May 09, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities

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WE'VE BEEN GOING DOWN THIS FRIDAY.

SO, HI, I'M JULIE DEAN.

[ROLL CALL]

I NORMALLY WEAR GLASSES.

I FORGOT 'EM.

UM, I'M IN A, UH, MOBILITY SCOOTER AND, UM, I'M WEARING A BLUE DRESS.

HI, I'M MARISSA GONZALEZ.

UH, I HAVE BROWN HAIR PULLED BACK INTO A BUN AND A KINDA LIGHT GREEN, UH, SWEATSHIRT THAT SAYS LONG BEACH ON IT.

, UH, AND I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND USE A WALKING STICK FOR, UH, GETTING AROUND.

UM, I'M COMMISSIONER JEREMY HILL.

I HAVE SHARP, SHORT, DARK, BROWN HAIR, UM, A GOATEE.

I'M WEARING A YELLOW LONG SLEEVE SHIRT WITH A BLACK SWEATER ON TOP.

HI, I AM GRETCHEN SWANSON.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER, HERS.

I AM AN OLDER WHITE WOMAN WITH WHITE HAIR, SHORT WHITE HAIR.

I WEAR GLASSES.

AND TODAY, UH, MY COLOR COMBINATION THAT CAN IS SEEN FROM THE WAIST UP IS GREEN AND BEIGE.

HI, I AM VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER STEVE ADAMS. I AM AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WITH BLACK HAIR, SHORT HAIR WITH GOATEE, AND I HAVE A BLACK SUIT JACKET WITH A GREEN SHIRT UNDERNEATH.

I AM KIM VONG AND I AM THE CHAIR OF KAKO.

I AM AN ASIAN WOMAN WITH SHORT BLACK HAIR WEARING A ORANGE SHIRT.

AND MY PRONOUN IS SHE AND HER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHAKA GARBAT.

I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE WITH, UM, MEDIUM LIFT BLACK HAIR, UM, WEARING A, UM, GRAY, GRAY JACKET WITH A BLUE SHIRT.

HELLO, ARTHUR ROMO.

UH, MALE HISPANIC, DARK HAIR SHORT.

UM, GRAY MUSTACHE, WEARING A LIGHT GRAY TODAY.

[1. 24-53202 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting of Thursday, April 11, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

YES, CHAIR.

RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING OF THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2024.

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

OUR DIAL NINE OF CALLING IN.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT IN ZOOM.

ALLANA, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

OH, COME, DEAN.

AYE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

ABSTAIN.

COMMISSIONER HILL.

AYE.

COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE.

COMMISSIONER SWANSON ABSTAIN.

COMMISSIONER GARBE.

AYE.

VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE.

CHAIR, VONG AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OH, RECOMMENDATION

[2. 24-53216 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Long Beach Police Department regarding general LBPD updates and any specific updates related to disability.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION? I SO MOVE.

SECOND.

SECOND.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF WALLY ISH, THE FLOOR AIRS.

THANK YOU ALANA,

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MY NAME IS WALLY ISH.

I AM THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION.

UH, JENNIFER ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE AND, AND ASKED THAT I, I COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND, AND SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT METRO, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AND, AND OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE TODAY WITH MY CHIEF OF STAFF, HIDING IN THE BACK OVER HERE, COMMANDER MIKE SODA.

UM, UH, HE WORKS IN MY OFFICE AND HELPS WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, AGAIN, UH, PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AFTER I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE METRO AND LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN PROVIDING SAFETY ON AND AROUND THE METRO.

AND SO THE METRO, A LINE IS OUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

UH, THE THREE AGENCIES THAT SEPARATE, UM, UH, THE AREAS FOR THE METRO ARE THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE ARE ALL IN CONTRACT WITH METRO AND, AND PROVIDING, UH, SECURITY AND SAFETY TO THE RIDERSHIP AS WELL AS, UH, THE PLATFORM AREA AND THE NEIGHBORING, UH, COMMUNITY AROUND, UH, ALL AREAS OF THE METRO.

AND SO THE FOCUS FOR, FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING RESOURCES WE HAVE IN A MANNER THAT NOT ONLY MA ENSURES THAT THE RIDERSHIP OF THE METRO IS SAFE, BUT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE.

AND THOSE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED, UH, AS YOU WELL KNOW.

UM, WE TRY TO, UM, UH, ACT AS A VISIBLE DETERRENT TO CRIME, BUT ALSO, UH, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT ARE AFFORDED TO US BY BEING ON THE TRAIN.

AND SO, WHILE WE ARE THE SMALLEST OF THE THREE AGENCIES, I THINK THAT, UM, UH, OUR, OUR OPERATIONAL PLANNING IS SUCH THAT IT ALLOWS US TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN THE WAY WE HANDLE OUR METRO CONTRACT.

SO I WAS ALSO ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT WE MAY EXPERIENCE ON, UH, THE ALINE.

UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIMES THAT WE SEE HAPPENING ARE RELATED TO BATTERIES, UM, SIMPLE BATTERIES WHERE, UH, UH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE DISPUTES OR, UM, GET INTO ARGUMENTS OR, UM, OR THEFTS, THEFTS ALL THE WAY UP TO ROBBERIES.

