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WELL, MAYBE IT'S ONE, TWO, BECAUSE NO ONE HAS REACHED, I HAVE NOT, I DID NOT TELL ANYBODY THAT I WAS AVAILABLE.BUT I
I'M LIKE, HOW DID YOU, THEY GET THE IDEA THAT I WAS AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE LIKE, DR. DAVIS IS AVAILABLE.
I'M LIKE, BUT NOW IT MAKES SENSE.
THEY'RE RE INTERVIEWING FOR THE REGIONAL COORDINATORS.
THAT MOST LIKELY WILL BE COVERING OUR AREA.
SO, YEAH, TWO WEEKS, MORE OR LESS.
IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A FEW MONTHS.
SO THERE, YEAH, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, IF IT WASN'T LIKE, I'LL JUST DO IT.
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, LIKE AM I HAVE TO DON'T.
UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW MEMBERS? ANY GUEST? UH, DENNIS, WILL YOU PROVIDE THE LOCAL OFFICE? MM-HMM.
UH, BOARD MEMBER GUPTA WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, BOARD MEMBER MCNEELY WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, BOARD MEMBER RED EAGLE? YES.
BOARD MEMBERS TO JOHNNY AND VYAS.
UH, BOARD MEMBER VAN MERIN HERE.
AND BOARD MEMBER WALTON WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A BOARD.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THAT'S LIKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SECURE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? UM, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE ANY OUTSIDE WORK, SO VOLUNTARILY EXECUTIVE STAFF REPORTS.
UM, I, UH, AM GONNA GIVE MY REPORT FIRST AND THEN I WILL, UH, DEFER TO THE TWO DOCTORS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
UM, I WILL BE EXITING SHORTLY AFTER MY REPORT.
AS, UH, PART OF MY FIRST 90 DAYS.
MY GOAL IS TO TRY AND MEET WITH PARTNERS, UH, PARTNER AGENCIES AND, UH, OTHERS IN THE AREA THAT WE WORK WITH OR WISH TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND SO TODAY I'M LEAVING TO GO MEET WITH THE LA COUNTY, UM, HEALTH DIRECTOR AND THE PASADENA HEALTH DIRECTOR.
UH, SO, UH, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN ABOUT BUDGET.
UH, WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER TEAM.
WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE KNOW TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, THEY DON'T TELL YOU WHAT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED, SO YOU HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME POTS THAT ARE STILL BEING FILLED, UM, BUT THE OVERALL AND RESOUNDING MESSAGE IS THAT MONEY IS VERY TIGHT FOR 25.
THERE'S JUST NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
UM, SO WE NEED TO WORK VERY HARD INTERNALLY TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH FUNDERS, UM, AT ALL LEVELS, WHETHER THEY BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.
UM, AND WE NEED TO LOOK INTERNALLY TO SEE THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, ARE NOT OF GREATEST IMPACT AND THAT ARE SOME OUTLIERS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOME STAFF THAT WE ARE NOTICING BECAUSE OF FUNDING LOSS THAT ACTUALLY REPORT TO THIS BUREAU HERE IN OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THESE WERE POSITIONS THAT WERE STOOD UP DURING COVID.
UH, AND THAT MONEY IS SLOWLY DWINDLING.
THERE ARE OVER 20% VACANCIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
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SO THE MESSAGE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN THAT WE WORK FEVERISHLY TO FIND PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO, BUT THE REALITY IS, IT'S, SOME OF THEM WILL STILL NOT FIT INTO SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES.UH, SO WE WILL WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS TO GET RESUMES AND, YOU KNOW, PLACE PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN, BUT THERE MAY STILL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL EXIT.
UM, BUT WE WILL AGAIN, WORK WITH PARTNERS AS WELL TO TRY TO SEE THAT THEY LAND WELL.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY ALSO BE LOSING SOME FUNDING.
UM, BUT THE VERDICT IS STILL OUT ON THAT.
BEFORE WE GO TO PRESENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT.
UH, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE CITY IS GOING DARK FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF DURING THAT TIME.
UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY OFTENTIMES DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, SO RECOGNIZING THE, UM, EXCESSIVE NEED TO MEET, UH, FOR AUGUST BECAUSE OF BUDGETS, UM, THEY WILL GO DARK IN JULY.
UM, WE, THIS WEEK WAS CALLED HOUSING INNOVATION WEEK BY OUR MAYOR.
UM, HE ACTUALLY OPENED A, UH, EDUCATION CENTER IN CD NINE IN THE NORTH, UH, ON TUESDAY.
UM, WE WENT TO COUNCIL, DECLARED THE EMERGENCY THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
AND DR. DAVIS WILL ADDRESS THAT AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE SUPPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US FROM OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS THERE AND WHAT IS GOING ON.
UM, THAT IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE TO MANAGE RELATIVE TO, UM, MEDIA, AND I'M SURE SHE CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY WE ANNOUNCED A 2% DECREASE IN OUR HOMELESS NUMBERS.
WHILE THAT DOES NOT SOUND, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S REALLY, IT'S ONLY 71 IN TERMS OF DIFFERENCE.
BUT WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE SHELTERED MORE PEOPLE THAN FELL INTO HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE TREND IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THIS IS THE FIRST DECREASE THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2017.
WE ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY NOT KNOWING THAT ORANGE COUNTY WOULD ANNOUNCE THEIRS.
KERN COUNTY HAD A 37% INCREASE.
LOS ANGELES HAS NOT ANNOUNCED YET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SAY THAT TO GLO BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OUR MAYOR DID DECLARE AS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND CALL IT AN EMERGENCY.
AND WE THREW EVERYTHING WE HAD AT IT.
SOME OF THE REPORTS CAME OUT INDICATING THAT WE SPENT $60 MILLION AND ONLY HAD A 71, UH, PERSON DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S NOT THE STORY, AND THAT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO TELL.
I WILL FORWARD YOU THIS REPORT, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MORE DETAILED REPORT, I'LL BRING IN OUR BUREAU MANAGER NEXT MONTH TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT, OR I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT AS WELL.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN GO INTO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT WHAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOTE AND TO SHARE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS THAT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
WE DID HOUSE MORE PEOPLE THAN IN ANY YEAR EVER.
AND THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO USE THE EFFICIENCIES AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE LEVERAGED TO CONTINUE THAT SAME TRAJECTORY.
SO, UM, TO GIVE TIME TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT QUESTION.
THE TEAM WORKS REALLY, REALLY HARD ALL ACROSS.
AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT WE ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND WHILE WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, EVERYBODY WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH THIS POPULATION AND SUPPORTING THE EFFORT.
UH, SO IT'S NOT A HUMAN SERVICES VERSUS PUBLIC HEALTH.
IT IS A DEPARTMENT WIDE EFFORT.
AND WHAT MADE US SUCCESSFUL WAS THE CITYWIDE EFFORT IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT, UM, THAT WE ENGAGED IN THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, LOS ANGELES WILL HAVE HAD, UM, A, A SIMILAR KIND OF SUCCESS, UM,
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BECAUSE THEY TOO DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THEY TOO THREW EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT IT.DID, HAS DANA ALSO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY? THEY DID NOT.
IS, UH, LOS ANGELES CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS? UH, WELL, THEY ACTUALLY ACT, UM, DO HOMELESSNESS OUT OF THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH USED TO BE THE LOS ANGELES, UH, COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
AND SO, UM, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, DO THEIR HOMELESS OUT OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UH, AND PASADENA DOES, HOWEVER, HAVE THE OTHER CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, AND THAT IS JUST THE, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS HOMELESSNESS FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND PARTNER PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND THE LOS ANGELES, UH, COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A CONTINUUM OF CARE.
