MR. DANUKA REGARDING MEDICAL.

MY PROBLEM IS THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

THAT WASN'T IN REGARDS TO CALIFORNIA.

IT IS REGARDING THAT.

IT'S REGARDING SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE SCHOOLS REGARDING FOR HAVING A SCHOOL.

FOR ANY KIND OF MONEY, SPENDING ANY MONEY DOWN THE ROAD, YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE CITIZENS.

IF YOU DON'T DECIDE TO DO THAT, IT'S TIME FOR US TO START GETTING THE STATE INVOLVED OKAY.

AND GETTING THEM TO DO AN AUDIT AGAINST ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING KEVIN CRYE, WHO THINKS HE'S SO FUNNY.

NEXT UP, JENNY, FOLLOWED BY BRAD G., CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN ROBERT.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING FROM UC DAVIS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW INGRAINED THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR SOCIETY SO FAR AND HELPING TO IMPROVE OUR MEDICAL SITUATION.

I'M PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY SHASTA REGIONAL AND SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.

LIKE, THAT'S A PLACE THAT I GO.

SO I VERY MUCH APPROVE OF WORKING WITH THEM.

WHILE I PERSONALLY WOULD PREFER TO WORK WITH AN ESTABLISHED MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT HAS AN AMAZING REPUTATION, SUCH AS UC DAVIS, I UNDERSTAND FULLY THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY CHOSEN A RELIGIOUS-BASED SCHOOL.

WHILE I'M CONCERNED WITH THE BOARD'S CHOICE TO MINGLE RELIGION WITH GOVERNMENT, I RESPECT YOUR CHOICE.

EVEN WITH CHOOSING SIMPSON UNIVERSITY, IT'S STILL GOOD TO HEAR FROM UC DAVIS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY KNOW BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN.

YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE YOUR OWN PLANS BETTER BY LISTENING TO SOMEONE ELSE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.

SO I HOPE THAT THE BOARD, THAT THOUGH THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS, WILL FULLY LISTEN TO UC DAVIS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE SAID SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY HAVE THE BEST SCHOOL.

NEXT UP, BRAD G., CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN ROBERT.

A BIG THANK YOU TO MATT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I THINK WE DO NEED TO EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS.

SURPLUS LAND THAT THE COUNTY GAVE US SOME PROPERTY FOR YOUR CENTER.

SHASTA COUNTY JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE SIMPSON UNIVERSITY $10 MILLION.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.

SO DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING MONEY TO CRIES ALL THE TIME.

THE SCHOOL THAT HE GREW UP IN, THE COUNTY, INSTEAD OF SPENDING $10 MILLION, SIMPSON WOULD GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS, LOCAL STUDENTS THAT WANT TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL.

AND IT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER USE OF DOLLARS.

I THINK MR. PLUMMER AND UC DAVIS WERE COMING UP.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS PHENOMENAL, ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

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THE FACT THAT, AND MOST CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY DON'T KNOW THIS, UC DAVIS, WE HAVE A MEDICAL SCHOOL.

IT'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

IT'S PUT OUT OVER 300 DOCTORS.

OVER 150 OF THEM HAVE STAYED WITHIN THE NORTH STATE.

AND YET IT'S ALMOST...

WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE.

THAT MR. CRYE NEVER TALKS ABOUT UCD, NEVER.

IT'S ALL ABOUT SIMPSON UNIVERSITY, A PRIVATE, AN EXTREMELY SECULAR, A FAR-RIGHT UNIVERSITY.

AND IT MIGHT BE LEGAL TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO THE LOOPHOLES NECESSARY, BUT BASICALLY...

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION SORT OF FROWN UPON GIVING INSTITUTIONS LIKE SIMPSON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

TEN MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

TEN MILLION.

LET'S STICK TO UC DAVIS, R2.

YEAH, THAT'S, I'M TALKING ABOUT R2.

HERE'S THE WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

WE HAVE A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN HERE 50 YEARS, MR. KELSTROM.

IT HAS PUT OUT OVER 300 DOCTORS.

IT HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY VERY, VERY WELL.

THERE'S AN ECONOMIC PROJECTION THAT OVER THE 50 YEARS, BECAUSE OF UC DAVIS MEDICAL SCHOOL, OVER $300 MILLION HAS BEEN FUNNELED INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS THE REASON.

WHY REDDING, CALIFORNIA IS THE HUB, THE MEDICAL HUB OF THE NORTH STATE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN PART, PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REINVENT WHEELS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING AND WORKING WELL, WORKING VERY WELL.

IT'S TIME THAT WE FOCUS IN ON NONPARTISAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS, NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, NONPARTISAN GOVERNANCE.

IT'S TIME THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL PEOPLE AND IMPROVE WHAT IS ALREADY WORKING WELL.

NEXT UP, ROBERT.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTORS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GREAT.

I'M SO GLAD THAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I KNOW THESE DOCTORS.

THEY'RE VERY WELL REPUTED.

I LIKE THAT THERE WAS A CAMPUS IN THE NORTH STATE, THAT THERE WAS A CAMPUS IN SANTA CRUZ, AND I THINK IT WAS FULLY FUNDED.

SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT WOULDN'T MEAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.

IT WOULD BE PART OF OUR STATE SYSTEM, SO THAT'S TERRIFIC.

AND DAVIS, I NOTICED, IS MD AND NOT DO ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT MAYBE ANOTHER OPTION WAS DO.

I DON'T KNOW.

SO THIS SOUNDS GREAT TO BRING IT OUT OF SORT OF A...

A VERY SMALL GENE POOL, A DOUGH BOY, AND GET IT INTO A BIG SWIMMING POOL AND THINK MORE EXPANSIVELY.

I THINK IT'S BETTER TO PARTNER WITH A CHEAPER AND BETTER STATE-FUNDED CAMPUS, WHICH DOESN'T PILFER THE NON-EXISTING COUNTY COFFERS, AND PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THESE THINGS.

THEY'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

SO I'M ALL FOR MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.

I KNOW THAT A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR MINDS UP, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL THE OPTIONS BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SOMEBODY WAS AN ALUMNUS OR SOMEONE ON THE BOARD IS A FRIEND OF HIS OR THERE'S A DOCTOR WHO MAY BE CONFLICTING INTEREST, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE,

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AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE US INTO A SITUATION THAT WE CANNOT SUSTAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A NO-BRAINER, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PURSUED.

THAT PARTISANSHIP AND CRONYISM SHOULD HAVE NO PART IN THE DECISION THANK YOU OUR LAST SPEAKER CHAIR ALL RIGHT SUPERVISOR LONG THANK YOU CHAIR UH DOCTORS COULD I BRING YOU BACK YEAH SOME POINT CAN I ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT SHOULD I WAIT NO I'M NOT ALLOWED WELL IF IF THE BOARD ASKS YOU THEN YES ABSOLUTELY UM SO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION I KNOW YOU AND I'VE EMAILED IN THE PAST ALLEN LONG AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THE $750,000 FOR THE ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES.

AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE STATE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT? OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK EXACTLY FOR THE COST OF RUNNING THIS PROGRAM WHEN THE BRANCH WAS ESTABLISHED HERE? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

DOCTOR SERVICE COULD DIVE DEEPER ON ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, SO DAVIS WANTS TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO PARTNER WITH US.

SO I THINK SOME COMMUNITIES ARE WORRIED THEY HAVE TO SHELTER THE WHOLE BURDEN.

THAT'S NOT IT.

IT'S HALF AND HALF.

SO DAVIS WILL CONTRIBUTE.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONTRIBUTE.

SO HOWEVER THAT IS, I THINK SOMETIMES THAT'S...

BUILDINGS, THE COMMUNITY DOES NEED TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S VARIOUS DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES OF THAT.

AND OF COURSE, ONCE YOU GET THINGS UP AND RUNNING, YOU HAVE TUITION.

SO TUITION IS PART OF WHAT FUNDS THAT AS WELL.

AND WOULD THE TUITION THEN PARTIALLY OFFSET, IF THERE WAS TO BE A, LET'S SAY THIS OPTION CAME TO FRUITION.

WOULD THERE BE AN OFFSET, THE TUITION WOULD OFFSET THE COST TO THE COUNTY? WOULD THAT BE PARTIALLY? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY, AND THEN THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE A SHARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING THE BRANCH LOCALLY.

SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING HERE, AND I'M GOING TO ADDRESS SIMPSON, WE MET WITH SIMPSON, AND WE HAVE PRE-MEANT PATHWAYS.

IN FACT...

I CONNECTED SIMPSON WITH OUR DAVIS AVENUE M PEOPLE.

THEY'VE TALKED, AND DAVIS HAS OFFERED TO COME UP HERE AND DO PRESENTATIONS.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE A MED SCHOOL WITHOUT PARTNERING WITH THE LOCALS.

I'LL GIVE SANTA CRUZ AS AN EXAMPLE.

SANTA CRUZ IS ALL IN.

THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD START A BRANCH CAMPUS IN THE SANTA CRUZ AREA WITHOUT A LOCAL COLLEGE.

HELPING US.

COULD THAT BE SIMPSON? COULD THAT BE SHASTA? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT COMMENTING ON ANY OF THOSE, BUT THE POINT BEING IS DAVIS IS GOING TO HAVE A BRANCH CAMPUS IN THE NORTH STATE SOMEWHERE, BUT WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US, RIGHT? AND THAT COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME FUNDING TO HELP IT LIFT AND GO FORWARD.

SO I HOPE THAT EXTREME.

NO, IT DOES.

AND DR. SERVICE HAS SAID HE'S HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY TO GIVE MORE DETAILS ON THE BUDGET.

YEAH, THE BUDGET OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS SEAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS, AND ACTUALLY QUITE LIMITED FUNDS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUTTE COUNTY, ARE YOU FREE TO SAY IF YOU HAVE OTHER ENTITIES, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMPETING FOR YOU TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH THERE? SURE.

I MEAN, I HAD A SLIDE WITH IT, SO WE'RE TRANSPARENT.

AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS THERE WILL BE A NORTH STATE BRANCH CAMPUS.

THAT I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE OF DAVIS.

WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE UP HERE? WE DON'T KNOW.

WE WANT TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US.

SO CHICO HAS BEEN TALKING WITH US.

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YES, CHICO STATE, BUTTE COLLEGE, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TORO UNIVERSITY.

THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TOO.

SO YES, ARE WE TALKING? ARE WE DEVELOPING ROTATIONS THERE? ABSOLUTELY.

AND I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I HAVE SAID THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IN MEETINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I'M BIASED.

I LIVE HERE.

I LITERALLY LIVE 10 MINUTES FROM HERE, OKAY? I LIVE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS PLACE IS IMPORTANT TO ME, OKAY? MY KIDS GREW UP HERE.

MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR KIDS, SUPERVISOR.

CRY.

THIS IS IMPORTANT, OKAY? I PRACTICED HERE.

I MOVED HERE.

I STAYED HERE.

MY HUSBAND WORKS.

AS A THIS PLACE IS IMPORTANT SO IS HEALTH CARE IMPORTANT TO ME YES IT'S A PASSION AND SO SHOULD CHICO BUTTE COUNTY AND SHASTA COUNTY WORK TOGETHER I THINK YES BECAUSE IF WE DO IT'S BETTER IT'S MY OPINION AND I KEEP SAYING THAT HOW THAT ALL WORKS I DON'T KNOW BUT AGAIN I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO HEAR I AM BIASED I LIVE HERE, BUT I ALSO WORK FOR DAVIS, SO I HAVE TWO HATS HERE.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR THAT.

ARE WE TALKING TO CHICO? YEAH, WE'RE TALKING TO CHICO.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO SANTA CRUZ, AND SANTA CRUZ IS MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE COUNTY.

ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PARTNER TO START THIS MED SCHOOL.

AND SANTA CRUZ IS GOING TO TAKE IT PROBABLY 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

THE WHAMMY SCHOOLS, IT'S THE SAME WHERE THEY STARTED A BRANCH CAMPUS.

WHAMMY IS UP IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON STARTED BRANCH CAMPUSES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THEN WASHINGTON STATE SAID, HEY, WE'RE TAKING IT.

AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS LIKE, OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT DAVIS WOULD BE.

SO I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION AS TRANSPARENTLY AS I CAN.

THERE'S NO SECRET AGENDA HERE.

THERE'S NO BACKDOOR STUFF.

IT'S DAVIS WANTS TO PARTNER WITH WHOEVER WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US.

AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD HERE 28 YEARS.

I STARTED A PROGRAM WITH DEAN GERMANO, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT THERE, AND WE BRING FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS HERE.

HEALTHCARE IS IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I'M SORRY I GOT OFF TOPIC, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT I HAVE YOUR BACK.

AND IN FACT, I SIT ON STATE BOARDS AND CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF FUNDING AND RESOURCES IN OUR RURAL AREA, AS DOES DR. MOONEYHAM.

SHE'S THE RURAL DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS.

SO DO WE HAVE YOUR BACK? YES.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

A QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE, YOU MADE MENTION OF A MODEL OF ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MED STUDENTS, RIGHT? AND EVENTUALLY YOU COULD WORK UP TO 150.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER MODEL THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO US, THAT THEY'RE BASED OFF THE MODEL OF 150 MEDICAL STUDENTS.

AND I WON'T WEIGH IN ON THAT.

BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE PATH FORWARD? TO RAMP UP CAPACITY SO THAT WE COULD REACH THAT 150 IF THAT WAS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO DO.

SO I HAD TO BLOW THROUGH THOSE SLIDES REALLY QUICKLY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE YEAR 01, 2, 3, 4, 5, ALL THE WAY UP TO 9 AND ABOVE, YEAH, IT STARTS SLOW, AND THEN AS IT DOES WELL, IT BUILDS.

AND IF YOU BUILD TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE YOU REALIZE...

BECAUSE THE BRANCH CAMPUS, THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS IN DAVIS STILL.

AND SO IF YOU GET TO THE POINT, AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A LOCAL COLLEGE TO PARTNER WITH US, BECAUSE IF YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH, WE COULD BRING THOSE TWO YEARS UP HERE AND PUT IT AS A FOUR-YEAR FULLY FUNDED MEDICAL OR FULL MEDICAL SCHOOL OF FOUR YEARS, THAT COULD PROBABLY HAPPEN IN 10 YEARS.

IN 10 YEARS? YEAH.

AND I THINK AN IMPORTANT THING IS...

BUT IT GOES SLOWLY.

I WAS HIRED BY DAVIS AND ONE OF MY JOBS IS FINDING ROTATION SITES, OKAY? THAT IS A BIG DISCUSSION AND ROTATION SITES ARE A HEAVY LIFT, OKAY? DAVIS IS DEVELOPING THEM HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO COME FROM AND SANTA CRUZ AND CENTRAL VALLEY

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AND WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK BECAUSE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN IF THEY ROTATE IN THE COMMUNITY THEY'LL STAY.

AND SO I SAY THAT DAVIS HAS A MEDICAL SCHOOL AND ROTATION SITES IN SACRAMENTO, BUT WE'RE FINDING ON THE OUTSIDE IT'S A HEAVY LIFT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.

NO, NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S NOT A SNAP AT THE FINGERS.

IT'S RESOURCES.

IT'S TIME, EFFORT, MONEY.

YES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT, AND THANK YOU FOR SEGUEING INTO THAT, IS THE CLINICAL ROTATIONS.

AND DO WE HAVE...

THE CAPACITY IN HERE TO SUPPORT THE CLINICAL ROTATIONS AND NOT HAVE TO FARM THEM OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF THE AREA TO WHERE THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF THEM COMING BACK MIGHT BE DIMINISHED.

SO CLINICAL ROTATIONS IS BIG.

DO WE HAVE THE MEDICAL STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD PICK THAT UP AND RUN WITH THAT? NO.

I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST, A CLASS, ABOUT 150 A CLASS, THAT'S ABOUT 25 TO 30-ISH STUDENTS THAT NEED TO BE IN EACH ROTATION.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 25, I MEAN, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A DAVIS NUMBER, YOU KNOW, EACH ROTATION OB, PEDS, INTERNAL FAMILY SURGERY, PSYCH, 25 STUDENTS NEED TO DO THAT ROTATION AT THE SAME TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THEM IN.

WE HAVE AMAZING STUFF HERE.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO OUT? THEY WOULD.

HOW FAR? I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE'RE DEVELOPING THOSE ROTATIONS, BUT WE CAN'T DO 25 STUDENTS.

I MEAN, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? SURE.

MEDICAL STUDENTS IN RESIDENCY SHARE THE SAME LEARNING SPACE.

THERE'S ONLY SO MANY STUDENTS WE CAN PUT AT MERCY HOSPITAL, SAY, FOR INPATIENT PEDIATRICS.

IT'S A SMALL TEAM.

IT FOLLOWS A SET NUMBER.

PATIENTS.

WE CAN'T HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN THERE ARE ACTUAL PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

SO I THINK WE WANT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CLASS AND EXPANDING AS OUR WORK.

ARE YOU GOOD SUPERVISOR LONG? JUST ONE LAST COMMENT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE NUMBERS OF THIS AT SOME POINT.

MAYBE MAYBE YOU AND I CAN COMMUNICATE ON THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT.

WHAT THE COUNTY COSTS WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE STATE SHARE, ALL THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

YEAH, AND AGAIN, DR.

SERVICE GIVES HIS APOLOGIES, AND HE OFFERED TO EITHER COME UP, MEET WITH YOU ALL, OR MEET VIRTUALLY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT SANTA CRUZ IS ASKING US RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS WHAT STOCKTON IS ASKING US RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTORS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT IDEA OF TWO SPECIFIC TARGETED QUESTIONS.

YOU KIND OF ANSWERED ONE.

AND I THINK, SUPERVISOR LONG, JUST AS YOU'RE MENTIONING, YOU'RE USING THE TERM COUNTY COST.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE COUNTY BEARING ANY COST IN THAT THE COUNTY ITSELF AS AN ENTITY, BUT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WOULD BEAR THAT COST.

BUT THE...

THE THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE THESE TWO OPTIONS HERE WHICH ARE RADICALLY DIFFERENT AND ONE IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S HEARING FROM BOTH OF THEM AND THEN MAKING A STRATEGIC DECISION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS IN TERMS OF THE ON-RAMP.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS A GOOD THING THAT WE DO HAVE CHOICES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO CREDIT BOTH SUPERVISOR CRYE AND DR. DANUKA FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE RADAR TOO.

FACILITATE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER ARE MUCH FURTHER ALONG.

AND I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THE OTHER THING, AND SOMEONE MENTIONED THIS, IS THIS IN LIEU OF OR IS THIS TOGETHER? ONE, I WOULD SAY THAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUN THIS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONES OPERATING IT.

AND SO THE COUNTY ITSELF, THE REASON THAT THE COUNTY I WOULD SAY, FROM MY OPINION, IS KIND OF ENGAGED IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FUNDED AN INITIAL STUDY AND WE MAY GIVE MONEY TOWARDS IT.

AND SO, BUT THE COUNTY ULTIMATELY IS NOT THE DECISION MAKER.

ULTIMATELY, THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO DECIDE TO STEP UP AND SAY, WE WANT TO DO THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF OPERATING THIS OR FACILITATING IT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS...

WE'RE FACILITATING THE CONVERSATION AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE GOING INTO MAKING A DECISION

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OF WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ONE OF THESE TWO OPTIONS TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT MONTH BUT ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO TAKE INITIATIVE ON THIS ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE AND THOSE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY COULD ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO DO BOTH AND THE COUNTY IS NOT NECESSARILY IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT THAT'S WRONG OR RIGHT SO WITH THAT SAID ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WHICH I THINK I'LL SKIP, BUT BASICALLY IT WAS WHY START WITH 6 TO 12 STUDENTS, AND YOU'VE KIND OF ANSWERED THAT.

THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH DEAN AND OTHERS, IS WHY DO YOU REQUIRE HAVING THE SIX CLERKSHIPS IN PLACE BEFORE YOU CAN START THE SCHOOL? GREAT QUESTION, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COME FROM THE COUNTY.

IT'S THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU NEED COMMUNITY LEADERS.

I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

I BLEW THROUGH THAT SLIDE.

THE COMMUNITY WILL PICK THEIR DEAN.

LIKE, I'M AN ASSOCIATE DEAN AT DAVIS.

IF IT'S DAVIS, THAT PERSON'S GOING TO LIVE HERE AND HAVE SAY AT DAVIS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY.

AND WHY DO YOU NEED THE CORE CLERKSHIPS BEFORE YOU HEAD DOWN THIS ROAD? BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CORE CLERKSHIPS READY TO GO AND YOU HIT THIRD YEAR AND YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT YOUR STUDENTS, YOUR MED SCHOOL WON'T LAST.

IT WON'T HAPPEN, PERIOD.

I MEAN, STUDENTS HAVE TO GET TRAINED IN ALL SIX.

IT'S NOT JUST SIX.

THERE'S ALSO ER AND NEURO.

THOSE ARE FOURTH YEAR.

BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THOSE SIX CORE CLERKSHIPS TRAINED AND TRAINED WELL, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

WE, YOU KNOW, DAVIS AND TORO, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TRAIN OUR PRECEPTORS.

WE'RE TRAINING DOCTORS, SO YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEIR CURRICULUM AND EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO.

BUT THE POINT BEING IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CORE CLERKSHIPS AND YOUR STUDENTS HAVE TO ROTATE, THEY CAN'T GRADUATE.

AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT ALL VIRTUALLY.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO SEE PATIENTS, GET IN THERE, DELIVER BABIES, YOU KNOW, CARE OF ICU, DO CLINIC WORK.

I MEAN, DO SURGERY.

THEY HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SUSTAINABLE ROTATIONS, IT WON'T WORK.

YOU WON'T MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE MORE, SUPERVISOR FULLER? NO, THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR, I CAN FEEL THAT YOU'RE VERY GENUINE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

SUPERVISOR HARMON.

ALL THESE SUPERVISORS ARE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT UP HERE WITH THIS BOARD.

IT'S NOT ABOUT SHOULD WE DO A SCHOOL, BUT EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING, IT'S GOT TO GET POLITICIZED.

I'M SO SICK OF POLITICS.

IT'S LIKE, MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP.