UM, WE'VE DONE A, A, A VERY GOOD JOB OF DETERRING CRIME, RESPONDING TO CRIME, AND ARRESTING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND RELATIONSHIPS.

AND SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN ALL OF OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER IT'S THE METRO, WHETHER IT'S PATROLLING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY OR ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, BUT I AM PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT, UH, ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR POLICING EFFORTS ON THE METRO OR, UH, THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR HAVING ME, AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UM, AND IN M ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE, OUR DIAL NINE OF CALLING IN.

MY NAME IS FRANCIS EMILY DAWSON HARRIS, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M A FORMER K CO COMMISSIONER AND A NURSE.

AND, UM, I AM SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND SHARING WITH THE POLICE ABOUT SOME MAJOR CONCERNS.

UM, WHEN YOU SAY THE SURROUNDING AREA, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I KNOW YOU CAN'T TALK WHILE I'M TALKING.

WHERE THE PROMENADE IS AND WHERE THE BUSES ARE.

UM, I THINK I WAS LY ASSAULTED.

SOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND ANOTHER PERSON ASSAULTED AND I CALLED THE POLICE AND THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WERE RIGHT THERE.

I WENT SCREAMING TO THEM.

THEY, I SAID, HELP US, PLEASE.

THEY SAID, SORRY, WE'RE ON ASSIGNMENT.

WE CAN'T LEAVE OUR POST.

AND SO THEN I CALLED THE POLICE THREE TIMES AT NIGHT.

I'VE GOT SERIOUS INJURIES, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.

AND I SAID, PLEASE GET THE PICTURES OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT ASSAULTED US, UM, AND GET IT ON THE TV.

A FEMALE, TWO MALES LATER, THEY TOLD ME, SORRY, THE CELL PHONE TOWER BLOCKED DAMAGES.

UM, AND SO THEN THAT'S SALAMI SUCKER PUNCH, AND I FOUND OUT I'M VICTIM 13 AND SHE'S 14.

AND THERE'S A GUY CALLED THE TORTURE THAT PUT A LIGHTER UNDER MY CHIN THREE AND A HALF WEEKS BEFOREHAND AND COURTED ME AGAINST KING'S FISH HOUSE, THREATENED TO RAPE AND BURNED ME UP AND KILLED ME AND FLICKED THE LIGHTER LIKE 10 TIMES, SEVEN TIMES.

AND I JUST PRAYED THAT JESUS WOULD NOT LET THE LIGHTER, UM, UM, UM, BURN ME UP.

SO, UM, IT'S VERY SERIOUS AND I'M

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SO WHAT I'D LIKE THE CITY TO DO, CAPE COD AND, AND THE POLICE, UM, WHEN I CALLED, UM, THE POLICE, I WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT, UNDERSTANDABLY.

AND THEN I HAVE COGNITIVE PROBLEMS. I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR PERSONS THAT ARE DISABLED TO HAVE AN EMT OFFICER, TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT ANSWERS THE PHONE, THEY CAN TRANSFER THEM TO OVER TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN BETTER HANDLE, SPEAK TO AND HELP OUT A PERSON GETTING REPORTS AND EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A WITNESS REPORT IS MISSING.

SO, UM, AND ON THE TRAIN IT'S SO MUCH BETTER.

AND, UM, I USED TO RIDE IT TO BEVERLY HILL.

I'M UP TO CEDAR SINAI WITH TRANSFERS AND I DON'T DO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE I'M, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, I GOT ROBBED BY A GANG MEMBER.

HE RAN UP IN FRONT OF ME AND PUT HIS FACE HERE AND HE SAID, IF YOU MOVE, I'M GONNA KILL YOU.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO LITERALLY, UM, UM, STEAL MY PURSE, LEFT ME WITH THE TWO HANDLES, AND A COUPLE CALLED THE POLICE.

THEY WERE SO NERVOUS, THEY GAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION.

IT WAS A HUNDRED AND THIRD STREET, WHEREVER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS, IT WAS WHERE IT HAPPENED.

THEY BANGED ON THE DOOR FOR THE CONDUCTOR TO TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED.

HE CALLED AND THEY SAID, THEY WANT YOU TO GO OUT ON THE PLATFORM, THEY'LL COME AND GET A REPORT.

I SAID, I'M NOT GOING OUT ON THE PLATFORM.

UM, AND THEY, I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA WAIT FOR ME? NO, I'M GONNA LEAVE.

I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS INSANE BECAUSE HE'S LURKING IN THE BUSHES.

AND I, I SAID, I HELP HER SURVIVE THIS.

AND I SAID, UM, UM, PLEASE, UM, DO SO.

I SAID, NO, NO.

SO I SAID, TELL THEM, THE COUPLE SAID, WE LIVE IN LONG BEACH.

AND SO THEY SAID AROUND FIFTH AND LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TELL THE POLICE, UM, TO MEET ME AT LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.

AND, AND FIFTH, AND THE COUPLE STAYED WITH ME.

WE HAD A REPORT.

WELL, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, ALL THE REPORTING INFORMATION GOT LOST.

THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

SO ANYWAY, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND HAVE A, UM, ITINERARY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING PUT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.

I'M GOOD HERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING THIS.

