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WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION OF DISABILITIES MEETING TO ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024.JENNIFER, PLEASE CALL THE TIME IT IS 1:02 PM COMMISSIONERS.
I'M VICE CHAIR ADAMS. COMMISSIONER ADAMS. UM, MY TITLE IS, UH, VICE CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND DESCRIPTION OF MYSELF AFRICAN AMERICAN WITH THE RED DRESS, UH, DRESS SHIRT ON.
UM, I HAVE RED-ISH HAIR AND EYEGLASSES, AND I AM WEARING ALL BLACK.
COMMISSIONER GARLETT FEMALE WITH RED HAIR TODAY AND WEARING A GRAY SWEATER.
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER ROMO MALE HISPANIC, UH, DARK HAIR, GRAY HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WEARING A GRAY SHIRT, BLUE PANTS.
COMMISSIONER MARISSA GONZALEZ, A FEMALE BROWN HAIR.
IT'S TIED UP IN A BUN, LONG SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT WITH BLACK STRIPES, UH, CAUCASIAN.
AND I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING A WALKING CANE.
AND I USE MY PHONE TO READ, UH, WILL BE USING MY PHONE TO READ A REPORT.
HI, I'M, UH, COMMISSIONER SWANSON.
UH, I HAVE WHITE HAIR, AND TODAY I AM WEARING, UM, A, A BLACK SWEATER FOR THE WEATHER.
JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM? YES.
UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING.
THAT WAS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2024.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON MISS ITEM A MOTION, MR. GONZALEZ? I SECOND.
UH, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, UM, PLEASE, UH, BE ON ZOOM OR IN PERSON.
UH, PLEASE USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND ON THE FEATURE OR DOW STAR NINE.
CALLING IN SEEING NONE, CHAIR.
JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? I COMMISSIONER DEAN, UH, COMMISSIONER GAR.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU READ THE, UH, NEXT ITEM, PLEASE? YES.
UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR, KEVIN HATCHER FROM THE RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
I'M GONNA START YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, CHAIR, ADAM, BEFORE WE GET THAT STARTED, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL A MOTION? SURE.
CAN I GET A MOTION ITEM? I SO MOVE.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I'M SO HAPPY, UH, TO BE HERE, UH, IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS KEVIN HATCHER, AND I'M YOUR BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR.
UH, I WORKED IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, I, UH, UH, SERVED IN A VERY BRAND NEW BUREAU CALLED THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT BUREAU.
AND, UH, I'M PART OF A RACIAL AND, UH, HEALTH AND EQUITY TEAM.
UM, OUR TEAM HAS REPRESENTATIVES, UM, FROM THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY, THE LATINX COMMUNITY, UH, THE ASIAN PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN ISLANDER, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, LATINX, UH, LGBTQ PLUS, UH, AND THEN, UH, MULTICULTURAL, UH, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTIONS THAT EXIST BETWEEN US.
AND WE'RE A VERY BRAND NEW, UH, BUREAU, UM, JUST LIKE TWO YEARS OLD.
ALL RIGHT, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I'M THE VERY, VERY, VERY FIRST, UH, BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
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I'M A GRADUATE OF MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, UH, AND I HAVE ABOUT 29 YEARS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IN FEDERAL COUNTY ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
AND I AM ALSO LIVING, UM, WITH A DISABILITY.
AND A FUN FACT ABOUT ME IS MY FIRST DAY, UH, AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WAS ON VALENTINE'S DAY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, TWO YEARS AGO.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TALK, GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, IN 2020 WE'RE IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, RACIAL, UH, UNREST, UH, IN THE CITY DUE TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
AND, UM, THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS, LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS, UH, DECLARE PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH MATTER, UH, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL OF LONG BEACH, UH, UH, UH, DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH AS A CRISIS.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE WERE BORN.
UM, AND, UH, UH, IT STARTED WITH, UH, RACIAL AND RECONCILIATION FRAMEWORK, WHICH TURNED INTO AN INITIATIVE.
AND THE INITIATIVE IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
MINE, UM, I SORT OF LIVE IN GOAL ONE, WHICH IS THE END RACISM.
GOAL TWO IS THE DESIGN AND INVEST IN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
AND THEN ALSO GOAL THREE, A GOAL FOUR, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE CITY.
THERE ARE FOUR GOALS HERE, 21 STRATEGIES AND 120 POTENTIAL ACTIONS.
LIKE WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO FAMILIARIZE, UH, THEIRSELVES WITH THAT, WITH THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
SO, UH, WE WERE, UH, ACTIVATED BY SORT OF BRANDING OURSELVES IN THE DEPARTMENT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, THE CITY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FIRST ENCOUNTERING, UM, UH, EQUITY AND, YOU KNOW, UH, RACIAL CONTEXT.
IT TOOK A LOT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT SORT OF READY, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR SERVICE.
AND SO WE CAME UP WITH FOUR, UM, SORT OF VALUES THAT WE OPERATE ON.
UM, WE WANNA LISTEN TO COMMUNITY, UH, AND CENTER, YOU KNOW, VOICES IN COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WANT TO REDUCE BARRIERS, UM, TO ACCESSING HEALTH SERVICES AND JUST THE CITY IN GENERAL.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER, UM, WITH INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN WE UPLIFT DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR EFFORTS, WHATEVER WE DO, WHATEVER WE INVEST IN, IS SUSTAINABLE.
UM, WE ALSO ARE, UH, RACIAL EQUITY CHAMPIONS, AND THAT COMES OUT OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
UM, THAT'S THE CITYWIDE, UH, UH, SORT OF TEAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ACTIVATED TO DO SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS A ANTI-RACIST RESULTS ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE DO FROM POLICIES, FUNDING, PROGRAMMING THROUGH AN A RACIAL EQUITY LENS, IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.
AND WE ALSO DO TRAINING, UH, WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SHARED LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, UH, AND CENTERING, UM, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, IN THAT WE HAVE A, UH, EQUITY TOOLKIT, WHICH, UH, IS PICTURED UP THERE.
AND THAT TOOLKIT PRETTY MUCH HELPS DEPARTMENTS, UM, PROGRAMS, UM, USE THE EQUITY LENS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING, UM, PROGRAMS, POLICIES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AND SO FAR THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 371, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS STAFF THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR RACIAL EQUITY 1 0 1 TRAINING.
UH, YOU CAN FIND ME PROBABLY IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE,
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE ARE PART OF IS THE KGL, UH, KJLH WOMEN'S HEALTH EXPO, UH, WHICH HOSTS ABOUT 10,000 WOMEN IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UH, ALSO JUNETEENTH FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS.
UH, YOU CAN FIND US LING THERE.
WE ALSO BRING IN A LOT OF HEALTH RESOURCES TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GET, UH, THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES.
UH, I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME, UH, WITH THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE OF EQUITY BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INITIATIVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED DURING OUR, UH, UH, THE FRAMING OF RACIAL AND RECONCILIATION IS THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, REALLY WANTED IT TO BE A PRIORITY TO REFORM EDUCATION AND TO INCLUDE MORE BLACK HISTORY.
