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From YouTube: Human Rights Commission | July 12th, 2021
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City of Palm Springs Human Rights Commission Meeting - July 12th, 2021
A
A
And
as
jay
does
a
roll
call,
I
want
to
welcome
our
new
commissioners
that
are
joining
us,
so
we've
got
a
the
new
class
of
2021
22
commissioners
coming
on
board
and
as
we
get
underway,
we're
going
to
have
you
introduce
yourselves,
so
we
all
can
start
to
get
to
know
who
you
are
all
right
jake.
Can
you
handle
roll
call
for
us?
Please.
B
C
B
A
A
A
Thank
you,
sir,
and
we
normally
from
time
to
time,
we'll
read
out
our
community
goals
or
our
goals
just
so
we
could
restate
them
for
ourselves,
but
for
for
the
awareness
of
the
any
public
members
of
the
public
that
might
be
attending
and
listening
so
hugo.
Could
I
have
you
read
the
first
four
bullets,
just
just
the
first
four
bullets.
Commissioner
lowell,
I'm
sorry.
Thank
you.
That's.
A
A
Thank
you
now.
Clearly,
we
didn't
scare
all
the
new
commissioners
off
with
those
goals
or
the
mission
it's
sometimes
is
seems
like
it's
overwhelming
and
will
take
the
time
in
the
months
ahead
to
have
orientation
and
bring
you
up
to
speed
and
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
of
the
the
you
know
the
daily
workings
of
the
commission.
A
A
Excellent
next
up
is
item
five
on
the
agenda
public
comments.
This
time
do
we
have.
We
do
have
a
couple,
so
this
time
has
been
set
aside
for
members
of
the
public
to
address
the
human
rights
commission
on
agenda
items
and
items
of
general
interest
within
the
subject
matter.
Jurisdiction
of
the
commission
three
minutes
is
allowed
for
each
speaker.
Although
the
commission
values
your
comments
pursuant
to
the
brown
act,
it
generally
cannot
take
any
action
on
items
not
listed
on
the
posted
agenda.
F
F
One
was
indecent
exposure
last
night
and
a
guy
was
caught
actually
masturbating
in
front
of
somebody's
window
and
the
number
of
homeless
people
seems
to
be
out
of
control.
I
mean
I
saw
I
reported
to
the
police
department
last
night
before
this.
There
was
a
guy
talking
to
himself
sitting
in
the
chase
manhattan
bank
sign
at
the
corner
of
ramon
and
palm
canyon.
F
I'm
just
I'm
I'm
terribly
concerned
I
mean
I
went
to
dinner
last
night
with
my
family
at
the
hotel
rowan,
and
there
was
a
homeless
person
that
was
actually
washing
themselves
off
in
the
hotel
fountain.
While
we
were
eating
dinner-
and
you
you,
you
know
it's
a
resort
community.
I
mean
I'm
really
concerned
about
it.
When
I
contacted
the
police,
I
said:
don't
you
have
cooling
centers
like
other
cities,
they
said
no,
the
closest
one
is
in
india.
F
I
would
really
appreciate
it
because
I
think
it's
in
everyone's
interest
to
try
and
help
these
people
that
these
aren't
people
like,
like
you'd,
find
in
la
where
you
know
they're
genuinely
homeless.
A
lot
of
them
really
have
mental
health
issues.
I
mean
you
can
tell.
I
mean
they're
they're
sitting
around
talking
to
themselves.
Another
one
was
ripping
flowers
out
of
planter
beds
along
palm
canyon.
I
mean
I
don't
know
those
were
my
comments
and
I
just
I
wanted
to
see.
A
G
G
If
you're
in
the
underground
parking
facilities,
I
was
walking
with
two
little
gals
who
both
are
maids
at
the
rowan
and
as
I
was
walking
with
them,
I
thought
you
know,
there's
something
really
wrong
with
this
picture,
when
you
have
hundreds
of
empty
parking
spaces
and
the
people
who
actually
serve
and
work
downtown
are
relegated
to
a
certain
amount
of
parking
spaces.
You
know
I
I
could
see
if
the
city
were
to
maybe
give
employees
parking
permits.
You
know,
I
wonder,
worry
about
the
people
who
work
in
the
bars
too.
G
A
A
All
right,
excellent,
we'll
move
on
to
item
six.
You
know
we
not
with
us
tonight
is
our
vice
chair,
whose
term
ended
last
month,
she's
actually
in
hawaii
good
for
her,
but
she
turned
out
after
serving
six
years
on
the
commission
and
her
service
to
the
city
and
her
service
to
the
commission
was
was,
was
you
know
much
appreciated?
A
She
was
as
she
is
and
she
bought
a
sense
of
balance
to
the
commission
during
her
service.
Just
her
calming
nature
was
certainly
something
that
served
us
well
and
just
her
ability
to
and
desire
to
jump
in
and
be
involved
in.
Anything
that
we
were
doing
in
the
community
was
just
admirable,
so
we
will
certainly
miss
the
vice
chair
chappelle
and
wish
her
well
on
her
next
endeavors,
so
aloha
to
denise.
A
So
it
sounds
like
this
could
be
a
problem
that
happens
in
other
places,
but
it
really
happens
all
over
the
world
and
it
happens
across
the
the
country
here
in
the
united
states
and
in
cities
across
across
the
country.
So
we
asked
lieutenant
araza
to
be
with
us
today
just
to
share
with
us.
