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A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that
and
I
appreciate
all
you
do
good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
senate
committee
on
government
affairs
thanks
to
everybody
joining
us
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and
will
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secretary
please
call
the
roll.
E
A
Derelu,
thank
you
very
much.
All
members
are
present,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started.
I'll
just
remind
the
audience.
You
can
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so
today.
A
First
step
we're
going
to
go
just
a
tad
out
of
order,
we're
going
to
start
with
the
clark
county
presentation,
and
it
is
my
understanding,
yolanda
king,
our
clark,
county
manager
and
kevin
schiller,
the
assistant
manager
and
joanna
jacob.
The
government
affairs
manager
are
here
with
us
today
and
welcome,
and
please
begin
when
you're
ready.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
your
presentation.
F
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
this
is
joanna
jacob
and
I
am
going
to
be
driving
the
powerpoint
today
for
manager,
king
and,
if
you
will
just
allow
me
a
second,
I
will
start
sharing
my
screen
and
get
us
up
and
running
and
then
manager
king
will
be
taking
us
taking
it
from.
C
C
Okay,
ready
to
begin
all
right.
Thank
you
joanna
I'm
good
morning
or
good
morning,
I'm
still
in
the
morning
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
it's
really
good
to
see
a
lot
of
familiar
faces
of
folks
that
I've
worked
with
in
the
past
and
through
the
legislature
through
my
duties
as
county
manager.
So,
as
joanna
mentioned,
I
am
yolanda
king
and
I
am
the
clark
county
manager
and
I
do
have
kevin
schiller.
C
Who
is
with
me
to
answer
any
questions
that
I
may
not
be
able
to
answer
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
that
you
may
have
so
going
to
the
next
slide.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
provide
you
an
overview
of
the
clark
county
governance
and
so
the
governance
structure
for
clark
county
is
a
county
commission
manager
form
of
government
whereby
it
includes
the
seven
county,
commissioners
and
they're
elected
on
a
partisan
basis.
C
The
next
slide
is
an
aerial
view.
A
geographical
view
of
clark
county-
and
I
think,
what's
important
to
note
here-
is
the
unincorporated
area
of
clark
county.
That's
noted
in
the
yellow,
shaded
area
and
there's
a
great
deal
of
area
in
here
in
clark
county
that
is
unincorporated
and
I'll
speak
to
the
significance
of
that
in
a
later
slide
as
we
move
to
the
next
slide.
This
is
just
a
very
quick
overview
of
our
population.
C
The
unincorporated
part
is
just
a
little
more
than
40.
Excuse
me,
1
million
residents
or
45
percent
of
clark,
county's
population,
and
that
resides
excuse
me
that's
included
in
the
clark
county
area.
C
The
unincorporated
areas
are
important
to
note
in
that
clark
county
as
the
jurisdiction
we
are
responsible
for
providing
these
municipal-like
services
to
those
residents
who
live
in
unincorporated
clark,
county
and
those
residents
who
live
in
the
incorporated
cities.
The
cities
are
responsible
for
providing
those
services
in
those
areas,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
there's
you
know
roughly
about
45
percent
of
those
residents
for
which
we
clark
county
have
to
provide
those
services
municipal-like
services
on
the
next
slide.
C
This
is
a
also
a
very
quick
overview
of
clark,
county
and
the
economy,
so
clark
county's
economic
driver.
As
we
all
know,
it
includes
tourism
gaming
and
it
is
one
of
the
top
convention
destinations
in
the
world.
Prior
to
the
pandemic.
Clark
county
was
the
number
one
trade
show
destination
in
north
america
for
24
consecutive
years.
C
Clark
county
has
attracted
42
million
tourists
in
2019
and
it
is
home
to
the
famous
the
world
famous
las
vegas
strip.
We
have
a
room
inventory
of
over
160
000
rooms
and
the
las
vegas
strip
area
includes
17
of
the
20
largest
hotels
in
the
united
states
and
11
of
the
20
largest
hotels
in
the
world
on
the
next
slide.
C
You
know
in
clark
county-
and
I
think
naco
has
said
this
before
with
regard
to
all
all
nevadans
are
county
residents
and
the
same
goes
for
clark
county,
so
in
clark
county.
Every
southern
nevadan
is
a
clark
county
resident
and
the
counties
in
nevada
provide
regional
as
well
as
municipal
services
and
clark
county
is
no
different,
as
the
services
we
provide
are
obviously
on
a
much
larger
scale,
and
it
is
in
addition
to
providing
to
those
residents.
We
also
provide
our
services
to
the
millions
of
visitors
who
visit
us
every
year.
C
As
noted
in
the
previous
slide,
municipal
services
are
provided
to
more
than
one
million
residents
who
live
in
the
unincorporated
clark
county
areas.
Those
regional
services
are
typically
county.
Human
services,
they're,
the
social
safety
net
type
of
services,
and
these
types
of
regional
services
are
provided
to
every
residents
in
clark
county,
regardless
of
whether
they
live
in
unincorporated
or
if
they
live
in
a
city.
C
This
chart
takes
the
list
of
clark,
county's,
38,
plus
departments,
and
it
divides
them
into
the
types
of
services
they
are
responsible
for,
providing
the
departments
listed
on
the
left
hand,
side
of
the
screen
are
those
departments
who
provide
regional
services
to
all
2.3
million
residents
and
the
departments
listed
on
the
right
hand.
Side
of
the
screen
are
those
departments
who
are
responsible
for
providing
municipal
services
to
the
1
million
residents
who
live
in
the
unincorporated
areas
on
the
next
slide.
C
C
A
significant
portion
of
our
regional,
as
well
as
our
municipal
services
is
accounted
for
in
the
general
fund
and
many
of
the
county
department
budgets
reside
in
the
general
fund
as
well
as
you'll
know
that
any
payments
that
that
we
clark
county
are
responsible
for
making
to
other
jurisdictions
such
as
umc
or
the
metropolitan
police
department.
Those
funds
are
provided
out
of
the
county
general
fund
on
the
next
slide.
Is
our
fiscal
21
general
fund
revenue
budget.
So
in
fiscal
year
I'm
21,
we
have
clark.
C
So
it's
important
to
note
that
pre-pandemic,
our
largest
revenue
source
for
many
years,
was
the
consolidated
tax
revenue,
but
based
on
the
decline
in
sales
tax
revenues
on
property
taxes
in
the
consolidated
tax
slices
on
this
pie
have
essentially
traded
so
we're.
Now
in
21,
we
projected
property
tax
to
be
the
largest
source,
whereas
in
the
past
it
was
the
second
largest
source.
So
pretty
interesting
fact
in
in
realizing
how
much
revenue
that
we
lost
for
consolidated
taxes
for
2021..
C
We
actually
estimated
that,
over
that
three-year
period,
starting
in
2020
going
through
2022
that
clark
county
would
have
lost
about
139
million
dollars
and
see
tax
revenue.
As
as
a
side
note.
I
also
wanted
to
note
for
the
record,
or
at
least
for
bring
to
your
attention-
and
we
all
are
very
well
aware
of.
This-
is
our
room
tax
revenues.
C
Clark
county
collects
a
great
deal
of
revenue.
All
of
that
is
not
through
just
the
general
fund,
but
in
total
our
tax
collections
in
2019
for
room
tax
revenues
was
about
729
million
dollars,
of
which
35
percent
of
those
collections
were
allocated
to
the
clark
county
school
district.
C
Their
room
tax
revenue
has
declined
dramatically
at
about
64
percent
and
we
collect
these
dollars
they're
in
various
funds
throughout
our
clark
county
budget,
but
just
wanted
to
note
for
the
record
that
it
definitely
has
made
an
impact
on
on
our
revenues,
as
well
as
other
revenues
across
the
state
in
different
jurisdictions.
C
If
we
move
to
the
2021
or
excuse
me,
the
next
slide,
then
look
at
the
budgeted
expenditures.
The
clark
county,
general
fund
expenditures
are
budgeted
at
1.4
billion,
of
which
over
50
percent
of
those
expenditures
are
budgeted
for
the
public
safety
function,
the
50
percent
for
public
safety.
It's
made
up
made
up
of
expenditures
shown
under
the
public
safety
expenditure
as
well
as
noted
here,
the
lvmpd,
which
is
the
las
vegas
metropolitan
police
department,
as
well
as
the
clark
county,
detention
center.
C
So
metro
they
are
responsible
for
providing
those
policing
services
for
residents
in
the
unincorporated
area
of
clark
county,
as
well
as
the
city
of
las
vegas
clark,
county
and
the
city
of
las
vegas.
We
share
in
the
cost
of
the
metro
expenditures
and
there's
roughly
about
60
percent,
that
we
clark
county
pay
for
the
metro
budget
and
that
comes
directly
out
of
our
county
general
fund.
C
In
addition
to
that,
as
noted,
clark
county
also
pays
for
the
clark
county
detention
center,
and
in
that
situation
we
are
100
responsible
for
the
expenditures
that
occur
with
at
the
detention
center
and
then
you'll
also
notice.
Other
jurisdictions
that
are
funded
by
the
general
fund.
You've
got
umc
on
there,
as
well
as
some
intergovernmental
payments.
There
are
our
social
or
welfare
functions
to
pay
for
matching
medicaid
that
eventually
goes
up
to
the
state
and
then
back
down
a
portion
of
that
to
umc
moving
to
the
next
slide.
C
Madam
chair,
I
was
I'm
planning
on
just
kind
of
briefly
providing
an
overview.
I
thought
it
would
be
of
interest
to
the
committee
for
you
all
to
see
what
we've
done
in
clark
county
with
regard
to
our
cobit
dollars
and
and
really
the
outcomes
that
we
have
achieved
with
some
of
the
federal
dollars
that
we
received.
C
So
moving
on
to
the
next
slide.
Clark
county
received
approximately
295
million
dollars
in
direct
carers
funding
and
given
that
we're
that
social
safety
net
for
residents
in
clark
county
the
board
of
county
commissioners
early
on,
we
set
a
budget
and
prioritize
those
expenditures,
and
mainly
most
of
those
funds,
went
to
fund
human
service
type
expenses.
C
What
this
chart
shows
you
is
that,
as
of
december,
30
of
2020
46
of
the
expenditures
was
dedicated
to
human
service
expenditures.
These
payments
include
expenses
for
housing
and
utility
assistance
for
residents.
Basic
needs
on
such
as
food
insecurity,
insecurities
also
for
our
residents,
emergency
shelter,
programming
and
some
programming
or
financial
support
for
our
families
to
assist
them
with
distance
learning.
Also,
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
of
the
295
million
dollars
that
we
received
in
cares
funding
that
clark
county
only
used
10
million
dollars
for
payroll
reimbursement.
C
So
a
majority
of
what
we
received
went
to
service
our
residents
in
the
different
areas
that
are
noted
on
this
slide
on
the
next
three
slides.
This
demonstrates
the
outcomes
that
were
achieved
of
the
cares
funding.
Madam
chair,
I
I
will
leave
it
up
to
you.
It
wasn't
my
intent
to
review
all
of
these
outcomes,
but
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
provide
some
detailed
information
as
to
how
we
spent
the
dollars
and
what
the
outcomes
were.
So
I
know
I'm
limited
on
time.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
ms
king.
I
I
actually
think
it's
important
for
us
to
hear
this
piece.
So
if
you
don't
mind,
would
you
go
ahead
and
at
least
do
these
pieces
up
to
slide
16
and
then
we'll
see
where
we're
at
with
time.
C
C
What
was
realized
early
on
is
that
really
southern
of
the
southern
nevada
health
district
is
the
designated
lead
agency
for
addressing
the
pandemic
and
clark
county
partnered
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district,
and
we
quickly
activated
what
we,
what
we
call
our
multi-agency
coordinated
council
framework,
or
it's
also
referred
to
as
the
mac.
C
This
was
the
framework
that
we
used
in
the
one
october
incident,
and
so
I
thought
it
was
important
to
show
the
partnership
and
the
coordination
that
clark
county
had
with
the
health
district,
particularly
since
they
were
the
lead
agency
and
in
addition
to
this
being,
what
we
felt
was
something
where
we
needed
to
activate
our
mac
center.
I
think
that
we
were
have
been
and
continue
to
be,
very
successful
in
in
how
we're
addressing
the
needs
of
the
community
as
well
as
the
pandemic.
C
So
in
the
first
box,
that's
noted
here
again
clark
county
in
coordination
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district.
We
stood
up
community-wide
testing
sites
across
on
the
valley
in
an
incorporated
area,
as
well
as
incorporated
areas
that
didn't
matter.
Obviously,
when,
when
it
came
to
the
pandemic,
we
staffed,
we
used
our
dollars
to
staff
these
sites.
We
administered
close
to
five
hundred
thousand
tests
and
clark
county
also
helped
to
expand
the
testing
capacity
in
clark
county
by
paying
for
over
242
000
tests.
C
C
The
umc
testing
lab
was
built
with
the
capacity
to
be
able
to
process
over
ten
thousand
tests
per
day
and
the
lab
supported
not
only
the
urban
areas
here,
but
also
rural
hospitals,
particularly
one
outside
of
clark
county.
The
cares
funding
was
also
used
to
provide
small
business
support,
which
is
noted
in
the
last
box.
C
We
there
were
three
types
of
grants:
grant
programs
that
were
provided
to
small
businesses,
that
included
rental
assistance,
grant
a
business
stabilization
grant
as
well
as
retrofit
grants
the
outreach
for
those
small
businesses.
Excuse
me.
We
also
had
a
program
where
we
had
an
outreach
program
and
we
provided
answers
to
questions
that
any
of
the
small
businesses
may
have,
and
that
was
to
over
3
000
small
businesses.
C
Legal
services
was
also
provided
to
over
700
businesses
via
partnership
with
the
legal
aid
of
southern
nevada.
We
provided
grants
that
were
awarded
to
our
urban,
latin
and
asian
chambers
and
in
total
over
1100
rental
assistance.
Retrofit
and
stabilization
grants
were
awarded
directly
to
those
small
businesses.
C
Moving
on
to
the
next
slide,
we
get
into
the
human
services
side
of
what
was
provided
with
our
cares
funding.
So
it's
noted
that
over
16
000
households
received
rental
assistance
from
clark
county
and
over
63
000
utility
payments
were
paid
clark
county.
We
also
stood
up
a
hispanic
outreach
campaign
that
received
over
30
million
views.
If
we
move
over
to
the
middle
box
funding
to
assist
with
providing
basic
needs,
such
as
food
assistance,
utility
assistance,
child
care
assistance
was
also
provided.
C
Over
2
million
mills
were
provided
to
individuals
and
households
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
were
able
to
provide
some
behavioral
and
some
substance
abuse,
counseling
services
to
over
5
900
individuals
and
in
the
last
box
this
was
services
that
were
provided
to
our
congregate
care
also
referred
to
as
a
group,
housing
type
of
environment,
and
that
was
provided
to
you
know
the
population
most
in
need,
and
I
think,
what's
what's
probably
most
notable-
is
that
the
county,
in
partnership
with
the
city
of
las
vegas,
we
were
able
to
stand
up
what
we
call
our
iso
queue
center
or
isolation,
quarantine
center,
and
that
was
for
housing,
our
homeless
population,
that
needed
housing
as
a
result
of
capacity
reductions
in
some
of
the
non-profit
areas
or
congregate
care
that
they
were
living
in
and
in
addition
to
that,
where
we
had
individuals
who
tested
positive,
we
also
needed
to
isolate
them
from
the
general
homeless
population.
C
So
we
were
able
to
stand
up
that
facility
and
then
on
the
last
flight,
the
next
slide.
It's
also
important
to
note
that
clark
county.
We
stood
up
what
we
call
our
school
days
program,
which
assisted
over
900
families
in
providing
at
our
various
recreational
centers
and
provided
some
learning
program
services
to
assist
those
working
working
families
with
distance
learning
to
offset
the
cost
for
families
enrolled
in
our
school
days
program.
C
The
financial
assistance
was
provided
to
those
families
who
qualified
under
the
clark
county,
school
district,
free
or
reduced
lunch
programming,
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
did
have
some
foster
families
working
families
that
we
were
also
able
to
provide
financial
assistance
or
free
school
day
programming
to
those
families
as
well.
If
we
move
over
to
the
middle
box,
additional
emergency
leasing
and
shelter
services
was
needed
for
families,
for
example,
you
may
have
had
some
family
members
who
test
positive
but
did
not
necessarily
require
hospital,
say
stay.
