Do a quick mic check with the clerk. Can you hear me loud and clear?

Good morning, President Lee. I believe I heard you. Could you speak into your mic again?

Yes. Can you hear me loud and clear?

Yes, I can. There's a lot of murmuring in the chamber, so it was a little hard to hear you over that.

But

I think we'll be good once the meeting starts.

Great.

Thank you. So you can see me and hear me good?

Yes, we can.

Lovely. Thank you.

Good

morning, everyone. Today is Tuesday, February 24th, and I'd like to call the Board of Supervisors meeting to order.

If

you're new to our meeting, please take a seat. We'd love to have you here with us. I'm going to first start to establish a quorum. I think you can tell that I am not President Lee, and we'll tell you all about that in just a minute. But first, we're going to ask Curtis to. I'd like to call the roll. Supervisor Abacoga.

Here.

Supervisor Young.

Here.

Supervisor Ellenberg.

I'm

here.

Vice

President Arenas. I'm here, too. President Lee.

Good morning or good afternoon, President.

Good morning. President Lee, this would be a good time to read your disclosure.

Very

good. Thank you. So first, to Government Code Section 54953 .8 .3, I am participating in today's meeting of your teleconference. For a just

cause,

person to the Government Code Section 54953 .8, echo E, I'm required to disclose whether any individuals 18 years or older are present in this room with me. No other individual 18 years or older is present in the room from which I am participating in your teleconference. And due to my absence from the dais, Vice President Arenas will be presiding over today's meeting. Thank you very much.

You have a quorum. Wonderful. Wonderful. And for those of you who may not have heard, I'm going to give

you

just a moment to go ahead and settle in.

You might have not heard President Lee say that he is not, he's attending this meeting remotely. So we are going to have him involved in the meeting. I'll just be chairing the meeting on his behalf.

All

right. So we are going to move on to.

I know there's

a lot of excitement in the air, but we're going to

ask

our clerk to make an announcement for interpretation services. Thank you. If we could please have our interpreters translate the following statement into Spanish and then Vietnamese. If you are in chambers and require Spanish or Vietnamese translation, translation devices are available at the back of chambers. The deputy clerk can assist you with setup. Translation is also available in Zoom using the interpretation button. Additionally, as a gentle reminder for public commenters, staff and those on the dais, please speak clearly and at a measured pace directly into the microphone to improve the accuracy of translation. Thank you. Wonderful. We are going to. We can have our Spanish. Oh, I'm so sorry. Yes, of course. I didn't hear that

in Spanish. Thank you.

Buenos dias. Para la gente que se encuentra en la sala, vamos a tener servicio de interpretación simultanea y los dispositivos se encuentran en la parte de abajo de la pantalla. trasera de la sala.

También el personal les puede ayudar con eso. Y para la gente que está en Zoom, pueden hacer clic en el botón de interpretación en la barra de Zoom que se encuentra en la parte de abajo. Para las personas que se encuentran en el público personal, por favor hablen de manera clara y a buen paso para que se pueda hacer una buena interpretación de lo que se va a decir. Muchas gracias. And our Vietnamese interpreter.

Thank you.

Wonderful. I'm going to ask Supervisor Abacove, Koga, excuse me, to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, if

you would.

Thank you. Please rise if you're able, and please join me.

Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank

you.

Next, I'm also going to ask Supervisor Abacove to introduce today's invocator, if you would. Thank you,

Vice President Arenas. Good morning, everyone. In Santa Clara County, every month carries meaning for a different community. February brings both Black History Month and Lunar New Year, and soon we will honor Women's History Month, AAPI Heritage Month, Pride, and so many others. I find that these celebrations often bring mixed emotions. We feel pride in our heritage and joy in our traditions, but we also feel the knowledge of how far we still have to go as a country and as a county to build a society without systems stacked against certain communities. It's a moment to celebrate progress, but also to confront the painful truth that racism and hate still exist right here at home. This truth

was evident in Palo Alto during the height of the pandemic, when the community experienced a rise in hate crimes. During that time, the oldest Black church in Palo Alto was desecrated. Black Lives Matter signs were vandalized. Derogatory Chinese virus signs were posted at schools. An Asian American council member was verbally assaulted. Anti -LGBTQ and anti -Semitic materials were placed in public spaces. These are not isolated events, unfortunately. They are reminders that our work is far from finished. My guest today is Reverend Coloma Smith from the University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto, also known as UAMES. Reverend Smith and his church has helped document and respond to these incidents through his role on the Palo