IT'S LIKE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT LEFT AND RIGHT.

THIS IS ABOUT, DO WE NEED A SCHOOL? A MEDICAL SCHOOL UP HERE.

EVERYBODY'S QUITE AWARE THAT WE DO.

EVERYBODY'S QUITE AWARE THAT, AND WE'VE DONE SOME BACKGROUND.

YOU'VE DONE SOME BACKGROUND.

THERE WAS SOME BACKGROUND DONE EARLIER THAT WE HAD PRESENTED, AND IT'S LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED TO DO A SCHOOL, RIGHT? I AGREE.

RIGHT? EVERYBODY AGREES.

WE NEED TO DO A SCHOOL.

AND IT'S ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT DOING THE SCHOOL.

DO WE HAVE $10 MILLION TO FLOP ON THE TABLE? NO, WE DON'T.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT MONIES OUT THERE, AND YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT MONIES OUT THERE THAT CAN BE HAD TO MAKE THIS PROJECT GO FORWARD.

I JUST WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO KIND OF CHILL OUT AND JUST SAY, OKAY, WE NEED A SCHOOL.

IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH UC? I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY DO IT BY YOURSELF.

YOU NEED A LOCAL SCHOOL.

YEAH, YOU NEED LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

IT WON'T WORK FOR A BRANCH CAMPUS.

I THINK FOR ANYTHING, YES.

I TALKED TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS YESTERDAY.

FROM SIMPSON AND THEY'RE

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THEY'RE OFF THE TABLE REQUESTING MONEY IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY THEY DON'T WANT MONEY FROM THE COUNTY THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT IT'S ABOUT OUR TWO YES THIS IS YOUR THIS IS OUR TIME TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS I'M GETTING TO IT OKAY SO AND I'M HEARING FROM AND I'M HERE SHE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS EXCEPT FOR I REALLY AGREE WITH THANK YOU.

WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS, AND I'M HEARING YOU THAT IT'S ABOUT GETTING EVERYBODY IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WHETHER IT'S SHASTA COLLEGE, SIMPSON COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? BUT LET ME SAY THIS.

THIS IS MY ONE LITTLE CONTROVERSY WITH UC DAVIS.

I LOVE UC DAVIS.

ME, MY FAMILY, EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS.

THAT'S IT.

BUT WHEN I HEAR 50 YEARS, NINE STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM.

SO I'M NOT THRILLED ABOUT LET'S JUST HAVE UC DAVIS DO THIS.

NOT THAT I'M SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT UC DAVIS.

I'M SAYING POSITIVELY WE NEED UC DAVIS, WE NEED SIMPSON, WE PROBABLY NEED SHATZIKOFF, COMMUNITY DEAL, RIGHT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT? TURN INTO 150 STUDENTS AND MAKE THE IMPACT THAT WE NEED.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? GREAT QUESTION.

I DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THE POINT OF TODAY IS THAT DAVIS IS HERE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE.

WE'RE INVESTED HERE.

WE SEND MONEY HERE.

WE'VE GOT THIS STUDENT PROGRAM.

YEAH, IT'S SMALL.

BUT HOPEFULLY IT'LL GROW.

AND DAVIS WILL HAVE A BRANCH CAMPUS SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH STATE.

LIKE, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS A THING WHEN I...

I TOOK THIS JOB TWO YEARS AGO.

I AGREE.

WE ALL GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT I THINK IF YOU BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HASH OUT THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I THINK WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO HERE AND IT'S SIMPSON, YEAH.

CHICO WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE INVOLVED TOO, AS IS CHISKEW COUNTY, TEHAMA COUNTY, TRINITY COUNTY, ALL THE ABOVE.

WHATEVER WE DO, WE SHOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER.

I MEAN, DAVIS, WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GIVING MONEY TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET AND PARTNER WITH ANYBODY.

I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU.

LIKE I'VE SAID PUBLICLY MULTIPLE TIMES, WHATEVER WE DO, WE ALL GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

ARE YOU GOOD, SUPERVISOR HERMAN? I'VE GOT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON OUR TEAM.

I HAVE SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE LISTENING, AND I HOPE MAYBE IF IT HAPPENS TO BE RELEVANT TO ANYTHING, I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WHILE EVERYBODY'S LISTENING.

AND THAT'S THAT THERE IS A CAMPUS THAT'S BECOMING AVAILABLE THAT'S OWNED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PALISADRO.

THE BISHOP QUINN SCHOOL.

THAT SCHOOL IS MOVING, MOVING, AND IT'S SITTING THERE.

AND THE FIRST THING I HEARD ABOUT WAS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND BUILDING CLASSROOMS. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLASSROOMS SITTING OUT THERE.

SO THERE, I THREW IT OUT THERE.

MIKE, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT GETS AROUND? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HERMAN.

SUPERVISOR CRYE.

HE HAD TO OPEN THAT WOUND.

DR. MOONEY, I'M SORRY.

I SAW YOUR FACE AS A GRADUATE OF BISHOP QUINN.

ACTUALLY, SURE, YOU TELL OUR DEPUTY CEO IS A GRADUATE OF BISHOP QUINN.

SO, OKAY, I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN PAGES OF NOTES, BUT I WANT TO START OFF, DR. LUPEIKA, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED.

LUPEIKA.

LUPEIKA, SORRY.

YOU APOLOGIZED EARLIER FOR YOUR VOICE, AND I'VE HEARD YOU DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN MEETINGS.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, LIKE, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT, WELL-SPOKEN, ARTICULATE.

POWERFUL PHYSICIANS I'VE MET IN THIS PROCESS.

I MEAN THAT.

SO PLEASE DON'T EVER APOLOGIZE FOR IT BECAUSE IF SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT THEY CAN POUND SAND.

HERE'S MY...

I KNOW MOST OF OUR CONVERSATION HAS BEEN THROUGH CHRIS STREET IN THE PAST WHEN HE WAS OUR CONSULTANT AND NOW IT'S PREDOMINANTLY MYSELF CONVERSING WITH DR.

DANUKA AND OBVIOUSLY DR.

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DANUKA IS INSTRUCTOR AT DAVIS AND HE'S VERY MUCH AND AGAIN, I WILL ECHO.

WHAT SUPERVISOR HARMON SAID ABOUT IT'S REALLY BECOME SO POLITICAL, IT'S COMICAL, LIKE EVEN HALF THE COMMENTS.

AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAD KIND OF SAID IS I WAS PICKING UP WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING DOWN ABOUT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS AND THEIR CRAZINESS WITH MYSELF.

SO I JUST I WANT TO YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS.

MARK SERVICE, WHO I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE HERE, I HAD PRESENTED ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR MARK SERVICE OR THEN HIS BOSS.

AND WHAT WAS THAT GENTLEMAN'S NAME THAT WE MET WITH, THE DEAN FROM DAVIS THAT CAME IN OUR ORIGINAL MEETING THAT WE HAD? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WAS MARK SHERVITZ.

BUT THERE WAS ONE ABOVE HIM.

HE'S THE VICE DEAN.

AND MAYBE THAT WAS AN EMAIL THREAD.

AN EMAIL THREAD? YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER.

BUT I THOUGHT SHERVITZ WAS GOING TO BE HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE 50 YEARS OR WHATEVER.

AND IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME ROAD OF WHAT WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME THING.

AND TO ME, THAT'S INSANITY.

I'M NOT SAYING SIMPSON IS THE END-ALL BE-ALL WITH THAT.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE ON BOARD WITH SOLVING THESE ISSUES BECAUSE DR. MOONEYHAM IS ONE OF THE EXACT REASONS I REALLY PUSHED DEEPER INTO SIMPSON ROUGHLY 10 MONTHS AGO.

IT'S JUST HER STORY ABOUT BEING A BQ GRADUATE AND THEN WHY SHE CAME BACK.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I STARTED TO LOOK AT WE CAN GROW OUR OWN DOCTORS WHO ARE SITTING AT ST.

FRANCIS.

WHICH WAS THE FEEDER SCHOOL TO BISHOP QUINN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, OR SEQUOIA OR PARSONS OR ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE HERE.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK.

I KNOW PIKEVILLE'S NUMBERS ARE 60% IN THAT REGION, AND I KNOW THE PRINCETON REVIEW AND THE PRINCETON STUDY AROUND THAT, THE NUMBERS CAN BE VERY AMBIGUOUS ABOUT WHAT IS REGIONAL.

IS THAT 60 MILES? IS THAT 200 MILES? SO HERE'S MY QUESTIONS TO YOU.

I MEAN...

UC DAVIS WAS GOING TO GO IN SHASTA COLLEGE, AND THEY PULLED OUT, AND I BELIEVE THEY PAID SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET OUT OF THIS.

I MEAN, SO THIS ISN'T A NEW CONVERSATION WITH UC.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT EITHER OF YOU BECAUSE I GET IT.

YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, MARK, SERVICE, OTHER PEOPLE AT DAVIS ARE NOT, AS WAS YOU GUYS.

SO MY QUESTION IS, LIKE WITH STOCKTON, SANTA CRUZ, CHICO, AND THESE OTHER CAMPUSES, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CRYSTAL BALL.

CHICO'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE EARLIEST DATE I HEARD WAS 1989.

IS THAT ACCURATE? DR.

MOONEY, I'M HERE NODDING YES.

IS THAT 1989 IS WHEN CHICO AND UC DAVIS WERE TALKING ABOUT A BRANCH CAMPUS? 1989.

1989.

DID IT GO BACK THAT FAR? I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT.

THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.

I DON'T THINK IT WENT THAT FAR BACK, BUT I REMEMBER THAT I STARTED THIS IN JULY.

2024 BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING WITH DAVIS DO YOU KNOW ARE ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RURAL PRIME STUDENTS WELL ABOUT HAVING A MEDICAL SCHOOL OR A CAMPUS IN CHICO CHICO I I CAN'T I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE THING UP I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BECAUSE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS YOU KNOW IN THIS PROCESS THE LEADER OF THAT CHICO GROUP YEAH WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH SHASTA COUNTY OR HUMBOLDT OR SANTA CRUZ.

THEY ARE ON AN ISLAND, AND THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OURSELVES.

AND FROM THE COLLABORATIVE GO AHEAD.

WHO IS THAT? I REMEMBER.

IT'S THE PERSON THAT WANTS TO BE THE CHIEF IF THAT PROJECT EVER GOES FORWARD.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE GROUP WE'RE WORKING WITH IN CHICO IS HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA.

WHICH I BELIEVE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHO YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

THAT MIGHT BE THE SEPARATE GROUP.

SEPARATE GROUP.

SO DOES DAVIS HAVE ANY WRITTEN PLAN AS OF RIGHT NOW OF SCALING IT TO 150? BECAUSE THE 6 IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE ANYTHING IN SHASTA COUNTY, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY ON ONE SIDE OF THIS ROOM, WILL OFTEN.

HOLLER ABOUT TRINITY, MODOC, BUTTE, ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

AND THERE'S TIMES I CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, LIKE I CARE ABOUT SHASTA.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS LIKE REALLY FAR SECOND, WHICH IT STILL IS IN THIS CAPACITY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MEDICAL SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED 150 DOCTORS GRADUATING A YEAR THAT ALL STAY IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THEY CAN GO OUT THE 200 OR 120 MILE RACE.

SO MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN DOES DAVIS HAVE A PLAN OF...

GETTING TO 150 AND GETTING THERE MUCH SOONER THAN LATER.

SO, AGAIN, I REFERENCED, I BLEW THROUGH THEM QUICKLY,

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SO I APOLOGIZE.

AND I KNOW THE ANSWER, BECAUSE I ASKED MARK, AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO IT STARTS SMALL, BECAUSE AS DR.

MOONEYHAM JUST SAID, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU JUST, LIKE, BOLUS 25 STUDENTS IN SURGERY, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

SO YOU HAVE TO START SMALL AND BUILD IT UP.

WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S A PLAN WITH SANTA CRUZ, AND ACTUALLY DAVIS HAS WENT TO THE LCME WITH THE SANTA CRUZ AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO BE A BRANCH CAMPUS.

WE WANT TO GROW THIS.

HERE'S OUR PLAN.

I DON'T HAVE SANTA CRUZ'S PLAN BECAUSE I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PART.

I'VE KIND OF, THE NORTH STATE IS WHERE I'M AT.

BUT DR.

SERVICE COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU MORE ANSWERS ON THAT.

SO DAVIS STARTED A BRANCH CAMPUS DOWN IN FRESNO, RIGHT? UCSF TOOK IT OVER, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY RAN WITH IT.

SO THE POINT BEING IS THAT, YEAH, YOU CAN GROW THIS.

I MEAN, IF YOU START SMALL, GROW IT, YOU KNOW, GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, WHICH TAKES TIME, YOU COULD PROBABLY BUILD UP TO A PRETTY DARN GOOD ONE.

THEY WON'T ALL BE ROTATING IN SHASTA COUNTY UNLESS YOU BUILD A HUGE HOSPITAL HERE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MERCY AND SHASTA REGIONAL WILL FEEL ABOUT THAT.

IT'LL HAVE TO GO TO ST.

ELIZABETH.

IT'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE MERCY OF MOUNT SHASTA.

MERCY OF MOUNT SHASTA.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO IS THERE A PLAN? I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOOSE PLAN THAT I WOULD DEFER TO DOCTOR SERVICE.

BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE TALKING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

NO, AND I DON'T.

YEAH, AGAIN, I HAD REALLY GAUGED A LOT OF MY, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR SERVICE BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE TO TACKLE.

AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, LIKE BEFORE WE EVEN HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS, I HADN'T BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, HADN'T HAD A HEART ATTACK.

NOW I'M MUCH MORE AWARE.

OH, IT'S FINE.

IT'S BEEN A BLESSING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY GOT TO OPEN MY EYES INTO HOW REALLY UNDERSERVED AND HOW BAD THE SITUATION.

MEDICALLY HERE IS AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HOW BAD THIS IS FOR SO LONG AND HAVEN'T RUNG THE BELL TO THE DEGREE NOW OR HOW I THINK THE TIMING IS ODD BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY MY BELIEF IS LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY IN LARGE IF WE DON'T HAVE IT WHETHER THAT'S SIMPSON OR A NEW UNIVERSITY AND YOU KNOW AND SIMPSON'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1920 BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A NEW UNIVERSITY.

THEY HAVE THE THIRD, I BELIEVE, HIGHEST RATED NURSING PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

I MEAN, YOU I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD BOTH OR ONE OF YOU TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR MEETING WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND UC DAVIS HAS NO DESIRE TO COLLABORATE AT THAT LEVEL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DR.

SERVICE SAID AT THAT MEETING.

IT'S LIKE UC DAVIS IS STANDALONE.

WE DO IT OUR WAY AND THAT'S IT.

SO, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU COMING HERE BECAUSE IT'S.

YOU GUYS LOVE SHASTA COUNTY.

I KNOW THAT.

I KNOW DR.

MOONEYHAM OBVIOUSLY DOES BECAUSE SHE GRADUATED AND CAME BACK, SO THANK YOU.

AND IT'S REALLY, YOU'VE BLAZED THE TRAIL FOR OTHER PHYSICIANS THAT HOPEFULLY FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS AND START TO COME BACK.

THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALLOWING US AND INVITING US TO SPEAK.

BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE SIMPSON.

I JUST TOLD YOU.

DAVIS CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN ANY COMMUNITY WITHOUT PARTNERING.

NOW, WHAT DOES THAT PARTNERSHIP MEAN? IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO TO SAY THAT DAVIS SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT PARTNERING WITH SIMPSON, THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

WE ARE HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH SIMPSON ON A MULTIPLE DIFFERENT, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ACTUALLY CONNECTED THEM WITH OUR AVENUE M PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WANT.

I MEAN THAT'S GREAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS GETTING TO TAKE IT.

COLLABORATE AND PARTNERSHIP ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I MEAN COLLABORATE IS A CONVERSATION.

UC DAVIS, DR.

SERVICE NEVER SAID THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS AND DIFFERENT COLLABORATIONS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT HERE BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HEY DAVIS WE HAVE WE'RE FINE WITH SIMPSON.

THERE'S THERE'S NO ISSUE.

ARE YOU GOOD SUPERVISOR CRYE? I KNOW THAT.

AND REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE THIS IS WHAT BOILS DOWN FOR ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL TALK TO EITHER OF YOU AGAIN.

LIKE, I'VE GOT GREAT MEDICAL CARE.

I GO TO UC DAVIS.

I'M GOING TO BE FINE REGARDLESS.

WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THE AMOUNT OF UNDERSERVED PEOPLE.

YEP.

CRUSHED.

AND IN DISTRICT 1, I REPRESENT A LOT OF THEM IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE VERY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED.

YEP.

AND WHEN SOMEBODY, WHEN I GO TO

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SOMEBODY'S DOOR AND THEY SAY, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SEE A DOCTOR, A SPECIALIST FOR EIGHT MONTHS, THAT IS HEARTBREAKING.

WHEN THEY'RE ON AN OXYGEN TANK, KNOWING THAT I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET UP AND GO TO UCSF, TO GO TO A UC DAVIS, TO A STANFORD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CRYE.

YES, AND NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR ANSWERS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT, WHICH IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF YOU QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BEGINNING THROUGH NOW AROUND GROWING TO 150 STUDENTS.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST SAY 150 STUDENTS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE RIGHT ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS ANCHORED ON, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC CALCULATION OF NEED OR HOW MANY WE CAN ATTRACT LOCALLY.

I DO KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A DO SCHOOL IN CLOVIS, THAT THEY HAVE 150 PER YEAR.

AND THAT WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY TRYING TO MAKE IT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH I THINK IS A PRIMARY FACTOR.

BUT IN TERMS OF GROWING, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND IT'S IN THE SLIDES, WHICH I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH QUICKLY, IS THAT UCSF WAS A BRANCH CAMPUS, UC RIVERSIDE WAS A BRANCH CAMPUS, UCSF FRESNO NOW IS A BRANCH CAMPUS, THAT NOW ALL HAVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AT THEIR MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

SO.

WHILE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN OF HOW WE COULD GROW TO 150, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER, OR 75, OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT NUMBER IS, WE DO KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M SAYING THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT OPTION, I'M JUST ADDRESSING THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED, IS THAT THERE'S A PRECEDENT ACROSS THE STATE FOR STARTING A SMALL BRANCH CAMPUS AND GROWING THAT TO A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT'S FULLY ESTABLISHED, INDEPENDENT, AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, DOCTORS.

YOU ARTICULATED THAT VERY WELL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU ALL.

I LOVE THIS PLACE.

SO DOES DR.

FINNINGHAM.

WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU LET US TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT DAVIS IS DOING.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

PROJECT IS TO TRY TO CONNECT PRE-MED STUDENTS WITH MENTORS HERE.

SO EVEN ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR UP HERE IF THEY WANT, THEY HAVE A PRE-MED STUDENT, PLEASE CONNECT THEM WITH ME.

STATE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND RECEIVE SUPERVISOR REPORTS ON COUNTY-WIDE ISSUES.

CEO RICKERT.

GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN KALLSTERMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTING.

FIRST NEWS FROM SHASTA

[R3 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.]

COUNTY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, IS HONORED AS THE 2026 LACTATION IMPACT AWARD RECIPIENT ON SATURDAY AT THE CALIFORNIA BREASTFEEDING COALITION LACTATION IMPACT AWARD GALA.

MARK EVENTS CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP AND LACTATION SUPPORT ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

STONE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT AND PROVIDES LACTATION CONSULTATIONS FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY WOMEN'S AND INFANT CHILDREN PROGRAM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH AND HHSA FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, CEO RICKERT.

HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH CEO RICKERT AND AN ORGANIZATION YESTERDAY WHO DOES GRANT WRITING.

HI, EVERYONE.

KEEP THIS PRETTY BRIEF.

AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING HOW WE CAN ADD SOME EXTRA CAPACITY TO THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME MORE GRANT FUNDS ON A RANGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO EXCITED TO EXPLORE THAT FURTHER.

ALSO IS EXPLORING A GRANT APPLICATION FOR WHAT...

WHAT IS CALLED THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INNOVATION FUND, WHICH IS GIVING OUT MONEY TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL SERVICES, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.

SO I THINK THAT IS A KEY DIRECTION TO GO, AND SO I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE IS GRANT DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DELIVER AND ADMINISTER SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE TO FIND.

NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT A CHEAPER COST.

A FEW OTHER THINGS, I WAS ABLE TO WITH WITH CHAIR KELSTROM GO OUT AND VISIT OLIVE VIEW WHICH IS A FARM WHERE OUR JUVENILE, SOME FOLKS FROM OUR JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY GO AND ARE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE

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OF THE THE HALL AND THAT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO HEAR FROM A FEW OF THE YOUTH WHO ARE GOING OUT THERE AND WHO HAVE SEEN KIND OF A PRETTY DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING.

SO EXCITED TO FOR THE CONTINUED INNOVATION AND I THINK THAT IS YOU KNOW A BIT OF A ESSENTIALLY A PRECURSOR TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO WITH THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM AND THAT THE SHERIFF AND JEFF FOSTER ARE WORKING ON AND SO.

THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS HELP REINTEGRATE AND WE GOT TO TALK WITH A FEW YOUTH WHO ARE VOLUNTARILY COMING OUT THERE NOW AND WORKING IN THE GARDENS, STARTING TO WORK IN A WOOD SHOP.

AND SO I THINK THAT IS A PATH FORWARD IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REINTEGRATE THESE YOUTH OR ADULTS IN THE FUTURE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THE LAST THING I'LL SHARE IS THAT BACK IN MARCH OF 2024, PROP 1 PASSED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THIS CREATED $6 BILLION IN WHAT WAS CALLED BCHIP FUNDING, WHICH WAS FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE OTHER THING IT DID WAS IT CREATED A NEED TO CHANGE HOW WE DO ABOUT HALF OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, WHICH WAS UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT AND NOW IS UNDER THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT.

AND SO OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT'S CALLED AN INTEGRATED PLAN, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE STATE AT THE END OF JUNE.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THAT, I BELIEVE, AT THE MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL, AND DRUG ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

AND SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE KIND OF WHAT'S PART OF THAT PLAN, HOW THE FUNDING IS GOING TO CHANGE, THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MOVE AROUND BECAUSE THE BUCKETS OF WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FUND ARE DIFFERENT NOW.

