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our video stream while our

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councilmembers join us?
>> good afternoon, everyone,

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sacramento city council will
please come to order.

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Clerk call the roll to establish
quorum.

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>> councilmember kaplan.
Loloee.
>> here.

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>> talamantes.
>> here.

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>> valenzuela.
>> here.

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>> vice mayor guerra.
>> here.
>> mai vang.

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>> here.
>> and mayor steinberg.

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>> I am here.
I will ask everyone to please
rise.

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I will take the privilege of
reading the land acknowledgment

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and leading us in the pledge of
allegiance.

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Please rise for the opening

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abbing -- acknowledgment.
To the original people of this
land. The nisenan people, the

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southern maidu, valley and
plains miwok, patwin wintun
peoples, and the people of the

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wilton rancheria, sacramento's

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only federally recognized tribe.
MAY we acknowledge and honor the

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native people who came before us
and still walk beside us today

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on these ancestral lands by

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choosing to gather together
today in the active practice of

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acknowledgement and appreciation

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for sacramento'sindigenous
people's history, contributions,

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and lives.

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Thank you.
I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the united states of america.

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And to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation, under GOD,
indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.
>> so members, before we -- let

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me welcome everyone, first of
all.

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My colleagues, the city staff,

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most importantly, the people we
all work for, the members of the

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public.

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It's good to see a crowded
chamber tonight.

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Let me before we get to the
special presentations, let me

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just say that when we get to the

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consent calendar I'm going to
entertain a motion to continue

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item 7 for one week and I think
I'm going to take the privilege

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of saying why.

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There have been a lot of input

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on item 7, a lot of
conversation, I think it's

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appropriate that we take one
additional week and give members

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of the public, including members

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of the police review commission,

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anyone, the opportunity to weigh

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in, individually with the city
council and/or of course next

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week collectively to answer some
of the questions that have been

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raised about the particular
supplier, whether there might be

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other suppliers and what the
whole issue is about.

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Let's take a week, and come back

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and we will take this up.
All right, we'll take, I'll take
that motion when we -- but for

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those who are signed up to talk

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on this item tonight, we are not
going to hear the item tonight

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so you are welcome back next

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week or to talk on, you know,

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items not on the agenda after
the regular agenda.

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All right?

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Ok, let us begin with the
presentation, women's history

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month and I have been asked to

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present this resolution as the
male mayor of the city of

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sacramento and I, you know, I

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take this honor with pride and

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even more pride because I'm

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serving with a majority women
city council with a city

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attorney and a city clerk and so

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many other leaders in our city

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representing tremendous progress

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and real hope for the future.

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I mean, the resolution itself
details a little bit about -- of

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the city's history and you know,

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you go back to 1912 and 1913

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when luella johnston was the

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first woman in a major city in
the united states to be elected

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to a city council, and I

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remember a couple years ago we

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had a commemoration of her life

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and a permanent plaque over at
old city hall.

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And I guess how does one define
progress.

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Define progress in part by

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seeing not just in our city, but

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throughout the country women
majorities, and that not being

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such a breakthrough.

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It is a breakthrough but not

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being such a breakthrough

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because it's the way that it
should be.

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We still have a lot of barriers
left to break in our country,

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obviously there's never been a

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woman PRESIDENT Of the united

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states, or a woman governor of

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california, and so many other
breakthroughs that are to be

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had, but it's important and we
just reflect on the fact that

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this country, this state and

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even this city was not always

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what it is today, and to
recognize that there are still

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lots of things we need to fix

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when it comes to gender, and
gender equality, and certainly

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in a few moments we are going to

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present another resolution,
councilmember kaplan, that

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speaks to the importance of

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civil rights for our transgender
community.

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And so always when it comes to

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civil rights so much to

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celebrate, commemorate, and so

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much more work to do and it's in

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that spirit that I'm glad to

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present MARCH 2023 as women's
history month here in the city
of sacramento.
Thank you.

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[Applause]
>> I'm not sure who I'm

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presenting it to, but maybe I

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should present it to my majority
women colleagues here on the
city council.

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Would that be ok?
>> yes.
>> ok.

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>> I think someone had their
hands up.

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>> oh, people want to speak.
Please, I just want to say for

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the record, I was asked to

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present this, so I -- 
>> thanks, mayor.

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I think I'm next in the queue,
I'll go next.

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Just thank you so much, super
eloquent and take this moment to

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say happy woman history month to
everyone here, all of my

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colleagues on the dais, to all
of the women identifying a city

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staff that's here with us today.

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I see them in the audience, many

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of the department heads, folks

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that is on the dais now, susana,
mindy and the city staff to make

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sure we move the city forward.

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Thank you so much.
You are the reasons why our

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community is much richer and the
world more meaningful, say thank

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you to each and every one of
you, and wanted to say while we

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recognize the contribution of
women this month, and we really

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celebrate women history month, I

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also want to take this time to
reaffirm our commitment to

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advancing rights and
opportunities for women and
girls.

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You heard earlier from the mayor
we made tremendous milestones

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but we still have a lot of work
to do and despite the progress,

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again, we still have a lot of
work.
We know that there are still

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many disparities that still

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exist even among women, and our

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last workforce diversity salary
and audit, a huge pay gap

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between women and men in the
city.
Report revealed that white women

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make $0.75 to the dollar

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compared to white men, which is

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a huge disparity.

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Dive deeper into the data,
indigenous black women make

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$0.55, latinas, $0.53, and

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native hawaiians, $0.54 to the

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white men and even lesser.

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So, this also does not include
our transgender women, our

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gender non-conforming folks as

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well, and so I just wanted to,

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while we celebrate our wins, I
think it's also an opportunity

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for us to pause and reflect on

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really the challenges that we

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still have ahead.

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This month is women herstory
month, and I want to take this

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moment to say that often times

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we look at history many women of

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color have been ignored in our
history books.

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Many of whom I have heard

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through my aunties, through
mentors, through my ethnic

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studies professor, folks who
have been on the front lines not

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in the history books fighting
and securing rights and

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opportunities for so many of us
in terms of civil rights, in

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term of racial justice, our
caregivers and abolitionists, I

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want to take this moment to
center all of them, celebrating

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women herstory month for me is

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really also acknowledging the

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complexity and the

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intersectionality of our
identities and women being one

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of them.

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Happy women history herstory
month to everyone, and let us

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continue to do the hard work to
make sure there is liberation

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for everyone, for all women, for
all trans folks, for everyone

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that doesn't feel like they

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belong in this country, and so

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happy women history month and
really looking forward to

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continuing the hard work that
needs to be done to make sure

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that everyone in the city and
the country and the world can

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thrive.
Thanks, mayor.

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>> thank you, mayor pro-tem.
Well said.

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Councilmember maple.
>> thank you, mayor.

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Couldn't agree more with our
mayor pro-tem vang, thank you

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for elevating that and actually

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wanted to -- one, I want to just

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reflect on this moment as we sit

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with five women majority on this

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council, you know, it's been

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talked about a lot, second time
in the history of sacramento,

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the first time was before I was
born, and it was true, we have a

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lot of work to do and glad to be

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here and reflect in that moment.

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Also mentioned luella johnston.
this was several years ago now,

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but that work was actually done

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through an organization called
sacramentoality.Org, I used to

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write for and a dear friend of

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mine who did the research and
found out through our own

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history library that there was a

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woman named luella johnston,
elected to the city council, I

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believe it was in 1912, and

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years before women sufferage
federally, and we think it might

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have been the first woman to be

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elected to the council in
sacramento and determined that

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was true and the first woman
elected in california and

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determined that was true, and we
were like wait, we think it

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might be the first woman to get

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elected in the united states of
america.

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We don't have a definitive
action, we did research on the

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top 50 populated cities, and
it's possible she was the first

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woman elected to any government
body in the united states of

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america so amazing work done and

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putting the plaque on old city
hall, and reflect on the moment,

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taking the time to look at our
history and ensure that we are

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building up and elevating the

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stories of the women in our own
communities wells those that

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happen nationally.
So really great for this moment

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and happy women's history month.

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>> thank you so much.
[Applause]

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>> councilmember loloee.
>> thank you very much, MR.
Mayor.

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I just want to follow up with

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what my colleagues alluded to.
It's very concerning that we are

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in 2023, we are still having
this conversation.

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and I think every day should be

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woman's month or day, it should
be automatic by now.

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But unfortunately it's still an
uphill battle.

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But I'm glad to see that within

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this country or this environment

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we have individuals, mayor and
my colleagues that will fight

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for this and continue fighting
for this.

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But let us not forget the women
in other countries that do not

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have a voice, that do not have a

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representation, so I think as

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one of the greatest countries on

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our planet, it's also our
responsibility to be a voice for

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them because in 2023, for us to
assume or think there's a

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difference between a man and a

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woman, it just -- is just going
backwards.

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So thank you very much, MR.
Mayor.

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I'm definitely honored to be

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here today with this reso, and
be the voice of the women in

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other countries heavily
suppressed.

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>> why don't we have the five

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women come to the front here.

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And our city staff, our city

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leadership, thank you, to come

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on up, the men will -- 

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>> megan, jackie, monica, I see
you over there.

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Yes.
>> you guys all go down, and we

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will -- 

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>> I want to turn it over to
councilmember lisa kaplan to

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present resolution on
transgender visibility week, and

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I know I want to add some could
comments.

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>> thank you mayor, and thank

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you for co-sponsoring this with
me.

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We are making history tonight.
let that sink in.

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We are in 2023 and we still have

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to fight for equality, and more

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so for those who people other

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than in this room deem not
worthy.

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This is a week of visibility, of
recognizing our transgender
community.

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This is not about a day, this is

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about taking the step of a week.

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And it should be said we have a
national leader in this room.

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Thank you.

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[Applause]

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Thank you evan mitten for your
leadership not only in

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sacramento, but the united

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states, to make sure that every

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one of our transgender community

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members and non-conforming

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community members is seen.

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For those in the room tonight I
see you.

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Friends that I have known in the
lgbtqia community for a long

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time, I see you.

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Like this is an honor for me as

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a cisgender woman, to stand here

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and say we have to do more, but

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it's not just saying no more

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hate, no more discrimination,

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but to celebrate your

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contributions to our society.
That matters.

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Your story matters.

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History matters.

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Stonewall riots was led by our
transgender community.

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That history matters.

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So it's not only today that we

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look at this, of what can we

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more as a city do, for our staff

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and for our community, so that

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they know that they are loved,

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they are safe, you matter.

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Because we have to stand up and

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say no more, and that no more

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comes when you become visible.
You don't need to hide behind

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any door.
This is what we should be doing

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in leadership because the 20

00:19:36.609 --> 00:19:38.609
years I spent on school board I

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knew how important it was to
protect our kids and how

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important gsa clubs were, so

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thank you board PRESIDENT Of the

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sac city unified trustee for sac

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city unified leading the way.
That matters.

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So today is not just about

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looking and celebrating when

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2009 rachel crandall said we
need to have an international

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day of trans visibility, this is
about saying and the resolution

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before us in which the mayor

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proudly came on because we are
proclaiming not just the

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international day on MARCH 31,

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but the next week after that.
And we are going to be raising

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the transgender flag to say that

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the city of sacramento loves the
answer.

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Visibility is the answer.

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Acceptance is the answer because

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we are going to get more done

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with love than hate.

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And more importantly, to our
young students and young

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individuals who are here in the

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audience, you matter.

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Your life matters.

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As a leader, it is my

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responsibility to make sure that

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we create a city that is safe
for you.

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So that you feel free to live

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your life and you have the same

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civil justice protections as

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everyone else.
That matters.

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Today matters.

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And so this is very -- I'm so
honored to help bring this

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forward and I know I'm not alone

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on the council with that.
I think it's maybe something we

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should have the council speak

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before I bring up evan mitten
or -- 

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>> why don't we bring up evan

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first and then -- then we'll -- 

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[Applause] Then we'll turn it

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over to council.

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[Applause]
>> thank you so much.

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I am evan mitten.
Pronouns are he and they.

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Thank you to councilmember

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kaplan, mayor darrel steinberg.

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Thank you to all of my friends

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and allies on the dais,
including my own councilmember,

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councilmember valenzuela.
Thank you to friends and

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community in the chambers and
watching at home.

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Please stand up for a second.

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[Applause]
I had remarks prepared and I

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scrapped them this morning when

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the resolution sunk in at a
deeper level.

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Because this resolution doesn't
just matter to the moment that

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we are in, but it also matters

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to our future.
Transgender people currently

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find ourselves at the center of

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a war not of our choosing.

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We are only two months into
2023, and over 400

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anti-transgender bills have been
introduced across the nation and

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that number is rising daily.
In sacramento, our community

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continues to struggle for
visibility.

00:23:05.584 --> 00:23:07.752
It continues to struggle for
healthcare, it continues to

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struggle against homelessness,
against poverty, it continues to

00:23:13.250 --> 00:23:15.930
struggle for restroom access in
schools.

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Cumulatively all this together
puts trans people's lives at

00:23:18.464 --> 00:23:20.464
risk and tries to rob us from

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living our most authentic, happy

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and healthy life, especially our
trans youth.

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What does this resolution mean
to the future, it means we have

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a full week expanded into one

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day into a full week of a city

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recognized festivities, events,

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and more, to reflect, to
celebrate and plan for the
future.

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And so I want to bring a voice

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of the future up with me today

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and that is a local high
schooler, his name is quinn

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booze, and I met quinn and his

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mom when they came to me and

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said they wanted to do something
special for trans day of
visibility this year.

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Quinn.

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[Applause]

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>> councilmembers, thank you so
much for the opportunity to

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speak.

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Councilmember kaplan and mayor
steinberg, thank you for

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bringing forward the resolution.

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Evan, thank you for giving me

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the opportunity to address the
council.

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I'm a proud trans man.
I thank you for considering a

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proposed resolution to protect

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our humanity, existence and joy.
Existence is not to be silenced,

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it's to be lifted, elevated and

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shouted from the rooftops.

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So much of the anti-trans

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legislation in the nation is
drafted to snatch clear joy, our

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bright, colored, multi-facetted
existence, array of

00:24:48.221 --> 00:24:50.221
possibilities to society, to be

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trans is to experience the

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world's expectations and spin it

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to a vibrant cloth.

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Quietly in the night, thoughts
who we are and wake up in the

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morning to claim ourselves.

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our brave brown and black and
trans individuals brought us to

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where we are today.
Heart of the resolution is the

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essence of trans joy and the
celebration of it.

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I thank you for taking steps to
recognize trans joy and help us

00:25:20.520 --> 00:25:22.854
bring it into the light to shine
on others trans individuals.

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To weave a network of love into
our society by uplifting trans
week of visibility, thank you.

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[Applause]
>> that was your first time

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speaking before city council but
you did a great job.
>> thank you.

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[Applause]

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>> turn it over to members of

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the city council for comment and

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I'll make a comment or two.
Councilmember maple.

00:26:03.696 --> 00:26:05.730
>> thank you, mayor.
I cannot say anything better

00:26:06.499 --> 00:26:08.499
than my colleagues have said and

00:26:08.868 --> 00:26:10.868
evan has said, but I'm so proud

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:13.472
to have stood in support and
written in letters to the

00:26:13.573 --> 00:26:16.541
sacramento city unified
resolution and glad to see that

00:26:16.876 --> 00:26:19.377
passed, glad to see this here
today and want to acknowledge

00:26:20.346 --> 00:26:23.281
the power of the activism and
the advocacy in this room, the

00:26:23.883 --> 00:26:25.883
people sitting out here right

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:29.120
now, evan and others, you know,
even a few years ago would we

00:26:30.423 --> 00:26:32.423
have seen such coordination

00:26:32.692 --> 00:26:34.659
among all levels of government
together at one time.

00:26:34.994 --> 00:26:36.994
All saying the same thing and so

00:26:37.463 --> 00:26:40.299
that lends itself to you and the
work that you have done to make
this happen.

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I'm grateful.
I wanted to elevate that I love

00:26:43.336 --> 00:26:45.970
that as a part of this process
that you are elevating the youth

00:26:47.673 --> 00:26:49.673
voice as well.

00:26:51.577 --> 00:26:53.445
really amazing to see our young
people engaged in government and

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:56.460
we see and hear and love you and

00:26:56.349 --> 00:26:58.449
want to see you supported.
Thank you for being here thank

00:26:58.717 --> 00:27:01.420
you for your work and I stand in
strong support of this
resolution.
>> thank you so much.

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[Applause]

00:27:08.394 --> 00:27:10.896
>> thank you so much for
bringing this item to our
council.

00:27:12.732 --> 00:27:15.466
I am so heartened to see the
room of people here today

00:27:17.570 --> 00:27:20.305
because like so many of you have
dedicated so much of your life

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:23.700
and your time towards advocacy,

00:27:23.910 --> 00:27:26.278
paid and unpaid, right, showing
up, doing the work, little

00:27:27.447 --> 00:27:29.781
small, big ways, all in between
and that really gives me so much

00:27:30.483 --> 00:27:32.483
heart in a day when you look at

00:27:32.585 --> 00:27:35.120
the media and you just see story
after story after story of the

00:27:35.154 --> 00:27:37.154
horrible things happening around

00:27:37.290 --> 00:27:40.920
the country, it really does
remind us that we are in an

00:27:40.726 --> 00:27:42.726
amazing community and we are so

00:27:43.129 --> 00:27:45.397
lucky to be here in sacramento,
not just with community advocate

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.700
but new trustee vargas is here

00:27:59.770 --> 00:28:01.770
as well, new trustee sighn is

00:28:01.313 --> 00:28:04.216
here, and it carries the weight,
say the thing out loud that you

00:28:04.583 --> 00:28:07.351
support our trans community and
you are going to take the steps.

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:09.554
And one of the things that was
so impressive in addition to

00:28:10.356 --> 00:28:12.356
this room was all the emails I

00:28:12.425 --> 00:28:15.126
got about this resolution, all
in support, and with stories and

00:28:17.129 --> 00:28:19.765
with ideas and so many of them
reminding us beyond this day of

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.500
visibility what it means to show

00:28:23.403 --> 00:28:26.304
up as allies, what it means to
address policy around housing

00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:29.540
and homelessness, around safety,

00:28:31.631 --> 00:28:34.279
around economic opportunity,
around investment.
access to joy, I loved the way
you framed that, that means so

00:28:35.314 --> 00:28:37.314
much more than just, you know,

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:40.151
the recognition, it means being
proactive and being a partner

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.954
and being a true, someone you
know you can call and that we

00:28:43.723 --> 00:28:45.423
are going to show up and do what
we need to do.