Alto Human Relations Commission. Reverend Smith was one of the strongest voices in demanding that the Palo Alto City Council take a stand against racism and hate. He was also one of the strongest voices in demanding that the Palo Alto City Council take concrete action in response to these hate crimes. He did this by pressing Palo Alto to host community conversations on race and belonging and systemic reforms to address disparities in policing, hiring, and representation. Reverend Smith consistently reminds the community that real change requires showing up, speaking out, and holding leaders accountable. Reverend Smith often tells people to meet their elected officials, build relationships, and stay engaged in a wholeheartedly active community. Dr. Bill Smith originally

asked other UN official to join the process, but he said, The guests and officials agreed. �Change does not happen when we stay silent, or sit back and wait for someone else to speak up. It occurs when community members raise concerns together, send emails, attend meetings, and insist on transparency and action.�

�Former Councilor Tom Govindar said, �This is what your state would look like if you had later on, more and more accountability, and more appropriate 뭐� Mr. Smith also said, �I think that is the only way for us to move forward. I still believe in a more transparent and open process of government .� Reverend Smith also said, �This is the only way that we can continue our work .� of the church under the leadership of Reverend Smith. As an elected official who I deeply value openness and strong relationships with the community, I want to echo the message today. Come talk to us. We will meet you too. But bring issues forward. Hold us accountable. Nothing will

move unless people push for it. Reverend Smith has been a powerful example of what that looks like in practice. And beyond his civic leadership, he serves as senior pastor of the University AME Zion Church. So UAMES is a congregation founded in 1918 by African -American families seeking refuge from spiritual segregation. At the time, churches discriminated against its black members. The UAMES, known as the Freedom Church, counts Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner's Truth among its members. It was part of the abolitionist movement in the US. That legacy of courage and justice is strong in Reverend Smith and the UAMES congregation as a whole. At UAMES, Reverend Smith has built a community rooted in inclusivity, authenticity,

and service. And his leadership brings faith, justice, and community healing, something we all need to remain optimistic about during these tough times. And as we reflect on Black History Month and on the work still ahead, it's an honor to welcome a leader who embodies the conviction, clarity, and hope this moment requires. Thank you. Please join me in welcoming Reverend Coloma Smith to deliver today's invocation. Welcome. COLOMA SMITH, REV. Good morning, everybody. I have the distinct pleasure of being good friends with a gentleman by the name of Clarence Jones. Clarence Jones is Martin Luther King's speech writer, lawyer, and a confidant from 1962 through 68. And I was sitting with him in November, and I said,

what should I do? He said, you've seen a lot, sir. You walked with King. You helped write the I Have a Dream speech. You did all of these things. And he said, the first thing is you have to recognize that everybody matters. People are not numbers. People are not a budget line item. People are people. We live in a world that is highly split and highly divisive. And I think the greatest gift we can do is recognize people. Being from Nashville. We are black people in the black community. And we have an African -American Church tradition. I understand my people. We were slaves. And we were in the Brush Harbors in South Carolina. We were

in Jim Crow in Alabama. We even came to this area and thought we could make it. And people pushed us to the side. My church's original deed had to be signed by a group of white pastors because they wouldn't sell the property to black people. Today, as I do this invocation, as I reflect on this Black History Month, the one thing that our church and our community has always done is see the domestic at the same level we see a lawyer. To see the person that raked the grass at the same level as an elected official. So as we do this invocation, the greatest lesson from Black History Month is to see people for who

they are and the beautiful way they're created. Let us pray.