UH, AND SO I, I WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DO THAT.
AND THERE'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, STUDENTS AND PARENTS THERE.
THE MLK PARADE AND CELEBRATION, WE JUST DID THAT TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ME, BUT I WAS THE LOUDEST ONE OUT THERE WITH THE BULLHORN MARCHING, UH, SOUNDING OFF FOR EQUITY.
UH, WE DO THE UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL AND THEN, UM, LONG BEACH.
UH, CITY COLLEGE, UH, HAS A LARGE
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CONCENTRATION AFRICAN AMERICAN, SO WE TEND TO PARTNER WITH THE NEXT LOT.SO WE HAVE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS MADE, UH, HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN BLACK HEALTH EQUITY.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, SIGNIFICANT ONE WAS THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY FUND, UH, WHICH HAPPENED DURING COVID.
UH, WE HAVE A BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE SEVEN PROVIDERS, BLACK PROVIDERS, THAT, UM, WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH BLACK RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ARE UNDERINSURED TO PROVIDE 'EM WITH THERAPY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, WITH THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY FUND, WE BUILT OUT THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY.
WELL, WE HELPED TO BUILD OUT THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A HUGE INVESTMENT IN HEALTH EQUITY COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE.
WE HAVE A PROMOTORY HEALTH, UH, CHAMPIONS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TRAIN, UH, TEACH, UH, WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM, UH, WITH THEIR TRAINING AND ONBOARDING OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BASICALLY, UH, FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP, UH, INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THE LAST THING WE'RE DOING IS A BLACK HEALTH, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, WHICH I WILL PROBABLY NEED SOME SUPPORT, UM, FROM, FROM, FROM THIS BODY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, UH, CENTER THE VOICES OF THOSE OF US THAT ARE DISABLED.
UM, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR US TO, UH, AS WE LOOK AT, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH, POPULATION HEALTH, UM, TO, TO NOT FORGET THE SUBPOPULATIONS.
UM, OFTENTIMES, UH, CITY GOVERNMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, A STRONGER, STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, THEY TEND TO LOOK AT THEM AS A MODEL THAT, WELL, PART OF MY, UH, RESPONSIBILITY IS BREAKING DOWN, UM, UH, SUBPOPULATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND.
UM, SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I WORKED ON, UM, IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, IN MAY WE LOST, UM, A YOUNG, UH, BOY BY THE NAME OF ERIC BROWN.
UM, HE LIVED IN THE NORTH POINT, WELL, THE SEAPOINT, UH, PORT APARTMENTS, BUT HE GOT SERVICES AT NORTH POINT.
AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF OUR YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES.
AND, UH, SO WHAT WE DID, UH, IS WE HAVE, UM, WHAT'S CALLED A ADVANCING, UH, PIECE, UH, COLLABORATIVE THAT WE STEER.
UH, AND SO, UH, THIS COLLABORATIVE IS LED BY, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN OUR VIOLENCE, UH, PREVENTION TEAM.
UH, AND IT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, UM, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING.
UH, AND SO WE GOT WITH THIS COLLABORATIVE, UH, AND WE DECIDED TO COME TOGETHER, UH, AS COMMUNITY AND AS CITY, UM, AND TO FORM A COLLECTIVE HEALING RESPONSE.
AND SO THESE WERE OUR THREE, UH, FACILITATORS.
UM, WE FOCUSED ON, ON TRAUMA INFORMED, UH, COPING STRATEGIES, UM, JUST TO KIND OF HELP PEOPLE COPE, YOU KNOW, AND RECKON WITH, WITH, WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THESE PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN THIS WAS THE FIVE POINT, UH, FIVE PART, UH, SERIES THAT WE DID, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT SAFE, UH, COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH OUR FACILITATORS.
AND REALLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF HEALING, UM, THAT WAS ABLE TO TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLECTIVE HEALING RESPONSE.
AND SO THERE WAS, UH, A FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME TOGETHER, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I LISTED THOSE.
AND AT THE END OF IT, WE HAD A BIG COOKOUT.
UH, WE HAD A DJ, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATED, UM, ERIC, UH, HIS FAMILY WAS PRESENT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO WHEN YOU SET THE INTENTION, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, UPLIFT, UM, UH, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, UH, AND ADVANCED EQUITY.
THIS IS THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT CAN HAPPEN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL WERE AWARE OF THAT.
IS IS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND THEN THAT'S A FEW MORE PICTURES, UH, FROM THE EVENT.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY SPOTLIGHT, SPOTLIGHT, SOME OF OUR GREAT PROGRAMS, I'M NOT SURE IF MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT BLACK INFANT HEALTH, BUT IT'S PROBABLY OUR OLDEST, UH, BLACK, UH, HEALTH EQUITY PROGRAM.
UM, THEY SERVICE AS, UM, BIRTHING, UH, MOTHERS AND INFANTS.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A PROGRAM THAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE, UH, IN THE OUTCOMES OF, OF
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BIRTHING MOTHERS.UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO AS WELL.
UM, I, I HAD MENTIONED THE HEALTH EQUITY, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
UM, THIS YEAR WHILE WE'VE BEEN ON BOARD, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE MADE, UH, WE GOT SIGNIFICANT, UH, PARTICIPATION FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE 34% OF THOSE THAT APPLIED FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
GRANT FOR BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN.
WE ALSO HAD A LARGE CAMBODIAN, UH, PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN, B THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SAMPLE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I, UM, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AND MANAGING, YOU KNOW, THEIR GRANT RESOURCES.
AND COLLECTIVELY, THEY HAVE ALL REACHED ABOUT 15,000.
AND THIS IS JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN, UH, EMPLOYED HERE.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER ONE, UH, IN THE COUNTRY, UM, IN GOVERNMENT SEC, UH, SECTOR THAT, THAT DOES THIS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S SEVEN TO 10 FREE INDIVIDUAL GROUP THERAPY SESSIONS.
AND OUR BLACK, UH, PROVIDERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE AMAZING.
HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW THIS IS OUR BLACK HEALTH EQUITY, UH, COLLABORATIVE.
AND AGAIN, UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, UH, ABOUT THE WORK, UM, THAT DR. AMBER JOHNSON DID DURING THE PANDEMIC, UM, AS WELL AS THE UNREST.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, TEAMED UP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR RACIAL EQUITY, UM, IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE, UH, AN ASTOUNDING 14,000 DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VACCINATION, OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY LIVING GUIDES, UM, GETTING GRANTS OUT TO, TO, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, SUSTAIN THEM.
UM, JUST A, A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE MADE.
AND THIS IS A GROUP, UH, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT 16 BLACK SERVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO, UH, ADDRESS, UM, HEALTH INEQUITIES, UM, THROUGH ONE POWERFUL VOICE NEXT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION.