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.590
I'm just really encouraged and
heartened by this.

00:28:48.794 --> 00:28:51.596
I really want to thank the
community for showing up here

00:28:51.596 --> 00:28:54.132
tonight, showing up before
tonight, after tonight, I think

00:28:54.567 --> 00:28:56.568
we are sending a clear message
in the city of sacramento and

00:28:57.236 --> 00:28:59.971
proud one of my constituents was
a part of organizing this group

00:29:01.307 --> 00:29:03.341
tonight but I see so many of you
in the audience and I want to
say thank you.

00:29:11.651 --> 00:29:13.651
[Applause]

00:29:13.886 --> 00:29:15.886
>> thank you councilmember,

00:29:16.789 --> 00:29:18.256
mayor pro-tem.
>> thank you, mayor.

00:29:19.725 --> 00:29:21.725
My colleagues said it eloquently

00:29:22.328 --> 00:29:24.929
and thank evan and all of our
community leaders here today,

00:29:25.397 --> 00:29:27.397
really for your steadfast

00:29:27.833 --> 00:29:30.402
advocacy to support all of our
communities and especially our
transgender community.

00:29:32.338 --> 00:29:34.338
Also want to give a shout out to

00:29:36.776 --> 00:29:38.776
trustee rose and singh as well,

00:29:38.877 --> 00:29:40.877
and working closely we have van

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:43.415
really to pass historical
resolution in setting really,

00:29:44.716 --> 00:29:47.120
you know, setting the example of
what all school districts should
be doing in this region and

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:49.120
throughout the state.

00:29:53.526 --> 00:29:56.940
[Applause]
Great that our city is also

00:29:56.362 --> 00:29:58.362
taking the stance but starts in

00:29:58.831 --> 00:30:00.831
the schools first, right.

00:30:04.704 --> 00:30:07.506
And so our trans youth, trans
youth deserve dignity and joy as

00:30:08.307 --> 00:30:10.409
we heard from our eloquent young
speaker, many fighting to exist

00:30:10.409 --> 00:30:12.978
and be who they are.
As I said earlier, we still have

00:30:14.647 --> 00:30:17.382
a long way to create a world
where everyone, especially our

00:30:18.551 --> 00:30:21.119
trans community know that they
belong.
Evan, thank you so much for

00:30:21.387 --> 00:30:24.222
sharing just the challenges that
we still have ahead and I hear

00:30:25.224 --> 00:30:27.659
that we are still fighting
discrimination, you know,

00:30:28.394 --> 00:30:30.729
against our trans community in
public housing and employment

00:30:31.396 --> 00:30:33.396
and healthcare, and even in

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:36.334
public spaces like our restroom
and so I just want to take this

00:30:37.270 --> 00:30:39.737
time to say thank you to you, to
everyone, to our allies, to all

00:30:40.742 --> 00:30:42.742
the leaders that are not in this

00:30:42.808 --> 00:30:45.143
room but also watching that's
fighting the hard fight every

00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:48.479
single day really also want to

00:30:50.315 --> 00:30:52.315
take this moment to center all

00:30:56.289 --> 00:30:58.757
of you as well so thank you
COUNCILWOMAN Kaplan and mayor

00:30:59.459 --> 00:31:01.560
for bringing the resolution to
the council, and looking forward

00:31:02.662 --> 00:31:04.662
to many more weeks and years to

00:31:04.664 --> 00:31:06.264
come as we continue to do this
work together.
Thank you.

00:31:09.235 --> 00:31:11.235
[Applause]

00:31:11.537 --> 00:31:13.638
>> just briefly to say thank you
to councilmember kaplan for

00:31:14.373 --> 00:31:16.373
bringing this forward to all of

00:31:18.311 --> 00:31:19.945
my colleagues here, this is
unanimous.

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.380
It will be unanimous and thank

00:31:23.382 --> 00:31:25.451
you for leading the way at the
school board for making this

00:31:25.451 --> 00:31:27.451
most important statement.

00:31:27.854 --> 00:31:30.288
I'm focused and to the community
for coming out tonight in large

00:31:31.357 --> 00:31:33.357
numbers because this is much

00:31:33.426 --> 00:31:35.426
more than a resolution, and what

00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:38.280
what I note, I always try to

00:31:38.464 --> 00:31:40.464
look at the words themselves,

00:31:42.168 --> 00:31:44.403
you deliberately chose the word
visibility, transgender

00:31:44.837 --> 00:31:46.837
visibility week.

00:31:47.507 --> 00:31:49.507
and I think that is not only an

00:31:49.842 --> 00:31:51.709
appropriate but a really
necessary choice of words

00:31:52.578 --> 00:31:54.578
because there is an ill wind

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:57.280
blowing in our country and evan,

00:31:57.450 --> 00:31:59.450
you alluded to it a moment ago

00:32:00.186 --> 00:32:02.387
and you know it, but let's just
say it out loud.

00:32:03.389 --> 00:32:05.389
We are in a fight.

00:32:07.126 --> 00:32:09.126
We are in a fight for the civil

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:15.299
rights of american people and we

00:32:16.168 --> 00:32:18.168
only need to look at history and

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.740
look at how the lack of
visibility, the lack of

00:32:24.710 --> 00:32:26.710
visibility has led to terrible

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:31.480
consequences for people.

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:35.180
When lgbtq americans were in the

00:32:37.223 --> 00:32:39.224
closet they were told and
believed that they were not to

00:32:39.425 --> 00:32:41.425
be visible.

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:45.960
I mean, almost literally in the
closet.

00:32:45.932 --> 00:32:48.400
When african americans in
throughout much of our history

00:32:50.136 --> 00:32:52.136
were told that you cannot be in

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:56.174
the same place as white
americans, they were told not to

00:33:00.145 --> 00:33:02.145
be visible.

00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:06.150
When holocaust throughout the

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:09.860
world have occurred, always

00:33:10.923 --> 00:33:12.923
occurred with the same evil

00:33:13.926 --> 00:33:16.762
foundation, that the victims are
never to be seen because they

00:33:18.798 --> 00:33:21.266
are less than human, not to be
visible.

00:33:22.902 --> 00:33:25.637
And so your choice of this word
is so important because what you

00:33:30.943 --> 00:33:32.943
are saying loud and clear is see

00:33:37.116 --> 00:33:39.116
us, respect us, treat us equally

00:33:40.686 --> 00:33:42.686
and with dignity.

00:33:43.856 --> 00:33:46.191
And that is a battle always
worth having.

00:33:47.693 --> 00:33:50.562
And in this city, you know, we
have our differences and our

00:33:51.130 --> 00:33:53.130
disagreements up here and in the

00:33:53.766 --> 00:33:55.766
community and it's a political

00:33:57.370 --> 00:33:59.370
town, it's -- there is one thing

00:33:59.939 --> 00:34:01.939
we never fall short on, and that

00:34:02.942 --> 00:34:05.377
is standing up for each other.
That's civil rights.

00:34:07.847 --> 00:34:09.470
civil rights are not negotiable
ever.

00:34:10.416 --> 00:34:12.416
So I want to thank you for

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.986
making sure that the transgender
communities throughout

00:34:17.990 --> 00:34:19.990
sacramento are visible in every

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.360
way here tonight, throughout the

00:34:25.364 --> 00:34:27.933
community, throughout the year.
Until we beat back these 400

00:34:28.567 --> 00:34:29.768
bills and undoubtedly more to
come.

00:34:31.571 --> 00:34:33.571
Thank you very much.

00:34:38.511 --> 00:34:41.790
Is there -- [Applause]
Do we vote on this or no, this

00:34:41.113 --> 00:34:43.949
is not a vote.
I deem this to be a unanimous

00:34:45.351 --> 00:34:47.285
vote of the city council, so
there.

00:34:48.988 --> 00:34:50.222
But let's go take a picture,
please.

00:34:50.990 --> 00:34:52.990
The community, den, everybody,

00:34:56.829 --> 00:34:58.829
please, come on up.

00:35:55.870 --> 00:35:57.154
>> here, here we go.
1, 2, 3.

00:35:57.923 --> 00:36:00.859
My bad, my bad.
There you go.

00:37:55.708 --> 00:37:57.708
Beautiful.

00:38:03.483 --> 00:38:06.184
>> members, councilmember loloee
asked me if he could give a

00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:09.387
brief new year's greeting for
the persian new year and I said

00:38:09.555 --> 00:38:11.189
without objection, of course, I
think that would be appropriate

00:38:14.694 --> 00:38:16.694
and wonderful.

00:38:16.796 --> 00:38:18.697
We are running the clock on you,
by the way, ok.
Yeah.

00:38:19.999 --> 00:38:22.768
You go ahead.
>> thank you very much, MR.
Mayor.

00:38:23.102 --> 00:38:25.102
I wanted to take this time to

00:38:25.838 --> 00:38:28.373
wish the iranian and afghan
communities and all the people

00:38:29.542 --> 00:38:32.310
around the world who celebrate
new year's a very happy new
year.

00:38:33.111 --> 00:38:35.111
Let's hope and pray this is the

00:38:35.114 --> 00:38:37.114
year where we get to take our

00:38:37.383 --> 00:38:39.485
countries back from the most
ruthless governments in our

00:38:39.485 --> 00:38:42.421
history.
MAY the new year bring health,

00:38:43.256 --> 00:38:45.256
prosperity and happiness and

00:38:45.591 --> 00:38:47.591
keep all our voices louder than

00:38:47.727 --> 00:38:49.727
ever with the message of woman,

00:38:56.536 --> 00:38:58.536
life, freedom.

00:39:05.110 --> 00:39:07.110
[Speaking foreign language]

00:39:55.661 --> 00:39:56.905
>> thank you very much, MR.
Mayor.

00:39:57.764 --> 00:39:59.764
>> very good, thank you so much.

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:02.700
>> and also I just want to

00:40:03.803 --> 00:40:05.871
ramadan is in MARCH 22, so I
want to wish the muslim

00:40:06.806 --> 00:40:08.806
community a very happy ramadan.

00:40:08.941 --> 00:40:11.643
So, thank you very much.
>> thank you so much,

00:40:12.545 --> 00:40:14.545
councilmember loloee, wonderful

00:40:15.648 --> 00:40:17.648
new year to the iranian people,

00:40:18.985 --> 00:40:20.985
the persian community, and

00:40:22.288 --> 00:40:23.588
ramadan mubarak.
Absolutely.

00:40:24.724 --> 00:40:25.991
Let's move to the consent
calendar.

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:29.327
And again, I'm going to
entertain a motion to continue

00:40:30.463 --> 00:40:32.898
item 7 for a week as part of the
consent calendar.

00:40:35.234 --> 00:40:38.350
I hope that's not controversial.
But let's hear from members.

00:40:38.104 --> 00:40:39.838
Councilmember valenzuela, you
were up first.

00:40:41.407 --> 00:40:44.109
>> I raised my hand, you told me
to put it down.

00:40:46.111 --> 00:40:48.111
>> I wanted to pull item 2.

00:40:48.181 --> 00:40:50.949
>> item 2.
Ok.
To pull for separate vote.

00:40:52.818 --> 00:40:55.587
>> yes, and discussion.
>> ok, ok.

00:40:55.788 --> 00:40:57.788
Councilmember maple.

00:40:57.790 --> 00:40:59.524
>> also just had comments on
item 2.

00:41:01.393 --> 00:41:03.228
>> ok, we'll get to that when we
do it.

00:41:03.996 --> 00:41:05.996
And then vice mayor.

00:41:06.132 --> 00:41:08.466
>> no, comments on 2 as well.
>> what's that?

00:41:10.102 --> 00:41:12.700
>> comments on item 2.
>> ok.

00:41:14.774 --> 00:41:17.442
So, let's -- let me -- 
>> item number 4, I don't want

00:41:18.644 --> 00:41:20.770
to pull it, I just want to make
a comment.

00:41:23.216 --> 00:41:25.216
>> ok, could I get a motion,

00:41:26.185 --> 00:41:28.185
please, for to approve consent

00:41:31.230 --> 00:41:33.230
calendar items one

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:35.160
1 and 3 through
6.

00:41:36.429 --> 00:41:38.763
>> moved and seconded.
>> let me hear from

00:41:39.999 --> 00:41:42.867
councilmember loloee on item
number 4.

00:41:43.736 --> 00:41:45.570
>> thank you very much, MR.
Mayor.

00:41:47.673 --> 00:41:50.609
Item number 4, it's a project
that we have been working on for

00:41:52.611 --> 00:41:54.611
almost a year and I'm so

00:41:56.382 --> 00:41:58.382
grateful to our economic

00:41:59.752 --> 00:42:01.752
development, mike jasso, leslie,

00:42:04.223 --> 00:42:06.223
my staff, we are very excited

00:42:09.728 --> 00:42:11.728
that one of the parcels on del

00:42:12.231 --> 00:42:14.231
paso boulevard was recently

00:42:16.803 --> 00:42:18.803
purchased by skk development and

00:42:19.370 --> 00:42:21.370
we are anticipating roughly

00:42:22.708 --> 00:42:24.708
about 200 units of market rate

00:42:25.878 --> 00:42:27.878
and low income housing combined

00:42:28.581 --> 00:42:31.483
to be built on the boulevard.
This is a project that we have

00:42:32.685 --> 00:42:34.685
been working on for, as I said,

00:42:35.788 --> 00:42:37.788
over a year, and you know, shout

00:42:38.458 --> 00:42:40.458
out to my staff, I want to thank

00:42:46.132 --> 00:42:48.867
MR. Ross wyluda, a private
landowner who came into the mix

00:42:50.269 --> 00:42:52.537
to make it happen, and skk for
making the decision and also

00:42:54.600 --> 00:42:56.541
want to tell them their timing
couldn't be better because they

00:42:57.143 --> 00:42:59.978
got a great deal and by the time
this announcement goes up,

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:02.748
probably some of these rates are
going to come up.

00:43:04.817 --> 00:43:06.817
So it's a great move on their

00:43:06.852 --> 00:43:08.852
part, too.

00:43:08.988 --> 00:43:10.988
But very excited and we are

00:43:11.290 --> 00:43:13.290
looking at this project to move

00:43:13.292 --> 00:43:15.292
forward where it's a mixed use.

00:43:15.594 --> 00:43:17.594
Already my office is getting

00:43:18.164 --> 00:43:20.164
calls about potential

00:43:20.266 --> 00:43:22.266
restaurants that want to come to

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:26.300
the boulevard, so yes, very

00:43:29.342 --> 00:43:30.609
exciting and d2 is open for
business.

00:43:31.744 --> 00:43:33.744
So developers, business

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:36.280
operators, please, come on down.

00:43:36.649 --> 00:43:38.649
We'll make it happen, and within

00:43:38.951 --> 00:43:40.951
the next few weeks my office is

00:43:42.889 --> 00:43:45.123
going to come in front of, or my
colleagues and we are going to

00:43:47.593 --> 00:43:49.593
discuss community land

00:43:50.396 --> 00:43:52.396
investment in district 2 where

00:43:55.367 --> 00:43:57.367
we have a proposal where we can

00:43:58.905 --> 00:44:00.905
bring our residents and make

00:44:01.607 --> 00:44:03.607
them real estate investors and

00:44:05.244 --> 00:44:07.345
try to close down that
generational wealth gap.

00:44:08.181 --> 00:44:10.181
So something to be continued.

00:44:11.250 --> 00:44:13.250
But I'm very excited about skk

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:17.289
and I want to thank MR. Situri
for believing in boulevard and

00:44:17.857 --> 00:44:20.240
this is what makes him so great
as we were talking about

00:44:20.859 --> 00:44:22.859
projects that are coming up, in

00:44:23.129 --> 00:44:25.129
his next, one of his biggest

00:44:25.765 --> 00:44:27.765
concern was what about parking.

00:44:27.967 --> 00:44:29.967
Where are people going to park.

00:44:30.769 --> 00:44:33.205
And his next proposal was we
need to build a parking where

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:37.800
people that are going to come,
walk down the boulevard, or can

00:44:38.276 --> 00:44:40.879
safely park and people will be
residing in these apartments

00:44:41.113 --> 00:44:43.248
around the boulevard, they can
also park.

00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:46.151
So I'm grateful to his
partnership with district 2 and

00:44:46.151 --> 00:44:48.920
looking forward to many more.
Thank you very much.

00:44:50.690 --> 00:44:52.690
>> very good, that's great news.

00:44:53.626 --> 00:44:55.593
Councilmember maple on 4 or 2,
and 2, ok.

00:44:57.230 --> 00:44:59.230
Let's first take public system

00:45:00.266 --> 00:45:02.266
on the consent calendar items up

00:45:02.902 --> 00:45:04.902
for a motion and a vote, which

00:45:06.773 --> 00:45:09.700
again is item 1 and 3-6.
>> thank you, mayor.

00:45:09.275 --> 00:45:11.750
I would like to remind members
of the public if you want to

00:45:12.311 --> 00:45:14.311
speak on an agenda item when the

00:45:16.549 --> 00:45:18.549
item begins in council chambers,

00:45:18.584 --> 00:45:20.584
fill out a speaker slip.

00:45:21.387 --> 00:45:23.387
in zoom, raise your hand.

00:45:25.324 --> 00:45:27.324
After the first speaker you

00:45:31.330 --> 00:45:33.330
cannot fill out a slip and zoom

00:45:35.868 --> 00:45:37.868
disabled.

00:45:41.107 --> 00:45:42.941
Samuel lewis.
Samuel lewis.

00:45:45.411 --> 00:45:47.411
>> I'm coming, I'm right here,

00:45:48.982 --> 00:45:50.982
thank you, thank you.

00:45:51.651 --> 00:45:53.651
>> can I have -- I have

00:45:54.153 --> 00:45:55.328
something to share, if that's
ok.

