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JANUARY 11TH, THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.
[CALL TO ORDER]
LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT ALL FIVE OF US ARE PRESENT, AND BEFORE WE GO IN-- I HAVE US GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS MOMENT.[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS]
WE COULD HAVE, AND I NEED TO READ MY BLURB.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
THE FIRST SPEAKER LAST FOUR DIGITS IS SIX, FIVE, NINE SEVEN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
OH, [INAUDIBLE]. OH, I'M SO SORRY.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE BEEN A PART TIME INSTACART SHOPPER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH INSTACART.
IT IS THE UBER OF GROCERY DELIVERY.
SHOPPERS ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WITH A SHOPPER APP ON THEIR PERSONAL PHONE, ONBOARDING WITH INSTACART TO BECOME A SHOPPERS LABORIOUS PROCESS, DRIVER'S LICENSE UPLOAD, CAR INSURANCE, DOCUMENTED LICENSE PLATES REGISTRATION, VEHICLE VIN AND A SELFIE TAKEN IN THE SHOPPERS APP TO VERIFY IDENTITY ON A REGULAR BASIS, TO JUST NAME A FEW.
I DISCOVERED IN MID-NOVEMBER A CREW OF WELL-ORGANIZED CRIMINALS OPERATING OUT OF THE COSTCO ON PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD.
IF YOU CAN VIEW THE PDF I PREPARED FOR THIS STATEMENT.
YOU WILL SEE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PRESS RELEASE MADE DOCUMENTING THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
SHOPPERS ON COSTCO'S PROPERTY ARE UTILIZING A SHOPPER BOT TO CAPTURE THE MOST VALUABLE ORDERS FROM INSTACART SERVERS.
A PERSON CAN GOOGLE INSTACART SHOPPER BOT AND A TROVE OF YOUTUBE CONTENT AND ARTICLES APPEAR. I READ IN ONE OF THE BLOGS THE COSTCO STORE MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] LOCATION REQUIRES AN INSTACART SHOPPER TO PRESENT A PHOTO ID THAT MATCHES THE NAME OF THE ID IN THE SHOPPER'S APP.
CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CARLSBAD AS THESE SHOPPERS USING THE BOT HAVE FALSE IDENTITIES IN THEIR SHOPPERS APP.
SOME ARE USING MULTIPLE PHONES TO SEARCH FOR THE BEST ORDERS.
I SAW THE LEADER PASSING OUT DRIVER'S LICENSE, PHONES, AND INSTACART SHOPPER CREDIT CARD.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY, AN INSPECTOR WITH HOMELAND SECURITY.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S TASK FORCE ON RETAIL THEFT.
FILED A REPORT WITH CARLSBAD P.D.
TRADED EMAILS WITH THE CITY MANAGER OF CARLSBAD, EMAILED INSTACART CEO AND DISCUSSED WITH LOCAL STORE MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL PERSON WHO HAS COSTCO IN THEIR DISTRICT.
NO TRACTION PUTTING IT INTO THIS FACILITY, AS YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS I TOOK THIS MORNING.
SO, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A COSTCO ORDER DELIVERED TO YOUR PERSONAL RESIDENCE, THAT SHOPPER WAS LIKELY NOT THE PERSON WHO HAS HAD A BACKGROUND CHECK DONE.
THINK OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT COULD BE OBTAINED ONCE ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, ADDRESS, CONTENTS OF THE GARAGE, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, LICENSE PLATES OF VEHICLES.
THE LIST GOES ON. NOT TO MENTION THE PHYSICAL DANGER PRESENTED BY A PERSON USING A FRAUDULENT IDENTITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOCAL COSTO STORE MANAGEMENT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TO END IT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE HONEST, INSTACART SHOPPERS EARNINGS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THIS WELL ORGANIZED CREW OF CRIMINALS.
WITH THAT MS. BREWER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION?
[CLOSED SESSION ]
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.WE'LL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS EXISTING LITIGATION NORTH COUNTY ADVOCATES VERSUS CITY OF CARLSBAD PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9.
IF YOU WILL LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN WHEN THE CLERK PUTS UP A SIGN TO JOIN THE MEETING, PLEASE JOIN AND YOU'LL GO INTO A CONFIDENTIAL ROOM.
THANK YOU!
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.