UM, APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION PROVIDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES, INCLUDING THOSE, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.
UH, THE GREEN FOUNDATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR OVERALL OUTREACH WAS 8,416.
UM, AND THEY DID SPECIFICALLY COVID VACCINATION AND OUTREACH.
UM, BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION IS THEY WORK WITH BLACK CLERGY.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF MANY OF YOU KNOW, BUT THE CHURCH STILL HAS PROBABLY THE MOST INFLUENCE, UH, OVER THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO WORK WITH THE GREEN FOUNDATION WAS DOING AMAZING WORK AS WELL.
SHILTS FOR FAMILIES, THAT'S ONE OF OUR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PRO PROVIDERS.
I WANTED TO MENTION THEM BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE FINISHED OUR COVID UH, UH, UH, EMERGENCY, WE WENT RIGHT INTO THE HOMELESS, UH, EMERGENCY.
AND SHILTS FOR FAMILIES, UM, HAS BEEN A CHAMPION BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO CO CO-LOCATE THEIR SERVICES FROM THE COMMUNITY INTO THE MULTI-SERVICES CENTER, WHERE MOST OF OUR UNHOUSED ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THERE.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, BLACK COMMUNITY IS, IS OVERREPRESENTED THERE.
SO OUR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY ADDING A LOT OF VALUE, UH, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
WHO'S DOING, UM, A LOT OF WORK, UH, WITH MENTORING, UH, IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE NEED, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, PROJECT OPTIMISM IS, IS, IS DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE THEY DO AN EVENT CALLED A GATHERING OF BLACK MAGIC.
AND IT'S A MONTHLY, UH, CONVENING, UH, JUST BLACK COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, UH, SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT ISSUES, UH, THAT RELATE TO THE BLACK, LIKE VOTING, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, UH, IS IT, UM, UM, THEY DID A MENTAL HEALTH FORUM.
UM, THEY DO, YOU KNOW, DISASTER PLANNING.
I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, ANY ISSUE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, ELITE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY'RE GATHERING, GATHERING OF BLACK MAGIC.
UM, THEY TALK ABOUT IT, THEY UPLIFT IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, PRIMARILY, UH, THE SERVICE WITH OUR YOUTH.
UM, THEY, UM, ARE THE ORGANIZERS OF THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN KING PARK.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, JUNETEENTH, UH, CELEBRATIONS, ONE IN RAINBOW LAGOON, WHICH IS A LARGER ONE, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN KING PARK.
THEY DO THIS ON FATHERS DAY, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF THAT GOES INTO,
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UH, UPLIFTING FATHERS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.WE FEED EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, UH, AND WE JUST REALLY JUST LOVE ON THE DADS, UH, ON THAT DAY.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND, UH, FOR JUNE TEAM.
SO I HOPE, UM, YOU ALL ENJOY YOURSELF.
UM, JENNIFER HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION, SO IF YOU WANNA GET IN CONTACT WITH ME, UM, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN IS LEARNING MORE, UM, ABOUT, UM, THE NEEDS OF OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE WITH DISABILITIES, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND WHAT I CAN DO AS A BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR TO SUPPORT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, DEFINITELY REALLY INTERESTED, UH, IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU CAN CALL PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.
OR, I MEAN, I'M SO SORRY, UH, IS PUBLIC.
YEAH, YOU CAN CALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT LINKED TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PODIUM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, EITHER ON ZOOM OR IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP WITH THE PODIUM.
UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM WHO WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THIS PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, GREG, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UH, WE NEED TO CALL FOR COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER IS ANY COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.
UM, AND I FEEL REMISS THAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE, UH, THE DEPTH OF PROGRAMMING THAT YOU, UH, FOCUSED, UM, ON THIS.
UM, SO I HAVE YOU, I'M GONNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS THAT HELP FILL IN MY, MY BLANK SPACES.
UM, YOU DISCUSSED, UH, BLACK EQUITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND THIS, I THINK, IS REALLY APPEALING TO US BECAUSE WE LACK INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHER RATE OF DISABILITY IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY THAN THERE ARE OTHER, UH, RACIAL, UH, GROUPS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD WORK WITH YOU OR IN SOME WAY, EXCHANGE INSIGHT OR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
SO I'LL JUST, UH, THROW THAT OUT THERE.
UM, I AM FASCINATED BY THE HEALING EFFORT THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY INCIDENTS JUST IN MY LIFETIME HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEFT, JUST LEFT WITH THE TRAUMA, UM, IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND I'M WONDERING, FOR FUTURE WORK, DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO COLLECT, I HATE TO USE THIS WORD, BUT EVIDENCE THAT IN FACT, THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IS THE PROGRAMMING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE IT AND, AND HAVE OTHER GROUPS STEP INTO THAT SPACE AND NOT JUST DEPEND ON THE CITY TO MOBILIZE, BUT TO BE A PARTNER WITH OUR HUGE, RICH NONPROFIT.
SO ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
UH, THE ADVANCING PIECE, UM, UH, COLLABORATIVE, UM, THAT IS THEIR, ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES, UM, IS TO DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, TO MEASURE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAVING SUCCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR JUST COPING WITH VIOLENCE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY THE BODY, UM, THAT WE USE, UH, TO UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, THESE STRATEGIES.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE, UH, A RACIAL AND RECONCILIATION, UM, INITIATIVE UPDATE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING SOON.
UH, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING YEAH.
UM, WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A BEST PRACTICE, UH, THAT WORKED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU TALKED ABOUT FREE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO, UM, I WORK WITH, UH, SOME OLDER ADULT COMMUNITIES OUT OF POOLS OF HOPE, AND THIS IS A RECURRING NEED FOR THEM.
AND I'M WONDERING, AND I'M TO EXTRAPOLATE THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHERE, WHERE DID THEY GET THIS LINK? AND MAYBE YOU CAN SEND OUT TO JENNIFER SO THAT WE CAN, UM, SHARE OUT.
THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A, A RESOURCE LINE, UM, THAT WE USE AS SORT OF A ACCESS POINT, UM, FOR OUR, UH, BLACK
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MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. UM, SO THAT THE CITY RESOURCE LINE, MM-HMM.SO THAT'S A, UH, SORT OF THE GATEWAY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT HOW PEOPLE, SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AND POPULATION THAT YOU SERVICE.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT ALL THIS WORK WAS HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH, AND IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD.
I LOVE, I ALREADY LOVED OUR CITY, BUT NOW, UM, I AM WONDERING, UM, THE BREAKDOWN OF GROUPS.
I KIND OF, I WAS TAKING NOTES, SO I MISSED PART OF THAT SLIDE.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WELL, SO NUMBER ONE, CAN, CAN WE GET A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS GOING TO BE, UH, DOING A SERIES OF, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS ON THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I, YOU KNOW, UH, CHOSE TO UPLIFT DURING THIS TIME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE THE SLIDES TO YOU ON THE SLIDES.
