Board of Supervisors — 2025-06-10

Good morning, everyone. I'm calling to order this meeting of June 10th 2025 Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk please call the roll.

There's no report this morning.

Okay? Madam Clerk, I hear we

have a long list of announcements. Chair Caps and members of the board, I do have a few announcements this morning. An addendum was posted on Friday, June 6th 2025 amending several administrative items on today's agenda. First administrative item number 10 from the Behavioral Wellness Department regarding a Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc first amendment to the fiscal years 2023 through 2026 service agreement for institutions for mental mental disease and first amendment to the Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc 2023 through 2027 services agreement The second reading of amendments to the cannabis business licensing fee ordinance was amended. The ordinance number Next slide, please. Thank you. Lastly administrative item number 26 from the public works Department and the Board of Directors flood control and water conservation district regarding fiscal year 2025 to 2026 flood control projects authority to advertise receive bids 2nd 4th and 5th districts was amended The changes included in the addendum have been posted and made available online to both the board and the public.

Since there are no requests to speak on these items, they may be added to the balance of the administrative agenda. Additionally, there is a salary announcement associated with administrative item number 24 from the Human Resources Department regarding a performance-based salary adjustment for County Council. In accordance with Government Code Section 54953 C3 of the Government Code prior to taking final action, the legislative body shall orally report a summary of a recommendation for a final action on the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of any local agency executive during the open meeting in which a final action is to be taken. This is a recommendation of the Board of Supervisors to approve the recommended performance-based merit salary increase.

The oral reading of a recommendation of the recommendations with this action is intended to satisfy this requirement. Approval of the recommended performance based merit And lastly for the Board of Supervisors methods of public participation and to provide public comment on general public comment or an item on the board's agenda, please see page two of the agenda.

Individuals that would like to provide verbal public comment may do so via Zoom by registering in advance via the link available on page 2. If you have any questions please contact the Clerk of the Board's Office at area code 805-568-2240 again that's 5 6 8 2 2 4 0 and that concludes my announcements for today.

Okay thank you for that we will move to the administrative agenda I believe we have a few that have been pulled Thank you. We have any other board members? The ones that I have listed are a 11, a 17, a 25 and a 30 by our board. Any others in that list?

Madam Clerk, the public. Yes, chair caps and members of the board. We have requests to speak from

Okay, lots of agenda items then. So then I will entertain a motion to approve the balance of the administrative agenda

so moved with the added corrections by the clerk

second okay all those in favor aye motion carries so now let's move on to our resolutions

Chair Capps and members of the board. Administrative item number one is sponsored by Supervisor Lee. It is to adopt a resolution proclaiming the week of June 9th, 2025 through June 13th, 2025 as Home Visiting Week in Santa Barbara County and joining us in person today we have Kelly Berrigan, Director of Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Program at County Public Health. Linda Oh, Public Health Nurse Supervisor at County Public Health. Lupe Valencia, Health Education Assistant Senior at Public Health As well as Jenny Stitt, Ada Grace and Ashley Benson. And I will go ahead and read the resolution.

Whereas children thrive when parents and caregivers are supported with knowledge, confidence and encouragement from trusted skilled professionals. And whereas home visiting plays a vital role in supporting early childhood development by fostering safe stable and nurturing relationships during the earliest years. A critical window for brain growth and long-term success and serves as an essential tool for advancing equity by connecting families especially those facing systemic barriers And whereas home visitors empower families with practical tools and compassionate guidance to meet the unique development needs of children, improving health and educational outcomes while strengthening family bonds. And whereas these highly trained professionals deliver services with deep respect for community context and each family's culture values and lived experience meeting families where they are physically And whereas we celebrate and commemorate the dedication, compassion and lasting impact of home visiting professionals across Santa Barbara County in partnership with First 5 Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara County Health and the community partners who implement home visiting services.

The board of Supervisors will therefore be here by order to resolve that this Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara does hereby acknowledge the week of June 9th through 13th 2025 as home visiting week and urges all residents to recognize the vital role of home visitors and their unwavering commitment

Good morning Chair Kaps, Supervisor Lee and members of the board. My name is Guadalupe Valencia I am a home visitor for the Healthy Families America program with County Health on behalf of the home visitors countywide I would like to extend gratitude For your acknowledgement of the home visiting week, a time to celebrate the dedicated professionals who support families during the earliest and most critical years of a child's development.