C
However,
they
needed
sheltering
and
isolation
from
those
family
members
outside
of
their
homes.
In
order
to
you
know,
combat
or
not
spread
the
virus.
We
in
addition
to
that,
provided
some
emergency
leasing
and
sheltering
service
to
our
homeless
individuals,
and
then
one
thing
that
we
probably
never
would
have
thought
of
is
that
we
also
had
to
provide
you
know,
especially
pre,
the
shutdown
as
well
as
after
the
opening
back
up.
C
We
had
to
provide
sheltering
services
for
our
tourists
we
had
tours,
who
tested
positive
and
obviously
we're
not
allowed
to
go
back
into
the
hotel
facility,
and
so
we
needed
to
isolate
those
individuals
during
that
time
and
provide
some
sort
of
shelter
for
them
as
well,
and
then.
C
Lastly,
I
wanted
to
make
note
that
in
the
last
column,
clark
county
did
provide
some
sub
awards
to
all
of
our
cities,
with
the
exception
of
city
of
las
vegas,
and
that
was
because
the
city
of
las
vegas
received
their
own
direct
allocation
of
cares
funding.
But
the
cities
noted
on
this
slide.
C
C
Lastly,
so
we
want
to
talk
about
what's
our
next
step
as
it
relates
to
our
housing
needs.
So
we
mentioned
that
the
first
allocation
of
cares
funding.
It's
it's
been
exhausted
and
it's
estimated
that
we
used
about
or
excuse
me.
We
were
able
to
help
about
12,
000
households
or
excuse
me.
I
think
it's
12
000..
C
Actually,
let
me
step
back
a
little
bit,
so
the
estimated
amount
of
households
that
remain
in
the
queue
after
december
30th
that
we
were
not
able
to
assist
with
rental
assistance,
remains
about
12
000..
C
We
have
kept
open
our
program,
we
call
it
the
chat
program,
which
is
our
cares:
housing
assistance
program
to
receive
applications,
and
since
january
1st
of
2021,
an
additional
8
000
households
have
applied
for
rental
assistance,
so
we're
averaging
about
a
thousand
new
applications
a
week,
and
this
just
goes
to
show
you
that
there's
still
a
great
deal
of
need
when
it
comes
to
rental
assistance,
clark,
county
and
as
we
all
know,
that
there
was
additional
funding
that
that
has
been
provided
by
the
federal
government
on
for
housing
assistance
and
what
clark
county
will
do
is
we
will
continue
to
take
a
regional
approach
approach
for
rental
assistance
through
the
chat
program.
C
The
cities
in
the
county
have
agreed
to
pull
all
of
our
allocated
funds
and
provide
dispersed
fundings
through
this
chap
program.
So
I
think
that's
also
a
great
partnership
between
the
county
and
the
cities
by
pulling
all
of
our
monies
together
and
to
make
it
an
efficient
program
and
not
confuse
the
public
with
regard
to
who
and
where
they
apply
for
additional
funding.
C
So
we
think,
with
all
the
monies
that
have
been
pulled
between
the
county
and
the
city,
there
will
be
162
million
available
for
rental
assistance
and
we
estimate
that
this
amount
can
provide
assistance
to
over
to
over
forty
thousand
dollar.
Excuse
me,
forty
thousand
households,
so
with
that
man,
I'm
sure
that
concludes
on
all
the
information
that
I
wanted
to
provide
for
the
committee
today.
Thank
you.
A
Oh,
I
cannot
thank
you
enough.
It's
a
really
big
ship
to
operate
and
we
certainly
appreciate
your
leadership
and
your
expertise
along
with
our
county
commissioners
with
that
committee.
Does
anyone
have
a
question
regarding
that
presentation?
B
Thank
you
so
couple
of
questions
so
on
the
property
tax.
How
are
you
guys
planning
for
the
future?
I
know
there's
still
new
construction,
there's
like
an
anomaly
going
on,
but
typically
we
don't
abate
construction
new
construction
for
that
first
year,
so
you're
going
to
see
a
spike,
then
you're
going
to
see
a
drop.
I've
been
consistent
in
asking
other
governments
this.
So
what
are
you?
What's
the
plan
going
forward
for
the
drop-off?
That's
probably
going
to
occur
in
23.
C
I'm
so
madame
chair,
I'm
through
you
to
assemblywoman.
This
is
yolanda
king,
representing
clark
county.
So
I'm
sorry,
I
said
assembly
my
apologies
to
senator
neil,
the
the
property
taxes.
C
Quite
frankly,
I
don't
foresee
that
there's
going
to
be
a
drop
off
and
here's
the
reason
why,
when,
first
of
all
there's
a
great
deal
of
abatement,
that's
out
there,
and
so
we
know
that
your
property
taxes
can
increase,
and
you
know
by
they're
capped
at
a
certain
amount.
C
The
second
piece
of
that
is
that
assessed
values
have
continued
to
grow
here
and
yes,
we
do
have
increased,
assessed
value
with
new
property,
but
what
occurred
and
what's
different
this
time
is
when
we
had
the
great
recession
there
were.
C
We
received
thousands
of
appeals
from
the
residential,
as
well
as
the
commercial
side,
with
regard
to
appealing
their
value,
and
that
also
would
make
a
difference
in
terms
of
the
property
tax.
That's
due
to
us,
we
were
paying
very
close
attention
to
that.
As
we,
this
is
the
time
period
I
think
january
was
the
last
period
in
which
a
resident
or
commercial
property
could
submit
for
appeals.
We
did
not
see
the
the
number
of
appeals
and
it
was
minimum
compared
to
what
we
saw
during
the
great
recession
and
so
to
me.
C
That's
an
indication
that,
because
we
don't
have
a
large
number
of
appeals
that
have
occurred
because
assessed
value
hasn't
declined.
We
don't
anticipate
at
this
point,
but
we
will
obviously
keep
close
attention
on
it
or
pay
close
attention
to
it.
We
don't
anticipate
that
there's
going
to
be
a
dramatic
drop
in
property
taxes,
but
obviously
that
can
change,
but
it's
just
there's
a
number
of
things
that
are
different
this
time
around
than
when
what
we
experienced
in
the
great
recession.
C
B
And
then,
madam
chair,
just
a
really
quick
follow-up
so
and
it's
different
it's
a
different
question,
but
on
the
sub
grants
for
the
cares
dollars.
Since,
since
there
were
sub
grants,
is
there
co-reporting
for
the
municipalities,
and
that
also
applies
to
the
regional
plan
going
forward
where
you're
going
to
share
the
potentially
162
million?
How?
How
is
the
is
there
co-reporting?
C
So
the
reporting
occurs
at
the
level,
the
jurisdiction
who
received
the
direct
dollars,
and
so
we
clark
county.
C
We
were
responsible
for
reporting
to
the
federal
government
how
these
sub
awards
were
used,
and
so
we
set
up
a
system
very
similar
to
a
grant
process
when
we
awarded
these
dollars
and
we
required
as
part
of
the
interlocal
between
us
and
the
cities
that
they
spend
the
dollars
in
accordance
with
what
the
requirements
were,
and
they
had
to
report
that
to
us
on
a
regular
basis,
because,
ultimately,
we
were
responsible
for
reporting
those
dollars
and
obviously,
if
the
dollars
weren't
spent
in
accordance
with
the
federal
government
guidelines,
then
it
would
have
been
the
county
who
would
have
been
hit
and
not
and
had
to
repay
those
monies
back.
C
A
All
right
additional
questions
from
anybody
on
the
committee
vice
chair
orange
shell,
please
go
ahead.
G
Thank
you,
and
first
of
all,
I
want
to
take
my
hat
off
to
our
county
manager
and
all
the
everybody
at
clark
county
for
what
what
they
managed
to
do
in
terms
of
doing
more
with
less
resources
during
the
pandemic
and
help
our
constituents
in
a
large
part
of
my
districts,
unincorporated
clark
county,
and
I
think
that,
during
the
pandemic,
one
of
the
bright
spots
has
been
taking
my
kids
to
the
hollywood
aquatic
center
for
swim.
G
Lessons
recently
and
one
of
the
nice
things
that
seemed
a
little
more
like
normal
times,
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
we're
all
appreciative
of
everything.
You're
doing.
My
question
has
to
do
with
the
eviction
moratoriums
and
the
foreclosure
moratoriums
when
they
run
out,
and
I'm
not
sure
you
know
what
how
do
you?
How
do
you
see
the
county
dealing
with
that.
C
Madam
chair,
through
you
senator
orrinshaw,
I
I
would
like
to
ask
kevin
to
to
to
answer
that
question.
I
I
know,
and
we
all
realize
that
there
are
definitely
some
issues
that
we're
going
to
face
in
the
future.
But
I'll
ask
have
kevin
answer
that
question.
H
Madam
chair
for
the
record
kevin
chiller
assistant,
county
manager,
clark
county
through
you
to
senator
oran
shaw,
so
a
couple
pieces
kind
of
hot
off
the
press,
we've
been
working
on
this
all
week,
two
pieces,
as
you
saw
in
the
presentation,
we
can
serve
about
40,
000
households,
so
translation
is
of
the
20
000
in
the
queue
about
another
20
000.
With
that
second
stimulus,
the
most
recent
information
we
have
is
it's
fairly
likely
that
we
might
see
the
moratorium
be
lifted.
The
end
of
this
month,
one
of
the
key
pieces
that
we're
working
on.
H
We.
In
fact
we
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
which
will
include
legal
aid
and
others
tied
to
how
we
interface
with
the
courts,
because
a
couple
issues
on
the
second
round
of
the
rental
assistance
dollars
is:
there's
a
lot
more
requirements
tied
to
eligibility
for
that
funding
tied
to
affordable
median
income,
which
means
we
have
to
have
a
lot
more
documents.
H
So
one
of
the
key
pieces
that
we
deal
with
is
tracking
down
those
documents
and
then
the
time
frame
to
expedite
payments
is
as
a
process.
We
have
probably
over
240
staff
hired
up
or
temp
staff
in
conjunction
with
our
own
staff
processing.
To
your
point
on
evictions,
there's
been
a
couple
of
thoughts.
One
has
been
trying
to
limit
at
the
core
level
some
or
put
some
caps
on
how
many
evictions
can
be
heard
and
then
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
our
system.
H
While
we're
actually
rolling
our
chap
system
up
in
our
portal
upgrade
to
meet
the
eligibility
requirements,
we
had
to
do
a
lot
of
program
changes
at
the
same
time
we're
doing
that.
We're
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
can
system
interface
with
the
eviction
process
to
triage
clients
up
in
that
process.
So
we
can
expedite
so
it's.
I
wish
I
had
a
better
answer
for
you,
but
I
will
tell
you
it's
a
huge
worry.
H
If
you
take
our
40
000
plus
about
the
20,
we
serve
that's
about
60.,
so
I
think
we
are
kind
of
where
the
buck
stops
in
terms
of
housing.
So
I
think
the
other
piece
we're
also
looking
at
is
how
we
can
use
flexible
dollars.
H
All
those
master
leases
that
you
saw
miss
king
speak
to
are
still
in
effect.
We
actually
transition
those
over
with
use
of
our
309
funding
to
support
that
so
that
we
have
sustainable
capacity
and
we're
going
to
end
up
housing
people
on
an
emergency
basis.
G
A
Thank
you
very
much
vice
chair,
mr
schiller,
just
to
confirm
with
you,
you
said
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
people
are
what
you
expect
for
that
could
have
that
could
have
posses
possible
eviction
issues.
H
H
We
will
have
served,
I
think
through
cares,
1.0
and
the
second
round
of
stimulus,
probably
about
60
thousand
of
that
hundred
and
forty
thousand.
What
I
will
do
for
you,
because
they're
working
on
those
now
I
can
provide
that
to
the
community
updated
information
on
the
anticipated
evictions,
as
it
relates
to
those
numbers,
because
we
also
have
some
of
that
detail
that
we're
also
tracking
in
terms
of
filings.
A
I
think
that
would
be
really
good
information
for
us
to
have.
Thank
you
very
much.
Any
additional
questions.
B
Up
on
madam
chair's
question,
mr
schiller
are
evictions
the
same
as
the
foreclosures.
Can
you
break
out
the
foreclosures
as
well
for
people
who,
because
there
was
mortgage
assistance
too,
not
just
rental,
and
some
of
the
pandemic
lasted
longer
than
some
of
that
assistance.
H
So
let
me
answer
that
at
a
couple
levels,
you
are
correct
through
the
chair
to
senator
neil
two
pieces.
One
is
the
initial
round
of
cares.
Relief
funding
did
include
mortgage
assistance,
so
I
certainly
get
you
the
follow-up
on
those
that
were
served
within
that
mortgage
assistance.
That
number
is
incorporated
into
those
totals
the
second
piece
tied
to
the
evictions.
I
would
have
to
separate
that
out
because
there's
a
couple
things
happening
at
the
same
time.
H
If
the
eviction
moratorium
is
lifted,
there
is
still
as
it
currently
sits,
a
federal
protection
related
to
mortgage
forbearance.
So
there
are
a
couple
different
pieces
tied
to
that.
The
complicating
issue
to
that
is
in
the
second
round
of
relief
funding
which
we
are
getting
currently.
As
I
talked
about,
the
more
requirements
in
terms
of
eligibility
does
not
include
a
component
of
mortgage
relief
or
assistance.
It's
only
rental
assistance
so
that
to
kind
of
answer
the
question.
H
The
federal
relief
on
the
one
side
gives
forbearance
and
those
companies
the
ability
not
to
foreclose,
which
is
the
hope,
but
there
isn't
any
direct
assistance
allowable
to
be
provided
in
that
format.
In
the
relief
funding
that
we
just
received,
that
might
change
in
the
third
round.
But
I
want
to
make
sure
you're
clear
on
that.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
senator
neil
is
that
it
yep.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
that
is
all
of
our
questions.
Oh
senator
gokachia.
I
H
Give
the
chair
to
you
senator
absolutely,
I
think,
that's
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
I
think
that's
what
we're
trying
to
look
at
in
terms
of
how
we
resource
in
a
worst-case
scenario,
for
those
that
end
up
homeless,
obviously
on
the
far
end
of
the
continuum,
but
we're
also
trying,
as
you
know,
to
go
upstream
in
terms
of
how
do
we
divert
so,
I
think
the
one
thing
I
would
echo
to
this
outside
of
as
much
as
we
focused
in
on
the
cares
relief
funding.
H
The
county
has
also
isolated
dollars
for
prevention
of
homelessness,
to
use
of
our
ab309
funding
and
other
funding
sources.
So
we
will
try
to
maximize
that
to
support
families
that
don't
fall
under
those
federal
allowable
guidelines
or
where
there's
requirements
where
they're
excluded.
So
we
are
trying
to
maximize
that,
so
I
probably
should
should
emphasize
the
fact
we're
quite
attentively
trying
to
say
every
dollar
we
have
available
that
can
apply
to
that
resource.
We're
trying
to
apply
within
that
context
to
your
deficit
question.
I
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
any
additional
questions.
I
don't
think
I
see
a
hand.
Thank
you
very
much
manager,
king.
I
know,
as
I
said,
this
is
a
big
ship
and
it
has
a
lot
of
moving
parts,
but
we
appreciate
you
and
mr
schiller
and
your
entire
team
for
what
you
have
done.
I
know
we
took
a
little
more
time
than
we
thought
we
should
have,
but
or
maybe
we
gave
you
the
indication
we
would,
but
I
think
it
was
really
important
information.
A
A
Thank
you
very
much
all
right
and
with
that
we
will
fire
some
additional
information
as
they
get
it
to
us,
but
we
will
move
to
open
the
hearing
on
senate
bill
4,
and
this
measure
revises
provisions
relating
to
the
imposition
of
certain
penalties
by
ordinance
for
violations
relating
to
fireworks
and
so
ms
jacob,
when
you
are
ready
and
other
bill
presenters,
please
go
ahead.
F
Yes,
madam
chair
joanna
jacob
clark,
county
government
affairs
manager
I'll
be
handling
the
bulk
of
this
presentation.
Madam
chair,
I
have
deputy
fire
chief
kelly
blackman
on
the
line.
Also
she
is
one
of
our
fire
chiefs
with
clark
county
fire,
but
she
also
spent
a
large
portion
of
her
career
in
building
and
fire
prevention,
so
she
she's
my
technical
assist
on
this
and
I
will
get
going
here
shortly.