THERE'S A, A LINK TO EVERYBODY'S WEBSITE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'LL SEE SOME UPDATES AS WELL.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UM, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING THAT, YOU KNOW, LATINX, UM, THE BLACK COMMUNITY, UM, THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLAND, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, UM, IS WOMEN ACTUALLY BROKEN OUT.
WOMEN IS NOT BROKEN OUT, BUT WE HAVE A MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL COORDINATOR, AND I'M SURE YOU MIGHT KNOW HER NAME.
SO SHE'S CHAMPIONING, CHAMPIONING OUR WOMEN'S, UH, UH, EFFORTS FOR OUR TEAM.
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE LGBTQ YES.
WE JUST GOT A, A COORDINATOR WE JUST ONBOARDED, UM, UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'LL BE A COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR, FOR THAT, FOR THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL.
AND, UM, DO YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH THE EQUITY COMMISSION? I DO, YEAH.
WE MEET, UH, WE, UM, WE WORK TOGETHER ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, UH, AND WE MEET, UH, WE HAVE OUR TEAM MEETINGS TOGETHER.
AND, UM, THIS, SO I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL, SINCE IN THE PAST THAT WAS ALWAYS KINDA PUSHED TO THE BACK.
UM, SOMETHING THAT'S HIT ME RECENTLY, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DISABILITIES, BUT, UM, I'VE FOUND THAT IN SOME CASES THERE ARE CITY FEES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A HEARING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER SOMETHING GOES TO ZONING.
AND THEN, UM, IN ORDER TO GET IT TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A HEARING, YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE THAT UP UNTIL THIS YEAR WAS $410, AND NOW IT'S LIKE 700 SOMETHING.
AND I'M LIKE, WHO CAN AFFORD THAT, FIRST OF ALL? AND ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE, THAT IS COMPLETELY INEQUITABLE.
SO IF YOU'RE FIGHTING SOMETHING MM-HMM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN WORK ON.
I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFO, BUT YEAH.
UM, IT JUST SEEMS REALLY WRONG.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS, UH, IS THAT CITYWIDE, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT ARE BUILDING OUT THEIR, UM, ANTI-RACIST, UH, RESULTS ABILITY, UM, RESULTS, ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, ACTION PLAN.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE, UM, WHAT WE CALL HOT ROOTS ARE, UM, BEING UPLIFTED NOW IN THESE ACTION PLANS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF OURS, UM, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, IS TO TRY TO REDUCE BARRIERS, UM, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD FALL UNDER HEALTH, BUT I COULD SEE WHERE EVERYTHING FALLS UNDER
UM, AND THEN THE TOOLKIT, UM, IS IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE? IT IS.
WELL, IT, WE, I KNOW THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE PRINTED, BUT I CAN JUST ONLINE YEAH, I CAN SEND THE LINK.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ROMO.
I, I NOTICED IT WAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT YOU TRY TO REACH OUT TO.
AND I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, IT'S QUITE DAUNTING TO TRY TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES FROM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, I CALLED ONE PLACE AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THE SASH LINE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE SASH LINE? I HAVE NOT.
IT'S, IT'S RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
AND THERE'S ONE NUMBER A PERSON CAN CALL AND THEY WILL HELP YOU GET INTO A PROGRAM.
AND, AND THE FLYER STATES THEY CAN GET YOU INTO A PROGRAM WITHIN 10 DAYS.
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THAT'S GREAT.WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL.
'CAUSE THEY'LL, THEY'LL LOOK OVER ALL THE PROGRAMS IN LOS ANGELES AND FIND OUT WHICH ONES HAVE OPENINGS AND SEND AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU.
THAT'S, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE, YEAH, I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF OUTREACH.
I ABSOLUTELY, THAT FLYER, I MEAN, OH GOD.
I MEAN, I DID THIS THING 26 YEARS AGO AND THEY JUST GAVE ME A BIG RAINBOW RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
THEY GO CALL THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD TO CALL EVERY DAY.
BUT THIS WAY, UH, THEY'LL WORK AT MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AND IT'S, IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE, LIKE I SAID, QUITE DAUNTING.
TRY TO GET INTO SERVICES WHEN YOU'RE READY, AND THAT SOMETIMES THAT, THAT LITTLE WINDOW PASSES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, I GET YOU YEAH.
CONTACT INFORMATION, EMAIL YOU REQUIRE, AND THEN YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE, UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THE PARKER FOUNDATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THRIVE, AND THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THEY DO.
UM, THEY HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THOSE COMPLICATED, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE, UM, SYSTEMS, UM, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, UH, DISORDER, UM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, SERVICES FOR HOUSING, ET CETERA.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND I LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE TODAY.
OH MY GOD, I'M SO HONORED, UH, TO BE HERE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FROM, FROM JENNIFER.
AND I JUST, I JUST LOVE, I JUST LOVE COMMUNITY.
I LOVE, I LOVE SERVING, YOU KNOW, AND I, THE, THE MOST EDIFYING PART OF THIS JOB IS TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
LIKE, PEOPLE NEED HELP, AND THEY REACH OUT TO ME JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THEM AND BE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR BARRIER, BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS LONG FOR.
YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, FINANCIAL AID, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES, UH, MEDI-CAL, WHATEVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMEBODY TO ANSWER THE PHONE OR CALL YOU BACK, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING.
SO I WOULD LOVE BEING ABLE TO STAND, UM, IN THAT GAP AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, BACK TO ME SO FAST,
WHAT WAS INTERESTING, AND THIS GOES BROADLY, SO THIS ISN'T DIRECTLY TO, UH, RACIAL EQUITY, BUT IT'S BROADLY ABOUT HOW WE AS A CITY THINK ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
SO THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS A SHOP OWNER AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE ON THE STREET NEAR HER, UM, WHERE THOSE LOCAL POPUPS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DATE OF THE WEEK? MM-HMM.
WELL, I GET MULTIPLE EMAILS EVERY WEEK TELLING ME WHERE THESE POPUPS ARE.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY NEED THAT INFORMATION.
I NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING.
BUT HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO COULD REALLY HELP DISSEMINATE AND SHOW, AND WE CAN PUT THIS IN OUR SHOP WINDOWS.
WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVERY TUESDAY IT'LL BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST THAT ONE, THAT'S JUST A, A LITTLE INSTANCE, BUT LIKE THE FLIP, THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED IN COVID IS THAT WE WERE DISSEMINATING, BUT WE WEREN'T INFORMING.
AND TO ME, THAT'S AGAIN, A CLASS BARRIER.
WE JUST THINK EVERYONE, UH, COMMUNICATES THE WAY WE DO.
AND THEY'LL GET IT, AND THEN THEY CAN USE IT, WHICH YOU'RE BREAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS IF THEY CAN'T USE THE INFORMATION.
BUT I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE FACT THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL TAKE A PDF OR NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE A SPREADSHEET WITH ALL THIS RESOURCES, WHICH IS FABULOUS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GETS EVALUATED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REINFORCE FOR US AS A CITY TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S THE END POINT PROCESS.