And to elevate awareness of home visiting as a vital pillar of our family support ecosystem. Home visiting programs connect pregnant and parenting families with trained family support professionals who provide Personalized guidance, encouragement and practical tools for navigating early parenthood. Across our county home visiting is delivered at no cost through evidence based and evidence informed models that promote healthy pregnancies straighten parenting skills and confidence support family self-sufficiency and prepare children for lifelong learning.

At Healthy Families America We walk alongside families who often face significant challenges, barriers and others that may navigate more easily due to access to resources education or support. As a family specialist support I am proud to be part of a program that empowers families by building their knowledge, confidence and skills through consistent relationship-based home visits.

Our work focuses on strengthening families by helping them become more resilient in the face of adversity through education connection to resources and compassionate support we assist families navigating complex systems related To housing, food security, child care, employment and health care. We don't just make referrals we build bridges and walk beside families to ensure that they do not fall through the cracks.

Healthy families support each family holistically helping parents maintain vital medical and dental care for themselves and their children also while promoting nurturing parents through practices in healthy child development We provide education and emotional support so parents feel prepared, capable and connected as they raise their children. One family that especially stands out is that of a young first-time teenage mother with limited family support after giving birth she faced significant mental health and preparing parenting challenges Through HFA she received postpartum depression screenings, mental health referrals and consistent encouragement.

She learned about her child's development milestones how to bond through age-appropriate activities and how to be a nurturing parent despite the hardships she faced. Today she is thriving. She recently graduated from high school and returned to the workforce with confidence and purpose better equipped to support her child and family Thanks to the consistent caring support of healthy families, Santa Barbara County.

This story like so many others remind us that with the right support families can overcome even the most difficult obstacles and create brighter futures for themselves and for their children. Home visitors are difference makers this inaugural Santa Barbara County home visiting week celebrates the profound impact Home visiting and the extraordinary professionals behind it. We thank them for their timeless commitment and nurturing brighter futures, one visit, one family and one child at a time. Thank you.

Thanks to our home caregivers for showing up this morning and for doing the work. Let's move on next to the next resolution please.

Thank you. Chair caps and members of the board administrative item number 2 is sponsored by supervisor Hartman is to adopt a resolution proclaiming June 19th 2025 as Juneteenth 2025 in Santa Barbara County and joining us in person today we have Yasmin Dawson Alex Merkinson and race ago via. And if Whereas from 1619 to 1808, hundreds of thousands of African people were forcibly brought to what is now known the United States stripped of freedom and humanity under the brutal system of chattel slavery. And whereas on January 1st 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued an emancipation proclamation declaring enslaved persons in Confederate states to be free And whereas the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery nationwide, excluding states like Missouri and Delaware and withholding full rights from black Americans.

And whereas many enslaved people in Texas remained in bondage until June 19th 1865 when federal troops enforced emancipation freeing 250,000 people and sparking what became known as Juneteenth And whereas slavery was officially abolished with the 13th Amendment in December 1865, though its exception clause has fueled the disproportionate incarceration and exploitation of black Americans.

And whereas Juneteenth is an opportunity to educate, honor the contributions of African-Americans, and recommit to ending racism and promoting equity in all areas of society. And whereas Santa Barbara County supports grassroots efforts such as Juneteenth And whereas in 2025 we mark Juneteenth as both a historic milestone and a continued call to advance freedom, justice and equity for black residents throughout the county. Now, therefore it is hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara declares June 19th 2025 as Juneteenth Independence Day in Santa Barbara County and encourages all residents to take part in Juneteenth events reflect on the struggles and triumphs of black Americans and help eliminate racial injustice in our communities past and adopted today.

First I'd like to announce the day, time and activities that's going to be present at our Juneteenth event. We will have the Juneteenth event on June 14th. We'll have entertainment, speakers, dignitaries, activities, children's programs and so much excitement there. So we would like to see you it would be June 14 from the hours 11 to 5. So we look forward to seeing you all there.

And I'd like to start off by saying good morning, honorable members of the County Board of Supervisors. Today I come before you with a heart full of deep gratitude not just on our own behalf but on the behalf of generations who never got to stand at a podium like this I would like to begin by thanking the members of the board whose names were never spoken in rooms like this, but whose resilience made this moment possible. Your recognition of Juneteenth is more than a gesture. It's an affirmation it tells the truth.