00:45:59.926 --> 00:46:01.926
Thank you.

00:46:15.641 --> 00:46:17.810
 -- oh
I'm ready when you guys are.

00:46:17.810 --> 00:46:20.440
>> please proceed.
>> please.

00:46:20.446 --> 00:46:22.347
>> good afternoon, city council
members and mayor.

00:46:24.950 --> 00:46:27.886
My name is samuel lewis,
they/them, a black trans

00:46:28.187 --> 00:46:30.187
non-binary queer individual and

00:46:30.523 --> 00:46:33.258
here today to uplift my trans
queer siblings in sacramento and

00:46:33.926 --> 00:46:36.594
show the video what real
transgender vice build looks
like.

00:46:38.398 --> 00:46:40.431
MARCH 29, 1 year on
testosterone, one year of

00:46:41.133 --> 00:46:43.835
lifesaving gender affirming
care.
Never in my life have I felt

00:46:44.604 --> 00:46:46.138
physically more aligned with my
whole being.

00:46:46.939 --> 00:46:49.400
I want to say without gender
affirming care that I've

00:46:49.842 --> 00:46:51.842
received in the last year my

00:46:52.345 --> 00:46:55.247
likelihood of being alive today
would be much, much smaller.

00:46:55.915 --> 00:46:57.915
The most revolutionary thing

00:46:57.917 --> 00:46:59.917
that you can do in your lifetime

00:47:00.419 --> 00:47:02.953
is being authentically yourself,
black, trans and queer and a

00:47:03.823 --> 00:47:05.823
country built off of white

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:08.159
supremacy as the normality is a

00:47:08.227 --> 00:47:10.227
revolutionary act of defiance.

00:47:10.396 --> 00:47:13.265
Simply by living your, in your
truth you show white america and

00:47:14.267 --> 00:47:16.267
everywhere else in the world

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:21.500
that perpetuates facist

00:47:21.174 --> 00:47:23.174
colonialism you will not be in

00:47:23.409 --> 00:47:25.409
the boxes that chained my

00:47:25.445 --> 00:47:27.445
enslaved ancestors.

00:47:28.681 --> 00:47:30.681
I'm a revolutionary.

00:47:30.817 --> 00:47:32.216
Denounce anything that belittles
my authenticity.

00:47:33.152 --> 00:47:36.880
Not shoved into the closet and
have the key be thrown away, I

00:47:36.489 --> 00:47:38.590
will be loud, brave, seen and
heard by my communities.

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:42.159
I will not be silenced, you will

00:47:42.295 --> 00:47:44.295
not eradicate me.

00:47:44.630 --> 00:47:46.630
As of MARCH 2nd, human rights

00:47:47.700 --> 00:47:49.700
campaign reports over 300 plus

00:47:49.902 --> 00:47:51.902
anti-lgbtq bills under

00:47:52.905 --> 00:47:54.905
consideration in state

00:47:55.141 --> 00:47:57.141
legislators across the country.

00:47:58.511 --> 00:48:00.511
With nearly 150 plus directly

00:48:00.646 --> 00:48:03.248
targeting transgendered people.
Human rights campaign documented

00:48:04.483 --> 00:48:07.386
that there has been at least six
violent killings of transgender

00:48:08.321 --> 00:48:10.321
and gender non-conforming people

00:48:12.758 --> 00:48:15.270
in 2023, the names are listed
here.

00:48:16.195 --> 00:48:18.296
We know those numbers of -- 
>> your time is complete.

00:48:18.398 --> 00:48:20.365
>> awesome.
Thank you.

00:48:23.635 --> 00:48:25.704
>> jamie vasquez.
And then mvw.

00:48:26.773 --> 00:48:28.773
And if staff will put the timer

00:48:28.907 --> 00:48:30.907
on screen, please.

00:48:31.811 --> 00:48:33.811
Jamie vasquez, mvw and ron

00:48:38.510 --> 00:48:40.952
elmsly.
>> good evening, mayor steinberg
and city council.

00:48:41.220 --> 00:48:43.220
I want to thank you for giving

00:48:43.723 --> 00:48:44.923
me the opportunity to speak
today.

00:48:47.126 --> 00:48:49.661
My name is jamie vasquez,
carpenters out of local 46 in

00:48:50.730 --> 00:48:52.730
sacramento county.

00:48:52.965 --> 00:48:55.267
I'm here speaking on how
district 2 was talking about the

00:48:56.502 --> 00:48:58.502
new developments coming up.

00:49:00.873 --> 00:49:02.908
With that, we need local labor
area standards and I would

00:49:04.677 --> 00:49:06.677
like -- benefit the community

00:49:07.847 --> 00:49:10.248
now and in the future so local
hire, allows workers and their

00:49:10.283 --> 00:49:13.850
families to work in the
community they live in instead

00:49:13.352 --> 00:49:15.286
of having to commute long hours.
Also giving healthcare to

00:49:16.355 --> 00:49:18.355
workers and their families.

00:49:18.858 --> 00:49:21.590
I say this because 26% of
construction workers in

00:49:21.227 --> 00:49:23.795
california lack healthcare
insurance, two and a half times

00:49:24.430 --> 00:49:25.664
the rate for all california
workers.

00:49:26.431 --> 00:49:28.431
I think that's unacceptable.

00:49:29.402 --> 00:49:32.360
In addition, the use of
apprenticeship programs success

00:49:34.573 --> 00:49:36.800
depends on being able to secure
work opportunities.

00:49:38.244 --> 00:49:40.244
With work opportunities they

00:49:40.980 --> 00:49:42.980
leave for lower paying careers.

00:49:44.350 --> 00:49:47.510
Ensure they hire apprentices and
doing the part to build the

00:49:48.388 --> 00:49:50.388
construction workforce.

00:49:50.690 --> 00:49:53.358
By requiring these developers
through responsible general

00:49:54.727 --> 00:49:57.462
contractors moving forward, you
will ensure the men and women

00:49:58.970 --> 00:49:59.765
building the work are not taken
advantage of.

00:50:00.767 --> 00:50:03.100
I believe the prequalification
language will help ease the

00:50:03.469 --> 00:50:06.304
housing burden and raise the
standards in the construction
industry.
And thank you for your time.

00:50:08.941 --> 00:50:11.743
That's all I've got.
>> thank you for your comments.

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:15.980
The last speaker in chambers is

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:20.869
MR. Mvw and I have MR. Elmsly on
8.

00:50:22.989 --> 00:50:24.989
And then online to user 2 and

00:50:27.660 --> 00:50:29.660
then pj.

00:50:30.363 --> 00:50:33.264
>> the last time denise spoke to
loaves and fishes staff in late

00:50:33.765 --> 00:50:36.468
OCTOBER she told them she was
going to die outside.

00:50:37.103 --> 00:50:39.103
Several days later she froze to

00:50:41.730 --> 00:50:44.900
death at a bus stop outside of a
hospital.
It is the third unhoused person

00:50:45.678 --> 00:50:47.678
since the beginning of this year

00:50:48.914 --> 00:50:50.914
to die of hypothermia.

00:50:51.985 --> 00:50:53.985
she was found NOVEMBER 4th at an
unknown time.

00:50:55.121 --> 00:50:57.121
The weather was only 42 degrees

00:50:58.191 --> 00:51:00.692
outside but the low was 32 that
night.
It was cold enough to cause

00:51:02.394 --> 00:51:05.130
hypothermia but not cold enough
for y'all to open up public

00:51:07.700 --> 00:51:10.101
buildings as walk-in warming
centers.

00:51:11.700 --> 00:51:13.805
And late OCTOBER she was kicked
out of a shelter.

00:51:15.341 --> 00:51:16.575
She showed up at mary house
crying.

00:51:17.977 --> 00:51:20.245
She says she needed to get back
but would not let her in.

00:51:20.613 --> 00:51:22.113
Your shelters would not let her
back in.

00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:25.984
As she walked away, she said if
they don't let me back in, I

00:51:27.687 --> 00:51:29.687
swear I'm going to die out here.

00:51:33.192 --> 00:51:35.192
She died just days later.

00:51:36.262 --> 00:51:38.262
Her body was found at a bus stop

00:51:39.766 --> 00:51:41.766
at 29th and k street.

00:51:44.370 --> 00:51:47.171
Near the medical center at
1:17 P.M. In the afternoon.

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:49.440
People had been walking past her

00:51:51.244 --> 00:51:53.244
body all that morning.

00:51:54.513 --> 00:51:56.513
She suffered from serious

00:51:57.483 --> 00:51:59.483
illnesses, including pan crea

00:52:01.888 --> 00:52:03.689
tie tis and thyroid, colon and
foot issues.

00:52:04.290 --> 00:52:05.624
Used a walker and wheelchair at
times.

00:52:06.759 --> 00:52:08.759
None of the guests have an easy

00:52:09.562 --> 00:52:12.331
time surviving the streets of
sacramento or unlike many other
cities.

00:52:12.765 --> 00:52:14.765
Like many of sacramento's

00:52:15.301 --> 00:52:17.301
unhoused folks, she wanted to

00:52:17.803 --> 00:52:19.803
get indoors so badly.

00:52:20.600 --> 00:52:22.600
She had been the victim of

00:52:26.120 --> 00:52:28.813
domestic violence and she was a
widow.

00:52:29.716 --> 00:52:31.716
>> thank you for your comments.

00:52:33.419 --> 00:52:35.419
Our next speaker is call in user

00:52:36.489 --> 00:52:38.489
2.

00:52:39.391 --> 00:52:41.391
>> hello, general, this is

00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:44.280
lambert, and I could not catch

00:52:44.230 --> 00:52:46.998
the number what city councilman
loloee was talking about, I

00:52:47.660 --> 00:52:49.660
wanted to comment on that.

00:52:49.135 --> 00:52:50.836
I don't know the number, I'm
going to proceed.

00:52:52.672 --> 00:52:54.672
From what I heard, and I'm on

00:52:55.541 --> 00:52:57.541
the road, but I -- it sounds

00:52:58.377 --> 00:53:00.377
like it has great potential and

00:53:01.381 --> 00:53:02.981
that's the key word, potential,
you know.

00:53:04.716 --> 00:53:06.986
Being a grant pace or alumni, we
don't get excited until we win

00:53:06.986 --> 00:53:08.986
it all.

00:53:09.856 --> 00:53:11.790
You win it all, then you can get
excited.

00:53:13.260 --> 00:53:15.260
So it's a good step in the right

00:53:16.195 --> 00:53:18.195
direction councilmember loloee

00:53:18.564 --> 00:53:21.233
and I'm sure the mayor had
something to do with it and the

00:53:24.103 --> 00:53:26.103
city council because marysville

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:29.107
quarter, I've known that street
all my life, growing up

00:53:30.109 --> 00:53:31.342
elementary, junior high and high
school.

00:53:32.845 --> 00:53:34.845
There's potential there.

00:53:35.247 --> 00:53:38.830
It was really live back in the
1960s and 1970s.

00:53:40.186 --> 00:53:43.560
They use all the eminent domains
and gentrifications to run

00:53:43.560 --> 00:53:45.224
people out of business.
It's going to be interesting to

00:53:45.224 --> 00:53:47.224
watch it.

00:53:47.260 --> 00:53:49.260
I hope you keep everybody in the

00:53:50.296 --> 00:53:52.296
loop, MR. Loloee has a wonderful

00:53:52.365 --> 00:53:54.365
staff lead, MRS. Johnson, and so

00:53:54.534 --> 00:53:56.534
just keep everybody in the loop,

00:53:56.903 --> 00:53:58.903
all this modern technology there

00:53:59.105 --> 00:54:01.105
shouldn't be any confusion now

00:54:01.708 --> 00:54:03.375
on meetings and what needs to
take place.

00:54:04.477 --> 00:54:06.477
But it sounds good.

00:54:07.146 --> 00:54:09.915
Thank you.
>> thank you for your comments.

00:54:10.583 --> 00:54:13.184
Pj is the final speaker on the
consent calendar.

00:54:13.486 --> 00:54:15.486
>> I appreciate the resolution

00:54:15.521 --> 00:54:17.856
on trans day of visibility.
Appreciate your recognition of

00:54:18.570 --> 00:54:20.570
trans folks in spite of the mass

00:54:20.727 --> 00:54:23.495
movement against them and the
broader queer and lgbt community

00:54:24.831 --> 00:54:27.165
across the country, we need your
support at all times.

00:54:27.934 --> 00:54:29.934
I would hope keep in mind a

00:54:31.504 --> 00:54:33.504
large chunk of lgbtq folks,

00:54:35.708 --> 00:54:37.708
queer, non-conforming folks end

00:54:38.411 --> 00:54:41.790
up on the streets here homeless,
targeted by police because of

00:54:43.282 --> 00:54:45.282
the patriarchial structure,

00:54:47.200 --> 00:54:48.787
streets harshly the non-gender
conforming individuals.

00:54:49.589 --> 00:54:51.823
Keeping in mind if you are
keeping in line with what you

00:54:52.240 --> 00:54:54.240
are saying here that those

00:54:54.160 --> 00:54:55.460
policies should be addressed
accordingly.

00:54:56.295 --> 00:54:58.163
To ensure future policies which
MAY impact those who have

00:54:59.132 --> 00:55:01.500
already been harmed by coming
out and those policies would

00:55:02.168 --> 00:55:04.168
then harm them all over again as

00:55:04.670 --> 00:55:07.506
they are at the end of a police
baton, a harmful system or a

00:55:09.142 --> 00:55:11.142
homeless process which does the

00:55:11.444 --> 00:55:13.111
bare minimum to help them off
the streets.

00:55:14.647 --> 00:55:16.647
We'll be back next week to

00:55:18.484 --> 00:55:20.484
discuss item 7, despite your -- 

00:55:21.353 --> 00:55:23.755
we see you, see your deception
and will mobilize people in

00:55:23.956 --> 00:55:26.250
spite of your attempts to
minimize our impact.

00:55:26.250 --> 00:55:28.250
Thank you.

00:55:28.227 --> 00:55:29.694
>> I have no more speakers on
consent.

00:55:31.364 --> 00:55:33.364
>> we have a motion and second

00:55:34.367 --> 00:55:35.701
on consent calendar items 1 and
3-6.

00:55:37.970 --> 00:55:40.706
All in favor aye, opposed,
abstain, those items pass.

00:55:43.900 --> 00:55:45.944
Now let's go to item 2, which
several councilmembers asked to

00:55:46.512 --> 00:55:48.646
be discussed or taken up
separately.

00:55:51.884 --> 00:55:53.884
Councilmember maple, do you want

00:55:54.954 --> 00:55:56.588
to -- 
you were first?

00:55:57.123 --> 00:55:58.957
Ok -- 
councilmember, I'm sorry.

00:56:00.827 --> 00:56:02.260
>> we awesome want to speak on
this.

00:56:04.497 --> 00:56:06.497
a race to the mic.

00:56:08.167 --> 00:56:10.167
>> I really want to thank local

00:56:10.370 --> 00:56:12.204
39 for reaching out so promptly
on this item.

00:56:13.206 --> 00:56:15.206
I MAY have been out of town at a

00:56:15.408 --> 00:56:17.776
restaurant on a friday night but
I took the call and really would

00:56:19.770 --> 00:56:21.770
have missed this, and I'm sure

00:56:21.800 --> 00:56:23.415
we voted on contracts like this
before where it seems very

00:56:23.549 --> 00:56:25.549
procedural administrative,

00:56:26.190 --> 00:56:28.653
approving a contractor to come
in and help us with stuff that's

00:56:29.755 --> 00:56:32.157
beyond our capacity but the dot
connection for me, I don't think

00:56:32.859 --> 00:56:35.593
I have spoken to anybody
involved in urban forestry or

00:56:36.620 --> 00:56:38.530
public works in the city not
talking about a staffing problem

00:56:39.465 --> 00:56:42.000
and the problem is systemic.
It's an issue that we are not

00:56:42.435 --> 00:56:45.270
retaining people, we are losing
people to nearby companies,

00:56:45.904 --> 00:56:48.473
losing people potentially to
this company we are contracting

00:56:48.741 --> 00:56:51.276
with and this is absolutely no
knock on this company at all,

00:56:51.978 --> 00:56:53.745
they appear to be a union rep
organization, they are very well

00:56:55.314 --> 00:56:57.314
in good standing, this is about,

00:56:57.616 --> 00:56:59.551
you know, whether $4 million
over two years would be better

00:57:00.386 --> 00:57:02.888
spent correcting the staffing
issues.
So I'm sure my colleagues will

00:57:03.355 --> 00:57:06.240
probably want to weigh in on
this.
But I would like to move to

00:57:06.192 --> 00:57:08.693
postpone this item.
I mean, there's a lot of

00:57:09.950 --> 00:57:11.162
solutions we could pursue here
between like a shorter contract

00:57:11.597 --> 00:57:14.333
so that we can use more of this
money to help with staffing

00:57:15.802 --> 00:57:18.136
issues, maybe we don't need a
contract at all if we think

00:57:18.304 --> 00:57:20.939
there are immediate steps to be
taken.
I'm making that motion because I

00:57:21.407 --> 00:57:23.308
think that there's a
conversation that needs to be

00:57:24.911 --> 00:57:27.846
had and $4 million is a lot of
money over two years, and that's

00:57:28.581 --> 00:57:31.490
I think as if I remember
correctly from the letter,

00:57:31.417 --> 00:57:33.619
that's more than two of the
bargaining units got combined

00:57:33.619 --> 00:57:36.388
last year.
It's an opportunity for us as a

00:57:37.223 --> 00:57:39.223
council to step back and ask our

00:57:41.309 --> 00:57:43.495
city manager to work with local
39 and our urban forestry team
to see if there is something

00:57:44.396 --> 00:57:46.765
else we could be doing and using
the money for to keep more

00:57:47.300 --> 00:57:49.000
services in-house.
I'll stop there and let me

00:57:51.504 --> 00:57:53.105
colleagues chime in.
>> ok.

00:57:55.174 --> 00:57:56.908
It's been moved -- moved and
seconded.

00:57:57.643 --> 00:57:59.643
Councilmember -- I'm not sure, I

00:57:59.679 --> 00:58:02.514
don't want -- 
>> maple then guerra, and
talamantes.

