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          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
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WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 5TH, 2021  MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, WE WILL NOW START WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR PETE HERRERA, OLD TIME FRIEND OF MINE. 
          WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING HOW WE KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          DON'T LOOK AT OUR PAST, JUST RECOGNIZE THE MEN YOU SEE HERE TODAY, RIGHT, PETE. 
          SO HE'LL START OUT WITH THE PRAYER AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY JOSH PEDROZO, WHO INVITED PASTOR HERRERA HERE. 
          LET US BOW IN PRAYER, PLEASE. 
          HEAVENLY AND GRACIOUS FATHER, WE JUST COME BEFORE YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. 
          WE WANT TO GIVE YOU GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE FOR THIS MEETING THAT IS HERE TODAY LORD, WE ASKED FOR YOUR BLESSING TO BE OVERALL DECISION MAKING FOR EVERYONE WHO SPEAKS FOR EVERYONE WHOSE HEART IS WILLING TO RECEIVE. 
          AND FATHER, WE ASKED LORD THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT IS HERE, EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER THAT IS HERE, LORD, GUIDE THEM IN A WAY, LORD THAT WHEN DECISION MAKING COMES, IT WILL BRING PEACE. 
          LORD HELP US ALL TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS UNITY IN DIVERSITY. 
          WE TRUST YOU NOW IN ALL OF OUR AFFAIRS. 
          BLESS THIS TIME, THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MARINE. 
          IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN 
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THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION, INCLUDING ITEMS ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY SCHEDULED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          TESTIMONY LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. 
          GOOD MORNING. MORNING, SHERIFF. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          AND I'M ARMED. LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BEEN KIND OF TRYING AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF THE DEVASTATION WE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY OF DOS PALOS. 
          TO SAY THAT I WAS UPSET WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS. 
          BUT I WILL LET EVERYBODY HERE KNOW THAT I HAVE HAD PERSONAL CONTACT AND MEETINGS WITH OUR BHRS REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE. 
          THEY HAVE TO BY ANY STRETCH BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET AN AGENCY THAT CAN'T, WON'T, REFUSES TO, DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. 
          BUT IF THEY CAN'T SEND THEIR PROFESSIONALS OUT, THEN IT'S STILL IN MY LAP. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING ON ARE NOT CRIMES. 
          THEY NEED TO HAVE SPECIALIZED HELP. 
          THE CONVERSATION I HAD YESTERDAY WITH OUR BHRS FOLKS WAS A GOOD ONE. 
          I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION. 
          HOWEVER, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR SUPPORT WHEN THEY COME TO YOU AND SAY HEY, BECAUSE WHEN I'M OUT AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AS THE SHERIFF AND I NEED A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL AND THEY'RE TELLING ME, NO, GOT NOBODY BETWEEN SEVEN P.M. 
          AND SEVEN A.M. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          I HAD AN ACQUAINTANCE WAS GRIEVING BEFORE BECAUSE OF HIS DAUGHTER'S DEATH, AND HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'D REACHED OUT. 
          BUT THIS DOES HAVE A PROCESS, AND I JUST THINK WE'RE LETTING OUR CONSTITUENTS DOWN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND QUALIFIED PEOPLE. 
          SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO YOU FOR HELP UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPACT IS GREAT BECAUSE WHEN THEY CAN'T RESPOND NOW I'M PAYING OVERTIME FOR UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO GO THROUGH WHATEVER THE MOTIONS ARE THAT HAVE TO BE WHEN IT CAN BE PREVENTED. 
          SO THIS WASN'T THE PLANNED SPEECH I WAS GOING TO GIVE, BUT BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY'S MEETING IT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION. 
          BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, IT STILL IS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED BECAUSE I'VE GOT PRISONERS. I GOT ONE INDIVIDUAL AT SIX FOOT THREE, THREE, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS NEEDS SOME HELP AND WHEN HE WANTS TO FIGHT, IT'S UGLY. 
          SO ANYWAY, PLEASE GIVE IT STRONG CONSIDERATION WHEN FOLKS FROM BHRS REACH OUT TO YOU FOR SUPPORT BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT EVERYBODY THAT WE COLLECTIVELY SERVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SHERIFF. 
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YOU KNOW WHERE THE BUTTON IS? THERE YOU GO. YEAH. 
          GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M BASICALLY HERE JUST TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET OVER NOT BEING HEARD PUBLICLY ABOUT THE USE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONIES. 
          AND SO THERE'LL BE SOME MORE, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT'LL BE FORTHCOMING. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR BELIEF IN DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE'S INVOLVEMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW THOSE ARE MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAXED. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE TAXES, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HOW THEY SHOULD BE SPENT. 
          AND IT'S REALLY FROM THE GRASSROOTS. 
          IT'S FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN YOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR OUT. 
          SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THE NEED TO CALL A TOWN HALL OR COMMUNITY MEETING OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE AN EAR TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING TO SPEAK WITH YOU, BUT MANY TIMES DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          SO I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO PUBLIC TOWN HALL WHERE THERE WOULD BE DIALOG BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO ONE PER DISTRICT, FANTASTIC. 
          BUT I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE HEARD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS PING SHAVING, THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS RECEIVING FIFTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CALLED THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS ARPA FUNDS. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS FUND IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY RECOVER FROM COVID 19. 
          THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS JUST HAVING PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEY WANT TO SPEND IT ON. 
          A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT ENOUGH. 
          IT DOESN'T ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I AM REQUESTING FOR THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HOST AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL AND THAT THIS TOWN HALL SHOULD ONE PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ARPA FUNDS AND WHAT IT COULD BE SPENT ON. 
          TWO, TO DISCUSS THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2021 RECOVERY PLAN AND APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS AND TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU CAME UP WITH THIS FRAMEWORK OF HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND THE FUNDS. THREE, TO EXPLAIN HOW MUCH OF THE $54 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HOW MUCH REMAINS. 
          FOUR, THAT TO PROVIDE Q AND A THE WHERE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW THE FUNDS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          THE TOWN HALL SHOULD HAVE SPANISH, HMONG AND PUNJABI INTERPRETERS. 
          IT SHOULD BE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL ON ZOOM AND THAT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDE FOOD, WATER, WARMTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE. 
          MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM COVID 19 AND THAT IT IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THAT THIS BOARD IGNORES US AND DOES NOT HELP THE COMMUNITY RECOVER FROM COVID 19, AND I HOPE THAT THIS BOARD DOES HOST A TOWN HALL TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY DURING OUR LAST MEETING ON SEPT. 21, THE BOARD STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF A ONE TIME FUNDING FOR ONE TIME THINGS. 
          THE ARPA FUNDS IS MEANT TO BE SPENT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS UNTIL DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE, AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED SO FAR ARE ONE TIME THINGS FOR ONE TIME FUNDING SUCH AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AFFORDABLE MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE TRUST FUND, YOUTH JOBS, RETROACTIVE AND PROACTIVE PREMIUM PAY FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS. 
          THESE ARE ONE TIME THINGS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR. THESE ARE ONE TIME FUNDING. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THAT DURING OUR LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 20, FIRST THAT WE PRESENTED THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THAT YOU'RE SPENDING MORE THAN 50 PERCENT ON PRISONS, JAILS IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SO LITTLE OF YOUR MONEY IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THERE BEING RAPISTS AND MURDERERS, AND AS A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, A RAPIST IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THAT THEY ARE BEEN TRAUMATIZED AND VICTIMIZED AT A YOUNG AGE. 
          AND THIS IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR AND THAT THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FOR MURDER JUST AS SUICIDE I'M THOUGHTS OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          SO THIS HOMICIDAL IDEATION IS A MENTAL ISSUES, AND WE NEED TO RESPOND WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS THROUGH BHRS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, FELISA GRAY, WITH ADULT AND AGING SERVICES, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO THE 
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COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. 
          OUR HEALTH INSURANCE ADVOCACY COUNSELORS, OUR HIGH CAP PROGRAM AT OUR AAA CAN HELP ASSIST THE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES DURING THIS TIME CAN CHANGE FROM PRIVATE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN AND MOVE TO TRADITIONAL MEDICARE OR VICE VERSA. 
          DISCOVER WHICH MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION PLANS WILL HELP THEM AND SO ON. 
          LAST YEAR, WE SERVED THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN CLIENTS THAT WAS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE YEAR PRIOR DUE TO COVID STAFFING AND VOLUNTEERS NOT BEING AVAILABLE. 
          OF THOSE, THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE HAD A COST SAVINGS OF OVER TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT IS A GREAT THING THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR HIGH CAP COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT, PLEASE CONTACT OUR TRIPLE A AT 209-385-7550. 
          AND I HAVE FLIERS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION AND THOSE ARE THERE FOR YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS ARACELI GARCIA GONZALEZ, I'M A POLICY ADVOCATE WITH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MERCED COUNTY. 
          I AM HERE TODAY JUST TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, ASK FOR A AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL WITH THE BOARDS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS DISTINCTION BECAUSE IN YOUR COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THE ARPA FUNDS, YOU NOTED A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO I REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT A PUBLIC HEARING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT INTERACTIVE. SO WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO ASK THE BOARD TO COMMIT TO AN INTERACTIVE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN REAL TIME AND BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE FUNDS. 
          I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER, AND I JUST WANT TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THEY HAVE LEFT ENOUGH COMMENTS AND I DON'T NEED TO TAKE UP A FULL THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE VOICEMAILS. 
          FOR THAT POLICY, BUT I CERTAINLY COMENTARIO AFTER THE LEFT BUNDLE BUTTON CONTINUED ON. I WAS VERY ACTIVE IN BOTH OF THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER AND THAT I CAN DELIVER MY HEAD. THEN WE STARTED OVER ASSOCIATED SPORT. 
          THANK YOU. WE SHOULD. 
          I GAVE YOU A HEADS UP AHEAD OF TIME. 
          I LISTENED TO IT ALL. 
          OH, YOU HAVE. OK, SO GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. AND THERE'S NO MORE ME THAT SAYS, LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO'S COMO ESPINOZA FAMILY OR BUGATTI AND THE COMPANY THAT IN DELHAIZE. 
          I KNOW JENNIFER TO ALL OUR AQUILINO THE REST OF THE DETAILS AND COVID 19 EMERALD JOY ABOUT POLITICAL FOR. 
          WE HAVE BEEN PROPERLY NICARAGUA FOR 2004. 
          IT IS NOT DOING IN EDINBURGH PAREIRA WHEN I READ THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE PROGRAMMERS, DARON REPORTERS AND INFORMATION OR COMMENTARY AND MUCH OF THE DETAILS ON THE LOCAL AGRICULTURE MINISTRY AT THE SERVICE OR MORE NUMEROUS ARTICLES THEREFORE WAS ON THE TITANIC ARE SCANDAL IS THOSE THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE MONEY QUICKLY THAT DE LA COMUNIDAD BECOME A COMEDIAN. NO APOLOGY FOR A TOTAL AND INTERNAL DESMOND FOR MARCI ON US AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE CARACALLA. I KNEW THAT LA PARA LA COMUNIDAD, THE MOST WHICH OF FOR MY FATHER OR MOTHER, IS FILTERED OUT OF THE TOTAL OPENNESS. 
          THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN L.A. 
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PROTOCOL MUSLIM, THE LLOYD COMO OPEN IN THE MIDWEST BAROMETERS BUSINESS IN YUGOSLAVIA AND ONE OF THE FIRST PROGRAMAS PAREIRA EL DORADO. 
          I KIND OF LOST MY APPETITE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING NOSTALGIC FLIERS AND THE OBLIGATORY THE TRAFFIC STOP BLACK. 
          BECAUSE IRAN AND FISCAL POLICY WAS BEING RECORDED ON A MONDAY NIGHT IN FORMAZIONE TAMBIÉN AND ESPANYOL SKIPPED THE LIST OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS DEMOCRACIA. 
          MY NAME IS DIANA LARIOS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE MONEY THAT YOU RECEIVED TO HELP MERCED COUNTY FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED, AND THIS WOMAN IS FROM DELHI FOR THE COVID 19. 
          WE NEED HELP. 
          I HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. 
          I LOST MY JOB, HAD TO SUPPORT MY TWO DAUGHTERS. 
