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EVERYONE, UH, AND COMMUNITY FOR JOINING US BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.UH, I WILL BE CHAIRING TODAY'S MEETING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT SIX, UH, 11:00 PM UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE DO ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER BATS PRESENT.
UM, SO WITH CHAIR REMARKS, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, UH, EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.
UH, I WILL, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'LL BE CHAIRING TODAY'S MEETING.
UH, IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE AS I'M FILLING IN FOR OUR CHAIR WHO IS OUT OF, UH, THE STATE FOR WORK OBLIGATIONS.
UM, AS WE'RE ENTERING IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.
UH, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD A BUSY WEEKEND.
IT WAS TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATE IN EASTER.
UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE STILL IN RAMADAN.
UH, SO ACKNOWLEDGING ALL FOLKS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO JUMP INTO TODAY'S AGENDA AND BE IN SPACE WITH EVERYBODY, UM, WHO IS HERE WITH US.
SO, WITH THAT, UH, MAY WE, MADAM CLERK, MAY WE START WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2024.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I AM SEEING MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY AND SECONDED BY GILLETTE.
MAY WE HAVE A VOTE? I'M GONNA CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW, OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.
MAY WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM? YES, I OPEN THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER BATZ, DO YOU SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN? COMMISSIONER KAHN, DO YOU SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN? STILL PROCESSING.
CAN I TAKE A VERBAL FOR YOUR VOTE? COMMISSIONER KAHN? YES.
MAY WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS REGARDING THE 2022 HATE CRIME REPORT.
I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO TONY SO THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.
UH, THEY ARE JOINING FROM ZOOM FROM THE LA COUNTY HA HATE CRIME, UH, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO TONY.
I WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE, I'M SALVADOR AVILA AND Y EVA AND ALSO, UH, EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SALVADOR, I MADE YOU, UH, A CO-HOST SO YOU CAN SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND, UH, YADIRA WILL START US OFF, AND THEN I WILL JUMP IN, UH, MIDWAY.
SO LEMME JUST SHARE MY SCREEN AND THEN I'LL LET YADIRA, UH, TAKE HOO.
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ALL RIGHT.WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND OPENING THIS SPACE, UM, TO US.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS YIDA PINEDA.
I'M WITH, AND I'M WITH THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, FINDINGS FOR OUR RECENTLY RELEASED REPORT, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE SHARING DETAILS, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE LONG BEACH REGION AS WELL.
SO JUST TO TAKE US BACK, UM, 2022, WITNESS STEEPING AND DIVIDES ACROSS THE US ALONG LINES OF POLITICAL PARTY, RACE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AND GENDER IDENTITY.
AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUE TO BACK POLICIES THAT PUT THEM AT ODDS WITH SUPPORTERS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HUMANE IMMIGRATION POLICIES, AND ALSO EDUCATIONAL POLICIES THAT SEEK TO CREATE INCLUSIVE NON-DISCRIMINATORY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR VULNERABLE GAY AND TRANS STUDENTS AS WELL AS RACIAL MINORITIES.
AND SO SINCE THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION AT THE US CAPITOL, MORE THAN 1000 WRITERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
AND AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT'S RELEASE MORE THAN HAVE, HAVE PLED GUILTY TO A VARIETY OF CHARGES RAGING FROM TRESPASSINGS TO DIS TO SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY.
THE CONVICTED INCLUDED MEMBERS OF HATE GROUPS SUCH AS THE PROUD BOYS AND THE OATH KEEPERS, BUT 85% OF THOSE ARRESTED HAD NO KNOWN AFFILIATION WITH EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION.
NEARLY 30 OF THOSE CHARGED WERE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING A RETIRED POLICE CHIEF, THE FOUNDER OF A RIGHT WING UCLA STUDENT GROUP, AND AN ANTI-VAX PHY, UH, PHYSICIAN EMPLOYEE.
AFTER POLL, A LARGE SWAT OF VOTERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRUMP AND BELIEVE THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM.
AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, HE CRIMES HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS.
AND SINCE 2013, THERE HAS BEEN A 142% INCREASE.
THE LARGEST INCREASE DID NOT OCCUR DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY.
THE OCCURRED IN ELECTION YEAR 2020, AND IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF JOE BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION, POSSIBLY SUGGESTING THAT HE CRIMES INCREASES WERE FUELED BY THE POLARIZED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND THOSE WHO FELT ANGERED THAT THEIR SIDE LOST POWER AFTER TWO RECORD BREAKING YEARS.
HATE CRIMES IN LOS ANGELES IN 2022 INCREASED 18% FROM 790 TO 929, AND THIS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
AS THIS CHART SHOWS OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, HATE CRIMES HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS SINCE 2013, AN INCREASE OF 142%.
AND IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED YEAR AFTER YEAR BY THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS THAT ONLY HALF OF HATE CRIMES ARE EVER REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT A REPORT ONLY CAPTURES THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
72% OF THOSE HATE CRIMES WERE OF A VIOLENT NATURE, THE SECOND HIGHEST PERCENTAGE IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS, THEY INCLUDED TWO HOMICIDES AND FOUR ATTEMPTED HOMICIDES COMPARED TO NONE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IN 2022, THE MOST COMMON, UM, CRIMINAL OFFENSE REPORTED WAS SIMPLE ASSAULT AT 33%, FOLLOWED BY VANDALISM, UH, 24 4% ACTS OF INTIMIDATION AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
SO THESE FOUR TYPES OF OFFENSES, UH, COMPRISE 92% OF ALL REPORTED HATE CRIMES.
IN 2022, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES WERE MOTIVATED BY RACISM.
THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 57% OF ALL HATE CRIMES CRIMES.
AND FOR THE 30 YEAR IN A ROW, RACIAL HATE CRIMES SPIKED BY DOUBLE DIGITS AFTER SKYROCKETING 54% IN 2020 AND JUMPING AN ADDITIONAL 17% IN 2021.
RACIAL HATE CRIMES CONTINUE TO CLIMB ANOTHER 14% IN 2022 FROM 476 TO 545.
ALTHOUGH AFRICAN AMERICANS ONLY COMPRISED ABOUT 9% OF THE COUNTY POPULATION, THEY CONSTITUTED 53% OF RACIAL HATE.
CRIME VICTIMS REPORTED ANTI-BLACK CRIMES JUMPED A SHOCKING 34%
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ANTI-BLACK CRIMES INCREASED 200 FROM 219 TO 294.AND THE 294 ANTI-BLACK CRIMES REPORTED IN 2022 WERE THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER EVER REPORTED.
THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP OF VICTIMS OF REPORTED RACIAL HATE CRIMES WERE LATINOS, LATINAS, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY WERE TARGETED IN 22% OF RACIAL HATE CRIMES.
ANTI-LATINO LATINA CRIMES ROSE 3%, AND LATINOS, LATINAS EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST RATE OF VIOLENCE AT 93% OF ALL RACIAL ETHNIC GROUPS.
THIS WAS THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT LATINOS, LATINAS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VIOLENT RACIAL CRIMES, AND 73% OF THESE CRIMES, SPECIFICALLY ANTI-MEXICAN SLURS, WERE EMPLOYED AFTER RISING EXPONENTIALLY FOR THREE YEARS.
REPORTED HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS SAW A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE FROM 80 TO 61, A 25% DECREASE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
2021 MARKED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ANTI-ASIAN CRIMES EVER DOCUMENTED IN THIS REPORT.
BUT DESPITE THE DECLINE, THE 61 ANTI-ASIAN CRIMES REPORTED IN 2022 WERE THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER EVER REPORTED IN 2022.
SAW OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES IN ANTI-ASIAN CRIMES THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IN 23% OF THESE CRIMES, THE SUSPECTS BLAMED THE VICTIMS FOR COVID-19.
BUT IN 2022, THIS FELL TO ONE
CRIMES TARGETING PERSONS OF MIDDLE EASTERN DE UM, DESCENT DECREASED NINE 9% FROM 11 TO 10, UH, HATE CRIMES IN WHICH ANTI-IMMIGRANT SLURS WERE USED CONTINUED TO CLIMB 12%.
AND THE 94 CRIMES COMPRISE THE LARGEST NUMBER EVER RECORDED.
SUSPECTS USE ANTI-IMMIGRANT LANGUAGE IN 55% OF ANTI-LATINO LATINA CRIMES.
AND IN 25% OF ANTI-ASIAN OFFENSES SEXUAL ORIENTATION HATE CRIMES CONTINUED TO RISE AS WELL.
REPORTED CRIMES MOTIVATED BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION ROSE FOR THE 30 IN A ROW.
THEY INCREASED 20% IN 2022, AND THIS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF, OF HOMOPHOBIC CRIMES REPORTED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND OUR SEARCHABLE DATABASE AS IN THE PAST YEARS, A GREAT MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION CRIMES TARGETED CA MEN AT 81%.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TRANSITION OVER, UM, AND SO WILL CONTINUE US OFF.
RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES REMAIN ELEVATED AND WERE THE THIRD LARGEST TARGETED GROUP.
THEY REPRESENTED 16% OF ALL REPORTED HATE CRIMES.
IN 20 22, 80 3% OF RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED HATE CRIMES TARGETED THE JEWISH COMMUNITY UP FROM 74% ANTI-JEWISH HATE CRIMES ROSE 59% FROM 81 TO 129.
THE 44 ANTI TRANSGENDER CRIMES ARE THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER RECORDED.
32 OF THE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED AS TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND EIGHT AS TRANSGENDER MEN AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE GREAT MAJORITY OF HATE CRIMES, 77% TARGETED FOUR GROUPS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, GAY MEN, LESBIANS, AND L-G-L-G-B-T ORGANIZATIONS, JEWISH PERSONS AND LATINOS AND LATINAS.
AFTER SPIKING 69% THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HATE CRIMES COMMITTED BY GANG MEMBERS NUMBERED 53 AND 2022 GANG MEMBERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR 6% OF ALL HATE CRIMES.
74% OF THESE WERE RACIALLY MOTIVATED AND WERE OVERWHELMINGLY CASES OF ATTACKS BY LATINO GANG MEMBERS AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS.
IN 2022, THERE WERE 140 CRIMES WITH EVIDENCE OF WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY COMPARED TO 97 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THEY COMPRISED 15% OF ALL REPORTED HATE CRIMES.
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THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF WHITE SUPREMACIST BELIEF SYSTEMS AND 38% OF ALL RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES UP FROM 28% AND 9% OF RACIAL CRIMES UP FROM 6%.JEWISH PERSONS WERE THE MOST FREQUENTLY TARGETED GROUP AT 49%, FOLLOWED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS AT 26%.
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THESE CRIMES WERE ACTS OF VANDALISM, 76% OF THEM FOLLOWED BY INTIMIDATION AT 10% AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT 9%.
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES REPORTED IN 2022 TOOK PLACE IN THE METRO SERVICE PLANNING AREA, OR AT LEAST WHAT, UH, WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL SPA, UH, REGION FOUR, WHICH STRETCHES FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD TO BOYLE HEIGHTS.
THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SPA, WHICH IS REGION TWO.