UM, THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES, UM, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING OUR HEALTH EQUITY INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK.
UM, AND SO WE USE THIS FRAMEWORK, UM, TO REALLY, REALLY DRILL DOWN ON, UM, WHERE THE NEED THE MOST NEED IS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AND WE ALSO LEARNED THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET INFORMATION IN THE WAYS, UM, THAT THEY THINK WE DO.
YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS REALLY BIG, BUT, UM,
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GENTRIFICATION, YOU KNOW, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THESE SOURCES OF INFORMATION I CONSIDER TRUSTWORTHY, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PROMOTORY PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYING THEM TO GET THE WORD OUT OF HOW GOOD HEALTH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.UM, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
I JUST GOT ONE LAST ONE COMMENT.
I, GREAT REPORT, GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, MR.
AND I THINK IF YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER IT'S JUST SUGGESTION.
YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, UH, EVEN 15 MINUTES, 10 MINUTE VIDEO.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT A CHURCH WILL GIVE YOU IN THEIR TIME SLOT.
DURING THEIR SERVICES WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOST AUDIENCE AND CAPTURE AUDIENCE.
YOU, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET YOUR BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR, YOUR OUTREACH.
BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL THE GRANDMOTHERS GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS AND THE FAMILY WILL BE THERE, AND THAT'LL SPREAD THE WORK.
WE'RE GONNA, WE BLINK OUR EYE ABSOLUTELY.
TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, AS KCO WE WOULD, I WOULD JUST SPEAK ON BEHALF.
I MEAN, THAT'S HOW THEY CAN HEAR FROM US TOO.
AND SO I THINK WE CAN JUST FILL OUT THERE, MAYBE WE CAN TALK OFFLINE, BUT COLLABORATE AND PROMOTE ALL THE RESOURCES, ALL IN ONE, ONE STOP SHOP, UH, UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF SENIORS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, THE ACCESS TO A, A WHEELCHAIR OR ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT.
BUT IF WE CAN JUST, IF YOU HAVE THE BUDGET, YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES IN FINANCE, AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE A STOCKPILE AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEN WE CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT TOO, AS THE CITY MOVEMENT.
YEAH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
AND I ASKED FOR IT, AND I, I'M RECEIVING SOME MAIL.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GONNA, UM, GO AHEAD AND CONNECT, UH, KEVIN, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WITH THE COMMISSION.
SEND THE PRESENTATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, KEVIN.
UM, CHAIR ADAMS, PLEASE CALL, UH, PLEASE MOVE ON IN THE ITEM.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? WE ALREADY GET THE MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE THEN.
THANK YOU AGAIN, HAVING TO, BEING HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE OR TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY PARTION PARTICIPATION AS A SINGLE TABLE SPONSOR IN THE 2024 ADAPTIVE SPORTS FAIR AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2024.
UM, THIS IS, UM, A REQUEST FROM CHAIR BONG WHO'S NOT HERE FOR US TO SPEND $125 OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS THE COST TO BE A TAKE A SINGLE TABLE SPONSOR AT THIS, UH, FIRST UH, EVENT EVER OF ITS TIME IN CITY ADAPTIVE SPORTS FAIR AT, UM, THE LAC CAMPUS OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SO, MOTION, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM COMMISSION A MOTION? I GET A SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GARBE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP THE PODIUM OR IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU CALL IT IN.
UM, RON, UH, AK, WHO IS, UH, UM, UH, UNMUTING.
SO RON, I'M GOING TO START YOUR TIMER.
YOU HAVE THREE, UH, THREE MINUTES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M, UH, I'M RON KRANC.
I'M ON, I'M THE BOARD CHAIR AT PLAYMAKERS.
UH, WE'RE, UH, UM, SPORTS, UH, WE PROVIDE SPORTS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE, WITH DISABILITIES.
AND WE'RE ONE OF THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTNERING TO BRING THIS FIRST EVER ADAPTIVE SPORTS FAIR TO LONG BEACH.
SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO THE COMMISSION FOR FIRST GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON THIS MEETING.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT ALREADY JUST
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LISTENING TO MR. HATCHER, SO THAT WAS A BONUS TODAY.BUT I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR, UM, ANY SUPPORT THAT YOU SHOW WITH TODAY'S VOTE.
AND I, AND I WOULD REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOU, ALL OF YOU AT THE, AT THE SPORTS FAIR IN APRIL.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S THE FIRST EVER AND I THINK, AND WE'RE EXCITED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OFFER SERVICES TO, TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY WILL, THEY'LL BE THERE, THEY'LL BE SHOWING, UM, WHAT THEY, WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND, UM, IF THEY'RE LIKE ME, UM, IF THE FAMILIES THAT ATTEND ARE LIKE ME, THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AS PARENTS WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO START CONNECTING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANYONE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WAS JUST TO DELIVER PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE.
UM, CHAIR ADAMS RECOMMEND, UH, COMMISSIONS AND DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON THE SIDE? YES.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS NOT ONLY TO BE A SINGLE TABLE SPONSOR, BUT THAT IMPLIES $125 FEE.
I WOULD JUST CLARIFY THAT THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS AND THE INTENTION, THAT'S ALL.
COMMISSIONER, DEAN, AND IT, IT INCLUDES ALSO MANNING THE TABLE, RIGHT? UH, YEAH, YOU WOULD, YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A SHIFT OR THE DURATION OF YEAH.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.
WILL YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? CAN FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? UH, COMMISSIONER DEAN.
NEXT ITEM, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE MONTHLY REPORT FROM ACCESSIBILITY, TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE.
UH, CAN YOU POP IN MOTION PLEASE? SURE.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? I SO MOVE.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, UH, THE, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROMO.
UH, I HAVE OUR, UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING, UM, AND I'M GONNA HAVE MY PHONE READ IT BECAUSE THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY THINGS FOR ME.
SOS SUBCOMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31ST STREET, THE 12TH, ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT UPDATES ABOUT TRANSPORTATION DAY AS FOLLOWS.
THE DATE OF THE EVENT IS THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2024 FROM 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM LINK AT THE MICHELLE OBAMA NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE.
WHY BULLET? THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A DISCUSSION PANEL, A FREE MOBILE DEVICE, CLEANING FOR ATTENDEES AND RESOURCE MIRROR.
LISTEN, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING UPDATES FROM LONG BEACH TRANSIT BUS.
REGARDING BRAILLE TACTILE COINS, HER KIT BY LONG BEACH TRANSIT, SHE WILL BE SOURCING A COMPANY TO GET A QUOTE FOR THESE COINS.
KIM NOTIFIED US THAT COINS GO MISSING AS A RESULT OF MANISM AND WORTH INCLUDED ON NEWS TOPS WHEN THE AUTOMATES POLLS WERE IMPLEMENTED.
THERE ARE OVER 2000 STOPS IN THE CITY AND SHE'LL START THIS PROCESS VERY SOON BY BULLET REGARDING SHANE STRUCTURES AND BUS STOPS.
NOT ALL OUR GOOD STOPS ARE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR SHANE STRUCTURES DUE TO SIDEWALK, GATES, ET CETERA.
CURRENTLY THERE'S FUNDING FOR SOME SHANE STRUCTURES ON CHERRY AVENUE, LONG BEACH, BOULEVARD AND ATLANTIC.
THE CITY HAS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR SOME SHADE STRUCTURES ON ARTESIA AND MARKET AS A RESULT OF THE ARTESIA GREAT BULL OF OUR CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADE.
WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ON EXPANDING THE LONG BEACH DIAL AND LIT SERVICE AREA TO CARSON AND CERRITOS.
WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A CONTRACT WITH CARSON TRANSIT ALONG BY BACK, BUT CARSON ENDED UP DECLINED TO HAVE LONG BEACH DIAL AND LIT SERVICES IN THEIR CITY AND TO KEEP THEIR OWN POWER TRANSIT SERVICE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO EFFORT TO START THE DISCUSSION TO EXPAND SERVICES TO CERRITOS? LISTEN, THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
LISTEN, MARISSA, 1:46 PM VOICEOVER OFF.
COMMISSIONER ZA, IS THERE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE, UM, CALLS OR ON ZOOM OR IN PERSON? SEEING NONE? CHAIR ADAMS. GREAT.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? THE COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER LAWSON.
AND, AND THAT'S, THIS IS A HUGE LIFT, UM, THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING THE BUS STOP ACCESS, UH, APPROPRIATENESS ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT THERE IN, IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEATHER.
I GET CONCERNED WHEN I SEE THE BUS STOP SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE CURB THAT THIS
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MAKES AND RIGHT AT THE, WITHIN A, A COUPLE OF FEET OF THE INTERSECTION SO THAT IT REALLY IS, UH, PEOPLE ARE DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER PROPERLY.AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
SO MY QUESTION IS FOR PEOPLE, REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE USING A MOBILITY DEVICE OR NOT, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY QUICKLY, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
AND IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING, UH, TO THE CITY? NOT ONLY THE SHAPE, WHICH IS CRITICAL, BUT THE PLACEMENT AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE, THE STOP AREA AND THE STREET ITSELF, FREE QUESTION CONDITIONS, ANY TO ADD OR THAT WAS NOT, UH, DISCUSSED IN? IT'S A GREAT POINT.
UH, IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH KIM FROM LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
UM, I'LL LET COMMISSIONER
SO NO, THAT WAS NOT IN THE DISCUSSION.
THE DISCUSSION WAS BASICALLY FOR THE SHELTER PORTION.
WE CAN ALSO, UM, MENTION THAT BECAUSE KIM DOES HANDLE, UM, THE STOPS AND ZONE AREA, UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE, THE CITY HAS A CERTAIN PORTION AND THEN RESIDENTS HAVE THEIR PORTION AS WELL, UM, WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR STOPS.
BUT I DEFINITELY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, UM, WITH YOU AROUND COMMENT.
IT MAY TAKE A WHILE OF DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE THEY MOVE ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE.
I REALLY THINK WHAT YOU'RE TACKLING IS JUST AMAZING LIFT.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.
UM, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN, UM, IN RED, YOU KNOW, JUST OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, LONGEST TRANSIT WHERE THERE WERE INCIDENTS WHERE THE BUS STOP YEAH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? JUST REALLY QUICKLY, BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT, I PRINTED OUT, UM, FLYERS IN COLOR FOR YOU TO PLEASE TAKE BACK TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WORK WITH OR THAT YOU VOLUNTEER WITH.
PLEASE PLACE THEM IN PUBLIC AREAS, WHICH THEY WILL GET, UM, NOTICED.
SO WE CAN BUILD, UM, A, A NICE LONG GUEST LIST OF PEOPLE WHO NEED THE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES.
JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? SURE.
COMMISSIONER GARTON A OH, WE, ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GRAB YOU SAY, OH.
CHAIR ADAMS. AYE UH, THE CHAIR, GONZALEZ.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
UM, SINCE THERE IS NOBODY HERE FROM THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, THERE IS NO REPORT.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE HEALTH AND HOUSING STANDING COMMITTEE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? COMMERS A MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.
IS THERE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND SECONDED BY SECRETARY GAR.
IS THERE ANY STAFF REPORTS FOR THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
UM, VICE CHAIR, UH, WE MET, UH, THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE MET, UM, MYSELF, UH, COMMISSIONER ROMO AND COMMISSIONER DEAN ALONG WITH, UH, JENNIFER MET ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY, UH, 1ST OF FEBRUARY.
AND WITH CONNOR LOCK, WHO IS THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF HOUSING HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WAS A VERY FRUITFUL, UH, DISCUSSION.
AND JUST SOME, UH, HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT, UM, CONNOR WILL BE REACHING OUT, UH, TO DISCUSS, UM, THE MEDI-CAL, UH, ISSUE WITH OUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS THAT IT TAKES MONTHS FOR THEM TO GET, UM, QUALIFIED TO BE IN THE MEDI-CAL PROGRAM.
SO, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S BEEN A BARRIER THAT SORT OF, UH, SITS IN BETWEEN, UM, GETTING OFF THE STREET AND GETTING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, HE IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND, UM, WANTS IT, UH, SORT OF THE IDEA OF UNIVERSAL HOUSING.
SO THOSE ARE TWO TOPICS THAT WE TALKED
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ABOUT.UM, AND WE ARE, HE'S ASKED US TO SEND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, UH, TO HIM, WHICH WE WILL COORDINATE, UH, THROUGH JENNIFER.
AND, UM, HE EXPRESSES, UH, DIFFICULTY AND I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR US TO, UM, TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THAT FOR THE CITY TO HELP PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHO NEEDS THAT HELP.
AND SO THAT SPEAKS TO OUR INTEREST IN COLLECTING INFORMATION DATA AND, AND BEGIN TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE THAT NEED ASSISTANCE.
AND, AND JUST LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, BE ABLE TO TARGET, UH, DEVELOPING A TRUSTED RELATION TO CREATE THAT SUPPORT.
UM, HE'S GOING TO BE, AND ALONG WITH JENNIFER WORKING WITH THE OFFICE ON AGING AND UM, AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, UM, UH, CONNOR AS, UH, DEPUTY MAYER.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE PIECE OF THIS.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, BRING THAT UP.
UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON A UNIVERSAL DESIGN ALSO MIGHT BE, UM, IDENTIFIED AS INCLUSIVE DESIGN TO BRING BACK TO CONNOR.
SO WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING, UH, HOUSING INITIATIVES, UM, FOR EITHER THE BUILD OR THE PRESERVATION HOUSING EFFORT THAT, UH, THE CITY WILL BECOME MORE INFORMED ABOUT, UH, TYPES OF ARCHITECTURE THAT ARE, UH, SUPPORTIVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES WITH DISABILITY.