          I HAVE APPLIED FOR PROGRAMS. THEY WERE VERY SHORT ON INFORMATION AND I NEVER QUALIFIED FOR ANY OF THEM. 
          YOU ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDS AND PLEASE LOOK AT THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY. 
          GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. HAVE FLIERS FOR US, FOR THE MOST NEEDED. 
          I WOULD LIKE INTERPRETERS IN SPANISH FOR THESE CHATS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM CALLING ON AN ITEM, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND IT'S ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, THE ARPA FUNDS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR OUT THEIR INPUTS BECAUSE THIS THESE FUNDS WERE GIVEN BECAUSE OF THE COVID OR TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESSES AND THE PROBLEMS THAT COVID BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON HOW THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE USED. 
          I FEEL THAT HAVING A TOWN HALL WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE COUNTY CAN COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR VISION WHERE THEY NEED HELP OR SUPPORT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HEAR THOSE THAT ELECTED YOU AND PUT YOU ON THOSE SEATS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE ON. 
          SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DECIDE ABOUT THE TOWN HALL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH.[INAUDIBLE] AND I AM A MERCED CALIFORNIA RESIDENCE, AND ALSO THE MERCED COUNTY I LIVE HERE IN MERCED AND I AM CALLING ON THE USE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY RECOVER FROM COVID 19. 
          SO PLEASE CONSIDER THE COMMUNITY'S COMMENTS ON USE OF THESE FUNDS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT GOVERNMENT ISSUES, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT HELP THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE WANT TO SEE THOSE FUNDS MOVES TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING INTO THIS. 
          I REMEMBER YOU ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BECAUSE WE WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT OUR NEXT SET OF OFFICIALS THAT COME UP FOR REELECTION. AGAIN, THIS IS ELAINE QUEEN. 
          I LIVE MERCED COUNTY AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. 
          HAVE A WONDERFUL MORNING. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KIM MCMILLAN. 
          I'M A MERCED RESIDENT, MERCED COUNTY RESIDENT, AND I'M CALLING TO REQUEST FOR AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL WHERE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR INPUT ON HOW WE SPIN THE ARPA FUNDS TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY 
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MEMBERS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TOWN HALL SHOULD PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ARPA FUNDS AND WHAT IT CAN BE SPENT ON. 
          DISCUSS HOW MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLANS TO APPROPRIATE THE RECOVERY FUNDS. 
          THE COVID 19 FUNDS EXPLAIN HOW MUCH OF THE 54 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HOW MUCH REMAINS. 
          IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL LISTEN TO THIS COMMUNITY AND SEE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY IS IMPORTANT AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE TRANSLATORS THERE FOR HMONG, PUNJABI AND SPANISH, AND THIS TOWN HALL SHOULD ALSO BE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BYE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I'M FROM DELHI, CALIFORNIA. 
          THE REASON FOR MY CALL TODAY IS BECAUSE I'M CALLING REGARDING THE LIGHT TO SEE IF I COULD HAVE, IF WE COULD HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING FOR THE ARPA FUNDS ? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN, ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED OR HOW MUCH HAVE BEEN ALREADY DISTRIBUTED. 
          AND HOW DO THEY PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE BECAUSE OUR SMALL LITTLE TOWN OF DELHI HAS BEEN IMPACTED VERY HARD. 
          THERE'S ABOUT 8000 PERSONS IN THIS TOWN AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE. 
          IT'S GOT INFECTED, EXPOSED TO AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF HELP WHATSOEVER FROM ANY OF THESE RESOURCES. 
          SO IT'S I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE HOLD A TOWN TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR ALL OF THE MERCED COUNTY MEMBERS. 
          SO YOU CAN WE CAN WE CAN TELL US EXACTLY HOW THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED OR DISTRIBUTED SO THE COMMUNITY CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THEM HELP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMARA COBB, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS REQUEST FOR A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BE TRANSPARENT, TO PRESENT AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AS TO THE ARPA FUNDS AND HOW THEY WILL BE SPENT AND WHY THEY ARE BEING SPENT IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE DOING. I JUST NEED AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE BEING SPENT. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          [INAUDIBLE] GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I LIVE HERE IN MERCED COUNTY IN SOUTH MERCED, AND I ALSO AM A MERCED COUNTY EMPLOYEE. 
          I AM REQUESTING TO LEAVE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REQUESTING IS THAT WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE TOWNHALL [INAUDIBLE] AND LISTEN TO A COMMUNITY FOR INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND THAT ARPA FUND AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE TOWN HALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FUNDS AND WHAT IT CAN BE SPENT ON. 
          AGAIN, I AM AN EMPLOYEE FOR MERCED COUNTY AND A RESIDENT, A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MERCED COUNTY, SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT AND WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? [INAUDIBLE] OTHER THINGS, I WANT TO DISCUSS HOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECOVERY PLAN APPROPRIATES THE FUNDS, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO EXPLAIN SO FIFTY FOUR MILLIONS DOLLARS AND DOLLARS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HOW MUCH REMAINS, I WOULD 
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LIKE FOU US TO BE ADDRESSING THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE TOWN HALL TO ALSO BE IN SPANISH, HMONG AND PUNJABI TRANSLATORS OF ALL POSSIBLE. 
          AND IF WE CAN DO THE TOWN HALL IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL AND GO FROM THERE AGAIN [INAUDIBLE] SOUTH SIDE MERCED RESIDENT AND A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          HELLO MERCED BOARD, [INAUDIBLE], THIS COMMENT WILL NOT BE BASED ON ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM FUNDING IS COUNTING NOW AND I'M RESERVING JUDGMENT TABLE COORDINATOR FOR CENTRAL VALLEY UNITED FOR POWER. ALSO, [INAUDIBLE]  I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF CVM SEVERE THIS COALITION OF A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, AND THEY ARE NOT IN MY GROUP TO CALIFORNIA KIND OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. BUT SINCE I RAISED POVERTY IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY WATER CENTER, THERE WAS HOPE FOUNDATION IN THE VALLEY, MORE INTEGRATED POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN ACCOUNTABILITY, EVOLUTIONARY INTEREST FOR PEOPLE POWER ACROSS EIGHT COUNTIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY TILLERY, FRESNO, MADERA, MOST SINCE LOFT IN SOHO KING. 
          BUT COMMENT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ALSO KNOWN AS ARPA. 
          I'M ASKING THAT THE MERCED BOARD SUPERVISORS TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS BEFORE SPENDING ANY MORE. THE FUNDS FIRST HOLD ON HOLD AN INTERACTIVE TOWNHALL WHERE THE BOARD SUPERVISORS EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ARPA. 
          LISTEN TO COMMUNITY FOR INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND ARPA FUNDS AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE TOWN HALL SHOULD PROVIDE SPANISH HMONG AND PUNJABI TRANSLATORS AND INNOVATIVE MATERIALS. LISTEN AND CONSIDER COMMUNITY INPUTS OF HOW THE FUNDS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. 
          YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT, KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM, AND THEY ARE WILLING. 
          SOMERSET COUNTY BETTER PROVIDE AN EASY TO READ REPORT AT BOARD AND LE GRAND OR MERCED COUNTY SUPPERS PLAN ON THE COUNTY'S ARPA WEBSITE. 
          ADD A PUBLIC COMMENT OPTION IN THE ARPA FUNDING CONWAY IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER WEBSITE. 
          THIS IS A MOVE THAT FRESNO COUNTY HAS ALREADY PROVIDED ON THEIR OWN ARPA WEBSITE AND SIMPLE TERMS. WE ARE ASKING THE MERCED BOARD SUPERVISORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS BY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT ARPA FUNDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE PART OF THE DECIDING PROCESS IN PLANNING AND FINALIZING HOW TO USE OTHER SIGNS OF REMOTE SOMERSET COUNTY. THANK YOU. 
          BUT I MUST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE, NO RANCOR IS GONNA BE VERIFIED. 
          I LOOK AT THEM AND SAID, LET'S DO SOMETHING. 
          AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE MOST SEVERE PENALTY FOR A MAN TO STEP ASIDE, INCLUDING MURDER MONDAY. BUT I WILL SAY THIS THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS NOT A TALIBAN OFFICIAL CORONAVIRUS, SO PEOPLE CAN'T COMPARE. 
          I TOLD MYSELF THAT I PEDROZO. 
          MY FEELING WAS A GOOD THING, THEN THAT I CANNOT BE DONE. 
          AND THEN THEY REPLICATE THE SAME THING. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OTHER COUNTRIES ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE OF COMMITTING SUICIDE. 
          I THINK THAT BARACK OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM, THEY HAVE BEEN FACED WITH A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          THEY ARE COMPLETELY FOCUSED AROUND THE BATTLE WITH THE PERSONAL NIGELLA. 
          I CONDUCTED A MASSIVE GLACIER. 
          BIANCA PLANADA VILIFIES BLANCA LOZANO FROM DELRAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INFORM THE THE PEOPLE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE ARPA MONIES. 
          HOW CAN PEOPLE APPLY FOR COVID 19? HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? WHO QUALIFIES? WHAT GROUP HAS THE MONEY? VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES LET US KNOW ABOUT THE ARPA MONEY. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS DIFFERENT, 
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CHRISTINE LAGARDE ALSO ANNOUNCED SHE HAS EVER IN WITH COLLECTIVE POWER CALIFORNIA AND POWER CALIFORNIA ACTION. 
          I LIVE IN ATWATER DISTRICT. 
          WE BEGAN WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CALLING TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE CENTRAL VALLEY UNITED POWER COALITION AND MANY OTHER MERCED COUNTY ISD BOTH HAVE BEEN URGING YOU TO PRIORITIZE FEDERAL RELIEF INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES HARDEST HIT BY COVID 19. 
          YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN RURAL UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES. 
          THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR CENTRAL ISLAND COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADJUST RECOVERY AND DEBT FREE FUTURE. 
          IN JULY, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER NAMING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FOR THE USAGE OF FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS AND HAVE YET TO SEE DECISIVE AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP TO CHART A NEW PATH FORWARD FOR OUR PEOPLE. 
          INSTEAD, AS MS. MERCED COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS IGNORE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND CONTINUE TO DEFINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS IMMIGRANTS, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. 
          THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY INVESTING IN THE SERVICES THAT ACTUALLY KEEP US SAFE, HOUSING HEALTH CARE AND INVESTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AMONG OTHERS. 
          I WANT TO REITERATE THAT NO FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS SHOULD BE USED FOR PUNISHMENT IN ANY WAY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUVENILE FACILITIES, PROBATION OR JAIL. 
          SO IT'S VERY ALARMING TO SEE THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO USE UP FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT IN THIRTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 
          THIS IS NOT AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY PLAN. 
          WE NEED ATTORNEY BOARD TO HOST A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL TO GATHER AUTHENTIC AND MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 
          OUR COALITION CONTINUES TO URGE THE BOARD TO INVEST IN YOUTH. 
          WE ORGANIZE AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS YEAR ROUND. 
          OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES PRIORITIES REMAIN THE SAME. 
          INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE, SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING. 
          HEALTH CARE FOR ALL. 
          INCREASED PUBLIC SERVICES IN UNINCORPORATED AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. 
          PARKS AND RECREATION, INCLUDING COMMUNITY CENTERS IN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHAT IS CRUCIAL IS INVESTMENT. 
          I WANT TO AGAIN REMIND YOU THAT OUR 99 WEEKS ROUTINE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF 280 YOUTH CONCENTRATING ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND THREE. 
          SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THOUGHT SOLVING COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS THEIR TOP CONCERN. 95 PERCENT OF STUDENTS BELIEVED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD BE BUILT FOR FAMILIES. IN MERCED COUNTY, 67 PERCENT HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ALWAYS WORK THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE REAL ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
          FUNDING. THESE FINDINGS CONFIRM THE LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES TO CARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILIES AND FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE YOUTH SERVICES, YOUTH JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR THEM. 
          WE ASK TO ALLOCATE $3.5 BILLION TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ONE, TWO AND THREE. 
          WE ASK, WE ASK THAT FIVE MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROGRAM. 
          GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          MY NAME IS KITTY WONG AND I AM A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT THREE AND I AM ALSO THE REGIONAL MANAGER WITH UAW. 
          WE REPRESENT OVER 2500 HEALTH CARE AND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN MERCED COUNTY. 
          I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE BOARD HOLD AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND AARP FUNDS THAT WOULD BEST BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR MEMBERS HAVE FELT THE IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE ARE STILL FEELING THE IMPACTS, AS ALWAYS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
          WE HAVE HAD TO PUT OURSELVES AT RISK EVERY DAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS. 
          BUILDING A CLIENT TO COVID DIDN'T JUST MEAN LOSING A LOVED ONE, BUT ALSO THEIR LIVELIHOOD. ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU HEAR OUR STORIES AND OUR STRUGGLES BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THESE FUNDS. 
          THIS IS THE TIME TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          HOLD AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL FOR THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND THE FUNDS. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO, MY 
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NAME IS. I'M CALLING TO REQUEST THAT THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISOR HOST A TOWN HALL TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO SPEND OUR FUNDS. 
          A PUBLIC HEARING DOES NOT ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          I'M SURPRISED COUNTY STAFF PROPOSED A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WHEN TO ASK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOWN HALL. 
          IT'S MS. BOARD SO UNWILLING TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH ITS COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS VITAL THAT THIS BOARD ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THE RESIDENTS OF MERCED COUNTY HAVE A VOICE IN HOW THIS FUND CAN BE USED TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. 
          LAST MEETING THIS, BOARD STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE TIME FUNDING FOR ONE TIME THING. 
          PROPER FUNDING CAN BE SPENT TO DECEMBER 2024. 
          THAT IS, FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS. 
          WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR ARE ONE TIME THINGS, A TWO YEAR YOUTH PROGRAM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          RETROACTIVE AND PROACTIVE PREMIUM PREMIUM HAZARD PAY, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW WAGE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, ALL THESE THINGS SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN AND STILL IS IMPACTED BY COVID 19. 
          THIS BOARD IS MORE INVESTED AND RETURNING TO THE STATUS QUO THAN HELPING BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF INVESTING THE FUNDS TO HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION IMPACTED BY COVID 19. 
          THIS BOARD IGNORES THEIR NEEDS AND HAS THE MENTALITY OF BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. 
          THIS DOES NOT PROMOTE EQUITY. 
          THE STATUS QUO DOES NOT HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE MUST DO BETTER THAN THE STATUS QUO. 
          WE CAN DO BETTER THAN BEFORE COVID, BUT ONLY IF THIS BOARD SUPERVISOR ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN MAKING MERCED COUNTY BETTER. 
          WE ASKED THIS BOARD TO HOST A TOWN HALL, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, AND TO PRIORITIZE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. 
          THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS BLANCA OJEDA, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MARCI. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN COMMUNITY PROVIDING INPUT FOR THE AARP FUNDS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL WHERE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE THEY'LL ALSO ANSWER COMMUNITIES QUESTIONS AND RESPOND TO THEIR COMMENTS. WE NEED TO HAVE A TOWN HALL WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS HOW THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2021 RECOVERY PLAN APPROPRIATES THESE FUNDS. 
          THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW MUCH OF THE 54 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HOW MUCH FUNDS REMAIN. 
          THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ALSO NEED TO LISTEN AGAIN. 
          THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW WE PRIORITIZE THESE FUNDS. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE SPANISH HMONG AND PUNJABI TRANSLATORS. 
          I'M CALLING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE WE REQUEST THE TOWN HALL AND WE HOPE TO BE HEARD AND WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. KIND OF BRUTAL AND HONEST, I'M A RESIDENT OF MERCED COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MR., AND I AM REQUESTING AND WANT TO COMMENT ON THE RPA FUND, HOW TO SPEND IT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT ITEM NUMBER IT IS, BUT SO I WORK. 
          I AM REQUESTING AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE THE GOING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY FOR INPUT ON HOW TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FUNDING. AND IF WE NEED, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW TO SPEND IT. 
          BUT IF YOU ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY, WE WANT A TOWN HALL. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IN ORDER TO SAY OUR DEMANDS AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO THIS TOWN HALL SHOULD PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RPA FUNDS AND WHAT IT CAN BE SPENT ON. 
          BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING RPA FUND WAS UNTIL I LIKE ASKED QUESTIONS AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO IT BY MY JOB, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO IF YOU REALLY LOVE THE COMMUNITY, FEEL PART OF IT. 
          WE NEED A TOWN HALL IN AN LIKE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT IT ALSO. 
          SO I WANT THIS TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS HOW MUCH, SAID COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2021 
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RECOVERY PLAN APPROPRIATES FUNDS THREE. 
          EXPLAINING HOW MUCH OF THE $54 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HOW MUCH REMAINS. NEXT, I WANT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO LISTEN TO THIS COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW THE FUNDS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          ALSO, THE TOWN HALL SHOULD HAVE SPANISH HMONG AND PUNJABI TRANSLATORS, AND IT SHOULD BE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HOPE YOU LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR JOB AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY GET DECENT. 
          BECAUSE GIVEN WHAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH SHADY STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN GOVERNMENT AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR CITY AND WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          AND OUR COMMUNITY IS IN DESPERATE, DESPERATE NEED BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT IS STILL GOING ON. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          MY NAME IS GOING HONOR AND I RESPECT AND. 
          THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OK, THANK YOU. 
          I DO WANT TO REPORT OUT WE DID HAVE CLOSED SESSION TODAY AND STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT. 
          I SKIPPED THAT ON THE LAST ITEM. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON FORWARD TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
NEXT IS APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. 
          OK, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, SECONDED BY A SUPERVISOR, PAREIRA, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DAIS? SEEING NONE. LET'S GO IT. 
          GO AHEAD AND VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS BOARD ACTION PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12. 
          [BOARD ACTION]
PLEASE NOTE, ITEM 12 REQUIRES A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE. 
          OK, THANK YOU. 
          THERE'S A FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS. 
          SEEING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SECONDED BY A SUPERVISOR, PEDROZO. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS HEALTH ITEM 13. 
          ITEM NUMBER 13, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS. 
          SEEING NONE, I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          SEEING NO REQUEST IN THE QUEUE. 
          WE'LL, GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ITEMS 14 THROUGH 16. 
          THANK YOU, 14 THROUGH 16, ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE, BUT I DO SEE. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. YVONNE BROWN, THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN, MCDANIEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU WITH JASON FROM THE VETERANS OFFICE, WHO WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU OUR PREPARATION FOR THE VETERANS PARADE. 
          I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HIS THUNDER, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE GREAT WORK THE TEAM HAS DONE TO ENSURE, EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING CREATIVE AND MAKE SURE WE HONOR OUR VETERANS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JASON TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE ACTIVITIES. 
          FANTASTIC. AND JASON, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. SO I'M JASON YOUNG, MERCED COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE. 
          THIS YEAR, THE PARADE IS GOING TO BE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PARADE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE PAST FROM THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO A STAGNANT STATIONARY PARADE WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PARADE BEING THE FLOATS, THE VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE POSTED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET BETWEEN AM AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ATTENDEES THE PUBLIC THAT COMES TO VIEW THE PARADE WILL DRIVE ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET FROM THE DIRECTION OF M STREET TOWARDS MARTIN LUTHER 
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KING. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN STAY SAFE INSIDE THEIR VEHICLES WHILE STILL VIEWING AND ENJOYING THE PARADE. BOB HART SQUARE WILL STILL BE THE LOCATION OF OUR MC, MR. LAMAR HENDERSON, AS WELL AS OUR VIPS AND THE ACTUAL CEREMONIES ITSELF. 
          WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SO WE'VE ENSURED THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE LOCAL AND STATE GUIDANCES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OURSELVES IN THE PUBLIC SAFE DURING THIS EVENT. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE MERCED COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, SOME OF THE HSA'S AND OUR PARTNERING UNITED WAY, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PARADE THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. 
          EVERYTHING IS WELL PUT TOGETHER AND I FEEL THAT IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL FIRST PARADE SINCE AFTER HAVING A VIRTUAL ONE LAST YEAR. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JASON. 
          IT IS VERY EXCITING. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I THINK WE'VE ALL DONE OUR VIDEOS FOR IT OR SUPER. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA WILL BE DOING HIS TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          OH, I DON'T HAVE TO GO. 
          I JUST GO AHEAD. YEAH. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF MERCED DID ONE OF THESE FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS PARADE, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FUN JUST TO SEE PEOPLE COME THROUGH JUST TO GET OUT AND BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT AND THEN TO DO THIS, TO HONOR THE VETERANS. 
          I THINK IS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT IT, SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY COOL. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE OUTSIDE THE BOX KIND OF EVENT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I WOULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT AT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT THE CITY DID LAST YEAR, TRAFFIC ON M STREET AND THEN FURTHER WEST GOT TO BE A MESS. 
          SO MAYBE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRY TO SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STAGE TRAFFIC WOULD BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY, AND THE PLAN THAT WE WORKED OUT HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH THEM TAKING SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED, BUT BASED ON JUST THE LOGISTICS AND THE CHALLENGES THERE. 
          WE MAY STILL HAVE A LITTLE HICCUPS, BUT BUT WE DID HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH COORDINATING THE PARADE ROUTE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. 
          VERY GOOD. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. 
          SO, JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WE'RE WAITING. THERE WE GO. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEM 17 THROUGH 19. 
          OK ITEM 17 THROUGH 19, LOOKING FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS. 
          SEEING NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          I HAVE A CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. 
          NO I WAS TRYING TO FIX MY [INAUDIBLE] I PUSHED IT INADVERTENTLY. 
          OK, WELL, MY QUESTION WAS TO COUNTY COUNCIL, IF I HAD ABSTAINED, ANYTHING REGARDING THE THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK SO. 
          IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO MINE. 
          SO I DO HAVE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON ONE OF MY PROPERTIES, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO CLAIM OR ANYTHING REGARDING THIS PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL. 
          OK. 
          NO, NO, I INADVERTENTLY PUSHED IT. 
          I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY REVOTE. 
          OK, I'LL GO. 
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OK, LET'S TALLY THE VOTES. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS COUNTY COUNCIL ITEM 20. 
          OK, ITEM 20, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE, I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES ITEM TWENTY ONE. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. 
          IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE A SUPERHERO. 
          YEAH, OK, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE THE CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE TO SEPARATE TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY THREE TO TWO SEPARATE VOTES SINCE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEM TWENTY THREE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE 22. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION OR OBJECTION FROM ANYBODY HERE AT THE DAIS? WE NEED TO PUT LINKS BACK. 
          FRONT ROW. NEXT IS FIRE ITEM TWENTY TWO. 
          THANK YOU. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. 
          I THINK I SAID SCOOPER VISOR SO SCOOBY DOO, ROW, ROW, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF FALLING INTO INTO PLACE HERE. 
          WE'LL, GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          SO NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWENTY THREE AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA HAS BROUGHT THIS UP A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE DAIS AS WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS AND CONVERSATIONS. SO LET'S KIND OF GO OVER THE FIREWORKS UPDATE AND MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AND SEE HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD ON THIS BUT APPRECIATE BOTH FIRE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON I KNOW YOUR HANDS ARE FULL ON THIS AND A LOT OF TIMES MOST OF THESE ACTIONS ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITIES, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER UNLESS THE SHERIFF DECIDES TO TAKE THE [INAUDIBLE] AND GO FIND THEM. 
          THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. WELL, GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU BOARD, CEO BROWN, CHAIR. 
          TODAY, MY NAME IS MARK PIMENTEL. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR MERCED COUNTY FIRE. 
          I WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION REGARDING FIREWORKS AND HOW IT PORTRAYS AND HOW IT WORKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE DO TO KIND OF MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IF WE'RE ABLE TO. 
          JUST GOING THROUGH AND THROUGH MY SLIDES, IF IT WORKS. 
          THERE WE GO, EACH YEAR, FOURTH OF JULY, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, OFTEN CHILDREN, TEENAGERS THAT ARE INJURED BY USING CONSUMER FIREWORKS DESPITE THE DANGERS OF THE FIREWORKS, FEW PEOPLES UNDERSTAND THE ASSOCIATED RISKS, SUCH AS BURNS, OTHER INJURIES, FIRES AND EVEN DEATH. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME FACTS. 