To the God who has created all things in this earth and the God who continues to move, we lift up a prayer today for our elected officials. We lift up a

prayer for our brothers and sisters

from unions and different places that sit in this place. And my hope is that we can see freedom. We can see joy. We can see self -respect. We can see people being seen as people. I know that we face difficult times and I know that we live in a world that we objectively rectify each other and label each other and marginalize each other. But in this chamber on this day and many moving forward, my prayer is that this place be a light where people are seen as people, hope is given, and transformation happens. Amen.

Thank you. Thank

you for that

wonderful opportunity to reflect and pray collectively.

I'm going to move on to item number nine. This is public comment.

This item is reserved for those of you who might, this might be the first time you're here. Welcome, first of all, and thank you for being here. We know sometimes it's a trek to come to all the way here to the county. We appreciate you. And so we're asking the public who wish to speak. This is on items that are not on the agenda. So if you have an item that's on the agenda, you'll wait for that item to come up. This is for folks who want to provide us with any comment that is not related to the agenda. We will call up to up to 30 names now, and the remainder names will be

called at the end of the agenda if we have more than 30. If you're in person and would like to share a public comment, please complete a yellow request to speak form. If you don't know where it's at, it's in the back of the room in the tray near the back. And if you're joining us virtually via Zoom, this would be the

time

that you raise your virtual hand. We all learned that during the pandemic, so do that now. And in -person speakers will be called first, followed by the Zoom speakers. No further requests to speak will be accepted under the continued public comment in the afternoon. So a reminder for speakers on Zoom that when speakers in chambers start speaking, no more speakers will be taken. All right. And so during public comment, please respect everyone's comment. We don't allow applause or boos, but to show your support, you can raise your hands and shake your hands quietly. And we appreciate your cooperation at our meeting so we can move in an orderly fashion. We'll begin with in -person public

comments and then move on to virtual. So I'm going to ask Curtis how many folks do we have to speak both in -person? And virtually. We have 20 in -person speakers and three Zoom speakers for item number six. Three? So 23 total. 23 total. Okay. So we will have a minute for folks to speak. All right. I will call some names. We'll close the queue. Our first speakers are Terry Hines, Kayana Medina, Andre Oliveira, Dora Balthazar,

and Jerry Weib. Thank

you very much, Honorable President and Vice President and Supervisors of Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Terry Hines, Campbell City Council District 1. I'd like to request to be a representative for Santa Clara County for the Bay Area Quality Management District Board. The City's Association picked a different candidate for the choice. I received six votes. I received five. The air we breathe is fundamentally the most important natural resource we need to manage effect. I look to bring to BAQMD my experience and perspective on effective community supported projects and plans. Conservation has always been a keen and driving force for me. I have an MS degree in wildlife biology. I sponsored a Campbell Creek cleanup with

59 trash talking volunteers and purchased a 300 mile EV and full charging at home. Please consider me for the appointment to be a Santa Clara County representative and I have submitted my application but not sure of the interview process. I have several March commitments that have taken me out of the area so I wanted to present to you today. Thank you to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for your great leadership in furthering the needs of Santa Clara County cities, residents, businesses and property owners and obviously a very effective group here to be able to chat today. Thank you.

Before the next speaker, please come forward. I'm just going to interject really quickly as I'm being told that our YouTube public access is isn't up and running. It's having some technical issues so if you are

able to

hear I don't know how they would hear but I'm going to just cross all my T's, dot my I's I'm going to ask folks to switch to Zoom instead. So if you're hanging on by a wire online, switch over to Zoom instead. Alright, thank you and please go ahead. Hello board. Good morning. My name is Andre. I'm the chapter vice president of SCIU 521 here in Santa Clara County. I am here today because our impacted members have been notified last week that their bidding process was going to take place today and yesterday and we feel that's not enough time for them to take, make a decision that will impact not only their career but also

their lifestyle. I'm here to ask you to give them at least two weeks because we feel that's enough time for them to be able to do an informed decision and to have also the support of their union. Okay, thank you so much. Have a good one.