You
know
what
what
is
happening
in
our
area
and
and
how
is
the
police
department
addressing
this
very
important
issue.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
ron.
Can
everybody
hear
me
yeah
great
all
right
thanks,
I
lost
focus
of
where
my
mute
button
was,
but
thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
speak
to
you
in
honor
of
world
day
against
trafficking
in
persons
which
is
being
observed
on
february
july
3.
I'm
sorry,
friday
july
30th,
as
ron
mentioned,
my
name's
gustavo
ryze,
I'm
lieutenant
here
with
the
police
department
and
law.
Enforcement's
role
is
key
in
identifying
and
investigating
allegations
of
human
trafficking.
I
Identification
can
be
a
challenge
for
our
personnel
if
they're
not
trained
to
analyze
behavior
that
long
existed
as
its
own
crime
type
incidents
of
prostitution,
domestic
violence
or
an
assault
could
be
masked
as
a
darker
issue.
It's
not
uncommon
for
human
traffic
trafficking
victims
to
present
as
offenders
when
law
enforcement
becomes
involved
through
awareness
and
training,
we're
constantly
improving
at
identifying
those
scenarios
so
that
we
can
listen
and
learn
from
our
survivor
as
soon
as
possible
when
it
comes
to
activity.
I
Indicative
of
this
type
of
offense,
your
department
relies
heavily
on
the
assistance,
experience
and
resources
held
by
the
riverside
county
anti-human
trafficking
task
force,
also
known
as
rcat
during
the
course
of
2020.
The
tank
team
fielded
two
complaints
in
the
city
of
palm
springs.
These
investigations
that
were
conducted
by
the
team
led
to
the
identification
of
two
different,
massage
parlors,
where
the
victims
were
allegedly
forced
into
sexual
servitude,
payoff
debt.
One
of
the
investigations
was
that
a
location
off
ramon
and
elsiello
and
the
other
operation
was
ramon
and
williams.
I
Road
and
each
operation
resulted
in
two
arrests
between
january
24th
and
january
28th
of
this
year.
The
archive
task
force
was
involved
in
an
operation
called
operation,
reclaim
and
rebuild
something
similar
to
what
they
did
a
year
prior
on
a
multi-state
operation
in
this
one.
The
operation
included
participation
from
multiple
agencies
in
six
county
cities,
two
of
which
were
here
in
the
coachella
valley,
and
the
operation
resulted
in
the
arrest
of
61
males
and
one
female
for
solicitation
of
prostitution.
I
Additionally,
the
team
identified
two
females
that
were
believed
to
be
the
victims
of
sexual
sex
trafficking.
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
one
of
the
supervisors
on
the
task
force,
and
he
mentioned
he
has
noticed
an
uptick
in
suspicious
activity
being
reported.
Now
that
the
pandemic
restrictions
have
ended.
Based
on
our
discussion,
it
was
our
impression
that
restrictions
on
social
activities
did
not
provide
many
opportunities
to
identify
suspicious
activity
consistent
with
this
egregious
crime.
I
Although
we
rely
on
the
assistance
of
specialized
teams
with
these
types
of
investigations,
our
staff
will
do
what
they
can
to
resolve
information
as
soon
as
they
can
get
it,
and
this
was
exampled
by
an
incident
that
occurred
on
wednesday
june
30th
of
2021,
so
not
more
than
two
weeks
ago.
On
that
day,
our
dispatch
office
got
a
phone
call
about
8
40
in
the
evening.
This
was
a
call
specifically
from
a
resident
in
palm
springs.
I
Who
was
reporting
that
her
nephew
had
made
arrangements
with
another
subject
to
get
transported
across
the
mexican
border
and
into
the
city
of
palm
springs.
The
nephew
was
communicating
with
his
local
family
here
in
palm
springs
via
a
texting
app
and
was
being
held
against
his
will
at
an
unknown
location
in
the
city
of
santa
ana.
I
Our
officers
were
able
to
develop
information
in
this
investigation,
and
we
were
led
to
believe
that
this
victim
was
going
to
be
forced
into
labor
servitude
to
pay
off
his
debt.
The
victim
was
provided
instructions
how
to
identify
his
location
and
share
it
via
the
app
and
that
the
victim
shared
that
with
our
officer
in
santa
ana
was
basically
called
to
a
location
where
the
victim
was
potentially
at
and
through.
I
Communicating
with
the
our
officer
communicated
with
santa
with
the
victim
over
the
phone
was
able
to
get
that
victim
and
turn
on
and
off
the
light
to
the
room
he
was
in,
and
they
were
subsequently
able
to
locate
him
and
rescue
him.
But
one
of
the
things
about
this
is
awareness.
That's
one
of
the
first
steps
to
understanding.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody
in
here
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
share
my
perspective.
A
A
I
I
Fortunately,
I'm
sure
everybody's
heard
of
the
hate
crime
that
occurred
or
the
alleged
hate
crime
that
occurred
over
the
weekend
and
we
don't
have
any
information
right
now.
That
would
lead
us
to
believe
that
was
a
hate
crime,
so
we're
still
actively
investigating
that.
But
in
anticipation
that
you
would
pose
a
question
ron,
I
did
look
at
last
month
and
there
was
nothing
that
was
reported.
Nothing
to
share
with
you
all
right,
excellent.
