the Good morning everyone. I'd like to call our regularly scheduled meeting for Tuesday March 11th to order and ask the clerk to please call the roll. Supervisor Mark Hans excused. Supervisor Tam present. Supervisor Miley excused. Supervisor Ford not a best. Present. Present, Albert. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you so much. Would you all please rise if you can and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Present, please rise. I'd like to clerk to also please advise members of the public how to participate remotely or in person. The failed instructions are provided in this heconferencing guidelines. A link to the document is included in today's agenda. If you are joining the meeting using a computer, use the button at the bottom of your screen to raise your hand to request to speak. When called to speak, please unmute your microphone and state your name. If you're calling in, dial star nine to raise your hand to speak. When you are called to speak, the host will enable you to speak. If you decide not to speak, notify the clerk when your call is unmuted or you may simply hang up and dial back into the meeting. As a reminder, you may always just observe the meeting without participating by clicking on the view now link on the county's web page at acgov.org. When called, you have two minutes to speak. Please limit your remarks to the time allocated. Public comment will generally alternate between in-person and online speakers as determined by the President of the Board and subject to overall time limits. Thank you. Thank you very much. Now we'll move to the next item which is Board Supervisor Remarks. I'll recognize Vice President Tam. Thank you, President Halpert. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank County staff and our federal lobbyists that participated in the Noir Rights Forum on March 5th that supervisor Fort Nadvaz and I had co-hosted. It was extremely well attended. There were I think over 200 people that signed up ended up with about 170 people online. We had our federal lobbyists. We had state Senator Aragon and Assemblymember Mia Bonta providing information about the resources that the state is pursuing. And then we had our county departments, our health care social services, our shared department, and our public defender's office, explaining what was available from the county perspective for community-based organizations. And then we also had several of our community-based organizations with a central locale giving a primer on the know your rights and some of the privacy protections that are allowed. So I wanted to make sure that staff felt like that we had a very productive form because of their participation. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor Fortune out of bus. Any remarks? Yes, thank you, President Halbert. And thank you, President, I'm sorry, Vice President for co-hosting the forum, the Know Your Rights Forum. I also thought it was very informative as well as well attended I wanted to share that on February 27th. I attended my first meeting representing the spotty at the East Bay wildfire coalition of governments We had a very informative meeting where we heard from from the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the very comprehensive approach to wildfire prevention. So I'm looking forward to representing the county on this body and the coalition will be very proactive in terms of updating its website and communicating with constituents. So I'll look forward to sharing more information about external communications as that develops. And then I also wanted to mention that on March 6 we had our second meeting of the Alameda County together for all act for all ad hoc committee and heard from a number of leaders in the community around the issue of data collection and retention. There are a number of best practices that are recommended, and my team will be looking at how we can work in collaboration with our staff here at the county to look at how we might be able to improve our systems. Thank you. Very good, thank you. With that, we'll move to the next item. Oh, please supervise it, Miley. Thank you. Thank you. You're in the office listening to you. So I wanted to rush in here, because I do want to see if the board would adjourn in the memory of Duane Wiggins. You know, I knew Duane and it's really sad with his passing. And I'd like to read today, I would like to take a moment to honor the life and legacy of an Oakland native in a true cultural icon, Duane Wiggins. as a founding member of Tony, Tony, Tony, Dwayne's contributions to music or groundbreaking. His creativity, talent and innovation helped define the sound of R&B in the 1990s and his music continues to resonate with fans across the globe. Songs like Feel Good and Anniversary aren't just hits, they are part of the soundtrack of our lives. But beyond is artistic genius, Duane was a pillar of the community. Through his house of music, studio, and various mentoring efforts, he dedicated himself to fostering the next generation of artists and musicians, making sure that young people, especially those from Oakland, had opportunities to develop their talents and pursue their dreams. His commitment to empower youth and giving back to the community was unwavering. Today as we celebrate his life, we also extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and everyone who is touched by his artistry, mentorship, and spirit. Dwayne Wiggins will be remembered not only for his incredible contributions to music but for his generosity, kindness and the lasting impact he had on Oakland and beyond. May his legacy continue to inspire and may his family and loved ones find comfort in knowing how much he meant to all of us. And it was just sad because, like I said, New Duane, Tony, my significant other, she knew Duane as well and a lot of folks know Duane and his passing just really it's a sorry. Thank you, Supervisor Miley. And we will adjourn in his honor and would it be all right to take a moment of silence right now? Would you please join me in a moment of silence to honor the legacy of Duane Williams? Thank you all. We'll now move to public comment. This will be on closed session items only. I note that we have a regular agenda that we will take up around 11 o'clock. We have a one o'clock set matter that we will take up at 1 o'clock. But for now, before we adjourn to closed session, this would be public comment on items that are on the closed session agenda. I'll ask the clerk how many in-person speaker slips do we have and how many online hands are raised. We have nine online and 15 in-person. Very good. I don to allow one minute for each comment in person and online we will alternate the first three in person and then we'll go to online. Thank you. John Jones the third Keith Brown Richard Johnson. If you're called to speak, if you could make a way to the front, that would be appreciated. Welcome. Good morning, John Johnson third. I want to direct my comments to the board. It's two things that the tickler that we the community wants to know. And we really need your support and leadership on this. The first is related speaking to the item related to the Coliseum. Right now, the House is on fire. And it seemed like there's, I don't know why there's a lack of a sense of urgency. The House is on fire. We don't have time to finish watching our favorite movie, just to use the technology. I will let us see more urgency for this matter because it's really needed. The people really need this. The second thing is, and I'm glass to buy some my liars here because maybe you can help us understand our colleagues when the A's made this deal with no public support in fact people were against it it went through. I don't know the ends and I was by beyond it's just kind of where for us to be in a situation to where we're being stalled out for reasons that are truly unknown. So we really need need you all help as a representative form of government in this county. Please honor the will of the people because the people need this. So thank you for everything that you do. Good morning supervisors and staff. I'm Keith Brown, Alameda Labor Council. I'm in support of what Brother Jones just said, and it is vital that we complete the assignment of the Coliseum sale now. Myself representing workers in Alameda County as the Executive Secretary, Treasurer of Alameda Labor Council, I recognize that this will bring significant benefits to the community, including job creation, expansion of our tax base, revitalizing the entire region, and also what this means for the youth in Oakland, East Oakland, all across the county. So the time is now, we gotta get the job done. Now we can no longer wait. Thank you. Good morning, my name is Richard Johnson. And I'm the CEO of Forming Costs, we're gonna give it back. And I want to just survive to know that I'm not the only one. I'm representing a lot of men and women in prison. It's the only way home. And a lot of them is counting on this deal to go through because when they come home, they don't want to get out in the streets. They don't want to be out there hustling. They want to come straight to a job or opportunity learning process or whatever that be afforded to them. It's hard for them to sit back. They watch, they watch on their own television. They see it in this every day. I get calls almost day. that there be a 40 to them. It's hard for them to, you know, sit back, they watch, they watch in their own television, they see it in their own every day. I get calls almost daily, what's going on? Is we have to come out and scrap industries or what? And I say, no, I say it's gonna happen. And I have confidence it's gonna happen. And I appreciate the supervisors for what they're doing. I just hope that they could experience this a little bit faster because you know you got people coming home they don't want to be up on their bridges you know they must have come up. appreciate the supervisor for what they're doing. I just hope that they could experience this and look a little bit faster, because you know, you got people coming home. They don't want to be upon new bridges. You know, they must have come out to a job opportunity or a learning process. I appreciate you, thank you. Loupe, go ahead, you have one minute. I good morning. My name is Loupe Gutiérrez. I'm a resident of Alameda County in Fremont on a Lonely land. I just wanted to express resident of Alameda County and Freemont on a lonely land. I just wanted to express my disappointed Alameda County slow launch of the rapid response network and response to the nationwide attack on immigrants compared to some of the county, some of the fiscal counties and the clara county. We were last. This is a dangerous disservice. is the board's