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THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'LL DO FOR THIS ACADEMY CITY.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD COME UP FROM OUR GROUP WAS PARTICIPATION IN THAT, THAT, UH, THAT PROCESS NOT, AND SO WE WERE, UM, INVITED TO, I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE ON BEHALF OF THIS AND TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
'CAUSE THIS IS A, A SIGNIFICANT, UM, LEADERSHIP POSITION FOR THE CITY.
NOT JUST WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CITY CULTURE, THE CITY VALUES, AND HOW WE, WE CENTER PEOPLE AND HUMANS AND COMPASSION AND ALL THESE THINGS I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH AS A WORLD.
SO IT WAS AN IMPORTANT, ALL THEY HIRED AN OUTSIDE, UM, AGENT OWNED COMPANY, I GUESS.
SO IT REALLY WAS A VERY DETAIL ORIENTED, FAIR, OPEN PROCESS.
UM, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA, WHO WAS GONNA LAND, BUT I'M JUST SO DELIGHTED THAT'S WHERE WE LAND.
VERY, VERY HONORED, VERY EXCITED.
FOR YOU, THE COMPANY THAT THEY HIRED, DID THEY POST THE POSITION? NATIONAL, NATIONALLY.
AND THEN THE COMPANY WAS THE COMPANY THAT THEN, UH, LIKE A HEADHUNTER? IT WAS A SEARCH PRE SCREEN.
WHAT'S INTERESTING, AND I CAN GIVE A BACKSTORY HERE, IS THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THE CITY IS USED TO, UM, WE DON'T HIRE DIRECTORS ALL THE TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NUTRITION.
AND SO OUR HR PROCESS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING AN EXTERNAL SEARCH FIRM, UH, HANDLED BECAUSE THEY HANDLED EVERYTHING.
THEY WERE IN THE ROOM FOR THE INTERVIEWS.
UM, YOU DON'T GO TO THE NEXT DAY UNLESS YOU HEAR FROM THEM ON THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU HAVE, UH, PROCEEDED FORWARD.
UM, I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A, A CALL FROM THE CITY MANAGER, UM, FAIRLY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, UM, THAT I WAS A SELECTED CANDIDATE.
AND, UM, IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT THE SEARCH FIRM REACHED OUT TO ME FOR MY REFERENCES.
SO, UM, THEY JUST TALKED TO MY REFERENCES ON WEDNESDAY, BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.
THEY HAVE IT FOR THEIR REFERENCES AND PERHAPS IF THERE WAS A MEETING THAT CAME OUT OF IT, THEY COULD USE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR
I THINK THERE WERE TOTAL OF 18 PEOPLE ON PANEL.
WAS A COMMUNITY PANEL WAS ONE.
THERE WAS A TECHNICAL PANEL THAT INCLUDED, UM, CEO OF ST.
MARY'S, DIRECTOR OF PASADENA HOUSING AUTHORITY, I'M SORRY, AUTHORITY, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, THERE WERE, UM, I CAN'T THINK WHO WAS ON THE TECHNICAL PANEL, BUT THEY WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE EITHER IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND OR IN HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, THE COMMUNITY PANEL WAS OUR PARTNERS NONPROFITS, THE, THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A PANEL OF INTERNAL DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND THEN THE FOURTH PANEL WAS A CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE.
AND THE SEARCH COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH CITIES AND COUNTIES.
AND SO THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR ME, NOT COMING FROM THE CITY AGENCY.
THAT WAS A, A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND REALLY, LIKE, IT WAS REALLY, UM, THEY REALLY PUT, INVESTED IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN ADDITIONAL SCREEN, UM, TO GET TO THE INTERVIEW.
SO, UM, THEY CALLED IT A SCREEN, BUT IT WAS KIND OF AN INTERVIEW AS WELL.
UM, SO WE GOT AN INVITATION FROM RYAN MAGINI.
UM, CALL THE ORDER, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO CALL THE ORDER? OH, WE HAVE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CALL AN ORDER
GOING BACK TO MY AS PRESIDENT.
SO CAN WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER? I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THIS.
DID YOU TURN YOUR LITTLE RECORDING? YEAH, THEY'RE ALL ON
WELCOME TO, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING HERE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE OUR FACILITATOR FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
UM, DENNIS, CAN YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL? MM-HMM.
COURT MEMBER CURTIS WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
BOARD MEMBER MCNEELY WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
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MEMBER TO JOHNNY VYAS AND VAN WEAVER.UM, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A MOMENT.
UM, AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THE MEETING, I'D LIKE TO SECURE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
CAN I GET A FIRST MOTION? THANK YOU, DR.
A ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? GOOD JOB, DENNIS.
SO WE HAVE NO MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UM, EXECUTIVE STAFF ARE BEING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES.
UH, I'M JUST GOING TO AGAIN, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF TO ATTEND TO.
AND TIME IS, UH, GETTING ALONG THE WAY.
UM, YOU HAVE REQUESTED SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME, SO I'M GONNA TO DEFER MY TIME TO THAT AND, UH, WE'LL SHARE MORE IN THE EXCELLENT.
AND THEN I DON'T SEE DR. DAVIS HERE, SO I'M ASSUMING NO.
AND THAT REALLY PROVIDES FOR SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL FOCUS ON, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S LETTER AGENDA REQUESTED BY HER.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO WAS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED, BUT SOMEBODY WANTED A REQUEST ON, UH, MEASURE ONE.
UH, I DID MEASURE ON, YEAH, ANDREA, WHO'S OUR LEGISLATIVE COORDINATOR, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT THEN SHE DEVELOPED SOME CHILDCARE ISSUES.
SO SHE DID DO A ONE PAGE, ALSO A TWO PAGE FLYER, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF YOUR AGENDA THAT PROVIDES A, OF AN UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
ALISON, ALISON, DO YOU MIND GIVING US AN UPDATE? SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP, AND I HAD SEEN THIS AROUND DIFFERENT CITIES AND I WAS, AS YOU WORKING IN THIS AREA NOW WITH THE, WE CAN HAVE JUST A LITTLE SHORT DISCUSSION AND MAKE US ALL AWARE AS HEALTH LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS AREA.
UM, SO WHAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE, UM, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS THAT IT, IT COURTS POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTED, EXPAND THE HEALTHCARE SAFETY NET AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
UM, WE SUPPORT EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, UH, OF FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE COUNTY.
OUR GOAL IS TO ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS WITH DECISION MAKERS TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF INVESTMENT AND SUSTAIN PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT HAVE SHOWN IMPACT IN HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.
SO THE FACT CONTEXT, WE WILL NOT GIVE A SUPPORT OR A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, IT IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
UM, THE NUMBERS ARE STILL BEING COUNTED FOR THE MAILIN BALANCE.
UM, IT HAS BEEN LEADING BUT ONLY VERY, VERY SLIGHTLY.
UM, WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW IS THAT IT'LL ALLOW MORE TREATMENT OF MENTAL WORK.
95% OF THE FUNDING WILL GO TO COUNTIES AND 5% OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THIS LEGISLATION WILL GO TO THE STATE.
VOTES ALLOW FUNDING TO BE USED TO TREAT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
IN ADDITION TO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.
IT AUTHORIZES 6.4 BILLION THROUGH STATE BONDS, WHICH 2 BILLION WILL BE IN HOUSING TO CONVERT HOUSING, HOTELS, AND MOTELS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH PROJECT ROOM KEY AND PROJECT HOME KEY.
SO IT DOES HAVE A PROVISION FOR MORE OF THAT AND 4.4 BILLION, UH, WILL GO TO FACILITIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT.