C
A
And
the
second
by
commissioner
andrade,
all
in
favor
of
accepting
the
minutes,
is
presented
for
june
14.,
please
signify
with
a
thumbs
up
or
an
eye
all
right.
We've
got
a
unanimous
there
jane.
Thank
you
all
item
nine.
You
see
on
your
agenda.
We're
gonna
table
that
until
a
further
a
meeting
that
we
don't
know
which
date,
but
it
will
be
something
that
will
bring
back
back
to
the
table
down
the
road
and
item
10.
We
have
a
special
guest
with
us
once
again.
A
Look
how
fortunate
we
are
to
be
able
to
have
the
city
manager
with
us
so
frequently
since
his
arrival
in
town
justin,
I
think
you're
beating
the
the
two
or
three
record
from
our
our
former
city
manager
in
attendance.
So
we
appreciate
you
being
with
us
again
and
sharing
the
update
on
the
social
justice
committee.
J
Great
thank
you
very
much
chairman
and
members
of
the
commission
happy
to
join
you
again,
nice
to
see
some
familiar
faces
and
again
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
so.
As
of
the
city
council
meeting
on
june
24th
city
council
did
make
formal
appointments
to
the
new
equity
and
social
justice
committee.
J
So
to
let
you
know,
we
have
a
brand
new
committee
members,
including
jenna
adorno,
lubaldo,
boido,
cynthia
session
john
goins,
angela,
sorry,
angelina,
love
and
regina
king
and
then,
as
you
know,
this
committee
also
includes
two
human
rights
commissioners,
edwin
ramron
and
donna
shepard.
So
we've
got
a
good
group
looking
forward
to
getting
started.
J
J
J
But
that's
really.
Where
we're
at
we're.
Looking
forward
to
getting
started.
The
last
important
piece
of
that
is
the
first
task
at
hand
for
the
committee
will
really
be
to
promulgate
a
list.
If
you
will-
or
you
know,
areas
of
interest
advance
that
back
to
city
council,
so
city
council
can
kind
of
weigh
in
it
could
be
to
clarify
priorities
from
council's
perspective
or
to
set
certain
parameters
for
certain
topic
areas
to
direct
certain
investigation
or
research
or
whatever.
It
is.
J
A
Hey
justin
on
the
thank
you
for
the
update.
I
think
it
was
really
important
and
it's
it's
something.
That's
been
writing
with
us
for
some
time,
but
what
I
really
liked
is
one
of
the
last
comments
you
said
about
the
the
new
committee
moving
forward
and
coming
up
with
a
slate
of
goals
or
objectives
that
would
then
float
back
to
city
council.
A
J
Right
now,
there's
no
planned
guidance.
I
think
that's
really
the
intent
of
bringing
something
back
up
to
council.
So,
let's
first
let
this
committee
kind
of
without
any
real
parameters,
discuss
what
they
see
is
major
areas
of
interest.
Again.
The
idea
of
also
having
a
trained
facilitator
is
to
help
kind
of
navigate,
perhaps
some
unfamiliar
territory.
Some
topic
areas
that
you
know
may
be
well
known
by
some
of
the
committee
members,
but
maybe
not
by
all,
but
then
to
ultimately
advance
that
to
council
with
some
notes.
J
J
I
think
that
that
I
learned
early
on
even
with
the
work
of
this
commission
and
the
booger
statue
and
section
14
apology,
and
things
like
that
is
we've
created
a
lot
of
inputs
and
and
council
can
sometimes
be
the
bottleneck
not
not
because
they
want
to
be,
but
because
there's
one
council
and
there's
lots
of
committees
and
commissions
and
other
systems.
So
at
very
least
what
we
can
do
is
help
prioritize.
A
J
I
have
one
other
update.
If
I
can,
I
I
don't
know
if
it's
if
it's
totally
clear,
but
at
the
end
of
the
council
meeting
we
also
discussed,
we
had
been
shooting
for
a
july
time
period
to
follow
up
on
the
bogart
statue
in
section
14,
apology
and
and
just
couldn't
find
a
date.
So
I
I
apologize
about
that.
J
There
was
also
growing
concern
that,
as
we
get
closer
and
closer
to
august
that
we're
getting
into
a
time
period
where
people
like
to
take
vacations
so-
and
that
includes
some
of
our
hard-working
city
council
members
and
that's
where
some
of
the
conflict
was
coming
in.
So
we
are
now
targeting
a
september
date
and
trying
to
circle
that
in
right
now,
so
that
we're
well
ahead
and
can
avoid
schedules
and
calendars
getting
full.
So
I
think
we're
pretty
close
to
identifying
that
date
and
we'll
follow
up
soon.
A
A
A
We
aren't
going
to
read
through
every
single
committee
line
item,
but
if
there's
a
committee
that
has
an
update,
we
will
invite
those
updates
at
this
time
and
first
on
the
list,
is
items
item
a
coming
out
of
the
executive
committee
and
the
the
key
item
that
we
need
to
look
at
and
we're
not
going
to
address
it
today.
But
it's
something
for
our
new
commissioners
to
pay
particular
attention
to
pages
9
through
14.
G
A
A
We
rotate
the
position
out,
so
other
commissioners
are
able
to
learn
about
the
workings
of
the
executive
committee
and
just
gain
a
broader
understanding
of
the
workings
of
the
commission.
Overall,
commissioner
shepard
has
served
on
the
last
quarter
of
the
executive
committee,
so
we
are
open
for
a
new
commissioner
to
serve
on
on
the
committee
for
the
next
quarter.
