2026-10-27 - City Council Meeting

10:23I'd like to call the Anaheim City

10:25Council meeting to order. Pursuant to

10:27SB77,

10:29this meeting will include in person as

10:32well as remote participation via

10:34webinar. Clerk, can you please call a

10:36role?

10:37>> Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bis

10:39>> present.

10:40>> Council member Bualba

10:41>> present.

10:42>> Council member Ma

10:43>> present.

10:44>> Mayor Prom Leon

10:45>> present.

10:46>> Mayor Aken

10:47>> present.

10:47>> But the record show we have five members

10:49present.

10:50>> Are there any additions or deletions to

10:51the closed session agenda?

10:53>> Mayor, there are none.

10:54>> And do we have any public speakers here

10:56to address the closed session agenda?

10:57>> Yes, mayor and city council. We do. We

10:59do have in-person speakers and we do

11:01have one participating remotely. So

11:03we'll go ahead and call our first

11:04inerson speakers, Ariana Abalos. And the

11:08time limit is three minutes per speaker.

11:17Can I start? Yeah. Okay. I am here to

11:19ask for justice. I am here to speak up

11:21about the mistrust between the community

11:23and Anaheim PD. I think it's ridiculous

11:26that we continue to keep officers with

11:27the history of harassment and excessive

11:29force. You guys are keeping officers who

11:32continue to cost the city money. Why is

11:34Annahheim PD getting raise after raise

11:36like they deserve it? You guys are in

11:38those seats because of the residents and

11:39should be listening to the caser of your

11:41residents. Instead, you guys continue to

11:43favor and protect your endorsements who

11:45have blood on their hands. Your police

11:47department is ranked ninth, the ninth

11:49deadliest in the US. And they are

11:50getting raises like if they're an

11:52award-winning police department. NIPD

11:54has changed their story so many times

11:56after my cousin's incident. Why the

11:58story changes. If Anaheim PD believes

12:01they did nothing wrong, why do they

12:03continue to harass the Arzola family?

12:05Nathan Garcia knew my cousin by his name

12:07and continued to harass and make contact

12:09with my cousin. Nathan Garcia was

12:11obsessed with my cousin and he didn't

12:13fear for his life at all. Because why

12:15did he go into contact so many times

12:16with my cousin before this incident?

12:19Nathan Garcia went out there with one

12:20intention only that night and he

12:22succeeded. I am not sure if you guys

12:25have seen or heard of the Stanford

12:26prison experiment, but Netflix just came

12:29out with another documentary of how

12:30important that study is. It shows

12:32exactly what a uniform and a badge can

12:34do to a human psychological brain. We

12:38see this abuse and the same patterns

12:39that was shown in the studies in your

12:41guys' police department. You have

12:43officers abusing their badge. Your

12:46residents shouldn't have to fear the

12:48very people sworn to protect them.

12:50Nathan Garcia. A badge is a symbol of

12:53responsibility, not a license to abuse

12:55power. The community deserves

12:58transparency. The Arzola family deserves

13:00answers. We have heard nothing and we

13:03continue to endorse a police department

13:06that is not protecting the citizens. It

13:09is creating a wider gap of mistrust. And

13:12I am here to ask for transparency. I'm

13:15here to ask for answers because my

13:17cousin's life was not worth less than

13:19anybody else's. He had blood, the same

13:22blood we all have running through our

13:23veins. No matter what district he lived

13:25in, no matter what skin color he had or

13:28what language he spoke, we all have the

13:30same color blood running through us. If

13:32you cut your veins, if you cut your

13:34veins, we all have the same blood

13:36running through us. And it doesn't make

13:37us any less. Nathan Garcia, you had one

13:40job to do and instead you took uh

13:42control of your power and used it to

13:44harass not only my cousin but a

13:4614-year-old. And I'm sure you continue

13:47to do it with any other teenage boy you

13:50have. And I'm here to speak for my

13:52cousin and for the Arzola family. Thank

13:54you.

13:56>> Our next speaker

14:02>> today, Anaheim City Council will speak

14:04about the current lawsuit involving the

14:06murder of Alberola. Let's not get it

14:08twisted. Anaheim is being sued for their

14:11lack of due diligence and care for

14:13public safety of the residents. You guys

14:16promote public safety for the community,

14:19but what about public safety when it

14:21comes towards the officers?

14:23[sighs] We now know Nathan was involved

14:25in assault on a 14-year-old child. They

14:29then fabricated evidence saying that he

14:31stole bike parts. The uh the 14-year-old

14:34teenager ended up with a fractured

14:35shoulder and he was taken to the

14:38hospital by his mother after he was

14:40dropped off by Kyle Smith and Nathan and

14:42Nathan Garcia.

14:44[sighs]

14:46It's just really disappointing because

14:48we had to read it through a LA Times

14:50article. I mean, that's how you find out

14:53the history of the person that murdered

14:54your baby cousin. I just wish you guys

14:57were more straightforward. Just think

14:59about the family. We have feelings and

15:02we have emotions.

15:04It would feel better if we just heard it

15:06from you guys first and we wouldn't even

15:10argue. We would understand. We would

15:13probably stay home and not even come if

15:17you guys were just straightforward.

15:20[sighs]

15:22Since Nathan Garcia's identity has been

15:25made public, there has been several

15:27people that have came towards the family

15:29and told him about previous abuse

15:33talking about they had charges dropped.

15:36It's very disappointing to know that

15:38this is a pattern for him.

15:40And

15:42when I went into the APD orientation,

15:44the first thing they told me is to

15:45always give good interactions with the

15:47community because they looked up to us.

15:49It's funny how now in that in the murder

15:52with Abarzola, Anaheim PD have

15:54completely contradicted themselves after

15:57killing my cousin. There hasn't been a

15:59moment where any officer has showed

16:01compassion. [clears throat] Albert was

16:02killed over graffiti he was never

16:04involved in.

16:06[sighs and gasps]

16:08Nathan Garcia and his partner got away

16:10with beating beating up the 14-year-old

16:12child and realized no one would correct

16:14their actions.

16:17Now, Anaheim PD have refused to give the

16:20Arzola family Albert's autopsy. It's

16:23going to be 11 months pretty soon. And

16:25we know that the OC sheriffs conduct

16:28autopsies in Orange County. A lot of you

16:30people take pictures with the OC

16:32Sheriff's. I'm sure you guys could find

16:34a way to give the Arzola family the

16:37autopsy.

16:38It's the same sheriff's department that

16:40is pouring heavy amounts of donations

16:43into Natalie Rubikava's campaign.

16:46It sucks that it takes all that money

16:48away from I don't know good public use

16:51to go into a campaign just so you could

16:52get more posters, more text messages and

16:55things sent out.

16:58Albert was begging for his life. Now

16:59we're begging for justice.

17:03>> Our next speaker, Grace Arzola.

17:08>> I'm advocating for transparency

17:10regarding Albert's um

17:14death. Um, he was shot in the public

17:16eyes. He was shot in front of his front

17:18yard, in front of his neighbors. When I

17:20went there the next day, they told me

17:22they thought it was a fireworks until

17:24they saw the commotion. If he was

17:27executed in public, the litigation

17:29should be done in public. If the

17:31taxpayers are going to be paying for it,

17:33they should know why they're paying.

17:43I'm requesting information be public

17:45because a lot of you guys are well one

17:46of you guys the majority of your money

17:49for your re-election campaign is coming

17:51from the Anaheim police association and

17:54another person got their

17:57endorsement pulled which makes you

17:59wonder who runs you funds you and why

18:02there hasn't been no transparency. I'm

18:04asking you Ashley you've been through

18:06hell a lot in the last month. I'm asking

18:10you to find that justice. If you're

18:12really for the people and transparency

18:13that you ran for last time and this time

18:16you're running regarding transparency

18:18again, be transparent with the public.

18:20Let them know how many abuses Nathan

18:22did. Let people know where the

18:24litigation stand and also let them know

18:26who was the officer who had their camera

18:28off. How can you guys be okay with

18:30having people out there that turns off

18:33their camera when they're killing a

18:35constituent? That should be shameful.

18:38And about like a week and a half ago,

18:40Rosie was harassed by a Anaheim police

18:43officer that you posted on your website

18:45on your Instagram, Natalie. And when she

18:47called the police station to file

18:49complaint, they said that the police

18:51officer's camera was off again. Again,

18:54we're fearful that they're going to kill

18:55my brother, they're going to kill Rosie

18:57or any of the family. That's shameful.

18:59We should not have fear. And the fact

19:02that they come out of their car and said

19:05that we were littering when we were

19:07still in the car and we had put down our

19:09food because we were unloading the car.

19:11That's shameful. We should be able to

19:12unload our car without having the police

19:14harass us. And it just questions why do

19:17everyone that harass us keeps on popping

19:19up on your Instagram page, Natalie? I

19:21think you deserve to be transparent.

19:25We can't we can't ignore the fact that

19:26they're on your Instagram page and

19:29you're over here being heavily funded by

19:31the Anaheim Police Association and you

19:33want to pretend that you're fiscally

19:35fiscally responsible and don't want to

19:38fund stuff for the seniors, but you gave

19:40$45 million budget added to the Anaheim

19:45Policeou without one single discussion,

19:48but you ain't got $1,500 to fund a field

19:50trip for the old people. That is

19:52shameful. So shameful. So don't sit here

19:55and pretend that you care about the

19:57budget. You only care about the budget

19:58when it doesn't benefit the Anaheim

20:00Police Association. And I want justice

20:02for Albert. And I want everything to be

20:04transparent and opened in public.

20:09>> Our next speaker, Art Castillo.

20:15>> Good evening. Um all this stuff that's

20:19happening, I just want to tell you

20:20again, I've always I said it a few times

20:22already. I was a founder of United

20:24Neighborhoods on tenting to stop and

20:26curb the problem. Again, I I have to

20:29speak for myself because some people

20:30talk for me and I don't condone a lot of

20:33things that they were doing. Uh but I

20:35was many like 14 years doing in the

20:37community. I got 48 48 years of

20:41community advoc advocacy. I'm an

20:43advocate. I went in back doors and I got

20:46a lot of information of the city. I grew

20:48up with this this city. So I I'm proud

20:51of it. what I do and also uh when I work

20:56for Disneyland and all that I I've

20:57always made good to this city proud and

21:00everything I and to Disneyland uh so I'm

21:04but my unfortunate thing is that I was

21:06going through these neighborhoods back

21:08in the '9s ' 70s ' 80s and 90s late 70s

21:1280 90s I would see officers um from here

21:16to you uh beating on young kids uh and

21:19it just goes beyond and Um, I did have

21:23some officers tell me in a case that I

21:25never brought up because I don't want to

21:26it's going to be like this, no

21:28transparency. But there's also autopsies

21:31reports that have been uh you know um

21:35what do you want to call the word? uh

21:37they fudged on the autopsies and this is

21:39by an officer was telling me and uh so

21:42based on this you know having this

21:45issues in the community

21:48we need to start working because you

21:49guys are going to come back and I hope

21:51that you guys can work and I know you'll

21:53be attacked on every kind of issue but

21:56we've got to come with transparency

21:57giving you the opportunity that you guys

21:59can change now my main thing I'd want to

22:02say is that you are with the Boys and

22:05Girls Clubs kids in action and all these

22:08other departments. And it's great

22:09because those are kids. We got to keep

22:11them up. But I I was at a school board

22:13meeting and I was talking to one of the

22:15the trustees and I said, "I'm for the at

22:18risk families and the at risk kids." And

22:20he said, "Oh, I'd like to get involved

22:22in that. So maybe can give you a little

22:24bit. You might know what you're doing

22:26there, but you're not going into that

22:28section of us at risk people." I don't

22:31think that's what we're not hearing. So

22:33I want to try to translate that to you.

22:35if you can look into it and start

22:36programs for them. Though there is some

22:38programs, but they're limited. As an ex

22:41employee, I was told by my staff, we

22:43can't handle everybody, but we could

22:46work together as families and parents

22:48working alongside you discussing these

22:51issues. I need a I want to come up with

22:53a solution. Not not again because I seen

22:56I've been in court hearings. I've been

22:59in there and the judges the the lawyers

23:01are telling me one thing that maybe you

23:03guys didn't get to know and what the

23:05what the what the people don't know and

23:07I kept it to myself and I don't like to

23:09come out and do that. I want to say I

23:11took the brunt of a hit my my career and

23:15everything because I went out there and

23:16I spoke out for those 48 years and all I

23:20got was

23:21>> Steve I'm sorry your time is up.

23:22>> Yeah. So I want to make sure that you

23:23guys can listen to us and try to work

23:26this issue out and

23:28>> sir I'm sorry your time is up.

23:29>> Yeah let's shake hands and you know

23:31instead of arguing

23:32>> our next speaker Rosie Kamacho

23:43I'm here for my son Alberto Sola

23:47December 6 will never be the same for

23:49me. My life has changed and I want

23:51transparency for my son. Not just for

23:54him, for all the other constituents that

23:57passed away

24:00from lethal force of a police officer.

24:04It's just saddens me that time and time

24:07we keep going around in circles and you

24:12guys are still stating the facts.

24:15But honestly, my son never had whatever

24:19you guys stated.

24:21My son was never spray painting

24:23anything. He did not have anything. He

24:26was shot behind.

24:28How does Nathan Garcia still walk the

24:31streets while my son is not here? He

24:34murdered my son. I want transparency and

24:37justice for my son. Not only that, I was

24:41stopped by a police officer.

24:44He used his

24:46lights. He didn't even say who he was.

24:51His name was Al Al Faro.

24:54Employee ID number

24:5782714.

25:00It just saddens me that just because

25:03they hold a badge and a gun, they could

25:05do whatever they want.

25:08I want transparency and justice for my

25:10son.

25:12This shouldn't

25:13not only that I came from a hockey game.

25:17You know, I spend my money here in

25:19Anaheim just like my son worked in

25:21Anaheim. We live in Anaheim. How has

25:23this happened that we we're treated as

25:29criminals just because we're dressed

25:32different

25:34and we might not drive the same vehicle,

25:38but we just still get harassed.

25:42I told that officer, "What are you going

25:44to do? Shoot me like you shot my son?"

25:47He stated, "Who's your son?" He was

25:50there when I got when my son was

25:52murdered.

25:54Alf was there. He knew the whole story

25:57of my son. It just saddens me that we

26:01just can't have no transparency or a

26:03break. I want justice for my son and for

26:06every other constituents that's going or

26:09every mother that's going through what

26:10I'm going through the pain cuz it's not

26:13easy. It takes a lot of courage just to

26:15be here and just to talk about what

26:19happened that day

26:21[snorts] just as for my son Alberto

26:23Sola.

26:27>> Our next speaker Christine

26:37Good evening. We have reached 10 months

26:41where our lives forever changed. Albert

26:44Arzola was murdered on the doorsteps of

26:46his home by one of your employees who's

26:49still patrolling the area.

26:52The public needs to be aware that this

26:54unfit individual, Nathan Garcia, who has

26:57caused harm to two families that we know

27:00of, right there, there may be more, um,

27:05is still on our streets.

27:09Whoever's responsible, whether it be

27:11you, the police chief,

27:16the city manager,

27:20need to

27:22ensure that there's an investigation

27:27and that we

27:29know all the facts, that it's

27:31transparent, and we hold the person

27:34responsible.

27:36You owe this to your community,

27:39the city of Anaheim.

27:42I constantly hear the excuse that it's

27:45an active investigation.

27:47That has nothing to do with how uh the

27:50police chief interacts, answers

27:53questions from the community, builds the

27:56trust from um your constituents, the

28:00neighborhoods.

28:02They're still living there. They have

28:04children as well. So, you have an

28:06obligation. This is your position that

28:09you're elected to do is to ensure that

28:12the streets are safe, that we know the

28:15facts, that we um understand what

28:18happened to Albert because

28:21he's an innocent person. He was walking

28:24into his house from work and he was shot

28:28by one of your employees. And that is a

28:33violation. It's a violation that needs

28:37justice, not only to Albert, to any

28:40individual that this would happen to,

28:43especially um

28:46from a person that is,

28:49you know, takes a position who

28:53who sworn who is sworn in to protect and

28:56serve.

29:00We know that the police department

29:03participates in their own investigation.

29:05It always serves an injustice to the

29:07true crimes

29:10of the victims.

29:12So, I am here tonight and I will

29:15continue to be here as Albert's family

29:17member, as a constituent of Orange

29:21County. Um, I have roots in Anaheim. My

29:26mom's first home was here in Anaheim. My

29:29third grade teacher, who I still connect

29:32with, who helps the community, still

29:34lives in Anaheim. Justice for Albert

29:37Arzola.

29:39>> Mayor and city council. That concludes

29:41our in-person speakers. We do have one

29:43um participating remotely at this time,

29:46Leslie L., can you please unmute

29:48yourself?

29:51>> Hello.

29:52>> Hello, Leslie. You can go ahead. Your

29:53time has started. Okay. Good evening,

29:56mayor and city council. My name is Sesy

29:58Lopez, and I'm here once again on behalf

30:00of my cousin, Albert Arzola, and our

30:02family. Why is the information regarding

30:05Albert's case being discussed behind

30:06closed doors? Albert lived here and

30:09worked here. Our family deserves to know

30:11what is happening and what information

30:12can be shared publicly. I'm also here

30:15because our family is preparing to file

30:17a formal complaint regarding ongoing

30:19harassment by the Anaheim police

30:21officers. Whether it's me, Albert's

30:23father, mother, sister, or cousins,

30:26members of her families continue to

30:28experience what we believe is

30:29harassment.

30:31And here's what's concerning. The

30:33officer involved repeatedly appears on

30:35council member Natalie Ruva's social

30:38media time after time. Out of more than

30:40400 officers, we find that truly

30:42concerning.

30:47>> Are we supposed to remain silent because

30:49we fear what might happen next? His

30:51camera's obviously never on to

30:55record the situations that are occurring

30:56in the harassment, and that's probably

30:58for a reason. We still demand answers

31:01about Albert's death. Why did Officer

31:03Nathan Garcia draw his weapon so quickly

31:05and probably in the car? What threat did

31:07he perceive knowing that Albert was

31:08running into his house? And why was

31:10deadly force necessary? And Norma, she's

31:13not here today, but you should be asking

31:15these questions here, too. And how are

31:18you absent during a council meeting

31:20knowing that they're going to be

31:21discussing information about someone who

31:23belongs to your district? Albert was

31:25part of your district. We haven't forgot

31:28that you stood before a family alongside

31:30the mayor and council member Carlos

31:32Leon. During the community meeting, you

31:34sided with the department. What have you

31:36done for the families in your district

31:37who feel threatened? Why is Nathan

31:39Garcia returned to this community

31:41despite our unanswered questions

31:44and his separate allegations of

31:47excessive force involving a minor? Were

31:49you guys already paid out a lawsuit

31:50because of him? And Natalie Rubikava, I

31:53have questions for you, too. You

31:54reportedly claimed the police overtime

31:57audit involved being Jose Duran in

32:00Donili was publicly released. Where is

32:02it at, Natalie? Show us the audit. You

32:04dismissed the questionable overtime as

32:06an accounting error. Let me tell you

32:08something. As someone who has an MBA and

32:10works in accounting, an error like that

32:12doesn't simply happen. There's

32:14procedures that are followed to make

32:17sure that errors like that don't occur.

32:19An accounting error. Really? How does an

32:21officer earn more than a police chief or

32:23the city manager's base salary and now

32:25the city has approved nearly $9.8

32:28million in additional police funding for

32:30the current fiscal year. Residents

32:32deserve explanations, not dismissal.

32:34Your relationship with the Anaheim

32:35Police Association raises concerns for

32:38our family and true accountability. Are

32:41you representing your residents or your

32:44political relationship in influencing

32:46your judgment? Our family is grieving a

32:4819-year-old whose life was taken.

32:51No campaign contribution, endorsement,

32:53or political friendship should ever

32:54matter more than Anaheim residents. We

32:57will continue to ask for justice for my

32:59cousin Albert Arzola. Thank

33:00[clears throat] you.

33:03Mayor and city council, that concludes

33:05our in-person speakers as well as our

33:07remote speakers. Noting for the record,

33:08we did receive one public comment

33:10related to close session that has been

33:12distributed to city council as well as

33:13posted on the city's website at

33:15anaheim.net public comment.

33:17>> Thank you. So, we are now going to close

33:19the public comment portion of our

33:21session agenda and we are going to

33:23recess into close session and be back um

33:27as close to five o'clock as possible.

33:29Thank you everyone.

1:28:34Good evening everyone. I'd like to

1:28:37convene reconvene, excuse me, the NIM

1:28:39city council meeting back to order.

1:28:41Pursuant to SB77, this meeting will

1:28:45include inperson as well as remote

1:28:47participation via webinar. The first

1:28:50item on our agenda is an invocation that

1:28:52will be offered this evening by Pastor

1:28:55Scott Weeden Schuler from Calvary

1:28:58Chapel, East Anaheim. Following that,

1:29:01Council Member um Ma, if I could ask you

1:29:05to lead us in the flag salute. Would

1:29:06that be okay? Thank you. If you are

1:29:09able, please stand.

1:29:14>> Good evening. Thank you, Madame Mayor,

1:29:15honorable counsel. Let's go before the

1:29:18Lord.

1:29:19Father, you're the he the the maker of

1:29:22heaven and earth. On the back wall, it

1:29:24says, "And God we trust and we have

1:29:26every reason to. Everything that has

1:29:28life on this earth is because you give

1:29:31it to us." And all you ask in return is

1:29:34that we bring glory to your name. Lord,

1:29:36you boiled it down to two simple things.

1:29:37To love you and to love one another. So

1:29:41Lord, help us to do that. You sent your

1:29:42spirit. You gave gave the Holy Spirit to

1:29:44us to help us to do that because we

1:29:46still manage to screw things up from

1:29:47time to time. So Lord, I pray that you

1:29:49would your sovereign hand would be over

1:29:51this meeting tonight. That you'd protect

1:29:53everyone in this room. Lord, we're at a

1:29:55time. We're coming in less than a week

1:29:57away from an election. There's no doubts

1:30:00divided us in the city, in the county,

1:30:02the state, and on the national level.

1:30:04Lord, you instituted government. You

1:30:07tell us that any authority that is

1:30:09allowed to have authority is because

1:30:11you've allowed it. And so, Lord, we

1:30:13trust you. Whether the person we vote

1:30:15for wins or loses, Lord, we know that

1:30:18you allowed that person to be there. And

1:30:20so help us to have unity, to get uni,

1:30:22regain, restore unity, um trust in one

1:30:26another. We love you. We pray for your

1:30:28wisdom, your courage, your boldness

1:30:30tonight for everyone on this DAS. Lord,

1:30:32I pray for energy for the city manager

1:30:34and his staff, Lord, as they continue to

1:30:36carry out things that are on this agenda

1:30:38day in and day out throughout the year.

1:30:40Finally, Lord, for the the rest of the

1:30:43city staff, and certainly for our police

1:30:45officers, for the firefighters, Lord,

1:30:47that you your hand of protection would

1:30:49be on them, that they would realize that

1:30:51you've called them into this line of

1:30:53work, this career uh for your purpose,

1:30:56or that you would protect their families

1:30:57while they're absent, or that you'd give

1:30:59the police chief and the fire chief

1:31:00wisdom and compassion for the men and

1:31:04women that they are charged to take care

1:31:06of and oversee. And certainly last but

1:31:08not least, the citizens of this city,

1:31:10this great city that you built up, Lord.

1:31:13Um I pray for them, Lord, that that that

1:31:16you would protect and watch over them,

1:31:18Lord, that you would engage them, Lord,

1:31:20to do what they can to carry out um

1:31:23things that they can to make this city a

1:31:25better place. So Lord, we give you this

1:31:27night. It's in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

1:31:30>> Amen. Thank you, Pastor Weeden Solar.

1:31:33>> Please place your right hand over your

1:31:34heart and join me in saying the pledge

1:31:36of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to

1:31:38the flag of the United States of America

1:31:42and to the republic for which it stands.

1:31:45One nation under God, indivisible with

1:31:49liberty and justice for all.

1:32:16Good evening everyone. [snorts]

1:32:18So I'd like to start out with a

1:32:20presentation. So, our city is proud to

1:32:23be a place where people of all

1:32:26backgrounds and cultures from around the

1:32:29world come together to call Anaheim

1:32:31home. Our Filipino American community is

1:32:35the largest in Orange County at more

1:32:37than 15,000 residents. And tonight,

1:32:40Anaheim is proud to recognize October as

1:32:44Filipino American History Month. They

1:32:47bring so much to our city. Their love of

1:32:50family and gracious hospitality reflect

1:32:53the best that Anaheim has to offer. They

1:32:56play an indispensable role in our

1:32:59economy and our institutions, right,

1:33:02including right here at city hall. And

1:33:05their infectious love of singing,

1:33:08dancing, and DJs makes Anaheim a heck of

1:33:12a lot more fun. And behind it all is the

1:33:15love language of our Filipino community.

1:33:18amazing food. It's the heart and soul of

1:33:22family and cultural life and brings

1:33:25people together to bond over adobo

1:33:28lumpia and coconut water with kalamani.

1:33:33And no, I'm not forgetting holo halo.

1:33:37That sweet colorful mix of shaved ice,

1:33:40ice cream, fla, and toppings all stirred

1:33:44together. In Anaheim, Filipino cuisine

1:33:48as culture can be found across our city.

1:33:52Of course, we are the proud home of

1:33:54Orange County's first Jollibee.

1:33:58And MJ's Pinoy Fiesta in West Anaheim is

1:34:02an authentic Turo Turo buffet. for a

1:34:05modern culinary take on classic Filipino

1:34:08dishes. We're also proudly home to Lola

1:34:12by MFK in the Platinum Triangle. And

1:34:15then there's Seafood City, the flagship

1:34:19Filipino supermarket, which has helped

1:34:21us revive the once challenging corner of

1:34:24Uklid and La Palma. Our Filicipino

1:34:27community brings so much to Anaheim and

1:34:30is a rich cultural fabric unto itself,

1:34:34reflecting the diverse backgrounds and

1:34:36personalities of all our Filipino

1:34:39friends and neighbors. I would like to

1:34:42especially thank the FilipinoAmerican

1:34:45Youth Organization from our own Savannah

1:34:48High School for reaching out to the city

1:34:51and coming together tonight to celebrate

1:34:54with us. you are carrying forward the

1:34:57important role of Filipino culture here

1:34:59in Anaheim. If you could please join us

1:35:02up here for a photo and to share a few

1:35:05words about the club.

1:35:08[applause]

1:35:23So, I'm going to start us off. Uh, my

1:35:25name is Cindia Bunda Barting. I am the

1:35:27faculty adviser to PAIO at Savannah as

1:35:30well as the FilipinoAmerican National

1:35:32Historical Society Orange County Inland

1:35:34Empire um, chapter president. And so,

1:35:38um, LJ did a fantastic job. We had

1:35:41talked about this back in August and I'm

1:35:43so proud that she's continuing our

1:35:44heritage um and continuing our history

1:35:46here um here in Anaheim and I'm just so

1:35:50very proud of all that she's doing with

1:35:51our organization uh and leading our

1:35:53youth here.

1:35:56>> Thank you everyone and thank you to our

1:35:58city council. Um my name is Lorraine or

1:36:01LJ Tukoff. I'm the co-president of

1:36:04FilipinoAmerican Youth Organization or

1:36:06PIO at Savannah High School. And um

1:36:10honestly I didn't realize how big of a

1:36:12deal this was. And when I told um my

1:36:15advisor, Miss Ting, like oh like we got

1:36:18an invitation from the city, like

1:36:22I just couldn't like she couldn't grasp

1:36:24that idea. And honestly that's because

1:36:26I'm still young. I'm only 17. And I

1:36:30think that just shows the importance of

1:36:33carrying on that legacy onto um the

1:36:36generation right now, but also to future

1:36:38generations. And so again, thank you

1:36:40everyone.