job to protect the community it serves and represents. And that's why I'm asking all Alameda County residents to demand that the board approve funding to rapid response, community education and outreach and clinical support. One of the board members, how did the North and North reform? I'm not sure. It's out of order. We'll cut the speaker off please. Please call back during the time frame for that item. These are closed session items only. If anybody has their hand raised for an item that's not on closed session, please lower your hand. We will take that item up after closed session. Right now, if you have an item comment on closed session, keep your hand up. Thank you. Next online speaker. Stephanie, go ahead. You have one minute. Good morning. Thank you. I'm here to support keeping the horses on the back side of the Alameda County Fairgrounds. We, I'm here to support the backside workers as well as the horses. We have many people that are going to be displaced and unhoused if the horses leave. It's the responsibility of the Alameda County Fairgrounds, board of supervisors to help us find a solution or actually begging you to please help us find a solution to keep these people. So they're not displaced. We have many families. We have over 50 families that are going to lose their job and become unhoused and cannot pay the rent. They are contributing members of society in Alameda County that pay taxes, they buy groceries. We are begging for you to find a solution. This is unfair to have them be displaced. Your agent is not following the values. We're asking for you to take over and please find a solution to keep us, keep the horses and the people on the backside. Marie, go ahead, you have one minute. here to support the, I mean, a county fairground to stay open. I want to speak on behalf of the families that live on the RV park that are scared because of retaliation or because of a language barrier are unable to communicate their concerns. The closure of the fairgrounds would mean playing kids out of school in the middle of the school year Lots of jobs for hundreds of people who make their living on the backstretch and it affects not only those who live on the grounds But those who live off grounds as well trainers Gallow boy people were going to starting gate That's holding make a living that's how they support their family and the closure of the fairgrounds would Not allow them to do so any longer Um, that's how they support their family and the closure that their grounds would not allow them to do so any longer. It's already affected hundreds of people who have moved to different counties or who will have to move to different states to continue their businesses and support their families and I'm here to plead to find a solution because no one likes it. I'm so you. Ray Bobbit Ray first of all thank you for the opportunity to speak in front of you today. Always want to start with thanking the board, thanking the county administrator, the transaction team as well as County Council with respect to this process. January 14th, I think there was euphoria with respect to the community, with respect to the Colosseum assignment. I think Thursday there was a tremendous amount of historic excitement. And I think that we are in a position where we did not want to bring the entire community here today. But certainly over the last, since Thursday, we have gotten bombarded with phone calls about what would happen today. And I think we're in a position where the urgency is so severe with respect to the community and getting this completed that I really want to just impress upon everybody at the board that this is something that will not go away. The community is ready to mobilize and so we just really want to take this opportunity to complete this process. Thank you. Are there other in person speakers. Ray Linkford, Rick Bumberg. Linda go ahead and minute. Linda, please unmute yourden. I'm from all of us in Nunn and custody coordinator. It is a project of legal services for children, prisons for children. I'm here today to ask you to complete the assignment for the sale of the Oakland Coliseum and don't wait any longer. Why? Because Oakland needs change and you have the opportunity to make that change change now and help people who need opportunities with home, with homeless, and you can help this. We don't have no more time to wait. People walking around will know where to go and nothing to do. So I'm asking you today, please complete this assignment for the sale of open call system and help people live to their impact in this county. Thank you. Peace and blessings to you all. My name is Takwa Bonner, and I'm the housing advocate for all of us in none, which is a project of legal services for prisons with children. And on behalf of all formerly incarcerated individuals, we ask this honorable board to please complete the sale of the Open College Sim. It will bring so many jobs to our population. It would help curtail recidivism, and it would help aid rehabilitation. Thank you. Applause. President Howard, there are no more speakers. Okay, very good. I'd like to thank everyone who did speak. And with that, we are going to recess in the closed session. I do anticipate doing our best to come back and take up the general items at 11 o'clock, give or take, and we will certainly come back at 1 o'clock for our 1 o'clock set matters. With that, we are recessed in the flow session. committee. Recording in progress. Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to call our meeting back to order and ask county council if they have anything to report out from closed session. President Helbert, can I take roll call? Yeah, roll call. Thank you. Supervisor Marquez excused. Supervisor Tam. Present. Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Fornato Bass. Present. Present Halbert. Present. We have Quorum. We'll have report out from closed session later. At this point, we do have to move quickly because we have a mass motion to approve and we have some speakers that require interpretation. So what I'd like to do is take public comment on the mass motion items. That's everything after a closed session and before the set matter at one o'clock. And to do that, I'd like to make sure that we call the speakers that require interpretation. And so if you could call those two and the interpreter, we'll take that public comment. Luis Mejia Adriana. Welcome. Hola, mi nombre es Luis. Soy organizador de tubo, y estoy aquí para dar mis agradecimientos. Hello, my name is Luis Simon Organizer my fellow organizers and I am here to give you thanks. Thank you to the county of Alameda for the great support that it is offering to the working immigrant community. Thank you to the county of Alameda for the great support that it is offering to the working immigrant community. Thank you to the county of Alameda for the great support that it is offering to the the working immigrant community. Thank you. Thank you for the support and the work of the United States. Thank you in our name and for the United Workers. Thank you very much. Hello, good morning or good afternoon. My name is Adriana, I'm part of the center of workers' work in United. My name is Adriana and I work with with the United States Workers. I'm here to thank the county for the work for the support that you're giving to immigrant workers. As an immigrant, I'm here to support that in name of immigrants and in support of the work. To assure that the immigrants who are working here in the county know about their rights as workers. Thank you for your support of this community here in Alamida. Thank you. With that said, are there any other speakers that require interpretation? One more. Okay, welcome. Good afternoon, my name is Juana Flores, the Women's Un United and active women. Y a la pollo que se nos está dando para llegar a todas las familias imigrantes. And again, I'm here to thank you for the support that you're giving the working women who are immigrants. Families, women, families who are immigrants. Ya y quiero the opportunity for these people to not be frightened since they will know what their rights are. Muchissima gracias por estar con nosotros y por estar en contra de tanta redada. So thank you for being on our side and being against this, the moves towards limiting us and finding us and detaining us. Muchisimas gracias. Thank you very much. Thank you. Are there any other speakers that require interpretation? Because I understand our interpreter has to leave to go to another assignment. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. With that said, we'll back up a bit and we have resumed from closed session and we'll now ask our council to report out of closed session. Thank you. In closed session today, the Board of Supervisors acted on the matter of American Federation of Government Employees comat AFL-CIO the United States Office of Personnel Management and the Board agreed on a vote of 4-0 with Supervisor Marquez Excuse decide on to a brief Prepared by the County of Santa Clara as a meekus in that matter in the the matter of Medina V. Planned Parenthood, South Atlantic, getting in the US Supreme Court, docket number 23-1275, the board considered signing on as an meekus in that matter and agreed to do so on a brief, prepared by the Public Rights Project, on a vote of 40 with supervisor Marquez excused. Additionally, in close session today, with respect to the matter of its negotiations with OAC regarding the Coliseum property, the board spent extensive time in close session discussing the OAC negotiations. The county team has direction regarding what it will take to close this transaction. The county continues to act with a sense of urgency regarding this matter. In fact, the team has met with OAC three times over the last five days, and is prepared to meet daily to get to a deal. The county is committed to closing a deal on terms that are in the best interest of the county and community it serves. To that end, the board supports allowing supervisors Halbert and Miley to sit in and listen to the negotiations to the extent their availability will allow it without causing delays. Thank you so much. With that said, we will continue with our regular calendar and ask for members of the public to make public comment at this time on items on the regular calendar. That would include consent calendar. So anything up through item 73, the one o'clock set matter, we will take up at one o'clock. Are there any public speakers in person or online that would like to speak at public comment? Depends on how many we have, how many speakers, if you are in the room and want to speak on the regular calendar, please come and fill out a speaker slip. If you're online and wish to speak on public comment for the regular calendar, please raise your hand now. We will take note of those hands that are raised and allow you to speak. So if you're wanting to speak on the regular calendar, that's items 1 through 73, excluding the 1 o'clock set matter, please raise your hand. We'll take note of those that are listed. 