Hi,

my name is Kiana. I'm an LVN and I'm affected by this layoff. Paul Lorenz has stated in this room the importance of transparency yet employees have received none, only confusion and questions. He also said every affected employee would have a lateral position but after attending the layoff training last week we learned that the county has no finalized vacancy list, no guarantee that full -time employees will keep full -time status, no assurance for similar locations or schedules. We're asking for collaboration, adherence to contractual protections, two weeks to review the final bidding list and for ICT positions to be moved into a billable cost center instead of being deleted. Thank you.

Hello,

good morning. Dora Balsazar and I am an HSR at the Moore Park Compass Clinic and I'm also an SEIU 521 member. It is unacceptable that only some of our impacted members receive their layoff training. The county excluded our union from these sessions and we're barely provided training yesterday. How is it fair for our members, for myself, to navigate such a stressful layoff process without proper guidance? Clear information and the support we deserve from the county and from our union. Please allow myself and my union siblings two weeks to review the finalized list to responsibly bid on our transfers. Thank you.

I can call a few more names. We have Carlos Murillo, Luna Mondragon, Refugio Gonzalez, Beatrice Walton and Nia Zhong.

Good morning Supervisors. My name is Jerry Reby. I'm a Community Outreach Specialist with the Homeless Health Care Program. I'm also a Chief Steward for Ambulatory Care. One of the most crucial programs that I work with personally, the Integrated Care Team.

The Integrated Care Team is on the chopping block today. This program serves medically fragile, psychologically complex and psychiatrically complex residents who depend on coordination of care across the medical, health, custody and housing systems. There is no existing program that replicates this integration of structure and nor do patients trust those outside entities. So they don't get to take advantage of the services without this core group of people. Eliminating the ICT would not reduce community needs or the county's spending. It will only increase emergency room visits, psychiatric hospitalizations and costly systems cycling. The problem is not clinical failure, but a billing structure issue. Please reconsider

eliminating the

ICT team and put them under a cost

structure. I'm a

county worker and I also serve as the blue collar Vice Chair for SEIU.

We understand that budget reductions require difficult decisions, but rush, timelines, bypassed union process and the dismantling of programs that actually

save money

are not unavoidable. They are decisions. And decisions can be made differently. Fiscal responsibility should never come to at the expense of fairness, transparency or respect for the workforce that keeps this county working. We are asking for collaboration. We are asking for collaboration, adherence to contractual protections and two weeks to deliberate once the finalized bidding it is provided. And move the ICT positions into a cost center where they can bill for services instead of

deleting them.

And your name, I'm sorry, for the record. Carlos. Thank you. Do

I just start? I

don't even know how this works. Okay. Hello, my name is Beatrice Walton. I have been an IHSS provider in Santa Clara. I've been a member of the IHSS provider in Santa Clara County since December. I care for my sister, Marissa, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Every day I help her with her basic needs and make sure that she is safe. I had to quit my job in order to provide this care because she depends on me. Even though I already have done the process of getting care for her with IHSS, I have not been paid yet because of delays in paperwork and required lab clearances. As a result, I am now in the process

of getting care for her with IHSS. I am now on, or I am in the process of eviction. These issues are making it harder for me and other providers to provide care for those we love. IHSS was created to ensure that people live with dignity and safety within their communities. However, providers are financially unstable and we urge you guys to make an agreement for a fair contract. Thank you.

Thank you, Refugio Gonzalez. Thank you for giving me this small moment of my participation and being heard.

We are here to support the 20 -15 and workers in the county with the need and interest they have in their contract. A contract where they can have better benefits and opportunities in their own jobs. Because we know that from this, from a work of dignity, we can survive and have enough for the needs that are presented to us. I work at McDonald's. I am in the union of fast food workers. And just like them, we need to be heard by you because I am sure that the function that you perform, we are being heard. And through you, our work is being heard.

