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SUPER INFORMAL, SUPER INFORMAL.WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE INFORMATION.
AND IF WE GET FORMAL CALL TO ORDER AND WE CAN OKAY.
COVER THE ITEMS FROM THERE FOR RECEIVING FILE.
THIS IS INFORMATIONAL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
SO, UM, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INFORMALLY GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
UM, THE FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS THE PRESENTATION ON THE 2024 HOMELESS COUNT AND THE METHODOLOGY.
SO, UM, I FEEL WE WERE STANDING, I'LL JUST SIT DOWN,
UM, SO, UH, YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR, I THINK WITH THE, UH, WITH THE HOMELESS COUNTS.
UM, BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, UM, THE, OUR APPROACH THIS YEAR IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND GET ANY INPUT THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL, I THINK, ARE VERY FAMILIAR.
THE, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT IS A COMPREHENSIVE COUNT OF AND SURVEY OF ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH, UH, BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED.
UM, IT IS A HUD REQUIREMENT THAT WE CONDUCT THIS, ESSENTIALLY A CENSUS OF ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, THE DATA FROM THIS, UM, THIS COUNT, UH, IS USED TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING SORT OF THE OVERALL STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH, SO DEMOGRAPHICS AND SUBPOPULATIONS, UM, CHRONICITY AND, UH, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, ANY SORT OF DISABLING CONDITIONS THAT OUR POPULATION HAS, UM, AS WELL AS SORT OF, UM, EARLY EXPERIENCES AND ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
UM, SO IN 2023, WE HAD, UH, NEARLY 300 VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME OUT, UM, TO, UH, EARLY IN THE MORNING TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE COUNTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR STAFF WORKED ON, UH, ON THE SHELTERED SIDE, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN A SECOND.
UM, BUT, UH, HERE IS SORT OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF SOME OF THE RESULTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A FULL REPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT LONG BEACH.GOV/HOMELESS COUNT.
UM, SO OVERALL, WE COUNTED, UH, NEARLY 3,500 PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, 1300 OR 39% OF THOSE WERE, UH, ARE CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, OR, UH, HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR OVER A YEAR WITH A DISABLING CONDITION.
UH, WE DID FIND THAT, UH, OVER 70% ARE UNSHELTERED.
UM, AND, UH, NEARLY 53%, UM, UH, REPORTED A FIRST TIME, UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE SORT OF SUBPOPULATION BREAKDOWNS.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT.
UM, I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO ALL OF IT TODAY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, THAT'S ALL, UM, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND ALSO HOW, UH, WE USE THE POINT TIME COUNT DATA.
SO, UM, AS A REMINDER, IT IS A, UH, IT IS A HUD REQUIREMENT, SO THAT DATA IS USED TO TOWARDS, UM, ALLOCATING FUNDS AND RESOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT HERE IN LONG BEACH, IN THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, WE USE THE DATA TO, UM, REALLY, UH, UNDERSTAND, UH, PARTICULARLY THE UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HMIS DATA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF FOLKS WHO ARE IN OUR SERVICE SYSTEM.
UM, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREET, UM, WE HAVE OUTREACH DATA.
AND THEN THE PICK COUNT IS ALSO, IS REALLY THE MAIN WAY THAT WE START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE OF FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREET.
UM, WE CAN USE THE COUNT DATA TO UNDERSTAND OBSERVATIONS OF TRENDS OVER TIME, SO WE CAN COMPARE BETWEEN DIFFERENT COUNTS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, TRY TO KEEP THE METHODOLOGY, UH, SIMILAR OVER TIME SO WE CAN SORT OF SEE HOW THE POPULATION CHANGES.
UM, WE ALSO USE IT TO IDENTIFY DISPROPORTIONALITIES IN SUBPOPULATIONS, SO WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN, UH, CERTAIN RACES AND ETHNICITIES, UH, GENDER, WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING, UH, HOMELESSNESS DIFFERENTLY.
UH, WE ALSO USE IT FOR PRIORITIZATION OF LOCATIONS.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, UH, FOR THE MAC, WE, AND FOR OUR OUTREACH SERVICES, WE DO USE PIG COUNT DATA TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING AND FOCUSING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE PROGRAM TYPES THAT WE, THAT WE WANT TO FUND, THAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM OUR, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO HOW DO WE APPROACH, UH, GETTING AN ACCURATE AND, UH, FULL, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT.
SO THE FIRST IS, AND THE ONE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY PARTICIPATED IN BEFORE, IS OUR STREET-BASED ENUMERATION.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ON JANUARY 25TH NEXT YEAR, UM, FROM ABOUT 5:00 AM TO ABOUT 12:00 PM UH, WE DO, UH, SO WE SEND OUT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, TO COUNT, UM, ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
UM, SO WE HAVE TEAMS OF THREE TO FIVE WHO GO OUT, UM, AND, UH, GO INTO, I THINK IT'S 64 DIFFERENT MAP AREAS IN THE CITY, UM, LEADING UP TO THAT DAY.
SO MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LEADING UP TO IT.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A SPECIALIZED, UH, STREET-BASED ENUMERATION, OR A SPECIALIZED COUNT.
UH, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE HARDEST REACH AREAS IN THE CITY.
SO THINGS LIKE LARGE ENCAMPMENTS, RIVER BEDS, TRAIN TRACKS, FREEWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, PLACES THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO SEND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS INTO.
UM, AND SO THAT IS CONDUCTED BY OUR OUTREACH STAFF ALONGSIDE PD PARTNERS.
UM, AND THIS YEAR WE'LL BE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS OUR ALTERNATE
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RESPONSE TEAM IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, TO GO OUT AND COUNT SOME OF THOSE AREAS.UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE OUR SERVICE-BASED ACCESS CENTER ACCOUNTS.
SO FOOD PROGRAMS, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, MEDICAL FACILITIES, PLACES THAT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GO, UM, FOR SERVICES.
UM, AND SO WE WORK WITH THOSE ACCESS CENTERS TO ALSO ENSURE THAT THEIR STAFF ARE, UM, CONDUCTING THE COUNT AS WELL.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE VA DROP IN CENTER, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH 'EM, THE BASIC NEEDS, UH, PROGRAMS AT, UH, CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND LVCC, UM, PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE, UM, WE WORK WITH THOSE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCOUNTING AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR HOUSING INVENTORY, WHICH IS, UH, THE SHELTERED COUNTS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOUNTING NOT JUST FOLKS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, BUT THOSE WHO ARE, UM, IN SHELTER TRADITION, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS. UH, SO WE WORK WITH, WITH THOSE PROVIDERS, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COUNTING THEIR, THEIR CLIENTS, THEIR PARTICIPANTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE COUNT AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF HOW WE APPROACH THE STREET-BASED, UH, COUNT.
UH, SO AGAIN, TEAMS OF THREE TO FIVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY CANVAS AN ENTIRE MAP AREA.
UH, VOLUNTEERS ARE DIRECTED TO APPROACH EVERY PERSON THAT THEY ENCOUNTER AND ASK EVERY QUESTION ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY.
UM, SURVEY PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN A $10 GIFT CARD AS AN INCENTIVE.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEVEN 11 GIFT CARDS, UH, WHICH WORKED REALLY WELL LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE TEAMS WITH HYGIENE KITS AND INFORMATIONAL PAN, UH, PAMPHLETS ABOUT SERVICES.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT LANGUAGE ACCESS.
SO OBVIOUSLY HERE IN LONG BEACH, WE REALLY, UH, PRIORITIZE, UH, LANGUAGE ACCESS, PARTICULARLY THE THREE, UM, THREE PRIORITY LANGUAGES OF SPANISH, UH, KAMAI AND TAGALOG.
UM, SO WE, UH, FOR THAT WE DO PROVIDE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE SURVEY AND WITHIN THE SURVEY APP FOR ANY TEAMS THAT HAVE SPANISH SPEAKERS ON THEM.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LIVE TELEPHONIC TRANSLATION SERVICES, NOT JUST FOR THE TOP THE PRIORITY LANGUAGES, BUT FOR, UH, ANY LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED OVER THE PHONE, AND WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR EVERY TEAM AS WELL.
UH, SO HOW WE GO ABOUT THE COUNT? SO WE DO HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY, SO 35 TO 40 QUESTIONS, UM, INCLUDING, UH, A PERSONAL, UH, IDENTIFICATION, DEMOGRAPHICS, HOMELESSNESS, STATUS, SUBPOPULATION.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE TRY TO CAPTURE THAT FOR EVERY PERSON THAT, UH, WE ENCOUNTER.
UH, WE ALSO DO PROVIDE, UH, AN OPTION FOR WHAT'S CALLED A VISUAL ACCOUNT.
SO THAT'S A VERY ABBREVIATED VISUAL SURVEY.
AND THAT IS FOR ANYBODY WHO, UM, IS INACCESSIBLE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO THAT COULD BE THAT THEY ARE NON-RESPONSIVE, THEY DECLINE TO BE A PART OF THE SURVEY, UM, OR THEY'RE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO OUR VOLUNTEERS CAN'T, CAN'T ATTEND.
SO, UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FORUM.
DO WE NEED TO CALL THE ORDER? SHOULD WE JUST FINISH OUT THIS PRESENTATION FIRST? I THINK WE FINISH, AND THEN WE'LL DO IT.
UM, SO, AND THEN AGAIN, ACCESS CENTERS AND HOUSING INVENTORY.
I COVERED MOST OF THIS, BUT YEAH, ACCESS CENTER STAFF WILL BE USING OUR, UH, SAME MOBILE APP THIS YEAR, SO SURVEY 1, 2, 3.
UM, ANY ACCESS CENTERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT AREN'T OPEN ON JANUARY 25TH, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM, SO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COUNTING, UM, ON A DIFFERENT DAY DURING THE WEEK.