IT WILL SHIFT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND THAT 90% GOES TO THE COUNTY VERSUS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
'CAUSE BEFORE THE STATE GOT MORE, NOW 10% OF THAT WILL GO TO THE STATE.
THE STATE WILL USE ITS INCREASED BUDGET ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
FRANKLY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THEM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
SO, UM, IF WE DON'T STAND UP ADDITIONAL WORKERS IN SOME WAY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT CAN REALLY HAPPEN.
UM, BUT IT IS REQUIRED TO DO AND THE COUNTY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
UM, SO IT WILL BECOME, UM, MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO PETITION THE COUNTY FOR OUR FAIR SHARE.
UM, WITHOUT A COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICING LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, WE ARE AT THEIR MERCY FOR WHAT THEY WILL GIVE TO US.
JANET HUNT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN MORE RECEPTIVE.
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER STAFF.UM, I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY EVERY DAY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS TO JUST DO MEET AND GREETS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT WHAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE SO THAT THEY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND.
UM, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, ONE OF THEIR LARGEST REENTRY PROGRAMS ESTABLISHING SPACE IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HOME, OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND WE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO RETURN THEM IN A WAY THAT IS HEALTHY AND GIVES THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND WE WILL WAIT FOR THE FINAL COUNTY QUESTION.
SO, UM, IN TERMS OF RESOURCES AND FINDING PEOPLE, UM, ARE THERE FOLKS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT GO TO SOME OF THESE MAJOR CONFERENCES? SO THERE'S A BLACK PSYCHIATRIST OF AMERICA COMING END OF THE MONTH, UCLA, THEY HAVE KAISER THERE AND EVERYBODY THERE.
UM, MIGHT SOMEBODY BE ABLE TO GO, FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND JUST DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ONE COME THROUGH TO APPROVAL, SO, SO IF YOU CAN SEND ME ANY KIND OF LINK ON IT, WE CAN DEFINITELY WILL DO OUT THEM.
WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IS THAT I ATTENDED THE HOUSING CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ON YESTERDAY.
WITH OUR WATTS BUILDING OPENING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BASED.
IT'S SORT OF A PILOT, IT'S BEEN A MONTH, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
WE CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ADOPT SOME GOOD PRACTICES.
IT'S GREAT TO KNOW AND LEARN ABOUT THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WHAT ABOUT STEPS SAFE FOR CAL STATE LONG BEACH THROUGH THEIR MASTER'S PROGRAM, MAYBE IN SOCIAL WORK AND ALL? IS THERE OUTREACH TO THAT? IS THERE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THEM? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH THERE, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO BE MORE FORWARD IN, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS LITTLE BATTLE GOING ON INTERNALLY WITH CIVIL SERVICE AND HR.
MY THAT'S, AND SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY.
AND AS MUCH AS WE HAVE REALLY DONE A LOT MORE AS A STATE TO GO OUT AND DO MORE JOB FAIRS, I MEAN, WE ARE VERY PRESENT, UM, AT ALL OF THE STATE, UH, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, UM, FROM BUN BEACH CITY COLLEGE UP, UM, CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IF THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT OCCURS IS THAT WE WILL BE CREATING A PREFERENCE, UM, FOR FOLKS WHO GRADUATE FROM LONG BEACH INSTITUTIONS, UM, AND LIVE HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO I KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH
WHERE IS SHE? YOU KNOW, UM, THE LONG BEACH PROMISE WAS, WAS CREATED YEARS AGO, UM, BY MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL.
AND SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, DEAN OF STUDENTS.
AND WHEN SHE SAW A, A LACK OF LA UH, FOLKS TO FILL THE JOB NEEDS, UM, AND CONNECTED THE CITY, THE UNIVERSITY, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND K THROUGH 12 TO FILL A LABOR DEMAND, WE REALLY HAVE FOCUSED ON MORE ACCESS, UM, FROM ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE CA BEEN MORE DIFFICULT TO, UM, AND IT'S BECOME MORE OF A COLLEGE ACCESS, COLLEGE ENTRY POINT.
BUT THE PRIORITY OF IT WAS LABOR DEMAND.
SO I REALLY WOULD, WOULD, UM, EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECT.
AND WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD LABOR CHANGES, JOB CHANGES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I REALLY WOULD PRIORITIZE AND PUT THAT ON, ON, ON YOUR
I'M NOT, UM, HERE TO GIMME DIRECTIVES, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROMISE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FILLING THE JOB DEMANDS AND THE JOB NEEDS FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OUR UNIVERSITIES.
'CAUSE ALL THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO DO INTERNSHIPS, THREE STEPS, FIELD WORK, ALL THE OTHER PRACTICUMS. AND HERE YOU HAVE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO RETHINKING WHAT, WHAT IT MEANS.
AND I HAVE STRUCTURES AND UNIONS AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE, THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROMISE AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND OFTENTIMES IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OVER OVERARCHING UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE.
IT MAY BE THAT PROFESSOR AND THAT SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM AND WE HAVE TO GO TO THOSE ROOTS AND STUFF, BUT WE CAN REALLY KIND OF RENEW THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROMISE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY TO OUR HEALTH NEEDS.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
AND I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S NEW INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND PUBLIC SERVICES, IF THAT'S YES.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
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I HAD A QUESTION YOU SAID YOU GOT MORE FUNDING FOR THAN RIGHT.SO, AND IT DIRECTLY TO US, OUR CLINIC LOAD HEALTH, HOMELESS, HOMELESS PEOPLE, MENTAL HEALTH, WHO'S GOING, WHO TAKING IS CLEANING THEM WHETHER THEY HAVE MENTAL PROBLEM OR NOT.
SO THE ONLY SCREENING THAT IS DONE, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE USED, WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A HOUSING FIRST MODEL, WHICH SAYS THAT YOU DON'T CLEAN PEOPLE UP BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO HOUSING THEM.
SO WHEREVER THEY ARE, WE ARE JUST USING A HARM REDUCTION MODEL.
UM, SO WE DON'T DO ANY SCREENING, BUT WE DO DO AN ASSESSMENT THAT IS CALLED THE VULNERABILITY INDEX.
UM, THE
IT KIND OF JUST SAYS WHERE THEY ARE ON THE VULNERABILITY SCALE.
AND THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A GREATER PRIORITY IN BEING HOUSED.
YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO ASSESS THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY OR WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE GREATER SUPPORT.
UM, SO YES, THAT, THAT IS DONE.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE SCREENING THAT IS DONE THROUGH OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM THAT IS OPERATED BY THE CITY, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE FEDS AND THEREFORE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SCREENING OUT.
I HOPE THAT CAN, I RECOMMEND ONE PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE WELL AVAILABLE AWARE OF, BUT, SO I'M ALSO A PROFESSOR AT, UH, CHARLES TREE UNIVERSITY.
AND SO THEY HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE STARTED.
ONE IS A PSYCHIATRY, ANOTHER IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE INTRO MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM AND STARTING A PM AND R PROGRAM.
A LOT OF THAT IS BASED AT THE VA IN LONG BEACH.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THE MISSION IS REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE AND, YOU KNOW, GRADUATE INSTITUTION.
THE IDEA OF BEING LIKE, YOU KNOW, DIVERSIFY THE WORKFORCE AND THEN ALSO, UH, INCREASE THE WORKFORCE THAT PEOPLE WORK TO WORK WITHOUT UNDERSERVED.
SO THEY HAVE A PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD, LIKE, FIT TO LIKE, AT LEAST TRY TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO LIKE COME, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WORK WITH THE CITY.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED I COULD, I COULD CONTACT.
KAISER DOES AT THE MED SCHOOL.
SO I DON'T HAVE A CONTACT, BUT THAT'S EQUAL.
