TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore
TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS
AUGUST 13, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Mayor and Town Council Members,
I am writing as a community member to respectfully request that the Town of Apple Valley establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return) program for community cats.
In August 2025, a TNVR program was made available to residents, allowing up to four vouchers per person for feral/community cats. However, it appears that this program was quickly no longer available.
Currently, the only known spay/neuter assistance is the Lange Foundation Intervention Program. While this eƯort is appreciated and helpful, a public funded TNVR program is urgently needed
There is currently no accessible, structured TNVR program for community cats in Apple Valley.
At the same time:
The shelter has adopted a managed intake policy for cats Many community members are reporting increasing numbers of kittens and unaltered cats this spring
Residents are actively seeking help for outdoor cats but have limited options When these conditions occur together — limited intake and no TNVR infrastructure — community cats are left without a clear pathway for care.
TNVR is widely recognized as the most eƯective and humane method to:
Reduce outdoor cat populations over time
Prevent repeated litters, especially during peak kitten season Reduce shelter intake and long-term costs
Support both animal welfare and community concerns
Without a functioning TNVR program, the current system places increasing pressure on:
Residents
Rescues and volunteers
And ultimately the shelter system itself
I respectfully request that the Town:
• Establish a consistent, publicly supported TNVR program for community cats • Ensure adequate capacity to meet actual community demand • Provide clear public information on eligibility and access • Consider expanding services during peak kitten season A sustainable TNVR program is a critical component of any eƯective community cat strategy, especially under a managed intake model.
This comment is submitted to ensure that the need for TNVR is clearly documented as part of the public record.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Respectfully,
Jennifer Shippee
Hello to whoever reads this;
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of California regarding the inhumane treatment of cats and dogs at this facility. All I see are bad reviews about this place and eagerness to put animals down without due process and disregard. In some cases even when a rescue files to do a pull you still euthanasize. You are giving your community bad press and who the heck would want to live there. I see there is a lawsuit against this place but won’t be heard until 2028. Meanwhile why don’t you take a step back and review your procedures and take a more compassionate approach to what your job is really supposed to be. Saving animals and adopting out and looking out for their best interests. Thank you . Kevin G.
Attached, I have provided an OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD SUBMISSION as well as a 4- PART MASTER POLICY & FISCAL ACTION PACKAGE to make it easyto view and understand.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor Nassif, Councilman Emick, and members of the Council. My name is Lacy Wolf, and I am a resident of District 1. I am emailing tonight to put hard numbers into the public record regarding a profound regional failure in our safety net, and to oƯer this council a clear, legislative path to correct it.
According to the 2025 Inland Southern California 211 data, housing instability is actively driving an acute mental health crisis across our subregion. Nearly 20% of the local 211 crisis callers who face immediate housing threats are simultaneously expressing explicit concerns regarding suicide. Furthermore, two out of every five low-income seniors served by 211 are currently unhoused or highly vulnerable to displacement, surviving on a fixed median monthly income of $901 to $1,500."
Our seniors are facing a crushing cost-of-living deficit. The regional Real Cost Measure shows that a single senior living alone in our area requires $4,758 monthly just to aƯord basic survival—leaving them with a catastrophic monthly gap of over $3,200. When these families call 211 for help, they are logged as 'Unmet Needs' because local shelter beds are full or resource funding is exhausted.
Yet, as everyday families modify their budgets to survive, public record transparency receipts reveal that this council operates under a completely diƯerent financial reality. For instance, on July 8, 2025, an invoice was processed out of Council Department 10011001, Account Code 710040, for a $332.73 KFC catering order. Just nine days later, on July 17, 2025, another $434.78 was spent for a council meeting dinner at Pampa-Rara—requiring a missing receipt form to be filed.
A single dinner and a single meeting spread for this council consumed $767.51 in discretionary capital. Meanwhile, you tell voters that every dollar of our flexible local General Fund is tightly bound by structural public safety deficits." We are told that housing stabilization is strictly firewalled inside our federal CDBG grant, bound by rigid HUD red tape and administrative delays. But the Town Council controls a flexible, discretionary General Fund of over $51 million annually.
I am formally asking this council to introduce a municipal budget amendment to enact a targeted, two-percent eƯiciency reduction strictly focused on internal town administration and non-essential overhead. This simple administrative correction will instantly unlock $370,000 in fluid, purely local discretionary capital.
We can immediately allocate $185,000 to rapid rental arrears subsidies to keep families housed, $110,000 for flexible crisis transition vouchers, and $45,000 to upgrade local High Desert shelters to a live-inventory database. This technical upgrade will completely eliminate the stale data rate that forces 211 operators to send desperate Apple Valley residents on dead-end chases for non-existent resources.
So I leave this council with three specific questions that require a matter of public record:
1. The town’s current CDBG-CV ledger shows an open balance of $59,117.76 for the James Woody Park HVAC Filtration project with exactly zero dollars drawn down.
Why is this emergency pandemic infrastructure capital sitting idle while local unmet housing and mental health needs spike daily?
2. Why are we completely firewalling our local housing assistance inside restricted federal grants while ignoring a flexible, local funding mechanism that could be unlocked with a simple two-percent administrative eƯiciency check?
3. Will Councilman Emick, who frequently moves the procedural motions that shield this administration, step up tonight and introduce a motion to evaluate an outcomebased funding model for our local safety net? The ledger is clear, the voting records are permanent, and the community is watching.
Thank you.
Lacy Wolf
Harbor Light Collective
I do not understand why it has become extremely diƯicult to obtain basic information about dogs in your shelter. The links provided through the Apple Valley Animal Services website are frequently unavailable or simply do not work, making it unnecessarily diƯicult for people who are actively trying to help these animals.
I am specifically requesting information and working direct links for the following dogs:
Willy — ID #259894
Camo — ID #259896
Barbet — ID #259263
Atreyu — ID #260013
This is especially concerning when dogs may be facing time-sensitive situations. Potential adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations need access to basic information such as behavior, temperament, medical history, interactions with other dogs, and current status in order to determine whether they can safely and appropriately help.
It should never be this diƯicult to obtain basic information about a shelter dog—particularly when a dog may be at risk of euthanasia and decisions need to be made quickly. Every delay in obtaining information can mean a missed opportunity for adoption, fostering, or rescue.
I am respectfully asking Apple Valley Animal Services to provide the current information for each of these dogs and direct links that actually work. Please do not simply refer me back to the existing website links, as they are currently inaccessible, as demonstrated in the attached screenshots.
At minimum, please provide:
Current status
Behavior and temperament information
Dog-to-dog interaction information
Medical information
Any known behavioral concerns
Whether the dog is currently available for adoption, foster, or rescue Any deadline or euthanasia date, if applicable
A functioning direct link to each dog's profile
Shelters have a responsibility to provide accessible and accurate information about the animals in their care. People cannot eƯectively advocate for, foster, adopt, or arrange rescue for a dog when they cannot obtain the information necessary to make an informed decision.
These dogs deserve every reasonable opportunity to be seen, understood, and helped.
Please assist by providing this information directly and ensuring that the online records are accessible.
I would greatly appreciate a prompt response, particularly if any of these dogs are facing a time-sensitive deadline.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Whitmore