17 in person and four online. Is it what I'm seeing? Is it for? Okay. Given the lightness of the day, I would allow for one minute public comment. Julie Littwin, Samuel Rami, Iris Burrera, three speakers at a time. Come on up if you're called. Get ready to speak and then we'll go online. Thank you. Hi, my name is Julie Littwin. I represent the Immigration Committee at Kahila Community Synagogue. I'm here in support of item four. It is long past time to approve the necessary contracts to fund the rapid response line, legal support, and other services for members of our community who are at risk for arrest by ICE. Since January 20th, there continues to be a daily onslaught of unjust and terrifying new orders that affect more and more people with many different statuses. These attacks need to be countered with education, community empowerment, and strong legal support. Our county must prioritize these urgent needs to ensure safety and due process for all and uplift the dignity and value of every community member, please vote to approve the contracts today. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Edie's and I'm part of the Ravajadores Unidos workers United. When I think y'all as the board and the county of Alameda in voting yes, and supporting the immigrant community that is made of workers, parents parents, children and form a great part of our community here in Alameda County. And we want to encourage you all to vote and release the funds on this item so that you continue to support immigrant workers, immigrant communities to be aware of their rights and know that they are valued here in Alameda County and we also hope that y'all continue to support the immigrant community not only right now but also in the future. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Simu Raimi. I'm here on the homeless building. It's been there. It's been around the 20 years. No one wants to get a office freeze. If you want a office freeze, you want to get a house to people, please. What took me so long is I've been working on a grant for feeding the people please. We got to eat. Now I understand this is certainly short food. I'm trying to go full all the time, writing friends writing up four cities across this country. We got to put food in your mouth. But the children go to when we're dead, gone. We got to teach them where the food come from. So we don't waste all schools, nothing to learn the middle school to teach them where food come from. So we're going to go to college, all schools, all the military, military school, the teaching work, school, and school, so when we're doing going, they can survive. They don't want to think about yourself or not think about the future in the past. We are the president. Let's do this right now. Thank you. Naomi, go ahead. You have one minute. Hi, can you hear me? Yes, we can. Go ahead, please. Okay. My name is Naomi. I live in District 4. I'm a member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists. And I'm here to speak in support of item 15, the suffering of our own unhoused neighbors, and millions of Palestinians injured, traumatized, lacking shelter, electricity, food, clean water, medical care under the current U.S. Israeli genocide and siege are intimately linked as a socialist. I recognize that American production is oriented not democratically around the masses, needs, food, housing, medical care, but around further production, for further destruction. To orient production away from death and into housing and real care, we need a drastic reorganization and monetary policy. I think the board for directing Treasurer Levy to develop an ethical investment policy with the 90 days of December 10th, We are now past that. My comrades and I implore the county to adopt and implement an EIP with exclusionary language suggested by former supervisor, of course, thank you. I'll just remind everybody that if they could announce the item that they're speaking on so that we can confirm, I note that that was not an item on today's agenda. If you have your hands raised, be prepared to name the item number that you're speaking on. Thank you. Vish, go ahead, please. Hi, my name is Vish. I'm a legally attorney and residing district five. I'm speaking in support of agenda item 4. Thanks to Professor Markis and the best for allocating funding towards rapid response in Elmeda County. This is the very least that we can do to support our immediate community. So I ask you to act with utmost speed in approving the funding and allocating it to these programs. As we know, human rights violations, oftentimes are the cause of migration, which leads people to being in tenuous situations. So like the last speaker, I would urge you to act with the utmost speed in adopting, working with Treasurer Levy to adopt an ethical investment policy to ensure that our county is no longer investing in companies that violate human rights. I say that on behalf of my union, you will be local 2320. Final thing I will say is that I think there should be a little more certainty in the time with public comment. It's highly inaccessible to separate open items and it makes it hard for working people to fully participate in this process. So I would definitely urge the supervisors to work with our president, Howard, to revert back to giving comment at the very beginning of the meeting. Thank you. Your time is up. Thank you. Sebastian, go ahead. You have one minute. Thank you. I'm Mr. Sipass for the resident of district field commenting on issue number four. I'm a part of the East Bay Democratic Socialist of America and we would like to express our strong support for item four. immigrants are also million in Alameda County and they desperately need our support and understanding their rights. And I applaud the board's work on establishing a forum for knowing your rights, but we need sustained support for resources for this really important and valuable community in our county. And so I urge all the board members to vote yes on item for today. Thank you. Lisa Knox Diego Villegas Aguilar, I'm very young Mendelain Myers. Hello, good afternoon. My name is Diego Villegas. I'm an organizer here in Trabajada, the Sunidos Workers United. I live in District one and work all throughout Oakland. Here in support of item number four, and first of all showing gratitude towards all of your work and the speed which this was moved and the intentionality which this was also done. And just hopeful that this comment serves as incentive and as motivation for this efforts to not be just a one-time emergency funding, but to actually see ways of collaboration not only with central legal and with two with other CBOs to accomplish this impact. And if such impacts of this policy is met to have... and not only with central legal and with two other CBOs to accomplish this impact. And if such impacts of this policy is met to have collaborated way throughout the next four years to continue this mutual support. Thank you. Marianne Madeline, and Paola. Paola. Hi. My name is Paola. I'm an organizer here with Trevor Hadores-Uniles Workers United. I'm also speaking in support of item 4. I'm glad that the city of Alameda has taken this essential step to support our immigrant communities and I also hope that this commitment is long term and that your actions align with your values to protect and uplift immigrant consent. Please take the item you're speaking on. You have one minute. Hi, my name is Renee and teen. I'm part of Kihila community synagogue and I also work with interfaith movement for human integrity. I'm speaking on item number four. I wanna ask you to please fund the rapid response line and legal support. And I know most of us have heard the news lately about the Columbia student targeted for speaking out and deportation, and we know that the fear is real, and we hope you will stand with our immigrant community and the supporters. Thank you. Nadia, you have one minute. Go ahead, please. Yes, hello. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. My name is Nadia Costa-Guerre. I'm speaking in support of item four. I live in the fruit fail of Oakland. I've lived here for over 20 years and our immigrant neighbors play a vital role in the economic functioning and cultural contributions of our community. I want them to not only be safe, but to feel safe and thus create an environment where our entire community's can be safe. We need to fund the organizations and the contracts to prepare us to defend our immigrant communities against Trump's attacks. And we urgently need to approve this funding for legal support, rapid response, and community organizing. We know that all three of these efforts are an important part of protecting immigrant families. Funding these community services is an alignment with the values of the residents of Alameda County and protecting our multiracial democracy. Please approve this funding for these essential services in item four to protect our neighbors, co-workers, and families and keep them safe. Thank you. Yeah. So that you have one minute. Go ahead, please. Good afternoon. I'm speaking on the Oakland Coliseum Complex Sale. And I just want to say that this is set. The O'Leary President, Oakland Firefighters, Local 55s. I just appreciate all the work that's been done by the board and the renewed commitment for all parties to get this done. We're just super proud of all the work that's been done and the work that will be done in the future and Oakland really looks forward to the revitalization of the policy and area and all the associated revenues and community engagement that's going to take place. And so I just want to thank President Halbert and the board and the staff for their commitment to get this done. Oakland needs you and Oakland needs this and the Oakland Fire Department and Oakland Fire Fighters are really looking forward to the success of this project. So thank you so much. Be safe. Ida Obermann, Christopher Martinez, Monique Berlango. Good afternoon, Board of Supervisors. My name is Dr. Eda Obermann. I'm a long time faith in action East Bay leader and an Oakland educator. I'm here to support item four and item 23. To protect our immigrant community, we urgently need to move to approve funding for legal services, rapid response and community organizing. We all know that each of these three together comprise a critical element to protecting our immigrant families. Thank you so much. Good afternoon members of the Board of Supervisors. My name is