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EL CHICANo Weekly

Vol 58, NO. 44

October 22, 202 0

San Ber nardino City Council explores policy procedur es for written public comments

By Manny B.  Sandoval

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n October 7, San Bernardino City discussed Council issues in regard to recent written public comments from constituents, not receiving adequate time and opportunity to be heard. Since the start of COVID-19, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 to allow public members to observe and submit public comments through teleconference or other electronic means or combinations thereof. The issue lies in a space where not every constituent has access to teleconference methods, while many constituents rely on writing a letter or email to be read during public comment, via a councilmember or city staff…but allegedly, it has become time consuming.

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“At the September 16, 2020 Mayor and City Council meeting, after considerable discussion regarding whether or not public comments submitted to the Mayor or individual Council Members should be read aloud by staff or elected officials, the City Clerk was directed to bring an

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Know Justice Know Peace Mural Tour’s first stop is located near the Breezeway in downtown San Bernardino and features Tyisha Miller, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd to protest police brutality. item before the City Council to consider a policy regarding the reading of written comments,” said City Clerk Genoveva Rocha. “In keeping with best practices, staff recommends no written public comments should be read into

the record. In the alternative, all written public comments should be read into the record by the City Clerk. The practice of reading some and not others puts the Mayor and City Council in the position of choosing which should be read aloud and which

should not. This could result in allegations of unfairness and bias,” concluded Rocha. The council argued the importance of being Americans with Comment, cont. on next pg.

IEHP awards annual scholarship to CUSM students who commit to ser ve regional disadvantaged communities

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Agriculture Chair tours IE facilities with R e y e s , To r r e s Pg. 6

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he Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), part of an expanding network of private-public collaborations in support of the mission of the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM), has committed a $1.2 million annual donation to help eliminate medical school debt for medical students who pledge to serve needy communities in the region upon graduation. Leaders of IEHP and CUSM, which was founded by Dr. Prem Reddy and the Prime Healthcare Foundation, said the donation is an example of the type of philanthropy that can make an impact on the long-term health of communities while furthering the mission of the medical school: to inspire, motivate and empower IEHP, cont. on next pg.

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Dr. Karen Hansberger, Chief Medical Officer at IEHP, Dr. Tae Kim, Chief Executive Officer at CUSM Health, Dr. Kavitha Bhatia, Founding Vice Chair of the CUSM Board of Trustees, Supervisor Janice Rutherford, CUSM Board of Trustees and San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, Dr. Paul Lyons, President and Dean at CUSM, Chairman Curt Hagman, CUSM Board of Trustees and San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, Jarrod McNaughton, CUSM Board of Trustees and CEO at IEHP, Dr. Prasad Jeereddi, CUSM Board of Trustees, Dr. Sam Hessami, CMO at ARMC.


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