Still has a place in our institution that freedom still has value and that the stories of those who It marks a delayed promise of freedom finally reaching our people, years after it should have. But still we receive it with dignity, with prayer and with hope that our children will walk the freer path than we did. Your vote today echoes far beyond this room. It says that you see us, not just in our past pain but in our present power. It says that our ancestors' lives were not in vain. That their labor, their love and their cries for justice still live through us.

And in times like these where history is being rewritten or buried, we say thank you for choosing to honor it. Thank you for choosing truth. Thank you for affirming that black freedom is American freedom. I'd also like to take a moment to honor the hands and hearts behind our recent Black History Celebration. Cozetta Blow, Alex Merkison, Monty Montgomery, Nicola Howe, Tina Price And the incomparable LaWanda Pruitt. They didn't just plan an event. They carry a legacy.

They reminded us that we are more than a struggle, we are brilliant creativity and unshakable faith on behalf of C4 Lompoc collective cultures creating change. We stand before you in unity and humility. Thank you thanking you not only for today's resolution but for affirming that our stories our history and our freedom still matters deeply May we continue to rise rooted in justice, guided by truth and held by the prayers of those who came before us. Thank you so much and thank you for keeping us community strong. Thank you.

Supervisor Hartman. Well I just wanted to thank C4, those are the leaders Alex Ray and Miss Yasmine they're really making a difference block by block neighborhood by neighborhood organizing in Lompoc against violence and dealing with adverse experiences and turning that to healing so thank you so much for all your work Yeah, and

as Miss Dawson said Juneteenth is sacred. So thank you for sharing that sacredness with us. Okay next. Oh there's public

comment on this one. Thank you Chair Kaps and members of the board we have one request to speak from the public on this item and we are going to remain here in Santa Maria with Karen Hauenstein. Karen?

Karen Hauenstein I am born and raised in Lompoc a resident of La Lompoc Valley It's interesting how political alliances are formed in this county and how nonprofits are formed in this county and how the money flows through them. The reason why I'm standing up here today is because several months ago there was a protest held in Lompoc at the corner of H Street and Ocean, and Alex Murchison who received that award here today was involved in causing racial tension and division in Lompoc.

I was a victim of it. It was put out on social media in a video, and I was reported falsely to authorities As I have been falsely reported in the past because of my parents wealth and assets and how they've been attacked by political allies. Everything is being documented and recorded. And when people are hypocritical When they stand in public and say that they are not promoting racism or division or oppression.

But then they do that behind the scenes somebody needs to call it out. Thank you.

And that concludes public comment on this item OK

Excuse me, Madam Chair. Yes, I can't let that go. I'm sorry. Public comments are a great thing in this country allows people to share their differences of opinion and I think that's kind of what makes this country great. I just think it was a perfect example of the dichotomy And I just really appreciate Supervisor Hartman for bringing the resolution. And I'll definitely make it a point to either be in Lompoc or Santa Barbara this week, so appreciate that.

Thank you, Supervisor Lavanielle. Okay next resolution.

It actually takes time to adopt the resolution. Supervisor Hartman's. Would you want to make a motion? I

think

it's a good time to do it.

So,

I move that we adopt this resolution in support of Juneteenth.

I'll second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Motion carries.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Chair caps and members of the board.

Can you hear me now?

There you are. Yes, we can. Please proceed.

Okay. Thank you. Um, thank you Chair Capson, Honorable Supervisors. Um I serve as NAMI Santa Barbara County Public Policy Chair and as an advisor to Families Act. Uh, I want to thank the Department of Behavioral Wellness For its plan to add a treatment beds at the champion healing center. And this is based on the success of four justice-involved beds that were added from a grant by the Community Corrections Partnership. And the board letter indicates the success in avoiding future incarcerations, hospitalizations and crisis events when people get this longer term treatment that they need.

Um, the addition of these beds is will provide an off ramp under mental health conservatorship for those who are so ill in the jail that they're trapped. They're unable to provide for their own basic needs or agree to treatment. Under mental health conservatorship, which just applies to a relatively small number of people with the most serious illness. The guardian has just two authorities to see that the person takes medications that have worked for him or her In the past, and to see that the person is safely housed at whatever level of housing is indicated.