ALRIGHT, SO WE NEED TO, UM, MOVE A, A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND, UM, THIS UPDATE.
SO CAN I GET A, A FIRST MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE BOARD'S GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF I HAVE TWO MORE, UH, THINGS I JUST WANT TO PASS BY RYAN
UM, THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING A PRIDE FLOAT LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE FLOAT ON SUNDAY, MAY 19TH AT 10:00 AM IT'S A ONE MILE WALK.
SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 1:00 PM AND IF WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, I WILL SEND THE LINK TO DENNIS, UM, SO THAT HE CAN SHARE IT WITH EACH OF YOU, UM, TO PARTICIPATE ON THE, THE FLOAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET TO RIDE A FLOAT OR WE HAVE TO WALK A FLOAT, BUT A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT ALSO MAKES ME THINK, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING THAT'S REPRESENTED.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE SOME SWAG THAT WILL IDENTIFY YOU AS THE BOARD OF, WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GREAT.
THIS IS MAY 19TH AND SO THIS IS MAY 19TH.
AND I ENCOURAGE, UM, PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION TO DO EXERCISE.
AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE LONG BEACH PRIDE.
IT'S ALL COMMUNITY, NOT, UM, UH, JUST SOLELY THAT ALL THE FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS COME OUT TO CELEBRATE PRIDE.
SO, UM, PUT THAT ON YOUR NEEDS TO SEND THE EMAIL TO EVERYBODY JUST FOR THE REMINDER SO WE'LL REMEMBER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER THING CAME UP ABOUT ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH QUORUM AND, UM, NEEDING HALF PLUS ONE, UM, WHICH IS EIGHT PEOPLE.
AND WE'VE HAD A COUNCIL A COUPLE MEETING YEAH.
EVERYBODY, ARE YOU COMING? ARE YOU COMING? DENNIS IS PROBABLY TARGET ME BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT'S ME.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT IT LAST TIME.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HEALTHCARE, WE KIND OF BOOK OUT TWO MONTHS, THREE
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MONTHS IN ADVANCE, FOUR MONTHS.SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NEEDING TO MAKE MY SCHEDULE, HENCE FIND SOMEONE TO RELIEVE ME SO THAT I COULD BE HERE.
SO, BUT THAT WEEK I'M LIKE, WELL, ARE WE, ARE WE NOT? CAN WE SEND IT OUT? CAN WE ASK? I MEAN, 'CAUSE MOST OF US KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AT LEAST SIX WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN SHELTER.
YEAH, NO, THIS WAS ACTUALLY, I I BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE UH, WE ALL MISS A MEETING SOMETIMES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO MISS MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AT A TIME.
UM, I DON'T SO MUCH CARE THAT THEY'S OUT THERE.
UM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT COUNTS AGAINST US OR QUORUM.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE ARE SAY 10 MEMBERS AND WE ONLY GET FIVE PEOPLE, THEN WE WON'T MAKE QUORUM.
BUT IF THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS AND WE GET FIVE PEOPLE, THEN WE DO MAKE QUORUM.
AND SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE JUST ALWAYS COUNTING AGAINST QUORUM BECAUSE THEY'RE CHRONIC OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THEY NEED TO BE THEN, THEN MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE COMMISSION IF THEY WERE NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING TO MEETINGS AND IT'S ACTUALLY PREVENTING US FROM MEETING.
AND IF WE, WE WEREN'T ON THE ROSTER, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET.
SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
NOT TO BE JERK AND START KICKING PEOPLE OFF COMMISSION, BUT TO, BUT TO SAY
BUT JUST BECAUSE THE REST OF US ACTUALLY WANNA HAVE MEETINGS AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT, THEN IT MAKES IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR US TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO MEET.
IS THERE A WAY QUESTION, IS THERE A WAY TO BE ON A HIATUS? SO DR.
VYAS WORKS WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND THEN SHE'S RETIRED, BUT SHE WILL NEVER MAKE QUORUM.
CAN SHE BE PUT IN SOME STATUS SO THAT SHE DOESN'T COUNT? IT'S NOT REALLY HOW MUCH COUNT ONE PERSON NECESSARY THAT I'M AWARE OF ON A STATUS.
I MEAN, WE USED TO TAKE, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE BOARD OF HEALTH USED TO TAKE A HIATUS BECAUSE THAT'S VACATION TIME AND YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
SO, UM, WE USED TO SHUT DOWN BASICALLY LIKE JULY AND AUGUST.
AND THEN AS THE BOARD, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK THE CURRENT BOARD COM COMPOSITION, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR IT, BUT WHEN THE BOARD CHANGED IT WAS LIKE, WELL WHY DO WE DO THIS? LET'S NOT DO THIS ANYMORE.
AND SO THEY KIND OF ABOLISHED THE SUMMER HIATUS AND NOW WE MEET MONTHLY.
UM, WE COULD GO BACK TO DOING THAT ASPECT, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S A HIATUS FOR THE BOARD, NOT FOR LIKE ONE PERSON, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW.
SO IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRECEDENT WOULD BE FOR LIKE A STATUS CHANGE.
AGAIN, IF IT'S ONE, WE HAVE A 15 MEMBER ADVISORY BODY AND WE ONLY NEED EIGHT TO SHOW UP IN ORDER TO HAVE A FORUM TO MAKE A SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR ONE PERSON, IT'S UNNECESSARY.
'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE 14 OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS QUORUM.
SO WE COULD JUST MAKE A SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, COMPENSATION BOARD AND JUST UNDERSTAND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THERE ARE RULES IF YOU MISS SO MANY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE KICKED OFF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN THAT AREA.
WHAT IS THAT ROLE? UM, IT'S HARD TO FIND.
UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I SAW IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND IT'S NOT THE LATEST EDITION OF THE, UM, COMMISSION GUIDELINES EITHER, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING OLD THAT WAS IN SOME ANCIENT DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE IN MY FILE.
SO I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE.
IF IT'S ONE PERSON, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN WE, WHEN IT'S THREE PEOPLE, THEN WE HAVE LESS WIGGLE ROOM BECAUSE IF ONE OF US HAS TO MISS LIKE THREE ALREADY COUNT AGAINST QUORUM.
SO IT ISN'T AN ISSUE UNLESS IF IT'S ONE PERSON, BUT IF IT'S THREE, YEAH.
NOW ROUTINE ABSENCE IS THREATENING QUORUM BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE A GROUP WHO ARE NEVER AROUND.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IF SHE'S IN THIS PREDICAMENT, ARE THERE OTHERS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY MISSING THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE NEXT BLOCK OF TIME? I THINK IT'S NOT JUST, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
I MEAN, WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT, I MEAN OUR STANDARD ANNUAL REPORT LIT, YOU KNOW, REPORTS, ABSENCES, YOU KNOW.
I HAVE A SHEET THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCES AND ABSENCES FOR EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THAT FIELD OF KNOWING, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WHO'S OUR, WHO ARE OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT? AND THEN MAYBE JUST REACHING OUT.
SAYING WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETINGS.
ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR YOU? I HAD TO DO THAT TO PASS AS WELL.
AT THE URGING OF THE BOARD, I'VE REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, I'M NOTICING YOU'RE MISSING AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER
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OF MEETINGS.UM, HAVE YOU RECONSIDERED YOUR POSITION? ARE YOU ABLE TO FULFILL THE DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, UM, IF NOT, I CAN REOPEN IT TO SOMEONE NEW.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING IN THE WINGS, UM, IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE POSITION.
THEY USUALLY HAVE A LIST THAT THEY CAN DRAW FROM.
SO IF SOMEONE DECIDES THAT THIS ISN'T WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE OR THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO MUCH TIME.