Christopher Martinez, and I just want to say thank you to all of you for your unwavering commitment and support of our immigrant brothers and sisters. As has been shared already, there is a lot of fear and concern in our community and this funding will help ease some of that. And I believe that the impacts that you will see will be significant. So I really urge the board to vote yesterday approving the funding for item four, all elements of item four, specifically the rapid response hotline. It is desperately needed now, and so really appreciate all of your commitment. And thank you for supporting our immigrant communities. Thank you. Good afternoon, Monique Barlango, executive director at San Throlegal de La Raza. Again, I won't repeat everything my colleagues are saying, but I want to thank you all for your support in moving this along with such urgency. I'm here today in support of item number four, particularly subsection A, which would go to support the ACLIP rapid response hotline and project, which as you know, we've launched A few weeks ago with little to no resources and we're doing our best to keep that up and running, but we desperately need additional resources to make sure that we have the robust safety net that our county deserves. So again, we urge you to support the funding for the Rapid Response Network and the other items. In number four today, we're here available to answer any questions. And again, just thank you for your support of the immigrant community in Alameda County. Sandra, go ahead, you have one minute. Please take the item you're speaking on. Sandra, please let me, you go ahead, you have one any? Sandra, Anjo, good afternoon board of supervisors. I am a race horse owner, breeder and farm owner. And I was checking with you to see what you have decided about Alameda County Fairgrounds. Sandra, that item has already been discussed in closed session. We'll be discussed in closed session. I'm sorry, it was not discussed yet. So we don't have anything to report out. And we're not taking public comment on closed session items at this point. So stay tuned. Thank you. Reminder to those online speaking. We're not taking comment on closed session items only on the regular calendar items. Thank you. Yuliana, go ahead. You have one minute. Hi, supervisors. This is Juliana Weisslone from Eden, United Church of Christ, also in support of item number four. I feel very grateful to live in Alameda County during these times. I feel very grateful for your leadership and your commitment to immigrant communities. I urge you to support this item because we need the opportunity to provide wraparound services for immigrant community neighbors throughout the county. I'm grateful that we are partnering with many organizations throughout our county to support community members who are a risk and who are afraid and you know we're always looking forward to collaborating and creating more connections and opportunities for strengthening our county. So we thank you for your support and I strongly urge you to support the item. Thank you. April Newman, Zathali Furman, Andres Pomerot. I'm going to go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and I'm going to go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and I'm going to go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead I urge the board to follow the CAO's recommendation to approve item 4 to facilitate the provision of these essential support and legal services to immigrant members of our community. The need for these services consistently and vastly outweighs the supply of immigration legal and support services. And as you all know, the federal Administration is aggressively scapegoating and threatening these communities. So we must work even harder at the local and state levels to ensure tangible support, do process, and access to justice for all who reside in Alameda County. Thank you. Hello, I'm Andres Pumad and I'm going to go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and uplift that. Thank you. Hi everyone, my name is Sittlali with Rahal Rezonidos Workers United and as an Oakland resident I'm very happy to know that our immigrant communities all over Alameda County will be'll be backed by many protections, such as a rapid response hotline, deportation defense, and immigrant rights education, such as no-your-right training. It's really critical that this funding protects and continues to protect our immigrant communities in the future in the long run. As we know, our immigrant communities is what makes our communities thrive. And it's really important that we continue to support and protect our immigrant community in Adamida County. So thank you so much. Samuel, Oleho, Lisa Knox. Okay. In afternoon, we name it Samuel. I'm with the work of the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with the United Workers. I'm working with Joderleso Needles, workers United. Here to speak on item four, one of first think-of for approving the funds, for support of open community, immigrant community, and yeah, and express the importance of releasing the funds. Of course as my colleagues mentioned about the importance of holding a rapid response but also being able to utilize funds so that we can one educate and be able to enforce their rights when become a moment of being under attack. Not just for the reasons of immigrants, but also in the workplace. So it's just what we see constantly here within our work on a daily basis, where rights as workers are not being respected. So again, this is something that's gonna be really helpful for the community and to drive for workers as well. Thank you. Hi everyone, I'm Alejjo Guadravajalo de Sonidos, workers united and we're here in support of item four. I really wanted to thank you all for all the efforts. I know we heard a few meetings ago that we are moving in fast and I really the process working with Elimita County Social Services Department has been a really good experience and we're really excited about these funds These funds are really going to allow our organization our communities to build deeper and district one district two The stick three districts that in the past because of lack of funding. We have not been able to build deeper and we're really excited and hoping that today's fall allows us to do that. Build deeper with community, build safety nets for community and at the end of the day really build a strong Alameda County for everyone. Thank you. Hi, good afternoon. Lisa Knox with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice and a District 3 resident. I'm here in support of item 4 to thank you all for your leadership on this and to urge you to move this funding forward today. My organization we met with several Alamedi County residents in immigration detention this Friday. So I know we're moving fast, but immigration enforcement is moving faster. And those are fathers who are separated from children, families who lost a breadwinner, employers who lost a worker. So we're eager to, and we are already providing services to ensure that our families can remain together and have the support they need. So again, I thank you and I urge you to move this funding forward today. President Halbert, there are no more speakers. Very good. With that said, we'll bring it back for discussion. I note we have a consent calendar to approve. Is there a motion to approve consent? President Halbert, I will move the consent calendar. I don't serve D3 to 73. Is there a second? Saturday. Very good. We could have a roll call vote on the consent calendar. Supervisor Marquez, excuse. Supervisor Tan. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Fournato Bass. Aye. President Hal I would like to move items two, three, four. There are questions on four. I like the passes. Very good. With that move to the rest of the regular calendar, and I'll seek mass motion. President Howard, I would like to move items 2, 3, 4. There are questions on 4. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20. the year of the year. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, jumping to 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. Very good. I also know to have questions on item 14. So we'll go with the mass motion. Is there a second? And moving seconded, we'll go to questions on item four. Mr. President, thank you, President Halpert. The board obviously supports the contractual agreements that we would like to enter with the community-based organizations at the work that Supervisor Nikki Fortune out of BAS and Surprise Armour Cast had put forth through the ad hoc committee. I had also the opportunity to meet with Central Lugado de la Raza and a number of community-based organizations. And I want to make sure that this program and the contracts are going to be effective. And what I have learned is that the program is just starting and they need to staff up, especially the rapid response hotline. And one of the things that came out of the conversations and the meeting was that they don't necessarily have the full complement of translation services that are available. And District one and District two, in particular, have the bulk there, are the highest in the county in terms of the number of immigrants and one of the major language needs in those two districts are the Afghan population. And so they had asked if it was possible to tap into the existing contract that the county that social service has with some of our translation providers and interpreters in order to provide the appropriate staffing for some of the needs beyond Spanish, for example. Good afternoon. Supervisor Tamens, for agency director for social services. For clarification, they're asking to tap into our staff or into our contracts. The contract that we have through GSA for interpretive services? The county at least based on the budget books and appendix has a very significant contractual agreement for translation service and it was my understanding most of that was being used by social service. Is that correct? A good bulk of it is used by social services. We contribute to the overall countywide contract. Yes, and we might have the most end users, I would agree. But in that case, I think most of our CBOs also have access to those translation services. If you don't mind, I'm gonna ask Kimberly Gasway, GSA Director, to join me in the podium. I guess a follow-up question to that is, is it appropriate that we would require our vendors and service providers to provide? The interpretation as needed? Would we require them to? I mean, if we're contracting for services, should we not make sure that they're able to provide culturally responsive, linguistically responsive service? Yes, I would agree with you. And like I said a few minutes ago, I think our CBOs