CITY COUNCIL MEETING RESULTS SUMMARY
DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025, COUNCIL MEETING RECORDER: MEDINA This is a summary of the actions taken by the City Council. It is NOT equivalent to the Minutes which, when approved by the City Council, constitute the official record of the meeting.
ITEM R 316531
NO. ACTIONS O 22022
Motion
/
Second
VOTE
30 Approved
Proclaiming December 9, 2025, to be
“Lao American Refugee Remembrance
Day:
ກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກກ
ກກກກກກ”
8/3 Unanimous; 5-not present
31 Approved
Proclaiming December 9, 2025, to be
“Southwestern Yacht Club Centennial
Anniversary Day”
8/3 Unanimous; 5-not present
32 Approved
Proclaiming December 9, 2025, to be
“Hillcrest Youth Center 25th Anniversary
Day”
8/3 Unanimous; 5-not present
S501 Approved
Proclaiming January 8, 2026, to be
“Officer Carlos Lacarra Retirement Day”
8/3 Unanimous; 5-not present
10 A-D
Approved
Approving the City Council Minutes of:
Subitem A: 09/29/2025;
Subitem B: 09/30/2025;
Subitem C: 10/06/2025;
Subitem D: 10/07/2025.
9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
50 Introduced (O-2026-46)
Authorizing the exemption of a Council
Representative I position assigned to
the Council District 7 Office from the
Classified Service, based on advisory
review and favorable comment by the
Civil Service Commission on November
6, 2025
I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
51 Introduced (O-2026-44)
Executing the Second Amendment to
the Cooperative Procurement Contract
with Dell Marketing, L.P., for the
acquisition of Microsoft Software,
Subscriptions and Services
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
52 Introduced (O-2026-45) I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present Executing the Eleventh Amended Joint
Powers Agreement confirming the
creation of the Southern California
Coastal Water Research Project
(SCCWRP), between the CoSD, City of
Los Angeles, Orange County Sanitation
District, and the County Sanitation
District No. 2 of Los Angeles County
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
53 Introduced (O-2026-52)
Executing Amendment No. 1 to the
Cooperative Contract with Nokia of
America Corporation, for as-needed
public safety communications products,
services and solutions
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
54 Introduced (O-2026-53)
Executing a contract with TenFore Golf,
Inc. to provide golf course point-of-sale
systems and golf reservation services
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
55 Adopted (O-2026-43)
Approving the forms and authorizing
the execution and delivery of one or
more supplemental indentures,
supplements to master installment
purchase agreement, bond purchase
agreements, escrow agreements and
continuing disclosure certificates; and
approving and authorizing the issuance
and sale by the PFFA of the CoSD of
one or more series of its senior or
subordinated 2026 sewer revenue
bonds
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22022 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
56 Adopted (O-2026-32)
Authorizing the second amendment to
the legal services agreement with Hugo
Parker, LLP
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22023 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
57 Adopted (O-2026-31)
Authorizing the extension of the
obligations of construction contract K20-1911-DBB-3 with Burtech Pipeline Incorporated for construction of the
Balboa Park Pipeline Phase III Project
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22024 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
58 Adopted (O-2026-42)
Authorizing the obligations of
Construction Contract K-20-1914-EMR3, Civic Center Plaza Elevator Emergency Modernization Project, with Otis
Elevator Company
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22025 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
59A Adopted (O-2026-38)
Authorizing the obligations of contract
K-17-1456-DBB-3 with Steve P. Rados,
Inc. for construction of the Pump
Station 2 Power Reliability and Surge
Protection project
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22026 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
59B Adopted (O-2026-37)
Authorizing a fifth amendment to
consultant contract H115417 with Lee
And Ro, Inc. for continued construction
support services for the Pump Station 2
Power Reliability and Surge Protection
project
(NOTE: 6 votes required)
O 22027 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
60A Introduced (O-2026-56)
Amending Ch 2 of the SDMC by
amending the title of Art 7; amending
Ch 2, Article 7, Division 1 all related to
elections
I 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
60B Adopted (R-2026-214)
Amending the CoSD City Clerk
Administrative Guidelines Related to
Elections
R 316531 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
100 Adopted (R-2026-154)
Authorizing the City Attorney or
designee to retain Nixon Peabody LLP
as General Outside Disclosure Counsel
R 316532 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
101 Adopted (R-2026-175)
Authorizing the settlement of L.J., a
minor, by and through his Guardian ad
Litem, Karyn Jones v. Poway Unified
School District, et al., San Diego
Superior Court Case No. 37-2020-
00021789-CU-CR-NC, related to a claim
of a mental health detention of a minor
under Welfare and Institutions Code
section 5585.50