I MEAN, THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW, WE MEET THE SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME RESPONSES SAYING, YOU KNOW, WELL I'M NOT AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY.
WELL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, WE MEAN ON THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND TO TRY TO MOVE 15 PEOPLE IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN TRY TO MOVE ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO WHY DON'T, SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT THEN WHY DON'T WE THEN JUST TAKE A LOOK, SEE YEAH.
AND REACH OUT IN A SO REALLY WAIT AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
YOU KNOW, LIFE CHANGING SOMETIMES.
MAYBE IT'S LOOKING AT QUARTER FOUR AND QUARTER ONE.
WE'RE AT THE END OF QUARTER FOUR AND QUARTER ONE.
IT'S LAST SIX MONTHS WE'VE NOTICED.
AND JUST PICK THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, AND IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER, NO, IT'S NOT
I, ONE THING SAID HEALTHCARE, WE, OUR SCHEDULES, WE JUST, LIKE WE SAID, UP FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND SAY WHETHER NOT WE'RE GONNA BE HERE OR NOT, I ITEMIZED SCHEDULE YEAR IN ADVANCE.
AND YEAH, WE KIND OF HAVE GENERAL IDEA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIKE, ILLNESS, ILLNESS, FAMILY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
LIKE, LET'S KNOW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU KIND OF KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GO ON VACATION, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW YOU DOCTORS NEVER GET SICK, BUT THE REST OF US HERE, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WENT TO WORK WITH COVID, WE DID HAVE YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY KIND OF SORT, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT LOOK AROUND.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WE, WE KNOW SO WE GET IT.
IF WE GET A RIGHT, WHATEVER AND KIND OF KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
AND PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY SIGN ON THAT WE MEET THE SECOND, THE SECOND FRIDAY, THAT'S, IT'S 7 45.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT SOME STATISTICS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH FOLKS.
I THINK WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THAT IT'S AFFECTED BUSINESS, UM, AND CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE.
I MEAN, EVEN IF THERE IS NOT A RULE, I MEAN I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS, BUT EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A RULE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE CHRONIC AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM OR WHATEVER, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES ON THE BOARD, OR EVEN NOW AS A FRESH START, LIKE JUST AT A LIST OF EXPECTATIONS.
LIKE RIGHT WHEN I HAVE A NEW RESIDENT ON, I GIVE A LIST OF DIRECT EXPECTATIONS.
YOU SHOW UP AT THIS TIME, YOU WRITE YOUR NOTES BY THIS TIME, YOU DO THIS BY THIS TIME.
SO EVEN IF THERE'S NO RULE, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME ALLOWANCE FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS FOR LIKE BEING A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
THAT'S PROBABLY, I ASSUME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE.
UM, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT JUST TO SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF OF BEING ON THIS BOARD.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD MAKE THIS MANY, YOU COULD HAVE THIS MANY ABSENCES.
AFTER THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT PEOPLE, WELL, JUST IN GENERAL AT FIRST, CAN YOU MEET THAT LOCALLY SIGNED UP? YOU HAVE EXPECTATIONS.
YOU, I THINK THEY WOULD NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT BEFORE YOU ACCEPT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO IT OR NOT.
VERSUS ACCEPTING AND THEN YOU GIVE ME THE EXPECTATIONS AND NOW I CAN'T REALLY MEET THOSE.
AND IS IT CORRECT THAT IT IS ILLEGAL FOR US TO DO THIS IN A HYBRID FORMAT? STATE, STATE LAW CHANGE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THE LOCATIONS WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IF YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR IN YOUR DEN, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR COMPUTER, NO, BUT IF I'M IN SEATTLE, I COULD OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU WE'RE AT.
THERE WOULD BE THAT POTENTIAL.
IT WOULD'VE TO BE POSTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE I TO SAY FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER BEFORE WE MOVE TOWARDS OUR ONGOING DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE, UM, WELCOME JAMES BACK, YOU ARE TEAM TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS, I THINK ARE PART OF THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
SO JAMES, I'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK AND EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE.
UM, I THINK YOU SAID THIS LAST TIME, I'M A MORNING PERSON, SO THIS IS ALWAYS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE ALL MY, ALL OF THE REST OF MY TEAM DOESN'T ROLL INTO LIKE 10 30.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, I THINK EVERYONE WAS
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HERE THE LAST TIME OF US HERE, EXCEPT FROM A FEW FOLKS.UM, SO MY NAME IS JAMES, UH, MY JA JAMES SCHWAZO.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH LONG BEACH FORWARD.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE ORGAN, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN IS OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
SO I'VE BEEN IN RELATIONSHIP AND, AND PAST COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH MANY OF YOU AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS WHO AREN'T HERE TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND HELP SUPPORT YOU ALL IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TO BE REALLY BEING AT AN EXCITING POINT TO REALLY BETTER SHARPEN AND DEFINE THE ROLE OF THIS BOARD, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY OF NEW LEADERSHIP.
NOT NEW LEADERSHIP, BUT NOW OFFICIAL LEADERSHIP I SHOULD SAY.
UM, SO, UM, I WANT TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT, UM, WHERE THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND KIND OF WHERE THAT TOOK PLACE AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND OUR TIME, UM, KIND OF BRAINSTORMING AND, AND REALLY GETTING SOME GOOD DISCUSSION OUT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, SHOULD WE PLAN TO WRAP THIS BY NINE? WELL EVERYBODY, OUR MEETING IS 7 45 TILL LIKE 9 30, 9 30.
UM, BUT WE TEND TO HAVE FOLKS HAVING TO GO AT NINE.
HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT GOING TO NINE 30? LET'S GO.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? SO IS THAT TO NINE 30 TODAY? TO NINE 30 TODAY
THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN, UH, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED, UM, PREVIOUSLY AND, AND, AND JUST IN ONBOARDING SOME CONTEXT INTO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR GOALS IS PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, DRAFTING A VISION, A MISSION STATEMENT.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ITERATIONS, UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AROUND JUST, UM, KIND OF WORDSMITHING, KIND OF THE PROPOSED VISION STATEMENT.
BUT I THINK WHAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE CONVERSATION, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, WAS THAT I REALLY BROUGHT UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THIS BOARD AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, UM, CLEARLY FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BOTH IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS ABOUT HOW IT RELATES TO THE WORK THIS BOARD IS DOING.
SO WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CULTURAL ABOUT, UM, THE, THE WHY OF THIS BOARD, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONAL PROCESS AND THINKING ABOUT THE HOW AND THE FUNCTION OF THIS BOARD.
AND THEN ALSO I HEARD A LOT OF DESIRE AROUND, UM, WHAT ARE WE ADVISING ON AND SOME OF THOSE POLICIES AND THE WAYS THAT THIS BOARD CAN HELP SUPPORT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVERALL.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD CONTEXT FROM, UM, DIRECTOR KING ABOUT WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS FACING IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS, RIGHT? UM, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN OUR OWN KIND OF POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL CAREERS.
JUST, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GONNA HAVE TO MOVE AND THE ROLE AND SUPPORTING ROLE THAT THIS BOARD CAN PLAY, BOTH FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND ORGANIC DISCUSSION, I THINK WHAT A REALLY GOOD STARTING POINT FOR US IS TO BE ABLE TO STEP BACK FROM THE DRAFT VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE AND REALLY START TO SOURCE OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND START TO ORGANIZE OUR THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT ARE THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT AND GIVE SOME STRUCTURE, UM, AND CLEAR DIRECTION TO THIS FUND.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT TODAY IS WE'RE GONNA BRAINSTORM SOME POTENTIAL GOALS.
AND SO LAST TIME WE LA WE TALKED ABOUT SOME GOALS, WE ALSO DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SO TODAY'S REALLY I'M GONNA, UM, CHALLENGE US ALL TO THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ANSWER IN OUR HEADS, BUT THEN FRAME THOSE AS GOALS OR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO IDENTIFY OR FIGURE OUT, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T ABOUT, UM, PRIORITIZING YET.
THIS IS ABOUT, LET'S GET ALL OF OUR IDEAS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE, AND I SAW THIS IN THE DISCUSSION LAST TIME, THAT ONE PERSON WOULD CONTRIBUTE AN IDEA AND THEN OTHERS WERE LIKE, YEAH, I, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
AND SO THIS PROCESS IS JUST ABOUT GETTING OUR IDEAS OUT THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S OTHER FOLKS MISSING FROM THIS BOARD MEETING.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, AND BY THE END OF THIS MEETING, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER ALL OF OUR IDEAS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CAPTURING THESE IDEAS, FINDING WHERE THERE'S SOME CONNECTION AND SIMILAR ALIGNMENT, BUT THEN HAVE THIS BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE THEM CONTRIBUTE TO.
SO JUST BECAUSE FOLKS AREN'T HERE TODAY DOESN'T MEAN WE WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE REVISIT IN THE FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS ABOUT THINKING BIG.
THIS IS ABOUT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF IT, IF IT SEEMS I POSSIBLE, THAT'S FINE.
LET'S GET IT OUT THERE BECAUSE REALLY THIS IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE ALL AT AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE THE SPORT ACCOMPLISH AND FIGURE OUT TOGETHER Y'ALL FOR THAT CHALLENGE.
SO, UM, I HAVE THREE POST-ITS, I KNOW THEY'RE KIND OF HIDDEN, THEY BLEND TO THE WALL 'CAUSE THEY'RE, UM, WHITE PIECES OF PAPER, BUT I HAVE THREE POST-ITS AROUND, UM, THE, UH, ROOM.
AND I'M GONNA BREAK THIS UP INTO GROUPS IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT EACH OF THESE PRO UH, PIECES ARE DOING.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF A GALLERY WALK.
I'M GONNA SPLIT THIS UP INTO SMALL GROUPS
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AND WE'RE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME AT EACH PART AND THEN WE'LL ROTATE.UM, SO NOT ONLY WILL YOU, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IDEAS, YOU'LL ALSO GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE THINKING AND BE ABLE TO ADD, UM, MAYBE COUNTER ADD COUNTERPOINTS OR EVEN, UM, IDENTIFY WAYS WHERE THAT'S REALLY RESONATING WITH YOU.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT AS A FULL GROUP.
SO, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, I WANNA WALK THROUGH AND GET, AS I'M EXPLAINING THIS, I REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE SOURCING OR SWIMMING IN YOUR HEAD, JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME CONTEXT.
SO FIRST OFF, RIGHT OVER HERE WE HAVE CULTURAL GOALS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING, A SIMILAR ACTIVITY THAT WE DO WITH WHEN WE WORK WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY, TO THINK ABOUT HOW NOW THAT WE'RE IN A COMMISSION, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY USE OUR SKILLSET, OUR RESOURCES, OUR KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO CULTURAL GOALS, CULTURAL GOALS, FOCUS ON THE VALUES APPROACH AND PRINCIPLES OF THE BOARD.
SO THINK ABOUT THIS AS THE WHY, RIGHT? SO WE STARTED DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK ALREADY AND MANY OF YOU LISTED THAT UP, THE MISSION AND THE VISION.
UM, LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, LOOKING AT OUR NOTES, A LOT OF FOLKS TALKED ABOUT LET'S DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP.
OUR RELATIONSHIP IS A BOARD TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.
HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP? HOW CAN WE CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS HERE AND THE CULTURAL GOALS ARE ALL ABOUT HOW ARE WE APPROACHING THAT? WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES? WHAT ARE, WHAT'S OUR PHILOSOPHY THERE OF THE WHY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, RIGHT? SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO THINK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS MAY BE AND IF IT'S LIKE, HERE'S THE QUESTION I WANT TO THINK ABOUT, THEN LET'S TRY AND FRAME THAT AS A POTENTIAL GOAL, RIGHT? OVER HERE WE HAVE PROCESS GOALS.
SO PROCESS GOALS, FOCUS ON THE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE BOARD OPERATES.
SO LAST TIME IN THE DISCUSSION WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT STRUCTURE.
AND ACTUALLY YOU ALL HAVE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW TOO, JUST ABOUT THINGS LIKE ATTENDANCE, RIGHT? HOW DO WE BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THIS SPECIFIC POPULATION? BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMISSION THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL, UM, UH, JOBS AND POSITIONS, RIGHT? SO PROCESS FOCUS ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THE BOARD OPERATES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO IDENTIFY.
WHAT ABOUT MAYBE THE STRUCTURE OF THE AGENDAS OR CERTAIN RECURRING ITEMS WOULD HELP THE BOARD BE ABLE TO OPERATE, RIGHT? SO PROCESSES MORE INTERNAL THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? UM, LEMME SEE.
SO LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT REVISING MEETING STRUCTURES.
SO THINKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE THERE? THE LAST ONE, RIGHT OVER HERE BEHIND DENNIS IS POLICY GOALS.
SO THIS ALSO CAME UP LAST TIME.
POLICY GOALS FOCUS ON THE APPLICABLE RULES AND LAWS THAT THE BOARD ADVISES ON.
SO THINK ABOUT THIS AS THE WHAT WE HAVE, THE WHY, WE HAVE THE HOW, AND WE HAVE THE WHAT.
LAST TIME IN OUR CONVERSATION, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION AROUND, THERE'S A PLE OF RESOURCES THAT NOT ONLY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS CONNECTED TO, BUT ALSO SO MANY OTHERS IN THE CITY, SO MANY IN OUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITIES.
HOW DO WE USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER ADVISE ON WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING? UM, BUT ALSO LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, I HEARD FROM DIRECTOR KING AROUND DEPARTMENT SUSTAINABILITY, THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? AND SO POLICY GOALS FOCUSED ON THOSE THINGS THAT THE BOARD CAN ADVISE ON OR THE WAYS THAT WE CAN WEIGH IN ON POTENTIAL LAWS OR RULES OR THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMATIC WORK OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN CLARIFY? OKAY.
DON'T THINK TOO HARD IF YOU'RE LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS FITS IN.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AT EACH SECTION.
UM, SO YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES AT EACH, AT EACH POINT, UH, IN YOUR SMALL GROUPS.
FEEL FREE TO ADD, RIGHT? I HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER CHART PAPERS, SO IF WE'RE WE'RE GOING OFF ON IT, WE CAN ADD PLENTY MORE.
UM, IF YOU ROTATE AND THERE'S ALREADY WRITING THERE, FEEL FREE TO ALSO WRITE CHECK MARKS OR JUST STAR IT OR IF YOU WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL THOUGHT, TANGENTIAL THOUGHT, THE IDEA IS THAT THIS IS ITERATIVE, THAT WE COULD GO OFF EACH OTHER'S THOUGHTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AFTERWARDS IS BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT ALL THE FINAL THOUGHTS ARE AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALL DO.
SO HERE'S THE REALLY HARD PART.
I'M GONNA HAVE US COUNT OFF UP TO THREE.
SO 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, WE CAN, WE CAN CHALLENGE THAT.
OKAY? SO ONE, TWO, YOU'LL BE TWO, THREE.
SO WE HAVE ONE SMALLER GROUP, UH, WE'LL HAVE ONE START OVER OUR CULTURAL GOALS, UH, TWOS OVER OUR PROCESS GOALS AND THREES OVER OUR POLICY GOALS.
THEN I HAVE MARKERS UP HERE THAT'LL COME AROUND AND PASS AROUND.
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THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART.GET INTO ANY DISCUSSION YOU'D LIKE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ROTATE IN 10 MINUTES.
THE, I HAVE A TERRIBLE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? SO THAT'S, I LIKE ALEX IDEA OF A LIST OF EXPECTATIONS.
I I CAN TAKE A AND SEND IT TO YOU OUT.
THE NEED, THE PROPER COMMUNICATION DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST.
THAT'S I, SO I, SOMETHING I'M SUPPOSED TO, I MEAN THIS CAN'T, THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, AND ALSO THE, THE JOB FUNCTION TO LIKE, WE HAVE TO LEAVE.
YOU CAN TAKE THE MORE I FEEL LIKE COME UP WITH SOME,
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ARE THERE ANY, OH, COMMISSIONS CROSS COLLABORATION, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.THREE MORE MINUTES HERE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ROTATE.
AND WE'RE INVOLVED IN, I KNOW ADVISORY BOARD, BUT KNOW THAT YOU, I FEEL LIKE I WE'RE GONNA, I LISTEN TO AN INTERESTING PODCAST.
ARE YOU IN A PODCAST? I'M UM, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO DOES A PODCAST CALLED, WHEN IS NOW A PODCAST WITH A GUY.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME CARING ABOUT THIS.
I SEE IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR STUDENTS ON A UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY PEOPLE STAY IN SCHOOL AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE IF YOU FEEL LIKE THEY MATTER AND THEY TALK ABOUT MATTERING AS FEELING VALUED, BEING ABLE TO ACT.
SO TO FEEL VALUED AND ABLE TO ADD VALUE.
I WOULD TO HAVE, I'M ACTUALLY IN PROCESS, UM, A PODCAST CALLED WOMEN ARM EACH FLOOR DOING, DOING IT'S A PODCAST AND IT'S, THE FIRST EPISODE IS COMING OUT THIS MONTH FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
I YOU I'LL I LOVE, I WOULD LOVE TO.
UP THAT THOUGHT AND ROTATE CLOCK.
SO POLICY, YOU'RE GOING OVER CULTURAL GOALS, PROCESS GOALS COMING, OUR POLICY GOALS GOALS, YOU ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
WHAT'S SOMEBODY YOU FREE ADDS? IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, FEEL FREE TO WRITE QUESTION MARKS OR WRITE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WORTH TO TEASE OUT LATER.
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ONE MORE QUESTION, SIR.SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ABOUT THE VALUES? YOU KNOW, ONE? YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THIS MY OBSERVATION BECAUSE THERE IS A LACK OF, UM, OR THERE MIGHT BE A, YEAH, I MEAN THERE'S LIKE IDEAS IN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THREE MINUTES LEFT OF THIS BEFORE WE ROTATE.
SO DOES THAT ALWAYS BECOME MORE A CONCEPT? JUST FORMS, UNFORTUNATELY
BECAUSE IF I COULD SEE PATIENTS FROM LIKE ONE UNTIL NINE YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, BUT, AND TOGETHER THEY OPENED UP MY, NO, I'M THE, I'M THE OLD PERSON, MY FRIEND.
I HAVE TO PLAN A OH, SO THAT WELL, OH GOSH, THAT PERSON.
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ALRIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE WRAPPED UP.SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND ROTATE ONE LAST TIME.
AND THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST ONE TO CONTRIBUTE TO BEFORE WE COME BACK TOGETHER.
UM, JUST THINKING, HOW DID HE KNOW
YOU KNOW WHAT I, AND I'LL GO TO THE STORE COFFEE SHOP AFTERWARDS THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL SEE MY NAME AND I'M LIKE, NO.
THE OTHER THING IS I'M, OH MY GOD.
I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO SAYS THAT TOO.
SO I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS, BUT IF I'M NOT A 5-YEAR-OLD, YOU, THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT ACTUALLY COMMUNITY C.
IF TWO OF US GO AND SHOW UP OVER THERE AND SAYS, LOOK THAT YEAH.
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WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CARE WITH OUR TIME AND FOCUS, NOT, NOT THIS, WHAT DO THEY WHO HOLDS THE MARKER.THAT'S WHY WE ALL NEED, ALRIGHT.
AT THIS POINT IT'S KIND OF HARD.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE WRAPPED UP GOING AND FINISH THOSE LAST THOUGHTS, I'M GONNA ASK FOLKS IF ACTUALLY IF WE COULD STAY IT WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND IF WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME NOW THAT WE READ ALL CONTRIBUTED, UH, WE CAN START OVER HERE AT CULTURAL GOALS.
IF WE CAN GET A VOLUNTEER TO READ OUT JUST SOME OF THE WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE, ON THE TABLES.
ON THE TABLES, ON THE PIECES OF PAPER.
THEN WE CAN ALL HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
OH, I THINK
ADVISING HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON LONG BEACH HEALTH NEEDS REPRESENT DIVERSE INPUTS, JOBS, BACKGROUNDS, NEEDS, OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ADVOCACY VALUES, EQUITY, INCLUSION, REPRESENTATION, ACCESS, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
PROVIDE CLEAR DIRECTION TO THE BOARD ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEM TO SUPPORT US.
COORDINATE GOALS BETWEEN HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BOARD.
ACTS OF COLLABORATION ON CHOSEN TOPICS.
FOCUS ON DOING SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.
OBTAIN DIRECT COMMUNITY INPUT ON CULTURALLY RELEVANT TOPICS.
A LOT OF LIKE ACTIVE KIND OF GOALS HERE.
UM, CAN I GET SOMEBODY TO READ OUT PROCESS GOALS? LET'S SEE.
PRE-PLANNING LIST OF EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS SLASH EXISTING MEMBERS.
I ASSUME COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES, HYBRID MEETING OPTIONS OPTION DOES NOT EXIST.
RECEIVING VERSUS REQUESTING INFORMATION.
CROSS COMMISSION COMMUNICATION.
COMMUNICATION INVOLVEMENT AND REPORTING OUT ORIENTATION OF NEW MEMBERS SLASH ONBOARDING ROLES FOR EACH MEMBER.
REACH OUT TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL ENTITIES.
READ OUR POLICY GOALS, PREVENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE.
WORK WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF.
AWARE THAT WE CAN ADVISE WORK LOCALLY TO CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT NONPROFITS, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, OTHER SERVICES, SENIORS, ALCOHOL READING, REHAB CENTERS, UH, MAP GOALS, MANAGEABLE AND TANGIBLE.
UH, WHEN I HAVE A CLEAR EXPECTATION, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT MY ROLE IS.
HOW CAN WE HELP ADVOCATE FOR LG DHS? WHAT ROLE CAN WE MAKE REQUESTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT LIAISON ABOUT UPCOMING LEGISLATION AND ONGOING LEGISLATION DATES? WHAT DOES THE CHARTER ADVICE WE DO UNDERSTAND COMPLIANCE AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT AND COME BACK AND KIND OF DIGEST THIS A LITTLE BIT.
ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT IN, AS YOU WERE HAVING YOUR CONVERSATIONS IN YOUR SMALL GROUPS OR EVEN JUST LISTENING TO FEEDBACK THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES SHARED HERE.
WHAT STOOD OUT? ANY CONNECTIONS THAT YOU SEE? THE CONNECTIONS THAT I SEE IS ME.
MOVEMENT, ACTIVE MOVEMENT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, STAGNATION.