AND THEN, UH, SAME THING FOR SHELTER AND INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAMS. WE'LL BE USING THE SAME APP THIS YEAR.
SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF ENTERING DATA, BUT, UH, WE REALIZED THAT THAT WAS, UH, KIND OF HARD TO CONSOLIDATE THAT DATA.
SO WE'LL BE ASKING EVERYBODY TO BE USING THE SAME APP THIS YEAR SO THAT WE WERE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME SORT OF BASELINE, UH, DATA SET FOR BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS THIS YEAR.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATA COLLECTION AND HOW WE ANALYZE IT.
UH, SO WE DO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A, UH, A MOBILE APP THAT WILL BE USED, UH, FOR ALL DATA COLLECTION, UM, DEDUPLICATION.
SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG CONCERN.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GETTING AS ACCURATE OF A COUNT AS POSSIBLE.
AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THAT WHOLE WEEK, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT COUNT SO MANY MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, SO, UH, WE USE A FULL OR PARTIAL MATCHING CRITERIA BASED ON FIRST AND LAST INITIALS, GENDER, ETHNICITY, RACE.
BASICALLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE COUNT, UH, SURVEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, AREN'T, UH, AREN'T DUPLICATING PEOPLE, UM, INTERPRETATION OF THE VISUAL COUNT.
SO THAT IS ALSO A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DE-DUPLICATE FROM JUST A VISUAL.
UM, AND SO WE, UH, WE ESTIMATE, UH, THAT BASED ON A COMBINATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS AND FOLLOW UP SURVEYS CONDUCTED, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF THE, OF THE COUNT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YES, AND THEN, UH, DALTON HERE, OUR DATA EXTRAORDINARY WILL, UH, ALSO USE THE DATA TO, UM, HELP TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE OVERALL OVERALL COUNT, UM, IDENTIFY TRENDS OVER TIME AND COMPARE, UM, WITH PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, THE REPORT THAT WE PUT OUT, UM, EVERY YEAR.
AND SO WE EXPECT TO RELEASE THAT SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, UH, LATE APRIL, ONCE WE'VE, UH, DONE A CLEANING OF THE DATA AND A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE DATA.
AND THAT'S, UM, MOST OF THE CONTENT.
SO IN TERMS OF WAYS FOR YOU ALL TO SUPPORT, UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED AND EXCEEDED OUR CAPACITY THIS YEAR.
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ONCE AGAIN, WE, WE ARE ALWAYS VERY, UH, IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT.SO WE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, NEARLY 330 VOLUNTEERS REGISTERED ALREADY.
SO, UH, LOTS OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO, UH, IF YOU ARE IN INTERESTED IN, UH, PARTICIPATING, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN, WE CAN FIND A SPACE FOR YOU.
UM, WE ALSO ARE, UH, COLLECTING, UH, DONATIONS FOR HYGIENE KITS.
SO AGAIN, WE DO HAND OUT HYGIENE KITS DURING THE EVENT.
SO, UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO MANY OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO SOLICIT DONATIONS.
AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DONATING, UH, WE, ANY OF THAT CAN BE DONATED THROUGH THE CITY'S EXISTING SORT OF DONATION STRUCTURE, UM, OR DROPPED OFF AT THE MSC.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS TRAVEL SIZE, HYGIENE ITEMS OR SOCKS TO BE, UH, PUT INTO HYGIENE KITS.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, IF ANY OF YOU DO WORK FOR, UH, A SERVICE AGENCY, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN ACCESS CENTER ACCOUNT SITE, OR IF YOU ARE A SHELTER PROVIDER, UM, JUST REACH OUT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLIENTS ARE, UH, ARE COUNTED AS WELL.
UM, ANY, WE'RE OPENING FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COUNT OR THE WAYS THAT WE'RE APPROACHING IT, OR ANY FEEDBACK? YEAH.
SHOULD WE CALL ORDER? YEAH, LET CALL THE ORDER AND THEN, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER SINCE WE HAVE FORUM, UM, STEPHANIE, CALL REST CHAIR.
ABSENT MEMBER JEFFREY JOHN JOHNSON.
WE HAVE QUORUM, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
UM, OKAY, SO VIN DID HIS PRESENTATION ON THE 2024 HOMELESS COUNT AND THE METHODOLOGY, UM, WAS THAT A QUESTION? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FIRST.
UM, AND MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE DONATION OF THE KITS.
IS THAT NORMALLY LIKE A, A PROBLEM OR DO WE USUALLY GET PLENTY? UM, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 'CAUSE WE DO ALSO SET ASIDE FUNDING TO PURCHASE ITEMS, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER, WE JUST SORT OF USE FOR MSC GENERAL USE.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PAST OR AN ISSUE WITH, WITH GETTING WHAT WE NEED.
SO, NO, THE REASON I ASK IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE MLK DAY OF SERVICE MM-HMM.
AND SO THOSE KITS COULD BE A PROJECT FOR DONATIONS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE SPECIFICALLY TO CREATE, UM, KITS FOR, UM, THE HOMELESS CAMP.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE, I DON'T KNOW.
STEPHANIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HEADING UP THE DONATIONS AND ASSEMBLIES, SO YEAH.
UH, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION TO, THEY'RE HAVING LIKE A SMALL DONATION DRIVE, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO ASSEM TO PUT ASSEMBLY OR ASSEMBLE ALL THE KIDS TOGETHER.
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE.
SO, I MEAN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED FOR HYGIENE KITS.
UH, WE PASS 'EM OUT DURING OUR OUTREACH AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE THAT IN STOCK FOR LIKE, LATER EVENTS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN COORDINATE YEAH, OKAY.
AFTER THE FACT, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH, HELPING WITH THAT LAST YEAR DEFINITELY HELPED A LOT.
I'LL REACH OUT, CONSIDER THAT, CONSIDER YOU ADDED
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTION AND COMMENT? UM, SO FIRST QUESTION, UH, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES OR OTHER GROUPS AREN'T DOING THE COUNT THIS YEAR TOO? YEAH, YEAH.
SO IT WAS LIKE, BECAUSE OF COVID, LIKE THE STRUCTURE OF EVERY OTHER YEAR KIND OF GOT OUT OF WHACK BECAUSE OF LIKE EVERYBODY NOT DOING IT ON ONE YEAR THAT IT WAS EXPECTED.
SO IT WENT FROM THAT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN EXPECTED THAT WE DID A COUNT IN 2021, THEN HUD SHIFTED TO, EVERYBODY NEEDED TO DO ONE IN 2022.
SO 2024 IS ACTUALLY A REQUIRED COUNT FOR EVERYBODY.
SO ALL COMMUNITIES, UH, AND COCS WILL BE DOING IT.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN A RECENT CONVERSATION, WHICH WAS INTERESTING FROM, UH, ONE OF THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN HUD IS 95% OF COCS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO AN ANNUAL COUNT AT THIS POINT.
UM, UNSHELTERED COUNT ALMOST ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT DO ONE EXIST WITHIN CALIFORNIA.
SO, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE.
I THINK IT WAS 11 OUT OF 14, DID ONE LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GET TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COCS THAT ONLY DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR.
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FOR, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, IS THIS A REQUIRE OR NOT? SO REQUIREDAND THEN THE OTHER COMMENT, UM, YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO AMAZING WORK.
UM, COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
I KNOW IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
UM, ONE QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE'RE THINKING OF WAYS HOW WE CAN FUNDRAISE FOR THE, UM, MAYOR'S FUND.
SO IS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO A PRESENTATION TO THE VOLUNTEERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE IN THEIR SERVICE IF THEY CAN DONATE TO THE MAYORS FUND? UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OR WE CAN TABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T WANNA ADD ANYTHING MORE TO YOUR PLATE, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS
YEAH, I MEAN WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK AND, AND LOOK AT IT.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THE RUN OF SHOW FOR THE DAY OF, UM, I WILL SAY LIKE THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT.
LIKE I THINK THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO, ONCE PEOPLE ARE THERE, THEIR TEAMS ARE THERE.
WE DON'T REALLY SET EVERYBODY OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S MORE LIKE ONCE YOUR TEAM IS HERE, LIKE YOU SHOULD GO.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS PLANNING ON BEING THERE AND GIVING A FEW REMARKS AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
UM, BUT UM, SO I I, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND AND WHATEVER VERBIAGE YOU ALL WANT TO PUT IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF STATION YOU WANT TO HAVE AS PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK, LIKE I'M SURE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
SO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK THERE'S JUST A QR CODE, RIGHT? SO MAYBE EVEN THE QR CODE COULD BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST EVEN GIVE LIKE A SMALL CONDENSED LIKE SLIP TO PEOPLE AS WE HAND THEM THEIR SHIRT.
BUT YEAH, THE EMAIL IS A GREAT IDEA TOO, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO READ THOSE EMAILS TO GET INSTRUCTIONS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE JUST A QUESTION, ANTHONY.
UM, DID WE ASK 35 TO 40 QUESTIONS LAST YEAR? I DON'T, I I DID IT, BUT, OR SO THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME QUESTIONS.
NO, WE'VE SHIFTED THEM SLIGHTLY.
THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO LIKE THE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE'RE ASKING.
WE'VE TRIED TO SHORTEN IT A LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER IT WAS LONG.
AND SOME PEOPLE LOST INTEREST.
WE ARE SHORTENING THE SENSITIVE QUESTIONS.
THE FEEDBACK IS LIKE, AS MUCH AS IT MAY BE VALUABLE, THEY ARE VERY CHALLENGING TO ASK AND IT'S A LOT FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE IN.
SO WE ARE CONDENSING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE ON THAT JUST TO KIND OF MAKE IT EASIER FOR BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING THE SURVEY AS WELL AS THE PERSON THAT'S ADMINISTERING IT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES.
AND THEN SOME OTHER MINOR CHIPS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF JUST TO PRINT OUT THERE PEOPLE LISTENING.