My daughter's mental health conservatorship a number of years ago saved and restored her life when she was at the highest risk. And she now lives independently in mental health housing with wraparound services from a behavioral wellness full service partnership. And this is the level of care that we want for everybody. And having these additional beds in the county for justice involved individuals supplements our continuum of care for these people who were at the highest risk and the most need. So thank you so much.

I just wanted to add that Lynn, thank you for also in many ways that you serve our community. You also serve as a BWAL Commissioner so thanks for pulling this and highlighting the progress. Okay next item we need a motion.

I move A4. Second.

All those in favor please say aye. Aye. Motion carries

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank thank you. Chair caps and members of the board moving on administrative item number 11 is from is also from the behavioral wellness department. Excuse me from

Supervisor Hartman, I believe you pulled this.

Yes, I did. I just wanted to acknowledge all the good work we're doing with this grant money and how oversubscribed this program is and to mention that we have formed an ad hoc committee to talk to the bowl about options for how we can expand these funds. And so that's ongoing, it was initially formed with Supervisor Williams and now thank goodness Supervisor Lee is continuing and I think we've got some scheduled discussions coming up. So just wanted to use this opportunity to report to the board. We did have a presentation by the bowl here and we're continuing our discussions.

Excellent,

any other comments questions?

I do

yes

as long piggyback off that and there will continue to advocate for more arts funding in that we will not give up and be more staunch in our discussions

okay with that I'll take a motion

so moved second

Thank you. All those in favor please say aye. Aye motion carries. Okay, madam clerk on to the next

administrative item has been pulled. Chair caps and members of the board administrative item number 14 is from County Council it is to consider recommendations regarding an outside council contract amendment with Oppenheimer investigations group LLP and there's a for fist vote required on this

So Oppenheimer Investigations and all of the subcontractors and contractors who work for County Council, and the District Attorney's Office. I'm making a public request to my representatives. I want to know exactly how much money this county has spent investigating me personally for the interests Because Joan when you authorized case number 2 0 CV 0, 2, 7, 4, 6, When you authorized that. Created a situation.

And now we have a situation where anybody who wants to place the label on me. I want to know how much money this county has spent investigating me personally. This is going to end publicly, Joan. Just like it did for DOS.

Yes, Supervisor

Hartman.

I would just like to clarify for the record that I have no control over the District Attorney and what cases he pursues. I have no control over enforcement cases that our administrative agencies pursue as Board of Supervisors we directly supervise two people, the County Council and our CEO. Absolutely

okay with that I'll take a motion

I move a 14. Second

all those in favor, please say aye motion carries. I believe it's a 11. We have a motion to adopt the second

reading of an ordinance amending chapter 50 of the county code licensing

Good. The reason why I pulled this is because there were some questions about the confusion about the actual acreage that's been capped, so I just want to bring this to attention and put on record that we are clarifying the exact acreage and there's not much confusion about what's being voted on and done. So staff can... Is it possible to clarify exactly Average doesn't have the number

so you're just talking about they think there's confusion over the

actual a lot of people we don't know.

Yeah.

Good morning, thank you. It's Carmela Beck, cannabis broker manager. Thank you for the question Supervisor Lee through the chair at last week's board hearing on June 3rd CEO staff brought forth three options for potential cannabis acreage cap reductions in the Carpinteria overlay and unincorporated areas per the board's request upon conclusion of the presentation your board accepted option three which is proposing reduction of the acreage cap to the issued approved and submitted acres to exclude processing.

Staff received the board's direction and is presently reviewing an all issued approved and submitted cultivation acres to finalize the new cap acreage numbers staff plans to bring forward ordinance directed ordinance amendment language Thank you for clarifying any questions comments.

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a 25 chair caps and members of the board administrative item number 25 is from the information technology department it is to consider recommendations regarding a 3rd amendment to the agreement with pick Tom a tree international core and there is a forfeits but required on this item.

Okay supervisor Nelson yes, thank you chair caps I just have some questions for staff understand somebody might be here from ICT

Andrea's online. As

well

Hi Amy,

thank you for being here. My first question is I was just looking at the numbers of the costs so just for the public's benefit this is an item where we have a contract where I understand we're hiring a third party who would then do imagery for the entire county and I think the entire contract is over a million dollars. So it was kind of wanted to understand, you know, I know there's a lot of good technologies out there that are available publicly like Google and Bing has a map and all these other ones. Why is this different? What are we not getting from some of these other sources that we necessarily need to pay a third party to do some additional flyovers of our county?