ALSO LIKE GOALS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PART, LIKE EXPECTATIONS
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WHEN YOU DO BECA BECOME A MEMBER.UM, LIKE WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION AND WHAT IS YOUR ROLE TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR EXPERTISE? EXPERTISE OR KNOWLEDGE TO THE GROUP ABOUT ONE, THE MAYBE ONE ROOTS OF THE ABSENTEEISM IS THAT IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VALUE OF COMING TO THE COMMITTEE, THAT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO JUST NOT COME.
UM, AND SO PROVIDING LIKE A DEFINITE ROLE OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE C WOULD IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US KNOW LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH SHOULD CREATED THIS LIKE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING THING LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE CHARTER OR WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH EXPECTS US TO DO? UM, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT STOOD OUT.
UH, AND THEN THE UH, THE LAST THING, UM, ACTUALLY THOSE, THOSE PROBABLY JUST
AND WE WANT TO BE ACTIVELY SUPPORTIVE, ENGAGING ADVOCATES.
UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO GO BACK TO THE ROOT OF THE WHY EVEN BEFORE US, RIGHT? UM, TO HELP DELINEATE OUR WHY AND THEN THE ARE WHERE
SO ACTUALLY WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THEN WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM AND THEY CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM US AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING WRONG, UH, WHAT WE SHOULD DO, RIGHT? AND WE ARE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE JUST COME SIT AND WE ARE JUST LING WITH EACH OTHER.
YES, WE ARE GIVING ADVICE BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER BOARDS ARE DOING.
BUT WHEN WE MEET EACH OTHER, EACH OTHER THEN IT IS LIKE A FRIENDSHIP.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ME, I KNOW YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE TAKE INTEREST IN EACH OTHER'S THINGS, WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WE CAN LEARN.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THAT WE CANNOT MEET EVERYONE BUT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR WE SHOULD MAKE EFFORT.
THE OTHER THOUGHTS THAT CAME UP IN LISTENING AND READING WHAT UH, IDEAS ARE OUT HERE IN TERMS OF GOALS AND KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO BETTER TO FIND OUR ROLE.
AND THEN WE ARE A ADVISORY BOARD HERE, RIGHT? WE ARE HELD ADVISORY BOARD.
SO WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD GET ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WHERE WE CAN GIVE OUR ADVICE.
EACH ONE OF US WILL HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE AND TO USE OUR EXPERTISE PROPERLY, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT CITY EXPECTING WHAT THEY THEY'RE DOING SO WE CAN GIVE THEM AN INPUT.
I THINK IN ADVISING OR MENTORING, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESSURE POINTS ARE, THE DIFFICULT PARTS ARE.
UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU'RE KICKING AROUND HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT WE'VE KICKED AROUND IN OTHER FORUMS AND COME UP WITH ANSWERS.
SO REALLY BRINGING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FOR US TO UH, MAYBE TACKLE.
UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK, SO WHAT DO YOU SEE AS OF THOSE CHALLENGES
UM, IN TERMS OF KIND OF GOAL SETTING, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE STICKING POINTS WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WE KNOW SOME OF THE HIRING CHALLENGES, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NUANCED THINGS OR SOME WORKAROUNDS THAT WE MAY HAVE DONE.
'CAUSE WE ALL COME FROM REALLY BIG PLACES WHERE IT'S HARD TO ENACT CHANGE IN A QUICK WAY.
UM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET AROUND SOME THINGS IN TERMS OF HIRING OR NETWORKING OR KNOWING PEOPLE THAT I HAVE.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS WHO REALLY WANNA FIND PLACES TO WORK IN HEALTHCARE.
KAISER PERMANENTE IS KIND OF LIMITED IN HOW WE CAN BRING IN PEOPLE BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISN'T, WE HAVE YOUNG TALENT LOOKING AND THEY COME TO ME AND I HERE TO FOUR.
I'VE BEEN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO GET YOU INTO US, BUT I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HEALTHCARE AND NEED TO
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SEE IT, THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL AND MAYBE EVEN INVITING A YOUNG PERSON OR TWO YOUNG PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT WE DO AS AN ADVISORY BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THIS AT SOME POINT.I MEAN BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE IN SO THAT THEY SEE WHAT WE DO.
'CAUSE WE ARE STILL KIND OF FIGURING IT OUT.
BUT UM, WE GOTTA KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT YOUNG PEOPLE, IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AMAZING, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR THEM.
SO MAYBE EVEN SOME YOUNG TALENT.
AND THERE'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE HERE IN LONG BEACH WE HAVE A CITY RUN HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT NOT ONLY IS CITY RUN, BUT ALSO DOING A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK AROUND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I, WE TALKED DIRECTOR, LET'S BRING UP HERE.
I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SHARE ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS I WAS GONNA ASK.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS HERE.
NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, I, I NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AS WELL WHAT YOU CAN DO AS AN ADVISORY BOARD.
I'VE TALKED TO UM, YOU KNOW, BONNIE AL AND WHEN BONNIE FOUND OUT I WAS EVEN DOING THE
AND IN THOSE, I'VE EVEN HAD A HEARING.
SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DUNNO.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRESENTING, UH, ON THE 19TH, UH, UH, AT CITY COUNCIL AND AFTER ACTION COVID REPORT, THERE WAS AN AUDIT DONE OF HOW WE RESPONDED AT CITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER TO THE PANDEMIC.
AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, REFLECT BACK ON THAT AND DID A AMAZING JOB.
BUT THE REALITY IS THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO STAND UP VERY QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AS A LOCAL HEALTH JURISDICTION THAT WE ARE NOW LOSING AS A RESULT OF THE ABSENCE OF CARES ACT MONEY.
AND IF ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WERE TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE STAY READY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET READY? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE USE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH CORE TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THINGS LIKE OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER? I'VE GOT STAFF THAT I'VE GOTTA TRY TO KEEP SAFE BECAUSE THEY GO IN ON NIGHTS THAT IT RAINS TO BRING PEOPLE IN WHO ARE UNSHELTERED.
WELL YOU CAN'T REALLY CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO CALL AND SAY, HEY, IT'S GONNA RAIN TONIGHT, CAN YOU COME TODAY? THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, DO WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT USING VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE TRAINED TO MAKE READY FOR THAT.
PAID VOLUNTEERS A VOLUNTEER CORE THAT WE CAN COMPENSATE FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY BRING.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT STAFF IN SOME CASES WHO HAVE WORKED ALMOST A 24 HOUR SHIFT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED WITH THE POPULATION TO ALSO BE THERE WITH OTHER FOLKS.
WE'VE GOT A CHALLENGE AND A DEFICIT WITH SOME OF THE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD A SITUATION THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PUBLIC HERE SOON, UH, ABOUT A PROVIDER WHO GAVE SECOND CHANCES TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HIRED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THAT FAR FROM SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE FOLKS THAT THEY ARE THERE TO SUPERVISE.
SO WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE HEATED, THEY REVERT TO WHAT THEY KNOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING BETTER VETTING.
WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE SECOND CHANCES, BUT PROBABLY NOT ON THE NIGHT SHIFT.
MAYBE DURING THE DAY WHEN WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE AND INFORM US AND, UM, HELP OUR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT COULD ALSO MEAN COMING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF STRUCTURAL FUNDING AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THAT THE CITY REALLY WANTS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS.
BUT SEE, MY QUESTION IS THIS IS WHAT THIS IS.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY AND WHAT FORM CAN WE CREATE SO THAT WE KNOW MM-HMM,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN HAVE REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT COME UP, UM, AND YOU KNOW, HOW THIS BOARD CAN, UM, SUPPORT THAT.
SO, UM, TO SPEAK TO MAYBE YOUR EMPLOYEE ISSUES OR SOMETHING, I, I'VE RUN A PROFESSIONAL WELLBEING DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS, SO I ENACT RETURN TO WORK POLICIES AND ALL SORTS OF PLANS
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ON HOW TO KEEP PATIENTS SAFE AND PROVIDERS OUT OF TROUBLE OR GET THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.AND I DO IT FOR DOCS AND NURSES AND ANYBODY WITH A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE.