THE STATE'S TAKING A BIT MORE OF THE PREVENTION DOLLARS.

SO.

JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT THERE, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST TO YOU, YOU CAN EITHER FIND THAT PLAN ONLINE OR YOU CAN ATTEND THAT MEETING AND SHARE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

SUPERVISOR CRYE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

BREEZE THROUGH THESE.

I HAD A REAL ESTATE FORUM WHERE OTHER CANDIDATES WE DISCUSSED IDEAS FOR SHASTA COUNTY MOVING FORWARD.

MET WITH CHAIR KELSTROM AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION.

VERY INFORMAL, I THINK PRETTY MUCH THEY'VE MET WITH EVERY BOARD MEMBER IN SOME CAPACITY HERE IN THE PAST MONTH, BUT THAT WAS POSITIVE.

IT WAS BUMMED TO MISS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM.

HE HAD, I BELIEVE, CHAIR KELSTROM, AND I THINK HE WENT TO A SWEARING-IN AS WELL, DIDN'T HE, TIM? WE HAVE A NEW COUNTY COUNCIL THAT JUST PASSED HIS BAR, AND HE'S NOW COME ON, AND I WAS BUMMED TO MISS THAT, BUT I WANT TO JUST, AGAIN, THANK COUNCIL LARMER FOR CONTINUING TO RECRUIT TALENT, SOME THAT ARE LATERAL, THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, OTHERS THAT ARE BRAND NEW, BUT THE CULTURE THAT'S BEEN CREATED IS GREAT, AND TIM IS GOING TO DO PHENOMENAL WORK FOR OUR COUNTY.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MHABDAB MEETING.

I'M AT CSAC THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT ON FRIDAY MORNING IS A BIG PRESS CONFERENCE AROUND HR1 AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE COUNTY.

SO I WILL NOT BE AT THE MHABDAB BOARD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

SO IF YOU DO GO, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE FROM THERE.

I DO WANT TO POINT WE HAVE AN ITEM ON CLOSED SESSION TODAY.

AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, LIKE, LAWSUITS AND THE MONEY AND WHAT'S SPENT, I MEAN, JEFF GORDER'S SUING THE COUNTY OVER WHAT HE SAYS IS A VERY DEFUNCT CONTRACT AND THERE WAS NO BENEFIT.

WELL, YOU JUST SAW A PRESENTATION THAT CAME IN FROM UC DAVIS.

NOW, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS HERE AS A COUNTY AROUND IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE ACCESS, WHETHER THAT'S A SCHOOL, RESIDENCIES, OR WHATEVER.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF A CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE YOU'RE SEEING IN CLOSED SESSION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE AN AX TO GRIND AND THEY WILL COST THE COUNTY AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN IF IT FITS A POLITICAL NARRATIVE.

AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING GREAT CONVERSATIONS NOW ABOUT MEDICAL ACCESS THAT ARE REALLY 20, 30 YEARS OVERDUE.

AND I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF CHANGE.

ADOPTION.

I AM GOING TO ASK.

DON'T YELL OUT AND INTERRUPT THE MEETINGS.

SOMEONE PROBABLY JUST THINKS THEY'RE IN A RESTAURANT AND JUST BLURTED IT OUT.

I AM GOING TO ASK HHSA TO BRING BACK AN ITEM, AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE PROBABLY IN JULY, AROUND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNTY TO LESSEN FEES THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS ADOPTING THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.

I HAVE A CONSTITUENT, ACTUALLY I BELIEVE SHE'S IN SUPERVISOR PLUMMER'S DISTRICT NOW.

SHE'S FREQUENT THE BOARD MEETING A FEW TIMES, BUT HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED, PASSED AWAY, ADOPTED THE THREE CHILDREN AND HAS SPENT, I

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BELIEVE, CLOSE TO, IF I READ IT CORRECTLY, ABOUT $16,000 JUST IN COUNTY FEES.

THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES, ADOPTING HER OWN GRANDKIDS.

AND I FIND IT REALLY TROUBLING THAT WE'RE MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO ADOPT THEIR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD BECAUSE IF THEY WEREN'T TO ADOPT THEM, THEY WOULD GO INTO.

A SOCIAL PROGRAM, A GROUP HOME OR WHATEVER, AND IT'S GONNA WIND UP COSTING THE COUNTY MUCH MORE DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I'M NOT GONNA CALL FOR A DATE.

I'M JUST ASKING PUBLICLY FOR HHSA AND DAVE, THE CAO'S OFFICE, TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD JUST AROUND WHAT THE BOARD IS ABLE TO DO AROUND REDUCING FEES FOR PEOPLE ADOPTING THEIR OWN.

GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY MEMBERS, ETC.

I DID, SUPERVISOR HARMON DID MENTION, SIMPSON PUT OUT A STATEMENT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE TO GO READ IT.

I DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY, WHEN I SAY AGREE WITH IT OR DISAGREE WITH IT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY CAN GO THEIR OWN DIRECTION, BUT SIMPSON HAS ASKED OR HAS TOLD THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR FUNDS.

AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE ACTUALLY DR.

NORM HALL IS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS WEEK.

HE'S BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT SECURING FUNDING FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND HE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THE UNIVERSITY PULLED INTO A REALM OF POLITICS.

AND THEY'RE SHOCKED, TO BE HONEST.

I MEAN, THE BOARD CHAIR OF SIMPSON DOESN'T LIVE HERE, DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE STATE.

BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH.

THAT WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AND WE VOTED AS A BOARD TO PUT THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO SAY WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION.

DEAN GERMANO WAS PART OF THAT, DR.

IRENE SALTER, DR.

DANUKA, MANY OTHERS, AND THEY SAID THIS IS THE WAY WE THINK WE SHOULD GO.

AND AGAIN, I APPLAUD SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR BRINGING UC DAVIS FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION, THE BETTER.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE WITH SIMPSON IS WE HAVE DECISION MAKERS THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON GIVING US A TRACK RECORD GOING FORWARD.

THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ON JUNE 2ND, I'D LIKE TO BRING AN ITEM FORWARD AS WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET HEARINGS AROUND AN ORDINANCE AROUND THE COUNTY PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS AND HAVING SOME, AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS, AND I ACTUALLY WAS REALLY INTRIGUED BY THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ON JUNE 2ND, I'M ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT- I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING ON JUNE 2ND.

FIRST MEETING IN JUNE IS JUNE 8TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY.

I'M SORRY, YEAH, YEAH, JUNE 8TH, MONDAY, MONDAY, JUNE 8TH.

YOU MADE THE MOTION? YES.

I'LL SECOND.

YOU HAVE A SECOND, PERFECT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SO, AND I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HERE GETS A COPY.

OF COURSE, IT'LL BE IN THE BOARD AGENDA, BUT I'LL GET IT TO CEO RICKERT, AND THEN THEY CAN GET THAT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE THE VOTE.

COULD YOU JUST REPEAT WHAT YOUR MOTION WAS? YEAH, IT'S GOING TO PUT ON THE AGENDA HAVING THE DISCUSSION AND MAYBE THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AROUND REQUIREMENTS FOR NONPROFITS TO GET COUNTY MONEY.

IS THAT I KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE MUCH DISCUSSION, BUT IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DIFFERENT.

I MEAN I PUT ONE TOGETHER BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN DO IT BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARINGS.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN, I KNOW JOE'S GOING TO.

YEAH, WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IF IT GETS ON THE AGENDA.

RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO DO YOU WANT TO DO ROLL CALL VOTE STARTING WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IT WOULDN'T BE FOR ADOPTION.

DISCUSSION.

IT WOULD BE FOR DISCUSSION.

IT WOULD COME BACK FOR TWO SEPARATE ADOPTIONS.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

BUT I WANT TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE KNOW.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OPIOID MONEY OR GENERAL FUND MONEY OR WHATEVER, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE THE REQUIREMENTS NEED TO BE.

LIKE NO MORE OF THESE.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EXACT CONVERSATION THAT.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND WE ALL VOTED ON LAST TIME.

WE'LL JUST BE DISCUSSING ON THE 8TH.

WE'RE GETTING TOO FAR.

WE NEED TO VOTE WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE IT ON AND NOT HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WHETHER YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE DISCUSSING.

I'M JUST GETTING ON THE AGENDA.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSIONS THEN.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.

I DON'T SEE PUTTING A SEPARATE ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE NO.

SUPERVISOR CRYE.

YES.

SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.

YES, JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

SUPERVISOR HARMON? YES.

AND SUPERVISOR LONG? NO.

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RIGHT AFTER OUR LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, I ATTENDED THE PALISADRO CHAMBER OUT IN PALISADRO, OF COURSE.

GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM, GIVE THEM THEIR OWN LITTLE REPORT.

AND THEN ON THIS, I DID GO TO THAT SWEARING IN WHERE ATTORNEYS COME FROM.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

HE'S NOT EVEN LISTENING TO ME.

I'M MAKING A DIG AT YOU, MR. LARIMORE.

ON THE 13TH, HOSTED KIDS FISHING DAY AT THE RANCH FOR HOMESCHOOL KIDS.

THAT WAS PRETTY FUN, WATCHING THEM RUN THEM WILD.

AND THEN ON THE SAME DAY, I HAD JOHN INGRAM, OUR AG ADVISOR, AND CHRIS KELSOM AND I MET WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

THE TOPIC WAS WOLVES AND THE MAIN TOPIC IN THERE WAS ABOUT THE LIAISON CREATING A REPRESENTING THE RANCHERS, THE COUNTY, THE PEOPLE, EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

I'LL LET KELSTROM TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

CHAIR KELSTROM, SORRY, CHAIR KELSTROM.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO A SHOUT OUT.

RODEO WEEK.

WHAT AN AMAZING TIME FOR SHASTA COUNTY.

WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DO.

IT'S LIKE AMAZING.

IT'S LIKE ONE THING RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.

IT'S SO BUSY AND SO WELL PUT TOGETHER AND ALL THE WAY FROM, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS.

BUT ANYWAYS, SHOUT OUT TO...

READING RODEO ASSOCIATION AND THE ASPHALT COWBOYS AND EVERYBODY THAT VOLUNTEERED.

AND THEN LAST, I VISITED FIELD DAY AT SHASTA COLLEGE FOR THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT PROGRAM.

AND SO I'M GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

WHAT A GREAT, THEY GOT SOME NICE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.

GOT A GREAT ACREAGE PARCEL WHERE THEY CAN PLAY IN THE DIRT AND TEACH STUDENTS.

THE TRADES SO I I WANTED TO GIVE THAT SHOUT OUT TO THE ANY OF THE UH...

STUDENTS THAT ARE UH...

SAY HIGH SCHOOL AGE ABOUT TO GO INTO COLLEGE IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THERE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IN THAT FIELD OF WORK UH...

AND WITH THAT I AM DONE WITH MY REPORT THANK YOU ALRIGHT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HARMAN SUPERVISOR LONG THANK YOU CHAIR WELCOME EVERYONE IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE HERE SO UH...

ISSUES OF COUNTYWIDE SIGNIFICANCE I MET WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE 16 ATTORNEYS, FOUR HAVE LEFT FOR BUTTE COUNTY AND I THINK ALL FOUR WENT TO BUTTE, MAYBE ONE OTHER PLACE.

AND SO WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY KIND OF AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS ON OUR HANDS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATIVELY LOOK AT WAYS TO BOLSTER AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROSECUTORS.

AND IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR OUR COUNTY.

AND SO I MET WITH ANOTHER ISSUE OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR COUNTY IS I MET WITH CHRISTY COLEMAN, AARON WATTS, AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

ALL FOUR OF US MET.

AND WE DISCUSSED THE SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGET REQUEST, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT SHORTLY, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN UP FOR.

UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LOAN THE GENERAL COVER CONTINGENCIES THAT'S THAT'S HUGE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL COME OUT AND WHAT WE STARTED TO DISCUSS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO I WILL ALSO BE GOING TO THE CSAC LEDGE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HR1 UPDATE TO FIGURE OUT THE IMPLICATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS UNDER THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AND SOME OF THE CUTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT OUR COUNTY WITH MEDICAID AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES AND FUNDING LEVELS SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION WE'VE GOT A HUGE DISCUSSION ON AND I WON'T GO INTO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT LATER BUT UH...

HUGE HUGE ISSUE FOR OUR COUNTY AND THEN UH...

FINALLY I ATTENDED THE PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL CELEBRATION AND CEREMONY AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SHARE A COUPLE FACTS

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AND FIGURES.

OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE AND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THEM FOR DOING THAT.

WE'VE HAD 16 THAT HAVE DIED IN SHASTA COUNTY'S HISTORY AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK I READ THIS IN THE FLYER OR SOMETHING, BUT IT HIGHLIGHTED THE OFFICER'S COURAGE, DEDICATION, AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I THINK THAT'S HUGE.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND PAY THAT TYPE OF PRICE.

AND IT WAS A REALLY FITTING CEREMONY.

THEY HAD A BATON RUN, WHICH IS ANNUAL.

THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

SO I JUST THINK IT WAS MOVING.

I THINK IT WAS VERY, ANYWAY.

SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG.

AFTER THE LAST MEETING ON THE 5TH, I ATTENDED THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN, AS SUPERVISOR CHRIST SAID, WE WERE AT THE REALTORS FORUM ON THE 6TH. THAT SAME DAY.

I HAD A VETERANS COLLABORATION MEETING, AND WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS THERE, SO IT WAS GREAT.

I SAW JUSTIN BOND WAS THERE FROM OUR HEROES DREAMS, AND KEVIN KNAPP FROM SPECIAL FORCES, AND CHRISTY COLEMAN, OF COURSE, AND OUR VSO, TROY PAYNE.

AND THEN ON THE 7TH, I WENT TO A PRAYER BREAKFAST OUT AT SIMPSON, AND THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS JILL LAMALFA, SO IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE HER.

SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING AS GOOD AS SHE CAN BE.

AND THEN I DID GO TO THE SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW ATTORNEY WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S OFFICE.

AND THEN ON THE 8TH WE HAD THE COTTONWOOD KITTY PARADE AND I EMCEED THE COTTONWOOD KITTY PARADE.

IT'S MY FAVORITE WEEKEND OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO AFTER I EMCEED THE COTTONWOOD KITTY PARADE, THEY GOT ME IN THE DUNK TANK.

SO I WAS DUNKED A FEW TIMES.

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY ON SATURDAY, AND THEN I COLLECTED TICKETS AT THE FRONT DOOR BOTH DAYS OF THE COTTONWOOD RODEO.

SO FANTASTIC TIME.

AND THEN ON MONDAY, I ATTENDED THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS DAY WITH THE READING RODEO.

THE CHANCE TO SEE THAT THEY TAKE KIDS FROM ALL SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEY PUT THEM ON THE BACKS AND THEY WRITE THEM AROUND THESE KIDS SMILING ALL KIDS THAT WERE TALKING AND JUST IT'S IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE SO IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT MR PLUMBER SAID ON THE 12TH I DID VISIT ALL OF YOU FOR FARM OUT AND WITH TRACY NEAL AND PROBATION I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME FROM HAPPY VALLEY ABOUT ALL OF YOU UM EARLIER ON AT THE TIME I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING SO ONCE I VISITED IT AND I HAD ALL THE INFORMATION, OF COURSE I COULDN'T FIND THE EMAIL.

IF ANY OF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN ALL OF YOU FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

I'M MEETING WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON AT THE READING DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES.

AGAIN, IT WAS A HITCH.

IT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT, AND TO ME AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE, SO THEY FIXED IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

I DID THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST WITH ALICE FELT COWBOYS, AND THE CHIEF WERE BOTH FLIPPING PANCAKES.

A GREAT TIME.

ESTIMATED 10,000 PEOPLE WERE THERE.

AND THEN LATER ON I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH THIS OVER HERE, A BUDGET MEETING ALSO, AND THEN THERE WAS A CHURCH.

LET ME TELL YOU, IF ANYBODY EVER GETS A CHANCE TO DO THAT, I THINK WE'LL JUST MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT.

THERE'S A REASON YOU DO.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

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WE DO, CHAIR.

WE HAVE 35 SPEAKERS.

FIRST UP, JOHN MOCK.

FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT, STEVE

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WOODRUM, THEN BILL GILBERT.

JOHN, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP.

GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN, LADIES.

MY NAME IS JOHN MOCK.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE RIVER RANCH PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL OF PUTTING A JAIL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M ALSO KIND OF A FRUSTRATED CALIFORNIA TAXPAYER.

I'VE WATCHED US SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A BOONDOGGLE.

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AND TALKING ABOUT CLOSING OUR JAILS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THESE PEOPLE AND MOVE THEM INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THEY HAVE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO FLOOD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHO'S GOING TO PROTECT US? LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IF WE DEFEND OURSELVES, WE'LL BE ARRESTED.

WE HAVE A PROPERTY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S A WETLANDS.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT A JAIL ON IT.

COULDN'T WE FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH IT? OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE EVOLVED SUBSTANTIALLY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, DON DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY STEVE WOODRUM, BILL GILBERT, AND THEN SCOTT M.

SPENT DECADES WORKING IN COUNTY FISCAL MATTERS, I BELIEVE VOTERS DESERVE PRECISION IN LANGUAGE AND HONESTY ABOUT FINANCIAL IMPACTS.

KEVIN CRYE REPEATEDLY REFERS TO HIMSELF AS A TAX FIGHTER, BUT THE REALITY IS THIS BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER TAXES.

SO IF SOMEBODY TRULY WANTED TO RUN AS A TAX FIGHTER, THEY SHOULD SIMPLY SEEK A DIFFERENT OFFICE.

WHAT I BELIEVE HE'S ACTUALLY REFERRING TO ARE FEES.

YES, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES WERE SUSPENDED DURING HIS TERM, BUT THOSE IMPACTS DIDN'T MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR.

ROADS STILL WEAR OUT.

PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS STILL EXIST.

THE EXPENSE WAS SIMPLY SHIFTED FROM DEVELOPERS ONTO THE BACKS OF WE, THE TAXPAYERS.

THAT'S NOT ELIMINATING COSTS, FOLKS.

THAT'S TRANSFERRING COSTS.

LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OFTEN CITED BY CRYE WAS A FEE ADJUSTMENT THAT RESULTED IN A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE RECEIVING $12 REFUNDS.

IF THAT IS...

CONSIDERED A SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTER FOUR YEARS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE TAXPAYERS TO ALSO LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER.

THIS COUNTY IS NOW FACING MOUNTING LEGAL EXPOSURE TIED TO CONTROVERSIAL PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS.

WE SAW THE BENJAMIN NOANE MATTER RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.

WE NOW FACE THREATS OF ADDITIONAL LITIGATION INVOLVING THE ROV.

THANK YOU, MR. CRYE.

ALONG WITH MULTIPLE CLAIMS FROM FORMER EMPLOYEES.

SO BEFORE VOTERS ACCEPT SLOGANS LIKE TAX FIGHTER, THEY SHOULD ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION.

HAVE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ACTUALLY SAVED MONEY DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS? OR HAVE WE TRADED SMALL FEE REDUCTIONS FOR MASSIVE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS? THANK YOU.

PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

SUSAN WILSON AND STEPHANIE BRIDGET WERE FALSELY ACCUSED BY SUPERVISOR CRYE.

HE SAID WILSON STOLE FROM CHARITY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRIDGET REFUSES TO PROSECUTE.

POLICE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIME, BUT CRYE KEEPS BLASTING AWAY.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME CRYE HAS

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MADE UP STUFF JUST BEFORE AN ELECTION.

TWO YEARS AGO, PATRICK JONES AND CRYE ATTACKED BRIDGET.

OVER A MADE UP DOGFIRE CONTROVERSY.

THEY DEMANDED THAT THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATE.

BRIDGET WAS CLEARED, BUT THESE SUPERVISORS HID THAT REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC JUST BEFORE AN ELECTION.

AN ELECTION WHERE CRYE BARELY AVOIDED RECALL.

IF ONLY THE PUBLIC HAD BEEN TOLD THE TRUTH.

NEXT UP, BILL GILBERT, PAUL SCOTT M.

CHRISTINE BEGLEY, THEN MONIQUE WHELAN.

IT'S ELECTION TIME AGAIN, AND I URGE VOTERS TO UNELECT ALL INCUMBENTS, ESPECIALLY KEVIN CRYE, WHO WASTED $2 MILLION ON THE DOMINION VOTING MACHINE FIASCO.

BILL GILBERT.

FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, SHASTA COUNTY VOTERS HAVE SPLIT ABOUT...

60% REPUBLICAN, 40% DEMOCRAT.

THAT IS WHAT THE DOMINION MACHINES PRODUCED.

HERE IN AN ELECTION THAT VOTED IN CRYE.

THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THOSE MACHINES WAS TRUMP IS A SORE LOSER.

THEY MADE THE SHASTA COUNTY ELECTION DEPARTMENT AN UGLY PLACE, AND IT'S STILL A MESS WITH YOUR NEW BOY.

NOW CRYE WANTS YOU TO FORGET THAT AND WANTS TO BE REELECTED BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO HELP CHILDREN.

WHAT A COWARD TO TRY AND HIDE CHILDREN.

WELL, I DON'T CARE IF SHASTA COUNTY GOES BANKRUPT, BECAUSE I'M HARDLY EVER HERE ANYMORE.

IF I COULD, I'D BE HERE EVERY SESSION TO GET IN YOUR FACE.

BUT MY GIRLFRIEND'S IN SACRAMENTO, AND I'M NOT HERE.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S DOING YOUR CONSTITUENTS ANY SERVICE BY HAVING A TWO-HOUR ALMOST DOG-AND-PONY SHOW.

BEFORE YOU LET ANYBODY SPEAK.

YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS FROM SPEAKING THEIR MIND.

BUT WHY SHOULDN'T YOU? YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY ANYWAY.

YOU'VE GOT ROCKS IN YOUR EARS. OH.

CHRISTINE BEGG.

MONIQUE WHELAN.

THEN MICHAEL MICHALAK.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.

LET'S CHANGE THE TONE A LITTLE BIT.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY.