Do
we
have
any
interest
from
anybody
who
would
like
to
serve
on
that
executive
committee
and
what
it
means
is
there's
one
there
is
one
more
meeting
it.
C
J
A
A
Okay,
good
observation:
the
item,
11aa,
is
something
that
you
know
we
brought
up
and
you
know
we
it
out
of
the
work
we
did
on
the
section
14
and
the
frank
bogart
statue.
There
were
a
number
of
comments
and
references
made
to
well.
How
could
the
city
be
ranking
at
such
a
high
level
at
100
with
the
human
rights
campaign
municipality
index?
A
If,
if
we're
doing
this,
if
we're
doing
this,
so
you
know
I
I've
continued
to
think
about
it
and
then
the
question
I
brought
up
was
well.
Why
isn't
the
commission
involved
with
that
that
ring
that
survey,
that
the
human
rights
commission
sends
out
and
every
city
who
wants
to
participate
sends
that
sends
the
information
back?
A
For
some
reason,
the
human
rights
commission
has
not
been
involved
since
the
city
started.
You
know
submitting
the
the
survey
and
I
did
preliminary
questioning
with
the
city
manager
to
see
you
know
who
who
is
doing
this,
who
is
filling
out
that
municipality
index
and
it's
something
that
does
come
out
of
under
the
city:
manager's
guidance
from
the
human
human
resources
area
within
city
hall.
A
So
unless
we
see
any
opposition
from
the
commission,
we
will
reinstate
a
a
request
to
the
city
manager
that
when
it
comes
up
again,
the
the
timing
comes
up
again
to
complete
that
survey
that
we're
invited
to
participate
and
and
what
what
that
means.
We
don't
know,
but
maybe
one
commissioner,
could
work
with
the
director
of
human
resources
or
whoever
is
in
charge
of
it,
and
then
we
at
least
could
be
reporting
back
to
the
commission
and
sharing
our
input
on
some
of
the
answers.
A
I
see
heads
shaking
up
and
down,
if
no
opposition,
I
see
that
we're
good.
So
I
will
I
will
carry
that
forward
and
request
that
of
the
city
manager
and
then
that's
something
that
we
can
report
back
on
through
next
year.
Okay,
now
is
the
time
for
it
updates
from
any
of
our
other
committees,
with
the
exception
of
actually
they're
all
commissioner
ramirez
in
item
b.
A
H
I
have,
and
there
wasn't
much
I
was
getting
from
my
counselor
when
I
was
bringing
it
up
to
her
and
I
did
post
about
it
on
my
personal
social
media,
but
that
doesn't
have
much.
You
know,
exposure
in
terms
of
the
entire
valley
and
all
the
students,
so
I
might
be
able
to
speak
with
my
counselor
again
and
maybe
miss
hunt,
janelle
hunts,
and
she
was
at
some
of
our
meetings
a
few
months
ago
to
see
if
she
could
spread
the
word
about
recruiting
students.
H
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
for
for
keeping
that
top
of
mind
and
let's
continue
to
look
at
avenues
and,
and
maybe
even
who
are
those
people
in
administration
that
we
should
be
connecting
with.
So
if
you
want
to
investigate
that
a
little
bit
when
the
new
vice
chair
comes
on,
that
could
be
something
that
the
two
of
you
or
the
three
of
you
with
lily,
might
be
able
to
work
on.
Okay,
all
right,
any
other,
any
other
updates
from
committees
outside
of
commissioner
ramirez.
C
A
B
G
A
A
G
A
H
Some
ideas
I
thought
of
just
now
getting
the
information
to
asb
at
the
high
schools
would
also
be
really
helpful
because
they
could
then
give
it
to
at
least
at
palm
springs
high.
We
had
like
a
news
network
that
would
put
out
videos
every
week
to
advertise
there,
and
we
also
have
club
rush
events
every
now
and
then
so
I,
even
though
it
isn't
technically
a
club
if
we
could
have
some
kind
of
booth
or
student
representative
there.
I
think
that
would
get
the
word
out.
E
Yes,
thank
you,
chair
de
hart
for
ba
clean
indoor,
air
and
health
protection
draft
ordinance
with
sustainability.
Commission
update
it's
currently
with
the
commission,
so
they
will
be
addressing
the
the
approved
draft
that
we
forwarded
to
sustainability
on
the
july
20th
meeting
for
sustainability.
That's
directly
from
commissioner
carl
baker
for
item
b
and
then
letter
b,
a
street
naming
update
commissioner
shepard
and
I
have
briefly
met.
E
We
are,
we
will
be
scheduling,
meetings
regularly
to
address
street
naming
after
august
12th
and
in
the
meantime,
would
like
any
recommendations
from
the
commissioners
and
student
representatives,
one
just
to
give
you
all
and
again
welcome
to
the
new
commissioners.
I
want
to
just
give
you
a
quick
history.
The
street
renaming
item
was
agendized
during
a
july
13
2020
human
rights
commission
meeting
last
year,
so
we're
just
about
a
year
into
this
sort
of
slowness.
E
If
you
will
so
there's,
you
know
this
sort
of
gives
you
a
really
good
example
of
how
we
need
to
sort
of
look
at
this
one.
The
schedule
in
our
comm
commission
meetings,
as
well
as
how
how
fast
we
work
or
how
slow
we
work.