00:58:04.517 --> 00:58:05.751
>> thank you, mayor, appreciate
it.

00:58:11.824 --> 00:58:13.824
Echo some of the comments my

00:58:14.930 --> 00:58:16.461
colleague made and speak more
broadly.
Staffing challenges are not just

00:58:17.463 --> 00:58:19.463
in this department, not just in

00:58:20.733 --> 00:58:22.867
the city, so I want to say that
outright.
It's an issue happening at

00:58:23.903 --> 00:58:26.472
public and private entities all
over the united states of

00:58:26.472 --> 00:58:28.472
america.

00:58:28.574 --> 00:58:30.574
However, what I'm very cautious

00:58:30.643 --> 00:58:32.878
of and deeply concerned about is
making sure as we see these

00:58:33.813 --> 00:58:35.813
staffing challenges, as we see a

00:58:36.248 --> 00:58:38.850
department that used to have 55
people on the team or on this

00:58:39.886 --> 00:58:41.886
particular team dwindle down,

00:58:42.288 --> 00:58:44.956
that we are not replacing that
labor with contractors because I

00:58:46.250 --> 00:58:48.250
hear our workers and they tell

00:58:48.928 --> 00:58:50.928
us, hey, I have somebody working

00:58:51.970 --> 00:58:53.970
alongside me that's making more

00:58:53.633 --> 00:58:56.340
money than me employed by a city
contract.
And that's going against our

00:58:56.350 --> 00:58:58.103
goals and not something we are
going to fix overnight and so

00:58:59.205 --> 00:59:02.174
after talking with the team on
this, this is a version,

00:59:02.608 --> 00:59:04.376
increased version of a contract
that has been around in some

00:59:05.770 --> 00:59:07.770
form almost 20 years, according

00:59:07.646 --> 00:59:10.514
to the team, and it's been of
great help during times we
really needed it.

00:59:10.883 --> 00:59:12.883
So after this storm, really no

00:59:12.985 --> 00:59:14.985
way our city would have

00:59:16.522 --> 00:59:18.522
recovered at the pace and time

00:59:18.791 --> 00:59:21.726
it needed to if not for some of
this work, but elevate we should

00:59:23.329 --> 00:59:25.530
be working towards the goal of
ensuring we have staffing of

00:59:27.266 --> 00:59:29.266
city union employees to do the

00:59:29.602 --> 00:59:32.504
work to the extent we can, so
curious about what our staffing

00:59:33.272 --> 00:59:35.807
and retention plan is around
this team in particular but

00:59:36.242 --> 00:59:38.843
also, you know, as we work
through these processes, you

00:59:38.978 --> 00:59:41.480
know, in our union contracts and
everything else, how are we

00:59:43.216 --> 00:59:45.216
going to make sure we are not

00:59:46.986 --> 00:59:49.154
supplementing or surplanting the
work of our union city employees

00:59:49.154 --> 00:59:51.154
with contracts.

00:59:51.223 --> 00:59:53.223
>> the city manager wants to

00:59:53.392 --> 00:59:56.227
make some comments, maybe he'll
answer the questions.
Hear from councilmember

00:59:57.930 --> 01:00:00.799
talamantes and then turn it to
you, and guerra.

01:00:03.903 --> 01:00:05.903
Sorry, it's not up here.

01:00:06.739 --> 01:00:09.609
Unless the vice mayor wants to
go.
>> I think my colleague,

01:00:09.609 --> 01:00:11.710
councilmember maple, I think
asked the very relevant

01:00:12.745 --> 01:00:15.414
question, I do want to give the
city manager the opportunity to

01:00:15.414 --> 01:00:18.316
discuss this and I think first
of all I want to thank, I spent

01:00:20.753 --> 01:00:22.753
the weekend with our many of our

01:00:23.523 --> 01:00:25.824
arborists team and urban
forestry out not only addressing

01:00:26.592 --> 01:00:28.560
the impacts from the storm, but
actually planting more trees,

01:00:30.696 --> 01:00:32.696
like you know, addressing that

01:00:33.466 --> 01:00:35.466
issue, and to that point, when I

01:00:35.835 --> 01:00:38.470
mentioned it to the city
manager, it's a systemic problem

01:00:39.305 --> 01:00:41.305
even with his predecessor, had

01:00:41.574 --> 01:00:44.509
the issue and where we find
ourselves today.
But I think councilmember maple

01:00:44.510 --> 01:00:46.845
asked the relevant question, I
would like to pass it over to

01:00:48.381 --> 01:00:50.381
the city manager to discuss this

01:00:51.484 --> 01:00:53.852
because it really, this is a
challenge where I've

01:00:54.220 --> 01:00:57.155
consistently brought this point
up over the last few years about

01:00:58.156 --> 01:01:00.156
how we are addressing some of

01:01:01.227 --> 01:01:04.129
our -- some of our lowest paid
workers and hardest paid
workers.

01:01:07.216 --> 01:01:09.534
>> thank you.
I agree with everything said up
here.
It is not ideal for us to be

01:01:10.702 --> 01:01:13.171
before you with a two-year
contract, $4 million, but I also

01:01:13.740 --> 01:01:16.241
want to point out that it's an
up to $4 million.

01:01:17.110 --> 01:01:18.543
So it's not a guaranteed
contract.

01:01:19.812 --> 01:01:22.481
We spend as much as we need and
I also remind that following the

01:01:22.648 --> 01:01:24.149
storms we are not out of the
woods yet.

01:01:24.817 --> 01:01:26.817
We have many, many months ahead

01:01:27.886 --> 01:01:29.721
of us and we need to have some
flexibility with the contract

01:01:32.692 --> 01:01:35.600
like this so that we can kind of
taper, if you will.

01:01:35.994 --> 01:01:38.430
We have a closed session being
scheduled next week to talk

01:01:38.731 --> 01:01:40.980
about compensation and union
contracts.

01:01:41.734 --> 01:01:43.734
We have 11 of them due.

01:01:44.303 --> 01:01:46.303
I'll be seeking some authority

01:01:46.439 --> 01:01:49.174
from this body to negotiate so
you know, this idea of making

01:01:50.376 --> 01:01:52.877
sure we pay our lowest paid
workers appropriately, I think

01:01:52.879 --> 01:01:55.381
is spot on.
But it's also in the complete

01:01:55.381 --> 01:01:58.283
control of this council.
When we -- we are going to be

01:01:58.284 --> 01:02:00.286
presenting you with the
financial surrounding all the

01:02:00.286 --> 01:02:03.880
union agreements and what we
think we need to do in order to

01:02:04.490 --> 01:02:06.758
make it right by our lowest paid
workers.
There's another dynamic here,

01:02:08.961 --> 01:02:10.961
and if you recall, I invited you

01:02:12.331 --> 01:02:14.699
all to a breakfast down at the
courtyard to recognize and thank

01:02:15.935 --> 01:02:18.870
our storm responders.
About 400, mostly local 39

01:02:19.605 --> 01:02:21.605
employees and you heard directly

01:02:21.941 --> 01:02:23.941
from them that they feel like

01:02:24.310 --> 01:02:25.977
they are not being paid
competitively.

01:02:26.612 --> 01:02:28.612
There is, I've been talking to

01:02:29.114 --> 01:02:31.114
the smud general manager, he,

01:02:31.684 --> 01:02:34.653
too, is having a similar
situation with the fires, you

01:02:36.255 --> 01:02:38.255
know, the, over the last several

01:02:38.257 --> 01:02:40.257
years, pg&e is scrambling to

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:43.261
get, you know, tree trimmers,
electricians, utility workers,

01:02:44.831 --> 01:02:46.831
and so they are paying more and

01:02:47.600 --> 01:02:50.336
that's creating this poll from
smud, so smud has had to

01:02:50.336 --> 01:02:52.336
increase their rates.

01:02:53.206 --> 01:02:54.873
It's a domino effect, now it's
impacting us.

01:02:55.642 --> 01:02:58.543
We have our employees looking at
contractors like this, along

01:02:59.612 --> 01:03:01.612
with smud and others.

01:03:02.815 --> 01:03:05.584
It is really a vexxing problem.
A motion and a second, I would

01:03:06.850 --> 01:03:09.210
strongly, strongly recommend we
approve the contract as is.

01:03:10.189 --> 01:03:12.824
It's an up to $4 million
contract and you know, I can

01:03:14.427 --> 01:03:16.427
even come back and do check-ins

01:03:16.462 --> 01:03:18.462
every $500,000 before we take

01:03:18.564 --> 01:03:20.632
the next step so that this
council is comfortable that we

01:03:21.167 --> 01:03:23.167
are doing things to address the

01:03:24.270 --> 01:03:26.405
longer term issues, and in the
background, and this is prior to

01:03:27.907 --> 01:03:29.974
this council being seated, we
did a class in compensation

01:03:30.943 --> 01:03:33.211
study that looks at many
classifications across the

01:03:33.679 --> 01:03:35.679
organization to see how we

01:03:35.782 --> 01:03:38.483
compare with our neighbors, the
private sector, and others, and

01:03:40.152 --> 01:03:42.554
so there's going to be a number
associated with just bringing

01:03:42.956 --> 01:03:44.956
our current workforce, not just

01:03:45.257 --> 01:03:47.993
local 39, but all of our
employees.
We have 5,000 employees plus up

01:03:48.328 --> 01:03:50.796
to that level, and that, I don't
know what that number is yet but

01:03:50.930 --> 01:03:53.132
we are working with our
consultants to get us that

01:03:53.132 --> 01:03:56.100
number.
That's going to be part of the
conversation in closed session.

01:03:56.803 --> 01:03:59.710
We want to take care of our
employees, 100%.

01:03:59.205 --> 01:04:01.774
You had me sold.
This has been my battle cry for

01:04:01.774 --> 01:04:03.774
the last six years.

01:04:04.243 --> 01:04:06.243
But sadly it's not, we don't

01:04:07.130 --> 01:04:09.948
have infinite resources, so a
function of this council
deciding what it is we want to

01:04:10.416 --> 01:04:12.751
spend our dollars on.
So I would implore you to pass

01:04:13.386 --> 01:04:15.386
this contract as is.

01:04:16.722 --> 01:04:18.923
>> can I follow up on this one,
please, MR. City manager?

01:04:20.293 --> 01:04:21.593
So timing is everything in life,
right.

01:04:22.428 --> 01:04:24.663
And as you said, and I'm glad
you said it because we have been

01:04:24.997 --> 01:04:26.997
talking about it, that next week

01:04:27.567 --> 01:04:29.567
you are going to go to closed

01:04:30.403 --> 01:04:33.171
session with the city council to
have the council provide

01:04:36.750 --> 01:04:37.875
parameters to -- for the
negotiations, with all our

01:04:39.846 --> 01:04:42.747
public employee unions, public
safety, of course, police and

01:04:44.250 --> 01:04:46.250
fire, but also local 39 and the

01:04:47.553 --> 01:04:49.821
other non-public safety unions.
and we all leave, I believe,

01:04:51.758 --> 01:04:53.758
because you hear it everywhere,

01:04:54.593 --> 01:04:56.593
right, that paying our workers

01:04:57.596 --> 01:04:59.596
more money is absolutely

01:04:59.866 --> 01:05:02.634
essential and it is a priority.
We also know that when we pay

01:05:04.270 --> 01:05:06.270
them more we'll be able to

01:05:07.273 --> 01:05:09.273
attract and retain more workers

01:05:10.143 --> 01:05:12.243
and thus have less of a need to
contract outside.

01:05:12.278 --> 01:05:14.278
Just wonder this.

01:05:15.214 --> 01:05:17.214
After me, is that ok, did I step

01:05:17.716 --> 01:05:19.840
in front?
Ok.

01:05:20.753 --> 01:05:23.220
I would be happy to -- I would
be happy to turn it to you if

01:05:23.220 --> 01:05:25.220
you would like.

01:05:25.124 --> 01:05:27.327
>> thanks, I let the city
manager speak and then my name

01:05:27.327 --> 01:05:29.962
got taken off.
Go ahead, go ahead.

01:05:29.996 --> 01:05:32.197
>> I apologize.
>> you are good.

01:05:32.899 --> 01:05:35.433
>> I just wanted to ask whether
an alternative here, since as

01:05:36.336 --> 01:05:38.336
you say it's up to 4 million,

01:05:38.371 --> 01:05:41.173
what if we did, say, just this
week, just this week, so that we

01:05:41.841 --> 01:05:43.841
could get through the closed

01:05:44.210 --> 01:05:46.210
session and begin the bargaining

01:05:46.279 --> 01:05:48.279
that we give you the authority

01:05:53.419 --> 01:05:54.987
up to 500,000 so that there's no
interruption, oh, I'm sorry.

01:05:56.220 --> 01:05:58.825
>> you beat me, mayor.
>> I didn't mean to.
I didn't mean to.

01:05:58.825 --> 01:06:00.825
>> you are good.

01:06:01.593 --> 01:06:03.528
>> you take it from here,
karina, you go ahead.

01:06:04.997 --> 01:06:06.997
Right ahead.

01:06:07.199 --> 01:06:09.199
>> I'll -- I'll -- 

01:06:09.369 --> 01:06:11.369
>> we can just amend the motion.

01:06:11.637 --> 01:06:13.370
>> I want to -- let's hear from
howard.

01:06:13.740 --> 01:06:16.608
>> let me say my comments first.
For me it's not long ago that we

01:06:17.110 --> 01:06:19.811
called ourselves the city of
trees, I know we are now farm to

01:06:20.980 --> 01:06:22.980
fork, but I still prefer the

01:06:23.382 --> 01:06:25.170
city of trees, I'm not going to
lie.

01:06:26.285 --> 01:06:28.453
But our tree lined parks,
streets and natural areas are

01:06:28.921 --> 01:06:31.456
vital parts of the fabric of
sacramento and a job working for

01:06:31.757 --> 01:06:33.757
the city and taking care of our

01:06:34.560 --> 01:06:36.560
trees should be a career that

01:06:37.396 --> 01:06:39.799
reflects the value adds to our
communities and our

01:06:39.799 --> 01:06:42.601
responsibilities as stewards of
our constituent tax dollars is

01:06:44.300 --> 01:06:46.300
to protect our trees and the

01:06:46.339 --> 01:06:48.907
workers doing so directly.
And so I do believe is that we

01:06:51.611 --> 01:06:53.745
need a robust urban forestry
department and make sure that we

01:06:55.648 --> 01:06:57.849
hire our employees, retain our
employees and support our

01:06:57.984 --> 01:06:59.984
employees here at the city and I

01:07:00.486 --> 01:07:02.487
just don't see the need to
address the current situation

01:07:02.722 --> 01:07:04.722
with trees with an arrangement

01:07:05.124 --> 01:07:07.993
like this, and so you know, I
think we could do a better job

01:07:08.261 --> 01:07:10.261
to prevent the problem this

01:07:11.300 --> 01:07:13.300
contract proposes to solve.

01:07:13.733 --> 01:07:15.233
With that, amendment to
$500,000.

01:07:19.605 --> 01:07:21.605
>> councilmember valenzuela.

01:07:21.607 --> 01:07:24.309
>> accepted.
>> so I'm clear, $500,000 chunks

01:07:25.144 --> 01:07:27.679
up to the 4 million if needed.
>> amending my motion to pass

01:07:28.581 --> 01:07:30.581
the contract up to $500,000 with

01:07:31.384 --> 01:07:33.384
the approval of my seconder.

01:07:34.152 --> 01:07:37.220
>> come back three weeks -- come
back in a month after the

01:07:37.123 --> 01:07:39.825
negotiations have progressed
some and let's assess where we

01:07:40.660 --> 01:07:43.940
are in terms of the additional
authority you might need.

01:07:43.863 --> 01:07:46.431
>> sure, and I have to defer to
kevin if he wants to talk about

01:07:46.699 --> 01:07:49.534
that, but I don't know if
500,000 is going to get us

01:07:50.303 --> 01:07:52.305
through negotiations,
recruitment and hiring and

01:07:52.305 --> 01:07:54.539
retention.
That -- 

01:07:55.108 --> 01:07:56.474
>> how long would $500,000 last
us?

01:07:57.477 --> 01:07:59.477
>> I think, mayor, we are kind

01:07:59.545 --> 01:08:02.180
of -- we are backing off the
city manager suggestion was he

01:08:03.182 --> 01:08:05.751
come to us if he needs more than
$500,000.
So if you need an extension as

01:08:06.850 --> 01:08:08.850
these conversations are going

01:08:08.187 --> 01:08:10.622
on, you can come to us for that
extension.
I think what we are saying is up

01:08:10.623 --> 01:08:12.624
to 500,000.
>> initially.

01:08:12.725 --> 01:08:14.826
>> yeah.
>> ok.
That's -- 

01:08:15.461 --> 01:08:17.262
>> only authorizing you there
for now.

01:08:18.631 --> 01:08:21.500
>> so I just want to clarify,
because I -- I hear two separate

01:08:21.601 --> 01:08:23.601
things.

01:08:24.904 --> 01:08:26.904
So are we potentially approving

01:08:27.974 --> 01:08:30.375
the $4 million contract -- 
because I noticed some

01:08:34.413 --> 01:08:36.648
discussion of not aligning,
approve a contract up to 1

01:08:38.251 --> 01:08:40.251
million but he has to come back

01:08:41.287 --> 01:08:43.287
to us if it hits 500,000 to go

01:08:43.355 --> 01:08:45.590
above 500,000.
>> I just think if -- 

01:08:46.592 --> 01:08:49.494
>> I think karina had it right.
>> if there's -- if there's

01:08:50.863 --> 01:08:53.298
flexibility to come back above
500,000, I still want to hear

01:08:53.733 --> 01:08:55.733
from ryan where that gets us.

01:08:55.768 --> 01:08:58.170
The last thing I want to do,
approve 500,000, burn through

01:08:59.872 --> 01:09:02.474
it, still negotiating on the
contract and then get to the

01:09:03.943 --> 01:09:06.211
recruitment piece, virtually no
difference here.

01:09:08.648 --> 01:09:10.648
>> sure, good evening, ryan

01:09:13.953 --> 01:09:16.154
moore, assistant city manager.
$500,000 would get us through

01:09:16.154 --> 01:09:18.457
the fiscal year.
The reason we are on fumes as

01:09:19.625 --> 01:09:21.628
you know, the storms during
JANUARY and FEBRUARY the

01:09:21.628 --> 01:09:24.463
contractor was integral getting
us to where we are now.

01:09:25.465 --> 01:09:27.999
without them, we would still
have trees laying on roofs and

01:09:29.335 --> 01:09:31.403
laying across streets.
So they have been huge.

01:09:32.705 --> 01:09:34.390
One important point of
clarification.

01:09:34.707 --> 01:09:37.576
As a policy this contractor does
not recruit our staff, that's

01:09:37.810 --> 01:09:39.358
part of our arrangement with
them.

01:09:40.113 --> 01:09:42.140
>> that's good to know.
Ok.

01:09:42.415 --> 01:09:44.415
I think we have an accord here,

01:09:45.952 --> 01:09:47.952
and as councilmember talamantes

01:09:48.554 --> 01:09:51.289
amendment, accepted by
councilmember valenzuela, and

01:09:52.659 --> 01:09:54.659
seconded by councilmember -- 

01:09:55.428 --> 01:09:57.428
whoever did what -- but the

01:09:58.898 --> 01:10:01.670
bottom line is, $500,000 as the
limit and then in good faith

01:10:01.670 --> 01:10:03.369
come back.
>> end of the fiscal year.

01:10:03.369 --> 01:10:05.360
>> thank you, mayor.
Thank you.

01:10:06.339 --> 01:10:08.640
>> is there public -- we already
did public testimony.

01:10:10.610 --> 01:10:12.610
All in favor of the motion,

01:10:12.779 --> 01:10:15.580
please say aye.
Councilmember loloee.
>> aye.

01:10:16.490 --> 01:10:18.490
>> ok.

01:10:18.984 --> 01:10:21.120
All in favor say aye, opposed,
it passes unanimously.

01:10:21.120 --> 01:10:23.889
Ok.
Item 7, let's take a motion for

01:10:25.391 --> 01:10:27.391
a continuance of item -- don't

01:10:28.940 --> 01:10:30.620
need it.
It's continued to next week.

01:10:32.498 --> 01:10:34.498
Mow move to the one discussion

01:10:34.666 --> 01:10:36.666
item, which is rubbish.

01:10:38.104 --> 01:10:40.672
It's rubbish, and that is not an
editorial comment on the quality

01:10:41.974 --> 01:10:43.974
of the work.

01:10:44.243 --> 01:10:45.510
>> our tree arborist is leaving
city hall.

01:10:51.884 --> 01:10:53.884
Thank you, kevin for coming by.

01:11:01.961 --> 01:11:04.162
>> good evening, jose mendez,
here to recommend the council

01:11:05.698 --> 01:11:07.698
authorize code compliance to the

01:11:10.370 --> 01:11:12.370
authority to abate weeds,

01:11:14.774 --> 01:11:17.509
rubbish, debris, the current
inclement weather does not

01:11:18.944 --> 01:11:21.713
provide the ideal conditions for
property owners to cut weeds at

01:11:22.982 --> 01:11:25.385
the vacant and undeveloped
property.

01:11:25.385 --> 01:11:27.385
So it was delayed from

01:11:29.880 --> 01:11:31.590
APRIL 15th to MAY 1 this year.
Staff recommends any objections

01:11:32.125 --> 01:11:34.125
and comments to the matter, and

01:11:34.494 --> 01:11:36.494
that concludes my presentation.

01:11:38.331 --> 01:11:40.832
Thank you.
Pushg
>> thank you very much.

01:11:41.300 --> 01:11:43.300
Bring it over to the council

01:11:44.270 --> 01:11:46.270
here, or MADAM Clerk, first of

01:11:46.439 --> 01:11:49.700
all, any members of the public
signed up to speak.

01:11:50.777 --> 01:11:52.777
>> two speakers, samuel lewis

01:11:53.846 --> 01:11:55.846
and then ron elmsly.

01:11:56.182 --> 01:11:58.182
>> MR. Lewis.

01:11:58.451 --> 01:12:00.451
>> samuel lewis.

01:12:08.270 --> 01:12:10.270
And then ron elmsly.

01:12:13.232 --> 01:12:14.933
Samuel.
>> I'm right here.

01:12:17.369 --> 01:12:18.837
Can I get the projector thing
again?
Thank you.

01:12:36.956 --> 01:12:38.323
>> please proceed.
Please proceed.

01:12:39.926 --> 01:12:42.461
We'll get it up on a screen.
>> no worries.

01:12:43.596 --> 01:12:45.964
Ok, what I was saying, human
rights campaign documented there

01:12:46.432 --> 01:12:48.600
has been at least six violent
killings of transgendered and

01:12:49.634 --> 01:12:51.634
gender nonconforming people in

01:12:52.538 --> 01:12:54.538
the U.S. Alone in 2023.

01:12:54.941 --> 01:12:56.941
The names are right here.

01:12:57.643 --> 01:12:59.643
We know that those numbers are

01:13:03.583 --> 01:13:05.583
much -- most likely higher due

01:13:05.951 --> 01:13:08.353
to the lack of reporting, and
almost all those are

01:13:09.255 --> 01:13:11.255
transgendered women of color,

01:13:11.257 --> 01:13:13.725
highest of black trans women.
Human rights campaign documented

01:13:13.893 --> 01:13:16.261
at least 32 transgender and
gender non-conforming people

01:13:17.363 --> 01:13:19.363
killed in the united states in

01:13:19.832 --> 01:13:22.801
2022, remember those numbers are
much likely higher,

01:13:24.904 --> 01:13:26.904
transgendered poc account of 81%

01:13:27.139 --> 01:13:29.139
of the known victims of 2022,

01:13:31.143 --> 01:13:33.645
and 59% of the victims were
black.

01:13:34.814 --> 01:13:36.814
Ncabp, anti-violence,

01:13:37.850 --> 01:13:40.117
transgender and people of gender
non-conforming individuals are

01:13:41.921 --> 01:13:43.921
seven times more likely victims

01:13:44.900 --> 01:13:45.757
of police brutality than
cisgendered.

01:13:46.626 --> 01:13:49.261
And twice as likely to be
unemployed with discrimination,

01:13:51.297 --> 01:13:52.764
trans poc four times more
likely.

01:13:54.233 --> 01:13:56.233
Trans and lgbtq+ individuals are

01:13:56.736 --> 01:13:58.736
two times more likely for mental

01:13:59.339 --> 01:14:01.339
health issues, suicide is the

01:14:05.411 --> 01:14:06.644
leading cause of death of
lgbtq+.

01:14:08.381 --> 01:14:10.381
And reported engaging in

01:14:10.783 --> 01:14:13.452
self-harm in 2021, lgbtq
community are more likely to

01:14:14.530 --> 01:14:16.530
experience poverty and

01:14:16.789 --> 01:14:19.290
homelessness, especially trans
poc, the highest being black

01:14:20.159 --> 01:14:22.159
trans women.

01:14:22.628 --> 01:14:24.329
Compared to their straight
counterparts.

01:14:24.797 --> 01:14:26.999
Lgbtq and trans community face
higher levels of unemployment

01:14:26.999 --> 01:14:28.999
discrimination.

01:14:29.368 --> 01:14:31.368
Housing discrimination, and

01:14:33.606 --> 01:14:34.873
denial of adequate housing
services.

01:14:37.443 --> 01:14:40.178
The reason I speak of the
statistics, the people in power

01:14:42.480 --> 01:14:44.449
are trying to eradicate queer
and trans lives.

01:14:45.318 --> 01:14:47.318
>> I want to remind the members

01:14:48.321 --> 01:14:50.321
of the public, this is on item

01:14:52.125 --> 01:14:54.125
8, weed and rubbish abatement.

01:14:58.164 --> 01:15:01.990
Ron elmsly, are you speaking on
8.
>> good evening, ron.

01:15:01.935 --> 01:15:03.935
Again, I want to remind folks

01:15:04.337 --> 01:15:06.337
this is on the public hearing

01:15:06.639 --> 01:15:08.773
regarding weed and rubbish
abatement.
>> I know.

01:15:10.475 --> 01:15:12.475
>> MR. Elmsly.

01:15:12.612 --> 01:15:14.612
>> yes, ok.

01:15:15.414 --> 01:15:17.414
I live in the oak park ghetto

01:15:18.484 --> 01:15:20.619
and we are underserved, and one
of the departments that

01:15:20.820 --> 01:15:23.655
underserved is -- 
>> if you will come forward, we

01:15:24.156 --> 01:15:26.191
can't hear you unless you speak
into the microphones.

01:15:26.992 --> 01:15:29.694
Thank you.
>> ok.
>> thank you.

01:15:33.198 --> 01:15:35.198
>> we are underserved because we

01:15:36.135 --> 01:15:38.350
have a hard time getting weed
abatement to come out.

01:15:40.173 --> 01:15:42.173
They allow the weeds to fully

01:15:42.542 --> 01:15:44.542
mature and then they start

01:15:44.777 --> 01:15:47.212
drying out and then they go cut
'em.

01:15:48.414 --> 01:15:50.414
What's with this?

01:15:52.510 --> 01:15:54.510
You know, it's -- there's

01:15:54.387 --> 01:15:56.387
herbicides that they could

01:15:57.924 --> 01:16:00.825
spray, but oak park gets dumped
on because they drag their feet

01:16:01.994 --> 01:16:03.994
about doing anything.

01:16:05.631 --> 01:16:07.699
And I think they are getting the
raw deal.

01:16:08.901 --> 01:16:10.901
Thank you.

01:16:13.139 --> 01:16:16.740
>> vice mayor, no more speakers.
>> councilmember loloee.

01:16:16.976 --> 01:16:18.677
>> thank you very much, vice
mayor.

01:16:19.812 --> 01:16:21.812
I had some questions regarding

01:16:22.882 --> 01:16:24.882
item 8.

01:16:27.186 --> 01:16:29.287
I got the list of the -- are
these part land -- 

01:16:29.889 --> 01:16:32.524
>> inventory of all undeveloped
property that we recognize are o

01:16:34.227 --> 01:16:36.661
the county assessors recognize
as undeveloped.

01:16:38.898 --> 01:16:40.898
>> ok.

01:16:41.934 --> 01:16:43.934
>> because I also have a report

01:16:44.300 --> 01:16:46.300
on a particular address which

01:16:46.305 --> 01:16:48.305
happens to be in my district

01:16:49.709 --> 01:16:51.709
that has had issues since 2021,

01:16:51.911 --> 01:16:53.879
and continued going, I was
wondering that.

01:16:55.140 --> 01:16:57.115
Are we just talking about a land
issue or talking about building

01:16:57.550 --> 01:17:00.218
issues as well?
>> got it.

01:17:00.420 --> 01:17:02.420
It's undeveloped property only.

01:17:02.422 --> 01:17:04.623
These are weed abatement
requirements for anything that's

01:17:05.358 --> 01:17:07.859
not developed to be cut to avoid
fire hazards.

01:17:09.950 --> 01:17:10.695
>> I appreciate that.
Thank you very much.

01:17:11.130 --> 01:17:13.865
I would like to share this with
you.
Are you leaving -- I'll give it

01:17:14.233 --> 01:17:16.735
to you.
>> thank you very much.

01:17:16.835 --> 01:17:19.360
>> thank you very much.
If I could have an action from

01:17:20.406 --> 01:17:22.607
the council, we need someone to
open and close the public

01:17:23.443 --> 01:17:25.510
hearing and move the item.
>> I'll open and close the

01:17:25.678 --> 01:17:27.946
public hearing.
>> second.

01:17:30.316 --> 01:17:32.283
>> it's been -- and I'm assuming
councilmember kaplan you will

01:17:32.485 --> 01:17:34.453
move the item.
>> yes.

01:17:36.489 --> 01:17:38.256
>> very good, properly moved and
seconded and hearing has been

01:17:38.758 --> 01:17:41.493
opened and closed.
Seeing no further discussion,

01:17:42.929 --> 01:17:44.929
all those in favor signify by

01:17:44.964 --> 01:17:46.965
saying aye, all those opposed,
measure passes.

01:17:49.268 --> 01:17:50.634
Thank you, MADAM Clerk, next
item.

01:17:52.372 --> 01:17:54.372
>> vice mayor, council comments,

01:17:56.109 --> 01:17:57.609
ideas, and questions, and ab1234
reports.

01:17:59.912 --> 01:18:02.481
>> councilmember loloee,
valenzuela, talamantes and then
maple.

01:18:04.416 --> 01:18:06.451
>> very good.
Councilmember valenzuela.

01:18:08.870 --> 01:18:11.220
>> I guess I'm just informing
the public that we have used our

01:18:12.659 --> 01:18:14.659
new policy submission process

01:18:14.693 --> 01:18:17.662
twice this week.
Once for a resolution to support

01:18:19.165 --> 01:18:21.968
local 1,000 and their bargaining
process and another for a public
bank.

01:18:21.968 --> 01:18:23.968
looking forward to hearing those

01:18:24.804 --> 01:18:27.639
come to committee.
Ab1234 report, I went to a

01:18:29.275 --> 01:18:31.743
seminar for an event hosted by
civic well, some MAY remember a

01:18:32.645 --> 01:18:34.645
local government commission.

01:18:34.814 --> 01:18:36.814
I hope you come next time, it's

01:18:36.849 --> 01:18:39.117
a policy maker conference, this
year's theme was creating

01:18:39.117 --> 01:18:41.117
sustainable solutions.

01:18:41.353 --> 01:18:43.353
A really good networking time, a

01:18:43.589 --> 01:18:46.258
lot of time with board members
and also folks in other parts of

01:18:46.258 --> 01:18:48.258
the state working through

01:18:49.162 --> 01:18:51.162
similar challenges, so excited I

01:18:51.664 --> 01:18:53.664
got to participate in that and

01:18:55.134 --> 01:18:57.134
hope you join us next MARCH in

01:18:57.370 --> 01:18:59.938
yosemite, I found it valuable.
>> thank you very much,

01:19:00.373 --> 01:19:02.407
councilmember, and that is an
amazing organization,

01:19:02.474 --> 01:19:05.243
unfortunate I could not make it
this time.
Councilmember talamantes.

01:19:06.579 --> 01:19:08.579
>> so last week I reported out

01:19:09.348 --> 01:19:11.783
that I was doing my 24-hour ride
along with the fire department,

01:19:13.853 --> 01:19:15.853
and I survived.

01:19:16.722 --> 01:19:18.722
I spent 24 hours at station 15,

01:19:20.259 --> 01:19:22.861
home of the night hawks in south
natomas, and a special thanks to

01:19:25.832 --> 01:19:27.832
captain ryan, engineer jeffrey,

01:19:31.637 --> 01:19:33.637
firefighters adam, jacob, mike,

01:19:35.141 --> 01:19:37.141
chris, shane, and justin, our

01:19:37.710 --> 01:19:39.760
pio for hosting me there at the
station.

01:19:39.812 --> 01:19:42.247
It was truly a memorable
experience and it's one thing to

01:19:43.915 --> 01:19:46.751
read reports, listen to stories
and hear about the fire
department but another thing to

01:19:48.787 --> 01:19:50.787
live a day in their shoes, and

01:19:53.159 --> 01:19:55.293
so I'm just really thankful for
that experience.

01:19:57.130 --> 01:19:59.831
>> councilmember maple.
>> thank you, chair.

01:20:00.666 --> 01:20:02.666
So I did have a whole list of

01:20:02.702 --> 01:20:05.303
events but I think I'll pause on
that, I really wanted to elevate

01:20:05.571 --> 01:20:08.173
something that one of our
speakers brought up earlier,

01:20:09.775 --> 01:20:11.977
which is about the third
unhoused person who lost their

01:20:13.513 --> 01:20:15.513
lives due to hypothermia in the

01:20:16.182 --> 01:20:18.182
city and that weighs on me, and

01:20:18.217 --> 01:20:20.986
I know there has been discussion
usually after storms or cold

01:20:22.121 --> 01:20:24.121
nights or as we will soon,

01:20:24.123 --> 01:20:26.792
sooner than we probably would
like approach over 100

01:20:26.826 --> 01:20:28.826
days

01:20:29.995 --> 01:20:32.630
many days in a row, I know there
has been discussion about

01:20:32.698 --> 01:20:35.990
reopening the conversation what
triggers, what is the criteria.

01:20:35.601 --> 01:20:37.601
City manager is interested in

01:20:38.300 --> 01:20:40.205
that as well, I would like to
see us broach that conversation

01:20:40.540 --> 01:20:42.540
sooner rather than later so we

01:20:42.942 --> 01:20:44.942
are not scrambling in the summer

01:20:45.544 --> 01:20:47.579
months or now, so as soon as we
can have that conversation I

01:20:48.247 --> 01:20:50.247
would really like that.

01:20:50.416 --> 01:20:53.318
And then just a couple quick
events, so we are having a

01:20:53.953 --> 01:20:55.953
discussion with the owners of

01:20:57.490 --> 01:21:00.250
the pottery building on
thursday, the 23rd, at hollywood

01:21:01.828 --> 01:21:04.263
park elementary, excited for
this, one of the most historic

01:21:04.263 --> 01:21:06.263
buildings in sacramento and they

01:21:06.265 --> 01:21:09.100
have some exciting news to share
I will wait for a future meeting

01:21:09.100 --> 01:21:11.100
to share with you so I don't

01:21:11.337 --> 01:21:14.172
steal their thunder, excited for
that, and we are hosting a

01:21:15.908 --> 01:21:17.908
litter clean-up on meadow gate

01:21:22.948 --> 01:21:25.817
and munson along with clean
california on friday at

01:21:26.585 --> 01:21:28.585
9:00 A.M.

01:21:28.688 --> 01:21:30.688
>> thank you very much.

01:21:31.190 --> 01:21:33.492
Mayor pro-tem mai vang.
>> thank you vice mayor.

01:21:34.827 --> 01:21:36.827
Just some announcement events

01:21:37.290 --> 01:21:39.290
and then some direction.

01:21:39.465 --> 01:21:42.233
First really excited to be
officially to launch our heart

01:21:42.735 --> 01:21:44.735
and hustle scholarship for the

01:21:45.504 --> 01:21:47.504
youth and young leaders in the

01:21:48.774 --> 01:21:51.309
city, in particular district 8,
awarding five scholarships,

01:21:52.945 --> 01:21:54.945
$1,000 each, for high school

01:21:57.750 --> 01:21:59.750
seniors, a two-year, four-year

01:21:59.852 --> 01:22:02.387
college or technical school, a
prompt, 1,000 word limit, you

01:22:03.823 --> 01:22:05.823
can do it via art, poem, skit,

01:22:05.958 --> 01:22:07.893
whatever you want to do, be
creative.

01:22:08.394 --> 01:22:10.394
Applicants must live in the

01:22:12.698 --> 01:22:14.833
district or attend school in
district 8 and applications are

01:22:17.350 --> 01:22:19.350
open right now according to my

01:22:21.473 --> 01:22:22.741
staff, deadline is MAY 5th at
midnight.

01:22:24.643 --> 01:22:26.643
So apply for the scholarship.

01:22:27.146 --> 01:22:29.146
And secondly, this saturday

01:22:31.484 --> 01:22:34.520
south sac tree happening at
cabrillo park in south

01:22:34.220 --> 01:22:36.221
sacramento, this saturday from
8:45 to 12:00 P.M.

01:22:37.890 --> 01:22:39.890
So if you want to get down and

01:22:40.126 --> 01:22:42.427
dirty and plant some trees,
especially in south sacramento

01:22:43.129 --> 01:22:45.129
because we know we have a lack

01:22:45.131 --> 01:22:47.131
of tree canopy there, come out

01:22:47.700 --> 01:22:49.700
for that.

01:22:49.735 --> 01:22:52.370
And lastly, a direction for our
city manager.

01:22:53.406 --> 01:22:55.340
Last NOVEMBER the voters passed
measure l, the sacramento

01:22:57.143 --> 01:22:59.143
children fund and I want to

01:22:59.345 --> 01:23:01.980
ensure that we are meeting the
required deadlines of the
charter as approved by the

01:23:03.216 --> 01:23:05.216
voters in the city.

01:23:09.689 --> 01:23:11.689
So city manager, bring back an

01:23:14.427 --> 01:23:16.427
implementation plan of l, at the

01:23:16.929 --> 01:23:18.929
next budget and audit committee

01:23:19.465 --> 01:23:22.433
meeting APRIL 4th and hopefully
it will get moved to the full
council for consideration.

01:23:23.202 --> 01:23:25.737
Request from me and mayor
steinberg as well.

01:23:26.139 --> 01:23:28.940
I know that we have new
procedures so our office will

01:23:30.243 --> 01:23:32.944
also be submitting a form of
requests per council procedure

01:23:32.979 --> 01:23:35.480
as well to make sure we are
going through the process but

01:23:36.148 --> 01:23:38.750
wanted to put the request on
record as well.

01:23:39.384 --> 01:23:41.853
I know that many community
members have been asking us what

01:23:43.560 --> 01:23:44.689
is the status on the measure l
implementation and I think we

01:23:45.591 --> 01:23:47.591
owe it to them to bring it back

01:23:47.660 --> 01:23:49.660
and to really share what the

01:23:49.762 --> 01:23:52.363
timeline is, the staffing
recommendation, really next step

01:23:52.698 --> 01:23:55.234
to make sure that we deliver on
the intent of measure l.

01:23:55.234 --> 01:23:57.234
So -- 

01:23:57.270 --> 01:23:59.270
>> city manager chan.

01:24:00.273 --> 01:24:02.273
>> consistent with our

01:24:02.842 --> 01:24:05.377
conversation mayor pro-tem.
I will not commit to the date

01:24:05.477 --> 01:24:07.477
until

01:24:08.614 --> 01:24:10.614
.

01:24:11.170 --> 01:24:13.652
Can you provide a reasonable
date instead of it's not APRIL

01:24:15.387 --> 01:24:17.388
4, I'd like to know what date is
possible.
>> sure.

01:24:17.956 --> 01:24:20.859
>> by next week if possible.
>> you'll probably have it
tomorrow morning.

01:24:21.861 --> 01:24:23.610
>> thank you, great, appreciate
it.

01:24:24.330 --> 01:24:26.330
>> city manager chan, thank you.

01:24:26.432 --> 01:24:28.900
Mayor pro tem vang.
Councilmember loloee.

01:24:29.602 --> 01:24:31.602
>> thank you, vice mayor.

01:24:32.237 --> 01:24:34.237
I also wanted to announce that

01:24:41.847 --> 01:24:44.683
as district 2 knows, with the
arpa funds we secured about $10

01:24:45.418 --> 01:24:47.520
million to be invested in the
business corridor.

01:24:47.953 --> 01:24:49.953
Granted MR. Mayor convinced me,

01:24:50.923 --> 01:24:52.923
if we can do $5 million now and

01:24:53.326 --> 01:24:54.960
$5 million later.
I said who can say no to our

01:24:55.328 --> 01:24:57.328
mayor.

01:24:59.565 --> 01:25:01.565
We allocated $2 million for del

01:25:03.202 --> 01:25:05.637
paso boulevard and mayorsville
corridor, for the property

01:25:07.744 --> 01:25:09.708
owners to apply for matching
funds up to $30,000, for facade

01:25:10.609 --> 01:25:13.278
improvement.
We're hoping that with a little

01:25:14.914 --> 01:25:16.914
bit of a facelift, and some of

01:25:16.916 --> 01:25:19.618
these new projects, I know that
there's going to be a big

01:25:20.653 --> 01:25:22.653
announcement being made probably

01:25:24.356 --> 01:25:26.356
in two weeks, that we can turn

01:25:26.993 --> 01:25:29.930
our business corridor into
viable environment where we can

01:25:30.163 --> 01:25:32.497
make it into a destination for
all of the residents within our

01:25:32.698 --> 01:25:34.698
city to come and visit and enjoy

01:25:35.400 --> 01:25:37.400
their time.

01:25:39.710 --> 01:25:41.710
That $2 million is on -- can you

01:25:41.907 --> 01:25:44.809
contact our office or simply go
on our website and get all of

01:25:44.810 --> 01:25:46.810
the information and it's symptom

01:25:47.246 --> 01:25:49.246
apply for it.

01:25:50.683 --> 01:25:52.683
I encourage every property owner

01:25:53.186 --> 01:25:55.520
within the business core to take
advantage of this opportunity.
Thank you very much.

01:25:57.390 --> 01:25:59.591
>> thank you very much,
councilmember loloee.
Councilmember kaplan.

01:25:59.659 --> 01:26:01.659
>> thank you so much.

01:26:02.261 --> 01:26:04.261
Just a couple of announcements.

01:26:05.970 --> 01:26:07.970
This coming saturday our office

01:26:07.199 --> 01:26:09.199
is partnering with caltrans and

01:26:09.635 --> 01:26:11.635
the river city water alliance to

01:26:12.271 --> 01:26:14.271
do a cleanup along jackrabbit

01:26:14.907 --> 01:26:16.975
trail from 9:30 to 1:30.
Fingers crossed, mother nature

01:26:18.444 --> 01:26:20.978
is doing a pause in the rain.
So that we can do a little

01:26:22.682 --> 01:26:25.617
cleanup.
So power to mother nature doing

01:26:25.918 --> 01:26:27.918
the right thing so we can have a

01:26:28.454 --> 01:26:31.560
beautiful weekend.
My office, we're doing over the

01:26:31.357 --> 01:26:33.357
course of the next three months,

01:26:33.459 --> 01:26:36.428
this month we're starting a
women empowerment series.

01:26:37.363 --> 01:26:39.363
It's also a lot about healthy

01:26:40.632 --> 01:26:42.632
versus unhealthy relationships.

01:26:43.335 --> 01:26:45.335
On MARCH 29, at heron school

01:26:45.938 --> 01:26:48.907
from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M., our
first conversation is focused

01:26:49.408 --> 01:26:51.810
at, like, healthy teen
relationships.

01:26:53.979 --> 01:26:55.979
We notice that when we are able

01:26:56.248 --> 01:26:58.248
to empower our parents of what a

01:26:59.385 --> 01:27:01.385
healthy relationship is, it

01:27:01.854 --> 01:27:04.322
lowers the percentage of
domestic violence that teens

01:27:04.857 --> 01:27:07.425
experience when they grow up to
become adults.
When they understand what

01:27:09.261 --> 01:27:11.630
healthy relationships with.
We are partnering with

01:27:13.232 --> 01:27:15.232
st. John's city of re knew,

01:27:16.769 --> 01:27:19.704
power sac, my sister's house,
sac family justice center and
others.

01:27:21.540 --> 01:27:23.540
This is our first one, next one

01:27:23.843 --> 01:27:25.743
I'll announce as we come in
APRIL and have another in MAY

01:27:26.512 --> 01:27:29.480
throughout my district.
Everybody is invited because

01:27:29.480 --> 01:27:31.983
there is nothing more important
than healthy relationships.

01:27:33.850 --> 01:27:35.850
And I can tell you before I left

01:27:35.221 --> 01:27:37.221
the school board, my biggest

01:27:37.490 --> 01:27:40.358
concern this past year was
noticing the rise in unhealthy

01:27:40.826 --> 01:27:42.600
relationships in our high
schools.

01:27:43.362 --> 01:27:45.362
The pandemic affected things.

01:27:45.531 --> 01:27:47.165
I think we can do more to
partner to raise awareness on

01:27:48.200 --> 01:27:50.200
this.

01:27:51.270 --> 01:27:53.270
And then I am having my first

01:27:53.406 --> 01:27:55.106
community conversation on
monday, APRIL 3.

01:27:56.442 --> 01:27:58.543
Love to see my d-1 constituents
come out.
>> thank you councilmember

01:27:58.744 --> 01:28:00.744
kaplan.

01:28:01.413 --> 01:28:04.490
I just can't express how
important that conversation is.

01:28:05.170 --> 01:28:07.170
I know we have had many of those

01:28:07.753 --> 01:28:10.522
with the family justice center,
bringing that coalition

01:28:11.724 --> 01:28:13.124
together, is a strong move here
for our community.

01:28:14.260 --> 01:28:16.895
Thank you.
MADAM Clerk, councilmember

01:28:17.864 --> 01:28:19.864
jennings also has an adjourn in

01:28:21.267 --> 01:28:22.500
memory at the end of public
comment.

01:28:24.403 --> 01:28:26.403
I also, I have one district 6

01:28:26.405 --> 01:28:29.341
announcement here, one, it is
the clean california community

01:28:34.213 --> 01:28:36.948
day on saturday 9:00A.M.,
cleaning up highway 50 in

01:28:37.983 --> 01:28:39.983
partnership with me council

01:28:40.886 --> 01:28:42.886
office and tahoe cleanup

01:28:42.955 --> 01:28:44.955
coalition, walking over, and

01:28:45.424 --> 01:28:48.260
working with caltrans as part of
the governor's efforts to clean

01:28:50.329 --> 01:28:52.329
california.

01:28:52.865 --> 01:28:54.865
Also, want to also congratulate

01:28:54.867 --> 01:28:56.867
all of our little league,

01:28:57.503 --> 01:28:59.571
college glen little league and
tahoe park little league doing

01:28:59.772 --> 01:29:01.772
opening day.

01:29:01.841 --> 01:29:04.750
A lot of us got rained out but
great to see all of the young

01:29:04.911 --> 01:29:06.144
folks out there enjoying the
spring.

01:29:06.912 --> 01:29:08.912
With that, MADAM Clerk, we will

01:29:08.948 --> 01:29:10.181
move on to the next item on the
agenda.

01:29:11.170 --> 01:29:13.286
>> thank you, the following item
is public comment for matters

01:29:13.286 --> 01:29:15.286
not on the agenda, I have ten

01:29:15.554 --> 01:29:17.856
speakers.
Angela grijala.

01:29:20.960 --> 01:29:22.960
Kyle williams.

01:29:25.265 --> 01:29:27.265
Ron elsly.

01:29:28.166 --> 01:29:30.166
>> grijalva, thank you.

01:29:31.137 --> 01:29:33.972
I'm angela grijalva.
I want to speak about an

01:29:35.608 --> 01:29:37.608
incident that transpired, was

01:29:38.377 --> 01:29:40.377
very unsettling.

01:29:41.547 --> 01:29:44.149
I want to thank councilmember
talamantes, I'm not a member of

01:29:44.317 --> 01:29:46.418
your district but you reached
out to me and listen to my

01:29:47.586 --> 01:29:50.288
story.
That meant a lot to me.

01:29:51.624 --> 01:29:53.792
I'm here today in honor of many
women who have come before me

01:29:54.126 --> 01:29:56.126
despite fear.

01:29:57.162 --> 01:29:58.796
To tell my story and report an
assault by councilmember shawn

01:30:03.669 --> 01:30:05.669
loloee.

01:30:07.840 --> 01:30:10.474
At a joint chamber mixer, loloee
made derogatory comments about

01:30:13.579 --> 01:30:15.180
my person, and my body.
Some of which I will play for

01:30:15.881 --> 01:30:17.881
you.

01:30:18.984 --> 01:30:20.984
Before this evening, I had never

01:30:23.890 --> 01:30:25.890
met this man before.

01:30:25.424 --> 01:30:27.424
And mind you, the part that I

01:30:27.460 --> 01:30:30.395
was able to record was after he
had lowered his voice and

01:30:33.733 --> 01:30:36.668
changed his tone.
>> I don't know you, I don't

01:30:37.737 --> 01:30:40.605
know why you're bothering me.
>> think about it, go -- 

01:30:41.140 --> 01:30:43.140
>> you are here at a mixer.

01:30:44.577 --> 01:30:46.744
And you're spending your time -- 
go away.

01:30:48.514 --> 01:30:50.514
>> I always want to, um -- 

01:30:50.716 --> 01:30:52.884
>> you call me a disgusting pig.
Did you call me a disgusting

01:30:52.884 --> 01:30:54.884
pig?

01:30:55.321 --> 01:30:57.656
>> you are not a good human
being.
>> you know this how?

01:30:58.491 --> 01:31:00.625
>> because of your reactions,
you don't even know me.

01:31:01.600 --> 01:31:03.595
>> that's right I don't know
you.
>> bad mouthing me in front of

01:31:03.595 --> 01:31:06.498
somebody -- 
>> I can talk to whoever I want.

01:31:06.666 --> 01:31:07.966
Why are you talking to me right
now?

01:31:08.934 --> 01:31:10.936
>> I'm standing at a table.
>> no you were talking to

01:31:13.139 --> 01:31:15.139
someone else.

01:31:15.708 --> 01:31:18.344
You were talking to someone
else.
>> you were misinforming this

01:31:18.344 --> 01:31:20.845
gentleman about me.
>> you came into the
conversation.

01:31:21.480 --> 01:31:23.248
>> I came to tell him what a big
liar you are.

01:31:26.180 --> 01:31:28.180
>> and I'm a disgusting pig.

01:31:28.530 --> 01:31:30.530
>> so I apologize -- 

01:31:30.122 --> 01:31:32.323
>> thank you for your time.
>> I ask you to take action.

01:31:33.759 --> 01:31:35.759
>> thank you for your comments.

01:31:36.629 --> 01:31:38.629
Next speaker is kyle williams,

01:31:41.968 --> 01:31:44.702
ron elmsly.
Kyle williams.

01:31:46.305 --> 01:31:48.973
Ron elmsly.
>> I think MR. Williams is

01:31:59.952 --> 01:32:01.952
coming down.

01:32:04.457 --> 01:32:05.923
>> ironically, I brought in a
day-timer quote here.

01:32:06.826 --> 01:32:08.826
Women and men have to fight

01:32:09.428 --> 01:32:12.197
together to change society and
both will benefit.

01:32:13.265 --> 01:32:16.234
Partnership not dependence is
the real romance in marriage.

01:32:17.169 --> 01:32:19.804
Muriel fox.
I thought that was unique what

01:32:20.806 --> 01:32:23.674
you were talking about today.
A lot of the stuff that we talk

01:32:25.440 --> 01:32:27.460
about today, I think somebody
mentioned, I thought they were

01:32:27.460 --> 01:32:28.913
over all of this stuff but I
guess not.

01:32:30.516 --> 01:32:32.516
A lot of people haven't moved

01:32:34.887 --> 01:32:36.788
forward in life.
Julia

01:32:40.893 --> 01:32:43.595
julia newmar catwoman in the
'80s, minimized the use of leaf

01:32:44.730 --> 01:32:46.310
blowers.
In the '80s.

01:32:47.199 --> 01:32:49.199
We haven't addressed it yet.

01:32:49.335 --> 01:32:52.300
We're still blowing dust around.
Katie valenzuela doesn't answer

01:32:53.306 --> 01:32:55.808
my phone t I've been calling her
for three to five weeks and I

01:32:55.808 --> 01:32:57.908
don't know how many messages
I've left.

01:33:00.346 --> 01:33:02.948
What do you think, katie, six?
Ten?
Rumor has it you only think from

01:33:03.582 --> 01:33:06.151
the left.
You only deal with certain

01:33:06.285 --> 01:33:08.285
issues.

01:33:08.554 --> 01:33:11.289
I don't know what's going on
here but do you guys notice that

01:33:13.359 --> 01:33:15.927
at least four to six months half
of the year dust is being blown

01:33:16.280 --> 01:33:18.963
around for no reason?
All I'm asking for is to

01:33:19.799 --> 01:33:22.200
minimize the use of leaf
blowers.
I don't think this is that

01:33:23.350 --> 01:33:25.737
tough.
If this never gets done by this

01:33:26.305 --> 01:33:28.139
council, anybody listening out
there, can you please blow once

01:33:30.209 --> 01:33:32.209
a month, maybe, to like JULY and

01:33:32.645 --> 01:33:34.412
AUGUST when there actually is
leaves.

01:33:35.470 --> 01:33:37.449
you could work on graffiti.
Planting.

01:33:38.283 --> 01:33:40.283
A lot of different options.