that we are in contract with have access to those services through language line. Okay. But I'm going to get clarification from Kimberly Gasway. You got it. This is Kimberly Gasway, Director of GSA. That would be correct. They do have access to the language line. Also many CBO contracts, only from my past experience with healthcare, does have cultural sensitive language in there as well. So they might not have it themselves, but we provide them the opportunity to get it. Yeah, they will have passwords and I think user IDs to access the services. Okay. Does that get to the question? So just to clarify, the organizations that we are proposing to contract under item 4 for a noir rights and like central look out, the Raza well. Actually the fiscal agent is the Chinese progressive association for the United Workers and the collaborative they would have access to the translation services through the contracts the county has with the global interpretation. That's going to ask R and GSA director again. That's my understanding and we will confirm this and do that email about that. But that is my understanding that they do have that access. Is it an added cost to them or is it something that the county provides? So we don't, um, GSA does not do the CBO contract. So I don't actually are office that ministers the contract. so I can get you that information. It's a master contract we have county wide as into GSA does not do the CBO contract? So I don't actually are office ministers the contract. So I can get you that information. It's a master contract we have countywide as indicated social services uses the bulk of the services as do some of the other departments that are charged for their share of those costs. We spend about $37,000 a month on that contract. And I know we have granted access to our community-based providers. What I don't have right now is how broad that is and how that access is granted. I believe it would be through the operating departments, but we can verify that. Okay, that's helpful. And getting that information will be important because I think there's a fairly broader group that have other language needs throughout the county. So the other question I had is I know survivors are fortunate I've asked that mentioned that there's a number of coalition partners. Are there opportunities to maximize the effectiveness of the know your rights, forms through some of the other coalition partners that have that language ability? For example, I know that the county recently provided some emergency resettlement funds for a JCRC is primarily helping a lot of the Afghan and Ukrainian refugees would they be a part of that effort as well? Thank you for those questions, Supervisor Tam. In terms of the question that you are asking right now. I can briefly review who are part of the coalition organizations in the three different contracts just so that that's on the public record. And certainly there is opportunity for newer organizations to be part of these coalitions. I mean, it's really up to those anchor organizations that we are working with. So in terms of a seal up and we do have at least two staff from a seal up who are here who can speak to the language issues and I would like the chair to you ask them to speak. So in terms of the Alameda County Immigration Legal Education Partnership the Incher Organization is Central La Gal de la Raza. So their partners include Faith in Action East Bay which is active across the entire county, including South County, Spanish-speaking citizens, foundation, street level health project, in Eden Church in terms of the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Foundation, Street Level Health Project in Eden Church, in terms of the California collaborative for immigrant justice, which is doing a lot of the legal services. Their partners include immigrant legal defense, East Bay Community Law Center, Pangea Legal Services, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, and Asian Law Caucus. And then in terms of Trabahadori Zunitos, workers united who is doing the broader community education. Their partners also include Filipino advocates for justice, black lines for just immigration, the Harris Zunitos, the Activas, and the Arab Resource and Organizing Center. I do want to note that the directors of each of the three organizations are also here with us today. So thank you so much for all of your work as well as being here. So if you'd like to share additional information that might be helpful. And again, as I understand it, this work is very dynamic and there are conversations with additional organizations that they are having to make the coalitions as broad as possible to serve our very diverse immigrant communities. And President Halbert, I think it could be helpful to have Monique Berlonga speak to the language access, questions in addition to our staff. So let's invite you said there were three organizations that are in the room if they want to speak to this. Come on forward. I just want to add on and dovetail with supervisor Tam's questions and supervisor Fortinata's basses comments. My My expectation and hope is that anybody that needs to know their rights can avail their, the organizations that we're putting together of their services. That is those that maybe are here on a temporary basis. Those that are here maybe without documentation, that are here on a temporary basis, those that are here maybe without documentation, those that are here on a refugee basis. And all of the above, I think you mentioned the Afghan refugees, the Ukrainian refugees, if they have rights that they need to know about, our organizations need to be able to serve them. They're not here just to serve one segment of our population. They're here to serve everybody that needs those rights. They're all part of the fabric of our community. So if you could address how you're going to do that, I would appreciate it. That's my hope and expectation of what we're doing here. Chair Herbert, if I may also as the person who made the motion to bring this item forward, I do want to remind ourselves that for the community work, the proposal is that the county would fund half of one year's budget and there's private fundraising happening to fund the other half. So myself and Supervisor Mark has actually, I've had at least one meeting with foundations to encourage them to fully fund this work. So I do want to note, as was said earlier, this work is not yet funded and we're building that and so it's important to note that more capacity will be built and more staff will be able to be hired as more resources come in. Thank you. Thank you for having that. It's important to note that it's a community effort and it's a public private partnership, which is fantastic. Thank you for noting that. And it feels a little bit like we're building the airplane as it's flying. I think that's an analogy that we use sometimes. So not literally, but so more to come. So we have three speakers come on up and just share how we're gonna do this. Yes, good afternoon. Yes, exactly we are building the plane as we're flying it. We are, you know, hopeful that the board will support this down payment effectively, right? To help us create the backbone and build the infrastructure so that we can then build it out at an additional partners and make sure we have a coalition that represents the diversity of the entire county. So I think for me, the named partners that you've named in the project, at least in the Aseola project, I feel like that's a floor, not a ceiling. That's the bare minimum we feel we need to create something that's meaningful and robust enough to support the efforts needed in the county, but we definitely intend to grow that coalition, coalition and collaborative. We've had conversations with several of your offices about the unique needs in the county, but we definitely intend to grow that coalition, coalition and collaborative. We've had conversations with several of your offices about the unique needs in your districts. We're hoping that each of you can serve as a convener to help connect us with folks that we may be missing or to bring in additional partners and make sure we're reaching all of the churches, the food distribution centers, medical clinics, everybody in your district who may not already be a part of the coalition. So that is definitely the intent and the vision of that I can speak for a CLIP and I'm sure my partners who are leading the other initiatives would also agree. In terms of language access, we yes and thank you Supervisor Tam for bringing that up. The first time around when we established a CLIP, we were given access to the county's language line services, right? because they are expensive and do cost a lot. So that would help us be able to utilize the resources we have for staffing, for the know your rights piece, for the programmatic work. If once we are entered into contract, if the item is approved, that we are as a recipient of SSA funds able to access that language line. That would make a huge difference. So just to say right now we're patching it together in terms of language access. We are paying directly for if somebody calls right now we are able to patch them through to a language line but right now we don't have any funding to support that too. So I think that would be a real game changer for us if we're able to have access to the county's language line contract as a recipient of a contract from SSA. Any other questions or is there anything we turn that on immediately? Do we have to wait for a contract in place to avail them of that service? My understanding is the department provides the access to the community-based provider. So that's a discussion we can have with the Social Services Agency Director. Social Services is charged for the direct cost of translation services and to the extent they can recover federal and state revenue to offset part of that. I know that they do so. So we'll make sure it's written into the contract if this item is approved and once finalized that they will have access to our language line services. For all of this, can you just report back to us at your success in getting state funding to cover our costs as we go to charge this back to them if at all possible? I don't know if I can do that because I wasn't planning to be able to state, but if there's any success to come out of a sure, I have a problem. Thank you. Reporting that to you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments on this item? Thank you all. And thanks for your time in my office the other day. Our next item is item 8, a question by supervisor Miley. I guess if the interim agent director could just kind of talk a little bit about Where we are with this effort at providing housing and then I'm gonna