Supervisor Nielsen through the chair. The imagery we are contracting spectrometry to provide is to our specific specifications. Imagery from sources like Google or Bing are a combination of different sources of inconsistent quality And we also don't know how old the images are. With this contract with Pictometry, we know what time frame the imagery was collected. We also know that the urban areas are 3-inch resolution. The rural areas are 6-inch resolutions which is what we requested.

They've also gone through an extensive quality control process to make sure that the images are clear and accurate and they meet all of the resolution requirements. We also get oblique imagery which is I see a lot of the different departments that are paying for this or potentially

Regulatory departments, right? So there might be enforcement that might be playing to this. Can you just expand on how these images will be used?

Supervisor Nelson through the chair. Yes they can be used by assessor to determine additions to property or additional structures on property. They can be used by, I always forget the name, public works water department to look at creeks and do some measurements on angles of the banks and do some watershed analysis as well. Those are just two. You can also look at streets Look at sidewalks, how those look. Our planning and development can also use this imagery to again look at structures see if things look correct do some preliminary analysis before they go into the field.

Well, thank you for that. You know and I guess my last question that I had for you was so the county's paying for this imagery is that could be made available to the public now that we have this imagery? Or is this something that would be proprietary to the county which I'm just trying to understand that a little bit better because that would be a concern of mine if it's, you know, we bought it. You know, it seems like it'd be a public asset for paying $1 million to have some plane trips of photography or accounting that now belongs not only just the county government but belongs to county residents and taxpayers. Can you go into that a little further?

Supervisor Nelson through the chair. Yes, the imagery will not be available for download by the public or export. We will be able to embed it into any map products that we provide to the public so evacuation maps or even just maps of parcels. We can provide imagery with that. Our agreement with pictometry does not allow us to necessarily publish this out to the public I am not clear on whether it could be subject to a PRA request.

And that was going to be my next question, so if we can download it and we have it in our possession, could the public potentially get the same information from us? Are we contractually eliminating the public's access to this? This question is actually for Council.

Supervisor Nielsen, members of the board. I'm not sure the terms of this contract. Typically we're able to provide documents or in a form that's just accessible to the public so I'm not sure if we would be allowed to are required to provide it with this software

Okay, I'm just kind of highlighting that as a concern. You know my overall thoughts on this imagery is you know it's a little Big Brother-ish for me you know but we're already way past we could have jumped the shark on that if you go if you go onto any of these other websites a lot of this already available. This seems to be a little bit more precise which might help us in some of our We're going to be looking down into people's properties and taking a deep look into in a way that we've never done before. And so that makes me pause as somebody who doesn't think that, you know, government control is always the best thing. Sometimes we should pause and think about it and not take it so lightly. So I'm okay with moving forward. I understand there's a lot of value for us as an organization.

I would like to make it available to the public as much as possible so the public knows what we know. Because I think that's also important as a level playing field. So, as much as it is contractually or legally available for us to do that, I would like for us to be able to do that for anybody in the public that might want to have this same information that we do.

Yes, Supervisor Nelson, we will definitely look into that.

Thank you. With that, I'll go ahead and move this item.

Okay. And I'll second. All

those

in favor please say aye.

Aye.

Motion carries. OK, now to our final administrative item which is that has been pulled, which is 830.

Public first please ma'am clerk chair caps and members of the board we will begin on zoom with Cecily Galinsky Cecily.

Good morning, my name is Cecily Golinski and I'm a law clerk at the Environmental Defense Center. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important issue and I encourage the board to adopt the resolution affirming the county's opposition to allowing more offshore oil leasing off of California's coast as part of the 2025 National OCS Oil & Gas Leasing Program.

As you all know, oil and gas production can have detrimental effects on the health and prosperity of our marine and coastal environments. It was not too long ago that we witnessed the devastation firsthand of the 2015 oil spill at Refugio Beach which shut down fisheries closed beaches and impacted our valuable marine life. The 2025 five-year leasing program proposes unnecessarily opening our coasts to more oil and gas development Not only is the program unnecessary and premature, but it is already fraught with legal issues. For example, the program does not exclude nationally protected marine sanctuaries such as the nearby Chumash Heritage Site nor does it consider the issue of former President Biden's previous withdrawal of the entire Pacific region from the OCS program.