1:36:43[applause]

1:36:52Congratulations

1:37:08again.

1:37:12[applause]

1:37:33Next on our agenda are recognitions to

1:37:35be presented at a later date. Kirk

1:37:37clerk, can you please read?

1:37:39>> Thank you, mayor. We do have four this

1:37:41evening. Recognizing the week of October

1:37:4318th to the 24th, 2026 as National

1:37:46Friends of the Library Week. Recognizing

1:37:48October 23rd to the 31st, 2026 as Red

1:37:51Ribbon Week. Recognizing the month of

1:37:53October 2026 as domestic violence

1:37:56awareness month. And recognizing no

1:37:58November 1st, 2026 as Extra Mile Day.

1:38:07>> Do we have anyone here to accept for one

1:38:09of the recognitions? Yes, mayor. We do

1:38:11have we do have a representative for Red

1:38:13Ribbon Week.

1:38:24>> So, by way of introduction, um you'll

1:38:27see that when you leave tonight that

1:38:28city hall is lit red in honor of Red

1:38:31Ribbon Week, which runs now through

1:38:34Saturday. It is also something that most

1:38:36of our public schools and um elementary

1:38:38and high schools participate in. It's a

1:38:41public awareness campaign led by our

1:38:44federal partners at the DEA to reinforce

1:38:47the benefit of living drug-free and

1:38:49avoiding the tragedy that drugs can

1:38:52bring. Please help me welcome DEA

1:38:55community outreach specialist Ruth

1:38:57Morales here to accept this recognition.

1:39:01>> Great. Good evening, mayor, city

1:39:03council, and members of the community.

1:39:05I'm honored to be here today and accept

1:39:08this proclamation. As mentioned, DEA is

1:39:11a federal law enforcement that enforces

1:39:13drug laws. But for those that don't

1:39:15know, we also have a community outreach

1:39:17section where we find the importance to

1:39:19go out and educate youth on drug trends

1:39:22and currently what we're seeing and hope

1:39:24to make a difference by connecting with

1:39:26different partners and making a change.

1:39:29Uh just a little bit of background, Red

1:39:30Ribbon Week started in 1985 when one of

1:39:33our DEA agent special agents, Enrique

1:39:36Kiki Camarina, was killed uh while

1:39:38investigating drug trafficking down in

1:39:40Mexico.

1:39:42What began as a tribute to his sacrifice

1:39:45has now became a nationwide campaign

1:39:48where we go out and promote living

1:39:49drug-free and healthy choices for youth.

1:39:52Uh, as you mentioned, uh, the Anaheim

1:39:55City Hall will be going red, but there's

1:39:56different ways and methods that you can

1:39:58promote Red Ribbon by promoting living

1:40:01drug-free and also working as a

1:40:03community to create suffer safe

1:40:05communities where youth can thrive and

1:40:07find positive outlets. Um, as I

1:40:10mentioned, DEA does community outreach.

1:40:12We will be at multiple schools

1:40:14throughout the country, including some

1:40:16schools here in Anaheim or in Orange

1:40:17County, um, sorry. Uh, and so I invite

1:40:21you all to to promote Red Ribbon.

1:40:24As we honor Special Agent Camarina's

1:40:26legacy, let's remember that prevention

1:40:28is more than raising awareness. It is

1:40:30about inspiring choices that save lives

1:40:33and create a healthy and safer future

1:40:35for generations to come. Thank you.

1:40:39[applause]

1:40:45>> Almost take a picture.

1:40:49>> [clears throat]

1:40:49>> If you want to just come to the my

1:40:52right, your Yeah. Left. [laughter]

1:41:46Thank you.

1:41:49[applause]

1:42:14Now I'll call to order the Anaheim

1:42:15Public Financing Authority, the Anaheim

1:42:17Housing and Public Improvements

1:42:19Authority, and the Anaheim Housing

1:42:20Authority in joint session with our city

1:42:22council. Clerk, are there any additions

1:42:24or deletions to tonight's agendas?

1:42:26>> Mayor, there are none. Can you please

1:42:28outline the public comment procedures

1:42:29and call forward the first several

1:42:31speakers to address our agenda?

1:42:34>> Thank you, mayor. Speakers have one

1:42:36opportunity to address the city council

1:42:37except for the scheduled public hearing.

1:42:39The public comment period is limited to

1:42:4290 minutes or until all agenda item

1:42:44speakers have been heard. Any time

1:42:46remaining of the 90 minutes will be

1:42:47provided to speakers who wish to speak

1:42:49on any non-aggenda related items but

1:42:51within the council's jurisdiction. A

1:42:53second public comment period will be

1:42:55opened by the mayor at the end of

1:42:57council business only if any non-aggenda

1:42:59item speakers were not heard during this

1:43:01first public comment period. The time

1:43:04limit for public comment is three

1:43:05minutes per speaker. In compliance with

1:43:08California Senate Bill 707, remote

1:43:10public participation is available at all

1:43:12city council meetings. Members of the

1:43:15public wishing to address the city

1:43:16council remotely must complete a remote

1:43:19speaker card available at

1:43:20anaheim.net/counsil net/counts webinar.

1:43:24Detailed public participation

1:43:25information can be found on the city's

1:43:27website as well as on the published

1:43:30agenda. For our in-person participants,

1:43:32speaker cards are available at the back

1:43:34of the council chamber. The name and

1:43:37contact information requested on the

1:43:38speaker card is optional. Any

1:43:40unidentified speaker will be called by

1:43:42the speaker card number. Remote

1:43:44participants will be called forward

1:43:46following our in-person speakers. At

1:43:49this time, I'd also like to announce

1:43:50that Spanish interpreting services are

1:43:52provided at every city council meeting.

1:43:55Simultaneous Spanish interpretation is

1:43:57provided through the use of headsets and

1:43:59consecutive interpretation is available

1:44:01to anyone who would like to address the

1:44:02city council. For those participating

1:44:05remotely, the webinar supports automated

1:44:07live captions in multiple languages,

1:44:10including Spanish. For translation

1:44:12services in other languages, please

1:44:14contact the city clerk's office at least

1:44:1648 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.

1:44:18At this time, I would like to introduce

1:44:20our interpreter who make the same

1:44:21announcement in Spanish.

1:44:45particip.

1:44:46for

1:45:02municipal.

1:45:08On behalf of the city council, we'll

1:45:10like to remind the public that Anaheim

1:45:12remains committed to freedom of speech

1:45:14and we ask that speakers address the

1:45:15city council with civility and refrain

1:45:18from making personal, threatening,

1:45:20abusive, slanderous, or profane remarks

1:45:22towards any member of the council,

1:45:24staff, or general public. We appreciate

1:45:26you reflecting the spirit when you

1:45:28speak. The time now is 5:35 with the

1:45:3190minute public comment period set to

1:45:33conclude at 7:05 or until all agenda

1:45:37item speakers have been heard. We ask

1:45:39that speakers line up at the podium once

1:45:41they see their name appear on the

1:45:43projection screen behind me. For those

1:45:45participating remotely, you'll be called

1:45:47at the appropriate time. And mayor and

1:45:49city council, we have um two speakers on

1:45:52agenda items. So, we'll address agenda

1:45:54item speakers first. If the first two

1:45:56in-person speakers, if they can please

1:45:58step forward, are Joshua Collins,

1:46:00followed by Bethany Alberg.

1:46:10Good afternoon, mayor and council. My

1:46:11name is R. Joshua Collins, founder of

1:46:12Homeless Advocates for Christ on

1:46:14Facebook. And first, I want to encourage

1:46:16everyone to give life to Jesus Christ

1:46:18who died on the cross for us, to save us

1:46:19from hell, to give us everlasting life.

1:46:21We've all sinned. We all need a savior

1:46:24and only Jesus can save us from that

1:46:26horrible place called hell. And I want

1:46:29to talk about the homeless issue once

1:46:30again. I'm here to speak for people

1:46:32leaving in their cars that have nowhere

1:46:33else to go. I've submitted a petition

1:46:35with more than 100 signatures asking

1:46:37this council to create safe parking for

1:46:38the homeless. And I've spoken on this

1:46:40multiple times at this council meeting.

1:46:42You've all been emailed about this

1:46:43petition. Yet my request has not

1:46:45received any attention. And in Proverbs,

1:46:47the Bible tells us those who ignore the

1:46:49cry of the poor will also cry out and

1:46:51not be heard. How many people must

1:46:54suffer before this council is willing to

1:46:56act? Public safety must include safe

1:46:58parking where people can park without

1:47:00fear of being displaced, ticketed,

1:47:02attacked, or towed. A vehicle is home

1:47:04for many due to everinccreasing rent

1:47:06prices and other factors. And this

1:47:09council has approved a police pay

1:47:10increase described as 17% over three

1:47:13years reportedly costing taxpayers

1:47:15approximately $45 million.

1:47:17Ask youth to show the same urgency in

1:47:20addressing the homeless. The safety and

1:47:22the dignity of homeless people matters.

1:47:23Pushing people from one street to

1:47:25another does not solve homelessness.

1:47:27Telling people to leave does not give

1:47:28them anywhere to go. Safe parking is a

1:47:31practical step that can provide

1:47:32security, stability, and opportunity for

1:47:34people to work toward permanent housing.

1:47:36I'm asking this council to put this item

1:47:38on the agenda as winter is fast

1:47:40approaching. These people are not asking

1:47:42for luxury. They're not asking for fancy

1:47:44trips or for millions of dollars.

1:47:45They're asking for a safe place to park

1:47:47their cars and rest. And many can't

1:47:49speak for themselves, including seniors,

1:47:51mothers, uh all kinds of uh others out

1:47:54there uh struggling. A city is measured

1:47:58by how it treats people who have the

1:47:59least. Do not ignore them. Don't make

1:48:01them invisible. Give them a voice. Give

1:48:03them a plan. And give them hope. And I

1:48:06also want to say justice for Arbalto as

1:48:10well. And how is it, that's my question.

1:48:13How can we keep someone on the police

1:48:15force that there's so much evidence on

1:48:18on him doing wrongdoing? How is it that

1:48:20that that is is still allowed that he's

1:48:23still on the police force, not at least

1:48:25giving him a desk job or something?

1:48:27Because obviously from what I've read

1:48:29and learned, he could easily be a threat

1:48:31to others out there in the community.

1:48:34So, why is it the city isn't protecting

1:48:36the community? This is very, very

1:48:39concerning and and I know something

1:48:41needs to be done about that. Again,

1:48:43justice for Albert Tarzo. Thank you for

1:48:45letting me speak.

1:48:48>> Our next speaker, Bethany Albert.

1:48:53>> Bethany.

1:48:59Okay. Mayor and city council, we will

1:49:00now turn to our remote speakers. We do

1:49:03have one remote speaker um stating that

1:49:06they were addressing um an agenda item

1:49:09and it's Leslie L. Um but noting for the

1:49:12record U mayor and city council I do not

1:49:14have Leslie out in our queue. So we'll

1:49:18go ahead and move on to our general

1:49:20speakers.

1:49:27So, our first speaker to address the

1:49:29city council on general comments, Mark

1:49:30Richard Daniels

1:49:45musical introduction, huh? Anyhow,

1:49:51uh one more week until this election

1:49:54>> and uh I'll be glad when it's over and

1:49:58I'm not even on the ballot.

1:50:00But uh the fact is the only thing I've

1:50:04learned

1:50:05several things about this

1:50:08goaround, this cycle of the election is

1:50:13human nature.

1:50:15uh the worst that comes out in humanity

1:50:20and the fact that our mayor is human.

1:50:24Our mayor is been under such a a barrage

1:50:30by people that don't know the facts.

1:50:35They're just what they've heard, what

1:50:38they've read.

1:50:40They don't know nothing, but they act on

1:50:43that. and treat it as gospel. And this

1:50:47is wrong. This has always been wrong.

1:50:50Whenever you see this kind of thing,

1:50:52they're ready to lynch. They're ready to

1:50:55attack

1:50:57without the facts. Nobody knows nothing.

1:51:01and the mayor and her family.

1:51:05The mayor and her family have suffered

1:51:08uh just undo

1:51:12horrible uh innuendos uh

1:51:16>> without anybody that uh knows what

1:51:20they're talking about

1:51:22>> and to have uh

1:51:25until it's settled, we don't know

1:51:27anything.

1:51:29And

1:51:30I'm sticking with the mayor

1:51:33and I hope everybody else does too

1:51:35because she's been tried and convicted

1:51:40without any kind of evidence that has

1:51:43been put forward by anybody of of any

1:51:47value.

1:51:48And the blogs uh they do their little

1:51:51thing and then hide behind uh anonymity.

1:51:56You'll see comments that are just

1:51:59based on what, but it gives everybody a

1:52:02chance they feel safe. They can make a

1:52:04comment and then run and hide. And uh

1:52:08God bless you, Mayor Ashley Aken. And

1:52:12we'll get through this. I will never

1:52:16abandon you.

1:52:20[applause]

1:52:21>> Our next speaker, Art Castillo.

1:52:27>> [sighs]

1:52:32>> Well, I'm going to try to explain that

1:52:34uh all the kids that have been killed, I

1:52:37knew everyone even in other cities,

1:52:39sister cities, I met them. Some of them

1:52:42I knew their parents when they were

1:52:44kids. And you know, I was always helping

1:52:47get bringing food and jobs, going out

1:52:50there on all the neighborhoods. and they

1:52:52um they actually welcomed me and said

1:52:54thank you for coming in and helping on

1:52:56housing and you know um so in this case

1:53:00when I saw these things and these

1:53:02tragedies um you know I'm a city worker

1:53:05and I'm going home and I'm seeing these

1:53:07things I always try to report it or take

1:53:09it and it's like always go to the person

1:53:12itself that caused it see if we can work

1:53:14it out and but I don't know why it

1:53:17didn't come out that way but I was going

1:53:19to talk to Rubikava uh the um incident

1:53:23at the uh Little People's Park just to

1:53:26in give I was there working. I was 17.

1:53:29My brother was there. He was across the

1:53:31street. Gustavo Ariano put it in the

1:53:33paper. The kid that got hit in the head

1:53:35and the blood was squirting out. That

1:53:36was my brother and uh some neighborhoods

1:53:40cuz she knows those people in the

1:53:41neighborhoods, our families. We all know

1:53:43each other. But when I was there and saw

1:53:46what it was, it was a game that these

1:53:48neighborhoods played. three

1:53:49neighborhoods from our h our city played

1:53:52another city, a good game of flag

1:53:54football. They came down to celebrate

1:53:56and then what happened was uh there was

1:53:59a victory uh somebody came out with a

1:54:00gun victory shooting. Nobody moved,

1:54:02nobody cared. So it was it was a victory

1:54:04thing, a good day, and they were all

1:54:06enjoying it. And then the police came.

1:54:09Um and the word for you guys were here

1:54:11earlier with the word uh 14 years old.

1:54:14These are always like a 14-y old. These

1:54:16these guys were 19 now, but they used to

1:54:18get beat up at 14 and I was 12 and I was

1:54:21seeing all these things happening. So

1:54:23the word 14 is like an age group that

1:54:25were always being attacked and bullied

1:54:28just like the the Arizona family saying

1:54:30we end up getting harassed and

1:54:32continuously a lot of this stuff. But

1:54:34one of the things that was there was

1:54:36some more tragedies in this story of

1:54:39what was written. And I actually ran

1:54:42into at a couple of places people that

1:54:44said to me the same thing. We are

1:54:47witnesses of seeing more tragedy in that

1:54:50insurrection of and I and I'm trying to

1:54:53say this. I don't like riots. We going

1:54:57to call it um you know something

1:55:00different. I I don't know what the words

1:55:02you guys want to call it, but it wasn't

1:55:03Chico riots. It's actually was uh police

1:55:06misconduct and um they went into houses

1:55:09and pulling people out. So people got

1:55:13hurt really bad. People get and what you

1:55:15don't hear and I want to talk to

1:55:18Rubikava about that. So we can get that

1:55:20change. Anybody says a riot that's not

1:55:22what it is. It disgraces us and it

1:55:25really hurts me. So if you guys can look

1:55:27at it and have that changed down to

1:55:30police misconduct and um

1:55:33>> Mr.

1:55:34I'm sorry your time is up.

1:55:34>> I appreciate it. I appreciate you guys

1:55:36can look at that.

1:55:38>> Our next speaker, Cecil Jordan Corkin.

1:55:41Cecil

1:55:50>> Outreach Homeless Ministries. Also,

1:55:53Dizzy Land breaks ground on new parking

1:55:56garage. Jean Arrey Way

1:56:01Incorporated

1:56:04office and other holes

1:56:09shades during groundbreaking

1:56:12ceremony

1:56:13for a parking structure at the

1:56:18Disneyland Resort on August the 24th

1:56:22courtesy of Disneyland.

1:56:24And that was uh

1:56:27September the 3rd, 2026.

1:56:31We've already started into the Gene Ar.

1:56:35I wanted to be safe this time

1:56:38compared to 1955 of of Disney way Disney

1:56:44started it out.

1:56:46You need to go back and read some of the

1:56:48reports

1:56:51so you'll feel comfortable. Take some of

1:56:54those reports home and read them

1:56:59before going to bed at night

1:57:02and you'll have a safety

1:57:04outcome

1:57:06of what you're going to do to take care

1:57:08of Disney.

1:57:10I want you to have an idea

1:57:13where you're coming from

1:57:17as far as Disney goes

1:57:22cuz there's a lot of reports

1:57:25on Disney

1:57:30and I don't want them to

1:57:35to redevelop

1:57:37into a a rebound.

1:57:40on what it used to be.

1:57:42I want it to be a fun time park.

1:57:46Walt Disney at first wanted a a funtime

1:57:51park. That's what he wanted in Anaheim.

1:57:56I got the booklet. I ordered it in

1:58:00overdraft and paid it back. [laughter]

1:58:04That's how I got the book.

1:58:07and it was talking about how he came to

1:58:10the city office and did the reports

1:58:15and uh had himself okay to build

1:58:20Disneyland.

1:58:22Had him signed up and registered.

1:58:25You need to read those reports. It's in

1:58:27the booklet.

1:58:29I have them

1:58:31and Tom Tate has them, too.

1:58:35You have to go back during the dates of

1:58:37Tom Tate and look those notes up and

1:58:40read those that I turned in and gave

1:58:44them to the city council. I went down

1:58:47there to the library looking and I

1:58:50didn't find anything.

1:58:53Not like he I'm sorry your time is upate

1:58:56was available.

1:58:57>> Thank you Cecil. you go back

1:59:03and look in the look in the history of

1:59:06the reports.

1:59:07>> Thank you, Cecil, Holy Spirit.

1:59:09>> Thank you. Have a nice day.

1:59:10>> That's all I can tell you. Thank you.

1:59:13>> Thank you.

1:59:14>> Our next speakerate.

1:59:16>> Our next speaker is Ruben Greg Sodto.

1:59:21>> I'm going to be your reminder.

1:59:32Good evening, mayor and city council.

1:59:35Let me read you Ephesians 5:22- 24 that

1:59:40Christian ladies don't know if you're

1:59:41going to become a Christian or Catholic

1:59:43or Mormon Wives, submit to your

1:59:46own husband as the Lord. For the husband

1:59:49is the head of the wife, even as Christ

1:59:52is head of the church, his body and

1:59:54himself its savior. Now, as the church

1:59:56submits to Christ, so also your wives

1:59:59should submit everything to their

2:00:01husbands. So, if we want to be a

2:00:03Christian lady, you will have not a say

2:00:05so in your marriage. So, go ahead and be

2:00:07a Christian and don't complain when your

2:00:09husband tells you what to do, when to

2:00:11do, and how to do it. Now, under my

2:00:13divorce papers, the judge told me that I

2:00:16could not drink or do drugs around my

2:00:18daughter several hours before

2:00:19visitation. So, why are all you doing

2:00:23drinking and smoking marijuana around

2:00:25your children? I guess that's a big

2:00:26lawsuit. Hallelujah.

2:00:29Now, um [snorts] here's something here

2:00:32where it contradicts where it says it.

2:00:34This verse commonly associated with not

2:00:37becoming enslaved and controlled by

2:00:40people is 1 Corinthians 7:23. You were

2:00:44bought at a price. Do not become a slave

2:00:46of human beings, men. This is why I

2:00:49don't do what man wants me to do. Cuz

2:00:52I'm not your woman. I ain't your wife. I

2:00:54ain't your be. I ain't your punk. I do

2:00:56what I want to do because I'm a man. You

2:00:59could tell your wife or your girlfriend,

2:01:00but you ain't telling me nothing. As

2:01:02long as I obey the law, I'm good. And as

2:01:05far as everybody attacking you, there

2:01:07were a bunch of white people that

2:01:09attacked Karissa

2:01:11Sarvantes, a Hispanic. She got two DUIs

2:01:14in a matter of six months. A bunch of

2:01:16white people went in there and started y

2:01:18city council meeting in Riverside that

2:01:20she should resign and all this crap.

2:01:23Instead of helping her, the white people

2:01:25turned on her just like these Hispanics

2:01:27are turning on you. I hate bullies. We

2:01:30all got problems. We're all drunk. We're

2:01:32all dope addicts. So, mind your own

2:01:34business and mind your own business.

2:01:35Thank you.

2:01:38>> Our next speaker.

2:01:51[snorts]

2:01:52Okay. Vance Disney here. And first, I'd

2:01:55like to apologize for my little road

2:01:57rage last time I was here when I was uh

2:02:00cut off mid-sentence, but we all should

2:02:02be a little enraged over our freeway

2:02:04conditions. So, what I'd really need to

2:02:06talk about is raising the intellectual

2:02:09level in our city. Um, so uh we need to

2:02:13we need strong leadership to enforce

2:02:15child uh curfew and truency laws. Then

2:02:17we can enforce a mascara Disney adult

2:02:20theme park after dark. So, let me give

2:02:22you a little um a little imagery of how

2:02:25that would would look. As I explained,

2:02:28smoking would only be allowed in the

2:02:30park in the parking lot, but you would

2:02:33have to beware of clowns with fire

2:02:35extinguishers that that might blast you.

2:02:37Though, vape is in a different category

2:02:39because as Smokeoky the so-calistic bear

2:02:42once said, only you can prevent forest

2:02:44fires. Though, we do need more adult

2:02:47style east cigaros to replace the sig

2:02:50the the siggies. Anyway, on on uh on

2:02:54entertaining the the park uh on entering

2:02:57the park, we cannot allow parents to

2:02:59dress their children as rodents. This

2:03:01does not exactly encourage intellect and

2:03:03they will lose their parental rights.

2:03:05So, we will have to snip the rodent cap

2:03:08ears and as cats for girls and little

2:03:11Batman for boys to be sent home at a

2:03:14decent hour desk with sharp ears for

2:03:17school. And the the German castles would

2:03:19turn into Swedish castles for a Swedish

2:03:21female Santa. I mean, if they're selling

2:03:23black Santa, then why not a oriental

2:03:26Santa or a female Santa? Although she

2:03:28would be a bearded, she wouldn't be a

2:03:30bearded freak. Just silver curly hair

2:03:32spun around her face and sharp colored

2:03:35nails of lace. Though we won't deny

2:03:37costumes, but we will reserve the

2:03:39right to call them fairies, which is one

2:03:41more letter for the BGTQF community. But

2:03:44they they still don't have a vow, so

2:03:46they still don't get a voice. Any parent

2:03:49that tries to give their child a sex

2:03:51change will be seen as worse than a

2:03:53child mer. But once they're adults, they

2:03:56can turn their pants backward and dress

2:03:58as buttflies and call themselves late

2:04:00bloomers. So parents really need to

2:04:02watch their kids when they start

2:04:04drinking. And adultthood really doesn't

2:04:07start until 22. Uh though drinking may

2:04:10always be banned from adult Disney

2:04:12except for uh beer and wine te testing

2:04:16at saloons with platoon though the

2:04:18keystone coppers uh may give you a field

2:04:21sobriety test for everyone for

2:04:23everyone's amusement and if you fail you

2:04:25will be uh sent away into a a patty

2:04:28wagon uh to be locked up in an escape

2:04:31room until you prove yourself sober. So,

2:04:34email me at batgat9

2:04:37atbatgatdog99gmail.com,

2:04:41including our chief Manny and all the

2:04:43men and women in our our law enforcement

2:04:46because I know you you have a lot of

2:04:48stressful situations. So, get involved

2:04:50in something fun while while uh

2:04:53promoting traffic flow. Thank you so

2:04:55much and have a happy Darktober.

2:04:59>> Our next speaker

2:05:11It is the season for an endless parade

2:05:14of campaign flyers cluttering our

2:05:16mailboxes.

2:05:18Normally normally I toss them straight

2:05:20into the recycling bin, but lately some

2:05:23have been downright entertaining. And

2:05:25Mayor Aken, your latest flyer is

2:05:28particularly interesting.

2:05:30First, you proudly claim to have

2:05:32increased transparency by putting city

2:05:35council and leadership calendars online.

2:05:38Congratulations, mayor. You published

2:05:40calendars. Ironically, you didn't

2:05:43include the all expense paid Qatar trip

2:05:46with your husband on your calendar until

2:05:48Janine Robbins caught it. Second, you

2:05:51claim to have improved public records

2:05:54protections. It's common knowledge how

2:05:56difficult, if not nearly impossible, it

2:05:58is to obtain public records from

2:06:00Anaheim. Yet, you have the audacity to

2:06:02tout transparency as an accomplishment.

2:06:06Some records requests have gone

2:06:08unanswered for months. If you don't

2:06:10believe me, survey the people who have

2:06:12actually requested records and then

2:06:14share those results publicly.

2:06:17Third, you boast about having led the

2:06:19most significant city reforms in decades

2:06:22to restore public confidence. Seriously,

2:06:26how can you make that claim while

2:06:28allegations concerning your own conduct

2:06:30have resulted in a very expensive

2:06:32outside investigation?

2:06:34How much is your investigation costing

2:06:37Anaheim taxpayers?

2:06:39Fourth, you take credit for advancing

2:06:41the creation of an ethics officer to

2:06:43safeguard integrity. Yet, when the

2:06:46ethics officer reportedly requested your

2:06:48husband's invitation to Qatar after you

2:06:51had already identified him as an invited

2:06:54guest, you had you allegedly refused to

2:06:57provide it. Mayor, is integrity

2:06:59something you expect from everyone but

2:07:01yourself?

2:07:03How can the ethics officer independently

2:07:05investigate the mayor or city council

2:07:07when he reports to the city attorney who

2:07:10reports to the mayor and city council?

2:07:13That's like a teacher allowing students

2:07:15to grade their own exams and then

2:07:16watching them celebrate their perfect

2:07:18scores.

2:07:19How can you not recognize the inherent

2:07:22conflict of interest or very at the very

2:07:24least the blatant appearance of one?

2:07:27What's more insulting, mayor, is that

2:07:28you apparently expect Anaheim residents

2:07:30to be foolish enough to believe this is

2:07:33accountability.

2:07:36And in closing,

2:07:38may I ask, can we please finally have

2:07:42justice for the Arzola family? Thank

2:07:45you.

2:07:47Next speaker, G. Price.

2:08:05Last week, the LA Times reported Jeff

2:08:07Flint, the political consultant

2:08:09identified as the co-s schemer in the

2:08:11corruption investigation surrounding the

2:08:13stadium deal, has resurfaced, this time

2:08:16advising the Anaheim Police Association.