THEY USE LASA, THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BEHEMOTHS THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS, MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT.
UM, WHAT MAKES US SUCCESSFUL IS OUR MODEL.
WE ARE A CITY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A MAJOR CITY, YET SMALL ENOUGH TO BE NIMBLE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CONTINUUM OF CARE.
AND IT IS THROUGH THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT WE GET OUR REFERRALS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
THE LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY HAVE TO GET THEIR REFERRALS FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY, AND THEY SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
WE PRIORITIZE LONG BEACH PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, WHO LIVE HERE, AND WHO GO TO SCHOOL HERE AND BECOME HOMELESS HERE.
AND THAT PREFERENCE IS HOW WE HELP TO DETERMINE WHO GETS SERVICED.
ALONG WITH YOUR VULNERABILITY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, PEOPLE MOVE AROUND.
THE HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY IS A BEHEMOTH OF AN ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY STRUGGLE WITH EVEN GETTING THE REFERRALS.
OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OUR HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU ARE BOTH UNDER THIS DEPARTMENT AND THEY WORK SYMBIOTICALLY AND EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST, THEY WILL BE CO-LOCATED TOGETHER WHEN THEY WILL BE MOVING TO 1500 HUGHES WAY, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING.
SO THAT RELATIONSHIP IS TRULY SYMBIOTIC BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAND IN HAND AND NECK AND NECK.
I IMAGINE THAT YOU BRING A, UH, ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND RESOURCES TO IT COMING FROM HOUSING.
SO, UM, AND REALLY
SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, THE MAYOR CONVENED, UH, A GROUP AND WE BROUGHT IN, UM, THE FEDERAL DIRECTOR FROM, UM, THE UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL FOR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE, UM, ALL OF THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS WERE THERE, AS WELL AS FOLKS LIKE THE HILTON FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY DIRECTOR WAS THERE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, DIRECTOR WAS THERE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL AROUND HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT HEALTH AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATION.
UM, THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE IN LONG BEACH AND HAVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TOUTING IT ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, BECAUSE OUR MODEL IS ONE THAT WORKS.
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
UM, I'VE READ ABOUT THIS UNIVERSAL LIKE GRANT THAT GIVES LIKE FAMILIES THOUSAND DOLLARS, $500 GUARANTEED INCOME.
IS THERE ANY, ANY TALKS ABOUT POSSIBLY BRINGING A SIMILAR PROGRAM? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND SIMILAR TO THAT, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYORS REALLY COMMITTED TO IS ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, TAKING IT TO WHAT HE CALLS FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
AND YOUTH IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF IT.
WE ARE OPENING UP A YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER, UM, THAT WILL SOON NOT JUST PROVIDE RESOURCES AND REFERRALS, BUT ALSO SHELTERED FOR 12 YOUTH.
AND IT WILL ALSO BE, UM, A REPOSITORY FOR WHERE PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN STORE THEIR THINGS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO GETTING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING IS HELPING THEM GET THEIR DOCUMENTS.
AND SO THEY, BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSIENT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO STORE THOSE AND TO KEEP THOSE.
SO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A PLACE THAT WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER IS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL
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FOR THEM TO, TO HAVE THAT.UM, SO WITH GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS, IT'S, IT'S A REAL INTERESTING KIND OF THING.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THE DATA THAT IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
THERE IS, UM, FEDERAL TALK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO EVERY YOUTH WHO IS COMING OUT OF FOSTER CARE IN PARTICULAR.
BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT THESE PROGRAMS WHERE THEY RANDOMLY SELECT LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO RECEIVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, UM, IS SHOWING GREAT PROMISE.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT WHAT FAMILIES WOULD DO WITH IT, HOW WOULD THEY USE IT IF THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ANY LITERACY SKILLS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE IT.
UM, BUT PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE DECISION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY HOUSED TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE FUNDS THAT THEY'RE BEING GIVEN.
UM, SO HOW WE'RE GONNA ROLL THAT OUT, I DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE THERE ALSO HAS TO BE SOME SUPPORT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING IS THAT IF SOMEBODY GIVES A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IT COMES MONTHLY, UNFORTUNATELY IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY, WE COUNT IT AS INCOME, WHICH MEANS THAT WE INCREASE WHAT THEY WOULD GET.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE FEDS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME KIND OF A WAIVER OR, UM, CHANGE IN THE REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW THESE FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THIS AND OR TO PROVIDE IT DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS SO THAT IT LITERALLY IS A PASS THROUGH THAT ACTUALLY DOES NOT GET TO THE FAMILY.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT, BUT LONG BEACH IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THERE ARE A FEW PROGRAMS IN THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THAT GUARANTEED INCOME SUBSIDY.
WHEN YOU SAY YOUTH NAVIGATION, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE PROGRAMS, HOW ARE WE DEFINING YOUTH? WHAT AGE? UM, WE ARE DEFINING 18 TO 24.
AND, AND DO ALL OF 'EM NEED TO HAVE BEEN FORMER OR FOSTER YOUTH? NOT FOR THE NAVIGATION CENTER, BUT FOR THE HOUSING.
UH, NOT FOR, WELL ACTUALLY, UM, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WE ANNOUNCED THE OTHER DAY IS THAT WE ARE DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND WE WILL HAVE A FOSTER YOUTH TO INDEPENDENCE.
THOSE MUST BE OKAY, BUT THE OTHERS JUST HAVE TO BE HOUSING INSECURE, UM, AND OR HOMELESS.
AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE NAVIGATION CENTER AND THE HOUSING THE NAVIGATION CENTER SHOULD OPEN IN THE FALL? UH, WE'VE HAD A, A FEW SLOWDOWNS, BUT IT IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S JUST BEING MODIFIED.
IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT WE ARE REPURPOSING.
WE'RE GONNA WANT TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE AGE STUDENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A TOUR AND, AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS INVITED TO THE GRAND OPENING.
I'VE GOT ABOUT 150 FORMER FOSTER YEAR.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN WE, THE FIRST PROJECT BASED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DID IN PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS ARE WHERE WE COMMIT VOUCHERS TO A SPECIFIC BUILDING.
USUALLY WHEN YOU GET A VOUCHER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GO OUT AND YOU FIND A PRIVATE LANDLORD WHO WOULD ACCEPT IT.
SHE'S AN OWNER ON OUR PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL ARE THOUGH, BUT, UM, BUT IT, IT, WITH A PBV, YOU GET TO CONTRACT WITH AN OWNER THAT HAS MULTIPLE UNITS IN A BUILDING, WHICH PRESERVES HOUSING BECAUSE WE DO A CONTRACT GENERALLY FOR UP TO ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR FIRST ONE THAT WE EVER DID, WE DID IT WITH LINK HOUSING.
IT WAS THE OLD PALACE HOTEL, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT WAS ON ANAHEIM 26TH AND ANAHEIM.
AND, UM, WE STRUGGLED TO FIND KIDS COMING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM STRUGGLED.
WE HAD A BUNCH OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGES.
SO WE FINALLY CONNECTED WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND THAT IS HOW WE BEGAN TO GET THEM.
BUT OUR CHALLENGE WAS, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR FOLKS THAT EITHER BECAME FOSTER YOUTH WHEN THEY LEFT LONG BEACH, OR PERSONS WHO WERE HERE IN FOSTER CARE OR GRADUATED FROM A LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, SOMETHING THAT TIES YOU TO LONG BEACH.
UM, AND WE WERE WORKING WITH, UM, THE FORMER MAYOR, REARDEN HAD, HIS WIFE HAD A, A ORGANIZATION NONPROFIT CALLED UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN.