          NATIONAL INJURY FACTS, 2017 TWELVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHT. 
          2018, NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED. 
          2019, TEN THOUSAND AND 2020, WE HAD FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THAT WERE INJURED, MOSTLY THAT YOU SEE IN THE HANDS AND THE FEET, OBVIOUSLY WITH INDIVIDUALS USING THE FIREWORKS AND NOT BEING VERY EXPERIENCED AND GETTING THEMSELVES INJURED THAT WAY. 
          THIS IS A NATIONAL FACT. 
          INJURY FACTS COMING BACK INTO MERCED COUNTY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, OUR MAIN INTEREST IS GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY. 
          SO LOOKING AT WILDLAND FIRES WITHIN MERCED COUNTY. 
          THESE ARE THE ACTUAL FIRES THAT WERE REPORTED WITH THE HEAT SOURCE OF IGNITION OF A FIREWORK. EVEN THOUGH OUR NUMBERS DON'T SEEM VERY LARGE, THESE ARE THE FIRES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO AS AN INVESTIGATION AND COME OUT WITH THE CAUSE OF FIREWORKS. 
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MAJORITY OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE DONE BY ILLEGAL FIREWORKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLARIFIED. LOOKING AT 2017 AT 12, WE HAD ABOUT 13 ACRES. 
          2018, ELEVEN, ABOUT 19 ACRES. 
          2019 WE HAD 10, ABOUT TWENTY THREE ACRES AND THEN 2020 TWO THIRTY NINE WITH EIGHTY ACRES. 
          SOME OF US TEND TO BELIEVE THAT MORE PEOPLE WERE HOME THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ACTUALLY USING THESE FIREWORKS MORE OFTEN AND OR AT LEAST BEING AT HOME AND NOT ABLE TO GO TO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESIDENCE. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, WE OPENED UP AGAIN AND IN 2021 ONE WE HAD 17. 
          SO THE NUMBER OBVIOUSLY DROPPED DOWN WITH SEVEN ACRES THAT WERE BURNT. 
          CHIEF, IF YOU COULD, YOU REFERENCED ILLEGAL? WHAT'S A SIMPLE EQUATION FOR AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK. 
          AN AERIAL DEVICE. 
          ANYTHING THAT GOES IN THE AIR. 
          WHICH COMES ON LATER IN MY PRESENTATION. 
          BUT YEAH, ANY AERIAL DEVICE OR EVEN ANYONE WITH ABOUT 15 MILLIGRAMS OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL . THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO STRUCTURE FIRES AGAIN, THESE ARE THE FIRES THAT WERE CAUSED BY SOURCES OF IGNITION WITH A FIREWORK CONSISTENTLY. 
          THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD ONE STRUCTURE FIRE THAT WAS STARTED BY A FIREWORK. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE AERIAL FIREWORKS. 
          WE DO HAVE OTHER CAUSES THAT WE'VE SEEN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DISPOSED FIREWORKS INAPPROPRIATELY, SUCH AS NOT PUTTING THEM COMPLETELY OUT AND PUTTING THEM INTO THEIR TRASH CAN AND MAKING SURE THOSE FIRES ARE COMPLETELY OUT, HAVING THEIR TRASH CANS NEAR THE HOUSE, CAUSING THOSE FIRES. 
          IN 2018, WE ACTUALLY HAD NO REPORTS OF ANY STRUCTURE FIRES CAUSED BY FIREWORKS. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE REFERENCE AND WHAT OUR MAJOR CONCERNS ARE WITHIN THE COUNTY, IT'S MORE IT'S MORE OF THE VEGETATION FIRES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH YEAR TO YEAR. 
          NOT SO MUCH AS STRUCTURE FIRES, BUT OBVIOUSLY I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON OF THE TWO. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLASSIFICATION OF FIREWORKS. 
          TALK ABOUT THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS THAT ARE THEY DO NOT FLY OR EXPLODE, THE NOVELTY FIREWORKS THAT DO NOT TRAVEL ARE USUALLY CONSIDERED SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS. 
          THE LAW DEFINES SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS AS THAT DO NOT COME IN DEFINITIONS OF THE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS. 
          CALIFORNIA DOES PERMIT THE SALES AND USE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS. 
          NOW OUR DANGEROUS FIREWORKS, THESE WHO ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY, PHYSICAL INJURY, WHICH ARE AS FIRECRACKERS CONTAINING AT LEAST 50 MILLIGRAMS OF ANY EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE, INCLUDING ALL DEVICES WHICH DEPLOY ANY COMBUSTIBLE AND EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE AND WHICH RISE INTO THE AIR DURING DISCHARGE. 
          SO WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN THE COUNTY BACK INTO, EXCUSE ME. 
          BACK IN MAY OF 2014, THE COUNTY, THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED AND ADDED A NEW CHAPTER NINE POINT TO SIX TITLE REGULATIONS, SALES AND USE OF FIREWORKS TO THE COUNTY CODE. 
          THE ORDINANCE THIS ALLOWS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS NONPROFITS, TO OBTAIN SAFE AND SANE SALES PERMITS, ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CURRENT CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND REGULATIONS, PROHIBITS THE SALES OR USES OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND PROVIDES DIRECTION TO THE PUBLIC. AND ALLOWS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, EXCUSE ME, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY, FOCUS MORE ON DIRECT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AS WE GO IN THROUGH THIS AND I WAS LOOKING I THOUGHT MAYBE A PROS AND CONS KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE AS A DEPARTMENT. THE PROS WOULD BE SOME OF THE HELP OF NONPROFITS TO RAISE NEEDED FUNDS FOR REVENUE FOR THEIR CAUSE. 
          THE PUBLIC TENDS TO STAY HOME. 
          GOING BACK TO THE PANDEMIC, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING HOME A LOT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT. 
          YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY, MY MY KIDS TEND TO SIT AROUND AND WATCH THEIR IPADS A LOT. 
          SO IF I CAN GET THEM UP OFF THEIR OFF THEIR IPADS AND OUTSIDE DOING SOMETHING ACTIVITY, IT'S ACTUALLY AN ENJOYMENT. 
          ENFORCEMENT ALSO GETS A FOCUS STRICTLY ON, AGAIN, THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, THOSE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND THEN REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHED DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATES AND ALLOWS FOR US TO GET THOSE SOLD IN APPROPRIATE WAYS THAT ABIDE BY THE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 
          CONS DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC, IF NOT USED APPROPRIATELY DISTRIBUTE DISTURBANCE TO PETS AND LIVESTOCK AND THEN CAUSES TRAFFIC ISSUES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
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OBVIOUSLY, IF ANYBODY'S BEEN DRIVING AROUND DURING THOSE FOURTH OF JULY, PEOPLE ARE ALL OUT IN THE STREETS AND DOING THE THINGS. 
          SO DEFINITELY THOSE ARE SOMETIMES A HINDRANCE AND CAUSES SOME ISSUES. 
          TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE REPORTING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS DURING THESE HOLIDAYS, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT HIGH CALLS OF VOLUMES AND 9-1-1 CENTERS. 
          EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE CALLS DAY IN AND DAY OUT THROUGHOUT THE THOSE MONTHS IN AND AROUND THAT FOURTH OF JULY, ESPECIALLY THE RESULTS. 
          RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT FIREWORKS RELATED CALLS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE LOOKING AT INJURIES, OBVIOUSLY CALL 911, FIRES, 911 AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE, WE GO TO A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT NOISE COMPLAINTS UNLESS YOU CAN PROVIDE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE FIREWORKS BEING SET OFF. 
          I THINK THAT'S KEY. 
          THAT IS VERY KEY AT ALL AS WE DEAL WITH IT AND WE SEE FIREWORKS AND EVERYBODY SEES THEM AND HEARS THEM AND THEN WE GET OUT THERE. 
          THERE'S THERE'S A TIME DELAY ONCE WE GET TO THAT AREA AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ANYMORE, AND THEN WE CHASE ONE OVER HERE AND THEN WE'RE CHASING ONE OVER HERE, BUT WE NEVER ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THAT. 
          YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS SETTING OFF THOSE FIREWORKS, OR AT LEAST HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN KEEP A FOCUSED EYE ON. 
          AS A AS A SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH UNDERSHERIFF GIBSON AND MYSELF EVEN PRIOR TO ME. 
          WE'VE DONE SEVERAL OPS IN THE COUNTY TO TRY TO HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN THE COUNTY. 
          THEY ALSO DO ROAD PATROLS, PREVENTATIVE ROAD PATROLS BASED ON THE DAILY CALLS ACTIVITIES. 
          THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER YEARLY TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS SELLING AND DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. 
          CIVIL WARRANTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED OR PRODUCTIVE IN GETTING THE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS OFF THE STREETS PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY. 
          WE STRONGLY WILL WORK ALONG MYSELF AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO RESPOND TO THESE CALLS AS THEY RELATE TO FIREWORKS. 
          THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE TAKEN TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE OFF THE STREET AND CONTINUE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO BE PROGRESSIVE. 
          POSSIBLE BOARD DIRECTION TODAY, AND I KNOW THIS IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT THERE'S IDEAS THAT YOU CAN INCREASE SOME OF THE ILLEGAL, INCREASE THE FINES RELATED TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. 
          WE CAN RESTRUCTURE THE CURRENT COUNTY ORDINANCE AND THEN ALSO DO SOME MORE RESEARCHING ON NOTIFICATION DEVICES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ASSIST IN OUR ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I KNOW THIS IS CONFUSING. 
          YOU HAVE EVERYBODY HERE AT THE DAIS WHO ARE DEALING WITH IT ON A REGULAR BASE FIRST TIME. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR CHIEF ON THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU REPORTED ON THE STRUCTURE FIRES, VEGETATION FIRES. THOSE ARE ONLY IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, CORRECT? YES SIR. SO THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY OF THOSE SAME TYPE OF CALLS THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS IS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THIS, BUT A QUESTION THAT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW THE ANSWER IS I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE NONPROFITS THAT SELL THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, THIS IS THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA COUNTYWIDE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OR AND I GET IT, THAT THE CITIES HAVE THEIR THEIR OWN KIND OF RULES THAT THEY WOULD REGULATE? DO THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY THAT GENERATES TO LOCAL NONPROFITS EVERY YEAR? MY GUESS IS IT WOULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          I KNOW JUST IN THE CITY OF LOS BANOS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR ONE GROUP TO RAISE 30 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY THEIR ORDINANCES BASED UPON POPULATION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR X AMOUNT OF BOOZE PER TEN THOUSAND RESIDENTS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE AS THERE IS AN ISSUE AND THEN AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I'LL ASK YOU IS WHAT CHANGED IS WHAT CHANGED AT A STATE LEVEL WHERE THERE'S SO MANY MORE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS COMING IN. 
          IT DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK 10 YEARS, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE. 
          BUT JUST IN THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE PROBLEM HAS JUST GOTTEN EXPONENTIALLY WORSE. 
          I MEAN, THIS YEAR I WAS OVER AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND WE HAD THE LITTLE SAFE AND SANE ONES GOING OFF THERE IN THE YARD AND THE KIDS ARE ALL ENJOYING IT. 
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BUT IT WAS LIKE A WAR ZONE. 
          I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A WAR ZONE, BUT THAT IS WHAT I COULD IMAGINE, ONE BEING LIKE. 
          AND THESE THINGS ARE JUST THEY WERE BIG. 
          THEY WERE LOUD. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S ALARMS GOING OFF. 
          IT JUST YOU CAN FEEL THE CONCUSSION FROM THEM. 
          AND AND I WAS IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN LOS BANOS AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHICH DIRECTION YOU LOOKED IN. YOU COULD JUST SEE IT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS IS WHEN THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR FIREWORKS SHOW GOING OFF JUST FROM WHERE I WAS SITTING TO THE RIGHT OF THEM. 
          I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS A FIREWORKS SHOW GOING OFF THAT WAS RIVALING THE CITY'S FIREWORKS SHOW. 
          SO THERE'S DEFINITELY THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE OUT THERE FOR ME. 