UM, WHY DO WE DO THE COUNT? CAN WE DO THE COUNT FOR, TO HAVE A NUMBER EFFORT TO GIVE US FUNDING TO LIKE PROJECT WHAT WE NEED AHEAD? HOW DO WE DO THE CAMP? YEAH.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, RIGHT? SO ON THE ONE HAND IT IS A REQUIREMENT AND THAT'S REALLY USED BY HUD AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ALLOCATE LIKE FUNDING RESOURCES, RIGHT? AND SO AN ACCURATE COUNT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DECIDE LIKE WHO GETS WHAT RESOURCES AND HOW MUCH.
UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, I THINK LIKE WE IN LONG BEACH DO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED, RIGHT? I THINK THE, THE HUD REQUIRED, UH, SORT OF DEMOGRAPHICS ARE MUCH SHORTER.
AND SO, UM, BUT FOR US, WE DO ADD, YOU KNOW, MORE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF.
NOT JUST LIKE WHO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE EARLY EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD, SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THINGS THAT, THAT HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICES PEOPLE NEED.
UM, WHAT'S SORT OF SHIFTING TRENDS DO WE SEE, LIKE OVERALL IN THE POPULATION? SO, UM, REALLY THAT DATA HELPS US TO BETTER, YOU KNOW, TAR UH, TAILOR OUR SERVICES TO, UH, THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S BOTH A REQUIREMENT FOR FUNDING, BUT ALSO HELPS US TO PRIORITIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE LOCATIONAL DATA HELPS US TO PRIORITIZE OUTREACH AND WHERE ARE WE GONNA, UM, SEND MORE OUTREACH WORKERS? WHERE ARE WE GONNA LOCATE OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTERS? THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO DO THAT, LIKE THE OTHER STATES, I GUESS THAT DO IT EVERY YEAR, IS IT MORE IMPACTFUL TO DO IT ANNUALLY THAN ARE YOU EVERY OTHER YEAR? WELL, SO WE CURRENTLY DO DO IT ANNUALLY, SO, UM, YEAH,
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SO I KNOW SOME OTHER PLACES, SOME OTHER COCS JUST DO IT BI-ANNUALLY, BUT WE DO IT, WE DO IT ANNUALLY.AND I MEAN, I THINK IT IS CHALLENGING.
IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S A LOT TO DO, BUT ALSO ANOTHER BENEFIT.
ONE THING THAT WE HEAR WHEN WE GET FEEDBACK SURVEYS AND LOOKING THROUGH THEM AND JUST HEARING DIRECTLY FROM PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY FIND IT VERY ENLIGHTENING AS TO LIKE, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES HOMELESSNESS LOOK LIKE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON? IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING TO KIND PASS BY AND YOU LOOK AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, ASSUMPTIONS OR MAYBE YOU HEAR ONE STORY AND THAT BECOMES KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT BECOMES INTERNALIZED AND BIASES GET BUILT.
BUT BY GETTING OUT AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE, YOU START TO LOOK, SEE THE COMPLEXITY AND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT KIND OF LEADS TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, WITHIN THE CRISIS ON OUR SCREEN.
SO JUST THAT IS, I THINK ANOTHER VALUABLE THING THAT DOESN'T OFTEN GET SPEAK TO SPOKEN TO IS JUST THIS IS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
MORE LIKE A SERVICE EXPERIENCE.
YEAH, IT'S PICKED UP WAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT ON A HUMAN, YOU KNOW, HUMANITY.
YEAH, IT'S GREAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE OUTREACH THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE EVENT, YOU GET ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YOU GET ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING, WHICH IS AMAZING.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 2024 HOMEWORK ACCOUNT AND METHODOLOGY REPORT? SECOND.
UM, ANYBODY? UM, DISAPPROVE, ABSTAIN.
THIS, UM, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO SORRY.
SO, UM, THE NEXT, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO JIM ON THE PHONE AND HE SENT IN REQUEST THAT HE IS, UM, HE'S ILL.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING HE WANTED TO DO FOR THE MARRIAGE FUND REPORT IS HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH WAS RAISED IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS $109,245, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT, IT PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED WHAT WAS IN THERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, STEPHANIE, IF WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS, IF YOU WANNA, UM, JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS AND VOLUME.
SO, UH, WE DO, AND I, I WILL PREFACE THIS, THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT HANDING OUT THE SHEET IS BECAUSE EARLIER TODAY I DID CHECK BACK INTO THE WEBSITE AND THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
'CAUSE WE HAD ONE DONOR WHO DONATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.
SO I REACHED OUT TO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TA FUND.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID, UM, TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
'CAUSE I TOO HAVE THAT SAME REACTION.
UM, AND THEY ARE IN A MEETING ALL WEEK.
UH, I LEFT A VOICEMAIL, SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET BACK TO SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY WILL GET BACK TO ME.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE DID RECEIVE 9,000.
SO EVEN THOUGH
SO WE DID ALSO GET MORE IN NOVEMBER.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE PULLED THIS INFORMATION LIKE TWO WEEKS INTO THE MONTH, THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN PULL WHAT'S MOST ACCURATE.
SO I'M HOPING THERE'S JUST A GLITCH IN THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, BUT WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
YEAH, NO, WE'RE HOPING, UM, WE, WE DO KNOW THAT IN NOVEMBER THE WEBSITE WAS INACCESSIBLE.
SO, UM, WHEN PEOPLE CAME BACK TO IT, WHEN IT BECAME, UM, ON AGAIN, SO, UH, YEAH, MAYBE IT'S GOOD.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE OVER THERE?
WE JUST WENT BACK AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, BUT WE'RE GETTING NEW APPLICATIONS IN, SO I'M EXCITED TO
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SEE WHAT THOSE WILL BE.UM, THEY ARE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS, SO IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A WHILE BEFORE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE.
I EXPECT MAYBE ONE TO COME THROUGH BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT IT'S A LOT OF HANDHOLDING.
SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? OKAY.
UH, SARAH? YEAH, THE POLICY, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF LAST MONTH.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN THIS COMING MONDAY.
UM, AND WE CONTINUED OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT SAFE SLEEP SINCE IT'S A TOP PRIORITY, LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A PILOT SITE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE PINPOINTED THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS AND ALAN HAD EXPRESSED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SAFE SLEEP.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO URGE ALL MEMBERS OF HAYEK, IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED IN IN THE PAST YEAR.
BUT ALSO TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THAT IDEA.
UM, JULIE AND I DID MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I'LL LET HER GIVE THE UPDATE ON THAT MEETING EITHER AT THE END OF THIS REPORT OR LATER ON IN OUR MEETING.
UM, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, DISCUSSED KIND OF URGENT NEEDS THAT COULD BE MET THROUGH THE MAYOR'S FUND.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRIMARILY OUR DISCUSSION.
AND IN OUR NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT POTENTIAL SITES.
'CAUSE WE KNOW CITY STAFF ARE STILL TRYING TO ZERO IN ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT POSSIBLE SITES COULD BE USED IF WE DO PILOT A SAFE SLEEP SITE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS INFORMATION, PUT IT INTO OUR ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEE COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THIS C OR THOSE ARE
SO SARAH, WE DID MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN AND HER STAFF, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, HER PERSPECTIVE SOMETIMES LEANS TOWARDS THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, BUT, UM, MY THOUGHT ON PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE TENTS.
SO IF WE CAN MAKE IT SAFER FOR THEM, I THINK THE REST OF US WILL, WILL, UM, FEEL ALSO SAFER IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO SHE'S, SHE'S VERY OPEN AND SHE, UM, DESIRES TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGES, UM, MORE DISCUSSION WITH HER COLLEAGUES.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO, HOPEFULLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.
AND, UH, JEFF IS GONNA TRY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM,
AND, UM, AND THEN SARAH AND I ARE GOING TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEJAS CHIEF OF STAFF NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS SAFE SLEEP.
'CAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THE CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER IN PARTICULAR COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TOPIC.
SO WE, UM, WE ENCOURAGE ALL, ALL IN ANY DISCUSSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW THE, UH, FAIRLY RECENT ARTICLE, I THINK, UM, THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW SAN DIEGO DID THEIR SAFE SLEEP AT BALBOA PARK.
UM, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED SOME TENTHS OVER THERE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CULVER CITY, WE'VE GOT LOS ANGELES, WE'VE GOT THE SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY, YOU KNOW, WE THERE.
AND THEN AS WE HEARD FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EUGENE, OREGON, UH, REBUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, THEY'RE NOT POPULAR.
AND IF THE AIM IS TO GET PEOPLE OFF OUR PUBLIC PREMISES, UM, THAT ARE NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION, THEN THIS CERTAINLY SHOULD BE A SOLUTION, UM, THAT SHOULD BE PUT FORTH ON THE TABLE AND, UM, CONSIDERED AT LEAST AS A PILOT, BECAUSE IF IT WORKS, GREAT.
IF IT DOESN'T, WE WALK AWAY, BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO JUST TALK WITH THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE LIKE A ONE PAGE HERE? UM, WE DO.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, ONE PAGE OUR STAFF IS INTERESTED, BUT I, YEAH.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE'RE JUST ONE POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PILOT SITE.
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UM, IS THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION THE MOST RECENT RFP? SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE.I'VE BEEN OUT, SO I'M NOT THE CCI APOLOGIZE.
PAUL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I HAD TO LEAVE FOR THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL UPDATE? SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH MY HEAD OF WHAT WE COVERED.
UM, THERE WASN'T TOO MANY MAJOR THINGS.
THERE'S A FEW VACANCIES ON THE COC BOARD.
SO, UH, THERE ARE TWO SEATS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO FILL AND THEN, UH, POTENTIALLY A THIRD.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT A RECRUITMENT, TRYING TO FILL A COUPLE SEATS.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, CHANGED JOBS OR ARE MOVING WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE VACANCIES.