R 316533 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
102 Adopted (R-2026-180) R 316534 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present Authorizing the settlement of a prelitigation claim filed by John O. Wood relating to Wood’s employment with
the City
103 Adopted (R-2026-190)
Authorizing the settlement of Peggy
Wilson related to a claim of personal
injuries arising out of an alleged
dangerous condition of public property
R 316535 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
104 Adopted (R-2026-176)
Authorizing the settlement of Susan
Baker related to a claim of personal
injuries from a trip and fall accident
near 3792 Crete Street
R 316536 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
105 Adopted (R-2026-192)
Authorizing the settlement of Gerald
Toombs related to a claim of personal
injuries arising out of an alleged
dangerous condition of public property
R 316537 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
106 Adopted (R-2026-174)
Authorizing the settlement of Nicholas
Inzunza relating to alleged losses due to
an order to vacate a 29-unit residential
apartment complex
R 316538 9/4 1234679-yea; 8-nay; 5-not present
107 Adopted (R-2026-177)
Authorizing the settlement of Orion
Construction related to water and sewer
pipe replacement in the Southeast
Encanto neighborhood
R 316539 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
S500 Adopted (R-2026-208)
Authorizing the settlement of Steven
Lee Wilson related to a shooting and
death of a 16-year-old boy running out
of the Santa Fe Train station in
downtown San Diego by a San Diego
Police Officer
R 316540 9/4 Unanimous; 5-not present
330 Adopted as Amended
(R-2026-205 Rev)
Authorizing mid-year amendments to
the FY 2026 Capital Improvements
Program Budget
R 316541 3/6 Unanimous; all present
(Motion to approve staff’s
recommendations with
amendments to increase the Capital
Improvements Program Budget in
CIP AIL00001 Traffic Calming
(Convoy St at Opportunity Rd
Pedestrian Refuge), and to
appropriate and expend $500,000
from Fund 400169, Transnet
Extension 70% Cap, for the purpose
of initiating the project and funding
the design.)
331 Procedural Action
Authorizing the 54 Approved Police
Department Surveillance Use Policies to
remain in effect under the Transparent
and Responsible Use of Surveillance
Technology Ordinance, with
modifications as identified in the Annual
Surveillance Report
1/6 Unanimous; all present
(Motion to divide actions into the
following 3 subitems: Subitem A -
Approval of 52 surveillance use
policies in the draft resolution for
this item, including any
modifications proposed by the
SDPD in its staff recommendation.
These would include policies 1A-1B;
1D-1GG; 1II-1BBB, but would
exclude Smart Streetlights and
ALPRs; Subitem B - Approval of
item 1HH in the draft resolution,
Smart Streetlights – including the
modifications proposed by staff in
their recommendation; and Subitem
C - Approval of item 1C in the draft
resolution, Automatic License Plate
Readers (ALPRs) – including the
modifications proposed by staff in
their recommendation.)
5/7 Unanimous; all present
* See motion below:
Adopted as Amended
(R-2026-209 Rev. Cor. Copy)
Authorizing the Approved Police
Department Surveillance Use Policies for
52 Surveillance Technologies
(NOTE: To reflect Council’s motion,
this item now contains Subitem A, B,
and C.)
R 316542
5/7 Unanimous; 2-not present
** See motion below:
* Motion to approve in Subitem A, 52 surveillance use policies in the draft resolution for this item, including any modifications proposed by the SDPD in its staff recommendation. These would include policies 1A-1B; 1D-1GG; 1II-1BBB, but would exclude Smart Streetlights and ALPRs; and Council requests that its decision to modify any Use Policies identified in the Annual Surveillance Report be analyzed by the City's management team for labor relations to determine whether the modification requires notice to the City's recognized employee organizations and opportunity to negotiate the bargainable impacts of the modification, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. If notice is required, the Council further requests that the City's management team provide the required notice and return to the Council at a later date if there are any bargainable impacts that need to be addressed by the Council. 331A
** Motion to include in Subitem A for each surveillance use policy that: 1) Benefits to the community of the approved surveillance technology outweigh the costs; 2) Continued use of the technology will safeguard civil liberties and civil rights; 3) No alternative with a lesser economic cost or lesser impact on civil rights or civil liberties would be as effective; 4) Approval for the Surveillance Use Policies to remain in effect is not intended to and shall not supersede existing processes to seek approval for the appropriation and expenditure of specific funds through the annual budget process, or existing processes for the approval and execution of contracts, donations, and grants; and 5) Council shall review this approval annually as required by the TRUST Ordinance. 5/7 1235678-yea; 49-nay
* See motion below:
331B Adopted as Amended
(R-2026-234 Rev)
Authorizing the approved Police
Department Surveillance Use Policy for
Smart Streetlights Surveillance
Technology
(NOTE: To reflect Council’s motion,
this item now contains Subitem A, B,
and C.)