UM, AND JENNIFER HAS SET UP A LINK SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST LOSING MYSELF.
AND UM, SO THAT SHOULD TAKE US A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO COMPILE AND SEND FORWARD.
AND THE OTHER IS WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE DOWNTOWN MAP SO THAT WHEN VISITORS AND OTHERS COME TO OUR CITY, THEY KNOW WHAT STREETS TO TAKE AND WHAT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT, UM, IS ON THAT STREET.
SO, UH, THAT COULD BE, UM, VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF, UM, THE OLYMPICS COMING TO OUR CITY.
UM, AND THAT WE'VE GIVEN UP OURSELVES SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
SO WE HAVE HOMEWORKS AND DEADLINES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. SWANSON, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANY THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MR. GONZALEZ? UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS AWARE OF AN APP CALLED GOOD MAPS.
UM, IT IS AN APP THAT I LEARNED ABOUT AT THE, UH, AT AN ACCESSIBILITY, UH, CONFERENCE AND THEY MAP BUILDINGS AND STREETS AND CITIES AND IT IS A FREE MAP.
THEY DO A LOT OF MUSEUMS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE DONE THE VETERANS HOSPITAL HERE IN LOS ANGELES OR HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, HEATHER WICK AND I MET WITH THEM PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO JUST HAVE AN INITIAL CALL, UM, WITH THE OLYMPICS BEING ON THE HORIZON.
AND THEN THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, I THINK THAT WE SPOKE WITH IS, IS GONE NOW.
UM, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO GETTING BACK IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND GETTING YOU GOT YOUR COMMITTEE, THEIR UH, INFO.
THEY ALSO MAP A LOT OF, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE MAPPED CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE APP IS FREE AND DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
UM, BUT IF IT IS A COST AND IT'S A LOW, LOW COST DESIGNED FOR LOW VISION, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE.
WE REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU IS OUR FIRST STEP.
IT'S NOW ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
WELL AND YOU, ANOTHER NEXT ONE.
DID YOU HAVE NO, THAT WAS JUST SAID.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
JENNIFER, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? YES.
COMMISSIONER DEAN, I, I'M SORRY BUT I THINK SOMEONE ONLINE ASKED WHAT THAT WAS CALLED.
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NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS.IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP OR IN PODIUM OR IN ZOOM, PLEASE JUST RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE OR DOW STAR NINE IF CALLING IN, UM, WE HAVE NADIA, UM, ON THE LINE TO DELIVER FROM COMMENT.
AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CAMERA, UM, YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA ON IF YOU'D LIKE.
HELLO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HELLO? UM, SORRY IT WAS A BIT DARK HERE.
I'M CALLING YOU FROM TORONTO, UH, AND IT GETS DARK HERE IN WINTER.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR INVITING ME, JENNIFER, TO THIS UM, THIS MEETING.
I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY COMPANY, MAGNUS MODE.
WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD.
UM, SPEAKING OF APPS, WE HAVE A MOBILE APP CALLED MAGNUS.
SORRY, I'M JUST GETTING OVER A COLD MAGNUS CARDS.
AND, UM, IF I'M ABLE TO, I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN REALLY BRIEFLY.
I'LL MAKE YOU THOSE REALLY QUICKLY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE LEVERAGED TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD.
I'M JUST GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW SLIDES SO YOU HAVE A VISUAL.
SO IT ALL STARTED HERE WITH MY BROTHER TROY TROY'S AUTISTIC.
AND, UM, GROWING UP I USED TO DRAW, DRAW OUT STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES JUST LIKE THIS ONE TO SUPPORT HIM TO DO THINGS AROUND THE HOME, LIKE BRUSHING TEETH, PEOPLE WHO ARE AUTISTIC OR OFTEN OVERWHELMED BY TASKS THAT YOU AND I MIGHT TAKE FOR GRANTED.
UM, IF YOU THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID TO GET TO THIS MOMENT TODAY, TROY WOULD PROBABLY STRUGGLE THROUGH THOSE TASKS BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS UNCLEAR OR BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD, UM, AND THE WORLD REALLY ISN'T DESIGNED WITH HIS NEEDS IN MIND.
SO I FOUND THAT BY DRAWING OUT THESE GUIDES, TURNING THE WALLS OF OUR HOUSE IN TORONTO WHERE WE GREW UP INTO A VERY SCRAPBOOK, UM, HE WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND DO THINGS WITH GREATER AGENCY AND INDEPENDENCE.
FAST FORWARD A NUMBER OF YEARS, TROY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, LITERALLY GRADUATED TO THE COUCH.
SO I WAS HELL BENT ON DOING SOMETHING TO HELP MY BROTHER AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE AND EASE.
MAGNUS CARDS WAS BORN OUT OF NECESSITY, OUT OF PASSION AND, AND AND OUT OF LOVE.
SO IT TAKES THIS HAND-DRAWN PARADIGM THAT I KNEW WORKED WITH MY BROTHER AND DIGITALIZES IT INTO A MOBILE APP THAT IS NOW BEING USED BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
PEOPLE USE MAGNUS CARDS TO NAVIGATE LIFE WITHIN THESE LIFE SKILLS CATEGORIES, INCLUDING FOOD, MONEY MANAGEMENT AND TRAVEL.
SO THEY PULL UP THE FOOD CATEGORY, FOR EXAMPLE, GO AND LOOK UNDER ONE OF THE, UH, EASILY RECOGNIZABLE BRAND LOGOS.
AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY OUR INCLUSION PARTNERS.
THEY SPONSOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENT IN OUR APP TO GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
AND SO IF YOU CAN PICTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, ORDERING A MEAL AT A AND W INSTEAD OF RELYING ON ME OR THE STAFF OR HIS PARENTS OR EVEN UM, BYSTANDERS, TROY CAN PULL OUT HIS PHONE AND LITERALLY FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE VISUALS, AUDIO AND TEXT FOR EACH CARD DECK.
AND IT'S CALLED A CARD DECK 'CAUSE IT'S LITERALLY SHAPED LIKE A BASEBALL CARD AND THEY'RE COLLECTIBLE.
SO IT'S THIS FUN WAY TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATE YOUR WORLD.
SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE FORMAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VISUALS, WE HAVE AUDIO AS WELL AND TEXT AND MAGNUS CARDS IS AVAILABLE IN SIX LANGUAGES.
AND WE'RE GROWING THESE LANGUAGES AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA BE AT 20 LANGUAGES IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
SO THIS IS A COMPLETELY EXPANSIVE AND SCALABLE SOLUTION FOR HELPING PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE YOUR CITY AND SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE OVER 60 INCLUSION PARTNERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD STILL HEAR ME 'CAUSE IT JUST GOT REALLY QUIET
UM, 60 INCLUSION, ACTUALLY IT'S 65 AS OF TODAY.
BUT INCLUSION PARTNERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, WE ARE BUILDING AN INCLUSION REVOLUTION.