AND ALL THE CHILDREN THEY WERE BRINGING IN FOR FOSTER CARE WERE KIDS THAT WERE NEVER FROM THIS AREA.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE KEPT TRYING TO REACH OUT, TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM.
DCFS IS A HARD ORGANIZATION TO WORK FOR.
UM, WE, I, I TRIED TO GET THESE, THE SAME VOUCHER PROGRAM, FOSTER YOUTH INDEPENDENCE, FYI, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE WORKING ON AN MOU AND THEY JUST GHOSTED US.
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TIME THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND I HAD TO END UP REACHING OUT TO JANICE HAN'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO GET A CONTACT.THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE SINCE THAT TIME, BUT THEY'RE NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE, UM, REAL FAST.
UM, SO I JUST HEARD RECENTLY THAT KIDS ARE NOT JUST AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE AT 18, BUT THERE'S AN EXTENDED PROGRAM.
AS LONG AS YOU STAY IN SCHOOL CONNECTED TO SOME TYPE OF A TRAINING, YOU CAN GET IT TO.
BECAUSE I HAD GONE TO SOMETHING ABOUT CASA AND IT, IT WAS LIKE ENDED UP AT 18 AT THAT POINT.
AND THEY, THEY PROBABLY REALLY SHOULD ADJUST THAT BECAUSE THIS IS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS CALIFORNIA.
UH, IT'S UBIQUITOUS TO EVEN SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
WHEN THESE KIDS COME OUT AT 18, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
UM, SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOUR KIDS CAN EVEN STAY ON YOUR INSURANCE NOW TILL 26.
SO WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE SAME WORLD THAT MANY OF US GREW UP IN.
WHERE AT 18 YOU CAN GO OUT AND GET A JOB AND THAT JOB CAN SUSTAIN YOU.
AND WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL YOUTH ON YESTERDAY, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, HAD MANY, MANY YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE REASON WHY YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IS JUST SUCH A FOCUS IS BECAUSE IF YOU CAN INTERRUPT HOMELESSNESS IN YOUTH EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THEY CAN BE ON A POSITIVE TRAJECTORY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
AND SO IT'S A PREVENTATIVE, UM, TOOL.
AND ONE, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE HEADED THESE DAYS, IS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, STOP HOMELESSNESS BEFORE IT REALLY EVEN STARTS.
AND WHERE WE DO FIND IT, WE WANT IT TO BE BRIEF AND TEMPORARY.
WHAT WAS EFFECTIVE FOR US AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, UM, WAS WE HAD THE INDEPENDENT LEARNING COORDINATOR FROM DCFS.
AND WE HAD THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, UH, CENTER ON CAMPUS.
LITERALLY TWO HOURS TWICE A WEEK.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PIPELINE STUDENTS, IF YOU HAVE THAT REPRESENTATIVE ON CAMPUS, THEN THEY KNEW THE OFFICE HOURS WAS SUCH AND SUCH OVER IN YOUR BASIC NEEDS CENTER, YOUR WOMEN'S CENTER OR YOUR HEALTH CENTER.
AND SO THEN THAT WOULD BECOME THE POINT OF CONTACT.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES THE STUDENT, THE PERSON FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION AND WHEREVER THE OFFICE IS AND WHATEVER THE DAY IS AND WHATEVER APPOINTMENT YOU CAN FIT IN BETWEEN EIGHT TO FIVE MINUTES.
SO IT'S ALSO NOT UNUSUAL FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE HOUSE, WHO MAY NOT BE CONNECTED WITH THE INSTITUTION, BUT COULD BE CONNECTED WITH THE PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE MAYOR KIND OF OUTED IT ON YESTERDAY, UH,
AND SO, UM, THERE'LL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING.
WE ARE PRETTY SURE THAT THE BASIC NEEDS VILLAGE ON.
SO IT'S, IT'S OUT IN THE STREETS NOW.
SO THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SAID YES YET, UM,
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE TAKING THEM BECAUSE WE, WE SAID WE WOULD TAKE 'EM AND THEY SAID, NO, WE ARE OKAY.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE TAKING THEM
AS SOON AS SOMEONE ELSE SUGGESTED THEY TAKE 'EM, THEY SAID YES VERY QUICKLY.
SO TOM WILL BE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO REPURPOSE THOSE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD A REAL CHALLENGE, UM, TRYING TO, TO GET THOSE IN A PLACE THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
AND THERE IS NO MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE THAN TO HAVE IT GO TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.
I GUESS I BETTER GO ACTUALLY REAL QUICK AT, AT THE END OF EACH AGENDA ITEM MM-HMM,
AND A, UH, SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT.
WILL WE HEAR ABOUT MR. OSIS? UH, BASED ON DR. DAVIS? I'LL MOVE TO, TO ACCEPT, UH, DR.
UH, JUST ALLISON, THESE ARE THE DOCTORS I RELY ON
UM, AND I HAVE AN EIGHT 30 MEETING AROUND TUBERCULOSIS.
SO, UM, SO THE, I KNOW ALLISON TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME, LAST MONTH.
SO WE HAVE A, UM, AN OUTBREAK OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO CARE, LIKE SUBSTANCE USE AND, UM, SEVERE COMORBIDITIES.
UM, 14 CASES, ACTIVE CASES RIGHT NOW.
AND ABOUT 175 CONTACTS, UM, ASSOCIATED, UH, NOT EVERY SINGLE PERSON, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ONE SINGLE, UM, SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTEL.
UM, WE DO, SO, UH, I DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH
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EMERGENCY ON MAY 2ND, AND THAT WAS RATIFIED BY COUNSEL ON, UM, MAY 7TH.AND THAT REALLY WAS AROUND MARCHING THE RESOURCES IN AN EFFICIENT WAY TO, UM, DEAL WITH THIS OUTBREAK.
UM, THE OUTBREAK REALLY IS IN THIS POPULATION AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY AND EFFICIENTLY HIRE, UM, AND STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT.
AND, UM, IT HELPS WITH MUTUAL AID AND POSSIBLE FUNDING FROM STATE AND FEDS.
UH, THE STATE AND THE CDC ARE HERE ON SITE.
UM, THE STATE'S BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND THE CDC HAS BEEN HERE, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPING US WITH, UM, INTERVIEWS AND RE INTERVIEWS AND, AND REALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SOURCES OF TRANSMISSION AND HOW THINGS ARE LINKED AND THEN MAYBE OTHER PLACES, UH, OF CONCERN.
UM, AND, UH, SO RIGHT NOW I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, IT IS JUST A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
USUALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 20 CASES OR SO OF TV PER YEAR.
AND MAYBE THEY, EACH OF THOSE CASES HAS 10 CONTACTS.
AND IF IT'S A WORKPLACE SITE, THEN THE WORKPLACE WILL DEAL WITH IT.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY DIFFERENT 'CAUSE IT'S SO MANY CONTACTS.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE NEED.
SO TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, FOOD, CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND TRUST BUILDING AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, WHICH THE CDC AND THE STATE HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND YES, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.
UM, AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC, THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT SPECIFIC PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN TERMS OF LIKE, IF THERE IS, IF, IF THERE ARE CASES THAT ARE NO LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT HOTEL? SO, UM, THE, RIGHT NOW THE, THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW.
UM, TV IS MUCH HARDER TO CATCH THAN SOMETHING LIKE COVID.
SO IT'S REALLY, IS IT LIKE BODILY FLUID TRANSMISSION? IT'S AIR TRANSMISSION.
SO IT IS THE SAME WAY THAT YOU CATCH COVID, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IN, UH, USUALLY WHERE WE SEE IT IS REALLY CLOSE CONTACTS FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.
SO IT'S STUDENTS, UM, IT'S YOUR COWORKERS, IT'S YOUR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OR PEOPLE, UM, THAT MAYBE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS TOGETHER.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN INDOOR TYPE OF SETTING.
SO BEING OUTSIDE, BEING IN THE GROCERY STORE, BEING IN RESTAURANTS, BEING IN HOTELS, ALL SAME, THAT'S ALL LOW, LOW RISK.
UM, IT'S REALLY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE AROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN ON LIKE FLIGHTS THAT, THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED.
LIKE IF YOU FLEW, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO ANOTHER CONTINENT, THEN WE START, OKAY.
THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A RISK.
RIGHT NOW, THIS REALLY, THE REASON WHY THE EMERGENCY WAS CALLED, WAS AROUND RESOURCES FOR THIS POPULATION.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A RISK TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, I THINK THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE NOW TV IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
THE OTHER POPULATION WHERE TV HAS TRADITIONALLY, UH, BEEN A RISK IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN A TV ENDEMIC COUNTRY, WHICH IS MOST OF THE WORLD BESIDES WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO, UM, THOSE FOLKS USUALLY WILL BECOME INFECTED AS A CHILD AND THEN, UM, GET ACTIVE TV LATER ON AS AN ADULT.
SO THAT POPULATION SHOULD BE GETTING SCREENED.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT THAT, THAT'S KIND OF TRADITIONALLY THE POPULATION.
SO ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS YES.
ALL OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, HAVE YOU HMM.
IS THAT WHAT YOU DO TO THE, LIKE WITH YOU? LIKE JUST IN GENERAL? SHOULD THAT HAPPEN? LIKE YES.
LIKE WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? RECOMMENDATION THAT'S CHANGED.
YES, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, IMMUNIZATIONS AND TV TESTING.
AND IF WE VIEW, IF THROUGH THE, THROUGH THIS HANDLING OF THIS PARTICULAR OUTBREAK, IF ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS INFECTED WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT AT AN INSTITUTION MM-HMM.
SO, UH, WE INVESTIGATE AND SO WE WOULD TELL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW LIKE WHO ALL THAT IS, BUT WE IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE'S CONTACTS.
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SCHOOL MIGHT NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE IF THE PERSON WAS IN A CLASSROOM YEAH.THIS CLASSROOM'S, UH, OR IN A DORM ROOM.
AND SO THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GUYS WOULD BE INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU GUYS WOULD NEED TO TEST ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT HAPPENS NOT INFREQUENTLY THAT WE GET ALL SORTS OF STUFF FROM STUDENTS.
UM, MEASLES, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
INPATIENT HOSPITAL, WE HAVE A LOT OF TB PATIENTS.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY, THEY TRY TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, APPLY LIKE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR SOMETHING AND THEY WANNA LEAVE AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT FINISHED WITH THEIR TREATMENT YET.
TRADITIONALLY THEY CALL THE HEART HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LIKE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO IF THEY WANNA LEAVE AND THEY HAVEN'T FINISH THEIR TREATMENT, CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE DONE? SO USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED, UM, IS THAT MY PHONE? UM, UM, WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS? IT DEPENDS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE FIND OUT.
LIKE, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO LEAVE A MA.
SO IF WE CAN GET TO THE PATIENT, WE TRY TO GET TO THE PATIENT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
A LOT OF IT WITH SUBSTANCE USES, SUBSTANCE USE, THEY WANT TO USE SUBSTANCES.
'CAUSE A LOT OF HOSPITALS NOW ARE, ARE NON-SMOKING EVERYWHERE ON THE GROUNDS.
IF WE CAN TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM, WE CAN WRITE ORDERS SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT LEAVE.
UM, BUT WE, WE USUALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL BY FORCE.
UM, USUALLY JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
SO WE CAN DO ORDERS AND THEN WE CAN, UM, LIKE, UH, DETAIN THEM IF WE NEED TO.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITING SOMEBODY'S RIGHTS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS.
AND USUALLY IF THE PERSON IS NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS, SO THEY WERE ON THEIR MEDS LONG ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE NOT CONTAGIOUS, THEN IT, IT GETS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DETAIN THEM.
BUT THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS.
AND WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL, LIKE, CAN YOU PLEASE TRY TO KEEP THEM DA DA DA.
THE CHALLENGING PART IS THAT THEY JUST MAKE A DECISION THEY WANNA GO THAT.
JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE, WE'LL CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE POLICE WILL NOT HOLD THEM, NOT HAVE TECHNICAL HOLD AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL SOMEHOW LIKE FIND THEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND TRY.
AND THAT'S A VERY COMMON STORY FOR THIS OUTBREAK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE MARSHALING THE FORCES IS IN.
'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.
AND SO OUR OBLIGATION IS JUST TO LIKE, LET THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EVIDENCE? IS THAT ANYTHING ELSE? I DO HAVE ONE.
UM, THERE, I WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A, A, A CLUSTER OUTBREAK OF A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AT MY, AT LONG FELLOW ELEMENTARY.
AND THAT THEY HAD CONTACTED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO THAT? UM, THEY, THEY DID REPORT JUST WHAT YOU SAID, AND THEN WE GAVE THEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT TO DO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE OPEN WINDOWS AND, YOU KNOW, SCREEN PEOPLE AND THE GUIDANCE WHEN YOU CAN COME BACK, TEST ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE RESPIRATORY, NOT THAT I KNOW OF AT THIS TIME.
BUT A LOT OF THE, THE, SORRY, A LOT OF THE THINGS ARE THE SAME.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ONCE IF PEOPLE TEST, THEN WE CAN GET MORE OF AN IDEA.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S STILL THE KIND OF THE SAME RECOMMENDATION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A TOUGH RESPIRATORY YEAR.
AND IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT SOME MEASLES OUTBREAK.
SO MEASLES IS, UM, WE'RE HAVING A BAD MEASLES YEAR GLOBALLY.
AND UM, WE, IT HAS NOT AFFECTED LONG BEACH AS OF YET.
WE ARE REALLY GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CASES IN LA COUNTY AND SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONTACTS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW, HOW THAT'S GONE.
WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH.
YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT, IS THERE ANY, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE REASON THAT WE HAVE MEASLES OUTBREAKS IS BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LARGE POPULATION THAT HAVE OPTED OUT OF VACCINATIONS.
IS THERE ANY INTENTION OF KIND OF DOUBLING DOWN ON THE VACCINATION? UM, I KNOW WE DID A LOT OF IT THROUGH COVID, BUT NOW THAT COVID IS KIND OF ON THE, ON THE OUTS, IS THERE ANY INTENTION OF DOUBLING
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DOWN ON THE, ON THE VACCINE EDUCATION FOR THE POPULATION? NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN GENERAL? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT VALUE HEALTH OFFICE HELP OFFICE FOLKS GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THESE? YEAH.UM, AND WE ARE INCREASING EDUCATION.
UM, WE, AND THIS LIKE LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S A, YOU HAVE TO REPORT YOUR VACCINATION STATUS EVERY YEAR.
SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE KNOW ALL THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE KNOW THE SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T AS, UM, WELL VACCINATED AS OTHERS.
AND WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UH, AND THEN JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION IN GENERAL.
UM, THEY HAVE UPDATES IF YOU'RE GONNA TRAVEL, SO A DIFFERENT VACCINATION SCHEDULE IF YOU'RE A, A YOUNG PERSON AND YOU'RE GONNA TRAVEL.
SO WE'RE PUTTING ALL THAT OUT THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO ENCOURAGE, UH, VACCINATION.
IT IS TOUGHER NOW THOUGH, AFTER COVID QUESTION GO.
SO I MAY HAVE THIS, BUT I SOME UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HIGHEST VACCINATED RATES, CHILDREN ARE NOT PARTICULARLY.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS HERE IN BEACH.
THOSE POLICE, THEY HAVE TO REPORT.
AND MMR VACCINE IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE THE, THE LOW VACCINATION RATES.
UM, SO WE, WE DO HAVE SOME MM-HMM.
NOT A LOT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE.
UM, CAN I GET A MOVE FIRST? SECOND.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA AND WHAT'S HAPPENING, DR. DAVIS HANGING THERE.
OH, WE CAPTURED PASTOR EIGHT 30.
I AM GOING THE CITY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I'M COVERING FOR ANDREA, WHO IS OUR, UH, LEGISLATIVE AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, SO SHE, SHE LEFT ME SOME NOTES.
SO PROBABLY AS, AS OUR DIRECTOR MENTIONED, BUDGETS, IT'S BEEN BUDGET SEASON WELL FOR THE STATE.
IT'S ALSO BEEN, UM, BUDGET SEASON.
AND I'M SURE THE FOLLOWING THE NEWS, YOU'VE SEEN THE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, STRIKING NUMBER.
SO THERE'S AN ESTIMATED BETWEEN 38 AND $73 BILLION STATE DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICIT.
UH, AND I'M STILL, UM, KIND OF GETTING USED TO WHAT, WHAT THOSE, WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT BASICALLY ON THE LOW END IS THE GOVERNOR'S ESTIMATE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THEN THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE, UM, ANALYST'S, UH, UH, ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT'S THE HIGHER NUMBER, 73 BILLION.
UM, APPARENTLY THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL THAT THERE WOULD BE A DISCREPANCY IN THE TWO.
AND SOME OF THAT IS JUST THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THE BUDGET AND SOME OF THE JOCKEYING THAT HAPPENS AND SOME OF THE SIGNALING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY BIG, UM, NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU SLICE IT.
SO THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY SIGNED WHAT'S CALLED AN EARLY ACTION BILL AND UM, THAT'S TO DELAY AND DEFER INITIATIVES, UM, TO CUT SERVICES AND TAP INTO EMERGENCY RESERVES.
SO THEY'RE STARTING TO PREPARE FOR WHAT TRYING TO SOLVE FOR THIS BUDGET WOULD, UH, DEFICIT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, IT, AT THIS POINT IT MAY IMPACT A FEW OF OUR STATE GRANTS, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN SUPER HEAVY GLOBALLY FOR, FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, ANDREA WROTE HERE THAT THERE'S A $1 MILLION HEPATITIS B DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED AND A, A PRETTY SMALL, UM, CAREER LADDER GRANT THAT WAS PART OF THE WORKFORCE INFRASTRUCTURE, TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET FURTHER TRAINING.
THAT'S A LITTLE UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WE'RE NOT TALKING MASSIVE CUTS AT THIS POINT FOR, FOR PUBLIC HEALTH OR WORKFORCE SCHOLARS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE THINK THE STATE WILL STILL HAVE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CUTS AND THE, UH, CALIFORNIA BUDGET POLICY CENTER ANTICIPATES CUTS TO CALWORKS AND, UH, PRISON AND MAYBE PRISON CLOSURES, UM, AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE CAN ALL KEEP AN EYE ON, ON THAT AS FAR AS JUST, YOU KNOW, MEDIA AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE INSIDER, UH, KNOWLEDGE.
AND BECAUSE IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR, SHE MENTIONS AS WELL THAT THE GOVERNOR'S NOT PROPOSING ANY REVENUE GENERATING OPTIONS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE NATURE OF SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES IS THAT IT'S ALL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF GYMNASTICS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO THE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF KIND OF WHAT TIMING.
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SO THE GOVERNOR HAS TO RELEASE THE MAY BUDGET REVISION BY MAY 14TH.THEN THE LEGISLATOR HAS TO BALANCE, MUST PASS A BALANCED BUDGET BILL FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 15TH.
SO IT'S NOT, AGAIN, STATES ARE NOT LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU CAN'T JUST RUN A DEFICIT AND THEN BORROW, YOU KNOW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS REALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN THE STATE.
TOM MENTIONS THAT ALL THE TIME.
WE CAN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN IMBALANCE IN OUR BUDGET.
WE CAN'T RUN JUST LIKE A DEFICIT.
UM, SO, UH, THE, THE LEGISLATOR HAS TO, LEGISLATURE HAS TO BALANCE, UH, PASS A BALANCE BUDGET BILL FOR THE UPCOMING UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 15TH.
AND THERE'S AN ESTIMATED, ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES MUST MEET OR EXCEED GENERAL FUND SPENDING.
SO PRETTY TYPICAL FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES, YOUR REVENUES HAVE TO EITHER MEET, UM, OR EXCEED, UH, GENERAL FUND SPENDING.
AND THEN THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, 20, 24, 25 BEGINS JULY 1ST.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, WHAT WE'RE TRACKING, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE INSIDER SCOOP OF THINGS.
AND UM, YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE I CAN ANSWER BUT AT THIS POINT.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE GET A, A FIRST ON, UM, SECOND THAT REPORT FIRST, SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSITION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION DISCUSSION FROM OUR, OUR LAST, I IN TOUCH WITH DENNIS THE OTHER DAY, SEE IF HE'D GOTTEN A COMPILATION OF EVERYTHING FROM JAMES AND APPARENTLY NOTHING.
UM, GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
UM, HE'S FOLLOWING UP WITH HIM.
I SENT HIM AN EMAIL ASKING IF HE HAD EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MIGHT BE SEEING IT, BUT HE HASN'T RESPONDED US YET.
SO THAT WAS ABOUT TWO, TWO DAYS AGO.
TAKE ALL OF OUR COMMENTS FROM LAST TIME.
AND WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS THERE WAS GONNA BE A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING BACK AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE MOST EFFICIENT TO HAVE A SUBGROUP.
UM, MAYBE COULD THE LEAD ON SOME OF COMPILING THAT AND BRINGING IT BACK WITH THE, OUR NEXT STEPS.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT VERSUS BRINGING THE LARGER CONVERSATION TO THE GROUP? I RIGHT JAMES TAKING OUR STEP WAS GONNA PROVIDE SOME OF THE, THE FINAL THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, IF I'VE GOT IT RIGHT.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
I DO RECALL HE DID WANNA BE THAT SUBGROUP SOME POINT THAT HELPFUL TO THINGS, BUT THAT WAS JUST A, IN THE INITIAL CONVERSATION WE, YEAH.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHAT OUR SUBGROUP WAS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN TRANSITION.
UM, FOLKS BE OKAY WITH THAT OR SHOULD WE WAIT TILL WE SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN MOVE FROM THERE? OR I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S UM, MY THINKING SOMETIMES IT'S MORE EFFICIENT FOR A SMALL LEADERSHIP GROUP TO KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE LARGER GROUP CAN DISCUSS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I LIKE THAT WE FINAL STUFF THAT WE CAME UP WITH FROM JAMES.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR SOMETHING.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE OPINION ON YOU? YEAH, NO, I AGREE.
I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW BACK THROUGH, 'CAUSE THEN WE HAVE LIKE, WE'VE DONE ALL THIS BUT WE JUST LIKE STARTING OVER AGAIN.
I THINK WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO HIM AGAIN AND LIKE PUSH HIM TO GIVE US WHAT WE NEED AND THEN WE CAN, OKAY.
SO DENNIS, IS IT OKAY IF I PUT IT ON YOU OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO FOLLOW UP? NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE ALREADY SENT AN EMAIL OUT.
I'LL GIVE HIM UNTIL MONDAY IF HE, IF I DON'T HEAR FROM HIM ON MONDAY, UM, YEAH, BUT I CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO HIM AGAIN.
BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THIS CONTACT INFO FILLED AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK.
IT'S POSSIBLE THE NEXT MEETING, UH, RECONNECT AND, AND DETERMINE A SUBGROUP OR TAKE LEADERSHIP ON THAT DISCUSSION FOR, FOR THE NEXT STEPS.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE, THE GREATER GOOD OF BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH, UM, I DID, I DID HEAR ABOUT THE GROUP, UM, CITY COUNCIL GOING DARK IN JULY AND I DO THINK THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS ON VACATION IN JULY.
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UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS PLANS FOR THIS JULY.I'LL BE SUMMER, THE COUNTRY KENYA.
AND SO HAVING THE BOARD MEETING IS GREAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAYBE BRING UP, MAYBE WE GO DARK IN JULY AS WELL OR DO WE WANT WAIT TO SEE WHO'S HERE? I WON'T BE HERE.
YOU HAVE A SMALLER BOARD? YEAH.
HOW MANY OF US? THERE'LL BE A COUPLE THAT WILL BE TERMING OUT AS FAR AS I KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UM, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? IT'S REALLY OUT, NOT BACK ON THIS BOARD REALLY.
UM, IF YOU WERE ALLOWED TO SERVE FOUR, TWO YEAR TERMS, UM, ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED THAT, YOU COULD SERVE ON ANOTHER BOARD, YOU KNOW, BUT THE BOARD OF HEALTH ITSELF, YOU WOULD BE OFF, UM, 4, 4 2 YEAR TERMS. YEAH.
FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS THAT YOU COULD BE ON THE BOARD.
LYDIA ENDS, UM, LYDIA ENDS ON THE, THE 6 30 24.
BUT SHE HAS, UH, TWO MORE YEARS IF SHE LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED.
SO IT'S TECHNICALLY THREE MARK.
I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO ANYONE YOU KNOW THAT WOULD FIT THE CRITERIA OR SHOW ANY INTEREST, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOUR POSITIONS ARE SPECIFIC.
OKAY, SO WE NEED TWO APPOINTMENTS.
ONE WOULD BE YOU VETERINARY AND ONE WOULD BE PHARMACIST.
CAN WE EMAIL THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THEY PUT A CALL OUT AND THEY START SEARCHING? WE CAN, I CAN CHECK WITH, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SEE SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, PEOPLE ON HOLD THAT HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.
UM, IF THEY FIT THOSE TWO CRITERIA IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEN THEY CAN DRAW FROM EXISTING POOL.
BUT IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THERE, THEN YEAH, YOU MIGHT MAKE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING SOMEONE AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO TO THE ONLINE PORTAL AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
SO, UM, DENNIS, CAN WE, UM, DOCUMENT THAT IN OUR MINUTES THAT WE NEED TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS? MM-HMM.
WHAT WOULD WE NEED FOR NOW? STILL SEVEN.
SO YEAH, SO TECHNICALLY IS SEVEN OR EIGHT.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN ROLL WITH SEVEN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX SIX IS HALF A 12.
SO WE'RE SPLITTING HAIRS I THINK HERE, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE TOO MUCH.
ARE WE GOOD WITH THE REPUTATION OF GOING DARK ON THE MONTH, THE MONTH OF JULY? I, I WOULD MOVE THAT.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT? YEAH, I THINK.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THREE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE IS, UM, REVIEW OF OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH GETTING INFORMATION.
WE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MOVE, MOVE ON THAT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE THE CONTINUED DISCUSSION.
DO A CALL FOR, UM, VACANCIES FOR A VETERINARIAN AND A PHARMACIST.
AND THEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED A CALL, JUST, UH, FOLLOW UP NOTES.
UM, AND THE THIRD WOULD BE GOING DARK THE MONTH OF JULY, WHICH WE DO NEED A ACTION.
CAN GET IT FIRST ON THAT FIRST FIRST.
CAN I GET A SECOND? FIRST AND SECOND.
SO WE'LL GO MONTH, UM, IN JULY.
THEN THAT MEANS THAT THE LAST MOVE FOR, FOR, UM, LENE AND UM, IS THE NEXT ONE.
SO THAT WILL BE A CELEBRATION FOR THEIR SERVICE.
FOR YEARS OF SERVICE AND PARTICIPATION AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO ANYBODY WANT TO BRING SOME DONUTS, PASTRIES, COFFEE? FEEL FREE.
ANYBODY WANT TO ORGANIZE HANDS? EVERYBODY? UM, SO WE CELEBRATE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS? JAMES JUST RESPONDED.
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HE'LL HAVE IT NEXT WEEK.AND THEN DENNIS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING THAT TO ME BEFOREHAND, BARBARA, I'LL SEND IT TO BOTH OF YOU FIRST.
YOU CAN REVIEW AND THEN WE CAN ISSUE OUT AS NEEDED.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON RECOMMENDATION FOR VERBAL INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE READY TO VOTE ON THAT ONE? YEAH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT'S BEEN RECEIVED.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? JUST THIS.
SO, UM, THIS ISN'T TECHNICALLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED POSSIBLY A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING PHYSICAL SIGNAGE OF ALL OF OUR WATERWAYS AND WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A, WHATEVER THE WATERWAYS AREN'T SAFE FOR.
SO, UM, SO I ADJUSTED THIS LETTER A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE A, THE CITY COUNCIL LETTER.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS OKAY WITH US RECOMMENDING IT, BUT WE UM, STILL KIND OF NEEDED SIGNATURE TO CITY COUNCIL SO YOU, WE WE DON'T HAVE TO SOME EDITS TO IT.
UM, I THINK IF SOME ACTION THAT NEEDS, UM, ON THIS AND I THINK WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT I THINK IF THERE'S ACTION ON IT, WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? SO FOR NEXT MONTH, LET'S PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION.
BRINGING THE EDITS OR THOUGHTS AND THEN WE'LL, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO ON COUNCIL, THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS HAVING SOMEBODY, OR IF ANYBODY KNEW OR FROM UNIVERS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO KIND OF SPONSOR IT.
SCHUMER, HOW DOES IT TAKE, HOW DOES SOMETHING WORK WITH THE CITY WHO TRY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ABOUT UM, DIRTY WATER AFFECTING PEOPLE'S HEALTH.
AND IF WE WANT SOME TYPE OF SOMETHING, WANT SOME TYPE OF POLICY TO TAKE PLACE IN ADDRESSING, UM, SIGNAGE AT THE BEACH.
AND UM, SO TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE DOING THAT ADVOCACY, GETTING SOME SORT OF SPONSOR.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WHAT KIND OF HELPS SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS IS SEEING IF THERE'S INTERNAL WORK THAT CAN ALSO BE LIKE WHAT THE INTERNAL WORK IS.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WHEN REQUESTS COME FROM COUNSEL TO US, THEY SAY, HEY, I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS.
THEN THEY'RE STILL MASSAGING AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT AN INITIAL POLICY AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE LIKE THAT THERE'S A POLICY THAT'S PUT OUT AND WE HAVE TO ASK ABOUT A FEASIBILITY OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING.
UM, SO IT MIGHT COME BACK IN LIKE A FEASIBILITY WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I MEAN I THINK THIS IS THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF YOU HAVING SOME AUTONOMY AND LIKE REAL WORK THAT IS SOMEWHAT SEPARATE FROM OUR DAY IN AND DAY OUT OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THE, IT WOULD BE AS IF YOU WERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, MAKING A STAND OR STATEMENT FOR SOMETHING.
UM, AND THEN PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WOULD BE TO GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SEE IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT AND THEN IT'LL MAKE OUR, ITS WAY BACK.
BUT OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE A HEADS UP ABOUT IT AS WELL TO START REALLY UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
SO, UM, I HESITATE TO SAY WE SHOULD GET TO INVOLVED ON THE FRONT END BECAUSE I THINK THAT DOES STYMIE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AND WE SHOULD TRY TO ALLOW FOR YOU AS A BODY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, BUT OF COURSE I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR TO KIND OF HAVE MORE INTIMATE MEETINGS WITH UM, DIRECTOR KING AND THEN OTHER SUBJECT MATTER FOLKS.
I MEAN YOU COULD ALWAYS ASK FOR BRINGING, YOU COULD AGENDIZE LIKE THIS TOPIC IF YOU WANTED TO THINK IT THROUGH AHEAD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING FOLKS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND YOU KNOW, TO THIS BOARD MEETING, UM, TO TALK IT THROUGH HERE.
BUT ULTIMATELY YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, POLICY MAKERS AND AND ADVOCATE THAT WAY.
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SO, UM, I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE HOW DO WE SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT, THEN I THINK WE DO WORK HERE.UM, AND YOU BRING IT UP AND THEN ULTIMATELY YOU SAY LIKE, THIS IS READY WE'RE WE KIND OF CROSSED OUR T'S AND DOTTED OUR I'S WE THINK THIS IS MOVE FORWARD, THIS IS HOW WE COULD DO IT.
BUT THERE ALSO MIGHT BE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EITHER WE NEED THAT LEVEL OF ADVOCACY 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT CAPACITY OR STAFFING TO DO IT, OR WE NEED TO BRING ATTENTION TO GETTING MORE RESOURCES TO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY BEST FRAMING ON THAT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S KIND OF, TO ME WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE'S TWO POSSIBLE WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT.
ONE IS JUST TO USE IT AS A RECOMMENDATION LETTER.
MAYBE TRY AND GET A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHATEVER TO SIGN OR SPONSOR IT.
BUT EITHER WAY TO GET IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS IT'S JUST AS A, WE'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO DO THIS EVEN IF YOU EXPECT US TO.
SECOND WAY IT SOUNDS LIKE IS FOR US TO DO A LOT MORE WORK UP FRONT AS A BODY AND BRING SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT MIGHT BE PART OF IT.
COME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A PROJECT ALMOST READY TO GO THEN PUSH FORWARD.
WELL I THINK UM, ALSO THERE'S AREAS THAT IT KICKS IS PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT? I IN HERE MAYBE AND RECREATION THE MARINE, THE DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER CALLED.
UM, SO THOSE FOLKS ALL NEED TO BE ENGAGED, RIGHT? RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, THAT'S MY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD HIT, LIKE WHOSE BUDGET WOULD THE SIGN FALL UNDER WONDER? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IF WE THINKING IN TERMS OF BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR AND WHEN PEOPLE GO OVERBOARD ON ASKING FOR SOMETHING IN A VERY PUBLIC WAY THAT THEY COULD HAVE JUST LIKE EMAILED ME FOR AND I WOULD'VE GIVEN IT TO THEM.
I WONDER IF THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IF WE CONTACTED ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES AND SAID THIS IS NEEDED, THEY WOULD BE LIKE, OH YEAH, OKAY, WE CAN JUST DO THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING A TON OF EFFORT INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD'VE JUST DONE IF WE HAD BROUGHT IT TO THEM.
SO MAYBE CONNECTING WITH THOSE GROUPS.
IT'S EITHER THAT WAY IN CALLING THESE AREAS AND DOING THE HOMEWORK AND OR NUMBER TWO, WHO'S THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHERE A LOT OF THE WATERWAYS SIT AND THEN REACHING OUT TO HER OFFICE AND HER, UM, STAFF AND PASSING BY THE THOUGHTS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A SIGNAGE ISSUE OR IS THIS A POLICY CHANGE OR WITH THIS THING, SO CAN WE MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK AND REACHING OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY KNOW EXACTLY.
THEY MIGHT BE LIKE, OH, WELL THAT'S, WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE QUICKLY AND EASILY OR IT'S ALREADY IN A PRACTICE AND MAYBE THE, IT'S A POLICY BUT IT'S NOT THE PRACTICE.
MAYBE 'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT CERTAIN LAW AND THIS BE A MEMBER OF, YOU KNOW, SOME ENVIRONMENT, GROUP OF BEACHES, MY, AND THERE WAS POLICIES THAT WERE LAID UP BUT NOBODY FOLLOWED THEM.
UM, AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT LIKE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK, WE MIGHT BE SURPRISED WITH THERE OR THAT THEY, THAT THEY JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO FIND THE LINE ITEM TO FINANCE THE BUILDING OF THE SIGNS.
SO IF YOU COULD SEND THE RECOMMENDATION LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR THE MONEY AND THAT'LL BE THAT.
I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE TIME IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY NEW THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, KIND OF LIKE, HEY, SOMEBODY HAS A GOOD IDEA.
THE LIFE CYCLE OF A NEW IDEA IS USUALLY NEW IDEA FEASIBILITY STUDY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE IT KIND OF, IT HAS SOME VARIETY OF LIKE COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO JUST TO SET A LITTLE BIT OF EXPECTATION THAT UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND THAT SOME OF THAT WORK AND THAT LIFE CYCLE HAS HAPPENED, IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE KIND OF THE TIMING OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET'S ALREADY GOING IN NOW AND SO LIKE IF IT'S SOMETHING NEW, IT WON'T BE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME.
UM, SO I WOULD, I WOULD, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, I WOULD TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND THAT THERE'S SOME IDEAS AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN WEIGH IN AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF HEALTH, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN IT'S A DIFFERENT, MAYBE THERE'S ALREADY AN AGENDA ITEM THAT'S PLANNING TO COME AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT.
SO I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LOGISTICS OF, OF GOOD IDEAS AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.
IT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU'RE ALL AT AT THIS POINT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE DO A LITTLE RESEARCH'S OFFICE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? IDEAS, CONCEPTS? I WANT THIS TO THE TABLE.
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PEOPLE SWIM IN SEWAGE.ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER PUBLIC UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE.
SO, UM, SO I'M BEING RECRUITED BY THE STATE FOR A JOB.
UM, AND I, I APPLIED FOR IT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT OF NOWHERE, BUT I, UH, WANTED TO BRING IT UP 'CAUSE THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME THAT I COME AS FAR AS IN THIS ROLE, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY.
NOW IT'S NOT FINAL, SO IT'S NOT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT AND I'M NOT REALLY, I'M VERY HAPPY IN THIS ROLE.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
ALLISON IS A PHENOMENAL HUMAN BEING AND DIRECTOR AND UM, AND DR. DAVIS IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AND, UH, HEALTH OFFICER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I WAS LIKE, WELL I'LL, THERE'S A, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ROLES AT CDPH, SO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAYING IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, ONE WAS A DOCTOR ROLE AND IT'S OVERSEEING ALL OF THE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PORTFOLIO FOR THE STATE, WHICH IS REALLY LIKE WHY I WENT INTO MEDICINE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND, UM, BEEN AT THE HEART OF MY INTEREST.
THAT'S WHY I'M A PEDIATRICIAN.
DON'T BE OVERSEEING CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL.
UH, THERE'S SURVEILLANCE, UM, AND SOME OF THE REGISTRIES.
SO LIKE, I THINK THE CANCER REGISTRIES, NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH, WHICH GETS ME BACK INTO THAT WORLD, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING AND ORAL HEALTH.
SO, UM, I, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS LIKE, WELL IF I'M REALLY GONNA DO THIS, I WANNA STAY IN LONG BEACH.
AND SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN A HIGH, THEY HAVE HYBRID OPTIONS, BUT IF IT ALL GOES WELL, UM, I'M HOPING TO CREATE A DISTRICT OFFICE FOR CD PAGE IN LONG BEACH.
ARE YOU HIRING? SO, I'M SORRY.
ARE YOU HIRING? SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK PART OF MY TRANSPARENCY IS BECAUSE I FEEL REALLY, UH, THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS ROLE IS IF I CAN STAY AS CONNECTED TO THE GROUND, THEN I CAN HELP IMPLEMENT THE STATE LEVEL POLICIES IN THIS CONTEXT.
AND BY UNDERSTANDING HERE, I CAN HELP ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL.
AND I THINK LONG BEACH IS REALLY COOL.
IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY, IN SOME WAYS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE A CITY AND WE HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE ALSO ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ALL THESE COMPONENTS AS FAR AS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND AS FAR AS CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS AND THERE'S SO MANY COMPONENTS OF CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION WORK THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF PUSHED TO THE WAYSIDE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S AT MY, IT'S AT MY CORE.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THE BUREAUCRATIC WHEEL, YOU KNOW, COMES THROUGH.
OTHERWISE I'LL BE BEGGING THEM TO, TO TAKE ME BACK.
BUT, UM, NO, IN ALL, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S LIKE, HURRY UP AND WAIT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S READY.
YOU KNOW? AND I REALLY WANTED TO DO RIGHT BY THE ORGANIZATION AND START TO, AT LEAST I, ALLISON KNOWS OBVIOUSLY, AND DR. DAVIS AND SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP AND UM, AND UH, SO THAT WE CAN START TO PREPARE.
'CAUSE I, I REALLY, I, I MEAN, I MAY BE IN PUB MAIN HEALTH AS MUCH AS I AM NOW.
I MEAN, I HOPEFULLY CAN WORK, UH, THERE, UM, AS LIKE IN PERSON TIME AND ACROSS THE, THE CITY IN DIFFERENT PLACES, HOPEFULLY BRINGING COALITIONS, COLLABORATIVES TOGETHER, BEING AN AGENT OF CHANGE.
SO IT'S A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT TO SEE IF I CAN DO WORK AT THAT LEVEL AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE.
UM, BUT I HOPE TO STAY CONNECTED WITH ALL OF YOU ALL AND IN SOME CAPACITY OR ANOTHER, I SEE IT JUST AS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THE NETWORKING, UM, AND JUST HAVING A DIFFERENT LEVER OF CHANGE, UH, POTENTIAL.
I MEAN, I DID ASK, LIKE THE BUDGET'S PRETTY BAD AT THE STATE, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM,
SO IT JUST TELLS YOU HOW BIG CALIFORNIA IS AS A STATE.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE COUNTRY SIZE STUFF.
UM, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S SOMEWHAT PROTECTED, WHICH IT'S LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT'S IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE GRANT FUNDED AND THEN IT ALSO HAS ITS DOWNSIDES.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, IT'S, UH, I'M TRYING TO SHARE SLOWLY AGAIN.
UM, I HOPEFULLY WILL KNOW MORE BY THE END OF MAY, MAYBE EARLY JUNE, AND THEN I MIGHT BE STARTING WITH THE STATE AT THE END OF JUNE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I HOPE TO STILL BE AROUND.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GROUPS THAT I HOPE TO RE KIND OF ENGAGE WITH.
I'LL STILL BE ABLE TO WORK CLINICALLY, I'LL BE ABLELY STILL AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR THE NEW WELLSPRING ON, UM, ANAHEIM AND WALNUT AND CCC.
SO JUST LIKE AN EXTENSION OF THE WORK I'VE BEEN DOING, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OVERLAPS WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE LET'S, LET'S DO IT.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TELL LONG BEACH A STORY.
I WANT TO HELP BRING FOLKS TOGETHER.
I WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, BE AS HELPFUL AS I CAN TOO.
WHAT WOULD A, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, WHAT WOULD A DISTRICT OFFICE LOOK LIKE? UM, I MEAN, SO I, I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE SO MUCH IN PHYSICAL SPACE, BUT IT'S LIKE
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THE IDEA OF SAYING THAT THERE'S A CD PAGE PRESENCE IN LONG BEACH AND IT ALLOWS 'EM TO HAVE LIKE A PHYSICAL, UM, KIND OF WORK LOCATION IN LONG BEACH VERSUS SACRAMENTO, WHICH IS WHERE THE PHYSICAL WORK LOCATION IS.SO SOME OF IT IS JUST DEALING WITH THE HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING LIKE, WHERE DO I HAVE TO GO UP TO SACRAMENTO EVERY WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, VERSUS BEING ABLE TO SAY, NO, I REPORT TO LONG BEACH AND, AND THERE'S, SO IT'S ADMINISTRA, IT'S A LOT OF IT ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS.
UM, WOULD YOU BE A DISTRICT OFFICE OF ONE OR WOULD YOU BE STAFFING UP AT THIS POINT? I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR ME, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S APPETITE FOR EXPANDING IT.
LIKE I THINK THERE'S, I PERSONALLY ALWAYS THOUGHT HAVING DISTRICT OFFICES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH PHYSICAL, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SO MUCH SPACE IS A HEART IS A PREMIUM, RIGHT? SURE.
SO I THINK THE IDEA IS IF YOU HAVE PRESENCE IN A PLACE THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING NECESSARILY A PHYSICAL SPACE.
SO I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT SAYING LIKE, WE NEED TO BE CONNECTED ON THE GROUND.
SO IF THERE'S OTHER FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN LA DISTRICT OFFICE, BUT I TOLD THEM I'M NOT GOING THERE.
I MEAN, LIKE NOT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I WAS LIKE, I'D RATHER FLY TO SACRAMENTO
NO, AND I GO TO SACRAMENTO QUITE A LOT.
SO WHEN YOU, UM, TALK ABOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS OR CHRONIC DISEASE, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, LIKE ASTHMA AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, OR ARE, IS IT VERY SPECIFICALLY, IT'S NOT MENTAL HEALTH.
SO MENTAL HEALTH HAS A WHOLE SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, IT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T HAVE INTER CONNECTIONS.
BUT ASTHMA IS, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I IMAGINE IT WOULD CROSS STRONGLY AND IT'S OVER THE LIFE COURSE, SO IT WOULD BE, YEAH.
YEAH, NO, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, THAT THE, UH, THAT THE DYNAMICS OF, OF THE 4 0 5 IS, IS NO JOKE.
THAT IS, THAT IS VERY WELL KNOWN.
I, I'D RATHER FLY TO SACRAMENTO THAN FIVE TO LA
NO, BUT I'M EXCITED AND I HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT WORKS OUT.
AND UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO EXPAND THE REACH AND IMPACT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE.
I, I DO, I DO THINK THAT IT'S A, IT'S A INTERESTING TIME WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH MEDI-CAL TRANSFORMATION AND TRYING TO USE MEDI-CAL DOLLARS TO COVER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND PREVENTIVE WORK.
AND I WANNA HOPE, I HOPE TO HELP NAVIGATE WHERE PUBLIC HEALTH LAND WITH THAT AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION.
IT MAY BE NOTHING, BUT I WANNA SORT OF PREPARE THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
SO TRYING TO BE, UH, AS THOUGHTFUL AND, UM, ENGAGED AS POSSIBLE WITH THE TEAM ON THAT AND THE STEPS.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? EXCELLENT.
WELL, EVERYBODY HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK.
TO ALL THE MOTHERS, THE PEOPLE WHOSE MOTHERS BIRTH TO SEE YOU.