          I DON'T THINK THE ANSWER IS NECESSARILY TO DO AWAY WITH THE SAFE AND SANE ONES, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK LIKE ONE OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TRY TO FINE PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ABOUT BUT IN ORDER TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO KIND OF CHANGE THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR IS IF THE FINDS ARE ARE NOT PUNITIVE TO THE POINT THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR, THEN WE'RE KIND OF REALLY WASTING OUR TIME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT ON THERE AS THE STATE SIDE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DOWN AT THE BORDERS FROM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND THE STATE DOES DO REALLY PROGRESSIVE ACTIVITIES TRYING TO ACQUIRE THOSE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THAT COMING INTO CALIFORNIA, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF FIREWORKS IS SEIZED AND TAKEN FROM THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE THE SITUATION THAT YOU WITNESS DAILY. 
          SO WITH THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GO GET ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND MAYBE EVEN CAUSE AN UPTICK IN THOSE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS USAGE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH, I THINK IT'S COMING FROM PAHRUMP. 
          THOSE TRUCKLOADS THAT TALKING WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STORE OWNERS THERE IN PAHRUMP. 
          THEY LOAD UP SEMIS, SO I THINK IT'D BE ANYWAY, WE WON'T GET INTO THAT ONE. 
          [INAUDIBLE] SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA ALLUDED TO THE FACT THIS IS UNINCORPORATED STATISTICS. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I BELIEVE THERE WAS TWO STRUCTURE FIRES IN ONE HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY BURNT OR, YOU KNOW, A TOTAL HERE IN THE CITY OF MERCED THAT HOUSE IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S 300000 400000 HOMES. 
          SO THE COST, I MEAN, YOUR YOUR SLIDE KIND OF MADE IT LOOK LIKE THE COST TO THE COMMUNITY WASN'T THAT GREAT, BUT COUNTY WIDE. 
          IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT ANYWAYS. 
          AND THEN I GUESS WE GOT THE SHERIFF IN THE HOUSE. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO KIND OF SHARE WHAT WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF CALLS AND THEN I TALKED WITH YOU AND THE ENFORCEMENT IS FAR GREATER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM. 
          I THINK IT'S THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THE THOUSAND FINES. 
          USUALLY THAT KIND OF SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE, NO PUN INTENDED. 
          WILDFIRE YEAH, ENFORCING THIS IS LIKE THE CHIEF WAS SAYING, UNLESS YOU SEE THESE GUYS LIGHT, WHATEVER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, IT'S REAL TOUGH FOR US AND AGAIN, THE PEOPLE CALLING IT IN. I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WINTON. 
          AND THE MONTH BEFORE THE 4TH, I MEAN, IT WAS NIGHTLY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT, THE EXTREME AND AGAIN AND ON THE FOURTH. 
          WE EVEN HAVE ADMINISTRATORS OUT WORKING BECAUSE THE ENFORCEMENT FACTORS ARE IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. IT IS TOUGH. 
          I THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO GO AFTER THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND DO WHAT THE ABSOLUTE MOST WE CAN DO LEGALLY TO MAKE A PUNITIVE. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO HEAD. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN THEY CAN GO RIGHT STRAIGHT INTO NEVADA OR TO WYOMING. 
          AND THESE GUYS GOT BUSINESSES THAT ARE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR SELLING THESE THINGS AND THEY'RE COMING BACK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FAMILIAR WITH GOING ACROSS THE BORDER, YOU KNOW YOU COMING BACK INTO CALIFORNIA, YOU GOT CALIFORNIA PLATES, THEY JUST WAVE AT YOU. YOU KNOW, I JUST WENT TO OREGON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I COME BACK IN. 
          I MEAN, THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME HAD OUT-OF-STATE PLATES. 
          THEY STOPPED AND TALKED TO HIM. THEY LOOKED AT ME AND THEY JUST WAVED. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE BORDERS AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES GOING ON, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TALK TO OUR FEDERAL BRETHREN AND SEE IF THEY CAN START CURTAILING SOME OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN A LOT OF THE CRIMES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, AND IT'S HORRIBLE. 
          I'M ALSO THE HEAD DOGCATCHER AND WE GET A LOT OF DOGS THAT GO MISSING DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED TO DEATH, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON, THIS BIG ONE START GOING OFF. 
          HE'S HE'S HUDDLED DOWN UNTIL HE REALIZES HE'S SAFE. 
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IT'S BUT UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF IT, WE CAN DO IT AS WE DO IT. BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE ALSO HANDLING OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN BETWEEN THE AGENCIES. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT SOME GUNSLINGERS WORKING FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETHING COMING UP. 
          BUT IT'S TOUGH. 
          IT'S LIKE PUSHING A ROPE. 
          YEAH, I THINK PART OF THE CONS TO A BULLET POINT, MAYBE WE MISSED ARE VETERANS DEALING WITH PTSD. 
          IT'S A VERY TRYING TIME FOR THEM AS WELL. 
          AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG DEPUTY WORKING HILMAR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN THE SAFE AND SAYING, WELL, UP UNTIL 2014 WERE ILLEGAL, A YOUNG DEPUTY I WAS NOT DOING IN HILMAR GOING INTO A CUL DE SAC. 
          THEY HAD A WHOLE CUL DE SAC BLOCKED OFF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT I WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A NUN PARTY. 
          I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST IT WAS HORRIBLE AND THEY WERE USING SAFE AND SAYING THAT THEY COULD GO INTO TURLOCK AND BUY. 
          BUT YET, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT, I AGREE. 
          LET'S GO AFTER THE ILLEGAL ONES, BECAUSE IF YOU GO AFTER THE SAFE AND SANE, THE ILLEGAL ONES ARE GOING TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, COMING AFTER, IF WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY ONE PERSON TO MAKE A GOOD EXAMPLE OUT OF, DO IT ABSOLUTE THE MOST WE CAN DO LEGALLY. 
          AND IF I HAVE ROOM AND BED AND BREAKFAST AT MY PLACE AND WE'LL KEEP THEM THERE TOO. 
          IT'S JUST WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT BECAUSE LITERALLY FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FOURTH, IT WAS GOING OFF EVERY NIGHT AND LLOYD YOU AND I TALKED. 
          IT'S IT'S BAD. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THE NEW POTHOLE, THE FIREWORKS IN THE NEW POTHOLE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN STAFFING WISE, AND WE'VE GOT SPECIALIZED UNITS THAT WE CAN REDIRECT THEIR RESOURCES ON THE NIGHT OF. 
          IT'S TOUGH. YOU HAD NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION DEVICES ON THERE IS THAT LIKE SHOT SELECTOR OR THERE IS A COUPLE OF COUNTIES THAT USE DEVICES. 
          I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR PAREIRA ALLUDED TO THE CIVIL MOBILE, I THINK IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY. CIVIC MOBILE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH INTO THAT AND SEE HOW THAT COULD BE PROVIDED. BUT IF WE DO HAVE THAT IN THE COUNTY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, THAT WOULD BE JUST AN INFORMATIONAL PIECE THAT WE CAN GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WOULD SHOT SELECTOR DETECT SOME OF THAT BURDEN. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A HUNTER. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU USE YEAR ROUND AS WELL? WELL, WE COULD USE THAT ALL THE TIME WE WIN. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE. WE DO HAVE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE SHOTS, THE SHOT DETECTOR HAS THE SAME DYNAMICS AS FAR AS THE NOISES, BECAUSE THOSE BOOMS THAT YOU'RE HEARING AND FEELING, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE SHOT DETECTORS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SPECS ARE AS FAR AS WHAT THEY THEIR RANGE OF HEARING IS, IS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO IS THEY'VE GOT TO SELECT THAT CAR BACKFIRING. 
          IS THAT GOING TO COME UP WITH A SHOT DETECTOR THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING NEW TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD IT, YOU KNOW, THE CARS RUNNING UP THERE AND THEY'LL THEY'LL BE GUN THEM AND THEY LET OFF, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A MACHINE GUN GOING OFF. 
          SO IT'S SORRY I STEPPED ON MY COLLEAGUE'S TOES DURING THIS TIME. 
          WELL, NO. SO GETTING BACK TO THE IF WE DON'T SEE HIM LIGHTING IT, IT'S TOUGH TO DO ANYTHING. SO THEN CAN WE FOCUS ON THE DISTRIBUTION? I MEAN, IF IF SOMEBODY'S GOT X NUMBER OF EXPLOSIVES, RIGHT? IF IT'S OVER, WELL, WHAT IS 50 MG? DO YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT YOUR 200 MG TYLENOL? OH, OK, SO A BLACK CAT WOULD BE HAVE 50 50 MILLIGRAMS IS NOTHING. 
          NOTHING. OK. OK. 
          BUT ANYWAYS, THEY ARE. THE DISTRIBUTION IS THERE. 
          GO AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION. 
          WE CAN TASK FOLKS TO LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS BEING SOLD AS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE COULD DEDICATE FOLKS INTO DOING THAT AND TO FIND THEM AND CREATE THE CRIMES. 
          THE OTHER CAVEAT THAT WE ALL NEED TO FACE HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS GOING TO WANT TO PROSECUTE. 
          THERE'S AN ISSUE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SO THESE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT WE'RE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES TAKING CARE OF THIS. 
          BUT WHEN IT GETS BACK INTO THAT PART OF IT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT LEVEL? SO BUT THE GOING AFTER THE DISTRIBUTORS, YOU KNOW, OK IS HOW DO WE SET IT UP AT THE STATE LINES? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN NEVADA AND WYOMING. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE OVER THERE AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HEAR THIS BURN. YEAH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SO BUT THEY'RE DOING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IT GOES BACK ALMOST UNDETECTABLE, BUT DON'T BRING A BUCKET, A BUCKET OF FRUIT ACROSS THAT BORDER, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW THE PRIORITIES. 
          SO THERE'S THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          LIKE I SAY, THE CHIEF AND UNDERSHERIFF HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY BECAUSE THIS IS A THORN IN OUR SIDE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF IT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AHEAD OF US. 
          BUT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND AS OF THIS PAST WEEK, I'VE HEARD IT IN MY AREA, MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I MEAN, THE EXPLOSIONS ARE STILL GOING OFF, SO IT'S JUST TOUGH. 
          SO MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A REPORTING PARTY, 
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IF IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE TIP LINE, IF YOUR TIP PRODUCES SOMETHING, REWARD THEM WITH. 
          I DON'T KNOW. YOU'VE GOT TO BE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORS OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I GOT NEIGHBORS CALL ME ALL THE TIME, SO THEY'RE WILLING TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          I JUST THINK WE JUST MADE IT MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE APPEALING. 
          ANY RECOMMENDATION THEN ON ON THE FINE PART, RIGHT? IF I MEAN THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE, RIGHT? SO IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THIS IS WHERE COUNTY COUNCIL IS GOING TO COME IN. 
          I'D GO THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM LEGAL AMOUNT THAT WE COULD FIND SOMEBODY FOR THAT VIOLATION, THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, THIS THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          OK, WELL, THIS GUY SELLING STUFF, HE'S MAKING ONE HUNDRED GRAND, SO A THOUSAND DOLLARS ISN'T GOING TO HURT HIM MUCH. 
          BUT IF WE GO UP UPWARDS OF AND OR IF WE FIND OUT, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL PART ON IT. 
          THAT'S COUNTY COUNCIL AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME THROUGH THEM AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT. AND AGAIN, THEN WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          SO BUT I THINK MAKE IT ABSOLUTE, MAKE IT HURT, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          THANK YOU. A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ASKED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. AND THEN IF YOU DO SHOW UP BEING UNDERSTAFFED AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING. 
          AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. MAYBE YOU GOT WAVED ACROSS THE BORDER BECAUSE OF YOUR INTIMIDATING PERSONALITY OR SOMETHING. 
          SO BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO TO INCREASE THE FINES. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN YOU PROHIBIT PROHIBITION NEVER WORKS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU PROHIBIT SAFE AND SANE, THEN LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO INCREASE THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND MORE AND MORE OF THAT STUFF IS GOING TO COME IN. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT WORKS. 
          BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF GOING AFTER THE DISTRIBUTORS MORE. 