SO JUST KNOWING THAT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO LEND SOME EXPERTISE TO WHAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE AND WHAT WON'T WORK.
SO THEN, IS THERE A WAY BESIDES EVERY MONTH ON THE SECOND FRIDAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RETREAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET INFORMATION LIKE THESE THINGS? SO PART OF THE COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK YEAH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS HERE, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO CERTAIN THINGS.
PERHAPS IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT DRAFT A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHO MIGHT COME SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL, WHO MIGHT GO TO AN ETHICS COMMISSION MEETING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY BRING YOU IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT IS POWERFUL.
IT'S HOW CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, GETS INFORMED ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
UM, SO, UH, YES, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING WITH YOUR ELECTEDS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, TO SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HEARING THIS NOT JUST FROM STAFF, BUT FROM YOU WHO ARE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP ADVISE, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT IN, IN DIRECTION.
AND I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT TOO, LIKE, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT POINT, AND I THINK SOME OF IT WAS COVERED IN THE PROCESS GOALS TOO, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE STRUCTURE WHERE WE DO HAVE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, RIGHT? HOW CAN WE USE SOME POSITIONS WITHIN THE BOARD TO HELP BE THAT LIAISON AND CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING? 'CAUSE EVEN LIKE THE SPAN OF A MONTH, SO MUCH HAPPENED.
THAT WAS A WEEK, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO, YOU KNOW, BE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, BUT HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE SOME FOLKS MIGHT HAVE EXPERTISE AND BE ABLE TO PLUG INTO THAT, RIGHT? AND FOR US TO POSSIBLY GET EMAILS OR SOMETHING SAYING, THIS IS WHERE WE COULD REALLY USE SOME OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, UM, BEING THERE PERSONALLY, LIKE AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR SOMETHING.
OR YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING IN MARCH COMING UP.
BUT FOR US TO REALLY KNOW DATES WHEN WE CAN PUT ON OUR CALENDAR AND THEN LET PEOPLE KNOW IF WE CAN ATTEND OR NOT.
APRIL 4TH, I HOPE YOU GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, UM, CONFERENCE.
ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU IN TEXAS? I'LL SEND A SOLICITATION OUT FOR PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SENT OUT THE CONFERENCE INFORMATION, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING.
AND PLEASE DO RESERVE THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, APRIL 4TH, THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND, UM, OUR CONFERENCES THAT DAY.
AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO YOU'RE, BECAUSE DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN? THEM, WE, I WAS THERE AT THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.
WE WERE INVITED AND WE, UH, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KIND OF PARTICIPATED AS A PARTICIPANT.
IT WAS, IT WAS A NICE, THERE WAS SOME LOT OF SELF CARE.
AFTER THE PANDEMIC WE DID, I THINK IT WAS VERY, UM, PROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERED IN THE PAST.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERNAL FACING.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THIS TIME.
UM, AND WE HOSTED OVER AT THE LONG BEACH MARRIOTT.
UM, IT'S, UH, A, A GREAT EVENT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DO HALF DAYS SO THAT WE SPLIT IT UP BECAUSE ALL'S NOT, UM, LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT THERE IS AN OVERLAP WHEN EVERYONE IS THERE DURING THE LUNCH HOUR, DURING THE LUNCH AT, AT THE, AT THE GENERAL, THE CENTER SESSION SESSION.
AND IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ASSETS AND SKILLS FROM OUR, OUR MEMBERS.
AND IF YOU SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN COME FROM US, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAP INTO WHAT'S TRENDING IN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, WHAT'S TRENDING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH VETERANS, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, PLEASE THINK ABOUT US AS PARTICIPANTS OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN, I DEFERRED MY REPORT TODAY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PRESENT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND STAND UP, UM, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FOR, UH, TV.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN VERY LOW CASES OF TV AT A HOTEL CALLED THE GRACE HOTEL, UH, WHERE WE HAVE, UM,
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PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, PAYING ON A DAILY BASIS.THEY'RE BASICALLY SUBSTANCE ABUSE USERS.
HAD 14 CASES SINCE 2017 THERE, APPARENTLY IT'S, UH, THE SAME GENOME.
SO SOMEBODY WHO PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN TREATED, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH OTHERS.
UM, WE HELP WITH VERY INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
WHAT WE STRUGGLE WITH RIGHT NOW IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE PROPER INCENTIVES.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO STAY, YOU KNOW, QUARANTINED, UH, AND NOT GO OUT.
SO PAYING FOR SOMEONE'S HOUSING, BOTH THE COURSE OF WHAT COULD BE UNTIL FOUR TO SIX MONTHS IS NOT CHEAP.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING FOOD INTO THEM, THINGS THAT STOP, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MIND YOU, IT'S, IT'S NOT HOW MM-HMM.
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR HEALTH OFFICER WHO USED TO COME AND GIVE US ALL THE INPUT OF THE WHAT IS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE TB CASES, HIV CASES ON THOSE, SHE'S NOT COMING ANYMORE.
UH, DR. DAVIS IS, UNFORTUNATELY, SO THIS COMES ON, UM, A FRIDAY AND MANY OF OUR STAFF HAVE WHAT WE CALL REGULAR DAY OFF EVERY OTHER FRIDAY.
THE SECOND FRIDAY FALLS ON, LIKE TODAY, SHE AND DR.
UM, BUT I CAN ABSOLUTELY START HAVING HER GIVE ME THAT REPORT, UM, WHETHER I'M OFF ON A FRIDAY OR NOT, I'M TRUMP.
UM, AND THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.
SO I, I WILL BE HERE, UM, AND I'LL PROVIDE THAT EVEN WHEN SHE CANNOT.
BECAUSE SHE USED TO GIVE US ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION.
WE, WE KNEW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
IF SHE WON'T COME, THEN WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
I'LL START PREPARING THAT KIND OF A REPORT TO SHARE.
JUST AS ANDREA HAS PROVIDED HER LEGISLATION WORK, PLEASE LET HER KNOW THAT WE, WE RESPECT THE VACATION AND SHE DESERVES EVERY MOMENT.
SO PROCESS WISE, I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE THIS PART, JUST, IT'S 9 24, SO I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL WITH TIME.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK AND YOU INPUT, THIS WAS REALLY GREAT.
I TOOK A LOT OF NOTES, JUST YOU FROM THIS DISCUSSION.
SO I'M GONNA BE TYPING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION UP AND SHARING IT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, AND WOULD ASK MAYBE DENNIS, YOU CAN HELP JUST SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO I'M HERE JUST SO WE CAN CAPTURE THEIR FEEDBACK AND ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT WAY OUR HOPES, AND I'LL CHECK IN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE WE HAVE, SO THAT WAY BY OUR NEXT MEETING WE HAVE SOME MORE TANGIBLE STEPS AND START FIGURING OUT WHERE WE PRIORITIZE WHEN WE START MOVING ON.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME KEY MOMENTS HERE WHERE WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE START, UM, PUTTING INTO ACTION SOME OF THESE GOALS AND THESE NEXT STEPS TO GIVE US SOME CLEAR DIRECTION AND STRUCTURE.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING AND YOUR ENGAGING, KNOW A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE HERE OUT THERE,
UM, ANY OTHER LAST MINUTE, UM, UH, LAST ANNOUNCEMENTS OR UPDATES, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, GIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU.
SO I NEED A, A MOTION TO ACCEPT, RECEIVE, UM, MOVE
EVERYBODY HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AS WELL.