UM, I'M RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH AND, UH, MY ISSUE IS, I GUESS, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, I NEED AN ADVOCATE, I GUESS THERE'S A, I HAVE A, A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, A LOS, UH, LOS ALTOS PARK.

UH, IN WHAT, IN, UH, EAST LONG BEACH.

AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A RAMP PRO.

YOU HAVE A RAMP PROGRAM.

CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME REAL QUICK? MY NAME, I'M SORRY.

MY NAME IS MARK BARRETT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND, UH, THEY HAVE A, UH, THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT.

THEY'RE PUTTING THE RAMPS IN, UH, TO, UH, AT T INTERSECTIONS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL, THERE'S ONE THAT'S PROPOSED AND IT'S BEEN, IT WAS, IT WAS DESIGNATED IN, IN, IT'S EVEN IN THE, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE AS I'M SORRY, THIS IS RELATED TO THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, NOT, NOT NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMMENT WAS RELATED TO THE METRO A LINE.

OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I COULD SPEAK.

YEAH.

UH, WE'RE STILL ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, SO WE'LL CALL FOR NON-AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. WHAT, WHAT TIME WOULD THAT BE? UM, AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED THE ITEMS YEAH, I'LL KNOW.

YEAH.

SORRY.

SORRY.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UM, THIS IS A TRICKY CONVERSATION IN SOME WAYS, UM, WHAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED IS NOT UNUSUAL CONCERN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE.

UM, NOT ALL DISABILITIES ARE APPARENT.

AND I AM WONDERING FROM A C COD POSITION, UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SUPER GUYS THAT, SO UPSTATE NEW YORK, I'M SORRY, ALL OF YOU IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-TRAINED.

THAT ISN'T THE, THAT ISN'T THE ASSUMPTION.

THE ASSUMPTION IS DO YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A DISABILITY OR MORE, MORE THAN ONE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE? COULD BE RELATED TO THE METRO, IT COULD BE RELATED TO MANY OTHER, UM, SITUATIONS.

BUT OUR JOB HERE IS REALLY TO

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SO THERE'S AWARENESS, THERE'S, IT COULD BE IN THE OLD TERMS, USED TO BE CALLED SENSITIVITY, MEANING YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

AND THEN DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE, I'M SURE YOU DISSEMINATE PREPAREDNESS, BUT HOW COMFORTABLE ARE OUR POLICE FORCE MEMBERS IN ACTUALLY ACTING ON THAT PREPAREDNESS? IT'S ONE THING TO KNOW, BUT I KNOW BY TALKING TO MANY OTHER STAFF AROUND THE CITY, SOMETIMES THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT.

UM, AND I, I WANT US AS C COD, UH, TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS YOU BRING PEOPLE FORWARD AND MAKE THESE COMMUNITY-BASED, UM, INTERACTIONS.

SO THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION.

ONE, THE PREPAREDNESS, AND ALSO, DO YOU HAVE STAFF THAT IDENTIFY AS HAVING A DISABILITY AND ARE THEY IN THE RIGHT PLACES, UM, ON YOUR BEHALF? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED BY ASKING ME, DO I SEE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS? AND SO I'LL TELL YOU PERSONALLY, AND AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, I SEE OPPORTUNITY EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ISSUE.

YOU ALWAYS SEEK OPPORTUNITY IN PROBLEMS OR CHALLENGES OR OBSTACLES.

THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND OPPORTUNITY AND GROW.

AND THIS IS A LEARNING GROWING POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON, ON SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES SEPARATELY FROM OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER THAT'S UNDER A, A, A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

BUT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

AND SO WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THAT THAT, UM, THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC.

AND AS WE GROW AS AN ORGANIZATION AND WE LEARN THAT THERE'S SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT, THAT GROW ALONG WITH US, UH, WE FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS SO WE CAN PROVIDE OPTIMAL LEVELS OF SERVICE TO EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN.

UM, TO HEAR THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, QUITE INSPIRING FOR ME.

AND, UH, IT GIVES ME A BIT OF REFLECTION TOO, AS MY MOTHER WAS, WAS CONFINED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO A WHEELCHAIR.

AND, UM, AND SEEING WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, UH, WAS, WAS TROUBLING AT TIMES.

AND, AND SO TO HEAR THIS AWARENESS AND TO SIT WITH THIS COMMISSION AND TO KNOW, UH, HOW FAR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND GROWTH AND CONCERN, UH, IS, IS, UM, QUITE A GOOD FEELING TO HAVE AS THE CHIEF.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY.

I ALWAYS SEEK OPPORTUNITY, UH, WHENEVER ISSUES ARE BROUGHT UP.

AND SO DOES THIS DEPARTMENT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TRAINING AND PREPAREDNESS.

I FIND THAT, UH, THE OFFICERS HERE ARE COMPASSIONATE, UH, CARING AND TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT IT IS, THE, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY MAY BE DEALING WITH.

SO, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR GROWTH.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT, UH, PROGRESSIVE AND INNO INNOVATIVE WAYS TO TRAIN OUR STAFF.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, DISABLED STAFF MEMBERS THAT, UM, UH, WORK THROUGHOUT VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WILL CONTINUE.

BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF FINDING ANOTHER MECHANISM TO ENGAGE AND CONNECT AND UNDERSTAND.

AND, UM, THROUGH THAT QUESTION, I THINK THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, UH, SOME TAKEAWAYS HERE FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND IN THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO LEARN AND GROW AND ENGAGE OUR ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, SO THIS AFFECTS, UM, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS SPECIFICALLY THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP.

UM, ONE IS BICYCLE SKATEBOARDS, ELECTRIC BIKE SCOOTERS ON THE SIDEWALKS, UM, AND THAT NO ONE'S TICKETING THEM.

AND, UH, I LIVED OUT IN THE SHORE AND, UM, IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WHEN I'M SCOOTING DOWN THE STREET IN MY MOBILITY SCOOTER AND, UM, , DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF MOOD I'M IN, I EITHER LIKE, SCREAM, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE SIDEWALK, AND THEY SCREAM SOMETHING BACK AT ME, OR, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO TALK TO THEM SOMETIMES.

BUT, UM, I MEAN, I'VE ACTUALLY, THERE WERE TWO BICYCLE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND, UM, I WAS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND POINTED OUT SOMEONE ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE GOING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT

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UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

UM, AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMEONE WITH SIGHT ISSUES OR DISABILITY, UM, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT.

I AM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SLAM MY BRAKES ON.

AND ANYWAY, SO THAT'S AN ISSUE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WHICH I BROUGHT UP TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SO , UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS ONE, BUT, UM, THE BUS STOPS THE, UM, UH, SEMIS THAT PARK IN THE BUS STOPS, WHICH MEANS THAT I CAN'T THEN GET ON OR OFF THE BUS BECAUSE THE BUS HAS TO PULL UP, BE ABLE TO PULL UP TO THE CURB TO PUT THE RAMP DOWN AND ALL THAT STUFF.

UM, AND I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH A WALKER, UM, OR SOMEONE WHO'S BLIND, AND IF THEY CAN'T GET ON OR OFF, THEY'VE GOT, WELL, THEY CAN'T GET ON.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT TO THE NEXT BUS STOP IN TIME.

UM, AND IF THEY CAN'T GET OFF, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT BUS STOP AND THEN MEANDER ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE THEY HAD TO GO, WHICH IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

UM, AND I'VE HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVERS.

SOME OF THEM, WELL, NONE OF THEM EVER MOVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO PARK.

THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE TO PARK.

THEY CAN'T FIT DOWN THE ALLEYS.

I'M LIKE, BRING A SMALLER TRUCK.

UM, I MEAN, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO NOT BE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL.

AND THEN THEY'LL TELL ME THINGS LIKE, WELL, THIS ISN'T ILLEGAL.

WELL, YEAH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, OR THEY'LL TELL ME, UM, CALL THE POLICE .

SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE TWO THINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND TO THE, REGARDING THE COMMENT ABOUT, UM, BEING TOLD NOT TO ISSUE CITATIONS, UM, WE DON'T TELL OUR OFFICERS NOT TO ISSUE CITATIONS.

THEY, UH, UTILIZE DISCRETION AND PROPORTIONALITY, UH, AND PRIORITIZE THE, UM, UH, THEIR DUTIES.

AND SO, UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE DIRECTION TO NOT ISSUE CITATIONS.

UM, THE DIRECTION IS TO BE PROPORTIONAL, TO BE CONSIDERATE, TO BE COMPASSIONATE, TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND DO SO WITH RESPECT AND, AND CARE.

AND SO, UH, WE DO, UM, HAVE TO OVERCOME SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO THEY'RE ALSO ASKED TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE BIKE OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM, UH, THEIR ROLE IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, TO HAVE DIALOGUE ABOUT SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING, UH, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND VISITORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON.

THANK YOU.

UM, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT THE COVERAGE AREA IS FOR THE ALINE? 'CAUSE THE ALINE GOES WAY INTO LOS ANGELES.

SO, UM, ARE YOU GUYS JUST COVERING THE LONG BEACH PORTION OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THREE TRAIN STATIONS COMING FROM LESS FLORENCE, MAYBE ROSECRANS OR ARTESIA, BASICALLY DOWN TO DOWNTOWN? YEAH, SO WE ONLY COVER THE LONG BEACH AREA, THE WARDLOW STATION DOWNTOWN TO, TO, UH, ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, UH, ONLY LONG BEACH.

WE DON'T GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR ADAMS. UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, COMMEND YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

UH, CHIEF WALLY.

UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES DO, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LONG BEACH HAS A RECORD OF.

YOU'RE RESPONDING TO CALLS IS REALLY LIKE THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.

AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT, I THINK WITH THAT GREAT NUMBER AND GREAT DA DATA FOR THAT.

IS IT, SINCE IT'S NOT AS HUGE FROM WARLOW TO DOWNTOWN, IS IT POSSIBLE JUST, JUST A SUGGESTION THAT YOU'RE MAYBE YOUR METRO TEAM, YOUR STAFFER, WHENEVER THEY SEE ANYBODY THAT'S ON A RAMP THAT'S DISABLED, UM, MAYBE THEY INSTITUTE A PROGRAM WHERE THE OFFICERS MAKE CONNECTION WITH THEM, CHECK IN AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND, AND ALLOW THEM A VOICE TO SAY, HAVE YOU ARRIVED, BEEN GREAT.