WAS THERE, WAS THERE, UM, AN UPDATE ON, I REMEMBER A DISCUSSION ON HOW THE COMPUTER HMIS SYSTEM WAS GONNA BE SOMEHOW INTEGRATED WITH THE CLARITY, NOT, NO, THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION AT COC ON THAT.
UM, I MEAN, THAT'S STILL INTERNALLY, WE DON'T HAVE QUITE A TIMELINE.
WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH LSA AROUND THAT.
UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE A TIMELINE, WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD.
IT'LL BE SOME TIME IN THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON LASA SIDE THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE THOSE MIGRATIONS HAPPEN, BUT IT IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
I JUST DON'T HAVE A CLEAR TIME AT THIS POINT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OF IT? OKAY.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES? SO A SECOND.
UM, WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, UH, POLICY OR OUR SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES? THANK YOU.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM THREE IS RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, UH, UH, THE REPORT OF THE HOMELESS PROCLAMATION UPDATES.
YOU KNOW, I DID NOTICE THAT THE AGENDA IS VERY DIFFERENT THIS MONTH,
UH, THERE'S A NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND IT'S GONNA LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THIS.
UM, OKAY, SO EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION UPDATE.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT'S ON HERE IS LIKE A LITTLE OLDER NOW.
UH, SO THE CADENCE, MORE UPDATES TOO.
COUNCIL HAS CHANGED TO A MONTHLY CADENCE.
SO IT'S EVERY 30 DAYS THAT THE EMERGENCY IS BEING WHEN, UH, IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY, UH, FOR THE NEXT UPDATE.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY COVERING WHAT'S HAPPENED FOUR WEEKS AGO AT THIS POINT.
SO SOME OF THIS IS A LITTLE OUTDATED, AND THERE WILL BE NEW STUFF THAT GOES TO COUNCIL, UM, ON TUESDAY OUT OF RESPECT.
JUST TRYING NOT TO
UM, JUST AS A REFRESHER, HERE ARE SOME OF THE GOALS OF THE EMERGENCY, REALLY ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY, LOOKING AT PREVENTION, LOOKING AT OUR SERVICES, INCLUDING A KEEN FOCUS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED SERVICES, FOCUSING ON, UH, INCREASING OUR HOUSING, BOTH INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS, UH, IMPLEMENTING NEW PROGRAMS AND SPEEDING OUR, OUR OVERALL RESPONSE.
UM, SO JUST THERE ARE SOME BRIEF UPDATES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED OVER THE, YOU KNOW, PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
A LOT OF THIS WAS IN THE SIX MONTH UPDATE.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO ONE BY ONE, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR TO DATE.
SOME EFFORTS OVER THE PAST MONTH AND FORTHCOMING.
AGAIN, THESE ARE STUFF THAT ARE A LITTLE OLDER AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO RECENTLY, AS PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY AWARE, UM, THERE WERE SOME, UH, VIOLENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT RELATED INCIDENCES IN THE DOWNTOWN, UH, THAT DID, UH,
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INCLUDED PEOPLE THAT WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN HAPPENING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE'VE SEEN SOME INCREASE IN VIOLENCE FROM YOUTH, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER CONCERNING CHALLENGES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WITHIN THAT, THERE HAS BEEN A, UH, THERE WAS A CALL TO HAVE AN ENHANCED FOCUS AND CREATE A NEW SAFETY PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
SO A NEW DOWNTOWN SAFETY PLAN WAS CREATED, UH, AND A REPORT WAS PUT OUT.
THERE ARE SOME KEY THINGS SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE UNT SHELTERED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, SO THAT'S REALLY THE SLIDE IS FOCUSING ON THOSE.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT GO BEYOND THAT.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE INCREASED FOCUS IS INCREASING, UH, OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND PLANNING IN THIS AREA, UH, WITH LIBRARIES, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, PD AND FIRE.
UH, ADDED AN ADDITIONAL MAC LOCATION IN THE DOWNTOWN TO INCREASE OUTREACH.
UH, WE ARE WORKING TO GET, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SITE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, SO THAT IS ALSO OCCURRING.
SO WE NOW HAVE, UM, TWO STOPS HERE AT THE PARK, ONE AT SIX IN LONG BEACH, ONE AT, UH, COA, AND THEN ONE THAT WAS AT SECOND AND BROADWAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SHIFTING THAT LOCATION.
IT JUST ISN'T SEEING AS MANY PEOPLE AT THAT LOCATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF SHIFT TO A LITTLE OVER IN THIS COMING MONTH.
UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE FIVE STOPS IN THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MOBILE THERAPY, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS LAUNCHING OUT WITH SOME FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN.
UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR GETTING THE VAN ONLINE, BUT THEY'RE PARTNERING UP WITH OUR OTHER TEAMS AND PROVIDING, UH, FIELD-BASED THERAPY AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND PALM REDUCTION.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO BE DOING SOME STUFF AND FOLLOW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE HIGHLAND INN AS PART OF THE INITIAL EMERGENCY OR THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
AND THEN SUPPORTING WITH KIND OF PREPARATION AND LOOKING FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
UH, FUNDING FOR THAT WAS KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION COMING THROUGH THE HILTON FOUNDATION.
SO, BUT THEY'LL BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN DOWNTOWN INCREASED PROGRAMMING AT, AT ACTIVATION AT LINCOLN PARK AND VILLAGE AND MC LIBRARY.
UM, SOME INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANING, UH, TO ENSURE PUBLIC RESOURCES IN THE SPACE ARE CLEAN AND ACCESSIBLE.
AND THEN, UM, CONTINUED EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EXISTING BUSINESSES, UH, AND ATTRACTION OF NEW BUSINESSES AND LARGE SCALE EVENTS.
SO THE, THE LADDER IS REALLY ON OTHER BUREAUS.
WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE TOP AREA SAFE SLEEP PROGRAM.
SO WE DID GIVE A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THIS.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN SHARE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE A REPORT OUT SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK TO WEEK AND A HALF.
WE WILL HAVE A REPORT THAT GOES OUT TO COUNCIL AND WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, THE REVIEW OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS HERE, UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UM, THIS WAS KIND OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF STUFF TO DATE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 300 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEYS.
SO WE GOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPLYING, WEIGHING IN ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR THOUGHTS AND AVAILABILITY AND OTHER THINGS.
I'M NOT GONNA GET DEEP INTO THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO GET, UH, SURVEYS COMPLETED BY PEOPLE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED CURRENTLY.
UH, SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP ON THAT AND THEN TYING THIS REPORT TOGETHER.
SO WE'LL KIND OF LAY OUT WHERE WE'RE AT, CONSIDERATIONS, FEEDBACK, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WITH THE NEXT STEPS FOR CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING FORTH, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
UH, THEN LOOKING AT PROGRESS IN, UH, THIS WAS PRIOR TO FOUR WEEKS AGO.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF WORKING TO REESTABLISH THE JAIL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN POSITION.
UH, THIS LARGELY IS FOCUSED AROUND PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN,
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UH, THAT ARE UNSHELTERED AS THEY'RE BEING, UH, RELEASED FROM THE JAIL, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED IN, THEY KNOW HOW TO GAIN RESOURCES AND ALSO ARE BEING CONNECTED ALSO WITH OUR REENTRY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT DO EXIST.UH, WE'VE REFRESHED THE DATA ON THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY DASHBOARD ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
UM, MAILERS WENT OUT FOR THE OCTOBER UTILITY STATEMENTS, SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND.
UH, PRESS EVENT WAS HELD ON 1114 TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S ENHANCED FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN.
WAS IT SMOKEY? IT'S A FIREWORK.
YEAH, IT'S A FIREWORK LIKE CASSETTE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES IN THE DOWNTOWN WITH BEHAVIORS AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY? I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT DIDN'T SCARE THE DOGS DAYLIGHTS OUT OF WHOEVER WAS SITTING AT THE CANOPY RIGHT THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO HAS TO FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING SEEN, UM, AND ADDITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING PROVIDER WAS ONBOARDED.
SO APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION IS NOW PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT RENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, UH, FUNDING, UH, MET WITH LA COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS AROUND CAPACITY COORDINATION, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT SOME THINGS AROUND BED RATES, UM, FUNDING AND HOW DO WE CONNECT IN WITH COUNTY RELATED RESOURCES A LITTLE BETTER.
UM, THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS HOUSED WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUREAU, UH, THEY HAVE SOME STAFF THAT ARE BEING TRAINED AND WILL BEGIN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MAC ACCESS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THEIR FUNDING FOR THIS TEAM, ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT'S COMING TO AN END.
UM, SO THEY'LL ALSO BE TAKING ON OTHER, UH, SUPPORTS WITHIN THE TEAM.
SO WE'LL COVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, DATA WILL BE REFRESHED ON THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY DAY DASHBOARD, UH, TOMORROW.
SO, UH, WE'LL SEE NOVEMBER'S NUMBERS, UH, AT SOME POINT TOMORROW.
AND THEN THIS IS THE FORTHCOMING TIME THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO SOLICIT DONATIONS TO THE WINTER'S SEASON FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION.
WE'LL COVER A FEW THINGS ALSO ON THAT WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DISCUSS EXPANSION OF THE LONG BEACH GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING FAMILIES FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SO THIS WAS HEARD AT COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
UH, THERE'S WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GOING OUT SHORTLY, UH, AROUND THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
SO MORE, UH, FAMILIES AND A WIDER RANGE OF ZIP CODES WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, APPLY.
IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO SERVE ALL FAMILIES THAT WOULD MEET THE QUALIFICATION.
IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL SET UP.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE INFORMATION GOING OUT.