THIS REPRESENTS LARGE INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES IN BOTH REGIONS.
HOWEVER, IF ONE COMPARES THE POPULATIONS OF THE REGIONS TO THE NUMBERS OF REPORTED HATE CRIMES, THE METRO SPA HAD THE HIGHEST RATE FOLLOWED BY THE WEST SPA, WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY HILLS, CULVER CITY, AND A NUMBER OF BEACH COMMUNITIES.
THESE TWO REGIONS HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST RATES FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW.
THE REGION WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES WAS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SPA REGION, WHICH INCLUDES CITIES SUCH AS PALMDALE AND LANCASTER, FOLLOWED BY THE EAST REGION.
UH, THE AREAS WITH THE LOWEST, UH, RATES OF HATE CRIME WERE IN THE EAST FALL, FOLLOWED BY THE SAN GABRIEL SPA, WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT NUMBERS FOR LONG BEACH.
SO IN 2022, HATE CRIMES IN LONG BEACH INCREASED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, 13 TO 17.
HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT CRIMES BY MOTIVATION.
SO AS WE CAN SEE, RACE AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION CRIMES WERE THE HIGHEST MOTIVATION FOR HATE CRIMES IN LONG BEACH.
WE HAD TWO COUNTS OF A KNOWN MOTIVATION, WHICH MOST LIKELY MEANT IT WAS PROBABLY A VANDALISM.
UM, SO TYPICALLY IF NO ONE'S REALLY SPECIFIC, IF YOU CAN'T REALLY IDENTIFY A VICTIM, IF LIKE A VANDALISM IS A VERY RANDOM PLACE, BUT YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY PINPOINT WHO EXACTLY THE TARGET WAS, THEN IT CAN BE MARKED AS UNKNOWN.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TARGETED GROUP.
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND GAY MALES WERE THE HIGHEST TARGETED GROUPS, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE OVERALL LA COUNTY NUMBERS.
AND I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, I KNOW THIS, THIS GRAPH HAS A LOT OF NUMBERS, SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT UP FOR SECONDS.
HATE CRIMES BY CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE MOST COMMON CRIMINAL OFFENSE WAS VANDALISM AT EIGHT, FOLLOWED BY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, IMIT INTIMIDATION, AND SIMPLE ASSAULT.
NOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HATE CRIMES BY LOCATION.
UH, MOST OF THE HATE CRIMES, UH, RECORDED OCCURRED IN RESIDENCES AND PUB PUBLIC PLACES.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME, UH, NARRATIVES THAT WE TAKE FROM OUR, UH, REPORTS THAT WE SEE FROM THE VARIOUS AGENCIES.
UM, I WON'T READ THESE OUT LOUD, UH, DUE TO, UH, THEIR EXPLICIT NATURE, BUT I WILL LEAVE THEM UP, UH, TO GIVE EVERYONE ENOUGH TIME TO READ IT.
AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, NARRATIVE.
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OKAY.THIS IS THE, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR SUPERVISOR, UH, MARSHA LONG.
UM, SO IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO HIM SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S HIS EMAIL, OR YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO US.
UH, TONY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR EMAILS.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE LINK TO OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
UH, WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
YOU CAN FIND THE FULL REPORT OF OUR 2022 CODE PRINT AND PDF FORM, AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT.
UH, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT MORE IN DEPTH AND, YOU KNOW, IT GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL.
UH, AND WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN OPEN THAT UP FOR, UH, QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR US.
THANK YOU, SAL AND YADIRA FOR THIS REALLY, UH, IMPACTFUL PRESENTATION.
UH, I REALLY ENJOYED, UM, SEEING THE REALITIES OF, UM, OUR CURRENT SITUATIONS IN 2022 AND 2021.
UH, BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, I WANNA APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THIS ITEM IS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER COLE AS WELL AS, UH, GUTIERREZ.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN THE ZOOM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW, OR DIAL STAR NINE OF CALLING IN.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH IN PERSON.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KAREN RE SIDE, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAPE PANTHERS, AND I'M ALSO AN LA COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION ON AGING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WITH THE REPORT THAT THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO AGE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO TRACK.
UH, WE KNOW THAT ELDERS ARE SUBJECT TO MANY, MANY, UM, TYPES OF ELDER ABUSE AND, UH, HATE CRIMES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT NOBODY'S BEEN COLLECTING THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE ALSO AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UM, THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING IS ASKING TO WORK WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONS IN LA COUNTY ON IDENTIFYING OLDER ADULT ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THE NUMBERS DECLINE SOMEWHAT.
THERE SHOULD BE NOBODY SUBJECT TO HATE CRIME.
GIVEN THAT I'M ONE OF THE AGING, I WOULD SECOND THAT ABOUT, AGAIN, HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY AND AGING PEOPLE.
I ALSO WANTED TO ASK, I NOTED, AND I MAY BE READING THIS WRONG, THAT 85% OF THE HATE CRIMES AGAINST JEWISH RESIDENTS, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE THE JEWISH POPULATION IS IN THAT AREA.
IT SEEMS TO BE A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT WITH A VERY HIGHER NUMBER PERCENTAGE OF HATE CRIMES AGAINST HIM.
AND I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE I KNOW COMMISSIONER COVINGTON, HE POSTED IT, IT'S BEEN A SWATH OF SWASTIKAS ON OUR SIDEWALKS RECENTLY.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, PERCENTAGE WISE, IT SEEMS A HIGH PERCENTAGE, BUT WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY?
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DUNNO.THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SO WE'LL TURN IT BACK, UM, FOR COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE REQUESTING TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAYBE PROVIDE COMMENT ON THIS REPORT? ALRIGHT, I SEE A HAND COMMISSIONER COLE.
I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE TIMING AND WHEN THE REPORTS COME OUT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS, THE STEPS WERE FOR 2022, WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE 2023? THANK YOU.
SO WE'LL PASS THIS QUESTION OVER TO SALLY OR DIRA.
UM, WE TRY TO GET THE REPORT OUT.
OUR REAL OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS SEPTEMBER
UH, BUT IT USUALLY ENDS UP BEING OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE JUST CONTINUALLY COLLECTING ALL THE DATA FROM ALL THE AGENCIES AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT AS ACCURATE AS UH, POSSIBLE.
AND SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO THAT TOO, SO THAT WE GET AS MUCH DATA AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE SOME ORGANIZATIONS OR UH, UH, MAY NOT HAVE THE, THE CAPACITY AS OTHERS TO GIVE US THE REPORTS RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COUNTED.
UH, SO WE'RE AS PATIENT AS WE CAN TO GET ALL OF THOSE TO US.
UM, IT, IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE, WE COULD GET THOSE, UH, QUICKER SO THAT WE CAN JUST PUMP OUT THESE REPORTS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT, UH, AS OF NOW, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
UH, I SEE COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU.
APPRECIATING THIS PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE USED TO RECEIVE THESE YEARLY AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, SO REALLY APPRECIATING THIS.
UH, MY FIRST, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY, UM, IN RESPONSE TO OUR, OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPOKE AT PUBLIC COMMENT, I, I TOO AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS BY THE LA COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO TRACK HATE CRIME, UM, BY AGE, UM, SPECIFICALLY TRACKING DATA FOR OUR OLDER POPULATIONS? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING UP TO OUR TEAM, UH, MANAGEMENT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, CURRENTLY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, HATE CRIMES DO NOT INCLUDE AGE AS A PROTECTED CLASS IN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO I KNOW IT, IT IS, UM, UNDER DISCRIMINATION LAWS.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNDER HATE CRIME LAW, BUT WE DO CAPTURE INFORMATION ON LIKE VICTIM'S AGES, UM, SUSPECT AGE.
AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL THAT, UM, WE COULD DO ANALYSIS ON IT.
SO YOU DO COLLECT AGE AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
IF, IF IN THE REPORT THERE ARE EXPLICIT AGE RELATED, UM, HATE SPEECH OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE NOTING DOWN? SO IS THAT LIKE DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE ANALYZED IN ADDITION TO JUST KNOWING THE PERSON'S AGE RIGHT.
BUT ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS, UM, SOME KIND OF PREJUDICE AROUND AGE WITHIN THE HATE CRIME? YEAH.
UM, IN OUR REPORT WE DO, UM, COLLECT INFORMATION ON KNOWN SUSPECT AGES.
SO WE DO, UM, BREAK IT DOWN FROM, UM, THE AGES THAT WE DO RECEIVE.
UM, WHEN WE DO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, OFTENTIMES WE DO, UM, STRUGGLE BECAUSE INFORMATION IS REDACTED.
WE DON'T RE UM, SOMETIMES SCHOOLS TO KEEP THE CONFIDENTIALITY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD REPORT TO US, UM, UNLESS WE HAVE A, AN AGREEMENT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO TO KNOW.
UM, FOR SCHOOLS IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT YES, IT'S, IT'S IN OUR REPORT, IT'S ON PAGE, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, 18, SO 18 TO 20.
UM, THERE, THERE'S INFORMATION ON SUSPECT AGE.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, IS IT YOUR AGENCY OR IS IT ANOTHER AGENCY THAT DETERMINES WHAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A HATE CRIME? I GUESS MY, MY
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QUESTION IS, IS THERE CRITERIA OR IS THERE, LIKE, WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE, UM, THE FACTORS THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, DISTINGUISHES WHETHER ONE INCIDENT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF, OF HATE CRIME, UM, VERSUS MAYBE LIKE A DISCRIMINATORY COMMENT OR, YOU KNOW, SO I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT DATA IS DOCUMENTED.SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE RECEIVE THE REPORT, UH, A DETERMINATION IS MOST LIKELY ALREADY MADE.
UH, SO LET'S SAY LAPD, UH, LONG BEACH, UH, YOU KNOW, A ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, IT'LL EITHER SAY HATE INCIDENT HATE CRIME, AND THAT'S OUR FIRST, UH, GLANCE OR AS TO WHERE THIS MIGHT GO.
UH, SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME HATE INCIDENTS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE THEY MAY BE A HATE CRIME.
AND HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT WE FOLLOW A HATE CRIME LAW? SO THOSE ARE OUR GUIDELINES, ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE GUARDRAILS OF LIKE, OKAY, WHAT WAS THIS DETERMINED? UH, WHAT DOES THIS ORGANIZATION DEEM THIS, WHAT DID THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT DEEM THIS? AND THEN WE INVESTIGATE FURTHER, AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE DO GET TOGETHER AS A TEAM REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND THEN WE REACH OUT TO THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, TO SEE IF THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP.
UM, WAS THE DETERMINATION CHANGED? UM, SO WE'RE VERY CAREFUL ONCE WE DO SPOT SOMETHING THAT WE THINK, UH, RISES TO THE HATE CRIME.
AND AS I MENTIONED, OUR, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS THAT WE LOOK AT HATE CRIME LAW TO SEE, MAKE SURE THAT IT FALLS INTO THAT.
SO THERE IS THE HATE CRIME LAW GUIDELINES ARE THE, IS THAT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN FIND AND LOOK UP? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE, UM, YITA ALSO DREW FROM.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE ARE, UH, THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO TRY TO ADD AGE AS A PROTECTED CLASS.
AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY.