With your support, we will have better achievements and progress. Thank you for listening. Thank you.

Have a nice day. Good

morning, my name is Refugio Gonzalez and thank you for giving me this moment to talk and to be heard. I support the 20 -15 because we all, because we are supporting the county workers, their needs and their interest. And also, we would like to have the benefit and

to have all this we know that in order that we will have a dignified that we would we would like to have a dignified work and enabled in it and we want to do it because we want to have enough for our needs

I

work in McDonald's and I'm part of the union of fast food workers but as well as them we want to be heard by you we are sure that through you we will have a good achievements all together

thank

you very much

I

can call a few more names we have margarita loop per row Kayla Gomez Victor Costa Jose a pasty Ola and Isla Cardo

and

then just a reminder to the folks in the audience if you could please silence your cell phones

thank

you

hola

buenos dias me nombre es una mon dragón gracias por el pequeño momento que me brindan el día de hoy para poder expresarme

yo

soy trabajadora de car juniors por casi seis años he vivido una serie de represalias ahí en mi área de laboral

entonces

el día de hoy estoy aquí empatizando me con mis compañeros porque al final de cuentas todos somos compañeros que estamos en la lucha

es

necesario el día de hoy empatizar nos para escuchar las necesidades de lo que está pasando en la lucha es necesario el día de hoy empatizarnos para escuchar las necesidades de lo que está pidiendo ahora la lucha del 20 por 15

entonces

este el día de hoy más que nada es necesario acudir las necesidades de cada uno de nosotros

porque sabemos de antemano que

la lucha por los derechos no es nada fácil

entonces

hay que empatizar nos

a veces

muchos de las veces hay que vivir la injusticia para poder sentir lo que está sintiendo el otro lo que está viviendo el otro

entonces

más que nada de antemano estamos aquí apoyando esperamos ser escuchado por cada uno de ustedes

gracias

lo que dijo la señora anterior si no da un poquito momento

good

morning my name is no run am and I thank you for giving me this place to talk of you here

I

am I have been doing your workers for six years and I have been on love and justice

day I

thank you for being here to talk to me here I am a And that's why I'm here to empathize with all the workers that are having the same fight as us.

We

want to be heard, and that's why we are supporting the 2015. We want all our needs to be covered. We also are fighting for the same rights, and when doing that, we know it is not easy. Sometimes we need to live in justice to feel what others are living and to empathize with them. That's why I'm here before you. So our voice is heard by each one of you.

Thank

you very much.

Margarita

Lupercio, San Diego, USA Buenos dias.

Mi

nombre es Margarita

Lupercio. Este

mensaje es para la amistad de Supervisor. Necesitamos mejores

salarios.

Yo cuido a mi hijo en casa

y

son 24 -7. De una enfermedad mental que no se mira.

Lo

fisico se ve que esta bien pero mentalmente no esta bien.

Tengo

que cuidarlo y darle sus medicinas y todo.

No

hay tiempo de ir a buscar otro trabajo.

Es

de una enfermedad mental que no se mira. Es de una enfermedad mental que no se mira. Es de una enfermedad mental que no se ve. Necesitamos mejores salarios porque muchos pasamos que no es un trabajo de que trabajas 8 horas y te vas para tu casa. Es 24 -7 y es bien difícil.

Espero

que nos escuchen

y

gracias por este momento de darme la oportunidad de hablar. Gracias.

Good

morning.

My

name is Margarita Lupercio. This message is for all supervisors.

Thank

you very much.

We

want… Thank you very much. We would like to have better salaries. For example I take care of my son and he's having a mental illness. Critically, he's looking okay, but mentally he's not,

and

I have to

give

him his medications and this is not allowing me to have enough time to look for a job outside so it's been very difficult.

We need

good salaries.

This

is not an eight hours job.

This

is 24 -7 and therefore it's difficult.

