* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THE ENVELOPE [00:00:01] ARE OPEN, THEY COME DOWN AND, UH, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A REPORT PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR NEXT MEETING YOU SHOULD DISCUSS. THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING, UH, SUGGESTIONS. ONE, I'LL GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING SOMEWHAT ON THE COMMUNITY FUND AS TO WHAT WE COMMITTED. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE REALLY GIVEN UP, I THINK, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD WELL OVER 200,000 AT ONE POINT, AND WE REALLY AGGRESSIVELY STARTED GIVING IT OUT. SO THAT'S THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, DEFINITELY. AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE MONEY IN. UH, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE TO GET LONG BEACH EMPLOYEES TO PUT THAT ON THEIR LIST OF CHARITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ON A MONTHLY BASIS. I GUESS NOT SURE WHERE WE START WITH THAT ONE PARTICULARLY, BUT OH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY ON THE LIST. IT'S ON THE LIST. IT'S JUST THERE'S NOBODY HIGHLIGHTING THE LIST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEW EMPLOYEES, THIS WHOLE OH, IT, IT'S NOT, YES. OKAY. SO THERE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO ALREADY DO THAT, BUT HER COMMENT WAS THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY SHOULD, AS PART OF THE HOMELESS ACCOUNT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS ACCOUNT, THAT WE CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT, UM, HOMELESSNESS PROJECTS, THAT YOU CAN INCLUDE IT IN YOUR, UM, MONTHLY DONATION. SO THAT IS OUR BIG THING THOUGH. ALSO QUESTION THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE ARE TWO ME RESPONSE, ESTABLISHED A NEW ONE, BUT IT IS BASED ON EDUCATION. I WENT AHEAD AND JUST WENT AND SEARCHED UNDER, YOU KNOW, MAYOR FUND LONG BEACH, AND ACTUALLY OUR HOMELESS ONE CAME UP FIRST, WHICH EDUCATION, AND IT IS CLEARLY STATED FOR HOMELESS. AND THE OTHER MAYOR'S FUND IS CLEARLY INDICATED. IT'S FOR EDUCATION, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE COMPETING NECESSARILY WITH IT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING TOO. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT OUR, THAT'S OUR MAJOR PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. RAISE FUNDS AND, UH, ANY IDEAS OR ANY CONNECTIONS ANYBODY HAS ON THE COMMITTEE WHILE WE GIVE THEM EQUIPMENT TO WORK? WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ARE STARTING IN THEIR NEWSLETTER. YEAH. SO, SO EIGHT'S GONNA PUT IT IN THERE. UM, I HAVE THREE. THEY, THEY ALREADY PUT IT IN ON THERE. UH, PAM DID TWO AND, AND TWO PARTIES WITH THERE. SO I THINK IN THE NEXT MONTH YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACT OF HAVING IT IN THE COUNCIL NEWSLETTER, UM, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL IS VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. SO HOPEFULLY IT, IT BE GOOD. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING A PRESS RELEASE DROP WITHIN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON OF GIVING AS WELL AS THERE WILL BE A LIVE STREAM WITH J GP, BLANKETS OF LOVE, UM, AND THE MAYOR. SO THEY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE MAYOR'S FUND AS WELL, SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATES, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT IS, UH, UPCOMING. SO WE DO, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE MAYOR'S APPROVAL TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT, AND THEN WE WILL WORK FURTHER ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MARKETING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU GUYS HAVE AND YOU KNOW, VIDEOS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH, PLEASE DO. WE CAN ALWAYS USE THE HELP. NOW, ORIGINALLY WE WERE DOING THE ENVELOPES AS A CHRISTMAS TYPE OF PROJECT. NOW WE'RE NOT DOING IT FOR CHRISTMAS. I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE MAYBE COULDN'T DO A SECOND ONE AROUND MAY OR SO WE HAVE ONE EACH SIX MONTHS. NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA CAUSE DONOR FATIGUE. NO, WE DON'T, I THINK, TELL YOU THE TRUTH MANS PERSON I THINK IS ONE WE'RE FACING, UNFORTUNATELY WITH PEOPLE, THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FATIGUE ABOUT GIVING IN HOMELESS AND WHOLE THING, RIGHT? SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STAFF AT THE COMMUNITY FOUND FOUNDATION MENTIONED THAT SOME PEOPLE DO PUT UNFLATTERING NOTES INTO THEIR UTILITY ENVELOPE, UM, INSTEAD OF DONATION. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN READING ANY OF [00:05:01] THOSE. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT, IT SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT US, NOT AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. SURE. BUT YEAH. SO MAYBE NOT, MAYBE NOT THAT . WE KEEP TRYING FOR IDEAS MOVING ON. SO, YEAH, NO, I THINK YOU, YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. I THINK, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS, IS VERY GOOD. AND I THINK THE STAFF AND ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING IS GREAT. AND, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT MONTH. BOTHER, DESIRE, ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBER. APPRECIATE. THAT'S GOOD. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART AND ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING AS WELL, AND IN MY HEAD I'VE BEEN HEARING. YEAH. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE, I I THINK REALLY IT'S, IT'S NOT A ONE SINGULAR EFFORT, IT'S A HOW DO WE BASICALLY TOUCH ALL THE POINTS, UM, AND MAKE GIVING ACCESSIBLE. UM, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE COMPETING WITH THE NONPROFITS HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S LIKE A PINPOINT TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO GET IN AND IF WE CAN KEEP OURSELVES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AS THE ACTION BECAUSE THEY SEE THE PROBLEM, BUT IF WE CAN KEEP HAVING THEM TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TO SEE THAT. I, I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO, UH, MAYBE CONTINUE TO BE, UM, LIKE TRACKING THE DOLLARS SO THAT WE SEE WHERE THINGS WORK. LIKE WE KNOW WE JUST HAD THINGS TO GO OUT AND SO IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO FOLLOW UP IN A MONTH OR SO TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN UPTICK OF GIVING THROUGH, UM, ELECTRONIC GIVING VERSUS, YOU KNOW, AND THE ENVELOPE. JUST SO WE KNOW WHERE OUR EFFORTS ARE. THE ONLY, BUT YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN RAISE THE MONEY. WE STILL KEEP ASKING ALL THE WAYS, AND SO THE QR CODE IN THAT GRAPHIC THAT THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT. IS THAT SENDING OUT? I DON'T REMEMBER. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR THAT, BUT, UM, SORRY, THIS ONE ISN'T MY EMAIL, BUT I CAN CHECK IT. UH, WHATEVER WAS ON THE ENVELOPES THIS YEAR, THAT'S THE CORRECT ONE. I DON'T THINK I SWITCHED THE QR CODE, SO IT SHOULD BE CORRECT, WHATEVER SHE HAS. IF SHE PICKED THE ONE FROM THE ENVELOPES, THEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT, GREAT. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE THEN? OKAY, THERE THE POLICY. YEAH, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 16TH, AND WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT SAFETY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE ASKED ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT FEEDBACK IS DOING AND TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM 'EM ON PROGRAMS LIKE STATE POLICE TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO PILOT A SITE. SO IF POSSIBLE, IF MEMBERS OF PAYCHECK COULD MEET WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REPORT BACK AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, UM, IF YOU NEED THE FORMS THAT PAM CREATED AS FAR AS WHAT TO SHARE WITH THEM AND WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS TO ASK, WE CAN RESEND THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING FROM YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPECIFIC MEETINGS. WE ARE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH DURING ONE PAUL'S PRESENTATION. UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT METRICS AND S HAD SHARED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT LA COUNTY IS DOING, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SIX COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, METRO 24 HOUR OUTREACH TEAM, SOME THREE METRO LINES. THEY HAVE A MOBILE UNIT THAT GOES TO THE END OF THE LINE EVERY NIGHT. UM, THEY HAVE 25 RESERVED INTERIM BEDS THAT ARE RESERVED JUST FOR METRO OUTREACH UNITS. UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON DESIGNATING METRO AS AN ENCAMPMENT. SO THAT GOT US INTO A, A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION OF WHAT COULD WE PROVIDE HERE. AND SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF IS, WELL, THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE TO REFER PEOPLE AFTER HOURS OR ON THE WEEKENDS, WHICH LED TO A BROADER DISCUSSION OF SHOULD A PORTION, THE MAYORS COMMITTEE, BUT SHOULD OF RESERVE VOUCHER AFTER HOURS OUTREACH METRICS. WE JUST TALK ABOUT OUR POLICY TEMPLATE BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE IN THIS SPOT, WE WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, PERHAPS AROUND SLEEP, PERHAPS SERVICES. AND SO I'M KIND OF TALKING THROUGH . ANY QUESTIONS [00:10:01] FOR EITHER JIM OR SARAH? UM, WELL, BEFORE WE DO, I, I DO WANT THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN SUBCOMMITTEES AND YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR ENERGIES AND YOUR EFFORT. I CAN FEEL IT. I'M GRATEFUL ALL OF YOU AND I DO WANT TO GIVE RAY A SHOUT OUT, UM, AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING. AND, UM, I KNOW SARAH AND I APPRECIATE AND KIM AND I APPRECIATE HIS INPUT ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEE. AND, UM, WE WILL MISS YOUR, UM, CONTRIBUTION FOR COMMITTEE AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE SUBCOMMITTEE? UH, REPORT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL CODE TESTING. OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE, OH, ANITA. UM, ALRIGHT. HELLO. UM, MY NAME IS ANITA ANI, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS. UM, BEFORE THAT I WAS A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH FOR THREE YEARS. AND BEFORE THAT I WORKED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, REPRESENTING, UH, DIFFERENT CITIES IN SOUTHEAST LA COUNTY. UM, SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERT ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. UM, THE BROWN ACT IS ESSENTIALLY HOW DO WE CONDUCT PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, UM, BUT THIS IS JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER THAT WE GIVE TO ALL OF OUR, UH, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, PROBABLY AROUND ONCE A YEAR OR SO. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SORRY, UP. MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE SLIDE. , CHANGE THE SLIDE. THANK YOU. OH, SHOULD WORK. OKAY, PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT, UM, WHAT IS THE BROWN ACT ALL ABOUT? WE HAVE A COUPLE GENERAL PRINCIPLES HERE FOR YOU. UM, ALL MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. UM, ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY. UH, ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS AND ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA CAN BE DISCUSSED. SO, WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT? UM, SO THE BROWN ACT APPLIES TO LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND THAT MEANS ANY ADVISORY COMMISSIONS CREATED BY THE CITY CHARTER OR THE MUNICIPAL CODE. HERE HAYSTACK IS, UM, A LEGISLATIVE BODY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT. THE BROWN ACT ALSO APPLIES TO SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE CREATED BY FORMAL ACTION OF ASAC. SO, UM, THIS DOESN'T, UM, INCLUDE TEMPORARY ADVISORY, UH, TEMPORARY AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, BUT IT'S, UH, APPLIES TO SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE PERMANENT WITHIN HAYSTACK. SO WHAT IS A MEETING AND WHEN DO WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT? UM, A CONGREGATION OF A MAJORITY OF THE HAYSTACK COMMISSIONERS WOULD MEAN THAT THERE IS A MEETING. UM, AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, IF PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING MATTERS WITHIN HAYSTACK SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, UH, WE WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE BROWN HEADLOCKS. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THIS HAYSTACK ROOM AND THERE ARE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? UH, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF SERIAL MEETINGS AND SERIAL SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS. SO THAT HAS COME UP A LOT MORE WITH EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGE. SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, A CONTACT BETWEEN PERSON A AND PERSON B VIA EMAIL, AND THEN PERSON B FORWARDS IT TO PERSON C, SEEING, HEY, IF THIS ITEM'S ON THE AGENDA, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY YES? AND THEN PERSON C SENDS IT TO PERSON D AND YOU GET THE POINT, RIGHT? THERE'S LIKE A CHAIN OF CONTACT HAPPENING. AS SOON AS THAT BECOMES LIKE A MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT ACTUALLY BECOMES A BROWN ACT MEETING. UM, AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE OPEN AND, UM, [00:15:01] AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC TO HEAR YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS. SO, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECOMMENDS NOT TO HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS JUST GENERALLY VIA EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE OR, UM, WHATEVER OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION YOU MAY USE, JUST BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF SOMEONE'S GONNA FORWARD IT AFTER AND START TALKING ABOUT IT. UM, SO IT'S EASIER TO DISCUSS THINGS, UM, BETWEEN ONE COMMISSIONER AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONER, UM, AND AVOIDING TEXT MESSAGES AND FORWARDING. SO DOES THIS BETWEEN YOU GUYS, IF YOU ALL CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AT ALL? UH, NO. SO YOU COULD STILL TALK AMONGST EACH OTHER, UM, BUT YOU NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A MAJORITY OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC MEETING. SO IF YOU RUN INTO EACH OTHER AT A CONFERENCE, AT A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, AT A SOCIAL EVENT, A BIRTHDAY PARTY, UM, NO WORRIES. YOU CAN STILL HANG OUT AND TALK. UH, JUST TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT CASE ACT MATTERS AT ALL. SO THESE ARE JUST GENERAL BROWN ACT RULES ABOUT MEETINGS. UM, WHEN CAN MEETINGS BE HELD? GENERAL REGULAR MEETINGS LIKE TODAY'S HAVE CAN OCCUR AS LONG AS THERE WAS AN AGENDA POSTED 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. AND SPECIAL MEETINGS ACTUALLY CAN BE HELD AS LONG AS AN AGENDA WAS POSTED 24 HOURS BEFORE A MEETING. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, MAYBE A COMMISSION MAJORITY OR THE CHAIR WANNA TALK ABOUT, AND IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE CAN'T WAIT 72 HOURS. SO WHAT HAS TO BE ON AN AGENDA? UM, JUST A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM. UM, THE AGENDA HAS TO HAVE THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING. AND ESSENTIALLY THE POINT OF THE AGENDA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT SO THEY KNOW IF THEY NEED TO COME OR NOT AND GIVE THEIR OPINION. UM, AND AGENDAS NEED TO BE POSTED IN A PUBLIC LOCATION THAT'S FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, UM, IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THEY CAN ATTEND. SO AT EACH MEETING, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO COMMENT ON EVERY AGENDA ITEM. UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY MATTER WITHIN HAYSTACK'S JURISDICTION SHOULD OCCUR DURING THIS MEETING. AND THERE'S ALSO A TIME AT THE END OR SOMETIMES BEGINNING AT DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, UM, FOR NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, UM, THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT AGAIN ON EACH AGENDA ITEM AND THEN AGAIN, UM, AT A SEPARATE ITEM FOR ANYTHING THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT'S RELATED TO HAY SEX BUSINESS. THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO RECORD WITH AUDIO OR VIDEO WHEN THEY ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING. UM, AND THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AGENDAS OR OTHER, UH, EMAILS OR WRITINGS RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM THAT MIGHT GET DISTRIBUTED BEFORE THE MEETING THAT ARE RELATED TO THE ITEM. SO JUST TO, UM, MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE SENDING OUT ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE, UM, AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'RE BEING COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOU'RE WRITING IN THERE BECAUSE THOSE COULD BE SHARED WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND NO SECRET BALLOTS ALLOWED. I THINK WE HAVE THAT ISSUE HERE. UM, ALL RIGHT, SO CLOSED SESSIONS. UM, THOSE ARE, UM, PART OF OPEN MEETINGS, BUT THEY'RE HELD IN PRIVATE WITH JUST THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED IF THERE ARE THREE REASONS. THERE'S LIKE AN ANTICIPATION OF LITIGATION, THERE'S A PUBLIC PERSON, EMPLOYMENT PERSONNEL MATTER, OR A PUBLIC SECURITY MATTER. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF A COMMISSIONER VIOLATES THE BROWN ACT? UM, THERE IS AN OPTION FOR A CIVIL ACTION. SO ANY INTERESTED PARTY CAN BRING AN ACTION TO INVALIDATE. UM, LET'S SAY AN AGENDA ITEM OCCURRED AND THERE WAS MAYBE A SERIAL MEETING VIA TEXT MESSAGE ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM WITH A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, ANY INTERESTED PARTY MEANS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH CAN, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS ACTION WAS NOT TAKEN LEGALLY, SO WE NEED TO RESCIND IT. AND THIS COMMISSIONER, UM, MAY BE HELD LIABLE FOR THEIR ATTORNEY'S FEES AND THEIR COSTS FOR BRINGING THE LAWSUIT. THERE MAY ALSO BE CRIMINAL PENALTIES, UM, AND IT CAN BE PUNISHABLE UP TO A MISDEMEANOR. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S IT FOR THE BROWN ACT. AND NOW WE HAVE THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, WHICH ARE PRETTY MUCH JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPLES OF CONDUCTING A PUBLIC MEETING, KIND OF JUST THE RULES FOR DECORUM AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE MEETING IS JUST RUN SMOOTHLY. SO A COUPLE OF, UM, REASONS. THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER IS IMPORTANT. IT PROVIDES FAIRNESS AND COURTESY FOR ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS DURING THE MEETING. UM, IT ALLOWS ALL OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO EQUALLY PROVIDE INPUT, [00:20:01] UM, MAJORITY RULES. SO THAT'S, UM, ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. UM, IT PROVIDES FOR MAINTAINING ORDER DURING THE MEETING, CONSIDERING ONE ITEM AT A TIME, UM, MAKES THINGS EASIER, RIGHT? UM, AND ALLOWING ALL VIEWPOINTS TO BE HEARD. EVEN IF SOMEONE IS IN THE MINORITY OR MAJORITY ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER WILL PROVIDE THAT. YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK YOUR OPINION ON EACH AGENDA MATTER. ALRIGHT, SO BASIC PRINCIPLES HERE, I'LL JUST READ THEM OFF. UM, A QUORUM MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE MEETING, WHICH WE HAVE HERE TODAY. UM, TYPICALLY NO PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK UNTIL RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR. UM, SO THE CHAIR, WHEN THERE'S AN, UM, ITEM HAPPENING, CHAIR JULIE LEE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER X, Y, Z, YOU MAY SPEAK NOW. IT JUST ALLOWS FOR SOME ORDER IN THE MEETING. UM, PERSONAL REMARKS DURING DEBATE ARE NOT ALLOWED. WE NEED TO KEEP, UM, WITH OUR COMMENTS WITHIN HAYEK'S BUSINESS. UM, ONLY ONE ITEM AT A TIME MAY BE CONSIDERED AND ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME MAY HAVE THE FLOOR. ALL DISCUSSION MUST BE RELEVANT TO THE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PRETTY DUPLICATIVE OF THE BROWN ACT. UM, NO MEMBERS SHOULD SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE, UNLESS EVERYONE ELSE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ALL REMARKS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIR. UM, NO CROSS DEBATES ARE PERMITTED. AND THEN, UH, IF WE DO HAPPEN TO HAVE SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND WE CAN GIVE THEM A BRIEF RESPONSE, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO A DEBATE. UM, WHAT I JUST SAW LAST NIGHT, WHICH I WAS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND, UM, CHAIR, UH, CHAIR AUSTIN WAS GETTING QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE WANTED TO RESPOND, BUT I LIKED WHAT HE DID WHERE HE, HE TOLD THE PUBLIC, UM, I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL ASK STAFF THE QUESTIONS AND THEN HAVE STAFF ANSWER AT THE END. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD IDEA WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE GOING ON, UM, AND A LOT OF PASSION. ALRIGHT, SO THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, UM, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR JOB IS TO RUN AN ORDERLY MEETING, WHICH COMPLIES WITH THE BROWN ACT. UM, INTRODUCE BUSINESS IN PROPER ORDER OF THE AGENDA, UM, TO RECOGNIZE SPEAKERS, BOTH COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DETERMINE IF A MOTION IS NEEDED, UM, TO KEEP DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA, TO ENFORCE TIME LIMITS. UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PUBLIC COMMENTERS MIGHT BE SPEAKING TOO LONG, UM, AND TO PUT MOTIONS TO A VOTE AND ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS. SO JUST A COUPLE RULES ON MOTIONS AND VOTING. UM, ANY COMMISSION MEMBER HAS THE ABILITY TO, UM, MAKE A FIRST OR A SECOND OF A MOTION. THE PURPOSE OF THE MOTION IS SIMPLY TO PUT THE MATTER ON THE FLOOR TO START TALKING ABOUT IT. UM, MOTION NEEDS A SECOND BEFORE IT CAN BE VOTED ON. SO SOMETIMES, UM, THERE MIGHT BE ITEMS OF CONTENTION AND A COMMISSIONER, THERE'S NO SECOND ON THE FLOOR. UM, THEN THE COMMISSION CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT. SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MAKER OF THE FIRST NEEDS TO BE THE MAKER OF THE SECOND. ALRIGHT, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES OF ORDERED. UM, AND I CAN TAKE THE QUESTIONS NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ME, UM, AFTERWARD. AND, AND IS THIS THE NORMAL TO RECEIVE AND FILE EVERYTHING PERFECT FOR, FOR SOME MATTERS? YES. LIKE THIS ONE WOULD BE RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE YOUR, UM, THE SUBMISSION ISN'T TAKING ACTION OR MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. BUT AT THE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE TAKING ACTION, UM, LIKE MAYBE SELECTING THE GRANTEE FOR AN AWARD OR MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, COUNCIL, THEN IT'LL SAY RECOMMENDATION. UM, BUT FOR NOW, WITH THE SPEAKER BEFORE US FROM EUGENE AND MINE, SAY, RECEIVE FILE, FILE, THE WHOLE THING. THE WHOLE THING, ? NO, UM, BECAUSE WE, UH, NEED TO TALK ABOUT ONE AGENDA ITEM AT A TIME BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON EACH ONE SEPARATELY AND THEN CLOSE IT OUT WITH A MOTION, UM, AND THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. IT'S JUST FOR DECORUM. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW HOW, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT THEY MADE, AND THEN WE HAD THE MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE. MM-HMM. . SO THEN THERE WASN'T ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. MM-HMM. . SO IS THAT THE RIGHT ORDER? YES. YES. AND IF THERE WERE PUBLIC, UM, HERE, LIKE SOMETIMES THERE ARE FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS, THEN AT THAT POINT, UM, YOU'D MAKE THE FIRST MOTION AND THEN THE SECOND, AND THEN DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS, AND THEN THE PUBLIC [00:25:01] WOULD COMMENT. THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC WOULD COMMENT, YOU'D MAKE THE FINAL. I DON'T THINK SO. AND THE ROBERT RULES OF ORDER, LIKE THAT'S, I KNOW I TRIED TO CONDENSE IT FOR THANK YOU. YEAH. AND, UM, I'LL MAKE A COPY OF THIS AVAILABLE. UM, SO IF ANY OF YOU NEED TO REVIEW IT OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS REFERENCE IT. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE BALLOT AND ROBERT OCTOBER 2ND. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION RULE AND BROWN ACT, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU AGAIN. UM, THIS NEXT ITEM IS THE HOMELESS PROCLAMATION. CUT. SO I'LL TAKE THAT ONE TODAY WITH ALL BEING OUT. OKAY. SO, UH, THE LAST REPORT TO COUNCIL WAS ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2023. TO WATCH THE REPORT, YOU CAN VISIT THE ONE MEETING WEBSITE. SO IT'S OUR NEW, UH, LEGISLATIVE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH HOLDS ALL OUR BOLD AND NEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS. OKAY. UH, SO FOR THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CITY HAS HIRED A CONSULTANT TO PUT TOGETHER A 2.0 VERSION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, THE WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY. THE CO AND THE CONSULTANT IS COMBING THROUGH VARIOUS MEETING NOTES IN THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, AND WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO GROUPS TO HOLD LISTENING SESSIONS, IDENTIFYING AREAS OF WORK, UM, THE ABOVE STATEMENT OF POSSIBILITY. IT READS THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH IS RARE AND BRIEF WHEN IT OCCURS. AND IT, IT IS WHAT HAS HELPED US FOCUS OUR EFFORTS INCREASING AND LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS, UH, STATEMENT WE WERE AWARDED PREVENTION FUNDS, BUT WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT FOR THE STOP UPDATE. IN ADDITION TO MORE PREVENTION, UH, THE INTER GOVERNMENTAL WORK GROUP HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING THE TENANT AND LANDLORD RESOURCES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEBPAGE. UH, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A JUST CAUSE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, UH, AND THEY ARE COLLABORATING WITH PASADENA HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON AN ADVOCACY STRATEGY TO ALLOW DIRECT RESOURCES TO A LOCAL, TO LOCAL CITY HEALTH JURISDICTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATION AND SERVICES. UM, THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A NEW TENANT AND LANDLORDS RESOURCE WEBPAGE THAT HOLDS MORE INFORMATION. THE WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND AT LONG BEACH.GOV/LD/SLASH HN SLASH TENANT ASSISTANT POLICY JOB ORDERING CONTRACT. JOC THE JOC PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IS ONGOING. THE MOST RECENT CONTRACT APPROVAL WAS JULY, JULY 19TH OF LAST YEAR. PUBLIC WORKS USES AN ON-CALL JO PROGRAM TO DELIVER MANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER 750,000 IN CONSTRUCTION VALUES. UNDER THIS EMERGENCY, WE ARE AWARDING CONTRACTS OVER THE VALUE TO THE JO PROGRAM. THIS EXCEPTION TO THE JO ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION IS LIMITED TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES PROJECTS INITIATED UNDER THE EMERGENCY. CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM HAS 10 ON-CALL CONTRACTORS. 11 WERE AWARDED, BUT ONE HAS DROPPED OUT. AND THEN FOUR AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS. SO, OR ABOUT TWO WEEKS INTO THIS, UM, INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES. SO UNDER THE GOAL OF INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES, THE UN INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE OUTREACH TO RVS ACROSS THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED. THE MOBILE THERAPY AND SUBSTANCE USE PROJECT IS FULLY STAFFED AND WILL BE LAUNCHED OVER THE NEXT MONTH. UH, ONCE STAFF ARE TRAINED, CONTINUED MEETING WITH LAWSUIT TO NEGOTIATE ADDITIONAL WINTER SHELTER BEDS AND SUPPORT INCLEMENT WE WEATHER BEDS. WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE LA COUNTY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO GET CO-LOCATED STAFF BACK TO THE MSC AS THEY WERE THERE IN THE PAST, BUT THEY MOVED OUT DURING COVID. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ENHANCING PHONE ACCESS TO THE MSC WITH A NEW PERSON FOCUSED ON ANSWERING INCOMING CALLS, ENGAGING [00:30:01] COMMUNITY. UM, THE GOAL OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE LINCOLN PARK WORK GROUP HAS INCREASED WITH THE FREQUENCY OF ITS MEETINGS TO WEEKLY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AND BOOST ACTIVATION OF THE PARK. UH, THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDING TINY HOMES FOR OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PORTFOLIO. UH, AT THAT TIME, THE NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING WAS ON MONDAY, BUT WE HAD IT ON MONDAY, , AND THEN A RECRUITMENT FOR THE 2014 HOMELESS COUNT. TEAM LEADS HAS STARTED, UH, RECRUITMENT FOR VOLUNTEERS. WE'LL START WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE NEXT ONE IS BUILD CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS. UH, AS FOR THE GOAL OF THE BUILDING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS CRI THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY AND WORK WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ENGAGING OR WANT TO ENGAGE TO WORK WITH US. ONE OF THE MORE PRESSING TA TASKS IS THAT WE NEED SUPPORT FROM OUR CHAMPIONS TO LOCATE A LOCATION FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERING. OUR, WHEN OUR WINTER SHELTER IS AT CAPACITY AND WEATHER GETS TOO COLD OR RAINY TO BE OUTSIDE, WE WILL OPEN SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SHELTER IN PLACE, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO DO THE WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THE SECOND ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION GRANT, THE TEAM IS WORKING TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO WORK WITH THESE FUNDS. AND THEN INTERIM INCREASED INTERIM AND LONG-TERM HOUSING. UH, THESE WERE ALL THE METRICS THAT WERE PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY. AND THEN I JUST WENT THROUGH THE, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR OUR GOAL OF INCREASING INTERIM AND LONG-TERM HOUSING. UH, NOW THAT WE'VE CLOSED EX ESCROW FOR THE PURCHASE OF 7 0 2 ANAHEIM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING TO REDESIGN THIS PROPERTY. UH, THERE WILL BE PERMANENT SLEEPING AREAS, INDOOR RESTROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SHELTER PARTICIPANTS IN BUILDING OUT INDOOR COMMON SPACES. UM, THERE'S ALSO THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, HERITAGE GARDEN GARDENS WELLSPRING, AND 26.6 THAT INCLUDES SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND THE TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF MATCHING PEOPLE WHO ARE PEOPLE TO THOSE UNITS. LISA, FOR THOSE MATCHED WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WAS, UH, DISCUSSED WAS HONORING AND CELEBRATING OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR. UH, SO THIS WAS THE LAST REPORT FROM KELLY OPPE AS A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE DIRECTOR. IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT ALLISON KING, OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY BUREAU MANAGER, WILL SERVE AS THE ACTING HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR. ALLISON BRINGS TO THE POSITION FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR AND MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF HUMAN SERVICE EXPERIENCE, THE CITY WILL CONDUCT A NATIONAL RECRUITMENT TO FILL THE POSITION. AND THAT IS ALL ANY OKAY. UM, QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD, STEPHANIE ANSWERS, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE LOOKING FOR PROPERTY, UM, JUST BECAUSE, UM, PROPERTY, WHAT PROPERTY ARE YOU USING? CHECKING, LIKE THE CITY OF EUGENE, THEY SAID THAT THEY USED THEIR CIS DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT SURE TO FILTER AND LOOK AT THOSE . DO WE DO THAT BASED ON CRITERIA? PETER SAID THAT THEY CAME UP WITH A LIST OF CRITERIA OKAY. IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. GOT IT. THE DIS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME OUT WITH A LIST OF PROPERTIES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THE OWNER. OKAY. SO PROGRAMMING IN YOUR PREFERRED CRITERIA AND THEN FILTERING FOR AVAILABLE PARCELS BASED OR, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE USED, UM, OUR GIS AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE, UH, WITH SEEK FOR PROPERTY WE'RE TYPICALLY OUR, WELL, UM, SO CITI HAS A REAL ESTATE TEAM AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WELL ENOUGH LIKE WHAT THEIR PROCESS IS, BUT, UH, OUR REAL ESTATE TEAM IS WHO PRIMARILY DOES THE, UM, THE SEARCH. AND THEN IF THEY FIND A LOCATION THAT THEY FIND COULD BE AVAILABLE, THEY'LL REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM TO THEN GO AND DO SET INSPECTIONS TO ASSESS FOR FEASIBILITY. OKAY. SO WHAT TIME, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY NOVEMBER 1ST IS THE START OF THE WINTER SHELTER SEASON. MM-HMM. . SO WHAT, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? UH, SO THE, UH, WAS, AND COUNTY VALET GENERALLY ARE LIKE THE LEADS FOR WINTER SHELTER. AND SO, UM, DECEMBER 1ST TYPICALLY HAS BEEN THE START OF THE WINTER SHELTER SEASON. UM, THEY'RE WORKING TECHNICALLY NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT YEAH, WE'VE DONE . UM, SO THE, UH, WHAT FOR THIS YEAR ANYWAY THERE, THE, THE ONE SITE WITHIN THE LONG [00:35:01] BEACH THAT WILL SERVE AS WINTER SHELTER WILL BE 7 0 2 WEST ANAHEIM. UM, WILL GIVE PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT. AND THE NEXT, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEXT PRESENTATION. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND CAPACITY TO SERVE 35 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, UM, FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER BEDS, UM, WITHIN THAT SITE. UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH FIRST TO SERVE TO HAVE THAT SITE READY FOR OPERATIONS, I THINK TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 17TH, THE 7 0 2, RIGHT? MM-HMM, NOVEMBER 14TH. EXCUSE ME. HAVE THERE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE ? UH, I KNOW THAT MAYORS HAVE BEEN AND THEN ALSO SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS FOR, UM, BASIC GROUP THAT HAVE PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT TO POSSIBLY DEVELOP. UM, HAVE THEY BEEN CONTACTED AS POSSIBLE, WHICH I FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT BE VERY TO THAT. MM-HMM. . UM, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING ON CITY, UM, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF NOT BE ACTIVATING ANYMORE, AND SO THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY. MM-HMM. . UH, SO YES, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, INITIAL CALLS OUTS TO OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BOTH FOR CLEMENT WEATHER AND SAFE PARKING. AND THEN WE'RE JUST HEARING, WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE TO FOLLOW UP ON. IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT CRITERIA THAT BE REAL ESTATE TEAM IS USING TO LOCATE. SO YOU ON THE RP FOR THE THIRD , OR HAS THAT ALREADY FROM THE STATE? MM-HMM. , I SAW IT COME OUT, BUT I DON'T THINK THE, THE FULL GRANT. SO THEY'VE ANNOUNCED IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE ER F1 HAS COMPLETELY DROPPED JUST YET. YEAH. YEAH. I ASKED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE FOR TODAY'S SLEEP PILOTS. SO KIND OF, YEAH. FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO, UH, INCORPORATE A PILOT? BASICALLY THE ALL GRANT FUNDS ARE FULLY ENCUMBERED, SO THE ONLY WAY TO REDIRECT FUNDS WOULD BE THROUGH A REALLOCATION PROCESS, WHICH, WHICH WOULD BE DELI FUNDING FROM EXISTING CONTRACTS. UM, AND TYPICALLY SEEKING COUNSEL APPROVAL TO, UM, REALLOCATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IT WOULD ALSO, UM, THERE, THERE, THERE LENGTHY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO REALLOCATE FUNDS. BUT, UH, THE, UH, THOSE ARE FULLY ENCUMBERED AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, UH, ? THIS IS A, I MEAN, IT'S A MORE, I GUESS IT'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION TO SOMETHING THAT PRESENTED ON, BUT ALSO A LARGER QUESTION, I GUESS FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE, UM, SERVICES. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THINGS AND HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION BASED ON EXPERIENCE HERE IN LONG BEACH. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE USING A CONSULTANT TO DO, UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING RATHER THAN HAVING IT BE IN-HOUSE? UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF ENCUMBER I ENCOUNTERED QUITE OFTEN WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE. WE WOULD FIND THAT MY, THE ONE THAT'S STICKING OUT IN MY HEAD WAS THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT WAS OUTSOURCING CODE WRITING, WHICH BOGGLED MY MIND. WHY DO WE HAVE AN IT THAT DOESN'T WRITE CODE OR WHY CAN'T WE MAKE THAT A THING INSIDE? BUT JUST WONDERING, UM, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A OUTSIDE PARTY TO HELP FACILITATE THE PROCESS. UM, CITY OF SAN DIEGO USE CSH FOR THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING. UM, LA HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY IN LA COUNTY USE CLUTCH CONSULTING FOR THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. CLUTCH ALSO WORKED WITH HOUSTON ON THEIRS. UM, SO HAVING A THIRD PARTY WHO'S SORT OF, UH, SORT OF UNBIASED OR NEUTRAL TO HELP LEAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL, UM, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT BE STRICTLY LED BY CITY STAFF. GOT IT. [00:40:01] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU BOTH. MM-HMM. , UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES STAFF REPORT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO, UM, PROCEED AND FILE THE HOME STAFF REPORT? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? IS FOR THE PROCLAMATION. OH, THAT WAS THE PROCLAMATION. MM-HMM. . YES. SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. NOW IT'S TELLING. YEAH. SO NOW, UM, AND NOW, YEAH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONER JEFF PROCTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. UM, HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE STAFF UPDATES FOR EVERYONE. UM, STARTING OFF WITH SOME, UH, UH, NUMBERS FOR THE BUREAU OVER THE PAST, UH, MONTH. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OUTCOMES FOR OUR OUTREACH AND, UH, ALSO VISITS TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH LOTS OF FOLKS ON THE STREET AND WITH LOTS OF FOLKS COMING IN TO THE, UH, MSC TO RECEIVE SERVICES. UM, CONTINUED LARGE VOLUME OF FOLKS WHERE, UH, LOTS OF NEW VISITORS FOR TIME VISITORS, FIRST TIME ENGAGEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, UH, UH, STEPHANIE MENTIONED OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION, OUR PRIOR PRESENTATION, UM, THE NEED TO SORT OF, UH, SYSTEMATIZE SOME OTHER WAY THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN ACCESS SERVICES TO THE MSC. IF YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS, UM, UH, AS A DATA POINT, BUT, UH, HAVING A WITNESS SYSTEMATIZE THE WAY THAT, UH, THOSE CALLS ARE RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO CAN HELP US WITH, UM, TRACKING, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO RESPOND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, JUMP AHEAD. SO, UM, SOME INTERIM HOUSING, UH, DATA. SO THESE ARE ALL THE CITY'S, UH, INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAMS, SHELTER PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE, UH, PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, UH, VERY LARGE OCCUPANCY UTILIZATION OF OUR SHELTER PROGRAMS. 99% OCCUPANCY AT, UH, OUR PROJECT HOME KEY SITE, UH, ABOUT 97% OCCUPANCY OF THE, UH, A BC SHELTER. UH, 99% OCCUPANCY AT THE NEW, UH, WEST ANAHEIM SITE. AND, UH, ABOUT 14 PERSONS OR SO ON AVERAGE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS IN OUR MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAMS. UM, WE ARE RIGHT NOW WORKING TO, UH, EXTEND OUR MOTEL CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, HIGHLAND INN AND ALSO THROUGH ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION. WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR, UH, MORE MOTELS, AND WE'RE SEEKING TO DO, UH, MASTER LEASING OF MOTEL ROOMS THROUGH THE, UM, THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM. UM, SO THE STAFF UPDATES PERSONNEL, UH, LAUREN FEARING, UM, FOLKS MAY KNOW HER FROM OUR REACH TEAM. SHE'S, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, BUREAU'S LICENSED CLINICAL, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS. SHE'S BEING TRANSFERRED TO SERVE AS A PP THREE TO LEAD THE, UH, UH, THERAPY PROGRAM FOR OUR HEALTH AND FOUNDATION. UH, GRANT HELPING FOUNDATION PROVIDED, UM, FUNDING TO THE BUREAU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO ALSO FOCUS ON, UH, UNSHELTERED ACTIVITIES. AND WARREN, UH, WILL BE START, OR HAS ALREADY STARTED IN THAT ROLE, LEADING THE, UM, THERAPEUTIC WORK FOR, UM, THE HILTON FUNDED PROGRAM. UH, WE HAVE A NEW, UH, COUNSELOR TWO, UH, PHONE LINE SPECIALIST WHO STARTED, UH, LAST MONTH, UH, DALE AND JOSEPH. ANNIE PAID ANOTHER COUNSELOR, TWO PHONE LINE SPECIALIST, UH, STARTS, UH, VERY SOON, PATRICK MEA. AND HE AS AN INTERNAL PROMOTION FROM WITHIN THE CITY, UH, HEALTH ADMIN AND FINANCE, UH, TEAM. PATRICK PREVIOUSLY ALSO WORKED FOR THE COUNTY IN FINANCE, OVERSEEING, UH, BUDGETING FOR MEASURE H FUNDS AND DPSS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING FOR THE COUNTY. AND HE'LL BE STARTING WITH US IN A FEW WEEKS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, UH, LATE OF THE MONTH. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN RECRUITMENT AT HEALTH EDUCATOR TWO, COUNSELOR TWO, ADMIN TWO AND THREE. UH, FINISHING UP SOME INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK FOR ADMIN THREE, UH, AND OUR HOMELESS COURT LIAISON. UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER RECRUITMENTS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON. OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, UH, A NUMBER OF CPS POSITIONS, COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALISTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. AND, UH, TWO HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAM OFFICERS AND OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PHYSICIANS. UM, WE HELD A COMMUNITY EDUCATION SESSION ON OUR TINY HOMES OCTOBER 30TH SESSION MEANT TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE TINY HOME PROGRAM IS AND FUTURE POTENTIALS. I'M SURE THIS COMMITTEE IS AWARE. UM, THERE WAS A CHALLENGE WITH THE PREVIOUS TINY HOME LOCATION. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE SITES. UM, NEW SAFE PARKING, UH, LOCATION, UH, OPENED UP OCTOBER 23RD. [00:45:01] WE HAVE FULLY RELOCATED FROM, UH, THE QUEENSWAY LOCATION. THE SITE IS AT, UH, ANAHEIM AND SANTA FE. UH, MUCH LARGER CAPACITY THAN OUR OTHER SITES RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, I BELIEVE 40 OF 50 SLOTS, UH, OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW. UM, STAFFING FOR THE MOBILE THERAPY PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED. STAFF ARE DOING, UH, PROGRAM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT EXPECTED TO LAUNCH, UH, NEXT MONTH. AND CONTINUING TO, UM, FOR THIS LAST BULLET, I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT HERE. SO, THE STATE HAS REVISED ITS, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS FOR HAP FUNDING, UH, HAP FUNDING, HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE BUSINESS CONSUMER SERVICES, A HOUSING AGENCY. UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS RECEIVED, UM, DIRECT ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE, UH, FOR BEING BOTH A LARGE CITY AND A COC. UH, THE STATE FOR THIS ROUND OF HALF IS REQUIRING REGIONAL APPLICATIONS, AND SO THAT REQUIRES COORDINATION. UM, THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF A REGION ESSENTIALLY IS THE COUNTY, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, SEVEN ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTIONS. THE CITY OF, CITY OF LA, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE COUNTY OF LA IN THE COCS OF LOS ANGELES, GLENDALE, LONG BEACH IN PASADENA. UM, SO THE STATE IS REQUIRING THAT EACH OF US PARTNER COORDINATE ON ONE REGIONAL PLAN, UM, ONE REGIONAL APPLICATION. UH, THE STATE HAS OPTIONS FOR DISBURSEMENTS OF FUNDS. WE CAN CHOOSE TO ALL CONTRACT WITH THE PRIMARY APPLICANT, WHICH WOULD BE THE COUNTY, OR WE CAN RECEIVE OUR OWN CONTRACTS DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE. BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE REGIONAL, UH, PLAN. AND WE'RE UNDER, UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW, UM, PLANNING MEETINGS TO LAUNCH THAT PROCESS FOR WHAT THE REGIONAL PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE. UH, STEPHANIE AND HER UPDATE MENTIONED NEW FUNDS FROM THE STATE. UM, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE. $1.25 MILLION AWARDED, UH, BY A SENATOR LA GONZALEZ'S OFFICE FOR, UM, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION FOR SENIORS. THE NUMBER OF SENIORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO GROW IN OUR CITY AND ELSEWHERE. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INCREASING COSTS HOUSING CAUSING LIVING FOLKS ON FIXED INCOME, UH, VERY CHALLENGING TO EVER, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THAT INCOME, UM, IN ORDER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MATCH WHAT HAPPENING. SO, UM, FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE'LL BE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR A TWO YEAR SHALLOW SUBSIDY PILOT. SO WE'LL PROVIDE UP TO $500 PER MONTH EACH MONTH FOR, UH, OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. LOW INCOME, TRY TO STABILIZE THEM. THEN HOUSING WHILE WE ALSO WORK TO CONNECT THEM WITH, UH, LONGER DETERMIN RENTAL SUBSIDIES. UM, WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED SOME, UM, FUNDING FOR REENTRY SERVICES. UM, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO DISCHARGE DIRECTLY FROM, UH, JAILS AND PRISONS DIRECTLY TO THE STREETS, UM, UH, WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE. UM, BUT THE FUNDING HERE WILL HELP US WITH ESTABLISHING, UM, REENTRY SERVICES. WE CAN BETTER SERVE FOLKS, UM, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH, UH, RESOURCES, UH, SO THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT, UH, DISCHARGED, UH, TO THE STREETS, UH, OR THAT THEY'RE PROVIDED SERVICES AS SOON AS THEY ARE DISCHARGED. UM, DID I ACCIDENTALLY TURN THAT OFF? THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. UM, OPERATIONS UPDATES. SO JUST SOME PROGRAM UPDATES TO NEW LOCATIONS ADDED FOR THE MAC FOR NOVEMBER. THE NEW SITES ARE THE METRO WILLOW STATION AND, UH, NAACP PARK. UM, WE'RE ENTERING THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FOCUS AROUND INCORPORATING CES DATA PROCESS INTO HIS. UM, SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR BULLET, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT PHASES OF, UH, HMIS, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, UM, UPDATES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. UH, THE, THE FOCUS, WHO IS THE VENDOR THAT, UM, WE USE FOR HMIS HAS, UM, CAPACITY CAPABILITY TO DO MATCHING AND REFERRALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DIRECTLY WITH N-H-M-I-S. RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING PAPER REFERRALS AND THEN MANUALLY ENTERING THAT DATA INTO, INTO HMIS. UM, WE'RE BUILDING OUT THAT, UH, MATCHING FUNCTION. AND THEN, UH, WHILE WE DO THAT, WE'RE ALSO, WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TO INTEGRATE WITH THE LARGER LA COUNTY HMIS DATA SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING PARALLEL SYSTEMS, WHICH CAUSES A LOT OF DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. WE'LL SOON BE, UH, IN THAT ONE SYSTEM, WHICH IS A FEW MONTHS AWAY BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. BUT WORKING ON THE BUILD OUT AND ON THE INTEGRATION, UH, WINTER SHELTER UPDATES, UM, MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT WE'RE ADDING 35 BEDS, UH, AT 7 0 2. UH, WASA DID SELECT A, UM, A WINTER SHELTER SITE WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WITH A NEWER PROVIDER. THE PROVIDER IS CALLED ASSURED LIFESTYLES. UH, ASSURED LIFESTYLES HAD, UH, PROPOSED TO OPERATE A WINTER SHELTER PROGRAM, A 50 BED PROGRAM FROM A MOTEL ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. UH, THEY LOST SITE CONTROL OF THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT, UM, THERE [00:50:01] HAD BEEN PLANS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS, PARTNERS, EVERYONE ON, UH, IDENTIFYING, UM, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR INCREMENT WEATHER BEDS. UM, STEPHANIE, I THINK ALSO TOUCHED ON THE METRO, UM, ACTIVITY. THERE'S QUESTIONS IN THE LAST, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT METRO WAS DOING. STAFF HAD REACHED OUT TO METRO TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE TODAY. UM, WE WERE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, A CLIP THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THE LINK HERE. THE CLIP IS TO A RECORDING OF THE METRO'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. THE LINK ALSO HAS, UH, LIKE FILES FOR THE, THE MEETING AGENDA, MEETING MINUTES, UM, AND, AND A, AND A PRESENTATION FROM METRO. UM, THE PRESENTATION IS FROM CRAIG JOYCE, WHO'S THE NEWLY, UH, APPOINTED, UH, POLICY DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE, FOR, UH, HOMELESSNESS POLICY DIRECTOR WITHIN METRO. UM, BUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE, UH, AS FOLLOW UP FROM, UH, THE QUESTIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE ARE, ONE WAS REGARDING WHO, UH, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE THAT ARE DOING OUTREACH ALONG WITH METRO LINE AND WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS. THERE'S A LITTLE TABLE, WHICH MAY BE HARD TO SEE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TIMES AND LOCATIONS THAT, UH, , WHICH