2:08:19Daryl Lamechi, the head of the chamber,

2:08:21stated, "It shows the deficit of reform

2:08:24in our city. We leave loopholes for

2:08:27lobbyists like him to find their way

2:08:28back in." The Times reported that

2:08:31Flint's consulting company received more

2:08:33than $18,000

2:08:35from a police association political

2:08:38committee for mailers supporting Natalie

2:08:41Rubikava's re-election. According to the

2:08:44VO voice of OC, the police association's

2:08:47political action committee has

2:08:48contributed nearly $90,000 to an

2:08:51independent committee also supporting

2:08:53her reelection. Meanwhile, the council

2:08:56just approved a $45 million police labor

2:09:00agreement. Let that sink in. A police

2:09:03union supporting your reelection with

2:09:05substantial money. A consultant

2:09:08connected to Anaheim's notorious stadium

2:09:11corruption scandal involved in campaign

2:09:14activity. Does that not raise questions

2:09:17about transparency, influence, and

2:09:19public trust? Let's talk about the

2:09:21builder's remedy project in East

2:09:23Anaheim. The lobbying firm owned by Todd

2:09:26Priest has a consultant that has been

2:09:28tasked with promoting this project. She

2:09:31has held meetings with both council

2:09:33members Meeks and Curts. The public

2:09:35knows this from your calendars where you

2:09:37both correctly identified her as a

2:09:39lobbyist. Thank you. But here's the

2:09:42problem. She has not registered Salt as

2:09:45a client with the city. So many of you

2:09:48want to take credit for expanding

2:09:50lobbying laws and increasing oversight

2:09:52and transparency. But where exactly is

2:09:55that oversight? Where is the

2:09:57transparency? Reform is nothing if it

2:10:00isn't enforced. Enforcement is critical

2:10:03if the city wishes to restore the

2:10:05public's trust. Tonight we have item

2:10:08number 25 involving conflicts of

2:10:10interest and form 700. Its simple

2:10:13purpose is transparency, accountability,

2:10:17and ensuring public officials are not

2:10:19using their positions for personal

2:10:22financial gain. Natalie Rubakava, her

2:10:26public filed form 700 raises some

2:10:29questions on its completeness.

2:10:32She has a consulting business energy

2:10:34strategies. Has her ownership interest,

2:10:37business position, or reportable income

2:10:39been properly disclosed? A business does

2:10:42not have to be profitable to trigger

2:10:44certain disclosure requirements. The

2:10:47public should not have to wonder if

2:10:49elected officials are complying with

2:10:51basic laws. Anaheim residents deserve

2:10:54more than declarations of integrity.

2:10:57They deserve evidence of it.

2:11:02[cheering] Our next speaker, David

2:11:04Duran.

2:11:16I want to remind you of four cases

2:11:18involving public officials

2:11:21whose careers were shaken by racist

2:11:24conduct.

2:11:26In 2016, a West Virginia mayor resigned

2:11:30after approving a racial social media

2:11:33post about Michelle Obama.

2:11:36In 2018, a New Jersey sheriff resigned

2:11:40after recording exposed racist remarks.

2:11:43In n in 2019, the mayor of Lewon, Maine,

2:11:47resigned following racist text messages.

2:11:50And in 2021, Los Angeles City Council

2:11:54member Nuri Martinez resigned after

2:11:57recording exposed racist remarks about a

2:12:00black child.

2:12:02Mayor Aken, do you know what else these

2:12:07controversies have in common?

2:12:10They had supporters who refused or

2:12:13couldn't believe the allegations.

2:12:16Sound familiar?

2:12:18You have repeatedly denied the

2:12:20allegations against you. And to be fair,

2:12:23you have every right to respond to and

2:12:26receive a fair investigation.

2:12:29But denial is not proof that allegations

2:12:31are false. And personal loyalty or past

2:12:35accomplishments are not evidence. The

2:12:39fact that some people cannot imagine you

2:12:41behaving this way does not mean it

2:12:43didn't happen.

2:12:46And saying you don't remember because of

2:12:49excessive alcohol consumption does not

2:12:52by itself resolve the allegations.

2:12:55Let me remind you that these concerns

2:12:57and allegations were not raised by just

2:13:00one person.

2:13:02Multiple people have made allegations

2:13:05which involve different occasions and

2:13:08events.

2:13:10Those allegations deserve a fair and

2:13:12thorough examination,

2:13:15not dismissal,

2:13:17because some supporters find them

2:13:19difficult to believe.

2:13:22Mayor Aken, Anaheim residents are

2:13:24watching.

2:13:26Even though you don't want to look up

2:13:29to to accept or at least listen to what

2:13:33we're saying, they see you asking for

2:13:37the benefit of the doubt

2:13:39while those who have committed who have

2:13:42excuse me while those who have come

2:13:44forward face public scrutiny.

2:13:48They are supporters defending you. But

2:13:51where is the accountability?

2:13:54Residents have a right to question the

2:13:57judgment of their elected officials.

2:14:00They have a right to demand transparency

2:14:04and they have a right to ask how much

2:14:06taxpayer money this controversy is

2:14:08costing.

2:14:10The money could help people experiencing

2:14:12homelessness. It could improve

2:14:14playgrounds, repair streets, and address

2:14:17other community needs.

2:14:19>> Mr. Mr. Durant, I'm sorry your time is

2:14:20up.

2:14:20>> Instead, residents are left asking why

2:14:23public resources must be spent dealing

2:14:26with controversy surrounding the mayor.

2:14:29>> Sir, I'm sorry your time is up.

2:14:31>> Justice for the Arizona family.

2:14:34Our

2:14:36next speaker, [applause]

2:14:46Council Member Meeks and Curts called

2:14:49for an internal investigation into the

2:14:51mayor's alleged racist and

2:14:52discriminatory comments toward her chief

2:14:54of staff. But let's be clear, this is

2:14:57not simply a she said she said case.

2:15:00Miss Bolina's government claim details

2:15:02multiple incidents involving the former

2:15:04city manager, other city employees,

2:15:07Disney employees, and outside vendors.

2:15:09The alleged comments are disgusting, but

2:15:12equally disturbing is city's

2:15:13leaderships. Is city leadership's

2:15:16audacity to call its investigation

2:15:18impartial? How can an investigation

2:15:20conducted by Anaheim, controlled by

2:15:22Anaheim, and examined alleged misconduct

2:15:26within Anaheim possibly be independent?

2:15:29Expecting residents to accept this

2:15:31process as fair and unbiased is an

2:15:33insult to Anaheim taxpayers. Let's talk

2:15:36about why these investigations are

2:15:38necessary in the first place. They are

2:15:41necessary because the city attorney's

2:15:43office and human resources have failed

2:15:45to adequately address employee

2:15:47complaints and protect employees from

2:15:49harassment, discrimination, and

2:15:51retaliation. Instead of accountability,

2:15:54we see Instead of accountability, we see

2:15:57a system that allows failures to go

2:15:59unchecked while hundreds of thousands of

2:16:01taxpayer dollars are spent on so-called

2:16:03impartial investigation. Let's call them

2:16:06what they are, purchased investigations,

2:16:10taxpayer funded damage control designed

2:16:12to protect city leadership rather than

2:16:14expose the truth. And even if one of

2:16:17these purchased investigations tells the

2:16:19truth, are we seriously expected to

2:16:22believe that the city of an Anaheim

2:16:24attorney Rob Fabella and HR director

2:16:26Linda Andall have no say in what makes

2:16:30it into the final report.

2:16:32They purchased the investigation with

2:16:34taxpayer money. Their departments are

2:16:36responsible for managing this process.

2:16:39They are the very officials whose

2:16:41mismanagement helped create the need for

2:16:44these investigations in the first place.

2:16:47And we're supposed to trust that the

2:16:48findings will expose the very failures

2:16:51they are responsible for addressing. Why

2:16:53would they allow a report that exposes

2:16:56their own mismanagement and makes the

2:16:58city look bad? Residents deserve

2:17:00answers. They deserve transparency and

2:17:03they deserve an investigation that is

2:17:05truly independent, not one controlled by

2:17:08the very institution under scrutiny. You

2:17:11cannot purchase integrity. You cannot

2:17:13manufacture impartiality. You cannot

2:17:16call call it accountability. And when

2:17:18employees are left unprotected and

2:17:20taxpayers are forced to pay for the

2:17:22city's failures, council members, your

2:17:24silence is not oversight. Your inaction

2:17:28is not leadership. And for the record,

2:17:31your refusal to challenge this process

2:17:34makes you complicit in the cover up. If

2:17:37you refuse to challenge this process,

2:17:39you are failing the residents you were

2:17:41elected to represent. Anaheim deserves

2:17:43the truth, not another investigation

2:17:46designed to protect the people in power.

2:17:50Our next speaker, Grace Arzola.

2:17:59We're here to demand justice for Albert

2:18:01Arzola. Um, we continue demanding

2:18:04justice because grief doesn't expire

2:18:06when you guys decide to not hold those

2:18:08that killed one of your constituents

2:18:11accountable. And to be honest, Ashley,

2:18:15I say you bring it to discussion and

2:18:17make the public the investigation

2:18:20regarding the overtime public. Make that

2:18:23give that to the public. Let everyone

2:18:25know. I know Natalie in the forum said

2:18:28it was a an accounting error, but here's

2:18:31my thing. If they could lie about

2:18:33overtime, how can you guys trust the

2:18:36police to not lie in their reports? You

2:18:40know, if someone could lie about small

2:18:41things, they will lie about big big

2:18:43things. We know that.

2:18:45And they did you really bad with all

2:18:48those flyers that they send out. And

2:18:50honestly, put it out. Say, "Hey, let's

2:18:53make this investigation public. make

2:18:55sure everyone is on record to see if

2:18:58they want to bury that report, too.

2:19:00Because honestly, they're banking. I'm

2:19:02going to tell you what we call him now,

2:19:04Simba Carlos Leon, cuz he can't just

2:19:06wait to be king. He is banking that

2:19:09you'll get have to resign in a special

2:19:11election is made and he could run for

2:19:14mayor. He is canvasing like crazy

2:19:17outside of his district and he's running

2:19:19on a post, which makes you question what

2:19:22his real interest is. And I just don't

2:19:24understand why couldn't you take a stand

2:19:26regarding if those allegations make a

2:19:29public comment during the session not a

2:19:32statement on your Instagram that people

2:19:34won't see Carlos and Ashley as a

2:19:38clinical social worker I feel for you

2:19:40but addiction is not a health unhealthy

2:19:43relationship it's a disease and that's

2:19:46why a lot of people stay don't open up

2:19:49because of the stigma and you calling it

2:19:51an unhealthy relationship just further

2:19:54grows the stigma. It's a disease. It is

2:19:56a recognized disease. And I'm telling

2:19:59you, no job is worth your peace. These

2:20:02people do not have your back and won't

2:20:04have your back. And at the end of the

2:20:06day, you have to live with what you did

2:20:08under the influence. And honestly, you

2:20:11can't say if you said it or didn't say

2:20:13it because you were impaired. That

2:20:15doesn't excuse your actions, but that

2:20:18tells you if the stress of this job is

2:20:21leading you to drink, don't you think

2:20:23you deserve to live a healthy life?

2:20:26It's not worth it. It really isn't. And

2:20:30again, we're demanding justice for

2:20:31Albert Arzola and we're demanding that

2:20:33the second officer's name be released

2:20:36because it's only people are losing

2:20:39trust on you guys. People stop us on the

2:20:41streets and say, "We see you at city

2:20:43council. We know what's going on. You

2:20:46guys are doing fighting the good fight.

2:20:47Keep on fighting. We deserve justice too

2:20:49as cities. So you guys think the

2:20:51residents are not watching. They are

2:20:53watching. And I know this because they

2:20:55stop us when we're outside canvasing.

2:21:01>> Our next speaker for

2:21:04>> our next speaker, Pearl Arzola.

2:21:19I'm here to advocate for justice for my

2:21:21brother. It's been over 10 months and we

2:21:23still don't know the name of the second

2:21:25officer involved. Why is the city

2:21:27council hiding the identity of the

2:21:29second officer involved? And this is the

2:21:32first year that we will be sadly

2:21:35celebrating his life on the day of the

2:21:37dead. My brother was 19 and he should

2:21:41still be here. And honestly, I'm gonna

2:21:44speak on what my aunt was saying.

2:21:46Ashley, those mailers, they got you so

2:21:49bad, girl. Like, I throw them out

2:21:51because I already know who I'm going to

2:21:54be voting for. But for them to spend

2:21:57that much money on sending bad mailers

2:22:01to so many residents, it shows you

2:22:04you're like us. The cops hate us. They

2:22:07hate you. soon how to. So, girl, we're

2:22:10on the same team at this point.

2:22:12[screaming] Like, we got to we got to

2:22:15own it. So, I I honestly I feel for you

2:22:19because I have so many I know so many

2:22:22people that struggle with any type of um

2:22:26alcohol abuse or drug abuse and there is

2:22:29help and I hope you do get the help that

2:22:31you deserve. Thank you.

2:22:34[cheering]

2:22:35Our [applause]

2:22:40next speaker,

2:22:49[snorts]

2:22:50[sighs]

2:22:51NMPD posted an update to Albert's case

2:22:54and then they actually didn't give an

2:22:56update. They were too scared to give an

2:22:58update. They won't publicly name Nathan

2:23:00Garcia. We had to work with community

2:23:02activist groups to actually get Nathan's

2:23:04Garcia's name out there. People should

2:23:06know if he's been involved with serious

2:23:08repeated excessive force situations. If

2:23:11Albert knew who Nathan was and what he

2:23:14had done previously, he would have came

2:23:16to the city and warned you guys. Albert

2:23:18would still be alive today. It was a

2:23:19very avoidable situation. Nathan would

2:23:22repeatedly park his car outside of

2:23:24Albert's house, call him to come out. Is

2:23:26that normal? No. You know what started

2:23:29it all? Albert told Nathan that he had

2:23:31ugly shoes.

2:23:34Ryan, if I told you you have ugly shoes,

2:23:36would you kill me? No, because you're

2:23:38you're saying you're normal. He is

2:23:40mentally ill. And from that day on, he

2:23:43grew like a grudge against Albert. You

2:23:46guys want Has he even told you guys

2:23:47about that part? From on that day, he

2:23:50grew like obsessed with him. Mind you,

2:23:52Albert was like a 17-year-old kid when

2:23:54he met him. Every 17-year-old kid is

2:23:56going to be goofy. Have you met those

2:23:58young children? I mean, I'm 27 now, but

2:24:00I still feel like I'm a little bit

2:24:02older.

2:24:03Um, I think it's sad that it took one

2:24:06Instagram post for people to start

2:24:07speaking out. Uh, we had people saying,

2:24:09"He arrested me for no reason. Get away

2:24:10with it." Um, illegally searched my car

2:24:12back in 2024 and robbed me for my money

2:24:14and arrested me for minor charges. When

2:24:17they then they got dropped and when I

2:24:19got out, my dash cam footage was

2:24:20deleted.

2:24:22That's crazy. I mean, it speaks about

2:24:23his character really. You know, I wish

2:24:25we could go out there and talk to

2:24:27multiple people and speak about who he

2:24:29is because to us, he's a murderer,

2:24:31right? He killed who we loved. We would

2:24:33spend so many days with Albert. We spent

2:24:35so many Christmases with him. And it was

2:24:38over a minor graffiti, right? A

2:24:40graffiti's infraction. It's a small um I

2:24:43know Natalie likes to say he has a gun.

2:24:45Why didn't Natalie talk about the gun

2:24:46was found in the same direction that the

2:24:48officer that had his body cam off? Who

2:24:50knows where that gun came from? Nobody

2:24:52has no idea. Why? cuz the second officer

2:24:54had his body cam off. You guys don't

2:24:56think we wanted him to have his body cam

2:24:57on so we can see how Albert was

2:24:58murdered. We have to see from a like a

2:25:00eagle's nest vision from across the

2:25:02street about how Albert was murdered.

2:25:04And it just makes me confused because

2:25:07you know I see Natalie post on like Palm

2:25:09Springs about Jim Vanderpool getting

2:25:10hired about how he's going to do great

2:25:12things. What great things that he did

2:25:14for us. He hid the multiple angles. NIPD

2:25:17had the multiple angles about Albert's

2:25:19killing. They only posted the angle that

2:25:21you wouldn't see Albert getting murdered

2:25:22while he's on the floor. Okay. And

2:25:25Natalie spoke about him being murdered,

2:25:27right? Why didn't she talk about the

2:25:29second officer that was actually on top

2:25:30of Albert? Albert didn't need to be

2:25:32murdered. Nathan almost shot his own

2:25:35partner just trying to kill Albert cuz

2:25:37you know why? He told him he had ugly

2:25:38shoes. And Nathan, frankly, he has a

2:25:42double chin. Thank you.

2:25:46>> Our next speaker, Rosie Kamacho.

2:26:00December 6, 2025 will never be the same.

2:26:03Without my son, Alberto Arola, my life

2:26:07is crushed. Nathan Garcia planned to

2:26:11murdered my son. He murdered my son

2:26:13right in front of my eyes. It's shameful

2:26:16that you guys still have them working

2:26:18and bullying

2:26:20our our kids. It's shameful that

2:26:25he runs around the street and still

2:26:28bullying every kid, every family.

2:26:31[snorts]

2:26:32My son didn't get to see a day in court

2:26:37for a graffiti that he didn't even do.

2:26:42My son should be alive.

2:26:45And I want transparency for my son.

2:26:48My son was loving, caring. He was a

2:26:52hardworking person. He loved the city.

2:26:55He even worked at the Honda Center. He

2:26:58loved his colonial.

2:27:00He loved cooking.

2:27:03He was a hard worker, a you a paid

2:27:07citizen. He paid his taxes just like

2:27:10everyone here.

2:27:12My son should be alive. Shame on Nathan

2:27:15Garcia. Shame on every officer that goes

2:27:18and thinks just because they have a gun

2:27:20and a badge to harass.

2:27:24I've been harassed

2:27:27by a police officer that holds a badge.

2:27:33He holds a badge and a gun with

2:27:39you just can't do nothing because if you

2:27:42put your hands down, they'll shoot and

2:27:44kill you.

2:27:47It's shameful that we live in a society

2:27:49that they judge you the way you get

2:27:52dressed or the way you wear your

2:27:55clothes.

2:27:57I'm brown and proud. I'm not ashamed of

2:27:59it.

2:28:01My son should be alive. Justice for us.

2:28:04My son, Alberto Solola.

2:28:11[applause]

2:28:11>> Our next speaker, Vanessa Chavez.

2:28:17>> May I have the clerk first amongst the

2:28:19council members and the mayor, please? I

2:28:22have the top one started with Mr. Bas

2:28:25and then Miss Ruba, even though she's

2:28:27not here. Um, but if you want to go that

2:28:30way and everybody's in order or work

2:28:33from the bottom if you start from Miss

2:28:35Meek's end.

2:28:38>> Good evening, council members. I'm

2:28:40hoping you'll get to follow along. Mr.

2:28:43Bas, the first page is all in your

2:28:46district back when Jose was in yours.

2:28:48>> Ma'am, Ma'am, I'm sorry. Can you move up

2:28:50your microphone?

2:28:51>> Oh, pardon me. I tend to mumble and I

2:28:56only have three minutes and a lot to

2:28:58cover. Um,

2:29:01Madame Mayor Aken, I owe you an apology.

2:29:04I was um removed from my home, which

2:29:09could be beneficial seeing the inside of

2:29:12the walls um that I was exposed to um in

2:29:15April of 2024

2:29:18um in November. Um, and I believe it to

2:29:22be a bad arrest. It should have been a

2:29:235150. Anyways, I'm going to deal with

2:29:26that later on a different Nancy Drew

2:29:28day, but I had directly messaged you via

2:29:31Instagram asking for some stuff and I

2:29:34didn't work the right steps. I had never

2:29:36been without my person, my co-lessie,

2:29:40um, roommate, father of my children,

2:29:43husband, ex-husband. We've been living

2:29:45together for the last 12 over 12 years

2:29:49um at what was Villa Samoa Apartments in

2:29:52your district number one and those walls

2:29:57and that nail in the photo gave me

2:30:00tetanus and made me sick. Um,

2:30:03so I um

2:30:07I was arrested in uh 11 12 of 26

2:30:15freaking out in my home. And on 10:15 of

2:30:2026, I had officer U, badge number 2290,

2:30:24tell me that he had no record of it um

2:30:28of me returning to my property and

2:30:30having peaceful contact in order to

2:30:32obtain belongings. Um I'm sorry, I do

2:30:36have this in order, if I may go back.

2:30:38The first page is the mold. The second

2:30:40page is the four pages of the DV the NC

2:30:44DVRO.

2:30:46And I've had multiple people from

2:30:49Anaheim Police Department tell me that

2:30:52um they won't abide by it. Officer, you

2:30:56in particular on 10:1526 said that if he

2:31:01managed keeping the peace, he would be

2:31:03then a third party and would be forced

2:31:06to arrest me for me to obtain belongings

2:31:08where my family has basically voted me

2:31:11off the island, so to speak. And they

2:31:13have taken possession of all my

2:31:15belongings, including my emotional

2:31:17support animal. And um I feel like my

2:31:20life has been stolen. Um, but that mold

2:31:24was in my skin and my body and my brain

2:31:27and I don't know what it takes to

2:31:29demonstrate recovery of that. Um, on the

2:31:32third page, um, you can see that I we

2:31:35received a warrant. I was housed where

2:31:38was supposed to be a sober living. Um,

2:31:41after that you'll see the correctional

2:31:44health agency services. Um, for some

2:31:47reason I was wondering what the F159

2:31:51diagnosis was.

2:31:52>> Ma'am, I'm so sorry. Your time is up.

2:31:54>> See,

2:31:56I do not have an infetamine addiction.

2:31:58I'm bipolar and Rob has known that since

2:32:012005, and he was my person up until my

2:32:04arrest.

2:32:07[applause] Thank you.

2:32:08>> Our next speaker

2:32:17Good evening, uh, city council and

2:32:19mayor. Um, I'm here to speak on the

2:32:21matter of public health for my

2:32:24community. Um, we're located on, uh,

2:32:27North Anaheim Boulevard and La Palma and

2:32:31Lemon Street. Um, what I believe is the

2:32:35city approved LAR to build on

2:32:37contaminated land. Uh the Anaheim

2:32:41Hazardous Sites, Department of Toxic

2:32:43Substance Control and the EPA have

2:32:46conflicting addresses to the

2:32:49contaminated site. uh the correct

2:32:51address that was on the development

2:32:53documents was 1110 North Anaheim

2:32:56Boulevard, but for all of the other uh

2:33:00agencies including Anaheim discussing um

2:33:03hazardous sites, we have South Lemon

2:33:06Street

2:33:0892803.

2:33:10Um another one South Lemon Street 92801

2:33:14and the EPA

2:33:16uh having West Lemon

2:33:20I find the discrepancies

2:33:22creates a new record that we can't trace

2:33:25what the history is on the site.

2:33:28Um, also the coordinates also point to

2:33:33north of Fullerton College which is a

2:33:36little over two miles from the actual

2:33:38location of the community. Um, it to me

2:33:42it seems like

2:33:44someone doesn't want the site to be

2:33:46found. Uh, additionally, I found a

2:33:51Department of Toxic Substance Control

2:33:53uh, documentation that was stamped by

2:33:57the engineer. It was sent to the fire

2:33:59inspector. It had a city approval stamp

2:34:02with handwritten track numbers

2:34:052021-00003.

2:34:10That's not really a real track number,

2:34:13but 2021-00003

2:34:16points to LAR's a town development.

2:34:21Our community has a history of

2:34:24industrial uses and known contamination

2:34:26for decades.

2:34:29In 2005 and 2011, there were studies

2:34:33showing serious contamination. in

2:34:362014-15. The initial study appears to

2:34:40minimize the industrial environment

2:34:44and deferred the study of the soil.

2:34:48What I saw in uh the department of toxic

2:34:51control substance from 2017 to 2020 it

2:34:55appeared that um the the studies and the

2:34:59testing was not sufficient.

2:35:03I don't know what happened between 2020

2:35:05and 20 22 or 23. There seems to be some

2:35:09gaps on on the the testing and

2:35:12clearance.

2:35:14But

2:35:15I f I did find out in 2025 last year

2:35:19that there was um

2:35:22>> Mr.

2:35:24>> There was an underground storage tank

2:35:26being removed and we can see the

2:35:27contamination on Google Earth and where

2:35:31>> Mr. for some answers.

2:35:33>> Britney, do you think you could speak

2:35:34with him just about the location? I just

2:35:36want to make sure I understand correctly

2:35:38about what parcel um the concern is

2:35:41stemming from. So, if you wouldn't mind

2:35:43um just speaking to Miss Melendowski in

2:35:46the back and that way she can follow up

2:35:48with us.

2:35:49>> Thank you.

2:35:49>> Thank you very much.

2:35:52[applause]

2:35:55>> Our next speaker, Abe Q.

2:36:09Good evening, Anaheim City staff and

2:36:11residents. My name is Abe. I'm a member

2:36:13of CSO Orange County. We're a grassroots

2:36:16group over in Santa Ana, California that

2:36:18fights for community control of the

2:36:19police. We're here supporting the family

2:36:21of Albert Arzola in their fight for

2:36:23justice and transparency around his

2:36:25death at the hands of off officer Nathan

2:36:27Garcia. Chief Manny said, "We demand

2:36:30that you release the name of Nathan

2:36:31Garcia's partner that night and that

2:36:33Nathan Garcia and his partner be fired

2:36:35from Anaheim PD."

2:36:38>> Almost one year after his death,

2:36:39Albert's family is still fighting for

2:36:41basic information. The department has

2:36:44refused to release the name of the other

2:36:45officer on scene that night, the officer

2:36:47who supported Nathan Garcia as he chased

2:36:50Albert to his front door and shot him in

2:36:52the back. Shame.

2:36:53>> Shame. Anaheim PD also did not confirm

2:36:56Nathan Garcia's involvement in Albert's

2:36:58death until after they settled an

2:37:00excessive force lawsuit involving

2:37:01Garcia's partner, Kyle Smith, who

2:37:03brutalized a 14-year-old Cho. In the

2:37:06attack, the two officers fractured the

2:37:08teen's shoulder. They drove their knees

2:37:10into his back repeatedly, and they

2:37:11handcuffed him so tight that his hand

2:37:13would lose feeling. Shame.

2:37:15>> Shame.

2:37:16>> Anaheim residents are now on the hook

2:37:17and paying for the paying to the family

2:37:19of this victim almost a quarter million

2:37:21dollars. And instead of holding Nathan

2:37:23Garcia and Kyle Smith accountable, these

2:37:25officers were allowed to continue

2:37:27working for the department. Anaheim

2:37:29residents,

2:37:31Anaheim residents, this city council

2:37:33would rather deal with a lawsuit from

2:37:35families impacted by police violence

2:37:37than hold murderous and violent cops

2:37:39accountable. Shame.

2:37:40>> Shame.

2:37:41>> Nathan Garcia would then go on to use

2:37:43excessive lethal force when he killed

2:37:45Albert Arzola on December 6th, 2025.

2:37:48Albert never posed a threat to the

2:37:50officers. He never raised a weapon to

2:37:52facing them or attacking them. He was

2:37:54running away because Nathan Garcia had

2:37:56been harassing him for months. The

2:37:58officers had no authority to kill a

2:38:0019-year-old resident of this city. But

2:38:01that night, December 6th, 2025, they

2:38:04took on the role of judge, jury, and

2:38:06executioner. This city and the

2:38:08department are working hard to cover

2:38:09that up. But Albert's family is never

2:38:11going to let that happen. That's right.

2:38:14The blood of the the blood the blood is

2:38:17on the hands of this department and city

2:38:18council. We're demanding that the name

2:38:20of the other officer be released and

2:38:22that Nathan Garcia be fired from Anaheim

2:38:24PD along with his partner, Justice for

2:38:26Albert Arzola.

2:38:28>> Last thing I want to say for all the

2:38:30Anaheim residents who are here. I live

2:38:31in Santa Ana. We have an election season

2:38:33going on as many people do. Um, go to

2:38:35your city website, look up the Anaheim

2:38:37electronic filing system. That's where

2:38:39you guys can see all of the donations

2:38:41that these candidates are getting for

2:38:43their council races. I can tell you

2:38:44right now, you should look up your

2:38:46police officers association political

2:38:47expenditure committees in Santa Ana. The

2:38:50police officers association has spent

2:38:51over $200,000 backing certain candidates

2:38:54for city council. I'm sure that the

2:38:56Anaheim Police Association is doing that

2:38:57here. They've also backed certain

2:38:59candidates in Santa Ana, Garden Grove.