Thank

you. So thank you.

Thank

you for the opportunity to be here and to giving me the opportunity to speak out.

Hi,

my name is Ayla Cardo, and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the AHSS program and the SEIU Union for giving me the opportunity to be a caregiver. Because in 2024, I was laying in the hospital bed of Valley Medical with severe burns to my body.

I have

to have eight skin grafts. And a friend of mine also had the same thing happen at the same time, and I was given the opportunity to be their caregiver. And so I just wanted to say thank you for allowing me to do that, and that's all.

Hello, supervisors.

My

name is Victor Ozier -Acosta. I'm the community political organizer for SEIU Local 521. We are here in solidarity with our union siblings from SEIU 1021 and 2021. We just ask that you please provide us the respect and dignity that our workers deserve. And allow to bargain with us in good faith, knowing that we are in dire times. And helping making sure that we're taking care of the essential workers that help keep this county and community running.

Thank

you.

I'm going to call a few more names. Second call for Nia Jung. We have Trout.

Courtney Sylvia.

Elliot Tabarez.

I

can't read that first name.

Last

name is Cadeo.

And Ray. Raymond Wilman.

Hello,

board of trustees.

My

name is Nia Jung.

And

I have been providing IHSS for Santa Clara for more than two years. I take care of my patients.

I

and other providers are facing the

same

problems.

Most

of the elderly in Santa Clara have to go to work two or three more times to survive.

I

have a family that needs a contract that can guarantee a higher salary and better health insurance.

The prices of everything are rising.

And

we need your support. We have been negotiating for a year, almost two years now.

And

we have shared the difficulties that our families are facing. Let's reach an agreement together. Thank you. Thank you for your hard work and for your care.

Thank

you.

My

name is Marv. I have been working for the IHSS program for the last

20 years. I have been, I have still have to try to do two jobs in order to be able to maintain my family, my family. So I want to have a really good look for an agreement where we can have higher wages and better health benefits. Everything has gone up so much in the last few years. I really, really need some assistance. We have been in discussions for the last year and actually two years to share the difficulties we encounter all this time. And I'm really hopeful that some kind of agreement can be come forward to help us with higher wages and better health benefits. Thank you very much. Hi,

supervisors. Good morning. Good morning to our CEO. Our admin, my name is Kayla Gomez. I'm with SCIU 2015. I'm their political organizer here in Santa Clara County. We're here joined by our siblings from SCIU 1021, from 521. We appreciate everyone who showed up, really urge you to listen to their needs, to their comments and what they had to say.

And those of our IHSS workers who have been in negotiations for over a year now. Right. Budget deductions have historically impacted those who are living paycheck to paycheck the most. And we don't want that to be the case here in Santa Clara County. Service workers should not be left behind. And so we are insisting transparency and we're insisting action. We're insisting that you all help us find a solution, find an end to this contract. Thank you. Good

morning,

everybody. My name is Courtney Sylvia. And. I am a client of the integrated care team. I've been with for two years. And this team has saved my life. Two years ago, I was pretty much dead. I was on the streets and almost dead. Now I got everything back from the integrated care team. I got my housing back. I got a lot of things back. It's a great team. It saves lives. You know, it's well worth it to keep this team going.

Thank you. Good

morning, everyone. My name is Elliot. I'm a client of the integrated care team. I've worked with them since 2022.

I met them in jail. I had a traumatic brain injury in 2021. And things have been harder for me since then. I trust them. They helped me. I've been clean for almost two

years. This

program matters. Please take item 74 off consent. Thank you.

Good afternoon. My name is Jose Abastira. And I am the proud political organizer for SEAU 1021. If you look behind me, you'll see that we have a coalition of 521 and 2015 with us. Just like in history with the United Farm Workers, there was Filipino workers. There was Latino workers. There was American workers. And in order for one to understand each other, they did the unity clap in order to break barriers in unions. You will now see a piece of history.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank

you.

We're going to take a moment. It sounds, it looks like folks are leaving.