I'M TRYING TO SPLIT SOME PROPERTY, AND I'M RUNNING INTO SOME ANTI-GROWTH ASPECTS OF ORDINANCES.

ONE, I'M REQUIRED TO PUT A FIRE HYDRANT IN FRONT OF MY PROPOSED SPLIT, BUT THE CIVIL ENGINEERS TENTATIVE MAP SHOWS ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

I'M WITHIN A QUARTER MILE.

OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PUT ONE ACROSS THE STREET.

I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA.

I MET WITH THE LOCAL FIRE CHIEF.

HE CAN VERIFY, THE WATER DISTRICT CAN VERIFY THE FIRE HYDRANT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED SPLIT.

ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED A SPLIT.

AND WAS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY TO PUT A FIRE HYDRANT AT EACH OF THOSE SPLITS.

THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

I WOULDN'T BE BRINGING THIS TO YOU GUYS IF THE REVIEW BOARD WAS FUNCTIONING.

I HEAR IT HASN'T BEEN IN OVER 13 YEARS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THAT PROCESS AND BRING IT UP SO THE COMMUNITY CAN BRING TO THE AWARENESS OF YOU GUYS DEFICIENCIES IN COUNTY CODES.

ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS THEY'RE TELLING ME I NEED TO DO A WATER FLOW TEST ON THE PROPERTY AND MY EXISTING PARCEL THAT I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS.

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF DEVELOPING THE PARCEL EVER.

IT HAS THE WAPA TOWERS, 200,000 KILOWATT LINES RUNNING, AND A CELL TOWER ON IT, SIMPLY SPLITTING TO PRESERVE IT IN MY FAMILY TRUST FOR MY HEIRS.

TOLD SOMEONE COULD BUILD ON IT SOMEDAY.

WEDNESDAY, I THINK.

NEXT UP, CHRISTINE BEGLEY, FOLLOWED BY MONIQUE WHELENE, THEN MICHAEL MICHALAK, CAROL, THEN BRENT TURNER.

HI, MY NAME IS CHRIS BEGLEY, AND I'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COUNTY.

TEACHER FOR 35 YEARS.

THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE EX-STUDENTS OF MINE.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY WHERE...

SOMEBODY WOULD STAB A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BACK AND PUT IN A JAIL AND A DRUG AND, YOU KNOW, FELONS IN RUNNING UP AND DOWN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THEY'RE PUTTING, THE BOARD HAS TO PUT THIS PROJECT ON THE

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SACRAMENTO RIVER NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF A, THERE'S ANKLE BRACES, GET CUT ALL THE TIME.

AND I JUST.

CAN'T UNDERSTANCE IN THIS COUNTY.

I AM SERIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR CHOICES.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ALREADY TRIED TO SELL THEIR HOUSE THERE AND THEY HAD TO CONVEY THAT THERE MIGHT BE A JAIL.

THEY LOST $40,000.

THEY COULD HARDLY SELL THEIR HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 36 YEARS.

MY HOME IS PAID FOR.

I WAS GOING TO HAND IT DOWN TO MY KIDS, BUT NOW...

YOU KNOW, IF THIS PROJECT GOES, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD, IT'S GOING TO BE DANGEROUS FOR THEM AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT SHERIFF JOHNSON HEATED UP ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

I ADORED SHERIFF JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS IN ANDERSON AND ANDERSON WAS CLEANED UP.

HE'S UP HERE NOW.

ANDERSON IS JUST GETTING, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND HE WANTS TO PUT A BOAT RAMP IN SO HIS PRECIOUS BOAT CAN BE ON THE ROAD.

NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THAT.

NOT SEEING, UM, FOLLOWED BY CAROL, BRENT TURNER, THEN BEV.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL MICHALAK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I OWN THE FLY SHOP HERE IN READING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T AWARE, IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST BUSINESS OF ITS KIND IN THE 19,000 BED NIGHTS.

MY GUIDE'S 15 GUYS.

I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR COLLECTIVE SUPPORT SELECTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, THE JAIL, WHATEVER ELSE IT IS THAT THE SHERIFF WANTS TO PUT ON THAT ACREAGE.

HONESTLY, I QUESTION THE WISDOM OF SELECTING A SITE IN OPPOSITION TO SUPERVISOR KELSTROM'S.

NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNANIMOUS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THAT.

YOUR OWN CONSULTANTS HAVE YET TO PRODUCE THEIR RESULTS, WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL PASS THE CEQA LITMUS TEST.

TODAY YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO EARMARK $2.5 MILLION MORE IN YOUR PLAN.

$2.5 MILLION MORE.

THE WISDOM OF PUTTING A JAIL ON THE SHOULDER OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE IMAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO REDDING.

A GREAT DEAL OF IT CENTERS AROUND SACRAMENTO RIVER.

STEPH CARROLL, FOLLOWED BY BRENT TURNER, BEV, ASHLEY, MARK FEEDBACK.

IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF MEDICAL CARE.

IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

AND I, FOR ONE, HAVE HAD TO BE REFERRED TO UC DAVIS.

I'VE SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM.

I AM SO GLAD THAT THEY ARE THERE.

THAT JUST INDICATES.

WITH KEVIN CRYE, JUST THE NEED FOR LOCAL, REALLY GOOD MEDICAL CARE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE WISDOM AND THE DISCERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO DELVE THROUGH ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND THE FACTS AND BE ABLE TO GET THE MEDICAL CARE THAT WE NEED HERE.

I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE UNABLE TO GET PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.

HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS TO GET SPECIALIST APPOINTMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THE SECOND THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF, IT'S AN EX PARTE FILING, AND IT'S RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS.

AND I'M VERY MUCH INVOLVED AND INTERESTED IN THAT.

I HEARD ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND THIS WAS FILED BY JENNIFER KATSKY, WHO WAS A.K.A.

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JANE DOE IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST MEASURE B IN MARCH.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SHASTA COUNTY AND WE HAVE THE ROV AND WE HAVE PROBABLY ELECTION EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BEING...

TARGETED AND BEING FOCUSED ON AND I JUST WANT TO SAY PLEASE SHOW UP TOMORROW, SPEAK UP TOMORROW AT THIS HEARING AND JUST REPRESENT THOSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HIRED AND HAVE YOUR...

NEXT UP, BRENT TURNER FOLLOWED BY BEV, ASHLEY, MARK FEEBACK, THEN RACHEL HOFFMAN.

HELLO, BOARD, COUNTY STAFF, BRENT TURNER, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR VOTERS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

BRENT, COME ON UP.

JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH YOU, AS I DO OFTEN, TO TELL YOU, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES COME FORWARD.

THE TIMING OF SOME OF THEM ARE INTERESTING, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL IN THE ELECTION STATEMENT.

WE ARE MOVING TOWARD THE ELECTION, LAST ELECTION, AS YOU RECALL.

I THINK WAS REGARDED AS THE MOST TRANSPARENT SUCCESSFUL ELECTION THAT THE COUNTY HAS CONDUCTED IN RECENT MEMORY AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER ELECTION JUST LIKE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT DESPITE WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH STORIES COMING AROUND THAT THE OFFICE IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND THEY ARE EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO COME DOWN AND AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SYSTEMS AND AND UH...

PARTICIPATE SO I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME NEXT UP BEV FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY MARK FEBACK THEN RACHEL HOFFMAN HELLO THERE'S A LAWSUIT THAT'S GOING ON THAT I THINK IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND BOGUS AND IT'S TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE PATRIOTIC EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT THE ROV OKAY HERE IS MY THOUGHTS.

I THINK ANYONE WORKING AT THE ROV SHOULD HAVE AN OPINION AS TO WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR.

THEY SHOULD CHECK OUT EACH OF THEIR CHOICES BEFORE THEY VOTE.

IF THEY DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO VOTE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE WORKING THERE.

WORKING THERE, A PERSON MUST HAVE INTEGRITY, HONOR, AND GOOD MORALS TO DO A GOOD JOB THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

THIS IS THE QUALITIES OF THE PATRIOTS WORKING THERE.

MUCH MORE.

COMPARE THE QUALITIES OF BOTH GROUPS OF PEOPLE WORKING THERE, AND IT IS OBVIOUS WHO SHOULD STAY AND WHO SHOULD GO.

THE BOARD ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO PROTECT THESE EMPLOYEES FIGHTING FOR FAIR ELECTIONS AND FILE A COUNTERSUIT AGAINST THESE PEOPLE PERSONALLY.

ALSO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STATING FACT AND BEING POLITICAL, WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR BEING THROWN OUT OF A TRAINING SESSION.

I'M TIRED OF THE LIES AND ENGINEERING THAT'S GOING ON AND AGAINST THE ROV FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES.

YOU GUYS ARE BEING SET UP AND YOU ARE THE ONES THAT WILL TAKE THE BLAME.

THE PEOPLE SETTING YOU UP NEED TO BE OUT AND HERE, OUT OF HERE, EVEN IF YOU SIT ON THE BOARD.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FIVE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE 9 O'CLOCK.

THEY BEHAVE SO...

FANTASTIC.

MORE THAN, BETTER THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HERE.

AND I THINK THEY ARE AMAZING.

AND I THINK I WANT TO THANK THE MOM.

SHE SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THESE KIDS.

NEXT UP, ASHLEY, FOLLOWED BY MARK FEEBACK, RACHEL HOFFMAN, AND LARRY F. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT YOUR MEETING.

I THINK THAT WITH AN ELECTION COMING UP IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE AND LORE IN SHASTA COUNTY THAT KIND OF OVERSHADOWS THE BASICS OF WHAT A GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO, AND THAT IS NOT RUN ITSELF LIKE A BUSINESS.

A GOVERNMENT IS A SERVICE PROVIDER, NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE MAKING MONEY OFF OF ITS CITIZENS OR ASKING THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO CONTINUALLY TIGHTEN THEIR BELT SO THAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE THERE ARE SURPLUSES IN THE BUDGET WHEN THAT IS...

THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING.

IT IS THE CULTURE OF THIS COUNTY, WHICH IS VERY PREVALENT, WHEN PEOPLE COME AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY WANT TO MOVE, PROFESSIONAL LIVES IN

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DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU REQUIRE EDUCATION, THAT THERE ARE FEW CANDIDATES THAT WANT TO WORK IN THESE PLACES BECAUSE THE CULTURE IS SO...

THE PATIENTS ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM, AND NOBODY IS STOPPING THAT, AND IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS NOW WHERE THE FOCUS HAS BEEN LOST, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS PLACE ARE NOT HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD.

THEIR MONEY IS NOT BEING TAKEN BACK FROM THE STATE THAT THEY PUT INTO IT BECAUSE NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EVERYBODY WHO LIVES HERE PAYS TAXES.

AND EVERY TIME YOU DECLINE MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE, YOU'RE BASICALLY TELLING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE STATE HAVE THEIR MONEY AND YOU DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE ANYTHING BACK FOR IT, WHICH I THINK IS INSULTING TO THE PUBLIC WHO ELECTED YOU, AND YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON...

WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU EVERY WEEK THAT YOU HAVE A MEETING LIKE THIS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME UP AND SPEAK, THEY'RE VERY ARTICULATE, THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE COUNTY FOR YEARS, AND THEIR OPINIONS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE PULSE, THEIR FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF THE COUNTY.

MARK SEABACK, FOLLOWED BY RACHEL HOFFMAN, LARRY S., THEN CARLA REED.

HI, MY NAME IS MARK FEEBACK.

THANKS FOR HEARING ME.

I'M HERE OPPOSITION IN THE ADP AND THE NEW JAIL FACILITY.

PLACING THIS NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD IS A TERRIBLE IDEA, AS IS HAVING IT.

IMPORTING CRIMINALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL ONLY MAKE SHASTA COUNTY PROBLEMS. THIS WILL PUT A LARGER BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY.

AS WE IMPORT CRIMINALS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE STAFF REQUIRED TO OPERATE THIS FACILITY.

IT WILL CREATE MORE COMPETITION FOR LOW- AND MEDIUM-INCOME HOUSING, CAUSING THE RENTS TO INCREASE.

THE MEDICAL SERVICES WILL ALSO BE HARDER TO GET.

ER ROOM WAITING TIMES WILL INCREASE AS WELL.

I AM SURE THE FUNDING AND GRANTS REQUIRED FROM OUT OF THE AREA TO BUILD THIS WILL ONLY COVER A PORTION OF THE COSTS TO BUILD AND OPERATE.

THE REMAINING COST WILL BE THE BURDEN OF THE SHASTA COUNTY TAXPAYER.

LET'S GET BEHIND THE TEHAMA COUNTY MCRP THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND SITS EMPTY.

LET'S SEND OUR PROBLEMS THERE AND LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR OWN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MR. PLUMMER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.

ALTHOUGH WE DISAGREE, I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE TO RESPOND.

YOU ARE THE ONLY ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT RESPONDED TO THE COUNTLESS LETTERS I HAVE SENT.

IN CLOSING, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP.

I CAN BRING NEW AND FRESH IDEAS.

I BELIEVE IF YOU CRITICIZE, YOU MUST PROVIDE SOLUTIONS.

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF I CAN HELP YOU WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

YOU ALL HAVE EMAILS FROM ME.

NEXT UP, RACHEL HOFFMAN, FOLLOWED BY LARRY S., CARLA REED.

THEN DEBBIE KAYE.

BEFORE THE TIMER STARTS, CAN I? I'M SORRY.

HELLO, BOARD.

I'M DISABLED.

IS THIS GOING TO TAKE ME A MOMENT? OKAY.

I'M VERY TAKEN ABACK AT THE DISRESPECT OF THIS BOARD TODAY.

TAKE ME A MINUTE TO CATCH MY BREATH.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.

DEAR COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

I BRING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND FINANCIAL BACKING TO PLACE SIGNAGE AT THE SHASTA COUNTY LINES LOCATED AT BOTH I-5 NORTH AND SOUTH, HIGHWAY 44 AND HIGHWAY 299 FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR SIGNS.

THIS INITIATIVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS I FEEL VERY STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE HAVE SEEN AND LIVED THROUGH MUCH TRAUMA IN SHASTA COUNTY INVOLVING NATURAL DISASTERS, INCREASED CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS, BUSINESS.

AND THE RECENT TRAGIC LOSS OF TWO FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE REACH HELICOPTER CRASH.

EVERY FIRST RESPONDER IN OUR COUNTY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

I HAVE MET WITH BOTH INSTRUCTORS AT SUHSD WHO ARE LIFELONG FIRST RESPONDERS, AND I HAVE THEIR BACKING ALONG WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE FIRE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAM.

I CAN ALSO SHARE MY PERSONAL STORY OF WHAT THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN SHASTA COUNTY HAVE GIVEN TO MY FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES A READING POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER'S TIME AND COURAGE.

WHICH GAVE ME 10 ADDITIONAL MONTHS WITH MY OLDEST SON BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 2008.

ADDITIONALLY, THE FIREFIGHTERS AT STATION 3 CAME TO MY HOME, AND ALL FOUR BOWED THEIR HEADS OUT OF HONOR AND RESPECT THAT THE NIGHT MY SON PASSED AWAY.

I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HEATHER HADWICK'S OFFICE ON THE NEXT STEPS IN

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SACRAMENTO, WHICH INCLUDE THE CONTINUED WORK WITH IT.

WITH THE CALTRANS HEADQUARTERS IN SACRAMENTO I'M SORRY WHEN I GET IN MY FRONTAL LOBE IT DOESN'T GO WELL TO UPDATE THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES BRYCE RITCHIE HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG HELP AND I BELIEVE HE HAS PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO SIGN AND PRESENT TO SACRAMENTO IN ORDER FROM NEXT UP THANK YOU AND THAT IS IN OUR CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY NEXT UP, LARRY S., FOLLOWED BY CARLA REED, DEBBIE K., THEN ROSEANNE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF POETIC IRONY, I THINK, THAT HAS BROUGHT ME HERE THIS MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, MY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SUGGESTS THAT YOU WRITE A LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER ONE ISSUE OR ANOTHER.

USUALLY, THIS TIME I'M SERIOUS.

YOU NEED, SINCE IT'S YOUR JURISDICTION, TO WRITE A LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP THANKING HIM.

BEING THE DRIVING FORCE IN PUTTING SHASTA COUNTY IN DISTRICT 2, SO THAT AT LEAST THROUGH 2030, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE A RATHER PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT FROM MARIN COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MR. TRUMP HE STARTED IT WITH TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA ANSWERED.

THE ONLY THING I CAN DO FROM HERE ON OUT IS...

SINCE THERE HASN'T BEEN TOO MANY VICTORIES THAT THE LIBERALS ON THE LEFT CAN LOOK AT SINCE MR. TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE AND BACK INTO OFFICE, IS THAT I CAN JUST LAUGH NOW.

EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TWISTS INTO A KNOT AND COMPLAINS ABOUT BEING IN A LIBERAL DISTRICT, I CAN JUST LAUGH, AND I WILL LAUGH HYSTERICALLY.

I'M NOT GOING TO CARE.

I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY THINKS.

BECAUSE MY RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE, THANK MR. TRUMP FOR DOING WHAT HE'S DONE WITH SHASTA COUNTY.

I APPLAUD HIM.

NEXT UP, CARLA REED, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE KAY, ROSEANNE, THEN BO.

NOT EVERYONE IN SHASTA COUNTY WANTS THE PROPERTY.

AT 7251 EAST SIDE ROAD TO BE USED FOR A CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATION CAMPUS.

YESTERDAY, I DROPPED OFF PROOF OF THIS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY AND FIGHT THIS BLINDSIDE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I AM TIRED OF HEARING THAT THE COUNTY WILL GET THE PROPERTY FOR $1.

THE FACT IS, THE CITY OF READING WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN FOR THE SAME AMOUNT.

RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THE JAIL IS NOT BEING BUILT ON THE PROPERTY AT YOUR OFFICE WHEN I WAS UPSTAIRS IN YOUR OFFICE.

IT IS PART OF YOUR CORRECTIONAL CAMPUS PLANS FOR THE LOCATION SINCE THE JANUARY 2025 PRESENTATION BY SHERIFF JOHNSON.

THE LEASE SPECIFICALLY STATES IN SECTION 1 THAT A NEW JAIL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY.

THE SWEETHEART DEAL BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY...

PROHIBITS THE JAIL AT 1655 WEST STREET FROM BEING EXPANDED FOR 20 YEARS, WHICH IS WHERE IT BELONGS.

SHASTA COUNTY HAS RETURNED MONEY TO THE STATE THREE TIMES BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A LOCATION TO BUILD A JAIL.

ONCE YOU GAIN OWNERSHIP OF THAT LAND, YOU WILL BUILD A JAIL.

THIS PROPERTY IS ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

THERE ARE THREE SALMON SPAWNING HABITATS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED JUST SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION.

THERE IS A REAL THREAT FROM FARM ANIMAL WASTE AND FARMING CHEMICALS ENTERING THE WINTER.

THE WATER TABLE IS VERY HIGH, AND THESE SAME CONTAMINANTS WILL VERY LIKELY ENTER THE AQUIFER THAT THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY DEPEND ON FOR WATER.

MY PROPERTY IS HIGHER THAN THE FIELD, AND SHASTA COUNTY WOULD NOT EVEN LET ME REPLACE MY LEACH FIELD UNDERGROUND DUE TO THE WATER TABLE.

I HAD TO BUILD IT ON TOP OF MY PROPERTY WITH A THREE-FOOT-HIGH CONCRETE WALL CONTAINING IT.

SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONTAMINATE OUR WHALES.

DEBBIE KAYE, FOLLOWED BY ROSEANNE, BO, THEN GUS.

KEVIN CRYE, THE TAX FIGHTER, QUOTE, I'M RUNNING FOR REDUCED FEES AND TAXES.

GOOD MORNING, ALL.

SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE COUNTY, I LED THE EFFORT TO AUDIT 15 COUNTY FEES.

13 CAME BACK INCORRECT.

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11 OF THEM WERE DETRIMENTAL TO THE TAXPAYER, SO WE RIGHTED THOSE 13 FEES.

IT TAKES REALLY BRAVE PEOPLE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE TAXPAYER, END QUOTE.

REALLY, MR. CRYE, DETRIMENTAL? LET'S LOOK AT THOSE REFUNDS.

APRIL 2024, THE CLERK OFFICE TOTALED $14,050 FOR 345 REFUNDS.

MAY 2025, TAX COLLECTOR TREASURER TOTALED $17,151 FOR 01,356 REFUNDS.

YOU SAVED CITIZENS $31,201 IN FEES.

NOW LET'S REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S DETRIMENTAL, MR. CRYE.

JUST THE RANCHERIA CONTRACT YOU SIGNED IN 7-25-2023 HAS COST OUR CITIZENS IN SHASTA COUNTY $901,000. YES, $901,000 TO DEFEND AND APPEAL THE JUDGE'S RULING THAT THE CONTRACT WAS ILLEGAL, AND THOSE ARE THE CHARGES SO FAR, AND THE METER IS STILL RUNNING.

NOW, THAT'S DETRIMENTAL.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A PENNY FOR THAT CONTRACT THAT YOU, KELSTROM, JONES, AND GARMAN SIGNED AND APPROVED.

WITH THE SHERIFF, THE DA, THE FIRE CHIEF, AND COUNTY COUNCIL ALL DISSENTING AND TELLING YOU NOT TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT.

LET'S GET IT STRAIGHT, MR. CRYE.

YOU'RE NOT THE TAX FIGHTER.

YOU ARE THE SUPERVISOR OF RECKLESS SPENDING OF OUR HARD-EARNED TAX DOLLARS.

YOU ATTRACT LAWSUITS WITH YOUR POOR DECISION-MAKING, WASTEFUL SPENDING, AND MANAGEMENT, AND YOU'VE JEOPARDIZED THE FISCAL STABILITY OF SHASTA COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

STEP ROSEANNE FOLLOWED BY BO FOXY. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

HI, MY NAME IS ROSEANNE.

I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE.

WE LIVE IN THE RIVER RANCH COMMUNITY.

I STAND HERE TODAY FOR THE FAMILIES CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE UNDERSTAND.