Therefore to defend the sanctity of our marine environments and laws protecting them I encourage you to adopt the resolution at issue today. Thank you for your time.

We will now go to Santa Barbara with or sorry we will remain in Santa Maria with Karen Hauenstein to be followed by Noah Boland in Santa Barbara. Karen? Oh it appears Karen has

stepped away oh

here she comes

I'm going to

pass on this one, thank you. Alrighty we will now go to Santa Barbara with Noah Boland. Noah? We cannot hear Santa Barbara unless Noah you haven't begun speaking.

Can you hear me okay now?

Yes we can thank you

Thank you. Chair Capps and honorable supervisors, my name is Noah Boland and I'm the policy analyst at Heal the Ocean. While I am here today to support this proposed resolution, I am also here to let you know that Heal the Ocean has an incredible new executive director, Karina Johnston. Karina is a highly achieved defender of our ocean and she's the perfect fit to carry on Hillary Hauser's great legacy at Heal the Ocean.

Heal the Ocean and Executive Director Karina Johnston strongly support your staff's recommendation to adopt this resolution reaffirming the county's opposition to new offshore oil leasing off the coast of California. In January of 2018, your staff adopted a similar resolution opposing leasing efforts proposed in BOEM's 2019 to 2024 program citing the region's historical experiences with major oil spills, the unique and significant biodiversity of the Santa Barbara Channel, and the economic importance of tourism, recreation, and fishing.

In 2025, these concerns are even more urgent especially as the county considers its role as a national leader in reducing greenhouse gases, progressing the transition to renewable energy, adapting to coastal climate impacts and protecting our ocean. Heal the Ocean opposes any new offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters off the California coast as part of the 2025 to 2030 National OCS Leasing Program. And we urge BOEM and the U.S. Department of the Interior to exclude all areas offshore of California from new lease sales.

We also request that Bowen provides robust public participation opportunities in Santa Barbara County during all stages of the program's development, including scoping and draft program review. The California coast deserves permanent protection from offshore drilling. In Santa Barbara County, we know the unique and valuable ecological and economic benefits of our coastal waters and we have seen more than once how these resources can be damaged from offshore oil extraction.

These resources are beneficial on a national scale and they must not be threatened. Please move forward with the recommended action and adopt this vitally important resolution. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

And that concludes public comment on this item.

Okay, well Supervisor Nelson pulled it but he stepped away. So Supervisor Hartman do you want to speak to why we put this

forward? Sure. Well first point I'd like to make is that states from California to New Jersey have in fact Taken bipartisan stands, Oregon, Washington, Florida and North Carolina against federal efforts to expand offshore oil drilling. They recognize what we already know the risks are too great and the benefits are too small especially as we transition into a clean energy future.

We already heard in comment, but I think it's important to underscore that we're stewards of one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world. Our kelp forests are underwater rainforest carbon sinks that protect our fisheries shelter marine life, and stabilize the seabed. But these ecosystems are already under siege. Ocean acidification and warming waters are stressing marine habitats. Adding oil drilling to that equation is reckless.

And yet, the Trump administration has pushed aggressively to reopen our coast oil interests despite fierce local opposition. They've tried to strip California of its authority to set its own vehicle emission standards by revoking the California waiver. They proposed slashing funds for clean energy research and development. They've censored words like climate change and sustainability from government programs and documents. They gutted NOAA's ability to monitor and inform on climate driven disasters so that we can't get information going forward about billion dollar climate disasters which have nearly doubled each decade since 2000.

And at the same time, they are proposing to shift the cost of these disasters onto the states and downsize FEMA. So in effect, the administration is trying to force fossil fuels onto the states and communities that are already leading the clean energy transition. This isn't really just a policy disagreement. It's an assault on local self-determination, environmental stewardship and our economic future. We can't drill our way to energy security or climate stability so I urge that we stand with our residents with science and with future generations and oppose new offshore drilling along our coast.

Thank you Supervisor Hartman. Supervisor Nelson I believe you pulled this do you want to speak? Okay, well I'm also the co-author of this and as Supervisor Hartman eloquently stated this is kind of a routine action. I guess the last time that this happened was in 2018 but I would argue that we need to be doing this even more today because of the threats against California specifically California seems like retribution is at play in many forms and shapes And when it comes to our environment, we do need to protect it. We have seen so much activism right now currently in our community. It's incredible. I just was with hundreds of people at an event on Sunday.