That
was
under
item
nine,
four
renaming
of
streets
and
the
four
names
that
were
suggested
at
that
human
rights
commission
were
martin
luther
king
jr
lawrence
crossley,
harvey
milk
and
barack
obama.
As
we
all
know,
the
city
of
palm
springs
historically
has
renamed
lawrence
crossley.
E
So
we're
really
really
excited
about
that.
So
we're
looking
at
three
other
names
to
be
considered
for
renaming
again.
Commissioner
shepard
and
I
are
looking
at
this
very,
very
intently
and
we're
both
serving
on
the
forthcoming
social
equity
committee,
and
we
really
see
this
as
a
larger
sort
of
part
of
that
big
picture
around
racial
and
social
equity
in
our
city.
E
A
And
for
further
clarification
for
the
our
new
commissioners,
this
item
came
out
of
city
council
to
the
commission.
So
it's
something
that
that
we're
following
up
on
a
request
from
city
council:
it's
not
something
that
came
from
the
human
rights
commission,
it's
in
our
service
to
the
city
council,
excellent.
I
saw
a
hand
commissioner
shepard.
G
Just
to
further
clarify
a
little
bit
for
you
what
input
you
might
have.
We
know
the
people
who
we
want
to
name
the
streets
after
so
that
the
charge
of
edwin
and
I
and
our
group
is
to
figure
out
what
streets,
to
name
after
those
people.
I
was
kind
of
scratching
my
head
to
try
to
figure
out
what
it
worked,
how
it
worked
at
first,
but
everyone
educated
me
today.
So,
for
example,
we
already
have
rosa
parks
in
the
desert,
highland
area.
G
We
have
lawrence
crossley
over
in
that
area,
and
the
question
is:
where
do
where
would
we
want
to
have
a
harvey
milk
street
name,
and
do
we
want
it
to
be
in
the
middle
of
kind
of
the
the
gay
neighborhood?
Do
we
want
the
martin
luther
king
or
barack
obama,
but
I'm
going
to
be
in
the
african-american
communities,
or
do
we
want
them
to
be
mo
more
on
the
city
streets
that
everybody
traverses
every
day,
which
is
kind
of
what
I
think,
but
you
know
never
never
mind
that,
so
I
would
love
it.
G
If
anybody
had
an
idea,
I
would
love
to
see
sunrise
named
after
barack
obama
or
whatever
you
may
happen,
to
pick
a
street
to
make
a
suggestion
on
that's
already
named
after
somebody
like
ramon
road,
I
believe
is
named
after
one
of
our
native
american
founders,
so
it
may
or
may
not
work
for
that
way.
But
if
there's
ideas
you
might
have
as
if
you've
driven
around
other
cities-
and
you
go,
why
do
they
name
this
particular
street?
This
particular
name?
G
A
So
the
thing
to
look
at
is
is
dual
naming
and
and
carrying
two
blade
signs.
You
know
on
a
street
and
look
at
what
that
possibility.
Is
you
know
to
be
able
to
do
that?
You
know
so
that's
something
to
explore
with
with
planning
and
and
traffic
and
others
on
the
postal
service.
I'm
sure
may
be
another
one
to
look
at.
You
know
to
look
at
opportunity:
okay,.
A
A
E
A
B
D
A
We
would
happily
send
them
to
you
and
between
jay
and
myself,
we'll
we'll
get
that
out
to
you.
You
know
one
of
us
will
have
it
more
ready,
handily
that
we
can
send
out
to
you
but
yeah.
That's
that's
a
excellent
thing
to
have
and
and
maybe
you
can
bring
back
a
report
to
us.
Where
are
you
seeing
some
of
our
suggestions
being
included.
D
A
Yeah
we
did,
we
did
a
fairly
thorough
job
on
coming
up
with
comments
and
suggestions.
So
I
think
it
was
one
of
the
one
of
the
the
really
nice
things
that
the
commission
was
able
to
contribute
to.
You
know
in
another
department
within
the
city
this
year
was
it
this
year.
I
don't
even
remember.
Maybe
it
was
early
in
the
year,
but
some
time
ago
we
we
did
that
work.
A
E
Thanks
chair
to
heart,
thanks
jay-
I
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
I
did.
I
was
able
to
attend
one
of
the
meetings
which
was
here
held
at
dumuth
community
center.
There
was
meeting
number
two
on
june
17th
regarding
the
the
general
plan
and
the
visioning,
and
which
is
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
sort
of
just
point
out
here,
which
there
were
there
were
about
four
meetings.
E
I
think
the
james
jesse
meeting,
which
was
the
fourth
one
on
the
28th
of
june,
was
better
attended,
but
I
think
I
think
our
engagement
on
a
community
level
when
we
say
you
know
the
city
outreaches
out
to
folks
in
our
committee
in
our
community.
That
needs
to
be
very
wholeheartedly
done
and
I'm
trying
to
really
reconcile
that
as
a
commissioner
and
as
a
person
in
a
community
community
that
was
you
know
in
in
this
particular
situation.
E
I
was
outreached
as
a
person
who
was
an
organizer
in
the
filipino
community
here
in
in
the
demuth
park,
neighborhood
veterans
tract.
So
I
want
to
just
sort
of
address
that
you
know
the
ps
general
plan
is
about
the
city,
but
when
you
do
have
these
specific
meetings,
I
would
love
to
see
that
more
outreach
is
done.