2:39:00Even the sheriff's department is getting

2:39:02involved in local elections. So, be sure

2:39:04to check up on the records regarding

2:39:05your local politicians.

2:39:08[applause]

2:39:09>> Our next speaker

2:39:15Good afternoon. Masat running deer clamp

2:39:17city knife clan. Um, Mas, thank you so

2:39:21much for uh your presentation at the uh

2:39:23river. That was very excellent. And

2:39:26also, uh, Compos for being there and and

2:39:28mayor and also I thought maybe Shaunie

2:39:32was here, but I guess she left. Shaunie,

2:39:33if you're listening out there, thank you

2:39:36so much for um helping us the tribal

2:39:38peoples, you know, if it's Mishika,

2:39:40Tangwa, Hatchaman, Kish, Nawat, Mayan,

2:39:44Mixtec, Sapotech, Purepa, it is

2:39:46important that we have those four acres,

2:39:48it's or three three to four acres. And I

2:39:51hope that when they add the history at

2:39:54Bouvitam, which means river at um off of

2:39:57Orangewood going towards the Arctic,

2:39:58that they add just like Riverside County

2:40:02Manager, they actually have the history

2:40:04and they actually say Europe when the

2:40:06first European colonist uh pioneers or

2:40:09European white colonists or European

2:40:11colonists. Um it's important that they

2:40:13use those terms to educate people.

2:40:15There'll be many many people going there

2:40:17and and this is a healing. It's a start

2:40:20to um to for some of us to be healed

2:40:23psychologically, physically,

2:40:24spiritually, emotionally. I know the

2:40:26Tangua Nation when I've um had their

2:40:28talks with them, indigenous peoples,

2:40:30they we talked about the um the Native

2:40:32American basket and other stuff that I

2:40:34I'm not allowed to talk about, but with

2:40:37in a year, you'll find out what we're

2:40:38talking about, but I just hope that that

2:40:40happens. and then compos uh November

2:40:425th. I was just in East Los and I I I I

2:40:44I think about you and it's nice to have

2:40:46you here in our community. Uh 46 years

2:40:49here in traditional lands of Hutung or

2:40:51Anaheim

2:40:52and um uh we're looking forward to

2:40:54working with you with um with the oras

2:40:57in that area and rubies the the families

2:40:59that live in that area for that bike

2:41:01lane bike trail. Uh maybe we can um talk

2:41:04a little more at the meeting at the

2:41:05school. I believe you'll mention maybe

2:41:07some stuff or we'll find out. Uh the

2:41:09other thing was of course justice for

2:41:11Arzola.

2:41:12>> Yes. Hisia Arzola. It's very important

2:41:15when I was painting these murals. Um I

2:41:17actually went to South Street West,

2:41:19North and East, which is the old Campo

2:41:21Leman. There's a book that I got from

2:41:23the old mother colony where Native

2:41:25Americans were hung in that big tree.

2:41:27They the colonists used to hang our

2:41:28people and that tree right there. And

2:41:30even they didn't allow us mayor to uh to

2:41:33uh to be in the same pool right there. I

2:41:36remember Natalie talking about that that

2:41:38they didn't allow brown people in the

2:41:40same pool around that time. Um but

2:41:42hopefully things can change and with

2:41:44what you said at the library we were

2:41:45there and this the high school Anaheim

2:41:48high school do students do want uh

2:41:50change uh the changing of the name of

2:41:52the colonist and I had to ask you if you

2:41:55were guilty you're guilty. If you're

2:41:56not, you're not. But if there's

2:41:57evidence, then for your racist terms

2:41:59against Mexicans or Mishika or Chico,

2:42:01calling Chico dirty cho dirty Mexicans,

2:42:04it's like calling a native person, you

2:42:06know, savage. You know, we're not

2:42:07savages. We're not animals. We're not

2:42:09dirty. We're more civilized people like

2:42:11in Mexico than uh thank you so much. And

2:42:14Senator James Ramos, I know those two

2:42:16bills got beat by Governor Nome, but one

2:42:18day native Americans will run and

2:42:20control the waters in the state of

2:42:21California. Thank you. Gracias. Our next

2:42:24speaker, Denise Barnes.

2:42:28>> Good evening, council and mayor. Um,

2:42:31I've spent the week just

2:42:34my head spinning with the different

2:42:36things that are going on. And I remember

2:42:38in council, you're putting out fires

2:42:40like whack-a-ole. But this is not

2:42:43homeless. This is not um a murder. This

2:42:46is people's lives. And when I see what

2:42:50happened with this mur murder, I'm going

2:42:53to call it what it is. Um I I spoke with

2:42:56Mr. uh Mike Chanako, I think you all

2:42:59know who he is, and he was very

2:43:00forthcoming. He's written several books

2:43:02about things that have happened in LA

2:43:04County, Orange County, and he sat on our

2:43:07board, police board, for quite some

2:43:09time. I think it's so important

2:43:14when these type of incidents happen that

2:43:18we boldly move forward to make sure that

2:43:23the district attorney, the Orange County

2:43:26District Attorney,

2:43:28our city attorney,

2:43:31every investigation that's going on,

2:43:33like a spider, it has its tentacles,

2:43:36but even going on Gemini will help give

2:43:39you the latest status. as to where each

2:43:41of those departments is going on. And I

2:43:44think it's important for our

2:43:46website to let people know why is it

2:43:50nine months? Why is it 10 months? Why

2:43:52are they dragging their feet? If I was a

2:43:55mother, I I I would be devastated.

2:44:00But just as much as I sat up there when

2:44:03we had Donna Asavdo come week after

2:44:05week, council after council, it's not

2:44:09just those two mothers. We have other

2:44:12mothers that have come forward. We don't

2:44:15hear about it. We just move on. Tourism,

2:44:17we move on here. Ribbon cutings, other

2:44:20things. But I know

2:44:23you're here because people believe in

2:44:25you. They want to know that you have a

2:44:27conscience, a heart, and that you won't

2:44:30let this just continue to 365 days.

2:44:36I know I only have about a minute left.

2:44:38Let me speak on another topic that my

2:44:40head just about exploded.

2:44:44If you, council member, do not know the

2:44:46people that were involved in the cabal,

2:44:49please do your homework. Men, [applause]

2:44:54lobbyists

2:44:56like the word Jeff Flint,

2:44:58>> please

2:45:01do not be ignorant of those that are

2:45:04still not caught or prosecuted.

2:45:09I want you to be sure that you do your

2:45:11due diligence. And if you don't know, go

2:45:13to the attorney. If you don't know, ask

2:45:16your aid to ask. But don't even start a

2:45:18conversation till you know that they

2:45:20filled out the paperwork, that they

2:45:22actually are not on the list. Guard the

2:45:24city. Thank you.

2:45:27[applause and cheering]

2:45:31>> Next speaker, Bob Donaldson.

2:45:40>> Well, good evening, Mayor and City

2:45:43Council. Um, I wanted to come up here

2:45:46and speak. Uh,

2:45:49I think Mayor Akens has done a wonderful

2:45:52job for the city of Anaheim and people

2:45:55should reward her for that. Our last

2:45:58mayor is in jail.

2:46:00We know that. It was terrible. She has

2:46:03done a great job for the city when we're

2:46:06out and I've been at functions where

2:46:08she's at. She represents the city well.

2:46:12other people are in surrounding cities

2:46:14here respect you and and I really really

2:46:19take offense when people send out these

2:46:22little stories like two weeks before the

2:46:24ballots or election day

2:46:26>> that's a cheap shot

2:46:28>> you see it happening all over the

2:46:30country and unfortunately our president

2:46:33is a guy that likes that stuff he likes

2:46:36dirty politics and unfortunately it has

2:46:39worked in the past I hope it doesn't

2:46:41work here because I do believe you do an

2:46:44excellent job. And I like I said, my

2:46:47wife and I were we're sitting reading

2:46:49the garbage that's coming across and

2:46:52they've already convicted you and all

2:46:54this kind of stuff. And uh and I I take

2:46:58exception to that. I was a union rep for

2:47:00a long time and you've got to let people

2:47:05defend themselves, not take all these

2:47:07accusations, throw them all out in the

2:47:09public like two weeks before and then

2:47:12expect everything to come to a

2:47:13conclusion in that two weeks. It's just

2:47:17terrible uh what goes on. And I hope the

2:47:20city of of Anaheim

2:47:23will reelect you because you really have

2:47:26been a good mayor. And I think you'll be

2:47:28an excellent mayor for another four

2:47:30years. And uh like I said, I just hope

2:47:36you have a good time and you get

2:47:38elected. Thank you.

2:47:42>> No,

2:47:45>> our next speaker, Vern Nelson.

2:47:54Yeah, I don't know how much of that was

2:47:55true, but I don't think it was planned

2:47:58as a political thing or there would have

2:48:00been a viable candidate in the wings,

2:48:04but we'll we'll see from the

2:48:06investigation. Anyway, I don't really

2:48:07have a speech today. I'm busy writing a

2:48:09big story for my blog, a story called

2:48:11Jeff Flint and the pot of gold at the

2:48:13end of Anaheim's Rainbow.

2:48:15Jeff Flint has been me mentioned tonight

2:48:18because of a recent Times piece. I've

2:48:20been fighting the guy for

2:48:2218 years now. Since tw 2008 when he was

2:48:25the top consultant for the anti-gay

2:48:27Proposition 8 campaign, but now for the

2:48:30last 10 years, his trough has been in

2:48:32Anaheim.

2:48:34What is this pot pot of gold at the end

2:48:36of Anaheim's rainbow in my story? That's

2:48:38what you guys call the LPMR funds. For

2:48:40years, we've been promised this freed up

2:48:42revenue, over 120 million a year for

2:48:45things us residents need. Um, money that

2:48:49we should have been getting from Disney

2:48:50all along. This is the money freed up

2:48:53next year when we're finally done paying

2:48:54off the bonds we took out 30 years ago

2:48:57in the '9s to help Disneyland expand and

2:48:59build the Mickey and Friends garage,

2:49:01which Disney profits from every day

2:49:03while we don't see a dime. Well, it

2:49:05looks like we're not going to see that

2:49:07120 million a year either. The pot at

2:49:10the end of the rainbow is almost all

2:49:11gone before we even see it. Half of it

2:49:14went to cover our budgets for the last

2:49:15few years. And I saw that the last

2:49:18meeting you just gave most of the rest

2:49:20of the police at the last meeting. It

2:49:22was on consent calendar. Hardly anybody

2:49:24noticed. No. And no, none of you pulled

2:49:26it for discussion which you should have.

2:49:28Somebody should have. The police union

2:49:31whose consultant and lobbyist is Jeff

2:49:33Flint should come back around full

2:49:36circle. Jeff, who in this allegory is a

2:49:38greedy leprechaun, has had his eye on

2:49:40our pot of gold for a decade. Read the

2:49:41FBI affidavit from 2022. Read the jail

2:49:44report and you'll see that Jeff Flint

2:49:46was a mastermind in all the corruption

2:49:47back then. He told Todd Met and Mayor

2:49:49Sedu what to do. They were psies. Jeff

2:49:52stayed out of prison. Um, but one of the

2:49:56his main one of his main things that he

2:49:58did what that the FBI and JL wrote about

2:50:00was organizing a secret retreat in late

2:50:032020 with the purpose of

2:50:06sorry I wrote this at the last minute

2:50:12with the purpose of uh yeah with the

2:50:15purpose of divvying up the LPMR fund so

2:50:17that it wouldn't come under the control

2:50:19of people like Jose Moreno who might

2:50:21spend it on swimming pools or or senior

2:50:23centers. ers Jeff thinking he was in

2:50:26power forever. Didn't want this money to

2:50:27be controlled by popularly elected

2:50:29councilmen. Um, okay, I said all that.

2:50:32I'm running out of time, disorganized.

2:50:35But, uh, so he's back in town and

2:50:38coincidentally the LPMR funds that he

2:50:40wanted to control are gone and a big

2:50:42chunk of it, quarter of it, fifth of it

2:50:45went to the APA which he is um, which he

2:50:50is representing. And I wanted to talk

2:50:52about the loophole that's on your

2:50:53lobbyist

2:50:55uh ordinance. And I'm not

2:50:57>> Mr. Nelson, I'm sorry, your time is out.

2:50:59>> Yeah, that's true. Okay. And Oh, you're

2:51:02all invited to my concert.

2:51:04>> Um Kristen always comes and nobody else

2:51:07does, but there's

2:51:08>> Thank you. Sorry, Vern. Your time is up.

2:51:10>> There's a rarely mentioned fact that

2:51:13politicians that come always get

2:51:14reelected.

2:51:17>> Our next speaker, Linda Martinez.

2:51:33Good evening, mayor and council members.

2:51:35My name is Linda Martinez and I am a

2:51:36candidate to the Anaheim Union High

2:51:38School District Board of Trustees in

2:51:40Area 1. I am here once again because in

2:51:42September my children and I stood at

2:51:44this podium to speak about the

2:51:46discrimination my children have been

2:51:48facing at Anaheim High School. I also

2:51:50want to make it clear that I, Linda

2:51:53Martinez Ghano, has have filed two

2:51:55police reports with the Anaheim Police

2:51:57Department concerning Principal Ruben

2:51:59Cayto and what I believe is a

2:52:01threatening conduct. Although the city

2:52:04council does not govern the school

2:52:06district, I came because these concerns

2:52:08affect Anaheim families, our children,

2:52:10and our community. During the Halloween

2:52:12parade, I observed pictures of

2:52:15Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava taking

2:52:17pictures with a person who threatened to

2:52:20kill my daughter, Kayla Martinez, and

2:52:22whose conduct has been reported to the

2:52:24Anaheim Police Department and who has

2:52:26enti an entire Bible at Anaheim PD in

2:52:29courts. Natalie, as a public servant, I

2:52:32find that very disturbing. I brought my

2:52:34concerns to you because I was seeking

2:52:36help and accountability. To see you

2:52:38associate with someone who allegedly

2:52:40threatened my daughter's life raises

2:52:43serious con questions for me about your

2:52:45judgment and whether you understand what

2:52:47my family has been going through.

2:52:49Because of this, Natalie, I honestly do

2:52:52do not know I can trust you with my

2:52:53vote. But I also want the public to know

2:52:56that Elia Reeria, who is also running,

2:52:58has also failed to respond to the

2:53:00concerns which she is aware of. Neither

2:53:03of you have made me feel heard as an

2:53:06Anaheim resident whose children have

2:53:08been facing serious challenges. I

2:53:11expected a response from Natalie

2:53:12Rubalcaba, from Carlos Leon, and from

2:53:15our mayor, Ashley Aken. Unfortunately,

2:53:18all of you, including the other council

2:53:20members, have been silent. I even went

2:53:22to great lengths to Los Amigos to speak

2:53:24to Dr. Jose Moreno and he has ignored

2:53:27our concerns. I question how is it that

2:53:30we are leading people if we cannot

2:53:31respond to them. I need public officials

2:53:34who are accessible, responsive and

2:53:36willing to listen, not officials who

2:53:38remain silent when families ask for

2:53:40help. For that reason, I do not believe

2:53:43I can vote for either of you. I am

2:53:45disappointed and despite the efforts to

2:53:48bring these concerns forward, we have

2:53:49not received the response we hope for.

2:53:52Public service is not about holding a

2:53:54title, attending community events and or

2:53:57getting votes. It is about the

2:54:00constituents. Your seats belong to the

2:54:03people of Anaheim, not you. We deserve

2:54:05accountability, communication, and

2:54:07leadership that puts families and

2:54:09children first. I am asking the

2:54:11community to think carefully of who you

2:54:13choose to represent you and please

2:54:15remember to vote Linda Martinez Kihano

2:54:17for Anaheim Union High School District.

2:54:19I want to be your voice and I want you

2:54:21to have a I want you to have a voice at

2:54:25the table. I also want you to know that

2:54:27I have been a victim of sexual assault

2:54:29by officer William Hyde and two other

2:54:33police staff and I stand in solidarity

2:54:36with the Arola family. Justice for the

2:54:38Arola family. I and believe me I stand

2:54:41with our Anaheim Police Department but

2:54:45this happen necessary that

2:54:48>> your time is up. Thank you ma'am. Thank

2:54:52you.

2:54:54[applause and cheering]

2:54:54>> Our next speaker

2:55:12Uh hello for you. For those who don't

2:55:15know me, my name is Eric Kihano

2:55:16Martinez. I am the son of Linda M Linda

2:55:21Khano Martinez. Um I just wanted to say

2:55:25um good evening mayor and uh members of

2:55:28the city council. My name is Eric Khano

2:55:31and I am back here. I am standing here

2:55:34for the second time because the racism

2:55:37and the retaliation at Anaheim High

2:55:39School have not stopped and our family

2:55:42is still looking for support. The last

2:55:44time I stood here, I told you I was

2:55:46choked and called the n-word over 10

2:55:48times at football practice. I told you

2:55:51Principal Ruben Gayos protected the

2:55:53attacker, punished me instead. I told

2:55:56you that my [snorts] that they t target

2:56:00they targeted my family

2:56:03and instead of punishing the attacker,

2:56:06they punished me instead. I told you um

2:56:10that they kicked off my brother from the

2:56:13football team even though he was he was

2:56:15trying to help me. He was trying to keep

2:56:18me away from the attacker. And then they

2:56:21also kicked my sister off of cheer even

2:56:24though she was completely unrelated and

2:56:27[snorts]

2:56:28banning us from student activities just

2:56:30for speaking the truth. Tonight I am

2:56:33here seeking a response from you. Since

2:56:36I last spoke, nothing has changed. No

2:56:39one on this city council has responded.

2:56:42Nobody has reached out to my mother and

2:56:44nobody has reached out to me to see how

2:56:48they could help with this situation.

2:56:50Honestly, it feels like our concerns our

2:56:53our concerns are being ignored and we

2:56:56are really um and we really need our

2:56:59city leaders to stand with us. [snorts]

2:57:03The school district is still sweeping

2:57:05this racial assault under the rug. They

2:57:09flipped the story to make us look like

2:57:12the bad guys, hoping we would get quiet

2:57:15and go away. But we cannot stay silent

2:57:18when our student lives are and our

2:57:21safety is being taken away. We

2:57:23understand the school board operates

2:57:27separately, but you are the elected

2:57:29leaders of Anaheim. You oversee the

2:57:31public safety and the police department

2:57:34where my mother had to file reports

2:57:37because Ruben Cayto used physical

2:57:40intimidation against her and my sister.

2:57:44When school when a school abuses its

2:57:46power to target innocent kids and a

2:57:49local family, it becomes a safety issue

2:57:52for the whole community. We are here

2:57:54tonight to honestly ask you for your

2:57:56help. We are requesting that this city

2:57:59council looks looks into the these

2:58:02safety concerns, interfaces with this

2:58:05the district leadership on our behalf

2:58:08and help us ensure that our campus is

2:58:12safe and that principal Ruben Gayos is

2:58:14held accountable. Our family is just

2:58:17looking for justice and fairness. We

2:58:20have we hope you um we will hear our you

2:58:24will hear our report but your time is up

2:58:26and help us find a resolution. Thank you

2:58:27for your time and your leadership. Have

2:58:29a great day. [applause and cheering]

2:58:33>> Mayor and city council. That concludes

2:58:35our in-person speakers on general

2:58:37comments. We are now return to our

2:58:39remote participants. Our first speaker

2:58:41is Bobby Olay. Bobby, if you can please

2:58:44unmute yourself at this time.

2:58:49Good evening everyone.

2:58:51Um, I here to to suggest you guys should

2:58:56put a a

2:58:59policy in place in the city that someone

2:59:03that lives moves in within the city

2:59:06within 30 days or or 40 60 days should

2:59:12wait a year to run for office

2:59:15cuz I've seen twice already

2:59:20with that situation that people just

2:59:24moved into the city and decided to run

2:59:26for office. That shouldn't be that way.

2:59:29And also to I continue to back the

2:59:33mayor. You're going to get through this

2:59:35mayor and I believe in you and you have

2:59:39a good night.

2:59:42>> Thank you, Bobby. Our next speaker, the

2:59:45cameraman, if you can please unmute

2:59:47yourself at this time.

2:59:51Good evening, Anaheim City Council. Uh,

2:59:55first of all, I'd like to give a shout

2:59:56out to my OG speakers, Arty, uh, Cecil,

3:00:01um, R Joshua Collins. It's been almost

3:00:0410 years since I've given public comment

3:00:05at Anaheim City Council. Thank goodness

3:00:08for this remote participation. So, I'm

3:00:10speaking tonight basically in support of

3:00:12my good friend Brian K. Uh, our mayor

3:00:16Ashley Aken is, I guess, trying to file

3:00:18false criminal charges against him and

3:00:21getting a BS restraining order. And just

3:00:24today, I looked at basically a

3:00:25transcript asking her if he's in

3:00:29basically layman's terms stalking her

3:00:32and uh other than seeing him at city

3:00:34council or any other city sponsored

3:00:37function, uh, no, you don't go by his

3:00:41house. uh you know, he doesn't shop with

3:00:45her at the grocery store. Uh is this

3:00:48why, you know, the Anaheim City Police

3:00:51Department's uh union decided not to

3:00:53endorse you because of the false

3:00:54criminal charges you're trying to get

3:00:56against Mr. K? Um you know, Mr. K has

3:01:00been a wonderful friend of mine. He was

3:01:02the first real boss I ever had. He got

3:01:04me some employment uh with his company,

3:01:07Clean Termite. uh taught me valuable

3:01:10skills that has uh further progressed me

3:01:13to get other jobs and open other doors

3:01:15and opportunities in my life. And you

3:01:18know to hear that these accusations are

3:01:20being labeled against him that he's in

3:01:23some way some sort of I guess political

3:01:26terrorist against you. I'm disgusted.

3:01:28Furthermore, I'm disgusted with other

3:01:30allegations labeled against you. I guess

3:01:32you don't like people that dance too

3:01:34gay. I I've heard of gay dancers, but

3:01:37I've never heard of a gay dance. Uh I

3:01:40need some clarification on that. Um I

3:01:42heard another speaker tonight talk about

3:01:45um being called dirty Mexican by the

3:01:48police department. Uh that's not an

3:01:51isolated incident almost 10 years ago. I

3:01:54was told by a person that still wishes

3:01:56to remain anonymous to this day that

3:01:59because I wore a sombrero at a DUI

3:02:02checkpoint uh hosted by the Anaheim

3:02:04Police Department on Cinco Deio, I was

3:02:07called the dirty Mexican cameraman that

3:02:09night. So, there is uh definitely racial

3:02:12bias in the Anaheim Police Department,

3:02:15which I think is funny because those who

3:02:18know me, I am white as a ghost. I'm

3:02:21primarily half uh white English and

3:02:24Italian on my father's side. So, if

3:02:26anything, they should have called me a

3:02:28dirty cameraman. Um, but yeah, that

3:02:32is uh you know, it's not an isolated

3:02:35incident. I've been personally followed

3:02:36by the uh Anaheim police helicopter

3:02:39multiple times. Um they stalk people

3:02:43that retaliate against them in the form

3:02:45of uh public speaking and holding them

3:02:48accountable and just

3:02:52>> um it's it's just sick. It it really is

3:02:55a sickness. But if you try and speak out

3:02:58against it, apparently you're the

3:03:00problem.

3:03:00>> Cameron, your time is up.

3:03:02>> Thank you.

3:03:04>> Our next speaker, Elijah,

3:03:07mayor and city council. I do not see him

3:03:09in our webinar. We will go to the next

3:03:12speaker.

3:03:16Alexis,

3:03:18if you can please unmute yourself.

3:03:26>> Hi, good evening. First off, thank you,

3:03:28Mayor Atkin and city council for

3:03:30recognizing my fellow Filipinos and our

3:03:32contributions to this amazing city. I'm

3:03:35here today to comment on Pearson Park's

3:03:37six tennis courts which is located on

3:03:39Lincoln and Anaheim Boulevard wherein

3:03:42two have been converted into hybrid

3:03:43courts to allow for pickle ball. I have

3:03:46lived in Anaheim all my life and I'm a

3:03:48healthcare worker. The courts at Pearson

3:03:50Park played a vital role in my mental

3:03:52health during the pandemic and these

3:03:53last seven years. It is where I went to

3:03:55de-stress and escape during a time of

3:03:57uncertainty and working the front lines.

3:04:00At those courts is where I met friends

3:04:01that have become like family and have

3:04:03also become a part of a commu community

3:04:05that shares value in sports and overall

3:04:08health. I got so happy when the courts

3:04:10got repaved and got the muchneeded

3:04:12attention it deserved. After seeing

3:04:14court 6 being converted to hybrid

3:04:16courts, I was a bit skeptical on how the

3:04:17culture might change. Right now, tennis

3:04:20players are expected to rotate through

3:04:21every hour and a half when others are

3:04:23waiting. In the new rule stated on the

3:04:25hybrid courts, it says court 5 and six

3:04:27can be used for tennis when one through

3:04:28four are occupied. On Tuesday, October

3:04:3120th, I went to Pearson and attempted to

3:04:33grab a court. And during that early

3:04:35evening, courts 1 through four were full

3:04:37with people waiting, and five and six

3:04:39had around 12 players in total. And in

3:04:41the game of pickle ball, you can play up

3:04:43to eight players on one court, and court

3:04:45five and six have a total of four pickle

3:04:47ball courts. I waited about 40 minutes

3:04:49before stepping onto the court to kindly

3:04:51request to rotate and allow for my

3:04:52friend and I to play for an hour and a

3:04:54half. I was greeted by hostility and

3:04:56dismissal despite going over the rules

3:04:58together. I escalated it to the park

3:05:00rangers who spoke to them but did not

3:05:02end up enforcing the rules. Instead, we

3:05:04were told the rules were unclear and

3:05:06could not be interpreted as such. It has

3:05:08been a such a struggle to get tennis

3:05:09courts lately and with the demeanor

3:05:11pickle balls player have presented

3:05:12themselves with, it has created a very

3:05:14uncomfortable environment for us tennis

3:05:16players. I ask for trans transparency

3:05:19and community involvement when making

3:05:20decisions for converting more courts

3:05:22into hybrid. Also, I'd like for the city

3:05:24to enforce equality and fairness to

3:05:26these public courts as Anaheim does not

3:05:28have a lot of available public tennis

3:05:29courts for free. Thank you.

3:05:34>> Thank you. We'll go to our next speaker,

3:05:36Lisa. Lisa, if you can please unmute

3:05:39yourself at this time.

3:05:44>> Hello. Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Go

3:05:47ahead.

3:05:47>> Hi. Thank you for taking my call. Um,

3:05:50thank you, mayor, and and uh, city

3:05:52council members. I've heard a lot of

3:05:53things this evening. Um, I couldn't be

3:05:55there. Of course, my illness kept me at

3:05:57home, but I heard so many things that I

3:05:59don't even want to address my issues.

3:06:02Um, the mismanagement of leadership of

3:06:04Anaheim. I I'm have to say I was shocked

3:06:07when I called the ADA um title six

3:06:10coordinator um of the city and I asked

3:06:13about what would happen if I filed a

3:06:15complaint um for you know discrimination

3:06:18and um uh against um my disabilities and

3:06:22uh he said it would go back to the very

3:06:24people that I'm just I'm complaining

3:06:26[clears throat] against and so yeah that

3:06:29sound seems like a sort of a conflict of

3:06:32interest to me. Um, so I I definitely

3:06:35agree with her that there needs to be a

3:06:36better checks and balance. Um, and I do

3:06:40agree that Mary, you stepped into some

3:06:42pretty hard shoes when you know the

3:06:44person before you did Cabal was uh

3:06:47running things and you had a big mess

3:06:49to, you know, make up. But, um, I I do

3:06:52think that the work needs to be done and

3:06:54can be done. The family is concerned

3:06:56about the racism agenda. I mean, the

3:06:58racism that's going on and the agenda

3:07:00they feel is happening. It it's true. My

3:07:03son is half black and in kindergarten he

3:07:05was called uh a and sorry um and

3:07:09uh nothing was done about it. Seventh

3:07:11grade he was called a um Pichu dengro

3:07:13and I'm sorry if you have to beep that

3:07:15out but that's what he was called. He

3:07:17called the girl a blueberry and told her

3:07:18to do some push-ups and he got in school

3:07:20suspension and was called a bully. Um

3:07:23unbelievable. So I've run into the same

3:07:26discrimination. Absolutely. And I

3:07:28completely my heart is with them. My

3:07:30heart is mostly with the family with a

3:07:32um um big young man who's now deceased.

3:07:36And I do believe that uh that policeman

3:07:39should be fired. He shouldn't have a

3:07:41desk job. He should be out and

3:07:43absolutely you guys should discriminate.

3:07:44You should let us know who the um his

3:07:47partner is because that is that should

3:07:49be public information. I don't even

3:07:51understand why. Uh anyway, um under the

3:07:54Fair Housing Act of 42 USC 3604 F3B

3:08:00HUD's rules for um public housing, each

3:08:03reasonable accommodation must be

3:08:04accommodate acaluated on its own merits.

3:08:08Um, I've turned in two from two

3:08:10different um, uh, doctors reasonable

3:08:13accommodations to my son some years ago

3:08:15and uh, two out of uh, six of the things

3:08:19were acknowledged and [snorts] one

3:08:21completely was uh, just denied at all

3:08:24and both of them said to rent from a

3:08:26relative and neither of them were

3:08:28acknowledged. Um, and I, you know, that

3:08:31is a rule, that's a housing law that

3:08:33they have to on each on the merit of

3:08:36each individual thing. They still have

3:08:38them in the records. They still have

3:08:40them in my file. And I'm asking that you

3:08:42please have Grace chapter again besides

3:08:45the request I made last um time for um,

3:08:48you know, reasonable um, uh, answers to

3:08:53what's going on with my case. That they

3:08:55would just answer that.

3:08:56>> Ma'am, ma'am, I'm sorry. Your time is

3:08:58up. Okay, thank you.

3:09:01>> Our next speaker, Leslie L.

3:09:06>> Leslie, if you can please unmute

3:09:07yourself.

3:09:08>> Yes.

3:09:09>> Go ahead when you're ready.

3:09:11>> Good evening, mayor and city council. My

3:09:13name is Lesie Lopez, and I'm here once

3:09:15again on behalf of my cousin, Albert

3:09:16Arzola, and our family. Why is [snorts]

3:09:19the information regarding Albert's case

3:09:21being discussed behind closed doors?

3:09:23Albert lived here, and he worked here.

3:09:25Our family deserves to know what is

3:09:27happening and what information can be

3:09:28shared publicly. I'm also here because

3:09:31our family is preparing to file a formal

3:09:33complaint regarding an ongoing

3:09:35harassment by the Anaheim police

3:09:36officers. Whether it's me, Albert's

3:09:39father, Albert's mother, sisters, or

3:09:41cousins, members of our community

3:09:43continue to experience what we know is

3:09:45harassment. And here's what's

3:09:48concerning. The officer involved

3:09:49repeatedly appears on council member

3:09:52Natalie Ruvikava's social media time

3:09:54after time. Out of more than 400 sworn

3:09:56in officers, we find that very that

3:09:59connection very troubling. How is it

3:10:01that the officers that she continued to

3:10:03pose are the ones that are harassing us?

3:10:07Are we supposed to remain silent because

3:10:08we fear what might happen next? We still

3:10:11demand answers about Albert's death. Why

3:10:13did officer Nathan Garcia draw his gun

3:10:16so quickly? What threat did he perceive?

3:10:18And why was deadly force necessary? And

3:10:20normally, you should be asking these

3:10:22questions, too. And you should also be

3:10:23present when someone when a lawsuit is

3:10:25being discussed in close session knowing

3:10:29that that person belonged to your

3:10:31district. Albert was a part of your

3:10:32district and we haven't forgot that you

3:10:34stood before a family alongside the

3:10:36mayor and Carlos Deleon during the

3:10:40community meeting and you sided with the

3:10:41department. What have you done for the

3:10:43families in your district who feel

3:10:44threatened? Why was Nathan Garcia

3:10:46returned to this community despite our

3:10:48unanswered questions and separate

3:10:50allegations of excessive force involving

3:10:53a minor where you guys have already paid

3:10:55out a lawsuit? Do you generally believe

3:10:57the bu this builds trust with your

3:10:59community? And Natalie Rubocava, I have

3:11:01questions for you, too. You reportedly

3:11:03claimed that the police overtime audit

3:11:06involved involving Jose Duran and Tony

3:11:08Lee was publicly released. Well, where's

3:11:10it at, Natalie? Show us the audit. You

3:11:12dismissed a questionable overtime as an

3:11:14accounting error. Let me tell you, as

3:11:16someone who has an MBA and works in an

3:11:18accounting, an error like that doesn't

3:11:20simply happen. An an accounting error,

3:11:23really, how does an officer earn more

3:11:25than a police chief or a city manager's

3:11:27base salary? And now the city has

3:11:29approved nearly 9.8 million in

3:11:31additional police funding for the

3:11:33current fiscal year. Residents deserve

3:11:35explanations. Your relationship with the

3:11:37Anaheim Police Association raises

3:11:39serious concerns to our family about

3:11:42true accountability. Are you

3:11:44representing your residents or are you

3:11:45just representing your political

3:11:47relationships influencing your judgment?

3:11:50Our family deserves

3:11:52answers. We're grieving a 19-year-old

3:11:55whose life was taken by your officer

3:11:57Nathan Garcia. How difficult is it to

3:11:59show griev basic human decency? We will

3:12:03demand independent accountability. We

3:12:05demand independent accountability

3:12:07jeopardizing your relationship with the

3:12:10police union. No campaign contribution,

3:12:12endorsement, or political friendship

3:12:14should ever matter more than the life of

3:12:16an animal of a Anaheim resident.

3:12:19>> Leslie, I'm sorry. Your time is up.

3:12:23[applause]

3:12:23[cheering]

3:12:27>> Mayor and city council, that concludes

3:12:29our in-person speakers as well as our

3:12:30remote speakers of both an agenda and a

3:12:32general items. Noting for the record, we

3:12:34did did receive public comments

3:12:36electronically. We had one email for um

3:12:38item number 22 and we had three emails

3:12:41were general comments. Each of those

3:12:42were distributed to city council as well

3:12:44as posted on the city's website at

3:12:46anaheim.net/public

3:12:48comment.

3:12:50Thank you. So, we will now close the

3:12:52public comment portion of this meeting

3:12:54and move to council communications. Are

3:12:56there any council members with items to

3:12:59share? Uh start with council member Ma.

3:13:04Thank you, mayor. Excuse me.

3:13:05[clears throat] I have some slides to

3:13:06share.

3:13:14So, I have a ribbon cutting to share

3:13:16about. Uh, last Friday evening, we

3:13:18celebrated the opening of Altitude

3:13:20Trampoline Park, and this is really a

3:13:22celebration of the hard work that our

3:13:25planning and building department did to

3:13:27get this open, as well as our economic

3:13:29development and our fire marshal. Um,

3:13:32this was expected to open back in May.

3:13:34So, it's been a long road. Um, but this

3:13:36family-owned business, um, is a great

3:13:39addition to our city, and we're grateful

3:13:41for the investment in Anaheim. Next

3:13:43slide, please.

3:13:46Saturday morning started off with my

3:13:49monthly uh, trash pickup. We were at

3:13:51Lincoln Park this month. Uh, Congressman

3:13:54Lou Koreah joined us and we had a small

3:13:57but mighty team um picking up uh trash

3:14:00throughout the park. You can see a

3:14:02before and after picture. Just one

3:14:04example of the great work we do. Um, we

3:14:06will be meeting on Saturday, November

3:14:1028th this month. The location is to be

3:14:13determined

3:14:16and I'm sure we'll hear a lot about our

3:14:18wonder wonderful uh fall festival and

3:14:20Halloween parade. I just want to

3:14:22acknowledge um the hard work of our city

3:14:25staff in supporting this event and I

3:14:28also want to acknowledge that this is a

3:14:30volunteer organized and led event. I

3:14:34think the city gets a lot of credit for

3:14:36it. Um but I want to acknowledge that

3:14:37it's volunteers who start working on

3:14:39this back in June if not before again

3:14:43with a lot of support from the city but

3:14:46um it takes volunteers to keep this

3:14:48wonderful Anaheim tradition going. So,

3:14:51thank you to Ann, Missy, Siobhan, and

3:14:53Gabby.

3:14:56And I'm hosting an a caregiver

3:14:59appreciation day next month. So, on

3:15:02Friday, November 13th, we'll be at

3:15:04Anaheim United Methodist Church uh to

3:15:07celebrate caregivers and honor them and

3:15:10to make sure that they're connected with

3:15:12resources that can help them care for

3:15:14their person. So, it's open to all ages.

3:15:17It's free. There will be light morning

3:15:19refreshments, a great presentation,

3:15:22community organizations, and a light

3:15:24lunch. Um, registration is required. Um,

3:15:29but I would love to see um many

3:15:31caregivers in attendance.

3:15:34And that's all I have for slides. I just

3:15:36wanted to thank our city staff. We had a

3:15:39great District 5 meeting last week. Uh,

3:15:42despite the rain, we had, I believe,

3:15:43almost 50 people come out. So, uh, thank

3:15:46you to all the city departments and

3:15:48staff that came out and talked to our

3:15:49residents. It was very much appreciated.

3:15:52Thanks.

3:15:57>> Thank you, Mayor Prom.

3:16:00>> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh, I'll

3:16:02take the opportunity. I'm wearing the

3:16:03Anaheim Fire and Rescue pink t-shirt

3:16:05today. I just want to give our our fire

3:16:07and rescue team a shout out for their

3:16:09continued advocacy. And uh as we wrap up

3:16:11breast cancer awareness, just important

3:16:13to make sure that we're uh getting as

3:16:15much information and awareness out there

3:16:16as possible. Um I do want to

3:16:19congratulate the Lora High School

3:16:20football team on becoming Tango League

3:16:22champions. Uh the Saxons have had an

3:16:25incredible season and it's been great to

3:16:27see the players, coaches, the school

3:16:29community celebrate uh what they have

3:16:31accomplished. I want to congratulate the

3:16:33uh entire coaching staff, the entire

3:16:35team, of course, Coach Kosa, uh, and I

3:16:38want to wish them continued success as

3:16:40they finish the regular season and head

3:16:42towards the playoffs.

3:16:45I also stopped by the Laurera High

3:16:47School band review this past weekend,

3:16:49uh, which brought together marching

3:16:50bands from across the region. Uh that's

3:16:53an amazing opportunity uh to see so many

3:16:55talented students uh and musicians and

3:16:58color guard performers along with the

3:17:00families and supporters who came out to

3:17:02uh cheer them on. I want to give a

3:17:03special shout out to Magnolia's uh drum

3:17:05major uh for placing first overall. Um

3:17:09and a big thank you to the lower high

3:17:10school band program, our Anaheim PD

3:17:12traffic team, everyone that's involved

3:17:14in organizing the event. Uh, I know how

3:17:17much work goes into putting something

3:17:18like this together. And it's great to

3:17:19see all of it come together right here

3:17:21in Anaheim. And a special shout out to

3:17:23Anaheim High School and uh their

3:17:25marching band and their band directors.

3:17:27Uh they'll be marching in the Rose

3:17:28Parade in 2028. So we're excited to see

3:17:31them represent our city.

3:17:34I also had the opportunity to attend a

3:17:36topping out ceremony for the Honda

3:17:38Center's south entrance improvements uh

3:17:40which are part of the larger OCI

3:17:42development. One of the highlights for

3:17:44me was meeting some of the iron workers

3:17:46uh that are helping build this project

3:17:48and of course signing the ceremonial

3:17:50beam. It's really exciting to see these

3:17:52major investments taking shape right

3:17:54here in our city. Uh especially knowing

3:17:56that we are creating good paying union

3:17:58jobs. Uh and we know that they're

3:18:00getting it done, I believe, uh on time

3:18:02and under budget. So uh thank you to the

3:18:04OC Vibe team uh and to everybody who uh

3:18:07has a hand in making this project a

3:18:09reality.

3:18:11With Halloween coming up, I also stopped

3:18:12by several trunk or treat celebrations

3:18:14at our local schools. Uh these events

3:18:16are a great opportunity to connect uh

3:18:19with families outside of city hall, to

3:18:21catch up with neighbors, to hear

3:18:22directly from residents. I always

3:18:25appreciate having those conversations.

3:18:27Uh and it helps to be in a more relaxed

3:18:29setting. Uh and of course, it's fun uh

3:18:31seeing all the costumes and creativity

3:18:33from our school community. So, thank you

3:18:34to all the schools who uh uh put on

3:18:37these events for for their students and

3:18:39our community. and again an opportunity

3:18:41for us to come together.

3:18:43Our youth leadership summit organizing

3:18:45committee uh recently held its second

3:18:47meeting this time at Artic. The students

3:18:50received a firsthand briefing on the OC

3:18:52Vibe project and continued working on

3:18:54plans for next year's youth leadership

3:18:56summit, including the workshops and

3:18:58activities that they want to bring to

3:18:59their peers. I want to give a special

3:19:02thank you to Mr. Matt Hicks for taking

3:19:04the time to meet with the students uh to

3:19:06walk through the project, answer their

3:19:08questions, take their feedback uh on the

3:19:10project as well. I I definitely

3:19:12appreciate his willingness to to help

3:19:14make this a meaningful experience for

3:19:16our young leaders.

3:19:18And this past weekend, uh as was noted,

3:19:20Anaheim celebrated another fall festival

3:19:22and Halloween parade. Uh the creativity

3:19:25that goes into the parade entries, the

3:19:27costumes, the festival, um the car show,

3:19:30uh really is something special. I had an

3:19:32amazing time uh along the parade route

3:19:34and seeing so many families take part in

3:19:36this tradition that has been part of the

3:19:38city of Anaheim for generations. A big

3:19:41big thank you to all of the Anaheim Fall

3:19:43Festival organizers, volunteers, and

3:19:46everyone who helps keep this tradition

3:19:48going year after year. I'm already

3:19:50looking forward to uh 2027.

3:19:54I also uh want to briefly acknowledge

3:19:56the increase in federal immigration

3:19:58enforcement activity that we've been

3:20:00seeing throughout Anaheim and our region

3:20:02in recent weeks. I want to remind our

3:20:04residents that Anaheim police, fire and

3:20:06rescue, our city teams do not

3:20:09participate uh in federal immigration

3:20:12enforcement. Our city services remain

3:20:14available to everyone regardless of

3:20:17immigration status. For verified

3:20:19updates, uh, information about your

3:20:21rights as well as available assistance,

3:20:23please continue visiting

3:20:24anaheim.net/contiggo.

3:20:50status.

3:21:03And finally, I I do want to flag

3:21:05something that could have serious

3:21:07consequences for the city of Anaheim,

3:21:09and there is less than a week left for

3:21:10the public to weigh in. There are major

3:21:13changes being proposed to the 2030

3:21:15census, including removing questions

3:21:17about race and ethnicity and changing

3:21:20who gets counted for congressional

3:21:21representation based on citizenship and

3:21:24immigration status. For more than 200

3:21:27years, the census has counted people

3:21:29regardless of citizenship. These changes

3:21:31would be a significant departure from

3:21:34that practice. And this matters right

3:21:36here in Anaheim. We rely on census data

3:21:39to understand our population, to plan

3:21:41for services, to help determine how

3:21:43funding is distributed to communities

3:21:45like ours. And just because someone

3:21:47isn't counted for representation,

3:21:49doesn't mean that they aren't living

3:21:51here. And it doesn't mean that our city

3:21:53has fewer people to serve. We would

3:21:55still have people living in our

3:21:56neighborhoods, using our roads, relying

3:21:58on city services that we could end up

3:22:01with less accurate information to plan

3:22:03for their needs and potentially fewer

3:22:05resources. I'm also concerned about

3:22:08removing questions on race and

3:22:09ethnicity. That information helps us

3:22:11understand who makes up our communities,

3:22:14identify disparities, and ensure that

3:22:16different communities are fairly

3:22:18represented when decisions are made

3:22:20about resources and services. I

3:22:22personally disagree with these proposed

3:22:24changes. I believe the census should

3:22:26accurately reflect the people living in

3:22:28our neighborhoods and our communities

3:22:30regardless of immigration status and

3:22:33provide the information needed to ensure

3:22:35fair representation. These decisions

3:22:38could shape how Anaheim is counted and

3:22:40represented for the next decade, and our

3:22:42residents deserve to have a say before

3:22:44those decisions are made. Public

3:22:46comments are being accepted until

3:22:48Monday, November 2nd. I know how much

3:22:51these decisions could affect our

3:22:52neighborhoods and with the deadline

3:22:54quickly approaching, I want to make sure

3:22:56that Anaheim residents have a chance to

3:22:57be heard. Uh you can review the proposal

3:23:00and submit your comments through the

3:23:02link on the screen. Thank you, Madame

3:23:04Mayor.

3:23:06>> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Um Norma, and

3:23:10then um council member Rubakova.

3:23:16>> Thank you. I don't have any slides.

3:23:18First of all, I want to apologize for

3:23:20arriving late today uh serving on jury

3:23:23duty. Exciting. Um I also want to thank

3:23:29the um numbers of volunteers that help

3:23:33put the festival, our Anaheim Fall

3:23:35Festival together. It is a true uh city

3:23:39treasure to have that many residents

3:23:41come and enjoy the day.

3:23:44not only the parade but also the um

3:23:48resources on center green. So I thank

3:23:51you uh volunteers and thank you city

3:23:53staff for making sure it uh goes

3:23:57seamlessly and that everyone enjoys. I

3:24:00also want to make a point of thanking

3:24:03residents. Just in the last few weeks,

3:24:05I've had residents and meetings with

3:24:07residents in the all of Philadelphia

3:24:10area, Dakota,

3:24:12Boen, Walnut, Pepper Tree, South Street,

3:24:18and all it takes is a resident that

3:24:21cares about their neighborhood to send

3:24:23an email, make a call. We've had uh

3:24:27better lighting, trees trimmed,

3:24:30sidewalks fixed,

3:24:32uh discussions around a possible bike

3:24:34path, improvements in a park, speeder,

3:24:38speeding traffic on a residential uh

3:24:41small street. Those kinds of issues can

3:24:44be addressed when somebody cares enough

3:24:46to take the time to make a call or send

3:24:48an email. And so if uh you've got

3:24:51questions or concerns about something

3:24:53happening in your neighborhood, at least

3:24:55in District 4, please don't hesitate to

3:24:57reach out. Happy to meet uh with you in

3:25:00your neighborhood and with your

3:25:02neighbors so that we can take care of

3:25:04those problems. Thank you.

3:25:10>> Uh Madam Clerk, I believe I have some

3:25:12slides. I I'm uh I represent district 3,

3:25:16which is the downtown area,

3:25:17approximately 57,000 residents. And I am

3:25:21delighted to highlight one extraordinary

3:25:24resident who lives in district 3. Her

3:25:26name is Evelyn Gonzalez. She is Mini

3:25:29Miss Wilchair, California. So, this

3:25:32young woman lives very close to my

3:25:34house, but she was crowned in March. Uh

3:25:37Evelyn is a very active young lady. Her

3:25:40platform is on adaptive play and she

3:25:42visits local parks including Pearson

3:25:44Park and has made accessibility

3:25:47modifications and recommendations to

3:25:49parks in the area so that our other

3:25:51people who have disabilities can access

3:25:53them. So I just want to highlight this

3:25:55young lady because she is doing so many

3:25:58amazing things. Uh her mom also

3:26:00mentioned that she um is beyond active.

3:26:03She zip lines and does a lot of other

3:26:06things in the community, but I think one

3:26:08of the most important things is her um

3:26:10engagement in making sure that Anaheim's

3:26:13parks and parks across the state are um

3:26:17accessible to all children and people.

3:26:20So, I would I'm going to ask at the end

3:26:21of the meeting to bring her in for a

3:26:23recognition. Uh and this is Evelyn

3:26:25Gonzalez, Miss Mini Wilchair,

3:26:27California.

3:26:31I also want to highlight uh the Day of

3:26:32the Dead exhibit that we have at um the

3:26:35downtown community center which is also

3:26:37located in district 3. I encourage

3:26:39everybody to please take some time to

3:26:41visit this beautiful exhibit. We also

3:26:44have mummies that are replica mummies

3:26:46from Hana and they will be here until

3:26:49the 6th of November. So, um I highly

3:26:52encourage everybody to come by. Our

3:26:54community services team has done a

3:26:56phenomenal job highlighting this very

3:26:59important Mexican tradition. Uh and we

3:27:01will be hosting a my office will be

3:27:04hosting a reception for the mummies on

3:27:06November 5th and we'll send out some

3:27:08information regarding this reception.

3:27:10But I do want to thank Yena Rojas who is

3:27:13elected in Mexico and she was

3:27:16instrumental in bringing these mummies

3:27:18to our city. And once uh the exhibit

3:27:20changes out, I believe they will be

3:27:22placed in city hall for some additional

3:27:24um visits. And I I highly encourage you

3:27:26to share with your neighbors. It is

3:27:28really uh an interesting thing to come

3:27:30and read about the history and um and

3:27:33just see the beautiful exhibit that we

3:27:36have.

3:27:38And Yena Roas is getting a lot of love

3:27:40today. So I also serve as a governor

3:27:42appointee of the Orange County Fair

3:27:44Board. Our mayor was a prior appointee

3:27:46of the fair board as well. Um in this

3:27:49role we are um tasked or my task as

3:27:53actually I serve on a committee that

3:27:55recognizes individuals in the community

3:27:56who are making a difference. For

3:27:58Hispanic Heritage Month, we were able to

3:28:00recognize Yasenia Rojas, who has done a

3:28:03tremendous amount amount of work, not

3:28:05only in our city in Anaheim for our

3:28:07immigrant population and the Latino

3:28:09community, but she also does a lot of

3:28:11work across the country, ensuring that

3:28:14families who are from Mexico have

3:28:16opportunities for dual citizenship or um

3:28:18understand their rights. She's also been

3:28:20instrumental in all of the immigration

3:28:22enforcement and making sure that our

3:28:24residents are aware of uh resources

3:28:27through our Contigo program or just

3:28:29making them aware of the fact that there

3:28:31is enforcement going on so they can

3:28:32proceed with extra caution as my council

3:28:35colleague highlighted with our Contigo

3:28:37program. And I also want to thank Mike

3:28:40Listister because he works

3:28:41collaboratively with Yenya on this um uh

3:28:44topic but she also goes beyond that. She

3:28:47um delivers uh hats, jackets, and a lot

3:28:51of other really important necessities to

3:28:54families who are working in Orange

3:28:55County fields. Agriculture used to be

3:28:58one of our biggest uh economic drivers

3:29:00in the region, but we and it is no

3:29:02longer, but we do still have fields

3:29:05where individuals are working here in

3:29:07Orange County and mainly in Irvine. So

3:29:09wanted to highlight Yasena who is a

3:29:12constituent of district 5 but she really

3:29:15does serve our entire city and state.

3:29:20I also October for those of you who are

3:29:22not aware and I think we did recognize

3:29:24somebody earlier um but we um recognize

3:29:27October as domestic violence awareness.

3:29:30I had the honor of serving on Radiant

3:29:32Futures panel alongside one of our

3:29:35lieutenants and um many other people who

3:29:38are dedicated to just making sure that

3:29:41people are aware of resources and

3:29:44outreach. One of the things with

3:29:46domestic violence is it doesn't have a

3:29:48socioeconomic status. It it impacts

3:29:50everybody. It impacts men, women,

3:29:52children. So, it is something that we

3:29:55are just really focused on through our

3:29:57um partnerships with nonprofits, but

3:29:59also with the family justice center and

3:30:01making sure that people have access to

3:30:03restraining orders or pro just protected

3:30:06resources in general. The other thing

3:30:08that we highlighted during this panel

3:30:10was prevention and education and making

3:30:14sure that we're working with our school

3:30:15districts so our students and our youth

3:30:16are aware of healthy relationships and

3:30:18can identify uh potential paths to

3:30:21domestic violence and preventing that

3:30:23before it starts. But even um once it

3:30:25has started, we do have tremendous

3:30:28amount of resources and we continue to

3:30:29work collaboratively not only with our

3:30:31housing, community development, but um

3:30:33our police department and local

3:30:35nonprofits to make sure that anybody

3:30:36impacted feel safe enough to notify our

3:30:40law enforcement agencies to get help and

3:30:42support through a really difficult time.

3:30:44So, if you do know anybody who is facing

3:30:46domestic violence, please feel free to

3:30:47refer them to my office or Radiant

3:30:49Futures or even um the Family Justice

3:30:52Center or Anaheim Police Department.

3:30:55And I think that concludes my council

3:30:57commun that concludes my council

3:30:59communications. Thank you.

3:31:01>> Thank you so much, council member. Um

3:31:04Oh,

3:31:06I saw Janet back here. So, I have to

3:31:08mention public utilities. So, we did

3:31:10have a major power outage in district

3:31:12three and I have to thank Janet and

3:31:15public utilities and our city manager

3:31:17and everybody who was very responsive in

3:31:19ensuring that residents were aware of

3:31:21why the power went out. My house was

3:31:23affected as well. Um, and I know that

3:31:25there is outreach that we will be doing

3:31:27to um provide flashlights and other

3:31:29answer questions, but thank you so much

3:31:31Janet under your leadership. People felt

3:31:33very comfortable in knowing that the

3:31:35power was going to be on. Some people

3:31:37were out of power for over eight hours,

3:31:39but we were able to get to them and um

3:31:41ensure that there were going to be some

3:31:43some uh ways that we helped uh make them

3:31:46whole in that case. But thank you again.

3:31:51>> Thank you. Um just wanted to highlight a

3:31:54couple things. Some of these have

3:31:55already been touched um on um but wanted

3:31:58to thank um staff and everyone that um

3:32:03put all the work and all the attendance

3:32:05into attending all of our community open

3:32:09houses. Um I have the distinct honor of

3:32:12representing all six districts. So I go

3:32:14to uh most if not all of the community

3:32:17open houses. Um and so I know how much

3:32:20work and time goes into these. Uh, one

3:32:23of the things I just wanted to ask both

3:32:25residents um that attended these as well

3:32:29as community members um is if you have

3:32:32any suggestions on our format,

3:32:34suggestions on how we can reach more

3:32:36people to make sure they are aware that

3:32:39these community open houses are going

3:32:41on, please reach out to my office or

3:32:44your council person. Um, we want to make

3:32:46sure that we are reaching um as many

3:32:49people as possible. And then Mr. Mr.

3:32:52City Manager, I was going to see if we

3:32:53could um I wanted to agendaize or maybe

3:32:56just work with you um on a

3:32:58communications format for the open

3:33:00houses. Um I heard from um several folks

3:33:04at several of the different open houses

3:33:06um that are either not on social media

3:33:09um and so they did not have any

3:33:11awareness that our open houses were

3:33:13going on except that they ran into a

3:33:15neighbor that was going or heard from

3:33:17somebody at school. So, I just want to

3:33:18make sure either through mailing

3:33:20postcards or um you know using text

3:33:24messaging, all the modern ways that we

3:33:26know people um respond to if we can

3:33:29really make a concerted effort to

3:33:31reaching a lot of our seniors um or

3:33:33people that are just not on social media

3:33:36uh so that we get the most attendance

3:33:37that we can. Um I wanted to also thank

3:33:41the fire department for a lot of the

3:33:43work they've been doing lately. Um, we

3:33:46had a wildfire preparedness fair at

3:33:48station 10 as well as some open houses

3:33:51at our fire stations throughout the

3:33:53city. Um, this one is in District 6.

3:33:56It's probably one of the most um

3:34:00one of the most fire events that I think

3:34:01people really look forward to. Um, not

3:34:03because of me or Chief Russell, it's

3:34:06because of the goats. Um and they were

3:34:08out there in full force. Really

3:34:11wonderful educational program looking at

3:34:13how we use so many different tools in

3:34:15our toolbox to educate people about

3:34:18wildfire preparedness. The know your way

3:34:20program. Um making sure people have the

3:34:23right items in their house if they have

3:34:25to pack a go bag if they are um looking

3:34:29and have to leave their house. What

3:34:31items do they want to make sure they get

3:34:32thrown into their car immediately? So, a

3:34:35lot of really good information out there

3:34:36and so thank you to everyone that

3:34:38participated. [snorts] Uh, as Mayor Prom

3:34:41mentioned, I also had the um pleasure of

3:34:43going to the OC Vibe topping off

3:34:46ceremony for the south edition, which

3:34:48will be the new entrance where if um

3:34:51where the old Brewery X um patio used to

3:34:54be, that is all gone. Now, there's going

3:34:56to be a grand new entrance with open

3:34:58space um and a lot of added security

3:35:00measures both ahead of um next year's

3:35:03hockey season, but really primarily

3:35:05adding safety features for the 2028

3:35:07Olympics, which are going to be here

3:35:09before we know it. Um, and so thank you

3:35:12to everybody that came out and it was

3:35:14wonderful that they hosted an amazing

3:35:15barbecue uh for a lot of the

3:35:18construction workers, the union

3:35:19construction teams that are out there um

3:35:22in the sun sweating it out every day to

3:35:25make sure that this project gets

3:35:26finished on time and under budget. Um,

3:35:29[snorts]

3:35:30one of the more popular events that I

3:35:32have been to in a long time was the

3:35:34opening in district six of our of

3:35:36Anaheim's first Trader Joe's. Um the

3:35:40reviews were mixed. So I am reaching out

3:35:43to everyone that responded from

3:35:45districts one through five. We will work

3:35:48on getting another Trader Joe's. Um but

3:35:50right now this is the one we are

3:35:52celebrating. Um and I just want to thank

3:35:55the Trader Joe's team. They were

3:35:56wonderful. And to all the people, there

3:35:58were people out there um at 6 o'lock in

3:36:01the morning for a 900 a.m. opening. So,

3:36:05there are some hardcore Trader Joe

3:36:07maniacs out there. Um, and so I really

3:36:10appreciate them coming out um to make

3:36:13sure that their first day was very

3:36:15welcoming and showing them um what a

3:36:17great place Anaheim is to do business.

3:36:19Um again, I know this has been

3:36:21highlighted, but just want to thank

3:36:23everyone and all the volunteers for our

3:36:24far fall festival and Halloween parade.

3:36:28Um it just our volunteers put in so much

3:36:31work for this event and both the

3:36:33festival during the day as well as the

3:36:36parade. Very well attended. People

3:36:38looked like they were having a great

3:36:40time. I know Council Member Ma and I

3:36:41were not the only dog moms out there

3:36:44with our big pooches. Um so whether

3:36:46you're kids or furry kids or actual

3:36:49two-legged kids, um there's something

3:36:52really to do for everyone. And so thank

3:36:53you so much to our fall festival

3:36:55committee. Um, also good merch this

3:36:58year. I spent more money than I thought

3:37:00I was going to um on the fall festival

3:37:03merch. Um, but a great way to support

3:37:05your community and they just are always

3:37:07out there um looking for people to join

3:37:10their committee. Um, last or second to

3:37:14last, wanted to thank um everyone that

3:37:16came out to the Anaheim Marketplace for

3:37:19my office's fourth annual pumpkin palooa

3:37:22in district 4. Um, just wanted to thank

3:37:25Anaheim, I'm sorry, the Anaheim Fire

3:37:27Department and Chief Russell for being

3:37:29out there. The Anaheim PD Explorers that

3:37:33um probably had the most popular booth

3:37:35because they had all the face painting

3:37:37um and the kids just absolutely loved

3:37:39that. Um public utilities as well as

3:37:42community services, Northgate Markets

3:37:45for donating all of our pumpkins for

3:37:47this event and we gave out over 400

3:37:50pumpkins. So, thank you to Northgate for

3:37:53making um it a special Halloween event

3:37:55for all the kids as well as United

3:37:57Across Borders that was not only giving

3:38:00away um food and necessities to our

3:38:02families, but they had amazing Disney

3:38:05donated costumes. So, every kid that

3:38:08wanted one got to walk away with a free

3:38:10costume. Um, last, I don't have a slide

3:38:13for this, but just wanted to thank in

3:38:15district one at the West Anaheim um,

3:38:18community center to the West Anaheim

3:38:19organization for inviting me and some of

3:38:22my council colleagues out there for just

3:38:24an update on what is going on in West

3:38:27Anaheim as well as getting a preview of

3:38:29the planning going into the Christmas

3:38:31tree lighting at Twilight Reed. Uh,

3:38:34really appreciated them having me out

3:38:36there. Um and wanted to give a special

3:38:39uh shout out to the youth forum that was

3:38:41put on by the youth associated with OKO.

3:38:45Um you know politics can sometimes as

3:38:47was mentioned here during public comment

3:38:50uh we think of it as just nasty flyers

3:38:52in our mailboxes but it is a true

3:38:55exercise in democracy in what makes our

3:38:58country the greatest country in the

3:39:00world. And so to have a civic

3:39:02organization, nonprofit put on a a forum

3:39:05where the actual kids in our community

3:39:08can ask their candidates questions, um

3:39:11ask them how they feel about some of the

3:39:13biggest issues going on in our

3:39:15community, um and be able to have, you

3:39:17know, both public and then one-on-one

3:39:19conversations with us. I thought it was

3:39:21such an amazing event. They are going to

3:39:23be our future voters, our future

3:39:25leaders. So, thank you to OO for

3:39:28continuing to have um forums like this

3:39:30and making sure that they are youthled

3:39:33um and putting the youth really as the

3:39:35focus of these types of events. So, with

3:39:38that, I am going to kick it off to the

3:39:41man, the myth, interim city manager,

3:39:44Greg Garcia.

3:39:46>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh a couple of items

3:39:48tonight. Uh first up is a stadium

3:39:52update. Um the general monthly update on

3:39:54the ongoing stadium assessment there no

3:39:57significant developments since our last

3:39:58update. Our structural consultant is

3:40:00still performing the final engineering

3:40:03uh and uh we're awaiting those results

3:40:05and we will continue to provide general

3:40:07updates.

3:40:09Next up, on the heels of an incredibly

3:40:12successful fall festival, uh super

3:40:15excited that this Friday, October 30th,

3:40:17we're hosting the 10th annual Dia de los

3:40:20Muertos, a night of community and

3:40:22culture event. Uh this free one cultural

3:40:25celebration will be held at Center

3:40:27Greens Park from 5 to 9:00 p.m. We

3:40:30invite the community to attend and

3:40:31experience the colorful community altars

3:40:33that will be on display in memory of

3:40:35those who have passed. We'll also have

3:40:38youth art activities, a local artist

3:40:40showcase, food trucks, and entertainment

3:40:42for everyone to enjoy. So, for more

3:40:44information, please visit our website.

3:40:46We'll see everybody there. And then

3:40:48finally, a lot of talk of rain and

3:40:51weather uh this fall and uh as we launch

3:40:54into winter. And so our utilities

3:40:58department together with our public

3:40:59works department and our fire and rescue

3:41:02uh are putting an event on called Ready

3:41:04Prep Go. On Saturday, November 21st, we

3:41:07invite community members to join us at

3:41:09the Sustainability Education Center for

3:41:11a special event focused on preparing for

3:41:13El Nino and the rainy winter season.

3:41:16Attendees will receive free preparedness

3:41:18kits and resources to help make their

3:41:20homes more energy efficient and better

3:41:22prepared for the rain. The first of the

3:41:25first 50 attendees will receive a free

3:41:27rain barrel. So, the event is free to

3:41:30attend. However, we do require advanced

3:41:32registration. And so, please visit

3:41:35anaheim.net readyp.

3:41:38And that concludes my city manager

3:41:40updates.

3:41:46>> Thank you. And um I know you touched on

3:41:48the angel's assessment. Do we by have

3:41:50any idea when they think they're I know

3:41:53we keep saying fall but with verdict

3:41:55almost hitting winter.

3:41:56>> Yeah. No, so uh it was always the end of

3:41:58this calendar year is what we are

3:42:00anticipating. There have been a few

3:42:03delays. We're still relatively on track

3:42:06for that though. Uh end of year uh this

3:42:08year, early next year. Uh we hope to

3:42:10have something that we can share with

3:42:11the council.

3:42:12>> Okay. Thank you so much.

3:42:15So we will now recess the city council

3:42:18housing and public improvements

3:42:20authority and h Anaheim housing

3:42:22authority to address the Anaheim public

3:42:24financing authority agenda. There are

3:42:26two items on the consent calendar. Is

3:42:28there a motion?

3:42:32>> We have a motion and a second. Please

3:42:33vote.

3:42:39>> Correct.

3:42:43possible

3:42:45to turn this on. Uh if there's no

3:42:48objections, I was wondering if we could

3:42:49move May 4th to May 18th

3:42:53and push this through to all of the

3:42:54calendars. May May 4th to May 18th.

3:42:59I'm going to ask city clerk, are there

3:43:01any

3:43:03reason, is there any um conferences or

3:43:08reasons that would any way um coincide

3:43:12with that? Um

3:43:13>> I don't remember. I apologize.

3:43:15>> Um no, mayor. I was looking at um what

3:43:18we had and there was no other meetings

3:43:21on that as right now as it was being

3:43:22asked for. I didn't see anything that

3:43:24conflicted with those. We did move those

3:43:26around. It may have just been on how the

3:43:28calendar fell when we were looking.

3:43:31>> Okay. So, no, we'll have them then if

3:43:33I'm So, it would be the 18th and the

3:43:3625th,

3:43:37>> correct?

3:43:38>> Okay. Does anyone have any um

3:43:40objections?

3:43:42Okay. If um so I would Can we amend the

3:43:45motion um to have it approved as amended

3:43:50with those changes?

3:43:51>> I would amend it as such. [laughter]

3:43:58Please vote.

3:44:01>> A resolution of the of the board of

3:44:03directors of the Anaheim Public Finance

3:44:05and authority establishing the dates and

3:44:07times for the regular means of the

3:44:08authority for the 2027 calendar as

3:44:10amended.

3:44:14The vote is seven eyes, no nays.

3:44:18Every Tuesday will be free.

3:44:22Okie dokie. So, we are going to be

3:44:23moving on to without objection, we're

3:44:26going to adjourn the public financing

3:44:28authority and reconvene the housing and

3:44:30public improvements authority

3:44:33to address the authority agenda. Items

3:44:35three and four are before us. Is there a

3:44:37motion?

3:44:38>> Move the items with the amended date.

3:44:42>> Thank you. We have a motion and a

3:44:45second. Please vote. A resolution.

3:44:47>> A resolution the board of directors of

3:44:49the Anime Housing and Improvements um

3:44:51public improvements authority

3:44:52establishing the dates and times for the

3:44:53regular meetings of the authority for

3:44:54the 2027 calendar as amended.

3:44:58And the vote is seven eyes, no nays.

3:44:59Motion carries. [snorts] So without

3:45:01objection, we will adjourn the housing

3:45:02and public improvements authority and

3:45:04reconvene the housing authority. They're

3:45:06now going to address the Anaheim Housing

3:45:07Authority. Items five and six are before

3:45:09us. Is there a motion?

3:45:10>> Move the items amended.

3:45:14>> We have a motion and a second. Please

3:45:15vote. A resolution. The governing board

3:45:17of the Anaheim Housing Authority

3:45:18establishes the dates and times for the

3:45:20regular means of the authority for the

3:45:212027 calendar as amended.

3:45:24And the vote is seven eyes, no nays.

3:45:26Motion carries. We will now reconvene

3:45:28the city council for item seven, a joint

3:45:31public hearing of the Anaheim Housing

3:45:32Authority and City Council. Clerk,

3:45:34please read.

3:45:36This is a joint public hearing of the

3:45:37Anaheim Housing Authority and the

3:45:38Anaheim City Council in accordance with

3:45:40section 147F of the Internal Revenue

3:45:42Code of 1986 regarding the issuance by

3:45:45the Anaheim Housing Authority for its

3:45:46multifamily housing revenue bonds in an

3:45:49aggregate principal amount not to exceed

3:45:517124 in order to assist cost overturns

3:45:55for the Tampico motel conversion.

3:46:00>> Thank you. U Mr. City Manager, could we

3:46:02please have a staff report? Yes, staff

3:46:04report will be provided by Grace

3:46:06Steppper and her esteemed HCD

3:46:08colleagues.

3:46:10>> Thank you. Good evening. Uh with me

3:46:12tonight is uh deputy director Kevin

3:46:14Clawson and project manager Eric Chira

3:46:17who is overseeing the Tabico project.

3:46:20The item before you is a uh joint public

3:46:23hearing. Uh as there are there are items

3:46:26that relate to both the housing

3:46:28authority and um the city. There are

3:46:31four actions requested as part of this

3:46:34item. Those four actions include um

3:46:38approval of the issuance of supplemental

3:46:40bonds by the Anaheim Housing Authority

3:46:43for the Tapico Motel Conversion Project.

3:46:46Um by motion, we ask that you ratify the

3:46:50submission of an of a grant application

3:46:52to Cal Optima

3:46:55um for an amount of half a million

3:46:58dollars. The grant award agreement is

3:47:01between or the Orange County Health

3:47:03Authority doing business as Cal Optima

3:47:06and the city of Anaheim. Uh for the use

3:47:09we the use of these funds is um goes to

3:47:12the proceeds of rehabilitation of the

3:47:13Tampico Motel by motion to authorize the

3:47:17city manager or his designate to execute

3:47:19all documents and agreements required to

3:47:21receive and administer these grants. And

3:47:24uh we also asked by motion for approval

3:47:27to approve a second amendment to the

3:47:30cooperation agreement substantially in

3:47:32the form attached for the Tampal

3:47:35Conversion Motel. And the agreement is

3:47:37by and between the city of Anaheim and

3:47:40the Anaheim Housing Authority.

3:47:43[clears throat]

3:47:44Thank you, D. Okay.

3:47:47Mayor, city council, this item updates

3:47:50the financing for the Tampo Motel

3:47:53conversion, which will provide permanent

3:47:55supportive housing for young adults

3:47:57exiting the foster care system.

3:48:00By way of background,

3:48:03back the uh the site was purchased, it

3:48:07was acquired in May uh 2022 using uh $5

3:48:10million provided by Senator Tomberg's

3:48:14office. The site is just slightly over

3:48:17half an acre. Um its eventual

3:48:19disposition is for there will be 32

3:48:21units on site 31 will which serve as

3:48:24permit supportive housing and one will

3:48:25be a manager's unit. All of the units

3:48:28it's 100% affordable housing uh that

3:48:31will be you uh assisted by project based

3:48:34vouchers as well and all the units are

3:48:37are studios with the exception of the

3:48:39manager's unit which is a a one-bedroom.

3:48:43uh construction of the site began in the

3:48:45fall of 2025.

3:48:48During construction,

3:48:50uh there are some renderings here of the

3:48:52of of how the the project is advancing.

3:48:54Do you want to go through those before

3:48:55we get into just so you can see where

3:48:57we're at?

3:49:02Yeah. So, this we'll we'll stop here.

3:49:05This slide is a a visual depiction of

3:49:08why we are here. It the rendering shows

3:49:10what the site uh looked like in its

3:49:13heyday and uh construction rendering of

3:49:16the the area in question that has caused

3:49:19the need for right sizing the financing

3:49:21of this of this project. So construction

3:49:24began in the fall of 2025. Uh during

3:49:26construction, crews discovered an old

3:49:28swimming pool that had been improperly

3:49:30abandoned beneath a portion of the

3:49:32property. The surrounding soil was

3:49:35heavily saturated and there was

3:49:36extensive mold. Addressing this

3:49:39conditions required demolition of much

3:49:41of the building, soil remediation, and

3:49:44reconstruction of the foundation and

3:49:46structural framing. This unexpected work

3:49:49added approximately $1 million to the

3:49:51project's existing cost. Um there was a

3:49:54contingency fund to cover things that

3:49:57were unforeseen. However, um this

3:49:59particular situation was way beyond what

3:50:02was anticipated.

3:50:04Uh and once all contingency was

3:50:07exhausting, there was a remaining gap of

3:50:09about a half a million dollars.

3:50:11Thankfully, additional funding uh is

3:50:13helping address these cost overruns and

3:50:16and is helping to advance the program. A

3:50:18new half a million dollar grant from Cal

3:50:21Optima will help cover the remaining

3:50:23construction costs and reduce

3:50:24outstanding bond financing.

3:50:28The increased cost also required an

3:50:30adjustment to the bond financing. Under

3:50:33federal requirements applicable to this

3:50:36project, taxexempt bonds must finance at

3:50:39least 50% of the eligible land and

3:50:42building costs. As these costs

3:50:44increased, the amount of bond financing

3:50:47also needed to be adjusted to maintain

3:50:49the required percentage and preserve the

3:50:51project's tax credit financing. We are

3:50:54therefore seeking approval for approxim

3:50:57for an upward adjustment of

3:50:58approximately $71200,000

3:51:03in a supplemental bonds. Repayment is

3:51:06the project's responsibility. Neither

3:51:08the city nor the housing authority is

3:51:11obligated to repay these bonds.

3:51:13Separately, uh Wells Fargo is funding uh

3:51:17enhanced supportive services that will

3:51:19allow us to provide uh greater services

3:51:22for 15 years above and beyond the

3:51:25project's anticipated standard uh

3:51:28standard services. Together, these

3:51:31changes addressed the uninspection the

3:51:34unexpected construction costs,

3:51:36maintained the required financing

3:51:38structure and strengthened the long-term

3:51:40support available to re to residents at

3:51:42the site. Completion of this project is

3:51:45anticipated for February 2027.

3:51:49The construction bond, the alt, the

3:51:51caloptima details and all are are all

3:51:54here within our staff report. The Wells

3:51:56Fargo funding is um also available uh

3:51:59for we can discuss that in greater

3:52:01detail as well. We just wanted to

3:52:03present to you that there's several

3:52:06moving parts and that will all be

3:52:08incorporated in the second cooperative

3:52:10agreement. We the Wells Fargo money does

3:52:12not necessarily would not in and of

3:52:14itself would not have required a council

3:52:16action, but we since we are coming to

3:52:18you to adjust tax financing to uh

3:52:22include the Caloptima, we also wanted to

3:52:24add the Wells Fargo grant so everything

3:52:26is memorialized and we have a full

3:52:28picture of all the different financing

3:52:30pieces that are going into this uh new

3:52:33development. So with that um open to

3:52:36answering any questions that you may

3:52:38have beyond that.

3:52:43Start with council member Meeks.

3:52:48>> So I uh understand that the pool wasn't

3:52:51abandoned as it should be. Bottom broken

3:52:53out probably collected water. Yeah, I

3:52:55can see the problems. But that wasn't

3:52:57discovered in any of our due diligence.

3:52:59We didn't do any drilling or look at old

3:53:02permits or anything.

3:53:04>> That's a great question. Um no, it's

3:53:06completely under the existing building.

3:53:08So it wasn't um really thought of

3:53:10>> the existing building.

3:53:12>> Correct.

3:53:13>> So like originally it had the big part

3:53:14of the building and then they built the

3:53:17smaller portion.

3:53:18>> Correct.

3:53:18>> Over the pool.

3:53:19>> Yeah. So this uh hotel was

3:53:21>> that was more of a gee maybe 60 years

3:53:25ago they should have done better

3:53:26inspections. Huh.

3:53:27>> Correct. Yeah. It wasn't it wasn't on

3:53:29our um our due diligence [laughter]

3:53:30list. But as you can see the picture the

3:53:32the motel was expanded multiple times

3:53:34over many decades. Uh, and so the most

3:53:36recent addition was this building that

3:53:38you see here. Um, and as I mentioned,

3:53:40the building almost sits completely over

3:53:43where that pool used to sit. So, it

3:53:45wasn't on our radar as something that we

3:53:47should have um been looking for. Um, so

3:53:50yes, it was a surprise when they started

3:53:52opening up some of the walls and finding

3:53:53walls inside.

3:53:54>> Get back to those 1972 inspectors.

3:53:58[laughter]

3:53:58>> Yes, please.

3:54:03Does anyone else have any questions? Um,

3:54:07if not, we can uh open the public

3:54:09hearing. Um, clerk, do we have any

3:54:12speakers for this hearing?

3:54:13>> Mayor and city council, we don't have

3:54:15any in-person speaker cards. We did

3:54:17receive a remote participation card by

3:54:19Leslie Al, but they are not in the um

3:54:22webinar. Um, so at this point, we don't

3:54:24have any um speakers to address council.

3:54:26And then noting for the record, we did

3:54:28not receive any public comments

3:54:29electronically that were distributed for

3:54:31this public hearing.

3:54:33>> Thank you. So, at this time, I'll close

3:54:34the public hearing. Are there any

3:54:36comments, further comments or questions

3:54:38by council? Um, if not, um, we will take

3:54:41action as the city council and housing

3:54:44authority separately.

3:54:47So, the first action is by the city

3:54:49council. Is there a motion?

3:54:52>> We have a motion and a second. Please

3:54:54vote.

3:54:55The motion included resolution of the

3:54:57city council of the city of Anaheim

3:54:58pursuant to section 147F of the Internal

3:55:00Revenue Code of 1986 approving the

3:55:02issues of the bonds by the NIM housing

3:55:04authority for the Tempico multi-ousing

3:55:06project formally 120 South State College

3:55:08Boulevard for an aggra principal amount

3:55:10not to exceed 712 71200,24

3:55:17and the vote is seven eyes no nays

3:55:19motion carries

3:55:21thank you so final action is by the

3:55:24Anaheim Housing authority. Is there a

3:55:26motion and a second?

3:55:27>> I'll move.

3:55:29>> We have a motion and a second. Please

3:55:30vote.

3:55:33The motion included a resolution of the

3:55:34governing board of the Anaheim Housing

3:55:35Authority authorizing the execution

3:55:37delivery of its multi-ousing revenue

3:55:39note in one or more series in the

3:55:40commulative and aggregate principle not

3:55:42to exceed 712,24

3:55:45for the purpose of additional financing

3:55:46for the rehabilitation of the Tempe

3:55:48Apartments multi- rental housing project

3:55:50approving author authorizing the

3:55:51execution delivery of any and all

3:55:53documents necessary to execute the

3:55:54delivery note substantially in the form

3:55:56approves hereby complete the transaction

3:55:58implement this resolution and ratifying

3:55:59and approving any action here to taken

3:56:01in in connection with the note and the

3:56:03vote is seven eyes, no nays. Motion

3:56:06carries.

3:56:08>> Thank you. So without objection, we will

3:56:09adjourn the housing authority and

3:56:11address the city council's agenda.

3:56:14This would be items 8 through 27. Are

3:56:18there any members of council who wish to

3:56:20remove an item for further discussion?

3:56:26>> No.

3:56:28>> Second.

3:56:30>> What? All right. So, we have a motion to

3:56:32move the consent calendar and a second.

3:56:35Please vote.

3:56:36>> And mayor and city council, the motion

3:56:38would include the amended to the

3:56:40resolution of the um council calendar

3:56:42for 2027.

3:56:45>> So, for item number 26, it would be as

3:56:47amended.

3:56:48>> Thank you for pointing that out. So,

3:56:49we'll move I think there was a motion to

3:56:51move the full 8 through 27 as with the

3:56:54amended calendar

3:56:57and a second by Mayor Prom. So please

3:57:00vote.

3:57:08>> And the vote is seven eyes, no nazs,

3:57:10which includes the amended number item

3:57:12number 26.

3:57:15Thank you very much. So, we're going to

3:57:16move on to item number 28 was which is a

3:57:19presentation on the Anaheim Police

3:57:20Department's ongoing and planned

3:57:22initiatives to address public safety

3:57:24concerns related to the operation of

3:57:26electric bikes and electric motorcycles

3:57:29throughout the city. Could we please,

3:57:31Mr. City Manager, I'll kick it over to

3:57:33you for a staff report?

3:57:35>> Yes. Thank you, mayor. Uh the staff

3:57:37report will be our presentation will be

3:57:39provided by Chief Manny Sid and his

3:57:42team.

3:57:53Okay. All right.

3:58:23good evening, mayor and council members.

3:58:26Um, Manny say a pleasure to join you

3:58:28this evening. Joining me is officer

3:58:30Tyler Rabby Robbie, sorry, from uh our

3:58:33traffic section. um and he's going to be

3:58:35pres pro providing you all an a de a

3:58:38presentation as it relates to ebikes. I

3:58:40want to take the opportunity to

3:58:41highlight the work that uh officer

3:58:44Robbie and the folks in traffic have

3:58:45been doing as it relates to this and

3:58:47he's really kind of served as the

3:58:48department's foremost expert as it is in

3:58:50the way of education and enforcement and

3:58:52some of the work that we're doing now

3:58:54and in the past as it relates to our

3:58:56municipal code um and some of the work

3:58:58that we're going to be doing going

3:58:59forward. So, if the presentation is up,

3:59:01I will turn it to Officer Ravi. Chief,

3:59:12>> members of city council, thank you for

3:59:13having us today. Uh, this presentation

3:59:15will be going over our philosophy at the

3:59:18police department about ebikes and

3:59:19emotives and what we're doing and what

3:59:21we've worked with this council and uh,

3:59:23other city entities, including county

3:59:26entities, and how we're improving

3:59:28traffic safety through the use of ebikes

3:59:30and e- motorcycles. Our philosophy comes

3:59:32down to education through collaboration

3:59:34and how we are utilizing not only the

3:59:36resources that the city has provided us

3:59:39but also resources throughout the county

3:59:41to try to educate the general public

3:59:43about how to safely operate these

3:59:45devices.

3:59:47One of the main things that we look for

3:59:49for ebikes is what actually defines an

3:59:52ebike. We trying at the Anaheim Police

3:59:54Department to set that standard and try

3:59:56to give the idea that an ebike can be

3:59:58classified in three ways. The first

4:00:00definition of an ebike is a bicycle that

4:00:04has functional pedals and also has a

4:00:07motor that is runs on electricity with

4:00:09under 750 watts. From that definition,

4:00:12we define three different classes of

4:00:15ebikes. That first class of ebike is

4:00:17going to be class one. A class one ebike

4:00:20means that those functional pedals will

4:00:22assist the rider on flat ground to pedal

4:00:25up to 20 m an hour. Once the motor

4:00:27reaches 20 mph, the bike will cease uh

4:00:31assistance from that electric motor and

4:00:33the rider can still pedal, but the motor

4:00:35will not help the rider move any faster

4:00:37than that. A class 2 bike can also have

4:00:41functional pedals. It also has a motor,

4:00:44electric motor, but this one is

4:00:46something we're commonly seeing in the

4:00:47field because what we see is on these,

4:00:50it has similar to a motorcycle, it has a

4:00:52thumb uh throttle. A lot of the times

4:00:55all the rider will need to do is push a

4:00:57throttle down on the handlebars and this

4:00:59bike will push the rider without

4:01:01actually having to pedal and the rider

4:01:03can go up to 20 miles an hour. Again, on

4:01:06flat ground, once the motor reaches 20

4:01:08mph, it will cease operation and the

4:01:11rider will have to pedal to go faster

4:01:12than that. The last classification for

4:01:15bike or ebike is an ebike for is a class

4:01:193 bike. This bike also has a motor, but

4:01:22this motor will allow the rider to go up

4:01:24to 28 miles an hour. Again, on flat

4:01:27ground, as a rider rides on the bicycle,

4:01:30the electric motor will assist the

4:01:31rider, pushing the rider up to 28 miles

4:01:33an hour and then cease assistance. If

4:01:36the rider is trying to go a little bit

4:01:38faster, they'll have to do that

4:01:39manually, and the motor will not engage

4:01:42anymore. Anything that does not fall

4:01:44into this class, whether it be

4:01:46non-operating pedals, a motor that is

4:01:49over 750 watts or falls out of these

4:01:52speed limits, this does not classify as

4:01:55an ebike. What we're seeing a lot is

4:01:57things that may be if they're not

4:01:59classified as an ebike, they are

4:02:00typically classified as an e motorcycle

4:02:02or an offhighway motorcycle.

4:02:06One thing that the Anaheim Police

4:02:08Department utilizes is technology. We

4:02:10try to uh in give the public information

4:02:14to in embody the trust of the police

4:02:17department to give them proper

4:02:18information. Our Anaheim Police

4:02:20Department's public information office

4:02:22regularly uses social media to try to uh

4:02:26get the word out to not only the people

4:02:28of Anaheim, but also to set that

4:02:30standard throughout the county that

4:02:32people can access this information at

4:02:34any time through our social media

4:02:35platforms. We not only highlight what

4:02:38defines an ebike, as you can see on the

4:02:40screen for the uh a flyer, a digital

4:02:42flyer. We also provide these flyers at

4:02:44various events such as National Night

4:02:46Out, district meetings, back to school

4:02:49nights, and a lot of our uh other events

4:02:52throughout the city. We also will also

4:02:55social media enforcement efforts that

4:02:57the police department had utilized in

4:02:59trying to educate the public through

4:03:01social media and the use of the public

4:03:03information office to show bikes that

4:03:05may have been advertised as electronic

4:03:08bicycles but are not readily capable to

4:03:12be ridden on the roadway. the screen to

4:03:14your left or the picture to your left,

4:03:15you can see a picture of an enforcement

4:03:17effort that was contacted with two

4:03:19juveniles riding e- motorcycles.

4:03:23We try to highlight what is needed for

4:03:25those e- motorcycles when they're no

4:03:27longer an ebike, whether like these need

4:03:30to be classified. They have to have a

4:03:32proper license class. And these

4:03:34motorcycles were not permitted to be on

4:03:36the roadway because the manufacturers

4:03:38made them for offhighway use only.

4:03:43One thing we did in 2024 is the city

4:03:46coun Anaheim city council traffic

4:03:48engineering the Anaheim police

4:03:50department and the Anaheim city

4:03:52attorney's office compiled a list of

4:03:55municipality codes that were trying to

4:03:57improve the roadway safety by enacting

4:04:00municipal codes that would streamline

4:04:03how they should be written in a safe

4:04:05manner. In 2024, the Anaheim City

4:04:08Council adopted Anaheim Municipal Code

4:04:1014.72.030

4:04:14in an effort to streamline how

4:04:17operations of these bikes or other

4:04:20motorized devices should be ridden

4:04:22through the city of Anaheim. A few what

4:04:24we did in this aspect in 2024 is we

4:04:27looked at uh reports from the orange uh

4:04:30OC grand jury along with other cities

4:04:33around and what how they either improve

4:04:36traffic safety by trying to outline how

4:04:39to operate a motorized device properly.

4:04:42One of those things that uh we at the

4:04:45Anaheim Police Department with the

4:04:47traffic engineer and the city council

4:04:49got together and talked about how we

4:04:51could make our pedestrians the safest

4:04:54with utilizing these devices.

4:04:57We see a fair amount of commuters that

4:04:59utilize these ebikes and um on our

4:05:02roadways and that in statute current in

4:05:062024 there was no restriction unless a

4:05:08municipality created a restriction to

4:05:11operate this type of bike on the

4:05:13sidewalks. So in 2024 our adoption of

4:05:16this looked at two factors. What was the

4:05:19safest for our pedestrians and what was

4:05:21the safest for our ebike riders? One of

4:05:24those being that ebike riders or anyone

4:05:27operating a motorized device should go

4:05:29in the same direction of traffic that

4:05:32would be on the roadway. So making sure

4:05:34that those bikes are riding in the same

4:05:36direction so that when they come to the

4:05:38egress or e exit of a property, the

4:05:42drivers that are operating vehicles are

4:05:44more aware that the bicycle is coming

4:05:46towards them when trying to turn right

4:05:47out of the roadway. So, in the city of

4:05:49Anaheim, we are required to ride in the

4:05:51same direction if you're operating on

4:05:53the sidewalk.

4:05:55We also uh instilled a speed limit for

4:05:59these bikes. Anyone operating an ebike

4:06:01on a sidewalk can only operate up to 5

4:06:05miles an hour. And they have to make

4:06:07sure that that speed is still safe for

4:06:09the pedestrians and yield to any

4:06:11pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks in

4:06:13an effort to make sure that our

4:06:15pedestrians have a safe avenue to uh

4:06:17commute as they're walking on those

4:06:19sidewalks.

4:06:20In 2026,

4:06:23September 30th to 2026, the state did

4:06:26pass a primmaaccia speed limit, meaning

4:06:29a speed limit to set on the sidewalks.

4:06:31And that's the assembly bill you see in

4:06:32front of you is 2346.

4:06:35This assembly bill made it so that the

4:06:37primapacia speed similar to speed like

4:06:40in a residential area is 25. When you're

4:06:42going by a school is 25 miles an hour.

4:06:44The primapacia speed if it is not posted

4:06:46is 10 miles an hour throughout the

4:06:48state. Now although our municipal code

4:06:51does have a appears to be more

4:06:53restrictive. This is pretty consistent

4:06:56throughout the municipalities in Orange

4:06:59County with the 5 mile an hour and

4:07:00that's how I believe this diocese and

4:07:03the police department with to the

4:07:04traffic engineer found that speed limit

4:07:06in 2024.

4:07:10We work very closely with not only uh

4:07:13the Orange County District Attorney's

4:07:14Office but also our city attorney when

4:07:17looking at uh these cases and how to do

4:07:20an enforcement effort. We not only look

4:07:22at an enforcement capacity, but we also

4:07:24look at an education capacity because

4:07:26something we recognize as ebikes are

4:07:28something that has become a norm in

4:07:31society that hadn't been for years, such

4:07:33as a traditional bicycle. So, the police

4:07:35department has taken efforts in to try

4:07:38to educate the public more than an

4:07:40enforcement arm. In September of 2026,

4:07:43the Orange County District Attorney's

4:07:45Office hosted a ebike or an electronic

4:07:48device buyback. This turned out with

4:07:511,000 uh participants turning in e

4:07:54devices. Now, although some of these

4:07:56participants were uh credited for

4:08:00bringing these devices back through

4:08:01typically a monetary gift card,

4:08:03depending upon what they turned in,

4:08:05there was a significant amount of

4:08:07participants that had come even just to

4:08:09donate the bike because they realized

4:08:11that there was a significant danger of

4:08:13operating a device, especially the ones

4:08:16that are illegal. Orange County District

4:08:18Attorney's Office not only invited local

4:08:20law enforcement to this, they also lo uh

4:08:22had stakeholders including hospitals and

4:08:26uh AAA to come out and they provided

4:08:28educational material and they also

4:08:30provided helmets to those that needed

4:08:32one for the operation of either a

4:08:34regular bicycle or an ebike.

4:08:37The Orange County District Attorney's

4:08:40Office has made a new division called

4:08:42Ride Safely. And what that division does

4:08:45is it does look at mo the most extreme

4:08:47cases for holding not only the juvenile

4:08:50accountable but sometimes in an effort

4:08:52to hold the parents or guardians

4:08:54accountable. We work with not only the

4:08:57district attorney's office but also the

4:08:59city attorney's office depending upon

4:09:01how each case presents themselves and

4:09:04what the best avenue to curb that

4:09:07recidivism or the uh act of continuing

4:09:10to operate an illegal bike e motorcycle

4:09:13or in a reckless manner to try to stop

4:09:15that from uh continuing to occur.

4:09:22We heavily utilize our school resource

4:09:24officers. The Anaheim Police Department

4:09:26has school resource officers at both

4:09:28junior high schools and high schools.

4:09:30And it covers three different school

4:09:32districts. That includes uh the Anaheim

4:09:35or the Orange County School District,

4:09:37the um Placenta School District, and the

4:09:40Orange School District. Here we utilize

4:09:43our school resource officers to go not

4:09:45only to the junior high and high

4:09:47schools, but we've also hosted events at

4:09:48our elementary schools, trying to start

4:09:51from a young age to instill safe riding,

4:09:53whether it be a bicycle or an ebike at

4:09:57these schools. During back- toschool

4:09:59nights, our SRO's or school resource

4:10:02officers will utilize materials such as

4:10:04the ones you saw on the other screen to

4:10:06hand out to parents about what a ebike

4:10:10is and how to safely ride. We've also

4:10:13hosted things called a bicycle rodeo or

4:10:15an ebike rodeo where we have students

4:10:18come after school typically and learn

4:10:20about the safe operation of the bikes

4:10:22and you see some pictures here. We also

4:10:24meet uh regularly with the school the

4:10:28police departments in our school

4:10:29district such as Orange Police

4:10:31Department and the Placentia Police

4:10:33Department and the Sheriff's Department

4:10:35to try to make sure that the information

4:10:37we're gathering and providing these

4:10:39parents has is is streamlined and given

4:10:43to the parents in a um in the same

4:10:46manner. So we're not providing different

4:10:48types of information to the parents. So

4:10:50we work with our SRO's to do that

4:10:53especially at the schools. One thing

4:10:55that we also do at the schools is if a

4:10:58student is involved in a traffic

4:11:00collision, especially involved involved

4:11:02with an ebike, our SRO's are notified

4:11:05and they also notify not only the

4:11:06school's administrators there, but they

4:11:09also notify um the school district so

4:11:12that the the school that's involved with

4:11:14that student may have resources that the

4:11:17family needs may need to utilize,

4:11:20especially in the time of of a crisis,

4:11:23in that traffic collision that may

4:11:24occur. her.

4:11:26They they've also worked with the

4:11:28administrators to uh safely identify or

4:11:32identify safe writing behaviors and

4:11:34non-safe writing behaviors. And the

4:11:35schools have taken some consideration on

4:11:38what our SRO have been telling them

4:11:39about administrative uh punishments if

4:11:42there is reckless writing occurring on

4:11:44school grounds.

4:11:48In the future, Anaheim Police Department

4:11:50is currently working to make a two-day

4:11:52course that heavily focuses on the

4:11:55foundations of not only ebikes and

4:11:57e-motos. This class will be called ebike

4:12:00safety in partnership with the

4:12:01community. This course will first go

4:12:03over the laws as they pertain to ebikes

4:12:05and e- motorcycles to allow law

4:12:08enforcement officers including uh the

4:12:10Anaheim Police Department and any

4:12:12officer within the police uh post which

4:12:15is police officer standard and training

4:12:17to come and actually come to our

4:12:19worldrenowned city and learn about ebike

4:12:22and ebike safety. Not only how traffic

4:12:25law and infractions may apply but also

4:12:27how family law also can apply. The crux

4:12:30of this course is to prepare law

4:12:32enforcement professionals to actually

4:12:35put put together a one-hour presentation

4:12:38that they can provide to their

4:12:40communities to provide safety tips and

4:12:43tricks to not only operators or riders

4:12:46of these but also the parents of

4:12:48guardians of our juveniles. It also is

4:12:50going to highlight that some of these

4:12:52bikes that have been advertised may not

4:12:54be what they actually are. Now, state

4:12:58statutes have been improving and making

4:13:00it so that advertisements need to show

4:13:02that an ebike falls in one of these

4:13:04three class of ebikes and not advertise

4:13:07an e- motorcycle as a ebike. cover. This

4:13:11class will help law enforcement present

4:13:13that in a manner where law not only the

4:13:16law enforcement is working to try to

4:13:18curb injury, traffic collisions, but the

4:13:20community itself by providing education

4:13:23not only to the constituents that you

4:13:26guys say see every day, but also their

4:13:28school districts to provide

4:13:29administrators and those uh parents and

4:13:32guardians coming to those schools with

4:13:35information about how to safely operate

4:13:37those types of ebikes.

4:13:40this uh Anaheim Police Department is

4:13:42going to be working this year and we've

4:13:43been graciously given a grant through

4:13:45the office of traffic safety to provide

4:13:47educational uh community events such as

4:13:51uh coming to out to district meetings

4:13:53and talking about ebike safety and that

4:13:55will make the grant money that was

4:13:58accepted by this dascese a few weeks ago

4:14:00will allow us to actually go out there

4:14:02and provide educational uh advances or

4:14:05educational lessons to the community and

4:14:08have no budget uh impacts for the ani

4:14:11the city of Anaheim.

4:14:13I want to lastly thank the uh uh the

4:14:17dascese from uh allowing us to come and

4:14:19present you all with some information.

4:14:21Like to thank Chief Sid for allowing me

4:14:23to come and provide this information to

4:14:25you guys. Our goal at the police

4:14:27department is really education through

4:14:29collaboration. We're trying to set that

4:14:30standard through the county to be the

4:14:33leaders in educating the public on these

4:14:36ebikes and e-motos, the dangers, the the

4:14:40fun they can be, but how to really

4:14:42operate them in a safe manner in an

4:14:44effort to try to reduce our injury

4:14:46traffic collisions. It's all in an

4:14:49effort to protect Anaheim and be the and

4:14:52um have the community trust the police

4:14:54to provide them the best information,

4:14:56the safest way to operate these devices.

4:14:59Thank you.

4:15:04>> Thank you. Um can you go back to the

4:15:06slide that kind of had the matrix of um

4:15:10the age and the speed and licensing

4:15:12requirements

4:15:16or maybe yeah one more.

4:15:21Yeah. Um, so my I so I I realized so in

4:15:26California, municipalities

4:15:28get to set a lot of the rules around

4:15:32biking, correct? Like who whether you

4:15:35can or can't ride on the sidewalk, how

4:15:38old you have to be. Um, I think everyone

4:15:40under 18 needs to have a helmet for the

4:15:44most part. Um, so

4:15:47have we are there any municipalities or

4:15:50is it something we've looked into to

4:15:52require for like 16 and under for ebikes

4:15:56that they have a license and attend this

4:16:00two-day course before they're allowed to

4:16:03operate ebikes within our city limits?

4:16:10>> Thank you, Madam Mayor, for the

4:16:11question.

4:16:12Not currently. In the state of

4:16:14California, there's not currently a

4:16:16licensing requirement to operate these

4:16:18bikes. Um, one state in the east coast

4:16:22has, as a state statute, changed.

4:16:25They've gotten rid of the

4:16:26classifications of bikes. They're now

4:16:28requiring that you uh actually obtain a

4:16:30driver's license to ride any type of

4:16:32ebike. The state of California has not

4:16:34done that. And not to my knowledge is

4:16:36there a municipality that requires a

4:16:38licensing. We are however uh looking at

4:16:42working in collaboration with our

4:16:43schools and trying to have our schools

4:16:46they've expressed some concern about

4:16:48having the students ride their ebikes to

4:16:51school. They have expressed some

4:16:53interest in having a some type of

4:16:55educational program before coming to the

4:16:58schools and it's something that we can

4:17:00still look into.

4:17:01>> Yeah. Thank you. And maybe license

4:17:03wasn't the right word because I'm

4:17:05thinking of, you know, even with these

4:17:07off-road um bikes and motorcycles, is

4:17:11there any type of program out there

4:17:14where you have to in order to operate an

4:17:17ebike in a municipality take a course?

4:17:20Um, and maybe it's not I wasn't thinking

4:17:23like a DMV type license, but just some

4:17:25type of city issued permit um, in order

4:17:29to operate these ebikes within the city

4:17:33if you're under 16. I mean, I assuming

4:17:35if you're over 16, you're going to be

4:17:37operating a vehicle soon. Um, and so

4:17:40that's something I'd just maybe like to

4:17:42look into and see um, how we could be a

4:17:45bit more aggressive on that. Um, and

4:17:48then the other thing you mentioned about

4:17:50schools, um, you know, have we looked

4:17:53into or, uh, I guess you said we have

4:17:56looked into it about schools requiring

4:18:00some type of registration for kids to

4:18:03ride ebikes to school. Um, because I I

4:18:07can tell you, um, when I dropped my

4:18:09daughter off at junior high, it's crazy.

4:18:12um just going right through

4:18:14intersections, going against red lights,

4:18:17it's always in and around schools, maybe

4:18:19they're running late, whatever. But is

4:18:21there a way that like in the high

4:18:23schools if you want to park your car on

4:18:24campus, you have to have a parking

4:18:26permit? Um do we is there something that

4:18:29we could do maybe working with the

4:18:31school districts and the junior highs

4:18:33and high schools that if you want to I

4:18:35don't know, maybe it's elementary

4:18:36schools, too. If you want to ride and

4:18:39lock up your bike at school, then you

4:18:41have to have some type of permit that

4:18:44shows that you and your parents have

4:18:47acknowledge that they need to take this

4:18:48kind of two-day course.

4:18:53>> Thank you, Madam Mayor, for the

4:18:54question. The the answer is currently

4:18:56the Orange School District is looking

4:18:58into that. Um that the two schools that

4:19:00we have talked to is Canyon High School

4:19:03and El Rancho. uh they are looking into

4:19:06something a program like that and I do

4:19:08believe it typically is driven through

4:19:10that school district on what rules and

4:19:12regulations they would like for that.

4:19:16>> Okay. Thank you. Um Council Member Bis

4:19:19and then Council Member Meeks.

4:19:23>> Thank you.

4:19:25Start with the easy questions first and

4:19:27then maybe get into the harder ones. But

4:19:30I got to tell you, first off, um

4:19:34I'm 50some years old and the first time

4:19:36I got on an ebike was about a year ago

4:19:38and I thought, "Wow, this is awesome."

4:19:41And I'm also I'm also somebody over

4:19:43those over those years I could I think I

4:19:46could say pretty confidently that uh

4:19:48I've logged somewhere between 200 and

4:19:50300,000 miles on a bicycle. So I have

4:19:53some a little bit of experience here.

4:19:55But I think it's interesting right now

4:19:57that the state has said, "All right, if

4:20:00you're a class 3 bike, you've got a

4:20:01minimum age of 16 before you can ride

4:20:03it." Yet class 2 and class one, no

4:20:07minimum age. So basically what this does

4:20:09is if we say, "Hey, look, you can't go

4:20:11on the sidewalk." And I understand why

4:20:13you can't go on the sidewalk because

4:20:14when you increase the speed on the

4:20:16sidewalk, people that are walking down

4:20:18have no way to get out. And if you ever

4:20:20want to see what I'm talking about, try

4:20:21Huntington Beach on a Saturday. go right

4:20:24down by their pier, you'll see bicycles

4:20:26going down there, people walking, and

4:20:27it's it's uh it really is a mess. So,

4:20:30I'm curious,

4:20:33what is it that we can do? Because if

4:20:36I've got a 13-year-old kid on a class

4:20:39one bike and I've got to take them off

4:20:40of the sidewalk and put them on the

4:20:42street, they now have to know all of the

4:20:45rules of the road of either a

4:20:48motorcycle. They have to know how to

4:20:49change lanes. They have to know how to

4:20:51give hand signals. I mean those are the

4:20:52requirements to be on the road. So I

4:20:55guess my question is is how do we

4:21:01make that work if you can answer that

4:21:08council member? This is the easy

4:21:09questions. Thank you sir. Um

4:21:12you know I I think there's you know we

4:21:14try to hit it with a multi-prong

4:21:15approach. You know education's a big

4:21:17piece of it. Um, Officer Ra talked

4:21:20about, you know, our collaboration with,

4:21:22if we're going to do something like

4:21:23that, I think we're going to have to

4:21:24have collaboration with the school

4:21:25district and and those folks. Um, I

4:21:27really like the idea that the mayor

4:21:28threw out there. I think that's there's

4:21:30some work there, but I think that's

4:21:31something we can we could get done. I

4:21:33think you if we want to get more

4:21:35aggressive as a city, you know, this

4:21:37legislative body could take a look at,

4:21:39you know, enacting certain municipal

4:21:41laws that we could uh enforce. Just

4:21:43keeping in mind that there's, you know,

4:21:45like everything we do, there's going to

4:21:46be a trade-off to that. But um I would

4:21:49say again in trying to find success I

4:21:50think we try to hit it with you know

4:21:52multi-prong multiacet approach.

4:21:55>> So you mentioned the school district and

4:21:57this is one

4:21:59aspect I guess that's a little bit

4:22:01different. I don't know that the school

4:22:02district has the jurisdictional

4:22:04authority to tell somebody that they can

4:22:07or cannot ride their bike on a city

4:22:10sidewalk or a city street. I'm all for,

4:22:13you know, getting the knowledge out for

4:22:14the school districts, but I think it's

4:22:16really important that we advocate for

4:22:18this at the laws or at the at the state

4:22:20level. And what I I'll just share with

4:22:22everybody here, I know uh last year I

4:22:24sat on a couple of public safety

4:22:25committees where this was beginning uh

4:22:28to get talked about and I'm I'm keeping

4:22:31my fingers crossed that this year we'll

4:22:32have a few more uh state legislators

4:22:34proposing some of the things that I've

4:22:36just asked you about, which is, you

4:22:39know, I I don't have the answer. And I

4:22:40do try to think and I was that's why I

4:22:42asked you guys is what do you think?

4:22:44you've got a 13-year-old kid, you know,

4:22:46that

4:22:48probably should be on the sidewalk, but

4:22:50after a certain amount, you can't put

4:22:51them on the sidewalk. They get on the

4:22:52street. So, anyways, that was my I guess

4:22:55my big question. And then the other

4:22:56piece to this is it doesn't matter if

4:22:59it's a class one, class two, or

4:23:01sometimes I have seen it on a class 3

4:23:03bike, but I don't see speed odometers on

4:23:06these bikes. And so it's very hard for

4:23:08somebody to tell what it is or how

4:23:10especially a kid how fast they're

4:23:13they're moving. Um so I don't know if

4:23:16that's if that could be something that

4:23:18you teach them in their classes, you

4:23:20know, hey look, this is what 5 miles an

4:23:22hour looks like. This is what 10 miles

4:23:23an hour looks like. And um

4:23:29anyways, the other the last question

4:23:30that I want to ask is this, and I don't

4:23:32know if this is you guys, and this might

4:23:33be a little bit off the beaten path, but

4:23:36I did pull the bike master plan for the

4:23:38city of Anaheim, and I took a look at

4:23:40it. And one of the things that I didn't

4:23:42see in this revision here was

4:23:43necessarily how we're planning to deal

4:23:46with uh ebikes because I think we have a

4:23:50plan here, a great plan for bicycles,

4:23:52but when this was made, I don't know

4:23:53that the that the ebike were were making

4:23:57their uh notice and so I didn't know. Do

4:24:00you know are we looking the city of

4:24:02Anaheim is looking at the bike master

4:24:03plan in terms of not only bicycles

4:24:06pedals but bicycle ebikes?

4:24:10>> I don't know if you have any insights on

4:24:11it. I do not I do not have any insights

4:24:13on that. I'm not familiar enough with

4:24:14the plan to to say so.

4:24:17>> Okay. Maybe we could get an update on

4:24:19that maybe.

4:24:19>> Yeah, I'll work with our our team that

4:24:21put that together and we'll we'll we'll

4:24:23get a response back to you council.

4:24:24>> All right. And then the last thing I

4:24:26want to point out, I'm I'm hoping that

4:24:27we're doing this, but not only are we

4:24:28educating the kids, because that's got

4:24:30to be the most important tool, but I

4:24:33hate to say it, we have to educate the

4:24:34parents at the same time. You have to

4:24:36tell the parents that, hey, look, when

4:24:38you're on a two- wheel vehicle going

4:24:39down the road at 20 to 28 miles an hour,

4:24:43um there are some special considerations

4:24:45that you have to take take and and think

4:24:48about. So, I'll just say one last thing.

4:24:50If ebikes were here when I was a kid, I

4:24:52might not be sitting here today. So,

4:24:54[laughter]

4:24:55Thank you.

4:24:56>> Thank you, council member. Just as a

4:24:58point of clarification, did um I thought

4:25:01you said that if you ride in Anaheim, if

4:25:03you ride them on sidewalks, you just

4:25:05can't go more than 5 miles an hour.

4:25:08So, we can we currently can ride bikes

4:25:11on sidewalks as long as we're going at a

4:25:14chill pace,

4:25:15>> 5 miles or less, and going in the same

4:25:17direction as traffic flow. So, you've

4:25:19got to be on the same side of the way,

4:25:21you know, vehicular traffic is headed.

4:25:23>> Thank you.

4:25:26Thank you. Um well, this is one of those

4:25:30issues like many today that the

4:25:33technology got ahead of our laws on our

4:25:36education and so we are kind of playing

4:25:38catch-up. Um it was and it continues to

4:25:42be a big issue in in district 6 out on

4:25:45the east end, but we kind of saw it

4:25:47there first and had some uh real issues

4:25:51and it's been I mean maybe you guys can

4:25:54correct me, but to me it seems like it's

4:25:56been pretty successful. We've made an

4:25:59impact in the education piece in

4:26:01educating at that middle school level

4:26:04the students and the parents, especially

4:26:06the parents. I mean, I will tell you a

4:26:08few years ago when this issue came up,

4:26:10um most parents did not understand the

4:26:14these classifications and they were

4:26:18buying their kid whatever the kid had

4:26:20down the street had because that's what

4:26:21he wanted. Um and and so now they're

4:26:25understanding the the laws, their

4:26:29liability towards that and the safety

4:26:32for their kids a little bit better. And

4:26:34so I think we have seen an improvement.

4:26:37Um, not that there's not kids out there

4:26:41and parents out there [laughter] not not

4:26:44complying with this, but I do think that

4:26:46you're making uh a difference and I

4:26:48would encourage you to continue that

4:26:50across the city and particular at that

4:26:53age range, the middle school, maybe

4:26:55early high school. Um, that's where I I

4:26:58see it. And I mean I I am not like

4:27:02anti-ebike. I'm anti- e motorcycle on

4:27:05our streets because those are super

4:27:07dangerous. But we have to teach

4:27:10responsibility. We have to teach the

4:27:12laws. We have to teach just as just as

4:27:14you like when you buy your kid their

4:27:17first 10-speed bike. They can go fast

4:27:19and they need to know the laws of the

4:27:21road because they're not riding on the

4:27:23sidewalk anymore. Um, so yeah, I am I am

4:27:26a huge advocate for the education piece.

4:27:30I also like the idea of having a

4:27:32requirement at the school. If you're

4:27:34going to ride your bike to school,

4:27:35you're going to have to have this class.

4:27:37You're going to have to understand the

4:27:39laws and get some sort of permit or

4:27:41something. Um because that is a big

4:27:43issue there. And I think the schools can

4:27:45control that and help us with the

4:27:46education piece. So, I appreciate

4:27:48everything that you're doing and and we

4:27:50will continue to catch up with uh our

4:27:54our laws and our education on this

4:27:56issue. Thanks,

4:27:58>> Council Member. Thanks for your

4:27:59comments. And I'll just add in there

4:28:00that, you know, led by the traffic

4:28:01section, there's been a pretty

4:28:03consistent push as it relates to the

4:28:04education piece. Between 2024, 25, and

4:28:0726, we've been having 50 plus

4:28:09educational events over the last few

4:28:12years. You know, 57 in 2024, 50 in 2025,

4:28:16and already 40 plus this year. So, um,

4:28:18we're going to keep after it and balance

4:28:20that with some reasoned enforcement. But

4:28:22in truth, we have really led with the

4:28:24education piece, wanting to be mindful

4:28:26of not necessarily having to stick folks

4:28:28with a $300 ticket and, you know,

4:28:30parents paying for that. We've really

4:28:32tried to, you know, drive the effort

4:28:34through the education piece and the

4:28:36collaboration piece as was as touched on

4:28:44>> C [snorts] Mayor Prom Leon and then

4:28:46council member Rubikova.

4:28:50>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Thank you for

4:28:52the presentation and for for the work.

4:28:54Um wanted to ask in terms of ebikes

4:28:58versus uh I don't know if pocket bike is

4:29:01the same uh if we're considering the

4:29:03same as the the electric motorcycles,

4:29:06but that is a concern that has been

4:29:08brought up by residents uh in my

4:29:10district of kids that are just riding

4:29:12these kind of pocket bikes around

4:29:14oftentimes without helmets. Uh my

4:29:16understanding is I don't think they're

4:29:17street legal, but just wanted to uh see

4:29:19if you could provide any insight as to

4:29:21that. And then a step further, if there

4:29:24are residents that do see that

4:29:25happening, uh and there's been quite a

4:29:27few that that have reached out in the

4:29:28past, um what is it that they should do?

4:29:31Should they call dispatch and let them

4:29:32know? Should they try to go get a video?

4:29:35What what would be the recommended

4:29:37action for a resident who sees that?

4:29:42>> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Appreciate the

4:29:44question. Uh, in reference to your first

4:29:46portion of the question, an ebike or an

4:29:48e- motorcycle versus a pocket bike.

4:29:50Pocket bikes are typically homemade

4:29:52bikes that you can purchase frames

4:29:55typically gasoline powder powered motor

4:29:58like a motor like a lawn mower typically

4:30:00and we see them as a two- wheeled device

4:30:02that's being ridden around the streets.

4:30:04You are correct in the aspect of they

4:30:06are not street legal. The California

4:30:08vehicle code estate statute prohibits

4:30:10these type of devices to be ridden on

4:30:12the public roadway and only are allowed

4:30:14to be operated on uh a private uh

4:30:16property. Uh for your other portion of

4:30:20your question about what residents

4:30:22should do, I'd encourage them if they'd

4:30:24like to call the non-emergency number or

4:30:26dispatch and they can report this as a

4:30:28traffic infraction that is occurring. uh

4:30:31they can also utilize our application

4:30:33through Anaheim anytime, especially if

4:30:35they're seeing a habitual uh offenders

4:30:38or habitual pattern of, hey, I see this

4:30:41group of people coming and riding these

4:30:43illegal gasoline powered pocket bikes at

4:30:45this time so we at the police department

4:30:47can allocate resources appropriately and

4:30:50try to curb that even behavior for

4:30:52utilizing them because really just as

4:30:54you brought up sir, it is a problem

4:30:56especially when they're not riding

4:30:57helmets because these things do go over

4:30:59the excessive speed limits and they can

4:31:02cause a traffic collision injuring the

4:31:04rider and sometimes injuring even the

4:31:06driver of another motor vehicle, a

4:31:08pedestrian or bicyclist. So something

4:31:10that we definitely look at is especially

4:31:13for those a little bit more of the

4:31:15enforcement arm because those are not

4:31:16legal to be ridden on the public

4:31:18roadways. Awesome. Thank you for that.

4:31:21Um I know that other cities have had

4:31:24conversations or have actually taken

4:31:26action to outright ban ebikes. Um I'm

4:31:29not sure and I don't think that we're

4:31:30there at this point, but wanted to ask

4:31:33you in terms of um and I don't know if

4:31:36there's a number of if we have any data

4:31:38in terms of collisions or accidents or

4:31:41incidents that that we have seen. Um I

4:31:43guess that would be my first question

4:31:45and then the followup question would be

4:31:47it might be an unfair question but what

4:31:50do we have a a range or a number where

4:31:52we start saying okay this is becoming an

4:31:54issue we need to come back and need to

4:31:56be stricter whether on enforcement um or

4:31:59or just not allowing these on the

4:32:01sidewalks or streets.

4:32:03>> Yeah I would say you know in truth I

4:32:06don't know what that number is. I think

4:32:07it's more if we continue to see a trend

4:32:09where that that is growing year over

4:32:10year, month after month, then at some

4:32:12point I think it is incumbent on us come

4:32:13back and at least have the conversation

4:32:16uh and take a look at it. Um you know

4:32:18this is something that even the

4:32:20education piece for us as law

4:32:22enforcement over the last couple years

4:32:23there's been an effort there uh and then

4:32:25in turn stating it and really following

4:32:27it so that we can take that data and

4:32:29make informed decisions about it. So, it

4:32:31is something that we're monitoring

4:32:32really closely now. Um, keeping record

4:32:35around it and and collisions and things

4:32:36of that nature. If that's something we

4:32:38continue to see that this is, you know,

4:32:40having an uptick and consistently being

4:32:43a challenge for us, you will certainly

4:32:45hear back from me and and kind of put

4:32:46that in front of this group that maybe

4:32:48we do got to consider maybe more

4:32:49significant um measures. And I'll go

4:32:52back to something you said earlier and

4:32:53and I want to kind of in my role as the

4:32:55chief of the city and and being, you

4:32:56know, responsible for public safety, I

4:32:57really want to drive home, you know,

4:32:59this education first approach. which is

4:33:00important to us. And that's really

4:33:01focused in when we're talking about a

4:33:03lot of our youth coming to and from

4:33:04schools, going to and from parks and

4:33:06doing things that, you know, generally

4:33:07our youth are doing, even if sometimes

4:33:09they get a little outside themselves.

4:33:11And really making a distinction between

4:33:12that and any folks, juveniles or

4:33:14otherwise, that are using pocket bikes

4:33:16or other not legal bikes to take over

4:33:18intersections, commit theft, vandalism,

4:33:22stuff that we've sometimes seen in in

4:33:23other cities or even in our own

4:33:25community. That 100% will not be

4:33:28tolerated. And in those instances, we

4:33:29will take a very zero tolerance

4:33:31enforcement approach to those. I view

4:33:33those as two very different challenges.

4:33:35Um, and again, the one I mentioned that,

4:33:37you know, just won't be tolerated.

4:33:39That's that's bigger than our youth

4:33:40maybe getting a little outside

4:33:41themselves on an ebike.

4:33:42>> No. And I appreciate that. And I have

4:33:44been as an example on Ball Road where

4:33:47all of a sudden you just start seeing a

4:33:49whole bunch of bikes coming down the

4:33:50other way

4:33:51>> and uh, you know, on one hand it's like,

4:33:53"All right, cool. we're were outside,

4:33:55but on the other like you're on a major

4:33:57uh thorough affair here. Um oftentimes

4:33:59not wearing helmets and so right that's

4:34:01that's concerning. Um but I appreciate

4:34:04that that the distinction between the

4:34:06two. Um the last couple questions um in

4:34:10terms of potential enforcement

4:34:12education, often times I see folks on

4:34:15ebikes that are that you've got folks on

4:34:17the handlebars, you've got more than one

4:34:19person trying to ride the bicycle and

4:34:22riding around. Um what's our approach in

4:34:24terms of that? That's also not allowed,

4:34:26right?

4:34:29>> Thank you for the question, Mayor Prom.

4:34:31You are correct. Not only does our

4:34:33municipal code that was adopted in 2024,

4:34:36restrict that type of behavior, but also

4:34:38the state statute also restricts that

4:34:41type of behavior. And one of the reasons

4:34:42for that is the frame, especially for an

4:34:44ebike, is weighted for stopping distance

4:34:47for one rider. So when you place another

4:34:49rider on there, whether it be an adult

4:34:51or a juvenile, it now changes how

4:34:54quickly the device can actually react to

4:34:56stopping. So we do see that as a as an

4:34:59issue, especially when they have to stop

4:35:01quickly on these bikes and causing uh

4:35:03injury to those riders. One thing that

4:35:06we have been doing is a education

4:35:09portion and especially when they're

4:35:10juveniles, we do try to contact the

4:35:13parents of these juveniles to inform

4:35:14them of the behavior and the reasons why

4:35:17we don't want to see that and really

4:35:19coming down to hey, we don't want the

4:35:20juveniles injured because typically

4:35:22we're seeing a lot more juveniles

4:35:24sitting on handlebars, things like that.

4:35:26But you are correct, sir, that in both

4:35:28the state statute and the municipality

4:35:30code, it is illegal and something that

4:35:32they can be cited for.

4:35:34>> Got it. Thank you. And then can I ask

4:35:35you if it's a juvenile, do we cite the

4:35:37juvenile? Do we site the parent

4:35:40or both?

4:35:42>> Sure. Uh it it depends. Typically the

4:35:45infraction portion writing on the

4:35:47handlebars using your example would go

4:35:50to the juvenile, but they have to go to

4:35:51court or juvenile court with a parent.

4:35:54Uh and who ends up paying for it, I

4:35:56would assume, is typically the parent or

4:35:58guardian. Uh but typically we're not a a

4:36:02lot of the time citing parents just

4:36:04based on state statute and how we have

4:36:06the ability to do that. There are some

4:36:08instances in which parents or guardians

4:36:10are held accountable for and typically

4:36:12the more violent or you know crisis

4:36:15times but for just sitting on a

4:36:17handlebar typically the juvenile will

4:36:19get the citation.

4:36:21>> Got it. Thank you. And then just a final

4:36:23note, um I know that uh on the OCTA

4:36:26side, they have uh or we we they OCTA

4:36:30also has a ebike uh safety action plan.

4:36:33Um and I'm not sure if if we're looking

4:36:35at that or familiar with that, but if

4:36:37there's a collaboration opportunity with

4:36:38OCTA as well as you're looking at this

4:36:41uh from an education standpoint,

4:36:42outreach standpoint, uh or maybe there's

4:36:45ideas there that we haven't thought of

4:36:46or vice versa. um love to facilitate

4:36:49that that conversation discussion and

4:36:51see if uh that's something we can

4:36:53collaborate on as well.

4:36:54>> Appreciate the thoughts. We'll keep it

4:36:55in consideration, take a look at it.

4:36:57>> Thank you.

4:37:03>> Thank you for the presentation and I

4:37:05requested this item because um it's

4:37:08clear that there's a problem. I mean,

4:37:10every day we see usually youth, but

4:37:12adults as well, just sort of uh

4:37:14barreling down sidewalks, which is

4:37:16really dangerous. So, I agree with

4:37:19everything my council colleagues

4:37:20mentioned, but how many citations have

4:37:23we issued to date? And then, do we also

4:37:25track warnings and contact with

4:37:28individuals who are um being approached

4:37:31by law enforcement?

4:37:35So, as far as enforcement goes,

4:37:37truthfully, it's been it's a very small

4:37:39number. Um, inside of a dozen. And, um,

4:37:42again, as we touched on, we really try

4:37:44to take an education approach first. The

4:37:46times where we have issued citations,

4:37:48they're for the more egregious things,

4:37:50uh, where there's like significant

4:37:51safety, you know, issues at play. Again,

4:37:54just trying to be mindful of what are we

4:37:56truly accomplishing by just, you know,

4:37:57hitting it hard with this enforcement

4:37:59standpoint. As we continue to monitor

4:38:01the data and see what kind of the

4:38:03challenges are and how effective or not

4:38:04the education piece is being, that is

4:38:08something that we always have to

4:38:09continue kind of reevaluate and

4:38:10reassess. Is our approach being as

4:38:12reasonably effective as we want it to be

4:38:14and at some point there might be a need

4:38:16to turn up, you know, more of an

4:38:18enforcement driven approach. We're not

4:38:19there yet. Um, and I think that the the

4:38:22education piece has been generally

4:38:23helpful to council member Meeks's

4:38:25comments. Uh but we'll continue to

4:38:26assess it and um you know as we kind of

4:38:29deal with the challenge

4:38:30>> and I I know we had a heavy emphasis of

4:38:32education in Anaheim Hills but I don't

4:38:35know if we've done significant amount

4:38:37here in at least in District 3 I don't

4:38:39think we did. I know you you guys are at

4:38:41events but it really is people who are

4:38:43approaching your booth not necessarily

4:38:45you know going out and and talking to

4:38:47everybody or having some sort of an

4:38:49assembly at the schools in collaboration

4:38:51with the principal. So I think those

4:38:52would be really helpful. But back to the

4:38:55enforcement piece. So, how if we're not

4:38:57measuring it now, how do we know it's

4:38:59getting worse or how do we know it's

4:39:01time for us to start to do more

4:39:03enforcement?

4:39:04>> Thank you for the question and forgive

4:39:05me if I wasn't clear. We do measure it,

4:39:08but again, we have not the citations are

4:39:10low. Again, inside of a dozen that we

4:39:12have cited over the last, I think,

4:39:14couple of years if I'm not mistaken. Um,

4:39:16so it's not a lot. Um, but we're also

4:39:18still measuring traffic collisions,

4:39:20injury traffic collisions involving

4:39:22those. um all the educational um events

4:39:25that we are having. So we are stating it

4:39:28and and monitoring it and kind of using

4:39:29all of that to balance against how many

4:39:32accidents are we seeing are we are we

4:39:34seeing you know youth or anybody else

4:39:35for that matter get seriously hurt and

4:39:37injured in these and kind of using that

4:39:39to balance it. uh understanding that if

4:39:42we which is certainly an option, if we

4:39:44go enforcementheavy,

4:39:46I suspect that that's going to come with

4:39:47its own challenges and we're going to

4:39:49have um I'm going to say parents that we

4:39:52want to be partners with us and

4:39:53collaborating in addressing this issue.

4:39:55Um start to feel like we're attacking

4:39:58their kid for riding their bike to

4:39:59school and wanting to be mindful of that

4:40:01and sensitive to that and find that

4:40:03balance um to hopefully just get some

4:40:06compliance from folks. How many

4:40:08collisions have we had involving an

4:40:09ebike in Anaheim?

4:40:11>> So in 2024, the stats that I have is

4:40:14that we had two. Uh 2025 that grew to 16

4:40:17and this year we are up to 38 year to

4:40:20date.

4:40:21>> A pretty significant increase. Um do you

4:40:25have any recommendations for additional

4:40:28uh tools for the toolbox that you guys

4:40:30could utilize from this dis? I do think

4:40:34it's a problem that we need to address

4:40:35sooner than later. Uh, I'm not for if we

4:40:38can avoid um citing our youth and their

4:40:42families because we know it's

4:40:43challenging for many families to pay a

4:40:45fine, but I think it's life or death at

4:40:47this point. And it's not only um the

4:40:49person on the ebike, but also the person

4:40:52who hits them on an ebike. That's

4:40:54something they have to deal with. And I

4:40:56I actually had a case uh in a different

4:40:59city where a police officer hit a youth

4:41:02on a ebike and there was, you know,

4:41:04there's just really no recourse for the

4:41:06family. They were uninsured clearly

4:41:08because it's a bike, not a a car and

4:41:11then the city was fighting the the

4:41:13issue. So I just think there's probably

4:41:15more that we can do as a city. I I do

4:41:17appreciate the education front, but I

4:41:19think it's something we need to do

4:41:20sooner than later at a larger scale and

4:41:22make it more significant. And I think

4:41:25the school district working with our

4:41:27schoolboard members because they are

4:41:28different bodies. Um we should probably

4:41:31do that sooner than I mean I can't

4:41:34emphasize how dangerous it is. I I every

4:41:36day am out there and I see people on

4:41:38ebikes and it's it's sort of out of

4:41:40control.

4:41:41>> Just to add a little bit of context to

4:41:43the numbers I gave uh truthfully in 2024

4:41:45I you know the reporting and how much we

4:41:47were stating and I think that was still

4:41:48pretty early on. That said I think 25

4:41:50and 26 are more reflective we're at and

4:41:52there still is increase. It's also worth

4:41:54noting that just based on doing

4:41:56investigations, traffic goes out and

4:41:58and, you know, takes a look at each

4:41:59traffic collision the same way they

4:42:00would vehicle versus vehicle. Um, we're

4:42:03seeing a declining impact where the

4:42:05person at fault is the person on the

4:42:07ebike. We're still, you know, there's

4:42:08still folks that are driving vehicles

4:42:10that u sometimes are at fault for that.

4:42:12So, you know, there's there's education

4:42:14enforcement that probably needs to

4:42:15happen on on certainly on both sides of

4:42:17it. But again, we'll continue to assess

4:42:19it, make every effort that we can, uh,

4:42:21you know, to find a good balance, and

4:42:23that probably means some enforced, uh,

4:42:25increase enforcement and still try to

4:42:27keep that in balance with what we're

4:42:28doing on the education side.

4:42:29>> Yeah. And I think it would be good to

4:42:30start to assess or track and and I I

4:42:33don't think you are tracking this. I

4:42:34think you're tracking citations, but um,

4:42:37just warnings, I think, would be

4:42:39something good to track as well. Um

4:42:41because I if we're not tr a citation is

4:42:44great to track but like you said we're

4:42:45not really citing so it's difficult to

4:42:47measure and then my question for the

4:42:49city attorney would be are there any

4:42:51other cities who have implemented

4:42:54stricter rules around this in the state

4:42:57not just like I think Irvine is looking

4:42:59at something because they have a whole

4:43:01bike plan. I know we do as well but

4:43:04>> uh I haven't personally done the

4:43:06surveys. I know there are cities that uh

4:43:08reflect some of the uh um rules that we

4:43:11provided uh recently in the MUN code. I

4:43:14believe there might be a city or two

4:43:17that might try to go further on the

4:43:19sidewalk restrictions. Um so, but

4:43:21they're all over the place. They're

4:43:23certainly something that can be looked

4:43:24into. Yeah, if we can look into that too

4:43:26because I do think the sidewalks are a

4:43:28major issue because it's for not only

4:43:30for the pedestrians who are walking, but

4:43:32also once they enter a driveway,

4:43:36>> the cars can't see them. So, I I just

4:43:38think it's a greater issue than we're

4:43:40probably um really pushing for. And I do

4:43:43agree with we don't agree on a lot, but

4:43:44I do agree with you on this one. I do

4:43:46agree that we probably need to be um

4:43:48working with the state more closely so

4:43:50that they can implement stricter laws on

4:43:53um how you issue I think that there

4:43:55should be a license requirement for uh

4:43:57an ebike and I do think that our youth

4:43:59under a certain age should my kids are

4:44:01not allowed to to use an ebike. I'm sure

4:44:03they do when I'm not there um but they

4:44:06are not allowed to because they're

4:44:07they're just so dangerous. So, if if

4:44:10city attorney, if you could also look

4:44:11into what other um laws are out there

4:44:14and what we can do as a city to make it

4:44:16safer. And then if we could collaborate

4:44:18with our schoolboard trustee and I know

4:44:20that there are a couple other parents

4:44:21who've expressed interest. Our one of

4:44:23our parks commissioners has expressed

4:44:25interest in helping uh with that as

4:44:28well. And I know that they're not and

4:44:31our ordinance also um makes it illegal

4:44:33for them to be utilized in parks, but we

4:44:35see them in parks every day. So, I know

4:44:37there you guys are not patrolling our

4:44:38parks as frequently. So, it would be

4:44:40good if when we do see them in the park,

4:44:42we are issuing a warning or a citation,

4:44:45but in writing so that it could be um

4:44:48they could be held accountable because

4:44:49there are kids playing and so I am one

4:44:52of those parents who gets afraid that my

4:44:53kids going to get killed by an ebike.

4:44:55So,

4:44:56>> we don't want that.

4:44:58>> Thank you.

4:44:59>> Thank you, council member. Council

4:45:01member Ma and then council member Curts.

4:45:04>> Thank you. Couple questions. Um, I walk

4:45:06by the Santa Ana River a lot on the

4:45:08Cooves Trail. Are the laws the same

4:45:10there as they are on the sidewalk?

4:45:16Yes and no. Uh, sorry for the answer,

4:45:20but uh, the Orange County um, OCCO

4:45:24codes, like the county codes now apply

4:45:26on the river trail. So, they're a little

4:45:28bit different. Um, these because there's

4:45:30no other vehicle or traffic, there's not

4:45:32like a direction in which they can go.

4:45:35They do have to go at a safe speed. The

4:45:37uh county has implemented that typically

4:45:39on the paved path, they're trying to

4:45:42like OC Parks implemented that you can

4:45:45only be riding a class one bike on these

4:45:47trails. Uh so we have to dive into

4:45:50looking at what the regional codes are

4:45:53versus what the municipality codes

4:45:55because it is now county property that

4:45:58we are enforcing the laws on. As for

4:46:00like um Mayor Prom brought up, the

4:46:03pocket bikes, these are still illegal.

4:46:05They're e- motorcycles are still illegal

4:46:08there. And there's OCCO codes or Orange

4:46:10County uh codes that do prohibit

4:46:13motorized vehicles from being operated

4:46:15on these roadways.

4:46:16>> Thank you. There's a lot of them out

4:46:18there. Feels like a Mad Max sometimes

4:46:20when a big group comes up behind me. Um,

4:46:23in regards to enforcement, do we

4:46:26currently have a diversion program for

4:46:29somebody to get cited or when somebody

4:46:31gets cited?

4:46:33>> Thank you, council member, for the

4:46:34question. The uh juvenile court and our

4:46:38SRO's are working with the court system

4:46:40for a diversion program for things that

4:46:43rise above an infractionbased

4:46:46uh based violation. As for uh the court

4:46:50system for infractions, when they show

4:46:52up to court with their parent, I have

4:46:54been witnessed to the court having a

4:46:56diversion, not an official program, but

4:46:58depending on the judicial officer, they

4:47:00may be offered a diversion program for

4:47:03an infraction violation. This can

4:47:05include currently the state does offer

4:47:07an onlinebased system um that was

4:47:10instilled back in 2022 that the

4:47:12California Highway Patrol placed online.

4:47:14It's a voluntary program that you can

4:47:16look online. It's a streets and parks uh

4:47:19code that enabled it. It takes a few

4:47:23minutes. It takes like 30 minutes to go

4:47:25through, but it does give some education

4:47:27to those riders and some cities have

4:47:29been seeing a diversion through that.

4:47:31Huntington Beach also host hosts a

4:47:34diversion program that I alluded to

4:47:36earlier that has also been utilized

4:47:38through the court system to try to

4:47:39divert them. But for your question of an

4:47:42official diversion program for

4:47:43infractions, there is none.

4:47:45>> Thank you. And then last comment, I've

4:47:47seen where some schools restrict ebikes

4:47:50on campus and then we see the bikes

4:47:52parked in the neighborhoods around the

4:47:53school. So just want to be mindful of

4:47:55that if the schools go in that

4:47:57direction. Thanks.

4:48:04First of all, thank you very much for

4:48:05the presentation. Very informative. Um,

4:48:08and I think what we're seeing now, at

4:48:11least um, in the part of the district

4:48:14that I represent is that as parents or

4:48:17kids cannot afford a car and the

4:48:21insurance to go with it, they're getting

4:48:24the ebike

4:48:27uh, or worse motorcycle. But so we are

4:48:30seeing more of them where before it was

4:48:32a a district six problem. Uh so it it

4:48:37seems to be a growing growing problem in

4:48:39in some areas of our community. Um also

4:48:43kids uh and I've heard moms tell me this

4:48:46recently, they can get the bike cheaper,

4:48:51easier, no insurance,

4:48:54and it takes much less parking. So in

4:48:55areas that are impacted by parking, it's

4:48:58easier to have that as transportation.

4:49:01So uh in in some of those areas, it the

4:49:04problem is growing. uh many of my

4:49:06colleagues here touched on it and that

4:49:07is um

4:49:11what ordinances do we have in place? Can

4:49:14we have in place? And guess I ask if you

4:49:17had a wish list of

4:49:20an ordinance that would tighten things

4:49:22up and make it easier for you to do your

4:49:25work in in helping uh reduce accidents,

4:49:29reduce potential accidents on our

4:49:32sidewalks and streets.

4:49:34Is there something that you would ask of

4:49:36us? And secondly, even though uh

4:49:40Sacramento sometimes works at a snail's

4:49:42pace,

4:49:44um is there something that you

4:49:49um our own Anaheim Police Department

4:49:51maybe in conjunction with other uh

4:49:53police departments would like to see

4:49:56coming from the state that we can uh

4:50:00have our staff work on along with like

4:50:03the League of California, something so

4:50:05that we can go in as a group of cities

4:50:07and say we need this kind of help. Uh

4:50:10we've got um a new session starting in

4:50:13January and those new legislators and

4:50:16we've got we're going to have uh two new

4:50:18assembly members in in representing

4:50:20Anaheim. We're going to have a new state

4:50:22senator representing Anaheim. They're

4:50:24going to be asking us for ideas for

4:50:26legislation as soon as they are sworn

4:50:29in. So, um, the sooner we have

4:50:32information of what we'd like to see,

4:50:34the better we can get them to those

4:50:35offices as soon as they ask. Greg, you

4:50:38have staff that works with them. So, um,

4:50:41now is the time to make the request.

4:50:45Thank you.

4:50:51So, this is anformational item. Um, so

4:50:53there is no motion needed. Um, and don't

4:50:56see any any more questions or comments.

4:50:59Next is the report on closed session.

4:51:01Mr. City Attorney, do you have anything

4:51:02to report?

4:51:02>> No, mayor. No reportable action.

4:51:04>> And we have no more speakers for

4:51:06non-aggenda items. Um, so now is the

4:51:09time for future agenda requests by

4:51:11council. Do any council members have

4:51:13items they would like to agendaize? And

4:51:14I believe council member Rubika, you

4:51:16mentioned something earlier.

4:51:19>> Yes, for Evelyn Gonzalez. And then I

4:51:21also um would like to request and I

4:51:24think city clerk Mike may have sent you

4:51:26something. Um I would just like to ask

4:51:30the mayor to close the meeting in memory

4:51:32of Ron Ron Bingshay. I'm sure many of

4:51:35you know who Ron is. He was a longtime

4:51:37employee of the city of Anaheim. He

4:51:39actually worked with my dad for several

4:51:41years. Um but he was 79 when he passed

4:51:43away. He was an Anaheim High School

4:51:45colonist. He graduated in 1965. He

4:51:48served in the US Army from 1967 to 1969

4:51:52and fought in the Vietnam War from 68 to

4:51:5569. He was married for 55 years to his

4:51:58wife Mary, had five children, 16

4:52:01grandchildren, and four

4:52:02great-grandchildren. He was a pipe pipe

4:52:05fitter for the city of Anaheim for 35

4:52:07years in the public utilities

4:52:09department. And I have to say, he taught

4:52:10my dad probably everything he knows. But

4:52:13um but uh he was also a member of the

4:52:17IBEDW local 47. So I would like to ask

4:52:20the mayor to please close the meeting in

4:52:22Ron Bingshay's memory. And I would also

4:52:24like to bring his daughter in for

4:52:26recognition just in his memory. And for

4:52:30those of you who are interested in um

4:52:32celebrating his life, his um viewing

4:52:35will be at Hilenfeld Mortuary on Tuesday

4:52:3911:30, which is also election day from

4:52:414:00 to 7:00. Um he will also have they

4:52:44will have services for him on Friday 116

4:52:47at City Church, which has moved to

4:52:49District 2 sadly. And then there will

4:52:52also be a celebration of life for him at

4:52:54the Anaheim Downtown Community Center

4:52:56from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 11:6.

4:52:59So, in uh memory of Ron Bingshay who

4:53:02served our city.

4:53:05>> Thank you so much. Um I think that's the

4:53:08only um item and then just as a reminder

4:53:11um Mr. City Attorney if we if um you

4:53:15could work with me and communications

4:53:17about coming up with a better strategy

4:53:19to get the word out for our open house.

4:53:21I'd like to just look at the cost,

4:53:24potential costs of texting and mailing

4:53:28postcards or something to get out to our

4:53:30communities. Um, so with no other items

4:53:33before council, I would like to close

4:53:36this meeting in the memory of Mr. Ron

4:53:39Dinglech and we will stand adjourned

4:53:42until November 10th. Thank you everyone.

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