UH, THOSE THAT ARE SELECTED WILL RECEIVE $500 A MONTH.
UH, THOSE THAT ARE NOT SELECTED, THERE WILL BE FOLLOW UPS WHERE THEY'LL HAVE PAID SURVEYS.
AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO KIND OF SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT OF HAVING A GUARANTEED INCOME OR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TYPE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THIS STARTED WITHIN THE, UH, LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS. THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF FURTHER OF THAT, UH, FINALIZING WHEN THEN WE'RE FINALIZING THE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, UH, TO COMMUNITY-BASED SHARED HOUSING SLASH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PILOT FROM THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THEY HAD SET ASIDE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CREATE A PILOT.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO GET THAT LAUNCHED, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, JUST WORKING THROUGH SOME FINAL STEPS ON THAT.
AND THEN, YEAH, COVER A COUPLE OF THE THINGS AND OUR, UM, OUR STAFF UPDATE THAT ARE SOMEWHAT RELATED, JUST TRYING TO KEEP TO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LAST EMERGENCY UPDATE? THANK YOU PAUL.
FOR SAFE SLEEP, YOU SAID THAT, UH,
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THERE WILL BE A REPORT PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, LIKE DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, OR THERE'LL BE A TWO FOREFRONT THAT GOES FROM BASICALLY THAT TOM, UM, OR IT'S FROM ALLISON TO TOM FOR CITY COUNCIL IS HOW IT WORKS.UM, THOSE GET POSTED UP AND THEY ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW FROM THERE.
IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION AND THE PART OF IT THAT WILL BE IN THE REPORT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT, HERE'S WHERE THINGS ARE.
UM, THESE ARE KIND OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF THE UNKNOWN FROM THERE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
SO TWO FOR FROM MEMO, THAT'S, IT'S NOT A PRESENTATION, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT A PRESENTATION.
IT MAY BECOME A PRESENTATION, BUT AT THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE SHOULD TIME OUR MEETINGS AND STUFF WHEN THAT AS RELEASED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE MEETING AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT REPORT, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THE MEETINGS OR AFTER THE MEETING.
SO I, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT COINCIDES WITH V FORWARD MORE WORKING TO TRY TO GET IT RELEASED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE ON AT THE MOMENT.
AND WILL THAT, WHEN IT'S SUBMITTED OUT, CAN YOU NOTIFY VACK OR NO? WELL, YEAH, WE COULD SEND A, WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL AND WE'LL JUST FIND, COPY EVERYBODY AND LETTING YOU KNOW HERE IT IS, IT'S AVAILABLE, HERE'S THE LINK TO IT.
SO WILL THE REPORT INCLUDE THE, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE RECENT SURVEY? IT'LL, IT'LL BE LIKE A SUMMARY OF LIKE, HERE'S THE FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE HAD FROM THE EMAIL SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED FEEDBACK.
SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO CONDENSE 300 OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CAPTURE LIKE THE THEMES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED, UM, REALLY PROVIDING, HERE'S THEIR FEEDBACK, HERE'S THE INTEREST, UM, HERE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY SAID ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM IN CONSIDERATION IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A, A SAFETY PROGRAM.
SO REALLY THAT'S KIND OF THE CONTENT.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM EUGENE AND DENVER AND OUR FIELD TRIP TO CULVER CITY, UM, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION? YEP.
AND WE'VE HAD OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK OUTSIDE OF THAT STRUCTURE.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH WHERE LIKE WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SOLID SAMPLE SIZE OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH.
SO I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD IN THAT AREA.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR OUR NSAP MEETING JUST TO PRESENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY OR FOR, I KNOW IT'S LIKE THE, WE KNOW MAJORITY OF IT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK PUBLIC READ TOO FOREFRONT MEMOS AND SO MM-HMM,
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
YEAH, WE CAN, LET ME, SAVANNAH, WHO HAS BEEN REALLY THE ONE TAKING IT ON, I CAN ASK.
SHE WILL BE OUT OF OUR ROTATION.
UM, IF SHE'S ABLE TO COME PRESENT, IF NOT, I WILL, I CAN PRESENT IT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO KIND OF A REPORT ON HERE'S THE FINDINGS AND THE CONTENTS OF THAT REPORT.
AND THEN I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.
I CAN DO ANALYSIS ON THE REPORTING OF THE SURVEY AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE FOR HE SET THAT, UM, WHEN THAT IS PRESENTED TO.
AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, RECENT TINY HALL MEETING, DID THE SAFE OUT OUTDOOR SPACE GET MENTIONED AT ALL OR THAT WAS JUST TOTALLY SEPARATE? I, BECAUSE LIKE RENO AND OTHERS COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVE DONE TINY HOMES AS SAFE.
CAN YOU, ONE, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF CRITIQUE OF
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THAT AS AN APPROACH.UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY MENTIONED SAFE SLEEP WITHIN THAT.
I MEAN, THERE WERE LOTS OF COMMENTS, BUT I DON'T THINK, NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER THAT ANYBODY BROUGHT THAT UP.
I THINK A LOT OF COMMENTS WERE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND KIND OF RELATED TO THAT AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE PARK AFTER THE 15 YEAR PERIOD WHERE IT'S USED FOR THE TINY HOMES.
SO THOSE, THOSE WERE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
WELL, I WE'RE EXCITED RIGHT, THAT THERE MIGHT BE A REPORT OUT SOON HOPING TO HIGHLIGHT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPEED IN WHICH THIS SAFE OUTDOOR SPACE CAN BE DONE.
AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN, WHEN IS THE RESPONSE TO THAT RFP DUE FOR THE NEXT, UM, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT FUNDING? UH, I'VE GOTTA LOOK IF THEY CHANGED IT.
SO THEY RELEASED IT, THEY PULLED IT BACK AND RELEASED IT FROM THE STATE AND WITHIN THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY RERELEASED IT.
I HAVEN'T THAT SINCE THEY RERELEASED IT.
I ONLY LOOKED AT THE ORIGINAL RELEASE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ADJUSTED IT.
THE ORIGINAL RELEASE WAS THE END OF JANUARY.
WAIT FOR, BUT THEY MAY HAVE MODIFIED IT.
WE'LL BE IN A MEETING TOMORROW.
YEAH, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO IT WAS INITIALLY JANUARY 30TH.
30TH, THE END OF JANUARY THAT, UH, IT WAS DUE.
BUT THAT MIGHT HAVE SHIFTED AND IT WAS LIKE THE SECOND ROUND.
BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CYCLES.
SO WE WOULD, IF WE DON'T APPLY FOR THE FIRST ONE, WE WOULD THEN APPLY FOR THE OTHER TWO.
AND LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID THREE CYCLES, THEY DID AN AWARD ON THREE CYCLES.
THEY WERE AWARDED ON THE FIRST TWO TOGETHER AND THEN THAT WAS THE THIRD.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY DO THAT AGAIN.
BUT OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO TRY, IF WE CAN, TO GET IT IN THE FIRST, IF NOT, THE SECOND CYCLE WOULD BE OPEN RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST ONE CLOSES AND HAS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL FEW MONTHS.
UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY FOR ERF TWO, WHICH IS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE MEETING AT, AT, UM, REMIND ME HOW, HOW THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION, UM, BUDGET WAS ALLOCATED IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM OR THE, UM, TRANSITIONAL SPACE.
THAT WOULD BE, I CAN COVER THAT MY STAFF REPORT BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING UPDATES.
WHAT WAS THAT? I'LL COVER THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS PROPAGATION UPDATE THERE? A SECOND.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY AND, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER FOUR, THE SERVICES BUREAU UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT, SO OUR STAFF OPERATIONS UPDATE, UM, AND PROVIDING SOME NUMBERS AND OVERVIEWS OF DIRECT SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE CITY.
UM, AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN LIKE CAVEAT THIS MORE.
THIS IS THE DIRECT SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING.
IF YOU WANT THE MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH ACROSS OUR PROVIDERS.
UM, GOING TO THE, UH, WEBSITE AND LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A MUCH MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE THAN THIS.
UM, SO, UH, THROUGH OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, WE HAD 348 REQUESTS FOR OUTREACH.
THIS WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM, UH,
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THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, BUT STILL PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.UM, THE NUMBER OF NEW PEOPLE ENROLLED THROUGH OUTREACH THAT WE HAD NOT ENGAGED BEFORE, UH, THAT WE COUNTED ON THE STREET WAS 211.
AND THEN THE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTED SERVICES WITHIN THE HMIS, UM, THAT WERE PROVIDED WAS 417.
THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RE-ENGAGING AND PROACTIVELY ENGAGING AS WELL.
UM, TO THE MSC, WE HAD, UH, 3,176 TOTAL VISITS OF WHICH 310 WE'RE VISITING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
UH, WITH OUR AVERAGE DAILY VISITS OF 167, UH, WE'VE SEEN THE AVERAGE DAILY VISITS KIND OF GO DOWN A BIT, UM, REALLY AROUND THE, UH, LAUNCH OF THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HYPOTHESIS THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING IN THAT ARE NOW ENGAGING THROUGH THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
FIRST, US COMING ALL THE WAY TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
LIKE I CAN'T DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S THE HYPOTHESIS AND SOME OF THE REDUCTION.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT OVERALL, WE'RE ENGAGING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE WERE IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, UM, THE, UM, WE HAVE RE ESTABLISHED OUR PHONE CALL ANSWERING THE PERSON THAT WAS DOING THAT BEFORE RETIRED.
UH, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE PHONE LINE COUNSELORS NOW.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART ENGAGEMENT ON, UH, THE PHONE LINE AND REALLY BETTER TRACKING THAT.
SO, UM, SINCE NOVEMBER 21ST, WE'D ANSWERED 238 CALLS.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLING SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE UNABLE TO COME IN INTO, UH, PHONE RELATED ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TRACKING GOING FORWARD AS WELL.