EVEN JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING OUT LONG BEACH, GOING TO LA, AT LEAST THEY KNOW THEY HAVE MADE CONTACT.

'CAUSE I SEE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I DRIVE DOWN LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, YOUR OFFICERS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT, UM, IT'S A NIGHT AND DAY IN CERTAIN OTHER AGENCY AREAS.

AND SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT VERY WARMING, TO SEE POLICE ALL OVER DOWN IN METRO.

UM, BUT THAT JUST, JUST SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF OFFICERS THAT WOULD JUST GO ON A SILO AND THEY'LL JUST WALK AND PATROL, LOOK AT THE SUN, BUT NOT REALLY CONNECT.

SO MAYBE THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT BE INSTITUTED.

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NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND OUR, OUR METRO, YOU, WE ARE, THOSE ARE THE OFFICERS THAT WORK METRO ARE WORKING CONTRACT SERVICES.

SO THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM THE OFFICERS THAT YOU WOULD SEE PATROLLING THE AREA.

IT'S A VERY, UM, UH, SPECIFIC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS COMMUNITY POLICING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TEACH, THAT'S WHAT WE TRAIN TO.

AND IN ADDITION TO, TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS, WHICH ARE GREAT, BY THE WAY, UM, METRO ALSO HAS, UM, AMBASSADORS THAT, THAT ARE ACTUALLY METRO, NOT LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS, BUT METRO EMPLOYEES.

AND THEIR, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENGAGE WITH EVERYBODY, UH, ALL OF THE RIDERSHIP, THOSE ON THE PLATFORM AND THOSE ON THE, THE, A LINE.

BUT IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ENCOURAGE OUR OFFICERS TO DO, UH, IS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE TRANSIT AMBASSADORS AT LONG BEACH TRANSIT AS WELL, AND WE HAVE TOM CHARLES UNIT AS WELL, AND THEY DO DISPLAY A LOT OF, UM, EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND LOVE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UH, I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES THAT AND WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

WHAT KIND OF TOOL DO YOU USE WHEN YOU ROACH? I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

WHAT KIND OF OF TOOL DO WE USE WHEN WE APPROACH? WAS THAT THE QUESTION? HEY, HEY.

YEAH, CHIEF, UM, SH UM, CHAIR VONG IS SAYING YES, THAT'S HER QUESTION.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE WHAT SHE MEANS BY TOOLS, MAYBE LIKE TECHNIQUES, UM, WHEN APPROACHING, UM, PASSENGERS OR RIDERS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SO, UH, OUR TECHNIQUES ARE ROOTED IN OUR VALUES.

AND OUR VALUES ARE SERVICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, COMPASSION, AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THOSE ARE THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE TRAIN TO, THOSE ARE THE TOOLS WE USE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A, A VERY SPECIFIC TRAINING, UM, THAT HAPPENS IN OUR ACADEMY THAT CONTINUES ON FOR, UH, OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, FOR SOME TIME, UM, THAT IS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, DEALING WITH, WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING, UH, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS OR CRISES OR, UH, THAT ARE, UM, UH, STRUGGLING WITH, WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUES.

UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE, UM, A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM THAT WORKS WITH COUNTY CLINICIANS AND THEY PROVIDE TRAINING TO OUR OFFICERS AS WELL IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

UH, NOT EVERY ENCOUNTER IS THE SAME AND OFFICERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST AND PIVOT, BUT MAINTAIN THOSE CORE VALUES THAT WE, UH, UH, EXPECT THEM TO ESPOUSE IN ALL THAT THEY DO.

I'VE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITY OFFICERS IN THE PAST, AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY PERSONS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE A LINE ON ANY SPECIFIC SHIFT.

THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY FLUCTUATES.

UM, UH, TYPICALLY IT'S, UH, UM, FOUR OFFICERS AND ONE SERGEANT PER SHIFT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THOSE NUMBERS, UH, FLUCTUATE, UM, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CHAIR VONG? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TAKE THE VOTE? CAN I GET A MOTION? UH, CHAIR VONG.

THE ITEM'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN

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YES.

CHAIR.

CHAIR VONG AYE.

VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE.

COMMISSIONER GARBUTT? AYE.

COMMISSIONER DEAN? AYE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE.

COMMISSIONER HILL? AYE.

COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE.

COMMISSIONER SWANSON.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR VONG, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER

[3. 24-53228 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Disability Data and Community Survey committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE A SECOND.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

AND IN M ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

OUR DIAL NINE OF CALLING IN.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WOULD WE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE REPORT? YEAH, YEAH.

THE A TS REPORT, THE, THE DATA, THE SPECIAL DISABILITY DATA, THE MEETING WE HAD WITH JENNIFER.

WITH JENNIFER, OKAY.

IS THAT THE A TS COMMISSIONER SWANSON.

OKAY.

DO YOU WANT ME TO PROCEED? DO YOU WANT ME TO GET THE REPORT? YEAH, THAT'S FOR THE A TS, RIGHT? SO FOR THE DISABILITY.