R 316543
5/7 135678-yea; 49-nay; 2-not present
** See motion below:
* Motion to approve in Subitem B, item 1HH in the draft resolution, Smart Streetlights – including the modifications proposed by staff in their recommendation; and Council requests that its decision to modify any Use Policies identified in the Annual Surveillance Report be analyzed by the City's management team for labor relations to determine whether the modification requires notice to the City's recognized employee organizations and opportunity to negotiate the bargainable impacts of the modification, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. If notice is required, the Council further requests that the City's management team provide the required notice and return to the Council at a later date if there are any bargainable impacts that need to be addressed by the Council. ** Motion to include in Subitem B for each surveillance use policy that: 1) Benefits to the community of the approved surveillance technology outweigh the costs; 2) Continued use of the technology will safeguard civil liberties and civil rights; and 3) No alternative with a lesser economic cost or lesser impact on civil rights or civil liberties would be as effective; 4) Approval for the Surveillance Use Policies to remain in effect is not intended to and shall not supersede existing processes to seek approval for the appropriation and expenditure of specific funds through the annual budget process, or existing processes for the approval and execution of contracts, donations, and grants; and 5) Council shall review this approval annually as required by the TRUST Ordinance. 5/7 123567-yea;489-nay
* See motion below:
331C Adopted as Amended
(R-2026-235 Rev)
Authorizing the Approved Police
Department Surveillance Use Policy for
Automated License Plate Reader
Surveillance Technology
(NOTE: To reflect Council’s motion,
this item now contains Subitem A, B,
and C.)
316544
5/7 13567-yea; 489-nay; 2-not present
**See motion below:
* Motion to approve in Subitem C, item 1C in the draft resolution, Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) – including the modifications proposed by staff in their recommendation; 1 - Add a requirement to the ALPR use policy, that any contractor or subcontractor immediately notify the City of San Diego, no later than 24 hours after being served with an out-of-state or federal warrant seeking any data from San Diego’s ALPR system, by way of notifying in writing of the Chief of Police, or their designee, and the City Attorney, or their designee, about any such warrant request; 2 - Amend Surveillance Use Policy,
decision to modify any Use Policies identified in the Annual Surveillance Report be analyzed by the City's management team for labor relations to determine whether the modification requires notice to the City's recognized employee organizations and opportunity to negotiate the bargainable impacts of the modification, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. If notice is required, the Council further requests that the City's management team provide the required notice and return to the Council at a later date if there are any bargainable impacts that need to be addressed by the Council. ** Motion to include in Subitem C for each surveillance use policy that: 1) Benefits to the community of the approved surveillance technology outweigh the costs; 2) Continued use of the technology will safeguard civil liberties and civil rights; 3) No alternative with a lesser economic cost or lesser impact on civil rights or civil liberties would be as effective; 4) Approval for the Surveillance Use Policies to remain in effect is not intended to and shall not supersede existing processes to seek approval for the appropriation and expenditure of specific funds through the annual budget process, or existing processes for the approval and execution of contracts, donations, and grants; and 5) Council shall review this approval annually as required by the TRUST Ordinance.
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*COMMENTS
Non-Agenda Public Comment:
PC-1: Bob Kuczewski commented on Torrey Pines Gliderport.
PC-2: Paul Kruger commented on Item S500.
PC-3 (virtual): Andrea Ebbing commented on San Diego’s District Attorney’s Office.
PC-4 (virtual): Blair Beekman commented on data collection; Santa Fe Station; and Otay Mesa park issues.
PC-5 (virtual): Nancy Behm commented on tax payer funds.
PC-6 (virtual): Francine Maxwell commented on town hall meetings; and budget.
PC-7 (virtual): Tasha Williamson requested the firing of a Police Officer.
PC-8 (virtual): Becky Rapp commented on marijuana impaired driving.
PC-9 (virtual): Kathleen Lippitt commented on trash cans; budget deficit; and homelessness.
PC-10 (virtual): Madison commented on risk of cannabis use during pregnancy.
Mayor, Council, City Attorney, Independent Budget Analyst, City Clerk Comment:
None.
Report Out from Closed Session:
None.
Council President LaCava adjourned the meeting at 8:46 p.m.