ON THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER SIDE, WE HAD 148 ENROLLMENTS INTO THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER AND THEY PROVIDED 251 TOTAL SERVICES WITHIN HYS, UM, AS WE LOOK AT OUR SHELTER SITES.
UM, AND THERE'S ONE MISSING, BUT I FILL THAT IN.
UH, SO THIS IS THE BEST WESTERN ROOM.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH AT FULL OCCUPANCY.
THAT WAS ONE ROOM THAT WAS NEEDED.
A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT WASN'T FILLED FOR A MOMENT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ALMOST EVERY ROOM IS FULL EVERY NIGHT.
UM, AT A BC, WE'VE BEEN AT 95% OCCUPANCY, SO THERE IS SOME BEDS AVAILABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO FULL OCCUPANCY, BUT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, ON THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, SORRY, IT'S NOT ON HERE.
WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 17 PEOPLE MOTEL VOUCHER PER NIGHT.
UH, THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE SEEN THAT BE, UH, A BIT LOWER.
SO WE WERE AT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN TO EIGHT PEOPLE ON AVERAGE.
THAT INCREASES LARGELY AS WE SEE THE WEATHER SHIFT AND SOME OTHER THINGS GOING.
WE'VE SEEN, UM, THE NEED FOR MOTELS GO UP.
SO THERE IS SOME FLUCTUATION WITHIN THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE A BIT HIGHER THROUGHOUT THE WINTER SEASON.
UM, AND USING OUR MOTEL VOUCHERS AND A LITTLE LOWER AS WE GET INTO, YOU KNOW, THE SPRING AND SUMMER, THAT'S KIND OF THE FLOW OF IT.
UH, OUR FUNDING IS REALLY OVER THE YEAR.
AN AVERAGE OF 15 IS OUR CURRENT FUNDING CAPACITY WITHIN THAT, UM, LET'S SAY PARKING SIDE, WE'VE SEEN AN AVERAGE OF 19.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE AND ONE THING THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW IS TRYING AND THE CHALLENGE OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT WHEN IT'S IN ONE SIDE OF THE CITY AND JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ENTICEMENTS, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO SAFE PARKING? SO, UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME EXPLORATORY CONVERSATIONS GOING WITH POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO, UH, GET A SECOND SITE GOING.
SO WE'RE HOPING IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE MIGHT HAVE A, A SECOND SITE.
UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTION REGIONALLY AND HOW THAT IMPACTS, UH, THE UTILIZATION ON THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM.
SORRY, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT
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ONE.UM, THERE AREN'T, ISN'T SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM LAST MONTH.
I THINK WE STILL HAD SOMEWHERE, UM, A LITTLE UNDER 30 PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MATCHED TO PROJECT BASED UNITS, UM, THAT ARE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, THEY HAVE A UNIT ACTUALLY ASSIGNED FOR THEM.
UH, THEY'RE JUST WORKING TO GET THROUGH THE PROJECT, UH, FOR THE, THE APPLICATION OF BACKGROUND PROCESS.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE SIX PEOPLE MOVING IN TO PERMANENT HOUSING FROM THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WITHIN THIS NEXT MONTH, UH, WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE RIGHT NOW AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS COMING TOWARDS AN END.
WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THROUGH SOME OTHER, UM, MEANS, BUT REALLY KIND OF OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, LIKE WHAT'S THE PLAN, WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND LOOKING AT OPTIONS, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO LIMIT PEOPLE GOING BACK TO AN UNSHELTERED SITUATION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN AT 98%, UM, AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY FULL.
WE SEE ONE TWO BEDS AVAILABLE PER DAY.
UH, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY WITH WINTER SHELTER, WHICH
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO FILL THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SLOT INTO.
UH, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED AS THOSE POSITIONS OPEN, UM, THEY CAN HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR THOSE.
SO WE'LL BE USING SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO SUPPORT THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER TO SUPPORT OUR PERMANENT HOUSING NEEDS.
UH, LOOKING AT THEM, HELPING IN COMPLETING APPLICATIONS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR SITE-BASED PROJECTS.
UH, CALLING LANDLORDS, DOING SOME OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THEN SOME SUPPORT TO GET THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO PROGRAM UP AND GOING.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL HELP US SPEED THAT UP, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF REALLY TRYING TO GET THAT GOING EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN POSITIONS THAT ARE IN RECRUITMENT, UH, AND THE INTERVIEW PHASE.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UH, CPS TO HOMELESS COURT, UM, COORDINATOR THAT'S INTERNAL WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY NEXT MONTH.
SO THAT PERSON WILL BE IN PLACE SHORTLY.
UH, AND THEY'LL BE OVERSEEING THE COORDINATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, FACILITATION ATTACHED TO THE HOMELESS COURT PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE SOME HEALTH EDUCATOR TWO POSITIONS, SOME COUNSELOR TWO, UH, WE HAVE AN ADMIN ANALYST THREE AND TWO OPEN.
UM, OUR ADMIN ANALYST THREE POSITION IS IN FINAL PHASES.
SO OFFER LETTER WAS BEING DRAFTED.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ON WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AS WELL.
AND THEN THE C PS FIVE POSITION, WHICH IS OUR PROGRAM COMPONENTS COORDINATOR.
UM, AND THEY'LL REALLY BE THE ONES THAT OVERSEE GUIDANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING TO ACROSS THE BOARD, REGARDLESS OF PROGRAM TYPE.
SO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A TEAM, UH, THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT MOVING FORWARD.
ON THE RECRUITMENT SIDE, THERE ARE THINGS, NUMBER OF THINGS COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN KIND OF HELD UP AND WE'VE BEEN ON THIS LIST FOR A WHILE.
UH, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT SHOULD BE POSTING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
UH, OUTREACH COORDINATOR, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALISTS.
UH, SOME OF THOSE SUPPORTING OUR COC UM, PROGRAM AS WE'VE HAD A FEW PROMOTIONS AS WELL AS RETIREMENT.
UH, SO GETTING THAT STAFF TEAM FULLY STAFFED BACK UP.
UH, AND THEN SOME NEW POSITIONS TO HELP WITH OUR, WITHIN OUR OVERALL ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAM OFFICER POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.
SO THIS IS SUMATRA'S OLD POSITION, BUT REALLY WITH GROWTH WE'RE, WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICER FOCUSING ON FIELD-BASED, UM, SERVICES AND ONE ON OUR SITE BASED, INCLUDING THE MSC AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION POSITION.
SO THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON, UH, AND WILL BE COMING FORWARD, UH, PRETTY SHORTLY.
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ADDITIONALLY WITHIN THIS ON THE STAFFING UPDATE, THERE WILL BE A, UH, PRESENTATION ON IT NEXT WEEK.THERE IS CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE, UH, THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY, WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OVERALL EFFORTS AND GOVERNANCE INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY LOOKS LIKE.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS OF SOME RESTRUCTURING WITHIN THE CITY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UM, IN OUR OVERALL INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND PROJECTS GOING FORWARD AND HOMELESSNESS, UH, BEING ARRANGING ISSUE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS JUST OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT.
SO, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME MORE STUFF CLEAR ON THAT, UH, AFTER COUNTS THE NEXT WEEK.
UH, BUT THAT IS FORTHCOMING AS WELL.
UM, WE DID COMPLETE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH REGARDING THE TINY HOME PROJECT AT SPRINGING CALIFORNIA.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION AT THE SITE ON DECEMBER 2ND, UH, WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE HAVE BOARDS PRINTED AND GAVE A PRESENTATION OVER FOR YOU.
WE'VE DONE SOME JUST OVERALL, UH, EDUCATION ON TINY HOMES.
THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRESENTATION ON IT AT THE HOUSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS CANCELED, UH, DUE TO SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
UM, BUT THAT WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED THERE.
UM, AND WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES, UM, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE.
SO REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE PROJECT, UH, AND WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL.
SO, UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WE DO HAVE TO REAPPLY TO THE STATE.
SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING IS BECAUSE THE SITE HAS CHANGED, UM, THE STATE HAS LET US KNOW YOU DO NEED TO RESUBMIT, UH, DOCUMENTS FOR THE SITE, UH, AND THEN THEY'LL BE REVIEWING THAT THERE ARE NO MAJOR CONCERNS.
THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THAT POINT.
UM, 40 WINTER SHELTER BEDS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO 7 0 2 WEST HEIM, UH, AND HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY AT OCCUPANCY.
YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE BEDS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE EACH DAY, UH, AND THOSE ARE BEING FILLED EACH DAY.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTION AS TO WHY JUST WINTER SHELTER FOR THOSE BEDS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE SITE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH LIKE THE PLANNING AND THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF THAT LOCATION AS WE BUILD IT OUT.
OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO KEEP BEDS ON SITE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THAT DOES REQUIRE STAGING AS SPACES ARE CONVERTED AND BUILT OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THAT HASN'T STARTED.
SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, WITH SPACES THAT WEREN'T BEING USED THAT BECAME AVAILABLE, UH, UPON THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, THEN SHIFTS WILL NEED TO BE MADE.
SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT ADDITION OF THE 40 DURING THE WINTER, UH, WILL WORK.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE WINTER.
THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT'S BEING HAD.
UM, BUT AS WE BUILD OUT THAT SITE, THERE'LL NEED TO BE SOME SHIFTS WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE ON, UM, AS SOME OF THAT HAPPENS.
UM, BUT THOSE PLANS REALLY STILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, SO IT WASN'T BECAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THIS PLACE EMPTY.
IT'S REALLY, WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET, UH, ON GETTING THINGS SET FOR INCLEMENT, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER SITE, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL BEDS WHEN IT IS RAINING OR COLD.