SO IN THE REPORT YOU'LL SEE AGE AND, UH, OUR SUPERVISOR MARSHALL DOES HAVE US GO LOOK IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE REPORT FOR THAT REASON SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A SNAPSHOT MM-HMM.
AND WHEN WE DO RECEIVE A REPORT, AND LET'S SAY SOMEONE'S OVER, UH, 65, UM, NOW WE'RE RECEIVING THE REPORT, BUT MOST LIKELY THE HATE CRIME WAS NOT MOTIVATED, UH, BY AGE.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE CATEGORIES THAT WE, UH, LOOK AT RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
RIGHT? SO IT, IT, IT WON'T BE AGE BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALSO FOLLOWING THE SAME GUIDELINES.
UM, SO UNTIL THEY ADDED AS A PROTECTED CLASS, I THINK WE'RE GONNA START SEEING.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY, VERY RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST SHARING, IS AROUND INTERSECTIONALITY.
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US HOLD MULTIPLE, UM, IDENTITIES, UM, THAT ARE AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF, OF VARIOUS, UM, PROTECTED CLASSES.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT INFLUENCE THE REPORTING, UM, IF YOU KNOW, OR DO YOU EVER FIND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HATE CRIMES, UM, AROUND LIKE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THEIR IDENTITY? AND THEN IF SO, HOW DOES THAT GET REPORTED IN THE REFLECTED IN THE DATA? UM, YES.
YES, SOMEONE CAN BE, UH, TARGETED FOR MORE THAN ONE, UH, FOUR CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THERE CAN BE AN ANTI, UH, RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME THAT CAN ALSO BE AN ANTI-IMMIGRANT HATE CRIME, UM, WHICH IS, IS RACE.
UM, SO YES, SO WE TABULATED, SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE ONE PERSON, BUT YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE MOTIVATIONS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MOTIVATIONS OR THREE DEPENDING ON WHAT OCCURRED, UH, IN THAT SITUATION.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GILLETTE, AND IF OTHER FOLKS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO QUEUE UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, UM, INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DATA THAT YOU SHARED WITH US THIS EVENING.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY, AS FAR AS THE COLLECTION OF THE DATA, IS IT JUST FROM POLICE REPORTS THAT YOU'RE OBTAINING THESE REPORTS FROM? UM, NO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY RECEIVING REPORTS FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LONG BEACH, LGBT CENTER, LA, LGBT CENTER REPORT TO US.
UM, A DL REPORTS TO US AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GET SOME REPORTS FROM SCHOOLS.
UM, AND SO WE, WE SEND OUT A LETTER TO, UM, K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION.
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AND SO, UM, THEY REPORT THAT TO US AS WELL AS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.UM, SO I, I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS, UH, AN OUTREACH TO VARIOUS GROUPS WHERE, UM, WHO WOULD BE MORE TARGETED, UM, WITH HATE CRIMES.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PARTICULAR GROUPS, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF, SOME OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITIES WHO ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO REPORT COMPLAINTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM OR MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SUCH RIGHTS.
AND THIS COULD, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FOR OTHER GROUPS AS WELL.
THEY, THEY JUST WERE TOO SHY OR AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
UM, WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PARTICULAR GROUPS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND THAT THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TO BRING FORTH A COMPLAINT? YEAH.
SO I, I DID FORGET TO MENTION ANOTHER, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT WE RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM IS THE SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, UM, AND THE A API EQUITY ALLIANCE, BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO STOP A API HATE.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE, THERE'S A REPORTING PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE, UM, SHARING THAT.
AND SO WE ALSO DO HAVE 2 1 1, WHICH IS A, A HOTLINE, UM, THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY CREATED.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT THEY RECEIVE REPORTING.
UM, AND SO
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH, UM, WITH THEIR, UM, FOLKS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION AS ACCURATELY AS WE CAN, AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL TO, UM, RECEIVE THE, THE INFORMATION.
UM, SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, TO KIND OF ROUND OUT THE DISCUSSION.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENT THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS A RISE OF, UM, TAGGING UTILIZING, UH, SWAT STICKERS.
AND MOST RECENTLY, UH, THEY'VE BEEN USING SWAT STICKERS AND THEN USING, UH, FN WORDS NEXT TO IT.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEING USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES WITH THE SAME HATE BEHIND IT.
UM, SO FOR MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE SPACE AND ONLINE, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING, WHAT SHOULD COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO, UH, WHEN THEY WITNESS A HATE CRIME, HOW SHOULD THEY GO ABOUT REPORTING IT SO THAT, UM, IT DOES GET PICKED UP AND SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE HATE CRIME ITSELF? WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY GETTING THE WORD OUT ON HOW TO REPORT, RIGHT? UH, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE AFRAID TO GO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? SO MAYBE A RESOURCE LIKE A 2 1, 1 OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH CAN, UH, ASSIST.
AND, AND, AND IT IS, IT, IT IS JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT.
I, I, UM, THERE'S A, ANOTHER PERSON, HER NAME IS, I BELIEVE ESTHER YOUNG LI, WHO'S PRODUCING, I BELIEVE, UH, HATE CRIME PAMPHLET IN MANY LANGUAGES.
UM, SO NO, SHE'S TRYING TO DO HER PART TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, AND YEAH, IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SCARED AND SOMETIMES THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT SPEAK UP.
UM, SO WE NEED TO FIND AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR COMFORT ZONES ARE GOING TO BE.
SO THAT'S WHY LA VERSUS HATE IS OUT THERE TRYING TO PROMOTE 2 1 1, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVELY, UM, SO THAT IT, SO THAT PEOPLE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE SAID, OUR OUR REPORT ONLY CAPTURES THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
UM, AND I, I THINK SOMEONE JUST MENTIONED TOO, LIKE, YES, IT'S TECHNICALLY WE DON'T, WE HAVE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, UNDER REPORTING ABSOLUTELY IS, UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME IT.
UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, UH, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING, UM, YOU CAN CALL IT INTO OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IF YOU SEE SPECIFIC HATE CRIMES HAPPENING OR LANGUAGE OR, UH, TAGGING GOING ON, YOU CAN REPORT THAT AS A HATE CRIME.
I PREVIOUSLY JUST DID THAT FOR THE TWO INCIDENTS BACK TO BACK, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING IN MY COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND SO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY OFTEN COMES TO US AND ASKS,
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UH, HOW CAN, UH, THEY RECEIVE RESOURCES, UH, ARE THERE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR, UM, ARE THERE LIKE A PLAN OR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE? SO, UM, ARE THERE SPECIFIC, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, OR THAT CAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LONG BEACH CAN TAP IN AND, AND REQUEST CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ON AND PRIORITIZE LOCALLY? UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT I, I WOULD LOVE TO BRING BACK TO OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO SEE IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND IF I DO FIND INFORMATION, I'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, BUT LIKE, JUST GOING BACK TO THE REPORTING, UM, KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING, IT DOES, UM, HELP US ALLOCATE LIKE WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE AT AND JUST PLAN THOSE WAYS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALSO A, A WAY THAT THAT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THIS, UM, MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING AT SCHOOLS OR, OR SOMEWHERE PUBLICLY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE AWARE OF IT, I THINK, UM, THAT COULD BE A WAY TO GET THE, THE WORD OUT AND TO JUST ENSURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TOLERATING HATE.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY I KNOW LA VERSUS HATE IS, IS DOING PROGRAMS. SO I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THAT.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO, UH, SHARE THAT AMONGST OUR NETWORKS, UM, SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EFFORTS.
UH, WE COULD DO IT JOINTLY ON A COUNTYWIDE LEVEL.
UM, SO THAT'S MY END OF MY QUESTIONS AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE QUEUED UP.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE REPRESENTATION.
UH, BASED ON THIS REPORT MENTIONED ABOUT HATE CRIME, UH, CRIME, YEAH.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE HEAD INCIDENT? IT IS THE INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED.
SO WE'RE, WE DO COLLECT HATE INCIDENT DATA, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GATHERING, WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER ENOUGH INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT AS WELL.
SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A GOOD MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS OF HAYDEN CITY DATA, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SO THAT IT'S SUBSTANTIAL AND WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
UM, THEY DEFINITELY OCCUR A LOT, IS WHAT I CAN SAY.
I CAN'T GIVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER BECAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE IT ON HAND.
UM, AND WE HAVEN'T PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT YES, IT EXISTS, AND HOPEFULLY NOT SURE IF THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR WE CAN PUT THAT OUT.
SO, SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE, AND I JUST WANNA DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN, UH, AND PROVIDING THIS PRESENTATION TO US IN THE COMMUNITY.
CAN I HAVE A VERBAL FOR COMMISSIONER KAHN, PLEASE? YES.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, UH, I WANTED TO, UM, POSE A QUESTION TO THE AUDIENCE, UM, UH, VIA A RAISED HAND.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC CON UH, FOLKS HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, UH, EARLY ON IN THE, IN THE MEETING, JUST IN CASE, UH, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE FOR THE REST OF THE, THE EVENING VOTE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? YES, YOU CAN.
THE CHAIR HAS THE OPTION TO BRING PUBLIC COMMENT UP AT ANY POINT OF THE AGENDA.
UH, SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY FOLKS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO, UH, WILL BE SPEAKING TO PUBLIC COMMENT NON, UH, FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
UH, CAN WE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE, UH, VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON-AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, CAN YOU PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW SO WE CAN HAVE A TALLY? SEEING NONE.
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OKAY.UH,
AND THEN WE'LL GO FOR A MOTION AFTERWARDS? YES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY REGARDING THE COMMISSION'S PROGRESS ON THE EHRC ROADMAP AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM MOVED BY SCHULTZ AND SECONDED.
SECOND, IT SAYS, WAITING EATING.
UH, I CAN HAVE A VERBAL SECOND.
UH, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SECOND BATS, UH, COMMISSIONER BATS FOR THE RECORD HAS SECONDED.
UH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STAFF IN THE EQUITY OFFICE TO START THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
UM, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS JUST A, A QUICK PROGRESS REPORT AND ALSO SOME CONSIDERATIONS WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL KNOWING THAT YOU ADOPTED, UM, THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO YEAR ROADMAP A FEW MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN PROGRESS TO DATE THAT WE WANT TO NOTE.
AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER WHAT DOES THIS WORK LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE TWO YEARS IN MIND FOR THIS, UH, FRAMEWORK.
ALSO WANTED TO, UH, PRESENT THIS JUST IN MIND AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MEMO THAT TONY FORWARDED TO YOU ALL, UM, REGARDING THE FORMALIZED STRUCTURE THAT WE WILL NOW BE USING, UM, FOR ANNUAL REPORTS.
SO THERE'S NOW, UM, SPECIFIC DETAILS AND INFORMATION THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO INCLUDE IN THOSE ANNUAL REPORTS AS WELL AS AN OFFICIAL DEADLINE.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL JUST TO HELP GET YOU A HEAD START.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO MY PRESENTATION.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE ANIMATIONS ON MY SLIDE, SO DON'T MIND ME.