IS, UM, HOMELESS OUTREACH PROJECT. UH, THEIR, THEIR SUBSIDIARY OF SS, UH, SSG SPECIAL SERVICES FOR, FOR GROUPS PRIMARILY PROVIDING SERVICES IN SPOT SIX SOUTH LA, BUT THEN HELPLINE YOUTH COUNSELING AND PROVIDING OUTREACH ALONG THE METRO AND HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THERE DAYS AND SCHEDULE THERE. UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, SERVICE HUBS. THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND POTENTIAL SCOUTING SITES HERE WITHIN THE CITY. UM, THE SERVICE HUB MODEL, UH, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HAS A, A MODEL THAT'S, UH, FOR SERVICE HUB THAT'S BEEN VISITED BY OUR MAYOR. UM, THE ONE LOCATION THAT SEEMS TO BE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW FOR A SERVICE HUB IS UNION STATION. UM, THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST IN HAVING, UH, END OF LINE SERVICE HUBS LIKE FEASIBILITY CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT. AND, UH, THE END OF ALL LINES SEEMS LIKE A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, HAVING THE MAC, UH, DEPLOYED AT METRO WILLOW HOPEFULLY CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT THERE, UM, IN THE MEANTIME. UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK. ONE QUESTION ON THE, UM, MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ. IS THAT GONNA RESULT IN RFPS OR IS THAT GONNA BE HIRING? YEAH, SO ON THE VERY GOOD QUESTION. UM, MY PERTAINING ON THE PREVENTION SIDE IS THAT, UH, THE SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAM, UM, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME STAFFING, HIRING, YOU KNOW, UH, PERSONNEL, ADMIN, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT REQUIRES AN R FEE. WE CAN CONFIRM. UM, OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION ABOUT DEVELOPING AND ROLLING OUT A SHALLOW SUBSIDY, UH, PROGRAM. THEY HAVE CAPACITY TO CUT CHECKS VERY QUICKLY. THEY DO IT WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LANDLORDS AND THOUSANDS OF UNITS INDUSTRIAL ACROSS THE CITY. UM, SO THE PLAN, WHICH IS FOR FOLKS WHO IDENTIFIED FOR THAT RESOURCE HAVE, IS THAT A THING, MONEY OR RIGHT NOW I, THAT WOULD BE A NEW, NEW SERVICE THAT SOMETHING HOW TO DO FIGURE OUT, OR IS THAT THERE ARE, YEAH. UH, RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE COUNTY, UH, COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, THEY HAVE THEIR OODR OP, UH, OFFICE DIVERSION AND REENTRY. THEY'RE KIND LIKE THE LEAD FOR REENTRY SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY. IF DO THINK THEY HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE. WHAT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM? THESE RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE ONE TIME ALLOCATIONS, UM, UH, FOR THE 1.25 MILLION FOR PREVENTION. UM, THERE ARE OTHER, UM, RECURRING FUNDS LOCALLY. THE COUNTY DOES, UH, DOES HAVE A SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAM. THERE'S ABOUT $11 MILLION OR SO ANNUALLY. I THINK THAT GOES TO LASA FOR THAT. UM, THE COUNTY IS, UH, IT'S FUNDED BY COUNTY MEASURE H. UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE COUNTY CEO'S OFFICE AND WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, GATEWAY CITY, SOUTH BAY, AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COGS TO DISCUSS NEXT YEAR'S MEASURE H BUDGET. UM, HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH CEO YESTERDAY, I THINK. AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUESTS, WHICH, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS PREVIOUSLY NOT BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR MEASURE H FUNDING. WE HAVE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T [00:55:01] BEEN INVITED TO CREATE THE PROPOSAL. SO, UM, I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHALLOW SUBSIDY. UM, I THINK MYSELF AND WE'LL FOR, UH, THE $750,000 THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FOR REENTRY, IT'S, UH, I THINK, LEMME SEE, UM, THE SERVICES IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, ROLL OUT WOULD BE HOUSING WITH, UM, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND, UH, EDUCATION. UM, WELL, I, I KNOW YOU DON'T, THERE ARE, UM, WHAT WE CALL HALFWAY HOUSES THAT MM-HMM. , ALL THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , YEAH, THERE, UH, OUR ODR HAS A PRETTY LARGE NUMBER, YOU KNOW, OF, UH, SORT LIKE INTERIM HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. SO, UM, YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENT MODELS WE CAN LOOK AT FOR IMPLEMENTATION. WELL, NOW THE SALE ALSO INCLUDES PEOPLE COMING OUT OF LONG BEACH JAIL, WHICH IS JUST CHRISTMAS. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THAT THE, IT DOES SAY PRISON SYSTEMS. UH, I CAN CLARIFY. I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE LANGUAGE IN THE, THE TRAILER BUILDING OR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SEE, UM, WHAT THE BOOKS REQUIRED VERSUS WHAT'S SEVEN 50,000 FOR THE MAYOR. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO STAFF UPDATE SECOND OCTOBER 30TH, HOW IT RECEIVED? PRETTY WELL? YEAH, THE RECORDING SHOULD BE UP ONLINE. I THINK THEY PUT IT UP YESTERDAY. I SENT IT OVER YESTERDAY. SO YEAH, WE HAD ABOUT 54 PARTICIPANTS WENT UP TO 66 AT ONE POINT AND 116 REGISTERED GOING GOING BE FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW UP, OR I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SETTLING ON A LOCATION. AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION WILL CONTINUE. OKAY. UM, I'LL VOTE MOTION AND PAPER OF RECEIVING, FILING THE STAFF REPORT SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE NEXT ITEM, OH, IS THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORT. UM, , UH, I HAVE NO REPORT. UH, THIS JULIE AND I MET ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 30TH AND HAD ANY THIRD PARTY DISCUSSIONS. AND SO ALL OF THE HOMELESS PROBLEMS, IF YOU EVER, WE'D LIKE TO SEND IN. SO NO REPORT. I DID ATTEND THIS EVENT, OTHER THINGS, BUT, UM, I, I REALLY DO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY ARE DOING TO PUSH FORWARD OUR , UM, PRIORITY. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, OKAY. AND SO CAN I, CAN I ALSO ADD, SO THE CITY CLERK DID TELL ME THAT FOR THE AGENDA, I CAN NO LONGER JUST PUT THE, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AS A SEPARATE ITEM. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR. SO IF YOU, UH, ARE ABLE TO PULL UP THE HTMI OR HTML VERSION OF THE AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE FUTURE [01:00:01] AGENDA ITEMS ARE LISTED UNDER THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. OKAY. SO IF WE HAVE ANY FUTURE ITEMS THAT'S, WELL, YOU'LL FIND THEM FROM NOW ON. I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO RECEIPT AND FILE WHATEVER IN. RIGHT? WE DO. I HAVE A REPORT AS IT IS AN ITEM. WE JUST HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. YEAH. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FILE THE CHAIR A SECOND. SECOND. GREAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UM, AND THEN SO I, I DO GET WHAT STEPHANIE IS SAYING. UM, I GUESS ARE THERE OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU ALL WANNA ADD TO THE LIST? THAT WAS TO ASK THE LIBRARIAN, LIBRARIAN HER PERSPECTIVE. UH, I'M LEAVING ON DECEMBER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.