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Introductions |
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Chair Burgis called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m., introducing herself and Vice Chair Mitchoff.
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Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). |
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No public comment was made to the Committee. |
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Staff recommends approval of the Record of Action for the February 14, 2022 meeting.
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The Record of Action for the February 14, 2022 meeting was approved as presented. |
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Chair Diane Burgis
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Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Attachments: |
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Attachment A: DRAFT Record of Action
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ACCEPT the report and provide direction and/or input to staff and the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
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Staff and the County's state advocates provided a recap of the report and indicated that a CARE Court stakeholders meeting was held that morning; slides would be provided to the County. |
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AYE:
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Chair Diane Burgis
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Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Attachments: |
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Attachment B: 2022 Elections Report
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Attachment A: Bills of Interest
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CONSIDER recommending a position to the Board of Supervisors on SB 871 (Pan) and directing staff to place the item on a Board of Supervisors agenda for consideration.
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The County's Health Officer, Dr. Ori Tzvieli, requested that the Committee not take a position on the bill at this time, noting that more time was needed to look at the science particularly as more vaccines were under development potentially offering longer lasting protection against COVID-19 and its variants. Vice Chair Mitchoff inquired as to how much more time would be needed to evaluate the scientific data to which Dr. Tzvieli responded about six months. Vice Chair Mitchoff noted the legislature would be out of session in six months. She noted she was not willing to oppose the bill but preferred that the bill be referred to the full Board of Supervisors with no recommendation from the Committee. She directed staff to send the bill to the Board after it was heard by the Senate Health Committee. Dr. Tzvieli also noted there were active discussions on the bill with other Bay Area health officers. Several members of the public spoke in opposition to the bill, indicating that although they weren't "anti-vax," it was creating anxiety for them.
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AYE:
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Chair Diane Burgis
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Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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CONSIDER recommending a position of "Support" on AB 2094 (Rivas/ Quirk-Silva) General Plan: Annual Report: Extremely-Low Income and directing staff to place the item on the Board's consent agenda.
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The Director of the County's Health, Housing and Homeless Services division of Health Services spoke in favor of the bill, noting its intention to increase transparency in reporting of a jurisdiction's progress on meeting its housing needs in its required annual report on Housing Element implementation. Will Nelson from the Department of Conservation and Development indicated they could not support the bill because the information is difficult to obtain and could not be relied upon; it would pose an additional unfunded burden on the department. The Committee discussed referring the bill to the full Board of Supervisors for discussion with a recommendation of Oppose from the Committee. |
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Chair Diane Burgis
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Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Attachments: |
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Attachment A: Letter of Support template
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ACCEPT the report and provide direction and/or input, as needed.
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The County's federal advocate from Thorn Run Partners, Paul Schlesinger, provided an update on the County's FY 2022 federal earmark projects which were included in the Omnibus bill signed by the President. He noted that the additional COVID-19 support was pulled out of the final bill but talks were continuing in Congress on additional funding. The Committee accepted the federal legislative program report. |
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Chair Diane Burgis
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Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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The next meeting is currently scheduled for April 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Adjourn |
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The meeting was adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
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