I
have
a.
I
have
a
presentation
just
to
kind
of
walk
through
why
we're
proposing
this
bill.
F
F
Okay,
thank
you.
So
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
joanna
jacob
clark,
county
garment
affairs
manager-
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
why
we're
here
today
presenting
this
bill,
you'll,
see
that
the
reasons
why
we
are
presenting
this
bill
are
illustrated
on
the
slides
that
are
following
each
year.
Madam
chair,
our
our
county,
commission
offices
are
inundated
with
constituent
calls
and
stories
about
what
they
face
on
the
fourth
of
july
or
really
year
round,
but
fourth
of
july
is
our
hot
period.
F
It
is
a
particular
issue
for
veterans
for
our
pet
owners
for
really
people
who
are
suffering
post-traumatic
stress
syndrome
in
our
in
our
community,
and
these
are
some
of
the
calls
that
we
have
received.
I
just
wanted.
I
told
the
people
who
answer
our
phones
in
our
commission
offices
that
I
would
help
to
share
their
story,
because
this
is
something
that
they
have
to
face
every
year.
Fireworks
in
our
community
also
have
caused
fires,
so
this
is
a
few
images
of
what
we
had
to
face
this
past
year.
F
In
fact,
I
pulled
the
number
from
clark
county
fire
department
and
my
deputy
blackman
can
speak
to
this.
Personally,
the
we
had
43
total
firework
incidents
july
3rd
to
july
5th.
F
The
image
below
is
actually
from
2019,
where
we
had
an
incident
where
fireworks
got
discharged
while
on
the
street,
and
I
it
is
everywhere,
we
average
about
six
and
a
half
to
seven
fire
personnel
that
have
to
go
out
on
each
one
of
these
calls
and
those
costs
were
attributable
to
the
cost
of
our
crews
going
out
and
then
having
to
go
out
again.
F
We
are
trying
to
do
something.
Madam
chair,
I
know
many
of
you
live
in
southern
nevada,
know
that
we
put
together
this
eye
spy
website.
We've
had
it
in
place
since
2018..
We
put
this
up
as
an
alternative
to
calling
9-1-1
and
3-1-1
so
that
our
constituents
could
report
illegal
fireworks.
It
actually
helps
us
plan
because
we
can
track
where
they
are
and
plan
our
future
response
efforts.
F
We
have
a
link
in
there
if
you
have
a
copy
of
the
presentation,
that's
actually
a
dashboard
that
we
put
together
that
you
can
look
at
the
number
of
complaints
that
we
got
by
senate
and
assembly
district
you'll
see
here
that
the
what
we
saw
between
2019
and
2020,
even
with
the
pandemic,
we
saw
a
36.6,
a
36
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
complaints
that
we've
received,
and
I
can
tell
you
this.
This
is
the
number
of
people
who
actually
complained.
F
We
also
hear
anecdotal
evidence
that
people
do
not
complain
but
that
they
are
still
facing
this
in
their
community.
Here
I
have.
This
is
just
a
breakout.
What
you'll
see
in
that
dashboard?
I
actually
screenshotted
this
for
you,
so
you
could
see
for
our
members
in
southern
nevada.
Madam
chair,
your
senate
district
is
down
in
the
bottom
right.
In
light
purple,
we
had
922
reports
in
your
district.
Vice
chair
orange
shawl.
F
Europe,
in
the
top
in
the
brick
red
color,
we
had
1556
reports
on
the
right
in
the
dark,
green
slice,
senator
neil,
we
had
1046
reports
from
within
your
district
and
even
senator
koikichia
europe
you're
up
at
the
top
left
in
gray
with
348
reports.
The
highest.
The
district
with
the
highest
number
of
complaints
is
actually
your
colleague
senator
scheibel's
district
to
senate
district
9
had
3
900
complaints
logged
into
our
I
spy
system
between
july
3rd
to
the
5th
and
2020.
F
this
for
fireworks.
I
will
note
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
that,
while
I'm
presenting
clark,
county's
data,
the
trying
to
address
the
fireworks
in
our
community
is
a
regional
response.
F
Metro
is
very
much
our
partner
as
our
municipal
as
our
municipal
partners,
we
partner
with
the
city,
fire
departments,
city
building
and
fire
prevention
with
metro
clark
county
to
address
this.
What
I
want
to
highlight
here
is
that,
on
these
are
the
metro
statistics
you
can
see.
The
data
from
metro
shows
the
number
of
dispatch
calls.
The
bottom
row
is
the
computer
assisted
dispatch
and
that's
where
we
actually
sent
officers
out
on
these
calls
and
then
the
portion
of
fireworks
codes.
F
We
we
put
those
up
there,
so
you
can
see
that
between
july
3rd
and
july
5th,
really
three
years
in
a
row,
we
said
officers
are
responding.
One
in
five
calls
that
we
send
officers
out
are
attributable
to
fireworks.
F
We'll
just
note
here,
clark
county,
you
saw
in
the
presentation
that
we
track
regional
air
quality
and
you
can
see
that
orange
is
unhealthy
for
sensitive
groups
and
we
do
have
the
far
below
is
clark
county
air
quality
index
for
the
first
week
of
july
over
13
years-
and
you
see
we
have
been
in
in
the
unhealthy
air
quality,
so
it
does
fireworks.
F
Anecdotally,
we
have
heard
from
our
constituents
has
attributed
to
some
of
this
discomfort
that
they
feel
in
our
air
quality,
and
we
also
have
animal
services,
clark,
county
animal
control
over
the
last
three
calendar
years
for
the
period
of
june
28
to
july
7th.
On
average
we
responded
to
236
stray
or
loose
dog
calls.
F
Here
I
want
to
talk
about
our
enforcement,
because,
with
senate
bill
4,
you
can
see
in
the
bill
that
we
are
asking
for
stronger
penalties
for
the
ability
to
levy
stronger
penalties
or
a
range
of
stronger
penalties
that
we
could
set
by
our
ordinance.
That
is
the
intent
of
our
bill.
You
can
see
here.
This
is
the
don't
risk
it
we'll
take
it
kind
of
campaign.
I
said
you
let
it
we
write
it.
F
You
can
see
that
we
issue
citations,
that's
the
lowest
level
for
the
first
time
offense
is
250
currently
and
for
the
most
part
people
comply.
I
think
that
that's
really.
This
is
not
where
we
see
the
biggest
problem
or
what
a
problem
that
we
feel
like
we
need
to
fix
on
the
first
time
offense
or
on
these
lower
level,
neighborhood
citations
that
we
do.
F
But
I
will
tell
you
that
we
have
things
like
this
in
the
community,
where
we
have
large
volume
of
fireworks
that
are
brought
into
our
community
and
stored
and
with,
and
it
poses
a
very
significant
risk
and
danger
to
the
residents
of
clark
county,
the
fireworks
that
you
see
identified.
This
is
from
a
news
report
to
channel
8
of
a
case
that
we
had
where
they
were
calling
it
the
amazon
warehouse
of
fireworks
where
they
were
storing
what
are
defined
as
dangerous
fireworks
in
our
clark
county
code.
F
These
are
not
safe,
insane
fireworks
that
are
permitted
for
sale
and
use
in
our
community,
but
these
are
the
ones
that
would
be
that
would
be
discharged
should
be
discharged
under
controlled
environments
under
with
permits
and
the
fire
departments.
These
are
things
that
cannot
be
controlled,
that
shoot
up
into
the
air
that
you
can't
control
them,
and
then
they
they
cause
issues
for
us,
and
I
think
this
is
where
it
was.
F
You
can
see
that
where
those
the
fireworks
were
being
stored
was
really
adjacent
to
an
rv
park,
and
you
can
see
the
images
this
is
also
from
channel
8
news
report.
You
can
see
how
it
was
close
to
an
rv
park
into
a
residential
setting,
so
this
is
the
I
wanted
to
show
this
as
an
illustration.
Our
intent
with
this
bill
is
to
address
larger
volume.
F
We
need
to
do
something
about
the
larger
volume
and
of
dangerous
fireworks
that
are
coming
into
our
community,
and
this
is
offered
as
illustration
for
that
here's,
our
existing
code-
I
will
tell
you
this
is
where
we
are
all
retail
sales
and
retail
displays
of
fireworks
and
explosives
are
prohibited,
except
for
consumer
fireworks
that
we
call
safe
and
sane.
We
partner
with
the
manufacturers
every
year.
F
We,
the
safe
and
sane
process,
is
that
clark,
county
fire
department
and
regional
fire
departments
get
together
safe
and
sane
is
tested
and
labeled
as
such,
and
then
there
is
a
period
of
time
where
they
can
be
permitted
to
be
sold
in
our
community.
The
first
offense
here
I
want
to
show
you
that
we
do
tier
our
fines.
So
first
offense
is
250.
F
And
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
emphasize
I
really.
The
bill
is
very
simple,
madam
chair,
if
you'll
see
the
counties
under
nrs,
244
367
are
permitted
to
regulate
by
ordinance
the
sale,
use,
storage
and
possession
of
fireworks
and
to
provide
penalties
for
that
ordinance.
What
we
found
is
that
we
want
when
we
come
here
with
this
bill,
we
wanted
to
make
it
clear
that
we
would
be
able
to
impose
a
range
of
penalties.
F
The
fifty
thousand
000
dollar
figure
was
chosen
because
in
conversations
with
the
state
fire
marshal,
he
the
state
fire
marshal's
office
has
this
range
of
available
penalties
to
the
state
fire
marshal's
office.
I
guess
in
enforcing
his
code
and
also
on,
for
example,
unlicensed
commercial
displays
of
fireworks.
The
way
that
his
fines
work.
They
can
go
up
to
50
000,
but
they
are
tiered
much
as
our
existing
clark
county.
F
Fines
are
tiered
with
first
offense
second
offense
and
then
third
and
subsequent
offense
is
when
he
is
allowed
to
go
up
to
50
000.
It
would
be
my
intent
to
it
would
be
our
intent
to
probably
look
at
that
when
we
go
and
do
our
ordinance.
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
language
here
is
enabling
so
really
nothing
happens
until
unless
and
until
our
clark
county
commission
gives
us
instruction
to
reopen
our
ordinance.
F
We
would
then
have
a
conversation
at
the
local
level
about
the
fines
and
may
how
they
could
be
tiered
to
be
proportionate
to
the
level
of
or
volume
of
dangerous
fireworks
that
are
in
our
community
and
that
ordinance
process
has
a
business
impact
statement
and
public
hearing,
so
we
will
then
be
able
to
work
with
members
of
our
community
and
stakeholders
on
that
fine.
We,
I
did
receive
a
message,
madam
chair,
during
this
meeting,
that
I've
had
conversations
with
the
aclu
and
about
this,
and
they
have
said
that
they
are
neutral.
F
I
don't
want
to
speak.
I'm
reading
the
text
from
ms
welborn
at
the
aclu
that
she
said
she
has
to
jump,
but
that
we
really
talk
to
her
about
during
when
we
have
this
process
that
we
will
engage
with
stakeholders
about
the
level
of
the
fines
I
and
then
we
can
work
on
tiering
and
imposing
guard
rails
there.
Our
intent
is
not
to
impose
overly
punitive
fines
on
individual
homeowners.
F
Instead,
we
are
asking
for
the
flexibility
to
address
the
higher
volume
of
possession
and
in
our
and
the
intent
and
when
people
are
bringing
really
dangerous
fireworks
into
our
community
and
that
are
in
violation
of
our
existing
policy.
So
that's
really
our
intent.
I
do
want
to
also
note,
while
I
have
the
microphone
there
I
wanted
to
say
I
wanted
to
encourage
you
to
read
the
letter
that
was
submitted
with
this
bill.
F
Madam
chair,
there
was
a
a
survivor
from
the
one
october
incident
who
wanted
to
testify
today
about
the
impact
that
she
faces
on
illegal
fireworks,
but
she
was
not
able
to
be
here
so
she
submitted
her
testimony
for
the
record,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
ms
davis
for
sharing
her
story.
It
was
a
very
brave
thing
to
do
and
I
told
her
that
I
would
note
that
for
the
record-
and
that's
really
concludes
my
presentation.
I
don't
know
if
chief
blackman
has
anything
to
add.
I
apologize
chief
blackman.
F
A
B
I
would
only
like
to
echo
what
joanna
had
mentioned
and,
and
just
let
you
know
for
those
of
you
that
do
live
down
in
the
south.
I'm
sure
that
you
have
looked
out
your
your
community
outside
your
communities
on
4th
of
july,
and
you
see
the
many
fireworks
displays
that
are
going
on
all
over
the
valley,
most
of
which
are
not
permitted,
but
they
are
shooting
fireworks
into
the
sky
and
in
general
they
are
looking
to
us
as
the
fire
department
to
be
doing
something
about
that.
B
B
B
A
You
thank
you
so
much
for
the
important
information.
Okay
with
that
we'll
start
with
senator
hanson.
E
Thanks,
madam
chair,
actually
a
bunch
of
questions.
You
had
22
559
complaints
in
2020,
yet
you
only
issue
21
citations.
I
mean.
I
don't
really
see
why
you
need
to
gra
expand
the
law
when
the
existing
law
is
not
being
enforced
now,
so
that
this
is
so
grossly
disproportionate
that
it
frankly
shoots
down
all
your
arguments.
Secondly,
the
idea
that
the
guy
that
had
20
000
pounds
of
fireworks
there,
surely
that
guy
got
more
than
a
misdemeanor
ticket
for
250
bucks.
E
I
mean,
if
that
guy
didn't
go
to
prison
for
that
or
something
a
whole
lot
more
serious
on
the
criminal
side.
I'd
be
really
shocked,
so
the
the
the
reasoning
behind
this
bill,
just
frankly,
doesn't
make
sense.
When
you
look
at
these
numbers,
the
number
of
citations
issued
there's
just
there's
just
something
there
that
I'm
missing.
Unless
can
somebody
like
me
a
little
bit
why,
with
22
000
complaints,
you'll
have
21
tickets,
and
could
you
tell
me
what
the
penalty
that
gentleman
received
had
20
000
pounds
of
fireworks?
E
F
Madam
chair
joanna
jacob
government
affairs
manager
clark
county
for
the
record
I'll
start
with
the
number
of
citations
versus
the
versus
the
number
of
complaints.
The
truth
is
senator
hansen,
you're
right.
F
I
we
to
we
we
go
out,
and
I
know
I
have
metro
here
testifying
on
this,
and
so
this
may
be
something
they
may
be
able
to
elaborate
on
because
they
go
out
or
perhaps
chief
blackman
can
elaborate
on
this,
because
when
we
went
out
with
the
when
we
originally
debuted
I
spy,
we
had
teams
of
metro
and
fire
that
went
out
to
investigate
these
complaints
and
it
is
difficult
to
enforce
in
a
sense
because
we
have
to
identify
the
responsible
party.
They
are
they're,
not
easy
calls
to
go.
F
We
they
end
up
having
to
do
some
investigation
at
the
site
and
that's
what
how
it's
been
explained
to
me
that
sometimes
that
get
can
be
an
issue.
I
think
that
what
we
are
by
giving
you
the
example
of
the
complaints,
the
number
that
we
have.
It's
also
a
matter
of
resources
that
we
have
fire
responding
to
43
fires,
and
we
have
metro
out
trying
to
trying
to
get
out
there.
We
just
can't
we
don't
have
the
I
I
don't
know.
F
Chief
blackman
of
you
would
agree
it's
a
matter
of
resource
in
trying
to
address
all
of
the
complaints
when
we
know
that
it
is
it's
just
rampant
in
our
community
on
the
gentleman
who
the
case
that
I
cited
actually
the
I
actually
pulled
this
because
it
was.
It
actually
was
a
court
case
where
we
actually
confiscated
the
and
then
the
gentleman
sued
us
right.
So
that's
how
we
ended
up
in
court
and
what
happened
there
is
that
he
was.
F
We
actually
was
ordered
to
pay
restitution
to
the
county
for
the
cost,
and
that
was
distributed
to
metro
and
everything
and
then
the
the
under
the
terms
of
the
agreement
that
was
negotiated
in
court.
All
of
those
fireworks
were
actually
tran
were
taken
out
of
the
county
to.
I
think
that
they
went
to
a
neighboring
reservation.
E
Okay,
let
me
understand
the
reason
here:
you
lack
resources
so
by
increasing
the
penalties
up
to
50
000.
Are
you
then
saying
like
with
a
21
tickets?
You
get
50
000
those
21
tickets,
and
then
you
can
afford
to
add
additional
personnel
during
the
july
4th
weekend
I
mean
I'm
not
seeing
the
relationship
to
what
how
bumping
up
the
50
000
potentially
is
going
to
add
to
the
ability
to
expand
your
your
personnel
on
the
ground
in
the
critical
window
of
july
4.
F
Thank
you,
senator
hansen,
that's
an
excellent
question.
This
is
joanna
jacob
government
affairs
manager
for
clark
county.
You
saw
in
the
presentation
that
that
yolanda
king
gave
if
the
fines
and
fees
do
make
up
a
part
of
our
general
fund.
General
fund
goes
to
public
safety.
I
think
that
what
I'm
trying
to
say
here,
I
think,
is
that
also
there
is
a
deterrent
nature
of
the
fine.
F
I
think
that
I
would
like
to
talk
about
when
we
talk
about
this
level
of
complaints
in
our
community,
and
I
don't
want
we're
not
in
the
we're
not
trying
to
churn
fines.
I
guess
it's
what
I
would
like
to
say
to
generate
more
resources.
F
I
think
that
the
issue
is
that
we
want
to
send
a
message
to
the
community
that
this
is
a
very
dangerous
activity
and
that
the
the
shrieker
for
this
activity,
if
you
continue
for
subsequent
events
like,
for
example
in
their
state
fire
marshals,
that
it
will
be
taken
seriously.
I
There
and
senator
hanson
hit
on
a
little
bit.
I
was
you
know,
just
wondering
what
the
penalty
was
to
the
guy.
In
the
way.
I
understood
the
numbers
we're
talking
about
110.
yeah.
I
I
I
would
have
thought
that,
like
senator
hansen,
that
almost
would
have
been
jail
time
and
again,
miss
jacobs,
then
exactly
what
did
he
pay
other
than
court
costs.
F
One
second
senator
goichia,
I'm
trying
to
pull
the
information
here.
I
think
that
the
charges
when
there
was
a
negotiated
deal
I'd
have
to
I
don't
actually
don't
have
the
dollar
amount
in
front
of
me.
I'd
be
happy
to
follow
up
with
you,
sir,
after
this
meeting
and
I
apologize
madam
chair
for
not
having
the
dollar
amount,
the
restitution,
I
know
that
it
was
a
restitution
that
was
split
between
the
jurisdictions
that
had
to
do,
and
I
think
part
of
it
also
was
that
the
the
fireworks
were
being
stored
right.
F
So
the
really
we
have
to
identify
the
individual,
and
that
was
what
we
did
was
go
in
and
confiscate
it
right,
and
then
that
was
the
posture
of
the
case.
I
think
so
I'm
happy,
madam
chair,
to
follow
up
with
very
specific
details
about
that
case.
To
answer
this
question,
I'm
sorry
that
I
I
don't
have
the
dollar
amount
of
the
restitution
today.
I
Oh,
that
would
be
fine
and
you
don't
have
to
go
too
far.
It's
just
a
number
100
ton
of
fireworks
in
las
vegas
is
huge
and,
of
course,
this
is
going
to
go
through
the
ordinance
process
and
maybe
I'll
look
to
senator
neal
who's,
the
legal
minders
or
vice
chair
orange
hall.
But
what
is
under
the
ordinance
process?
What
normally
would
be
the
maximum
fine?
I
would
have
thought
10
000
would
have
been
and
that
should
have
been
a
significant
deterrent
as
well.
I
But
I'm
curious,
do
you
know
what
your
normal
penalty
would
be
under
an
ordinance.
F
Senator
guacachia,
this
is
joanna.
I
think
what
you're
asking
me
is
about
any
any
of
our
county
ordinances.
What
the
typical
penalty
is
yeah.
What
would
that
range?
Normally.
I
Be
yeah,
you
know
I
would
think
50
000
is,
you
know,
that's
a
huge
huge
fine.
I
would
have
thought
normally
through
the
ordinance
process
and
typically
they're.
You
know
30
days
in
jail
and
a
thousand
dollars
or
something
like
that
under
the
violation
of
an
ordinance,
and
so
I
was
just
curious
why
he
landed
on
the
50
rather
than
say,
10
000.,
which
would
be
pretty
hard
to
pocket
for
you
know,
even
if
it
was
second
or
third
offense
to
shoot
environment.
C
Madame
this
is
yolanda
king
from
clark
county.
I
can
maybe
add
to
that
a
little
bit.
Please
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
So
senator
the
250
to
1
000
from
my
understanding
is
the
maximum
amount
that
we
in
clark
county
and
that
spans
to
our
other
fines
and
fees
that
we
apply.
C
C
The
bill
is
being
presented
to
be
able
to
go
above
that
because
the
250
to
1
000,
obviously
in
certain
situations,
doesn't
really
you
know,
lend
itself
to
you
know
a
penalty
in
terms
of
you
know
certain
individuals
that
get
caught
and
then,
if
you
don't
mind,
I'd
also
like
to
kind
of
jump
back
on
the
actual
complaints,
so
in
2018
the
ispy
app
was
created
or
built,
and
the
intent
of
the
the
app
at
that
time
was
to
assess
really
what
the
problem
is
throughout
our
community.
C
Prior
to
the
application
being
you
know
created,
we
did
not
have
any
idea
of
the
number
of
complaints
or
or
where
I
mean
we
could
see
visually
what
was
occurring,
but
the
intent
initially
was
recognizing
that
at
least
to
gather
information
so
that
we
can
see.
You
know
how
large
of
an
issue
this
is,
and
in
addition
to
that,
it
was
also
created
to
direct
or
redirect
calls
from
the
911
or
our
311..
We
needed
to
leave
those
lines
open
for
for
emergencies,
so
2018
absolutely
in
2019.
C
It
was
just
more
of
an
application
to
for
clark
county
and
our
partners
to
be
able
to
assess
what
the
problem
was,
which
is
why
you
don't
see
a
lot
of
of
citations
that
were
written
because
we
were
just
trying
to
assess
what
the
problem
was.
I
hope
that
answers
that
question.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
if
I
just
follow
up
real
quick
on
that
and
then
thank
you,
ms
king,
I
appreciate
it.
I
I
guess
what
I'm
struggling
with
at
the
point.
You've
got
even
a
ton
of
fireworks
and
if
they
are
in
fact
dangerous
and
let's
be
honest,
you
can
go
to
wyoming
and
buy
a
cruise
missile
up
there
and
bring
it
down
and
call
it
fireworks.
It's
just
the
way
it
is,
but
at
the
point
you've
got
something
that
dangerous
or
a
ton
of
fireworks.
I
Then
there
should
be
something
else
kick
in.
Besides
just
you
know
it's
against
the
law
to
set
off
fireworks,
so
I
I
guess
I'm
kind
of
struggling
with
it
and
I
did
talk
to
your
staff
and
I
appreciated
miss
king.
You
know
where
you're
headed-
and
I
also
don't
want
to
encourage
the
ir
chairwoman
kirkpatrick
on
this,
but
because
I
know
it's
near
and
dear
to
her,
but
you
know
it's
just.
It
seems
like
a
little
overkill
at
the
point.
You've
got
something
that
big
and
that
much
of
it
not
dangerous.
A
Thank
you
very
much
senator
gokuchiya.
I
will
go
to
vice
chair
archaeol.
G
Thank
you
chair
and
I
commend
clark
county
for
bringing
this
bill.
You
know
I
represent
a
large
large
part
of
my
district's
unincorporated
clark
county
and
every
year.
Fourth
of
july
time
I
hear
from
my
constituents
we're
concerned
about
it
hear
from
veterans
hear
from
animal
lovers,
who's
whose
pets
have
run
away,
and
I
thank
you
for
bringing
the
bill.
I
appreciate
the
intent
of
the
bill
and
I
appreciate
you
working
with
you,
know,
aclu
and
everybody
else
that
can
might
have
concerns
about.
You
know
the
amounts.
G
One
question
I
have
you
know
most
of
the
of
these
non-safe
insane
fireworks
are
being
purchased
on
on
the
reservations
or
in
the
counties
that
that
that
don't
have
a
safe
and
sane
requirement,
and
I
just
wonder
what
kind
of
cooperation
do
you
feel
your
clark
county
is
getting
from
those
reservations
from
the
counties
in
terms
of
informing
the
purchasers
that
that
when
they
buy
those
that
they're
not
they're
not
supposed
to
bring
them
into
clark
county,
because
I'm
sure
many
people
know
that
and
are
violating
the
law.
G
But
I
also
think
maybe
some
people
don't
don't
get
it
when
they
drive
out
to
the
reservation
and
or
drive
out
to
one
of
our
neighboring
counties
that
don't
have
a
safe
and
sane
firework
requirement.
I
just
wonder
if
anybody
could
comment
on
what
kind
of
cooperation
you
see
coming
from
the
reservations
and
from
those
those
counties
that
don't
have
a
safe
and
safe
firework
requirement.
F
So,
madam
chair,
through
you
joanna
jacob
government
affairs
manager
to
the
vice
chair,
I
will
start
and
then
I
will
see
if
ms
king
or
chief
blackman
may
have
some
specifics
to
offer.
We
do
collaborate
regionally
on
and
to
try
and
get
the
awareness
out,
because
again,
our
intent
is
just
to
educate
about
about
the
ordinance
and
about
what
is
safe
and
sane.
So
you
saw
a
picture
of
that
campaign.
In
my
presentation.
F
We
do
work
with
the
with
the
jurisdictions
to
try
and
get
that
the
word
out,
and
you
saw
in
that
campaign-
we'll
say
if
you
purchase
it
outside
of
clark
county.
It
is
likely
illegal
in
in
clark
county
right
and
we
try
and
educate
about
what
that
is
and
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
effort.
That
goes
into
that.
I
think
that
we
welcome-
and
I
know
chief
blackman
probably
can
say
this-
welcome
the
participation.
F
I
certainly
have
had
the
fireworks
manufacturers
who
have
who
have
stepped
up
and
wanted
to
meet
and
say
how
can
they
be
part
of
the
solution
right
because
they
recognize
that
there
is
a
problem
in
clark
county.
So
we
are
having
those
conversations
miss
king
or
chief
blackman.
Do
you
have
anything
to
add.
C
I'm
yolanda
king,
representing
clark
county,
just
to
add
to
that
I
mean
early
on
in
the
process
when
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
how
do
we
assess
what
the
problem
is?
C
There
were
some
conversations,
particularly
that
I
recall,
with
nye
county
with
regard
to
it
being
legal
there,
but
illegal
here
in
clark,
county
and
trying
to
figure
out
if
there
was
obviously
some
way
that
we
can
try
to
coordinate
and
and
work
through,
our
both
our
communities
in
terms
of
what's
allowed
and
what's
not
allowed,
but
from
what
I
recall,
it
obviously
didn't
go
very
far,
but
recognizing
that
this
is
a
very
large
revenue
source
for
nye,
county
pre-pandemic.
Of
course.
C
So
you
know
you
kind
of
have
the
balancing
of
okay,
it's
illegal
in
clark
county,
but
it
is
legal
in
my
county
and
then
how
do
you
balance
the
nia
county
and
the
revenue
that
it
generates
without
impacting
that,
so
we
we
absolutely
did
have
those
conversations,
but
that's
as
far
as
it
went.
It's
just
conversations.
G
The
answer-
and
I
certainly
hope
that
the
reservations
in
the
counties
that
don't
have
the
safe
and
sane
requirement
will
try
to
make
sure
they
notify
purchasers
that
it's
not
legal
in
clark,
county.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that
vice
chair
hall,
additional
questions,
senator
neil.
Thank
you.
B
Madam
chair,
so
this
has
been
a
great
conversation.
I
I've
been
listening,
how
you
don't
want
to
hit
the
regular
citizen,
but
you
want
to
go
after
the
big
offender.
B
What
I
don't
see
in
the
bill
is
what's
the
possession
issue
if
you
find
a
17
year
old,
who
went
out
to
the
reservation
and
buy
fireworks
because
that's
an
age
issue
right,
and
so
how
are
you
going
to
deal
with
that?
B
The
second
issue,
when
you
talk
about
the
business
impact
statement-
and
you
say
well,
it's
going
to
be
proportionate,
proportionate
to
what
proportionate
to
the
34
thousand
dollars.
That's
expended
proportionate
to
the
20
000
calls,
but
only
21
citations.
What
effects
are
you
measuring
it
to
to
then
make
sure
that
the
business
impact
statement
number
one
is
fair
and
it's
rationally
related
to
the
actual
data
that
is
being
presented,
because
the
data
that
you
presented
somebody
can
make
the
argument
that
it's
proportional
to
the
animals
that
left
their
home
and
were
picked
up.
B
So
I
think
there
I
think,
you'd
be
better
served
with
some
clarity.
Everyone
has
already
talked
about
the
50
000
fine,
I
hate
it.
I
don't
like
it,
but
I
think
there
are
some
other
things
that
you
need
to
clarify
and
narrow
in
this
bill
so
that
it
is
not
so
broad
and
people
are
not
clear
on
storage
and
I'm
getting
a
fine
because
you
happen
to
some
neighbor
was
like
well,
I
saw
a
big
box
of
fireworks
in
my
neighbor's
yard
and
now
all
of
a
sudden
metro
is
showing
up
and
they're
saying.
B
Well,
the
fine
could
be
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
they're
trying
to
figure
out.
Is
that
offense
worth
it
for
storing
the
firework
on
july
2nd
and
it
being
noticed
because
you
have
a
knowledge
intent.
You
said
if
you
know
that
it
was
illegal
and
then
you
stored
it
or
you
possessed
it
and
then
there's
no
age
limit.
F
I
can
understand
senator
neil
it's
an
excellent
statement
that
you
made
it's
actually
what
the
type
of
thing
that
we
would
probably
be
having
the
conversation
that
we'd
be
having
at
the
local
level
when
we
set
this
ordinance
right,
and
so
I
certainly
will
take
this
feedback,
and
we
can
certainly
work
to
address
those
concerns.
I
think
that
the
existing
language
that
was
in
statute
before
we
brought
this
was
broad
and
talked
about
storage
and
those
things
right
and
then
the
fine
levels
were
set
at
in
the
ordinance.
F
So
I
think
what
would
be
helpful
is
for
me
to
take
a
look
at
like
how
we
define
it
in
the
ordinance,
and
certainly
you
made
your
that
very
clear.
So
we
can
take
a
look
and
see
if
we
can
narrow
it.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
The
age
question
is
an
excellent
one.
Centered
in
india
additional
questions
from
the
committee.
A
I
don't
see
any
right
now
so
with
that
we
will
hear
testimony
in
support
of
senate
bill
4
and
as
a
reminder
to
the
testifiers.
You
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes
and
you're
encouraged
to
summarize
that
bps
is
there.
Anyone
on
the
line
in
support.
J
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
vincent
guthro,
v-I-n-s-o-n
g-u-t-h-r-e-a-u.
K
I
serve
as
the
deputy
director
of
naco
the
nevada
association
of
counties,
and
we
are
testifying
in
support
of
sb4,
which
addresses
and
provides
clarification
around
the
issue
of
illegal
fireworks
counties
currently
have
the
authority
to
regulate
fireworks
and
different
counties
across
the
state
address
fireworks
in
different
ways.
Some
allow
fireworks
and
others
do
not,
and
we
support
the
clarification
provided
in
this
bill
that
would
enable
counties
to
increase
the
penalties
on
those
who
impact
the
public's
health
and
safety
by
violating
fireworks
ordinances.
K
We
understand
that
the
purpose
of
this
bill
is
to
increase
the
tools
available
to
counties
to
ensure,
especially
during
the
summer
and
holiday
season,
that
people
are
kept
safe.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
association
that
represents
all
of
nevada's
17
counties,
we
support
sb4
and
date
clark
county
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
J
L
C-H-R-I-S-T-I-C-A-B-R-E-R-A,
I
am
the
policy
and
advocacy
director
for
the
nevada
conservation
league
here
in
support
of
sb4.
Around
90
percent
of
wildfires
in
the
united
states
are
human
caused
and
illegal
fireworks
are
a
common
culprit.
Human-Caused
wildfires,
combined
with
climate
change,
making
the
west
hotter
and
drier,
is
leading
to
larger,
more
intense
wildfires.
L
Last
year's
fire
season
set
new
records
in
terms
of
geographic
scale,
fire
intensity
and
racial
spread.
In
2020
alone,
human
humans
caused
over
540
wildfires
in
nevada
burning
over
222
thousand
acres.
These
fires
have
disastrous
impacts
on
natural
areas,
areas
and
wildlife,
habitat
and
the
pollution
effects
from
the
smoke
are
hazardous
to
our
health.
Sb4
will
give
local
governments
another
tool
to
help
stop
illegal
fireworks,
which
will
hopefully
lead
to
less
wildfires
in
our
state.
We
urge
your
support.
Thank
you.
J
N
N
I
think
the
issue
that
I
would
like
to
express
is
that
the
las
vegas
valley
is,
of
course,
a
very
urban
environment
and
we
have
a
dense
population
base
and
the
purpose
behind
safe
and
sane
fireworks
is
to
protect
that
population
base,
and
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
deal
with
is
that
surrounding
counties
and
certain
jurisdictions
within
our
county.
Don't
have
the
same
restrictions,
because
they
don't
have
the
same
issues
and
concerns
so
because
of
that
we
have
an
influx
of
what
is
not
legal
fireworks
within
our
community.
N
N
First,
we
have
to
locate
the
unsafe
fireworks
that
don't
meet
our
requirements
for
safe
and
sane,
and
then
we
have
to
conduct
an
investigation,
identify
the
parties
that
are
responsible
and
pound
the
illegal
fireworks,
which
is
not
an
easy
task
either
because
they're
flammable
we
couple
with
the
clark
county
fire
department
and
other
jurisdictions
to
accomplish
this
goal.
But
it's
not
quick,
I
I
would
venture
to
say
that
it's
anywhere
from
45
minutes
to
an
hour
at
least
to
conduct
one
investigation
that
ends
in
a
citation
beyond
that.
N
I
think
I
would
just
be
reiterating
what's
already
been
spoken,
I
would
like
to
express
our
support
once
again
for
this
measure
and
and
thank
the
committee
chair
for
this.
Thank
you.
J
E
Hi,
my
name
is
jeff
dixon,
that
is
juliet
echo
foxtrot,
foxtrot
delta,
indigo
x-ray,
austria
november
from
the
humane
society
of
the
united
states,
where
I'm
state
director,
the
humane
society
of
the
united
states,
urges
support
for
this
bill.
Madam
chair
and
committee
members,
any
animal
control
and
sheltering
professional
will
tell
you
that
strays
and
intake
for
them
spiked
around
july
4th
and
new
year's
eve,
due
to
the
great
number
of
neighborhood
fireworks
displays
around
those
holidays.
E
There
are
many
more
at
home
who
are
petrified,
and
I
touch
on
some
of
the
ways
that
that
manifests
itself.
In
the
letter
that
I
submitted,
I
won't
go
into
the
details
here,
but
84
obviously
allows
governments
to
enact
fireworks
laws
that
protect
animals,
freedom
from
human
cause,
distress
and
fear,
which
in
turn
will
keep
many
animals
together
with
their
human
families
and
substantially
reduce
the
burden
felt
around
the
holidays
by
our
animal
control,
and
sheltering
professionals
are
already
working
under
great
resource
constraints.
J
E
E
In
fact,
as
a
side
note,
one
in
one
local
case,
a
judge
returned
a
large
amount
of
illegal
fireworks
to
an
individual
charged
with
the
person
violating
our
current
ordinance.
This
bill
will
give
counties
more
tools,
especially
to
go
after
those
who
sell
or
possess
large
amounts
of
illegal
fireworks.
J
L
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
senate
government
affairs
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
ariel
edwards
a-r-I-e-l-l-e
e-d-w-a-r-d-s
and
I
am
the
government
affairs
specialist
at
the
city
of
north
las
vegas,
I'm
calling
in
on
behalf
of
councilman
churchill.
He
extends
his
sincerest
apologies
for
being
unable
to
call
in
himself
as
he
is
currently
serving
north
las
vegas
in
a
council
meeting.
L
L
I
would
like
to
thank
the
primary
bill
sponsor
clark
county
for
working
on
this
important
piece
of
legislation
and
extend
my
gratitude
to
chair
don
dara
loop
and
the
committee
for
holding
this
hearing.
During
my
time
in
office.
I
have
worked
to
ensure
that
north
las
vegas
residents
continue
to
thrive
in
our
great
state.
This
piece
of
legislation
addresses
an
important
issue
in
regards
to
illegal
use
of
fireworks.
L
J
O
O
O
O
That's
a
better
solution
than
others
that
have
been
proposed
in
the
past.
In
our
opinion,
on
behalf
of
red
apple
fireworks,
same
thing,
we've
made
the
same
commitment.
Red
apple
remains
committed
to
working
with
both
the
sponsor
and
the
chair
and
the
committee
on
this
bill.
We
do
share
some
of
the
concerns
raised
by
the
committee
members
and
others
just
related
to
the
the
amount
of
the
fine
and
and
precisely
what
it
would
apply
to,
but
I
think
we're
confident
we
can
work
through
those
issues.
J
J
J
J
J
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Can
we
move
to
opposition
please.
J
J
J
M
M
S-U-S-A-N-F-I-S-H-E-R
with
mcdonald
carano
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
phantom
fireworks,
which
has
two
legal
fireworks
stores
in
my
county,
we're
not
opposed
to
the
stated
intent
of
the
bill,
but
I
am
testifying
in
reluctant
opposition
to
sb4
as
currently
written.
We've
spoken
with
ms
jacob
and
company
officials
have
reached
out
in
recent
months
to
officials
in
southern
nevada
to
look
for
ways
to
address
the
concerns
expressed
by
clark
county.
M
But
the
language
of
this
bill
is
far
too
broad
and
the
fine
too
high
it's
punitive
without
any
substantiation.
We
understand
that.
Sometimes
you
need
a
bigger
hammer,
but
as
written
the
bill
enables
a
local
governmental
entity
to
charge
a
licensed
store
up
to
50
000
for
various
infractions
on
the
first
offense.
M
M
There
need
to
be
some
guardrails
in
there
to
to
make
sure
that
if
an
inspector
is
having
a
bad
day,
they
don't
go
in
and
slap
the
store
with
a
very
high
fine,
because,
as
the
bill
is
written,
this
isn't
just
going
after
people.
It
doesn't
just
impact
someone
who
is
using
fireworks
illegally.
M
So
we
want
to
be
part
of
the
solution
in
helping
clark,
county
and
the
other
entities,
control
illegal
sales
and
activity,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
ms
jacob
and
county
officials
to
do
so,
and
hopefully
we
will
be
able
to
move
to
support.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
your
time
and
indulgence.
A
J
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record.
My
name
is
alison
jenko,
a-l-l-I-s-o-n
g-e-n-c-o
with
ferrari
public
affairs
representing
area
51
fireworks.
We
are
testifying
in
opposition
to
sb4
as
we
have
concerns
regarding
the
fines
and
imposed,
as
stated
in
the
language
we
have
proactively
reached
out
to
municipal
and
state
fire
agencies.
Regarding
this
issue,
we
appreciate
miss
jacob
from
clark
county
taking
time
to
explain
the
intent
and
her
willingness
to
work
with
us.
L
J
J
J
J
J
K
Okay,
my
name
is
george
mayfield
g-e-o-r-g-e
e
l.
I
I
support
the
intent
of
this
bill,
but
I
think
that
it
it
needs
to
be
at
a
point.
That's
really
going
to
be
effective
to
actually
go
after
my
neighbors
that
create
a
condition
where
my
my
neighborhood
is
like
a
war
zone.
It
is
like
a
war
zone
and
in
nye
county,
I
believe,
there's
seven
fireworks
stores
and
it's
not
a
very
big
county
and
even
in
nye
county
last
year,
the
sheriff
tweeted,
please
people
quit
shooting
off
these
fireworks.
K
It's
out
of
control
and
nye
county
being
trump
is
not
only
like
a
distributor.
It's
like
it's
like
an
outlaw
region
where
people
go
to
buy
the
fireworks
and
it's
not
about
them,
not
knowing
they're
illegal.
They
know
they're
legal.
They
not
only
come
from
clark
county,
they
come
from
california.
It's
the
distribution
point
for
the
entire
region.
Here
of
illegal
fireworks
and,
like
I
said
it's
like
a
war
zone
and
there's
nothing
I
can
do.
I
called
I
I
do
the
I
spy
fireworks.
I
call
there's
nothing.
K
I
can
do
if
my
neighbors
right
next
door
me
shooting
explosives
at
my
house.
All
I
can
do
is
ask
them
to
stop
and
they
don't
stop.
They
don't
care
they're
drinking,
they
just
say
I'm
trying
to
ruin
their
fun.
We
need
to
have
tools
given
to
the
police
so
that
they
can
enforce
them
and
shut
this
down
and
and
the
21
citations
they
can
do
better
than
that.
We
all
know
they
can
do
better
than
that.
K
We
need
some
teeth
and
some
real
laws
with-
maybe
maybe
maybe
maybe
50
000-
is
too
much,
but
maybe
it
should
be
a
thousand
dollars
if
you're
having
a
party
and
shooting
fireworks
off
from
your
house
250
they
don't
care,
they
have
30
people
in
in
in
lawn
chairs,
while
they're
shooting
off
fireworks
for
three
hours.
They
don't
care
about
a
250
dollar.
Fine,
the
fines
need
to
be
bigger
and
the
police
need
to
actually
give
the
citations
out
they
they
they.
K
They
need
to
figure
out
a
way.
They
don't
need
to
be
colombo,
but
they
need
to
be
smarter
than
these
fireworks
people
and
nye
county
needs
to
quit.
Being
the
distributor
for
the
entire
five-state
region
for
illegal
fireworks,
so
this
may
not
be
the
right
bill.
We
need
to
find
the
right
bill.
We
need
to
find
the
right
rules
and
the
right
laws.
Thank
you.
J
K
Hello,
I'm
will
adler
with
silver
state
government
relations
representing
the
pyramid.
Lake
paiute
tribe,
private
lake
would
like
to
testify
and
neutral
on
this
bill.
As
we
can
tell,
this
is
a
county-related
bill
and
there's
a
county
implementation
bill,
but
it
does
have
some
general
concerns
and
implications
for
what
fireworks
should
be
in
the
state
of
nevada
going
forward,
and-
and
you
know,
the
intent
is
clear
that
this
is
to
levy
heavier
fines
against
larger
violators
of
fire
over
crimes.
K
As
you
know,
senator
hansen
did
indicate,
but
the
bill
does
seem
to
need-
maybe
possibly
some
additional
language
there.
But
truman
lake
is
going
to
testify
at
neutral
at
this
state
because
we
understand
the
risks
of
fireworks
and
that
us
selling
parks
does
pose
a
risk
and
we
do
tend
to
inform
those
who
purchase
them
on
the
reservation
that
there
is
substantial
risk
that
they
use
them
off
the
reservation
or
take
them
home
with
them.
K
So
would
you
try
and
participate
in
the
safe
firework
practices
in
in
nevada
when
possible,
but
we
do
sell
a
lot
of
them
and
and
would
like
to
see
maybe
some
more
plushie
on
the
language
but
understand
that
we
are
in
neutral
on
this
issue
as
red.
Thank
you
very
much.
J
F
A
P
Thank
you,
chairwoman,
don
darrell,
loop
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record
justin
harrison
representing
clark
county.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
hear
this
build
today.
I
know
you've
got
a
long
agenda
and
will
attempt
to
be
as
timely
as
possible.
I
would
like
to
note
that
jim
anderson
clark,
county
code
enforcement
administrator
is
here
with
me
today
via
zoom
and
will
be
available
for
part
of
the
presentation
and
to
answer
any
questions.
P
So,
madam
chair,
your
pleasure,
I
will
share
my
screen
and
a
brief
presentation.
If
that's
okay,
to
get
started.
A
A
C
F
P
So,
thank
you
again,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record.
Justin
harrison
j-u-s-t-I-n
h-a-r-r-I-s-o-n,
representing
clark
county
again
want
to
thank
the
committee
for
scheduling
the
bill
for
hearing
today.
We
prepared
a
short
presentation
to
give
you
an
overview
and
a
really
a
purpose
for
why
this
bill
was
brought
forward
and
to
run
through
the
changes
that
are
considered
to
be
made
in
nrs
244.
P
I'd
also
like
to
mention
here
at
the
onset
there.
There
are
two
proposed
amendments
that
have
been
uploaded
in
ellis,
one
that
we
have
submitted
on
behalf
of
clark
county
that
was
developed
after
conversations
with
members
of
this
committee
as
well
as
interested
stakeholders,
and
the
second
is
a
friendly
amendment
from
the
city
of
las
vegas
and
the
nevada
league
of
cities.
P
So,
to
get
started
just
a
little
background,
the
idea
for
sb-57
was
driven.
I
apologize
was
driven
out
of
constituent
complaints
and
really
a
frustration
from
our
board
here,
our
board
of
county
commissioners.
P
These
complaints
were
about
specific
repeat,
violations
of
county
code
and
the
county
hasn't
been
able
to
take
any
further
action
to
gain
compliance
with
those
those
local
ordinances
that
have
been
been
in
violation.
P
As
a
brief
overview,
sp
57
would
give
permissive
authority
to
the
county
to
establish,
by
ordinance
for
certain
unpaid
fines
and
fees,
for
the
violation
of
the
county
ordinance
to
be
made
a
special
assessment
on
the
tax
roll.
These
special
assessments
would
then
be
collected
through
the
property
tax
process.
P
In
section,
one
of
the
bill
makes
these
changes
section
sections
two
and
three
would
eliminate
the
time
frame.
Requirements
of
180
days
or
12
months
as
set
forth
in
nrs,
244,
3603
and
244.3605.
P
The
county's
worked
extremely
hard.
I
think
the
committee
heard
during
the
the
initial
presentation
from
miss
king
that
the
counties
worked
very
hard
under
these.
These
difficult
economic
conditions
and
circumstances
to
keep
folks
in
their
home
and
really
what
our
board
is
looking
to
do
is
for
the
ability
to
address
a
matter
of
local
concern,
to
be
responsive
to
constituent
complaints
and
to
bring
those
not
choosing
to
observe
local
ordinances
into
compliance.
P
This
chart
will
give
you
a
little
perspective
on
the
number
and
types
of
complaints
received
by
code
enforcement
during
the
last
year.
The
table
shown
on
the
current
slide
provides
an
annual
representation
of
code
enforcement
violations
related
to
property.
It's
broken
down
by
the
number
of
fines.
The
number
of
cases
opened
and
the
percentage
of
cases
resulting
in
fees
by
by
unique
address
I'll
note
that
in
2020
the
total
number
of
cases
opened
with
clark
county
code
enforcement
was
10
620..
P
The
total
number
of
unique
properties
to
which
fines
were
issued
was
one
thousand
one
hundred
and
one
giving
a
total
percentage
of
unique
properties
resulting
in
fines
at
just
over
nine
and
a
half
percent.
P
So
really,
I
think
what
we
would
like
to
illustrate
here
I
apologize,
the
slides
are
jumping
is
that
the
intent
really
is
compliance.
These
aren't.
These
are
not
fines
or
fees
that
are
intended
to
be
punitive,
but
really
to
get
folks
into
compliance
with
the
the
current
ordinances
that
are
not
being
followed
here.
You'll
see
in
the
the
pie
chart
on
the
slide.
P
This
is
a
representation
of
those
percentages
of
fines
and
fees
issued
by
violation
type
that
was
listed
in
the
right-hand
column
on
the
previous
slide,
and
just
to
give
you
some
specific
examples,
for
instance
trash
and
debris
violations
which
had
the
highest
number
of
cases
opened
with
1488,
but
a
majority
of
those
violations
didn't
result
in
fines
or
fees.
Rather,
a
vast
majority
of
those
cases
were
closed
due
to
compliance
by
the
owner
or
occupant.
P
There
were
only
184
fines
issued
out
of
those
1488
cases
and
only
129,
unique
properties
or
8.6.
As
you
can
see
in
the
pie
chart
that
were
issued
issued
citations,
another
category
short-term
rentals.
There
were
618
cases
that
were
opened
for
violations
and
only
76.
Fines
were
issued
to
45
unique
properties
or,
roughly
seven
percent
of
those
cases
and
another
example
building
without
a
permit
resulted
in
588
cases,
207
fines
to
89
unique
properties
or
roughly
15
of
the
cases
quickly
before.
P
I
turn
the
time
over
to
mr
anderson
to
walk
you
through
the
types
of
violations
that
his
division
is
working
to
bring
into
compliance
and
how
code
enforcement
works,
with
works
with
property
owners
to
come
into
compliance.
I'd
just
like
to
reiterate
that
the
intent
of
this
bill
is
just
that.
It's
compliance,
it's
not
to
force
people
out
of
their
homes,
it's
to
get
folks
to
work
with
code
enforcement
and
to
follow
the
local
ordinances
that
have
been
passed
with
that
I'll
turn.
The
time
over
to
jim
anderson,
our
code
enforcement
administrator.
Q
Q
Justin
used
the
word
compliance
a
lot
and
we
preach
voluntary
compliance.
That's
that's
our
goal
in
all
of
our
cases
is
to
be
able
to
explain
cases
and
violations
in
a
way
to
the
property
owners
that
they
understand
what
they
need
to
do
and
how
they
can
come
into
compliance
with
our
codes,
and
so
that
is
our
number
one
goal.
Q
So
to
start
off.
First
of
all,
we
are
a
reactive
organization.
All
of
our
cases
that
we
go
out
on
and
investigate
are
because
somebody
called
us
and
turned
in
a
complaint
to
us.
We
don't
drive
around
proactively
and
open
up
any
of
our
our
cases.
Frankly,
we
don't
have
the
the
resources
to
do
that.
We
have
we're
very
busy.
Just
handling
the
reactive
cases
we
receive
when
we
get
a
complaint,
we
send
an
officer
out,
they
conduct
an
inspection
of
the
property.
They'll
verify
the
violation
exists.
Q
If
it
does
exist,
then
we'll
issue
a
15-day
notice
of
violation
to
the
property
owner.
We
also
include
three
days
from
mailing,
so
essentially
it
gives
that
property
under
18
days
to
look
at
the
violation,
see
what
they
need
to
do
and
and
bring
the
property
into
compliance.
At
the
end
of
that
time
frame
we
go
back
out
to
the
property
and
we
conduct
a
follow-up
inspection
to
see
if
they've
made
any
progress
if
they're
working
on
the
violation,
if
it's
remedied
or
if
they
haven't
done
anything
at
all.
Q
If
the
violation
remains
on
the
property,
then
we'll
send
a
second
notice
to
the
property
owner
so
depending
upon
the
type
of
violation.
If
this
is
a
violation
that
we
can
abate,
such
as
trash
and
debris
on
a
property
in
an
operable
vehicle
dead,
weeds
things
of
that
nature,
we
send
a
notice
of
abatement
to
that
property
owner.
Q
That's
a
30-day
notice
that
gives
that
property
owner
time
additional
time
to
bring
that
property
into
compliance
if
it's
another
type
of
violation,
something
that
we
can't
debate
that
we'll
talk
about
later
on
in
this
presentation,
such
as
a
business
and
a
residential,
then
we'll
just
simply
send
them
a
second
notice
of
violation,
giving
them
an
additional
15
days
to
comply
with
our
notice
of
abatement.
If
somebody
receives
that
notice,
there's
an
opportunity
for
that
property
owner
to
request
an
administrative
hearing,
the
beginning
of
their
due
process.
Q
If
they
request
an
administrative
hearing,
we
have
hearing
officers,
we
conduct
the
hearing.
The
hearing
officer
makes
a
determination
to
either
uphold
the
violation,
is
found
or
have
it
unfounded,
and
the
case
is
closed.
If
the
violation
is
upheld,
then
that
hearing
officer
gives
that
property
owner
additional
time
to
bring
that
property
into
compliance.
Q
If
that
property
owner
is
not
satisfied
with
the
hearing
officer's
decision,
they
can
appeal
that
to
the
courts
and
have
a
judicial
review
for
for
that
hearing,
and
then
a
judge
will
make
a
determination
whether
or
not
the
violation
should
be
upheld
with
a
hearing.
Q
Officer's
decision
should
be
upheld
and
then
that
property
owner
has
time
to
bring
that
property
into
compliance
if
the
property
owner
does
not
come
into
compliance
from
there
there's
a
couple
options:
if
it's
a
property,
if
it's
a
violation
that
we're
going
to
do
an
abatement
action
on,
then
we
can
proceed
with
the
abatement
at
that
time,
or
we
can
begin
issuing
citations
to
the
property
owner
to
see
if
that
will
encourage
them
to
remedy
the
violation
on
their
own.
Q
Q
Q
If,
if
they
don't
come
into
compliance,
then
we
can
issue
a
second
citation
which
could
be
250
again.
We
give
them
more
time
to
comply
and
then
third
citation
could
be
500.
That's
the
maximum
fine
for
administrative
citations,
each
step
of
the
way
we
give
property
owners
time
to
bring
the
property
into
compliance.
Q
The
administrative
citations
also
have
an
appeal
process.
They
can
request
a
supervisor
review
where
that
code
enforcement
supervisor
will
look
at
the
case.
They'll
make
sure
the
citation
was
issued
properly.
The
violation
exists
and
uphold
or
dismiss
the
citation.
If
it's
upheld,
the
property
owner
then
has
an
opportunity
for
the
administrative
hearing,
and
that
process
is
the
same
as
I
described
earlier
for
for
an
abatement
hearing,
so
they
can
have
a
hearing.
Q
The
hearing
officer
makes
a
determination.
They
can
appeal
that
to
the
courts,
for
a
judicial
review
as
well,
so
there's
there's
many
opportunities
for
property
owners
to
have
their
cases
heard,
to
contest
violations
and
there's
also
a
multitude
of
opportunities
for
them
to
bring
the
property
into
compliance.
Q
I
think
it's
important
to
say
that
each
step
of
the
way
if
a
property
owner
reaches
out
to
us
and
is
willing
to
comply
and
says
I
just
need
more
time,
then
we
grant
extensions.
We
do
that
regularly
again.
Voluntary
compliance
is
our
goal.
So
once
we
have
somebody's
attention
at
any
step
in
this
process-
and
they
say-
okay,
please
don't
give
me
another
ticket.
I
want
to
bring
the
property
into
compliance
and
that's
our
goal,
so
we
will
work
with
them.
Q
We
will
give
them
time
if
it's
a
large
amount
of
violations,
we
will
give
them
milestones
and
goals
where
we
will
grant
extensions
and
keep
it
going
as
long
as
they're
making
progress.
So
with
that,
that's
our
general
process.
It
is
different
for
various
types
of
cases,
but
by
and
large
that's
the
process
we
follow.
Q
So
why
why
this
bill?
Why?
Why
are
we
asking
for
this
amendment
to
be
done
so,
while
a
vast
majority
of
our
properties
come
into
compliance
with
no
citations,
no
abatement
actions,
no
civil
penalties,
we
do
have
some
cases
that
we
have
a
more
challenging
time
getting
into
compliance,
and
so
the
challenge
we
have
is
that
oftentimes.
If
we
issue
these
penalties
and
fines
on
properties,
then
we
place
a
lien
on
the
property.
Q
Q
This
is
for
unpermitted
construction.
So,
on
that
bottom
left
side
you
see
somebody
has
put
put
these
things
on
top
of
their
roof
with
with
no
permits
these
skylights.
They
did
that
without
a
permit.
Somebody
installed
an
air
conditioner
on
top
of
the
roof
where
there
wasn't
one
previously,
so
it
wasn't
an
exchange.
It
was
a
new
unit
again
with
no
permits
and
on
the
right
slide,
you
see,
somebody
has
built
a
deck
on
top
of
a
patio
they've
also
built
a
staircase.
Q
So,
in
those
cases
those
are
potentially
dangerous
situations,
we
don't
know
if
the
roof
structure
can
can
handle
having
those
skylights
there
was
no
engineering
done.
These
are
examples
of
cases
that
we
cannot
abate.
I'm
not
going
to
hire
a
contractor
to
come
in
and
tear
off
these
skylights
and
leave
a
hole
in
somebody's
roof.
Q
Other
examples
of
this
would
be
garage
conversions,
room
additions
that
attach
to
the
house.
We
can't
go
in
and
take
those
out,
so
we
issue
fines.
We
issue
penalties
and
then
we
hope
that
the
property
owner
will
come
in
and
obtain
permits
make
sure
that
it
was
structurally
sound
built
properly
and
they
can
keep
it
and
if
not,
then
they
can
back
out
start
over
and
do
it
properly.
Q
Q
Q
So
when
we
have
nuisance
and
dangerous
conditions
on
properties,
what
happens?
Oftentimes
is
there's
a
lot
of
times.
There's
fires
inside
of
these
structures
we
board
and
secure
them.
We
have
squatters
that
come
in
and
move
into
these
properties.
We
become
aware
of
it.
We
have
the
squatters
removed
with
the
police
department
we
re-board
and
secure
these
properties.
We
send
notices
to
the
property
owner,
we
want
them
to
maintain
their
properties.
So
a
lot
of
times.
We
issue
civil
penalties
on
these
properties
and
asking
the
owners
to
come
in
and
maintain
it.
Q
The
purpose
of
the
citations
here
is:
we
have
to
board
and
secure
these
properties
over
and
over.
We
don't
want
to
do
that.
We
want
the
property
owner
to
do
that.
So
what
can
happen
sometimes
during
this
process
is
we
may
issue
civil
penalties
and
currently
in
statute?
It
requires
us
to
wait
before
those
can
put
on
be
put
on
the
tax
roll,
so
in
a
chronic
nuisance
situation.
Q
If
we're
citing
somebody
for
that,
we
have
to
wait
six
months
before
that
can
be
put
as
a
special
assessment
on
the
tax
roll
and,
if
it's
another
dangerous
condition,
type
of
violation.
We
have
to
wait
12
months
before
it
goes
on
the
tax
roll.
So
what
happens?
Is
these
property
owners
oftentimes?
Will
quit
claim
these
properties
to
another
family
member?
Maybe
a
business
partner.
Q
Q
At
that
point,
those
are
also
wiped
out
and
so
eliminating
that
time
frame
on
there
would
allow
us
to
hold
these
property
owners
accountable
in
hopes
that
the
next
time
we
send
them
a
notice
rather
than
them
receiving
a
fine,
they
will
respond
to
the
notice
and
actually
take
care
of
the
violation
themselves.
Next
slide.
Please.
Q
So
these
zoning
violations-
these
are
businesses
that
operate
in
improper,
zonings
and
perhaps
they're
business
types
that
may
never
be
legal
to
operate
anywhere
in
clark
county,
so
they
open
up
their
business.
They
don't
have
a
proper
license
for
the
activity
that
they're
doing
police
department
metro
or
we
get
a
call
to
those
locations.
These
are
very
hard
violations
to
prove
once
we
do
prove
a
violation
on
these
properties
and
then
again
we
issue
citations,
ultimately
leaning
the
property
a
lot
of
times.
We
don't
have
any
luck
with
getting
them
to
shut
down.
Q
They'll
continue
operating
they're,
making
a
lot
of
money
and
again
it
can
take
us
weeks
and
months
to
prove
a
second
violation
on
these
properties.
And
so
our
remedy
and
off
is
a
lot
of
times
in
these
cases,
is,
is
to
take
these
property
owners
to
court
through
an
either
chronic
nuisance
or
civil
action.
Well,
that's
very
time
consuming
process
and
it's
very
costly
for
the
county.
Q
Q
Q
This
is
another
type
of
violation
that
is
very
challenging
for
code
enforcement
to
prove
so
having
an
advertisement
on
airbnb
alone.
Isn't
enough
for
us
to
be
able
to
prove
a
violation
for
the
purposes
of
issuing
citations.
We
actually
have
to
make
contact
with
folks.
We
have
to
get
copies
of
contracts
to
show
that
somebody
is
renting
the
property
for
less
than
31
days,
and
so,
as
a
result
of
that
proving
the
violation
again
is
hard.
We
put,
we
put
fines
on
the
properties.
Q
Our
fines
for
short-term
rentals
are
a
thousand
dollars
a
night,
so
if
they
do
20
rentals
and
maybe
we're
lucky
enough
to
prove
one
of
them,
they've
made
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
money
than
what
our
fines
are,
and
on
top
of
that,
they're
not
paying
the
fines
anyway
and
they
continue
to
operate.
Q
Q
Some
of
the
same
constituents
in
these
areas
are
calling
us
over
and
over
because
week
in
and
week
out,
they
have
big
party
houses
that
are
happening
in
their
neighborhood
folks,
coming
in
from
out
of
town
out
of
state,
sometimes
they're
local,
they
just
say
hey
it's
just
one
weekend,
I'm
having
a
party
there.
However,
this
house
is
doing
that
every
weekend
right
on
their
streets,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
upset
folks
in
these
neighborhoods
about
these.
These
party
houses
that
are
going
on
next
slide.
Please.
Q
So
short-term
rentals
are
not
allowed
anywhere
in
clark
county,
except
for
in
a
very
limited
circumstance
they
are
allowed
in
our
h-1
zoning
district
within
the
resort
corridor,
so
anywhere
outside
of
those
a
handful
of
properties
located
essentially
on
the
strip
in
that
zoning
they're
not
allowed
anywhere
next
slide.
Q
Please
business
isn't
a
residential
area,
so
this
is
a
case
that
we're
still
actively
working
on
where
somebody's
doing
auto
repair
under
this
carport
in
their
neighborhood
we've
been
dealing
with
this
case
for
a
couple
of
years
now,
and
this
property
owner
always
has
different
cars
coming
in
and
out.
You
see
on
that
top
right
photo
that
there's
no
license
plate
on
that
car.
That's
because
we
run
license
plates
and
we
try
to
track
down
the
vehicle
owners.
Q
So
we
can
try
to
prove
that
it's
actually
a
business
and
that
he's
not
just
repairing
his
own
vehicles,
even
though
he
would
have
to
own
hundreds
of
vehicles.
If
this
were
the
case.
So
again,
it's
a
very
difficult
violation
to
actually
prove
that
there's
some
sort
of
money
exchange
taking
place
for
a
business
being
operated,
and
when
we
do
then
again
we
place
fines
on
these
properties.
Q
So
this
property
has
about
ten
thousand
dollars
in
administrative
citations
on
the
property
which
we
turned
into
a
lien
which
has
not
dissuaded
him
from
continuing
with
this
activity.
There's
cars
parked
on
the
street
as
well.
The
neighbors
are
not
happy
that
this
continues
to
happen
and
we
we're
trying
very
hard
to
get
this
property
into
compliance.
Q
So
that's
that's
an
overview
of
the
various
types
of
cases.
There's
other
examples
as
well
of
that
we
deal
with
where,
where
we
have
challenges,
we
can't
we
can't
abate
the
violations
and
liens
on
properties,
simply
don't
work,
and
sometimes
court
processes
are
extremely
challenging.
Misdemeanor
fines
to
get
somebody
to
court.
It
could
be
a
10-week
process
where
they
might
come
in
and
get
100
fine,
maybe
up
to
a
thousand
dollar
fine,
but
again
yeah
the
activity
continues.
Q
So,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
voluntary
compliance
is
always
our
goal.
When
that
fails,
we
we
have
different
tools
at
our
disposal.
You
know,
through
the
processes
I
just
explained,
and
we
try
to
use
those.
We
always
tell
the
officers.
You
know.
What's
the
minimum
amount
of
pressure
that
we
need
to
put
on
somebody
to
try
to
get
them
into
compliance,
you
know,
will
our
notice
work?
Where
will
education
work?
Q
That's
when
we
needed
another
option
to
help
us
to
compel
compliance,
and
I
really
believe
that
having
the
ability
to
place
these
types
of
fines
and
fees
on
the
tax
rule
will
will
help
us
to
get
some
compliance
on
these
most
difficult
cases.
That
concludes
my
portion
with
that.
Madam
chair
I'd
like
to
turn
it
back
over
to
justin
for
his
closing
remarks.
P
Thanks
jim
for
the
record
again
justin
harrison
with
clark
county
would
just
like
to
thank
the
committee
and
madam
chair.
Thank
you
again
for
indulging
us
with
with
this
time
to
your
senate
bill
57
and
would
reiterate
that
really
the
intent
of
this
bill
is
compliance
as
jim
has
gone
through
this
process
and
all
the
work
that
him
and
his
code
enforcement
folks
do.
They
stress
compliance
with
with
all
of
their
cases,
they're
willing
to
work
with
with
homeowners
and
and
that's
really
the
goal
of
the
county.
P
It's
not
to
put
people
out
of
their
houses
they're
that
has
come
up
and
been
addressed
with
with
stakeholders
and-
and
I
think,
with
the
amendment
that
we
put
forth
we've
addressed
that
that
concern.
But
please,
at
this
time,
if
the
committee
has
any
questions,
we'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
that
we
can.
E
Thanks
madam
chair
hi,
justin
nice
to
see
you
again,
the
question
I
had
on
your
your
data
pie
chart
was
that
just
for
the
last
year.
The
reason
I
ask
is,
as
mr
anderson
pointed
out,
the
things
are
a
little
bit
work
because
of
kobe.
For
example,
your
short-term
rentals
probably
went
through
the
roof
because
nobody
could
go
down
down
and
rent.
I'm
just
wondering.
Do
you
have
data
for
several
years
as
to
the
types
of
problems
you
guys
are
trying
to
address
with
this.
P
Bill,
thank
you.
Senator
hansen
for
the
record
justin
harrison
with
clark
county,
madam
chair,
for
you
again
to
senator
hansen.
Yes,
that
was
representative
of
calendar
year,
2020
I'll.
Let
mr
anderson
answer
the
the
question
on
any
historical
data,
but
that
is
what
was
represented
in
the
the
first
chart
on
slide
three,
as
well
as
the
pike
chart
on
slide.
Four.
Q
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
senator,
through
you
to
senator
hansen
that
that
was
representative
as
justin
said
last
last
year's
statistics
we
do
have
other
available.
I
don't
have
it
in
front
of
me
right
now
and
certainly
information
that
we
can
obtain.
I
think
it's
still
a
fairly
accurate
representation
of
year
over
year.
What
what
it
looks
like
percentage-wise
for
compliance.
Q
The
number
of
cases
was
lower
for
this
past
year
than
non-non-pandemic
cases.
It
was
a
couple
thousand
cases
overall
below
what
are
we
normally
get
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
I'm
certainly
able
to
provide
any
additional
information
like.
E
Well,
actually,
just
out
of
curiosity
now
on
short-term
rentals,
it
sounds
like
there
are
some
very
bad
apples.
The
party
houses
you
described,
but
I
assume
how
aggressive
are
you
you
mentioned
if
anybody
advertises
on
airbnb,
you
guys
are
watching
that
and
if
that's
the
case,
what
is
your
average
fine
for
somebody
that
you
catch
on
violating
the
the
short-term
rental.
Q
Codes,
jim
anderson
for
the
record,
madam
chair,
through
you
to
senator
hansen
the
average
fine
for
a
short-term
rental,
is
it's
a
thousand
dollars
per
day
that
we
can
show
the
property
was
rented.
So
if
a
property
was
rented
for
three
days
by
one
person,
that
would
be
a
three
thousand
dollar
fine,
which
turns
into
a
lien
on
the
properties.
Q
We
we
don't
monitor,
airbnb
verbo,
those
proactively.
We
receive
complaints
from
the
public
and
when
we
do,
we
verify
the
complaints
we
verify.
We
look
at
the
addresses
that
they
sent
us.
The
links,
look
at
all
the
sites
that
they
might
be
listed
on,
and
so
we
do.
We
do
additional
research
a
lot
of
times.
We
get
complaints
that
aren't
necessarily
substantiated
initially
and
we'll
send
even
a
we
have
two
different
notices:
we'll
send
a
courtesy
notice,
saying:
hey.
Q
It's
been
expressed
that
potentially
you're
in
violation
of
this,
and
if
you
are,
you
know
it's,
you
can't
do
this.
You
need
to
see
this
activity,
and-
and
so
we
we
do
verify
but
we're
not
proactively.
Looking
at
those
websites.
E
Last
question:
you
guys,
when
you
do
those
airbnb
investigations,
do
you
ever
have
situations
where
the
property
owners
end
up
suing
the
county?
Basically,
accusing
you
of
you
know
interfering
in
some
sort
of
not
necessarily
a
short-term
rental,
with
some
other
sort
of
arrangement.
Q
Jim
anderson
for
the
record,
I
believe
we
have
one
case
that
a
property
owner
sued
us
and,
I
think,
that's
still
actively
in
courts.
We
do
have
several
cases
that
have
gone
through
that
administrative
hearing
process
that
are
now
in
the
judicial
review
process.
Q
So
I
think
we
have
a
handful
of
those
that
are
are
pending
right
now,
but
we
don't
wait.
Those
none
of
those
have
been
have
disposition
yet.
A
Thank
you
so
much
questions
from
the
committee.
G
Thank
you,
chair
and
my
question
either
either
to
mr
henderson
harrison
or
chief
anderson.
Let's
say
if
the
bill
passes
with
the
proposed
amendments,
if
someone,
let's
say,
is
running
a
mechanic
shop
in
their
garage
and
they're
cited
they're
fined,
and
maybe
it
takes
two
or
three
times,
but
then
then
they
remediate
it.
They
stop
it
and
they
know
more
of
the
mechanic
work.
G
Those
fines
under
the
the
proposed
amendment
are
they
subject
to
like
late
fees
and
penalties
where
they
could
grow
and
and
hit.
You
know
that
trigger
or
or
are
they
do
they
stay
at
the
amount
that
they
are?
Let's
say
that
they
they
remediate
the
situation
but
they're
not
able
to
pay
the
fine
for
some
reason
can
that
find
still
grow
with
late
fees
and
penalties,
or
is
it
just
that's
what
it
is
at
the
time
it's
issued.
Q
Jim
anderson
for
the
record,
madam
chair,
through
you
to
the
vice
chair,
we
don't
have
accruing
penalties
or
additional
fees
that
are
coupled
on
to
the
fines
that
are
existing,
so
those
fines
would
remain
in
place.
They
would
still
be
due
and
payable
and
it
would
still
be
a
lien
on
the
property
if
it
didn't
meet
that
threshold
of
the
the
five
thousand
dollars
to
be
on
the
tax
roll.
G
And
it
would
not
grow
with
late
fees
or
anything
like
that
correct.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
anderson.
Thank
you,
chair.
A
Many
many
complaints,
many
issues
and
not
just
in
half-acre
homes
right
in
you
know
very
compacted
neighborhoods
with
party
homes
and
what
have
you
so
I
appreciate
what
you're
doing.
I
appreciate
the
invitation,
the
information
that
you
gave
us
tonight.
A
Anybody
else
have
a
question:
if
not
senator
o'neal
last
call
just
checking
on
you.
Okay,
if
not
any
closing
remarks,
mr
anderson
or
mr
harrison.
P
For
the
record
justin
harrison
with
clark
county.
Madam
chair,
no
just
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
present.
I
know
we
have
a
number
of
folks.
I
believe
that
are
in
the
queue
to
speak
in
support
and
would
just
like
to
thank
those
stakeholders
that
reached
out
and
worked
with
us
on
the
amendment.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that
and
now
we'll
move
on
to
our
support
and
just
as
a
reminder,
you
have
two
minutes.
Listen,
please
and
broadcasting
will
cue
you
in.
Thank
you.
J
J
J
D
Name
is
my
name:
is
lisa
s?
L-I-S-A
s
k?
U
r,
o
w.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
woman.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
sb
57,
my
my
fellow
neighbors,
not
all
could
be
here
tonight,
but
on
behalf
of
many
of
my
neighbors,
and
I
know
that
some
are
on
this
evening.
D
I
would
like
to
thank
code
enforcement
class
county
code
enforcement
and
commissioner
jones
my
county
commissioner
and
madam
chair,
who
you're
my
senate
representative
in
district
8
for
being
here.
For
us,
we
are
inundated
with
a
party
house,
short-term
rental
issue
in
our
neighborhood
in
section
11
and
senator
hansen.
I
see
by
the
pictures
behind
you.
You
are
a
family
man
plea
and
please
indulge
me
and
I
will
try
and
paint
a
picture
for
you.
On
several
occasions.
D
I've
taken
my
daughter
to
sunday
school
driving
down
el
camino,
which
is
a
residential
street
25
miles
an
hour,
and
I
have
encountered
prostitutes
waiting
for
the
pickup
of
either
their
uber
or
somebody
their
ride
coming
to
pick
them
up.
Scantily,
clad
also
on
the
way
to
school.
D
For
my
eight-year-old
nine-year-old
and
now
my
daughter
is
ten
and
a
half.
I've
had
to
explain
who
these
people
are
in
in
nice
terms.
D
In
the
last
year,
we've
had
378
crime
records
within
one
mile
of
these
short-term
rentals.
I
am
surrounded
by
the
short-term
rentals,
many
of
which
have
been
retrofitted
rebuilt
remodeled
from
a
four-bedroom
house
or
a
three-bedroom
house
into
a
12-bedroom
house
a
week
later,
they're
not
pulling
permits.
They
do
not
have
inspections
because
they're
not
pulling
permits
they're,
pulling
gas
lines,
electrical
lines,
etc.
D
You
want
to
talk
about
a
war
zone
over
4th
of
july.
It
was
unbearable,
unbearable
the
amount
and
they
brought
in
professional
firework
displays
at
these
party
homes.
Many
of
these
houses
get
7
500
for
a
weekend
just
over
washington
or
I'm
sorry.
President's
day
weekend
there
was
a
gang
shooting
one
house
away
from
me
where
it's
reported.
It
was
an
assault
with
a
deadly
weapon.
There
were
bullet
casings
all
over
the
street.
D
That
house
had
been
surveilled
by
metro
for
a
week
because
of
the
shooting
of
the
strat,
and
we
live
with
this
on
a
daily
basis,
and
I've
lived
in
my
home
for
17
years,
my
neighbors
just
moved.
They
had
nine
children
and
never
intended
to
move
and
they
had
to
move.
D
J
K
V-I-N-S-O-N-G-U-T-H-R-E-A-U
I
serve
as
the
deputy
director
of
naco
the
nevada
association
of
counties
we
are
testifying
today
in
support
of
sb
57.
We
believe
the
enabling
language
in
sb
57,
allowing
counties
to
pass
an
ordinance
to
make
fines
related
to
real
property.
Special
assessments
on
property
tax
bills
is
an
is
an
important
option
for
counties.
This
legislation
provides
an
additional
mechanism
to
allow
local
governments
to
address
chronic
nuisance
issues
in
their
communities.
K
J
L
L
Now
we
do
have
some
groups
out
there
who
claim
to
be
short-term
rental
associations
or
operators
who
are
in
opposition
of
this
bill.
They've
been
given
a
lot
of
misinformation
about
it
and
where
some
of
them
are
unlawful
operators
who
are
not
really
short-term
rental
hosts
they're
party
operators,
and
they
want
to
continue
to
be
able
to
do
their
parties
without
good
code
enforcement.
L
L
Not
all
of
them
are
legal
because
the
vstr
ban
in
clark
county,
but
when
you
look
at
the
numbers,
when
you
have
over
7000
listings
and
only
45
bad
operators,
it
shows
you
that
the
majority
of
hosts
are
good
hosts
who
just
want
to
run
a
good
neighborhood
friendly
business.
Now
the
egregious
offenders
out
there,
I'm
I'm
familiar
with
some
of
them.
L
L
Yes,
please
thank
you
and-
and
please
know
that
there
are
good
law-abiding,
hosts
and
short-term
rental
operators
out
of
there.
We
don't.
We
are
not
the
party
houses
and
you
know
short-term
rentals
are
exist
because
they
are
there's
consumer
demand.
Demand
will
be
filled
either
by
unlawful
businesses
or
by
legitimate
businesses.
I
teach
the
course
on
short-term
rental
management
and
we
talk
to
the
hosts,
and
I
know
that
they
support
good
code
enforcement,
so
I
urge
you
to
pass
this
bill.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
J
E
E
The
league
is
in
full
support
of
sb
57,
and
we
appreciate
the
work
of
clark
county
to
bring
this
bill
forward
and
the
distinguished
members
of
the
senate
committee
on
government
affairs
for
hearing
it.
The
current
statute
treats
municipalities
differently
than
counties
with
respect
to
the
recording
of
special
assessments
for
civil
penalties.
E
E
Additionally,
the
practice
of
county
treasurers
is
to
allow
to
allow
the
filing
of
special
assessments
during
a
single
period
each
year
in
order
to
efficiently
prepare
the
county
tax
rolls.
So
under
the
current
statute,
any
implication
from
municipality
municipalities
is
that,
since
we
as
municipalities,
must
wait
12
months
to
file
a
special
assessment,
once
a
penalty
is
issued
by
a
municipality,
that
penalty
can
be
conceivably
outstanding.
E
For
close
to
24
months
before
it's
able
to
be
added
to
the
county
tax
roll,
the
additional
implication
is
that
the
12-month
waiting
period
taken
together
with
the
county
treasurer's
annual
window
can
lead
to
property
ownership
changes
without
the
penalties
being
paid
and
therefore
can
increase
the
difficulty
to
collect
any
outstanding
penalties
and
costs
associated
with
the
property
under
the
proposed
legislation.
Nuance
cases
that
are
remediated
where
several
penalties
are
necessary
will
be
able
to
be
done
more
efficiently
and
effectively,
given
that
assessments
will
be
closer
in
time
to
the
notification.
E
Additionally,
the
recovery
of
civil
penalties
allows
municipalities
to
abate
further
nuances
and
reinvest
in
community
and
assist
underserved
populations,
in
other
words
more
effectively.
Collecting
these
penalties
allows
for
municipalities,
nuisance
abatement
funding
to
be
used
for
more
nuisance,
abatements
activities
without
requiring
additional
general
fund
budget.
Again.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
allowing
my
statement
of
support.
J
M
Williams,
y-v-e-t-t-e
w-I-l-l-I-a-m-s-
I
am
speaking
today,
I'm
also
chair
of
the
clark
county,
black
caucus,
but
I'm
not
speaking
in
that
in
that
position.
Nor
am
I
representing
the
spring
valley
town
advisory
board
where
I
serve
as
chair,
I'm
speaking
as
a
private
citizen
today
in
support
of
senate
bill
57.
M
I
first
would
like
to
thank
chair
woman,
dunder
luke,
who
is
also
my
representative
for
hearing
fb
57
today,
and
also
a
special
thank
you
to
the
clark
county
commissioners
and
for
bringing
this
bill
for
for
extending
one
of
their
bills
to
to
deal
with
this
issue.
That
is
just
such
a
chronic
problem
in
the
unincorporated
clark
county.
I
also
want
to
just
say
to
senator
neil:
it's
really
a
pleasure
to
see
you
serving
in
the
senate.
M
I'm
really
excited
about
that
also
to
code
enforcement,
mr
harrison
and
mr
anderson,
great
presentation,
by
the
way
and
to
all
of
the
neighbors
that
are
on
this
call
and
other
organizations
supporting
it.
This
has
been
years
and
years
that
we
have
been
suffering
and
it's
just
getting
worse
in
district
10
we're
the
epicenter
and
representative
nero
luke
knows
this.
We've
had
many
conversations
as
our
neighbors
have.
We
are
in
the
epicenter,
we're
close
and
convenient
to
the
strip,
and
so
for
some
reason
our
neighborhood
became
a
targeted
area.
M
We
have
innkeepers
illegal
innkeepers
operating
almost
done
in
every
block,
some
of
them,
where
you
have
on
one
block
three
or
four
homes
with
one
owner
occupied
surrounded
by
all
of
this
going
on
where's.
The
drones
are
flying
in
your
backyard
from
from
party
houses,
where
they're
just
infringing
on
our
privacy,
where
we
we
walk
out
on
the
weekends
or
especially
on
the
weekends,
but
even
during
the
week,
sometimes
where
we're
finding
folks
having
sex
in
the
car.
M
You
know
you
walk
out
with
your
family,
and
here
they
are
having
sex
out
in
the
car,
we're
fighting
them
taking
drugs.
You
know,
shooting
up
with
with
needles,
we'll
used
needles
on
the
ground,
use
condoms
on
the
ground
and
who
gets
to
go
pick
that
stuff
up.
We
do
you
know.
M
Sadly,
you
know
we
have
corporations
and
organizations
right
here
in
our
own
town,
renting
these
party
houses,
knowing
that
it's
illegal
and
that's
very
very,
concerning
I
would
love
to
see
something
added
around
some
kind
of
penalty
for
those
who
actually
enter
into
these
illegal
contracts
to
rent
these
parties.
M
I
also
wanted
to
just
say
that
you
know
there
were
76
fines,
45,
unique
properties
and
short-term
rentals,
but
I
wonder
how
many
of
those
that
we
saw
in
zoning
violations
and
building
permits
illegal
structures
how
many
of
those
are
actually
sort
of
short-term
rentals,
because
many
of
these
homes
have
been
converted
into
these
ugly
horrendous,
looking
things,
and
I
don't
know
how
we're
going
to
even
preserve
our
our
preservation
neighborhood
here,
where
we're
you
know,
selling
these
reselling
new
homes,
who's
going
to
buy
them
they're
illegal
illegal.
M
We
have
septic
tanks
that
have
been
put
into
the
ground
that
are
illegal.
Some
are
leaking
that's
going
to
impact
our
health
care
in
our
neighborhood
or
our
ability
to
sell
our
homes
if
that
septic
tank
leaks
into
our
adjoining
homes.
These
are
the
kind
of
things
that
we
are
struggling
with.
That
we
are
concerned
with
this
bill
will
go
a
long
way
in
helping
to
at
least
prevent
these
illegal
investors.
M
From
profiting
off
of
these
short-term
party
house,
rentals
and
and
at
least
being
able
to
you
know,
instead
of
them
seen
as
a
cost
of
doing
business
to
to
to
with
these
fines
and
penalties,
they
don't
have
to
pay
unless
they
sell
the
house.
This
will
allow
our
county
commissioners
to
put
policy
and
ordinances
in
place
where
they
can.
M
A
Thank
you
so
much
miss
williams,
and
we
appreciate
your
information
next.
J
M
M
Excuse
me
that
have
occurred
with
several
of
the
short-term
rentals
up
in
the
lake
tahoe
incline
village
area
we've
had
a
number
of
residential
fires
as
a
result
of
unsafe
housing
and
other
concerns
you
may
have
seen
in
the
news
about
a
year
ago,
anna
ferris
and
her
family
were
up
at
a
short-term
rental
up
at
lake
tahoe,
and
they
all
got
carbon
monoxide
poisoning.
So
there
are
some
very
serious
safety
concerns
related
to
these
properties.
M
We
feel
that
this
gives
us
another
avenue
to
ensure
that
when
these
short-term
rentals
are
licensed
and
able
to
operate,
that,
we
are
able
to
ensure
and
hold
them
culpable
if
there
are
safety
concerns
with
these
properties
and
make
sure
that
not
only
our
residents
are
safe,
but
those
who
are
coming
to
our
area
and
visiting
are
also
safe
for
so.
For
those
reasons,
we
are
supportive
of
the
measure
and
again
thank
clark
county
for
bringing
it
forward.
J
N
Good
evening,
my
name
is
malcolm
m-a-l-c-o-l-m,
napier
and
a-p-I-e-r.
I'm
a
police
sergeant
with
the
lbmpd
assigned
to
the
spring
valley
area,
command,
community,
oriented
policing
team.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
lvmpd
in
support
of
senate
bill
57.
The
unit
I'm
assigned
to
is
a
community
based
problems.
Unit
is
reactive
and
we
work
on
long-term
solutions
to
problems
that
cannot
be
solved
instantly,
such
as
service
requests
and
conducting
outreach
on
behalf
of
it.
N
N
I'd
like
to
make
it
clear
that
we
do
not
proactively
seek
out
short-term
rentals
or
routinely
provide
enforcement
related
to
them.
The
exception
to
this
is
when
we
have
identified
social
media
groups
promoting
properties
to
have
a
historical
involvement
in
violent
crimes
such
as
shootings
for
your
information
in
2020
lv
mpd
responded
to
1007
calls
for
service
at
595
unique
addresses
where
a
wide
variety
of
complaints
were
made.
This
number
is
just
called
for
service,
where
the
keywords
of
airbnb
or
vrbo
appeared
in
cad
comments.
N
N
A
A
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
go
to
opposition
and
I'll
remind
opposition
as
the
hour
is
getting
late.
If
you
would
please
try
to
keep
your
comments
to
two
minutes,
it
would
be
very
much
appreciated.
Thank
you
very
much.
Go
ahead.
J
J
J
J
G
Wizard
americans
for
prosperity
name
is
spelled:
w-I-s-e-l-e-t
r-o-u,
z-a-r-d
chairwoman,
dondero
luke,
the
members
of
committee.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
testify
opposition
sb57
a
bill
that
would
allow
the
board
of
commissioners
to
make
a
special
assessment
against
property
owners
who
have
unpaid
fines
or
fees
related
to
chronic
nuisances
on
their
property.
Afp.
Nevada
opposes
this
legislation
as
written,
because
private
property
is
the
bedrock
of
liberty
and
essential
for
the
preservation
of
individual
freedom
and
upward
mobility.
G
Sb
57
has,
as
written,
does
not
consider
an
individual's
ability
to
pay
and
will
burden
those
who
cannot
afford
these
fines
and
fees
at
the
risk
of
losing
their
property.
We
spoke
to
clark
county
and
proposed
an
amendment
that
will
provide
protections
to
property
owners
by
empowering
county
commissioners
to
one
establish
a
procedure
for
the
county
to
determine
an
individual's
ability
to
pay.
G
This
is
important
because
the
last
thing
we
should
want
during
the
economic
recession
is
a
global
pandemic
in
a
global
pandemic
is
to
forcibly
remove
individuals
from
their
homes
due
to
the
inability
to
afford
excessive
fines
and
fees
like
the
thousand
dollars
a
day
that
you
just
heard
clark
county
imposes
on
property
owners.
Clark
county
rejected
this
amendment.
It
is
very
clear
to
us
that
sp
57
is
an
indirect
attempt
to
target
the
short-term
rental
community.
Since
we
got
involved
with
the
short-term
rental
community,
we
have
come
across
hundreds
of
operators
who
had
no
idea.
G
The
short-term
renting
was
illegal
in
clark
county
and
were
hit
with
cumulatively
and
retroactively
a
thousand
dollar
fines
for
every
single
day,
with
no
regard
to
even
restricting
them
to
single
reservations.
In
our
last
foia
request,
we
learned
that
3
million
dollars
in
outstanding
fines,
short-term
rentals,
accounted
for
nearly
approximately
2
million
of
that
budget.
G
J
G
Chairwoman
marilyn
kirkpatrick
said
if
she
could
do
more
to
stop
people
from
renting
their
homes
for
less
than
31
days.
She
would,
as
she
lamented
how
the
commissioners
were
restricted
by
state
law
and
promised
that
she
would
seek
more
power
in
the
next
legislative
session
to
go
after
the
property
owners
and
essentially
find
them
out
of
existence
because
they
needed
to
do
everything
in
their
power
to
protect
the
hotels.
So
here
we
are
sb-57
being
proposed
by
clark
county.
Make
no
mistake.
This
is
what
they
promised
they
would
do.
G
Two
years
ago,
frankly,
I'm
shocked
that
we
are
even
considering
this
bill
in
the
midst
of
a
global
pandemic
when
the
economy
is
in
the
gutter
and
when
so
many
nevadans
find
themselves
unemployed
with
many
still
not
able
to
get
their
unemployment
benefits.
Many
property
owners
rely
on
short-term,
renting
as
their
only
source
of
income.
Some
are
senior
citizens
on
a
fixed
income,
trying
to
make
extra
money
to
pay
their
medical,
their
medication
and
bills.
G
There
are
hundreds
of
laid
off
culinary
employees
who
do
it
to
make
ends
meet
and,
most
importantly,
to
save
their
home
majority
without
any
issues.
Meanwhile,
here
is
sb
57,
looking
for
a
way
to
punish
and
make
life
more
difficult
for
these
people.
Hundreds
of
people
have
thousands
of
dollars
in
fines
from
clark,
county
5,
000,
10,
25,
50
000
over
a
hundred
thousand,
not
for
other
control
parties,
not
for
crimes
of
their
property,
but
simply
for
daring
to
rent
their
home.
For
less
than
31
days.
G
G
You
must
think
you
must
stand
for
the
people
of
all
the
constitutional
property
rights
laws
and
prevent
clark
county
from
getting
more
abusive
powers.
Senator
hanson
asked
if
there
are
any
losses
against
the
county.
There
is
one
the
county,
the
county
failed
to
reply
and
the
plaintiff
by
default
judgment.
There.
J
Yes,
chair:
please
stand
by
call
her
with
the
last
three
digits
of
zero
zero
zero.
Please
slowly
spell
it
state
your
name
for
the
record.
You
have
two
minutes.
It
may
begin.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
edmund
yulin
e-d-m-u-n-d
u-e-h-l-I-n-g
in
presenting
senate
bill
57
clark
county
is
asking
you
the
legislatures
to
hand
in
additional
weapons
to
use
in
its
war
against
small
businesses,
homeowners
and
just
regular
people,
while,
while
sanita
simultaneously
pleasing
the
re
resort,
cartel
clark
county
holds
millions
in
card
code,
violation
fines.
This
is
totally
at
odds
with
the
statistics
that
were
given
by
the
code
enforcement
officers
from
the
beginning,
as
was
pointed
out
at
least.
Two-Thirds
of
these
fines
are
relate
to
sprs.
I
These.
These
str's
are
being
targeted
it.
The
county
is
amassed
yes,
since
its
draconian
thousand
dollar
per
day
penalty
imposed
eight
to
ten
years
ago.
That's
that
that
bill
8
to
10
years
ago,
is
the
cause
of
this
bill.
Today,
measured
in
dollars,
67
percent
have
been
levied
against
individual
homeowners
who
have
committed
the
political
crime
of
hosting
visitors,
but
who
more
impeccably
than
most
support
the
law's
intent.
I
I
know
this
firsthand.
I
attended
all
the
public
meetings
eight
to
ten
years
ago.
The
concerns,
then,
were
unsightly
homes
yards
and
neighborhoods,
which
would
be
eliminated
of
the
dozens
of
gross
pictures
shown
to
support
these
super
fines.
Not
one
single
picture
portrayed
the
house
of
a
homeowner
renting
to
visitors,
the
the
the
subject
never
came
up
during
all
the
hearings
back
at
that
time.
I
These
fines
were
to
be
the
remedy
for
neighborhood
blight,
ranging
from
overgrown
vegetation
to
unsightly
buildings
in
the
years
following
the
imposition
of
these
new
crimes.
Clark
county
twisted
that
law
to
achieve
the
twin
purposes,
which
I
started
above,
to
satisfy
the
hotels
and
to
get
money
for
themselves,
not
satisfied
with
this
ill-gotten
change.
I
Clark
county
now
wants
your
help
in
grabbing
their
home,
their
entire
home,
not
just
the
money,
just
a
little
short
story.
My
neighborhood
is
directly
affected
by
two
blighted
houses
vacant
even
before
the
new
penalties
were
enacted
eight
to
ten
years
ago.
Yet
I
would
bet
that
this
total
time
of
connie,
fine.
J
M
M
60
days,
I
also
oppose
because
of
the
5
000
dollar
threshold
that
has
been
eliminated,
why?
Why
should
a
threshold
not
be
listed
there?
I
think
those
are
some
of
my
concerns
as
a
homeowner
who
is
relatively
new
to
the
las
vegas
area.
I
purchased
my
home
and
was
blindsided
by
a
large
expense
of
having
to
replace
my
entire
roof,
and
I
believe
short-term
rentals
can
assist
with
remediating
those
issues
I
think
homeowners
who
are
everyone
is
not
a
bad
apple.
M
Every
everyone
is
not
trying
to
have
party
houses
and
and
large
venues
that
can
upset.
I
don't
even
want
to
live
next
door
to
someone
who
has
unsightly
it's
just
like
having
a
boat
in
the
front
yard
of
the
neighbor
or
door
barking
next
door.
M
I
think
that
some
of
these,
the
the
the
fines
and
and
the
the
the
thresholds
it
should
be
based
on
the
situations
and
those
situations
need
to
be
thoroughly
evaluated,
based
on
the
charts
and
statistics
that
has
been
provided,
it
should
be
totally
evaluated
and
I
think
that
it
should
be
specific
to
those
situations.
J
G
Hello,
eddie
diaz,
eddie
diaz
for
the
record.
I
opposed
sb57
and
support
subcommittee
got
way
more
time
of
the
six
testimonies.
Four
were
government
employees
with
only
two
residents.
This
is
an
issue.
Courts
are
addressing
regularly
regular
property
owners
right
to
enjoy
their
property,
so
I
oppose
sb
57.
Thank
you.
J
O
L-O-U-I-S-K-O-O-R-N-D-Y-K
I
strongly
oppose
sb
sb57
a
couple
years
ago.
My
parents
reached
the
age
where
they
began
having
health
issues
and
they
were
no
longer
able
to
take
care
of
themselves.
I
put
them
in
assisted
living,
so
they
could
receive
the
care
they
needed
and
deserved.
Assisted
living
is
very
expensive.
O
So
I
rented
out
my
investment
property
on
a
short-term
basis
to
pay
the
bills.
Things
couldn't
have
been
better.
The
str
was
paying
for
the
assisted
living
and
the
house
payment,
but
then
I
began
receiving
the
letters
from
the
county
telling
me
that
I
was
not
allowed
to
rent
my
property
out
for
less
than
31
days
at
a
time
in
spite
of
having
no
issues
at
all,
the
county
began.
Finding
me
one
thousand
dollars
a
day:
code
enforcement
subpoenaed,
my
records
and
backfined
me
before
I
knew
it.
I
had
ninety
two
thousand
dollars
in
fine.
O
Obviously,
then
I
had
to
stop
renting
the
property
out
on
a
short-term
basis.
I
could
no
longer
afford
assisted
living
and
had
to
move
my
parents
out
of
the
facility.
A
couple
months
later
I
lost
my
mother
and
now
the
county
wants.
To
finish
me
off
once
and
for
all
by
introducing
sb57,
I
spent
every
penny
I
had
taking
care
of
my
parents.
O
I
certainly
don't
have
92
thousand
dollars
the
power
the
county
is
asking
the
state
for
will
give
them
the
ability
to
take
my
house
that
I
worked
so
hard
for
just
to
satisfy
these
enormous
fines.
Please
reject
sb
57
and
don't
give
the
county
this
unbridled
and
unprecedented
power.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
opportunity
to
be
heard.
J
A
Thank
you
very
much
with
that.
We
will
close
out
the
hearing
on
senate
bill
57
and
we
will
move
to
public
comment.
Just
as
a
reminder,
public
comment
is
for
any
comment
that
does
not
reflect
information
regarding
the
two
bills
that
we
heard.
So
please
keep
your
comments
to
other
things
than
other
than
the
bills
that
we
heard.
Thank
you
very.
J
J
J
I
Yes,
my
name
is
ed,
edmund,
edmund
ueh
limg.
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
comment
about
the
procedure.
A
number
of
the
speakers
in
favor
of
the
ordinance
were
allowed
to
go
on
very
lengthy,
whereas
at
least
three
of
the
speakers
against
it
were
cut
off
at
the
end,
it
would
help
if
she,
I
think,
if
the
chairperson
could
be
more
issued
more
equally.
A
Mr
yuling,
this
is
chair,
don
darrell
loop.
We
are
timing,
people
so
please
be
respectful
and
understand
that
we
are
listening
to
all
people.
We
do
not
choose
the
people
who
sign
up
or
call
in
we
listen
to
everyone.
So
thank
you
for
your
comments.
We're
happy
to
have
you
call
in
and
we'll
talk
to
you
I'm
sure
at
another
time
for
another
meeting.
Thank
you
very
much.
J
G
Yeah,
the
swizz
bazar
w-I-c-r-o-u-z-a-r-d
just
to
reaffirm
ed,
said
I
was
actually
timing,
the
speech,
so
I
don't
know
what
time
are
you
using,
but
there
were
several
that
exceeded
that
two
minutes.
Nonetheless,
the
constitution,
it's
very
important
and
when
we
see
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
were
brought
today,
I'm
just
reassuring
each
each
and
every
one
of
you
to
really
hold
fast
to
that
property
owners.
Rights
right
now
are
being
discussed.
A
A
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much
with
that.
The
end
of
public
comment.
I
thank
you
all
for
hanging
with
us.
We
have
tried
very
hard
to
listen
to
all
of
the
testimony
and
we
appreciate
all
of
you
calling
in
and
with
that
we
will
adjourn
the
meeting.
Thank
you
broadcasting
for
your
patience
and
doing
all
of
this
with
us
today
and
staff
as
well.
Thank
you
very.