I WANTED TO GROUND US ALL IN, UH, THE COMMISSION'S MISSION AND VISION, UH, THAT BEING TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR ALL, AND THAT OUR VISION IS THAT LONG BEACH IS A, JUST AN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY FREE OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE VALUED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, ON JULY 26TH, 2023, AFTER PERHAPS 10 MONTHS OF, OF WORK AND, UM, CONVERSATION, THE COMMISSION ADOPTED THE ROADMAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND SO WE HAD AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT CREATED THE FRAMEWORK THAT STRUCTURED MANY OF THE TOPICS OF INTEREST, UM, TO YOU ALL.
UM, AND MANY OF THE TOPICS THAT WE WERE IN, UM, THIS COMMISSION EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO PRIORITIZE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO JUST WA REMIND YOU OF YOUR FRAMEWORK.
SO, UH, ITEMS UNDER TOPIC WOULD BE AN ISSUE OR THEME THAT ADVANCES THE COMMISSION'S MISSION TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE, ALL THE THINGS THAT I JUST SAID.
UM, AND SO FOR YOU AND ON THIS ROADMAP, WE HAVE THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE AS JUST AN OVERARCHING ITEM THAT WE WANT TO, UH, PRIORITIZE WITHIN THE TWO YEAR ROADMAP POLICY, EXCUSE ME.
POLICIES AND INITIATIVES INCLUDE ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS COMMISSION MOVES FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE ITEM THAT WE, UH, THE COMMISSION VOTED ON WAS THE EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT.
UM, UNDER RESOURCES, UH, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE AN ITEM, BUT AS A REMINDER FROM YOUR FRAMEWORK, THE RESOURCES WERE SPECIFIC TOOLS, APPROACHES, ASSETS AND STRATEGIES TO FURTHER EQUITY IN HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN SUBGROUPS WERE, UH, FRAMED TO BE SMALLER CONVENINGS OF COMMISSIONERS WHO ADVANCED THE LONG TERM FUNCTIONALITY OF THE COMMISSION.
AND SO AT THE TIME WE WERE THINKING THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC SUBGROUPS, UH, LIKE AD HOC COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOU ALL WOULD, UM, ESTABLISH.
BUT LITTLE DID WE KNOW, WE WOULD TAKE EACH OF THE FOCUS AREAS OR PRIORITY AREAS ON THIS SCREEN AND CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WOULD SUPPORT EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
AND SO, UNDER HERE, THE INITIAL SUBGROUPS THAT YOU ALL CONSIDERED AND IDENTIFIED WERE, UM, IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY AND PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF BIPOC AND QUEER COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA SWITCH OVER TO THIS NEXT SCREEN, UM, WHICH IS A SLIDE.
THIS IS THE WORKFLOW I PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THIS WAS AT THE POINT IN WHICH WE WERE STARTING TO FORMALIZE OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND SO THAT WORKFLOW CONSISTS OF A PRIORITY AREA, ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS FROM YOUR ROADMAP, UM, WHICH THEN CONNECTS TO AN AD HOC OR A SPECIAL ADVISORY BODY TO WORK ON, UM,
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AN OUTCOME RELATED TO THAT PRIORITY AREA, AFTER WHICH WE THEN HAVE OUR OBJECTIVE, WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE COMMITTEE DOING? HOW DOES IT ALIGN WITH THAT PRIORITY AREA? UM, HOW LONG ARE THEY GONNA WORK ON THIS? AND THEN WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THEIR WORK? RIGHT? AND SO USING, UH, THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION PRIORITY AREA, WE, I'M SAYING WE, YOU ALL FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON REDUCING RECIDIVISM.AND THEN THE OBJECTIVES WE DID, UH, WORDSMITH OR TAYLOR BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, BECAUSE THE COMMISSION NEVER FORMALLY ADOPTED, UH, OBJECTIVES.
SO WHAT YOU SEE FOR THE AD HOC, UM, ON REDUCING RECIDIVISM IS TO CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT UPLIFT EMPLOYMENT AND GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME FOR THE REENTRY POPULATION.
ALL RIGHT? SO PROGRESS TO TO DATE.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS, UH, YOU SEE TWO, UH, TWO SIDES OF THE SCREEN.
UH, THE LEFT IS YOUR COMMISSION ACTIONS.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DATE.
UM, AND THIS INCLUDES, UH, THE ESTABLISHING OF AN AD AD HOC COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THAT COMMITTEE PUT FORTH OR ADOPTED.
UM, AND SO I INCLUDED THE ITEMS FROM THE MARCH 6TH, UH, MEMO THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED.
UM, AND THEN ON THE LE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU ALL ENGAGE IN VARIOUS TOPICS, WE AL ALWAYS DRAW BACK TO THOSE, UH, LARGER VISION AND STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INFORMING OUR WORK AS A CITY.
SO I WANTED TO JUST HELP CONNECT SOME DOTS FOR YOU ALL.
SO FOR RECONCILIATIONS CONNECTION, UH, CALLED OUT GOAL TWO, STRATEGIC, UH, GOAL TWO, STRATEGY THREE, WHICH IS INCREASED COORDINATED REENTRY NETWORKS TO SUPPORT FORMERLY JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS IN REDUCED RECIDIVISM.
AND THEN I ALSO CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY POTENTIAL ACTION D, WHICH IS INVESTING IN NEW OR EXISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY-BASED REENTRY SERVICES.
AND THIS INCLUDED HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, JOB TRAINING, SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT ON THE SCREEN, YOUR PROGRESS TO DATE WOULD BE THAT YOU ESTABLISHED, UH, YOUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, RELATED TO REDUCING RECIDIVISM.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY IN, UH, UNDERWAY IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME NEWER, UM, OBJECTIVES.
SO THIS SLIDE INCLUDES THE FIRST FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE INCLUDES THE LAST THREE FROM THAT, FROM THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL RIGHT? AND THEN THE NEXT, UH, PRIORITY AREA THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT WAS, UH, PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF BIPOC AND QUEER COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH.
SO I TOOK THEM IN ORDER OF THE AD HOC BEING ESTABLISHED, AS WELL AS IN ORDER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME FROM THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? AND SO THE, THIS CO COMMISSION WAS, THIS AD HOC WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, IN NOVEMBER, AND YOU ALL FOCUSED ON CREATING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT UPLIFT THE L-G-B-T-Q AND BIPOC VISIBILITY HERE IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THE OTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS SUCH AS GAPS AND SERVICES WITHIN THE L-G-B-T-Q AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THE FIRST UNDERTAKING OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, ACTIVITY WOULD BE THE ONE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THEN TWO OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED ON JANUARY 10TH, WHICH, UH, WERE RELATED TO, UH, GETTING, UM, AND RECRUITING, UM, REPRESENTATION FROM THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY TO THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
UM, THIS AD HOC IS OF COURSE, STILL ACTIVE AND STILL WORKING.
UM, ON OTHER, ON THE OTHER OBJECTIVES ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN.
AND THEN WHAT I WOULD JUST CALL OUT AS FAR AS LINKAGE TO RECONCILIATION WOULD BE FROM GOAL ONE.
UM, STRATEGY ONE WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND CURRENT, UH, THE HISTORY AND CURRENT, UH, ROLE OF RACISM IN LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS CENTERING THE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES, UM, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS MOST IMPACTED BY SYSTEMS, SYSTEMIC RACISM.
UM, SO OF COURSE THIS, THIS, UH, FOCUS AREA IS, UH, INTERSECTIONAL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND THAT'S BEEN THE APPROACH OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, SO YEAH, PROGRESS TO DATE.
ALRIGHT, LOOKING AHEAD TO CREATING AN EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT FOR COUNCIL ITEMS AND OUTSIDE FUNDING.
UH, THE, THAT WAS THE PRIORITY AREA AND THE ADVISORY BODY IS AN EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE DRAFTED, JUST BASED OFF OF OUR INTERPRETATION AND WORK WITH THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE, IS THAT THEY ARE CREATING A FRAMEWORK
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FOR EVALUATING THE EQUITY IMPACTS OF CITY ACTIONS, SUCH AS PROGRAMS, SERVICES, POLICY, AND BUDGETARY RECOMMENDATIONS.AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AHEAD, UH, THE ALIGNMENT WITH RECONCILIATION, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EXPLICIT WITH THIS ONE.
UM, IT'S CALLED OUT IN GOAL ONE, STRATEGY SIX, WHICH IS UTILIZING AN EQUITY LENS TO TRANSPARENTLY EVALUATE CITY POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND REGULATIONS.
AND THEN ALSO SPECI MORE SPECIFICALLY IN, UH, POTENTIAL ACTION B, INCLUDING AN AN EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON ALL CITY STAFF REPORTS THAT DESCRIBE THE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ON VARIOUS GROUPS.
THIS GOES SO FAR TO, UH, CALL OUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DISAGGREGATED DATA, AND, UM, THE BENEFITS AND BURDENS.
THESE ARE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE CITY'S EQUITY LENS FRAMEWORK.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, OUR PROGRESS TO DATE IS THAT WE HAVE FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT'S DOING SOME PRETTY GREAT WORK AND SHOULD HAVE SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COMMISSION VERY SOON.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, QUICKLY GIVE Y'ALL, UH, A SNAPSHOT OF THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN UP TO OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING HOW BUSY THIS COMMISSION IS IN BETWEEN THESE MEETINGS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I WANTED TO PRESENT JUST A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS JUST CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE, THE, OUR FIRST YEAR, UM, SINCE ADOPTING, UH, THIS ROADMAP.
UM, AND SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE THESE PRIORITY AREAS, BUT WHAT'S MISSING IS LIKE A PURPOSE OR A GOAL UNDER THOSE PRIORITY AREAS.
SO I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT THIS BODY ESTABLISHES PURPOSE STATEMENTS OR GOALS TO, UM, FOCUS EACH OF THE ROADMAPS PRIORITY AREAS.
AND THIS WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE AS A BAROMETER TO GUIDE OUR COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES AND TO HELP US MEASURE OUR PRACTICE MOVING FOR OUR PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD.
NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO SET CLEAR OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
SO WE'VE, UH, EACH AD HOC COMMITTEE SHOULD BE VERY OUTCOME SPECIFIC.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE TIME BOUND SUBGROUPS OF YOUR COMMISSION.
SO MAKING SURE THAT ONE, THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER FOR.
THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
ONCE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR THAT OUTCOME IS COMPLETED, WE HAVE TO, UM, DISBAND THAT AD HOC SO THAT WE CAN FORM THE NEXT ONE, AGAIN, KEEPING YOUR WORK MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR RECURRENCE OR ONGOING ACTIVITY, THAT WOULD BE THEN A SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE, UM, IZING AND NOTICING AND STAFF SUPPORT.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE THINK ABOUT JUST THE CONTINUITY OF ITEMS RELATED TO YOUR ROADMAP.
NEXT OBJECTIVE OR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ALIGN FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH YOUR ROADMAP, SUCH AS YOUR A REFERENCE NUMBER OR NAME.
SO I DID THAT WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION REPORT.
WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOAL ONE, STRATEGY THREE, POTENTIAL ACTION B.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THAT WHEN YOU ALL SUBMIT YOUR, YOUR MEMOS TO THE MARON CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ROADMAP THAT'S THOUGHTFUL.