01:33:40.620 --> 01:33:43.455
And by the way, we need
independence and republicans in

01:33:45.458 --> 01:33:46.991
this room, it's very obvious
that we have one train of

01:33:47.660 --> 01:33:49.660
thought.

01:33:52.765 --> 01:33:54.366
It appears in this room.
I like all trains of thought.

01:33:56.569 --> 01:33:58.903
I like independence, democrats,
republicans, I don't know about

01:33:59.400 --> 01:34:00.705
you good guys.
Thank you.

01:34:02.375 --> 01:34:04.375
>> thank you for your comments,

01:34:06.511 --> 01:34:08.146
ron elmsly, then samuel lewis.
>> appreciate that, brother.

01:34:09.415 --> 01:34:11.415
>> amane.

01:34:13.185 --> 01:34:15.185
 -- amen.

01:34:17.389 --> 01:34:19.389
>> district 3 indicated that she

01:34:19.925 --> 01:34:21.925
had gone to a ride-along with

01:34:22.228 --> 01:34:24.796
the fire department.
Well, you might have been -- 

01:34:25.931 --> 01:34:27.931
they might have been on their

01:34:29.100 --> 01:34:31.100
best behavior.

01:34:31.937 --> 01:34:33.937
The fire department one time

01:34:38.644 --> 01:34:40.644
when they had a new recruit, old

01:34:41.647 --> 01:34:44.515
timer, said please excuse me.
He started playing with the

01:34:47.954 --> 01:34:49.954
woman's boobs as they were

01:34:50.189 --> 01:34:52.189
taking her to the hospital.

01:34:53.425 --> 01:34:55.527
In the past they used to go
downtown and cruise for women in

01:34:58.798 --> 01:35:00.798
the fire truck.

01:35:02.268 --> 01:35:04.703
What gets me off about this, is
I call them to transport my wife

01:35:05.738 --> 01:35:07.738
to a hospital.

01:35:08.700 --> 01:35:10.809
She had pneumonia.
She was very ill.

01:35:11.243 --> 01:35:13.243
Actually once she was

01:35:13.479 --> 01:35:15.479
administered she was there for

01:35:15.514 --> 01:35:17.615
about four or five days.
Basically, they told me to pound

01:35:17.983 --> 01:35:20.919
salt.
The guy started to say, well, a

01:35:22.655 --> 01:35:24.655
flu can last a month, and a cold

01:35:26.225 --> 01:35:28.225
can last a week.

01:35:28.360 --> 01:35:30.360
And you know -- it just all

01:35:30.796 --> 01:35:32.796
turned south and they boogied

01:35:32.998 --> 01:35:34.998
and had me sign something.

01:35:36.335 --> 01:35:38.670
i reported it to the, oh, what's
it called, professional

01:35:39.104 --> 01:35:41.104
standards.

01:35:42.474 --> 01:35:44.509
Now, the city of sacramento has
in the police department, they

01:35:46.245 --> 01:35:48.245
have professional standards and

01:35:49.949 --> 01:35:52.717
they have internal affairs.
The fire department only has

01:35:53.351 --> 01:35:55.351
one.

01:35:55.954 --> 01:35:57.954
So nothing was done about it.

01:35:58.824 --> 01:36:01.593
They filled out, I guess, each
one filled out a slip, as I

01:36:02.995 --> 01:36:05.296
understand it.
They made sure they jived, and

01:36:07.310 --> 01:36:09.310
turned it in, and that's all.

01:36:09.402 --> 01:36:11.402
Oh, it sounds good.

01:36:11.403 --> 01:36:13.403
Let's see.

01:36:14.607 --> 01:36:16.441
They are really nasty people.
The only -- 

01:36:16.775 --> 01:36:19.510
>> thank you for your comments,
your time is complete.

01:36:19.945 --> 01:36:22.747
Next speaker, samuel lewis.
Thank you for your comments.

01:36:23.949 --> 01:36:25.949
Next speaker samuel lewis.

01:36:29.888 --> 01:36:31.140
Then luchen mordecai.
Samuel?

01:36:33.580 --> 01:36:35.580
>> I'm coming.

01:36:35.961 --> 01:36:37.961
Please don't forget your flag.

01:36:38.297 --> 01:36:40.799
>> I won't, thank you.
Samuel?

01:36:41.567 --> 01:36:43.567
>> something is on the projector

01:36:51.644 --> 01:36:54.120
again.
Okay, the reason I speak about

01:36:55.648 --> 01:36:58.583
these statistics is because it
is to be conscious of

01:36:58.918 --> 01:37:00.951
intersectionality in the cold
truth that pea pennsylvania ep

01:37:03.589 --> 01:37:05.490
many in power try to eradicate
queer and trans lives.

01:37:06.325 --> 01:37:08.325
We will not be silenced, we

01:37:08.794 --> 01:37:10.794
won't dough go into the closet.

01:37:11.363 --> 01:37:13.898
41 states have been trying to
pass anti-lgbtq bills in the

01:37:14.700 --> 01:37:16.700
united states in 2023.

01:37:16.902 --> 01:37:18.902
My question to the council and

01:37:19.605 --> 01:37:22.107
the mayor who is not here
anymore is what are you going to

01:37:23.943 --> 01:37:25.876
do to fight against housing,
employment, and health

01:37:27.413 --> 01:37:28.847
discrimination affecting trans
and queer community.

01:37:29.682 --> 01:37:31.682
And what will you do to fight

01:37:32.451 --> 01:37:34.451
far right hate groups targeting

01:37:35.388 --> 01:37:37.388
local lgbtq events and community

01:37:38.357 --> 01:37:39.991
members as the rise of hate
affiliated groups continue to

01:37:40.659 --> 01:37:42.659
show up in sacramento.

01:37:42.928 --> 01:37:44.928
What will you do during

01:37:45.130 --> 01:37:47.130
transgender visibility week that

01:37:48.300 --> 01:37:51.202
ensures the longevity of safety
and equality to the trans

01:37:51.570 --> 01:37:53.570
community in sacramento, not

01:37:53.973 --> 01:37:55.973
just for a week, for every

01:37:56.474 --> 01:37:58.474
following week after that.

01:38:00.913 --> 01:38:03.481
As anti-lgbtq and trans bills
grossly grow in legislation

01:38:04.450 --> 01:38:06.818
across the nation how will
sacramento city legislators and

01:38:06.985 --> 01:38:09.854
their body protect trans and
queer rights.

01:38:11.757 --> 01:38:13.757
It is not enough to just raise a

01:38:21.660 --> 01:38:23.660
trans flag for one week.

01:38:23.168 --> 01:38:25.168
Again I'm coming as a community

01:38:27.873 --> 01:38:29.873
member to uplift the demands for

01:38:31.577 --> 01:38:33.577
the last six weeks, one we

01:38:37.416 --> 01:38:39.416
demand -- we demand -- thank

01:38:39.685 --> 01:38:42.487
you.
All military equipment
purchases.

01:38:43.756 --> 01:38:46.457
We demand city council approve
all spcr recommendations on

01:38:46.492 --> 01:38:48.492
military equipment used.

01:38:48.794 --> 01:38:51.129
We demand a data transparency
ordinance for sacramento city.

01:38:52.598 --> 01:38:54.650
>> thank you for your comments,
your time is complete.

01:38:57.669 --> 01:38:59.669
Our next speaker is lucien, then

01:39:01.807 --> 01:39:03.807
mvw, then o.

01:39:07.646 --> 01:39:09.646
Lucien.

01:39:11.417 --> 01:39:13.417
>> hello, city council, I'm

01:39:16.955 --> 01:39:18.955
lucien mordecai, my pronounces

01:39:19.224 --> 01:39:21.893
are they/them.
It is important with the

01:39:22.995 --> 01:39:25.530
anti-trans bills sweeping the
nation and the states there's a

01:39:25.798 --> 01:39:27.798
difference between speaking up

01:39:28.670 --> 01:39:30.502
to amplify our voices and
speaking for us.
We don't need your voices to be

01:39:31.203 --> 01:39:33.203
louder than ours.

01:39:34.607 --> 01:39:37.408
i wish we did not need for the
scream for us.

01:39:40.450 --> 01:39:42.450
It is performative for chris

01:39:42.281 --> 01:39:44.315
gender people to put on what we
call presentation about
something you will never

01:39:44.516 --> 01:39:47.840
understand.
About is being a part of any

01:39:48.870 --> 01:39:49.553
decision making process that has
to do with our lives.

01:39:50.556 --> 01:39:52.556
These same people, one of them

01:39:52.724 --> 01:39:54.724
left, are backing mill tarizing

01:39:56.462 --> 01:39:58.462
the police force, heavily affect

01:39:59.765 --> 01:40:01.765
black and brown livelihood.

01:40:01.766 --> 01:40:03.766
33 transgender people were

01:40:05.404 --> 01:40:07.710
killed in 2022, half of them
were black individuals.

01:40:08.240 --> 01:40:10.808
You lack the knowledge of these
interjection nationals but

01:40:10.809 --> 01:40:12.944
what's when ignorance is bliss
comes into play.

01:40:15.614 --> 01:40:18.516
Only bringing awareness is not
enough for a resolution.
I want to urge you guys to

01:40:18.818 --> 01:40:20.818
actually think about what else

01:40:21.420 --> 01:40:23.288
you're going to do besides one
week out of the year.

01:40:24.657 --> 01:40:26.657
>> thank you for your comments,

01:40:27.359 --> 01:40:29.359
next speaker is mvw, then o.,

01:40:41.774 --> 01:40:44.709
then marbia.
As soon as you start we can put
it up.

01:40:46.979 --> 01:40:49.130
Please proceed.
>> not all representation is

01:40:49.748 --> 01:40:51.748
good representation.

01:40:53.485 --> 01:40:55.485
If a cop is wearing a dashiki or

01:40:56.821 --> 01:40:59.691
trans pin on their chest while
they kneel on your neck does it

01:41:00.226 --> 01:41:01.992
hurt any less?
Solidarity with the trans

01:41:03.696 --> 01:41:05.797
community includes calling out
performative and white liberal

01:41:08.567 --> 01:41:10.567
bull like what you did today.

01:41:12.370 --> 01:41:14.370
Fascists come in all forms, not

01:41:16.410 --> 01:41:18.900
just pearing a pb hat.
Six weeks we have been sitting

01:41:18.978 --> 01:41:20.978
right here.

01:41:21.130 --> 01:41:23.130
Only people that have come six

01:41:23.415 --> 01:41:25.916
weeks, every single tuesday in a
row.

01:41:26.785 --> 01:41:28.785
not one of you, besides katie,

01:41:29.421 --> 01:41:30.989
has come up to us and asked why
we're here.

01:41:31.924 --> 01:41:33.924
What is it that we're actually

01:41:34.260 --> 01:41:36.260
asking about.

01:41:36.280 --> 01:41:37.895
We're here because of tyree
nichols.

01:41:38.330 --> 01:41:40.665
We're here because he was a
sacramento native who wanted to

01:41:41.990 --> 01:41:43.670
come back home but worried about
becoming homeless when he came

01:41:43.502 --> 01:41:45.502
back here.

01:41:45.870 --> 01:41:47.870
He couldn't afford the rent.

01:41:49.800 --> 01:41:51.743
We're here because decars rate
memphis put out a list of

01:41:52.511 --> 01:41:55.346
demands and they were so good
that every city should have the

01:41:56.982 --> 01:41:58.982
demands that they have.

01:42:00.853 --> 01:42:02.854
Those include a demand on all
moratorium on all military

01:42:03.354 --> 01:42:05.354
equipment purchases.

01:42:06.592 --> 01:42:08.592
We demand the city council

01:42:08.761 --> 01:42:10.828
approve all svrc recommendations
on military equipment used.

01:42:11.796 --> 01:42:14.732
We demand a data transparency
ordinance for sacramento city.

01:42:17.336 --> 01:42:19.771
We demand an end to sac pd use
of pretextual traffic stops.

01:42:21.407 --> 01:42:24.308
We demand an end to sac pd use
of unmarked cars and

01:42:24.843 --> 01:42:26.843
plain-clothes police officer.

01:42:28.247 --> 01:42:30.415
We demand sac pd dissolve gang
enforcement and problem oriented

01:42:30.983 --> 01:42:32.983
policing teement.

01:42:33.752 --> 01:42:35.752
We demand a moratorium on all

01:42:35.921 --> 01:42:37.155
homeless sweeps, stop the
sweeps.

01:42:38.891 --> 01:42:41.526
We demand an end to sac pd
traffic inforcement.

01:42:41.861 --> 01:42:43.861
We're here for darrell richards.

01:42:45.396 --> 01:42:46.798
Brandon smith.
For stefan clark.

01:42:49.101 --> 01:42:51.302
For joseph mann.
Daisy -- 

01:42:51.804 --> 01:42:53.804
>> your time is complete.

01:42:56.141 --> 01:42:58.343
Next speaker is o.
Your time is complete.

01:43:00.312 --> 01:43:02.312
Thank you for your comments.

01:43:02.648 --> 01:43:04.648
Next speaker is o., then

01:43:09.388 --> 01:43:11.355
marbaya.
>> visibility.

01:43:11.991 --> 01:43:13.991
The state of being able to see

01:43:14.326 --> 01:43:16.594
or be seen.
Invisibility, the state of being

01:43:17.396 --> 01:43:18.863
ignored or not taken into
consideration.

01:43:19.532 --> 01:43:22.400
We've been here for six weeks
now with our demands and I just

01:43:24.235 --> 01:43:26.571
want to give a shoutout to our
queer trans youth showing up for

01:43:27.439 --> 01:43:29.807
six weeks after this council has
done everything they can to try

01:43:31.176 --> 01:43:33.645
to silence you, ignore you, and
make you feel invisible.

01:43:34.713 --> 01:43:37.448
Yet they say they want to
recognize trans visibility week.

01:43:38.216 --> 01:43:40.318
I'm so sorry this city is
failing you.

01:43:41.120 --> 01:43:43.788
I see you, I hear you, I love
you, and I'm proud of you f only

01:43:44.123 --> 01:43:46.657
they knew how much the decisions
they make in this room every

01:43:47.920 --> 01:43:49.627
week directly affect the
communities we represent.

01:43:50.129 --> 01:43:52.464
The black community, the brown
community, the trans
communities, the queer

01:43:52.464 --> 01:43:54.499
community, the unhoused
community.

01:43:55.267 --> 01:43:57.234
We are directly impacted by the
decisions they are making for us

01:43:57.837 --> 01:44:00.772
without us.
People are dying.

01:44:01.273 --> 01:44:03.273
Our communities are under attack

01:44:03.542 --> 01:44:06.377
and whether the council wants to
admit it or not their words and

01:44:06.545 --> 01:44:08.545
resolutions do nothing for us.

01:44:08.747 --> 01:44:10.747
To the families who lost loved

01:44:11.183 --> 01:44:13.183
ones due to being murdered by

01:44:13.351 --> 01:44:15.587
police and black, brown, queer,
unhoused communities I want you

01:44:15.854 --> 01:44:17.854
to know that we will continue to

01:44:17.923 --> 01:44:20.758
fight until we live in a city
where our communities can feel
safe.

01:44:21.960 --> 01:44:24.863
A community safe from racists,
militarized overfunded police

01:44:26.332 --> 01:44:29.167
departments and community where
hate groups like proud boys

01:44:30.536 --> 01:44:32.203
aren't tolerateded, food
security, housing security,

01:44:32.772 --> 01:44:35.439
financial security.
That's what we deserve and what

01:44:36.410 --> 01:44:37.942
public safety actually looks
like.

01:44:39.712 --> 01:44:41.712
Meet our list of demands, defund

01:44:41.981 --> 01:44:44.215
zach P.D., fund the community,
and f this performative ass

01:44:51.290 --> 01:44:53.290
council.

01:44:54.930 --> 01:44:56.930
>> marbaya.

01:44:57.329 --> 01:44:59.329
>> good evening.

01:44:59.831 --> 01:45:02.633
So I am here as a community
member.

01:45:05.404 --> 01:45:07.205
Not on measure u or PRESIDENT Of
gnna.

01:45:08.340 --> 01:45:10.340
I came here in support, and I

01:45:11.710 --> 01:45:13.177
applaud you for the passage of
your two resolutions.

01:45:13.979 --> 01:45:16.447
And while it is a beginning, the
words were very powerful and

01:45:16.915 --> 01:45:19.717
very moving.
I wasn't going to -- I was

01:45:21.420 --> 01:45:23.922
happy, I wasn't going to say
anything.
Then this young woman spoke

01:45:26.192 --> 01:45:28.192
about the homeless woman that

01:45:29.394 --> 01:45:30.929
died because she died of not
having any place to sleep.

01:45:31.964 --> 01:45:34.533
I've been struggling with this
issue, not sure who to say

01:45:34.533 --> 01:45:36.768
something to to or what to do
with it.

01:45:37.836 --> 01:45:40.400
When I leave here at night I see
the individuals sleeping along

01:45:42.675 --> 01:45:45.610
the outside of this building.
Nothing on them, they're on

01:45:47.790 --> 01:45:49.470
cement, trying -- with no
covers, minimal covers, it

01:45:49.148 --> 01:45:51.148
bothers me.

01:45:51.483 --> 01:45:54.520
Last night I left at 9:30, it
was cold, I was cold, they were

01:45:54.530 --> 01:45:56.530
all lined up sleeping.

01:45:56.922 --> 01:45:58.188
I want to bring it to your
attention.

01:45:59.658 --> 01:46:01.759
Can we at least show some
compassion and give them the

01:46:01.861 --> 01:46:03.861
little silver blankets?

01:46:03.995 --> 01:46:06.464
I don't think they're that
expensive.
Something so that, I'm not

01:46:07.733 --> 01:46:09.968
saying remove them, by no means,
I'm ep not advocating for.

01:46:09.968 --> 01:46:12.337
That we know they're sleeping
there.

01:46:13.239 --> 01:46:15.239
They're in city council.

01:46:15.341 --> 01:46:17.876
I have to walk out all of us
walk out, maybe you don't see

01:46:17.876 --> 01:46:20.211
them but I see them, it's
bothered me.

01:46:21.147 --> 01:46:24.150
Last night it struck me and when
I heard this young woman say her

01:46:24.716 --> 01:46:27.252
comments, I decided I needed to
bring it the all of your

01:46:28.421 --> 01:46:31.189
attention and see if something
can be done for those, for right

01:46:32.240 --> 01:46:33.391
now, they're not going to the
warming centers.

01:46:35.427 --> 01:46:37.829
But they're out there.
Just breaks my hard to see that

01:46:40.866 --> 01:46:42.866
and walk by that, thank you.

01:46:45.404 --> 01:46:47.404
>> next speaker is jack blatner.

01:46:47.673 --> 01:46:49.974
If you unmute.
>> good evening, councilmembers,

01:46:52.211 --> 01:46:54.946
this is jack blatner sacramento
metro chamber representing over

01:46:56.715 --> 01:46:57.949
600 member businesses in the
region.

01:46:59.318 --> 01:47:01.319
I'd like to speak tonight about
measure o.

01:47:02.421 --> 01:47:04.421
We were so pleased that the city

01:47:05.257 --> 01:47:07.792
and county reached a landmark
partnership agreement on
DECEMBER 6.

01:47:09.462 --> 01:47:11.363
And we were right there, at the
celebration press conference in

01:47:12.498 --> 01:47:14.498
city hall, and we're excited for

01:47:15.000 --> 01:47:17.402
further progress.
But as we understand, the text

01:47:20.105 --> 01:47:23.700
of measure o, that DECEMBER 6
agreement was the effective date

01:47:24.176 --> 01:47:26.276
of implementation according to
measure o's terms.

01:47:27.279 --> 01:47:29.581
This is significant, because
measure o requires that within

01:47:31.650 --> 01:47:34.151
90 days of that effective date,
which would have been MARCH 6,

01:47:36.210 --> 01:47:38.390
the city manager needs to
identify and authorize at least

01:47:39.250 --> 01:47:41.860
the number of new emergency
shelter spaces that equals 20%

01:47:43.763 --> 01:47:45.763
of the minimum threshold.

01:47:45.831 --> 01:47:47.831
Measure o further requires that

01:47:48.433 --> 01:47:50.433
90 days after its effective date

01:47:50.936 --> 01:47:53.905
again MARCH 6, the city manager
must collect data regarding the

01:47:54.140 --> 01:47:56.774
progress and providing the
emergency shelter spaces, and

01:47:57.710 --> 01:47:59.710
report that data to the city

01:48:00.212 --> 01:48:02.212
council every 30 days.

01:48:02.381 --> 01:48:04.381
If the city has a different

01:48:05.151 --> 01:48:07.619
interpretation for what the date
of measure o. Was, we would be

01:48:08.621 --> 01:48:10.621
happy to hear it.

01:48:10.755 --> 01:48:12.490
As we understand it, it's past
time for the people to hear from

01:48:13.259 --> 01:48:15.893
the city.
Especially now in this inclement

01:48:16.829 --> 01:48:19.431
weather as we heard tonight from
those horrifying stories about

01:48:19.899 --> 01:48:22.633
people literally dying on the
streets.

01:48:23.234 --> 01:48:25.703
So we do need these shelter
spaces now.

01:48:26.806 --> 01:48:28.806
And we are looking forward to

01:48:29.575 --> 01:48:32.176
hearing how, where, and when the
city will identify and authorize

01:48:33.790 --> 01:48:35.790
these new shelter spaces.

01:48:36.150 --> 01:48:38.282
As measure o. Clearly requires.
So at least know that the

01:48:39.180 --> 01:48:41.180
chamber stands ready to help in

01:48:41.687 --> 01:48:43.687
any appropriate way as a willing

01:48:43.889 --> 01:48:46.292
partner, and we thank you for
your consideration, and we look
forward to hearing from you

01:48:46.292 --> 01:48:47.825
soon.
Thank you.

01:48:49.628 --> 01:48:51.628
>> thank you for your comments.

01:48:52.731 --> 01:48:55.500
Next speaker caller user 2, is
that MR. Davis?

01:48:57.200 --> 01:48:59.200
>> yes, this is lambert davis.

01:49:00.139 --> 01:49:02.139
And I want to make sure that I

01:49:03.800 --> 01:49:05.800
get these two minutes in.

01:49:06.479 --> 01:49:08.479
I'm hearing something called the

01:49:10.683 --> 01:49:13.840
del paso boulevard-marysville
corridor.

01:49:13.252 --> 01:49:15.252
You can't trick me with.

01:49:16.255 --> 01:49:18.255
That it should be called the

01:49:18.424 --> 01:49:20.424
marysville corridor.

01:49:22.194 --> 01:49:23.895
If you go from I-80 on
marysville boulevard and come

01:49:25.131 --> 01:49:27.131
back to del paso boulevard, you

01:49:28.167 --> 01:49:31.350
can get a lot of things
accomplished.
Starting with paving the roads

01:49:31.137 --> 01:49:33.437
like you did del paso boulevard
last summer.

01:49:34.106 --> 01:49:36.106
It was a great job but they

01:49:36.875 --> 01:49:38.875
didn't come down marysville.

01:49:39.845 --> 01:49:41.946
And they went past marysville to
raley boulevard which is a great

01:49:45.317 --> 01:49:47.185
job but you can't fool a native.
Quit calling it del paso

01:49:47.787 --> 01:49:49.821
boulevard first, because that's
a trick.

01:49:52.124 --> 01:49:54.124
That's a trick.

01:49:54.927 --> 01:49:56.927
And in terms of city COUNCILMAN

01:49:57.363 --> 01:50:00.198
Loloee and even the city
manager's office, I personally

01:50:01.167 --> 01:50:03.167
think that this is my vision,

01:50:04.203 --> 01:50:06.571
I'm the one who's been promoting
this thing for -- at least since

01:50:07.390 --> 01:50:09.607
last summer.
I think district 2 should cut me

01:50:10.509 --> 01:50:12.509
a check of some money, and I

01:50:13.479 --> 01:50:15.580
think the city manager's office
should cut me a check.

01:50:16.915 --> 01:50:18.915
Because I'm the one who said to

01:50:19.318 --> 01:50:21.318
myself, if they listen to me

01:50:21.387 --> 01:50:24.122
they can clean up the marysville
corridor.

01:50:24.323 --> 01:50:26.791
And our cheesecakes have gone
viral.

01:50:29.394 --> 01:50:31.394
We didn't have any money, and we

01:50:32.464 --> 01:50:34.464
still took it viral to the bay

01:50:34.667 --> 01:50:36.667
area during the super bowl and

01:50:37.770 --> 01:50:40.672
valentine's day.
Shoutout to the millenials of

01:50:41.540 --> 01:50:43.174
sacramento, you took a baby
boomer through to an e-commerce

01:50:43.875 --> 01:50:45.143
deal.
Thank you.

01:50:46.145 --> 01:50:49.130
But they should be cutting me a
check because I'm the one who

01:50:49.549 --> 01:50:51.549
kept coming down to city hall

01:50:51.884 --> 01:50:54.551
promoting this, I'm not trying
to steal the thunder, but I

01:50:55.354 --> 01:50:57.689
should get some sort of
compensation, I can't get a
check out of you.

01:50:59.910 --> 01:51:01.459
>> thank you for your comments.
next speaker is courtney.

01:51:04.960 --> 01:51:06.960
Courtney if you unmute.

01:51:06.899 --> 01:51:08.333
>> yes, my pronouns are
they/them.

01:51:09.902 --> 01:51:11.902
It is disrespectful and shady to

01:51:12.710 --> 01:51:14.506
move agenda items related to the
police unless requested by a

01:51:14.507 --> 01:51:16.775
citizen.
I have lost count of the amount

01:51:18.344 --> 01:51:20.711
of times an item that myself and
others worked to prepare to only

01:51:22.481 --> 01:51:24.616
to have it moved.
Secondly, so many councilmembers

01:51:25.585 --> 01:51:28.186
said wonderful supportive things
regarding transgender visibility
week.

01:51:28.554 --> 01:51:30.954
I'm curious to see if you put
the money where your mouth is.

01:51:31.890 --> 01:51:34.250
To support the transgender
community is to be against the

01:51:34.227 --> 01:51:36.227
police and especially against

01:51:36.495 --> 01:51:38.897
the militarization of police.
Because who was it that marcia

01:51:40.833 --> 01:51:42.467
p. Johnson and sylvia rivera
fought against at stonewall, the

01:51:43.336 --> 01:51:46.204
cops.
Well armed, well protected cop

01:51:46.873 --> 01:51:49.375
doing the bidding of cis people
in their own city.

01:51:49.375 --> 01:51:51.375
Every city council meeting I

01:51:51.510 --> 01:51:53.510
have listened to since 2020 the

01:51:53.813 --> 01:51:55.713
community expressed we are
opposed to and done with giving

01:51:55.815 --> 01:51:57.649
the sacramento police department
more money.

01:51:59.418 --> 01:52:02.220
The budget is over $220 million.
Our city is suffering greatly

01:52:03.422 --> 01:52:06.124
but you give money to police
even by their own metrics

01:52:06.359 --> 01:52:08.359
haven't made the city safer.

01:52:09.610 --> 01:52:11.863
The budget increases, crime
rates stay the same or rise.

01:52:11.931 --> 01:52:14.000
When will you invest and care
for the community instead of

01:52:14.000 --> 01:52:15.833
preparing for violence against
it.

01:52:16.269 --> 01:52:18.170
How much do you spend on mental
health services?

01:52:18.571 --> 01:52:21.720
How much do you spend on
affordable and transitional
housing?

01:52:22.308 --> 01:52:24.543
I say how much you spend because
clearly, only one or maybe two

01:52:25.244 --> 01:52:27.450
of you are actually listening to
the opinions of citizens of

01:52:28.181 --> 01:52:30.181
sacramento.

01:52:30.416 --> 01:52:32.416
More of you listened, you would

01:52:32.684 --> 01:52:34.921
know that we do not support the
militarization of police and

01:52:34.921 --> 01:52:36.921
certainly do not support giving

01:52:37.230 --> 01:52:38.223
them anymore money, ever, end,
done.

01:52:39.459 --> 01:52:42.260
Thank you.
>> thank you for your comments.

01:52:45.397 --> 01:52:47.431
Our final speaker is maria
grijalva.

01:52:47.833 --> 01:52:50.502
>> thank you for this
opportunity to speak.

01:52:52.572 --> 01:52:54.572
I'd like to enter into public

01:52:55.108 --> 01:52:57.108
record this promise.

01:52:59.311 --> 01:53:01.311
I hope that angela is still in

01:53:02.415 --> 01:53:05.317
the chambers.
I'm maria, latino information

01:53:06.520 --> 01:53:08.520
and resource center.

01:53:08.287 --> 01:53:10.889
I'm here to comment regarding
the assault that shawn loloee

01:53:11.457 --> 01:53:13.457
did against the my daughter.

01:53:14.327 --> 01:53:16.327
I think it is pretty hippo

01:53:17.230 --> 01:53:19.230
critical for him to speak about

01:53:19.698 --> 01:53:21.698
women's rights when he is known

01:53:25.404 --> 01:53:27.404
for -- somebody -- okay.

01:53:29.375 --> 01:53:31.375
Am I -- excuse me.

01:53:32.979 --> 01:53:34.979
>> maria, you can continue.

01:53:35.948 --> 01:53:37.149
>> okay, I assume I've not lost
time.

01:53:38.510 --> 01:53:40.619
It's very important that I enter
into public record, and actually

01:53:42.210 --> 01:53:44.890
this is really a notice of a
cease and desist for the

01:53:45.558 --> 01:53:47.558
councilmember.

01:53:49.229 --> 01:53:51.229
Some of you might have seen the

01:53:53.166 --> 01:53:55.700
sacramento bee opinion by robin
epley, I believe.

01:53:56.803 --> 01:53:58.803
It is a peers there is a pattern

01:53:59.438 --> 01:54:01.438
here, and it appears that the

01:54:01.473 --> 01:54:03.473
councilmember is putting the

01:54:05.110 --> 01:54:07.546
city in a very liable position,
by yelling at women.

01:54:10.149 --> 01:54:12.149
It is a fact of the matter that

01:54:13.786 --> 01:54:15.786
who attempted to sue me for

01:54:16.389 --> 01:54:19.570
slander, and mark merrin sued
him back, it was a slap case.

01:54:19.591 --> 01:54:21.591
And he lost.

01:54:22.594 --> 01:54:24.594
He had to pay $35,000.

01:54:25.498 --> 01:54:27.498
And he goes around saying that

01:54:27.767 --> 01:54:30.736
it's a business writeoff and
that it was a lie.
And that it's not true.

01:54:31.637 --> 01:54:33.637
The fact of the matter is that

01:54:34.540 --> 01:54:36.975
he has over 15 cases where he
was sued for breach of contract

01:54:37.476 --> 01:54:39.476
for labor violations.

01:54:39.579 --> 01:54:41.579
The federal department of labor

01:54:41.580 --> 01:54:44.216
had, went after him.
And so he's trying to look like

01:54:45.417 --> 01:54:47.219
he has some kind of a facade
that's not proper.

01:54:49.789 --> 01:54:51.789
So please, I ask the city

01:54:53.392 --> 01:54:55.392
attorney, to sanction this

01:54:55.795 --> 01:54:58.396
misogynistic person.
I don't want to have to have to

01:54:59.565 --> 01:55:01.565
file a complaint.

01:55:02.000 --> 01:55:04.235
Thank you for your comments.
>> vice mayor I have no other
speakers.

01:55:04.336 --> 01:55:07.305
>> thank you.
MADAM Clerk.

01:55:08.540 --> 01:55:10.540
Councilmember jennings, we have

01:55:10.676 --> 01:55:12.676
adjourn in memory?

01:55:13.680 --> 01:55:15.680
>> I do, vice mayor.

01:55:15.915 --> 01:55:17.915
This council meeting I'd like to

01:55:18.551 --> 01:55:20.952
adjourn the council meeting in
memory of DR. Curtis j.

01:55:21.487 --> 01:55:24.323
Mitchell.
On sunday, MARCH 12,

01:55:25.625 --> 01:55:27.625
DR. Mitchell went home to the

01:55:28.270 --> 01:55:30.329
loving arms of his lord, as he
departed, he was surrounded by

01:55:31.397 --> 01:55:33.732
the spirit of love of his
family, friends, and members of

01:55:34.330 --> 01:55:36.330
his congregation.

01:55:37.836 --> 01:55:40.605
In the eyes of many, he was a
giant.

01:55:41.908 --> 01:55:43.908
He was a giant of a man.

01:55:44.711 --> 01:55:46.711
DR. Mitchell was a senior pastor

01:55:47.747 --> 01:55:50.282
of the antioch progressive
church for the last 30 years,

01:55:50.850 --> 01:55:52.850
30-plus years.

01:55:54.220 --> 01:55:56.220
He was a son, a brother, a

01:55:56.489 --> 01:55:58.489
husband, a father, grandfather,

01:55:59.157 --> 01:56:01.157
great grandfather, and mentor to

01:56:01.327 --> 01:56:03.327
many including me.

01:56:04.464 --> 01:56:06.464
He was smart, holding academic

01:56:07.367 --> 01:56:10.168
degrees from trinity theological
seminary, masters of ministry,

01:56:12.710 --> 01:56:14.710
assume a couple laud, and doctor

01:56:14.507 --> 01:56:16.507
at of philosophy.

01:56:16.776 --> 01:56:19.511
Many of us sat on his porch and
listened to every single word

01:56:19.879 --> 01:56:22.781
that he said.
He was involved in many facets

01:56:23.883 --> 01:56:25.884
of community work, such as
sacramento county department of

01:56:27.287 --> 01:56:29.287
health, the task force on aids,

01:56:29.755 --> 01:56:31.755
the board of directors of the

01:56:31.791 --> 01:56:34.660
goodwill industries, and many,
many more.

01:56:35.940 --> 01:56:37.940
A remembrance service and

01:56:37.129 --> 01:56:40.650
celebration of DR. Mitchell's
life will be held friday, the

01:56:42.680 --> 01:56:44.602
24th, at 6:00 P.M.
Also a celebration of life will

01:56:46.710 --> 01:56:48.710
be held on saturday, the 25th,

01:56:48.374 --> 01:56:50.374
at 10:00A.M.

01:56:52.879 --> 01:56:54.746
On sunday, MARCH 26, a special
sunday service worship will be

01:56:57.500 --> 01:56:59.484
held at 10:00A.M., along with a
luncheon featuring the seven

01:57:00.553 --> 01:57:03.489
sayings of DR. Curtis j.
Mitchell at 12:30.

01:57:04.891 --> 01:57:07.259
All services will be held at his
church, antioch progressive

01:57:08.327 --> 01:57:10.327
church, sacramento, california.

01:57:10.496 --> 01:57:12.496
In district 8.

01:57:13.233 --> 01:57:15.701
At 7650 amherst street,
sacramento, 95832.

01:57:17.203 --> 01:57:19.203
In addition to closing and

01:57:19.839 --> 01:57:21.839
honoring him at this meeting,

01:57:21.908 --> 01:57:23.908
the city resolution will be

01:57:24.343 --> 01:57:27.146
provided to the family.
I just want to let all of you

01:57:29.150 --> 01:57:31.717
know that DR. Mitchell was an
incredible mentor to me.

01:57:32.418 --> 01:57:34.419
Someone who I truly respected.
And looked at as a father

01:57:35.822 --> 01:57:38.524
figure.
And every single thing he told

01:57:40.160 --> 01:57:42.127
me, I listened to every word and
held it close to my heart.

01:57:43.630 --> 01:57:45.797
He will be missed.
>> thank you, very much,

01:57:46.332 --> 01:57:48.332
councilmember jennings.

01:57:48.868 --> 01:57:51.537
I, too, would like to
acknowledge, my condolences to

01:57:53.173 --> 01:57:55.974
his loved ones and his community
for his tireless work.

01:57:57.210 --> 01:58:00.780
With that, we are -- we will
adjourn in memory of DR. Curtis

01:58:02.810 --> 01:58:03.782
j. Mitchell at 7:03 P.M., MARCH
21, 2023, stand adjourned.