have Housing community development director talk a little bit about some of our prognosis for the future. Thank you, supervisor. And Ike Chaudhary, interim director for Alimita County Health. I do also have Jonathan Russell, if he might raise his hand, in case you have questions about the specific report. So this is our Vendorpool report for the period of July 22 through June 23. And so you may recall that when the vendor pool was approved, we were for a while presenting the reports to you on a quarterly basis. And really over the last year or so, our team has sort of struggled to do that as the vendor pool has become more popular and in demand and we've had additional funding sources that we could leverage the mechanism for. And so this year in thinking through some of the efficiencies that our team could put together, we went with an annual report and recognizing that it's still a year and a rears. Do we anticipate expanding our pool? Do you anticipate expanding our pool? Do we anticipate any more resources? What do you foresee? We would always welcome more resources to the vendor pool. We are, I believe the last time you approved it, it was renewed through 2027. And sometimes in this coming year, we would like to issue a new RFP to be able to really think about, you know, different ways to evolve it and to make it work for our CBOs as well as for us. And one example would be that with, you know, some of the opportunities through CalAIM and Prop 1 would allow us to set up a Flex pool for housing services. And so that's a different evolution of this process. And so we might look into that. So we are kind of expanding our looking at Prop 1 and how we might re-invision this. Will we be looking yet additional? Because I think you said you might, are we going to be, what's the word, either RFP and it again, having vendors resubmit, having new vendors come online, what do we expect? And then what's the funding look like? Jonathan, do you want to add on to the RFP process? Can I just add a comment that the vendor pool really is a mechanism for you to do your procurement, correct? Yeah. To establish a pool of vendors without going through the regular procurement process. The funding is tied to the services and you may use the vendor pool to secure providers to provide those services, correct? Yes. We're not, in fact, we're not really funding the vendor pool. You're funding services and you're using the vendor pool to acquire those services. Right. And this is just a report of that particular fiscal year in terms of what went out through the contracts. So each time we add any funding to the vendor pool that does come back to the board for approval at that time. But the amount is $183 million. That's the cumulative total, correct? Yes, that's the cumulative total. that's been procured or those services have been acquired through delegation of authority to the agency. Yes. So through the fiscal year 2223, we have about 43 contracts awarded. And allocated about $183 million through that process. And the funding continues to be allocated. So for example, Jonathan, do you wanna speak a little bit more to the specifics? I'm sorry, I don't have that. Sure, sure. Yeah, thank you, Supervisor, just good afternoon. As Kenny Administrator Mernichie said, I'm sorry I don't have that. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Thank you, Supervisor. Good afternoon. As some. County administrator, Mernichie said, this is really we created this as a mechanism to sort of be responsive to. The need to be as expeditious as possible, both in in braiding, different sources and procuring services. So to your question around sources, I mean, the sources have proliferated over time and are often rated based on the contracted services in place. So, you know, there's two pathways through which we do that procurement, the traditional RFP and the vendor pool. So depending on the service,'ve created in a master service areas where in which we're procuring for let's say interim housing or other services, pending sources we will use that to go to that pool. So we are redoing the pool, we're gonna reopen it and do some augmentations to expand and create opportunity. It should be said also that I think it's each month or they're about the pool opens for additional folks' to folks' joins. So it's a it's a low barrier process so to speak in terms of folks that are interested in getting into that process. So a lot of this really depends on the resources we have available to do that procurement in terms of sources, and then we use them through this process. So this is sort of representing the total through just that mechanism, not including other formal RFPs that had been utilized to that mechanism to date as of that in the fiscal year 23. But I think I heard you say Jonathan or Anika that we are going to be reopening the vendor poll for additional vendors. So as Jonathan noted, the vendor poll regularly opens up for additional vendors to be able to apply. And then if they meet the requirements, we sort of add them. And so for example, you know, Calame Community Supports, this was a funding source that became available in 2022. And so we were able to add that funding to the vendor pool and be able to contract out with now a network of 21 providers. Help do that. And then with Prop 1, we can, I think you said we're considering integrating that into this as well. That's an evolution type of thing and so we would need to bring that to your board for more options. But John, I think could you speak a little bit to the proposed RFP or the anticipated RFP? You're muted if you're talking. Apologies, I hadn't had a issue with my computer audio. Yeah. So the first question around the vendor plus, such, yes, we're actually going to be kind of recreating and creating a new vendor pool based on the year warnings over these years that will operate very similarly so that will be will be. It should be coming to you in the coming months and the opportunity with prop one yes that would you know some of those services should there be expanded service services using proposition one. as an intervention's funding in partnership with the paper health department. Some of those might be procured through that vendor pool and what Director Chaudry was speaking to in terms of the Flex pool is actually a mechanism for rental distribution and services in particular. So that would be procuring a provider to do a model of more centralized rent distribution So there's two different kinds of pools. One is a mechanism for procurement through vendor pool One is a service model through a flexible that is one of the conversations we're having in partnership with the behavioral department At the at the state's direction to consider that model as a way to expand rental assistance for folks with complex behavioral needs. And the flexibility does exist to alter services. There's flexibility alter services. Yes. And additional services. Is that any other? Because I just- That's right. And utilize multiple funding sources to sort of provide and create continuity of care and ongoing rental assistance through kind of a central administrative entity, namely, a non-profit provider with the county funding functioning as the administrative backend. And I just want to mention, Jonathan, sometimes it's difficult hearing you remotely. So we're trying our best. I just want to pull this because I just don't want to get, I recognize the importance of the The vendor pull, but I don't want to stick it to what's for complacent around this nor the opportunity. the vendor pull but I don't want to get what's for complacent around this nor the opportunities associated with it and our ability to provide even more flexibility if necessary because you know we have seen how maybe the thinking around services and housing is evolving. And it's not quite what we're thinking five years ago where we are presently. Quite right. So I really appreciate that. Go ahead. I was just going to note that I may have added a point of confusion in here with talking about the Flex School. but just in terms of this particular item, this is too for requesting your board to accept the report of what happened a couple of years ago. And so as we look into the new RFP process, we would bring that back to your board and notice that there would be additional planning. And I know it's kind of a look back because it's, it's data at that point in time, but I'm just using it and say a platform to talk a little bit about housing and homelessness. So if I can have the housing and community development director come up and talk a little bit about maybe what we're pondering for the future around housing. Thank you, supervisor Michelle Starratt, Housing Director, with the Community Development Agency. As we talked in January, we're looking at adopting our housing plan, which is a 10-year funding strategy and probably a 30-year goal to expand and provide new affordable housing countywide. Our primary goal and our most urgent need is interim housing and housing for extremely low-income people who are either homeless now or at risk of becoming homeless. So in this immediate moment, we're looking to raise funds from a new revenue stream and we will be coming to the health committee with a report on various options and some plans that the community has been talking to us about. Yeah, because since we weren't able to do the regional housing bond, we're contemplating what we might consider to help facilitate our ability to provide more housing. Yeah, we will present to the Health Committee several possible options and ask that you narrow it down to one or two and then we will be coming to the full board and asking them to adopt the housing plan and Indorse whatever the recommendations are from the health committee. Yeah, because I think this still remains one of our top five priorities Now what's the status of the measure W monies? I don't know if you can enter their county council So the measure, this is county council. The measure W funds are not available to be. I don't know if you can enter county council. So the measure, this is county council. The measure W funds are not available to be spent. We are, you know, we, we prevailed in the court of appeals. The plaintiffs in the case have filed a motion, I believe it's a motion for reconsideration. And so it's working through the finalizing the proceedings in the court of appeal and then they'll have an opportunity if they choose to file and request a hearing in the California State Supreme Court. We are optimistic that if they do file that request because the issues in dispute are somewhat similar to measure C, that the Supreme Court would deny granting certiorari in that case, and then the case would then be prepared to wind up. So