[ 9:00 A.M. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] TO THE MAY 26TH, UM, 2026 MEETING OF THE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE. STEVE JENSEN, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS? SUPERVISOR FRERICHS? HERE. SUPERVISOR VIXIE SANDY? PRESENT. SUPERVISOR ALLEN? HERE. SUPERVISOR BRAJAS IS NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT. SURE WE EXPECT HIM. OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. OKAY, MOVED BY FRERICHS, SECONDED BY VILLEGAS. ANY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT MOVES US TO OUR PHIL PUGLOVICH. COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE RULES OF THE MEETING? WE DO. THANK YOU. SO AS WE START TODAY'S MEETING, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW A FEW GUIDELINES TO HELP US ENSURE THAT THE MEETING RUNS SMOOTHLY AND RESPECTFULLY. FIRST, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE OR OTHER AUDIBLE EXPRESSIONS WHILE SOMEONE IS SPEAKING, EXCEPT FOR ITEMS SUCH AS HONORARY RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS THAT ARE CELEBRATED BY ALL PRESENT. SECOND, PLEASE DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VIEW OF THOSE AROUND YOU WITH SIGNS, PHONES, OR OBJECTS. THIRD, THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY MAKE THEIR OWN RECORDINGS FROM THEIR SEATS, PROVIDED THEY DO NOT OBSTRUCT VIEWS OR INTENTIONALLY INTERFERE WITH THE PARTICIPATION OR COMFORT OF OTHERS. A DESIGNATED FILMING AREA IS AVAILABLE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROOM FOR THOSE WHO NEED MORE SPACE. RECORDING MAY NOT BE USED TO HARASS, INTIMIDATE, FOLLOW, OR TARGET ANY INDIVIDUAL. SUCH CONDUCT IS DISRUPTIVE AND MAY RESULT IN YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. AND FINALLY, FOR THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, SPEAKER CARDS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND PLACED IN THE BASKET LOCATED AT THE END OF THE TABLE BEHIND THE BOARD CLERK, JUST OVER THERE. CARDS ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND ON THE TABLES IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE. COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS, HONORARY RESOLUTIONS, AND CLOSED SESSION ITEMS MAY ONLY BE MADE DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED MOMENTARILY. FOR ALL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN WHEN ANNOUNCED AND MUST BE LIMITED TO THAT ITEM. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER PER ITEM AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN TO AUDIENCE OR STAFF. THE TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT WILL BE ENFORCED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING US MAINTAIN A SAFE, ORDERLY, AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? YES, CHAIR. I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM GENEVIEVE LEHIGH AND CATHERINE POWER, WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD. FOR THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CAROL ANDERSON PEARSON. YES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. IT'S ABOUT THE PUMP AT WILD WINGS GOLF COMMUNITY. USUALLY IT TAKES FOUR PUMPS. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ONE THAT'S WORKING, AND WE'RE REQUESTING THE MONEY. IT'S ABOUT $7,000, $8,000 THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET THAT IS NOT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, AND THAT ONE PUMP THAT'S NOT WORKING, IF IT GOES DOWN, THEN WE HAVE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE GOLF COMMUNITY, THE GOLF CLUB IS NOT VIABLE, AND ALSO IT AFFECTS OUR SEWAGE, WHICH THEN WILL COST US ABOUT $100,000 TO PUMP THE SEWAGE OUT INTO TRUCKS. AND THAT'S REQUESTING THAT IT BE APPROVED QUICKLY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDY HIGGERSON. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M JUDY HIGGERSON, AND I'M VOTER SERVICE CHAIR FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, AND MY COLLEAGUE, JUDY WOLFRAM. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ALONG WITH OUR ELECTION OFFICES, OUR EDUCATIONAL BOARD, AND OUR LIBRARIES. WE WERE HERE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO [00:05:02] TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND BOY, DID YOU DO IT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. SO TODAY WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU. WHO ARE TOP WINNERS WERE IN TERMS OF THE CONTEST WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REGARDS TO REWARD MONEY WE NEEDED A LITTLE HELP FINDING OUR WINNERS BUT THANK YOU UH... MISTER BARAHA IN REGARDS TO FINDING OUT UH... LOCATION WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COUNTY CITIES IN REGARDS TO UH... ENTRIES WE HAD OVER THIRTY SEVEN ENTRIES INTO THE CONTEST WE'RE HERE TODAY PROUDLY TO SHOW YOU THAT OUR YOUTH IS ENGAGED, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE ELECTIONS AND THEIR VOTING OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. WE WILL THEN, IS THERE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, CHAIR, I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS. THANK YOU. [ CONSENT AGENDA] THEN WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED? MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY, MOVED BY SUPERVISOR BARAJA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR FRERICHS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [ INTRODUCTIONS & HONORARY RESOLUTIONS] NOW TO INTRODUCTIONS. JESSE SALINAS, YOU HAVE AN INTRODUCTION FOR US. OUR ACE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, AND INTRODUCED TO YOU TODAY. TEAM JAMES AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHERE SHE OVERSAW NUMEROUS STAFF, INCLUDING OVER 100 EXTRA HELP AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF HER CAREER SHE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND ELECTIONS OVER THE YEARS, AND SHE HAS OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND ELECTIONS. IN ADDITION, SHE HAS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THAT SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED IN LEADERSHIP WITH A FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT PAULA HERE IS, WHEN SHE WAS APPLYING AND I SAW HER APPLICATION AND SAW THAT SHE HAD A 4.0 IN HER MASTER'S PROGRAM, I GO, OKAY, WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT HAS SOME CHOPS THAT CAN JUMP IN AND WE JUST HAVE THROWN HER RIGHT IN AND SHE'S BEEN LEARNING AND GROWING AND REALLY ALREADY, STAFF HAS ALREADY COMMENTED TO ME HER INSIGHTS AND HER ABILITY. ISSUES. SO EXCITED. I'D LOVE TO HAVE HER COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME HER TO YOLO COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESSE, FOR INTRODUCING ME. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE WARM WELCOME. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN YOLO COUNTY AND BECOME A PART OF AN AMAZING TEAM. MY TEAM IS SO GREAT SO FAR. EVERYONE IS SO WELCOMING. WELCOME TO YOLO COUNTY AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS WITH ME THE FIRST TIME. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. AND I'M LIKE, I AM BOTH HONORED AND SUPER SAD TO BE PROVIDING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY BECAUSE I DEEPLY THANK YOU FOR... ALL THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE. [00:10:02] YOU KNOW, YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOUSE. DID YOU KNOW THAT? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO READ HERE THAT WE WERE SO FORTUNATE THAT SHE BROUGHT HER EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP TO THE COUNTY AS A HEALTH OFFICER BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 2020. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THAT YOU NOT ONLY ARE A LEADER HERE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND YET YOU SERVE. IN THE APPOINTMENT ON FIRST FIVE YOLO COMMISSION AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ON LOCAL HEALTH OFFICERS SINCE 2024, SECRETARY OF HEALTH OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE SIERRA SACRAMENTO VALLEY MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW THAT. JUST AS SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY SUPER INTERESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH, I'VE APPRECIATED THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR. ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT? YOU WANT TO TELL US WHERE YOU'RE GOING? I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT. I KNOW YOU'RE VERY EXCITED. YOU'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M STILL TRYING TO PRETEND IT'S NOT HAPPENING. THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT SINCE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WHEN I WAS IN DIFFERENT ROLE THERE WAS SOMETHING ON MY CALENDAR EVERY MONTH CALLED THE PIO CALL. AND IT HAD NOTHING, I LOVE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER. IT WAS ALL ABOUT YOU. AND YOU HAVE BEEN, SINCE YOU FIRST ARRIVED, DOING THOSE CALLS WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT LEADERS, CITY LEADERS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND IT HAS CONTINUED ON EACH MONTH. AND I JUST FOUND THAT KIND OF THE THINGS THAT KEEP COMING UP. IN THE FORM OF SOMETHING ELSE. WE ALL WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN. I'M JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE SERVED AS THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. SUCH A BLESSING FOR ME TO LAND HERE AFTER HAVING BEEN TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF YOLO COUNTY. I THANK OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY, NOT NECESSARILY FOR ME, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS AND MY WIFE, WHO ARE ALSO HERE TODAY. REALLY JUST TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC WAS A CHALLENGING TIME. THE WAY OUR TEAM CAME DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THEY DID, AND NOW THEY'RE ALL. SUPERVISOR ALLEN SAID THAT I WOULD SAY IT WHERE I'M GOING. I AM HEADED TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO LEAD A NEW TEAM THERE, THE TRAUMA MITIGATION AND RESPONSE UNIT, AND STATE STAFF BUT ALSO LOCAL. UM LEADERS IN TERMS OF TRAUMA RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP SO REALLY EXCITED UH TO BE DIVING INTO THIS AREA THAT I'M VERY BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO OUR TEAM YEAH, I JUST WANTED [00:15:17] TO FOLLOW UP IF I COULD. DR. SISSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ALL OF YOLO COUNTY. YOU DID COME IN AT A VERY, AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN YOU TALK TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHEN STAFF MOVE FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND SOMETIMES YOU GET A VERY INTERESTING FACIAL EXPRESSION WHEN SOMEBODY HAS LEFT FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER. WHEN YOU LEFT FROM PLACER COUNTY. IT WAS JUST A WEIRD TIME DURING COVID. IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME CRAZY TIME. AND I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY THAT YOU HAD LEFT A CERTAIN COUNTY AND YOU WERE TO YOLO. HAPPENED TO RUN INTO WORKING IN THE COUNTY. I SAID, HEY, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HIRED YOUR HEALTH OFFICER. THE LOOK THAT I GOT WAS ONE. YOU ARE LUCKY BECAUSE I FOLLOWED UP WITH HER LATER, BUT WE WERE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP YOUR SAME CELL PHONE NUMBER NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL. AND YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE USE OF THAT HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SAY A WORD? THANKS SO MUCH. WELL SAID, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. A COUPLE THINGS. DR. SISSON, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED THE COUNTY, BUT WAS SERVING IN ANOTHER ROLE IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY AT THAT POINT. GOT TO WORK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY STAFF DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC DOING THE VACCINATION CLINICS AND SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE ORIGINAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH YOU BUT ALSO JUST SINCE SERVING ON THE BOARD I MEAN I JUST THINK PUBLIC HEALTH YOU KNOW A LOT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS ON A DAILY BASIS IT MAY BE ALL IN TERMS OF OUR COUNTY STAFF CERTAINLY AND IT IS ON MINE NOW. FOR THE AVERAGE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S ON THE BASIS AND BREAKS BENEATH THE RADAR A BIT. AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COUNTY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE PLUS YEARS. AND TALK ABOUT RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE AND STILL ARE TO HAVE HAD OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU BE EMPLOYED HERE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK. I ALSO JUST FEEL SO GRATEFUL THE LAST YEAR AND A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OR SO NOW TO HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THE FIRST FIVE COMMISSION AS WELL. AND SO REALLY THANK YOU FOR WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED TO SERVE AND GOT TO DO SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THERE TOGETHER AS WELL TO TAKING CARE OF SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST POPULATIONS HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. SO JUST THANK YOU AND BEST OF WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE YEARS AHEAD. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, DR. SISSON, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. DURING THAT TIME WHEN YOU GOT APPOINTED, I CAME IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TURBULENCE IN THAT POSITION PRIOR. AND YOU CAME IN, YOU WERE ABLE TO STABILIZE IT, WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP, WORK WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, EVEN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S TOUGH TO DO. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS. DURING THE TIME OF COVID, WHAT IS ESSENTIAL, WHAT'S NOT? AND WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FARM WORKERS WERE MOVED UP TO GET THEIR SHOT AND VACCINATED. AND I BELIEVE WE WERE THE SECOND OR THIRD COUNTY STATEWIDE OUT OF 58 TO DO SO BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP ALONG WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY. SO IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT SYNERGY. YOU WERE THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD US DURING THAT TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE NOTICED, TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE AS [00:20:01] ELECTEDS, IF WE SERVED IN DIFFERENT BODIES OR COMMITTEES, WE KIND OF HEAR THE NEWS AFTER THE FACT. IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER. WE'RE LIKE, HOW COME WE WEREN'T COMMUNICATED BEFORE OR PRIOR? YOU ALWAYS COMMUNICATED PRIOR TO ANYTHING COMING OUT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS A COURTESY, YOU WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE US SO WE CAN EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT TYPE OF DEDICATION AND COMMUNICATION AND GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR VIXIE SANDY. THANK YOU. I'LL BE THE CLOSER AND SAY I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE HIRED. BUT MY HUSBAND, GARY SANDY, WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD THE YEAR THAT YOU WERE HIRED, THE YEAR THAT WE WENT INTO COVID. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT HE HE WAS FILLED WITH RELIEF WHEN YOU JOINED THE TEAM. YOU BROUGHT A STEADINESS TO THIS WORK AND A CONFIDENCE THAT WAS INFECTIOUS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME USING THAT WORD. IN A TIME OF DEEP UNCERTAINTY AND A GREAT DEAL OF ANXIETY AND FEAR, WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED WAS A STEADY HAND AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH WHEEL, AND YOU HELPED STEADY ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. AND I WANT TO COMMUNICATE HIS VERY HIGH REGARD FOR YOU. WHICH I INHERITED ALSO AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU HAVE JUST SET A TONE AND A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE HERE IN THIS COUNTY THAT IS REMARKABLE. IF WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU UP, GIVING YOU UP TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. AND BEING THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I CAN BECAUSE I'M THE CHAIR. FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE HEALTH OFFICER IS ONE OF THE FEW DIRECT APPOINTMENTS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO THERE'S A PARTICULAR LINE OR DOTTED LINE DIRECTLY TO US, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY TELLING AND VERY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ROLE. SO WE'RE HIRING, SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS A GOOD AND QUALIFIED PERSON OUT THERE, THE BOARD WILL BE AN ACTIVE ASSISTANT, AND SHE DOES ALREADY HAVE A TRACTOR PIN, SO SHE'S NOT LEAVING WITHOUT THAT. LET'S GIVE HER ONE MORE RUN. NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY 17TH TO THE 23RD NATIONAL EMS WEEK IN YOLO COUNTY. SUPERVISOR FRERICHS WILL BE LEADING US. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YES, MAY 17TH OR 23RD IS EMS WEEK HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. WE'VE GOT CAPTAIN SCOTT HATCHER FROM UC DAVIS FIRE. THE CURRENT EMCC CHAIR, GABRIEL CRUZ, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR AMR SACRAMENTO VALLEY. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME. I KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS, TOO. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO JOIN US, COME ON UP. PLEASE DO. WE DON'T MIND THAT AT ALL. SO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AN INTEGRAL PUBLIC SERVICE PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. LET ME HAND THAT TO YOU. THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF YOLO COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, PRE-HOSPITAL NURSES AND EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS EMBODY THE 2026 NATIONAL EMS WEEK THEME OF IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER. IN YOLO COUNTY, THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR EMS SYSTEM AND PROVIDERS IS EVIDENCED BY YOLO COUNTY'S SURVIVAL RATES FROM OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARRESTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SURPASSING BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGES. THROUGH THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE, YOLO COUNTY'S EMS PERSONNEL PROVIDE CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS, DELIVER ESSENTIAL FAMILY MEDICAL CARE, EXCUSE ME, AND OFFER COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES DURING MOMENTS OF CRISIS AND VULNERABILITY. YOLO COUNTY IS GRATEFUL FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE WITH HONOR AND EXCELLENCE AS WE CELEBRATE EMS WEEK HERE IN YOLO COUNTY AND WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS WITH US THIS MORNING COME ON OVER THANK YOU SUPER PRIORS OR FORKS AND MEMBERS GOT HATCHER I'M CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE YELLOW COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE EMS CAPTAIN AND PRE-HOSPITAL CARE COORDINATOR WITH THE UC DAVIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE EMS PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING EMS WEEK AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR'S EMS WEEK THEME, IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER, REALLY REFLECTS WHAT MAKES YOLO COUNTY'S SYSTEM SPECIAL. EMS IS NOT JUST AMBULANCES RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. IT'S AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF DISPATCHERS, EMTS, PARAMEDICS, FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, PHYSICIANS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOSPITALS, EDUCATORS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. [00:25:01] AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALL WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL OF IMPROVING PATIENT OUTCOMES. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. EVERY DAY, EMS PROFESSIONALS ACROSS OUR COUNTY RESPOND TO PEOPLE DURING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND DEDICATION. WHETHER IT IS RESPONDING TO A CARDIAC ARREST, CARING FOR PATIENTS DURING A DISASTER, SUPPORTING PUBLIC CPR OR AD PROGRAMS, OR SIMPLY BEING THERE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 911. THESE INDIVIDUALS MAKE AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY EMS, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE WHAT ALLOWS OUR SYSTEM TO CONTINUE IMPROVING AND PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF YOLO COUNTY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION, FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF EMS PROFESSIONS THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COUNTY LEADERS, ASSISTANT PARTNERS, AND HONORED GUESTS. MY NAME IS GABRIEL CRUZ. I'M AN ACTIVE PARAMEDIC OF 23 YEARS WITHIN THE CONFINEMENTS OF YOLO COUNTY. I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE. ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR RECOGNIZING EMS PROFESSIONS AS WE CONCLUDE THE 51ST EMS WEEK CELEBRATION. YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TRULY MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US ALL. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, AMR HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF YOLO COUNTY. TODAY, OUR LOCAL TEAM CONSISTS OF 119 DEDICATED EMS PROFESSIONALS WHO COLLECTIVELY REPRESENT MORE THAN 880 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE... PASSION, RESILIENCE, THE DEDICATION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWER THE CALL EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHAT MAKES THIS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL IS THAT MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF OUR OWN LEADERSHIP TEAM, DON'T SIMPLY WORK HERE. THEY LIVE HERE. THEY RAISE THEIR FAMILY HERE. THEY SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE. AND THEY REMAIN DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY. EMS IS A PROFESSION BUILT ON SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. OUR TEAM RESPONDS DURING PEOPLE'S MOST VULNERABLE MOMENTS, PROVIDING EMERGENCY CARE, COMFORTING FAMILIES, SUPPORTING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, AND STANDING READY DURING DISASTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENCES. MUCH OF THIS HAPPENS QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT THE IMPACT IS PROFOUND. THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL EMS WEEK THEME, IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER, REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN EMS, FIRE, HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, COUNTY LEADERSHIP, AND THE COMMUNITY WE PROUDLY SERVE. TO EVERY EMS PROFESSIONAL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, THE LONG HOURS, AND THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OTHERS, EVEN ON THE HARDEST DAYS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, SUPPORT, AND RECOGNITION OF EMS WITHIN YOLO COUNTY. WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. WE'LL BE RECEIVING A RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN YOLO COUNTY. IT WILL BE PRESENTED JOINTLY BY SUPERVISORS FRERICHS AND VILLEGAS. WE HAVE NUMEROUS COPIES OF SAID RESOLUTION. WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. WE'RE PLEASED TO CO-PRESENT THIS WITH SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. A NUMBER OF FOLKS WITH US THIS MORNING. LOU, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? NANCY, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP. WE'VE GOT THE FOLKS FROM SALUNA HERE, ALL KINDS OF GOOD FOLKS. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WELL, WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT, CO-PRESENT THE MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION WITH SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. AS WE WELL KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS A PERSON'S EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, FINANCIAL, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING, [00:30:02] WITH SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES AMONG RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. AND THE STATISTICS ARE REALLY SOBERING. NEARLY ONE IN FIVE ADULTS AND ONE IN FIVE ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES LIVES WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS. SUICIDE IS NOW THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR 15 TO 24 YEAR OLDS, WITH TEENAGERS EXPERIENCING A 17.3% INCREASE IN THE USE OF ANXIETY MEDICATIONS SINCE 2010. AN ESTIMATED 44% OF RESIDENTS DETAINED IN JAILS ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, OFTEN WITH CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, THOUGH, SIGNIFICANT LOCAL INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, SUCH AS CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM MODEL. OUR K-12 SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, WHICH HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORT ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY. OF COURSE, ANYONE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CAN CALL, TEXT, OR CHAT WITH 988 AND BE CONNECTED TO TRAINED CRISIS COUNSELORS ON THE 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE NETWORK. AND OF COURSE, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE OUR EXCELLENT NONPROFIT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING NAMI YOLO. SO, SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. AND UH... VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT AT THIS MONTH'S PROCLAMATION IN CONJUNCTION SURPRISE REAGAN THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PERKS UH... AND SO SMART MAYBE UH... LITTLE MORE TO THAT SO ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SHOOT PART OF DEPRESSION IS A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK, WELL I KNOW THAT I CERTAINLY DIDN'T, JUST HOW DEBILITATING IT CAN BE. GO UNTREATED. 75% OF IT GOES UNTREATED. AS WELL HERE BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT KIND OF ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE REPRESENTS GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. A STUDENT AT UC DAVIS AND A YOUTH AMBASSADOR FOR SALUNA, WHICH IS CALIFORNIA'S STATE-FUNDED FREE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL YOUTHS AGES 13 TO 25. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF SALOONA TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION. A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT BUILDS COMMUNITY TRUST. RESOURCES LIKE SALOONA INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME. I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A THERAPIST, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY INSURANCE, AND IF I AM FACING ANY OTHER ISSUES, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE TO FIND THESE. EXTERNAL RESOURCES, I HAVE EVERYTHING ON A PLATFORM WHICH IS CELUNA. PROGRAMS LIKE CELUNA ARE EASY, LOW STIGMA, LOW BARRIER ACCESS SUPPORTS THAT ARE VITAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME TO REACH OUR GOALS. WHILE MAY IS A TIME TO RAISE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, WE KNOW THIS WORK DOES NOT END OR BEGIN HERE. IT'S ONGOING AND IT'S ROOTED IN COMMUNITY, SUSTAINED BY COMMITMENT AND MADE POSSIBLE BY LEADERSHIP LIKE YOURS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR CARRYING THIS RESOLUTION AND ENSURING THAT THE YOUTH OF YOLO COUNTY KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DIANCIA, FOR SAYING IT SO NICELY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS AND FRERICHS, FOR CARRYING THIS RESOLUTION AND REALLY RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUNG THROUGH TO EVERYWHERE WE GO IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT [00:35:01] SALUNA. IT IS A STATE-FUNDED, FREE MENTAL HEALTH DIGITAL PLATFORM. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 13 TO 25. SO IF YOU HAVE 13 TO 25-YEAR-OLDS IN YOUR LIFE, LET THEM KNOW. IT PROVIDES FREE SELF-GUIDED RESOURCES AND CONTENT, A SAFE, MODERATED PEER SUPPORT COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HELP EACH OTHER, AND ONE-TO-ONE COACHING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE EITHER AT A DROP-IN SERVICE FROM 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M., OR YOU CAN BOOK AN APPOINTMENT IN THAT TIME AS WELL, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AS WELL AS CARE NAVIGATION SUPPORT TO LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICES. WE HAVE OVER 175,000 YOUNG PEOPLE USING SALUNA TODAY. WE HAVE DELIVERED OVER 62,000 COACHING SESSIONS. WHEN WE ASK OUR SALUNA USERS TO TELL US ABOUT THE VALUE OF THIS SERVICE TO THEM, 50% OF THEM TELL US THIS IS THEIR FIRST EVER CONTACT WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES, AND 50% TELL US THAT THIS... IS THE ONLY SERVICE THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO. IF SALUNA DIDN'T EXIST, THEY WOULD HAVE NOTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF OTHER BARRIERS. THESE ARE POWERFUL NUMBERS. IT TELLS US THAT SALUNA IS INCREASING ACCESS TO CARE. AND FINALLY, OF THOSE SERVICE USERS WHO SAY THEY HAVE USED EMERGENCY SERVICES LIKE THE ER OR URGENT CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, 88% TELL US THEY HAVE HAD TO USE THOSE SERVICES LESS SINCE USING SALUNA. SO THIS TELLS US THAT SALUNA IS PROVIDING A DIGITAL FRONT DOOR TO SERVICES FOR YOUTH WHO EITHER COULDN'T WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR BECAUSE OF BARRIERS OR HADN'T YET WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR AND NOW THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BRING SALUNA TO MORE YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOLO COUNTY AND BEYOND. LONGTIME MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPION KATHY WILLIAMS-FOSTOW. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS SYMPTOMS. SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD. FINALLY, WE'RE GETTING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS TO SUPPORT THEM SO THEY DON'T BECOME HOMELESS, WHICH IS A VERY COMMON. PREDICAMENT FOR THEM AND I WAS VERY HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO DONATE PINE TREE GARDENS WEST TO YOLO COUNTY. IT WAS 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN FORTUNATELY THEY GAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND BACK BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF EXTRA EXPENSES BECAUSE OF ALL THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME AS I WAS SO HAPPY TO DONATE A GOOD PLACE. FOR MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY LIVED. THERE'S, ANYWAY, I HOPE MORE PEOPLE DO DONATE THINGS, HOUSING FOR MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY FRAGILE, AND THEY'RE DELIGHTFUL WHEN THEY'VE GOT A PLACE TO BE, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GROW, AND REALLY NICE PEOPLE TO BE AROUND. I HAVE A FAMILY, PINE TREE WEST GARDENS PEOPLE, ALSO PINE TREE GARDENS EAST PEOPLE, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO TAKE THEM, DONATE DECORATIONS FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL FOODS, AND JUST, I LIKE SEEING THEM HAPPY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN TO ROUND US UP, LOU ENG. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN AND ADVISORS. ON BEHALF OF THINGS LIKE THIS REALLY DO HELP REDUCE STIGMA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. [00:40:14] NEXT, I WILL BE PRESENTING A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN YOLO COUNTY. I'LL BE JOINED BY ROB, YOU KNOW, COME ON UP, ROB EAGLE, THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR CONGREGATION BET HARIM, AND RACHEL DARLING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR DAVIS HILLEL. ANY OTHER JEWISH PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO THE PARTY? SO, JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IS A NATIONAL MONTH OF RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION, AND I ALWAYS FORGET TO GIVE YOU YOUR TWO OF THEM. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT. TO A RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION THAT'S BEEN HELD EVERY MAY SINCE 2006, AND FROM OUR NATION'S BEGINNING, JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED A CRITICAL PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY. THE NOT-SO-GREAT PART IS THAT JEWISH PEOPLE... INTERNATIONALLY HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO OSTRACISM, HATRED, AND VIOLENT PERSECUTION THROUGHOUT WORLD HISTORY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR JEWISH NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO FACE INCIDENTS OF HATE, BIGOTRY, AND INTIMIDATION ON OUR STREETS AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHILE JEWISH AMERICANS CONSTITUTE NO MORE THAN 2% OF THE U.S. POPULATION, THE FBI REPORTS THAT ANTI-JEWISH HATE CRIMES CONSTITUTE ALMOST 70% OF ALL RELIGIOUSLY BASED HATE CRIMES. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT LATELY, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN'T FIX INTERNATIONALLY, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN'T FIX NATIONALLY THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO FIX, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN WORK ON FIXING THINGS HERE. SO WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE ON THE WAY OVER IF I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO. TODAY IS MY ANNIVERSARY, MAY 26TH. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 35 YEARS, AND MY HUSBAND IS JEWISH, AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JUDAISM BEFORE I MET HIM, BUT HE WAS A HANDSOME NEUROSCIENTIST. AND WE WENT TO THE LOCAL TEMPLE THERE, AND THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE AN INTERFAITH MARRIAGE. AND THE RABBI SAID SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING. FIRST HE SAID, DON'T TELL ANY OTHER RABBIS I SAID THIS, BUT HE SAID, I ACTUALLY SUPPORT INTERFAITH. MARRIAGES BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE NEXT TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS TO OUR PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CARE. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I DEEPLY CARE. WITH THAT, AND BEFORE I START TO CRY, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND I WORRY SOMETIMES THAT WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE THAT IT'S ALL LIKE SAD BIGOTRY KIND OF THING, AND IT'S NOT. IT'S AN AMAZING COMMUNITY. WITH A LONG HISTORY OF ART AND MUSIC, MAYBE NOT SUCH GREAT SINGING AT OUR MEETING, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE SOME OF YOU HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ALLEN, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ROB EAGLE, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CONGREGATION BEIT HAVEIM, A JEWISH... I'M FROM JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN DAVIS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO CHAIR ALLEN AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SUPPORTING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN YOLO COUNTY AND CELEBRATING MAY AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. I APPRECIATE THAT THE RESOLATION RECOGNIZES THAT DESPITE COMPRISING ONLY 2% OF THE US POPULATION THAT JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE MADE INNUMERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL FACETS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE ARTS, SCIENCES, MEDICINE, AND CULTURE. AND THAT AT THE SAME TIME, JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. IN LIGHT OF RISING LEVELS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS, JEWS EVERYWHERE FEEL ISOLATED, FEARFUL, AND STRESSED. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, IN ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION WHICH CLEARLY STATES THAT ANTI-SEMITISM HAS NO PLACE IN YOLO COUNTY, AND THAT YOLO COUNTY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN ALL ITS MANY FORMS. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN YOLO COUNTY STRONGLY APPRECIATES YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ALLEN, AND THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR RECOGNIZING JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. MY NAME IS RACHEL DARLING, AND [00:45:01] I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HILLEL AT DAVIS IN SACRAMENTO, AND I'M HERE WITH OUR CO-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, ROY KAPLAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY. AT HILLEL, WE SUPPORT AN ESTIMATED 3,000 JEWISH STUDENTS ON THE UC DAVIS AS WELL AS THE SACRAMENTO STATE CAMPUS. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD COMMUNITIES, CELEBRATE JEWISH LIFE, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND HELP OUR STUDENTS FIND A TRUE SENSE OF BELONGING ON CAMPUS. THIS YEAR, OUR WORK HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. MANY JEWISH STUDENTS ARE NAVIGATING RISING ANTI-SEMITISM AND FEELING ISOLATED AND UNCERTAIN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. HILLEL SERVES AS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME, A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN GATHER FOR SHABBAT DINNER, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, SERVICE PROJECTS, WELLNESS SUPPORT, ISRAEL ENGAGEMENT, AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEERS AND MENTORS. WHAT MAKES OUR STUDENTS SO INSPIRING IS THEIR RESILIENCE, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A COMMUNITY, EVEN DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. EVERY WEEK WE SEE STUDENTS STEPPING UP AS LEADERS, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER, AND CREATING VIBRANT JEWISH LIFE ON THEIR CAMPUSES. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO YOLO COUNTY FOR RECOGNIZING JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND FOR SHOWING SUPPORT FOR JEWISH STUDENTS AND THE BROADER JEWISH COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR FINAL RESOLUTION FOR TODAY WILL BE PROCLAIMING MAY 26TH AS MEMORIAL DAY IN YOLO COUNTY. SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. ...OBSERVANCE YESTERDAY. USUALLY THE CUSTOM IS ME AND THAT PARTICIPATE IN AND HEAR SOME TESTIMONIALS CHARACTERIZE THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN SUMMARY, I GET TO STAND RIGHT HERE IN JESUS ONLY BECAUSE MANY HAD TO GIVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE GET TO DO IT YOURSELF. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO VERY BRIEFLY IS PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR STANDING WITH CASTRO AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF WEST SACRAMENTO. HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AUGUST 4TH, 2002. HE BEGAN HIS SERVICE AS ONE OF ONLY 850 TO BECOME A TOW GUNNER, OPERATING THE TUBE-LAUNCHED, OPTICAL-TACKED, WIRE-GUIDED, ANTI-TANK MISSILE SYSTEM. HE WAS DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TIMES. ...HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION ON THIS MEMORIAL. AND SO, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THIS RESOLUTION RELATES TO MEMORIAL DAY IN ITS BEGINNINGS, WAY BACK [00:50:02] IN 1866, WHEN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONS WERE FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF, FOR THE GRAVE SOLDIERS WHO HAD DIED, WHO PASSED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN OFFERED. THE RAISES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE LEAD TO LASTING PEACE AND A TIME WHEN PERSISTENT CONFLICT AND CONTINUAL WAR IS LOOKED UPON SORROW CONVICTION THAT IT NO LONGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE RECOGNITIONS. [28. Receive presentation from Yolo County Resource Conservation District on the 2024-25 Annual Report. (No general fund impact) (Heather Nichols) (Est. Presentation Time: 10 min)] WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. WE'LL BE RECEIVING THE YOLO COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT 2024-25 ANNUAL REPORT. YEAH, THANK YOU. IS THAT RIGHT? I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE HERE. I REALLY INSPIRED IT THROUGH RESOLUTION I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF YOLO COUNTY. AND I, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, YOLO COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT. WE'RE LIKE A FIRE DISTRICT OR A WATER DISTRICT, EXCEPT WE'RE A NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTS... INTEREST IN THE COUNTY. SO I WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SINCE 2014 WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO YEAR 2425 FISCAL YEAR PRESENT OUR ANNUAL LET'S GIVE YOU A BRIEF FIRST OF ALL THINGS DONE MAJOR PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CHEMICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OUR HABITAT PROGRAM, SIMPLY CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MONITORING. WE HAVE GOT FOUR-MILE SHADED FUEL BREAKS, 21 ACRES OF PRESCRIBED FIRE, EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD SHIPPER DAYS IN THE HIGH-FIRE AREAS. 25 FREE REFLECTIVE ADDRESS SIGNS THAT CAL FIRE USES WHEN THEY ARE COMING TO A WILDFIRE EVENT. 40 ON-FARM WATER PUMP EFFICIENCY TESTS. 65 ON-FARM IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS. 155 ACRES OF INVASIVE WEED MANAGEMENT. 8.43 MILES OF ON-FARM HEDGEROWS CREATED FOR POLLINATORS AND WILDLIFE. ON TOP OF THAT, OVER 23,000 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS PLANTED, 15,000 NATIVE GRASSLAND PLANTS PLANTED, 05,500 NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS PLANTED. SO THE IMPACTS OF THOSE [00:55:02] ACTIONS, AND THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID, WERE TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF WILDFIRE AND INCREASE. PROTECTION OF VITAL EVACUATION ROUTES. INCREASE POLLINATOR HABITAT AND CROP POLLINATION ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS. IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH ON FARMS. INCREASE POWER AND IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY FOR MORE THAN 50 FARMS. AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EQUIVALENT OF 229,190 MILES. PLANTING TREES AND APPLYING COMPOST. SO I HAVE A FIVE-MEMBER BOARD RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE A REALTOR, A CAMPUS, ALSO A FARMER. I'M MARK CADY, THE CAL... I'M THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AG FARM BUREAU. I'M DAN BONETTI. SO WE HAVE A STAFF OF 18 RIGHT NOW. WE CO-HOUSE WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY. AND WE ARE A PUBLIC AGENCY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH FINANCES. SO ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, YOU'LL SEE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BY TYPE. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. IS IT POSSIBLE, STAFF, CAN WE HAVE THE ATTACHMENT OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORT? IT'S JUST TWO PAGES. CAN WE HAVE IT SHOWN UP ABOVE WHEN SHE'S SPEAKING ABOUT OUR ANNUAL REPORT? BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE. VISUAL, YEAH. VISUAL, YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, INCLUDING LIKE THE... BUDGETS THERE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE STAFF, ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT I JUST THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE. NOW THE SECOND PAGE IS WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW, THE NEXT PAGE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS SO MUCH. SO YEAH, SO THANK YOU, LUCAS. SO I WOULD SAY LIKE OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM, AT LEAST MONEY-WISE, IS HABITAT RESTORATION. AND THEN FOLLOW- OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT HELP COVER THE OFF-PROJECT EXPENSES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID COME OUT AHEAD IN INCOME, AND WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE SO THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE RCD. IT'S A TAX BASE THIS LAST YEAR. I THINK IT WAS $590. IT'S A GOOD BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR THE COUNTY. WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT WE DID DO THIS LAST YEAR, AND THEN IF WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO JUST SHOW YOU THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. WE DO A STRATEGIC PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT WOULD BE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S LIKE ITEM B. SO THIS YEAR, IT WAS ALL BOARD AND ALL STAFF FOR AN ENTIRE DAY TALKING ABOUT THIS. BUT BEFORE THAT, WE... I'M INTERVIEWED, AND I'LL JUST, IF YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT IT ON YOUR PHONE, I KNOW IT'S... BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE REVIEWED OUR MISSION, WE REVIEWED OUR VISION, THE MISSION, WHICH WE DID MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO, AS THE RCD, RESOURCE [01:00:02] CONSERVATION DISTRICT. OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE LAND STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, IN PARTICULAR, BY IMPLEMENTING ON THE GROUND. COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS EVOLVING RESOURCE CONCERNS. CD, WE PROVIDE RESPONSIVE, NON-REGULATORY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ENVISION A FUTURE IN YOLO COUNTY WHERE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NATURAL SYSTEMS ARE MET THROUGH SHARED STEWARDSHIP OF OUR WORKING AND NATURAL LANDS. AND WHILE OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE FACE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDFIRE, DEMANDS ON WATER SUPPLY, AND LOSS OF IMPORTANT HABITAT, WE CAN MEET THESE CHALLENGES BY WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING FARMERS, RANCHERS, TRIBAL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES, NONPROFITS, AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN RESIDENCE IN OUR CITIES AND TOWNS. TO REACH THIS VISION, WE STRIVE TO BE A COHESIVE, HIGH-PERFORMING ORGANIZATION WHOSE KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF AND COMMITTED BOARD EARN THE TRUST OF OUR PARTNERS THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, NON-REGULATORY APPROACHES, AND OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, DILIGENCE, AND PERSISTENCE. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT RCDS IS THAT WE LIVE HERE. THIS IS OUR KEY. PRINCIPLES ARE INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, COLLABORATION AND CONNECTION. OUR THREE MAIN PROGRAMS ARE HABITAT RESTORATION, FIRE RESILIENCE, FARM AND RANCH, AND CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MONITORING. AND OUR GOALS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT RESILIENCE IS TO CONTINUE INSTALLING BENEFICIAL HEDGEROWS ON FARMS, REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS. RESTORING RIPARIAN HABITAT IN LOCAL WATERWAYS AND STEWARDING LAND. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'LL FOCUS MORE ON KEY LOCAL WILDLIFE SPECIES AND HABITAT STEWARDSHIP ON AGRICULTURAL LAND. AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING FOCUSED RESTORATION AND HABITAT CONNECTIVITY. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF PARTNERS. WE WORK WITH EVERYONE. ONE THING THAT WE SAY IS TO INCREASE THE SCALE OF RESTORATION AND LINK OUR WORK TO CURRENT RESEARCH. CONSERVATION ON FARMS AND RANCHES, THE RCDS WERE FORMED TO WORK WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN YOLO COUNTY. WE SUPPORT PRACTICES THAT BOTH INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL RESOURCES. TODAY, THE FARMS AND RANCHES THAT MAKE UP MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE LAND IN YOLO COUNTY ARE IMPORTANT. TO MEETING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE IN THE CAP AND THE ACTION IN CAT AND THE COUNTY IS FACING YOU KNOW A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THAT IN THAT WAY WORKING WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE SO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'LL BE CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND TRUST WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND OFFERING THEM RESERVATION SERVICES DEVELOPING, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THE FUNDING AND STAFF CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO OFFER FARMERS AND RANCHERS MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE'RE DOING A, WE'RE COORDINATING A 101 PROGRAM, THE ACRONYM, THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH. WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROGRAM. WE ARE CONTINUING AS LEADERS IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR THE COUNTY, COORDINATING THOSE, MANAGING FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS, AND INCREASING OUTREACH TO LANDOWNERS [01:05:01] IN FIRE-PRONE AREAS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK ON THEIR PROPERTIES. THE LAST TWO PAGES OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THIS YEAR ARE INTERNAL ONES. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THOSE, BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, THE BEST RCD THAT WE CAN BE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED. WE'RE JUST RECEIVING THIS REPORT. ARE THERE ANY BOARD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL REPORT OF SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. AND I THINK IT'S THE KIND OF WORK SOMETIMES WE CAN OVERLOOK WHILE WE DEAL WITH CRISIS, MOVING FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS. BUT THIS IS THE LONG GAME. AND I SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE AND THE TEAM THAT WORKS DILIGENTLY ON THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. ANY OTHER? YES. YEAH, JUST A QUICK ITEM AS WELL. I MEAN, YES, LESS A QUESTION, HEATHER, JUST ALSO EXTENSION OF APPRECIATION AROUND THE ON-THE-GROUND WORK. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL AREAS ARE THE SAME, SORT OF, TO GET INTO THE RELATIONS. IT'S REALLY, ESPECIALLY AROUND FOR DAYS, THE SHADED FUEL BREAKS. I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL REAL ESSENTIAL IN TIMES OF WILDFIRE. AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THERE ARE BENEFITS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I MEAN, YEAH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE ANYWHERE, IT'S EVERYWHERE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED GREAT WORK. AND THE RCDS DO REALLY HAVE JUST A REAL AMAZING WORK. I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT SMALL BUT MIGHTY ORGANIZATIONS, BASICALLY, AS THESE KIND OF LIKE PUBLIC AGENCIES TECHNICALLY, BUT, I MEAN, THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF ABILITY, KIND OF EBB AND FLOW, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR JUST THE CONTINUED GOOD WORK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. ALSO, JUST THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO RETAIN. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW MY FIRE DISTRICT CHIEFS, SUCH AS JESSE CAPITANIO, REALLY, REALLY RESPECTS THE WORK THAT YOU'VE WORKED, YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY AROUND ROAD 41. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE ABLE TO CLEAR A LOT OF THAT SHRUB AND TREE AND DEBRIS THAT COULD CAUSE A POTENTIAL WILDFIRE. BUT YOU'RE ON. ALSO, THE ABILITY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DISTRICTS, THE COUNTIES, THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, TOO, TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE MEANS AND THE WAY. CONVERSATIONS OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO. COMMUNICATE VERY EFFECTIVELY WITH THE PRIVATE OWNERS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ADMIRE FROM THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU LEAD. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY IMPACTS, FINANCIAL IMPACTS FROM THE STATE OR GRANTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD OR ARE GOING TO GET REDUCED? I THINK CERTAINLY WITH LESS COMING THROUGH, WE'VE NEVER BEEN HEAVILY IMPACTED. STATE ARE HEAVILY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STIFFNESS OF THE PROP FOR IN PARTICULAR THE CLIMATE BUT WE DID GET SOME STATE FUNDS FROM THE WILD OBSERVATION BOARD TO CONTINUE OUR PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IT'S GOING TO BE ON CACHE CREEK AND PLEASANT CREEK AND THEN WE DID GO AHEAD AND SEND IN A CONCEPT PROPOSAL TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AG FOR THEIR HEALTHY SOIL SUITE PROGRAM TO LEAD A REGIONAL BLOCK GRANT FOR FARMERS COUNTIES BUT WE WOULD BE WE'LL SEE IF WE GET FUNDED FOR THAT BUT YEAH IT'S JUST A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE TO [01:10:02] BE SURE THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WE WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING YOU KNOW PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS YEAH I WILL I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT UM I KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT REALLY A PEOPLE JOB AND WE DO ESPECIALLY IN YELLOW COUNTY IT'S ALMOST ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY WE WE ALSO UM WE WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TO BE GOOD PEOPLE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE IT'S YEAH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTY. WE'RE ORIENTED TOWARDS ECONOMY. WE ALSO ENGAGE IN THAT. IT'S A GOOD JOB. IT'S AN INTERESTING JOB. SO WE'RE ALL KEEP MOVING. DO THE LONG. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE NO CARDS, CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. ON REQUEST OF SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS, WE ARE GOING TO RETURN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AS HE WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ITEM 20. YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I DON'T NEED FOR THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER. MAYBE JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION TO STAFF. I HAD SEVERAL, BUT I THINK MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. THE ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE, GIVEN THE LENGTH OF THE EXTENSION, I JUST WONDERED IF MAYBE STAFF COULD COME BACK WITH MAYBE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE CAN EVALUATE OR MEASURE WHETHER SPECIFIC MILESTONES GONE THROUGH THAT, I THINK, BUT MAYBE GENERALLY WHETHER OR NOT PROGRESS A DEPARTURE FROM THAT LOCATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT. YOU START GEARING EXTENSION AGAIN, RIGHT? THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN, IT ALLOWS FOR THIS. AND SO I JUST, I WANT SOME WAY TO MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT BEFORE IT EXPIRES THAT WE'VE MADE PROGRESS. SO MAYBE A SIMPLE WAY MIGHT JUST TO BRING OUR PARTNER COMMUNICA RELAY INTO OUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS, CAMPUS REFRESH. QUARTERLY BASIS OR EVERY SIX MONTHS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S PROGRESS BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED SO I JUST I DON'T CARE AND I DON'T YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BUT I DO THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S PROGRESS TO DATE IN WHATEVER FORM STAFF DETERMINES IS MOST APPROPRIATE UH RYAN PISACINI DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES UM AND SO WE WORKED THROUGH THIS LEASE IN A NUMBER OF FORMS TO TRY TO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. I THINK WHAT MAY BE A GOOD SOLUTION IS MY THOUGHT IS WE BRING BACK THAT WEST SAC FACILITIES AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 3 AND WE DO INCLUDE NOT JUST COMMUNICARE LA BUT ALSO THE CITY FOR PERIODIC UPDATES ON HOW POTENTIAL NEW FACILITIES GOING AND THE NEW CAMPUS THAT COMES WITH THAT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND NEGOTIATIONS ARE POINTS THAT WAS RAISED IN NEGOTIATION IS THE PROPOSAL FOR COMMUNICARE TO RELOCATE TO A NEW SITE IS A LOT DEPENDENT ON THE CITY COMPLETING A LOT OF THEIR OWN MILESTONES TOO. AND THEIR CONCERN WAS IF THEY WERE TO TIE OR STATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOCKED IN ON OUR END, THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CITY MISSED A DEADLINE OR THAT WOULD IMPACT THE DEADLINE. AS WE WORKED THROUGH THIS, ALBEIT THE CITY STILL, AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING OUR LEASE, THE CITY WAS NEGOTIATING THEIR EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNICARE LA, THINGS WERE MOVING IN PARALLEL BUT NOT IN SUCCESSION ON THE CITY SIDE. SO THAT MADE OUR NEGOTIATIONS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. BUT TO AVOID KIND OF A GAME OF TELEPHONE BETWEEN COMMUNICARE TO US AND US TO THE CITY AND CITY 8 BACK, MY THOUGHT IS WE REFORM THIS AD HOC. THIS WEST SAC FACILITY IS AD HOC THAT WE MET A FEW TIMES BACK IN 2024, 2025. ASSISTIVE SUPERVISORS VILLEGAS AND SUPERVISORS IXSANDY. AND THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR THAT DIALOGUE EVERY SIX MONTHS. I'LL FIX THAT. ALL RIGHT. THE FACILITIES GUY. [01:15:03] HE'S HERE. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD THEN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND FOR FIXING WHATEVER YOU WRECKED OVER THERE. I MISSED IT. [29. Receive input and provide direction on the process and timeline for selecting an appointee to serve as District Attorney. (No general fund impact) (Webb/Bryan) (Est. Staff Presentation: 5 min)] OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO THEN RETURN TO OUR REGULAR. THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 29, RECEIVE INPUT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR SELECTING AN APPOINTEE TO SERVE AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MARK BRYAN, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. SO WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING RELATED TO THE RETIREMENT OF JESS REISING, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND NEED YOUR INPUT, WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY GET YOUR DIRECTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY TO SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER. CURRENTLY, I'M GOING TO SERVE AS THE ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN THE TIME BEING. SO SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO PUT BEFORE YOU. THE BOARD HAS BROAD DISCRETION OR ENTIRE DISCRETION IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE UNDERTAKING FOR SELECTING THE APPOINTEE. BASICALLY, THAT AMOUNTS TO... SPEAKING BROAD CATEGORIES. ONE, YOU COULD DIRECT THE STAFF TO COME BACK AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME IN AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH THE ITEM NECESSARY FOR YOU TO DIRECTLY APPOINT THE CURRENTLY SERVING ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WITH THAT, WE WOULD COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND THERE WOULD BE AN ITEM BEFORE YOU TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. SECONDLY, ALSO BE THE OTHER APPROACH. WOULD BE A MUCH LONGER, A BIT OF A LONGER APPROACH. YOU COULD DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN ITEM FOR YOU TO DO A PROCESS THAT WOULD INCLUDE INTERVIEWS. PRIOR TO THAT, STAFF WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH AND SELECTED APPLICATIONS FOR THAT. THOSE APPLICATIONS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH APPROACH YOU TAKE, OF COURSE, THE PERSON HAS TO BE A YOLO COUNTY RESIDENT. SO RECEIVE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT PROCESS. AND THEN BRING THEM BACK FOR THE BOARD TO DO IN OPEN SESSION INTERVIEWS OF THOSE CANDIDATES. SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS TO MAKE WITH REGARDS TO THAT. WHAT KIND OF A TIMELINE DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP STAFF TO DEVELOP QUESTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH AN APPLICATION PROCESS? DO YOU WANT TO PUT STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A SCREENING BODY, SUCH AS COUNTY COUNCIL, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, TO PRE-SCREEN THE APPLICATIONS FOR? APPROPRIATENESS THOSE THOSE TWO MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE DETERMINED AND THEN REALLY WHAT IS THE DATE LIKELY STAFF WOULD STAFF WOULD TO DIMINISH THE THE TIMELINE OF US INTO BRAND TO KEEP IT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY? WE WOULD LIKELY RECOMMEND THAT WE COME BACK ON ON THE JUNE 23RD ITEM AND BRING THOSE INTERVIEWS FOR OPEN SESSION. SO WITH THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY HERE TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OR TO HEAR REALLY FROM YOU YOUR QUESTIONS GET YOUR INPUT AND GET YOUR DIRECTION ULTIMATELY ON THIS ON THE APPROACH THAT YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO TAKE AND STAFF ELECT THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION UM SO WE WILL HAVE OUR BOARD QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL BE LOOKING TO WE'VE RECEIVED SOME PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH I'M SURE THAT WE'RE ALREADY BY AND SUCH SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT INPUT UM BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE AND THEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS. WHO HAS A QUESTION? AND JUST, I BELIEVE THAT YOU SAID THIS, BUT JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, AND THIS IS ONE THING THAT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME, WAS THAT WE, BECAUSE IT WOULD FEEL BETTER IF WE LIKE AT LEAST KNEW THE PROCESS BEFOREHAND, BUT ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE IN OPEN SESSION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A BIT OF THE SAUSAGE HERE UP ON THE DAIS. SO BEAR WITH US WHILE WE FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO, YES. FOR STAFF PREFERENCE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE BOARD TO CREATE A PROCESS THAT NOT ONLY APPLIES FOR THIS POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT, BUT FOR FUTURE POTENTIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE'S A VACANCY FOR THE DA AND OR SHERIFF? IN OTHER WORDS, CREATE A PROCESS SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT A PROCESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT STAFF'S PREFERENCE IS. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE NOT COMING FORWARD WITH ASKING FOR THAT LEVEL OF A PROCESS IN A PERMANENT PLACE. HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD WOULD PREFER, WE COULD GO BACK WITH AND DEAL WITH THAT. I FEEL AS THERE MAY BE [01:20:05] DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF THE DECISIONS, CASE LAW, AS WELL AS THE STATUTES THAT GOVERN BOTH THOSE TWO ELECTORS. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE BOARD JUST FOCUS ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY POSITION TODAY. THIS IS A ONCE EVERY DECADE OR TWO TYPE OF THING, HOPEFULLY. SO ANY PROCESS THAT WE CREATE TODAY WOULD BE GUIDANCE, I THINK, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE. BUT IT'S UNLIKELY, I THINK, THAT THAT WOULD BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY, YOU'RE CONTINUING. GO AHEAD. IN MY LAST QUESTION, JUST FOR PROCESS, JUST TO SET THE BASELINE, DOES STATE LAW PRESCRIBE WHEN WE HAVE TO, LIKE WHAT PERIOD DO WE NEED WITHIN 60 DAYS OR 90 DAYS, OR WHAT IS CONSIDERED, I HEARD THE WORD REASONABLE. SO WHAT IS REASONABLE ACCORDING TO MAYBE IN A GENERAL ATTORNEY'S OPINION? I MEAN, WHAT IS, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT. YEAH, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR STANDARD AS FAR AS IT GOES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, IN AN OPINION ABOUT A DECADE AGO, ADDRESSED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COULD SIMPLY ALLOW SOMEBODY WHO'S SERVING AS AN ACTING SHERIFF IN THAT CASE TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM THAT WAS HELD BY THE INCUMBENT, OR NOT THE INCUMBENT, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIGNED. AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T JUST LET THEM SERVE INDEFINITELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. I BELIEVE IT WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS LEFT. YOU NEED TO ACT, QUOTE, WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME ON AN APPOINTMENT TO THE POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM. SO THAT'S THE ONLY GUIDANCE WE HAVE. WHATEVER IS REASONABLE WILL DEPEND, I THINK THAT OPINION SAID, ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT DOESN'T FORECLOSE THE BOARD FROM DOING A PROCESS AROUND HOW TO FILL THE VACANCY. BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE VACANCY TO BE FILLED BY AN ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR SHERIFF, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, INDEFINITELY. OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THESE, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THEM SO THAT WE CAN SAY THEM OUT LOUD. SO THE CURRENT, THE ACTING DA NOW. IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC THING. WE TOOK NO ACTION. THERE'S STATE STATUTE THAT SAYS IN THE EVENT THAT THE DA LEAVES, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT? THAT'S RIGHT. IT HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY BY OPERATION OF LAW. IN THE CASE OF A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CREATED BY RESIGNATION, THE NEXT IN COMMAND TAKES THAT ROLE SO LONG AS THEY'RE WILLING. AND IN THIS CASE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AIELLO WAS WILLING TO DO THAT. AND WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA TO BE A DA? IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE. STATE LAW SIMPLY REQUIRES THAT THEY BE A REGISTERED VOTER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY'RE APPOINTED AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT AND THAT THEY HOLD AN ACTIVE LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE. FAIRLY LOW BAR THERE. YEAH. AND THEN JUST ONE MORE CLARIFYING THING, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INTERESTING TWIST TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, IS THAT ON THE NATURAL, AT THE END OF THIS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YEAR THAT THE DA WOULD HAVE BEEN UP FOR ELECTION. BUT YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION THAT EXTENDED IT? YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALLUDED TO WHAT THE LEGISLATION DID. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOW, OR A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO. THE LEGISLATURE ADOPTED A BILL THAT EXTENDED THE TERM OF SHERIFFS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO SIX YEARS AS A ONE-TIME THING. SO THEIR REELECTION WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THAT OTHER THAN I WOULD SURMISE IT WAS CALCULATED TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD. THEY WOULD BE REELECTED AT A TIME WHEN VOTER TURNOUT WAS HIGH. BUT THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT I THAT'S THE BACKGROUND, YEAH. THAT WAS THE RATIONALE, YEAH, HAVING SHERIFFS AND DAS. SO IT'S A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE AND A ONE-TIME THING. FROM 2028 FORWARD, TERMS WILL BE BACK TO FOUR YEARS. SO THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT THIS IS AN EXTENSION. SO IT WASN'T WHAT NECESSARILY THAT HE HAD SIGNED UP FOR. DID IT HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER HE WAS ELECTED? I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT. I BELIEVE IT HAPPENED AFTER. YEAH, SO INVOLUNTARILY GIVEN TWO EXTRA YEARS. MOST ELECTORAL OFFICIALS WOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OKAY, BUT THEN THE NEXT ONE, THEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM AFTER THAT. GREAT. SO MY QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW ABOUT WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO CARDS, CHAIR. OKAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT, HOW WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THE STAFF HAVE PROVIDED TWO BROAD DIRECTIONS THAT WE CAN GO. LET'S THROW IT OUT THERE AND SEE IF PEOPLE HAVE IDEAS. ALL RIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO START. [01:25:02] I'M HAPPY TO START. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO MAYBE WE'LL START WITH A QUESTION. SO LEGALLY, TECHNICALLY, LEGALLY. LEGALLY, WE COULD HAVE MADE THE APPOINTMENT TODAY HAD WE, THE LAW ALLOWS US TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY, THE VERY FIRST MEETING OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER SCHEDULED MEETING COULD HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT. YOU COULD HAVE. OKAY. THIS ITEM, I WOULD SAY, IS NOT AGENDIZED FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. THE BOARD COULD DIRECT US TO RETURN. BUT HAD WE, HAD WE DIRECTED. STAFF TO AGENDIZE IT, WE COULD HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY. WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A FULL BOARD VOTE ON THAT, THOUGH. I MEAN, LIKE WE'VE NOT HAD A MEETING SINCE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICIALLY WAS RESIGNED. RIGHT. SO WE COULD HAVE ON OUR OWN INITIATIVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD. WE THOUGHT IT BETTER TO APPROACH THIS A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUSLY AND GIVE THE BOARD OPTIONS. SO LEGALLY WE COULD HAVE. TECHNICALLY WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT LEGALLY WE COULD HAVE. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO I THINK IT PRESENTS US WITH A UNIQUE SITUATION IN YOLO. HISTORY ON SEVERAL LEVELS AT THE MOMENT. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY SUPERVISOR BRAS'S REQUEST TO PROVIDE KIND OF A PROCESS. WHILE I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN SOME CASES, IT JUST SEEMS EVERY TIME IT HAS THE PROCESS OF MAKING APPOINTMENTS BY THIS BODY HAS SORT OF ITS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND SO HAVING A PROCESS WOULD ONLY BE GOOD FOR PROBABLY THAT APPOINTMENT, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT SITUATION WOULD BE CLUMSILY DIFFERENT, UNIQUELY DIFFERENT IN WHATEVER WAY. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSE SALINAS AS THE ACE. WE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WE HAD THE APPOINTED YEARS LATER DR. SISSON TO APPOINT SOMEBODY. VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE USED IN BETWEEN THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. WE HAD A SERIES OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE ADDRESSED THAT PROCESS, AND IT WAS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE INTERIM APPOINTMENTS THAT WE MADE UNTIL WE LANDED ON A FINAL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, BOTH WITH MIKE AND YOUR PREDECESSOR, MIKE. AND SO, HELL, I MEAN, THE APPOINTMENT OF MYSELF. THE BOARD ITSELF HAD SOME LEEWAY IN PROCESSING HOW... THE APPOINTMENT WAS GOING TO OCCUR. OBVIOUSLY, THE GOVERNOR GETS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, THERE WAS AN ELECTION THAT HAD TO OCCUR. AND SO THAT PROCESS WAS, I WOULD SAY, CLUMSY, CERTAINLY CLUMSY FOR ME. I GOT APPOINTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID... SO THE PROCESS IS JUST UNIQUELY DIFFERENT EACH AND EVERY TIME. ALL THAT TO SAY, I THINK RIGHT NOW, IN THE HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY... WE ABSOLUTELY NEED SOMEBODY IN PLACE IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ON A MAGNITUDE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN YOLO COUNTY RELATIVE TO THE ESPARTO FIRE. I THINK THAT CULMINATES INTO A MYRIAD OF REASONS WHY WE NEED CONSISTENCY. I THINK WE'VE ALL RECEIVED A SERIES OF EMAILS. A STAFF HAVE TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE IN MELINDA'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO US TO BE QUALIFIED TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE OFFICE AND IT WOULD BE THE FIRST WOMAN EVER APPOINTED AS DA AND YOU ALL FOR THAT REASON I'LL JUST CONFRONT AND SAY I THINK RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME STAFF TO COME BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING JEFF'S TERM WHICH IS I THINK ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND THEN WE CAN THAT'S MY THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR FERG. YEAH, WELL, LET ME JUST, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. I MEAN, I APPRECIATE, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK TO THE ISSUE THAT NOT ONLY YOU RAISED AROUND JUST THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SITUATION, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION EVEN AROUND THE PROCESS ITSELF, YOU KNOW, IN A CLOSED SESSION, RIGHT? IT'S JUST ALL PUBLIC, SO THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION, I THINK, AND IT WILL BE A GOOD DISCUSSION. I KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT OPINION AND DIFFERENT SORT OF APPROACH. I THINK THE... THE PROCESS MAY BE A LITTLE MORE EASY, SO TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK, I MEAN, THAT'S... THAT'S THE SORT OF POLICY MAKING PROCESS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY. I DO THINK I, TOO, HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MELINDA [01:30:03] AIELLO, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY. BUT I ALSO HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH SOME SORT OF A PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PROCESS BEING INITIATED. I THINK THIS BOARD MAY END UP ULTIMATELY SUPPORTING THE ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS... FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM, BUT I JUST AM A STRONG BELIEVER IN THE PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND HAVING, I MEAN, I THINK STAFF HAS LAID OUT A PRETTY REASONABLE OPTION. I MEAN, I FIRSTLY WOULD SAY SHE'S ALREADY IN THE ROLE, SO THERE'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A VACANCY AND THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ONE AT THE HELM SORT OF HELPING TO DIRECT THINGS. AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP THAT'S ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING BUT I ALSO THINK AND I ALSO AM NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING I THINK TO THE POINT OF WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS AROUND A REASONABLE TIME FRAMEABLE TIME LESS THAN HAVING A POTENTIAL PROCESS IS LAID OUT ABOVE THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LESS THAN ONE MONTH FROM NOW UH HAVING A DISCUSSION AND POTENTIALLY A FORMAL APPOINTMENT UM I DON'T THINK IS UNREASONABLE I THINK THIS BODY HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING PUBLIC PROCESSES, BOTH FOR THE, I WAS NOT HERE, YOU WERE, FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED APPOINTMENT OF THE CLERK RECORDER ASSESSOR ELECTIONS OFFICIAL POSITION BACK IN, I THINK, 20, WHATEVER, ROUGHLY 10 YEARS AGO. NOW AT THIS POINT, EVEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AN INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSIONER, I MEAN THAT. FINE AND THAT HAPPENED AND IT ENDED UP BEING OKAY, NOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MUCH, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A PLANNING COMMISSIONER POSITION. I RECOGNIZE THE LEVEL OF THIS ROLE, CERTAINLY. I'M NOT ATTEMPTING TO EQUATE IT TO THAT, BUT I JUST THINK THE POINT IS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS AREAS OF PRECEDENT PREVIOUSLY IN SITUATIONS OF PRECEDENT AROUND HAVING A PUBLIC. PROCESS AND I THINK THAT THE ABBREVIATED RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT STAFF HAVE SORT OF LINE A TERM OUTLINED IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE FOR ME PERSONALLY AND SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHERE I MEAN I ALSO WOULD JUST SAY I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT ALREADY FORCING THEIR INPUT AND SUPPORT I MEAN HEARD FROM A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CERTAINLY YES STAFF FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO FROM MANY, MANY. SO, I MEAN, JUST PROCESS-ORIENTED PERSON, AND I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY IN LINE WITH, NOTWITHSTANDING THE ISSUES YOU RAISED AROUND SORT OF SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MULTITUDE OF ISSUES FACING THE COUNTY, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY IN LINE WITH THIS COUNTY, BUT OTHER COUNTIES. AND OTHER BODIES ALSO CONDUCT THEIR SEARCHES AND SUCH. SO ANYWAY, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN US LOOKING AT AN ABBREVIATED RECRUITMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANKS. I'M SORRY, I SAW MARY VIXIE SANDY FIRST, AND THEN OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC PROCESS RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE LIVING IN A PUBLIC PROCESS OF DETERMINATION OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE. AND I THINK I RESPECTFULLY HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT THAN YOUR SUPERVISOR, LUCAS FRERICHS. AND I THINK THE RESIGNATION OF JEFF REISIG WAS A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, I THINK, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AT THE DA'S OFFICE, FOR ALL OF US, FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR REVIEW OF RECENT LEGISLATION THAT EXTENDED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD ONLY, A TWO-YEAR PROCESS TO GET US ON A NEW FOUR-YEAR PROCESS THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED, IT'S PROBABLE THAT THE DA WOULD HAVE JUST NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AND WE'D BE, THE SEAT WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING THEIR CAMPAIGNS TO CONVINCE THE VOTERS THAT THEY'RE THE RIGHT NEXT DA. AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN TIME TO ANTICIPATE THAT FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS. IN THE DA'S OFFICE AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IN THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION. BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THIS IS A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AT A TIME THAT, AS SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORK IN FRONT OF THE DA, [01:35:01] A SIGNIFICANT DOCKET, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE WORK ON THE ESPARTA FIRE, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AND WITH AS GREAT A CARE AS POSSIBLE TO GET RESOLVED. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS, AND THE TEAM IS WELL SITUATED. IN THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO INVESTIGATE, TO BRING FORWARD THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY'RE FINDING, AND TO RUN THAT PARTICULAR CASE. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CASE THAT'S BEFORE THE DA. SO MY SENSE IS THAT WE'VE GOT AN ELECTION TWO YEARS OUT FOR THE DA, AND THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST, TO BEGIN TO DETERMINE THE VOTERS' INTEREST IN THEIR POTENTIAL FUTURE AS A DA. AND THAT FOR US TO... KIND OF ADD TO THE SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD AN OPEN PROCESS AND THROUGH A PROCESS OF INTERVIEW OF ANY ELIGIBLE AND INTERESTED CANDIDATE WE'LL MAKE A DECISION FOR THE VOTERS ABOUT WHO'S BEST SITUATED RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE TEAM AT THE DA'S OFFICE, WHO WE'VE HEARD FROM ALSO. I THINK THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STAFF OVER THERE WHO HAVE ENDORSED THE APPOINTMENT OF MELINDA AIELLO FOR THIS SEAT. AND SHE'S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH THAT SHE HAS A TRACK RECORD. SHE'S BEEN IN THE ROLE OF WORKING DIRECTLY WITH JEFF TO RUN VERY HIGH-PRIORITY PROJECTS. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED US, MARK, WAS WOULD WE WANT STAFF TO GENERATE QUESTIONS OR FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN APPOINTING SOMEONE? I MEAN, THE FACT FOR ME IS, I MEAN, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME, THE FACTORS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME ARE, FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY. THEY HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BAR. THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN YOLO COUNTY. BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY IN THIS MOMENT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, CONTEMPLATED OR EVEN ACTED UPON BY US, IS GOING TO SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE TEAM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO KEEP THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING SO STEADILY THERE, ON TASK, FOCUSED, CONFIDENT IN THE WORK, AND FEELING THE CONFIDENCE OF THIS BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN THEIR CONTINUITY OF EFFORT. WHILE ALL INTERESTED PARTIES GEAR UP FOR A BIG RUN IN TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS IS NOT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IF IT WAS FOUR YEARS, I MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT. IF IT WAS THREE YEARS, I MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY. BUT TWO YEARS IS GOING TO GO BY VERY QUICKLY. SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD URGE US TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING AN APPOINTMENT FOR MELINDA AIELLO BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR BRAJAS. YES. I SEE BOTH POINTS OF VIEWS. YOU CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS OF CREATING A PROCESS WHERE WE AS A BOARD PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CURRENT INTERIM DA'S VISION IS, CHALLENGES, ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HER AND HER PREDECESSOR. EXCEPT WE DON'T KNOW THAT. THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE HAVE TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PUBLIC IN OUR DELIBERATION AS WELL. IF IT'S A 3-2 VOTE, DOES THAT SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE AS WELL? AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE AS ELECTEDS, WE'RE USED TO HAVING A PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC PROCESS IN PLACE. SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATE OR THE CANDIDATES. AND AS WE VET, THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR. IT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS, THE CHALLENGES, THE VISIONS, THE SUPPORT OR NON-SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. I KNOW THAT THE PREVIOUS DA IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT INTERIM. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S WHAT A PROCESS ALLOWS, THE VETTING OF THE CANDIDATE, THE VETTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL. AND SO I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THAT'S WHY ABOUT 90% PLUS. OF THE PROCESS WHEN THERE'S A VACANCY, THERE'S AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S THE DEMOCRACY THAT I RESPECT AND I'M USED TO HAVING. [01:40:01] THAT IS NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THE INTERIM DA. I DO SUPPORT HER WORK AND HER PREVIOUS WORK, AND I BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS A LOT OF SKILL SETS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE DA'S OFFICE FORWARD, BUT I ALSO RESPECT THE PROCESS IN WHICH OUR DEMOCRACY... ALLOWED US TO CREATE, TO PROPERLY VET THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS. AND SO WAITING ONE MONTH AND CREATING A PROCESS AND HAVING US HAVE CONSENSUS, I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO HAVE. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE BLACK OR WHITE. I WAS WRITING DOWN A SOLUTION, AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WON'T BRING THAT TO THE DAIS UNTIL I HEAR ALL OF THE REST OF THE MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THE SWING VOTE SPEAKS. I TRULY SEE BOTH SIDES THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT. ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND AND WORRY ABOUT ANY MAJOR CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THAT... YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT MONTH IS A TIME TO HAVE AND TO STIR IT ALL UP AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BECAUSE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE ESPARTO CASE IS SUCH A BIG THING FOR YOLO COUNTY TO WORK THROUGH. AND I, HOW WE CAN DO THAT IF THERE'S CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND IT'S A CHANGE AGENT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO STIR UP THE WHOLE POT. THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. I HAVE NOT DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH MELINDA. SOME INDIVIDUALLY TALK WITH HER, WHICH REALLY HELPED TO ANSWER MANY OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS I GOT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HER, AND THE COMMUNITY HASN'T HEARD THAT. SO I THINK THAT THEN PUTS ME OVER IN THIS SIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HIDING OUT THERE THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. QUALIFIED WHO CAN JUMP IN IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS. MAYBE THEY'RE THERE, BUT WE WON'T KNOW. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CONTINUITY AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE DA'S OFFICE. BUT I DO THINK, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER COME HERE WITHOUT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BECAUSE I REALLY FELT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES. HEARING MY COLLEAGUES AND THINKING A BIT MORE ABOUT IT, I DO THINK THAT AN ABBREVIATED PROCESS WOULD BE THE DIRECTION TO GO SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CERTAINTY UP HERE AND, IMPORTANTLY, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK FORWARD WITH TALKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD AN ABBREVIATED PROCESS BE. A REASONABLE TIME. AND THAT'S A VERY BROAD TERM, BUT FOR ME IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO HAVE IT BE VERY ABBREVIATED. SO TO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ABOUT PUTTING A PROCESS IN PLACE, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF IT, BUT THAT TO BE BACK BY JUNE 23RD, THAT IS LESS THAN A MONTH. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE ASSURED ENOUGH FOR ANY UNCERTAINTY THAT MAY BE PERCEIVED OUT THERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PROCESS, TALK IT THROUGH, TALK, AND THEN PUBLICLY. TALK WITH THE CURRENT SEATED PERSON OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING. AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, I REALLY WANT, AND I WISH THAT THEY COULD HAVE, BECAUSE THERE'S AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER FOR PETE'S SAKE. WE COULD HAVE DONE ONE THEN MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS LATER. BUT THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE FOR US. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. YES, YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE IDEA, SUPERVISOR BRAHA. I DON'T WANT TO INTRODUCE THE ALTERNATIVE IDEA YET, BUT I THINK I KNOW IF WE WERE TO VOTE, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF A PROCESS IN PLACE. BUT I ALSO AM A HUGE BELIEVER THAT THE REST OF MY BOARD COLLEAGUES NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT. SO I TURN TO THEM AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, OR DOES THAT GIVE YOU HEARTBURN WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU VOTE, FOR EXAMPLE, AGAINST IT, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SIGNALING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THE CURRENT CANDIDATE THAT WE SUPPORT A PROCESS AND WE'RE NOT [01:45:01] TAINTED THE PROCESS THROUGH HAVING A SPLIT DESIRE UP IN THE DAIS. SO I JUST WANT TO ASK MY TWO COLLEAGUES WHO, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS AND SUPERVISOR VIXIE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PROCESS? WELL, MY PREFERENCE IS THE DIRECT STAFF TO MY QUESTION THEN WOULD BE, SO ARE WE ABBREVIATED PROCESS WOULD BE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO APPLY TO BECOME PRE-SCREENING PROCESS OR ARE WE GOING TO INTERVIEW EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY SO THAT IT'S. APPLIED, SCREENED OUT, SCREENED THEM OUT. SO THAT PROCESS WILL OCCUR THE DAY IT'S HERE. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. SO WITH THE PROCESS, THE TWO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO THE APPOINTMENT ARE A VOTER ARREST. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR SCREENING PROCESS OF SOME SORT THAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF INTERVIEW OSTENSIBLY. THAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE HOW WE SCREEN PEOPLE OUT WOULD BE A DECISION ALSO. YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT PROCESSED. YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW YOUR SCREENING CRITERIA IN ADVANCE OF DETERMINING SCREENING ITSELF, RIGHT? SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, THE TWO-STEP PROCESS. THAT'S WHY THE REASON I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR IS IF WE'RE TRYING TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE STEPS. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS. I THINK SOME FACTORS TO CONSIDER BY THE BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE ESTABLISHING A THRESHOLD OF NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS SOMETHING THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER. IF YOU SAY, HEY, IF THERE ARE MORE THAN, SAY, THREE APPLICANTS WHO SUBMIT PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS, IF YOU WILL, THAT MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. AT THE STAFF LEVEL, WE COULD DO A REVIEW OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE VALID AND THAT AN APPLICANT ACTUALLY MEETS THOSE BECAUSE THAT IS A LEGAL STANDARD. THE BOARD COULD SAY IF THERE'S MORE THAN IF THERE'S UP TO THREE APPLICANTS, BRING THEM ALL FORWARD ON THE 23RD, AND THERE WILL BE AROUND AN INTERVIEW BASICALLY CONDUCTED OF ALL THREE, SIMILAR TO WHAT SUPERVISOR FERREX MENTIONED EARLIER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN JESSE SALINAS WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD. SORT OF A ROUND ROBIN OF QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD ASKS, DETERMINED IN ADVANCE, AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE APPLICANTS. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S MORE THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER, SAY I'M JUST PICKING THREE OUT OF A HAT, YOU CAN DETERMINE WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. IF THERE'S MORE THAN THREE APPLICANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER THERE'S AN I'LL ASK PHIL TO JUMP IN IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING OUT OF TURN HERE PROCESS-WISE, BUT THE BOARD COULD ESTABLISH AN AD HOC TO DO A PRELIMINARY ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, INITIAL SCREENING, TO THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD. BUT THEN THAT, OF COURSE, INVOLVES A SUBSET OF THE BOARD MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO MOVES ON AND WHO DOESN'T AND COME FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD. SO ALTERNATIVELY, YOU COULD JUST SAY, LOOK, ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, BRING THEM FORWARD. ON THE 23RD AND YOU KNOW CONDUCT A ROUND OF ROUND OF INTERVIEWS SO THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT FACTORS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ALL DEPENDING UPON YOUR COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE PROCESS AND UH AND HOW THINGS LOOK YOU KNOW COME JUNE 23RD AS WELL BUT I'LL INVITE PHIL TO WEIGH IN IF HE HAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT? THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR WINNOWING DOWN APPLICANTS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN THE WAY OF INDIVIDUALS TO INTERVIEW, I THINK. IT'S ASSUMING WE GET MORE THAN TWO OR THREE APPLICATIONS, BUT AN AD HOC WOULD BE ONE WAY TO DO IT. THE OTHER IS MENTIONED ON THE SCREEN HERE. THERE COULD BE A REVIEW PANEL OF SOME COMBINATION OF DEPARTMENT HEADS OR STAFF. THE PROPOSAL IN THE STAFF [01:50:01] REPORT IS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR DESIGNEE, MYSELF, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. I MEAN, FRANKLY... I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT THIS TO BE A CIRCUS OR A DOG AND PONY SHOW. WE WANT TO ONLY HAVE TRULY CREDIBLE CANDIDATES PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR INTERVIEWS, NOT JUST ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE A BAR LICENSE AND BE CAPABLE OF BEING A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE COUNTY AT THE TIME THEY'RE APPOINTED. SO IF WE DO HAVE A REVIEW PANEL AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UNLESS THE BOARD DIRECTS OTHERWISE, I THINK THE STAFF DIRECTIVE WOULD BE TO BRING BACK CANDIDATES THAT ARE TRULY COMPETITIVE. WITH OUR ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOMEBODY WHO HAS SPENT A LONG PERIOD OF THEIR CAREER IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE A CAREER PROSECUTOR LIKE OUR ACTING DA, BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL QUALIFICATIONS. IDEALLY, SOMEBODY WHO HAS SUBSTANTIAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AS WELL. AND THEN THERE ARE ALWAYS INTANGIBLES WITH CANDIDATES IN TERMS OF THEIR REPUTATION AND EXPERIENCE AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE TWO THINGS I MENTIONED, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND IDEALLY SOME EXPERIENCE IN A MANAGEMENT ROLE WOULD BE THE TWO THINGS THAT I'D PUT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IF I HAD ANY SAY IN HOW WE WOULD SCREEN APPLICANTS TO BRING BACK NO MORE THAN THREE FOR INTERVIEWS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN AD HOC. I'M LOOKING DOWN HERE. HOW DOES THAT SOUND TO YOU? WELL, I HAVE MIXED THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF A PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO SEE EVERY PART OF IT, THEN A PART THAT INVOLVES SCREENING OUT OF THE PUBLIC'S EYE IS NOT... PUBLIC UNLESS YOU REPORT BACK ON WE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FROM THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND BUT FROM THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WITH SCORES YOU KNOW THEY ON WHATEVER THE CRITERIA MIGHT BE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TODAY HERE AT THE TABLE MAYBE THE REST OF Y'ALL ARE BUT I'M NOT IN A POSITION HERE TODAY TO TO CREATE A SET OF CRITERIA FOR SCREENING AND I APPRECIATE THE POINTS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY MAKING PHIL ABOUT YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANTIAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE BEING KEY FOR THIS. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT THOSE CRITERIA WILL BE FOR SCREENING AND HOW WE WILL SCREEN AND HOW WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC ALL SEEM TO BE PART OF A PROCESS THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE JUNE 23. AND WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD A DAY. IF YOU GET 10 APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A VERY LONG BOARD MEETING. YOU KNOW, A SOCIAL MEETING DAY IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE JUST IN THE POSITION. SO I'M WRESTLING WITH HOW MUCH OF THIS GETS TO HAPPEN IN THE PUBLIC VIEW, GIVEN THAT THAT'S THE REASON FOR DOING A PROCESS IS SO THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW AND PARTICIPATE. AND IF THAT IS OUR GOAL, THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON JUNE 2ND. AND WHAT HAPPENS ON JUNE 23RD. AND IF WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION ON JUNE 23RD, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE THING APPROPRIATELY APPROVED BY THE 2ND OF JUNE. AND APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THAT PROCESS. AND I STILL DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GET TO A JUNE 23, DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST THAT'S OUT THERE. SO I WILL VOTE WITH THE MAJORITY ON THIS. BUT, AGAIN, MY PREFERENCE. AND IN ORDER OF PRIORITY IS STABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, GIVEN THE WORK. AND NO SHAKEN CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF THE TEAM AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO AND HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE THEIR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, WHAT A NEW AND DIFFERENT LEADER MIGHT WANT TO COME IN AND BRING TO THE WORK. MAY BE APPEALING TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEAM OVER THERE, MAY BE ABSOLUTELY APPALLING TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT CHANGE ITSELF IS A VERY CHALLENGING DYNAMIC TO ABSORB, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT A WORKLOAD THAT IS AS SERIOUS AS THEIR WORKLOAD IS. SO I AM FOR AS LITTLE DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE. I AM NOT AT ALL OPPOSED TO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS, BUT ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION SHOWS UP IN AN ELECTION. THAT'S WHEN YOU GET TO VET ALL CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED AND MAKE A DECISION AS A PUBLIC. AND THIS IS NOT THAT. THIS IS US MAKING A DECISION ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC IN PUBLIC VIEW. SO, AGAIN, I'LL VOTE WITH THE MAJORITY ABOUT WHAT [01:55:02] OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE, BUT I AM FOR STABILITY AND ALSO CONFIDENT THAT MELINDA, I HAVE STABILITY IN THAT. THAT DECISION. BUT IF WE AREN'T THERE, THEN GROUP, I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A CONSENSUS DECISION TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT WE WOULD GET TO A CONSENSUS DECISION THROUGH THIS ABBREVIATED PROCESS EITHER IF WE'VE GOT VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS HERE ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE LEADING THE DA'S OFFICE MOVING FORWARD. WORD SALAD. I HAVE JUST A QUESTION, I MEAN A QUESTION OF STAFF, I MEAN AROUND THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT OF THE CLERK RECORDER ASSESSOR, YOU KNOW, SO HOW WERE THE, SO THERE WAS A WIDE NET CAST, I MEAN WE DID THIS 10 YEARS AGO, RIGHT, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A BRAND NEW SITUATION HERE, RIGHT, SO I WASN'T HERE, BUT SO THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF ON THIS, SO THERE WAS A WIDE NET CAST, RIGHT, RECRUITMENT TIMELINE OR. PUT OUT THE CALL, HOW MANY APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED, HOW WERE THEY WINDOWED, SUBCOMMITTEE, I MEAN, IT WAS A BOARD, RIGHT, IF YOU COULD RUN THROUGH THOSE, BECAUSE I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE 100 APPLICANTS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE CASE. I THINK, I MEAN, YEAH, I JUST AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK, I THOUGHT THAT WHAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL LAID OUT AS POSSIBLE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF. WE'LL SAY BAROMETERS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE I MEAN IN TERMS OF UH YOU KNOW SORT OF DECENT AMOUNT, SOME LENGTH AMOUNT OF TIME, I FORGET HIS WORDS EXACTLY, BUT SOME GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY, BASICALLY. AND THEN ALSO THE SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND AND DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AROUND MANAGEMENT. RIGHT. SO THOSE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU RAISED. BUT I MEAN, JUST BE CURIOUS FROM THE STAFF SIDE OF THINGS, WHAT WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AND IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED OVER THE STAFF REPORTS FROM 2016 OR THEREABOUTS. I DON'T REMEMBER A LOT OF THE DETAILS, BUT GENERALLY THE BOARD DID A NATIONWIDE SEARCH. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A NOT CREATED. IT'S NOT THAT BECAUSE IT'S YOLO COUNTY REGISTERED VOTER AND THE STATE BAR. SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S A NATIONWIDE SEARCH. SO, OKAY. WELL, YEAH, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE MIMIC THAT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY MAIN POINTS IS THAT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THAT THERE WAS NO. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY LOGICAL CANDIDATE WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR THAT POSITION. I SHOULDN'T SAY NO LOGICAL CANDIDATE. THERE WASN'T SOMEBODY WHO ROSE TO THE TOP, HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE OTHER STAFF, IN THAT OFFICE AT THE TIME. SO THE BOARD, I THINK, FELT IT WAS OBLIGATED TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE COUNTY FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND ULTIMATELY WOUND UP INTERVIEWING THREE AT A PUBLIC MEETING AFTER, I THINK, A FEW MONTHS OF PROCESS TO GET TO THAT POINT, INCLUDING, I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN AD HOC THAT REVIEWED. APPLICATIONS AND MAY HAVE DONE SOME INTERVIEWING. BUT, YEAH, IT WAS, AS I SAID, A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION WITH THE PERSONNEL IN THAT OFFICE. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IN PART IN ANSWERING SUPERVISOR BRAHAS' QUESTION EARLIER, I DO THINK THESE ARE EACH UNIQUE TO THE POINTS OTHERS HAVE MADE. AND, YEAH, EACH ONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR A LOT DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN JUST A QUICK COMMENT, I THINK, I MEAN. HEARING THE DISCUSSION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY END UP BEING BOILED DOWN TO SOMEHOW I DON'T SUPPORT THE ACTING DA, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN HAVING A PUBLIC PROCESS AROUND APPOINTMENT. I DON'T THINK, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. I THINK THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACTING DA, BUT ALSO A VERY ESTABLISHED WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACTING DA. AND SO AGAIN, MY APPROACHES. TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC APPOINTMENT OPPORTUNITY, INCLUDING THAT THE ACTING DA PARTICIPATES IN THAT. I ASSUME THAT TO BE THE CASE. WE'VE SEEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE ACTING DA ABOUT INTEREST IN DOING THAT, OR INTEREST IN HAVING THE JOB AND BEING APPOINTED, NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT A PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PROCESS. I JUST THINK THAT, AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO DIE ON THE SWORD OVER THIS FOR ME PERSONALLY, BUT I JUST... I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE PERSONAL PREFERENCE. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IS GOING TO, I THINK, GET BOILED DOWN TO SOME OF US SUPPORT THE PERSON, SOME OF US DON'T, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE CASE AT ALL. IF SHE CAN RESPOND, [02:00:05] THEN GO AHEAD. I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT MY BELIEF AT ALL ABOUT THIS. BUT THE PUBLIC IS THE PUBLIC. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK OVER THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK OVER THERE. AND HOW THEY REACT AND WHAT THEY WANT WILL CHARACTERIZE EACH OF US, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. AND ALL WE CAN DO IS STAND FIRM IN OUR BELIEFS AND IN OUR INTEGRITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE POSITION YOU'RE ADVOCATING IS A POSITION OF INTEGRITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU HAVE A POSITION ON WHO SHOULD BE THE NEW. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION HERE. TO BE FOR A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES THE PUBLIC. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BARACK? HERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION TO INSERTING A DIFFERENT PROCESS, RIGHT? AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME CONFIDENCE FROM ALL FIVE OF US THAT THE CURRENT ACTING DIRECTOR, ACTING DA, HAS DONE A FINE JOB, IS DOING A FINE JOB. AND ALSO THE MAJORITY OF HER STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS OBVIOUSLY IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING WITH THAT LEADERSHIP. I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BY SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS ABBREVIATED PROCESS. SO FOR THOSE TERMS, I'LL USE THE WORD ABBREVIATED PROCESS. THIS PROCESS THAT I'M INSERTING JUST TO GET THE TEMPERATURE FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD. IT'S NOT AN ABBREVIATED PROCESS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT WHAT IT WOULD DO IS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT DA, INTERIM DA, ALLOW THAT CURRENT INTERIM DA TO BE ELEVATED TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS PUBLIC INPUT. WE WOULD FORM A PROCESS WHERE WE WORK WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY FORUMS TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT. THAT COMMUNITY INPUT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP, THE POLICY. NOT CURRENT CASES BECAUSE CURRENT CASES ARE PENDING AND THEY'RE CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT MATTERS, BUT ANY CASES THAT ARE PREVIOUS AND KIND OF TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT CANDIDATE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WOULD BE MELINDA, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE A PUBLIC PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TWO FORUMS, AND THEN WE GET TO ULTIMATELY INTERVIEW HER SOMETIME IN JULY. SO THAT WAY IF WE DO FEEL COMFORTABLE BASED ON THOSE PUBLIC INPUT AND ALSO PUBLIC PROCESS AND OUR INTERVIEW, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE APPOINTMENT. BUT THAT WOULD TAKE, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. BUT WE'RE SHOWING PREFERENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT ACTING INTERIM DA. AND SO THE RISK OBVIOUSLY IS THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES BACK AND SAYS, WE'RE BORED, WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OR THE FLIP SIDE IS, SHE'S GREAT. SHE'S ANSWERED A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS. SHE UNDERSTANDS MANAGEMENT, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. SHE HAS SUPPORT. HER POLICY FRAMEWORK ON CERTAIN ISSUES ARE X, Y, AND Z. IT'S CLEAR. AND BOARD, YOU SHOULD APPOINT. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT WE CAN ALSO TAKE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF ALL FIVE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT. I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY IN TRYING TO INSERT THE PUBLIC INPUT FOR IT. SO, YES, LUCAS? NO, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU HAVE AN INSTANT RESPONSE, YEAH. WELL, MAYBE I'LL JUST RESPOND THEN WITHOUT MUCH THINKING. I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN INTO A CIRCUS. WE AREN'T AT A PLACE THAT WE NEED OR WANT A CIRCUS. I ABSOLUTELY AM. ALWAYS FINE WITH PUBLIC INPUT, BUT I THINK IF WE KEEP THE PROCESS INTERNALLY THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT THERE THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN WRITE US, THEY CAN DO PUBLIC TESTIMONY HERE. I WOULD, YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPTION. I AM KIND OF WONDERING IF WE WOULD LIKE TO, AS AN INTERIM STEP. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD THEN JUST BY THIS SUGGESTION GIVE HER A LEG UP, BUT JUST HAVE LIKE AN INTERVIEW OF, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO INTERVIEW HER TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE AGENDIZED WITH, BUT TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW [02:05:02] WITH JUST HER WOULD BE AN OPTION. THEN IF WE FEEL LIKE OUR QUESTIONS AREN'T ANSWERED OR WE WANT TO GO FURTHER, THEN OPEN IT UP TO THE BROADER PUBLIC. YEAH, I MEAN, SO CAN I PICK UP ON WHERE YOU LEFT OFF? I'D LOOK TO LEGAL TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN INTERVIEW HER RIGHT NOW, IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THAT. WHILE IT'S NOT AGENDIZED, I BELIEVE THE WAY THE STAFF REPORT IS CHARACTERIZED IS THAT IT'S A PROCESS. PART OF THAT PROCESS MAY BE INTERVIEWING THE INTERIM DA WHO'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD FAVOR DOING THAT NOW, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WHILE YOU INDICATED IT MIGHT GIVE HER A LEG UP, IT MAY NOT. GOES. BUT I DO, THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE I DO WORRY THAT IT WILL TURN INTO A PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN PRETTY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I'M IMAGINING STEPS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WHEN WE WERE RANKING PROCESS, WHEREBY YOU'RE INDICATING WHO YOUR PREFERRED CANDIDATE IS RIGHT ON THE SPOT IN AND OF ITSELF TAKES ON. CANDIDATES ARE AND WHO WE SEE FAVORABLY. SO I MEAN IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME WHAT I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT SO I WOULD SUPPORT YOUR SUGGESTION THAT WE AT LEAST OR AT LEAST HAVE INTERIM DA FORWARD MAKE HER CASE WHY SHE'S THE BEST CANDIDATE IF THERE'S A QUESTION TO ME, I THINK YOU COULD INVITE HER TO SPEAK TODAY. I THINK A FULL INTERVIEW IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD ITEM, AND AS I'M HEARING YOU PRESENT THIS IDEA, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AIELLO ADDRESSING THE BOARD WOULD BE TO INFORM THE BOARD OF WHETHER TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK AN APPOINTMENT ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR FURTHER CONSIDER A PROCESS AROUND THE POSITION. BUT AS I SAID, I THINK A FULL INTERVIEW TODAY WOULD BE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE ITEM. A FULL INTERVIEW, BUT IT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE HER, IF I COULD, IT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE HER FROM COMING FORWARD AND STATING WHY SHE BELIEVES MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN APPOINTMENT. I THINK THAT'S FAIR GAME. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AGAIN, I. IT WENT BACK TO HOW FAR PUBLIC INPUT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AND AGAIN, MY SUGGESTION WAS OBVIOUSLY TO RECEIVE. THEY HAVE TO GET TO KNOW HER. THE PUBLIC HAS TO GET TO KNOW HER. AND SHE HAS TO GET TO KNOW THE PUBLIC. WE KNOW TO A CERTAIN DEGREE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT INTERIM DA. BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T. AND THIS POSITION IS A LITTLE... SO IT'S AN APPOINTMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT IT'S AN ELECTED POSITION. YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR CASE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHY THE COMMUNITY FORUMS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY OF MAKING THAT CASE. A CANDIDATE SHOULDN'T BE SCARED TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK THAT'S AND ALSO IT CAN WORK TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, RIGHT? SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. SHE DOES A GOOD JOB. THE COMMUNITY GETS TO KNOW HER EVEN MORE, HAS CONFIDENCE, MOVING FORWARD TO FINISH THE TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEAR TERM, AND POTENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY GETS TO KNOW HER IF SHE DECIDES TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. I MEAN, THAT'S SETTING HER UP IN A GOOD POSITION TO ALLOW THIS TYPE OF COMMUNICATION TO HAPPEN. BUT IF WE JUST KIND OF KEEP IT IN-HOUSE AND JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION... WITH HER AND INTERVIEW WITH HER, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COME HERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND TRY TO ENGAGE WITH HER OR ENGAGE WITH US TO ASK HER CERTAIN QUESTIONS. SO IT CAN GET MESSY THAT WAY, TOO. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC INPUT THAT IS REASONABLE. AND I THINK THAT THAT SUGGESTION THAT I JUST MADE, THE SECOND SUGGESTION, IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE HAS A LEG UP AND WE'RE HEAVILY CONSIDERING HER AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT. HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT. BUT IF NOT, THEN I WOULD JUST REGRESS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROCESS THAT WE [02:10:02] HAVE UP THERE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK I'M STILL APOLOGIZING TO SUPERVISOR VICKIE SANDY. I MEAN, I'M... THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR BRAJAS. I MEAN, I'M STILL AT THAT, RIGHT, WHICH IS THE KIND OF GO BACK TO THIS ORIGINAL ITEM AROUND. I THINK A LAID OUT HERE, A TRUNCATED PROCESS, WHICH IS LITERALLY LESS THAN ONE MONTH, I THINK IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE. IT STILL PROVIDES ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE HERE WITH US PRIOR TO MEETINGS, BUT ALSO AT THE MEETINGS THEMSELVES. I THINK THE... THE QUESTION REALLY SHOULD FOCUS ON JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SORT OF, IF WE THINK THERE ARE SOME SORT OF BASE LEVEL, BASELINE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE WINNOWING OF APPLICATIONS. SHOULD WE RECEIVE MANY, MANY? I DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE, BUT I THINK, AND THAT'S COULD BE CONDUCTED BY A PANEL OF DESIGNEES OF THE BOARD, I MEAN, OF COUNTY STAFF. I STILL THINK THAT THAT, I MEAN, IT FEELS THAT THIS IS A TOTALLY REASONABLE TIMELINE. I MEAN, THE ONE QUESTION IS, AND SO WITH NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT AND SORT OF A PUBLIC PROCESS. SO THAT'S, I MEAN, IT JUST FEELS LIKE THAT THIS COULD STILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLY ACHIEVED. I'M GOING TO GO TO MARY AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, THAT THE PROCESS SHOULD PROBABLY STAY HERE. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN ELECTION, AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT TO COMPLETE A TERM. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES... INVITING OTHER CANDIDATES TO APPLY, I THINK THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO LIVE WITH THE FIVE OF US IN THIS ROOM. WHETHER WE CAN COME UP WITH SCREENING CRITERIA THAT STAFF CAN DEPLOY IN LOOKING AT APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, IN CASE THERE ARE 10 TO 20 PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN THIS, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE AN EFFICIENCY. BUT AGAIN, ONE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DESCRIBED TO THE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS HOW WE GOT TO THE FINAL PLATFORM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING INTERVIEWED HERE. AND YEAH, I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THE FIVE OF US HAVE TO DO THIS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, WHAT WOULD HELP US, I SUSPECT, AND HELP THE PUBLIC, IS IF THERE ARE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THAT GO INTO THE AGENDA. SO THAT WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SIT HERE AND ENGAGE IN SOME INTERVIEWS. YOU KNOW, TWO OBVIOUS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ARE, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS POSITION? HOW WOULD YOU MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF WORK AND COMMITMENT OF THE STAFF? I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST LITERALLY PULLING WORDS OUT OF THIN AIR HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT WOULD DESCRIBE WHO THIS PERSON IS, WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS. AND WHAT IT IS THEY HAVE TO OFFER THE POSITION. IF WE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT IN WRITING AND THE PUBLIC DID AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE A MORE INFORMED PROCESS WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET HERE, AND THEN WE CAN GET SPECIFIC ON QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW UP. OKAY, ANGEL? YEAH, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE ABBREVIATED PROCESS, WHICH I'M TOTALLY FINE, I WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE CRITERIA OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO HAVE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, BUDGET ACUMEN, TRIAL EXPERIENCE. WORKING WITH ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL. AND THEN IF WE GET TO QUESTIONS, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KNOW THEIR POLICY POSITIONS ON SOME OF THE POLICY POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN AND OR OTHER COUNTIES HAVE TAKEN REGARDING ANY ASSEMBLY BILLS OR SENATE BILLS. PROPOSITIONS, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR POLICY FRAMEWORK AND WHAT THEY SUPPORT. THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT THEY SEE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AS DA AND THEY WOULD DO TO FIX THOSE CHALLENGES OR KEEP THOSE CHALLENGES GOING, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE OPERATIONAL. HOW DO THEY OPERATE? HAVING X AMOUNT OF STAFF WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BUDGET, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? WHAT WOULD THEY ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS? I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN ASK THIS QUESTION, PHIL, TOO, AS WELL, OR IS THAT PROHIBITED? DO THEY HAVE INTENTION TO RUN FOR THE POSITION IN 2028? COULD WE ASK THAT QUESTION AS PART OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE? [02:15:01] I THINK THERE ARE. POTENTIAL LONGEVITY IN OFFICE WOULD BE RELEVANT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. I ALSO THINK THAT IF YOU'RE, THIS IS WHERE THE POSITION IS, RIGHT? IS THE POSITION, THE BIGGEST CASE THAT WE HAVE IN YOLO COUNTY HISTORY IS IN FRONT OF US, AND WHO'S LEADING IT IS THE DA'S OFFICE, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE PERMANENT APPOINTED DA? ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THE LEAD AND MANAGE AND RUN? FOR REELECTION OR WHAT IS THEIR INTENT? ARE THEY GOING TO, BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS DAS SAID THEY HAD THE CURRENT INTERIM AS THE LEAD. SO THE PREVIOUS DA WASN'T THE LEAD OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE TRIAL. SO I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW THE APPLICANTS SEE THEMSELVES IN THEIR ROLE DURING THE ESPARTO. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE THEIR TIME IS GOING TO BE SPENT. THERE'S AN ELECTION. SO I THINK ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS ARE FAIR QUESTIONS TO OUR CANDIDATES, SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE ABLE TO DELIBERATE MORE TRANSPARENTLY. I TRIED TO... GATHER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO, I THINK THE STAFF MAY HAVE HAD IT ALSO. MARK, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? SO JUST A CLARIFICATION, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU LISTED, EXCELLENT LIST, ENDEAVOR TO RECORD THEM IN SHORTHAND. IS YOUR VISION FOR THOSE, THE WRITTEN KIND OF SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT BY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, OR IS THAT A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT ASKED. IN AN INTERVIEW PROCESS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. SOME OF THEM WERE HAPPENED IF WE CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE PART OF THE FILTERING PROCESS, AND THEN SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE FOR THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO ASK THOSE CANDIDATES WHEN WE INTERVIEW THEM. WELL, GOOD THING THIS IS VIDEOTAPED SO WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE GET THEM CORRECTLY. I WAS TAKING NOTES ALSO. SUPERVISOR BIXIE SANDY? I APPRECIATE THAT AND AGREE WITH YOU ON THE POINT. I THINK... IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE SET A PAGE LIMIT, GIVEN THAT WE'RE ASKING ATTORNEYS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A 47-PAGE LETTER FROM A GROUP OF ATTORNEYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED A 47-PAGE PORTFOLIO IN THE AGENDA. BUT IF WE COULD SET, LIKE, A FIVE-PAGE LIMIT FOR WRITTEN WORK, 12-POINT FONT, YOU KNOW, ONE-INCH MARGINS, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST BE REALLY CLEAR THERE. SPOKEN AS A TEACHER. AS A TEACHER AND SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED WITH LAWYERS WHO, YOU KNOW, ONE-INCH MARGINS, YOU DIDN'T SAY IT HAD TO BE ONE-INCH MARGINS, AND THAT WASN'T THE RULE, SO LET'S FOLLOW THE RULE. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UPLOAD AND REVIEW AND DO OUR OWN PRE-SCREENING AND READING BEFORE WE GET TO AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT ALSO. I THINK, AND... TO BRING BACK THE QUESTION OF WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC GET TO SEE, I THINK THAT ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN, THAT WE CAN POST THOSE ONLINE. WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE SCREENING CRITERIA, SO THEN THEY WOULD SEE WHAT GOT FROM THERE TO WHO ACTUALLY CAME HERE. FOR ME, I THINK THREE IS A RISK, AND FOUR NO MORE. AND I PERSONALLY AM OKAY WITH HAVING, I THINK THE SUGGESTION WAS THE CAO, HR, AND OUR COUNTY COUNCIL AS THE SCREENING COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM STAFF. I AM OKAY WITH THAT. I WORRY ABOUT HAVING A BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A DECISION OF THE WHOLE, AND THAT KIND OF GIVES A SCREENING OR EXTRA INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO BE MAKING THE DECISIONS. I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE JUST, WE MAKE THE CRITERIA AND THEN THEY SAY, HERE WE'VE SCREENED THEM, BUT THEN WE GET TO SEE WHO WAS SCREENED OUT. SO WE CAN ALWAYS PULL SOMEBODY UP IF WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE RESULT. WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT PART? IS STAFF OKAY WITH THAT? I SEE MARK, YOU'RE LOOKING OVER AT THE CEO. WELL, I THINK SOME OF THE SIDEBAR WE WERE HAVING IS WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. ON THE SECOND LIST OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE SO THAT THERE'S ALSO THAT, IF THAT'S WITHIN THE VISION OF WHAT THE BOARD IN CLARIFICATION. [02:20:01] I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE INTERVIEWS ON THE 23RD OF JUNE. AND IF WE DO WANT TO HAVE INTERVIEWS ON THE 23RD OF JUNE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME IF WE APPROVE THE QUESTIONS AND OPEN THE PROCESS ON THE SECOND OR THE THIRD, WHATEVER OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM A TWO-WEEK WINDOW. YOU NEED AT LEAST A WEEK, LET'S SAY, TO REVIEW AND DO THE SCREENING. I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO BACK UP FROM THE 23RD OR LOOK AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN JULY AS THE INTERVIEW DATE. AND I THINK I'M COMFORTABLE DEFERRING TO STAFF BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TO COME UP WITH THE QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN AND THE QUESTIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEW. WHICH WE CAN WORK ON A LITTLE. WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK ON THE QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEW ITSELF. WE COULD PROBABLY REVIEW THOSE AND STILL BE TIMELY. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET THIS GOING NOW FOR A POTENTIAL JUNE 23RD, I THINK WE NEED TO DEFER THAT TO STAFF. IF WE'RE ASKING THEM TO KEEP IT TO FIVE PAGES, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT TO FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS. SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO, FROM UP HERE. SEE WHAT THE PRIORITY ARE FOR THE FIVE QUESTIONS. WE CAN ALWAYS ASK MORE QUESTIONS WHEN THEY'RE HERE IN PERSON. WE CAN WORK ON THOSE LATER, BUT IF WE WANT TO GET THIS POSTED OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE SEND IN THEIR APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS, I THINK, AND STILL MEET THE 23RD, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THE QUESTIONS TODAY. THERE'S SOME PRETTY OBVIOUS ONES, I THINK. I THINK WE HAVE KIND OF DONE THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO. THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE. YES, GO AHEAD, PHIL. OKAY. HOPEFULLY I DON'T CRASH AND BURN, BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING. WE CAN OPEN IT UP TODAY, TOMORROW, AS SOON AS HR CAN GET IT POSTED. WE'LL COME BACK ON THE SECOND. TO HAVE THE BOARD ADOPT SCREENING CRITERIA FOR STAFF TO USE AND A LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS TO ANSWER. THEIR ANSWERS WILL BE, THEY CAN APPLY BEFORE THEN IF THEY WANT, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS NO LATER THAN, I'LL SAY, JUNE 15TH, SO THAT ON THE 16TH WE CAN DO OUR SCREENING BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THE BOARD'S SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS. AND WE'LL STRIVE TO BRING BACK NO MORE THAN THREE CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEWS ON JUNE 23RD. AND ALL APPLICATIONS AND RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD WITH THAT PACKET. SO THAT IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T PUT FORWARD AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THREE CANDIDATES, YOU CAN SAY SO. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THE CUSP, MAYBE WE'LL PUT THEM FORWARD AS WELL SO WE CAN AVOID A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT A CANDIDATE WHO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE CUT MADE BY STAFF. AND THEN TO SUPERVISOR BARRAJA'S SUGGESTION OF INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T WANT TO DIRECT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OR ANY OTHER GROUP WHAT WE THINK THAT THEY OUGHT TO DO, BUT IF THERE'S EVIDENCE OF WHO IS INTERESTED, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM, GO HAVE AT IT. BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT BE OUR DIRECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE COMMUNITY CAN, AS THEY SHOULD AND OFTEN DO, DO AS THEY PLEASE. YEAH, WELL, I WISH WE HAD MORE FORUMS, BUT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN FRONT OF US, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING MY GOAL WAS TO GET ALL OF US ON BOARD WITH THE SAME PROCESS. AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WAY THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT THERE IS THIS PROCESS AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE ARE ALREADY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARDS TO THAT, SO WE WILL DO A REGULAR PUBLIC PROCESS IN TERMS OF A PRESS RELEASE TO GET IT OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. HR WILL DO ITS REGULAR PROCESS IN ADVERTISING A POSITION, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT AS OPPOSED TO OUR REGULAR HR PROCESS. THEY WON'T BE INVOLVED IN NEEDING TO ACCEPT IN APPLICATIONS. SO WE WILL DO BOTH OF THOSE APPROACHES TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE INTERESTED. I WAS TRYING TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION OF THE VERY LOW BAR THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LICENSE AND LIVE IN YOLO COUNTY. IS IT WHEN YOU START, WHEN YOU'RE APPOINTED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDRESS OR BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE? OR DO YOU, SHOULD ONLY CURRENT YOLO RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE? YOU HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. SO, BY THE 23RD. A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDOW. YEAH. SO, IF WE'RE DOING APPOINTMENT, I'M, YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH. JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE HAVE IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES OR SOMETHING. GOD HELP US IF THIS IS REMINISCENT OF WHEN WE, THE SAME CRITERIA [02:25:04] FOR CULTIVATING CANNABIS. IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE, I JUST HAD A FLASHBACK, SO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN UNMUTE. I, I, I. I STATED MY PREFERENCE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT I'M GOOD IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS, WHICH I THINK THAT'S THE HOPE, IS THAT WE CAN FIND TOGETHER IN THE EVENT THAT WE CAN. THANK YOU. WOULD A VOTE BE NEEDED, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE I THINK WE'VE ALL AGREED TO THE PROCESS? WE STILL HAVE THE JUNE 23RD TARGET DATE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THE PAPER SCREENING. THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WILL SEE EVERYBODY WHO WILL HAVE AN APPLICATION AND THEIR ANSWERS. WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL SOMEBODY ADDITIONALLY UP IF WE WERE SO INCLINED FOR US TO DO THAT. LIKE AFTER IT'S POSTED, COULD... YEAH, I MEAN, MAYBE I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT YEAH, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT THE... PACKET FOR THE 23RD WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE APPLICATIONS. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S MAYBE NO WAY AROUND AWKWARDNESS. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PULL SOMEBODY UP, WE'D HAVE TO THEN HAVE A WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO CONTINUE THE BOARD. I THINK THERE'S A MEANS IN THE BROWN ACT FOR, RATHER THAN ADJOURNING A BROWN ACT MEETING AT THE END OF THE DAY, ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS OR IT'S SO DECIDED, THERE'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHY DON'T WE SEE THIS PERSON? I HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE STAFF TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE. IT'S JUST THE THREE MAXIMUM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS PROCESS WILL BRING FORWARD, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE APPLICATIONS. DOES THE BOARD DIRECTION INCLUDE COMING BACK ON THE SECOND WITH SCREENING CRITERIA? IT'LL JUST BE A FEW BASIC ONES, PLUS PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO. YES, I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME CERTAINTY TO THE PROCESS SO THAT WE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEW WHAT IT WAS THAT WE SAID, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS. AND THEN YOU'D WRITE OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS WITH THE TIMELINE AND THE SCREENING QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU WERE FIRST STARTING OUT, WHAT YOU WERE HOPING THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM US. ALL RIGHT? GOOD. YES, PLEASE. ONE MORE PROCESS QUESTION. SO THEN IS IT OUR INTENT THEN TO, ON THE 23RD, IS THAT WHAT WE AGREED, THE 23RD OF JUNE? WE WOULD CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS DATES, SCREENING CRITERIA, NO MORE THAN THREE GIVE OR TAKE CANDIDATES IS WHAT I'M HEARING. WE'D INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES AND THEN WE WOULD SIMPLY MAKE A DECISION ON THE THIRD APPOINTMENT. THAT'S THE WORKING PLAN, I THINK. YEAH. YOU COULD DECIDE TO DEFER THE APPOINTMENT TO, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL MEETING THE NEXT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY. I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP. YES. I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR REGAS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING ON THAT DAY, OR THERE'S APPLICANTS THAT BACK OUT. WE HAVE NO APPLICANTS. THERE COULD BE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. BUT I THINK THE INTENT IS. INTERVIEW AND THEN APPOINT SOMEBODY THAT DAY. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY ONE OTHER THING, IF THERE ARE NOT THREE CANDIDATES THAT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THREE, IT COULD BE UP TO THREE. AND THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT IF WE WANTED TO HAVE FOUR. SO IF THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT COME FORWARD OR ONLY ONE, THEN THAT'S WHERE THE INTERVIEW WOULD GO. THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. AT THE RISK OF COMPLICATING THINGS FURTHER, I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTION, WHICH IS VERY MUCH ALONG THE SIMILAR LINES OF WHAT PHIL LAID OUT, BUT IT WOULD INVOLVE... SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD ON OR ABOUT JUNE 16TH SO THAT WILL DEPEND UPON A CALENDAR EVENT SO IF THAT DATE WERE AVAILABLE THEN IT'S JUST A SMALL DERIVATION OF WHAT PHIL LAID OUT WHICH IS WE OPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING YOU KNOW THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW AT THE LATEST WE CAN STILL COME BACK ON JUNE 2ND WITH THE QUESTIONS THE WRITTEN QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT ALL THE APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO AND LAY OUT THOSE CRITERIA. AND THEN BASICALLY STAFF WOULD CONDUCT A PAPER SCREENING OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED TO MAKE SURE THAT MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ARE MET. AND IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE APPLICANTS THAT MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ON THE PAPER SCREENING, THEN WE COULD BRING THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF APPLICATIONS TO THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION ON WHICH OF THOSE APPLICANTS YOU WANT TO INVITE FOR INTERVIEWS ON THE 23RD. DON'T DO INTERVIEWS ON THE 16TH, BUT JUST NARROW DOWN THE FIELD, AND THEN STAFF COMES BACK, AND WE HAVE THE THREE OR HOWEVER [02:30:02] MANY YOU PICK ON THE 16TH TO COME BACK AND YOU DO INTERVIEWS ON THE 23RD. SO IT'S A DERIVATION OF THE LATTER, BUT IT TAKES THE SCREENING OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF STAFF AND SO FORTH AND PUTS IT SQUARELY WITH THE BOARD. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT REQUIRES ANOTHER MEETING. MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT ABLE TO BE. ...PRESENT FOR JUNE 16TH, UNFORTUNATELY. ME EITHER. I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR DESIRE TO HAVE US DO THAT SCREENING. I CAN ALSO SAY I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT DELEGATING THAT TO THE TEAM TO BRING US YOUR BEST CANDIDATES. AND ANYBODY YOU'RE UNSURE OF, I THINK YOU PUT IN FRONT OF US. I THINK THERE'S THREE OF US WHO CAN'T MAKE IT, SO I THINK THAT'S A DONE-NOT DEAL. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL SUGGESTION. BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT I'M CONFIDENT IN, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM UP HERE OR FROM THE STAFF? OKAY. [30. Approve Landfill Gas Rights & Site License Agreement for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) with Yolo RNG, LLC for the Landfill Gas Beneficial Use Project ("the Project"); adopt Addendum #3 to the Yolo County Central Landfill Permit Revision Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Project (Att. A.) and authorize staff to file a notice of determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); approve the Project and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the agreement with Yolo RNG, LLC for the construction and operation of the Project at the Yolo County Central Landfill; authorize the transfer of the existing landfill Gas-to-Electricity plant and its tangible assets to Yolo RNG, LLC for the Project; and authorize County Counsel and Director of the Department of Community Services (or their designees) to approve minor amendments to the agreement. No general fund impact) (Fieseler/Juhler) (Est. Staff Presentation: 5 min)] THANK YOU, BOARD. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. ITEM IS THE APPROVE THE LANDFILL GAS RIGHTS AND SITE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. AND LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE REST OF IT. WONDERFUL. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS, MANAGEMENT DIVISION, DIRECTOR. SWITCH GEARS NOW, TALK ABOUT LANDFILL GAS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU HOLDS SIGNIFICANCE, AND THIS IS NOT JUST HELPING US MEET BUT EXCEED OUR GREENHOUSE GAS GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS WELL AS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND SUSTAINABILITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 50TH YEAR AT THE LANDFILL, OPENING IN 1975, AND BY 1988, WHICH WAS A LONG TIME AGO, THE LANDFILL WAS THE LARGEST LANDFILL IN THE COUNTRY. REQUIRED TO CAPTURE METHANE EMISSIONS GENERATED BY THE DECOMPOSITION OF WASTE. WE HAVE OPERATED A GAS TO ELECTRICITY FACILITY FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS, AND THAT CONTRACT IS COMING TO TERM AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME THAT OUR OFF-TAKE AGREEMENT WITH SMUD IS COMING TO AN END ON JUNE 30TH, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BEFORE YOU TODAY. AS YOU WILL READ IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF OUR EXISTING ENGINES AT THE METHANE PLANT AND THE HIGH COST OF MAINTENANCE, WE DETERMINED THAT CONTINUED OPERATION IN ITS PRESENT FORM WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY. AND AS SUCH, A FORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS BEGAN. AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT WAS IN MAY OF 25, A FORMAL RFP WENT OUT. WITH REDTAIL RENEWABLES RANKING THE HIGHEST AT 130 OUT OF 150 POSSIBLE POINTS, WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM SINCE AUGUST OF 25. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A PROJECT THIS SIZE CANNOT BE BROUGHT TO FRUITION WITHOUT IMMENSE COLLABORATION. I ALWAYS LIKE THE COLLABORATION SECTION OF THESE BOARD PACKETS SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY. OF NOTE IS THE FIRST, WHICH IS HAWKINS. THIS IS AN OUTSIDE LEGAL FIRM THAT WE HIRED THAT SPECIALIZES IN ENERGY PROJECTS. THE REASON THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US IS THAT THIS ASSISTED US IN GETTING THE BEST TERMS AVAILABLE WRITTEN INTO THIS CONTRACT TO REPRESENT NOT JUST THE COUNTY BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE WORKED WITH PG&E AND SMUD, YOLO COUNTY'S PROCUREMENT TEAM, OUR PLANNING DIVISION ON THE EIR, COUNTY COUNCIL. WE CONSULTED WITH YC PARMIA FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT. THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. AND THEN ON MARCH 23RD, I PRESENTED THIS TO OUR INTERNAL COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. AT THIS TIME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE ROB MORGAN, THE CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER FOR RED TAIL RENEWABLES, WHO'S HERE TO PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND PROJECT. WHEN HE IS DONE WITH HIS FEW SLIDES, I WILL WRAP UP WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE ARE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. YOUR TURN, ROB. GREAT. THANK YOU, MARISSA. AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. AND, CHAIR ALLEN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY. [02:35:01] YESTERDAY WAS MY 35TH ANNIVERSARY. OH, IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO BE MARRIED. IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. SO REDTAIL RENEWABLES IS A DEVELOPER, OWNER, AND OPERATOR OF LANDFILL GAS TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FACILITIES. KEEPING IN THE MISSION OF LANDFILLS, OF CAPTURING THE METHANE THAT'S EMITTED FROM THE LANDFILLS, WE ARE NOW TRYING TO REPURPOSE THAT TO BECOME PIPELINE METHANE. IT'S RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. SO WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR GREENHOUSE GAS COLLECTION. WE'RE NOT MAKING ELECTRICITY ANYMORE FROM THAT GAS. WE'RE NOW MAKING IT INTO A VIABLE PRODUCT INTO THE PIPELINE. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. I HAVE A COLLEAGUE HERE, ALEX BARROW, WHO'S OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF US OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS THIS PROJECT MOVES FROM IDEA INTO CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS. WE WERE FOUNDED TO DO EXACTLY THIS, AND WE HAVE A PROJECT OPERATING IN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW THAT DOES EXACTLY THIS. WE HAVE A PROJECT IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT IS STILL MAKING ELECTRICITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REPURPOSE THAT TO NATURAL GAS IN THE COMING YEARS. WE SET UP A PROJECT COMPANY, SO YOU'LL SEE THE AGREEMENT IS YOLO RNG LLC. IT'S A SPECIFIC COMPANY FOR THIS PROJECT, SO THAT'S THE CONTRACT ENTITY. IT'S 100% OWNED BY RED TOE RENEWABLES. AND THIS PROJECT NOW WILL RESULT IN A LARGE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS. IT WILL BE A PROCESSING FACILITY. IT'LL LOOK JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY, MORE OR LESS. DIFFERENT FORM FACTOR, DIFFERENT ACTUAL EQUIPMENT, BUT THE SAME IDEA. WE USE THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY PLANT THAT'S OUT THERE NOW. ABOUT 50 OR 60 JOBS DURING CONSTRUCTION. THERE WILL BE THEN FOUR TO SIX ONGOING OPERATIONS JOBS. THERE WILL BE PROPERTY TAXES TO THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. AND THERE WILL BE THE CONTRACTUAL PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE, BOTH A SITE LEASE PAYMENT AND THEN A ROYALTY PAYMENT BASED ON THE FLOW OF GAS THAT COMES EVERY YEAR. AND AS MARISSA SAID, IT'S GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE COUNTY. THAT EXPENSE WILL TURN INTO A REVENUE STREAM STARTING IN 2028. JUST A QUICK PIE CHART TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S ROUGHLY A $50 MILLION PROJECT. THAT NUMBER COULD BE PLUS OR MINUS AS WE GET INTO DETAILED AND FINAL ENGINEERING. A BIG PORTION OF THAT WILL BE FROM REDTAIL. A PORTION OF THAT WILL COME FROM THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. THAT'S A FEDERAL TAX CREDIT. AND THEN ABOUT 60% WILL COME FROM A PROJECT LOAN. WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS AND SECURED THAT LOAN COMMITMENT FROM A BANK COMERICA. WHEN WE GET INTO THE SCHEDULE, EXCUSE ME, I MOVED AWAY FROM THE MIC, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE THE APPROVAL WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE COUNTY, WE WILL START DETAILED DESIGN IMMEDIATELY AND COME TO OUR FINAL DECISIONS, IF YOU WILL, IN AUGUST ON WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. WE WILL DO CONSTRUCTION FROM ESSENTIALLY AUGUST OF 27 TO AUGUST OF 28. THERE'S A LOT OF LEAD TIME ITEMS WE HAVE TO ORDER THIS SUMMER. WE WILL RUN THE ELECTRICITY PLANT THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, MAKING SOME REVENUE FROM THE FACILITY, KEEPING THE METHANE DESTRUCTION THAT'S ONGOING, AND EXPECT TO BE IN COMMERCIAL OPERATION SUMMER, FALL OF 2028. WE WILL BE SELLING THE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. INTO THE MARKETPLACE FOR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT REWARD RNGS, WE CALL IT, TO GO INTO TRUCKING FLEETS, BUS FLEETS, ET CETERA, AND THIS FACILITY WILL QUALIFY FOR THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IS REALLY LOTS OF DETAILS HERE, BUT IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION. AS MARISSA SAID, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS NOW. THEY'RE A TOUGH TEAM, SO THEY'VE GOTTEN YOU A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY HERE. I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT. WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERS WE HAVE IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS. I'M SHOWING YOU SOME PICTURES HERE. ONE IS ON THE LEFT, KENTUCKY. THAT'S WHAT AN RNG FACILITY LOOKS LIKE. THE LANDFILL IS IN THE FOREGROUND. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE POSTS THAT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH IF YOU'VE SEEN THE YOLO LANDFILL. THE GAS GETS GATHERED AND COLLECTED. IT GETS CLEANED UP. REPURPOSED AS RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS VERSUS BEING DESTROYED AS METHANE. ON THE RIGHT, IT'S AN EXISTING ELECTRICITY PLANT LIKE YOU HAVE TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SEE THIS COLLABORATION AS A GREAT OUTCOME FOR YOLO COUNTY AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I GUESS MARISSA, THAT'S IT FOR US, YEAH? OKAY. SO THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE TO ADOPT ADDENDUM NUMBER THREE TO THE YOLO COUNTY CENTRAL LANDFILLS EIR, AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH YOLO RNG LLC, AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF THE EXISTING LANDFILL GAS TO ELECTRICITY PLANT AND ITS [02:40:01] TANGIBLE ASSETS OVER TO YOLO RNG LLC, AND AUTHORIZE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO APPROVE ANY MINOR AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IN THIS PROCESS. AS ROB SAID, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION. I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN ONCE IN MY CAREER. YOU SHOULD ONLY SEE THIS AT THIS BOARD ONCE EVERY 30-PLUS YEARS. NOT ONLY WAS THE PROCESS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, BUT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THE METHANE THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. AT SOME POINT, THE OLD PLANT GETS DECOMMISSIONED. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION. AT NO POINT WILL THAT STOP HAPPENING, FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT IN THE LANDFILL INDUSTRY. JUST THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE DEAL WITH THAT END PRODUCT WILL CHANGE IN THE INTERIM. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. AND SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PROJECTS WE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD, YOU KNOW THAT IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN I GET TO BRING EXCITING NEW PROJECTS TO YOU. WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU THE SOLAR PROJECT, WE BROUGHT YOU THE EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPOST FACILITY. THESE ALL HELP US IN MEETING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS IN THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE TRULY STAND BY THAT MISSION OF BUILDING A RESILIENT, EQUITABLE, AND CARBON-NEGATIVE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY AT OUR LANDFILL. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, PROCESS QUESTIONS, AND WE ARE HERE TO OPEN THAT UP TO YOU AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE BOARD QUESTIONS? OKAY. I HAD TWO, BUT I THINK THAT YOU GOT HEADS UP AND YOU ANSWERED IT ALREADY, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T JUST LETTING THE METHANE GO UP IN THE AIR AND THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE ON THE CHART IT SAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO CEASE TO EXIST AND YOU'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? BUT YOU ANSWERED THAT. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, TOO, LIKE AN APPROVED METHOD OF GAS. COLLECTION IS ALSO ONCE YOU COLLECT THE GAS YOU CAN FLARE IT IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE NOT PRODUCING ELECTRICITY THERE'S NO REVENUE STREAM BUT THERE ARE LANDFILLS OUT THERE THAT DO THAT AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN DURING THIS PROCESS OKAY YEAH GREAT AND THEN I READ IN HERE SOMEWHERE THAT THE SMUD CONTRACT AND THE END OF JUNE IS THAT THAT'S PART OF THE TIMING OF THINGS IS WHERE DOES THAT FIT AND THEN WILL WE GET A NEW ONE WITH THEM OR WHO'S YEAH TELL RENEWAL SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN THAT AGREEMENT FOR 35 YEARS, ASSUMING THAT THIS ITEM IS APPROVED TODAY COME JULY EVERYTHING WILL BE MOVED OVER TO RED TAIL, AND SO THAT THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NEGOTIATING NEW TERMS WITH SMUD OR PG&E. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE PG&E IN THIS EXAMPLE. AND THEY WILL ALSO TAKE OVERALL EXPENSES, WHICH WE HAVE. YOU KNOW ALLOCATED APPROPRIATELY IN OUR 26-27 BUDGET SO ALL OF THAT WILL TRANSITION ON JULY 1ST AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY FOR VCE TO CONNECT IT IN THERE SOMEHOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT THEIR CURRENT GOALS AND SO WE ARE KEEPING THEM IN LOOP ON THE PROJECT. THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF WANTING TO BE A PART OF OFFTAKE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO LIKE VEHICLE FUEL. THEIR FOCUS THOUGH HOWEVER RIGHT NOW IS ON LIKE BATTERY BACKUP WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW AND SO THIS VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT DOESN'T CREATE THAT AVENUE FOR THEM BUT I DID COMMIT TO KEEPING THEM IN THE LOOP IN CASE WE GO DOWN THAT PATH USING RENEWABLE GAS TO LIKE FUEL FLEETS. THAT THEY WERE JUST INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, CHAIR. I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM AIDEN MARSHALL, WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD. FOR THOSE MAKING COMMENTS, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS AIDEN MARSHALL. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AIDAN MARSHALL. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A GROUP CALLED CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE INDUSTRY. WE INCLUDE A COALITION OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN YOLO COUNTY. WE'RE RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONTINUE TODAY'S HEARING FOR A LATER DATE UNTIL THIS PROJECT'S IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC [02:45:02] HEALTH, ARE ANALYZED IN A SUBSEQUENT... SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. ESSENTIALLY UNDER CEQA A SUBSEQUENT EIR MUST BE PREPARED AS OPPOSED TO AN ADDENDUM WHICH IS THE FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN QUOTE SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT CHANGES RESULTS IN NEW OR MORE SEVERE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE PREVIOUS EIR. SO THAT'S THE THE LEGAL STANDARD. WE SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS. SUPPORTED BY AIR QUALITY EXPERT DR. JAMES CLARK, DEMONSTRATING THAT THIS LEGAL STANDARD HAS BEEN MET. THE MODIFIED PROJECT INTRODUCES MAJOR NEW INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES BY SWITCHING THE USE OF LANDFILL GAS, WHICH IS THE STATUS QUO, AND BIOGAS TO NATURAL GAS. THIS INVOLVES RETROFITTING EXISTING EQUIPMENT, EXISTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES TO RUN ON PIPELINE-QUALITY RNG, IT ADDS A NEW THERMAL OXIDIZER AND CONSTRUCTS A NEW RENEWABLE GAS PROCESSING FACILITY. SO THESE ARE MAJOR CHANGES. DR. CLARK'S ANALYSIS PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THESE NEW USES WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS NOT PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED. BECAUSE THESE... OF THESE NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, THE COUNTY CANNOT LEGALLY RELY ON AN ADDENDUM. THE COUNTY MUST CONTINUE THE HEARING AND PREPARE A SUBSEQUENT EIR WITH PROJECT-LEVEL QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT? I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS, CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, THEN WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE, YES, THE RISE OF THE ROCK. THANK YOU. THE QUESTION I BELIEVE IS GOING TO PERTAIN TO PHIL. WE JUST HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT. WE RECEIVED THE BOARD 47-PAGE DOCUMENT. I HAVEN'T READ THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT. ASSUMING THE REST OF THE BOARD HAS IT NEITHER, WHAT IS YOUR LEGAL ANALYSIS ON THAT? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TABLE THIS ISSUE AND KIND OF LOOK AT THE LETTER, OR DO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, IN FACT, THE PROCESS WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO CLEAR BASE AND THERE'S NO LEGAL ISSUE? SO MY OFFICE, LIKE THE BOARD, RECEIVES A LETTER. TECHNICALLY THIS MORNING. IT WAS SENT LAST NIGHT. IT WAS FORWARDED TO US THIS MORNING. TWO ATTORNEYS IN MY OFFICE HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THE LETTER, KIMBERLY HOOD AND ERIC MAY. THEIR ADVICE TO ME IS THAT THE ITEM CAN APPROPRIATELY PROCEED TODAY, THE BOARD CAN TAKE ACTION TODAY, AND THAT THE LETTER DOES NOT PRESENT ANY ISSUES THAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD REQUIRE THE HEARING TO BE CONTINUED FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. YOU KNOW, IN THE END, THERE WAS AN EIR PREPARED FOR A NUMBER OF ACTIONS AT THE LANDFILL AND CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD IN 2021. CHANGES TO THE CURRENT GAS FACILITY WERE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT. THE ADDENDUM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY ANALYZED WHETHER THE SPECIFIC PROJECT NOW BEFORE THE BOARD TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR PREPARATION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR OR ANY OTHER FORM OF ADDITIONAL CEQA REVIEW AND CONCLUDED THAT NO SUCH ADDITIONAL REVIEW WAS REQUIRED. YOU HEARD THE COMMENTER MENTION THE STANDARD FOR PREPARING A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR. GENERALLY HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NEW ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OR A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THERE ARE SOME OTHER CRITERIA AS WELL, BUT IN GENERAL IT'S A RELATIVELY HIGH BAR THE COUNTY IS EVALUATED DEFERENTIALLY BY COURTS AND CHALLENGES THAT ARISE AS TO WHETHER AN ADDENDUM WAS APPROPRIATE AS OPPOSED TO A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR OR A SUBSEQUENT EIR WE BELIEVE THE ADDENDUM WAS AN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE FOR ANALYZING THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT AND THAT THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS RAISED IN THE LETTER DO NOT, IN OUR JUDGMENT, REQUIRE THE COUNTY TO DO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OR RECONSIDER THE ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE ADDENDUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE TIMING. I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS THE END OF THE SMUD CONTRACT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHY. YEAH, LIKE WHY ARE WE BRINGING IT NOW? YEAH, SO THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. IT WAS ALSO A BUDGETARY DECISION. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN YOUR DIRECTOR FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS IN THIS ROLE, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET INCREASING EVERY YEAR FOR THE METHANE PLANT. AND ARE WE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS? 35 YEARS AGO, THE PAYOUT ON ELECTRICITY WAS SO HIGH THAT IT [02:50:04] WAS HELPING SUBSIDIZE THE RATES AT THE LANDFILL. WE'VE NOW FLIPPED THAT NARRATIVE. WE'RE SPENDING MORE IN REPAIRING AND KEEPING THE PLANT OPERATING THAN WE ARE IN BRINGING IN ROYALTIES FROM THE SMUD CONTRACT. SO WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE RATES. AND SO WHEN WE GET THE NEW PLANT UP AND RUNNING, WE'D BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE DIALOGUE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE 35 YEARS AGO. AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LOWER RATES AT THE LANDFILL FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO IT HAD A MULTIFACETED APPROACH ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE NOW, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. THANKS. SUPERVISOR BIXBY-SANDY. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT AND COUNCIL'S CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. AND I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION IF THE BOARD IS READY FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. CERTAINLY. DID YOU? I SO MOVED. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SECOND THE ITEM, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK. OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BY VIXIE SANDY, SECONDED BY FRERICHS. YES, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS HAS A COMMENT. YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE COMMENTS MADE BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, I THINK VERY LONG BEEN AFFILIATED WITH ADAMS, BROADWELL, JOSEPH, AND CARDOZO. SO. INCLUDING TOM ADAMS, AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATOR IN CALIFORNIA, WHEN I WAS A STAFFER IN THE LEGISLATURE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE... FIRM IN THIS CASE, TO WHEN TO SEND US THE 47-PAGE LETTER, RECEIVING IT AT 11.50, GIVE OR TAKE, P.M. ON THE EVENING BEFORE A MEETING, WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY ALSO STILL A HOLIDAY DAY, I GUESS. IT'S JUST, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S UP TO THE FIRM TO DO THAT, OF COURSE, AT THEIR DISCRETION. THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO READ THE 47 PAGE LETTER BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND TIME OF THIS BOARD MEETING THIS MORNING. I THINK SOME OF THE ENTITIES THAT ADAMS RODWELL TYPICALLY REPRESENTS, INCLUDING CURE, HAVE VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS. SO I TAKE THE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY. BUT I ALSO... I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IN HEARING FROM OUR COUNTY COUNCIL STAFF AND HAVING A THANK YOU FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE 47 PAGES SOMETIME THIS MORNING, I HAVE RECOMMENDED ACTION, AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK MARISSA FOR ALL HER CONTINUED GOOD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? [31. Introduce by title and waive first reading of an ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo amending Title 3, Chapter 7, of the Yolo County Code of Ordinances to Increase the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Rate in the Unincorporated Areas of the County from 8% to 12% of the Rent Charged, and Other Changes;" and consider draft ballot question. (No general fund impact) (Webb/Tengolics) (Est. Staff Presentation: 5 min)] SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 31, THE FIRST READING IN ORDINANCE CHAPTER 3 CODE, TRANSIENT OCCUPANT TAX, TOT RATE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FROM 8% TO 12%. ALEX. YES, GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX TOT ORDINANCE. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AS PART OF THE REVENUE GENERATION UPDATE IN WHICH THE BOARD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY AMENDING OUR TOT ORDINANCE, NAMELY TO INCREASE OUR RATE FROM 8% TO 12% TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR REGIONAL PEERS. THIS SLIDE BRIEFLY ENCAPSULATES THE TOT AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MATTER IN YOLO COUNTY. SO TOT IS A TAX AND LODGING NIGHT, SO STAYS OF 30 DAYS DURATION OR LESS. OUR CURRENT RATE IS 8%, LIKE I MENTIONED. OUR PEERS ARE MORE OR LESS AROUND 12%. IF WE WERE TO INCREASE FROM 8% TO 12%, THE ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATED WOULD BE $250,000 ANNUALLY. THAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND REVENUE. IN ORDER TO INCREASE OR AMEND OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON A COUNTYWIDE, BUT THIS WOULD ONLY IMPACT. LODGINGS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. IF THIS REMAINS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD WE WILL RETURN ON JUNE 2ND. ALSO BEFORE TODAY WE ALSO WANTED TO GET BOARD FEEDBACK ON THE ON A POTENTIAL DRAFT BALLOT QUESTION THAT'S LISTED UP ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU. IT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT WOULD APPEAR IN THE BALLOT THAT WOULD GO, [02:55:11] IF IT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THESE STATEMENTS HAVE TO BE 75 WORDS OR LESS. I THINK WE'RE IN THE MID-70S RIGHT NOW WITH THIS. AND IT ALSO HAS TO MEET SOME LEGAL STANDARDS, NAMELY DESCRIBING WHAT THE TAX IS AND WHAT IT WOULD DO. BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY BOARD FEEDBACK ON THE BALLOT QUESTION, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING JUNE 2ND, LIKE I MENTIONED, FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, PUT IT ON THE BOARD. WITH THAT HAPPENING AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. YES, THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE REPORT. COULD YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AS TO... THE IMPACTED TOT SITES, I THINK I SAW IN SOME STAFF REPORT SOMEWHERE THERE'S LIKE SIX OR SEVEN SITES AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER. THERE IS A LIST INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I BELIEVE IT'S ATTACHMENT C OR D WITH THE LODGING ENTITIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS INCREASE OR THE LODGING ENTITIES WITHIN YOLO COUNTY. THERE'S HOTELS. OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I WAS INTERESTED IN WHO'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT BECAUSE I DID THE SIMPLE GOOGLE AND GOT MYSELF TO BOTH AIRBNB LIKE THAT. AND THERE WERE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO DO RENTALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW DO WE COLLECT THAT? DOES EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER HAVE AN AIRBNB OR SOME AIRBNB POLICY? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LOW IN YOUR... TALK ABOUT LEAK. THOSE ARE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AND THEY AREN'T LISTED HERE. MOST OF THEM OCCUR WITHIN THE INCORPORATED FOUR CITIES. NO, NO. YEAH, I KNOW THAT. THEY'RE OUT THERE IN ESPARTO. I SPECIFICALLY LOOKED FOR, LIKE, I KNOW WHERE THE ENDS OF THE CITIES ARE. THERE'S LOTS OF THEM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, ABSOLUTELY. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE. I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR US WORKING WITH THOSE KIND OF COMPANIES. I KNOW. THAT LIKE MY SUPERVISOR FRIENDS IN LIKE IN MONTEREY OR PLACES WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF THAT THEY ARE REALLY. I THINK THAT IF WE DO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT WE WOULD BE MISSING SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FUNDS THAT WOULD BE DUE TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T. THEY AREN'T LISTED THERE. I'LL ENDEAVOR TO RESPOND TO THAT. BUT SO ALL THOSE ENTITIES, IF YOU'RE A SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY TO REMIT TOT. THAT BEING SAID, GIVEN THAT HISTORICALLY THERE'S BEEN, I WOULD SAY, A HANDFUL OF THOSE ENTITIES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, I THINK FROM A COST-BENEFIT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROPOSITION THAN MAYBE PLACER COUNTY OR MONTEREY, WHERE YOU DO HAVE A HIGH VOLUME. VACATION RENTAL IS AN INCORPORATED AREA WHERE ENFORCEMENT IS A DIFFERENT REVENUE UPSIDE TO THE COUNTY. THERE WAS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS RECENT LEGISLATION AROUND THIS IN A, THAT TO DIRECTLY WORK WITH SOME OF THE PLATFORMS AND REMITTING THE TOT RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS, BUT BASICALLY THEY WOULD, WE HAD THE COUNTY TAKE THEIR WORD FOR WHAT THAT AMOUNT WAS. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH MORE TO THAT, GIVEN I DON'T WANT TO GO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HERE. BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGE IN THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. THIS MEASURE IN AND OF ITSELF, THOUGH, DOESN'T PRECLUDE OR IN ANY WAY LIMIT THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE COLLECTION OF TOT FROM LODGING PROPERTIES IN AN INCORPORATED AREA. I THINK IT'S A BIT OF TWO DIFFERENT POLICY QUESTIONS, RIGHT, THAT CERTAINLY SOME OF THE COUNTY COULD FOCUS RESOURCES ON. TO ENHANCE THAT REVENUE COLLECTION THERE. BUT THIS MEASURE IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT PRECLUDE THAT. I RECUSE MYSELF FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY. I SEE THE LIST HERE. I DO PLAN TO HAVE SOME TYPE [03:00:01] OF SHORT-TERM STAYS, BUT IT'S NOT. I DON'T PLAN TO HAVE THAT IN YOLO COUNTY, HAVE NOT REGISTERED IN YOLO COUNTY OR ANY PART OF YOLO COUNTY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECUSE MYSELF AT THIS POINT IN TIME ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING MY OFFICE HAS LOOKED AT A BIT IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M NOT PARTICULARLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IT MYSELF BECAUSE I HAVE DELEGATED IT. WE COULD ADDRESS. YOUR QUESTION IN THE STAFF REPORT WHEN THIS COMES BACK ON THE 2ND. I REALIZE THAT WILL BE ON CONSENT, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT WE PROVIDE FOR THAT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SPEAK TO IT ON THAT DAY. OKAY, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THIS ROUTE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE, EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY WELL, WE'LL GET TO COMMENTS, BUT THIS IS I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THE MONEY, BUT THIS IS ONLY $250,000 A YEAR, SO IT'S NOT THAT MUCH, BUT HAPPY TO HAVE THAT. THAT'S A POSITION AND A HALF, SO I'D BE GRATEFUL FOR IT. I AM WONDERING ABOUT THE I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BY WHO VOTES ON IT. I WOULD THINK MOST TAXES ARE YOU VOTE FOR IT IF IT AFFECTS YOU, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S THE TOT, SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING THERE. WHY IS IT NOT JUST THE UNINCORPORATED AREA SINCE IT'S ONLY GOING TO AFFECT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA? WHAT'S WITH THAT? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THE STATUTE, THE STATE LAW REGARDING TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES SPECIFICALLY DIRECTS THAT IT'S VOTED ON COUNTYWIDE, UNLIKE A SALES TAX MEASURE. SO IT IS DIFFERENT. IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE STATE LAW IS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE DAVIS ONE. SO WHEN WOODLAND DOES A TOT, DO I GET TO VOTE ON IT ALSO IN DAVIS? IT'S PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF WOODLAND. SO THEN WHY ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DAVIS WHO CAN'T GET THE MONEY FROM THEM, BUT THEY GET TO VOTE ON IT? IT'S AN ODD ONE, YEAH. BUT YEAH, FOR A COUNTYWIDE, EVEN THOUGH THE MEASURE ONLY APPLIES IN THE STATE LAW READS, AND THIS HAS BEEN APPLIED. IN THE SAME WAY BY VARIOUS COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE, IT GOES TO THE ENTIRE, ALL THE VOTERS OF THE COUNTY. WELL, THAT'S ODD. I MEAN, THE SAME WAS THE CASE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN RESIDENTS ACROSS YOLO COUNTY WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON YES OR NO ON CANNABIS, AND 100% OF THE CANNABIS INSTALLATIONS WERE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, YET THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY WAS. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, SO THIS MONEY WOULD COME TO OUR GENERAL FUND? THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THIS NEEDS A 50% PLUS ONE THRESHOLD, CORRECT? AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOR SALES TAX, IT HAS TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND TO GET TO THE 50% PLUS ONE, IT HAS TO BE GENERAL. WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, RATHER THAN HAVING IT BE... IT SHALL BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BECAUSE IT SAYS, SUCH AS MAINTAINING THIS SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GENERAL FUND DOES. IS THAT THE DELICATE DIFFERENCE? THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE FUNDS MIGHT BE USED. AND I THINK A LOT OF COUNTIES DO, WHEN THEY PLACE A TAX MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, HAVE A LIST ALONG THOSE LINES TO HELP REMIND VOTERS WHAT COUNTIES ACTUALLY DO. YEAH, JUST BECAUSE I HELPED WITH THE DAVIS ONE, AND WE WERE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO, YOU KNOW. IT'S GENERAL FUNDS. YEAH, AND IT DOESN'T LIMIT US IN OUR USE OF THE PROCEEDS, BUT IT'S INTENDED TO HELP INFORM VOTERS AS TO HOW THE PROCEEDS COULD BE USED. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE SOME GENERAL CONCERNS AND COMMENTS, BUT I WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO CARDS, CHAIR. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE ITEM. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR VEGAS SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? WELL, I'M GOING TO START WITH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE OUR OUR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS LOOKING AT HOW TO BRING IN MORE MONEY. I REALLY WANTED TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT AND I KNOW THIS IS THAT WE'RE LIKE LOOKING FOR LOW-HANGING FRUIT AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN BRING IN SAVING JOBS AND EVERYTHING FELT AN IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT TO ME. HERE IS MY CONCERN AND YOU LIKELY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BUT I JUST NEED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD IS THAT SINCE WE ARE ASKING THE ENTIRETY OF YOLO COUNTY TO SAY HEY YOLO COUNTY WITH IS GOING TO TAX PEOPLE I KNOW IT'S VISITORS BUT IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THE VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND [03:05:01] THAT THAT IT'S NOT UNLESS THEY'RE YOU KNOW GOING THEY LIVE IN DAVIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAY UP IN CAPE VALLEY OR SOMETHING. THAT THEN THEY WOULD BE PAID. BUT THAT, AND THEN THE REAL, NOT THE REAL, THE MUCH LARGER QUESTION THAT WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BRING FORWARD IS THE GENERAL SALES TAX THAT BRINGS IN MUCH MORE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER CONFUSION AND FATIGUE BY LIKE, DIDN'T WE JUST VOTE FOR THIS? WASN'T THERE JUST A COUNTYWIDE TAX? SO THERE, AND THAT'S THE, I DO NOT WANT TO. POISON THE WATER, IT SOUNDS VERY MUCH TOO STRONG FROM WHAT I WANT TO SAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE OF THE REAL QUESTION THAT I HOPE WE COME TO SOON ABOUT INCREASING THE COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX. DID YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION? OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT CONCERN? I MEAN, WE CAN DO THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE, ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. HERE'S WHAT THIS MEANS. IT'S COUNTYWIDE VOTE ONLY GOES TOWARD, ONLY FOR THE... THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT WE LIKELY WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH OF THE COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX. I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THIS ISSUE. I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS. I THINK THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT ISSUES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE. MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CREDIT ABOUT THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE ONE THING VERSUS ANOTHER AND SUCH. I THINK AT THIS POINT, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED ALL TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP THE COUNTY'S FISCAL SITUATION. THIS IS A LOW-HANGING FRUIT ITEM QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. IT WAS EFFECTIVELY WORK ON IT. I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. RIGHT SIZING OF THE COUNTY OPERATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL REVENUE. I TOTALLY THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ALL TO DO TOGETHER AND AGREED. WELL, WITH THAT, LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, IT PASSES FOUR WITH BARAHA SUSTAINING OR OUT OF THE ROOM. RECUSED. THERE WE GO. [32. Adopt resolution authorizing members of eligible subsidiary bodies, as defined by Senate Bill 707 (2025), to participate remotely in meetings through July 27, 2026. (No general fund impact) (Pogledich) (Est. Staff Presentation: 5 min)] HE'S RECUSED HIMSELF. OKAY, IF SOMEBODY COULD LET HIM KNOW WE'RE FINISHED WITH THIS SO THAT HE CAN COME BACK FOR THE NEXT ITEM. PLEASE. AND THAT BRINGS US TO... ITEM 32 ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MEMBERS OF ELIGIBLE DEFINED BY FB 707 TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY HELLO STILL HAVE A QUORUM YES SO THIS IS A FAMILIAR ITEM TO THE BOARD WE'VE DONE THIS AT LEAST A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS UH LOOKING TO ADD A FEW ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE LIST OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT CAN CONDUCT MEETINGS REMOTELY UNDER SENATE BILL 707 THE FOUR THAT ARE BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY ARE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE COMMITTEE, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARD, AND THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY NOW WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT'S INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT. I THINK IT'S THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THIS OPTION, OR AT LEAST ABLE TO USE IT IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF OTHERS THAT ARE STILL DELIBERATING OR HAVE DECLINED TO ASK QUESTIONS. ASK THE BOARD FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE OPTION, GENERALLY FEELING THEIR MEETINGS ARE BETTER CONDUCTED IN PERSON. AS LONG AS SENATE BILL 707, THE CHANGES IT INTRODUCED TO THE BROWN ACT AREN'T FURTHER AMENDED, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN THE FUTURE IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND. SO FOR TODAY'S ITEM, I'LL ASK BOARD APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO ADD THESE FOUR COMMITTEES BACK ANY MORE IN THE FUTURE IF NECESSARY. WE DO NEED TO REVIEW THIS AND CONTINUE THE AUTHORIZATION EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO AT YOUR LAST MEETING IN JULY, YOU'LL SEE A RESOLUTION ON CONSENT. WE'LL EXTEND THE SIX MONTHS AND DO IT EVERY SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS LEGISLATION PENDING RIGHT NOW THAT MIGHT EXTEND THAT TO A ONE-YEAR REVIEW AND A SIX-MONTH REVIEW. WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP OVER TIME. OKAY. IS THERE ANY... I WAS GOING TO SEE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO CARDS, CHAIR. THANK YOU. NOW, YES, PLEASE. ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. [03:10:02] MOVED BY VIXIE SANDY, SECONDED BY BARAJAS. ANY DISCUSSION? [33. Receive Project Update on the 211 Yolo Care Coordination HUB Pilot. (No general fund impact) (Morales) (Est. Staff Presentation: 10 min)] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THAT. WE WILL THEN GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT, PHIL. IS 33 RECEIVED PROJECT UPDATE ON 211 YOLO CARE COORDINATION HUB? GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON. YES UM, MY NAME IS LAURA GALINDA FOR YOLO COUNTY BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S PRESENTATION I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH SOME BRIEF CONTEXT REGARDING 211 COMMUNITY LINK AND CURRENT FUNDING STRUCTURE THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE AND THEN ASSIGNED ONE-TIME FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE ROADMAP. ONE SUCH NEED IS AN ENHANCED COMMUNITY NAVIGATION SYSTEM. THE BOARD SET ASIDE AN OPTIONAL $325,000 TOWARD THIS NEED. THE PRESENTATION TODAY REFLECTS A PROPOSAL OF HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDS TO MEET THAT NEED THROUGH A CLOSED-LOOP REFERRAL SYSTEM. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES EFFORTS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PROGRAM TO BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING OVER TIME. THIS LAST POINT IS A KEY COMPONENT AS FUNDING FOR YOLO211 VIA COMMUNITY LINK HAS BECOME CHALLENGING. THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY IS SUPPORTED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CITY CONTRIBUTIONS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, DIRECT FUNDING FROM REGIONAL AREA AGENCY NON-AGING, AND TEMPORARY PATH GRANT FUNDING. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN AND THE TEAM FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TO A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND HAND IT OVER TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED TWO-ON-ONE CARE COORDINATION HUB AND PILOT, A HUB PILOT AND THE WORK THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH THE YOLO COUNTY OFFICE OF ED'S ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE INITIATIVE. AS YOUR BOARD RECALLED THE FUNDING WAS AN, OH SORRY, YCOE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE PARTNERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW CONVENED A CROSS-SECTOR SYSTEMS NAVIGATION WORKGROUP LAST OCTOBER. THERE'S MEMBERS UP THERE YOU CAN SEE. AND THEY LOOKED AT TO FURTHER ASSESS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, IDENTIFY GAPS IN SERVICE NAVIGATION, AND DEVELOP THE PROPOSED PILOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE YOUR BOARD WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK, THE PROPOSED PILOT, AND THEN I'LL FINISH UP WITH SOME OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AFTER THE PRESENTATION REGARDING NEXT STEPS WITH THE PILOT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JENNA BELLA-HIGH, WHO'S OUR... THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YOLO COUNTY CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE. THANK YOU, BRIAN. GOOD MORNING OR AFTERNOON, CHAIR ALLEN. ADVISORS, I'M JENNA BALAHAI, YOLO COUNTY CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I WAS THE LEAD OF THE SYSTEMS NAVIGATION WORK GROUP. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT ON COMING UP CONSISTENTLY THROUGH ALL OF THE HEALTH NEED ASSESSMENTS OR RESOURCE ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WAS CONSISTENT, IMPROVED, WAS A CONSISTENT REPEATED IDENTIFIED BARRIER TO CONSISTENT ACCESS TO RESOURCES. SO FROM THE CHIP PLAN TO THE CHA PLAN, COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING IDENTIFIED NAVIGATION GAPS AS A TOP PRIORITY. MHSA AS WELL AS VHSA PLANNING ALSO SURFACED ENTRY POINTS FOR RESIDENTS IN CRISIS. THE MCAH ALSO IDENTIFIED THE SAME NAVIGATION FRICTION THAT FAMILIES EXPERIENCE AS THEY ARE ACCESSING SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE. SO BARRIER TO ACCESSING RESOURCES REPEATEDLY COMES UP. WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS SURVEYED ABOUT ACCESS TO CARE AND RESOURCES. SO 2-1-1 DID A SURVEY, AND THEY REALIZED THAT THE AVERAGE COUNTYWIDE RATING FOR SERVICE EASE AND EQUITY IS 2.5 OUT OF 5. AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FEEL HELPLESS WHEN WAITING. WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS, THEY'RE WAITING TO ACCESS SERVICES. THERE ARE... THEY FEEL HELPLESS AND SOME PEOPLE NEED MORE SEAMLESS ACCESS TO CARE ACROSS SILOED SYSTEM. A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS ARE SILOED IN YOLO COUNTY AND SOME PEOPLE ALSO WANT MORE CLEAR STARTING POINTS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATE SERVICES. I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOME FEEDBACK. ONE OF THE FEEDBACK IS FROM A FAMILY. ANOTHER FEEDBACK IS FROM THE PROVIDER. THE SUPPORT WE NEED IS JUST [03:15:01] FOR THEM TO LISTEN TO US AND THEN TO GO FROM THERE. SO WHEN YOU'RE IN CRISIS, YOU JUST WANT TO CALL SOMEONE AND HAVE THEM LISTEN TO YOU AND POINT YOU TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PROVIDERS ALSO SAY THERE'S A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHERE TO REFER. SO AS A PROVIDER MYSELF IN YOLO COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE REFER PEOPLE? IF SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WHERE DO WE REFER THEM, RIGHT? AND THEN, OF COURSE, CLEAR GUIDELINES. AS FUNDING IS CHANGING, EVERYTHING IS CHANGING IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH HR1, WHERE DO WE NAVIGATE PEOPLE? AND THIS IS WHERE 2-1-1 COMES INTO PLAY. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY CO-LEAD FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M THE CHAIR. SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS GABRIEL KENDALL. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY CAPITAL REGION, THE CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR TWO SERVICES. SO KIND OF FOLLOWING ON SOME OF WHAT JENNIFER SHARED, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ROADMAP. WORKING WITH THE SYSTEMS NAVIGATION COMMITTEE, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING SOME CORE PATHWAYS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT FEEDBACK. I THINK IT'S GIVING VOICE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS, PEOPLE NAVIGATING, EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES, NAVIGATING SERVICES. SO REALLY FOCUSING ON DIRECT CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO FIRST, NAVIGATION CAPACITY. SO THIS IS BUILDING A STEP UP FROM REGULAR 211 SERVICES TO REALLY PROVIDE KIND OF A TRANSITIONAL NAVIGATIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST NEED SOMETHING BEYOND THE BASIC INFORMATION REFERRAL TO GET CONNECTED TO CARE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT AND A HELPING HAND TO GET TRANSITIONED TO LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORTS. SO THIS IS REALLY TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THAT GAP, AS WELL AS HAVE A STEP UP FROM FOLKS CALLING INTO 211 EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO IDENTIFY HIGH-RISK, HIGH-VULNERABILITY GROUPS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING CARE. THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOUSING AND SECURITY. THAT HAS TO DO WITH SENIORS WHO ARE AGING IN PLACE. POPULATIONS WHO ARE AT RISK, YOU KNOW, MOBILITY ACCESS, PROBATION TRANSITIONS, TRANSITION YOUTH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT NEED AN EXTRA SUPPORT TO MAKE THAT NAVIGATION CONNECTION TO LONGER-TERM CARE AND THIS IS REALLY TO GIVE SOMEBODY, INSTEAD OF A ONE-TIME INFORMATION, LONGITUDINAL CASE CARE AND CAPACITY. THE OTHER PIECE, TALKING TO PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER NEED FOR INFORMATION, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES IN THIS COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICE NEEDS AND WHEN YOU'RE IN CRISIS, THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT, IT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A REALLY BIG CHALLENGE TO NAVIGATE IN THAT MOMENT OF CRISIS. AND THEN THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES, LET'S BE FRANK, A LOT OF THEM ARE OVERTAXED. THE CASELOADS ARE FAR BEYOND WHAT'S REASONABLE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE TAXES THAT ARE COMING DOWN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, STATE BUDGET ISSUES, THINGS OF THAT MATTER. SO THE OTHER PIECE IS REALLY TO CREATE A HUB OF HUBS FRAMEWORK. THIS IS TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE KIND OF EXISTING WEBSITE FOCUS, BUT REALLY IDENTIFY. CASES THAT ARE PATHWAYS TO ENTRY WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO LOW BARRIER SERVICES AND IDENTIFICATION OF PATHWAYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THAT NAVIGATIONAL SUPPORT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY REMAPPING THE SERVICE LANDSCAPE BASED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED IN THESE VARIOUS ASSESSMENTS FROM MCAH, THE ROADMAP, AND SO FORTH. AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE, STANDALONE SITE, WITH THE GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK FROM THE ROADMAP SYSTEM NAVIGATION WORK GROUP TO REALLY BUILD AND FORM THAT PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. STRUCTURE OF THE BUILD OF THIS CLOSED LOOP REFERRAL SYSTEM AND KIND OF THE FERTILE FRAMEWORK FOR THAT CLOSURE REFERRAL SYSTEMS LONG TERM IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING CONNECTIONS TO REALLY CRITICAL RESOURCES THAT CAN OFFLOAD BURDEN FROM THE LOCAL SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK TO MAKE CONNECTIONS TO CARE TO THINGS LIKE ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT UNDER CAL AIM COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING A WARM HANDOFF AND LINKAGE TO CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THAT LOOP. SO THINKING THIS THROUGH, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS, WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. WE'RE TRACKING CASES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CHURNING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. IT'S MAKING THAT BRIDGE AND CONNECTION TO CARE THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A SCREENING, BOTH IN PERSON WHEN THEY'RE CONNECTING THE PROVIDERS, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE 2-1 SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY CALAIM PATHWAYS SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THOSE LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORTS THAT TAKE THE FINANCIAL AND SYSTEM BURDEN OFF OF THE LOCAL SYSTEM. SO BRIDGING THAT GAP TO CALAIM AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS DOING IT EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS. SO LAYERING THAT INTO THE 211 CONNECTION POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR WE HANDLED ABOUT 7,500 CALLS AND STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DEMAND WITH OVER 10,000 CALLS INBOUND DURING THE PAST YEAR. A BIG PIECE OF THIS, TOO, THOUGH, IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PATHWAY FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PROGRAMS LIKE CALFRESH MEDI-CAL. WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME BIG IMPACTS IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT REALLY TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED, KEEP PEOPLE ENROLLED SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN ON SOME OF THE COUNTY FRONT DOORS FOR SERVICE AND PREVENTING CHURN WHILE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM [03:20:01] BECOMING MORE ACUTE AS THEY FALL OFF SYSTEMS OF CARE AND ARE TAXING THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY SYSTEMS AND SO FORTH. AND ALSO THE REALLY BIG PIECE, THIS IS A STARTING POINT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK FOR THAT CLOSED LOOP REFERRAL SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE BUILDING IN A VACUUM. 2-1-1 CAN'T BUILD THIS. THIS IS BEING BUILT WITH GENOA, HER ORGANIZATION, GROUPS LIKE FIRST FIVE, FOOD BANK, AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REALLY HELP DEVELOP AND INFORM THIS PROCESS AND LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD IN THE SYSTEM LONG TERM TO REALLY IMPROVE CONNECTIONS TO CARE. THANK YOU, GABRIEL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A CLIENT STORY. THIS IS WHAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES EXPERIENCE AS THEY'RE NAVIGATING SYSTEMS TO CARE IN YELLOW COUNTY. SANDRA IS A SINGLE MOM OF FOUR CHILDREN, ALSO CARING FOR HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WHO HAS GROWING MOBILITY CHALLENGES. HER FAMILY IS FACING FOOD INSECURITY, AN OVERDUE UTILITY BILL, AND A LACK OF HEALTH COVERAGE. SHE CALLS 211 FOR SUPPORT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. OF HOW A 211 ULO COORDINATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM CREATES MEASURABLE VALUE FOR RESIDENTS FOR SANDRA. SO WHEN SANDRA CALLED 211, WHAT SHE NEEDED WAS FOOD ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL ENROLLMENT, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND IHSS. SO IF SANDRA IS FAMILIAR WITH THE ONLINE SYSTEM, SHE'S ABLE TO BE NAVIGATED THROUGH WITHOUT EVEN GOING TO A COMMUNITY PROVIDER LIKE ME. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SHE CAN DO EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY, SANDRA CAN GET CONNECTED TO THE FOOD BANK. SHE CAN GET CONNECTED TO HEAP FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, CONNECTED TO COVER CALIFORNIA OR MEDI-CAL FOR COVERAGE, AND ALSO CONNECTED TO IHSS. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF OUR FARM WORKERS, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE MOST RURAL AREAS, WHO NEED MORE OF THE IN-PERSON SUPPORT, THAT'S WHEN YOU NAVIGATE THEM TO COMMUNITY HUBS. YCCA IS CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY HUB. ALL THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS ARE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY HUB. 211 WOULD THEN NAVIGATE THEM TO A COMMUNITY HUB FOR THAT IN-PERSON CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A YOLO COUNTY RESIDENT, AND THIS IS A TRUE STORY. OF A YOLO COUNTY RESIDENT BEING NAVIGATED TO SERVICES. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER BACK OVER TO GABE TO SHARE ABOUT. THANK YOU. SO REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE LOOKING AT CORE NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ENHANCEMENTS FOR IN TERMS OF TWO STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. ONE OF COURSE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE RESIDENT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND SERVICES FASTER AS WELL AS GET STEP UP HELP WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACUTE NEEDS, MORE CRISIS CENTERED NEEDS. I MEAN NOT JUST AN INBOUND CALL TO SAY WHERE CAN I APPLY FOR THIS BENEFIT BUT REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OUT THERE AND NEED SOME LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM IT'S HELPING TO AVOID SOMEBODY HAVING TO GO THROUGH FIND YOU KNOW A LIST OF HERE'S A SET OF TEN REFERRALS WORTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT DEPOSIT A SYSTEM SO THAT UTILITY BOOK THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT'S TO AVOID THAT CHURN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM TO THE RIGHT PLACE THE FIRST TIME THAT ALSO REDUCES THE SYSTEMS BURDEN ON THOSE AGENCIES WHO ARE HAVING TO DO INTAKE TIME AND AGAIN. IT'S REALLY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE FURTHER DOWN THE PATHWAY TO COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL, MAKE SURE WE'RE CLOSING THE LOOP, AND THEN IF NOT, SEE WHERE WE HAVE TO GO FROM THERE. SO IT'S ABOUT THAT LONGITUDINAL CARE THAT I THINK IS BETWEEN THE CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORTS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A STRONG CONNECTION TO CARE LONG-TERM SO WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND IT'S LEVERAGING AN EXISTING SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, IN 240-PLUS LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS. SO IN A REALLY INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY KEY FACET. IT'S BUILDING ON EXISTING STRUCTURE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS TO CARE MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND THEN FOR PROVIDERS, TOO, WITH A LOT OF THAT BURDEN OF NAVIGATING PEOPLE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, IT'S TO GIVE THEM A HUB WHERE THEY CAN KNOW WHERE THEY CAN MAKE CONNECTIONS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M WORKING IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD AND I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR HOUSING SERVICES OUTSIDE OF LIKE THOSE MCKINNEY-VENTO PROGRAMS AT THE COUNTY, WHERE DO I GO? OR I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES OR JOB SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CARE SYSTEMS LOOK LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING A PUBLICLY FACING RESPONSIVE HUB THAT'S REALLY BUILT FOR THOSE ENTRY POINTS, THE CARE NAVIGATION POINTS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED FOR DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SERVICES, AND HAVING THAT BE ACCESSIBLE PUBLICLY FOR BOTH CLIENTS AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS OUT THERE TO REDUCE THEIR BURDEN. AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO REAL-TIME, UPDATED INFORMATION THAT'S COMPLETELY [03:25:01] YELLOW-CENTERED. A BIG PART OF THIS WOULD BE PULLING BACK FROM WHAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS INTEGRATE THE 2-1-1 WEBSITE. THIS WOULD BE CREATING A STANDALONE WEBSITE SEPARATELY. IT WOULDN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL COST OF CARE, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE ROADMAP WORKGROUP, OR MAINTAIN THAT. NOT TRACKING THOSE OUTCOMES, KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN CONNECT TO TO PASS THE BATON, AND IT'S REDUCING THAT DUPLICATION THAT THEY HAVE AROUND NAVIGATING THE SYSTEMS OF CARE WHEN THEY HAVE BETTER, CLEARER, CONCISE INFORMATION ABOUT ENTRY POINTS, ABOUT NAVIGATIONAL HUBS, AND A PLACE TO GET THAT STEP-UP CARE FOR 2-1-1, BECAUSE THERE ARE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE HUBS AS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE PHYSICAL LOCATIONS. AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED THAT CONNECTION TO CARE. WE CAN DO IT OVER THE PHONE THROUGH THAT CARE COORDINATION CAPACITY AND THEN MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE... PHYSICAL HUB WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. SO IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A MORE RESPONSIVE STRUCTURE TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF CARE ACROSS THE SYSTEM. SO THIS IS A PILOT THOUGH. SO WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT A TWO-YEAR PILOT PERIOD TRYING TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT WE THINK WE CAN PROVE THE EFFICACY OF TO BUILD SUSTAINABILITY. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PATHWAYS THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY ON. WITH LAYING SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS SO ONE MANAGED CARE AND CALI AND PARTNERSHIPS I ALLUDED THIS EARLIER IN TERMS OF CONNECTIONS TO CARE, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME SUSTAINABILITY PATHWAYS TO THAT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A CONTRACT WITH THE LARGEST DCM PROVIDER IN THE STATE THAT WOULD CREATE SOME ACTUAL REVENUE FOR CONNECTIONS FOR ASSIGNED CASES THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE. IT WOULD BE FEE-FOR-SERVICE REVENUE BACK TO THE SYSTEM. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOLO COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO TACK ON TO, WE WOULD HAVE A FRAMEWORK WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A HUNDRED PER HEAD REFERRAL TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO LONG-TERM CARE. SO IT WOULD BE CONNECTION TO SERVICE, BUT ALSO CREATING SUSTAINABILITY OVER TIME. SOME OF OUR PARTNER COMMUNITIES, ALAMEDA, I THINK, GENERATES SOMETHING ABOUT $7,000 A MONTH IN SUSTAINING REVENUES FROM THAT SAME PARTNERSHIP. HR1, THIS IS A HUGE ONE. SO WE'RE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH SOME PROVIDERS ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY REGION, AND THE REAL BIG CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDI-CAL AND CALPRA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE CUT OFF. FROM SERVICE COVERAGE, AND THE ONE THAT REALLY SCARES ME, I MEAN NOT THAT FOOD ISN'T IMPORTANT, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE SOME BIG IMPACTS FOR OUR FOOD BANKS AND SO FORTH, BUT WITH MEDI-CAL COVERAGE, PEOPLE FALLING OFF OF MEDI-CAL MEANS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START USING OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS MORE AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. THE HOSPITALS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE PAYING A REALLY BIG BILL. THAT'S NOT MY FIRST AND FOREMOST. IT'S ABOUT THE CLIENT'S CONNECTION TO CARE. WE ALSO OPERATE ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED HANDS-ON. IT'S A CENTER FOR VOLUNTEERISM. MUCH LIKE WE HAVE A HUB OF RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ON THE 211 SYSTEM, THIS IS A HUB FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME PROVIDERS TO PUT TOGETHER A PITCH TO SOME OF THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEMS FUND AND BUILD THIS CAPACITY WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE PART OF THAT ENHANCED MANAGEMENT ALSO ABOUT LINKAGES TO VOLUNTEER AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES, NOT PUTTING THAT SYSTEM BURDEN BACK ON THE COUNTY BUT ON THOSE HEALTH SYSTEMS. TO IMPROVE THAT CONNECTION TO CARE AND IMPROVE THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE. AND THEN LASTLY, AND MY APOLOGIES, THERE'S A TYPO UP THERE. IT'S ASSEMBLY BILL 1332 REFLECTED THERE. IT'S ASSEMBLY BILL 1832. PROBABLY SHOULD START LOOKING INTO MY VISION PLAN AT WORK. BUT SINCE THESE MATERIALS WERE SUBMITTED, THAT ACTUALLY PASSED THE ASSEMBLY WITH A UNANIMOUS 72 TO NOTHING VOTE. THIS BILL WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE THE JURISDICTION OF THE 2-1-1 SYSTEM IN EACH DESIGNATED COUNTY FROM THE PUC OVER TO CAL OES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT INCLUDES $20 MILLION IN SEED MONEY TO FUND 2-1-1 SERVICES STATEWIDE, AS WELL AS THAT PATHWAY MOVING OVER TO CAL OES. THIS DOVETAILS WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH PG&E IN TERMS OF PSPS, PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF, CARE COORDINATION SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY DISASTER. AND PUBLIC SAFETY POWER-OFFS. WE'VE MADE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY AND I THINK THESE ARE SOME PATHWAYS THAT CAN CREATE SOME LONG-TERM RENEW POST THE TWO-YEAR PILOT PERIOD. THANK YOU, GABRIEL. HOW EXCITING. SO THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WE WANT 2-1-1 TO BE AN EQUITABLE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO WORK TOWARDS AN EQUITABLE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YOLO COUNTY. AS A WORK GROUP, WE INTEND AND WE ARE WORKING ON STRENGTHENING 211 YOLO AS A [03:30:04] COORDINATED COUNTYWIDE ENTRY POINT FOR SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO NOT ONLY SUPPORTING RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO SUPPORTING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE'RE EXPANDING HANDS-ON NAVIGATIONS SO RESIDENTS GET CONNECTED AND STAY CONNECTED. WE'RE IMPROVING ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR RESIDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS. WE'RE BUILDING A MORE SEAMLESS, NO-WRONG-DOOR SYSTEM ACROSS HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THIS IS HOW YOU STAY ENGAGED. PLEASE JOIN THE SYSTEMS NAVIGATION WORKGROUP TO GUIDE AND IMPROVE THE NETWORK. WE WILL BE HAVING SOME FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT TO EVERYONE. AND THEN ALSO TO HELP SHAPE A SCALABLE LONG-TERM CARE COORDINATION SYSTEM FOR YOLO COUNTY. THANK YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. BRIAN, ARE YOU TALKING NOW? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, BEFORE QUESTIONS, IF I CAN JUST GO THROUGH, JUST SO YOU HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT, FOR JUST THE OPTIONS. OH, WHERE'S THE LAST SLIDE? OH, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THIS VERSION. WE CAN SEE IT. YOU CAN SEE IT, OKAY. CERTAINLY. I JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU HAVE, SO MAYBE IT CAN FLAVOR THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER SLIDE HERE. YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, BUT I'LL READ IT FOR EVERYONE. SO I THINK THERE'S THREE MAIN OPTIONS FOR YOUR BOARD TO CONSIDER. ONE, IF YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PILOT TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD AND KIND OF INCORPORATE THE PILOT INTO EXISTING CONTRACTS TO MOVE IT FORWARD, TO DISPERSE THE MONEY OUT TO 211. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO PAUSE, AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP THAT YOU WANT US TO. TO ENGAGE IN TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OR CERTAINLY IF THERE'S CONSIDERATIONS UH IF UM THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS TO THE PILOT YOU KNOW THERE'S THE OPTION TO REDIRECT THESE ARE ARP FUNDING AS WELL UM AND IT WAS EARMARKED FOR THIS PROJECT BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE'S CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH NOT WANTING IT TO MOVE FORWARD THEN THE OPTION TO REDIRECT THAT 325 000 AS WELL THANK YOU, AND WE ARE REALLY GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH FROM JULIE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ON-THE-FLY FINDING MATERIALS FOR US EACH TIME. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, WE WILL NOW GO TO BOARD QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY BOARD QUESTIONS? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, ALL THREE OF YOU. JUST SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN TERMS OF THIS NEW ALTERNATIVE APPROACH OR POTENTIAL APPROACH. SO AN INDIVIDUAL COULD CALL 911, I MEAN 2-1-1, AND THEN THEY CAN BE CONNECTED TO EITHER A NONPROFIT OR A GROUP OF NONPROFITS FOR THEIR NEEDS, MULTIPLE NEEDS OR A NEED, AND OR A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? IF THEY HAVE CALFRESH OR ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES, IT'S 2-1-1. THEM TO ANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES? SO PRESENTLY AND IT WOULD STILL NAVIGATE TO SERVICE THE COUNTY AND OTHER BASED NON-PROFITS. I THINK THAT THE PIECE OF THIS IS TWOFOLD. ONE, THERE'S A STEP-UP PIECE IN TERMS OF LIKE COMPLEX CASE NEEDS, HIGHLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHERE IN ADDITION TO YOUR MORE BASIC REFERRALS NAVIGATION THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BASICALLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S ASSIGNED TO THEM WHO WOULD CARRY THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER TIME TO MAKE. MORE COMPLEX CONNECTIONS TO CARE SO THAT THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE A CASEWORKER THROUGH 211 ASIDE. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE KIND OF HUB OF HUBS, IT'S REMAPPING HOW WE PRESENT RESOURCE DATA TO THE COMMUNITY SO FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND THE PROVIDERS WHO ALSO DO SIMILAR WORK IN SPECIALIZED AREAS IN COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS. SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE OPTIONS BOTH THROUGH THE TWO-ON-ONE LINES WHEN I COULD CALL IN AND SAY I WANT TO I REALLY AM FACING A COMPLEX SITUATION. I WANT CARE COORDINATION HELP. THERE WOULD BE PATHWAYS WHERE WE WOULD BE SCREENING FOR WHEN WE'RE DOING FOLLOW-UP. THERE'S LIKE RISK FACTORS BASED ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WHERE WE MIGHT LOOK AT AND SAY, HEY, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, WE THINK IT'D BE A GOOD OPTION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS CARE COORDINATION PATHWAY SO WE CAN WORK WITH YOU OVER TIME TO THESE NEEDS BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG, THEY'RE COMPLEX, AND RATHER THAN JUST GIVE YOU A LIST OF 12 REFERRALS. LET'S PRIORITIZE. YOUR NEEDS AND FOCUS ON THIS OVER TIME, AS WELL AS HAVE PATHWAYS WHERE THE FOLKS WHO WANT THE IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE. YOU KNOW, LIKE IF I'M SENDING SOMEBODY TO DO A CALFRESH ENROLLMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SENIOR WITH PAPERWORK THAT IS ALREADY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SAY LIKE, HERE, CALL THIS OPTION THAT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH A PHONE-BASED APPLICATION OR GO TO THIS WEBSITE. THEY MIGHT SAY THAT I WANT SOMEBODY TO HOLD THE PAPERWORK THEMSELVES. SIT DOWN WITH ME AND WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE POINT IS YOU'D HAVE PATHWAYS FOR THE BOTH KIND OF LIKE VIRTUAL OR PHONE-BASED AS WELL AS THE IN-PERSON MAPPED OUT TO REALLY FOCUS [03:35:01] ON PEOPLE'S STARTING POINTS TO CARE NAVIGATION. I SEE. I'M GOING TO, THIS IS A SHAMELESS PLUG, I'M GOING TO USE A VERY COMMON EXAMPLE DURING TAX SEASON. SO. ON THE VITA FLYERS, WE ALWAYS INCLUDE 211 YOLO. FOLKS CAN CALL 211 TO BE NAVIGATED TO THE APPROPRIATE PROVIDER IN THEIR CITY WHO IS PROVIDING TAX SERVICES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CALL 211, 211 CAN EVEN HELP ME SCHEDULE THE APPOINTMENT WITH THAT PROVIDER IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO AND DO MY TAXES AT THAT LOCATION. WE'RE THE ONLY LOCATION IN YOLO COUNTY THAT DOES OUR OWN APPOINTMENT SYSTEMS, BUT 211 IS LIKE THE ONLY NUMBER THAT WE USUALLY INCLUDE ON THOSE FLYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING NAVIGATED TO THE CORRECT RESOURCE. AND THAT WAS A SHAMELESS PLUG. YES. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THE $325,000 REQUEST. DOES THAT HIRE HOW MUCH STAFF? ALSO, HOW DO THEY, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER IF THERE'S A COMPLEX CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, SAY I'M A CLIENT. I CALL TO A WOMAN, I NEED CALFRESH, I NEED HOUSING, SEXUAL ASSAULT ISSUES. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND TURN IN MY TRUST, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE, HOW, FROM WHEN THEY CALL. TO WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT DOWN OR HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH THIS NEW INDIVIDUAL, PILOT INDIVIDUAL, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? SO IN TERMS OF CARE COORDINATORS, SO ONE, AS IT'S SCOPED OUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE IN-PERSON NAVIGATORS BEING CREATED WITHIN 211. THESE WOULD BE PEOPLE WITHIN, LIKE IN THE CALL CENTER, SO THEY COULD BE TRANSITIONED TO. THEY COULD HAVE APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED SO THEY COULD HAVE FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PERSON. BUT GENERALLY, IF SOMEBODY'S WANTING THAT ASSISTANCE NOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AT WORST, A DELAY OF LIKE HOURS. BUT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, IT'S SAYING, LET ME TRANSFER YOU TO THIS QUEUE AND GET YOU TO SOMEBODY NOW. OR, YOU KNOW, I SEE THEY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.30. WE'LL SCHEDULE YOU AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU A CALL BACK AT THAT TIME. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF DELAY. THIS IS NOT A SERVICE THAT EXISTS PRESENTLY FOR YOLO, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY THE WAY IT'S WORKING OUT. SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF. BASED ON WHAT THE CLIENT'S WANT IS, SO I CAN TRANSFER YOU, I CAN SCHEDULE YOU FOR FOLLOW-UP, OR WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND YOU CAN DECIDE IF THIS IS THE PATHWAY YOU WANT TO TAKE. SO THE DESIGN IS REALLY MORE TO PUT IT BASED ON CLIENT CHOICE, HOW THAT CONNECTION WILL LOOK LIKE. AND THIS WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 TO 5? SO THE CARE COORDINATION SERVICES AS OF RIGHT NOW IS PRESENTED AS A CORE BUSINESS HOURS OPERATION FOR THE STEP-UP. I MEAN, THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED, SO WE COULD... YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A PREFERENCE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IT IS ONLY CREATING CAPACITY FOR TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. SO IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF HOW WE WANTED TO STAGGER THAT OUT FOR THE COVERAGE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL GET TO COMMENTS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. MAYBE THEIR COMMENTS. WELL, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE A STANDALONE YOLO 211 WEBSITE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS. SO I'M LIKE, YIPPEE, YIPPEE TO THAT ONE. OKAY. THIS IS THE 325,000 IS... ARP FUNDS, BUT IT'S FOR OUR DISCRETION TO DECIDE HOW AND WHERE THEY CAN GO. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY HEADING IN THIS DIRECTION. AND THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING TO THE GROUP, TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND AS YOU KNOW, HI, GABRIEL. I FORGOT TO START THAT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 2-1-1 AND THE SYSTEM OF CARE HAS BEEN PART OF MY WORK FOR DECADES. AND IT'S ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, AND THERE'S HELP. AND THE BIG PROBLEM IS HOW DO YOU GET THEM CONNECTED? SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE DEPLOYING, FOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR TODAY, HOW THIS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY. AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE MORE AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER. BECAUSE I KNOW I HIGHLY, 2-1-1, YOU CAN CALL AND GET INFORMATION LIKE PSPSS. LIKE I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD, CALL 2-1-1. IT'S HOT. CALL 2-1-1 TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR COOLING THING IS. SO I GET THAT SCOPE OF WORK. IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IS THAT YOU'RE [03:40:02] MAKING IN-HOUSE HIGHER LEVELS OF CONNECTION TO SERVICES SIMILAR OR PERHAPS THE SAME AS WHAT CALAIM DOES. AM I CORRECT THERE? SO I WOULD SAY SIMILAR TO. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE FOLKS THAT MAYBE THEY'RE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR CALAIM, BUT THEIR BENEFITS HAVE LAPSED. THEY'RE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR CALAIM. TAKING THE STEPS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GET THEM CONNECTED TO ECM OR COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES. ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE CHURN OF ELIGIBILITY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO IN YOUR CLINIC. OR FRANKLY, THEY'RE IN THAT MORE ACUTE CASE THAT'S ALREADY USING OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS AS THEY'RE WAITING UNTIL IT'S REALLY RISK, RIGHT? AND AS WELL AS TAXING THOSE SYSTEMS. FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HIGHLY VULNERABLE POSITIONS. THIS IS REALLY, ONE, TO CREATE KIND OF A CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN TERMS OF THAT NAVIGATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO REALLY SHOULD BE GOING TO CALAIM. BUT ALSO TO HAVE A PATHWAY FOR THAT NAVIGATION SUPPORT FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE AREN'T GOING TO FIT INTO CALA. WHILE MEDI-CAL POPULATIONS ARE CERTAINLY A BIG PORTION OF WHAT WE SERVE AT 211 YOLO, THEY ARE FAR FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. SO THAT WAY THERE'S PATHWAYS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T FIT THERE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO CARDS, CHAIR. OKAY. NOW WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION. WE HAVE BEFORE US THREE, WE CAN ALSO TAKE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, OPTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS. ARE THERE COMMENTS REGARDING THESE? YES, SUPERVISOR FERRIX, SORRY. YEAH, IT'S OKAY. I CAN'T ANSWER TO EITHER. ALSO JUST TO HEY YOU. SO THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, APPRECIATE IT, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK. I GUESS MY QUESTION A LITTLE BIT PUZZLE THAT IS. I MEAN, THIS IS AN ITEM COMING FROM STAFF, I THINK, RIGHT? AT LEAST SO, YOU KNOW, GOT STAFF CONTACTS AT THE TOP OF THE STAFF REPORT AND SUCH. SO OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. BUT I MEAN, WHAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS? I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IS THERE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION. THERE'S OPTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS. I SEE ALL OF THOSE. POTENTIAL OPTIONS BUT IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF ON THIS ONE? I'M NOT IN THIS WORK DAY TO DAY SO I'M LOOKING FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION SUPERVISOR FERRIX. ONCE AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON MARK BRYAN DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. SO I'LL JUST PROVIDE CONTEXT I DON'T KNOW IF BRYAN OR EVEN DIRECTOR HAS COMMENTS AS WELL. BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE THE WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, WHEN THESE MONIES WERE SET ASIDE. FOR THE ENHANCED COMMUNITY NAVIGATION SYSTEM, WHICH THIS IS A PILOT THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT CATEGORY. IT WAS PUT IN AS OPTIONAL. THE FUTURE MONIES WERE DIVVIED UP AND IDENTIFIED. SO SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE WITH THE NAVIGATION AS WELL AS CLOSED-LOOP REFERRAL SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A TOPIC BACK ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. SO THEREFORE, AS WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THIS IS AN OPTION TO FULFILL THE FUTURE, AND THEREFORE IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE BOARD WITH PARTNERS, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PARTNERS THAT WOULD PRODUCE THIS THROUGH 211, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT WAS, I WANT TO PROVIDE THAT OPTION TO THE BOARD AS THIS IS ONE. YES, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS IS AN OPTION THAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, AND I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BEGINNING, THIS IS ONE-TIME MONEY. AND I THINK A KEY COMPONENT OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY IS THAT PIECE THAT WOULD SHOW SUSTAINABILITY OVER TIME AND LINKING ON HOW THAT WOULD MAKE ITSELF SUSTAINABLE. IT HAS BEEN ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO US THAT OVER THE COURSE OF SINCE THE BOARD TOOK THIS ACTION AND THE ROADMAP, MONEY'S RELATED TO 211 DIMINISHING. KAISER, WHO WAS ONCE A SPONSOR, IS NO LONGER A SPONSOR OF OUR 211 EFFORTS. THE PATH GRANT, WHICH FUNDS A BIT OF THIS AS WELL, IS EVEN THOUGH STAFF AND PARTNERS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OVER THIS PAST YEAR OF IDENTIFYING EVEN FURTHER PATH MONEY OF WHAT THAT POOL WAS AVAILABLE, THAT IS NOW. SO THAT SUSTAINABILITY PIECE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND SO THE EXTENT THAT THIS PILOT CAN SHOW A SUSTAINABILITY OF THE 211 SERVICES AND AN IMPROVEMENT [03:45:01] OF HOW THOSE SERVICES FUNCTION, IT'S CALLED VOLUMINATION OF THAT. YES, WE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TOWARDS THAT, TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM UNDER THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE BY THE BOARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO, YEAH, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY MOST PROBABLY AGREE IN 2024 WE WERE IN THE TRACKS AND SERVICES. WE WERE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO GET CONNECTED WITH SERVICES. TODAY, WE SIT ON THE VERGE OF DECIMATING MANY SERVICES ABOUT TO LAY PEOPLE OFF. I WOULD SIMPLY SAY GREAT IDEA SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT MAKES THE CONNECTIONS FOR FOLKS TO GET TO THOSE VERY SERVICES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S JUST FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT FROM A CAP FACING TODAY. AND SO I WORRY A LITTLE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY VERY SPECIFIC MEASURE. YES, THIS WORKS, AND WE NOW ARE GOING TO PRESUMABLY DUPLICATE THOSE EFFORTS, FUNDS WE DO NOT HAVE, CREATE A PILOT FOR SERVICES THAT ARE CHANGING, FUNDS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE AT THE MOMENT AT A MARK. MY PREFERENCE, FRANKLY, WOULD BE TO ASK OUR HHSA DIRECTOR, WHO'S HAVING TO FILL THESE GAPS WITH NICKELS AND DIMES AND QUARTERS THAT SHE'S FINDING UNDER THE SEAT CUSHIONS. ...POSED TO US HOW WE MIGHT SPEND THESE FUNDS. NO DISRESPECT TO THE WORK. IT'S BEEN DONE. THERE'S NO QUESTION WE NEED TO MAKE FOLKS TO SERVICES. BUT THE REALITY IS THE VERY SERVICES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT GOING TO PROBABLY LOOK THE SAME 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, A LITTLE OVER 36 WHEN THIS PILOT ENDS. THE ASSUMPTION IS WE'RE GOING TO... SO RATHER THAN BELABOR, FRANKLY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DIRECT... HHSA STAFF TO COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE PLUG APPS IN OUR SERVICE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP AFLOAT AT THE MOMENT. WE SPEND THESE $300,000. OTHER COMMENTS? YES, BARAJAS. THIS IS A CONTINUATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE, CORRECT? OKAY. SO IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, I GUESS, WITH THIS ITEM, DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE INITIATIVE THAT THE BOARD WORKED WITH YCOE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND COLLABORATORS? FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE MONIES THAT THE BOARD SET ASIDE RELATED TO THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD BACK IN 2024, THIS IS THE LAST POOL OF MONEY RELATED TO THOSE SET ASIDE. SO TO THAT EXTENT, IT WOULD PUT A SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS THAT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DIRECT STAFF TOWARDS, IT WOULD PUT AN END TO THAT IDENTIFIED SET OF MONEY. UM, REGARDLESS TO THE, REGARDS TO THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE AND THE THING, THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE ROADMAP YCOE AND OTHER PARTNERS HAVE PUT INTO MOTION, UM, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN END TO THE ROADMAP. THE ROADMAP WAS DESIGNED, AND IT'S MORE IN-DEPTH THAN I COULD, WAS, WAS DESIGNED TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY FORWARD. BUT THE, THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THEM WILL BE DONE? THE FUNDING, CORRECT. THE FUNDING MECHANISM RELATED TO WHAT THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON. TWO-STEP PROCESS. THE BOARD, THE BOARD, THE FUTURE PARTICIPANTS, HSA, AND STAFF AT THE TIME, BUT A LEAD FROM HSA, AND THEY MADE IDENTIFICATION OF SUGGESTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE MONEY. THE BOARD, THANK YOU. [03:50:01] PLEASE COME BACK AND PARSE THIS DOWN AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE, MAKE IT A BIT MORE FOCUSED. IT HAPPENED. THE BOARD TOOK ACTION WITH THAT FURTHER INFORMATION AND IDENTIFIED THE CATEGORIES FOR HOW THAT MONEY WOULD BE THE FINAL AMOUNT OF $5,000 THAT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED OR GIVEN OUT, LET'S SAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY. JUST MY ONLY QUESTION, I GUESS, AND SOME OF MY CONCERN IS LIKE. THE BOARD DOES GIVE SOME AMOUNT. I THINK IT'S JUST A VIABILITY, SUSTAINABLE TYPE OF FUNDING, THE BUSINESS MODEL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AFTER TWO YEARS? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A REPORT THAT HAS TO GO OUT AND GET GRANT FUNDING FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE DONORS, PARTNER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND OR THE CITY COUNCILS? WHAT IS THE... WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, YEAH, WE CAN WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICE, $325,000 FOR TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS THE, WE WOULD WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO CONTINUE. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO ONE-TIME FUNDING $325,000, OUR EFFORT IS OVER. CORRECT. IN TERMS OF THE $325,000, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY TO VERIFY THE PROOF OF IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR TWO YEARS TO DO THE FUNDRAISING. A BIG PART OF THIS IS GETTING THE SEED MONEY TO LEVERAGE AGAINST THOSE ASKS. NOW, IT'S LEVERAGING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE THE SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS IN TERMS OF THE ECM SUPPORTS. IT'S IT'S LEVERAGING THIS TO EXPAND AND ACTUALLY ADVOCATE TO PG&E TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE YOLO ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR WHEN IT COMES TO CARE COORDINATION SERVICES, AND HERE'S THE DATA TO PROVE IT. IT'S TO GIVE US BETTER DATA AS WELL AND KPIS THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO BE DEFINED WITH THE COMMUNITY INFORMANTS TO REALLY CREATE THOSE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES WE NEED NOW TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO START GOING OUT AND DOING THAT MULTI-PRONGED TASK, WORKING WITH YCOE ON THAT. THERE'S PATHWAYS THERE. THERE'S PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF THE PG&E FUNDING. THERE'S ALSO FURTHER PATHWAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AT A LEVEL WHERE WE NEED TO PUSH BACK TO THE LONG-TERM SUPPORTS IN TERMS OF NAVIGATIONAL SUPPORT, BOTH FOR CAL OES AND THE PG&E PIECE I ALREADY MENTIONED. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE WAITING TWO YEARS. THIS WOULD ALSO CREATE ONGOING REPORTING. DATA IS NOT A PIECE THAT WE SHY AWAY FROM AT 211. WE TRACK EVERYTHING, AND THIS WOULD BE ENHANCING THE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING. SYSTEMS BARRIERS THERE SO WE CAN DO FINE-TUNING SYSTEMS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY TO HAVE A VERY WELL DETAILED REQUEST TO THOSE WHETHER IT'S PHILANTHROPIC GROUPS THE HEALTH SYSTEMS THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS TO SAY LOOK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO PREVENT THESE PEOPLE FROM SHOWING UP AT YOUR ERS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD THIS WE NEED 250 000 WHICH IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT IT WILL COST YOU IF WE JUST EVEN REDUCE LIKE 10 OF THOSE FOLKS FROM SHOWING UP TO YOUR ER WITHOUT MEDICAL IT'S ALSO ABOUT PREVENTING THAT CHURN FROM FOLKS SHOWING BACK UP TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY FOR RECERTIFICATION. YES, THE LANDSCAPE IS GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE IN TERMS OF REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES. BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY THIS NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE, CUZ THE NEED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING OFF IS GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT FOLKS FROM FALLING FURTHER DOWNSTREAM AND BEING DISCONNECTED. AND BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO THE HEALTH REVENUES IS GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT WE NEED THE SEED MONEY TO BUILD THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE TO BE STRONG IN THOSE ASKS. SO HOW ABOUT WOULD THIS IMPACT THAT PLAN? LET'S JUST ASSUME RIGHT HERE. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING. IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO GIVE $100,000 AS SEED MONEY, WOULD YOU THEN BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO GO TO THESE PATHWAYS THAT YOU DESCRIBED, LIKE PG&E AND SUTTER HEALTH? AND SAY, LOOK, WE STILL, WE NEED YOUR MATCHING FUNDS OF $100,000 EACH SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO NOW KICKSTART THIS PILOT PROGRAM. SO WHAT IT DOES HERE IS THAT WE PLANT SOME $100,000 SEED, ALLOWS YOU TO GO OUT AND FUNDRAISE AND GET A COMMITMENT FROM THESE OTHER GROUPS. SO THAT WAY THE LIABILITY AND BURDEN IS NOT $325,000 SOLELY ON US DURING THIS TIME OF REDUCTIONS. AND THEN SO THAT WAY IT'S MORE [03:55:01] OF A TRUE PARTNERSHIP COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY. AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. THEN YOU CAN KEEP ON LEVERAGING IT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WOULD THAT WORK? POTENTIALLY. I THINK IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY WATER DOWN THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD REALLY LIMIT THE ABILITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY TO REALLY BUILD THE BIGGER STORY OF THE NEED AND UNDERSTANDING. OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. SO, I MEAN, $100,000 WILL BUILD ONE FTE IN A LITTLE BIT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY. SO THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE CASE WOULD BE A LOT TOUGHER ROAD AND HILL TO CLIMB, AND THE TIMELINE FOR VIABILITY OF SUSTAINABILITY WOULD BE MASSIVELY SHORTENED. SO THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. WE'D HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING YESTERDAY TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT LIKE $100,000 BE VIABLE. OKAY. AND THIS RECOMMENDATION, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHY COE HERE. HE'S RIGHT THERE. OH. OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY, SO IS IT A RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM YCOE OR THE ROADMAP TO FUTURE, OR IS IT COMING FROM 211? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS PUSH IS COMING FROM. WHAT GROUP? IS IT JUST THE 211 GROUP? IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING ITSELF OR THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL? THE FUNDING IS OURS, BUT THIS. SPECIFIC PROPOSAL SO THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER WITH THE BASICALLY THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND INPUT OF THE SYSTEMS NAVIGATION WORK GROUP UNDER THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE SO IT'S NOT A SIMPLY 211 ASK IT'S AN ASK OF FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE 211 INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON THE SYSTEM'S FRAMEWORK THAT THIS CROSS-SECTION OF COMMUNITY PROVIDERS HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A NEED SO SO TO ME, I MEAN, YES, THE RESOURCE. INVESTMENT IS WITHIN THE 2-1-1 SYSTEM TO MAKE THESE ENHANCEMENTS, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S A RECOMMENDATION AND THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN BUILT WITH THAT CROSS-SECTION OF FEEDBACK FROM PROVIDERS. THIS IS NOT JUST US SAYING, HEY, WE WANT AN NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT. THIS IS WHAT, QUITE FRANK, I WOULD SAY IS THE COMMUNITY ASKING US, CAN YOU DO THESE THINGS? THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THIS IS WHAT FOR THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. I WANT TO KEEP THIS MOVING. OKAY, MARY VICCINI, YOU HAVE. I HAVE SOME AMBIVALENCE AND I HAVE SOME, I DON'T KNOW, DAMPENED OPTIMISM THAT LEADS ME TO SUGGEST THAT I LEAN TOWARDS ADOPTING OPTION ONE ONLY BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, AND PLEASE CHECK MY UNDERSTANDING ON THIS, IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRENGTHENING 211 AS THE CONNECTOR TO SYSTEMS THAT AS COLLEAGUES HERE AT THE TABLE HAVE ALREADY SAID, ARE AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING OR VASTLY SHRINKING AND BECOMING FAR LESS AVAILABLE. SO THE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES OF SUPPORT ARE IN PERIL, BUT THE NEEDS THEMSELVES ARE NOT GOING AWAY. THEY'RE GROWING. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT LIKE WE HAVE AN INTELLIGENT KIND OF ADAPTIVE PLAN HERE. SUCH THAT AS WE FACE THAT FUTURE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THOSE WITH THE NEEDS WITH WHATEVER SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AND TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF AN ANSWER ON THE END OF A CALL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DESPERATE STRAITS. AND MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO BUILD IT AND TO SUPPORT OPTION ONE AS A WAY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ITS SCOPE WOULD BE. WITHOUT BEING DREAMY-EYED ABOUT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY IF ONLY WE BUILD THIS BRIDGE AND STRENGTHEN 211, EVERYTHING'S NOT OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT A STATIC SITUATION. IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE, BUT THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT. PEOPLE WHO NEED HEALTH CARE AND DON'T HAVE MEDI-CAL... ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING UP IN EMERGENCY ROOMS. IT'S GOING TO JUST SHIFT SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THIS SYSTEM MEETS THAT UNCERTAIN FUTURE, BUT THE ABSENCE OF A SYSTEM LIKE THIS STRIKES ME AS HAVING NO POTENTIAL TO MEET THAT FUTURE. SO I DON'T KNOW. FOR ME, I GUESS I'M ADVOCATING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAP OF FAITH HERE, THAT IF WE BUILD THIS AND CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF THE ROADMAP [04:00:03] TO THE FUTURE, HAS BEEN KIND OF WORKING US TOWARD AND AND REALLY LOOK AT HOW THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE SYSTEM CAN HELP US TO BRIDGE BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE NEEDS AND WHERE NEEDS CAN BE SERVICED IT'S A BETTER OUTCOME THAN NOT DOING THAT NOT SURE HOW ARTICULATE THAT WAS BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT AT THE MOMENT UM HAVE SOME FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CURRENT WORK OF 211 AND THE HISTORICAL WORK. SO I DON'T WANT THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY TO SHINE A NEGATIVE LIGHT ON THAT. WHAT I AM DESPERATELY FEELING IS THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I STILL FEEL THE GHOST OF ALL OF OUR STAFF SITTING IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CHAIRS WITH THEIR SIGNS. THEY'RE NOT ONLY THEIR JOB, BUT THEIR FUNCTION. SO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD, BUT WE ARE IN A SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, SERVICE WORKERS. GET THEM CONNECTED TO MEDI-CAL, THEN THEY WENT BECAUSE THEY'D STILL HAVE THEIR MEDI-CAL. SO I FEEL LIKE TODAY IS A DIFFERENT TIME THAN BEFORE. THE ROADMAP WAS NOT EVEN A ROAD. VERY DIFFERENT TIME. WITH THAT SAID, I DO WONDER BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH MONEY WENT INTO IT. CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME? 1.7 SAYS MY COLLEAGUE NEXT TO ME. I MEAN, THAT'S THE YOUTH AND FAMILY PRIORITY CATEGORY OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. NOT ALL OF THAT WAS FOR... I KNOW THAT THERE'S A... WELL, YOU CAN... WELL, IT WAS WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. HERE IS MY QUESTION. LET ME GET TO MY QUESTION, BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS... THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE HAS, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE DONE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK ABOUT A GAP IN SERVICE FOR CONNECTION TO SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH THAT, AND YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ME THAT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT. WHAT I'M WONDERING IS THAT, IS THERE, WITHIN THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE, AND WELL OVER A MILLION, IS THERE SOME... ASSIGNMENT OF THE FUNDS FROM THAT FUNDING SOURCE SO THAT I CAN LOOK MY EMPLOYEES IN THE FACE AND NOT SAY, YEAH, I JUST GAVE $325,000 TO A PILOT PROJECT FOR TWO YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. DO I HAVE AN ANSWER? I WILL TRY TO FIND AN ANSWER TO YOU. IF I CARRY THIS SHEET OF PAPER AROUND WITH ME, SO IF I'M CORRECT, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS $200,000. YCOE TO LEAD THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE. $50,000 ASSIGNED FOR ADDITIONAL WORK TO YCOE FOR THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE WORK. THEN THERE WAS $2 MILLION ALLOCATED TO UNDER THE CHILDREN'S CATEGORY. ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE FLOWED FROM THAT. LEFT AFTER THE 450 TO DEDICATE OUT. OF THAT IS WHERE THE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE FINALS THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY. CHILD CARE EARLY, CHILDHOOD SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH. FOOD ACCESS, ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR $250,000 AMOUNT, A GAP IN 211 SERVICES. THIS WOULD BE THE LAST AMOUNT OF $2.2 MILLION. SO MY POINT BEING, I HAVEN'T SEEN AN ACCOUNTING OF... LIKE WHAT'S ALL SPENT, WHAT'S LEFT OVER, IS THERE ANY WAY? I WOULD REQUEST THAT BECAUSE THIS REQUEST IS AN OUTGROWTH FROM THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE. AND IT IS PARTIALLY CHILDREN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT CALL IN HAVE CHILDREN. SO I'M WONDERING IF I JUST CAN'T, IN GOOD FAITH, VOTE FOR $325,000 FOR A PILOT PROJECT RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T, EVEN THOUGH I ABSOLUTELY. [04:05:03] UNDERSTAND THE WHY. ABSOLUTELY, 100%. I THINK THAT IT'S TIME IN YOLO COUNTY THAT NOT JUST, YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK TO THE COUNTY, LIKE THE COUNTY'S GOT TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT, BUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE TIGHTENING THEIR BELT ALSO, AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER SMARTLY SO THAT WE CAN, HERE'S A GAP, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MONEY COMING FROM US TO BE ABLE TO FIX THAT GAP. THERE'S... EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER AND THEIR SISTER AND THEIR UNCLE IS DOING CALAIM RIGHT NOW. SO I WAS LIKE, OH NO, 2-1-1 IS GOING TO DO CALAIM NOW. OH MY GOD, HOW MANY CALAIM PROVIDERS DO WE REALLY NEED IN YOLO? I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND YOU'RE NOT ASKING TODAY, BUT IF YOU WERE COMING AND SAYING 2-1-1 IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SAYING FIGURE IT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT, THE CORE WORK OF 2-1-1. BUT I CAN'T, I CAN'T SAY THAT, WELL, LET'S SEE ABOUT AN ENHANCED 2-1-1 CONNECTION TO HUBS. I JUST CAN'T DO THAT TODAY. I CAN'T. SO I THINK, TO FAKE MOTIONS, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO NUMBERS, THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THAT WAS MONEY THAT HAD A DIFFERENT PURPOSE AT THE TIME, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT TIME NOW, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BRING IT HOME AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. YES. HYBRID. MENTIONING EARLIER, I LIKE THE CONCEPT, I LIKE THE IDEA, I BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED. THIS IS BEING REQUESTED BY MANY OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY. AND IF THIS COULD BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COUNTY FOR YEARS TO COME. BUT THE BUSINESS MODEL WOULDN'T BE SUSTAINABLE AT 325 IF WE DON'T HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM OTHER. GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR PARTNERS, WHETHER THEY'RE PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS OR PRIVATE PARTNERS. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THE BOARD FEELS, BUT MAYBE SETTING ASIDE $125,000 OF SEED MONEY, THAT MONEY IS NOT USED TO HIRE ANYBODY, BUT THAT MONEY IS USED TO DO A CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE ASK FROM OTHER ENTITIES. TO BE ABLE TO USE AND SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET 325,000, THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE PILOT PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD. SO SET ASIDE THAT 125, MOVE THE REMAINING BALANCE OF 200,000 BACK TO THE CAO FOR A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE BOARD. AND THAT 125 WILL STAY UP UNTIL, YOU KNOW, NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UP UNTIL, SAY, BEFORE JUNE 30TH OF 2027, AND IF THERE'S NO PARTNERSHIP, THERE'S NO PLAN, THEN THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO THE COUNTY. IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT. IT'S GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND REALLY MAKE THIS A PARTNERSHIP, A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE FUNDS OF 325 ARE ALLOCATED BY JUST NOT THE COUNTY BUT OTHER PARTNERS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE BOARD FEELS... MORE INCLINED TO DO THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT LEAVES $200,000 BACK TO THE COUNTY. $125,000 IS SET ASIDE. LET 2-1-1 AND THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE PARTICIPANTS AND LEAD AT YCOE GO OUT AND SEE IF THEY CAN COBBLE UP SOME FUNDING FROM OTHER RESOURCES. THANK YOU. I KNOW MARY WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK THAT MARK HAD A RESPONSE. YES, CHAIR, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT A FULL KIND OF RECONCILIATION OR REPORT BACK, STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT, AND WE SHOULD BE PREPARED. TO COME TO THE BOARD SHOWING WHERE ALL OF THE ARP OR THOSE MONIES WERE SPENT. AND DON'T RUN OUT AND SPEND IT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE ASKED YOU ABOUT IT. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING WORKED ON, SO I WANTED TO REPORT THAT IT'S ON ITS WAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. VICKI SANDY, PLEASE. I'M STRUCK BY A CATCH-22 HERE, WHICH I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ARTICULATED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT PARTNERS, BUT WE CAN'T GO GET THE PARTNERS UNLESS WE DO THE PILOT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S WHAT I'M ACTUALLY HEARING OR NOT, BUT YOU MENTIONED, SEVERAL OF YOU DID IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT THIS IS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, AND THAT WORD FOR ME TRIGGERS THAT IF WE INVEST THIS MONEY, THIS ONE-TIME MONEY NOW, SUSTAINABILITY MEANS IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON AN ONGOING... [04:10:01] BECAUSE IT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES AS A NEW PART OF THE SYSTEM. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S A NOD. SO THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING INFRASTRUCTURE-WISE AND NEEDING STAFF TO BUILD IT, AND THE 325 IS ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN THAT 325 IS UP, THE STAFF MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. THEY MAY BE LIMITED TERM POSITIONS TO GET SOMETHING BUILT, BUT UNLESS THERE'S A WAY TO ACTUALLY USE THIS AS A GENERATOR OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO KEEP IT GOING, PRESUMING THAT THERE'S STILL SYSTEMS YOU CAN ATTACH PEOPLE TO THROUGH 211. GOD, THERE'S SO MANY IFS HERE. I DON'T KNOW. THIS FOR ME IS LEADING TO MAYBE OPTION TWO AS A WAY TO GO. WHICH WOULD BE TO SAY, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK JUST SAYING NO AND REDIRECTING THE FUNDING, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THAT $325,000 ISN'T GOING TO BUY ANYTHING. AND I SHARE WITH YOU THE ABSOLUTE HEARTACHE OF OUR EMPLOYEES ON WHAT THEY'RE FACING IN TERMS OF A CLIFF FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AND I WANT A SOLUTION TO THAT DESPERATELY. THIS WON'T SOLVE IT. THE OPTICS AREN'T GREAT TO EXPEND FUNDING ON A PILOT OF SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE CONTEMPLATING LAYOFFS. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THIS IS BUDGET DUST IN THE LARGER PICTURE OF $35 MILLION REDUCTION AND GAP WE'RE TRYING TO COVER. $325,000 WILL BUY US SOMETHING, BUT IT WON'T SOLVE THE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING. SO WILL IT SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT COULD PUT US IN BETTER SHAPE FOR HAVING SPENT IT IN THIS WAY THAN WE WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T SPEND IT IN THIS WAY? THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M REALLY GRAPPLING WITH, AND I WOULD RATHER NOT SHELVE IT ALTOGETHER WITHOUT HAVING GREATER CERTAINTY ABOUT THAT. AND I'M WILLING NOT TO LAUNCH THE PILOT YET WITHOUT HAVING GREATER CERTAINTY ABOUT IT, WHICH SUGGESTS TO ME THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME FURTHER CLARITY MAYBE ABOUT WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD BE, ABOUT HOW ONE-TIME MONEY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE END OF THAT, WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY REALLY MEAN? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK TO GET BACK TO SOME OF SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS' OBSERVATIONS EARLIER ABOUT SYSTEMS IN DECLINE AND SHRINKAGE, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO REACH TO THAT WILL MEET THEM BECAUSE SERVICES ARE GONE OR THEY'RE SO DIMINISHED THAT THE NEED, THE GREATER NEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THROUGH AN ENHANCED 211 IS GOING TO BE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO ANSWER. THAT NEED. I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION, BUT IT IS THE SITUATION THAT COUNTIES ARE IN, THAT THE STATE IS IN, THAT THE COUNTRY IS IN, AS WE ARE REDIRECTING MONEY TO A MILITARY COMPLEX OR WHATEVER OTHER INITIATIVE ON THE WORLD STAGE WE MIGHT LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN, BUT NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WHO NEED THESE SERVICES. THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLE POSITION FOR A COUNTY TO BE IN. AND ALL THAT ASIDE, WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY MEAN? AND WHY IS THIS INVESTMENT WORTH LOOKING OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE EYE AND SAYING, YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING IN EVERY WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MINIMIZE LAYOFFS AND SHRINKAGE HERE, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BUILDING WHO HAVE NEEDS THAT THIS MAY HELP. AND I STILL DON'T KNOW THE WEIGHT OF THAT HELP, BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, LET'S JUST SHOVE IT. FOR NOW, SO JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO JUST WAS THERE A MOTION OUT THERE? I'M SORRY. I MEAN, I THOUGHT NO, NO, NO, I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE WAS WELL, JUST YEAH, WELL, YEAH. OKAY. SO, WELL, I'M HAPPY TO WAIT FOR MY COMMENTS. THEN IF YOU WANT TO JUST PUT YOUR PROPOSED MOTION OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVE I DO HAVE A FEW QUICK COMMENTS ON IT. SO, YEAH, GO AHEAD. I THINK WE WITH WHAT SUPERVISOR STARTED WITH RATHER THAN TRY TO PREDETERMINE WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS. MAYBE IT'S A HYBRID BETWEEN ONE. CORRECT STAFF, HHSA DIRECTOR, WHO'S AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR IN ALL OF THIS EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF THE DAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DIRECTED HER TO DO, TO COME TO MAYBE WORK WITH THE PROPOSING THIS. AND I THINK WE FREE UP STAFF TO LET THEM HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THIS. SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT OPTION TWO WITH NOT A SPECIFIC [04:15:01] DOLLAR AMOUNT, RATHER THAN PREDETERMINED WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT. STAFF FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, COME BACK TO US SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE, SO THAT WE PRESERVE THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I THINK THIS BODY. SECONDING THAT, I THINK A COUPLE QUICK THINGS, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT ALREADY COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, COULD BE THE DIRECTION OR SHOULD BE THE DIRECTION. I MEAN, I'M STILL A LITTLE LOST, AND I APPRECIATE THE... ATTEMPT AT KIND OF CLARIFYING WHAT STAFF'S POSITION WAS, I MEAN, OR RECOMMENDATION. I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW, CLEARLY. THE STATE OF THE WORLD HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY. ENHANCED 2-1-1 WOULD BE LOVELY. LIKE, I MEAN, MANY OTHER THINGS WOULD BE LOVELY RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, SO JUST HAVING BASIC 2-1-1 IS GOING TO KIND OF BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AT, IN MY OPINION. I THINK WE COULD VERY EASILY, SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT MOTION. I SECONDED IT. I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW STAFF TO KIND OF COME BACK TO US WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE BEST USAGE FOR THE DOLLARS, BASICALLY. AND IF THE ANSWER IS NOT ON ENHANCED 2-IN-1, THAT'S FINE. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. IN TERMS OF JUST GENERAL COMMENTS, I THINK ALSO I'M GOING TO JUST STICK UP FOR THE ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE. I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE WHOLE PREMISES FOR DOING THE WORK THERE INITIALLY WAS THAT WE WERE IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION OF THE PANDEMIC. AND HOW TO WE HAD THIS ONCE IN THE PROBABLY GENERATION, HOPEFULLY OPPORTUNITY TO HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE MORE PANDEMICS. ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WERE FLOWING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THAT TIME TO PROVIDE SOME ATTEMPT AT A SILVER LINING FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE FACING AT THAT TIME. I THINK WE DID JUST THAT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ACROSS ALL THE AGENCIES, NOT JUST YCRE CERTAINLY, BUT ALL THE AGENCIES THAT ORIGINALLY HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE DOLLARS TO FUND JUST THE ACTUAL ROAD MAP ITSELF. THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING IT WAS TO AGAIN, IT IS A LIVING WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE TO GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AROUND DOLLARS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR TO GO TO THE TO TO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WITH ROUTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE USED THE DATA SETS FROM. ...TO THE FUTURE TO APPLY FOR THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECENTLY AWARDED YOLO COUNTY HOUSING, ALONG WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND SEVERAL OTHER PARTNERS, CITY OF WOODLAND, APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION FOR A PROJECT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. THE DATA CAME DIRECTLY FROM ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE. IT WAS USED TO INSPIRE AND BOLSTER THAT APPLICATION WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THOSE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES RECENTLY OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOWING TO OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITIES DUE TO THE WORK THAT WAS DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT THIS BOARD INVESTED IN. SO JUST WANT TO JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THAT I THINK THAT EFFORT WAS A VERY WISE ONE BY THIS BOARD TO PARTNER WITH EVERYONE IN THAT EFFORT, AND I THINK IT'S CONTINUING TO PAY OFF, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE DONE WITH IT, BUT I THINK THOSE DOLLARS, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT MORE OF A CHALLENGE. COLLECTIVELY RECEIVING ALL THESE GRANT DOLLARS IF WE HAD NOT HAD SUCH A PLAN IN PLACE. SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR FARRIS FOR THAT INFORMATION. SUPERVISOR VEGAS, ON YOUR MOTION, ARE YOU LOOKING AT, OR NUMBER TWO, ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHEN YOU SAY ALLOWING STAFF, LIKE WHAT STAFF IN PARTICULAR? AND THEN SUPERVISOR FARRIS, WHEN YOU MENTIONED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN POSSIBLY GO TO, I THINK YOU KIND OF LEFT IT OPEN VERY GENERALLY. ARE YOU REFERRING TO WITHIN HHSA? I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THE DOLLARS KIND OF WERE. YEAH, SO YES, I WOULD JUST SAY HHSA NEEDS, BASICALLY. I MEAN, THE DOLLARS WERE ENVISIONED ORIGINALLY BY THE BOARD TO BE SPENT IN THIS KIND OF CATEGORY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT TAKING IT AND GOING AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE TOTALLY ELSE MAKES SENSE. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST ALLOWING THE HHS AID DIRECTOR IN CONSULTATION WITH WHOEVER ON HER STAFF, I THINK COMING BACK TO US WITH JUST A HERE'S OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION OF HOW TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS. AND JUST FOR IT TO BE CLEAR TO STAFF, IS THE BOARD'S WILL TO HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE THAT WOULD GO BACK TO OUR GENERAL FUND, OR IS IT TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON? [04:20:02] PROGRAMS UP TO OR SERVICES UP TO 325. YEAH, LET ME CLARIFY AS A MOTION MAKER THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION FOR THE CLARIFICATION IN CASE IT'S NOT CLEAR SO I I DO NOT PROCEED MY MOTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT WE SPEND THE 325 THAT IT WOULD I BELIEVE STAFF CAME FORWARD TODAY PART BECAUSE THIS BODY DIRECTED STAFF TO COME SO THEREFORE THERE WASN'T SUPERVISOR PRODUCTS ORIGINALLY ASKED WHAT STAFFS RECOMMENDATION? I THINK I HEARD WAS THE RECOMMENDATION IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS BODY SAID, WHICH IS COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL THAT ENHANCES THE 2-1-1 SYSTEM. I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I THINK YOU WERE TO ASK STAFF TODAY, IS THIS THE TOP PRIORITY? MY SENSE, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE. SO I GUESS AS PART OF THE MOTION, I'M GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO STAFF TO COME BACK TO SAY. WE COULD PROBABLY DO THIS FOR $25,000 OR $50,000, OR WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. OR, FRANKLY, THIS DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF OUR PRIORITIES AT ALL AT THIS JUNCTURE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE UP TO THIS DATE, STAFF'S NOT BEEN FREED UP TO MOVE ABOUT THE CABIN, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO I JUST WANT STAFF TO HAVE SOME SAY BECAUSE I DON'T GET THE IMPRESSION. AND GIVEN THAT GREEN LIGHT FROM IT, MAYBE IT MAY BE. YES, THIS IS THIS IS THE DEAL. YEAH, THIS IS THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY. LET'S GO GET IT. YEAH. OR IT'S NOT AT ALL. THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY INTENT. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THE INTENTION, YOUR INTENT ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO STAFF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO I DO SUPPORT THAT, AND I DO SUPPORT THAT IF THERE'S A REMAINING BALANCE, THAT YOU GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, OR IT WOULD THE CAO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION AND SAY WHERE THE REMAINING BALANCE WOULD GO TO, SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT JUST... FIXATED WITH THE CHARGE OF $325,000 WOULD IT GO TO HHSA PROGRAMS? IT'S MORE DEDICATED TO HOW CAN WE USE THIS FUNDING FOR A PILOT PROGRAM OR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ENHANCED PILOT PROGRAMS, RIGHT? IT MIGHT BE $100,000, IT MIGHT BE $50,000, IT MIGHT BE $125,000. IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, YEAH. WE GET THAT ANALYSIS. I THINK THIS BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT OF COURSE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE. OKAY. THERE'S MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY VILLEGAS, SECONDED BY FRERICHS. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? [34. Action items and reports from members of the Board of Supervisors, including announcements, questions to be referred to staff and reports on various 2x2s and meetings with other agencies. (Board of Supervisors) Budget Ad Hoc Subcommittee update. (Supervisors Allen and Barajas)   Farmworker Housing Ad Hoc Subcommittee update. (Supervisors Frerichs and Barajas)   Committee on Capital Investments update. (Supervisors Villegas and Barajas)   Fire Sustainability Ad Hoc Subcommittee update. (Supervisors Vixie Sandy and Barajas)] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. OKAY. IT PASSES. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE... HEY, UPDATE FROM COMMITTEES. BUDGET AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WE MET LAST WEEK. YEAH, OH, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS NEXT WEEK'S PRESENTATION, SO WE WERE DISCUSSED, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THE OUTCOME. WELL, THE NEXT TIME WE DISCUSS BUDGET. FARMWORKER HOUSING AD HOC. VERY BRIEF UPDATE. LAST MEETING, I FORGET, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE DATE. IT WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. MY APOLOGIES. PRESENTATION BY SEVERAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TYPES OF HOUSING, TYPES OF PROGRAMS, TYPES OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST. STAFF WAS ALL PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED FROM MUTUAL HOUSING, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, YOLO COUNTY HOUSING. UPDATES FROM OUR MOST RECENT MEETING. YEAH, DEFINITELY. THERE WAS A LOT OF SYNERGY IN THAT MEETING. IT WAS JUST AN HOUR MEETING. THE PARTNERS CAME AWAY WITH SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE WITH YOUR APPROPRIATE STAFF. OUR STAFF IS GOING TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE AD HOC AND JUST PROVIDE SOME MORE FEEDBACK THAT EVENTUALLY WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR A RECOMMENDATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A CHECK-IN WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FARM WORK HOUSING. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT. VILLEGAS AND I, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE APPROPRIATE STAFF, WE DID, WE HAD A GREAT TOUR. WE HAD A MEETING ACTUALLY AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. RYAN PISTICHINI ALSO. I PRESENTED THE NEED ALONG WITH [04:25:01] THE PUBLIC DEFENDER REGARDING SOME ENHANCEMENTS UPGRADES REMODELING US TOWARD IT IT REALLY DOES NEED SOME WORK I IMPLORE I IMPLORE THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TAKE A TOUR THERE SEEMS TO BE A RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLE POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION COMING THROUGH THE CCI UP TO THE BOARD REGARDING FACILITY AND WE DID GET UPDATES TOO ON RESURFACING PROJECTS. THE DONE AGAIN THIS YEAR WENT OUT TO BID. CERTAIN DAYS OF PROTESTS I BELIEVE ARE UP THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING WHETHER THE BID WAS PROTESTED OR NOT. WE DON'T BELIEVE IT IS BUT SOME OF THE ROAD WORK DONE IN DONE AGAIN. SOMETIME IN JULY. WE START OFF IN JULY. I'M NOT SURE OF ANY OTHER PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. WAS IT? OKAY. SO THAT THE ROAD SURFACING IS FOR THIS SUMMER YET, RIGHT? OKAY, FIRE SUSTAINABILITY. OH, SO FIRE SUSTAINABILITY MEDIA ON MAY 21ST, 2026, WE DID HAVE THE ROOM FULL OF FIRE CHIEFS. AND ALSO WE HAD SOME STAFF THERE ALONG WITH MYSELF. AND SO WE DID HAVE A DATE PRESENTATION FROM ADAM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. REGARDING THE PERMIT EXEMPT FOR AG USE AND WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRE CHIEFS REGARDING SOME POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORDINANCE THEY DID ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE WAS JUST THESE IDEAS THAT WERE JUST KIND OF THROWN OUT SOME CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS SOME RESEARCH QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW UP REGARDING SOME OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE MODIFICATIONS, IF WE DO DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS. ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT OUR STAFF IS CHECKING IN WITH NOT ONLY FIRE CHIEFS, BUT NEXT WOULD BE SOME OF THE LARGE LANDOWNERS, FARMERS. ALL OF THAT COMES TO A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A PRESENTATION. FEEDBACK, THEY'LL TELL US THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THOSE CONSTITUENCY GROUPS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD DECIDE TO STAFF DIRECTION TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT MODIFYING, CREATING THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR DEVELOPING A PROCESS TO FURTHER COME BACK TO LOOK AT THE AG EXEMPT ORDINANCE THAT'S CURRENTLY. [35. Long Range Planning Calendar - recurring opportunity for Board members to discuss and as needed, direct staff regarding future Board agenda items. (Board of Supervisors)] THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUSED ON, EVERYBODY, FOR A WHOLE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. I WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING. [36. Action items and reports from the County Administrator. (Webb) Presidential Executive Order Tracker    2026 Legislative Cycle Bill Position Summary] THANK YOU. OKAY. THEN LONG-TERM PLANNING CALENDAR. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR CHANGE ABOUT THAT? SEEING NONE, SENATOR WEBB. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR AND BOARD. NOTHING REALLY THERE. THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, BOTH THE PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER TRACKER AND THE LEGISLATIVE CYCLE BILL POSITION SUMMARY, THEY'VE BEEN UPDATED. NOTHING IN PARTICULAR TO REPORT OUT ON EITHER OF THOSE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ASSESS IN BOTH THOSE ARENAS. HOPEFULLY THOSE TOOLS ARE HELPFUL. NOT ONLY FOR THE BOARD, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO HAVE A COMMON REFERENCE POINT, YOU KNOW, EVERY COUPLE WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO CLICK ON AND POINT TO TO GET THOSE UPDATES. BUT SAFE TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE VERY MUCH WITH OUR STAFF TEAM AND WITH OUR VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE TIED IN WITH, CSAC, RCRC, A WHOLE SLEW OF INDIVIDUAL MORE DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. WE'RE VERY MUCH TRACKING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MAY REVISE, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE MAY REVISE, THE STATE LEVEL AND THE BUDGET. THERE IS A SMALL GLIMMER OF SOME HOPE IN TERMS OF CALAIM, WE FEEL LIKE IS STICK, WHICH WOULD BE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT 1.2 MILLION COMING [04:30:01] TO YOLO COUNTY. ONE TIME, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY COUNT ON IT IN ANY ONGOING. BUT THAT MAY CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM FOR US TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS COME RECOMMENDED BUDGET ON JUNE 9TH TO YOU THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME MONOCULTURE. SO WE'RE MONITORING THINGS LIKE THAT VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR TEAM, LIKE I SAID, AND A LOT STILL TO HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE STATE ADOPTS THE [ CLOSED SESSION] FINAL BUDGET. SO MORE TO COME ON ALL THAT, OF COURSE, IN THE COMING NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AS WE APPROACH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET HEARING ON THE 9TH. THANK YOU. [ ADJOURNMENT] THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT TAKES US TO CLOSED SESSION. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THAT BILL? NO REPORT OUT TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.