          AND THEN REALLY, WHAT IS MAXIMUM? WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FINE FINDING THAT INFORMATION OUT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST, LIKE YOU SAID, A THOUSAND BUCKS ISN'T MUCH FOR THESE GUYS THAT ARE MAKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO YOU AND ME, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, BUT TO THEM, IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO REALLY, REALLY DO THAT. 
          I JUST THINK THAT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, THE POSSIBLE NOTIFICATION DEVICES. 
          SO THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. 
          BUT ARE YOU LOOKING AT DIFFERENT? SO I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED. 
          I KNOW IN THE CITY THEY HAVE DURING LIKE THAT WEEK OR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY 4TH OF JULY. 
          THEY HAVE AN APP THAT YOU CAN CALL IN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FIREWORKS AND REPORT THAT TYPE OF STUFF. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR OK? THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. 
          SAME APP THAT PAREIRA WAS TALKING ABOUT IS POSSIBLY CAN'T DO THE SAME THING THAT THE CITY IS USING THEIR APP AS SO. 
          OK. WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THOSE. 
          AND IF THOSE ARE A POSSIBILITY AGAIN, IT WOULD JUST BE AN EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC AND HOW THEY WOULD INFORM US OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT FROM THAT POINT ON. 
          AND I ALSO AGREE THAT I THINK THAT THE MORE EDUCATION THAT WE PUT OUT THERE BEFOREHAND, I THINK THE BETTER AND JUST REALLY LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THIS BECAUSE LIKE DARON SAID, THAT I THINK THAT GOES UNNOTICED A LOT OF TIMES IS THE VETERANS DEALING WITH PTSD. 
          THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE WHEN THEY'RE SITTING THERE. 
          I MEAN, EVEN BY MY HOUSE, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR A WEEK. 
          BOMBS WERE GOING OFF. 
          AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BAN THE SAFE AND SANE OR ANYTHING. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE THE FINES SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          BUT LIKE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE NONPROFITS, THEY THIS IS THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST THINK IT WAS GETTING OUT OF HAND. 
          EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIVINGSTON, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN LIVINGSTON, BUT EVERYBODY I KNOW THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S ALL AROUND THE COUNTY. 
          EVERYBODY COMPLAINS EVERY DAY MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THEIR KIDS NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP YOUNG. YOU KNOW, BRAND NEW KIDS HAVE BEEN BORN OR PETS, AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN. AND IT'S NOT JUST CLOSE TO FOURTH OF JULY, IT'S ALL YEAR ROUND EVERY COMMUNITY. AND MERCED COUNTY IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE SAME. 
          AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WORK OUT OF STATE AND COME BACK, BRING THEM BACK. 
          AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SAID, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE IN TRYING TO GET WHO'S EVER 
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DISTRIBUTING AND SELLING BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE ANOTHER DRUG. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY BEING MADE ON THAT. 
          SO I JUST LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS FOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CITIES HAVE FIREWORKS ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK LEWISTON DID THE LAST ANY LAST YEAR, BUT I KNOW MOST PEOPLE GO INTO BIGGER CITIES. AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW, MERCED OR LOS BANOS, THEY GO THERE. BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST IN IN SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE WINTON OR DELHI, THEY'RE BEING SOLD, BUT I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY THINK IT'S A LOT EASIER TO BRING THEM IN AND SELL THEM OFF OF WINTON IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY. 
          SO. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M FOR BANNING IT, BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO BECAUSE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE NONPROFITS. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS SUPPORTED NONPROFITS IN VOLUNTEERING AND AND SELLING FIREWORKS. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, I REGRET BRINGING BACK FIREWORKS, LEGAL FIREWORKS BACK TO LIVINGSTON YEARS AGO. SO IT JUST IT WAS AN ISSUE. 
          I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALWAYS AGAINST IT. 
          AND BUT WE WENT IN ALL AGAINST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND NOW NOW I, YOU KNOW, I SAID I'M THINKING OTHERWISE BECAUSE ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND. 
          BUT BECAUSE IT'S ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST AROUND FOURTH OF JULY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          THE ISSUE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T GET IN. 
          SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA IS YOUR CONSTITUENTS, MY CONSTITUENTS, THEY THINK, IS THERE SOME MAGIC WAND THAT WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST GO? WELL, I KNOW VERN'S DOING THIS, SO YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU CAN PROVE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PROVE IT. 
          AND YOU START GOING IN THERE UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. WE CAN PROVE IT. 
          LET'S GO AFTER HIM. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WE CAN DO SOMETHING AND EVEN TO MAKE IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, NOT JUST A CIVIC. 
          GO AFTER HIM CRIMINALLY BECAUSE THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON, I KNOW THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR HANDS FULL WITH THESE FIRES AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES A FIRE INTO A HOUSE. WELL, FOLKS, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I DEALT WITH THIS THIS LAST WEEK. 
          IT WASN'T A FIREWORK PROBLEM, BUT A HOUSE BURNING FIVE PEOPLE DIED. 
          THAT CAUSES SOME CONSTERNATION. 
          IF YOU DO SOMETHING WITH THESE FIREWORKS AND EVEN THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS CAN BE USED BADLY, WE FIND SOMEBODY DOING THAT. 
          THEN WE'LL GO AFTER THEM. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE AN ORDINANCE. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT USED IN THE PROPER WAY, THEN DEAL WITH IT. 
          BUT THE UNDERSHERIFF AND I WERE TALKING, THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THOSE TRYING TO TAKE A BEACH AND MOVING IT BY ONE GRAIN OF SAND AT A TIME WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THESE THINGS, LIKE I SAY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE OUT AND THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND THEY'RE NOT LAUNCHING THEM. 
          BUT I CAN SIT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND WATCH IN ANY DIRECTION THIS STUFF GOING UP IN THE AIR. OH YEAH, IT COMPETES WITH THE CASTLE FIREWORKS SHOW. 
          WHETHER I LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE RIGHT TO WATCH THEM OUT OF MCSWAIN OR IF I LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT WATCHING THEM OUT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AND AMAZING IS THESE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING IT. 
          A LOT OF THEM, I THINK YOU FIND OUT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE STAND UP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME. 
          AND THAT THAT PART BOTHERS ME IS TO WATCH THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO PICK IT UP AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH. 
          HE AND I, OUR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          YOU KNOW, RODRIGO SAID, SOMETHING THAT WAS KEY THAT I KIND OF WANT TO TOUCH ON BEFORE I FORGET BECAUSE I FORGET A LOT. 
          HE SAID IT GOES ON YEAR ROUND. 
          WHAT IF WE TIGHTEN UP OUR ORDINANCE TO ONLY ALLOW SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS FOR THE TWO WEEK PERIOD? MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE BOOTHS GO UP AND BOOTHS GO UP SEVEN DAYS BEFORE SEVEN DAYS? SO WHAT IF WE JUST THAT ALLOWED ALLOWABLE TIME TO ALLOW THEM AT THAT TIME? THAT MEANS ANY OTHER FIREWORK AT ANY OTHER TIME WOULD BE ILLEGAL AGAIN? NOT ANY OTHER, ALL OF THEM. 
          I WHAT I HEAR A LOT RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE SAFE AND SANE THAT ARE GOING OFF. 
          IT'S THE ILLEGALS YEAR ROUND. 
          AND I MEAN, THESE SON OF A GUNS. 
          WHEN THEY BLOW UP, THEY BLOW UP IN THE CONCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE FEELING THAT'S REAL STUFF. THAT'S REAL DANGER, AND WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE AFTERMATH. 
          FORTUNATELY, I'M GOING TO SAY NINETY NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME WHEN THEY LAUNCH SOMETHING, NOTHING ADVERSE HAPPENS OTHER THAN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          BUT IT'S THAT ONE TIME. 
          BUT EVEN THE SAFE AND SANE THEY GET ABUSED GRASSFIRE LEADS TO A FENCE, LEADS TO A HOME, THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          HOW MANY BOOTHS DO WE HAVE IN UNINCORPORATED? DO WE HAVE THAT NUMBER? WHO ISSUES THE PERMIT? COUNTY DOES. I WONDER IF THEY'RE. 
          ANYWAY, I'M JUST KIND OF THROWING OUT IDEAS JUST TO GET OUR BRAINS GOING. 
          I DO HAVE SUPERVISORS. 
          CAN I GET ONE MORE COMMENT? OH, YEAH, SURE. NO, JUST THE SENSITIVITY OF I'M GOOD. 
          I'M ON EVERYBODY'S TOES, SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF SENSITIVITY BECAUSE OF THE NONPROFITS THEY KNOW, AND WE SUPPORT NONPROFITS. BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW A QUESTION FOR SUPERVISOR PAREIRA IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY WORSE BECAUSE IT SO HAPPENS YEAR ROUND. 
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LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY WE'LL CUT IT DOWN. 
          BUT WITH THE AIR, YOU KNOW, IT CAUSES MORE BAD AIR FOR FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY, THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S BEEN STUDIES ALREADY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CUT DOWN THE LAWN MOWERS AND ALL THAT GOING TO ELECTRIC, EVERYTHING'S GOING ELECTRIC. 
          BUT THE FIREWORKS CAUSING A LOT OF BAD AIR. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, LOOK AT THE AIR IN THE MORNINGS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S IT. 
          UNLESS IT'S A 100 PERCENT SHUTDOWN THROUGH THE STATE OR EVEN, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. 
          SO IF IT'S LEGAL IN STANISLAUS COUNTY OR MADERA COUNTY, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WHAT THE HECK? OK, HERE AT MERCED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE THIS ONE BITE AT A TIME. 
          LET'S START WITH THE ILLEGALS, GET AS MUCH ENFORCEMENT ACTION AS WE CAN THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL AND MAKING THAT SOMETHING THAT'S WHEN WE SPANK THEM. 
          IT HURTS, RIGHT? MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT I THINK THE ILLEGAL PART IS OUR BIGGEST FOCUS RIGHT NOW. 
          THE SAFE AND SAYING I GOT TO TELL YOU AT ONCE FOURTH OF JULY IS DONE. 
          MAYBE TWO DAYS AFTERWARDS. 
          WE STILL HAVE BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN TRAVELING. 
          YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. 
          BUT THE REST OF THE TIME IS THAT ILLEGAL STUFF THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SO. 
          I GET THE PART WHERE IF YOU DON'T SEE THEM, WHAT CAN YOU PROVE I BELIEVE IN THE CITY OF LOS BANOS, THEY'RE OUT AND THEY'RE DOING ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE 4TH OF JULY. 
          IF THEY SEE IT COMES FROM A RESIDENT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY SEE. 
          AND NOW THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION. 
          IT IS. IT GOES TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. 
          SO IF THEY THEY'RE SITTING THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY SEE ONE COME UP OUT OF A BACKYARD OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE GOING, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY'RE FINDING WHOEVER THAT WHOEVER THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY IS FOR THAT HOUSEHOLD. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING IF THEY'RE DOING IT THERE, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO DO IT. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU MAKING THE FINE. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S AND I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO WHAT COUNSEL HAS TO SAY. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LIMITATION TO THE AMOUNT OF FINES, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THE FINE COULD BE. 
          BUT THAT AND THEN ALSO HAVING IT STIPULATED THAT IF WHEN WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXTRA PATROL OUT, WHETHER IT'S SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SEE IT COMES FROM THAT RESIDENCE, THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIND THEM. 
          NOW THERE'S THE WHOLE COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY GETTING THEM TO PAY AND ALL THAT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT ALL WORKS OUT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS A KEY PART OF IT IS BEING ABLE TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT YEAH, AS LONG AS WE SEE IT COME FROM THAT RESIDENCE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE THE PERSON LIGHT IT OFF BECAUSE USUALLY BY THEN WE'RE ALREADY TOO LATE BECAUSE IT'S UP IN THE AIR, RIGHT? AND THE THING WITH THE CITIES, IT'S SO CONCENTRATED YOU CAN HAVE ONE COPPER IN ONE AREA AND SEE SEVEN HOUSES. 
          WHEN WE GET MILES BETWEEN, EACH HOUSE WILL TOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A GOOD, IF WE HAVE A GOOD REPORTING PARTY, OUR GUYS CAN GO AND THEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE. BUT THE COLLECTING THE FINE, OK, SUPPOSE THERE'S A THE GUYS RENTING THE HOUSE. 
