Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Government, Personnel and Elections Oversight Committee pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.
Thank you. Our next step is our next item, which is charter commission appointments, which is 26. Item 26 is a communication from Councilman Spinner, chair of the government. To be charter general. Mr. Mayor, your microphone. Yep. Thank you. Item 26 is communication from councilman super nature of the Government Personnel and Election Oversight Committee. Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Government Personnel and Election Oversight Committee. Got some more super now. Thank you. As the clerk said, these appointments were approved by our committee and there are five individuals to fill spots on four different commissions. So we ask for your approval. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember. And let me go ahead. I do have a motion and a second by County Councilwoman Allen. I'll give me additional comments before I read the commission names and. No, no Mayor, just congratulations to everyone. Okay. Let me. Thank you. Councilman Super. Now I want to go ahead and go through each of these commissioners. There's a handful of them into the Citizens Police Complaint Commission. I do want to congratulate David and Joel. David Ochoa currently works as a field representative for the Office of State Senator Tom Byrd and his previous experience as a congressional staff member in the office of Congresswoman Annette Barragan. David holds a bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach in political science and history, and is currently working on a master's degree in political science. For those who know David, he's also incredibly involved across the community and will be a great addition to the commission. Also to the PCC is Kenneth Kenneth Asher Kawamoto. Kenneth is a Council District two resident, and he works as an appraiser, specialist and field trainer for the L.A. County Assessor's Office. Kenneth holds a master's of public administration, public sector management and leadership from Cal State, Long Beach, Northridge Degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. And congratulations to Kenneth as well. The next next appointment is Eric Bowers. Eric Bowers is a council District One resident, and he currently works as a director of Public Affairs and Marketing for Coast Community College and served as Executive Director for the Coast Community College District Foundation. Mr. Bowers is a member of the California Community College's LGBTQ Plus Caucus and Public Relations Society of America. Eric holds a master's degree from Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach, and is currently working towards a doctorate in education leadership. I want to congratulate Eric as well on his appointment. And next up is for the Ethics Commission, Mary Ellen Mitchell. Mary Ellen is a council district four resident, and Mary served as executive director of Women's Shelter of Long Beach from 2015 to 2021. She previously served on the Human Relations Commission and on everyone's home, Long Beach Task Force. A Maryellen has been a member of the Finance Committee for the African-American Cultural Center of Long Beach and also served as a board member for the United Cambodian Community, UCC. Also on the Water Commission is Gina maguire. Gina is a Council District five resident. She's a 1967 graduate of Saint Anthony High School and became a transformative figure at the educational and educational institution. Gina recently retired to serving as City Anthonys president and CEO for 20 years and was awarded the keys to the city for her leadership and community development. She's really involved, of course, across the community, and she was one of the founders of leadership, which for those that may or may not know. She also was president of the Omega Junior League and has had a positive impact on many lives across this community. She has a B.A. in California from California State University, Long Beach. We want to congratulate Gina in excellent condition. I also want I think I may have missed that when I gave Eric Bally's bio, I didn't say that he was actually also rejoining the Civil Service Commission. So I just want to be clear that Eric Fallis is being appointed to the Civil Service Commission and that includes all of the commissioners. A huge congratulations to all of them. Any other any other council comments? Seeing none. Then if we could have, Madam go to any public comment or then go to the rock office. If there are any members of the public that would like to speak on this item, please use the raise hand feature or dial store nine. They basically. Your time starts now. Good evening. My name is Steve. Q I'm a resident of the third district. I often speak on city council items of late. And I'd just like to say, just as a general public comment, as an American, as someone who not only believes in freedom of speech, but has. Often defended it. Please understand that I just as a matter of operational prudence, it's my policy and one within my rights as an American. To just say two things hopefully make use of the time, make it worthwhile listening to, let alone putting on the public record. And in my own personal case, while that may seem chaotic and at times. Uh. Highly specific or greatly meandering. I'm kind of always making the same argument. And it's kind of for a moment like this. We're at a stage in human history and specifically a stage in American history. Who? I'm going to steal a line from the Long Beach artist Rudy Dion. It's a very tender epic, but that one, it's a very tender time. And when I see, I know I won't say who, but when I see, you know, old men, businessmen, uh, I getting excited about the prospects of the war. Be good for business. So rubbing their hands, I mean, you know, it's usually kind of inversely proportional to the likelihood of that person actually manning a post on the border of Ukraine or in the case one of my friends who was in Armenia last December. Um, actually seeing a church that you would. You married one of your friends and been taken overtaken by by the various with Russian help. It's a very kind of tender moment. I'm somebody who shortly after September 11th, I did something really kind of creative. I went to my advisor in college and I told him, Hey, you know, whatever you need, I'll do. I was young and I, you know. I just wanted to help. Uh. I'd like to suggest there's more than one way. Thank you. That concludes public comment. I think that was likely for general public comment. So we'll take that a general public comment for that section. But let's go ahead and do the. Roll call. Vote for this item, please. Councilwoman Sandy has. A. Councilwoman Allen. All right. Councilwoman Price. Councilman Sabina. Hi. Councilwoman Mango. Hi. Councilwoman Sara, I. Council member oranga i. Councilman Alston. Hi. Vice Mayor Richardson. Hi. The motion is carried eight zero. Thank you. Is there any additional general public comment?