REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA


Tuesday, September 1, 2020,
9:30 A.M.

 

BOARD HEARING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR

333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., 10 Civic Center Plaza

Santa Ana, California

 

 

MICHELLE STEEL

CHAIRWOMAN

Second District

 

 

ANDREW DO

VICE CHAIRMAN

First District

 

 

DONALD P. WAGNER

SUPERVISOR

Third District

 

 

 

DOUG CHAFFEE

SUPERVISOR

Fourth District

 

 

LISA A. BARTLETT

SUPERVISOR

Fifth District

 

ATTENDANCE:All Present

 

EXCUSED:None

 

PRESENT:

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Frank Kim

 

COUNTY COUNSEL

 

Leon J. Page

 

CLERK OF THE BOARD

 

Robin Stieler

 

INVOCATION:Vice Chairman Do, First District, gave the invocation

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:Supervisor Chaffee, Fourth District, led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance

 

I.PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS (None)

 

II.CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 1)

 

 

ITEM I WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND SEPARATE VOTE

 

ELECTED DEPARTMENT HEADS

 

1.

Auditor-Controller - Adopt resolution and attachment 1 to resolution approving property tax rates for FY 2020-21 - All Districts

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APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

 

RESO: 20-119

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

 


III.DISCUSSION ITEMS

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

S1A.

Supervisor Bartlett - Coastal Greenbelt Authority - Appoint Sergio Prince, Laguna Hills, as alternate for term concurrent with 5th District Supervisor's term of office

51342

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

 

IV.PUBLIC HEARINGS (Items 2-3)

 

OC COMMUNITY RESOURCES

 

2.

Public Hearing to consider adopting Resolution of Abandonment of portion of Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park identified on County records as Parcel PR70T-701.1; authorize Chief Real Estate Officer or designee to execute documents necessary to amend 2009 Amended and Restated lease for Laguna Coast Wilderness Park with City of Laguna Beach to remove parcels required for Caltrans project along State Route 133, upon approval of County Counsel; and making California Environmental Quality Act and other findings - District 5 (Continued from 6/23/20, Item 49) (RA 2 (D) 4/5 vote of voting members present)

B.O.

CONTINUED TO 10/6/20, 9:30 A.M.

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

3.

County Executive Office - Hold Public Hearing to consider adoption of the FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget - All Districts
A. Opening Remarks
B. Executive Summary
C. Public Comments
D. Board Comments
E. Program I Public Protection
F. Program II Community Services
G. Program III Infrastructure & Environmental Resources
H. Program IV General Government (all or part may be considered on 9/2/20)
I. Program V Capital Improvements (all or part may be considered on 9/2/20)
J. Program VI Debt Service (all or part may be considered on 9/2/20)
K. Program VII Insurance, Reserves & Miscellaneous (all or part may be considered on 9/2/20)
L. Executive Recap
M. Closing Remarks
Set September 15, 2020, 9:30 a.m. for final budget adoption

B.O.

CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING

 

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CONTINUED TO 9/15/20, 9:30 A.M. FOR FINAL ADOPTION OF THE 2020-2021 BUDGET

 

V.CLOSED SESSION

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

SCS1.

County Executive Office - CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR - Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8:
Property Location: Fixed Base Operator Leaseholds at John Wayne Airport for
Northeast Full-Service, Northwest Full-Service and Southwest
Limited-Service FBOs
County Negotiator: Thomas A. Miller, Chief Real Estate Officer
Negotiating Party: ACI Jet
Clay Lacy Aviation
Jay's Aircraft
Under Negotiation: Terms and Value of Future Lease

B.O.

HELD, NO REPORTABLE ACTION

 

VI.PUBLIC, CEO, BOARD COMMENTS & ADJOURNMENT

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Hanna V - Oral re:Opportunity to promote health and welfare of the community with the budget; children living in poverty without enough to eat and increased unhoused population without access to water; People's Budget OC focuses on higher priority matters than public protection

 

Patrick C - Oral re: Increases in Sheriff spending over the past decade while residents are in need of community based resources; People's Budget OC opposes the proposed discretionary funding allocated to Sheriff's Department; taking money from Public Health and Social Services to pay for Sheriff salaries, benefits and overspending; opposes building of mental health jail

 

Brigitte - Oral re: Evil is deceptive; Plan-demic is not what it was said to be; testing is not effective; social distancing is a psy-op; virus was bio-engineered to turn our bodies into a transmitter to control you through your cell phone

 

Cally K - Oral re: Budget significantly overfunds public protection to the detriment of other programs; law enforcement is hyper-militarized fascism, not protection; prioritizing law enforcement is not the solution; moral character of officers; police and policies do not protect people

 

Bryan Kaye - Oral re: Mental health program does not help veterans and facilities are so bad people would kill themselves before going to them; Nate Tseglin being locked up and family wants him home; children locked up without evidence; parents want success for their children; ignored petitions

 

Name not provided - Oral re: Quote by James Madison; PCR testing is a scam; State is moving target guidelines for opening of businesses; rent control moratoriums; people aren't getting sick from COVID-19, it is the 5G towers causing bodies to grow exosomes and expel toxins as respiratory illness; resonance of oxygen in bodies is same frequency as 5G; military weapon ADS uses microwaves for crowd control

 

Rose Ochoa - Oral re: People's Budget OC hosting webinar to go over survey results and budget analysis; correct decades of over-investment in law enforcement and jails; prioritize community investments including public health and affordable housing, mental health and supportive services, children and youth, environmental conservation, climate change, anti-racist education, community and human relations, and rent relief

 

Felipe Nieves - Oral re: Adopt People's Budget OC; cuts of funding from public health and social services and doubled spending on Sheriff's; mental health jail beds and people cannot get better in a cage; mental health and substance use disorders lack access to services; jail is no place for people with mental health disorders

 

Daisy Ramirez - Oral re: People's Budget OC; unhoused population and expanding jail system; wide spread disparities in income and access to healthcare; lack of transparency and public participation in budget process; overfunding of public protection and underfunding public health and social services; commit more to community investment and community based services; stop mental health jail and invest in diversion programs

 

Lindsay - Oral re: Investment in jails is terrorizing and criminalizing black and brown neighbors and tearing families apart; stop psychological warfare; you cannot heal in the same place that broke you; innocent schizophrenic people dying at hands of OC Sheriff; jail cannot provide the same mental health services than those outside of jail; make mental health resources more available

 

Lorie S - Oral re: Prioritize health, mental health, social services and public health above public protection; police lack training to be mental health first responders leading to the unnecessary arrest of individuals; incarceration subjects individuals to further trauma of imprisonment; providing a safe place to live and food to eat and a supportive community are key pillars to their wellness

 

Felicity Figueroa - Oral re: Demand for 2020 Truth Act Forum date to be set and is overdue; need for transparency regarding how law enforcement is transferring community members to ICE custody during pandemic; detaining people in jail for ICE to pick them up is illegal under SB54; stop Musick expansion

 

Pat Davis - Oral re: Collusion continuing between Sheriff and ICE in jails; set date for 2020 Truth Act Forum; detaining people in county jails after their release date for ICE to pick them up is illegal

 

David Duran - Oral re: Approvals and votes of the Board directly affect human rights, human dignity and the capacity of individuals to prosper, have access to healthcare and contribute to community; continued increases in Sheriff's funding while maliciously unwilling to provide increased funding for community services; People's Budget OC demands social and economic justice be recognized

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMENTS:

None

 

BOARD COMMENTS:

Chairwoman Steel - Oral re: Recognized September as National Recovery Month for mental and substance abuse disorders

 

ADJOURNED:2:40 P.M.

 

 

***KEY***

Left Margin Notes

 

 

 

1. = Supervisor Do

A.=Abstained

2. = Supervisor Steel

X.=Excused

3. = Supervisor Wagner

N.=No

4. = Supervisor Chaffee

BO=Board Order

5. = Supervisor Bartlett

 

 

 

ORD.= Ordinance

 

RESO. = Resolution

 

 

Above numbers refer to Supervisorial Districts (1st number = Moved by; 2nd number = Seconded by)

 

 

Chair, Orange County Board of Supervisors

 

 

 

 

Orange County Clerk of the Board