          OK, WELL, IT'S GOING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE HOMEOWNER TO ENSURE THAT HIS RENTERS ARE ABIDING BY THE LAW. 
          OK, SO YOU HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          I MEAN, THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. 
          I KNOW IN QUALITY COUNTY, IT'S CONSIDERED A TERRORIST ACT IF YOU'RE IN COURT WITH ANY FIREWORKS. SO ANYTHING, YEAH, THEY DON'T WANT IT ALL. 
          BUT I DON'T. WE CAN BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHICS, WHAT WE HAVE HERE, RIGHT? OK. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SPREAD OUT AREA AND 70 PERCENT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          FEDERAL PROPERTY. YEAH. 
          WELL, IF THEY HAVE, WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          IT CATCHES UP INTO THOSE HILLS OR IN SNELLING THAT COULD BE ALL BAD, ALL BAD IN A HURRY. 
          SO AND THEN JUST MY LAST COMMENT IS, IS I GET IT, SHERIFF YOU KNOW, YOU GET OUT INTO THE COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN HOUSES. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING. 
          IT'S OUR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, TOWNS. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE CITY OF MR., ATWATER, LOS BANOS, YOU NAME THE CITY. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHERE TO ME, THE FOCUS IS NOT SAYING THAT FOLKS ARE OUT IN THE COUNTRY AREN'T DOING IT, BUT IT TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPREAD OUT AND YOU DON'T SEE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. 
          BUT I JUST I THINK THAT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE APPROACH IS, IS LET'S LET'S FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON AND HOW CAN WE CLEAN UP OUR ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT. 
          I THINK THAT THE PANDEMIC, I SAW IT, I SAW IT IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          JUST EVERYBODY WAS PENT UP. 
          NOBODY WAS GOING ANYWHERE, BOOM. 
          AND THEN IT JUST WENT CRAZY. 
          AND THEN, I'M GOING TO SAY, DOUBLED IN LOS BANOS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR. 
          AND IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE FOURTH OF JULY AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER YOU'D HAVE A FEW STRAGGLERS TO WHERE HONESTLY, THIS YEAR, IT WAS THE MONTH BEFORE, LIKE LITERALLY THE WHOLE MONTH OF JUNE, THEY WERE GOING OFF AND UP TO TWO OR 
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THREE WEEKS AFTER. 
          AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, SOMEBODY MENTIONED UP HERE JUST THE OTHER NIGHT OR JUST THIS, YOU KNOW, BOOM THAT WENT OFF. 
          SO PEOPLE FOUND ONE LAYING AROUND SOMEWHERE IN LIGHT, ANOTHER ONE OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR FUTURE IS WE CAN HAVE OUR OUR FOLKS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GET WITH THE CEO. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDIRECT SOME OF THE RESOURCES DURING THAT TIME OR ADD RESOURCES SPECIFIC FOR THAT TIME. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. 
          BUT I THINK WE GOT TO FIRST START OFF WITH GETTING THAT PART TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO ARREST THEM AND NOTHING BECAUSE GIVING THEM A CITATION IS TECHNICALLY BEING AND MAKING AN ARREST. 
          SO BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COMPLETE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE DOING. SO ANYTHING ELSE TOO? ALL RIGHT. OH. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES MR. BROWN. 
          NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY KIND OF WRAP IT UP, BUT GO AHEAD. 
          NO, YOU SUM IT UP, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IF I IF I CAN, I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE WHAT WE'VE HEARD, IF AND IF I CAN AND PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          SO WE'RE FROM AN EXPECTATION IS ONE IS WORK ON THAT ENFORCEMENT PIECE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THAT FINE AS FAR AS WHAT ARE THE ABILITIES, HOW HIGH CAN WE GO? WHAT TYPE OF INFRACTIONS, WHAT TYPE OF PENALTIES IN THAT CASE? AND THEN I THINK I HEARD ALSO TO LOOK FOR LOOK AT THE CALL AT THE NOTIFICATION APPS OR THAT TYPE OF THING OR HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER ON THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT MAYBE EVIDENCE OR NOTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT CAN HELP IN THE PROCESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE MISSING. I WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH MAYBE A TIMELINE. 
          I THINK THE TIMELINE IS IS A GOOD ONE AS WELL. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF MADE A COMMENT EARLIER, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US RESPONDED TO IT, BUT THAT WE BRING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY INTO THE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE HAVE BUY-IN FROM EVERYBODY AHEAD OF TIME VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A PLAN AND IT DOESN'T FIT WHAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS DOING. 
          SO AS FAR AS TIMELINE. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF FROM COUNSEL'S PERSPECTIVE ON JUST LOOKING AT, I THINK IT'S JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE STATUTES AND CODES AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND THEN LOOK BACK TO THE ASSISTANT CHIEF RELATED TO AND DOING A LITTLE MORE INVESTIGATING AND THEN INTO SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT APPS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A VARIETY OF THEM OUT THERE, SOME OF THEM I'VE EVEN HEARD THAT WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED HERE THAT WHICH CAN GET INTO NEIGHBORLY CIVIL ISSUES WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT NEIGHBORS CAN TAKE A PICTURE AND A PENCIL AND A CITATIONS ISSUED RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO I'VE HEARD OF WHERE THEY'VE GONE TO THAT EXTREME TOO. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH, I KNOW CAUTION. 
          I SEE THE CITY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPS OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD OF. 
          I THINK WE EXPLORE ALL OF THEM AND MAYBE WE COME BACK WITH IT AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE A REACTION THAT'S OVER ENCASING OF WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO DO. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THIS. 
          WELL, IF YOU COME BACK WITH TO US WITH WHAT WE CAN DO FROM YOUR END OF IT AND I'M SURE THAT THE CHIEF AND OUR STAFF WILL BE SITTING DOWN AND GOING OVER, WHAT CAN WE DO ON THE ENFORCEMENT END RIGHT AND THEN COME INTO THE MIDDLE, THE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE NEED TO BRING THE DA'S OFFICE INTO THIS ON WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO. SO WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE FOCUS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ON AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THIS? YEAH. SO YOU WENT FOUR WEEKS TIMELINE TO GET BACK TO THE APP PORTION, RIGHT? THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S JUST THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT COUNTY COUNSEL FOR THAT DIRECTION, THE DA'S OFFICE, BUT AS FAR AS THE DEVICES AND THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT, OK, SO IF THE BOARD IS, CAN WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TRY AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THOSE TWO THINGS WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO? AND I LIKE OUR SUPERVISOR, SILVEIRA LIKES TO SAY, LET'S BE A TRENDSETTER, NOT A TREND FOLLOWER ON THIS. 
          WELL, IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE, WE'VE GOT I'VE GOT SOME PRETTY ASTUTE INVESTIGATORS TO INCLUDE THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT OF IT. 
          MAYBE WE CAN START STEPPING UP ON AN EFFORT THERE ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME, SOME TEETH IN IT. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I KNOW YOU DO FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE'LL GET IT DONE TOGETHER. 
          BUT WE NEED TO GET IT DONE. 
          WE GOT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA FOR BRINGING US FORWARD. 
          OK. WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. 
          WE'LL RETURN AT 11:40. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. 
          OK, WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 24, THE LAW LIBRARY. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD. AND IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. 
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I MEAN, TO ANNOUNCE IT NEXT IS LAW LIBRARY ITEM TWENTY FOUR. 
          BE CAREFUL. I'M EAGER. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          OK. SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON I NOTICED WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THEIR FINANCIALS, IT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE UNCOLLECTED AFTER HOUR. 
          I THINK THEY CALL THEM AFTER HOUR KEYS. 
          AND THOSE PEOPLE PAY SO MUCH A YEAR TO HAVE THOSE AFTER HOUR KEYS. 
          I KNOW. LET ME JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO GET TO IT. 
          SORRY. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS WHAT IS? WHY ARE THOSE PEOPLE NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS? AND WHAT IS THE REMEDY TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT? HOWEVER, THAT WOULD BE. 
          YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE FOLLOWING. 
          YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO ASK THE LAW LIBRARY, LAW LIBRARY ISN'T A PART OF MERCED COUNTY. 
          WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE A PART OF IT, IF WE'RE VOTING ON IT CONNECTED THROUGH THE COURTS, I GUESS, THEN I DON'T KNOW SAMANTHA THOMPSON, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MERCED COUNTY LAW LIBRARY AT ALL. 
          I MAYBE HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ON THE PHONE ONCE, BUT I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE AT OUR BOARD MEETING TO POTENTIALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. 
          HERE COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, SHE WAS WORKING FOR MERCED COUNTY, NO, FOR MCOE AND THEN SHE JUST GOT HIRED WHEN I ALMOST LEFT THE LAW LIBRARY. 
          SO SHE'LL PROBABLY GLADLY COME OVER AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          BUT YEAH, THEY SHOULD GET ALL THE REVENUE FROM THE COURT FINDS A PERCENTAGE OF COURT FINES GOES  FOR THEIR FUNDS. 
          YOUR QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE YET, EITHER. 
          SO CAN I ASK MR. BROWN, MR. CHAIR, IF IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE WE CAN, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN EITHER ONE? IT IS APPROVED, THE REPORT. 
          SO WHETHER YOU WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TIME FRAMES, WHETHER WE CAN TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING OR YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BROWN OR CEO BROWN. 
          THERE IS A TIME FRAME FOR PRESENTING THIS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I'M NOT SURE IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THAT TIME FRAME. 
          AND I'D HAVE TO LOOK REALLY QUICKLY. 
          BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER IF MEMORY SERVES. THAT'S WHAT I READ IN THE IN THE YEAH AND IN THE LAW LIBRARY IS TIED TO THE COUNTY AND THAT THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN ITEMS TO THE LAW LIBRARY. 
          PHYSICAL LOCATION, I BELIEVE, IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS AND BUT OTHERWISE IT IS GOVERNED BY AN INDEPENDENT BOARD WITH WITH, I BELIEVE, ONE SUPERVISOR LAST YEAR, ONE SUPERVISOR DID SERVE ON THAT BOARD. 
          OTHERWISE, IT'S THE JUDGES AND SOME OTHERS THAT ARE APPOINTED FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY BY THIS BOARD. SO FOR ME, I THINK THE LAW LIBRARY IS, IS, IS NEEDED. 
          I THINK THAT IT OFFERS A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE TO NOT ONLY THE ATTORNEYS, BUT FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR OWN COUNSEL. 
          AND THEIR FUNDING MECHANISM IS INTERESTING TO ME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE FUNDED BY WHAT I READ IS BY TRIALS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY GET A PORTION OF A FEE COLLECTED, BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE LAST YEAR. SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THAT THE STATE, THROUGH ITS BUDGET, GAVE THEM SOME FUNDING TO KIND OF HELP THEM GET THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, MY I GUESS MY ISSUE IS JUST KNOWING IS THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING FEES FOR AFTER OUR ACCESS KEYS IS SEVEN. 
          AND SO. SO THEY HAVEN'T PAID THEIR FEES YET. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GUESS BUGS ME. 
          I MEAN, IF THAT'S THEY GOT LIMITED RESOURCES TO BEGIN WITH. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HAVING THOSE AFTER OUR ACCESS KEYS IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THEM. AND THEN IF THE PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING THEM, THEN THAT CAUSES THEM ISSUES. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD IF MY VOTE IS GOING TO BE NO TODAY. 
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BUT IF WE WANT TO PULL THIS ITEM AND LOOK AT IT LATER, I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT. 
          AND THEY HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T REACH OUT YESTERDAY. 
          BUT BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF ITEMS ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD, IT'S MY OPINION THAT THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO PRELOAD QUESTIONS AND GIVE GIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ON THE TITLE LINE HERE WHO THE CONTACT PERSON FOR THE ITEM IS. 
          I TRY TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP ABOUT QUESTIONS, BUT SOMETIMES QUESTIONS ARISE THAT I WASN'T THINKING OF AND FOR THEM NOT TO BE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, I CAN'T IN GOOD FAITH VOTE FOR THIS. I CAN'T VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE REST OF THE BOARD ON WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO WITH IT. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. 
          WELL, THAT'S THE REASON THE LAST YEAR I, YOU KNOW, I CHOSE TO BE ON THE LAW LIBRARY AS A CHAIR. USUALLY WE SIT ON THAT BOARD AND TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. 
          BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THAT MUCH INFORMATION. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, AND THEN I IN JANUARY, I STEPPED DOWN. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT USUALLY HELPS FOR US TO TO BE ON FOR AT LEAST FOR ONE YEAR SO WE CAN LEARN THE INS AND OUTS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY. 
          AND IT'S JUST A QUICK LUNCH ONCE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR LUNCH, BUT YOU LEARN A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT THE JUDGES DO ON THAT SIDE AND AND TALK TO AND LEARN FROM THE JUDGES AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. 
          SO IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK IF THEY'RE DOING IT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS. 
          SO THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          THANK YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD. 
          SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA, I DID OFFER YOU TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON THAT BOARD THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, OK. 
          I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALL VOTED ALREADY. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR, THE LET'S TALLY THE VOTES. 
          MOTION PASSES THREE TWO. 
          NEXT IS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ITEM TWENTY FIVE. 
          OK, WE HAVE ITEM TWENTY FIVE. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SECONDED BY A SUPERVISOR, PEDROZO, SO FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS EXECUTIVE OFFICE ITEM TWENTY SIX. 
          ITEM TWENTY SIX IS BEFORE US, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS ITEM TWENTY SEVEN. 
          ITEM TWENTY SIX. 
          RIGHT? WE DID TWENTY SIX? OK. ITEM TWENTY SEVEN BOARD APPOINTMENTS. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          SORRY, I GOT BEHIND ON THAT, SO YEAH, SO I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERETTE ESPINOZA SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, AND IF WE HAVE COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, DAVE RITCHIE. I'M THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY, MS. SAID. AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO ATTEND AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR MAKING THESE APPOINTMENTS FOR US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING TODAY. 
          OK, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND IS A FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC, WERE APPOINTED TO REAPPOINTED TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MARCI, WHICH HANDLES MANY LOW INCOME HOUSING OF FEDERAL HOUSING FROM HERE MERCED COUNTY. 
          SO THIS IS TO PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. 
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AND SO WHAT? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S TWO MORE EXPIRED TERMS WHICH ARE VOTED A LARGE FROM THE COUNTY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I THINK THE OTHER TWO WILL PROBABLY BE OPENED UP. AND SO PEOPLE IN THE FROM THE PUBLIC THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS CAN PUBLIC SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE SUPERVISOR OR, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE COUNTY, JUST REACH OUT. 
          AND IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF MERCED COUNTY, SO THAT'S GOOD FOR INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOUR FAVORITE SUPERVISOR. 
          YES. WELL, WHOEVER IT IS, CAN RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO JUST AS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, I SERVE ON THE COSI BOARD AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THEY HAVEN'T STEPPED UP IN THE SPACE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND SO I JUST SHARE THAT SINCE YOU'RE HERE AND THEIR COUNCIL, YOU GET TO ADVISE THEM. 
          SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE VOUCHER HUSH VOUCHERS AND I MEAN, THEY DO GOOD WORK. 
          BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE WANTING HOUSING, AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS KIND OF SOMEONE WHO COULD REALLY HELP IN THAT SPACE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. 
          THANK YOU, TERRY. AND ALONG THE LINES, IT'S JUST SO IT'S CALLED THE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MERCED COUNTY. 
          IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A MERCED COUNTY AGENCY, AND I THINK THEY SOMETIMES I'LL GET PHONE CALLS. AND SO IT'S THERE. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S A STATE AGENCY. 
          IT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY THAT THE MAKEUP IS A FEDERAL AGENCY. 
          THE WAY THAT THE MAKEUP IS OF IT IS THEY ALLOW FOR THE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPOINT THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, BUT JUST PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT IT IT TECHNICALLY, YES, IT RESIDES WITHIN MERCED COUNTY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A MERCED COUNTY AGENCY. IT'S JUST AN AGENCY WITHIN MERCED COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. 
          I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT IS BOARD INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TWENTY EIGHT. 
          [BOARD INFORMATION & POSSIBLE ACTION]
BOARD INFORMATION POSSIBLE ACTION. 
          OH, IT'S THE FIRST MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA TODAY, THE SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          LET'S TALLY THE VOTE, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT IS BOARD REPORTS. 
          [REPORTS/BOARD DIRECTION]
THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START TO MY LEFT SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIR. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO REPORT OUT THIS PAST WEEK, MYSELF AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ATTENDED THE CRC CONFERENCE IN MONTEREY. 
          OUR CRC ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB OF OF PUTTING TOGETHER A NICE CONFERENCES WAS ABLE TO BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC THAT ABLE TO KIND OF NETWORK WITH COLLEAGUES FROM FROM THE 30 37 RURAL COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA. 
          HOWEVER DIFFERENT WE ARE, WE DO SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES. 
          SO IT WAS NICE. 
          AND AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN MONTEREY AND THE WEATHER WAS JUST, I MEAN, JUST ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT OUT. 
          SECONDLY, I JUST THE THING IS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS MY STRUGGLES OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND IT JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT. 
          A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, MY MY FAMILY, MY COUNTY FAMILY REACHED OUT IN TRYING TIMES I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD FRIENDS AND GOOD FAMILY THAT HAVE JUST BEEN THERE IS KIND OF MY ROCK AND MY SUPPORT AND HELPING ME GET THROUGH WHAT IS PROBABLY I CONSIDER THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN MY LIFE KIND OF PUTS THINGS A LITTLE BIT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. SO TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT THAT REACHED OUT AND I TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING BACK TO EVERYONE, BUT THERE WAS SO MANY OF THEM THAT IF I MISS SOMEBODY, I WANT TO PUBLICLY JUST SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME AND MY FAMILY GET THROUGH THIS. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CHAIR. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I TOO WENT TO OUR CRC AND I'LL SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          A LOT OF IT, PROBABLY MOST FOLKS ALREADY KNOW, BUT THERE WAS TWO ECONOMISTS THAT SPOKE IN FRONT OF US. AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING COMMENTS THAT ONE OF THEM MADE WAS THAT IN THE STATES THAT HAD ENDED THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BONUSES, THAT THAT THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER 
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DIDN'T DRASTICALLY INCREASE AS I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. 
          AND I FORGET EXACTLY THE PERCENTAGES YOU USED, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE. SO THERE WAS A THREE PERCENT INCREASE. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY EXPECTED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WOULD GO BACK TO WORK. 
          SO INTERESTING DYNAMIC. 
          AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON HERE IN CALIFORNIA. 
          BUT THAT WAS, I THINK, THE THE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT THAT I LEARNED. 
          THEY ALSO PRESENTED ON FOREST MANAGEMENT AND NOT ONLY FOREST MANAGEMENT, BUT WATERSHED, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURE HERE, MERCED COUNTY. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF GAINED SOME NEW INFORMATION, I'D HEARD SOME OF IT BACK IN JUNE. 
          BUT ANYWAYS, JUST THE DISCUSSION OF GROUNDWATER IS IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS AND NOT ONLY HERE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, BUT ALL OVER CALIFORNIA. 
          IT'S A IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED TO HELP US HERE. I'M SURE THAT THAT THE ENGAGEMENT IS FAR BROADER THAN I EXPECTED. 
          SO. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'LL I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA'S MOM'S SERVICE WAS LAST TUESDAY AND AND AN YOU KNOW, A FEW OF US MADE THE TREK ACROSS THE VALLEY TO OR THE COUNTY TO TEND TO, YOU KNOW, HIS FAMILY JUST REALLY HONORED HIS MOM WONDERFULLY AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. 
          SO ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT SERVICE FOR SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA'S MOM. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS OF THE PRIEST IS STILL TALKING, THOUGH, SO BUT NO, I TOO ATTENDED THE RCRC MEETING AND IT WAS REALLY MY FIRST TIME TO GET OUT AND MEET SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND THE ONE ONE THING THAT I FOUND WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE ALL YOU KNOW FROM THE RURAL AREAS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DIFFERENCES BEING ABLE TO CONNECT AND NETWORK AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND THEN ALSO WANT TO COMMEND SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL FOR HE WAS THE MODERATOR FOR ONE OF THE SESSIONS ON MIGRATION. AND IT WAS REALLY IT WAS REALLY COOL TO TO HEAR THE STATISTICS THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT AND STUFF. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, JUST BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO BE BROUGHT UP, IS THAT IN REGARDS TO THE ARPA FUNDS, IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY OF MERCED.COM WEBSITE, IT'S COUNTYOFMERCED.CA.US OR [INAUDIBLE] US AND YOU JUST DO A SIMPLE SEARCH FOR ARPA. 
          THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THERE'S A REPORT ON HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND WHAT IT'S BEING SPENT ON. 
          THAT WAS PRESENTED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT'S THIS WAS SUBMITTED AUGUST THIRTY FIRST. 
          I WANT TO SAY IT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO IT REALLY GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL ON WHAT THE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR, THE DECISION ON HOW WE'RE USING THE FUNDS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. 
          YOU JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF REALLY MENTION REALLY QUICKLY IS THE FACT THAT SO I GOT A NOTICE THIS WEEK AND I'M GOING TO READ IT. 
          IT SAYS DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID VARIANT SURGE AND LOW VACCINATION RATE IN MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY EXPOSURE OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER. 
          THIS IS FROM PLAYOFFS MERCED HAS IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN PERFORMANCES INSIDE THE THEATER, AND WE ARE CANCELING AND SUSPENDING SHOWS FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER AND DOING JUST SOME RESEARCH IN MERCED COUNTY WE'RE AT FORTY ONE, FORTY TWO PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          THAT PUTS US FORTY EIGHT OUT OF FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES. 
          PARTIALLY, WE'RE FORTY FOUR WITH FIFTY TWO PERCENT. 
          SO FORTY FOUR OUT OF FIFTY EIGHT, THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO AFFECT PEOPLE AND IT'S AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I KNOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR, OUR YOUTH. 
          WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAY OPEN. 
          SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. 
          PLEASE GO OUT AND GET THE VACCINATION. 
          PLEASE GO DO IT. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THINGS GET SHUT DOWN AGAIN. 
          JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR IN AND THE BOARD FOR PUTTING THE DISCUSSION AND HAVING A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THE FIREWORKS I THINK WAS IMPORTANT TO AND 
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ALSO THANK THE SHERIFF IN THE FIRE CHIEF FOR FOR THEIR INPUT. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO A GOOD PLACE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE IT WHERE CITIZENS ARE MORE AT PEACE, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE A LOT LESS AND WE CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL FIREWORKS OR, YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILIES CAN ENJOY OUR FIREWORKS AND THE FOURTH OF JULY. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE POSITIONS ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY LIKE I DID EARLIER. BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS A THING FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS ABOUT ISSUES AND BUT MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A BOARD IN AND WHERE THEY CAN GO AND, YOU KNOW, ATTEND THE MEETINGS IF THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THERE'S A HOUSING APARTMENTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTY. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TODAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR COUNTY COUNCIL, MR. BROWN. YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          I DO NEED TO REPORT OUT THAT I DID ATTEND THE RCRC MEETING AND YES, I HAD THE HONOR TO FACILITATE THE MEETING WITH THE ECONOMISTS AND IT WAS NICE. 
          JEFFREY MICHAEL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I STATED HERE AT THE DIOCESE FROM CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH PROFESSOR MICHAEL, AND A LOT OF IT IS NOT JUST THE MIGRATION, BUT ALL OF OUR TRENDING FOLKS IN WHICH WAY THEY DRIVE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHY THEY'RE DOING IT. 
          AND IT'S GOT I DO WANT TO SAY, YOUR FAMILY HONORED YOUR MOTHER VERY RESPECTFULLY AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. 
          WE DO KNOW WHERE YOU LIKE TO TALK IS FROM ATTENDING MASS EVERY SUNDAY. 
          BUT IT WAS IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW ON OUR WAY OVER TO OUR RCRC. IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. 
          ALSO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ADJOURN IN HONOR OF OUR FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LARRY MORRIS. HE WAS A GOOD LEADER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WHOLE MORRIS FAMILY, IS VERY ACTIVE IN MERCED COUNTY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.