UH, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT RETURNING TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
WE'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.
OUR GOAL IS STILL TO LOOK AT LOCATIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE MSE IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO MAKE THAT SHIFT FROM THE ACCESS CENTER OPERATIONS TO SHELTER FROM SHELTER BACK TO, UH, MSC OPERATIONS IN THE MORNING.
SO IN THAT SENSE, IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO DO IT HERE.
UM, BUT THAT IS A SITE THAT REALLY WORKS THE BEST AT THIS MOMENT.
A FEW OTHER THINGS, THEY'RE JUST, FEASIBILITY WISE, THEY DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE.
OUR GOAL FOR THE FUTURE IS TO HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT SITES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK,
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UH, IN THE NEED OF EXPANDED BEDS.AS WE LOOK AT INCLEMENT WEATHER FOR THE FUTURE.
ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY IS, RIGHT NOW THIS HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON RAINING COLD.
HOWEVER, WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE HAVING DAYS WHERE IT'S A HUNDRED PLUS DEGREES, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHERE WE'RE OPENING UP AT DURING THE NIGHT, UH, THIS WOULD BE REALLY TO GET PEOPLE ON THE STREET DURING THE DAY AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BEDS.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS OVERALL.
I MEAN, IN THIS LAST YEAR OR LAST COUPLE MONTHS, WE HAD TO OPEN UP FOR HURRICANE HILLARY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT, AT THAT MOMENT IT FELT LIKE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, BUT MY GUESS IS IT WILL NOT BE ANOTHER 80 YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE A HURRICANE THAT COMES WITH THE THIS PATH.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND BE MORE PREPARED GOING FORWARD.
SO THOSE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
AS CLIMATE CHANGE HAPPENS, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER MIGHT BE MORE THAN JUST IN THE WINTER.
SO, UM, THE PHONE COUNSELOR POSITION, UH, ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO IS STAFFING UP WITH THE GOAL OF LAUNCHING THE INITIAL SHELTERING EFFORT IN EARLY 2024, UH, WITH SUPPORT OF REASSIGNED STAFF.
SO THE BUDGET INCLUDES A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, ONE, I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO HALF THE MONEY WITHIN THE PROJECT IS REALLY ABOUT PROVIDING
UH, REACHING OUT TO A NUMBER OF MOTELS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE POTENTIAL INTEREST, UM, AND DOING A LEASE.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT, UH, LATER THIS MONTH WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET IT IN PLACE AT SOME POINT NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO WITHIN THAT, THAT'LL BE COST FOR STAFFING ON SITE TO SUPPORT, UH, SECURITY AND OFF HOURS AND, UH, MEALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
FOR 60 ROOMS, UH, THERE WILL BE THE OTHER LARGEST PORTION OF FUNDING WITHIN THAT WILL BE TO PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSING.
SO, UH, THIS WILL BE WORKING TO GET A NON-PROFIT THAT CAN PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING TO LINK PEOPLE AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND REALLY ENSURING THAT THEY ARE BEING CONSIDERED WITHIN THOSE.
UM, ALSO IN TURN, PEOPLE ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS THE FORMER LUXURY AND DINING HOMES PROJECT OPEN UP, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS THAT WAY.
LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
UM, SO, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE AND IF WE WANT NEXT MONTH, I CAN COPY AND KIND OF HIGH LEVEL THE BUDGET CATEGORIES.
UM, BUT OFFHAND ABOUT HALF OF THE MONEY IS GOING INTO SHELTER CONFERENCE.
UM, THERE ARE THREE PROJECT BASED SITES THAT HAVE BEGUN APPLICATION AT LISA, UH, PROCESSOR THIS PAST MONTH.
UM, THESE PROJECTS ARE CREATING OVER 140 NEW PROJECT BASED UNITS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO YOU HAVE 26.2, WHICH IS OFF OF PCH AND REDONDO.
UM, THAT'S THE LARGEST OF THE THREE.
SO HARBOR INTERFACE WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICES THERE.
UM, AND THEN WELLSPRING HAS ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEEN RAMPING UP WITHIN THE LISA PROCESS.
UM, AND THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL OUR ADULTS.
MHA WILL BE PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS THERE.
AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, HERITAGE GARDENS.
MM-HMM,
UM, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE STILL SOMEWHAT TO BE DETERMINED THERE.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
AND THEN, UH, CENTURY VILLAGES OR HAS THE, ANOTHER VETERAN PROJECT COMING ON WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AS WELL AT THE COVE.
SO THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S A COUPLE PROJECTS NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK IN DEVELOPING A REGIONAL PLAN AS PART OF HALF, ROUND FIVE.
IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS HALF ROUNDS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO CREATE A JOINT APPLICATION
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OR A JOINT, UH, REGIONAL PLAN AND POTENTIALLY SINGULAR APPLICATION.HOW THOSE FUNDING GETS DISTRIBUTED IS STILL KIND OF A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR, UH, WITHIN THIS REGIONAL EFFORT.
SO, UM, LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN KIND OF TAPPED AS A SINGULAR REGION BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE COUNTIES TOGETHER THAT ARE OUR REGION, BUT BECAUSE LA IS SO BIG, IT IS A SECRET THE REGION.
SO WITHIN OUR ORIGINAL PLAN, UH, THE ENTITIES THAT EXIST ARE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHO IS TAKING THE LEAD.
UM, AND THEN, UM, LA CITY, GLENDALE AND PASADENA COCS ARE A PART OF IT.
AND THEN WE ARE REPRESENTED AS BOTH LONG BEACH CITY AND LONG BEACH COC.
SO THOSE ARE THE SIX ENTITIES THAT, UM, ARE PART OF THAT REGIONAL PLAN.
UM, YOU DIED? YEAH, I THINK SO.
I'M JUST YOUR, UM, SO, UH, THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THE STATES SOMETIME PROBABLY AROUND MARCH OR SO.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT IS STILL NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, WE DO PLAN TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION.
THE CONVERSATION IS USE UTILIZING THE FRAMEWORK OF MEASURE H AS KIND OF OUR PLAN, UH, STRUCTURE.
UM, THAT IS HOW THE CITY, THE COUNTY HAS USED THEIR HAP UH, FRAMEWORK AS WELL.
THERE'S BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES GET INPUT, THAT THERE ARE NO MAJOR CONCERNS, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS SOME GROUPS.
SO, UH, WE'LL COME HERE, WE'LL GO TO THE COC BOARD AND WE'LL ALSO BE GOING TO THE LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY BOARD GROUP, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO CONSIDERABLE CONCERNS WITH THE FRAMEWORK THAT IS BEING CREATED, UH, WITHIN THAT.
SO THERE'S STILL QUITE A WAYS TO GO.
UM, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A PROCESS WHERE PREVIOUSLY WE'RE SUBMITTING A, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE THIRD ROUND OF THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING PROPOSALS FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER TO OPERATE THE ACCESS CENTER.
SO THOSE ARE THE 12 YOUTH BEDS OVERALL OFF OF HAYES.
AND, UM, PCH, UH, THE WORK FOR THAT CENTER WILL BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING LIKE A KICKOFF GROUNDBREAKING EVENT SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE PROJECT'S BEEN A WHILE IN THE WORKS, UM, BUT WE'LL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH.
SO TRYING TO HAVE A PROVIDER IN PLACE AND REALLY SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN, UM, FOR INPUT.
SO WE HAVE TWO PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME IN THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY THAT PANEL.
UH, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SELECTION, UM, NEXT MONTH THAT WE TAKE TO COUNCIL PROCESS GO.
UH, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, LASTLY, UM, WE HAVE TRIED TO INCREASE OUR MEDIAN SOLICITATION AROUND THE SEASON OF GIVING, WHICH INCLUDES CALLS FOR DONATIONS IN THE MAYOR'S FUND.
SO THERE WAS A, UM, PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT AROUND THIS SPECIFICALLY ON THE MAYOR'S FUND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER WITH AGENCIES INCLUDING A NUMBER OF THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED MAYOR'S FUND IN THE PAST.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE NEWS OUTLETS THAT, UH, DID A QUICK STORY ON IT.
UM, SO, UH, TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE OUT THERE.
THE MAYOR DID ALSO DO A LIVESTREAM WITH, UH, GP CARE PACKAGES OF LOVE TO KIND OF DISCUSS THEIR PROGRAMMING, WHAT THE MAYOR'S FUND HAS MEANT TO THEM.
UM, SO THOSE HAVE BEEN SOME EFFORTS TO TRY TO INCREASE SOME OF THE VISIBILITY, UM, ON THE MAYOR'S FUND AND TRY TO GET DONATIONS AND BY MEANS OTHER THAN JUST THE, THE MAILERS THAT GO OUT AND YOU DON'T EXP BILL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, THERE QUESTIONS ON, ON THE REGIONAL PLAN IS THE THREE, WHAT ARE THE THREE CS? UH,
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THREE, WELL, UM, OH SHOOT, I MISSED ONE.LA CITY IS AND LA COUNTY ARE THEIR OWN ENTITIES.
BUT THEN LASA IS ALSO THE ENTITY FOR THE GREATER LA COC, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE GLENDALE, PASADENA, AND LONG BEACH, WHICH HAVE THEIR GLENDALE.
SO THERE'S FOUR C CS THAT ARE REPRESENTED WITHIN THE REGION.
THE OTHER, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, YOU MENTIONED THERE, UM, YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY TO THE STATE FOR THE TINY, WHAT'S THE TITLE? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET THAT IN PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED.
UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT STAY EXACTLY THE SAME AS FAR AS LIKE THE SERVICE AND LARGER LOOKS THE SAME AS WELL AND BEEN PUT IN.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT IN UH, EARLY TO MID NEXT MONTH.
THE, FOR THE STATE, THE TINY HOMES ARE BEING BUILT AS YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT.
SO THE FASTER WE CAN MOVE THAT PROCESS, UH, THE TIMELINE FOR THE TINY HOME PROJECT IS LOOKING LIKE, LIKE THERE IS STILL A BIT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT SITE PREPARATION AT THIS POINT AND LIKE GETTING UTILITIES AND THE BUILD OUT OF UM, THAT LOT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER OF 2024 TO BEGINNING OF 2025 FOR THAT.
THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH GETTING, UH, THE CONTRACTORS GOING ON A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS.
SO IT WILL LARGELY BE CONTINGENT ABOUT HOW FAST WE CAN GET A CONTRACTOR ON, ON BOARD TO START THE WORK ONLINE SITE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE AT THE SPRING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
UM, A LITTLE DISTURBED TO SEE THERE'S ONLY 40 WINTER SHELTER BEDS.
I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT 80 LAST YEAR AND THEY WERE PRETTY FULLY UTILIZED AT THAT TIME.
IS THERE, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND SPACES, BUT IS THERE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE BEDS AVAILABLE? YEAH, I MEAN WE ALSO HAVE 80 MORE BEDS THAN WE DID GOING INTO WINTER SEASON LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS NEED FOR BEDS.
UM, SO THAT IS REALLY THAT SPACE AT THE MOMENT.
THERE IS, UM, LOOK AT OTHER SPACES WITHIN THAT BUILDING THAT NEEDS SOME WORK AND HOW MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS AND LIKE WHAT THAT AVAILABILITY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO I MEAN ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LIKE WHAT IS OUR ABILITY, KNOWING THAT IT IS GONNA BE A WET YEAR IS LIKE AT LEAST ENSURING LIKE INCREASED CAPACITY AROUND INCLEMENT WEATHER EVENTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GONNA BE RAINING HEAVILY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF EXTREME RAIN, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO WITHIN THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PLAN AS FAR AS SPACES THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED IN, IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S, THERE WAS SOME EFFORTS TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL BEDS ON.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THOSE DID FALL THROUGH.
UM, THERE WERE EVEN PUBLISHED UP ON LA'S
SO INITIALLY THERE WAS GONNA BE ROUGHLY 80 ADDITIONAL BEDS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY A PORTION OF THAT FOLLOWED THROUGH.
UM, SO SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, BUT THERE IS NOTHING CLEARLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CLEAR PATH FORWARD ON LIKE ADDITIONAL BEDS FOR WINTER SHELTER AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING AND LOOKING AT A FEW THINGS AND COULD THEY COME ON LATER WITHIN THE WINTER SEASON? DID YOU LOOK AT THE OLD WINTER SHELTER, LIKE AN OLD NORTH LONG BEACH LIBRARY? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE WINTER SHELTER FOR THAT BUILDING IS IN SUCH DISREPAIR AT THIS POINT, REALLY.
LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BREAKING INTO IT AND OH HAS TRIPPED OUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE UTILITIES.
SO THAT IS NOT A BUILDING THAT IS HABITABLE AT THIS MOMENT.
AND IT HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH IT.
WE HAD TO BRING IN LIKE A GENERATOR TO POWER THAT BUILDING BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAD QUESTIONABLE ELECTRICITY.
THERE WAS REALLY NO GRASSING CAPACITY WITHIN THE BUILDING.
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A VERY CHALLENGING SIZE TO LIVE.UM, THERE'S ALSO THAT ONE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE AN OLD, UM, GOVERNMENT BUILDING ON PACIFIC AND ROUND ONE END OR, SO IT'S BEEN FENCE OFF.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
OH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UM, INITIALLY TO BE BOUGHT BY THE YMCA TO DO CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
IT YEAH, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A MEDICAL BUILDING FOR, NO, I THINK IT, I THINK THE FEDERAL OWNED IT LIKE AN OFFICE ON THE, I THINK IT'S UP FURTHER THAN PACIFIC AND 20TH BECAUSE 20TH IS LIKE, RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S LIQUOR STORE LIKE 28TH OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S LIKE UP, IT'S UP PAST.
WHAT'S WILLOW 26TH OR SOMETHING.
IT'S LIKE BY THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD BUT UM, ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, I, I WAS WONDERING THOUGH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SAFE PARKING, UM, THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I UH, ATTENDED AN EVENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND UM, SPOKE TO ONE OF THEIR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS AND UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING A SAFES PARKING BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOTS THAT ARE CLOSED, UM, DURING THOSE SAFE PARKING HOURS, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN OUTREACH FOR CLASS TOO, SO.
I MEAN WHETHER EVERY SUPER, LIKE THERE ARE MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENT, LIKE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS SO LIKE I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY ONE PERSON KNOWING, BUT THERE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN SOME OUTREACH AND REQUESTS TO THEM.
SO YEAH, THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS BEING EXPLORED AS WELL AS SOME OTHER STUFF BEING EXPLORED.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING SOLIDIFIED AT THIS MOMENT.
IT'S MORE CONVERSATIONS OF LIKE, WOULD YOU BE ABLE ALSO WITH LIKE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS.
SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW OF ANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE A EMPTY LAW OR WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT AN INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONNECT WITH US.
'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN ASK, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OUT THERE.
I MEAN WITH THE USD IT WAS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS FAMILIES.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMBER IS.
I MEAN, AND, AND I ASKED THE PERSON I WAS TALKING TO.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU PROVIDING IN TERMS OF PLACE SAFE PLACES TO BE FOR THESE FAMILIES WHO YOU KNOW DON'T HAVE? WELL THEY USE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION.
SO THAT THOUSANDS INCLUDE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING WITH ANOTHER NON-HOUSEHOLD MEMBER.
SO THAT IS THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE THOUSAND PLUS PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE LONG TERM MOTEL STAYS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL.
UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THAT AND IT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE LIVING IN A VEHICLE, MIGHT BE IN A SHELTER OR UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNSHELTERED AND NOT IN A VEHICLE.
UM, BUT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THEIR NUMBERS TENDS TO BE THAT BROADER DEFINITION OF DOUBLING AND TRIPLE.
ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM PAUL? THANK YOU PAUL.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF REPORT? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A ALL THOSE TO OPPOSED? OKAY.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UM, THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORT.
JULIE AND I, THE CHAIR AND I MET ON MONDAY, UH, DECEMBER 4TH TO BAREFOOT THE MEETING AND DISCUSS ITEMS RELEVANT TO OUR WORK.
AND UM, DESIREE'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT, UM, DISCUSSING SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, FORTH ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK
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WITH THE OTHERS WHO AREN'T HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN SCHEDULE THE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE POLICIES AROUND UNSAFE OUTDOOR SPACE.UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, IF NOT MARY HAS SOMEBODY CAN CHAMPION THIS PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOT TO.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYBODY? I DID WANNA ASK ABOUT OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE IT FALLS ON JANUARY 3RD, WHICH IS TWO DAYS AFTER JANUARY 1ST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH STAFF THAT YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE HERE BECAUSE I'M OKAY WITH MOVING IT TO THE NINTH IF WE HAVE TO.
I MEAN JANUARY IS SUCH A, UH, DIFFICULT MONTH SOMETIMES, BUT I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO IT ON THE THIRD JUST BECAUSE WE ARE COMING OFF ON A WEEK WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OFF.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, YOU WANT TO BE HERE MONDAY, SO LIKE THAT REALLY GIVES US TUESDAY.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE HOLIDAY AND THEN OFF TUESDAY OR WHATEVER.
BUT UM, SO HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL IF WE MOVED IT TUESDAY? NO, THIS 10TH, 10TH, JANUARY 10TH INSTEAD OF THE THIRD, JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE SURVEY REPORT COMING, POSSIBLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ROBUST DISCUSSION ON FROM STAFFING SIDE.
THE 10TH, WILL YOU FIND THE VENUE? DEFINITELY, YES, WE WILL.
WE'LL WORK WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS.
IF NOT, I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW AND UPDATE THE CALENDAR.
I I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY.
I HAVE ANOTHER ON SECOND WEDNESDAY.
I JUST HAVE LIKE A, ANOTHER MEETING.
I MAY NOT HAVE TO LIKE, IF WE'RE ENDING LIKE HERE AT FIVE, LIKE I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY IF WE IT'S EXTENDED.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, WE WON'T HAVE THE HOMELESS COUNTY REPORT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, AND I DID HAVE A CONFIRMATION I THINK I SAW IN MY EMAILS, BUT I DO HAVE A MEETING WITH, UM, CINDY ALLEN.
SO, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A REPORT,
SO IF IT'S OKAY, THEN WE'LL DO THE 10TH AS OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? YES, I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY ON THE LIBRARY SERVICES HOMELESS POLICY THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET 'EM FOR THAT MEETING, BUT WE CAN WORK TO HAVE THAT FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
JUST 'CAUSE EVERYONE DECEMBER IS A LITTLE HARDER AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.
THEY MAY BE ON VACATION, BUT I CAN PUT IN THE REQUEST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT.
AND THEN AS A SIDE ITEM, UM, AND SARAH, ABOUT THIS LIST, UM, COULD WE POSSIBLY INVITE SOME OF OUR LIVED, EXPERIENCED ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND THIS MEETING? WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED EITHER, I THINK WHERE WE'RE KIND OF IN TRANSITION, BUT WE'LL EXPERIENCE ADVISOR.
UM, I THINK I CAN ASK JUST AS AN FYI, I MEAN I KNOW I I I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE MEETING AND IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF, IF WHOEVER WANTED TO COME TO THIS MEETING, UM, THAT OUT.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS YOU'LL, WE'LL PUT THEM INTO THE FUTURE.
THE OPERATOR OF A, B, C AND THE HOUSING EXPERT
WELL I THINK EVERYBODY THANK YOU.
HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY RAISE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND.