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Home My WebLink AboutConsider the City Council Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee's � � N� �: 2000 Main Street, ¢oF? ; o��g Huntington Beach,CA 92648 City of Huntington Beach }9._ ._. �,j APPROVED INDIVIDUALLY cou ��FOQ:+ BY STRAW VOTE ACTION AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED ACTION AGENDA File#: 23-670 MEETING DATE: 8/1/2023 REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Al Zelinka, City Manager PREPARED BY: Travis Hopkins, Assistant City Manager Subject: Consider the City Council Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee's recommended Charter Amendments for placement as ballot measures at the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election Statement of Issue: On June 6, 2023, the City Council approved an H-Item (Attachment 2) designating Mayor Strickland to lead an Ad Hoc committee of himself and two other Council Members to work with the City Attorney's Office and return to City Council with recommendations for proposal Charter Amendments that will be placed on ballot measures at the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election. Mayor Strickland appointed Mayor Pro Tern Van Der Mark and Council Member Burns to the Ad Hoc committee, which has worked with the City Attorney to identify 7 proposed amendments for Council consideration (Attachment 1). Financial Impact: The cost to place one ballot measure on the March 2024 Statewide Primary Election will rely on several factors including the number of pages required to present the measure and secondary expenses such as postage, printing and cost recovery for the County's Vote Center model. Given the variability of costs, the Orange County Registrar of Voters (ROV) provided a rough cost estimate of $327,428 -$391,628 per ballot measure placed on the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary ballot. For informational purposes, the City paid $296,097 to place the cannabis measure on the Statewide Primary ballot in June 2022. Recommended Action: A) As requested by the Ad Hoc committee, consider one or more Charter amendments for placement on one or more ballot measures for voter approval during the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election; and, B) Direct the City Attorney to review each amendment and direct staff to prepare and return ballot measure language and all other materials required for submittal to the ROV for City Council consideration. Alternative Action(s): Do not approve the recommended actions, and direct staff accordingly. Analysis: On June 6, 2023, the City Council approved an H-Item (Attachment 2) designating Mayor Strickland to lead an Ad Hoc committee of himself and two other Council Members to work with the City Attorney's Office and return City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 2 Printed on 7/26/2023 powered by LegistarT" File#: 23-670 MEETING DATE: 8/1/2023 to City Council with recommendations for proposal Charter Amendments that will be placed on ballot measures at the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election. Mayor Strickland appointed Mayor Pro Tern Van Der Mark and Council Member Burns to the ad hoc committee, which has worked with the City Attorney to identify 7 proposed amendments for Council consideration (Attachment 1). The City Manager's Office has been requested to transmit the attachment to the City Council for consideration. Additionally, the H-Item requested the City Clerk provide a time line of events for deadlines the City is required to meet in order to get proposed City Charter amendments on the ballot for the March 5, 2023 Statewide Primary Election. The proposed timeline is below: 1. August 2023- a. On August 1, consider the Ad Hoc committee's proposed Charter amendments ; request City Attorney to review the approved amendments and prepare all materials required by the ROV for placement on the March 5, 2024 ballot. b. Throughout August, Staff prepares a Request for Council Action (RCA)that includes: a request for funds to place one or more amendments on the March 5 2024 primary ballot and approval of Resolutions that: 1) call for a Special Election to submit Charter amendments to the voters; 2) requests consolidation of Special Election with the County for the Statewide Primary election of March 5, 2024; 3) sets priorities for filing of written arguments and directs Chief Legislative Analyst to prepare an impartial analysis for each measure; 4) provides for the filing of rebuttal arguments for each measure; and 5) other materials as required by the ROV. 2. September 5 and/or September 19, 2023- a. Consider recommendations, budget appropriation for each ballot measure, and all ballot materials (see#1 above)to City Council for approval. 3. September- November 2023 - a. Staff gathers impartial analyses, arguments, rebuttals, and other required voter materials and submits them to the Registrar of Voters (ROV) prior to the December 8, 2023 filing deadline for the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary election. Environmental Status: Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment do not constitute a project. Strategic Plan Goal: Non Applicable-Administrative Item Attachment(s): 1. Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee Proposals 2. Burns- Charter Ad Hoc Committee H Item City of Huntington Beach Page 2 of 2 Printed on 7/26/2023 powered by LegistarTM' City Council/ ACTION AGENDA August 1, 2023 Public Financing Authority Committee Recommendation #7 - Restructure the Huntington Beach Youth Board as a Youth Citizen Leaders Committee, with specific, focused goals Strickland/Burns 7-0 Committee Recommendation #8 Restructure the Fourth of July Executive Board to be name as the Independence Day Board with more clarified roles (action to initiate a new RFP process removed from recommendation) Strickland/Van Der Mark 7-0 Committee Recommendation #9 Restructure the Specific Events Executive Committee as a standing Council Committee to review Council's priorities for large-scale specific events Strickland/Burns 7-0; and B) Direct staff to work with the City Attorney's Office and develop the appropriate Resolution(s), Ordinance(s), and other documents necessary to implement City Council directed adjustments and bring them back to the City Council; and C) Direct staff to plan an appropriate event to recognize and thank citizen appointees who will be retiring due to this restructuring effort for their contribution. Items B) and C)Approved 6-1 (Bolton-No) 28. 23-670 Considered and approved the City Council Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee's recommended Charter Amendments for placement as ballot measures at the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election Recommended Action: A) As requested by the Ad Hoc committee, consider one or more Charter amendments for placement on one or more ballot measures for voter approval during the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election approved individually by straw vote action, as follows: Section 300 (Term Commencement) Strickland/McKeon 6-1 (Kalmick-No) Section 303 (Regular Meetings) Strickland/Burns 4-3 (Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Section 612 (Measure C) — with additional suggestions shared a. Beaches and Parks (consider allowance of new bathroom facilities) b. Parks Strickland/McKeon 6-1 (Kalmick-No) Sections 601/602 (Annual Budget) Strickland/McKeon 5-2 (Kalmick, Bolton-No) Page 10 of 12 City Council/ ACTION AGENDA August 1, 2023 Public Financing Authority Section 300 (Clerk and Treasurer Election Cycle) Strickland/Burns 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Section 310 (Clerk Qualifications) Strickland/Burns 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Section 702 (Local Control Over Elections) Voter ID and additional polling locations Strickland/Burns 4-3 (Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Incorporate City Flag Ordinance provisions into the Charter (Burns, as amended for inclusion of the Olympic flag) McKeon/Burns 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Real Property/ Property Tax amendment (McKeon) McKeon/Strickland 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) Incorporate language that the City Attorney is the exclusive legal counsel for the City/ City Attorney Hiring Authority/Attorney-Client Privilege Communications and Work Product/ Internal Investigation Protocol (McKeon) McKeon/Strickland 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) B) Direct the City Attorney to review each amendment and direct staff to prepare and return ballot measure language and all other materials required for submittal to the ROV for City Council consideration. Item B) Approved 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS 29. 23-672 Item Submitted by Councilmember Burns Approved - Amending the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity Recommended Action: Recommend that the City Council amend the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity through an Ad Hoc Committee of three City Council members appointed by the Mayor (Van Der Mark, McKeon, Burns); and, the amendments to the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity be presented at a future City Council Meeting, October 3, 2023 to the City Council for approval of the newly amended Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. Approved 4-3(Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) ADJOURNMENT— 1:16 AM on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California. Page 11 of 12 Attachment 1 - Submitted by the Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee Proposals 1. Section 300(Term Commencement) a. Change that the term of the elected candidate to commence at the first regular City Council Meeting following the City's certification of the election, rather than the "Monday"following. 2. Section 303(Regular Meetings) a. Provide that the cancellation of a City Council Meeting may occur where there is a lack of quorum or is cancelled by the Mayor or Majority of Council Members. 3. Section 612(Measure C) a. Beaches and Parks: Revise to provide more allowance to restroom and other existing facilities remodels,with no cost/price cap, only allowing expansion of the facility footprint up to 20%within a 10 year period b. Parks: Revise children's playground facilities and equipment, both for new installations and for replacement installations I. Replacement installations of playground facilities and equipment would be limited to not expand the existing footprint of more than 100%within a 10 year period 4. Sections 601/602(Annual Budget) a. Revise to submission of two-year budgets in even years 5. Section 300(Clerk and Treasurer Election Cycle) a. Change election cycles to Gubernatorial for Treasurer and Clerk positions 6. Section 310(Clerk Qualifications) a. Modify such that Clerk position requires any four-year Bachelor's Degree, remove additional requirements for qualifying candidates 7. Section 702(Local Control over Elections) a. Remove exclusive reliance on State Elections Code for all aspects of elections; add that for Municipal Elections,the City will maintain local control over voter ID provisions_for resident verification; require/provide at least 12 polling locations/facilities throughout the City for in-person voting; and provide that the City will require/provide for monitoring ballot drop boxes. 8. Any other Proposal Suggested by City Council at the Time of the Meeting rCITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING - COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS REPORT TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: PAT BURNS, COUNCIL MEMBER DATE: JUNE 6, 2023 SUBJECT: REQUEST TO FORM A CHARTER REVIEW AD HOC COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS ISSUE STATEMENT The proposals for Charter Amendments that were placed on the November 2022 ballot by the previous City Council failed. There are areas in the Charter that could use meaningful updates. The California primary is set for March 5, 2024. We should have a City Council ad hoc Committee assembled to return to the entire City Council with recommendations for Charter updates. RECOMMENDED ACTION Designate Mayor Tony Strickland to lead an ad hoc committee of himself and two other City Council members of his choice to work with the City Attorney's Office, if necessary, and to return to City Council at a regular City Council meeting in July of this year with recommendations for proposed Charter Amendments. It is also requested that the City Clerk, who is our local elections official, provide a timeline of events or deadlines the City is required to meet in order to get any proposed City Charter Amendments on the ballot for the March 5, 2024 election. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL Not applicable /4►,410r4O►410%.�► TINGin ......,, \ le wee c �•.• Epp R P 0 RA TF •••• \ • =_— ••. Charter Review Dui „ I ,/�i„'/!I' /'U c� Ad Hoc Committee's - Proposed Charter - • _ _ : Amendments , )/) , • _ • '•. August 1 , 2023 • ca 04 .e.ca0V F • ti ,4111116. 0© lNTyC � Recommended Charter Amendment Timeline 1. August 2023 a. August 1 — Consider Ad Hoc Committee's proposed Charter amendments; request City Attorney to review any approved amendments and prepare all materials required by the ROV for placement on the March 5, 2024 ballot. b. Throughout August, prepare a Request for Council Action (RCA) that includes: a request for funds to place one or more amendments on the March 5, 2024 primary ballot and approval of Resolutions that: 1 ) call for a Special Election to submit Charter amendments to the voters; 2) requests consolidation of Special Election with the County for the Statewide Primary election of March 5, 2024; 3) sets priorities for filing of written arguments and directs staff to prepare an impartial analysis for each measure; 4) provides for the filing of rebuttal arguments for each measure; and 5) other materials as required by the ROV. 2. September 5 and/or September 19, 2023 a. Consider recommendations, budget appropriation for each ballot measure, and all ballot materials (see #1 above) to City Council for approval. 3. September— mid November, 2023 ov N I� GfT o6�: a. Staff gathers impartial analyses, arguments, rebuttals, and other required voter materials �°: F9• • and submits them to the Registrar of Voters (ROV) prior to the December 8, 2023 filing deadline for the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary election. •.doe/�� TINìØÄ . G • •�.••�ppRP ° RATF .% . o •- - - _ we .17 '41110441 6' \ Charter Review Cs• SAd Hoc Committee's • _ _ • - �- • 1 Proposed Charter 4111, 1 Amendments • 0 . ••• 7 7, 19 0.. 9 •••• CDP #0 v Cl NTH C.) Charter Ad Hoc Committee - Proposed Amendments 1. Section 300 (Term Commencement) a. Change that the term of the elected candidate to commence at the first regular City Council Meeting following the City's certification of the election, rather than the "Monday" following. 2. Section 303 (Regular Meetings) a. Provide that the cancellation of a City Council Meeting may occur where there is a lack of quorum or is cancelled by the Mayor or Majority of Council Members. NT I N--- c: ;S\ �OUNTV -,-i Charter Ad Hoc Committee - Proposed Amendments 3. Section 612 (Measure C) a. Beaches and Parks: Revise to provide more allowance to restroom and other existing facilities remodels, with no cost/price cap, only allowing expansion of the facility footprint up to 20% within a 10 year period b. Parks: Revise children's playground facilities and equipment, both for new installations and for replacement installations I. Replacement installations of playground facilities and equipment would be limited to not expand the existing footprint of more than 100% within a 10 year period 4. Sections 601/602 (Annual Budget) I� �0NTING 0 a. Revise to submission of two-year budgets in even years •.':��: `mot _ \O't Y—_; 4 1t 'oOUNTV cL Charter Ad Hoc Committee - Proposed Amendments 5. Section 300 (Clerk and Treasurer Election Cycle) a. Change election cycles to Gubernatorial for Treasurer and Clerk positions 6. Section 310 (Clerk Qualifications) a, Modify such that Clerk position requires any four-year Bachelor's Degree, remove additional requirements for qualifying candidates ..... CDUNTV t ## Charter Ad Hoc Committee - Proposed Amendments 7. Section 702 (Local Control over Elections) a. Remove exclusive reliance on State Elections Code for all aspects of elections; add that for Municipal Elections, the City will maintain local control over voter ID provisions for resident verification; require/provide at least 12 polling locations/facilities throughout the City for in-person voting; and provide that the City will require/provide for monitoring ballot drop boxes. 8. Any other Proposal Suggested by City Council at the Time of the Meeting ,�<<�--��NTIN�TOy, .% Recommended Actions A. As requested by the Ad Hoc committee, consider one or more Charter amendments for placement on one or more ballot measures for voter approval during the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election; and, B. Direct the City Attorney to review each amendment and direct staff to prepare and return ballot measure language and all other materials required for submittal to the ROV for City Council consideration. oATINGro CF :b:r.Ives_.�� /•1 �DUNTN t;ii" • City of Huntington Beach '4 INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMMUNICATION HUNTINGTON BEACH TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Robin Estanislau, City Clerk DATE: July 31, 2023 SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION FOR AGENDA ITEM NO. 28 — CHARTER AD HOC COMMITTEE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 7 — LOCAL CONTROL OVER ELECTIONS Attached for your reference and the official record for Agenda Item No. 28 is a Press Release issued February 10, 2022 by the Orange County Registrar of Voters alerting the public of the County's receipt of ISO 9001 Certification, an internally recognized standard. The County received this same distinguished certification in 2023. In addition, I've attached audit reports from the 2022 Primary and General Elections provided to me by current County Registrar of Voters Bob Page. c: File SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: �/I /?o?3 Agenda Item No.; ( a3 (0 P0) Moore, Tania From: Aguilar, Steven Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 12:21 PM To: Moore, Tania; Switzer, Donna Subject: FW: Media Release: OC Registrar of Voters Steven D. Aguilar, CMC Assistant City Clerk City of Huntington Beach,City Clerk's Office Work (714)536-5260 From: Estanislau, Robin <Robin.Estanislau@surfcity-hb.org> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 12:21 PM To:Aguilar,Steven <Steven.Aguilar@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: FW: Media Release: OC Registrar of Voters Please print and include with the Bob Page reports. © From:OC Registrar of Voters<ocrovnews@ocgov.info> Sent:Thursday, February 10, 2022 3:41 PM To: Estanislau, Robin <Robin.Estanislau@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Media Release: OC Registrar of Voters 61 ORANGE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS t PRESS RELEASE ARK Orange County, CA Elections Receives ISO 9001 Certification The Registrar of Voters underwent a rigorous evaluation and audit process to be granted ISO 9001:2015 certification. SANTA ANA, CA—February 10, 2022 —Following a year long process, the Orange County Registrar of Voters has been granted ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard that ensures its services meet the needs of stakeholders through the use of an effective quality management system. It is rare for government institutions to receive ISO 9001:2015 certification, which is typically applied in leading private industries. To become ISO 9001:2015 certified, the Registrar of Voters underwent a demanding evaluation process that included the development of a quality management system, a review of management system documentation and 1 several audits. The audits were conducted by a third-party ISO 9001 specialist and verified that all areas of the operation comply with a meticulous set of quality management standards. Quote by Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley: "Being awarded ISO 9001 certification helps to build confidence among voters with the assurance that we are holding ourselves to the highest level of quality management standards." said Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters. "The certification process was rigorous and ensures that we are hyper focused on detail, accuracy and integrity." ## # About the Registrar of Voters: The Registrar of Voters is responsible for conducting elections in the County of Orange, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States with 1.8 million registered voters. We are a County agency, which receives funding from the County's General Fund and periodic reimbursement from the federal government, the State of California and local jurisdictions. Read more>> Media Contacts: Neal Kelley Registrar of Voters 714-567-5139 neal.kelley@rov.ocgov.com For Background Information Only: 714-567-5197 Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit the About Us page or call the Registrar of Voters media help line at 714-567-5197. This email was sent to robin.estanislau(a.surfcity-hb.orq using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of:County of Orange, California•333 West Santa Ana Blvd•Santa Ana,CA 92701 •855-886-5400 9OVDELIVERY 2 0 1' ' Risk-Limiting Audit Results n 1Q, 2022 General Election It Summary Orange County conducted a ballot comparison risk-limiting audit for the November 8,2022 General Election. In accordance with California regulations,the risk limit was set to 5%. The random seed selection was conducted on November 11, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. The 20-digit random seed was generated using multiple ten-sided dice, individually rolled by various members of the Registrar of Voters staff and members of the public. The random seed, contest results, ballot sheet manifest,and cast vote record file were entered into Arlo,the risk-limiting audit tool provided by the California Secretary of State, which generated a sequence of ballots to audit. The physical examination of ballots began on November 29,2022 at 3:30 p.m. The RLA tool determined that 1,197 ballots were needed to meet the risk limit. Thirteen ballots selected were in a placeholder batch and a second random seed was created on Friday, December 2,2022. The risk- limiting audit was completed on December 2,2022 at 2:30 p.m. after auditing a total of 1,197 ballots. All parts of the audit process were open to public observation and live streamed on the Registrar of Voters website. Video recording of the random seed generating process along with the ballot manifest can be found online at ocvote.goy/rla. t Risk-Limiting Audit Report Random Seed: - 71314311996088492407 Placeholder Batch Random Seed: ,1 31309036658351876436 Ballot Cards Audited: - 1,197 Rounds of Sampling: 1 Ballots Cast: 994,227 t t. Discrepancies: 0 Person-hours to prepare RLA: 220 person-hours People involved in preparing RLA: 9 people Person-hours to conduct RLA: 340 person-hours People involved in conducting RLA: 18 people Number of Observers: 4 Audited Contests: Total Total Contest Choice Votes Ballots Audited For Presiding Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth District, YES Division Three,KATHLEEN E.O'LEARY 994,227 NO 66 For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth District, YES Division Three,EILEEN C.MOORE 994,227 67 NO For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth District, YES Division Three,WILLIAM W.BEDSWORTH 994,227 85 NO For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth District, YES Division Three,JOANNE MOTOIKE 994,227 86 NO For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth District, YES Division Three,MAURICE SANCHEZ 994,227 94 NO JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.30 MICHELE BELL PEGGY HUANG 994,227 182 MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Director,Division 2 JOE DOVINH 90,606 389 LARRY D.DICK UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 46th District CHRISTOPHER J. GONZALES 129,710 460 LOU CORREA MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 72nd District JUDIE MANCUSO 214,718 526 AL MIJARES H-Santa Ana Unified School District YES NO 34,873 560 X-City of Santa Ana YES 46,330 630 NO SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, PRAMOD KUNJU Trustee Area 6,Short Term 64.771 685 RYAN DACK MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 68th District AVELINO VALENCIA 81,993 704 MIKE TARDIF CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Attorney MICHAEL E.GATES 82,916 709 SCOTT F.FIELD M-City of Huntington Beach YES 82,916 829 NO ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Director, LEE YOO Division 5 79,563 902 STEPHEN R.SHELDON TYNA NGUYEN Z-City of Yorba Linda YES 30,696 923 NO ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Director, DIVA NGUYEN Division 1 47,035 1007 RAY HIEMSTRA County Supervisor 4th District DOUG CHAFFEE 152,116 1037 SUNNY PARK L-City of Huntington Beach YES 82,916 1197 NO Audited Ballots: List of audited ballots attached. Affirmation I hereby affirm that the results presented in this report are accurate to the best of my knowledge. 0 , ,�. c) Risk-Limiting Audit Results u � ,.Air rr n 2022 Statewide Direct Primary Election g �IFO1 Summary Orange County conducted a ballot comparison risk-limiting audit for the June 7,2022, Statewide Direct Primary Election. The risk limit was set to 5%. The random seed selection was conducted on June 10, 2022 at 10 a.m. The 20-digit random seed was generated using multiple ten-sided dice, individually rolled by various members of the Registrar of Voters staff and members of the public. The random seed, contest results,ballot sheet manifest,and cast vote record file were entered into Arlo,the risk-limiting audit tool supplied by the California Secretary of State,which generated a sequence of ballots to audit. The risk-limiting audit began on June 22,2022 at 2 p.m. The RLA tool determined that 257 ballots were needed to meet the risk limit. Two ballots selected were in a placeholder batch. A second random seed was created on Friday,June 24, 2022. The risk-limiting audit was completed on June 24, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. after auditing a total of 257 ballots. All parts of the audit process were open to public observation and live streamed on the Registrar of Voters website. Information and downloadable files, such as the ballot manifest, can be found online at ocvote.gov/rla. , Risk-Limiting Audit Report Random Seed: 68270197084894748983 Random Seed: 3636197561 1546857310 Ballot Cards Audited: 257 Rounds of Sampling: 1 Ballots Cast: 636,497 Discrepancies: 0 Person-hours to prepare RLA: 190 person-hours People involved in preparing RLA: 9 people Person-hours to conduct RLA: 201 person-hours People involved in conducting RLA: 11 people Number of Observers: 1 Audited Contests: Total Total Contest Choice Votes Ballots Audited UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 47th District KATIE PORTER 86,742 232 SCOTT BAUGH 51,776 AMY PHAN WEST 13,949 BRIAN BURLEY 11,952 ERROL WEBBER 3,342 MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 72nd District JUDIE MANCUSO 59,016 225 DIANE DIXON 58,132 BENJAMIN YU 19,115 MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 73rd District COTTIE PETRIE-NORRIS 44,890 252 STEVEN"STEVE"CHOI 34,957 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.5 CLAUDIA C.ALVAREZ 287,646 65 KIMBERLY LA SALLE 152,171 DANIEL(DAN)ESPINOSA 88,997 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.9 CHRISTOPHER DUFF 310,300 83 JOE DANE 203,685 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.11 SHAWN NELSON 372,202 42 MARC A.GIBBONS 161,941 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.21 ERIN BELTRAN ROWE 356,719 47 RAY BROWN 167,389 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.22 BRAHIM BAYTIEH 279,888 61 CRAIG E.KLEFFMAN 134,436 FRED FASCENELLI 92,538 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.28 ERIC SCARBROUGH 293,173 150 JESSICA CHA 234,811 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.30 MICHELE BELL 196,928 78 PEGGY HUANG 181,891 ALMA M.HERNANDEZ 69,662 BENJAMIN STAUFFER 56,918 ANDREA MADER 28,595 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.33 STEVE MCGREEVY 414,949 24 BRETT K.WISEMAN 46,191 THOMAS E."TOM" 43,211 MARTIN JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO.45 ISRAEL CLAUSTRO 375,917 38 KEVIN BRIAN JONES 143,777 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AL MIJARES 294,226 167 STEFAN BEAN 241,823 MEMBER,COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MARI BARKS 74,868 257 TRUSTEE AREA 2 MARTHA FLUOR 40,776 CHRISPHER R.GANIERE 11,850 MEMBER,COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ( LISA SPARKS 98,682 195 TRUSTEE AREA 5 SHERINE SMITH 53,641 ASSESSOR CLAUDE PARRISH 387,926 35 RICHARD"RICK"FOSTER 137,321 LARRY BALES 22,516 CLERK-RECORDER HUGH NGUYEN 453,783 22 SANDY KIMBLE 43,435 STEVE ROCCO 39,227 DISTRICT ATTORNEY-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TODD SPITZER 352,415 i 38 PETE HARDEN 119,886 BRYAN CHEHOCK 46,425 MICHAEL A.JACOBS 45,190 Audited Ballots: Ballot Card Selected (Container-Tabulator-Batch-Ballot Audited °Discrepancy In-Person-In Person-2-34-11 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-39-150 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-70-37 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-161-11 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-196-192 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-203-1 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-456-214 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-521-267 Yes No In-Person-In Person-2-526-168 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-92-86 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-99-248 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-108-14 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-185-213 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-188-20 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-211-125 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-224-267 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-263-289 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-289-262 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-325-41 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-351-241 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-366-211 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-402-176 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-444-53 Yes No In-Person-In Person-5-509-26 Yes No In-Person-In Person- 5-561-64 Yes No In-Person-In Person- 5-623-18 Yes No Mail-1-15-212 Yes No Mail-1-40-30 Yes No Mail-1-45-13 Yes No Mail-1-55-139 Yes No Mail-1-58-45 Yes No Mail-1-88-62 Yes No Mail-1-116-156 Yes No Mail-1-131-114 Yes No Mail-1-160-121 Yes No Mail-1-204-95 Yes No Mail-1-223-152 Yes No Mail-1-244-9 Yes No _ Mail-1-253-77 Yes No Mail-1-257-9 Yes No Mail-1-259-52 Yes No Mail-1-278-104 Yes No Mail-1-279-257 Yes No Mail-1-283-16 Yes No Mail-1-303-57 Yes No Mail-1-316-26 Yes No Mail-1-324-207 Yes No Mail-1-327-240 Yes No Mail-1-344-401 Yes No Mail-1-393-29 Yes No Mail-1-395-277 Yes No Mail-1-430-65 Yes No Mail-1-463-147 Yes No Mail-1-486-79 Yes No Mail-1-529-197 Yes No Mail-1-587-221 Yes No Mail-1-588-1 Yes No Mail-1-591-168 Yes No Mail-1-603-261 Yes No Mail-1-683-33 Yes No Mail-1-774-229 Yes No Mail-1-790-175 Yes No Mail-1-793-154 Yes No Mail-1-796-209 Yes No Mail-1-825-150 Yes No Mail-1-842-227 Yes No Mail-1-893-103 Yes No Mail-1-917-221 Yes No Mail-1-929-245 Yes No Mail-1-957-148 Yes No Mail-1-974-12 Yes No Mail-1-981-17 Yes No Mail-1-1000-312 Yes No Mail-1-1010-322 Yes No Mail-1-1011-309 Yes No Mail-1-1016-253 Yes No Mail-1-1019-171 Yes No Mail-1-1021-154 Yes No Mail-1-1052-259 Yes No Mail-1-1060-170 Yes No Mail-1-1068-291 Yes No Mail-1-1073-239 Yes No Mail-1-1081-274 Yes No Mail-1-1083-31 Yes No Mail-1-1092-158 Yes No Mail-1-1098-1 Yes No Mail-1-1126-335 Yes No Mail-1-1132-404 Yes No Mail-1-1180-326 Yes No Mail-1-1209-190 Yes No Mail-3-33-205 Yes No Mail-3-53-142 Yes No Mail-3-89-39 Yes No Mail-3-92-241 Yes No Mail-3-119-6 Yes No Mail-3-175-59 Yes No Mail-3-187-66 Yes No Mail-3-220-85 Yes No Mail-3-232-220 Yes No Mail-3-242-275 Yes No Mail-3-245-46 Yes No Mail-3-261-373 Yes No Mail-3-265-195 Yes No Mail-3-272-216 Yes No Mail-3-350-288 Yes No Mail-3-363-44 Yes No Mail-3-386-3 Yes No Mail-3-390-142 Yes No Mail-3-402-197 Yes No Mail-3-420-46 Yes No Mail-3-448-190 Yes No Mail-3-466-84 Yes No Mail-3-477-32 Yes No Mail-3-487-126 Yes No Mail-3-502-201 Yes No Mail-3-508-208 Yes No Mail-3-509-26 Yes No Mail-3-589-187 Yes No Mail-3-597-225 Yes No Mail-3-632-97 Yes No Mail-3-644-191 Yes No Mail-3-661-277 Yes No Mail-3-687-111 Yes No Mail-3-689-130 Yes No Mail-3-790-252 Yes No Mail-3-809-191 Yes No Mail-3-818-83 Yes No Mail-3-848-19 Yes No Mail-3-861-151 Yes No Mail-3-893-227 Yes No Mail-3-897-358 Yes No Mail-3-906-226 Yes No Mail-3-908-36 Yes No Mail-3-917-91 Yes No Mail-3-918-237 Yes No Mail-3-919-224 Yes No Mail-3-921-63 Yes No Mail-3-942-276 Yes No Mail-3-947-231 Yes No Mail-3-949-225 Yes No Mail-3-949-342 Yes No Mail-3-950-149 Yes No Mail-3-970-50 Yes No Mail-3-978-101 Yes No Mail-3-1003-64 Yes No Mail-3-1044-114 Yes No Mail-3-1050-278 Yes No Mail-3-1061-32 Yes No Mail-3-1061-223 Yes No Mail-3-1104-56 Yes No Mail-3-1131-175 Yes No Mail-3-1167-108 Yes No Mail-3-1177-26 Yes No Mail-3-1222-73 Yes No Mail-3-1244-35 Yes No Mail-3-1274-101 Yes No Mail-3-1293-98 Yes No Mail-3-1318-89 Yes No Mail-3-1341-179 Yes No Mail-3-1346-166 Yes No Mail-3-1384-219 Yes No Mail-3-1411-154 Yes No Mail-3-1420-179 Yes No Mail-3-1429-181 Yes No Mail-3-1446-417 Yes No Mail-3-1462-46 Yes No Mail-3-1468-231 Yes No Mail-3-1477-388 Yes No Mail-3-1478-118 Yes No Mail-3-1517-341 Yes No Mail-3-1522-285 Yes No Mail-3-1528-302 Yes No Mail-3-1543-201 Yes No Mail-3-1554-50 Yes No Mail-3-1560-73 Yes No Mail-3-1578-105 Yes No Mail-3-1581-10 Yes No Mail-3-1596-270 Yes No Mail-3-1609-382 Yes No Mail-3-1617-221 Yes No Mail-3-1619-158 Yes No Mail-3-1620-75 Yes . No Mail-3-1628-15 Yes No Mail-3-1635-57 Yes No Mail-3-1659-142 Yes No Mail-3-1663-273 Yes No Mail-3-1670-176 Yes No Mail-3-1689-300 Yes No Mail-3-1689-311 Yes No Mail-3-1692-280 Yes No Mail-3-1722-302 Yes No Mail-3-1736-412 Yes No Mail-3-1745-339 Yes No Mail-3-1747-231 Yes No Mail-3-1751-25 Yes No Mail-3-1761-223 Yes No Mail-3-1770-90 Yes No Mail-3-1772-229 Yes No Mail-3-1774-33 Yes No Mail-3-1776-101 Yes No Mail-3-1777-349 Yes No Mail-3-1779-21 Yes No Mail-3-1780-339 Yes No Mail-3-1782-290 Yes No Mail-3-1807-30 Yes No Mail-3-1808-145 Yes No Mail-3-1830-324 Yes No Mail-3-1850-407 Yes No Mail-3-1853-23 Yes No Mail-3-1856-161 Yes No Mail-3-1872-91 Yes No Mail-3-1877-61 Yes No Mail-3-1881-302 Yes No Mail-3-1889-49 Yes No Mail-3-1900-34 Yes No Mail-3-1909-186 Yes No Mail-4-44-15 Yes No Mail-4-108-10 Yes No Mail-4-135-175 Yes No Mail-4-140-151 Yes No Mail-4-157-144 Yes No Mail-4-177-196 Yes No Mail-4-190-174 Yes No Mail-4-196-72 Yes No Mail-4-203-155 Yes No Mail-4-211-191 Yes No Mail-4-230-228 Yes No Mail-4-241-328 Yes No Mail-4-262-45 Yes No Mail-4-267-204 Yes No Mail-4-273-59 Yes No Mail-4-273-183 Yes No Mail-6-25-147 Yes No Mail-6-34-277 Yes No Mail-6-52-41 Yes No Mail-6-87-365 Yes No Mail-6-88-151 Yes No Mail-6-104-106 Yes No Mail-6-118-229 Yes No Mail-6-118-322 Yes No Mail-6-124-239 Yes No Mail-6-125-138 Yes No Mail-6-127-4 Yes No Mail-6-136-104 Yes No Mail-6-143-34 Yes No Mail-6-168-37 Yes No Mail-6-199-62 Yes No Mail-6-209-67 Yes No Mail-6-215-237 Yes No Mail-6-218-107 Yes No Mail-6-219-185 Yes No Mail-6-232-96 Yes No Mail-6-236-36 Yes No Mail-6-270-169 Yes No Mail-6-275-386 Yes No Mail-4-310-114 Yes No Mail-4-320-332 Yes No Affirmation I hereby affirm that the results presented in this report are accurate to the best of my knowledge. Precinct Type Contest Issue Notes 14036 VBM City of Garden Grove,Member City Council, Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot and Audit board tallied vote for Trung District 4 used a blue highlighter to complete ballot for multiple contests.Scanner only picked up 11 contests. Voter marked Trung;scanner did not pick up. 31002 VBM City of Fountain Valley,Member City Council Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot and Audit board tallied vote for Nancy Dugay used a light blue pen and marked whole ballot in light blue ink. Voter marked Nancy Duguy;scanner did not pick up 32196 VBM Huntington Beach City School District,Governing Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit team tallied for Julie Norton. Board Member,Trustee Area 5 failing to fill in the box completely and used'x'to select choices. The'x' was out of target area and did not mark the target clearly.Scanner did not pick up. Voter marked Julie Norton;scanner did not pick up. 17251 VBM City of La Habra,Member City Council,Full Term Voter made a mark in the corner of the box for Jose Hesitation mark for Jose Medrano.Scanner Medrano. Scanner picked up the mark. picked up.Audit team tallied as a vote for James Gomez,and an under vote. 14282 VBM For Associate Justice Court of Appeals,Fourth Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Scanner didn't pick upon checkmark outside District,Divison One,Truc T.Do failing to fill in the box completely and used a of target zone. Audit team tallied as a vote checkmark to select choices.Checkmarks are outside of for'yes.' the target zone. Voter intended to vote'yes;' -Scanner did not pick up on vote. 71827 VBM For Chief Justice of California Patricia Guerrero Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit team tallied vote as'no' failing to fill in the box completely and used a checkmark to select choices. The checkmarks are checked outside of the target zone. 71827 VBM For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit team tallied vote as'no' District,Division One,Truc T.Do failing to fill in the box completely and used a checkmark to select choices.Voter used a checkmark to indicate choices,and checked outside of the target zone. Voter intended to vote'yes;'Scanner did not pick upon'vote'. 45104 VBM United States Senator,Partial/Unexpired Term Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot and Audit board tallied vote for Alex Padilla. used a light blue pen and marked whole ballot in light blue ink. Voter used a light blue pen;scanner did not pick up. Voter intended to vote Alex Padilla. 44113 VBM City of Laguna Beach,Member,City Council Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit board tallied vote for Jerome Pudwill. failing to fill in the box completely and used a checkmark to select choices. Voter used checkmark to indicate choice for'Jerome Pudwill,'and checked outside of the target area. 38084 VBM City of Laguna Hills,Member,City Council,Full Voter colored in box for'David Wheeler'and also added Audit Board did not tally vote for David Term an X on top of the colored box.Scanner counted vote Wheeler. for'David Wheeler.'The box was filled in completely, and there were no overvotes,the scanner picked up the vote,but the board interpreted the voter intent due to the X on top of the colored box 38084 VBM City of Laguna Hills,Member,City Council,Full Voter made a small mark(dot) in the voting target for Board did not call tally for Parshan Khosravi, Term 'Parshan Khosravi.'Scanner counted small mark(dot)as they called it as an undervote. a vote. 52167 VBM For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Voter made a large X accross both voting targets. Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. Martin J.Jenkins. Scanner counted part of the X as a vote for NO.The mark only went through the voting target for NO and the scanner picked it up. 52167 VBM Judge of the Superior Court Office No.30 Voter made a large X accross both voting targets. Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. Scanner counted part of the X as a vote for'Michelle Bell'.The mark only went through the voting target for NO and the scanner picked it up. 36264 VBM City of Seal Beach,Member,City of Council, Voter filled voting target for'Gregg Barton'and it Audit Board tallied vote for'Christopher District 1 appears erased.Voter also filled in voting target for Desanto.' 'Christopher Desanto.' Scanner counted both,and thus it was an overvote.Scanner counted both,because the scanned image appeared to be filled in;however,only by examining the physical ballot,one could tell it was attempted to be erased by the voter. 32100 VBM City of Huntington Beach,Member,City Council Voter used a marker to mark ballot that bled through Audit Board tallied as undervotes. one page onto a completely different page. Scanner picked up a vote for Oscar Rodriguez&Casey Mckeon on the separate page.This was not a result of the mark bleeding through to the back of the page. 52167 VBM For Associate Justice Court of Appeals,Fourth Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as yes. District,Divison Two,Manuel A.Ramirez failing to fill in the box completely and used a checkmark to select choices. Voter used a checkmark to indicate choices,and checked outside of the target zone. Voter intended to vote'yes;'Scanner did not pick up on'vote'. 52167 VBM For Associate Justice Court of Appeals,Fourth Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied vote as a no. District,Divison Three,Maurice Sanchez failing to fill in the box completely and used a checkmark to select choices. Voter used a checkmark to indicate choices,and checked outside of the target zone. Voter intended to vote'no;'Scanner did not pick upon'vote'. 17251 VBM City of La Habra,Member City Council,Full Term Voter left a stray mark inside the box of James"Jim" Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. Gomez. Scanner picked up stray mark. 48141 VBM Member of the State Assembly,74th District Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Board tallied as a vote for Laurie Davies. failing to fill in the box completely and used an'x'to select choices. Voter made an'x'outside of the target area. Scanner did not pick up. 45104 VBM For Associate Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth Voter crossed out contests they did not want to vote Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. District,Division One,Martin N Buchanan for,and a stray mark made it into the target area. Scanner counted as a vote for'yes.' 31002 VBM City of Fountain Valley,Member City Council Voter put a line in the box for Kim Constantine.Scanner Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. read it as a selection for Kim Constantine.The box was marked enough for the scanner to pick up the vote,but the voter intent was determined to be an undervote. 31002 VBM CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY,MEMBER,CITY Voter put a small dot in the box for Jim Cunneen. Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. COUNCIL(Vote for no more than Three) Scanner read dot as a vote for Jim Cunneen. 32100 VBM N-City of Huntington Beach Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Board tallied as a vote for NO. failing to fill in the box completely.Voter made a diagonal line accross"NO"slightly off target.Scanner counted voter as an undervote. 63036 VBM Orange Unified School District Governing Board Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Board tallied as a vote for Rick Ledesma. Member Trustee Area 7 failing to fill in the box completely.Voter marked an"X" outside the target area.Scanner did not count the vote. 63036 VBM City of Orange Mayor Dan Slater was marked but scanner did not pick up the Audit Board tallied as a vote for Dan Slater. mark,because it was a light mark. 17251 Vote Center United States Representative 38th District Voter marked outside the target area and scanner did Audit Board tallied it as a vote for Linda T. not count vote for Linda T.Sanchez Sanchez. 45104 Vote Center United States Representative 40th District Voter made small mark inside of target area for Asif Audit Board tallied vote as an undervote. Mahmood and the scanner counted the vote for Asif Mahmood.It appears to be a hesitation mark. 71262 Vote Center Tustin Unified School District Governing Board Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied it as a vote for Kelly Member Trustee Area 3 failing to fill in the box completely.Voter circled the Felton. target but did not mark in the target area.Scanner read it as an undervote. 63036 Vote Center United States Senator Full Term Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as a vote for Alex Padilla. failing to fill in the box completely. Voter checked Alex Padilla outside of the target area.Scanner did not pick it up. 63036 Vote Center For Presiding Justice,Court of Appeal,Fourth Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as a vote for Yes. District,Division One,Judith McConnell failing to fill in the box completely. Voter used check mart and checked Yes outside of the target area. Scanner did not pick it up. 63036 Vote Center Municipal Water District,Director,Division 2 Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as a vote for Larry D.Dick. failing to fill in the box completely. Voter marked a check outside of the target area for Larry D.Dick. It is likely the in-person scanner was unable to read the light mark. 63036 Vote Center Secretary of State Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as a vote for Shirley N failing to fill in the box completely. Voter marked an X Weber. outside of the target area for Shirley N Weber. It is likely the in-person scanner was unable to read the light mark. 63036 Vote Center City of Orange,Member,City Council,District 1 Voter did not follow instructions in marking ballot, Audit Board tallied as a vote for Arianna failing to fill in the box completely. Voter marked an x Barrios. outside of the target area for Arianna Barrios. It is likely the in-person scanner was unable to read the light mark. REPORT OF 1% MANUAL TALLY [Elections Code section 15360] County: Orange Election: 2022 General Election Manual tally method used: ill One Part [section 15360(a)(1)] I I Two Part [section 15360(a)(2)] Date and time notice provided (attach copy of the notice): September 30, 2022 - h41nr.•//nn.rn#n nn.r/r.rnnn rnl /r.i1h1Gn nn+;nrs of nhnnr.rn4.inrs nnhnrlitin fr`r. +hn nn.rnw.hnr Q r)!lr) ) nn Internet website where additional information about the manual tally is posted, if applicable: https://ocvote.gov/rla Date and time the manual tally commenced, beginning with the random selection of precincts and batches(must be after the close of the polls on Election Day): Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 11:00 am Date and time the manual tally finished: Friday, December 2, 2022 at 5:00 pm Estimated number of members of the public who observed the process: 3 Total number of ballots counted in this election (official canvass numbers): Polling place/vote center ballots(including provisionals) 164,065 830,162 Vote-by-mail ballots Total number of ballots manually tallied: Polling place/vote center ballots (including provisionals) 8,628 42,718 Vote-by-mail ballots Precincts in the county for this election(attach list describing all precincts with the number of ballots in each, indicating whether ballots are polling place/vote center,vote-by-mail,or provisional): Total number of precincts in the election 2169 Total number of precincts selected for the manual tally 90 Batches of vote-by-mail or provisional ballots(attach list describing each batch with the number of ballots in each, indicating whether ballots are polling place/vote center,vote-by-mail,or provisional): Total number of batches in the election Not applicable, since we tallied by precinct. Total number of batches selected for the manual tally Not applicable, since we tallied by precinct. Method used to choose precincts and batch of ballots to manually tally(include description of random selection method): We used DFM's One Percent Random Sample generator within EIMS. attach additional pages if necessary Description of any discrepancies noted (include details about each discrepancy and how each was resolved;also include anything unusual observed during the manual tally process or anything that may improve the manual tally process): See attached attach additional pages if necessary This report is submitted pursuant to Elections Code section 15360(f). Submitted on this date: 12/7/2022 by: Bob Page Elections Official Name: Signature: Precinct Type Contest Issue Notes The voter lightly checked the voting target for Gavin Newsom, not Board tallied 7137 VBM Governor following the voting instructions.The ballot scanner did not pick up as an the vote, but the board called the vote for Gavin Newsom. undervote. The voter marked the voting targets for Rob Bonta and Nathan Board tallied Attorney Hochman,and also wrote in the name of Rob Bonta in the write-in 58800 VBM General space. The manual resolution of the potential overvote gave the as an vote to Rob Bonta, but the board called the selection an overvote. overvote. The voter marked multiple voting targets using marks inconsistent with other contests.Although the voting targets were partially Board tallied marked, other contests'voting targets were completely filled in. 32102 VBM Multiple The ballot scanner picked up these partially marked voting targets contests as as votes, but the board determined they were inconsistent stray undervotes marks and called the selections as undervotes. Moore, Tania From: Cindi Lee <CLee@ovsd.org> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 4:48 PM To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Cc: Ocean View School District - Michael Conroy, Ed.D; Patricia Singer; Frakes, Sandie; Susan Whittaker Subject: OVSD Correspondence - Item 23-670, City Council Agenda, August 1, 2023 Attachments: CC Letter 7-31-22 Charter.pdf Good afternoon, Please see the attached written correspondence from Ocean View School District regarding Agenda Item 23- 670, to be considered at the August 1, 2023, City Council Meeting. Thank you. Cindi Lee, Executive Assistant Office of the Superintendent OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT 17200 Pinehurst Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 847-2551, ext. 1309 clee@ovsd.org Ocean View ', ;I School District Connections Before Content! SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: $I i 1 Va3 Agenda Item No.• 2 a ( .1.._ 1 ([ojOa'iJi � r� �h 1 � �stri �t 17200 • Pirrehurst t.ane, Superintendent Board of Trustees 7r:'1Tel:Huntington1484 Beach, CA 92647 Michael Conroy, Ed.D. Patricia Sanger, President Tel:714 847-2551 Gina Clayton-Tarvin, Vice President `Equity and Fax: 714 847-1430 Jack C.Souders, Clerk Excellence' Web:www.ovsd.org Morgan Westmoreland, Member Norm Westwell, Member SENT VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Citv.Council@surfcitv-hb.org SupplementalComm@surfcity-hb.org July 31, 2023 The Honorable Tony Strickland, Mayor, and Members of the City Council CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Re: Item 23-670 City Council Agenda August 1, 2023 City Council Charter Review of Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations For March 2024 Statewide Primary Election, and Establishment of Ad Hoc Committee to Prepare Ballot Language Dear Mayor Strickland and City Councilmembers: Ocean View School District (OVSD) has serious concerns with the Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee proposals and request that these charter amendments be rejected by the City Council and not placed on the March 2024 Statewide ballot. OVSD has concerns that the Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee did not hold open meetings or give notice of any meetings to the public during its deliberations on proposed charter amendments pursuant to Municipal Code Section 2.100.110 Open Meetings and the Brown Act. OVSD has reviewed Item 23-670 staff report and attachments for each of the eight (8) items listed: Item 1: Section 300-Term Commencement The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends elected candidates commence office at the first regular City Council meeting after the election is certified. This seems reasonable except it will result in confusion as to the duties of elected city council members.The Brown Act Section 54952.1 states: Any person elected to serve as a member of a legislative body who has not yet assumed the duties of the office shall conform his or her conduct to the requirements of this chapter and shall be treated for purposes of enforcement of this chapter as if he or she has already assumed office. Although the City Council is seated at the next city council meeting after a certified election,the obligations of the office for those elected officials should begin as soon as possible. The existing wording of the Huntington Beach Charter is adequate and does not need to be amended. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 300 be rejected. City Council Agenda Item: 23-670 July 31, 2023 Page 2 of 4 Item 2:Section 303—Regular Meeting The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends that a meeting can be cancelled by the mayor or majority of city council members if there is a lack of a quorum.This proposed revision conflicts with Charter Section 304. Quorums, Proceedings and Rule of Order that establishes the city clerk's responsibility to determine a quorum and provide written notice of the adjourned meeting or special meetings to a date certain. The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee's recommendation to amend Section 303 needs to be rejected. It is unnecessary since there is already a process to determine a quorum and reschedule city council meetings. The city clerk is the appropriate office to determine a quorum, and it is redundant to add other individuals, such as the mayor or majority of city council members. If enacted,this amendment would cause confusion if the city clerk and the mayor disagree as to a quorum. City council members have a narrow excuse for absences from a meeting that should solely be determined by the city clerk.The holding of city council meetings as described in Section 303 and public participation in the business of the city is of vital importance for democracy, free speech, and good governance. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 303 be rejected. Item 3:Section 612—Measure C The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends amendments to Section 612.Public Utilities and Parks and Beaches that include an allowance for restrooms and children's playgrounds. The proposed amendments to the Charter are unnecessary.Section 612 only limits structures that are over 3,000 square feet without voter approval. The dollar limit of$161,000 established in 1989, when a single-family home cost the same, is not enforceable in 2023. Restrooms are less than 3,000 square feet in size. Playground equipment is not considered a building structure, and the Charter does not need to be amended to limit the expansion of playground apparatus or restrooms in public parks. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 612 be rejected. Item 4:Section 601/602—Annual Budget The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends amendments to Section 601/602 that establish a two-year budget, rather than an annual budget. It is vitally important for the public to participate in the city budget process, and a two-year budget would limit public participation on which programs to fund and the needs of the residents and businesses. The past city budgets have needed to respond quickly to fluctuating city revenue and expenses due to economic changes. The city budget relies on availability of funds from the California budget that is adopted annually. The annual budget is a necessary business of the city council. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 601/602 be rejected. Item 5: Section 300—Clerk and Treasurer Election Cycle The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends amendments to Section 300 to change the 4-year election cycle for city clerk and treasurer that currently coincides with the Presidential election to the city council election that coincides with the gubernatorial election cycle. It was the wisdom of the city founders in staggering the election of these city officials so that no one political group could lock in 4-year terms for each public office. This proposed charter amendment is detrimental to democracy and the balance of City Council Agenda Item: 23-670 July 31, 2023 Page 3 of 4 power that is built into the existing charter. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 300 be rejected. Item 6: Section 310—Clerk Qualifications The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends amendments to Section 310 to eliminate specific qualifications of a city clerk to hold this vital public office. Section 310 establishes that the city clerk has a bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, or related field, and must hold a certificate as a Municipal Clerk or obtain such certification within the first three years in office. The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends only a bachelor's degree in any field and eliminates certification as a Municipal Clerk.The city clerk is a vital public office that ensures that the city follows the requirements of the Brown Act for open meetings, public notice,the keeping of public records,and, most importantly,free and fair elections. The office of city clerk is independent and technical, and without the required certification and training, can lead to errors, limits to public access to deliberations and public records, or be influenced by other city officials not to follow standards established by Municipal Clerk certification. This proposed charter amendment is detrimental to the democratic process and protections that are built into the existing charter. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 310 be rejected. Item 7:Section 702—Local Control Over Elections The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee recommends amendments to Section 702 to establish local control over municipal elections by determining who is qualified to vote, requiring in-person voting, and city monitoring of polling places and ballot drop off. OVSD is adamantly opposed to the city controlling who can vote or the city monitoring polling places and ballot drop off.The OVSD's school board elections will be negatively impacted by this proposed charter amendment because it will establish conflicting voting requirements, eligibility, and could potentially intimidate voters from voting in a free and fair election. If this amendment is adopted, then the city, rather than the OC Registrar of Voters, will decide whose cast ballot will count based on who knows what criteria of eligibility.The city could reject a signature on a ballot that the OC Registrar of Voters accepted or establish a different residency criterion than the OC Registrar of Voters.The city will have access to private and personal information of the public that is currently not available to elected officials in Huntington Beach. This amendment will result in the public not trusting the result of the election,and that is detrimental to democracy. OVSD requests this amendment to Charter Section 702 be rejected. Item 8:Any other Proposed Suggestion Item 8 is especially egregious because it violates the Brown Act by not providing a summary of the topics to be discussed in an open meeting for the public to participate in the democratic process. OVSD rejects the city council from adding other amendments that are not specifically listed in Item 23-670, or that just can be considered and acted upon. If the city council desires to explore other amendments to the charter, then an item should be public noticed and placed on an agenda pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 2.100.110 Open Meetings. City Council Agenda Item: 23-670 July 31, 2023 Page 4 of 4 In conclusion, the proposed charter amendments are unnecessary and detrimental to the democratic process and the holding of free and fair elections. All recommendations should be rejected. The amendments proposed are not necessary and are outweighed by the cost to the city, and thus, the taxpayers of Huntington Beach, to hold a charter amendment election. Request for Written Notice Ocean View School District requests that the proposed ad hoc committee to prepare ballot language, if formed, hold its meetings pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 2.100.110 Open Meetings. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code and Brown Act establishes that all committee meetings be public noticed 72 hours prior to the meeting and that topics to be discussed are detailed and committee documents and materials be available to the public prior to the meeting. OVSD requests to receive notice of any ad hoc meetings formed by the Huntington Beach City Council and receive access to any documents and materials distributed to the ad hoc committee prior to the meeting. Please send notice to Superintendent Dr. Michael Conroy at mconrov@ovsd.org and Susan Whittaker at Susan@WhittakerPlanningServices.com. Sincerely, . LZ-D Michael Conroy, Ed. D.j Patricia Singer Superintendent President Ocean View School District OVSD Board of Trustees cc: Al Zelinka, Huntington Beach City Manager (Sandie.Frakes@surfcity-hb.org Moore, Tania From: Patty Esparza <paddydogg@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday,July 30, 2023 4:20 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: 8/1/23 Agenda - Supplemental Communication Item#28 Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers: With 20 years experience in the City Clerk's office, I have serious concerns and question the wisdom of spending over $300,000 each for the following proposed Charter Amendments: Proposal#5—Clerk and Treasurer Election Cycle: What is the perceived benefit to this? I believe there is a valid reason for the current Charter staggering of elected positions—stability. If passed, potentially in 2026,we could have a new City Attorney, City Treasurer, City Clerk and 4 new City Councilmembers. Is that really what is best for our city? Proposal#6—Clerk Qualifications: This puzzles me the most, DOWNGRADING requirements for such an important position?The Elections Official, who (according to Proposal#7)you want to give more responsibility to by over-seeing a stand-alone election vs. consolidating with the county. And not require a new Clerk obtain a Certified Municipal Clerk designation which prepares them for the complex role of a City Clerk in a municipality? Again I repeat, is that really what is best for our city? This vitally important position administers democratic processes such as elections, access to city records, and all legislative actions ensuring transparency to the public—a NON-PARTISIAN position. I question what the motives are for this proposed change. Proposal#7- Local Control over Elections: Is this even legal? Can we pick and choose which State Elections Code we want to follow? Respectfully, Patty Esparza Retired Assistant City Clerk, CMC and 38-year Resident Sent from Mail for Windows SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: 8-I I I go93 Agenda lbw No.; oa(V) ' Co 70) i Moore, Tania From: Shirlee Krause <shirieekrause@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday,July 30, 2023 10:33 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Is Huntington Beach attempting to become a "Dictator Government"? TO: Huntington Beach City Council I am a handicapped 80-year-old woman who has owned a mobile home for almost 23 years, as well as previously been a renter here. I've seen many changes--good and bad,but some of the items on your August 1st Agenda I consider disgusting and shocking, enough so as to make me ill--no kidding! It has come to my attention that there are four City Council Members (aka "The Fab Four")who are systematically trying every dirty trick in the book to strip us mobile homeowners of our rights,together with attempting to harass all our citizens who want to vote without hassles and/or threats. Specifically,the last agenda item which recommendations for potential charter amendments, one of which includes having the City control voting for local items, not the Orange County Registrar of Voters. This proposal includes voter identification and monitoring of ballot boxes. Come on! Are we becoming Big Brother here-OR-just becoming a communistic city? One interesting development that all our Huntington Beach residents should be made aware of is the City is hiring a new Chief Assistant City Attorney who, I've been told, was forced out of his last three positions, filed for bankruptcy twice (debts listed were malpractice claims), and was sanctioned by a judge because he received payments from his bankruptcy clients for court fees,but did not pay all the client's court fees until the clients learned he hadn't paid them. Yikes! Also, allegedly,this man went to a non-California accredited law school. This is important because the Acuity Charter requires that the elected City Attorney "MUST HAVE GRADUATED FROM AN ABA SCHOOL!" What? I guess this doesn't apply when The Fab Four has decided he's their choice! This entire situation is shameful, a travesty and a "black eye" for Huntington Beach and all of us residents! Clean up your act people or we're going to need to implement a new "Count The Silverware Committee"to monitor all the City's money! Respectfully submitted, Shirlee A. Krause shirleekrause@yahoo.com i Moore, Tania From: Debbi Parrott <debparrott@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2023 3:58 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Items 27-29 Esteemed Council Members, I greatly oppose the dissolution of the Huntington Beach Human Relations Committee, as well as the proposed election changes in item 28 as well as item 29. The HBHRC customizes its programs based on the community's needs, uses a relatively low amount of city staff resources and shows our city's commitment to the ongoing safety and freedom from intimidation for our citizens. They have no interaction with the county level Human Relations Commission and while Groundswell occasionally partners with HBHRC, they do not duplicate these efforts nor do they have the relationships with the police and city leadership that the committee does. The election portion of item 28 seems to be great overreach as there is no evidence of systemic problems with the county registrar and may be seen as election tampering and open up the city to lawsuits. In regards to Item 29, The Declaration of the Policy on Human Dignity shouldn't be altered without an understanding of intent, context and purpose. Thank you for your time, With gratitude, Debbi Parrott i Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 9:04 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Charter Original Message From: Erin Spivey<erinisalibrarian@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday,July 29, 2023 12:32 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL.CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Charter To the city council, I am deeply offended by the proposed charter amendments. Not only are they unnecessary,they are antithetical to democracy. Eliminating county oversight of elections will open HB to even more lawsuits,costing the city ten of thousands upon thousands we can't afford.The council pointedly reminded us how tight the budget is to the point the proposed closing libraries. Each of the proposed charter amendments will bring further lawsuits and further shame to our city. I am appalled that this council would even consider such steps. As ever, Erin Spiver Sent from my iphone, please excuse any typos 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 9:06 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Huntington Beach City Council Mtg. of 8/1/23 From:gelliottl@socal.rr.com <gelliottl@socal.rr.com> Sent:Sunday,July 30, 2023 9:44 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL.CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Huntington Beach City Council Mtg. of 8/1/23 Council Members: Re Agenda Item#28 (23-670), Charter Review Ad Hoc Proposals I strongly oppose Section 702 re "Local Control over Elections" and question its purpose. I also question the validity of encroaching on the authority of the OC Registrar of Voters who has conducted historically fraud-free elections while notably making it easier to vote, not more difficult. I can guarantee that I'll be voting against this thinly disguised(and costly)voter suppression measure should it end up on a future ballot. Cheryl Elliott (Resident of Huntington Beach since 1980) i Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 9:06 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Clerk Qualifications downgrade From:Vickie Hamilton<bigvickster@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday,July 30, 2023 10:01 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Clerk Qualifications downgrade I strongly oppose the proposal to amend/downgrade position qualifications for City Clerk. Please leave the current qualifications and additional requirements in place to ensure the high standards needed of this very important city position. As a longtime human resources manager, whenever I would see position requirements lowered before the hiring cycle for that position was opened, it proved to be a clear indication that someone was already in mind for the soon-to-be available position. However,that.someone couldn't meet the original position standards so the changes had to be made. .Of course, this is a dangerous practice. Thanks for your consideration. V.W.Hamilton 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 9:06 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW:comment,#27,#28,#29, 8-1-23 council meeting From: Dan Jamieson<danjamieson4@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday,July 30, 2023 1:31 PM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:comment,#27,#28,#29,8-1-23 council meeting Dear HB City Council: As a Huntington Beach resident, I appreciate the chance to comment in several items under consideration at the August 1, 2023 council meeting: --Item 27: Boards and Commissions I support retaining the mobile home and human relations committees. Both these committees serve vulnerable residents. The county's human relations committee is an important group,but it is not able to focus on the specific issues facing HB. Our city suffers from an unfortunate strand of hatred and bigotry, and we need the "local control" and oversight of our own human relation committee. The mobile home advisory board also serves some of our most economically vulnerable citizens, many of them seniors on limited incomes who face rising rents from aggressive mobile-home park owners. These wealthy owners, including private equity firms,have been squeezing mobile-home residents for their limited resources. (It is not lost on HB residents that mobile-home park owners have supported the current council majority.) While the current majority rails against the Calif. Dept. of Housing and Community Development regarding housing policy overall, in this instance,when vulnerable mobile-home residents are involved, the majority is content to punt the issue to HCD. But HCD is far removed from issues impacting local mobile-home residents, and our own advisory board can inform city leaders and HCD about HB-related park issues and violations. The council should do the right thing and retain the mobile home advisory board. --Item 28: Charter Amendments Please table this item for further review. It is unclear why the council majority wants to amend the city charter. We just had a detailed and costly charter review process that went on the ballot last year. Why this new effort? What is the cost? The prior charter commission developed proposals in an open, transparent process, but this proposal was developed by a handpicked group of like-minded council members meeting behind closed doors. The mayor's retort last June was that the recommendations would be debated at a council meeting. But that will be too late. Residents have no idea why the item proposes changes to a hodgepodge of charter sections relating to bathroom footprints,budgets, meetings, elections and city offices. How are residents supposed to comment? Some recommendations may be good, others bad. Some probably don't belong in the charter. Several appear to 1 give the mayor more power and open up local elections to political influence. But we don't have enough information. What we will get will come from a limited, late-night council debate AFTER residents have spoken. Please delay this item, and if pursued, do it correctly through an open and rigorous process with public notice and comment, and put any changes to the voters in a November general election, not the lower-turnout primary election. --Item 29: Amending the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity Please vote NO on this item. The item does not state why we need to amend the Declaration, which is similar to the earlier 1996 version(both adopted unanimously by prior HB city councils). Perhaps it is the addition of "gender identity" to the newer text. The proposal looks like part of a continued culture war by the council majority against vulnerable people--especially trans people who are the subject of extremely vicious hate incidents and crimes. Perhaps I am wrong about the majority's motive;perhaps the council majority wishes to strengthen the Declaration. But the majority's actions to date do not inspire confidence. Please, do not pursue this item. Sincerely, Dan Jamieson Huntington Beach 2 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 9:11 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Protect our Charter-Vote NO on proposed changes From: Cathey Ryder<the4ryders@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 7:21 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Protect our Charter-Vote NO on proposed changes During the 2022 HB City Council election cycle, voters were told that NO changes were needed for the HB City Charter. All were urged to vote NO on issues such as making the charter gender neutral, changing name of mayor pro tem to vice mayor and changing the process to replace a CC member who resigns was considered not necessary. A committee of citizens spent considerable time reviewing each section of the HB City Charter prior to making the recommendations. 4 of the current CC members urged a NO vote on those changes that appeared on the November 2022 ballot. Members of the Charter Review process were disappointed but accepted the outcome. Now an ad hoc committee of only 3 of the current HB CC members, after a handful of meetings, are recommending a whole host of what many consider to be MAJOR changes. Where are the staff recommendations for these changes,particularly those involving voter issues? When was the public invited to give input?Why were there no citizens invited to serve on this committee? This is not the transparency that was promised by the recently elected CC members.Shame on you! CJ Ryder Longtime homeowner and voter in HB Cathey Ryder " Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller i Moore, Tania From: R Ross <rross4488@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 11:35 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: City Clerk- Proposed City Charter Amendments To the Mayor and City Council: I can't understand why anyone would want to reduce educational requirements, credentials and standards for the Huntington Beach City Clerk. Charter amendments are expensive. Why would we spend money to downgrade job qualifications for the vital and non-partisan position of our City Clerk, who also serves as our elections official? The City Charter requires the City Clerk to have a Bachelor's Degree in business,public administration or a related field. This is quite broad and appropriate. Why change that? The Charter also requires the City Clerk to have certification as a Municipal Clerk, earned through education. The accreditation of Certified Municipal Clerk is important. This specialized education is a well- rounded, years-long program that trains participants on the vast aspects of the complex City Clerk profession. The CMC accreditation benefits our city-the public, staff,the department and the elected official on the job. Why eliminate that? Stand-alone elections are expensive and difficult to manage. Attempting local control and changing how our elections are conducted is unnecessary. The Orange County Registrar of Voters is unmatched in efficiency and integrity. What is the reason for this? Why we would consider changing the election cycle,potentially having 70%newly elected officials at once? The present staggered system works. We need less,not more, brain drain at City Hall. What is the purpose of this proposed change? Is this really what's best for our city? It doesn't make sense. Sincerely, Rebecca Ross Retired Huntington Beach Senior Deputy City Clerk and Certified Municipal Clerk 52-year Huntington Beach resident 1 Moore, Tania From: R Ross <rross4488@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 11:35 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: City Clerk- Proposed City Charter Amendments To the Mayor and City Council: I can't understand why anyone would want to reduce educational requirements, credentials and standards for the Huntington Beach City Clerk. Charter amendments are expensive. Why would we spend money to downgrade job qualifications for the vital and non-partisan position of our City Clerk, who also serves as our elections official? The City Charter requires the City Clerk to have a Bachelor's Degree in business, public administration or a related field. This is quite broad and appropriate. Why change that? The Charter also requires the City Clerk to have certification as a Municipal Clerk, earned through education. The accreditation of Certified Municipal Clerk is important. This specialized education is a well- rounded, years-long program that trains participants on the vast aspects of the complex City Clerk profession. The CMC accreditation benefits our city -the public, staff,the department and the elected official on the job. Why eliminate that? Stand-alone elections are expensive and difficult to manage. Attempting local control and changing how our elections are conducted is unnecessary. The Orange County Registrar of Voters is unmatched in efficiency and integrity. What is the reason for this? Why we would consider changing the election cycle,potentially having 70%newly elected officials at once? The present staggered system works. We need less, not more, brain drain at City Hall. What is the purpose of this proposed change? Is this really what's best for our city? It doesn't make sense. Sincerely, Rebecca Ross Retired Huntington Beach Senior Deputy City Clerk and Certified Municipal Clerk 52-year Huntington Beach resident i Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 12:21 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: HB City Council Agenda 8.1.2023 Please Withdraw Items 27, 28, and 29 From: Pat Goodman<patgoodman@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 11:55 AM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>; Fikes,Cathy<CFikes@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: HB City Council Agenda 8.1.2023 Please Withdraw Items 27, 28,and 29 Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tern Van Der Mark, and City Council Members, Please withdraw Items 27, 28, and 29 from the City Council August 1, 2023, agenda. I find them to be very troubling to the wellbeing of the city and its residents and voters. My first comment applies to items #27, 28, 29 and the use of Ad Hoc committees by the mayor. I appreciate the effort by the mayor to use Ad Hoc committees to study issues, formulate policy for the city, and try to move items forward in a timely manner. However, Ad hoc committees were misused for agenda items 27 and 28 on Tuesday, August 1 city council agenda. It is not too late to correct this issue for agenda item # 29. And, therefore, should be withdrawn from the agenda. In my mind, Ad Hoc committees ought to include citizens that try to reflect the impacted demographics of the issue under review, and/or folks with the experience and knowledge to add value to the discussion, and formulation of any policy recommendations. A city staff, and city attorney's office liaison(s) could be included for background as needed. The committee needs to engage the public, issue its report including, purpose, dates, times met, public comments, expert opinions, conclusions, and recommendations. A study session by the full council needs to take place for public input and discussion among the council in order to know how to move forward on the item. Couldn't three councilmembers meet periodically to brainstorm ideas without violating the Brown Act, and then bring an item forward this item on a subsequent city council agenda? Why do you need an ad hoc committee that meets behind closed doors? Is this what transparency looks like? Agenda Item # 27 The Human Relations Commission and the Mobile Home Advisory Board. They provide residents, businesses, police, and other first responders with an array of benefits and support when the situation calls for it. Here are some that I can think of: sounding boards for issues of economic and social policy, actions of discrimination, support to our police and victims of crime in the areas of human rights, community violence prevention, and 1 trust in our first responders. This commission and board promote problem solving through dialog, and, at their best, local control by the community to address issues in a timely manner. It is the job of city staff to connect residents to resources regardless of the role of a board or commission. So why have any board, commission, or committee in the first place? It is to engage the community in problem solving, and government oversight. Again, it's about local control, who are people most likely to turn to when they have questions or need services? I think we turn to local government. Certainly, we can find the funds to maintain this board and commission. As far as merging and streamlining these activities I'm all for it and if some other agency can field this work for the people of Huntington Beach, great! Have you met with the affected members of the boards, commissions, and committees identified for elimination, consolidation, renaming? I think they would have something to say to address redundancies, and ways to consolidate responsibilities. One of these mergers and consolidations I question is that of the Environmental and Sustainability Board with the Public Works Commission. Will the PWC membership increase to include members to address environmental reviews that come before the city council and promote environmental 86 sustainability programs? I do not understand Recommendation # 8 and 9. It is more of a transparency issue for you to identify why it is important to change the name of the Fourth of July Executive Board? Why would the city council have an events Ad Hoc subcommittee with only three members of the council on it? I'm concerned about public engagement and transparency and that this may be a tool to direct funding and resources to campaign contributors. Agenda Item # 28 This item recommends eight changes to the city's charter with the caveat for more. I understand that this is only a proposal. The estimated ROV's cost for each item is $300,000 plus whatever costs the city might incur. I am very concerned about all of these recommendations save maybe # 1 and # 3. I am not in favor of 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. And have a few words to say about # 7. Our government needs to look at ways for more voter participation and not tinker with voter access to cast a ballot in California. Voter participation is a major issue in our Democracy. The City/County of San Francisco expanded voter participation for people who have children in the school district. These are people that pay taxes including property taxes. This expands participation in school board elections. Your proposal dilutes participation and is wrong for the voters in Huntington Beach. I do not know how you will segregate the city ballot items from the county, state, and federal elections to implement this item's proposals. 1. Are there any allegations, and actual documentation of fraud and abuse of the elections in Huntington Beach? 2. What is the purpose of this measure? 3. What are the steps we need to take to have greater participation in our elections? 4. Are you proposing separate ballots and drop off sites for city races and ballot measures? 2 5. Does this proposal add twelve new in-person polling sites in addition to the 13 ROV sites? Agenda Item # 29 I was here when that hate crime/murder occurred in our city at the McDonald's on Beach Blvd. in 1996. Subsequent city councils have adopted this Declaration on Human Dignity unanimously (except for 2021, one member did not sign it). The perpetrator was not charged only with murder but also a hate crime under federal law. It was a horrendous time in our city's history. We cannot forget it because, sadly, these types of crimes that target "people who do not look like me" are still taking place. As residents, we need constant education on these crimes so that when we "see something we can say something." Again, my comments regarding Ad Hoc committees apply to this agenda item as well. This statement is one step in our education. It is directional, aspirational, and sets a welcoming no nonsense tone for our city to tourists, businesses, city employees and residents. Please withdraw agenda items 27, 28, and 29. Rethink how to address these serious issues by engaging the public to come up with the best policies for our city as possible. Thank you. Patricia Goodman Huntington Beach, CA 3 Moore, Tania From: Judy Standerford <judystanderford@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 1:43 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Letter for August 1, 2023 City Council Meeting July 31, 2023 To the City Council In Re:Agenda Item 27—August 1 City Council Meeting The reason for this item seems to be only to silence residents of Huntington Beach:The four council members in the majority do not want to hear any criticism of their actions. As the members of these committees are all volunteers any money saved by eliminating them is minimal. Agenda Item 28. Pertaining to: Section 310 This makes no sense at all. You want to elect a clerk who has no experience or skill in running an election and put this person in charge of a process which is complex and needs to be done carefully. Section 702. And once you have your incompetent clerk you want to add unnecessary restrictions on voting by Huntington Beach residents. Voter ID at the polls is only meant to repress voting turnout—it has nothing whatsoever to do with stopping voter fraud. There is so little voter fraud anywhere in the state of California or in Orange County that putting this restriction on voters can only mean that you want to depress turnout.To allow for at least 12 polling places for in person voting is laughable. If you truly intend for all voting in Huntington Beach to be in person (and how else would this work if you want voter ID)then do your calculations again and this time allow enough time and space for this to happen.And what form of ID would be acceptable to prove residence?And when would the clerk's office be open to provide this form of ID?Also—mail ballots have proved to be very popular and very safe from fraud. Would you take this option away from the over 50%of voters who vote this way? Please keep Huntington Beach functioning as a democracy and keep in mind that you serve the residents of this city. Judy Standerford 19521 Sardinia Lane Huntington Beach,CA 92646 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 1:50 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: City Charter Amendment Proposal and More Original Message From:winchellg<winchellg@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 12:36 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL.CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: City Charter Amendment Proposal and More Dear Mayor&City Council Members, I am writing to express my concern about your City Charter Amendment Proposal. My biggest concern is your proposal#7, proposing that the City Council take control of all aspects of our elections,thus removing control of Huntington Beach elections from the State Elections Code.This Code was established to safeguard the fairness of local elections by assuring that all eligible voters have unfettered access to the voting process and that the process itself was protected from fraud and abuses. It was designed to preserve the basic tenets of our democracy. Please do not assume that you or any other City Council of the future have the historical knowledge or experience to foresee the potential negative consequences of removing control of our elections from State Election Code control. Proposal#5 to move election of our clerk and treasurer to the gubernatorial election year with its normally lower turnout,will reduce the number of voters who participate in the selection of candidates.What does this contribute to the democratic process? Democracy thrives on voter participation, not reduction of participation! Proposal#6 reduces the educational/training requirements for City Clerk.Why? Do we really want someone with no exposure to the skills and education needed to execute the job of city clerk? Additionally,why are you eliminating established boards and commissions?Your job is to work with and listen to all the input you can get from all viewpoints and THEN take action, not to eliminate citizen participation. Please rethink some of your actions. Don't assume you know best. Listen to all sides. Respectfully, Grace Winchell, Former Mayor&Council Member 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 1:50 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW:Agenda Item 28 From: Russell Neal <russneal@ieee.org> Sent: Monday,July 31,2023 12:54 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Agenda Item 28 Item 28 Charter Amendments The suggested charter amendments seem reasonable and worth considering. In particular, the exploration of ways to ensure greater integrity for city elections might serve as an example for much needed reforms at the state level. The confidence of citizens in the election process is vital. It is better to achieve this by having measures in place to ensure system integrity in the first place than to engage in bitter arguments after the fact, as we have seen. Russell Neal Huntington Beach 1 Moore, Tania From: Cecily Gates <cecilygates@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 3:40 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF);supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Agenda items Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark , and City Council, My first comment applies to items #27, 28, 29 and the use of Ad Hoc committees by the mayor. I appreciate the effort by the mayor to use Ad Hoc committees to study issues, formulate policy for the city, and try to move items forward in a timely manner. However, Ad hoc committees were misused for agenda items 27 and 28 on Tuesday, August 1 city council agenda. It is not too late to correct this issue for agenda item # 29. And, therefore, should be withdrawn from the agenda. In my mind, Ad Hoc committees ought to include citizens that try to reflect the impacted demographics of the issue under review, and/or folks with the experience and knowledge to add value to the discussion, and formulation of any policy recommendations. A city staff, and city attorney's office liaison(s) could be included for background as needed. The committee needs to engage the public, issue its report including, purpose, dates, times met, public comments, expert opinions, conclusions, and recommendations. A study session by the full council needs to take place for public input and discussion among the council in order to know how to move forward on the item. Couldn't three councilmembers meet periodically to brainstorm ideas without violating the Brown Act, and then bring an item forward this item on a subsequent city council agenda? Why do you need an ad hoc committee that meets behind closed doors? Is this what transparency looks like? Agenda Item # 27 The Human Relations Commission and the Mobile Home Advisory Board. They provide residents, businesses, police, and other first responders with an array of benefits and support when the situation calls for it. Here are some that I can think of: sounding boards for issues of economic and social policy, actions of discrimination, support to our police and victims of crime in the areas of human rights, community violence prevention, and trust in our first responders. This commission and board promote problem solving through dialog, and, at their best, local control by the community to address issues in a timely manner. It is the job of city staff to connect residents to resources regardless of the role of a board or commission. So why have any board, commission, or committee in the first place? It is to engage the community in problem solving, and government oversight. Again, it's about local control, who are people most likely to turn to when they have questions or need services? I think we turn to local government. Certainly, we can find the funds to maintain this board and commission. As far as merging and streamlining these activities I'm all for it and if some other agency can field this work for the people of Huntington Beach, great! Have you met with the affected members of the boards, commissions, and committees identified for elimination, consolidation, renaming? I think they would have something to say to address redundancies, and ways to consolidate responsibilities. i One of these mergers and consolidations I question is that of the Environmental and Sustainability Board with the Public Works Commission. Will the PWC membership increase to include members to address environmental reviews that come before the city council and promote environmental & sustainability programs? I do not understand Recommendation # 8 and 9. It is more of a transparency issue for you to identify why it is important to change the name of the Fourth of July Executive Board? Why would the city council have an events Ad Hoc subcommittee with only three members of the council on it? I'm concerned about public engagement and transparency and that this may be a tool to direct funding and resources to campaign contributors. Agenda Item # 28 This item recommends eight changes to the city's charter with the caveat for more. I understand that this is only a proposal. The estimated ROV's cost for each item is $300,000 plus whatever costs the city might incur. Our government needs to look at ways for more voter participation and not tinker with voter access to cast a ballot in California. Voter participation is a major issue in our Democracy. The City/County of San Francisco expanded voter participation for people who have children in the school district. These are people that pay taxes including property taxes. This expands participation in school board elections. Your proposal dilutes participation and is wrong for the voters in Huntington Beach. I do not know how you will segregate the city ballot items from the county, state, and federal elections to implement this item's proposals. 1. Are there any allegations, and actual documentation of fraud and abuse of the elections in Huntington Beach? 2. What is the purpose of this measure? 3. What are the steps we need to take to have greater participation in our elections? 4. Are you proposing separate ballots and drop off sites for city races and ballot measures? 5. Does this proposal add twelve new in-person polling sites in addition to the 13 ROV sites? Agenda Item # 29 I was here when that hate crime/murder occurred in our city at the McDonald's on Beach Blvd. in 1996. Subsequent city councils have adopted this Declaration on Human Dignity unanimously (except for 2021, one member did not sign it). The perpetrator was not charged only with murder but also a hate crime under federal law. It was a horrendous time in our city's history. We cannot forget it because, sadly, these types of crimes that target "people who do not look like me" are still taking place. As residents, we need constant education on these crimes so that when we "see something we can say something." Again, my comments regarding Ad Hoc committees apply to this agenda item as well. Please withdraw agenda items 27, 28, and 29. Rethink how to address these serious issues by engaging the public to come up with the best policies for our city as possible. Thank you. 2 Sent from my iPhone 3 Moore, Tania From: Cecily Gates <cecilygates@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 3:41 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Agenda items. Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark , and City Council, My first comment applies to items #27, 28, 29 and the use of Ad Hoc committees by the mayor. I appreciate the effort by the mayor to use Ad Hoc committees to study issues, formulate policy for the city, and try to move items forward in a timely manner. However, Ad hoc committees were misused for agenda items 27 and 28 on Tuesday, August 1 city council agenda. It is not too late to correct this issue for agenda item # 29. And, therefore, should be withdrawn from the agenda. In my mind, Ad Hoc committees ought to include citizens that try to reflect the impacted demographics of the issue under review, and/or folks with the experience and knowledge to add value to the discussion, and formulation of any policy recommendations. A city staff, and city attorney's office liaison(s) could be included for background as needed. The committee needs to engage the public, issue its report including, purpose, dates, times met, public comments, expert opinions, conclusions, and recommendations. A study session by the full council needs to take place for public input and discussion among the council in order to know how to move forward on the item. Couldn't three councilmembers meet periodically to brainstorm ideas without violating the Brown Act, and then bring an item forward this item on a subsequent city council agenda? Why do you need an ad hoc committee that meets behind closed doors? Is this what transparency looks like? Agenda Item # 27 The Human Relations Commission and the Mobile Home Advisory Board. They provide residents, businesses, police, and other first responders with an array of benefits and support when the situation calls for it. Here are some that I can think of: sounding boards for issues of economic and social policy, actions of discrimination, support to our police and victims of crime in the areas of human rights, community violence prevention, and trust in our first responders. This commission and board promote problem solving through dialog, and, at their best, local control by the community to address issues in a timely manner. It is the job of city staff to connect residents to resources regardless of the role of a board or commission. So why have any board, commission, or committee in the first place? It is to engage the community in problem solving, and government oversight. Again, it's about local control, who are people most likely to turn to when they have questions or need services? I think we turn to local government. Certainly, we can find the funds to maintain this board and commission. As far as merging and streamlining these activities I'm all for it and if some other agency can field this work for the people of Huntington Beach, great! Have you met with the affected members of the boards, commissions, and committees identified for elimination, consolidation, renaming? I think they would have something to say to address redundancies, and ways to consolidate responsibilities. One of these mergers and consolidations I question is that of the Environmental and Sustainability Board with the Public Works Commission. Will the PWC membership increase to include members to i address environmental reviews that come before the city council and promote environmental & sustainability programs? I do not understand Recommendation # 8 and 9. It is more of a transparency issue for you to identify why it is important to change the name of the Fourth of July Executive Board? Why would the city council have an events Ad Hoc subcommittee with only three members of the council on it? I'm concerned about public engagement and transparency and that this may be a tool to direct funding and resources to campaign contributors. Agenda Item # 28 This item recommends eight changes to the city's charter with the caveat for more. I understand that this is only a proposal. The estimated ROV's cost for each item is $300,000 plus whatever costs the city might incur. Our government needs to look at ways for more voter participation and not tinker with voter access to cast a ballot in California. Voter participation is a major issue in our Democracy. The City/County of San Francisco expanded voter participation for people who have children in the school district. These are people that pay taxes including property taxes. This expands participation in school board elections. Your proposal dilutes participation and is wrong for the voters in Huntington Beach. I do not know how you will segregate the city ballot items from the county, state, and federal elections to implement this item's proposals. 1. Are there any allegations, and actual documentation of fraud and abuse of the elections in Huntington Beach? 2. What is the purpose of this measure? 3. What are the steps we need to take to have greater participation in our elections? 4. Are you proposing separate ballots and drop off sites for city races and ballot measures? 5. Does this proposal add twelve new in-person polling sites in addition to the 13 ROV sites? Agenda Item # 29 I was here when that hate crime/murder occurred in our city at the McDonald's on Beach Blvd. in 1996. Subsequent city councils have adopted this Declaration on Human Dignity unanimously (except for 2021, one member did not sign it). The perpetrator was not charged only with murder but also a hate crime under federal law. It was a horrendous time in our city's history. We cannot forget it because, sadly, these types of crimes that target "people who do not look like me" are still taking place. As residents, we need constant education on these crimes so that when we "see something we can say something." Again, my comments regarding Ad Hoc committees apply to this agenda item as well. Please withdraw agenda items 27, 28, and 29. Rethink how to address these serious issues by engaging the public to come up with the best policies for our city as possible. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone 2 Moore, Tania From: Ann Palmer <714anniep@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 3:51 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Cc: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Agenda Item#y3'. Charter amendments a8- While I support continued review and assessment of the City Charter and am in favor of most of the proposals, I do have comments/concerns both favorable and questioning: Proposal response: 1. Good idea as the transition has typically had some lack of clarity. 2. Not sure the reasoning nor the guidelines for meeting cancellation. Those should be made clear as well as the methods/tools implemented to inform the public should it occur. 3.a. Although no cost/price cap sounds dangerous,this provision is needed as these restroom facilities easily fall into disrepair and obsolescence. 3.b. The repair,replacement and new installation aspects of playground equipment is important and therefore good to support. However, having increase by fully 100%within 10 yr period written into charter is not. That would mean in a 30 year period the footprint could expand by 300%. Some if our parks are too small to carry the increase but most of all our beach playgrounds—considered park facilities—should never allow that rate of increase. Well meaning projects for walking,bicycling,ADA access,playgrounds, sports programs, etc. are already intruding onto the natural beachfronts for which HB is known. I suggest a reduction in that provision to limit to 20%footprint increase in 10-year period OR 100%total increase in perpetuity. 4. I support the 2-year budget cycle. Tbh the efforts and negotiations that led to passing a balanced budget 7-0 this year were laudatory.NOTE: There is still a trajectory regarding future pension liabilities. While the city has taken measures to assure short-term,multi-year issues the problem will not be resolved and eventual lack of funding will be a treacherous problem without som uncomfortable restructuring IMO. 5. Not sure the reasoning (clarification would be welcomed)but I would support any measure that increased efficiency and local control. My assumption is that we would have better control and visibility of the election. 6. This is not something I fully support at this time. I was unaware that HR/job qualifications and descriptions needed Charter amendments. There is a recent trend to downgrade certain qualifications in both public and private sector jobs and that may be a good thing. Some major tech companies, in fact, are recruiting right out of high school. For many operational jobs a 2-yr degree in organizational management or policy writing, along with experience, may be the best option. On the other hand if certain positions have grown in scope the standing qualifications may be appropriate; and if responsibilities have been reduced then the pay grade may need reduction. So it seems inappropriate to focus on a single position at this time. 7. I STRONGLY SUPPORT local control over elections. We may not have much input into County, State or Federal practices but our local election processes should elicit trust and confidence among qualified voters. ID, neighborhood polling places and ballot box monitoring are excellent ways to ensure that. i 8. It is unclear to what"Time of the Meeting"refers but if it has not yet occurred I would encourage Town Hall or other public information sessions regarding proposed Charter amendments. Comments on other Agenda items slated for 08.01.23 will be sent in separate communications. Thank you for your work and dedication to Huntington Beach. Ann Palmer 30+year resident Huntington Beach CA 92648 310.982.8263 ph/txt Sent from my iPhone 2 Moore, Tania From: Ann Palmer <714anniep@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 3:58 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Re: CORRECTION: Agenda Item #28, not 23: Charter amendments On Mon, Jul 31,2023 at 3:51 PM Ann Palmer<714anniep@gmail.com> wrote: While I support continued review and assessment of the City Charter and am in favor of most of the proposals, I do have comments/concerns both favorable and questioning: Proposal response: 1. Good idea as the transition has typically had some lack of clarity. 2. Not sure the reasoning nor the guidelines for meeting cancellation. Those should be made clear as well as the methods/tools implemented to inform the public should it occur. 3.a. Although no cost/price cap sounds dangerous,this provision is needed as these restroom facilities easily fall into disrepair and obsolescence. 3.b. The repair,replacement and new installation aspects of playground equipment is important and therefore good to support. However,having increase by fully 100%within 10 yr period written into charter is not. That would mean in a 30 year period the footprint could expand by 300%. Some if our parks are too small to carry the increase but most of all our beach playgrounds—considered park facilities—should never allow that rate of increase. Well meaning projects for walking, bicycling, ADA access,playgrounds, sports programs, etc. are already intruding onto the natural beachfronts for which HB is known. I suggest a reduction in that provision to limit to 20% footprint increase in 10-year period OR 100%total increase in perpetuity. 4. I support the 2-year budget cycle. Tbh the efforts and negotiations that led to passing a balanced budget 7-0 this year were laudatory. NOTE: There is still a trajectory regarding future pension liabilities. While the city has taken measures to assure short-term,multi-year issues the problem will not be resolved and eventual lack of funding will be a treacherous problem without som uncomfortable restructuring IMO. 5. Not sure the reasoning (clarification would be welcomed)but I would support any measure that increased efficiency and local control. My assumption is that we would have better control and visibility of the election. 6. This is not something I fully support at this time. I was unaware that HR/job qualifications and descriptions needed Charter amendments. There is a recent trend to downgrade certain qualifications in both public and private sector jobs and that may be a good thing. Some major tech companies, in fact, are recruiting right out of high school. For many operational jobs a 2-yr degree in organizational management or policy writing, along with experience, may be the best option. On the other hand if certain positions have grown in scope the standing qualifications may be appropriate; and if responsibilities have been reduced then the pay grade may need reduction. So it seems inappropriate to focus on a single position at this time. 7. 1 I STRONGLY SUPPORT local control over elections. We may not have much input into County, State or Federal practices but our local election processes should elicit trust and confidence among qualified voters. ID, neighborhood polling places and ballot box monitoring are excellent ways to ensure that. 8. It is unclear to what"Time of the Meeting" refers but if it has not yet occurred I would encourage Town Hall or other public information sessions regarding proposed Charter amendments. Comments on other Agenda items slated for 08.01.23 will be sent in separate communications. Thank you for your work and dedication to Huntington Beach. Ann Palmer 30+year resident Huntington Beach CA 92648 310.982.8263 ph/txt Sent from my iPhone 2 Moore, Tania From: Ann Palmer <714anniep@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 4:00 PM To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Re: CORRECTION: Agenda Item #28, not 23: Charter amendments On Mon, Jul 31,2023 at 3:57 PM Ann Palmer<714anniep@,gmail.com>wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:51 PM Ann Palmer<714anniep@gmail.com>wrote: While I support continued review and assessment of the City Charter and am in favor of most of the proposals, I do have comments/concerns both favorable and questioning: Proposal response: 1. Good idea as the transition has typically had some lack of clarity. 2. Not sure the reasoning nor the guidelines for meeting cancellation. Those should be made clear as well as the methods/tools implemented to inform the public should it occur. 3.a. Although no cost/price cap sounds dangerous,this provision is needed as these restroom facilities easily fall into disrepair and obsolescence. 3.b. The repair,replacement and new installation aspects of playground equipment is important and therefore good to support. However, having increase by fully 100%within 10 yr period written into charter is not. That would mean in a 30 year period the footprint could expand by 300%. Some if our parks are too small to carry the increase but most of all our beach playgrounds—considered park facilities—should never allow that rate of increase. Well meaning projects for walking, bicycling,ADA access,playgrounds, sports programs, etc. are already intruding onto the natural beachfronts for which HB is known. I suggest a reduction in that provision to limit to 20%footprint increase in 10-year period OR 100%total increase in perpetuity. 4. I support the 2-year budget cycle. Tbh the efforts and negotiations that led to passing a balanced budget 7-0 this year were laudatory. NOTE: There is still a trajectory regarding future pension liabilities. While the city has taken measures to assure short-term,multi-year issues the problem will not be resolved and eventual lack of funding will be a treacherous problem without som uncomfortable restructuring IMO. 5. Not sure the reasoning(clarification would be welcomed) but I would support any measure that increased efficiency and local control. My assumption is that we would have better control and visibility of the election. 6. This is not something I fully support at this time. I was unaware that HR/job qualifications and descriptions needed Charter amendments. There is a recent trend to downgrade certain qualifications in both public and private sector jobs and that may be a good thing. Some major tech companies, in fact, are recruiting right out of high school. For many operational jobs a 2-yr degree in organizational management or policy writing, along with experience,may be the best option. On the other hand if certain positions have grown in scope the i I standing qualifications may be appropriate; and if responsibilities have been reduced then the pay grade may need reduction. So it seems inappropriate to focus on a single position at this time. 7. I STRONGLY SUPPORT local control over elections. We may not have much input into County, State or Federal practices but our local election processes should elicit trust and confidence among qualified voters. ID,neighborhood polling places and ballot box monitoring are excellent ways to ensure that. 8. It is unclear to what"Time of the Meeting"refers but if it has not yet occurred I would encourage Town Hall or other public information sessions regarding proposed Charter amendments. Comments on other Agenda items slated for 08.01.23 will be sent in separate communications. Thank you for your work and dedication to Huntington Beach. Aim Palmer 30+year resident Huntington Beach CA 92648 310.982.8263 ph/txt Sent from my iPhone 2 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 4:37 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: 8-1-23 Agenda Items 27 and 28 From: Linda Moon<Isapiro048@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31,2023 2:58 PM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: 8-1-23 Agenda Items 27 and 28 Dear Mayor and City Council Members: I am writing to express my deep concern and opposition to Agenda Items Nos. 27 and 28 on the August 1,2023 City Council Agenda. Of greatest concern is Item 28,the Proposed Charter Amendments. The council majority all ran for election on a platform of increased transparency and listening to the voices of the community. Instead, it appears that you are attempting to take every action possible to stifle the voices of the community,reduce transparency and assume absolute authoritarian control. The proposed charter amendments are hidden in a backup document behind a misleading benign title. Charter revisions in Huntington Beach have for decades been followed by a procedure allowing broad public participation. Charter Review committees of knowledgeable residents have been formed, staff background assistance has been provided and the public has been given multiple opportunities to provide feedback before recommendations are submitted to the council and advertised for public hearing. Instead of following this well honed and honored process,you have formed an "ad hoc" committee of 3 recent inexperienced council members to propose amendments intended only to further their own political positions. No public input was sought by the ad hoc committee and appears that none is desired. Of greatest concern is Proposal# 7 which would, if enacted, allow the City Council to take control of all aspects of city elections,removing any authority of the State Elections Code. While I don't believe this is even legally permissible, it obviously is an attempt at voter suppression and intimidation. The State Elections Code was enacted to safeguard elections and allow voters unimpeded opportunity to participate in the voting process. It protects the keystone of our democracy. Placing the elections into the exclusive control of the city opens the process to fraud and corruption. Proposal#6,reducing the education,training and certification requirements of the City Clerk is outrageous and obviously intended to smooth the path for the candidacy of a specific unqualified resident chosen by the newly elected majority. It is even more absurd a proposal, given the above proposal to take over control of elections. The last thing we need is an inexperienced,untrained City Clerk managing elections. Proposal#5,to move the City Clerk and City Treasurer elections to coincide with the Gubernatorial election is obviously intended to reduce participation in that election. No other justification is shown. 1 Proposal#4,to change the annual budgeting proposal to biannual, as opposed to annual, is irresponsible and contrary to state law. Proposal#2, allowing the cancellation of city council meetings by majority vote of the council or when there is not a quorum is another attempt to assert absolute power and stifle the voice of the public. The public has a right to expect the council forum to be available, whether or not it suits the whims of the majority members or whether a voting quorum is present. Proposal#8 allowing for the consideration and action on proposals not even disclosed to the public is reprehensible. Agenda Item 27, which would dismantle previously active and important boards and commissions, is also intended to stifle the voices of the public not in agreement with the council majority. You have already attempted to render the boards and commissions ineffective by packing them with your political cronies,rather than residents concerned and knowledgeable of the purpose of the forum. Your attempt to eliminate them entirely reduces the citizen participation that you promised to expand. Please reconsider these proposals. Any charter amendments need to go through the open public Charter Review Committee process,where citizens have the opportunity for input as well as to propose charter amendments, before proposals are submitted for vote on whether they will go onto the election ballot. Linda Sapiro Moon 5861 Liege Dr. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 2 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 5:22 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: items 27,28,29 From: Flossie Horgan<horganf@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,July 31,2023 4:53 PM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: items 27,28,29 Dear Council members The above mentioned items which appear on tonight's agenda should be withdrawn. The various constituencies that exist in our city offer expertise and interest on City issues. The City Council has opportunities to engage with the public to move forward on various complex issues facing our City. Increased citizen involvement can lead to a more vibrant Huntington Beach. Flossie Horgan i Moore, Tania From: berreprincess@aol.com Sent: Monday,July 31, 2023 7:27 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: NO to EVERYTHING Strickland, Burns, Van Der Mark and McKeon are trying to do!!! Funny that 4 (Strickland, Burns, Van Der Mark and McKeon) of you ran on NO changes to the charter but here we are with you 4 wanting to make changes that sound like you want to control the residents. These changes are not to better our city in any way, shape or form. Same goes for dropping any committees. As well as councilmember Burns wanting to change anything with Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity, just shows that you and your 3 fellow councilmembers (Strickland, Van Der Mark and McKeon) do not really care about such things and have shown you can not even understand what human dignity means by things you 4 have said and decided to do already. Its, also, beyond obvious on why you 4 are trying to change the qualifications for city clerk. Sadly we know that you 4 (Strickland, Burns, Van Der Mark and McKeon) have made up your minds before this even is for vote and do not really care what the residents have to say. Shame on you 4! Anna Plewa i Moore, Tania From: Cathey Ryder <the4ryders@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 6:40 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Fwd: Protect our Charter- Vote NO on proposed changes See below ! Forwarded message From: Cathey Ryder<the4ryders@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:20 PM Subject: Protect our Charter- Vote NO on proposed changes To: <city.council@surfcit -hy b•org> During the 2022 HB City Council election cycle, voters were told that NO changes were needed for the HB City Charter. All were urged to vote NO on issues such as making the charter gender neutral, changing name of mayor pro tem to vice mayor and changing the process to replace a CC member who resigns was considered not necessary. A committee of citizens spent considerable time reviewing each section of the HB City Charter prior to making the recommendations. 4 of the current CC members urged a NO vote on those changes that appeared on the November 2022 ballot. Members of the Charter Review process were disappointed but accepted the outcome. Now an ad hoc committee of only 3 of the current HB CC members, after a handful of meetings, are recommending a whole host of what many consider to be MAJOR changes. Where are the staff recommendations for these changes, particularly those involving voter issues? When was the public invited to give input? Why were there no citizens invited to serve on this committee? This is not the transparency that was promised by the recently elected CC members.Shame on you! CJ Ryder Longtime homeowner and voter in HB Cathey Ryder " Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller Cathey Ryder " Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller 1 Moore, Tania From: Dianne <diannespeaksup@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 7:00 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Oppose Agenda Item#28 With the estimated cost of$300,000 per item to place each proposed charter change on the ballot,these changes are unnecessary(particularly, in light of the current deficit and cost-cutting). #2 -Allowing the Mayor, at his/her sole discretion, or the council majority,to cancel a regularly scheduled City Council meeting is not in the best interests of the citizens. Each candidate that runs for office in HB knows the job requirements include attending the regularly scheduled meetings. In order to maintain the transparency councilmembers claim to support, meetings should only be cancelled in the most extenuating circumstances. #5 -What is the purpose for changing the election cycle of the City Clerk and the City Treasurer? With no stated purpose for this change, it seems a simple waste of$300,000. Again, with the city's current shortfall,this proposed change is not good stewardship. #6 - The writers of the original city charter were thorough in their evaluation of each section. I have witnessed the current City Clerk manage her duties with professionalism and dignity. Reducing the requirements for a candidate for City Clerk puts the city at risk of violating the Brown Act, as well as risks the decorum that has been maintained in the council chambers. The only possible motivation for this change is to pave the way for a potential candidate that aligns with the current council majority. If that potential candidate truly wants to serve the city,they could get more education to meet'the requirements for the position. #7 -This is the most alarming of all of the proposed changes to the city charter,particularly if the qualifications for the City Clerk are reduced. Taking control of local elections is a very expensive endeavor that the city does not need to do. There has not been any proven voter fraud of any consequence, so this would be spending (a lot of)money to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Furthermore, local voter verification would be expensive and unnecessary. Currently, each voter is required to provide ID when registering to vote. Each registered voter is only on the voter rolls once. We don't have a problem with unregistered people voting because their name wouldn't be on the rolls. We don't have a problem with people voting more than once because their name is only on the rolls once. Please don't waste city funds on these charter amendments that seem only to be suggested as a way to consolidate power for the current council majority. Sincerely, Dianne Smith i Moore, Tania From: Douglas Von Dollen <dougvondollen@icloud.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 7:06 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Opposition To Items#27, 28, and 29 I strongly urge the City Council to give up on its three-pronged fight to make Huntington Beach a white Christian nationalist city, most recently displayed through items#27, 28, and 29 on Tuesday's meeting agenda and the Mayor's selection of a Christian Chaplin to provide the opening invocation for the 14th straight meeting. The three prongs being used are: 1. Blockage of any affordable housing that may benefit non-white families from joining the community. 2. Erasing of"tolerance"gestures such as flying of the Pride flag, breaking ties with the Interfaith Council,watering down a statement denouncing anti-LGBTQ+and anti-Semitic hate,tonight's item#27 which includes a recommendation to disband the city's Human Relations Committee,and tonight's item#29 amending the city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. 3. Changes to boards and election rules such as the voter ID rules proposed in tonight's item#28,which have been shown to disenfranchise people of color in past situations. This is an extremely dangerous path for the largest majority White/Non-Hispanic city in California to take and it should be abandoned immediately. Sent from my iPad 1 Moore, Tania From: Carol Robertson <carolr2020@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:29 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Agenda Item 23-670 Esteemed Huntington Beach City Council Members, I am writing in support of Agenda Item 23-670. While I support all the Sections within this Agenda Item, I particularly support Section 702 (Local Control over Elections). Thank you for bringing this forward. It is so important moving into 2024 that we can have faith in our elections. Thank you, Carol Robertson 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:41 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Item 28 - possible ballot measure for 3/5/24 - support Section 702 From:Sue Jervik<suejervik@pm.me> Sent:Tuesday,August 1,2023 6:19 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Item 28- possible ballot measure for 3/5/24-support Section 702 Dear Huntington Beach City Council members, I support requiring voter ID and improved security for our ballot drop boxes for Municipal Elections. It would be wonderful if this was required for all elections, but at least this would be a start. Thank you, Sue Jervik HB resident 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:42 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Item 28 Original Message From: Mary Ann Celinder<macelinder@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:12 AM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Item 28 We strongly object to the proposals to change the city charter re: elections. It is important to maintain or improve access to voting, not restrict in any way. One party wants to make access to voting harder,one wants to make it easy. Be on the right side of this issue. Karl and Mary Ann Celinder, residents since 1978. 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:43 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Remove Agenda Items 27, 28, and 29 from Council Meeting Agenda From: Mikel Hogan<mhogan072@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1,2023 8:30 AM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Remove Agenda Items 27, 28,and 29 from Council Meeting Agenda Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, and City Council, I am writing to request removal of Items 27, 28, and 29 from the August 1, 2023 Council meeting agenda. These items are extremely harmful to the city of Huntington Beach in that they do not serve the needs of our community and are grossly undemocratic. In addition, The use of secret ad hoc committee meetings that formulate city policy must stop as it is also harmful to democratic decision making process that our city needs in order to combat the increase in hate, crimes, and current and looming social and environmental issues. I urge you to rethink ways to address the serious issues facing our city based on transparency and public participation. Mikel Hogan, Ph.D.,resident of Huntington Beach for fifty years. 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:43 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW:Attachment to my letter, 7.31.2023 withdraw items 27, 28, 29 From: patgoodman <patgoodman@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1, 2023 8:42 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL.CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Attachment to my letter,7.31.2023 withdraw items 27,28, 29 Please include this important testimony by V.C.Rhone to my 7.31.2023 letter to city council. https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/rhone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ Thank you, Patricia Goodman Sent from my Galaxy 1 8/1/23,9:20 AM Rhone:The Case for Human Dignity VOICE ofOC COMMUNITY OPINION Rhone: The Case for Human Dignity BY V.C. 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Just 19 months later, on February 3, 1996, George Mondragon, a 20 year old Native American man was stabbed 27 times by two White supremacists near a Huntington Beach lifeguard tower after being asked if he believed in "white power." He survived. But this near fatal stabbing tipped the scales. Shortly thereafter, then mayor Shirley Dettloff and the late Dr. Ralph Bauer, along with former Huntington Beach Police Department Chief Ron Lowenburg, started the Human Relations Task Force (HRTF). r ,.,: +►ik !'t ,1' +`y, vs-- ?ir - l .t �r� . ._..'7r e.. y }�.�t ,��pdy°' •, ♦ •4 ter.` . • • `i . .'ram` .' `'4, .i i i 1 • '• 4•r :,td •- riok r iP� " 7. •ter- • :y* ! .i.e.....,,..... . rr AJ • P. ',�. ' - "b ri-. • + it J , t•,_2 1' t• t4�_ ya ;`1'' s'' s t fIV°_ I q� • - , }� . i_-. iii \N.,. . . = ,mod . '.'F , V3'..e • I - \ 1l} 4'' , — I m as t �\.� . �� + f. -- :y. -� i `n _^• {<• 3 °. • .r� "` �"`•_ '4L� L .-:- '' ---`', i� ,�!I + •3p 'Till ` ,. ••_61 V. 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The mission of the Huntington Beach Human Relations Committee is to inspire and promote mutual understanding, respect, safety and the well-being of all in the community through education and engagement. For over 25 years the HBHRC has maintained a partnership with the Huntington Beach Police Department tracking and monitoring hate crimes and hate incidents in the community. https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/rhone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ 4/9 8/1/23,9:20 AM Rhone:The Case for Human Dignity I r t M--' , . , ..- • o zeSti , 1. • y _ , k ,Y� w( .. [� 4p- d- �. y�_ ', ,,,n1,..,.' •,L. NET t.. FrW.+i ix • t : - ' Y • c ..4"."4...,.,„; C' _ Sj L _ram• i�•-^,�...,�.._`�.4�...ti� , �\ }' -..-`.-•�.7 -.�'�-...-ea.�_4. �'` • I -- � ti_ ti.4-7-7--• �ti'Vrti 1.�"� ,yam,.: _.-+`-°� .�- ---._ rr. , � 14 �4 ` 4. 4 6. t ;„. :§ :-#ti„"4,- t y `bare Dek�9e t.':4 ... ,- . •,i _ ,) r�-- i mays M + - - ;r -V• -- - � � .,..; 1.2 v.-- .jr gal ... '--i ± : X' '`+ :II; I `ems -+_. v ` 'Z. •4 S'"'�. 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I can personally attest that HBHRC executive officers met with the council liaisons on more than one occasion to discuss plans and ways to support their community goals because I am the Chairperson of the Huntington Beach Human Relations Committee. In the past the HBHRC has successfully partnered with the Vans Corporation to host community dialogues during the 2022 US Open of Surfing.Additionally, when Visit HB staff began receiving calls from prospective businesses who were concerned about doing business in Huntington Beach, they contacted the HBHRC. Prospective businesses and corporate sponsors referenced"Huntington Beach's low MEI score" (the Human Rights Campaign measure of how welcoming and inclusive a city is), as the reason they were hesitant to do business here. Published in 2021, Huntington Beach's 2020 MEI score was 59 out of 100. The HBHRC, along with the previous City Council understood the negative impact a low MEI score can have on tourism. With the many recent changes in city policies over the last six months, I expect this number will drop significantly. I believe in getting to know people for myself Over the course of many conversations with Van Der Mark and Burns, I came to understand the depth of their own convictions and beliefs. During initial meetings with them, they revealed that their top issue for the community was safety. I felt encouraged by this because this is the HBHRC's number one goal, as well. https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/rhone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ 6/9 8/1/23,9:20 AM Rhone:The Case for Human Dignity Although we have some fundamental differences, with this common ground now being well established, I was optimistic. How then, do we find ourselves here? How then, after less than 90 days of conversation, do Van Der Mark and Bums, along with the Boards Commissions and Committee Review ad hoc arrive at the decision that Huntington Beach would be better off without a committee whose primary focus is on the safety and wellbeing of the community? The reasons provided do not mirror the actual work that the HBHRC does. Even Bums himself stated in a meeting on July 6th with HBHRC executive officers that the committee does "much more than just hate crimes and reports." Eliminating the HB Human Relations Committee would be a misstep and a missed opportunity to work to further unite the community.As many policies have been reversed and changed by the new City Council, divisions and schisms within the community have deepened. This has become evident with the recent uptick in hate crimes and hate incidents within the last few months. Currently, as of June 30, 2023, the number of hate crimes and incidents are double the amount they were in all of 2022 and we still have five more months left in the year. This is especially alarming. HBPD has asked the HBHRC to help create programs for youth to address this major concern in hopes of educating families on hate crime prevention. This should be a priority for us all as in the case of the murder of Vernon Flournoy and stabbing of George Mondragon, teens were involved in those horrific crimes. If we can help educate and inform families and teens citywide, we have a chance to see a shift in these numbers and stop it before it becomes a nightmarish trend. https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/Rone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ 7/9 8/1/23,9:20 AM Rhone:The Case for Human Dignity I f,r _if 4 . 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To date, the festival has received nearly 3,000 films during its run and also provides content to HBTV throughout the year. We must all learn to leave one another with our human dignity intact. No matter how you feel about a different race or the LGBTQ+ community, or even someone who belongs to a different political party than your own, I think we can all agree that everyone deserves to live in Huntington Beach free from fear and discrimination. It is imperative that local government prioritizes human dignity, safety, and the wellbeing of its residents. Allowing the HBHRC to continue operating as an official committee of the City is a step in the right direction. V.C. Rhone is a Huntington Beach Resident and Chairperson of the Huntington Beach Human Relations Committee (HBHRC). Her thoughts shared here are her own and do not represent the HBHRC as a whole. https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/rhone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ 8/9 8/1/23,9:20 AM Rhone:The Case for Human Dignity Opinions expressed in community opinion pieces belong to the authors and not Voice of OC. Voice of OC is interested in hearing different perspectives and voices. If you want to weigh in on this issue or others please email opinions@voiceofoc.org. 2023 Voice of OC. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic https://voiceofoc.org/2023/07/rhone-the-case-for-human-dignity/ 9/9 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 9:18 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: agenda items 27, 28, and 29, Council Agenda From: Lou Ann Hobbs<Ihobbsflorence@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1,2023 9:17 AM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:agenda items 27, 28, and 29, Council Agenda Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, and City Council, Please withdraw agenda items 27, 28, and 29. These are very serious issues and deserve other ways to address them. I appreciate your willingness and work to keep Huntington Beach the wonderful city that it is. Sincerely yours, Lou Ann Hobbs 21042 Greenboro Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92646 i Moore, Tania From: LamarSueJervik <Isjervik@protonmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 9:56 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Agenda#28: 23-670 In agreement with "Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee Proposals especially Section 702 (Local Control over Elections). Thank you for all your hard work for the citizens of Huntington Beach ! Lamar Jervik Resident of Huntington Beach since 1989. 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 9:18 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: FW:Agenda Item #28 (23-670) From: Paula Schaefer<pas92649@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1, 2023 9:06 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>; city.manager@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Re: FW:Agenda Item#28(23-670) Mayor Strickland, Council Members, and City Manager: I am appalled that the following items were proposed as Charter amendments and that you believe they merit consideration by the City Council. The new majority campaigned on maintaining the Charter and yet, already, you are proposing drastic changes to the City Charter. The bulk of the proposed changes do nothing to increase the amount of information available to City residents and will only increase the City Council's power with the result that resident's opinions will be neglected. How can a 3-person "ad hoc" committee of newly elected council members with limited prior experience as city council members consider themselves knowledgeable enough re HB city government to make these recommendations?Aren't city residents supposed to be involved in reviewing the charter before suggested revisions are voted on by the city council. It cannot be that 3 newly elected council members can "throw out" some ideas, get a 4-3 vote, and then take it to the voters. I encourage you to review the "HB Open" section on this link, which professes to describe the City's commitment to transparency. Here is the link: https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/government/transparency/ Specifically: # 2. If there is a quorum of City Council members available for a meeting, the City Council should proceed with the meeting. This is the job that each council member campaigned for and should perform. The Mayor should not be given the authority to cancel a meeting where a quorum is available. #5. What is the rationale behind changing the election cycle for these two positions? It is well known that the Gubernatorial elections have lower turnout as compared to the Presidential election. Why would you want 1 to have these 2 positions changed to an election with lower turnout? What is the good government rationale for this proposed change? #6. It's appalling that you are considering lowering the minimal standards for the City Clerk. I've reviewed the criteria for other lower-level city clerk positions in California and none of them- for an Assistant City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk- did not require a college degree in public or business administration, government, along with a minimal certification as a municipal city clerk. The duties of this office are fundamental to good governance: city council agenda preparation,proper document storage, complying with the CA laws pertaining to campaign finance records, contracts approved by the city council, election and voting information,not to mention the public records act. The idea that you are proposing reducing the municipal city clerk certification shows particularly bad judgment and smacks of cronyism. #7. This item contains the most egregious proposal, one that if approved, will likely result in the city embroiled in yet another lawsuit. There is a reason that Assembly Member Strickland's proposed Voter ID law never passed—his fellow Assembly Members probably considered it to be discriminatory and would result in voter intimidation. Luckily for CA voters, it was never passed. Why is the city contemplating taking control of local elections when the County Registrar's office has done a timely, legally compliant, and efficient job for years. Given the impending budget problems, why would the City Council consider taking on additional costs of$300,000 per ballot measure for these ill-. conceived proposals? Who would the City assign to monitor ballot drop boxes? Why even think about this -there were minimal problems with the drop boxes in the last election- and the problems that did occur, were discovered quickly, and resolved. For historical context, look to the 1980s when some OC polling places had law enforcement monitoring them which resulted in lawsuits alleging discrimination and voter intimidation. The public entity losing the lawsuits. These proposed changes smack of voter intimidation and disgusting efforts to reduce voter turnout and are an affront to the purported commitment to transparency and compliance with the City Charter,the Municipal Code and the Constitution of the State of California and the United States. 1 2 Paula Schaefer Paula Schaefer 3 Moore, Tania From: BETHANY WEBB <bethwebb711 @msn.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 11:58 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Cc: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: The attempted destruction of HB by the Fascist Four. Strickland,Van Der Mark, Burns & McKeon As a 45 year resident, and home owner of Huntington Beach, I thought I had seen it all,clearly I was wrong. HB has had city council members of mostly conservative values. I have disagreed on some of their decisions, and agreed on others. It is with great distress that I find myself believing my beloved Huntington Beach is under attack by unqualified, hateful, far-right lunatics! Here are my concerns on tonight debacle of an agenda. 1. The proposed dissolution of Human Relations Committee,the Mobile Home Advisory and Environmental & Sustainability boards. I disagree with any dissolution of these vital voices to our community! 2. The suggested "City Charter Amendments" are clearly designed to stifle voting in HB! I am against these violations of voting rights. 3. Finally the proposal to amend our city's Declaration of Policy on human Dignity will only further the destruction of Huntington Beach's reputation and cost our city vital tourism. I am also against this blatant attempt to turn our city into the bigoted Florida on the west coast. UGH! Sincerely. Bethany Webb i Moore, Tania From: Buffie Channel <hbbuffie@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 12:23 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Aug 1, 2023 City Council Meeting -Agenda Items 27, 28 &29 To Huntington Beach City Council: I am writing today to express complete astonishment and disapproval of your agenda items 27, 28 and 29. Regarding Agenda Item 27: OPPOSE It is clear by looking at the maximum donations given this year to Gracey Van Der Mark by the exploitive owners of the Mobile Home Parks of Villa Huntington Beach, Ranco Huntington, and Skandia why she is leading the change to ELIMINATE the Mobile Home Advisory Board. Why is this Board threatening to these 4 new members of City Council? Is it because they are organizing and gaining influence?Are they pandering to their donors?It is important for Mobile Home residents to have a voice in this city. They pay taxes and these new owners are trying to push space rents so high that veterans and retirees are in jeopardy of becoming homeless. This is unacceptable. Why would the 4 new Council members want to eliminate the Human Relations Committee? This group works with the police department and local groups to help bring awareness and lessen the amount of hate crimes in our city. Why would you want to send a message that HATE is acceptable here?This seems like a wink wink to bigots and white supremacists that Huntington Beach government does not recognize hate crimes. This is wrong. This is sad. This seems like a recurring theme from these 4 new Council members. I mean, you 4 hobnob with known Proud Boys. With hate crimes UP,this seems a bit out of touch and ignorant and sends a bad message to residents and visitors alike. Regarding Agenda Item 28: OPPOSE I thought the new members of Council were vehemently opposed to changes to the City Charter?Now you want to change it? Seems odd. The most alarming item to me is the change to elections. The OC Registrar is known state-wide with a stellar reputation. I have personally participated in the voting oversight and counting process as an observer. I can tell you that they run a tight ship over there and they have a well oiled and strict machine. TO LOCALIZE THE ELECTION PROCESS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MANEUVER. We should NOT remove Huntington Beach from the oversight and continued participation in the COUNTY election process. How will localizing elections work? How much will it cost?Who will monitor this? It seems to me we are opening ourselves up to questionable election outcomes and just more litigation. Why are you saying on one side of your mouths that we need to eliminate staff positions and in the other side of your mouth propose an enormous undertaking and cost and staffing of localizing elections? Regarding Agenda Item 29: OPPOSE Once again, Mr. Bums shows his true colors. Why would anyone be opposed to the verbiage on our city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity? The message coming from our city's government should be one of inclusion, acceptance, safety, and dignity. This should not be a flippant change buried in an agenda. This should have debate and wide public input. It is important that any messages from our city about human rights and human dignity have very clear messaging that brings people together and projects the welcoming and inclusive stance of our populace, our law enforcement and our government. i Do the right thing and maintain the boards and commissions, stop political agendized changes to the Charter, and keep the Human Dignity declaration as it is. Keep Huntington Beach as a welcoming, democratic, dignified city. Sincerely, Buffe Channel 34 year HB Resident and Business Owner 2 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 12:23 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Opposition to changes in voting and dissolution of boards From:Adrienne Low<adrienne6372@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, August 1, 2023 10:42 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Opposition to changes in voting and dissolution of boards Dear City Council, I am writing to voice my opposition to any plans the city council may have to remove our city from reliance on State Elections Codes and plans to dissolve several pertinent boards. It is horrifying to imagine the city taking over control of elections. The state has systems in place which monitor voter verification, polling locations and of ballot drop boxes. The county and State have handled all of our elections without any major issues. I have been impressed at the wonderful job the county has done in expanding access to all eligible voters. I am floored by how well my votes are tallied and the wonderful system in place to report to the voter that their vote has been counted. I do not trust that our local city council is equipped to handle this sacred responsibility. I am perplexed as to why the current city council is trying to create new issues where there have been none. Please leave our votes alone. Also, it is concerning that you are trying to eliminate the Mobile Home Advisory Board, Human Relations committee and the Environmental and Sustainability Board. All of these boards are dealing with real life issues that are affecting the citizens of Huntington Beach. It seems that the city council is afraid of the truth and are afraid of the residents of Huntington Beach who do not agree with many of the city council members world view. Please try to serve the residents of Huntington Beach and stop making our city a joke. Sincerely, Adrienne Low Sent from Mail for Windows 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday,August 1, 2023 12:25 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW:Tonight's agenda Original Message From: MEG ROBINSON<twokyu@aol.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1, 2023 11:42 AM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL.CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Tonight's agenda The theme for tonight's meeting should be"how to tear down a city in 12 months or less". You want to get rid of the Human Rights Committee because it duplicates the Orange County committee and cost a small amount. But you want to take elections away from the Orange County which will cost a lot more? Makes no sense but I guess it does because 4 of you are probably MAGA election deniers. I would like to call 4 of you hypocrites because during your campaigns you surrounded yourself with "No change to the city charter" signs and now want all these changes to the city charter. However, I think the more appropriate term would be liars. You are damaging this city for the foreseeable future. It breaks my heart. Margaret Robinson 1 Moore, Tania From: Isabella Ford <issyford@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 12:42 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: What happened to "No changes to our city charter"?? Dear Council Members Strickland, Van Der Mark, Burns and McKeon, You are the city council majority and you displayed multiple campaign signs stating "NO CHANGES TO OUR CHARTER". You also seemed to be of the camp that was upset about how Council Member Bolton was appointed...even though the process was using what was outlined in the city charter. So, now that you've won, you want to change the city charter to your benefit? Your manipulation of our city is incomprehensible. You are constantly quoted as saying "you are listening to the majority of the HB citizens", but you are ignoring the citizens that are engaging through the proper channels, like sending emails and attending the city council meetings. You are public servants. You've chosen to serve ALL of Huntington Beach, not just the few that pat your back and think you are royalty. From Matt Szabo's article in the Daily Pilot: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2023-07- 28/huntington-beach-could-axe-2-long-standing-boards-and-committees-change-city- charter?fbclid=IwAR1 CcIobTtfmignbBQOxcdOCkVV4NYVLga0XMi-E-AUY2EEdraONXKlb7FY "An ad hoc committee consisting of Mayor Tony Strickland, Mayor Pro Tern Gracey Van Der Mark and Councilman Pat Burns, which met three times, has come back with recommendations to dissolve the Mobile Home Advisory Board and the Human Relations Commission, along with the Jet Noise Commission and three existing ad hoc committees. A charter review ad hoc committee,formed in June at Burns'request, also has made eight recommendations for changes to the city charter, including removing advanced requirements for the city clerk position and also removing reliance on state elections code for all aspects of elections. " So, three councilmembers are deciding all things in HB with no regard to other opinions or thoughts? What is your ultimate goal? It's most definitely not to create any sense of community as you continue to ignore anyone that might think a little different than you. You never attended one Community Cafe session at our fabulous library and voted to cancel the program that had the sole goal of bringing residents together. I become physically ill with each article detailing your actions that focus on your personal agendas. I used to be so proud of our city and how it's grown in such a wonderful way. There is no other geographically equivalent city and you have managed to make it such a breeding ground for hate and anger. Disappointed and heartbroken, Isabella Ford 714-308-0660 i Moore, Tania From: Donald Miller <henwedge@aim.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 1:14 PM To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Save the Human Rights Committee and Kill Taking Over Local Elections! Dear Council, It is URGENT that in the face of rising hate crimes we keep the Human Rights Committee which keeps people of ALL colors and FAITHS safe from hate crimes. HB has an abysmal reputation for welcoming Nazi's, White Supremacists, and Anti-Semites to our city which hurts us both personally and financially. Further, there are no worlds to express my deep resentment and concern over the idea the city has any rights to take control of our elections. First, there is no voter fraud and second, this will open us to even MORE expensive litigation we are sure to lose. Thank you for your consideration on these urgent matters of preserving our liberty, freedom, democracy and rights and saving our precious tax dollars for the community! We must not embolden hate, violence or conspiracy theories any longer! Sincerely, Don Miller litk r „,t.i. ro . , ifi Civic CENTER NTER 2000 MAIN STREET -� Huntington Beach Looks to Can Human Relations Commission as Hate Rises 1 Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Wednesday,August 2, 2023 9:19 AM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: recent HB city council voting 8/1/23 From:j m <julzkitty13@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 1, 2023 5:57 PM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: recent HB city council voting 8/1/23 Here are several reasons to vote NO on the charter amendments to put onto the March 5,2024 primary election ballot.A few are below: Section 303 -city council meeting cancellation Currently, the only reason a scheduled city council meeting could be canceled would be lack of a quorum. do not allow the mayor or a council majority to simply cancel a meeting with no justification. If a meeting has been called,and a quorum is available to meet,the council darn well better meet to conduct the public's business.You weren't elected to do nothing. Section 702-local control over elections Do not vote to break away from state voting regulations. This item is pure unfounded and bizarre election integrity denial and obligates the city to unspecified and ongoing costs for no justified reason. There is simply no factual evidence that the OC Registrar of Voters does anything less than a first class job of running elections. This seems to deter voting and take untoward control over the votes.. Stop trying to ruin a free democratic process, people need to register and be on file in order to vote. This has been working for years. This is expensive, extensive breach of voting rights and absurd. Thank You, Julie M. 92649 1