DISABILITY, YES.

YEAH, .

YES.

OKAY, COOL.

SORRY FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF SNAFU.

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

UH, WITH THE, UM, THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, COMMITTEE, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE'VE MET, UH, WE MET WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, AND WE HAVE MET WITH OUR PROPOSED, UM, EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, RESEARCHERS FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

WE BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE A BUDGET, BUT THAT ALL HAS TO BE APPROVED.

UM, I CAN SAY, UM, JUST A MOMENT.

UH, RIGHT.

UH, SO, UH, ALL THOSE THAT MET, UH, WERE, UH, CHAIR VONG.

UM, YOU, YOU WERE THERE, STEVE, UM, UH, VICE CHAIR ADAMS, UH, COMMISSIONER GARBAT AND MYSELF.

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS JENNIFER KUMA AND THEN OUR TWO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UH, FOLKS, DR.

GARY HETRICK AND, UH, WESLEY ROGERS.

UM, WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND THEN DISCUSS WHAT WE THINK IS A POSSIBLE MISSION STATEMENT AND WHAT MIGHT BE A WAY FORWARD WITH A TIMELINE, UM, TYPES OF FINDINGS THAT WE COULD, UM, APPROACH AND THEN A REPORT BACK FROM THAT CAL STATE, UH, TEAM.

UH, BUT THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME OVER THE SUMMER TO WORK THROUGH THAT TIMELINE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

UM, I'M QUICKLY GOING THROUGH, UM, OUR NOTES.

THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS WORTH SHARING, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PONDER, UM, IF I CAN BE.

SO, UH, LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS A POTENTIAL MISSION OF THIS.

UM, NEW NEWLY WE'RE PROPOSING A NEWLY FORMED, UM, UH, WORK GROUP.

UM, AND THIS IS

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UH, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 57,000 RESIDENTS LIVING WITH ONE OR MORE DISABILITIES IN LONG BEACH.

IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FACE EXCLUSION FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.

UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS AND CAUSES OF EXCLUSION IS CRUCIAL TO ACHIEVING INCLUSION WHEN CREATING EQUITABLE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

DISAGGREGATED DATA CAN IMPROVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

COD WILL ESTABLISH AND OVERSEE THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY IN HOPES TO ACHIEVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CITY'S DIVERSE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER, UH, JEREMY HILL WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT STARTED, UH, THE BALL RULING.

AND SO, UM, THANKS TO YOU WE HAVE A COMMITTEE AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND THAT IS, UNLESS THANK YOU.

OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY.

THAT IS OUR REPORT.

AWESOME.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

OUR DI NINE OF CALLING IN.

FRANCIS, EMILY DAWSON HARRIS.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS MATTER'S ON THE AGENDA REGARDING DISABILITY, DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.

OKAY.

SO I'M GONNA JUST PUT IT OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE INCLUSION.

I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO CONTACT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN, DISABLED, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGES.

OKAY.

THE PERSONS THAT'S ON THIS COMMITTEE, BESIDES PERSONS IN CAPE COD INVOLVED, IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU HAD SOMEONE IN THOSE ENTITIES ALSO.

THAT CAN BE PART OF HOW BRINGING IN THE INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT? THEN ALSO, EVERY DISTRICT HAS A COUNCIL PERSON AND THEY COULD PUT IT OUT ON THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH THE PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY OVERSEE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED ON.

AND SO, UM, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF D WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITIES, UM, SURVEY, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF LEVELS ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED.

SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALSO LOOK AT ENTERTAINMENT PLACES SUCH AS THE MOVIE THEATER.

OKAY.

BECAUSE LIKE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEST FOR ME TO TRANSFER MY CHAIR ON THE SEAT AND THEN HAVE MY LEGS UP AND EVERYTHING.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO DO IT FOR A WHILE, BUT THEY TOLD ME RECENTLY IF I WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE, I'D HAVE TO BUY TWO TICKETS.

I'M GONNA BE CONTACTING THAT MOVIE THEATER.

I DON'T GO BEHIND PEOPLE'S BACKS DOING THINGS.

ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, UM, THE FAST FOOD PLACES.

YOU HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THE CARS GOING THROUGH AND THEN THEY HAVE LONG LINES INSIDE THE RESTAURANT TO SEE IF MAYBE THEY HAVE LIKE AN, A CPO LINE FOR A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO GO TO IN THE RESTAURANT.

ALSO, LIKE I'M BLESSED TO GO TO COSTCO.

'CAUSE NOW BECAUSE I CAN BARELY LIFT MY RIGHT ARM WITH ALL THE DAMAGE, MY ROTATOR CUFF'S COMPLETELY SEVERED AND THREE MUSCLES TORN AND STUFF, I HAVE A PERSONAL SHOPPER TO SEE HOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE DIFFERENT PLACES PEOPLE GO TO DO THEY HAVE A PERSONAL, A PERSON THAT'S ABLE TO HELP A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY FOR THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.

OKAY.

ALSO, THERE'S A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH PARKING.

LIKE WHERE I LIVE AT, UH, 4 2 1 WEST BROADWAY.

UM, UM, KELLY IRVING AT THE TIME WITH TRANSIT AND SHAKA CAME OUT AND DRC WAS INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING.