we're still, because of the potential for the post-apelocort decision proceedings, we're still, you know, a few months away for a final decision, I mean, for the case to be final and a final victory declared. So at the court of appeals, if the plaintiffs have filed for reconsideration? That's my belief. It was a motion for reconsideration. And the quarterfield doesn't take that up. Then the plane will say, for chanceation. That's my belief. It was a motion for reconsideration. And it's a quarter of a field doesn't take that up. Then the plaintiffs have a chance to file an appeal with the California Supreme Court. And then a petition for a red of searcherari. And if that doesn't, if you don't take that up, then we're done. I mean, if they grant the petition for a red of searcherari, then we're in it for a while. but we are optimistic, very optimistic that they will deny that petition and the Supreme Court will not hear it. And then it would be, you know, subject to the, you know, closing documents from the courts, it would be done. Do we have a sense of when the Court of Appeals will make it rendering on reconsideration? We expect that to happen pretty quickly and then that you know then it's the When I checked on this about a week ago it was then they would have time to File the petition for this rid of searcher Rory with the Supreme Court. Okay. Yeah, so recognize the funding for measure W It's a general fund so we can allocate it ever over the board decides based on, you know, priorities and needs. And I know housing and homelessness is a top priority. Okay, so I think that answers my questions for now. So thank you. I'd just like to add a few comments because we've talked about this for many many times. The plan that we see I'm hoping and expecting that it would be including I think supervise them, I'll be to use your words. A sense of urgency is if our hair is on fire and to do things that we've never done before, it's so that we can get a result that we don't already have. So Godspeed to the Health Committee. I'm looking at the two members on the Health Committee, and that it'll come to us. I'm also open to more work study sessions if needed. I would like to ask if you could, Anika or Jonathan, the table of approved vendor list, could we get, I mean, I'm just curious about the magnitude of dollars going to each of these. It totals 183 million. There are so many names on this list that is mind-boggling. But could we get at least a name of a principal and a dollar amount that's going to each of the organizations. Can we put that together? Somebody on our team do that? Are you looking at attachment C, Supervisor? I'm looking at that. Yeah, that should be included. It's page three, four, five, and six, and it's the approved vendor pool list. And there's some names that I don't see on it, so I'm curious about those, but I'll take those up later. We can handle this all later. We'll follow up offline. Thank you. I think it's incredibly important that we also provide flexibility, just to add my comments, flexibility to the vendor pool as things are changing, as new organizations come on that do things differently than we've always done them. We should be taking a look at that. When will it open? The vendor pool? I do not have the, for that. Okay. I'll share that with you. If you could just keep my office surprised if you could just keep my office surprised to win that Thank you. Yeah, and I will note that you know the vendor pool this mechanism itself has provided us with more flexibility than We normally have in some of the the county processes and so it's been very helpful to get funding out Excellent. I think you're up here for the next one, which is item 14. A question that I have. So item 14 has to do with Are there any other questions on item eight? We're done. Okay The short-term housing assistance and this is a program where we provided I think members exiting homelessness with gift cards. If I, is that right? It actually provides short-term rental assistance, move-in assistance, and safety and accessibility. So if they need like grab bars or other accommodations made to the home to help them. And this is retroactively approved from back to July of last year up until June of this year. Yes. Okay. No other questions. Thank you. The next item that we have questions on, I believe, is item 49 unless I'm mistaken. revise them. I leave those yes item 49 Is the agency director or public works is available? Good Daniel did public works do this procurement for GSA or both? It was, uh, can you hear me? Yes. It was done through GSA. Okay, maybe GSA, because through GSA I'm just really be funneled here bits, LTS management and JW West Coast. And the difference between the bids is really astronomical. So was this truly the, you know, the lowest responsible bitter? But tell me, because I don't want tires to end up on the side of the road and places they shouldn't be. So it just seems really weird here that one bit, almost 65,000 in the other bit, 207,000. That's correct. Supervisor, again, Kimberly Gasway, GSA director. I asked similar questions. I was also concerned about the location, but heard that this contractor has a local Presence and facility so Because I was also questioning those prices. They said yes, that is the low. That is the difference if that's responsible We were confident Confident that that's a responsible bit If you would like I can look into it further. I asked that question. You know, I'm not advocating for Oakland companies, although I am, but I'm more concerned about tires ending up where they shouldn't be. That's fair. So. So can we just pull this just for one meeting? One meeting? Just so you can be sure of this. Yeah, I'll look into it even further. I had very similar questions. All right, thank you. We're going to continue item 49 for one meeting at the request of supervisor Myelette. With that said, I think we've exhausted all questions and answers. We see a regular report and not a bass. Thank you Chair Howard. I just wanted to speak briefly to item number four and item number 23. I just really want to thank the board as well as members of the public and the community organizations and the public defenders immigration unit who are really stepping up during a critical time to protect, defend and ensure the due process of our immigrant and refugee communities. This work has happened in a relatively short period of time, although I know for the community, it may seem like a long time. So I just wanted to make sure that you know that I'm committed, and I believe Supervisor Mark has is also committed, to making sure that the board, the public has more information and that this work is truly effective in reaching every single person in this community who is potentially at risk. And then in terms of item number 23, just briefly, this is a follow-up from one of our last meetings. It is a contract of $50,000 to the Asian Pacific Islander legal outreach organization. There are great organizations that does outreach as their name says to the API community. In addition to that, they are open to serving everyone. So many of their constituents and clients are also Spanish speakers and members of the Afghan community. And that will add additional capacity to ensure that we're serving the very diverse residents of our county. Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Fortinata Bassal. I'll echo the kudos, but I extend that to you and Supervisor Marquez for driving this so quickly. I'll reiterate comments that I've made earlier in that this is very enlightening to me that people have constitutional rights that whether they're documented or not, they have rights that they need to know about. We're going to provide those rights in multiple languages. We're going to provide them in multiple venues online in person at the courthouse. And we're going to make sure that people are protected because if they're not, they feel unsafe, if they feel unsafe, they don't report crimes that they see. They may be not even reporting crimes that perpetrated on them. So they become very vulnerable. And yet we know that these are people that drive our economy, that add to our economy, that ultimately, I think we haven't discussed it because we're so focused on the ground, but at the end of the day we also need to keep in mind we need to fix immigration. We need immigration reform. We need a path to citizenship. We need to get this done right. And so we need to be urgent about that. Until we do, we're going to continue to fund things like this as needed. And so with that said, good comments. We have a motion made in seconded. Donna has her hand up. Oh, what did I do now? You did nothing. I just wanted to, I have correct information regarding the status of Measure W. So I just wanted to put that on the record for you. So the Motion for Rehearing has been already denied by the court. And it also was a motion for depublication of the Court of Appeals decision. And that was also denied. The deadline to file the petition for rid of search RRE is March 12. So we're a little bit closer than I thought. Well, that tomorrow can't come fast enough. Roll call vote please. Supervisor Marquez excuse. Supervisor Tan. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fournato Bass. Aye. President Halbert. Aye. Okay with that we have several ordinances. Two ordinances item 38 is a first reading of salary ordinance amendments affecting classifications at Alameda County Health. An ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2024-2025 County of Alameda Salary Ordinance. I moved away with the first full reading and introduced a salary ordinance amendment. Let's move by supervisor vice president Tam, seconded by supervisor Miley. Roll call vote please. Supervisor Marquez excuse, supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Yes. Supervisor Fort Nato Bass. Yes. President Halbert. Aye Aye. That passes Item 39 is the first reading of two ordinances including approval of an MOU between the county and Building Trades Council through February of 2029 Title of the first ordinance an ordinance approving the February 2nd, 2025 through February 10th, 2029 Memorandum of understanding with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council. I moved away the first full reading and introduced the ordinance amending the four-year MOU with the Building Trades Council. And also the second ordinance. The title of the second ordinance and mending certain provisions of the 2024-2025 County of Alameda Salary Ordnance. A move the way the first floor reading and introduce the salary ordinance amendment. A roll call vote please. Supervisor Marquez excuse. Supervisor Tann Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Fortnado bass. I. President Albert. It passes. Next ordinance. That's your last regular item except for your set matter. Very good. Let's move to our set matter. I note that it is past the hour. But I thank those that are here in person to receive this in March of 1972. President Richard Nixon signed into law an amendment to the older Americans act of 1965, establishing a national nutrition program for seniors age 60 and older to commemorate this milestone Meals on Wheels America initiated the March for Meals campaign in 2002, 22 years ago, underscoring the importance of senior nutrition programs nationwide. These programs provide essential meals, wellness checks, and social connection to thousands of seniors, helping them maintain health and independence while reducing hospitalization and combating isolation. Volunteers are the backbone of meals on wheels, ensuring that vulnerable seniors receive not just food but also companionship and safety. With nearly one in five Alameda County seniors facing economic insecurity, these programs are now more critical than ever. We have several members from various meals on wheels, organizations here. I believe that Miss Jennifer will be receiving this, but we also have several other members in the community, namely Charlie Dead or Line and Laura Colbert, Lara Colbert, and Miss Jennifer Stevens will be receiving. So if you could come on up and say a few words, we will then present you with this proclamation and take a photo with you. Welcome and you're each can say a few words, we will then present you with this proclamation and take a photo with. Welcome and you or each can say a few words. Well, thank you. Just a few words. Good afternoon. Thank you supervisors for supporting older adult nutrition programs that are our most vulnerable, Alameda County residents with agent in place. It is often said that food is medicine and it plays a key role in keeping our older adults strong and healthy. I'm Jennifer Stevens-Pierre. I'm the director for the area agency on aging, also known as the AAA. The AAA is the local branch of our older, our national aging network under the administration of community living. Before we hear from our dedicated nutrition providers, let me just take an opportunity to connect some dots. March 2025, March the 53rd anniversary of our national senior nutrition programs funded by the Older Americans Act. Our local nutrition program serves as a hub for resident 60 plus to find healthy meals through meals on wheels and congregate meal sites. Thanks to these programs to AAA and our partners, our meal providers, provide over 600,000 home delivered meals and more than 140,000 in person and grab and go go meals in Ulysses to our older dose in need. The national theme this year is a place at the table and I'm gonna turn it over to our two largest meal providers to tell you how we serve approximately 11,000 older dose throughout Alameda County. Thank you for your time. Good afternoon supervisors. Charlie Deadline Executive Director of the SOS Meals on Wheels. We are the largest Meals on Wheels provider in Alameda County serving the entire 880 corridor from Oakland through Fremont. The way that we're able to serve 11,000 seniors and 600,000 meals is by working together and by working in partnership with yourselves, with the AAA and with the communities themselves that we serve. We rely on volunteers as well as our staffs. I think Laura will speak a bit more to that, but I will also just thank you for reaffirming your support of our work of the Older Americans Act as it in similar services are under threat from many, many angles. And I would just like to supervise our best, put a little be in your ear that our staff and our volunteers as well as our clients would greatly benefit from the work that you're at committee and a sea level will be doing and we are very interested in providing that to them and if necessary discussing a share of the cost of translation services as we all have to do that for the materials that we provide anyways It shouldn't fall in any one entity as they try to build up that infrastructure Thank you. Thank you and I'm Laura Calvert from Spectrum Community Services. And SOS has been a long time sister organization of ours, and we are the Spectrum is the largest congregate meal provider in the county, and we also do home delivered meals out in the tri-valley area. We have at least six other agencies that do this work to cover the entire county. I am proud that this is a nutrition. This is about nutrition month. And while there's lots of food resources and we all need to work together to meet people where they are. In particular, we are providing high quality nutrition that it has federal standards that is approved by registered dieticians. It's different than what some of the other things that are going on in the county are. And I love that you're recognizing this. This also is the anniversary, five year anniversary of when Shelter and Place started. And when that happened, this county and the residents that live here really depended on us. They counted on all of our organizations to be here for them every day. And we came together to make that happen. I'm begging you guys that if something comes down the pike, think about what it would be like if we weren't here in an emergency, right? We need to be here for our most vulnerable populations that are homebound that are elderly to make sure that we can continue to do this important work together So thank you for the recognition and the Proclamation today. Thank you any comments. I see Supervisor Miley yes, you know, I was gonna comment you know being Dean of the board and being an advocate are you gonna sign up for meals? Not yet. but Lauren, Charlie, you're good friends. I meet with them with the United Seniors once a month to talk about what's going on. So they keep me very abreast. In fact, Laura's president, Laura's board, is my former chief of staff. And she works for Alameda County in the Health Care Services Agency. And one of our other board members was Chris Copatela, the city attorney for Union City. So in the interleys organization, I've been supporting them since I've been a county supervisor, along with Laura. And when I support them, it's with money. So you can tip different to your board and your county funds to support these two worthy organizations because obviously they spoke very well about the need to provide nutritious meals, dolder adults, and to get that friendly visit. And you'd be surprised even if an Older dull lives like in the Tri-Valley, some of them are still very much in need of these services. So I would encourage us to do that. And then for Charlie's organization specifically, you know, because I don't think Laura serves Oakland, but Charlie serves Oakland. So we know, you know about Charlie in spectrum. So, yeah, so when you get some money, I said, no key, spend all your money. Get some of the Charlie. Any other comments? I would like to thank the organization suit, whom I've had the opportunity to ride along with and take a route and deliver, or in your case, Charlie, to see work in action as you assemble meals. Again, nutritious, delicious meals, but served with a smile. And really, a wellness check on everyone in the amount of volunteers that it takes. I know that money goes to food, but you have volunteers that are putting this together. And, you know, I'll just channel my fond memories of my grandfather who did this when he was retired until he wasn't able to drive. Did meals on wheels and it made an impression on me. So I'm fully supportive of his mayor of Dublin. I'm supportive of Laruino that the cost that you receive in reimbursement from some of the cities doesn't always achieve the cost to provide the meal. I'm proud that in Dublin we were able to get it up to that full cost so you were fully reimbursed and I hope that other cities would do that in county can certainly support that. I'd like to see us to do even more. You see things on the ground at the doorstep of people that you can spot when something's not right and maybe help steer people in the right direction to get services that they need. But I hear you see a lot of nods when I talk about nutritious food delivered to the door. Thank you for all you do. We're gonna take a picture but with before that our wise elder has more. Just one of the quick thing, because with the AAA, I know annually, at the holiday time, they make sure we deliver meals to needy seniors to the AAA. And I know Supervisor Mark Kitz, participate last year. If the other Supervisors know about it, yeah. Because if they don't, you need to tap into them. Yeah. Yeah. Of all it. Because I tell you, I went, I've done it many times over the years. But last year, I went to a home of two seniors and I mean, any stoke one, and just seeing how people are living can really break your heart. I mean, rams, clutter, just really challenging circumstances. So it's definitely worthy of what we're doing. I've had the opportunity and so of my staff, we owe all of our soul experience being chased by dogs, but we distribute some of these baskets, but we're happy to help. Well, I'll just join in sharing some comments. I greatly appreciate your work. I mean, I've had the opportunity with my prior staff in Oakland to do some ride-alongs in my former council district. And it's not only delivering meals, as President Halbert said, it's wellness checks. And it's also meals that are appropriate to the dietary needs of your clients. So there's a tremendous, it's so much more than wheels. it's nutrition, it's wellness checks, it's really about creating community with our seniors and so many of the volunteers that I have met actually have longstanding relationships with the clients. And so thank you for doing this work and I know there's so much more need out there and so much more that has to be done. I'm glad we have a chance to honor you today. Let's take a photo. you you you you Thank you everyone for participating in our one o'clock set matter. that said we're going to recess in the closed session. Is that right? We are now in recess. Recording stopped. Reconvening from closed session. Recording in progress. Reconvening from closed session. I have roll request for the committee to request the committee to request the committee to request the committee to request the committee to request the committee to request the committee to request the from close session. In addition to the report. Thank you. Thank you. County Council may have the report out from close session. In addition to the report I made this morning the board did not take additional actions. Thank you. Let's move to public input on items that are not on today's agenda. There are no public comments. Thank you. This meeting is adjourned. Recording stopped.