I'm
just
going
to
give
an
example.
I
did
serve
on
the
the
california
voting
rights
act,
cvra
committee,
for
instance,
and
also
on
the
census.
There
was
a
lot
of
money
in
those
committees.
E
A
Sure
I
think,
any
time
we
can
help
give
guidance
to,
in
this
particular
case,
the
planning
department
and
on
on
helping
them
with
outreach.
If
we
have,
commissioner,
that
would
like
to
serve
in
that
capacity
in
you
know
something
and
at,
and
this
is
being
used
as
an
example,
but
I
think
you
know
if
we
have
the
ability
to
provide
that
expertise
that
they
may
not
have
so
the
planning
department
may
not
have
had
that
expertise
and
say
if
they
had
reached
out
and
asked
us
to.
A
You
know
invite
a
commissioner
to
work
with
them.
We
would
have
been
able
to
appoint
you
really
early
on
to
help
them
organize
their
outreach
efforts
and,
and
some
of
the
suggestions
that
you're
making
today
being
able
to
share
that
with
them
and
and
help
them
identify
what
those
what
those
next
steps
should
be
for
their
for
their
work
in
the
community,
so
excellent
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
attending,
and
commissioner
vignolo
for
your
for
you
attending
the
next
one.
A
B
Yes,
if
there's
ever
those
gray
areas
or
difficult
decisions
in
terms
of
moving
something
one
way
or
the
other,
the
chair
gets
to
indicate
how
things
might
be
presented.
So
you
know
it's
it.
It's
it's
kind
of
half
joking,
but
still
there's
there's
influence
from
the
chair
in
terms
of
items
we
agendize-
and
you
know
these
are
the
issues
in
the
community.
So
it's
it's
an
important.
A
Role,
so
we
will
just
open
it
up.
It's
a
very
informal
process
like
most
of
the
commissions
in
in
town.
We,
we
don't
have
a
formal,
a
super,
formal
election
process,
so
informally,
folks
that
may
be
interested
in
either
position
can
indicate
by
saying
I
or
someone
may
nominate
somebody
else
to
serve
in
either
position.
But,
let's
start
with,
let's
start
with
the
vice
chair
selection.
Is
there
any
interest
to
serve
in
the
vice
chair
position?.
G
A
A
A
A
So
very
simple,
all
in
favor
of
the
slate
and
you
raise
your
hand
nod
your
head
looks
like
jay
looks
like
we've
got
it
across
the
board
unanimous.
So
thank
you
all
and
thank
you,
commissioner.
Shepard
for
stepping
up
and
you're
filling
some
pretty
big
shoes
with
commissioner
chappelle
leaving
us.
I
hope
she
is
watching
tonight.
I
know
she
would
be
proud
to
know
that
the
work
is
is
going
to
continue
in
in
good
hands.
A
So
next
up
is.
This
is
the
opportunity
in
the
meeting
where
our
commissioners
staff
and
our
student
representatives
can
share
comments
and
notes
of
items
of
significance
that
are
upcoming.
That
you
think
would
be
worthy
are
worthwhile
for
the
rest
of
the
commission
to
hear
so.
Do
we
have
any
any
comments
from
from
any
of
the
commissioners,
commissioner,
andrade
you're
the
first
hand
up.
Thank.
C
You
couple
things:
first
of
all
welcome
to
the
new
commissioners
look
forward
to
meeting
you
all
serving
with
you.
It's
it's
a
it's
a
noble
commitment.
Let
me
just
say
that.
Secondly,
I
want
to
echo
my
thanks
to
denise
chappelle
for
her
service
and
the
time
on
the
commission
and
and
just
the
person
that
she
is
she's
just
a
lovely
person.
C
It's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
her
and
be
represented
by
her
and
then
lastly,
I
I
know
we
table
the
homeless
update,
but
I
often
I
have
offered
the
commission's
assistance
to
both
mayor
hostage
and
to
jay,
if
there's
anything
that
we
can
do
if
there's
a
role
for
us
in
either
the
cooling
center
operation,
the
short-term
cooling
or
the
longer
term
effort
of
opening
the
boxing
club
for
for
the
for
homeless
services.
So
I
would
like
to
be
able
to
work
a
little
bit
closer
with
them.
C
A
E
E
This
is
so
exciting
and
thank
you,
commissioner
chappelle
I
I
do
have
a
couple
things
and
one
in
particular,
and
those
those
are
some
of
the
ones,
but
I
I
didn't
want
to
be
remiss
as
a
commissioner
to
not
address
the
larger
conversation
that
it
had
happened
over
the
past
couple
months
around
the
maryland
monroe
statue
downtown.
I
know
that
we
did
receive
some
correspondence
around
it.
I
know
this
statue
was
up.
E
That
sort
of,
like
you
know,
stresses
the
the
sort
of
percentage
of
of
folks
that
were
surveyed
that
support
the
maryland
monroe
statue
and
sort
of
marginalizes
the
minority
sort
of
response
to
it,
and
I
want
to
really
address
it.
You
know,
I
don't
think
that's
acceptable,
so
I
just
want
to
stress
that
here,
as
sort
of
a
commissioner
comment,
because
I
think
this
is
where
we
need
to
look
at
this.
You
know
we're
going
to
look
at
the
frank,
burger
statue
and
section
14..
E
We
do
have
to
look
at
the
history
of
misogyny
and
what
that
represents
in
the
sort
of
curatorial
decisions
that
are
happening
downtown,
for
instance,
or
anywhere
in
the
city.
I
I'm
saying
this
as
someone
who
does
oppose
that
that
statue,
as
also
someone
who
is
who
comes
from
art
history
and
looks
at
that
as
just
bad
art.
So
that's
just
my
opinion
here.
E
I
want
to
stress
that,
because
I
don't
want
to
think
that
our
commission
even
addressed
it
in
any
way,
but
I
know
that
this
is
probably
the
only
avenue
that
we
have,
since
the
statute
is
already
up,
and
it's
going
to
be
up
for
a
while.
So
I
appreciate
you
taking
my
word
for
this
evening,
but
I'm
so
excited
to
be
again
like
serving
with
all
of
you
here.
Thank
you.
A
And
I
can
share
some
information
on
that.
It
was
an
item
that
came
to
us
in
in
public
comment
through
written
correspondence.
I
believe
you
know
asking
that
the
commission,
you
know
take
the
item
up
and
when
that
came
to
us
city
council
had
already
acted.
So
it
became
a
non-uh
item
at
that
time.
For
the
commission
on
council
actions,
you
know
overrule
our
actions
were
in
service
to
the
council.
A
Now,
if
we
would
have,
we
would
have
put
it
addressed
it
early
on
and
if
we
were
asked
to
address
it
by
city
council,
we
could
have
provided
some
opinion
or
guidance
to
city
council
before
their
action.
So
in
in
it's
just
in
this
situation,
it
did
come
to
us
and
and
I'm
I
I
do
believe
it
was
written
comment
and
and
then
we
did
address
it.
A
D
D
If,
hopefully,
this
is
the
right
point
in
the
meeting
to
ask
them
and
then
one
observation,
the
committee
assignments:
do
you
want
us
to
communicate
our
desired
committee
assignments
to
you
in
advance
of
the
next
meeting,
or
do
we
have
to
wait
till
september
to
become
engaged
in
those
committees?
I'm
just.
A
D
A
So
everybody
is
welcome
to
send
their
intentions
to
jay
and
and
and
feel
free
to
do
that
at
your
earliest
convenience
and
we
we
can
sort
through
that
and
and
if
there's
overwhelming
interest
on
your
part
to
be
involved
in
something.
That's
on
time
is
of
the
essence.
We
can
certainly
address
that
between
now
and
september.
So,
if
there's.
D
A
D
A
A
Your
the
committee
can
invite
community
members
to
serve
on
your
committee.
There's
they're
they're,
not
voting
members
of
the
commission
and
they're.
Not
you
know,
commissioners,
but
they
certainly
be,
can
be
contributors
to
your
subcommittee
and
bring
expertise
and
guidance
to
the
work
that
you're
doing.
A
A
G
A
A
D
I
just
had
one
other
yeah
go
ahead,
because
I
think
our
next
meeting
based
on
the
agenda
is
september
yeah,
and
I
know
that
that's
september
13
on
I
think
on
september.
15
is
the
first
day
of
hispanic
heritage
month.
I'm
not
sure
why
it
would
be
the
middle
of
the
month,
but
is
there
anything
we
can
do
between
now
and
the
september
to
recognize
the
hispanic
heritage
month?
Does
that
fall
under
cultural
affairs
committee
or
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
a
process
for.
A
A
I
didn't
notice
that
before
now
so
we'll
come
back
to
that
before
we
adjourn
david,
okay,
okay,
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
I
said
we
would
have
a
few
minutes,
give
everybody
a
few
minutes
just
to
introduce
themselves
as
new
commissioners
and
if
just
just
really
briefly
just
share.
You
know
you're
a
little
bit
of
yourself
and
your
desire
to
be
on
the
commission
just
so
we
can
have
a
little
bit
better
feel
for
for
who's
coming
to
the
table.
C
I
got
my
bachelor's
out
here
at
cal
state
san
bernardino
palm
desert
in
communications.
I
currently
work
in
digital
marketing,
but
I
wanted
to
join
the
commission
because
I
have
always
been
attracted
to
public
service,
but
it's
almost
like
you
need
to
take
that
first
step
or
like
that.
First
push
to
do
it
and
I
think
I
finally
was
like
you
know
what
it's
time
to
do
it
like
just
might
as
well
jump
in
get
your
feet
wet
and
see
how
it
goes
and
that's
how
I
ended
up
here.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
everyone
for
the
warm
welcome.
My
name
is
hugo
loyola.
I
was
born
and
raised
in
mexico
city
and
I
came
to
this
country
in
my
early
20s,
because
my
company
had
merged
and
through
that
acquisition
I
had
the
opportunity
to
become
a
marketing
manager
for
them.
Based
out
of
new
york,
I
became
a
us
citizen
in
2007,
which
was
awesome
for
me.
C
C
In
early
january,
I
had
an
invitation
to
become
a
bilingual
business
consultant
for
the
small
business
development
center
out
in
coachella
valley,
which
I've
been
serving,
obviously
with
great
pleasure
and
later
on,
to
join
the
orange
county
sbdc
as
well,
helping
them
with
everything
digital
marketing.
So
it's
been
a
great
pleasure
to
serve
as
small
business
owners
for
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
this
has
really
prompted
me
to
instigate
other
opportunities
to
serve
our
communities.