ONCE WE HAVE FORMALIZED OUR PUBLIC, OUR PURPOSE STATEMENTS, UM, THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE THIS.
UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS I BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT WOULD BE A PRIORITY AREA OR A GOAL NUMBER, OR YOU, UM, JUST STAYING ON THEME WITH ROADMAP.
MAYBE WE NAME THEM MILESTONES TO HELP AGAIN, COMMUNICATE AND CONVEY THAT PROGRESS.
UM, NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSIDER CALENDARING OUT PRESENTATIONS FROM ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS, COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF ON SHARED THEMES.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING IN THOSE AD HOCS, UM, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THESE MONTHLY, UM, COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT WE COULD ALSO USE, UH, TO HELP HAVE SIMILAR, UH, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS THAT THE FULL COMMISSION GETS TO PARTICIPATE IN, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN THAT BURDEN OF REPORTING OUT IS NO LONGER ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, OR AD HOC COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE THAT WORKED REALLY WELL.
UM, ONE, UH, AGENDA THAT COMES TO MIND WAS, IS THE, THE NIGHT THAT WE HAD THE OFFICE OF AGING PRESENT.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE GRAY PANTHERS AND ANOTHER, A THIRD PRESENTATION THAT I'M BLANKING ON, BUT IT WAS ALL UNDER A THEME AND IT HELPED TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, SOME DIALOGUE AROUND A VERY SPECIFIC POPULATION THAT WE AND OUR WORK IS, UH, IMPORTANT TO LOOKING AHEAD.
ALSO JUST ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO WORK WITH OFFICE OF EQUITY, WORK WITH TONY, YOUR COMMISSION LIAISON TO INQUIRE ABOUT UPDATES ON RELEVANT CITY PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES.
I THINK THIS COMMISSION DOES A GREAT JOB OF DOING THE RESEARCH AND ALSO INQUIRING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN COMMUNITY, UM, THAT'S RELATED TO YOUR ROADMAP, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE PART ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING.
SO WHEN THAT VOICE OR THAT INFORMATION IS MISSING
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AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT BE COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT STAFF IS DOING, UM, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT FULLY DOING OUR HOMEWORK.SO I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE WORK WITH COMMISSION STAFF OR OFFICE OF EQUITY STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTLY SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, COME FROM THE COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THE LAST TWO ARE QUITE EASY, UM, SIMILAR TO THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE WANT TO DO A PULSE CHECK ON OUR ROADMAP, BUT A RECOMMENDATION TO SCHEDULE PERIODIC PRE PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE UPDATES, UH, RELATED TO YOUR ROADMAP.
SO THIS, UH, WOULD BE LIKE A QUARTERLY UPDATE THAT I'M GIVING YOU ALL, UH, UH, REFLECTING ON THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UH, OF THE YEAR THUS FAR.
AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER, UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FOURTH AREA ON OUR ROADMAP THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO YET.
UM, THAT BEING, UM, IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED MORE LANGUAGE AROUND WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS INTENDED TO SHAPE UP AS.
BUT UM, YEAH, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE SO FAR WITH YOUR ROADMAP, CONSIDERING IT WAS ADOPTED IN JULY AND YOU ALL STARTED ASSEMBLING SMALLER GROUPS TO, TO MOVE WORK FORWARD, UM, IN NOVEMBER.
I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OUR FIRST YEAR, UM, UPDATE LOOKS LIKE.
AND WITH THAT, I, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN DISCUSSION.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW OR DIAL STAR NINE OF CALLING IN.
SEEING NONE IN THE ZOOM, WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON.
KAREN RAYSIDE, PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS.
AND ALANA, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE DONE THE BEST JOB OF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONS, AT LEAST THE ONES I'VE ATTENDED.
AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT WORK AND I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT HOURS ON THIS AND I POP IN AND OUT JUST TO KIND OF CHECK IN.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE IS WHEN, UM, THE CITY PUT TOGETHER THE EQUITY ROADMAP, UH, I LOBBIED TO TRY AND GET AGEISM AND AGE INCLUDED, AND I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF SEEN TONIGHT WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN STARTED ON HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO IDENTIFY THINGS BY AGE, BECAUSE OLDER ADULTS ARE IMPACTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WHAT TENDS TO GET DONE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE DOCUMENTS.
SO OLDER ADULTS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT AND UH, I WANNA CONTINUE TO PUSH TO GET THEM INCLUDED.
AND AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WE ARE WORKING ON THE AREA PLAN FOR AGING.
UM, AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO GET SOME OF THESE ACTIONS THAT YOU WANT IT INCLUDED IN THE AREA PLAN FOR AGING.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THERE ARE EIGHT AREAS AND UH, WE'LL BE, THE COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING EACH OF THE EIGHT AREAS OF THE, OVER THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, UH, AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL ALIGN WITH YOUR WORK.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO I'M GONNA BRING THIS BACK, UH, FOR DISCUSSION, UH, REACTIONS, QUESTIONS, UH, IDEAS, UH, BASED OFF OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, I SEE COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ AND THEN, UH, COLE, YOU'RE UP NEXT.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALANA, UM, ECHOING, UM, MS. REITS, UH, PRAISE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UH, WE ARE SO, UM, JUST PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU, UH, REALLY APPRECIATING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARTICULAR I'M THINKING ABOUT IS THIS LAST ONE.
AND WE MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH 'CAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, AD HOC EARLIER TODAY.
UM, THE IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY.
UM, THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAD CHAMPIONED WHEN WE CREATED THE ROADMAP.
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AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I REMEMBER, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, FROM CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TAYLOR ANDERSON HAD WAS THAT IT'S VERY BROAD.AND SO THAT'S A, AN ITEM WHERE I THINK INITIALLY WE HAD WANTED THAT ONE TO BE A SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN WE LEARNED JUST HOW STAFF INTENSIVE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE.
AND SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING AS A COMMISSION TO, UM, START TO MAYBE BRAINSTORM LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY THAT WE WANNA PRIORITIZE? AND I AM HAVING A COUPLE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS HERE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MAYBE BRAINSTORM AS A FULL COMMISSION OR IF IT'S ANOTHER IDEA, IS THAT WE CREATE AN AD HOC AROUND THAT, WHICH I KNOW WE COULD ACTUALLY DO IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WE CAN CREATE AN AD HOC AROUND, UM, THIS TOPIC WITH THE PURPOSE OF DOING THAT BRAINSTORM AND THEN COMING BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION TO PRESENT THOSE IDEAS TO LAND ON ONE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE AD HOC HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
UM, WE CAN'T JUST CREATE THE AD HOC TO FOCUS ON INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY, UM, IN AND OF ITSELF, RIGHT? SO JUST A COUPLE IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY INTERESTED IN AND IF WE CREATE THAT AD HOC, UM, WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT.
SO MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE NEXT, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT HERE SINCE IT'S PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I HAD IS I, I ALSO HEAR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THE OLDER ADULTS, UM, FOCUS OR LACK THEREOF IN, IN OUR COMMISSION.
AND IT'S SOMETHING I, I STRUGGLE WITH A BIT, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH LIKE, ON HOW TO ADDRESS OR HOW TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A COMMISSION ON AGING OR A, A, LIKE A SENIOR CITIZENS COMMISSION, I, I FORGET THE THE EXACT NAME, UM, BUT NONETHELESS A COMMISSION THAT IS DEDICATED TO, UM, FOCUSING ON OLDER ADULT ISSUES.
AND SO MAYBE IT'S THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AS A COMMISSION, UM, GET MAYBE MORE INFORMATION ON FROM THAT COMMISSION AND HEAR WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHERE WE INVITED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO COME AND SHARE WITH US, UM, WHAT THEY WERE UP TO AND WAYS THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE.
I THINK WE DID THAT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION AND THEN WE ENDED UP WITH THE WHOLE HUGE ANTI SURVEILLANCE INITIATIVE OUT OF IT.
SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME WAYS.
SO JUST, I'M JUST KINDA SHARING, THINKING OUT LOUD, SHARING WITH THE COMMISSION, MY THOUGHTS ON, UM, AND REACTIONS TO THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION LIST.
'CAUSE THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO AND HOW YOU DIRECT US IS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE.
SO WHETHER IT'S A OUTSIDE CALL OR JUST EACH MONTH WE HAVE THIS MEETING, IT IS TOTALLY INSPIRING.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE DURING THE FORMULATION OF THE ROADMAP, SO ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT I'M WORKING ON FOR THE EQUITY STATEMENT, I REALIZED THAT I NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK AND APPLY THAT BACK TO THE FRAME OF THE ROADMAP.
UM, BUT YOU MENTIONED IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF HAS TO DO AN ANNUAL REPORT AND THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL DEADLINE.
IS THAT THE END OF JUNE? DOES THAT MEAN? YES.
SO THE DEADLINE IS NEW, UM, AND IS IN THE EMAIL YOU GOT FROM TONY THAT EARLIER TODAY.
AND SINCE THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, WE HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER WRITTEN A REPORT.
SO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME.
UH, THANKFULLY WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK NOW WHICH HELPS TO INFORM AND GUIDE, UH, THE REPORTING AND THE WRITING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO TOGETHER.
THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS THERE'S SOME SORT OF TEMPLATE, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE CAN FOLLOW.
AND THEN, UM, FOLLOWING UP ON THE STATEMENTS ALREADY MADE DIFFERENT BUT RELATED TOPIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE DEFINITELY IS AN OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IS IT TECHNICALLY CALLED COMMISSION ON AGING? UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED, BUT THERE DEFINITELY IS AN OVERLAP IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROCEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS THE LOGICAL THING TO DO.
SO WHAT I'LL SAY AND JUST OFFER THIS TO YOU ALL, IS IF THERE'S A PRESENTATION YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING AGENDAS FOR THIS, THE LARGER BODY, RATHER THAN FOR YOUR AD HOCS, LET US KNOW.
TONY AND I ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COORDINATE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THAT STAFF IS, THE OR THAT ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNER TO FIND THE BEST, UM, YOU KNOW, DATE TO GET THEM ON THE CALENDAR.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I JUST ASK THAT YOU GIVE US SOME GRACE, KNOWING THAT YOU MAY PUT IN A REQUEST FOR A PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SECURE,
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SECURE IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL GLADLY, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT ON THE AGENDA.SO IF IT IS A PRESENTATION FROM OUR LOCAL, UM, COMMISSION, I, I'M BLANKING ON THE NAME AS WELL, I THINK IT IS THE SENIOR, UM, SENIOR ADVISORY.
THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR AS WELL AS THEIR COMMISSION LIAISON TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF IT'S A COM UH, PRESENTATION FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL HERE, WE, I'M SURE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, RESIDE WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY MAKE HERSELF AVAILABLE TO ASSIST US IN THAT CAPACITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, LET US KNOW, UH, ANYTIME YOU HAVE TONY AND I VIA TEXT, VIA EMAIL, SEND US WHATEVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, PROSPECTIVE AGENDA ITEMS ARE, AND WE WILL GLADLY COORDINATE TO, UM, GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU.
AND, UH, PROCESS WISE, UH, PLEASE DO INCLUDE THE CHAIR, UM, IN THOSE REQUESTS BECAUSE THE CHAIR SETS THE AGENDA FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, BUT YES, JUST MAKE SURE, ADD BOTH OR ALL THREE TOGETHER
UH, SO I HAD A SIMILAR, UM, SPECIFIC, UH, OFFERING, UH, IN TERMS OF IF THERE ARE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU HEAR IN PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S AN ASK OF US TO CONSIDER.
UH, YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER AND, UM, THE AGENCY TO REQUEST AN AGENDA ITEM, AND THEN IT'S, UH, BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND THE SUPPORT FROM STAFF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, I ALSO, UM, AM IN SUPPORT TO HAVING A CONVERSATION IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, INCLUDE THE INSTITUT INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS CONVERSATION.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, ALANA HAD MENTIONED WAS, UH, SOME OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS REQUIRE OBJECTIVES.
UM, SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR, UM, AD HOCS, UM, PLEASE ADD THAT TO OUR HOMEWORK, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TIME BOUND OR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO THAT WE CAN MEET AND THEN WE CAN POSSIBLY REPORT OUT AT NEXT MONTH, UH, OR THE MONTH FOLLOWING.
UM, SO NO TIME DUE DATE, BUT JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU INCLUDE THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER MAYBE THINGS THAT CAME UP, OTHER IDEAS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, UM, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? I OPENED THE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE ROCKING AND ROLLING Y'ALL.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, MAYBE HAVE IT READ.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I'M SEEING MOVED BY SCHULTZ AND SECONDED BY MONTGOMERY.
ALRIGHT, UH, BEFORE WE ENTER IN, UH, THE CONVERSATION, UM, WE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO START WITH THE AD HOCS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, PRESERVATION OF L-G-B-T-Q AND BIPOC, UH, COMMISSION, UM, EXCUSE ME, AD HOC, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE EQUITY IMPACT, UH, REPORT.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL ITEMS TO, TO DISCUSS TODAY IN TERMS OF CREATING NEW AD HOCS.
UH, BEFORE I, UM, DROP THE SEEDS IN THOSE AD HOC CREATIONS, I DO WANT TO JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT, UH, IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR US AS COMMISSIONS TO ONLY SERVE ON ONE AD HOC.
UH, IT IS, UH, ALLOWABLE FOR US TO SERVE AT TWO.
UH, AND THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OF US HERE TODAY.
UM, SO SERVING ON AD HOCS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY, UM, TO SERVE ON TWO, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
UM, THAT'S JUST BASED OFF YOUR OWN BANDWIDTH.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO CIRCLE BACK WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY TO SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO JOIN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WANTED TO PLANT THE SEED.
UH, I KNOW COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, EQUITY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION BUDGET, UH, THAT WE NEED
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TO FINALIZE.SO WE HAVE THE MONEY SITTING THERE, UH, AND WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC IDEAS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PLANT THE SEED FOR, UH, AN AD HOC TO DEVELOP OUT THE PLAN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE THE PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO.
I HAD ANOTHER ONE, WHICH IS JUST LIKE THE PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'LL CREATE THOSE, UM, AS THE AD HOCS, UM, GET IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, I'M GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SO WE'LL, UM, START THE DISCUSSION, UH, WITH REPORT OUT FROM OUR TWO CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, LET'S START WITH THE EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENTS.
UM, CHAIR, UH, WELL WE'VE ALREADY SORT OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THE EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT AND DEVELOPING THAT, AND THAT WILL RESULT IN THE EQUITY LENS THAT WE USE, UH, ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
THE SECOND PHASE WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY EQUITY HAS THIS FANTASTIC GRADUATE STUDENT WHO PUT TOGETHER THIS LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW OF THE BACKGROUND, WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE SO FAR IN THIS REGARD, UM, AS WELL AS THE TOOLKIT THAT THE CITY PREVIOUSLY CREATED, WHICH WAS PRIOR TO COVID.
UH, BUT STILL VERY VALUABLE, BUT I FEEL KIND OF AT NOT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG, BUT YOU KNOW, SO MUCH WAS GOING ON.
AND, UM, THEN ALSO SHE PULLED TOGETHER SOME CASE STUDIES.
SO NOW I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S, UM, LIKE THE INITIAL PHASE, IF YOU WILL, UH, OF JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I, I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN THAT.
UM, IT'S A, IT WAS, IT'S A BIGGER PROJECT THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
WHERE WAS IT? 90% IS UNDERNEATH.
UM, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND I DEFINITELY WANNA TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ESCALATE PROGRESS, WHETHER IT'S WEEKLY MEETINGS AND REALLY DEFINE AND REFER BACK TO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE GATHERING SOME STEAM AND I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP GOING WITH THAT.
SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE NEXT TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE L-G-B-T-Q AND, UH, BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND COMMISSIONER BATS.
SO WE, UM, PUSHED OVER OUR MEETING AND WE WILL BE, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING, UM, SCHEDULED WHERE WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR FOCUS ON THE L-G-B-T-Q AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATES.
UH, SO NOW IF THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOTION FOR THE CREATION OF AN AD HOC, UH, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT NOW, BUT I HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION FOR MADAM CLERK.
UH, SHOULD, IS IT PER AD HOC OR THE JOINT, THE CREATION OF X NUMBER OF AD HOCS? IS THAT THE MOTION? SO IT COULD BE ALL IN ONE MOTION IF THE, UH, ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL MAKER AND THE SECONDER AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT TO CREATE.
SO A PARTICULAR NUMBER OF AD HOC COMMITTEES, OR IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO, UH, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A, A MOTION AND THEN SEPARATE 'EM BY EACH SECTION.
UM, BUT ON THIS CAN BE ALL IN ONE MOTION.
SO I WILL OPEN IT UP IF THERE ARE ANY INTEREST OF CREATING AD HOS AT THIS TIME.
UM, I APOLOGIZE IF FOLKS ARE QUEUING UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY INTEREST? I THINK COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ QUEUED UP FOR ITEM FOUR.
I'M ON ITEM FOUR, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SPEAKER SHOWING UP ON MY END, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
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THANK YOU.SO JUST FOLLOWING UP ON, ON THE COMMENTS I MADE AT THE LAST ITEM.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO MAKE A, UH, CREATE AN AD HOC AROUND IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY, SPECIFICALLY TO BRAINSTORM THAT LIST OF BARRIERS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LIKE, JUST SO BRAINSTORM THE LIST OF BARRIERS THAT WE COULD, UM, POTENTIALLY, UM, EXPLORE WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION TO SELECT ONE.
AND THEN WE WOULD ABSOLVE THAT AD HOC AND CREATE, OR IF IT'S LIKE AN EXTENSION OF THAT AD, AD HOC, CREATE THAT AD HOC AROUND THAT ONE SPECIFIC TOPIC.
AND I KNOW THAT MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE AD HOC, UM, PARAMETERS.
IS THERE A SECOND? UN SPECIFICALLY THAT AREA OF WORK, WE DO NEED A SECOND IN ORDER TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD.
SO, UH, I SEE MONTGOMERY FIRST.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT BE INCLUDED.
UM, IN THIS CASE, SINCE THE ACTION TO CREATE AND DISSOLVE AD HOC COMMITTEES IS IN THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION, UM, COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ CAN POSE THIS AS AN A FRIENDLY TO THE ORIGINAL MAKER AND SECONDER.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ AND COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, WHICH
COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ MM-HMM.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY FROM COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ ACCEPTS THE FRIENDLY, ACCEPTS THE FRIENDLY, AND THEN COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
OKAY, SO WE GOT ONE ADDITIONAL AD HOC CREATED.
UM, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT SEEING THE LIST OF NAMES WE WANNA SPEAK.
SO IF YOU DO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND POINT OF INFORMATION, DO WE NEED TO ADD MEMBERS TO THAT AD HOC? UH, RIGHT NOW? YES.
UM, SO THEN THAT WAY IT'S ON THE RECORD OF WHO WOULD BE, UM, GOING TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND THEN ALSO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET UNTIL WE'VE ESTABLISHED, UNLESS YOU IN YOUR MOTION DIRECT, LET'S SAY THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR TO APPOINT THOSE POSITIONS.
BUT THEY CAN BE SELF-APPOINTED, RIGHT? YES, OF COURSE.
SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ON WHO WOULD WANT TO, UM, WHO WOULD WANT TO JOIN THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN ALSO, SINCE THIS IS A STANDING ITEM, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH, IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTED TO JOIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T STILL REACHED YOUR CAPACITY, THEN YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE CAN JOIN AT THAT POINT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE NEED AT LEAST HOW MANY TO START.
IT'S TWO AS LONG AS IT'S LESS THAN QUORUM, SO.
UM, SO BEFORE WE FILL THE ACTUAL AD HOC, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK ON THAT, UM, IN THE SAME DISCUSSION, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO CREATE, UH, ANOTHER AD HOC AND THEN ALSO REVISIT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN CREATING THAT AD HOC AS WELL.
AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THEM ARE CREATED, THEN WE CAN SEE WHO WANTS TO JOIN WHAT, UM, SO TO THE FRIENDLY THAT WAS MADE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO CREATE AN AD HOC, UM, TO DEVELOP OUT A PROPOSAL FOR THE COMMISSION IN REGARDS TO THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR FIRST AND SECOND, UM, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN? SO THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER AD HOC THAT WAS CREATED.
SO WE'RE GOOD MONEY IN THAT AREA.
WAS THAT A QUESTION? QUESTION? YEAH, YOU CAN, SO I, I RECALL WE DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE LIKE UPSTAIRS IN THE OTHER ROOM.
AND THERE WAS REALLY A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY ACTUALLY INPUTTED, WE HAD ALL THESE IDEAS AND IT WAS AROUND, UM, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH LIKE A MARKETING MESSAGE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE COULD COME TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH US AND WE COULD COLLABORATE MORE.
THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUDGET WISE, IT'S NOT STAFF, IT'S NOT, SO THERE'S FOUR SPECIFIC PILLARS, ONE ABOUT EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I'M BLANKING ON THE OTHER TWO, SO I APOLOGIZE ON THAT.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS A HOC WOULD BE, UM, TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY HOW MUCH EVERYTHING COSTS,
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THE NUMBERS OF E EVERYTHING, UH, THE NUMBERS OF TRAINING.SO IF WE WANT TO, UH, SPONSOR A TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY ON X, UM, ITEM, WE COULD DO THAT.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH FIRST AND TYPICALLY, UH, IT FALLS, UM, ON SOMEONE TO DO IT.
AND TYPICALLY IT'S A STAFF, UH, BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, WE TOOK ON.
SO WE WANNA TAKE OWNERSHIP AND, UM, SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF IT.
UH, SO WE ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL AD HOC.
AND SO, UH, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE CLOSED OUT THE, UH, RECIDIVISM AD HOC IN, IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYMENT.
UH, THERE WAS AN ASK TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, AS WELL AS HOUSING.
UH, IT'S NOT TOGETHER, SO IT'S MENTAL HEALTH OR HOUSING.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYBODY, UH, IS INTERESTED IN PICKING UP THE BATON IN THE AREA OF WORK, OR WE CAN ALSO PAUSE ON IT AND THEN REVISIT IT AT A LATER TIME, DEPENDING ON CAPACITY.
SINCE I WAS, I WAS QUEUED UP, I, I'LL JUST CONTINUE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
UM, I'VE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT ONE THING THAT TROUBLES ME AND, AND WHERE THERE'S INEQUITY IN OUR CITY IS, IS HOMELESSNESS.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WE COULD LEND OUR POWERFUL VOICE TO SUPPORT.
I KNOW THERE'S A HOMELESS, UH, UH, AGENCIES IN OUR CITY, AND, UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMISSION LEND OUR, OUR SUPPORT TO THE EFFORTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UH, PROJECT ROOM KEY TYPE, UH, UH, ITEMS. AND JUST, SO HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR THE ROADMAP.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING, COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ, YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AD HOC WITH THE FOCUS ON, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING? YES.
UM, SO YOU'RE THE MOTION
SO I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MYSELF.
AND THEN YOU WOULD GET THE SECOND I HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD ACCEPT MY FRIENDLY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER BATS.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE ROADMAP, HOMELESSNESS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE LISTED, BUT WE FIND, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I THINK WE SAID THAT THE CITY HAD ENOUGH RESOURCES AND WE WERE GONNA FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. MM-HMM.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THE OTHER ITEMS NOW NOT GONNA BE THE FOCUS BE, OR DID SOMETHING CHANGE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE AND WE INTENTIONALLY DID NOT PUT OUR FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS? YES.
I WILL SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP TO STAFF.
UH, AT THE TIME WE WERE THERE, WE WERE UNDER, UM, A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON, ON, UH, HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THERE WERE RESOURCES AND SPECIFIC, UM, GROUPS TIED TO FOCUS ON, ON HOMELESSNESS.
UM, JUST RECENTLY, AS OF FEBRUARY, THE, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS WAS, UM, ENDED, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WORK HAS STOPPED
UH, AND THERE ARE FOLKS, UM, STILL IN THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, WORKING ON THOSE ELEMENTS.
UH, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE, UM, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, PIVOTING IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
UM, SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR AD HOC, UH, IT'S MY INTERPRETATION THAT WE SHOULD, UM, FO DEVELOP OUT AN OBJECTIVE THAT IS FOCUSED BOTH ON THE REENTRY POPULATION, UH, TO CHECK OFF, UH, THE RECIDIVISM, UH, ELEMENT OF THE WORK WITH A FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS AS A GENERAL IMPACT ON THE WHOLE CITY.
BUT, UH, ONCE THE AD HOC IS CREATED, IT IS ON THE AD HOC TO DEVELOP OUT THEIR OBJECTIVE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ELEMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE, WHICH I HAVE MY OWN IGNORANCES
SO I'M GONNA BRING IN THE EXPERTS, UH, AND STAFF.
UM, SO YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT THE EMERGENCY AND THE COMMISSION'S STANCE ON THE EMERGENCY AND HOW THAT CAME TO AN END.
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UM, I I WANNA SAY THE CONVERSATION, AND AT LEAST THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, THERE WAS A LIST OF OVER 30 IDENT, UM, TOPICS THAT WERE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION.AND HOWEVER, AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT TIME AND CAPACITY, THAT ENDED UP BEING THE FOUR ITEMS ON THE ROADMAP THAT I HAD DURING MY PRESENTATION.
AND THAT WAS A FORCED VOTE ACTIVITY THAT YOU ALL HAD, I WANNA SAY MAYBE SIX COLORED DOTS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO USE ON THAT BOARD.
AND SO WITH THOSE DOTS, YOU GOT TO CHOOSE WHICH TOPIC, WHICH POLICY OR, YOU KNOW, TOOL YOU WANTED TO CREATE, UH, AS WELL AS SUBGROUPS.
YOU GOT TO USE YOURS VOTES, HOWEVER YOU WISHED TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE FOUR ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE ON THE ROADMAP.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UH, TO MAKE IT INTERSECTIONAL TO ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS WHICH HOMELESSNESS IS, UH, THAT'S, UH, UPLIFTED IN GOAL FOUR OF THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE.
SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'VE PERHAPS WRAPPED UP OUR PRIORITIES OR, OR OUR OBJECTIVES WITH THE, UH, REENTRY POPULATION, WE COULD, YOU COULD SHIFT OVER TO HOMELESSNESS, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE COMMISSION CAPACITY AS YOU CONSIDER ESTABLISHING ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO BASED OFF THE, THE CURRENT FRIEND LEAVE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF FIVE AD HOCS, UH, WITH ONLY EIGHT OF US HERE TODAY.
UM, AND SO, UH, FOR, FOR THE SPECIFIC AD HOCS THAT ARE CREATED, I AM GOING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO HOP OFF OF ONE, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO, UH, SO THAT THERE'S EQUAL REPRESENTATION, UM, WITHIN THE AD HOCS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
AND, UH, IF THERE ISN'T ENOUGH, UM, SUPPORT TO AT LEAST GET AN ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMISSIONER ON, UH, THE AD HOCS THAT I PRESENTED TODAY WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK WHEN, OR EXCUSE ME, NEXT MONTH, UH, WHEN MORE FOLKS ARE HERE TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO JOIN, UH, THE EFFORT.
UM, COULD YOU LIST THE, THE AD HOCS AGAIN? YES.
UH, BUT BEFORE I LIST THEM, UH, IS THAT A, IS THAT A PLAN THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE TO? YEAH.
UH, SO THE AD HOCS THAT WE'RE, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE ARE, UM, TO, TO BUILD OUT A FINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET, UH, AN AD HOC FOR INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS, UH, AN AD HOC FOR, UM, I HAVE IT UNDER REENTRY WITH A FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS, BUT WHAT I HEARD FROM STAFF, IT SHOULD BE AN AD HOC ON RACIAL RECONCILIATION ON HOMELESSNESS, POSSIBLY.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE AD HOC FOR PRESERVING L-G-B-T-Q AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES CHAIR.
IF I MAY JUMP IN HERE, I HAD HEARD YOU SAY REENTRY AND MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, I DIDN'T HEAR THE REENTRY AND HOMELESSNESS.
COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ IS, IS SPECIFIC TO THE HOMELESSNESS.
SO IT WAS REENTRY AND HOMELESSNESS.
I DID NOT HEAR, SO I APOLO I, BECAUSE THERE'S THE ITEM OF REENTRY, IT'S THREE SPECIFIC STEPS.
THE FIRST STEP WAS, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GOTCHA.
THE SECOND STEP, UM, WAS TO BE CHOSEN, WHICH IS EITHER, UM, MENTAL HEALTH OR HOUSING.
UH, SO I PROPOSED THAT TO THIS TEAM AND THAT'S WHEN COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ SAID, I AM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND I TRIED TO, UM, CONNECT THE DOTS TO SAY, LET'S INCLUDE AN AREA OF REENTRY IN THAT SO THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THAT WORK.
UM, WELL, I'LL SAY MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THAT'S TO THE COMMISSION'S DISCRETION, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, REENTRY IN HOMELESSNESS OR, UH, RACIAL EQUITY IN HOMELESSNESS.
UM, I I MISSED THE LINKAGE THERE THAT YOU ALL HAD, UM, DURING THAT SIDEBAR, SO I APOLOGIZE.
AND IT'S, IN MY OPINION, IT'S JUST WORDSMITHING, UH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, HOMELESSNESS, YOU ULTIMATELY BE INCLUDING REENTRY SERVICES, UH, AS WELL.
UM, AND OTHER IDENTITY GROUPS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY VAST.
BY REENTRY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF JAIL, WAS THAT YES.
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I, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST ITS OWN CLASS.UM, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE COLOR OR GENDER OR THEY HAVE STATS, BUT IT'S KIND OF A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD OUT ON THE SIDEWALK OR OUT IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO IF YOU LIMITED IT TO JUST THOSE COMING IN FROM REENTRY, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE, UH, WHAT I'VE ASKED, UH, HOMELESSNESS IS, IS COULD BE BECAUSE YOU, YOU LOST YOUR JOB.
YOU, YOU GOT, YOU GOT KICKED OUT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE COMING FROM, UM, UH, RE REENTRY.
UM, I'M SURE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WITH REENTRY HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE STATS ON THAT.
I'M NOT ENCOURAGING ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT HOMELESSNESS IS, IS IS HOMELESSNESS.
IF THAT, IF THAT IS TOO MUCH AND THAT ADDS TOO MUCH TO THE, UH, TO THE FOUR ALREADY, UM, UM, I, I, I COULD RE UH, I WILL MAKE A CORRECTION FOR MYSELF.
IT WASN'T LIKE EITHER OR ON A FOCUS SURE.
OF REENTRY, BUT TO INCLUDE THEM IN TO ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE THAT'S IN THE OVERALL OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN NOW I SEE COMMISSIONER GILLETTE.
SO DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE? OH, WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE WHAT OUR INTERESTS ARE? YES.
GUT BEEN
ARE YOU SEEING THAT? VICE CHAIR? UM, OKAY.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, UH, THE REENTRY, YOU WERE CORRECT IN, IN, UM, THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION AROUND THE THREE PARTS OF REENTRY THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR CREATING THAT, UM, AD HOC, UM, PER SE BECAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.
I, I WANNA SERVE ON A DIFFERENT AD HOC, HOWEVER, I DO WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, FOR COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ AND ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE AD HOC, UM, AROUND REENTRY IN PARTICULAR.
UM, THE, SOME OF THE STATS, UM, AROUND, UM, HOMELESS, THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING AND REENTRY IS BECAUSE, UM, THE STAT IS, UH, AROUND, UM, 10% OF THOSE COMING IN AND OUT OF PRISON ARE HOMELESS IN THE MONTHS BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR INCARCERATION.
AND THEN THAT NUMBER'S ABOUT 20%, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, FOLKS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN AND INCARCERATION.
SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU, IF FOLKS ARE NOT WANTING TO NARROW IN ON THE REENTRY POPULATION AND WANTING TO FOCUS ON, UM, UM, HOMELESSNESS IN, IN GENERAL, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING IN GENERAL, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, TACKLE THE REENTRY FOLKS AS WELL THAT ARE, ARE, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO LIKE THE BROADER, UM, UH, FOCUS DOES MAKE SENSE AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT TO THE REENTRY CONVERSATION, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE THE FIVE IDENTIFIED, UM, AND YES.
UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON OUR END, WE HAVE FOUR.
YOU ARE, I HEAR YOU MENTIONING THE L-G-B-T-Q BIPOC, BUT THAT'S ALREADY AN ACTIVE COMMISSION, CORRECT? SO YOU'RE VOTING TO ESTABLISH NO, NO, NO, I APOLOGIZE.
JUST ADDED IT AS THOSE ARE THE FIVE, UH, THAT ARE, EXCUSE ME.
WE'RE CREATING, THERE'S TWO ALREADY IN, IN THAT ARE CREATED.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED THERE ARE TWO ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
UM, AND SO WHAT I SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION IS, UH, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO IDENTIFY WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO BE ON.
SO, UM, LISTING OUT ALL THE FIVE THAT AFTER THE VOTE WILL BE IN EXISTENCE, UM, SO THAT IN CASE THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE OTHER ONES WANTED TO HOP OFF, THEY COULD HOP OFF TODAY, UM,
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TO JOIN A DIFFERENT ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE INTO IDENTIFYING COMMISSIONERS AND THEN THE VOTE, UH, MADAM CLERK.
UM, SO LET'S START WITH, UH, THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS.
UH, WE NEED AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL.
SO THEN WE HAVE THREE, UH, SO IT IS COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE, AND COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING GRACE AS THIS IS MY FIRST TIME CHAIRING THE COMMISSION.
UH, THE NEXT COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.
UM, AND SO THAT IS ONE THAT I, UM, WILL BE ADDING A SECOND COMMITTEE OR AD HOC TO MY PLATE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE DONE FAST,
UM, AND I WILL, UM, VOLUNTEER OUR CHAIR TO BE ON THERE AS WELL.
UH, EVEN THOUGH
WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE HIM JOIN AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO IS THERE AT LEAST ANOTHER PERSON HERE TODAY WHO'S INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT AREA OF WORK? COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
UM, SO THAT WILL TAP BOTH ME AND COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY IN TERMS OF OUR AD HOC SERVICES,
AND THEN OUR LAST ONE, WHICH IS AD HOC ON HOMELESSNESS, UH, TO INCLUDE X, Y, Z UH, ITEMS. UM, ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT ONE WITH, WITH COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ.
UH, SO THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THAT TAPS OUT DR.
BATS IN TERMS OF AD HOC, UM, SERVICE AS WELL.
I DIDN'T HEAR, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION THE CREATION OF THE OTHER AD HOC, SO WAIT, I MIGHT WANNA HOLD OFF THE ONE THAT ALYSSA WAS WORKING ON WITH THE REC RECIDIVISM, BUT WE HAVEN'T CREATED THAT ONE YET.
SO I, THERE'S NOT A PLAN TO CREATE THAT AD HOC RIGHT NOW, I THINK, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL MAXED OUT NOW AT AD HOCS.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT WE CAN, UM, WITH THIS HOUSING HOMELESSNESS AD HOC, UM, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION YOU TAKE AND, AND THE RESEARCH YOU COME UP WITH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE, LIKE, NEEDS OF THE RECIDIVISM HOUSING CONVERSATION WITHIN THIS AD HOC.
UM, I THINK THAT'S TO BE SEEN, BUT I, I THINK THAT IT COULD BE DONE.
UM, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE AD HOC TO FIGURE OUT.
THEN I'LL STAY ON THE HOMELESSNESS
SO, UM, WE HAVE TO READ BACK THE MOTION, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY.
UM, MADAM CLERK OR STAFF, UH, ARE Y'ALL PREPARED TO DO THAT OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF GOT IT
UH, SO THE FRIENDLY, UH, TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, UM, IS, UH, INSTEAD OF, SO THE FRIENDLY IS TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE, CURRENT AD HOC DISCUSSIONS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTIONS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO THE FRIENDLY IS, UM, TO CREATE, UH, THREE AD HOCS, UM, TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THE AD HOC FOR A PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF THE COMMISSION BUDGET OR THE COMMISSION BUDGET AD HOC COMMITTEE.
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BEING THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS AD HOC.AND THEN THE THIRD AD HOC AD HOC BEING HOMELESSNESS, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, APPOINTMENTS, UH, TO INCLUDE, UM, FOR THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMISSION BUDGET TO INCLUDE COMMISSIONER COVINGTON AND COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS.
IT'S COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE AND COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
AND THE AD HOC ON HOMELESSNESS, UM, IS COMMISSIONER BATS.
I BELIEVE THAT COVERS THE MOTION ENTIRELY.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, LET'S VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS Y'ALL.
UM, SO YES, APPLAUSE ARE DEFINITELY IN FAVOR.
UH, AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I JUST ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH ALANA AND TONY, UM, WHO STAFF THESE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES WHEN AVAILABLE.
UM, SO AS YOU ARE, UM, CON COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER, UH, PLEASE DO EXCHANGE CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, AND INFORM, UH, TONY OF THE SPECIFIC DATES THAT YOU CHOOSE.
UH, TONY WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE A, A THROUGH LINE BETWEEN ALL OF THE AD HOC WORK, UH, AND WHAT'S COMING TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
UM, SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO REMEMBER THAT.
AND IN ADDITIONALLY, UH, HOMEWORK TO BE DETERMINED EITHER NEXT MONTH OF THE FOLLOWING.
ONE IS YOUR AD HOCS NEED TO INCLUDE AN OBJECTIVE AND PURPOSE, UM, SO THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON A SPECIFIC GOAL TO BRING TO US BY SPECIFIC TIME, UH, PERIOD.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT, WITH THAT HELPFUL REMINDER, WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UM, TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
UM, YEAH, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF YOU TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH THE AD HOCS.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, COLE AND GILLETTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, SO WE WILL GO TO THE PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST, JUST A FEW UPDATES.
SO THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS EMBARKED ON A, ON A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT IS ENCOURAGING PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UM, THEY HAVE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS COMING UP.
ONE IS APRIL 9TH AND THE OTHER IS MAY 2ND, BOTH AT 5:00 PM VIA ZOOM.
AND THEY ARE GONNA BE LED BY A CONSULTANT.
UM, THEY'RE HOPING TO MAKE THE MAY 2ND MEETING, UH, CITY AND LONG BEACH COMMISSIONER CENTRIC.
HOWEVER, BOTH MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND.
SO I'LL BE SENDING YOU DETAILS ON THAT MEETING.
UM, UH, NEXT IS I'VE BEEN SENDING YOU SOME EMAILS, UH, TODAY AND THIS WEEK.
UM, FIRST I'LL TALK ABOUT THE MEMO TO COMMISSIONERS, UM, REGARDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLOCKING AND, UH, THE, UH, BLOCKING THE PUBLIC AND DELETING POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO AGAIN, THAT ONE OUT TODAY, IT'S A WHOLE MEMO.
UM, PLEASE READ IT AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, UH, CONCERNING THAT MEMO.
UM, UH, I ALSO SENT ANOTHER EMAIL WITH UPDATES TO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.18.
UM, AND BEFORE I GO INTO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS, UH, TO WHAT THOSE THE UPDATES ARE, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR COMPLETING YOUR FORM 700 AND ALSO, UH, FOR BEING UP TO DATE WITH THEIR, YOUR ETHICS TRAINING.
I KNOW, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, SO SOME OF THE, UH, SO THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR ADVISORY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
UM, UH, FIRST, UH, THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ALL THE ADVISORY BODIES WILL, WILL TERMINATE ON JUNE 30TH AND START ON JULY 1ST OF EVERY YEAR.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF ADVISORY BODY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PAST YEAR WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON JUNE 30TH.
UM, UH, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT QUORUM IS MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF SEATS REQUIRED FOR THE BODY AND NOT THE NUMBER OF SEATS FILLED.
UM, REQUIRES THAT IF A MEMBER IS APPOINTED TO A SEAT IN A SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICT, THAT A MEMBER REPRESENTS THEIR
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ORIGINAL ASSIGNED DISTRICT AT LARGE UNTIL THE END OF THEIR TERM, IF THEY MOVE WITHIN THE CITY OR ARE REDISTRICTED OUT.UM, AND THEN, UH, REQUIRES THAT ADVISORY BODIES PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS ON AGENDAS TO WHICH WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT CAN BE SUBMITTED.
UH, THE LAST FEW THINGS IS, UM, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE VACATING OF A SEAT OF ANY MEMBER WHO, UH, ONE IS ABSENT FROM THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS WITHOUT OFFICIAL PERMISSION EXPRESSED IN AN OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE BODY'S, UM, MEETING, UH, FAILS TO FILE THEIR SEVEN, THEIR FORM 700 AFTER RECEIPT OF A 30 DAY NOTICE FROM THE CLERK.
UM, AND ANY MEMBERS THAT ANY MEMBER THAT IS REMOVED DUE TO NOT FILLING, UH, FILLING A FORM 700 SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM SERVING ON ANOTHER CITY BOARD COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF REMOVAL.
UH, FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE AB 1234 TRAINING, UM, AND FAILURE, FAILURE TO COMPLETE ANY TRAINING DETERMINED BY THE CLERK TO BE NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE ON THE ADVISORY OF BODY WITHIN 120 DAYS OF ASSUMING OFFICE.
SO, JUST A FEW CHANGES, UH, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, YOU'RE ALL AWARE.
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE AGAIN, BRING THEM OVER TO, TO ME AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER ANYTHING I CAN.
SO ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND K COD, UM, CO-HOSTED TRANSPORTATION DAY FROM NOON TO 5:00 PM AT THE MICHELLE OBAMA NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY.
THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 40 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS DURING A PANEL DISCUSSION.
UH, MODERATED BY FOUR MORE, K COD CHAIR, DIKA, MCLEAN.
UM, AND LASTLY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES OR ANY EVENTS, UM, TAKING PLACE IN APRIL THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND THOSE TO ME VIA EMAIL THAT I'M HAPPY TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, OH, AND THEN, UH, UM, IF ANY OF YOU NEED A YOUR PARKING VALIDATION, PLEASE COME SEE ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
I'M HAPPY TO VALIDATE ANY PARKING.
AND THEN ALANA HAS MORE UPDATES.
COMMISSION, THIS IS NOT, UH, AN UPDATE, BUT JUST AN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I WOULD BE DOING THIS POSITION THAT I'M IN A DISSERVICE IF I DID NOT SAY IT.
UM, UH, SO GOING BACK TO WHY WE LEAD WITH RACE EXPLICITLY, NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IS THAT RACE IS, UH, THE MOST SALIENT ASPECT OF OUR, OUR IDENTITY.
IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, IT INFORMS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SYSTEMS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SALARY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOUSING, ALL OF THESE ARE LAYERS THAT OFTEN HAVE SOME FORM OF DISCRIMINATION FORMED.
UM, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, UH, JUST AS WE HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY, UH, BLACK RESIDENTS MAKE UP 9% OF OUR, OUR COUNTY'S POPULATION.
AND IN 2020, THAT WAS 40% OF THE CITY OF THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS POPULATION.
THAT IS A GROSS OVERREPRESENTATION.
WE SAW THE VERY SIMILAR OVER, OVER REPRESENTATIONS WHEN IT CAME TO WHO WAS INFECTED BY COVID, WHO LOST THEIR JOBS.
UH, NOT JUST WITH BLACK RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES AND OUR LATINX POPULATIONS, UM, RACE AS INTERSECTIONAL TO EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING AS A COMMISSION.
AND SO WE, I JUST WANNA GROUND OUR CONVERSATION IN THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO LEAD WITH RACE AND CALL IT OUT EXPLICITLY.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A QUARTER OF THE US' HOMELESS POPULATION CAN BE FOUND HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY BIG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I AM GOING TO REQUEST A QUICK RECESS, UM, AND THEN WE WILL GET STARTED BACK IN FIVE MINUTES.