IT'S A MOVEMENT WHERE BANKS, RESTAURANTS, UM, AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, TRANSIT, ALL OF THEM ARE COMING TOGETHER TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO BECOME MORE WELCOMING BY USING MAGNUS CARDS AND MAPPING OUT THEIR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE JOURNEYS JOURNEY IN A WAY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEURODIVERSE.
I'M SO SORRY WE ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES.
UM, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN SHARE THESE SLIDES, UM, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, AND I'LL DEFINITELY USE THAT.
I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE, WE WENT OVER, WE HAVE A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA.
UM, OKAY, MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, COMMISSIONER AND STAFF, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE ON TO
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MY STAFF.UM, SO YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT SURE NADIA, IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING, BUT IT WAS JUST ON THE HOMEPAGE.
YEAH, THERE IS NO, UM, DISCUSSION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN, UM, CAN YOU SEND US A SOFT COPY OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN POST ON SOCIALS? YES.
ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024, THE LA COUNTY METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY APPROVED A MOTION BY DIRECTORS HANS SOLI, AVA BARGER, UH, UCH AND AL THAT THE BOARD DIRECT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO COORDINATE WITH THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS APPLICABLE, UH, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN ORDER TO, UH, PROVIDE APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO FRONTLINE METRO STAFF AND CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING RESOURCES, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, INFORMATION, AND REFERRAL MATERIALS, AND DEVELOP A WAY FROM METRO PERSONNEL TO ACCESS INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT AND TREATMENT AND OR ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES.
WHEN INDICATED FOR PERSONS ON THE METRO BUS AND RAIL SYSTEM, UH, THEY FURTHER DIRECT THE CEO TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, UH, IN 90 DAYS.
UM, I HAVE PROVIDED ALL OF YOU THE REPORT, BUT I WILL SEND IT TO YOU VIA EMAIL SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE LINK, UM, AS WELL AS THEIR AGENDA TO, UM, TO SEE THAT, UH, VIDEO OF THE MOVIE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IN MY REPORT IS THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARIES HOSTING A SERIES OF EVENTS AND COMMEMORATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS INCLUSIVE GATHERING WHERE ATTENDEES CAN LISTEN TO BLACK ARTISTS, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY, AND CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS OF BLACK CULTURE.
UH, THERE WILL BE AN OPEN MIC EVENT THAT WILL FEATURE TALENTS AND POETS AND PRO UH, PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SHARE THEIR OWN STORIES FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND UNITY.
WHEN YOU ATTEND THE PROGRAM, YOU CAN COLLECT A BLACK HISTORY MONTH COLLECTIBLE BUTTON.
UH, I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE FLYER, UH, SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE EVENTS IN THIS SERIES AND WHAT BRANCH IS GIVING WHAT BUTTON ITEM.
MY STAFF REPORT, THE BLACK EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR UPCOMING BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.
CENTERED AROUND THE THEME OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
UM, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT THEY INVITE YOU TO JOIN, UH, THEM FOR AN EVENT FILLED WITH RICH HERITAGE GUEST SPEAKERS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNITY RESOURCE TABLES, FOOD, AND MORE ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024 FROM 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM HERE AT CITY HALL IN THE LOBBY AND IN THE PLAZA AREA OUTSIDE.
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY MAYOR RICHARDSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AUSTIN, DR.
RICKS ODI, COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THE LONG BEACH UTILITIES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON MY STAFF REPORT IS THE LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE NEW RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY COMMUNITY GROUP WORK GROUP.
UM, APPLIED BY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 11:59 PM AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON THE REPORT THAT I CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU.
UM, IT IS FORMED SCOTT OFFICE.COM.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT I WANTED TO GET IT OUT THERE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS OR FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT THE COMMISSIONERS ALL PROVIDE YOU THE LINK.
UM, AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR, UM, POETS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 18.
ARE YOU A FUTURE LEADER WHO CHAMPIONS COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND ASPIRES TO MAKE A SOCIAL IMPACT THAT PROMOTES, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LONG BEACH? THE, THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE IS A TITLE HELD BY A YOUNG PERSON WHO DEMONSTRATES SKILLS IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY POETRY AND OR SPOKEN WORD.
UM, THEY USE THEIR VOICE TO INSPIRE, CHANGE, AND DEMONSTRATE STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE PERSON NAMED YOUTH POET LAUREATE WILL RECEIVE A $1,500 SCHOLARSHIP ALONG WITH ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP AND, UH, RESOURCES WHILE ENGAGING LONG BEACH YOUTH IN LITERARY ARTS PROGRAMMING.
FROM MAY 24TH TO APRIL, 2025, FOUR, POET, POET, AMBASSADOR HUNTER UPS WILL RECEIVE A $500 SCHOLARSHIP.
ALL LONG BEACH YOUTH ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE DEFENSE AND SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT LONG BEACH TO THEIR A AND ART.
THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE AND, UH, POET AMBASSADORS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING THE PROGRAM'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY ON MAY IN MAY, 2024, AND WILL SERVE AS THE CITY'S SECOND, UH, YOUTH COURT LAUREATE CO COHORT, UH, REPRESENTING LITERACY, THE ARTS AND ADVOCACY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, UM, PLEASE VISIT THE LONG BEACH WEB, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY WEBSITE.
UH, LASTLY, OH, SECOND TO LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE JOIN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM ONE 30 TO 4:00 PM AT THE MICHELLE OBAMA NEIGHBORHOOD
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LIBRARY.TRANSPORTATION DAY SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE TRANSPORTATION ENTITIES THAT SERVE THE GREATER LONG BEACH AREA.
APPLY FOR ACCESS PARATRANSIT AND LONG BEACH, UH, TRANSIT DIAL RIDE, GET YOUR MOBILITY DEVICE CLEAN FOR FREE, AND GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH AN RSVP IN ADVANCE.
UM, YOU CAN CONTACT ME, UM, JENNIFER KUMA AT MY OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU NEED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, A SL OR CLARK, PLEASE ALSO CONTACT ME AT MY OFFICE.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CURRENTLY OFFERS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ALLOW LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP WITH PURCHASING THEIR FIRST AND BUYING MULTI-GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND BUILDING MULTI-GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
APPROXIMATELY 100 HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE UP TO $25,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE GUIDELINES AND ELIGIBILITY, VISIT LONG BEACH.GOV/LV HOME GRANT.
AND FINALLY, THE ABILITIES EXPO IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 17TH AT THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, LOCATED AT 1201 SOUTH VI STREET, 9 0 0 1 5.
THE EXPO IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO INTERFACE WITH THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO HELP DIAL UP DISABILITY COMMUNITY INDEPENDENCE.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH A PRIOR REGISTRATION.
I'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS AT THIS TIME, DECLARE THIS MEETING TO ADJOURN.
JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL TIME? YES.
THE TIME IS 2:09 PM THANK YOU EVERYBODY.