C
D
D
We're
both
retired
and
I
started
by
getting
involved
with
the
1ps
organization
of
palm
springs,
I'm
in
district
5
in
the
south
part
of
palm
springs,
and
so
this
seemed
like
a
very
perfect
fit
for
me
to
get
involved
with
the
human
rights
commission.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
and
on
many
of
the
commission's
work
that
lies
ahead.
So
thank
you
again
and
excited
to
be
part
of
the
commission.
A
Yes,
excellent
and
at
our
next
meeting
we'll
have
commissioner
cleary,
give
us
a
little
introduction,
so
we
all
can
come
up
to
speed.
You
know
on
on
his
background.
Let's
see
agenda
items
so
now
we're
on
item
12..
This
is
the
time
that
we
can
bring
up
items
that
we'd
like
to
see
or
would
like
to
consider
to
be
on
the
agenda
for
our
next
meeting
and
commissioner
vignola
already
brought
one
up
that
we
will
look
at
and
that
is
the
hispanic
heritage
month.
A
Yes,
so
I'm
I
would
suspect
that
you're
still
able
to
serve
and
they
are
annual
terms,
so
the
the
vice
chair
now,
commissioner
shepard,
has
that
committee
assignment
for
the
youth
affairs
committee,
so
the
two
of
you
will
be
able
to
coordinate
that,
but
I
suspect
your
residence
is
still
in
palm
springs.
You're
a
student
you
still
qualify
to
serve.
If
that
is
your
desire.
A
D
Yeah,
I
just
had
a
I
don't
know
if
this
goes
on
the
agenda,
but
given
that
our
next
meeting
september
would
it
be
appropriate
to
discuss
on
the
agenda
plans
for
the
human
rights
commission's
participation
with
lgbtq
pride
events
that
are
going
to
be
the
very
beginning
of
november,
and,
secondly,
does
the
human
rights
commission
have
any
presence
at
the
village
fest
downtown
as
part
of
community
outreach
and
education
yeah?
So
that's
something
we
want
to
explore.
If
not.
A
Sure
two
two
good
questions,
the
first
one
you
can
touch
base
with
commissioner
romeron.
He
oversees
our
that
that
type
of
community
engagement
for
pride-
and
I
think
he
already
does
have
a
call
out
for
commissioners
to
participate
in
in
the
pride
parade
right.
Commissioner
ramron
yeah,
so
you
know
touch
base
with
him,
make
your
commitment
there
and
and
if
you've
got
other
ideas
we
certainly
can
explore
those
or
you
and
commissioner
omron
can
explore
those.
I
don't
think
there's
anybody
else
on
that
committee.
Is
there.
A
Cash,
no
lily
anna
okay,
header,
yeah,
so
okay.
So
that
was
the
first
question
and
the
second
question:
village
fest.
We
we
have
not
had
a
presence
in
village
fest
for
in
not
just
my
memory,
but
any
memory
going
back
and
quite
far
and
in
in
in
part.
I
suspect
that
is
the
commitment.
It's
it's
a
big
commitment,
but
that's
certainly
something
that
the
the
committee
can
address
and
and
that's
another
item
you
could.
A
A
A
A
Sometimes
the
pace
at
which
things
get
done
is
not
the
pace
which
we
would
desire.
So
we
figure
out
how
we
can
work
within
that
system
and
once
we'll
we'll
get
a
date
set
soon,
but
in
the
meantime
you
could
be
doing
the
homework
just
by
reviewing
those
documents
online,
and
I
believe
that
folder
is
up
to
date.
A
C
A
Excellent,
so
I'll
I'll
work
with
jay
on
that
and
we'll
see
how
we
can
make
sure
that
we
can.
We
can
do
that
within
brown
act
guidelines
and
such
all
right.
We're
at
6
52
turned
out
to
be
a
a
a
longer
meeting
than
than
we
had
started
out
any
other
agenda
items
that
we
need
to
consider
or
or
questions.
A
Oh,
let
me
say
thank
you
for
paying
attention
to
that.
I
didn't
see
that
how
much
longer
so
mark,
I
believe
we
are.
We
know
we're
going
through
the
fall
with
zoom
and
we
will
await
guidance
from
city
council
on
when
those
in-person
meetings
will
happen,
but
we
can
certainly
expect
that
the
next
two
three
meetings
are
certainly
going
to
be
on
zoom
still
yeah
and
that's
right,
jay,
that's
what
your
understanding
is.
B
Well,
we
get
to
fall,
mr
chair,
there's
discussions
about
how
we
can
do
hybrids.
It's
just
technology-wise,
it's
difficult
for
the
city
to
facilitate
that
yeah,
it
kind
of
has
to
be
all
zoom
or
all
in
person.
Unless
we
have
somebody
filming
managing
the
zoom
video
and
the
meeting
that's
taking
place
is
also
being
filmed.
B
A
And
the
mark
has
a
question
in
chat.
You
know:
when
will
the
brown
act
require
in-person
meetings?
I'm
not
sure
that
the
brown
act
that
that's
a
trigger
in
the
brown
act.
We
don't
meet
outside
of
zoom
mark,
so
commission
business
does
not
get
conducted
unless
it
is
posted
publicly
on
the
meeting
time
and
we
don't
communicate
with
one
another
until
we
get
into
you
know
this
zoom
environment
with
a
regularly
scheduled
meeting
now
committee
work
continues
to
go
on,
but
committee
work
is
typically
done
by
two
commissioners.