THAT OUR CITY FACES CHALLENGES AND WE KNOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS WE KNOW THAT THE DECISIONS MADE WE KNOW THAT THE DECISIONS MUST BE MADE BUT BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD I MEAN BUILDING A JAIL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ISN'T THE ANSWER I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER REBUILDING THE JAIL SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MY FIVE CHILDREN WANT TO ALSO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT NEXT UP, BO, FOLLOWED BY GUS, NOXY, THEN GRAY.

BO, COME ON UP.

SHE HAD A MINUTE LEFT.

SHE HAD A MINUTE LEFT ON HER TIME.

THEY ALL HAVE SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS.

SO THEY ALL GET THEIR TWO MINUTES.

WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THEY CALL YOUR NAME, YOUNG MAN.

FAMILIES PLAY OUTSIDE WHERE WE HOMESCHOOL AND FEEL SAFE.

MY SIBLINGS AND I RESEARCHED SOME POINTS TO WHY WE SHOULDN'T BUILD A JAIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY POINTS.

MR. CRYE, YOU ARE A FATHER OF THREE.

WOULD YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL AND HOME NEAR A JAIL? MR. LONG, YOU'VE BEEN WITH LAW FOR 25 YEARS.

DO YOU REALLY? DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'S SAFE TO BUILD A JAIL NEAR OUR SCHOOL SINCE OUR HOME IS OUR SCHOOL AND NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD? MR. CORKY, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE ARE THE PUBLIC, AND HOW ARE YOU ENHANCING OUR SAFETY IN THE RIVER? MR. MATT, YOU ALSO STARTED.

STATED YOU WANT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, I WOULD ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION TOO.

MR. CHRIS, YOU ALSO STATE YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO WILL YOU BILL A JAIL NEAR MY HOME BE A CONCERN FOR YOU? PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

FOLLOWED BY NOXIE, GRAY, THEN STEVE KAHN.

NEXT UP, GUS.

MY SIBLINGS AND I ARE HOMESCHOOLED.

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WE ARE LISTED AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

UNDER THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, YOU SHOULDN'T BUILD A JAIL NEAR OUR SCHOOL.

NEXT UP, NOXIE, FOLLOWED BY GRAY, STEVE KAHN, THEN KIM MALTIN.

NOXIE, COME ON UP.

PLEASE DO NOT BUILD A JAIL.

GRAY, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN, KIM MALSON, THEN MAX WALTER.

OKAY, SHE DID GREAT.

STEVE, COME ON UP.

STEVE, WOULD YOU MIND PUSHING THE BUTTON AND JUST BRINGING IT UP? I DON'T THINK YOU'RE THAT SHORT.

ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ME ON THE CLOCK THE WHOLE TIME? NO.

I'M NOT SPEAKING, OKAY? I'M NOT SPEAKING YET.

AFTER STEVE, WE'LL HAVE KIM MAWSON, MAX WALTERS, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

OKAY, FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS, CRYE, IF YOU HADN'T BEEN ON YOUR PHONE AND YOU'D BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DAVIS PRESENTATION, SHE EXPLAINED WHY IT WOULD BE BEST TO COME UP IN STAGES AND HOW THEY HAD THAT PLANNED.

YOU APPARENTLY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THAT.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME DECIDING WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO TALK ABOUT WHICH ONE TO TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LIMITED TIME.

SO, I GUESS I'LL START WITH THAT.

CRYE AND KELSTROM, YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO MUZZLE THE PUBLIC.

CRYE INITIATED MANY OF THESE POLICIES AND KELSTROM HAS CONTINUED WITH THESE POLICIES.

AND NOW, IN JULY, KELSTROM WILL REDUCE PUBLIC COMMENT MUCH WORSE BY LIMITING TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT TIME PER ITEM TO 20 MINUTES AND LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ITEMS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY SPEAK TO TO FOUR.

CRYE PREVIOUSLY STARTED A POLICY OF COMBINING THE CONSENT COMMENT TIME WITH PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, WHICH CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS NOT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. SEVERAL OF THESE POLICIES VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT.

I HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WITH THE OPINIONS OF TWO SEPARATE ATTORNEYS, AND IF KELSTROM DOESN'T CHANGE THE POLICIES, I WILL BE FORCED TO GO FORWARD WITH LEGAL ACTION.

THEY'VE REDUCED THE PUBLIC ABILITIES TO SPEAK WHILE RECEIVING A 59%...

PLUS PERCENT INCREASE IN IN THEIR RACE THEY HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS TO TWO PER WEEK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JUNE WHICH IS THE LEAST NUMBER I REMEMBER AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS FOR NINE YEARS THIS BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND PART OF MY COMMENTS AND THERE ARE SO MANY SO I'M GOING TO HIT THEM REAL FAST LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THE TRUE NORTH BEHAVIORAL CAMPUS THE APPOINTMENT OF CLINT CURTIS AS ROV WOW THAT'S A GOOD ONE HIRING OF LEMOORE AS OUR COUNTY COUNCIL CRIES BUSINESS MANAGER'S BOYFRIEND.

HIRING CHRISTY COLEMAN, WHO IS NOW...

NEXT UP, KIM MALSON, FOLLOWED BY MAX WALTER, DOLORES LUCERO, THEN JENNY.

HI, MY NAME IS KIM MALSON.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I'M SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE POSSIBLE...

NEW JAIL PROGRAM AND THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM BEING BUILT AT THE EASTSIDE CAMPUS.

WHEN I SPOKE TO DR.

DANUKA IN A MEETING WITH HIM, HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A MULTI-PHASE PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS WERE PUTTING TOGETHER.

HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM AND NOT PUTTING ON A JAIL.

THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT HE GOT WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE.

HE WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A POSSIBLE TWELVE HUNDRED BED JAIL GOING INTO THAT FACILITY.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER AS OUR AQUIFER IS VERY, VERY SHALLOW, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE

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POSSIBLY GOING TO BE DONE AT THAT FACILITY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF ANIMALS.

THERE'S A WATERSHED THERE THAT'S RIGHT ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

THERE IS OTHER THERE'S OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THIS THE COUNTY ACTUALLY, OR THE CITY ACTUALLY OWNS, THAT COULD BE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY FOR THIS FACILITY.

ONE IS OUT THERE BY THE AIRPORT, WHICH DOESN'T BORDER ANY KIND OF COMMUNITIES AT ALL.

WE HAVE LOST OUR PROPERTY VALUE, AS WAS ALREADY STATED, AND I ALSO AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CHILDREN IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE A TRANSITION IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN THERE.

IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE NEAR OR...

RETIRED AT THIS TIME.

I LIVE BY MYSELF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET IN AND OUT.

AND I DON'T WANT THE TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT UP, MAX WALTER, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, JENNY, THEN CHRISTIAN GARNIER.

GOOD MORNING.

WELL, HERE WE ARE.

ELECTION EVE, 2026, AND THIS ENTIRE COUNTY LIVES LIKE WITHIN THE REALITY OF THE BIGFOOT MUSEUM IN WILLOW CREEK, WHERE THE FACTS OF HIS EXISTENCE ARE DOCUMENTED EVERYWHERE INSIDE THOSE FOUR WALLS.

AND ALL OF US INSIDE THE REAL SHASTA COUNTY BOUNDARIES LIVE AND HAVE BEEN LED INTO THE SAME CONSPIRACIES THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE CHOCK FULL OF FRAUD, STEMMING, OF COURSE, FROM THE BIG LIE OF 2020.

THE STOLEN ELECTION.

THE CONSEQUENCES PLAY OUT WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL HAVING TO GO INSIDE AND ACTING AS PHYSICAL BARRIERS BECAUSE OF THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE BOTH SUBSTANTIVE AND PERVASIVE.

THEY WERE PERVASIVE.

I MISSED THAT DESCRIPTION LAST TIME, BUT EACH OF YOU THREE READ THAT, I'M SURE, IN THE REPORT.

AND THIS BY A MAN WHO STATED HE HAD CREATED SOFTWARE THAT COULD CHANGE VOTES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU YOUR SNAKE OIL I ATTENDED ONE OF MR. CURTIS'S POLL OBSERVATION TRAININGS, AND HE MADE A POINT TO COMMEND HIMSELF ON HOW THE VISCERAL CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE POLL WORKERS HAD ENDED UNDER HIM.

AND WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY WAS THAT THE REASON THEY ENDED WAS BECAUSE HE HIRED THE VERY SAME INDIVIDUAL MOST INVOLVED IN THE THREATENING CONFRONTATIONS.

HE HIRED HIM AS SECURITY.

AND THEN HE HIRED THE NEXT TWO DEEPEST BELIEVERS IN THE BIG LIE.

AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY, CLINT CURTIS FIRED SHOTS ACROSS THE BOW TO THOSE WHO REFUSED TO BE HERDED INTO THE MUSEUM.

AND ALL THIS LED BY MR. CRYE AND ALL HIS OUT-OF-STATE MONIES.

THERE ARE LAWSUITS EVERYWHERE WITH MR. CRYE AND MR. HARMON, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT YOU TURNED OUT TO BE.

THE MAN I ENCOUNTERED WHEN CANVASSING FOR MARY RICKARD SAID YOU'D BRING NEW BLOOD, NEW IDEAS.

NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN LAURA HOBBS.

SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.

DOLORES, COME ON UP.

WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

OUR LAST MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE SPEAK OUR LAST TWO MINUTES AGAIN.

KEVIN CRYE, WHY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR KEVIN CRYE.

KEVIN CRYE, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED, HE ACTUALLY FILED BANKRUPTCY BECAUSE HE OWED MONEY TO HIS EMPLOYEES, IRS.

AND THEN HE DECIDED TO RUN, AND THEN HE DECIDED TO END UP SOMEHOW.

MAKING 20 MILLION, DID YOU HEAR THAT? OVER 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT HE'S PAINED.

HE FEELS YOUR PAIN.

HE FEELS OUR PAIN.

WHAT PAIN DO YOU FEEL, KEVIN, WHEN YOU'RE STEALING FROM THE KIDS, THE SCHOOLS, AND ALL THE SCHOOLS IN SHASTA COUNTY? HE'S GIVING HIMSELF, HE USED THE ELOP FUNDS, AND ALSO FEDERAL.

SO THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

HE MADE CONTRACTS WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT HE DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE EVEN MR. LARMOR TOLD HIM HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.

AND ALSO, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, BUT THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S HERE, WE KNOW YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S CORRUPT AND CONTINUES TO BE CORRUPT.

HE CONTINUES TO STEAL MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE, AND YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH FROM THREE MINUTES TO TWO.

OUR CONSTITUTION WRITES, AND YOU...

CONTINUE TO THINK THAT YOU'RE NO MORE BETTER THAN US.

YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RULE OVER THE PEOPLE WHEN EVEN MOSES, IN THE OLD DAYS, MOSES HAD TO LISTEN TO GOD.

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HE WAS A GODLY PERSON.

YOU'RE NOT.

YOU CLAIM TO BE GODLY, BUT YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE A HYPOCRITE.

YOU KEEP ON SAYING GOD AT FIRST WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING, BUT THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND THREW GOD UNDERNEATH THE BUS.

SO $20 MILLION, PEOPLE.

I HAVE.

DOCUMENTS FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY PROVIDED TO ME BUT I SENT ALL THE DOCUMENTS ACTUALLY TO WASHINGTON FOR AN AUDIT IN YOUR BUSINESS JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT NEXT UP JENNY FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARNIER LAURA HOBBS AND DAVID HALLIGAN IF I CALLED YOUR NAME PLEASE GET IN QUEUE I ASK THAT YOU PULL C10 THE LETTER TOP POSITION OF A B 2 5 3 0 I FIND IT EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING THAT THE BOARD WOULD TAKE A STANCE AGAINST THE WORKING PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.

THIS COMING LAW STATES THAT IT WILL BE UP TO THE EMPLOYER TO TELL STAFF IF THEY PLAN TO SELL OR SHUT DOWN A COMPANY WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THEIR SHUTDOWN.

SO THEY PLAN TO FIRE PEOPLE OR GET RID OF THEIR JOBS, AND THEY HAVE TO TELL THEM SO.

AND THAT IS ALL THAT THAT IS ABOUT.

YET YOU'RE AGAINST IT.

YOU'RE AGAINST IT.

THIS DOES NOT SEEM...

LIKE A NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEM, AS HARDWORKING AMERICANS DESERVE TO KNOW IF THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME TO FIND WORK.

IF THIS BOARD IS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE ECONOMY, THEY SHOULD NOT OPPOSE THE LAW.

NEXT UP, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN ROBERT.

THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY NEED TO KNOW TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, WE ARE IN A SEVERE AND AN ACUTE FINANCIAL CRISIS.

IT'S A TIDAL WAVE GOING TO HIT LIKE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

NUMBER TWO, KEVIN CRYE, CLINT CURTIS, CHRIS KELSTROM, ALONG WITH PEOPLE LIKE FAILED CANDIDATE, LEGAL LOSER, LAURA HOBBS, WHOSE COST THIS COUNTY OVER $150,000 SO FAR.

THE SHASTA COUNTY ELECTION TASK FORCE, WHATEVER THAT IS, HAVE COLLABORATED TO CREATE CHAOS, STRIFE, TO CREATE A TOXIC WORKING ENVIRONMENT, TO PROMOTE AND CRAFT MEASURE TO PROMOTE CONSPIRACY THEORY LIES, ALL AT THE COST OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS, WHILE WE ARE IN THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS, MILLIONS.

IN THE SWEETHEART DEAL THAT KEVIN CRYE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE TRIBE, IN SEVERAL LAWSUITS BEFORE THE COUNTY, THAT'S GOING TO COST US A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.

TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID CRYE'S COLLABORATOR AND FAILED CEO, CHRIS STREET, $40,000 TO MAKE A POWERPOINT.

ALMOST GAVE EXTREMIST SUPERVISOR HAAS A COUPLE OF MILLION FOR A POORLY CONCEIVED AND UNWANTED GROUP HOME.

NOT TO MENTION, CRYE'S GOOD BUDDY NIGEL, WHO ALMOST GOT A MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR A SCAM CALLED A TOURISM CONTRACT.

IT'S TIME TO VOTE THIS CHAOS OUT.

IT'S TIME TO UNIFY SHASTA COUNTY.

GOODBYE, CRYE.

NEXT UP, LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, ROBERT, THEN STEPHEN.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.

KATSKY LOST HER LAWSUIT AGAINST MEASURE B AND VOTER ID AND WAS ORDERED YESTERDAY TO PAY THE SHASTA FIVE $3,000.

THE COUNTY CHOSE NOT TO DEFEND THE CITIZENS WHO WANTED VOTER ID.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S AT IT AGAIN, AND THIS TIME SHE'S FILED ANOTHER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY, NAMING THE SHASTA 5 AS RESPONDENTS AS WELL AS CLINT CURTIS, THE ROV.

I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE, TO REPRESENT CLINT CURTIS, DEFEND AGAINST THIS.

IT'S LIKELY ANOTHER AI-GENERATED LAWSUIT.

AS WE FOUND WITH THE LAST ONE, IT WAS NOT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.

CHANCES ARE THE SAME IS TRUE OF THIS ONE AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DEFEND CLINT CURTIS AND TO DEFEND THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY AND THE SHASTA FIVE WHO ARE BEING WRONGLY TARGETED BY THIS ANTIFA NURSE FROM THE BAY AREA WHO WANTS TO TAKE OUT VOTER ID AND WANTS TO OBSTRUCT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

AND LASTLY IF I HAVE A MOMENT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SO-CALLED TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.

AS AN ELECTION WORKER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED SOMEWHAT OF A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT,

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HOWEVER, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION WORKERS OF SHASTA COUNTY, BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT A LOT OF THE TOXICITY IS BEING CREATED BY THE ENTRENCHED BUREAUCRATS IN THE OFFICE, THE MIDDLE-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND LOWER-LEVEL MANAGEMENT WHO ARE RESISTANT TO CHANGE.

I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THINGS WHICH I'VE EMAILED YOU ABOUT TODAY AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR INBOX.

I HOPE YOU'LL REVIEW IT AND TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BYE-BYE.

NEXT UP, DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY ROB STEPHEN, THEN JIM BURNETT.

GOOD DAY, BOARD.

FOLLOW THE MONEY, FOLLOW THE VOTE, FOLLOW THE MONEY.

KEVIN CRYE, THE CANDIDATE, ACCEPTED A CAMPAIGN DONATION FROM THE READING RANCHERIA ON 10-22-22 FOR $4,000.

NO ISSUE THERE.

ON JULY 25TH, 23, AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, MR. CRYE SPONSORED THE 30-YEAR PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH THE RANCHERIA.

MR. CRYE VOTES YES ON THE CONTRACT WITHIN A 12-MONTH WINDOW.

THAT VOTE BY MR. CRYE WAS JUST OVER NINE MONTHS FROM HIS $4,000 RANCHERIA CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION.

THE OUTCOME, I BELIEVE, AGAIN, I BELIEVE, MR. CRYE HAS VIOLATED THE LEVINE ACT AND AB 1439.

MR. CRYE SHOULD HAVE PUBLICLY DISCLOSED THE CONTRIBUTION ON THE RECORD.

AND RECUSE HIMSELF FROM PARTICIPATING IN HER FOR INFLUENCING THAT DECISION IN ADDITION ON JANUARY FOURTH TWENTY TWENTY FOUR SUPERVISOR CRYE ACCEPTED ANOTHER MONETARY CONTRIBUTION FROM THE RANCH AREA FOR FIFTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT ALLOWED FOR THIS NO ONE RECALL CAMPAIGN THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION WAS LESS THAN SIX MONTHS LATER FROM THE THIRTY-YEAR CONTRACT APPROVED BECAUSE THE FIFTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION WAS ACCEPTED WITHIN THE TWELVE-MONTH POST-VOTE WINDOW I BELIEVE MR. CRYE HAS COMMITTED A SEVERE CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATION.

MR. CRYE, I KNOW YOU ARE AWARE THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED INFORMATION TO THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICE COMMISSION, FPPC, AND THEY ARE AWAITING THEIR INVESTIGATION TO FINISH.

AND NOW, EVEN IF THIS CURRENT APPEAL IS RESOLVED WITH THE 30-YEAR RANCHERIA CONTRACT AND ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS NEW INFORMATION AND REVIEW OF THESE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS, YOU, MR. CRYE, COULD...

FACE HEAVY FINANCIAL PENALTIES FROM THE FPPC, AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE 30-YEAR RANCHERIA CONTRACT ITSELF COULD BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED AND VOIDED IN COURT YET AGAIN.

FOLLOW THE MONEY, FOLLOW THE VOTE, FOLLOW THE MONEY.

NEXT UP, ROBERT, AFTER ROBERT, STEPHEN, JIM BURNETT, BRAD G., THEN NICK GARDNER.

WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT DECISION TO MAKE ON JUNE 2ND.

FOR ME, THE LAST SIX YEARS AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN LIKE A SERIES OF HORRIBLE ROAD ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE AGITATION, CHAOS, AND POLITICAL DIVISION DRUMMED UP BY A FEW PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN AGENDA.

LATELY, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING OF THE CRISIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AS RELATED TO THE SEVERE UNDERFUNDING THAT HAS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF TWO MEN, ONE OF WHOM IS STILL HERE FOR NOW.

THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED.

THEY COULD NOT MANIPULATE THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF SHASTA COUNTY, D.A.

BRIDGET, AND HER OFFICE BY PETTY VENDETTAS, UNDERHANDED SCHEMES, AND BUDGET SABOTAGE.

LISTEN TO THEIR STORY ON AARON REZNOR FOR DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISOR ON FACEBOOK.

WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, PLEASE SUPPORT AND VOTE FOR AARON REZNOR, MIKE GALLAGHER FOR DISTRICT 5 SUPERVISOR, JOANNA FRANCESCET FOR REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.

LET'S TAKE BACK OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE HANDS OF GOOD OLD BOYS.

AND THEIR UNQUALIFIED CRONIES AND RESTORE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE.

NEXT UP, STEPHEN, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT, BRAD G., NICK GARDNER, THEN LISA.

STEPHEN, COME ON UP.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CHAIR, ONE MINUTE OVER OR NO? IT'S GOT TO BE TWO MINUTES.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK AROUND HERE.

YES, SIR.

EVERYBODY, LOOK AROUND HERE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE ME.

THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT CARES ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY AS MUCH AS I DO.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS BOARD.

BEFORE EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE EVER ON THE COUNCIL WORKING THE JOB, REMEMBER MIKE SABULA, DAVID KEHOE, ALL OF THEM,

[02:45:01]

JUST PLEASE STOP.

PUTTING SOMEBODY ON SOMETHING ELSE.

KEVIN, YOU'RE NOT MY DISTRICT.

CORKY, YOU ARE.

I'M DISAPPOINTING YOU.

JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FIND A WAY TO...

WORK THE CITY.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

OKAY? DESCHUTES, BAD ROAD.

ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, JIM BURNETT, FOLLOWED BY BRAD G., NICK GARDNER, THEN LISA.

THE OPPONENTS OF ELECTION REFORM ARE AT IT AGAIN.

GOOD MORNING.

JUST YESTERDAY THEY FILED ANOTHER LAWSUIT UNDER WHAT I CALL A FAKE URGENCY, A THINLY DISGUISED WAY TO IMPEDE AND SUBVERT THE UPCOMING ELECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THE MAJORITY OF SHASTA COUNTY CITIZENS WANT MEANINGFUL ELECTION REFORM.

THIS LAWSUIT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A HAIL MARY ATTEMPT TO CLING TO A FAILED STATUS QUO THAT ENABLES AN ENCOURAGING IT ENCOURAGES ELECTION MANIPULATION AND FRAUD.

MOST PEOPLE WILL SEE THROUGH THIS, BUT YOU NEED TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND THE ROV, YOURSELVES, AND ANY OTHER NAMED PARTIES ON THIS SUIT, UNLIKE THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU JUST TOOK A PASS.

THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN ELECTION INTEGRITY AND WANT TO REFORM ELECTIONS WANT TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY HARD TO CHEAT OR OTHERWISE MANIPULATE THE OUTCOMES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A PREDETERMINED OUTCOME.

PEOPLE.

TO DO THIS, IT IS NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE WINDOW OF TIME TO VOTE A SINGLE DAY IN PERSON WITH LIMITED ABSENTEE BALLOTS, WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO PHYSICALLY CAN'T BE THERE TO VOTE.

ALSO, YOU CAN DROP OFF BALLOTS AT ANY ONE OF OVER 60 PRECINCTS ON ELECTION DAY IN SHASTA COUNTY.

GO TO THE POST OFFICE BEFORE THE ELECTION AND HAVE THEM HAND-STAMP THE ISSUE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

BRAD, COME ON UP, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER AND THEN LISA.

PULLING A DOCTOR WITH 3,000 PATIENTS OUT OF PRACTICE.

MORE CRITASTROPHES.

THAT IS A CRITASTROPHE.

MCGREENY AND COX LAWSUITS AGAINST COUNTY.

CRITASTROPHE.

CRYE HANDPICK APPOINTEE CURTIS INFUSES POLL WORKER TRAINING WITH POLITICS.

CRITASTROPHE.

CRYE APPOINTEE CURTIS INCAPABLE OF PROOFREADING VOTER GUIDE.

CRYE APPOINTEE CURTIS BREAKS LAW BY NOT REGISTERING HIS TRUCK IN CALIFORNIA.

HE'S BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR.

CRYE HOGS BOARD CHAIRMANSHIP FOR TWO YEARS.

HARASSING ASSESSOR LESLIE MORGAN BECAUSE YOUR DAUGHTER CAN'T AFFORD A HOME.

SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION CONTRACT PAYMENT DELAYED.

UNTIL MIKE FREEMAN HEARS PITCH ABOUT CRYE'S BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM CRYTASTROPHE THAT'S BLACKMAIL KEVIN CRYE TELLS PRESS THEY COULD LOSE THEIR PRESS RIGHTS UNLESS THEY USE THESE CRAMPED MEDIA ROOM IN THE BACK CRYTASTROPHE CRYE GLEEFULLY ACCEPTS 157,000 IN IN SELMA BUCKS FROM WATER USERS PACK CRYTASTROPHE SHASTA COUNT OF COUNTY BUDGET RESERVES DECLINE BY NEARLY HALF DURING CHRIST TENURE CRIATASTROPHE CAN'T PAY ATTORNEYS IN DA'S OFFICE COMPETITIVE WAGES DUE TO BUDGET MISMANAGEMENT CRIATASTROPHE SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS ON OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE LAWSUITS CRIATASTROPHE I HOPE YOU'RE VOTED OUT NEXT IN TWO WEEKS NEXT UP NICK GARDNER IS NICK HERE? NICK, ARE YOU COMING UP TO SPEAK? NEXT UP, NEXT UP, LISA.

STILL MORNING? GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AS A CONVICTED FELON, AND I'M GOING TO PROBABLY PISS OFF SOME OF MY LIBERAL FRIENDS BECAUSE I'VE

[02:50:03]

BECOME A SINGLE-ISSUE VOTER OVER THIS.

STEPHANIE BRIDGET WILL NOT PROSECUTE RICHARD GALLARDO FOR CRIMINALLY DOXING ME.

HE'S RUNNING AGAINST KEVIN CRYE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE HIM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE LAW AT LEAST WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT HE BROKE IT.

AND I ALSO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH ERIN REZNOR FOR HER GLEEFUL BETHEL-Y SUPPORT OF STEPHANIE BRIDGET AFTER SHE WAS THE TREASURER FOR THE ZOGFIRE OR FOR THE CHILDREN'S LEGACY CENTER THAT GAVE HER ALL THAT ZOGFIRE MONEY.

AT LEAST KEVIN CRYE SEEMS TO DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT STEPHANIE BRIDGET'S SCREWING UP.

IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE SO LACKING IN COMPETITIVE WAGES.

IT'S THAT THEY'RE LACKING IN COMPETITIVE PEOPLE.

THEY SPEND ALL OF THEIR RESOURCES ON CREATIVE ATTEMPTS AT PROSECUTING PEOPLE AND TURNING VERY STRANGE CASES INTO LIFE-DESTROYING SITUATIONS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTING MURDER, RAPE, AND ROBBERY.

I'VE ACTUALLY I'M SPEAKING OF THE JAIL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT JAIL EXPANSION, THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR THE JAIL IS STAFFING.

WHEN I'VE REPRESENTED PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THERE, THERE WAS ENTIRE FLOORS OF THE JAIL CLOSED DUE TO STAFFING.

THEY HAD BED BUGS ONCE, AND I REMEMBER AN ATTORNEY GETTING MRSA.

SO IT IS AN ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THERE NEED MORE ATTENTION AND THEY NEED MORE HELP.

AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD HELP A LOT TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT THE JAIL IS TAKEN CARE OF AND PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING LESS ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH THE JAIL.

I ALSO THINK GIVING PEOPLE MORE ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY OR GIVING PEOPLE REASONABLE CUSTODY SENTENCES IS A HUGE STEP IN REDUCING OUR JAIL OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, AND I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET DON'T SEEM TO CARE.

THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER? YES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF CONSENT, CORRECT? WE DO, CHAIR.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CRYE.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, YOU'RE PULLED.

C-18.

YES.

AND I HAVE KIND OF ONE QUESTION FOR JOHN AND BRYCE.

AND THEN, BUT THE KIND OF LARGER REASON IS, AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT A YEAR AGO

[C18 Take the following actions regarding the “Old Shasta County Courthouse Demolition and Parking Lot Development Project,” Contract No. 610005: (1) Approve an agreement with GHD, Inc., for engineering services related to the demolition of the Old Shasta County Courthouse and the design of a parking lot within its footprint; and (2) approve budget amendments which: (a) increase appropriations by $250,000 in the Accumulated Capital Outlay Budget (BU 161) offset by use of the General Fund Infrastructure Committed Funds; and (b) increase appropriations and revenue by: (i) $250,000 in the Miscellaneous General Budget (BU 173); (ii) $50,000 in the Land Buildings and Improvement Budget (BU 166); and (iii) $200,000 in the Roads Budget (BU 301).]

IN TERMS OF TEARING DOWN THE COURTHOUSE.

AND STILL I'M TORN ON IT IN TERMS OF SPENDING THE $7 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

AND THEN, SO KIND OF THAT'S A QUESTION MARK IN MY HEAD IS.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SPENDING THAT $7 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT TURNS OUT TO BE? AND THEN I THINK SECONDLY, I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH SOME GRANT WRITERS, AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO USE GRANT FUNDING FOR SOME PORTION OF THIS, AND SO I WANT TO SEE KIND OF HOW THAT COULD FIT IN.

BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU, JOHN, IS KIND OF WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT AS WE LOOK OUT OVER THE NEXT, SAY, 6 TO 12 MONTHS? SURE.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KELSTROM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, JOHN HEATH, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

SO WE'RE APPROACHING CRITICAL MASS WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS TO HIRE THE CONSULTANT WHO WILL HELP US PUT TOGETHER PLANS AND SPECS FOR THE DEMOLITION AND THE SUBSEQUENT PARKING LOT PROJECT.

AND THEN PARALLEL TO THAT IS THE CEQA PROCESS.

WE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LAST WEEK, AND WE ARE PREPARING TO BRING THE FINAL EIR TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN AT WHAT POINT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO START DEMOLITION? OUR INTENT WOULD BE TO GO OUT TO BID THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

SO IT STARTS SOMETIME NEXT YEAR? NO, THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

SO IN 26, WE WOULD PUT THE PROJECT OUT TO BID.

AND THERE'S SOME INTERIOR WORK.

THERE'S SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT NEED TO GET MITIGATED.

LIKELY, THOSE WOULD GET TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE WINTER.

AND THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN DEMOING THE BUILDING IN EARNEST, THE EXTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING, WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COOPERATIVE.

SO POTENTIALLY NEXT SPRING.

NEXT SPRING.

YEAH.

OKAY, AND THE ENGINEERING FOCUSED ON THE DESIGN OF WHAT THE PARKING LOT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND ACCESSORIES ATTACHED TO THAT?

[02:55:01]

THAT'S CORRECT, ALTHOUGH WHAT I WOULD SAY, WHAT I WOULD COUNTER THAT IS THAT THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON THE DEMOLITION.

THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT IS KIND OF A SECONDARY PORTION OF THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S BASED, WE ENVISION A SINGLE PROJECT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEMO THE BUILDING AND THEN DO A SUBSEQUENT PROJECT TO DO A PARKING LOT.

WE WILL DEMO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT A PARKING LOT WITH A SINGLE CONTRACTOR.

AND SO THE ENGINEERING IS TIED TOGETHER AS WELL.

THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT THE CONSULTANT NEEDS TO DO IS AROUND THE DEMOLITION.

BUT IT DOES INCLUDE DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT AS WELL.

AND I KNOW THIS IS FOR JUST THE ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHICH IS ABOUT $250,000.

DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON WHAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS WOULD BE, OR ARE WE STILL THINKING THAT WILL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $7 MILLION? WE'RE STILL GOING WITH THAT $7 MILLION NUMBER.

AND I'LL CORRECT YOU, THIS CONTRACT IS VALUED AT $760,000.

AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES CONNECTED TO IT? YEAH, THERE'S PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

CONSULTATION, THERE ARE SOME OPEN SCOPES OF WORK FOR CONSULTATION DURING THE PROJECT SHOULD AN ISSUE ARISE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BEFORE HE MAKES A MOTION, WE MISSED A SPEAKER.

IS THAT CORRECT, STEPHANIE? WE DID, BUT WE CAN GO WITH THIS ITEM.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS? SO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON C-18 SPECIFICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

START.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASS THIS BY A VOTE.

OKAY, SPEAKER THAT WE MISSED.

SO MY APOLOGIES, STEPH MISSED A SPEAKER IN PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN TIME.

SO I DO WANT TO CALL THAT SPEAKER UP.

HER NAME IS WENDY.

AFTERWARDS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THEIR VOTE ON CONSENT.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY.

KEVIN, YOU CAN LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

I'M NOT GOING TO BAG ON YOU TODAY, I PROMISE.

NO VERBAL SPANKINGS.

I KNOW YOU LIKE TO LOOK EVERYWHERE ELSE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THINGS TO YOU, BUT I'LL BE NICE.

SO I ACTUALLY CAME OVER HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE THING I NOTICED, BUT I HEARD A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I'M GOING TO READ OFF HERE.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME REALLY SHORT MEMORIES BECAUSE 2020 WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.

DURING THE COVID YEARS, I REMEMBER THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.

AND A COUPLE OF YOU LOSERS EVER LOVED- BECAUSE LEONARD MODI RESTRICTED PUBLIC COMMENT.

HE CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF TIME.

SORRY, I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO YOU.

AND I THINK IT WAS EVEN LIKE HALF AN HOUR AT ONE POINT.

SO THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP.

WE GET THAT.

YOU DON'T.

THE CROWDS ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE.

I THINK IF THE LAST BOARD COULD HANDLE- FRACTION OF THAT STUFF.

YOU GUYS CAN HANDLE A FULL PUBLIC COMMENT.

I DON'T COME SPEAK VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN I DO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I GET TO USE MY RIGHTS.

AND I, AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISSED THING THERE, I GUESS, BUT I HATE INTERRUPTING THINGS.

LAST LITTLE BIT THAT I HAVE, I REALIZE THAT IT'S DONE FOR THESE SEALS.

THIS IS A POSITIVE THING.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU SEE A SEAL OR A FLAG THAT'S YELLOW AND GREEN HERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF? BECAUSE I ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE MR. CURTIS WANTING TO HAVE A NEW CALIFORNIA STATE.

SO THAT FEELS A LITTLE CODED.

I LOVE A KID DESIGNED IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT DESIGN, BUT I DO KIND OF WONDER IF MAYBE IT WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE WINNERS FOR THAT REASON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

OKAY, COUNCIL LARMER, WE NEED TO RETAKE THE VOTE ON CONSENT NOW, BUT WOULDN'T WE HAVE TO RETAKE THE VOTE ON C-18 TOO? THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO HOLD BACK.

NO, C-18 HAS ITS OWN COMMENT PERIOD, AND ULTIMATELY NONE OF THE COMMENT RAN TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

OKAY, AND I BELIEVE THE REVIEW BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER IS CORRECT.

SO, ONCE AGAIN, ANY OPPOSED PASSES AGAIN, 5-0.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AT NOON AND GO INTO SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE SECTION NEXT.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON R9? WE DO.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, DOLORES LUCERO.

COME ON UP.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

[CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]

[03:00:25]

I SEE THAT YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW, I'M TALKING ABOUT CLOSED SESSION OR NINE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF LAWSUITS PENDING AGAINST THE COUNTY.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND MAYBE I DO, MAYBE I'M JUST SO SICK OF YOU GUYS, HOW THE COUNTY'S ALWAYS SUING, I MEAN CITIZENS ARE ALWAYS SUING BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO.

AND THESE LAWSUITS HERE.

AND I KNOW THE KEVIN CRYE WAS BAD-MOUTHING JEFF GORE.

HE HAS NO BUSINESS TALKING ABOUT CLOSED SESSION, SOMEBODY'S NAME ON THERE, AND BAD-MOUTHING THEM BECAUSE THAT'S SLANDER AND DEFAMATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON THE, DURING THE MEETING.

WHEN YOU DO IT DURING THE MEETING, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT PERSON COULD ACTUALLY FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY, NOT INDIVIDUALLY IN THEIR OWN CAPACITY, BUT IN THE COUNTY.

SO THESE CLOSED SESSIONS.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOW-MOUTHING JEFF GORE.

EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT, A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, THAT YOU GUYS CLAIM TO BELIEVE A CONSTITUTION.

EVERY CITIZEN HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FILE LAWSUITS WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.

AND REGARDLESS IF YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT, THEY ALL HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

SO FOR KEVIN CRYE...

TO BAD MOUTH JEFF GORE, I THINK IT'S YOU AS CHAIR, CHRIS, YOU SHOULD NIP IT IN THE BUTT JUST LIKE WHEN HE WHISPERS TO YOU TO SAY, HEY, SHE'S OUT OF LINE.

YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME THING WITH CRYE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S THREE CASES HERE.

YES, THERE'S THREE CASES.

BUT STILL, SEE, YOU DO THE SAME THING IN THE CABIN.

YOU INTERRUPT.

GOT TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK.

WELL, SEE, THERE'S YOUR EXCUSE.

I LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS INTERRUPT.

YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S ON RECORD.

THAT YOU INTERRUPTED MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND THAT GOES ON THE RECORD.

AND THEN I ACTUALLY COULD CONTACT SOMEBODY THAT YOU INTERRUPTED MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN REGARDING CLOSED SESSION.

SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF YOU THREE BLOCKHEADS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO FILE LAWSUITS.

IT'S THESE THREE CASES.

NOT THREE BLOCKHEADS THESE THREE CASES SPECIFICALLY YEAH I GET IT I GET IT CHRIS YOU WANT TO BE JUST LIKE KEVIN IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP ON TRACK I AM IN TRACK BUT YOU KEEP ON OPENING YOUR MOUTH AND KEEP ON SAYING THE SAME THING AS KEVIN YOU LEARN VERY WELL FROM HIM AND NOW YOU'RE REPEATING THE SAME THING SO I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW MAKE ROOM MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT LAWSUITS COMING TO YOU SHASTA COUNTY THANK YOU WITH THAT, WE WILL BE GOING TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL 12:20.

ARE WE READY, STEPH? ALL RIGHT.

BRING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

COUNCILMAN LARMER, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ITEM R9 WAS HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION.

THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL LARMER.

APPROVE THE LOCAL PLANNING

WE'RE MOVING ON TO R4.

[REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS]

COUNCIL LPC COUNTY PRIORITIES REPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHICH IDENTIFIES LOCAL ZIP CODE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AS DETERMINED BY THE SHASTA COUNTY LOCAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH WELFARE AND INSTITUTION CODE SECTION 10485

[R4 Approve the Local Planning Council (LPC) County Priorities Report Form for the California Department of Education which identifies local zip code priorities for Fiscal Year 2025-26 as determined by the Shasta County Local Child Care and Development Planning Council in accordance with Welfare and Institution Code Sections 10485 and 10486 requirements.]

AND 10486 DO WE HAVE OUR PRESENTERS BACK FOR THAT ALL RIGHT IF YOU WOULD STEP ON UP WELCOME.

SORRY FOR THE WAIT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS RHEA MCFADDEN.

I'M FROM CHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND WE HOLD THE CONTRACT FOR THE LOCAL CHILD CARE PLANNING COUNCIL.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WANTED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR PRIORITIES.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS READING THIS CORRECTLY.

IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT SAYS THAT IF SOMETHING IS LABELED AS A PRIORITY ONE, THAT'S WHEN THERE'S 50% OR MORE ELIGIBLE CHILDREN UNDERSERVED AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 24 CHILDREN UNDERSERVED.

CORRECT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT BASICALLY HALF OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CHILD CARE?

[03:05:02]

WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.

BECAUSE IT'S A WILLING PARTICIPANT PROGRAM, SO WE OFFER PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE A WAIT LIST AND FAMILIES CAN BECOME ENROLLED, LIKE BE ON THE WAIT LIST, AND THEN WE PULL THEM FROM THE WAIT LIST AND ENROLL THEM IN THE PROGRAM THAT THEY CHOOSE.

SO THEN IF THEY ARE, SO THE 50%, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LOCAL CHILD CARE? OR HOW WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT? HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THAT? WELL, I WOULD SAY THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS WHY FAMILIES MAY CHOOSE OR NOT CHOOSE TO BE IN PROGRAMS, AND THEY MAY CHOOSE TO BE IN PROGRAMS AND WANT TO BE IN PROGRAMS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NEED FOR SERVICES DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE CHOOSING.

SO AT THE SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, WE OFFER TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. WE HAVE DIRECT SERVICE, MEANING THAT WE SERVE THE CHILDREN DIRECTLY, AND WE HAVE INDIRECT SERVICE WHERE WE PROVIDE PAYMENT TO THE CHILD CARE PROVIDER WHO SERVES THE CHILDREN.

SO OUR DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 21 PART-DAY AND FULL-DAY PROGRAMS. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE INDIRECT SERVICE, WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT.

AND IN THAT PROGRAM, WE PAY FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE CHILD CARE ON BEHALF OF THE ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.

AND IN THOSE PROGRAMS, FOR FULL-DAY SERVICES IN OUR DIRECT SERVICE, SO MORE OF THE PRESCHOOL-TYPE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NEED FOR SERVICES.

IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THE PART-TIME, PART-DAY SERVICES, THERE'S NOT A NEED.

IT WOULD BE WORKING, GOING TO SCHOOL, JOB SEEK, OR THEY COULD BE AT RISK BY SOMEONE WHO'S DOING A REFERRAL.

AND THEN ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT, THEY HAVE THE SAME NEED FOR SERVICES.

THEY CAN PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME SERVICES.

AND I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS FOR FAMILIES GETTING THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND THEY'RE STATE-MANDATED PROGRAMS, SO WE FOLLOW.

WE REQUIRE THE INFORMATION THAT THE STATE REQUIRES OF US TO GET THE FAMILIES ENROLLED.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPORT AND IT HAS ONES FOR PRESCHOOL, INFANT, TODDLER, AND SCHOOL AGE FOR ESSENTIALLY ALL OF READING, HOW DO I INTERPRET THAT? I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR FACILITIES, A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, AND A NEED TO ACCESS, WHICH IS...

FACILITIES AVAILABLE AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO OPEN A CHILD CARE FACILITY AND BECOME LICENSED AND THERE'S NOT FUNDING AVAILABLE I THINK TO GET STARTED.

THERE'S DEFINITELY WE HAVE A CONTRACT IT'S RESOURCE AND REFERRAL WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT THERE'S NOT FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE LIKE RETROFITS TO BECOME LICENSED.

SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT UNDERSUPPLY OF CHILD CARE.

IN THE CITY OF READING, SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BETTER.

YEAH, THE COUNTY.

WE'RE THE DENSITY, THE MOST DENSE POPULATION FOR SURE.

AND ARE THERE EFFORTS EITHER, I KNOW YOU'RE AT SCOE, BUT THIS COMES THROUGH OUR HHSA AS WELL.

IS THERE A PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THOSE SHORTAGES OR EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO TRY TO? ADDRESS THAT? WHAT WOULD THE TOTAL EFFORT THAT WE HAVE IS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE, IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, SUPPORT THEM IN GETTING THE SERVICE, AND THEN JUST GOING DIRECTLY, WHAT WE CAN DO IS OPEN FACILITIES, BUT IT'S THE FACILITIES PIECE THAT'S THE BARRIER.

BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO OPEN A FACILITY, THERE'S THE INVESTMENT TO GET IT AND WE TO GET IT LICENSED.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S DEFINITELY A BARRIER.

AND WITH THE TRANSITION...

WITH TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN COMING, LIKE, MANDATED ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, IT KIND OF DISPLACED US A LITTLE BIT ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUSES.

AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION.

HAS THIS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF THE SCORES THERE, OR HAS THAT EVOLVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? I WOULD SAY THAT, YES, THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER TIME.

I WOULD SAY THE WAY WE IDENTIFIED THE PRIORITIES HAS CHANGED.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS IDENTIFIED THOSE MOST POPULATION-DENSE AREAS AS PRIORITY ONES.

THE WAY WE LOOK AT OUR POPULATION, IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, SO THEY MIGHT BE A TWO OR THREE OR NOT IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY AT ALL.

SO I THINK THE ONES THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY HAVE NOT CHANGED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC IF THEY WANT TO OPEN A CHILD CARE FACILITY.

WE NEED THAT, ESPECIALLY IN READING.

ABSOLUTELY.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REPORT.

MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CHAIR, WE DO NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS ON THE RECORD THAT I'M HERE AT SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG BECAUSE OF MY COMPLAINTS AGAINST KEVIN CRYE.

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THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AS WE ALL KNOW SCOE, IT'S ACTUALLY YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM ALREADY AND WE ALL KNOW LIKE I SAID EARLIER THAT KEVIN CRYE HAS ALL CONTRACTS WITH THE SCHOOLS AND LIKE I SAID OVER 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO HE SHOULD BE RECUSING HIMSELF.

SO FOR THE RECORD, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE HE ASKS KEVIN CRYE TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE MADE CONTRACTS WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALSO INCLUDING WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

SO YOU AS CHAIR, YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THAT WILL BE A LIABILITY.

TOWARDS THE COUNTY BECAUSE ME AS SHASTA COUNTY WATCHDOG, I WILL FILE SOMETHING WITH AGAINST THE COUNTY AND INCLUDING I ALREADY HAVE FILED AND REACHED OUT TO WASHINGTON D.C.

IN REGARDING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS I WAS SO HAPPY TO DO BECAUSE KEVIN CRYE HAS BEEN MAKING CONTRACTS FOR FOR SINCE A COUPLE YEARS.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO, KEVIN.

THROW IN YOUR SENSE.

WHY DON'T YOU LEARN TO STOP? TALKING AND START INTERRUPTING BLOCKHEAD.

THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT, THIS IS A REPORT.

IS THIS COUNTY OF EDUCATION, SHASTA? COUNTY PRIORITIES REPORT.

REPORT, BUT ALSO PROGRAMS, RIGHT? NO, COUNTY PRIORITIES REPORT.

YEAH, BUT IT SAYS, IT TALKS ABOUT PROGRAMS, CARE AND DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? FOR THE YEAR.

OKAY, SO YOU, AS A RECORD, LIKE I SAID, YOU NEED, AS THE CHAIR, YOU NEED TO INFORM HIM THAT HE'S PUTTING YOU ALL IN LIABILITY BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH WASHINGTON, D.C.

BECAUSE HE'S RECEIVING FEDERAL GRANTS AND STATE GRANTS.

SHUT IT DOWN.

GO AHEAD, MR. LARIMER.

THAT'S FINE.

WE HAD A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR.

ANY AGAINST? ANY RECUSALS? ALL RIGHT, PASSES 5-0.

MOVING ON.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DIRECTOR COLEMAN DID REACH OUT TO ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD MOVE R8 ABOVE R7, SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION DONE BEFORE WE DO THE BUDGET THINGS.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE R8 ABOVE R7 WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THAT POINT.

I'LL SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NOW TO R5.

RECEIVING PRESENTATION ON THE STATUS AND GOALS IDENTIFIED IN SHASTA COUNTY'S PROPOSED 2026-2031 STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE PLAN.

MS. BERTAIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR KELSTROM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND BERTAIN DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

ON JANUARY 20TH, THE BOARD APPROVED GOALS FOR THIS COUNTY'S STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH CARE, WILDFIRE PREVENTION,

[R5 Receive a presentation on the status and goals identified in Shasta County’s proposed 2026-2031 Strategic Plan (Plan) and consider approving the Plan.]

BUILDING AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK A PROPOSED DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

STRATEGIC PLAN BY APRIL 7TH.

THIS DEADLINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED BY THE BOARD TO MAY 19TH.

WORKING GROUPS, INCLUDING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WERE FORMED TO DEVELOP THE CONTENT OF THE PLAN FOR EACH APPROVED GOAL.

THE LEADS FOR THESE WORKING GROUPS MET ON THREE OCCASIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW PROPOSED PLAN CONTENT AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK.

THE FINAL WORKING DOCUMENTS WERE THEN COMBINED AND FORMATTED INTO THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD TODAY.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE INCLUSION OF THE ITEMS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOES NOT COMMIT ANY COUNTY FUNDS TO THE PROJECTS.

ANY COUNTY FUNDS COMMITTED TO THESE ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME APPROVAL PROCESS AS ANY OTHER BUDGET ITEM.

AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE MILESTONES AND GOALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THE PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED FOR ANY NECESSARY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKING GROUPS TO FORMULATE THE PLAN.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK DEPUTY CEO STUART BUTEL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, THE ANGEL, FOR TURNING ALL THE INPUT INTO A BEAUTIFUL AND CONCISE DOCUMENT.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER THE DISCUSSION TO SUPERVISORS PLUMMER AND LONG.

I WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MS. BERTAIN.

WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE COMMITTEE HEADS JUST GIVE A...

AN AERIAL VIEW OF THIS VERY CONCISE RATHER THAN US SPEAKING TO ALL THE POINTS JUST SO THE BOARD HEARS THAT I WHAT DO YOU WHAT DOES THE BOARD THINK I

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THINK WE WE COULD DON'T YELL OUT FROM THE CROWD DON'T YELL FROM THE CROWD YET YOU'RE WARNING SO IT CHAIR IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE WHERE WE PLEASE STEVEN SO CHAIR IT WOULD BE WHERE WE COULD HAVE EACH OF LIKE SEAN O'HARA, MIKE JOHNSON, SEAN EWING, WE COULD HAVE EACH ONE JUST COME AND JUST GIVE US A REAL BRIEF AERIAL VIEW SO THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS VERSUS ME AND MATT GOING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS.

I'M OKAY WITH IT.

THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

I PERSONALLY, WE'VE READ IT, AND I KNOW THEM, AND I CAN CALL THEM.

OH, I'M READY TO GO.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN 18 MONTHS IN THE MAKING.

LET'S JUST VOTE IT.

I MEAN, THE PUBLIC CAN READ IT.

I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT IT.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY, WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS, SO IT'LL BE THREE MINUTES EACH, OR I'M SORRY, WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

MICHAEL RICHARD, MARK FREEBACK, CHRIS ENRIQUEZ, AND CARLA REED.

IS MICHAEL HERE? UNLESS THE SHERIFF AND CHIEF O'HARA PREPARED AN INTERVIEW.

MICHAEL? NOT SEEING MICHAEL.

NO.

WAS CHRIS NEXT, YOU SAID? MARK FREEBACK, CHRIS ENRIQUEZ.

COME ON UP.

GREETINGS.

TODAY WE GET TO DISCUSS YOUR 2026-31 STRATEGIC PLAN, SPECIFICALLY YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY CATEGORY.

YOUR WHOLE STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC SAFETY IS TO SPEND MONEY, TIME, RESOURCES ON BUILDING OUT A NEW, EXPANSIVE RIVERFRONT ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S IT? WHAT ABOUT INCREASED PATROLS OR FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT? COUNTYWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY COORDINATION? MAYBE FULLY STAFFING AND FUNDING A DA'S OFFICE? WITHOUT ALL THESE THINGS, WHO WILL BE IN THIS ACP PROGRAM? OUR SHERIFF SAYS HE NEEDS ROOM IN THE JAIL, SO HIS PLAN IS TO PUT OFFENDERS IN ANKLE MONITORS AND LET THEM ROAM FREE, AS LONG AS THEY SHOW UP FOR SOME WORK PROGRAM AT THE ALL-NEW ACP FACILITY.

CURRENT ACP PARTICIPANTS AREN'T HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT SHOWING UP.

STREETS ARE OVERRUN BY PERSONS WITH ANKLE MONITORS CONTINUING THEIR LIVES THAT PUT THEM IN THE ANKLE MONITORS TO BEGIN WITH, WITHOUT MUCH RECOURSE FROM OUR STATE LAWS.

YOUR GOAL OF GROWING AN ALREADY LAME ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM ISN'T USING LAND, OR WHICH ISN'T USING LAND, IS ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE FOR FUNDING, OR FARMING, EXCUSE ME, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PREVENTING RECIDIVISM.

DOING THAT USE YOUR FUNDING SOURCE TO STAFF AND PROPERLY FUND THE DA'S OFFICE.

AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HEARD THE DA'S OFFICE IS UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED.

WE HEARD THAT TODAY AS WELL.

WITHOUT THE DA'S TO FILE THE CRIMINAL CASES, THOSE WHO ARE ARRESTED WILL NOT BE TRIED.

THOSE WHO DO HAVE THEIR CASES FILED, LIKELY A NUMBER OF THEM WON'T HAVE THEIR CASES TRIED, DUE TO A LACK OF AVAILABLE JUDGES.

ALSO, WE DON'T NEED AN MCRP.

THERE'S ALREADY ONE IN TEHAMA COUNTY.

IT'S ALREADY BUILT.

WHY IMPORT CRIMINALS TO OUR COUNTY? OH, AND AN MCRP IS A STATE PRISON.

STATE-LEVEL OFFENDERS.

AND YOU ARE ALL...

YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN OF PROVIDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY OR PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS A FARCE.

INSTEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU'RE FOCUSING ON FULFILLING YOUR SHERIFF'S DREAM OF HAVING A RIVERFRONT PROPERTY.

AND IT'S A...

VERY POOR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE PUBLIC IS ASKING FOR.

YOU LOOK AT YOUR GRAPH CHART FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, NOWHERE DOES IT SAY INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE JAIL.

IN ORDER TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL THE BOOKS IN A ROW.

IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT, YOU DON'T IDENTIFY THAT.

THE PLAN IS LACKING.

GOOD DAY.

CARLA REED, FOLLOWED BY ADAM SIGURDSON.

OKAY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY KNEW WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING, BUT I DID PRINT OUT THE FUNDING FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CARE FACILITY THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD.

$4 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR, $2,250,000.

THOUSAND DOLLARS THE NEXT YEAR.

I'M CONTINUING AT $250,000, ACTUALLY, EXCUSE ME, MILLION,

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$2,250,000 TO RUN THIS.

SHASTA COUNTY DOESN'T EVEN PAY THE ATTORNEYS AT THE DA'S OFFICE OR THE PROBATION OFFICERS ENOUGH SALARY TO RETAIN THEM.

THESE ARE THE FRONTLINE WORKERS TO CONVICT AND MONITOR CRIMINALS AFTER RELEASE.

THE COUNTY'S MONEY WOULD BE BETTER USED TO COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES THAN BUILD AN UNNECESSARY, BIGGER, ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE LOCATION YOU ALREADY HAVE TO ITS FULL CAPACITY.

IT WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAN MILES DOWN A HIGHWAY THAT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

IN THE BUSINESS OF FARMING, BUT ACCORDING TO YOUR PLANS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE BARN, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE CATTLE AND SHEEP AND PIGS, 300 CHICKENS, YOU KNOW.

WHO'S GOING TO GET A JOB DOING THAT KIND OF WORK? STEVEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO, MAN.

NEXT UP, ADAM SIGERSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON MR. PLUMMER, MR. CRYE, MR. KELSTROM, MR. LONG.

I'D ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS TO PLEASE HALT THE AGENDA OF R5 AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM AND THE MALE COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S, TO SAY RIGHT NOW IT'S SHORT-SIGHTED AND WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUES TO FOCUS ON, INCLUDING A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH HAS RECENTLY TOLD THE...

READING POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PROSECUTING MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, BUT GOING AFTER FELONIES.

SO IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD AND BUILD THIS FACILITY, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANYONE TO HOUSE.

AS I HAVE HEARD COMMON AND COMMON AGAIN, SO EITHER A FACILITY WILL REMAIN EMPTY, HAVE TO DECIDE TO START HOUSING.

ONE WHICH THE MALE COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM WILL ALREADY DO.

IT'S IN THE FUNDING.

YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST IT.

OTHERWISE, THEY WILL PULL YOUR FUNDING FOR IT.

THE OTHER HALF OF THAT FUNDING WILL BE TO HOUSING MATES POST-RELEASE.

THEY'LL BE USED TO GIVE STIPENDS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND INCENTIVES TO LANDLORDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANDERSON REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM OR IF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR THE CITY OF ANDERSON WHEN THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY START MOVING INTO TOWN AND HOUSING THEM.

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS WOULD WEIGH WHAT THE LANDSCAPE OF ANDERSON IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE UP IN SUSANVILLE, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND THEY CAN TELL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE IN ANDERSON.

SO IF WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER FOCUS OF OUR TIME AND ATTENTION IS TO FIX WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY ONE OF YOU HERE CAUSED THAT PROBLEM OR THAT SOURCE.

BUT IT IS IN YOUR LAP NOW, AND WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT, BECAUSE EVEN AT LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS, MISDEMEANORS BEING NON-PROSECUTED, THAT DOES ALLOW OUR STREETS TO BECOME MORE DANGEROUS, AND IT EMBOLDENS CRIMINALS WHO SHOULD BE GETTING PUT INTO JAIL AND GETTING CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS PLEASE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU MOVE IT FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REAL CONSEQUENCES ARE.

AND ON MY WAY HERE...

I DRIVE PAST THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

IT'S VACANT.

IT'S NOT BEING USED AT THE MOMENT.

AMITY COULD COME AND RUN THAT.

WHY DON'T WE START WITH WHAT WE HAVE? WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FUND EVERYTHING PROPERLY.

WHY DON'T WE START SMALL AND BUILD OFF OF THAT? SEE IF THAT PROGRAM WILL ACTUALLY WORK.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

AND THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, CHAIR.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAD A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR LONG.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'M STILL CHAIR IT WAS A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR CRYE SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMBER.

OKAY, AND SUPERVISOR LONG.

YOU'RE IN QUEUE.

THANK YOU I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A PLAN THAT IS SET IN STONE THIS IS JUST GIVING US A GUIDELINE WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED AND REEVALUATED OVER TIME AND WHATEVER THE PROPOSALS LOOK LIKE WILL BE THOROUGHLY VETTED AT THAT POINT.

AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL FUNDING SOURCES FOR.

IT'S KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW JUST TO GIVE US SOME KIND

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OF A MAP TO MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY FLEXIBLE AND IT WILL BE EVALUATED AS TO WHETHER IT'S WORKING, WHETHER WE'RE MEETING SUCCESS, WHETHER WE'RE NOT, WHAT DO WE READJUST OUR PRIORITIES.

IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT AND I THINK THAT HAS TO BE STATED CLEARLY AND I WAS PART OF THE AD HOC AS WAS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THIS.

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THAT WAS THE...

THE SPIRIT OF THIS, WHICH IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TOWARD THAT GOAL LOOSELY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY SPECIFIC TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END.

I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THIS IS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR.

EITHER OF YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER OR SUPERVISOR LONG, WITH THIS OUTCOME AND DEFINING SUCCESS OF THIS ONE ISSUE, WAS THERE A SECOND OR THIRD ISSUE THAT CAME UP OR THAT PERMEATED DISCUSSIONS OTHER THAN THE SURVEYS THAT I SAW? ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE GOAL ONE, THE PURSUIT OF DEVELOPMENT? CORRECT, YEAH.

YES, I MEAN THE IDEA HERE WAS NOT THAT IN ANY OF THESE AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS WAS, AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS THEMSELVES CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN JANUARY AND THERE IT WAS LET'S PICK SOMETHING NARROW AND FOCUSED THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN THE SAME WAY THAT.

SOME OF THESE OTHER GOALS ARE FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, A CODE PLAN UPDATE.

SO HERE WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN THE DA'S OFFICE OR PURSUE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY-RELATED EFFORTS.

WE'RE JUST SAYING THIS IS THE TARGETED FOCUS FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

GOOD, SUPERVISOR CRYE? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 5-0.

MOVING ON.

R6, APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH INCREASES APPROPRIATIONS BY $24,000 IN THE MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL BUDGET, OFFSET BY REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS IN THE RESERVES FOR CONTINGENCIES BUDGET.

AN AUTHORIZED PAYMENT TO THE SHASTA LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF A DRONE SHOW AT SHASTA LAKE TO ENCOURAGE TOURISM AND PROMOTE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN SHASTA COUNTY AND TO COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF

[R6 Approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $24,000 in the Miscellaneous General Budget (BU 173) offset by a reduction in appropriations in the Reserves for Contingencies Budget (BU 900) and authorize payment to the Shasta Lake Chamber of Commerce as a contribution to the costs of a drone show at Shasta Lake to encourage tourism and promote outdoor activities in Shasta County and to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America (Sponsored by Supervisor Plummer).]

AMERICA.

THIS IS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST, SUPERVISOR LONG, OR ARE YOU JUST STILL IN QUEUE ON ACCIDENT? I'M IN QUEUE, BUT I WILL...

ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S SUPERVISE.

SPONSORED BY PLUMMER.

YES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MATT DOYLE OF THE SHASTA LAKE CAVERNS AND SHASTA LAKE BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION REACHED OUT, I THINK, BACK IN MARCH.

AND IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET HERE IN TERMS OF GETTING ON THE AGENDA.

AND SO I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO CALL HIM UP AND HAVE HIM EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF HIS VISION FOR THE DRONE SHOW AND THE INTENT OF THAT.

SO THIS IS AGENDIZED AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT ONLY, NOT AS A PRESENTATION.

CAN I ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS? YOU CAN ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO COULD YOU DESCRIBE BRIEFLY WHAT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR? OKAY.

THANKS, MATT.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MATTHEW DOYLE, GENERAL MANAGER OF LAKE SHASTA CAVERNS, HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AS WELL AS LAKE SHASTA DINER CRUISES.

PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SHAS LAKE BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION WITH OVER A DECADE OF SERVICE, AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF UPSTATE CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS THE DMO THAT DOES MARKETING AND TOURISM WITHIN THE EIGHT COUNTIES OF TRUE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SO THE ASK IS FOR A MATCHING ASK, A GRANT, A ONE-TIME ASK FOR $24,000.

WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THE OTHER $24,000 FROM OTHER BUSINESSES UP THERE ON THE LAKE AND SERVICES ON THE LAKE.

THIS IS FOR A TWO-DAY EVENT.

THE FREEDOM 250 IS COMPRISED OF A MULTITUDE OF ENTITIES, INCLUDING FOREST SERVICE, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

IT CAN'T TURN INTO A PRESENTATION.

WE CAN PUT IT ON THERE LATER FOR A PRESENTATION IF WE WANT, BUT THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

RIGHT, AND I JUST WANTED TO...

SO MAYBE JUST GIVE US THE TWO-SENTENCE VERSION OF WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THAT DAY.

TWO-SENTENCE FOR TOURISM AND RECREATION IN THE NORTH STATE.

AS WITH ANY INDUSTRY, IT'S EITHER GROWING OR DYING.

WE'VE BEEN STAGNANT FOR A LONG TIME.

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THIS IS A NEW EVENT ON A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE 250TH CELEBRATION.

NOT ONLY THANK THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT TO ALSO BOLSTER TOURISM WITHIN THE U.S.

MR. CHAIRMAN, AGAIN, WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE BUDGET.

THIS IS A BUDGET APPROPRIATION.

SO, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE.

I'M JUST, I'LL WEIGH IN REAL QUICK BECAUSE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A...

WELL, I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION WE'RE IN FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE CHALLENGE OF GIVING, YOU KNOW, EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT AS IS $24,000 TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I KNOW MATT'S GONE OUT OF HIS WAY AND SO HAVE THE THE VENDOR THAT YOU'RE TO US TO DO SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD BE BOTH SIGNIFICANT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMETHING AT CHESTER DAM AND ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH WHICH I THINK IS IS ALSO IMPORTANT AT THE SAME TIME WE YOU KNOW I RECOGNIZE WE'RE HERE FROM THIS IN A LITTLE BIT I DO THINK THAT POSSIBLY REDUCING THIS AMOUNT TO SOMETHING THAT SHOWS A TOKEN OF OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT ACTUALLY I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO CUT IT TO A TENTH OF THAT AND HAVE IT BE $2,400.

SO WHILE THAT MOTION IS ON THE TABLE, I'LL JUST GIVE MY THOUGHTS.

BECAUSE, YEAH, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS MONEY COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR DRONE SHOW, MATT, IN FACT, IF YOU DO GET THE FUNDING SOMEWHERE, CALL ME BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GO WATCH IT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT I MEAN, AS FOR ME, ANDERSON EXPLODES RIGHT NOW IS GETTING SHORT ON FUNDS.

AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE COUNTY'S PLACE.

AND ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO RETAIN OUR ASSISTANT DAS, WHERE WE HAVE POSSIBLE VOLUNTEER FURLOUGHS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE HIRING FREEZES.

I MEAN, WE'RE TIGHTENING THE BELT AS TIGHT AS WE CAN TIGHTEN IT.

AND RIGHT NOW, THIS IS COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS.

SO I WILL PERSONALLY BE A NO ON THIS.

WE GOT A SUPER LONG.

LET'S START IT.

IT ALL WORKS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND CHAIR KELSTROM SAID MY THOUGHTS.

WE'RE IN KIND OF DRACONIAN TIMES RIGHT NOW HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE PROSECUTORS AND WE'VE GOT A SOCIAL SERVICES FUND THAT'S UPSIDE DOWN.

AND I DON'T THINK THE COUNTIES CAN ACTUALLY BE GIVING AWAY MONEY BECAUSE WE NEED THAT FOR.

VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND I NEVER SAW ANY MODEL BE INDICATIVE THAT THE TOURISM GENERATED, AND I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ACTUALLY, THAT THE 24,000 WOULD BE WE'D GET X NUMBER OF TOURISM DOLLARS THAT WOULD COME IN TOT TAXES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

I DON'T THINK THAT CALCULATION COULD BE DONE, SO IT WOULD BE JUST SPECULATIVE AT OUR POINT.

IT COULD INTEREST ME IF WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE GOT NOT ONLY OUR DOLLAR BACK, BUT GOT SOME EXTRA PROFIT TO OUR COFFERS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE FACT THAT THAT WOULD BE SHASTA LAKE CITY.

DOLLARS IN THAT AREA AND MAYBE NOT THE COUNTY DOLLARS.

SO IT GETS KIND OF COMPLICATED AS FAR AS THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

BUT I DO APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

AND I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME IDEA AND IT'S AN AWESOME CELEBRATION.

AND IT'S JUST I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY NO BECAUSE THE COUNTY JUST CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY AT THIS POINT.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, I'M SUPER CONFUSED.

SO YOU SPONSORED THIS ITEM AND YOU PUT IT FOR $24,000 AND THEN YOU CUT IT BY 90% TO $2,400? WELL, WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME UP, IT WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO.

AND THEN AS THINGS HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE LAST MONTH, I'D SAY IN TERMS OF BROADER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THE LOAN AMOUNT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES THAT OUR DA LOST FOUR PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS NOT A TIME WHEN EVEN 24,000, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GIVE, NOT BECAUSE IT'S THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY AFFORD IT, BUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE TO COMMIT FUNDS TO.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MATT'S DONE A GOOD JOB RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS, AND I HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.

ASSUMING THIS DOESN'T GO, WE DON'T FILL THE GAP HERE.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS, EVEN AT A NOMINAL AMOUNT, AND KIND OF THROW OUR SUPPORT

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BEHIND IT.

SO TWO MONTHS AGO, YOU THOUGHT WE WERE IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE? WE WERE IN A BETTER SITUATION THAN WE ARE NOW.

LET'S BRING HIM BACK.

BUT WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE DISCUSSION OF, LIKE, AS WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING ITEMS FORWARD.

I JUST THINK THERE'S A BIG DISCONNECT, BUT MATT, LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID, AND I'M IN FOR A THOUSAND BUCKS PRIVATELY.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING FREAKING GREAT WORK.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A COMMUNITY MORE DESERVING.

MAYBE, MAYBE ANDERSON.

I'M AN ANDERSON GRAD, BUT MY WIFE BEING A CV GRAD, BUT SHASTA LAKE, YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL.

I DO THINK, LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT, I DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOT FOR EVERY DISTRICT.

TO TRY AND GO AFTER THEIR TOT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAD A MOTION, WE HAD NO SECOND.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, STEPHANIE? CHAIR, YOU CUT ME OFF.

I AM.

BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE IT BACK THERE.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO FREAKING WAKE UP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.

THIS STUFF IS JUST POLITICAL.

THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO PASS.

$24,000 TWO MONTHS AGO, I COULD TELL YOU THREE YEARS AGO.

ONCE I REALIZED WE'RE NOT GETTING TO JAIL, I TELL THE COMMUNITY, MATT, YOU'RE AWESOME, YOU'VE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US.

SO YOU ALL BROUGHT FORTH AN RFP FOR A TOURISM SPEND OF UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS AND YOU ULTIMATELY DECIDED NOT TO DO IT BUT...

IT WAS A CONVERSATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

CORRECT.

SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE WAY OFF.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT POLITICAL.

THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO MIKE.

THANKS MATT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? APPRECIATE YOU.

WE DO, CHAIR.

SO MATT WAS ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THEN WE HAD DOLORES LUCERO SO WE ONLY HAVE TWO.

MATT, GIVE ME THAT PHONE.

DEFINITELY.

SO SHALL I CONTINUE OR? YEAH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

SO I'VE ALREADY DONE THE INTRODUCTION.

THE ASK, THE HAND IT HAD ASK WAS ACTUALLY THREE TO FOUR PERCENT OF THE TOT COLLECTED JUST FROM DISTRICT 4.

NOW, THIS WOULDN'T BENEFIT JUST DISTRICT 4.

ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE RECEIVE A MILLION AND A HALF TO TWO MILLION VISITORS UP TO SHASTA LAKE.

THEY'RE NOT STAYING IN ALL THE AMENITIES UP THERE.

THEY'RE STAYING ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.

SO IT DOES BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE OPTICS OF IT, YOU KNOW, FURLOUGHING EMPLOYEES, COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

FINANCIAL IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE I REALLY WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS, A MILLION VISITORS IS A HUGE, HUGE INDUSTRY IN THIS AREA.

ONCE AGAIN, WITH ANY INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS, IF YOU'RE NOT GROWING, YOU'RE DYING.

AND WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY STAGNANT WITH THE RECREATION BUSINESS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

COVID WAS A GRATEFUL BLOOM FOR US, BUT IT IS SLIDING BACK DOWN TO WHERE IT USED TO BE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS JUST SEED MONEY.

THIS IS OUR INAUGURAL EVENT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS LASTS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST YEAR OF DOING IT, HENCE THE ASK FOR THE SEED MONEY.

AND IT'S ALREADY GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION.

READING BUZZ FROM JASON FROM READING BUZZ.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, BUT HE DEFINITELY KNOWS ALL THE RUMORS THAT ARE GOING ON.

BUT HE CAUGHT WIND OF IT.

MADE A FACEBOOK POST AND A TIKTOK POST.

AND THE RESULTS, THE COMMENTS ON IT WERE...

99% ALL POSITIVE.

IN LIEU OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE PYROTECHNICS UP ON SHASTA LAKE, OF COURSE YOU HAVE WILDFIRE-PRONE AREAS, WHICH WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE SOUNDS THAT CAN HAVE A REPERCUSSION AGAINST THE ANIMALS IN THE AREA.

DRONE SHOW IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNIQUELY DIFFERENT, OFFERS SOMETHING ADVANTAGEOUS AND NEW TO NOT ONLY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT THE GUESTS THAT VISIT SHASTA LAKE DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY.

AND IT'S CREATED ENOUGH UH...

ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TENSION TO WEAR MY CONTACTS THAT VISIT CALIFORNIA ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION ARE WE WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS IS A SIMPLE BUDGET AMENDMENT OKAY WE HAVE SORRY THAT ALRIGHT BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT CONSIDERATION FROM THE BOARD THANK YOU EXCEPT FOR THE FEDERAL MR PLUMBER I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU COMING IN AND ASKING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE, THE COUNTY SHOULD NOT BE GIVING OR EVEN TO CONSIDER TAKING MONEY FROM GENERAL FUNDS.

THAT MONEY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.

YOU AS DISTRICT FOUR, AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY PERSON WHO I REPRESENT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT.

AND LIKE I SAID, I NEVER VOTED FOR YOU.

BUT.

MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU PUT IN THIS ITEM, $24,000 FOR DRUMS, WASTING MONEY ON DRUMS TO DO A SHOW.

AND YET THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO TO THE SHASTA LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT CHAMBER? I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WHO RUN CHAMBERS.

HOLD MULTIPLE POSITIONS TO RUN THE CHAMBER, MEANING COMMINGLING THE MONEY WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEN FOR KEVIN CRYE TO GIVE $1,000 PRIVATELY AND FOR HIM TO SIT HERE AND CONTINUE HIS CONVERSATION, YOU SHOULD RECUSE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU JUST OPENED THE DOOR FOR YOURSELF.

AND DON'T SHAKE YOUR HEAD.

YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF.

YOU SAID IT, NOT ME.

YOU SHOULD RECUSE YOURSELF FOR GIVING THE PRIVATE MONEY EVEN TO BE HERE IN THE ROOM LISTENING IN CONVERSATION OR ENGAGING IN ANY DECISION.

SO THIS IS WHY YOU GUYS SHOULD NOT BE REELECTED.

THE DEALS THAT YOU MAKE AND THEN TO THINK YOU COULD ASK FOR $24,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY.

THEN, LIKE I SAID, PLUMMER, I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, AND I KNOW YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST, BUT WASTING TAXPAYERS' MONEY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING.

I THINK YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU PUT ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IT'S MAKING YOU LOOK BAD, AND THE MORE YOU DO IT, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO...

IS RUN AGAINST YOU, BUT IF I HAVE TO, I WILL, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO.

I LIKE MY LIFE WHERE IT'S AT, TO MAKE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT WAS OUR LAST CHAIR SPEAKER.

ALL RIGHT, AND WE DID NOT, WE DIDN'T, WE HAD A MOTION, THERE WAS NO SECOND, SO WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE A VOTE, WE CAN MOVE ON.

ALL RIGHT, SO.

WE DID VOTE TO REMOVE R8 UP TO IN FRONT OF R7 SO A PRESENTATION UH...

JUST KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM WELCOME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU.

SORRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR.

[R8 Receive a presentation from the Shasta County Public Health Suicide Prevention Program regarding key data, funding, and program activities and consider providing direction to staff.]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M KATIE CASSIDY, PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH DIRECTOR.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TODAY TO INTRODUCE LINDSAY HOYER, WHO WILL BE DELIVERING THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AS KATIE SAID, MY NAME IS LINDSAY HOYER.

I AM THE SUPERVISING COMMUNITY EDUCATION SPECIALIST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I SUPERVISE IS THE SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

BEFORE I MOVE ON, SO AS KATIE MENTIONED AND PREVIOUS TO MY INTRODUCTION, I'M HERE TODAY PER REQUEST TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SUICIDE IN SHASTA COUNTY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR PROGRAM INCLUDING DATA AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR EPIDEMIOLOGY TEAM.

WHO REALLY DID THE HEAVY LIFT IN THIS IN SUPPLYING THE DATA FOR THE SLIDES.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND JUMP IN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SHARE THIS REMINDER.

THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY FEATURES SUICIDE, WHICH IS A LOSS OF LIFE.

AND SO SUICIDE IS A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC THAT AFFECTS MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM.

SOME OF US MAY BE LOST SURVIVORS, ATTEMPT SURVIVORS, OR PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.

EMOTIONS MAY RISE TO THE SURFACE DURING MY PRESENTATION, SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MAKE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF A PRIORITY TODAY DURING AND AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS SUPPORT, PLEASE CALL OR TEXT 988 TO REACH THE SUICIDE CRISIS LIFELINE.

NEXT, BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND US THAT OUR WORDS MATTER.

THE WAY WE SPEAK ABOUT...

SUICIDE HAS IMPACT.

ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REDUCE STIGMA, ENCOURAGE HELP-SEEKING, IS TO USE MORE EMPATHETIC AND SUPPORTIVE LANGUAGE.

INSTEAD OF USING PHRASES LIKE COMMITTED SUICIDE, COMPLETED SUICIDE, OR HAD A SUCCESSFUL OR UNSUCCESSFUL SUICIDE ATTEMPT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REFRAME OUR PHRASING AND USE PHRASES LIKE DIED BY SUICIDE AND SURVIVED A SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

INSTEAD OF SAYING A SUICIDAL PERSON, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE PHRASING PERSON AT RISK OF SUICIDE.

AND INSTEAD OF CALLING SOMEONE MENTALLY ILL OR LABELING THEM AS A CRAZY PERSON, WE USE PHRASING LIKE PERSON LIVING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION OR

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PERSON EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH EVENT.

USING FIRST-PERSON LANGUAGE HELPS RECOGNIZE PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS RATHER THAN DEFINING THEM BY THEIR BEHAVIOR OR A DIAGNOSIS.

OUR LANGUAGE SHAPES HOW INDIVIDUALS SEE THEMSELVES, HOW COMMUNITIES RESPOND, AND WHETHER PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND OR COMFORTABLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP.

SUICIDE IS DEEPLY PERSONAL AND INFLUENCED BY MANY FACTORS BEYOND A SINGLE LABEL OR CIRCUMSTANCE.

EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS VALUE, DIGNITY, AND THE CAPACITY FOR SUPPORT, HEALING, AND CONNECTION.

THIS FIRST SLIDE...

SHOWS SUICIDE DEATHS THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 2014 AND 2024 AND INCLUDES A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE OR SUICIDE DEATH RATE THE 2022 TO 2024 AVERAGE AGE ADJUSTED SUICIDE DEATH RATE OF SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS THE BLUE LINE WAS 22.4 PER 100 000 WHICH IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 2022-2024 RATE OF THE STATE CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS IN THE ORANGE LINE ON THE BOTTOM, AND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 2023 NATIONAL RATE FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.

WHILE CALIFORNIA HAS MET THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 OBJECTIVE, SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE IT.

THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SUICIDES DEATH BY SEX FROM 2016 TO 2024.

CALIFORNIA IS IN THE ORANGE ON THE LEFT.

SHASTA COUNTY IS IN THE BLUE ON THE RIGHT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, MALES MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF SUICIDE DEATHS IN BOTH SHASTA COUNTY AND CALIFORNIA.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE ASTERISK ON THE BOTTOM, OTHER OR UNKNOWN IS USED WHEN SEX IS NOT RECORDED, UNKNOWN, OR A PERSON IDENTIFIES AS NON-BINARY.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SUICIDE DEATHS VIA SEX AND MEANS FROM 2016 TO 2024.

SO THIS TALKS ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH A PERSON DIED BY SUICIDE.

ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE FEMALES AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE MALES.

THEY ARE BOTH SECTIONED OUT BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND SHASTA COUNTY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

FOR FEMALES, YOU CAN SEE IN SHASTA COUNTY, IT IS FIREARMS. IT IS THE SAME FOR MALES ON THE RIGHT.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SUICIDE DEATHS BY AGE FROM 2016 TO 2024.

THIS IS AGE SPECIFIC.

THERE IS A TYPO ON THIS SLIDE SO ON THE FIRST BULLET AT THE TOP WE ARE LOOKING AT AGE SPECIFIC RATES.

WHEN LOOKING AT AGE SPECIFIC SUICIDE DEATH RATES THE HIGHEST RATE OCCURS IN THE 65 AND OLDER AGE GROUP.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY THE 45 TO 64 AND THE 25 TO 44 AGE GROUP.

THIS IS TRUE FOR BOTH CALIFORNIA AND SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS NEXT SLIDE FEATURES INFORMATION RELATED TO VETERANS, SUICIDE DEATHS BY VETERANS STATUS FROM 2020 TO 2024.

ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE SHASTA COUNTY RATE FOR VETERANS AND THEN THE SHASTA COUNTY DESPITE SAFEGUARDS FOR BOTH PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS THEY REPRESENT 20 PERCENT OF OUR SUICIDE DEATHS WHILE ONLY BEING 6.6 OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION.

THE SUICIDE DEATH RATE AMONG VETERANS IN SHASTA COUNTY IS MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE SEEN AMONG THE TOTAL POPULACE OF SHASTA COUNTY.

THIS NEXT SLIDE FEATURES SUICIDE DEATHS BY VETERAN STATUS AND MEANS FROM 2016 TO 2024.

YOU HAVE NON-VETERANS ON THE LEFT AND VETERANS IN SHASTA COUNTY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT FIREARMS ARE THE HIGHEST MANNER IN WHICH SUICIDE VETERANS ARE DYING BY SUICIDE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS SUICIDE DEATH BY VETERAN STATUS AND AGE.

YOU HAVE CALIFORNIA ON THE LEFT AND SHASTA COUNTY ON THE RIGHT.

IN CALIFORNIA, NON-VETERANS HAD A TOTAL OF 33,069 SUICIDE DEATHS AND VETERANS HAD A TOTAL OF 5,273 SUICIDE DEATHS.

THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF DEATHS OCCUR FOR THE NON-VETERANS IN THE 25 TO 44 AND 45 TO 64 AGE GROUPS.

THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF DEATHS FOR VETERANS OCCURS IN THE 65 AGE AND OLDER.

THIS IS SUICIDE DEATH BY CIRCUMSTANCE.

SO THIS IS A DEFINITION DETERMINED BY CALVDRS.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN SHASTA COUNTY ON THE RIGHT, THE TOP THREE ARE HISTORY OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, CURRENT DIAGNOSIS, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM, OR RECENT OR IMMINENT CRISIS OF ANY KIND.

THE UMATTER SHASTA IS OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, WE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE MENTAL

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HEALTH SERVICES ACT BEGINNING JULY 1ST OF 2026.

WE WILL SWITCH INTO THE BHSA OR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, WHICH WILL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND THEN WE ALSO MAINTAIN SOME STATE GRANT FUNDING THAT WILL BE ENDING IN AUGUST.

THE POSITION IS STAFFED BY ONE FULL-TIME COMMUNITY EDUCATION SPECIALIST.

AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE A SELECTION OF THE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES THAT WE ACCOMPLISH.

ADDITIONALLY, PART OF THIS WORK IS OUR NEWLY ESTABLISHED SUICIDE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM, WHICH HAS A QUARTERLY MEETING SCHEDULED.

SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE HAD THREE MEETINGS AND WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE.

THIS IS A MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATION THAT REVIEWS THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING A PERSON'S DEATH.

YOU CAN WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK.

AND WITH THIS, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DATA AND THE RISK FACTORS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS SURROUNDING SUICIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN REALLY MAKE INTENTIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS REDUCING OUR SUICIDE NUMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PARTNERS ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY A PART IN THAT.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLUMMER, I'M GUESSING YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

YES, THANK YOU, LINDSAY, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE THE DATA ALL IN ONE PLACE.

THE THING THAT I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING WAS ON HERE, SLIDE 10, WHERE IT'S SHOWING THAT FOR NON-VETERANS, THE RATES ARE MUCH HIGHER IN THAT MIDDLE-AGE BRACKET, AND THEN FOR VETERANS, IT'S...

SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR THE 65 PLUS.

I WAS WONDERING KIND OF IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY KIND OF THOUGHTS OR THEORIES ON THAT DISTINCTION.

I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER WISE TO SPECULATE WHY SOMEONE IS TAKING THEIR LIFE.

I COULD SAY THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO FIREARMS. BEING THE ONE MEANS YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN WELL I DIDN'T KNOW TOO IF THE UM I KNOW ON YOUR SLIDE 14 WHERE THE CONSOLIDATED RISK ASSESSMENT IT TALKS ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BEING SIGNIFICANT I KNOW IN SOME OF OUR EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VA THAT THAT SOME OF THOSE THAT OLDER VETERANS OFTEN HAVE PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SOME I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS MAYBE A DRIVER OF THAT AS WELL BUT THAT WAS ONE THOUGHT THAT CAME TO MIND HERE.

JUST LOOKING AT THIS DEFINITELY IN OUR MOST RECENT MEETING WE'VE ALSO BEEN DISCUSSING WHO IS QUALIFYING FOR VA HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR VA HEALTH SERVICES WHO CAN OBTAIN HELP OR TREATMENT WHETHER THAT BE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT WE ALSO LIVE IN A VERY RURAL LANDSCAPE WITH EVEN SOME OF OUR ZIP CODES BORDERING ON FRONTIER, WHICH INCREASES SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THERE'S A MAGNITUDE OF FACTORS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO SOMEONE CHOOSING TO DIE BY SUICIDE.

THAT'S A IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT IN TERMS OF CONNECTION WITH THE VA, BECAUSE I KNOW IN TALKING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW.

YOU KNOW, OFTEN ARE EFFECTIVE.

THEY ARE IN DELIVERY OF THOSE SERVICES, BUT THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SERVICES.

ARE WE ABLE, LOOKING AT THIS DATA TO, AND I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT NOW, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, TO SAY OF THE VETERANS WHO DIED BY SUICIDE, WHAT PORTION OF THEM HAD VA HEALTHCARE VERSUS DID NOT? I MEAN, IT'S AN EXPLORATORY CONVERSATION WITH THE VA AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SHARE WITH US.

YEAH, I THINK BECAUSE ONE OF THE INTERESTING DATA POINTS NATIONALLY THAT I HAD COME ACROSS WAS THAT WHILE THOSE WHO, VETERANS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE, A HIGHER PORTION OF THEM HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY THAN ACCESS TO THAT AT THE VA IN THE YEAR PRECEDING THEIR DEATH.

AND SO I WAS CURIOUS IF THE ONES WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ACTUALLY EVEN ACCESSING THE VA OR NOT.

AND SO IF THAT IS POSSIBLE, THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING DATA POINT ON THAT IN PARTICULAR.

ONE OTHER QUESTION WAS, I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF JUST GETTING THINGS ROLLING WITH THE SUICIDE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY LESSONS LEARNED OR ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THAT SO FAR IN TERMS OF PATTERNS YOU'RE IDENTIFYING OR RISK FACTORS? DEFINITELY.

SO SLIDE 15, WHICH I DIDN'T GET TO FEATURE IN MY PRESENTATION, HAD SOME SFR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S COMING OUT OF.

WE'VE ONLY HAD THREE MEETINGS.

I CAN'T CALL ANYTHING A TREND.

BUT THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY ROBUST IN TERMS OF THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMITTEE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ONES THAT HAS COME UP IN ALL OF OUR

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MEETINGS IS REALLY THE NEED TO DEVELOP A CRISIS CARE OF CONTINUUM FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

SO REALLY HAVING THAT INTENTIONAL CROSS-COLLABORATION APPROACH IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

WE NEED THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT HAND WORKING TOGETHER.

WE NEED MORE OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO REDUCE SUICIDE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES.

AGAIN, IF FUNDING PERMITTED, EXPANDING THE PROMOTION OF 988, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT KNOW THAT 988 EXISTS.

AND SO MAKING PEOPLE MORE AWARE THAT THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT THEY CALL WHEN SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING SUICIDAL CRISIS AND NEEDS SUPPORT.

ON THE CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM, ARE YOU FINDING AS YOU LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL CASES THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE HAVING SOME POINT OF INTERACTION WITH THE HEALTH SYSTEM, BY WHICH I MEAN BROAD, THAT COULD BE PHYSICAL HEALTH OR, YOU KNOW, ER OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? YES.

SO ON SLIDE 14, THAT WAS A SUMMARY OF THE SCRAP FORMS OR THE SUICIDE CONSOLIDATED RISK ASSESSMENT PROFILES THAT WERE OBTAINED FOR 2024.

SO OF THE 41 DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN 2024, WE HAD 38 SCRAP FORMS COMPLETED ON THOSE.

AND THAT SLIDE REALLY PULLS OUT SOME OF THESE DATA POINTS OF WHO HAD SEEN A MEDICAL PROVIDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THEIR DEATH.

AND SOME OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY WERE REPORTING ON PRIOR TO DYING BY SUICIDE.

AND SO WE HAVE SEEN THAT PEOPLE DID HAVE MEDICAL CONTACT, WHETHER THAT BE HEALTH CARE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PRIOR TO THEIR DEATH.

GREAT.

AND THEN WHO FILLS OUT THE SCRAP FORM? SO THAT IS DONE BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE.

MS. BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT, CHAIR.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THIS IS POSSIBLE DIRECTION TO STAFF.

SO THERE'S NO APPROVAL.

IF YOU WANT TO GIVE DIRECTION, YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION OF WHAT THAT WAS.

ARE WE GOOD JUST WITH PRESENTATION? SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

BUT THAT'S TO DIRECT STAFF.

IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIRECT STAFF, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.

ONE THING.

ONE THING I KNOW THAT KATIE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS THE ZERO SUICIDE MODEL, WHICH YOU MENTIONED A SYSTEMS APPROACH.

AS YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION PLAN FROM 2024 TO 28, YOU SEE THAT AS A PIECE OF KIND OF BUILDING THAT SYSTEMS APPROACH? DEFINITELY, YEAH.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CDPH FUNDING FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE UPDATE FOR THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT FITS IN WITH BOTH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.

RECEIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.

HERE SHE COMES.