THE PARKING SPACE FOR ACCESS AND THE DOW LIFT, UM, ALARMS TRANSIT, DOW LIFT TO PICK US UP THEY PICKED WAS RIGHT IN FI FRONT OF A, A FIRE HYDRANT.

UM, ALSO HEATHER WICK WAS INVOLVED IN LOUIS GARCIA FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAME DOWN.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE AREA, THEY GOT PARKING FOR ALL THESE, ALL THESE RESTAURANTS AND DRY CLEANERS AND PEOPLE PARKING AT THE COURTHOUSE.

WE'VE GOTTA GET PROPER LOADING, UNLOADING ZONES FOR PERSONS WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND, UM, THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL AND BUILDINGS.

I PUT THIS A LONG TIME OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE LOADING.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

I'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION LATER SOMETIME.

I HOPE THAT'S A HELP.

COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION

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OH YES, CHAIR.

CHAIR VONG AYE.

VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE.

COMMISSIONER GARBO.

AYE.

COMMISSIONER DEAN? AYE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE.

COMMISSIONER HILL? AYE.

COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE.

COMMISSIONER SWANSON AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION

[4. 24-53229 Recommendation to receive and file monthly report from the Accessibility, Transportation and Services standing committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

A TS MEMBER THIS FLOOR IS YOUR OKAY.

UM, THE A TS SUBCOMMITTEE MET IN PERSON ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE 24TH AT 11:00 AM COMMISSIONER ADAMS, MYSELF, COMMISSIONER GARBE AND A DA COORDINATOR ANI WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

THE A TS UM, ATTENDED AN IN-PERSON DEMONSTRATION CALLED THE SHADE BLADE.

AND THE SHADE BLADE IS A PRODUCT CREATED TO PROVIDE SHADE EQUITY AT BUS STOPS.

AND AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF BUS STOPS AT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

I'VE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH THE PHYSICAL COPY OF THE PHOTOS AND THE SHADE BLADE IS MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN IMPLEMENTATION OF BUS STOP SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE MOMENT.

THERE IS NO DISCUSSION FROM LONG BEACH TRANSIT OR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT THE DEMONSTRATION WAS VERY INTER INTERESTING AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO SHADE EQUITY WITH YOU, OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT OR OUR REPORT.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

OUR DIAL NINE OF CALLING IN BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, CAN WE GET A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM, UH, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE A TS STANDING COMMITTEE.

I SECOND.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

I JOHNSON HARRIS, IT WAS AWESOME.

UM, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT A SHADE BLADE IS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW IT WORKS.

UM, I AM A RIDER FOR LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND ACTUALLY FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST 30 YEARS, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE THE BUS AND NOT GET LOST.

AND SO, BUT I REALLY FELT GOOD ABOUT THIS THING.

THE MINUTE THAT I HEARD THAT S TRANSIT WAS INVOLVED IN IT, UM, I SAID, THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT FINE, IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH AND THEY KNOW I'M THERE TO HELP OUT TOO, YOU KNOW, SO IF, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE OF SOME HELP.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS ITEM UP, BUT LIKE SERIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE A SORT OF LIKE, UM, BROTHER THING.

YOU PUSHED A BUTTON AND IT'LL GO UP AND GO DOWN TO KEEP THE SUN OFF YOU .

AND SO I TO KEEP THE RAIN OFF YOU , SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME PICTURES THAT WAS DISPLAY OH, THAT'S OKAY.

DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.

BUT I DEFINITELY AFTERWARDS WILL DEFINITELY SHARE, UM, PICTURES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHADE BLADE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING 'EM AT THE NEXT MEETING MAYBE OR SOME OTHER TIME SO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT VIEW, CAN THEY VIEW FROM NOT BEING HERE AND THEY CAN SEE THE PICTURES THEN TOO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER DEAN? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, UM, I WENT TO THE EVENT WHEN THEY HAD THAT OUTSIDE AND, UM, , I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT THE PICTURES BEFORE GOING, SO WHEN I WALKED UP I'M LIKE, WELL DARN IT, THEY'RE NOT SET UP BECAUSE I EXPECTED SOME BIG, HUGE THING.

BUT IT'S,

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IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST VERTICAL AND, AND IT CREATES SHADE AND I THINK IT'S VERY SMART.

AND, UM, THEY TOLD ME IT BASICALLY IT'S, UM, IT INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISPLAY THAT USES SOLAR AND, UH, IT'S ONLY LIKE $5,000 VERSUS A BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE REGULAR KIND OF SHADED AREAS THAT'S LIKE $20,000 THAT AND, UM, DOESN'T ALWAYS KEEP YOU SHADED.

I MEAN, THERE'S A PICTURE THAT THEY SHOW WHERE THE SHADE IS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR BEHIND.

AND, UM, THIS THING ACTUALLY WILL MOVE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHERE THE SUN IS AND IT, AND YOU MOVE IT YOURSELF.

IT'S, IT'S EASY TO MOVE.

YOU CAN LIKE PUSH IT WITH YOUR SHOULDER.

UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST THINK IT'S VERY CLEVER AND I I LOVED IT.

YEAH.