Okay.

We will resume public comment. Please come up to the podium and begin your public comment.

Thank you. Okay. In Revelation 20, it talks about how Christ threw the devil in jail for a thousand years so that he could not deceive the world. It says that he will not deceive Gentiles in regards to the gospel. But then after the thousand years are expired, he'll be loose for a little season. He's a liar. He's a murderer. And he'll be loose for a little season. And then fire comes down from heaven. Okay. And destroys them all. Now, I find it very interesting. I mentioned two weeks ago to watch an inconvenience study .com. And I hope everybody has about the shots. And how there's never been any double -blind placebo studies done on any

of them. Of the 72 shots we're telling the kids they should take. But here in Brian Artis' book, COVID -19 Lies, he gets into the fact that early in 2020, there were four different studies that traced it, not to the bat, but to the Chinese king cobra and to the Chinese crate snake. That's where COVID came from. Remdesivir.

Boy, that was powerful. Write it down.

Last call

for, I believe it's Raymond Caudillo and Raymond Wilman.

All right. I believe they are in chambers. So we will move to our Zoom speakers. Our first speaker is Jennifer Del Bono.

Please accept the unmute. I

became an IHSS provider in Santa Clara County for my sister, Suzanne, after the death of our mother. Suzanne is mentally disabled and blind due to a degenerative condition called retinitis pigmentosa. Every day I help her with personal hygiene, meals, toileting, mobility, and getting to medical appointments.

These

are not extras.

These

are basic supports that allow her to live safely and with dignity with her family.

I'm

a small business owner and a trustee of the Gilroy Unified School District.

The

IHSS support gives me the ability to care for my sister while working and serving my community.

Without

IHSS, Suzanne would need institutional care at a much greater cost to the county. The program is not only compassionate, it's fiscally responsible. Be reminded that each of us could someday need the support for ourselves and someone we love.

I

urge the board to work together. Work with us for a fair agreement as investing in IHSS is an investment in families, dignity, community stability, and responsible governance. Thank you.

Thank you.

Our

next speaker is Parent. Please accept the unmute.

Yes. Hello. Good morning to you all. I wanted to see if you guys would be willing to initiate an investigation for the district attorney's office. DA Jeff Rosen. He's assisting a person in sex trafficking my children

and

he's incentivizing this person to physically assault me because he's filed criminal charges against me

and

he's trying to discredit me.

And

not only this, but now this person who's sex trafficking my children is threatening to kill my kids. And I sent all this information to DA Jeff Rosen and he doesn't care.

He's

allowing terrible crimes to occur in our community.

I

posted a lot of this information online.

If

you Google DA Jeff Rosen, petitions, sex trafficking,

all

those terms together,

you'll

see in the first three results what I'm talking about.

Thank

you so much for your time.

Thank you. Our next speaker is Tammy Donota.

Tammy,

can you accept the unmute, please?

Yes.

Good morning. My name is Tammy Donota.

I'm

from SEIU Local 521. I'm the Region 1 Vice President.

I'm going to get rid of that. I've

been a 31 -year member of SEIU Local 521.

I'm

also an officer of the union and a South Bay Labor Council delegate.

And

I'm here to ask the board members to strongly adopt what these members have been asking for.

These

two asks, we don't think they're a lot.

We

want you to please be the labor champions that we know you to be. As you know, we worked very hard in this last election to get measuring adopted so that we could ensure that the jobs were protected, the workers' rights were respected, and also that the community services were supported.

So

please honor the request that the workers have presented to you today. And we will continue to work with you in good faith. And we believe that by not doing this, you wouldn't be honoring us in good faith. So again, please honor the two asks that our workers have presented today.

Thank you. That concludes public comment for item number six.

Great.

Thank you.

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appreciate all the folks coming in. I'm sorry that they are gone now. But I am concerned about something that a couple of the speakers said. And that is the additional time that they may need to make a decision to transition. To transition into another class or another position. James, do you have a