AND I ALSO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT, UM, I WAS THERE AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT LONG BEACH IS ABOUT.

WE, WE, UH, LEAD AN INNOVATIVE CITY AND I THINK, UH, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, A VERY CREATIVE, UH, INITIATIVE.

UM, AND, AND THEY TOOK SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM US, WHICH WAS GREAT THAT, UM, WE KIND OF SHARED WITH THEM ON SOME IDEAS.

SO THAT WAS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS K COT COMMISSIONERS TO BE THERE TO LET THEM HEAR OUR VOICE ON THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE DID HAVE.

UM, IT WASN'T TOO MANY.

YEAH.

SAY ONE THING.

I'M NOT SURE.

I'M SORRY.

WE CAN'T, YEAH.

SO, UM, BUT DEFINITELY AFTER MEETING'S OVER WE CAN TALK.

GOTCHA.

SO, UM, BUT IT WAS IT.

THANK YOU.

AND, UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT MRS. DAWSON, HARRISON, FOR ALL THE TOPICS AND AGENDA, UM, ON THE DIFFERENT AGENDAS WE HAD EVEN ON THIS CURRENT ONE.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, UH, GIVING US ALL THE GREAT, UM, SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH US.

UM, 'CAUSE I'M LEARNING A LOT, HEARING YOUR, UH, INPUT FROM YOUR FORMER COMMISSION AND ACTUALLY BEING A GREAT CITIZEN AND SHARING WITH US WHAT YOU'RE SHARING.

SO THANK YOU AND CONTINUE THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I, I JUST, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T THERE, BUT I'M JUST NOTICING IS THERE ALSO A SOLAR PANEL AND A LIGHT FOR NIGHT VISION FOR NIGHTTIME FOR SEE THIS INFORMATION HERE? YOU CAN YES.

YES, YOU CAN PUT THAT THERE.

I MEAN THERE IS, THAT IS A LIGHT THAT I SEE THERE.

A LITTLE DOT.

YEAH.

YEAH, IT WAS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SOLAR PANEL IN THE BACK TO, TO POWER THE LIGHT.

MM-HMM.

.

OH WOW.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MARKED HEAT AND THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY FOR A SEAT IF WE CHOOSE TO ADD THAT.

OH, RIGHT.

I SEE THAT THERE TOO.

MM-HMM.

WE'LL SEE.

MM-HMM.

.

IT'S A LOT CHEAPER.

YES.

ALL ON UP PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

YES.

CHAIR.

CHAIR BONG.

AYE.

VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE.

COMMISSIONER GARBO.

AYE.

COMMISSIONER DEAN? AYE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE.

COMMISSIONER HILL? AYE.

COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE.

COMMISSIONER SWANSON.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION

[5. 24-53230 Recommendation to receive and file monthly report from the Youth, Employment, Programs and Services standing committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION? I SO MOTION.

CAN I GET A MOTION? I SECOND.

CAN I GET A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? THE ITEM'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ROMO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GRABOT.

KAKO.

YP MEMBER, THIS FLOOR IS YOUR, OKAY.

SO, UM, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 11TH.

UM, IT WAS AN IN-PERSON MEETING HERE BEHIND THE CHAMBERS.

UM, PRESENT WAS CHAIR VONG, UM, MYSELF, COMMISSIONER HILL, AND THEN, UM, JENNIFER CAMA, OUR A DA COORDINATOR WAS ALSO PRESENT.

UM, THERE WAS JUST ONE ITEM WE JUST DISCUSSED, UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT THE MENTOR DAY.

UM, AND THAT'S STILL KIND OF IN PROGRESS AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, MEETING AGENDA.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

OUR

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UM, THIS IS A FANTASTIC BACKGROUND, IS PEDIATRIC NURSING AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, 70% OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED NEVER GET HIRED.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

AND I WAS WONDERING LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THE MENTORING DAY, HOW ARE THE, THE PEOPLE CHOSEN, YOU KNOW, UM, TO BE MENTORS? UM, DO THEY PUT IN LIKE A RESUME AND THEN THEY'RE CHOSE FROM THAT? WHAT'S THE INCLUSION? A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, MENTOR, YOU KNOW, PART OF MENTORING DAY AND IS THERE LIKE, UH, AN UH, AGE TYPE, YOU KNOW, OR UH, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MENTOR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY MENTORED THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THIS CITY OFFICIALS AND I THINK THEY GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW ALL THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE, YOU KNOW? UM, AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE AND IF THEY CAN HAVE IT MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

UM, MENTORING NOT JUST FOR GOVERNMENTAL TYPE OF POSITIONS, BUT MAYBE MENTORING FOR OTHER ENTITIES WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN THE PROCESS TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANNA DO THAT'S GONNA WORK WITH THE DISABILITY THEY HAVE.

AND ALSO TO SEE HOW INCLUSIVE THE PEOPLE ARE AND HOW ACCEPTING THEY ARE OF THEM AS THEY'RE MOVING UP THE LADDER.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE GRADUATING WITH THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THEM.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALLANA, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

CHAIR BONG.

AYE.

VICE-CHAIR ADAMS AYE.

COMMISSIONER GARBUTT? AYE.

COMMISSIONER DEAN? AYE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE.