* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] PRESENT VICE MAYOR ALLEN, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. HERE. COUNCILMAN ANA? HERE. COUNCILMAN KERR. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SORROW. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. COUNCILMAN AUSTIN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ODI. MAYOR RICHARDSON. I HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE LED BY COUNCILWOMAN SORROW. ALL RIGHT. CAN, UM, IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UM, KEEP ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT IN YOUR, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TODAY. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT RISEN, PLEASE RISE. AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE RISE AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. UH, LET'S START OFF, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, START OFF WITH A REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE. THANKS, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE WE ARE, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, UH, 22 ITEMS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA. AND THEN, UH, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE, UH, A VERY LONG MEETING TONIGHT. AND WE'LL, WE'RE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, UM, RELATED TO KICKING OFF SUMMER. SO A LOT OF FOCUS ON OUR ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER. SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR PRESENTATION. AND, UH, OUR PRESENTATION IS, UH, TODAY BY THE LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION. WE KNOW THAT WE JUST HAD A RECEPTION OUTSIDE WITH ALL A CELEBRATION WITH ALL OF OUR SISTER CITY ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA INVITE UP THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION, UH, SUSAN REDFIELD TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. [CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS] [ LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES] AND MIKE VAUGHN, COME ON UP. COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. UH, AND I, WE WERE SO GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU OUT AT THE, UH, PLAZA A FEW MINUTES AGO. UH, MIKE'S GONNA START AND THEN I'M GONNA DO A QUICK POWERPOINT. GOOD EVENING. UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, LONG BEACH AND YO CHI JAPAN HAS A 60 YEAR TRADITION OF STUDENT EXCHANGES. THIS YEAR THROUGH COMPETITIVE INTERVIEWS, WE HAVE SELECTED A TEACHER AND TWO STUDENTS TO SERVE AS THE LONG BEACH GOODWILL AMBASSADORS TO YO CHI. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM IF I MAY, AND I'LL ASK THEM TO STAND UP. MS. GLENIS BADGET WILL BE OUR, OUR TEACHER CHAPERONE, KYLIE MACK AND CAMERON NICKEL, AND THE, THEY WILL BE OUR AMBASSADORS FOR THE 24 25 YEARS, AND I HOPE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN MORE AND MORE OF THE CITY ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO STARTED 15, UH, 20 YEARS AGO, AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH TO LEARN ABOUT THE LONG BEACH ENVIRONMENT AND THEN TRAVEL TO YO CHI, WHERE THEY TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT WITH JAPANESE AND CHINESE STUDENTS TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOUR, UH, PARTICIPANTS WHO ALSO WERE, UH, CHOSEN BY COMPETITIVE INTERVIEWS. UH, OLIVIA LARDO, ALANA JANE FEDERER, UH, DANNY HOWELL, AND ELIJAH BADGETT. THANK YOU. THEY WILL BE GREAT REPRESENTATIVES OF LONG BEACH AT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU MIKE, AND THANK YOU GUYS. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES. AM I OKAY? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? WE HEAR YOU FINE. SO I HAVE A, A BRIEF POWERPOINT. UM, AND, UH, NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE, UH, WE AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, WE, LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES TRIES TO BRING THE WORLD TO LONG BEACH AND BRINGS LONG BEACH TO THE WORLD. NEXT SLIDE. HELLO. WHO'S DOING THAT? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT. OH, SORRY. IS THAT RIGHT? DID I DO IT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, GUYS. [00:05:01] . UM, THERE WE GO. HE'S GONNA DO IT FOR YOU. JUST BE NEXT. SAY WHAT? NEXT SLIDE. WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO WE BRING LONG BEACH TO THE WORLD. WE BRING THE WORLD TO LONG BEACH, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR OBJECTIVE. UM, IN 1954, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER CREATED THIS PROGRAM, UH, OUT OF WASHINGTON DC IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, DEVELOP PEOPLE TO PEOPLE, FRIENDSHIPS, CITIZEN DIPLOMACY. AND AS MAYOR RICHARDSON SAID THIS AFTERNOON, THESE ARE MAYOR, MAYOR TO MAYOR RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S AN APOLITICAL GROUP. THE MAYORS DEVELOP AND THE CITIZENS BECOME INVOLVED. UM, TODAY THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE. NEXT SLIDE. THERE ARE ABOUT 500 US CITIES, CITIES PARTICIPATING WITH MORE THAN 2000 INTERNATIONAL ONES. NEXT SLIDE, WE FOCUS ON THREE CORE AREAS. YOU'LL SEE THE SLIDE ON TO THE RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE TRIO STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR WHO WERE HERE IN LONG BEACH FROM JAPAN, MEETING WITH MAYOR RICHARDSON. THAT HAS TO DO WITH BRINGING, UH, THE WORLD TO LONG BEACH. ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE, UH, SULI SORO, I'M SORRY, THAT'S SULI, SORRY. YOU'LL SEE CYNTHIA SAN WITH A GROUP FROM, UH, THE CAMBODIA TOWN GROUP. UH, AND, AND WE GET VERY INVOLVED WITH CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE MAYOR RICHARDSON WITH MAYOR MAORI FROM JAPAN. UH, THEY CAME HERE LAST SUMMER FOR A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RENEGOTIATE, I MEAN, AND RE-SIGN, UH, ANOTHER 10 YEAR AGREEMENT AFTER 60 YEARS. NEXT SLIDE. SO I'D LIKE TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE STUDENT CULTURAL EXCHANGES. THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT ARE, UM, SOME OF THOSE TRIO STUDENTS THAT WHEN TO SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT STUDENTS WHO MET WITH JAPANESE AND CHINESE STUDENTS. AND ON THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE CAL STATE LONG BEACH KIDS THAT WENT TO, UH, JAPAN TO CHINGA CHINA IN JANUARY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT, UH, PRESIDENT ING WENT TO THE APEC CONFERENCE LAST FALL AND MET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SAID THAT HE WANTED TO GET 50,000 US STUDENTS TO COME TO CHINA. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, OUR 10 STUDENTS FOR LONG BEACH WERE THE FIRST 10 OF THAT 50,000. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THEY WERE INUNDATED BY THE MEDIA BECAUSE THIS WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL. NEXT SLIDE. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. UM, DID I BLOW IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I'M SORRY. SO WE HAVE, UH, COLLABORATIVE CULTURAL PROGRAMS. UM, AND YOU COULD SEE ON THE LEFT, THOSE ARE SOME RUSSIAN AMERICAN DANCERS, UH, FROM OUR SOCHI SISTER CITY. UH, AND IT'S, THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON, UM, UH, SERVING AS A POWERFUL VEHICLE FOR CULTURAL HARMONY. AND THAT'S REALLY, WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS IS SUCH A POWERFUL VEHICLE FOR US ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S PART OF THE MOSCAR FESTIVAL FROM BAKO, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THEIR, UH, SPRING FESTIVAL FOR THE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEW SPRING SEASON. NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, WE LIKE TO, UH, BE CONSIDERED PART OF SHAPING OFFICIAL OFFICIAL IMP INTERNATIONAL MATIC MEETINGS. ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR ALLEN WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW, UH, PORT REPRESENTATIVES, UH, UM, SHARON WEISSMAN AND BONNIE LOWENTHAL, UH, WITH MAYOR MOREY FROM JAPAN AND HIS DELEGATION. AND ON THE MIDDLE, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHS IS THE AMBASSADOR FROM KENYA WITH BONNIE LOWENTHAL AND PHYLLIS VENABLE. AND I LOVE THAT HE WAS A FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER. UM, AND HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ALLY AND LOVES LONG BEACH. AND ON THE RIGHT IS VICE MAYOR, I FORGET HER NAME, BUT SHE'S THE VICE MAYOR FROM CHING DOO. AND SHE VISITED LAST, JUST LAST MONTH, RIGHT? EARLIER THIS MONTH. UH, AND YOU COULD SEE MARY BARTON FROM OUR CHING DOO GRUIN, UH, VICE MAYOR'S ALLEN IN THE BACK. NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, THAT'S SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, OUR NEWEST ANNUAL REPORT ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THERE'S A QR CODE THERE, UH, BUT I'M WONDERING, UH, HOW YOU CAN HELP US, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL HELP THROUGH THE MAKING AN AWARENESS OF WHO WE ARE, UH, THROUGH YOUR, YOU KNOW, JUST YOU KNOWING WHO WE ARE, AS WELL AS GETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW WHO WE ARE. WE CAN SEND YOU INFORMATION, BUT WE, WE'D LIKE YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE. AND THEN LASTLY, TO HELP US GET YOUTH INVOLVED IN THESE RECRUITING YOUTH IN THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WELL, UH, ABSOLUTELY. [00:10:02] WELL, THE LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION IS WELL RESPECTED INTERNATIONALLY. SISTER CITIES IN GENERAL IS A GREAT INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, AND, UH, IT'S VOLUNTEER DRIVEN. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO CERTAINLY THANK YOU, UH, SUSAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS HERE. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER WITH THE LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION, OR A BOARD MEMBER. LET'S HERE FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. SO LONG BEACH HAS BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THIS PROGRAM FOR 61 YEARS, AND YOICHI WAS OUR FIRST SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP. WE CELEBRATED, UH, OUR 60 YEARS LAST YEAR. MAYOR MAURY VISITED LONG BEACH AND BROUGHT HIS DELEGATION, UH, TO CELEBRATE IT, TO RECOGNIZE IT. AND WE SIGNED A MOU RENEWING IT. AND THEN WE WENT TO, TO YO CHI AND THEY DEDICATED A PLAYGROUND TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE PLAYGROUND WAS COMPLETE WITH THE QUEEN MARY, WITH THE NEW LONG BEACH INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY BRIDGE AT THE TOP AND AN INN OUT ALL ON THE PLAYGROUND. . I BROUGHT MY CHILDREN ALONG. THEY WERE THE FIRST KIDS TO PLAY ON THE, THE LONG BEACH PLAYGROUND WITH THE LONG BEACH FIRST KIDS. SO IT'S A REAL RELATIONSHIP. THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE VISITED THEIR DOWNTOWN, THEIR MANHOLE COVERS HAD THE QUEEN MARY ON IT, WE WENT TO THEIR CITY HALL, WE WERE GREETED BY A HUNDRED FIRST GRADERS, RIGHT? ALL CLAPPING AND WAVING FLAGS FOR LONG BEACH. UH, THEY HAD KEYS TO THE CITY THAT HAD BEEN GIVING THEM FOR MAYORS FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS, ALL ON DISPLAY IN LONG BEACH. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND LONG BEACH IS CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO THIS PROGRAM. AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXPLORING EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. UH, RIGHT NOW, THE ADMINISTRATION IS ASKED, IT HAS A FOCUS, A PRIORITY INITIATIVE CALLED SEVEN FOR 70. THAT IS SEVEN AMERICAN CITIES ESTABLISHING SEVEN NEW SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS IN OCEANIA. WHY THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO ESTABLISH MORE LOCAL TIES IN THE OCEANIA, THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA. THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. LONG BEACH HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE ONE OF THOSE SEVEN CITIES, AND SO WE'LL BE EXPLORING IN THE MONTHS TO COME A NEW SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP IN OCEANIA FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, SUSAN. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU AND YOU AND MIKE, IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD. WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT THIS. IS THERE MORE? MORE, YEAH. COME UP HERE. SOUNDS LIKE A BIG PHOTO. LET'S BACK UP. OKAY. TAKE ANOTHER THOUGHT. ALRIGHT. , UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO JOIN, I BELIEVE. OH, WE'RE NOT JUST CHECKING. OKAY. CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE. YOU ARE MY CUTOFF. SO ANYONE HAS GET IN THIS PICTURE, WE'LL TRY THE CAMERA. CAMERA GOT ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WRAP. ACTUALLY, ONLINE NOR WRAP SHOES ONLINE ARE THE BEST BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, YOU RETURN THEM TO THE STORE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOLKS ARE GONNA MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR SEATS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS SCARF ON. IT WAS THE, IT WAS THE PANAM PEN SISTER CITY, UH, THAT GAVE ME THIS SCARF TODAY. OKAY, WE'LL NOW GO TO, UH, WE'LL BEGIN THE COUNCIL MEETING. GO TO, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR. WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 25, UH, AND 23 AND 24 ARE WITHDRAWN. AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD OVER ITEM SIX FOR, UH, UH, LEVI LEVINE ACT RECUSAL. SO IT'S ONE THROUGH 25 MINUS 6, 23 AND 24. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? LET'S SEE. [00:15:01] OKAY. MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? OKAY. MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA PULL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM SIX. ITEM SIX IS A COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILMAN SUPERAL RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS BY 800 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING 500 TO CAMARA SINGERS OF LONG BEACH AND 300 TO THE LONG BEACH CENTURY CLUB. SO I'M GONNA STEP OUT AND RECUSE MYSELF, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE A CONTRIBUTION FROM AN ASSOCIATE OF MORE THAN $250 FROM AN ASSOCIATE OF THE LONG BEACH CAMARADERIE SINGERS, WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THIS SUBJECT PROCEEDING. [6. 24-53553 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $800, offset by Fourth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide support for the following: $500 to Camerata Singers of Long Beach in support of their young artist pilot program; $300 to the Long Beach Century Club Inc in support of their annual Hall of Fame sports banquet; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $800 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department. ​​​​​​​Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SO I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF AND HAND IT OVER TO VICE MAYOR. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY. ALRIGHT, THEN, UH, LET'S VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION IS CARRIED. AWESOME, THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I THINK YOU CAN COME BACK. ALRIGHT. ITEM 26 29 PLEASE. ITEM 29, PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION. RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S STRONG BEACH SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND POLICE RESPONSE EFFORTS CITYWIDE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA, BEFORE I HAND TO [29. 24-53532 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the City’s STRONG Beach Summer of Opportunity violence prevention activities and Police response efforts. (Citywide)       Office or Department: City Manager         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] STAFF, WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, THIS PRESENTATION. SO I ASKED, UH, THE CITY TEAM TO BRING A PRESENTATION ON OUR PLANS FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY SUMMER. UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE A BIG CITY WITH LOTS OF YOUTH, LOTS OF SCHOOLS, LOTS OF DIVERSITY, LOTS OF HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. UH, AND WE NEED TO HAVE, WE WANT TO HAVE MEMORABLE SUMMERS. UH, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT LONG BEACH IS A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FROM, FROM FESTIVALS, CULTURAL EVENTS, CONCERTS IN THE PARK. UH, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR, OUR OFFERINGS, UH, OF YOUTH SPORTS AND CAMPS AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, CITIES DURING WARM SUMMER, SUMMER MONTH, WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS OUR NATION, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, WE SEE AN INCREASE OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. THAT IS A FACT. WE SEE THAT IN CITIES, UH, THAT MEET OUR, OUR, OUR, THAT MATCH OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A, A, A STATISTICALLY, WE, YOU KNOW, IT GETS, IT GETS A LITTLE HOT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER. AND THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN TO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, OF, OF, OF CERTAIN INCOMES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. SO THIS SUMMER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE ARE UPLIFTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR FAMILIES, BY KICKING OFF A SAFE AND HEALTHY SUMMER INITIATIVE THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THREE CORE STRATEGIES. ONE, LET'S PLACE A BIG FOCUS ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES THIS SUMMER, YOUTH JOBS, LIFE COACHING, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, EXTENDING, EXTENDING PARK HOURS. LET'S DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CAN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SECONDLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVANCE DATA INFORMED VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES IN HIGH RISK AREAS WHERE GUN VIOLENCE IS MOST PREVALENT DURING THE SUMMER, AND DEPLOYING RESOURCES INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD STRONG RE STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS IN THOSE AREAS. AND THIRDLY, UH, WE WANNA, WE WANT SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BOTH AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. LAST YEAR WE DEPLOYED SUMMER BLOCK PARTIES. WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING IT THIS SUMMER. UH, GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UH, MOVIE NIGHTS, OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVATION TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ENGAGED, INFORMED. AND SO, UH, WE WANT TO, WE WANTED TO START, SUMMER SCHOOL IS LETTING OUT IN TWO WEEKS. AND SO NOW'S THE TIME FOR US. WE JUST CAME OUT OF, WE JUST CAME OUT OF SPRING CLEANING AND NOW WE'RE PLACING A FOCUS ON SUMMER. AND SO WE'LL KICK IT OFF TODAY WITH A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON OUR STRONG BEACH INITIATIVE. SO THAT SAID, WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO, TO, TO TOM. THANK YOU, [00:20:01] MR. MAYOR. WHAT A GREAT INTRODUCTION. UH, SO I'LL ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE IS A TOP PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL. UH, I'VE HEARD THAT FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE CORE REASONS THAT WE ARE HERE, UH, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UH, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON YEAR ROUND. SO WE WORK YEAR ROUND ON PREVENTION AND WE'RE ALSO READY AND ABLE, UH, TO RESPOND IF AND WHEN VIOLENCE OCCURS. AND SO COMING INTO SUMMER, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO AUGMENT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING, UH, IN BOTH THE, UH, RESPONSE WAY AND ALSO PREVENTION CAPACITY. AND SO THAT'S THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE GONNA GET TODAY. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR APPROACH. UH, WE'RE GONNA SHARE SOME OF THE DATA AND SOME OF THE TRENDS AND, AND HOW THEY RELATE TO PREVIOUS YEARS SO THAT WE'RE DEALING FROM FACTS RATHER THAN DEALING WITH EMOTION. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING OUR RESPONSE EFFORTS. WHAT IS OUR LONG BEACH POLICE, UM, DEPARTMENT DOING? HOW DO THEY ORGANIZE? HOW DO THEY LOOK AT DATA, UH, AND HOW DO THEY RESPOND? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT THE PREVENTION SIDE AND OUR ADVANCING PEACE INITIATIVE, UH, AND REALLY SHOWING YOU, UH, ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT COME TOGETHER TO UNIFY, TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, INTERVENTION AND, UH, TO, UH, TO ALSO PREVENT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME AND TALK ABOUT THE STRONG BEACH SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HEAR FIRST FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO OUR ADVANCING PEACE TEAM. SO THANK YOU MR. MANAGER AND THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FOCUS ON GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CRIME AND ENHANCE SAFETY. I LIKE TO START MY PRESENTATIONS BY SHARING OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. UH, THIS DOCUMENT IS OUR GUIDE AND HELPS INFORM THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AND THE ACTIONS WE TAKE. WHEN WE CONSIDER THE IMPACTS AND ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS AS WELL AS INVOLVEMENT OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND PROHIBITED POSSESSORS WILLING TO USE THESE WEAPONS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. OUR RESPONSE REMAINS FOCUSED AND STRATEGIC WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRIORITIZING AND OPTIMIZING EXISTING RESOURCES. IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024, WE EXPERIENCED AN UPTICK IN SHOOTINGS AND MURDERS COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THIS INCREASE FOLLOWS YEAR AFTER YEAR, REDUCTIONS FOR 2022 AND 2023. AS A DEPARTMENT, WE CONTINUALLY EVALUATE STATISTICS, ANALYZE CRIME, AND REVIEW EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHY IT'S HAPPENING, AND HOW BEST TO RESPOND. ONCE WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE IMMEDIATELY CONVENED A WEEKLY HIGH CRIME FOCUS MEETING. THIS MEETING SERVED AS A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS DETERRENCE ENFORCEMENT AND RESPONSE STRATEGY, WHILE ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS AND HOW BEST TO REALLOCATE EXISTING RESOURCES WITH A FOCUS AND EMPHASIS ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE, UTILIZING A FOCUS AND STRATEGIC PLAN WHILE REMAINING ADAPTABLE ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CORE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY BY IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND REALLOCATING POLICE OFFICERS. AS PART OF OUR NEWLY ESTABLISHED HIGH CRIME FOCUS TEAM, WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT FIELD OPERATIONS ADDRESSING GUN CRIME, WHILE ALSO BUILDING ON EXISTING COMMUNITY POLICING MODELS AND NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATION PROGRAMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR TOTAL SHOOTINGS HAVE RANGED FROM 71 TO 161 YEAR TO DATE. AS OF APRIL 30TH, WE'VE HAD 114 SHOOTINGS. OUR MURDER STATISTICS MIRROR THIS, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR MURDERS HAVE RANGED FROM SEVEN TO 19 YEAR TO DATE. AS OF APRIL, WE'VE HAD 11 MURDERS. WHILE I'M TROUBLED BY ANY MURDER OR ACT OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK OF OUR OFFICERS, DETECTIVES, AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS THEY DEDICATE TO REDUCING CRIME AND ENHANCING SAFETY IN LONG BEACH. OUR DETECTIVES HAVE CONTINUALLY ACHIEVED IMPRESSIVE CLEARANCE RATES. LAST YEAR, OUR CLEARANCE RATE FOR SHOOTINGS AND MURDERS WAS APPROXIMATELY 80%, WHICH IS AT THE TOP TIER OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. HERE YOU SEE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 2023, UH, STATISTICS I JUST TOUCHED ON, AS WELL AS THE RESULTS OF OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORT EFFORTS, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A 20% DE DECREASE IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES LAST YEAR. MOVING INTO THE SUMMER, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT REMAIN AGILE AND ADAPTABLE WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THE OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES WE FACE. OUR FOCUS, DETERRENCE AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES ARE MULTI-LAYERED AND RELIANT ON STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, INCLUDING INTERNAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT, SUCH AS OUR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, HIGH CRIME FOCUS TEAM, PATROL OFFICERS, MOTOR OFFICERS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM, AND MANY OTHERS, WHILE ALSO SHARING INFORMATION AND DEPARTMENT NEEDS WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE VIOLENT OFFENDERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. AS I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES BEFORE, COMMUNITY POLICING CONCEPTS ARE AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR EFFORTS, AND WE CONTINUE INVESTING TIME AND RESOURCES INTO STRENGTHENING OUR CONNECTIONS [00:25:01] WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP BASED SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE. OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU WORKS CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND CITY PARTNERS ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AND MANY OTHERS, SUCH AS OUR CITY'S SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE. OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION WILL HOST OUR FIRST EVER LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY LATER THIS MONTH AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL. THIS FREE ONE WEEK PROGRAM PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR TEENS TO DEVELOP ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE FOSTERING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FUTURE LONG BEACH LEADERS. IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THESE AND MANY OTHER STRATEGIES, WE'RE MAKING OPERATIONAL MODIFICATIONS WHICH PRIORITIZE SERVICES, LEVERAGE NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, AND MAINTAIN AN EMPHASIS ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST WILL BEGIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE MANDATORY OVERTIME SHIFTS. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WORKING AND GO FROM TWO TO ONE OVERTIME PATROL SHIFT PER MONTH. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A NEW PROTOCOL FOR RESPONDING TO NON-INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION. REPORTS, LIKE MANY OTHER AGENCIES IN OUR REGION, WILL NO LONGER SEND PATROL OFFICERS TO THESE CALLS UNLESS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OUR VIRTUAL REPORTING CAPACITY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE. OUR PATROL OFFICERS ARE DISPATCHED TO. WE'RE LAUNCHING A TELEPHONIC REPORTING UNIT STAFFED WITH A CADRE OF MODIFIED DUTY OFFICERS WHO WILL HANDLE CERTAIN REPORT CALLS, AND WE'RE INCREASING THE CAPACITY AND AWARENESS OF OUR EXISTING COP LOGIC ONLINE REPORTING PLATFORM. WHILE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION REMAIN A CHALLENGE, WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO OVERCOME THIS AND WE'RE CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS TO HIRE A HUNDRED NEW OFFICERS THIS YEAR. WE HIRED 54 OFFICERS FOR CLASS 98 AND ANTICIPATE TO HAVE 40 GRADUATE IN JULY OF 2024. AND LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE SELECTING UP TO 60 CANDIDATES FOR CLASS 99. IN ADDITION, 25 OFFICERS COMPLETED PROBATION IN JANUARY OF 2024, AND APPROXIMATELY 20 NEW OFFICERS WILL COMPLETE PROBATION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR PURSUIT OF LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS FOR HIRE IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE EXISTING VACANCIES AND CONTINUE PROVIDING OPTIMAL LEVELS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. REDUCING CRIME AND ENHANCING SAFETY IS BUILT INTO THE MISSION OF THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I HOPE THIS, THAT THIS INFORMATION FURTHER DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING LONG BEACH SAFE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JUST SHIFTING A LITTLE OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF PISH. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THIS EVENING I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING WITH ERICA VALENCIA ACI, THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT BUREAU MANAGER UNDER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALANA GRANT, OUR EQUITY OFFICER UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND I'M THERESA CHANDLER, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. WE'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU ABOUT THE STANDING TOGETHER TO REACH OUR NEXT GENERATION, ALSO KNOWN AS STRONG BEACH SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE. NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO ENSURE A SAFE SUMMER FOR ALL, BUT WE'D, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INSPIRE LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THE WORK WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HERE THIS EVENING IS NOT NEW TO LONG BEACH. UM, AS MANY OF THE PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING STARTED, STRONG BEACH IS A CITY'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO CO-CREATE SAFE SPACES AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AT EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY FOR YOUTH TO CONNECT AND THRIVE TO ENSURE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CONVENED A CITYWIDE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO DISCUSS A COORDINATED PLAN GOING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS TO PROVIDE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CONVENING, MAYOR RICHARDSON ANNOUNCED THE STANDING TOGETHER TO REACH OUR NEXT GENERATION INITIATIVE ON MAY 2ND, 2024 AT YOUTH DAY. AND THE LBC STRONG BEACH IS AN INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON FOSTERING POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR YOUTH HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF VIOLENT INCIDENCES INCIDENTS INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY. IT REPRESENTS A COORDINATED EFFORT OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE OUR YOUTH. DURING THE UPCOMING SUMMER MONTHS, STRONG BEACH ALIGNS THE CITY'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO GO BEYOND INCIDENT REDUCTION AND FOCUS ON CREATING SAFE SPACES AND TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH. WITH THE GOAL OF ULTIMATELY REDUCING VIOLENCE FROM A HOLISTIC AND TRANSFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVE, STRONG BEACH GOALS ARE TO DECREASE VIOLENT INCIDENTS FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IN AREAS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE OPPORTUNITY. YOUTH ARE DEFINED AS INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, WHO ARE NEITHER IN SCHOOL OR WORKING AS WELL AS TEENS AND YOUNG AND YOUNG ADULTS INVOLVED WITH FOSTER CARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE, AND HOMELESS SYSTEMS. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO BUILD BRIDGES TO OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. THE WORK IS ROOTED IN PUBLIC [00:30:01] HEALTH IN A PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THIS FRAMEWORK LOOKS AT VIOLENCE AS A PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, RATHER THAN JUST LEAVING IT IN THE HANDS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RISK FACTORS AND ENHANCE PROTECTIVE FACTORS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. THIS APPROACH FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES AND INFLUENCING FACTORS OF VIOLENCE AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE, UM, AT MULTIPLE LEVELS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPLEMENTING PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT WILL LAST OVER TIME. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO VIOLENCE AND ADVANCING PEACE IS ROOTED IN COLLECTIVE IMPACT. EVERYONE, EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY SECTOR HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN. TAKING A COMMUNITY FOCUSED APPROACH AND CREATING PARTNERSHIPS IS CRITICAL TO ITS SUCCESS. WHEN WE LOOK AT PREVENTION INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE, WE FOCUS ON COORDINATING AND COLLABORATING TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS, WE ENGAGE WITH AND ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AND FOCUS ON UPSTREAM APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT PREVENTION ACTIVITIES CREATE OP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STABLE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT A PERSON'S LIFE. BY FOCUSING ON PREVENTION AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE, WE CAN BUILD HEALTHIER, SAFER COMMUNITIES. INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPT INTERRUPTION ACTIVITIES, FOCUS ON REDIRECTING AND INVESTING IN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF ENGAGING IN OR BECOMING VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. THESE EFFORTS FOCUS ON STOPPING VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND ADDRESSING MULTIPLE FORMS OF VIOLENCE IF IT DOES OCCUR. VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION MODELS RESPOND TO INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN EFFORT TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE. ADDITIONALLY, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IS CRUCIAL. THIS INCLUDES REMOVING GRAFFITI AND OTHER SYMBOLS THAT PROMOTE VIOLENCE OR DISCOURAGE POSITIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. COMMUNITY SPACES THAT ARE MORE WELCOMING HELP REDUCE VIOLENCE AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION ARE WORKING TOGETHER SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND WHEN WE INVEST IN THESE EFFORTS, WE CAN BRING ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEALING. ACCOUNTABILITY. ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEALING ARE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES THAT REQUIRE ONGOING EFFORTS BY CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING, EDUCATING OURSELVES, PROMOTING AWARENESS, AND CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. AND THOSE AFFECTED BY TRAUMA. WE ENHANCE RESILIENCE AND COPING SKILLS. A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE WHO HELP SHAPE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, AT YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC, WE CREATED A SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS AND IDEAS, ENSURING THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES GUIDE OUR EFFORTS. I'M NOW GONNA PASS THE MIC OVER TO ERICA, WHO WILL, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE YOUTH WHO ATTENDED YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC. THANKS THERESA. AS THERESA MENTIONED ON MAY 2ND, THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT HOSTED YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL AND 125 YOUTH FROM ACROSS SCHOOLS IN LONG BEACH WERE IN ATTENDANCE THIS DAY. FEATURED YOUTH PANELS, PERFORMANCES, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, A RESOURCE FAIR FEATURING YOUTH SERVING PARTNERS, AND A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MAYOR REX RICHARDSON AND SPECIAL GUEST VINCE STAPLES. AT THE EVENT, ATTENDEES WERE ASSIGNED TO SMALLER BREAKOUT GROUPS WHERE THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK AROUND KEY TOPICS, INCLUDING VIOLENCE PREVENTION. ABOUT 50 YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 26 PARTICIPATED IN THE YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION DISCUSSION DURING WHICH PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO DEFINE VIOLENCE, IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES AND RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS. THE FOLLOWING KEY THEMES EMERGED FROM THE YOUTH DISCUSSION ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION. FIRST SCHOOL CLIMATE YOUTH STATED THAT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE SPILLS OVER INTO SCHOOLS EXACERBATING TENSIONS. STUDENTS ALSO FELT THAT FIGHTING ON CAMPUS MUST BE PRIORITIZED AND GIVEN ATTENTION. COMMUNITY INFLUENCE WAS ANOTHER KEY THEME. THE YOUTH STATED THAT GANG VIOLENCE, GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM, SELF-SEGREGATION AND RACIAL TARGETING TRAUMA AND LACK OF EFFECTIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION METHODS CONTRIBUTE TO VIOLENCE. SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE THE NORMALIZATION OF VIOLENCE AT HOME AND IN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING FAMILY DYNAMICS, SOCIOECONOMIC PRESSURES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS LIKE TRAUMA AND MENTAL HEALTH CAN ALSO SERVE TO ESCALATE CONFLICT. WE ALSO HEARD PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FROM YOUTH, INCLUDING HAVING FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS AND WORKSHOPS ON VIOLENCE AND DEESCALATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT AN EARLY AGE ON CAMPUS PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, FOSTERING [00:35:01] SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ON CAMPUS THROUGH INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES LIKE ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND MORE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED BY LONG BEACH YOUTH YOUTH PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBE VIOLENCE AS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR INFLUENCED BY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS INCLUDING THEIR HOME, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PEERS. AND WHILE TENSION ON CAMPUS MIGHT RESULT FROM GANG VIOLENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, YOUTH DESCRIBE THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF FIGHTING CONFLICT AND TENSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF OF INTERVENTIONS. YOUTH IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR RESTORATIVE DIALOGUES, DEESCALATION TOOLS, AND CROSS GROUP PROGRAMMING TO BROKER SOLIDARITY AND RELATIONSHIPS WERE UPLIFTED. FURTHERMORE, YOUTH PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING DIRECT TRANSPORTATION TO SERVICES, ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PROTECT, ARE PROACTIVE MEASURES, YOUTH AND VISION AS ALTERNATIVES TO FEELING UNSAFE AT SCHOOL AND IN COMMUNITY. IN THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE SOLUTIONS, THE CITY BEGAN TO EXPLORE HOW TO GATHER INFORMATION ON YOUTH PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. THIS SUMMER, UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S PUBLIC INFORMATION TEAM, THE CITY WILL BE LAUNCHING A SUMMER EVENTS CALENDAR. THOUGH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THEIR PROGRAMS, WE ARE ALSO LAUNCHING A CITYWIDE CALENDAR SO THAT ALL EVENTS CAN BE COLLECTIVELY SEEN IN ONE PLACE. THIS CALENDAR WILL DISPLAY FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS, EVENTS FOR TEENS, TWEENS, CHILDREN AND TODDLERS. AND BY UTILIZING THE CITY EVENTS CALENDAR, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO FILTER VARIOUS ACTIVITIES BY AGE CATEGORY. THERE'S ALSO A REAL-TIME MAP VIEW AVAILABLE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE CITY SPONSORED OR FUNDED EVENTS WILL ALSO BE SHOWN AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S PILOT PROGRAM. COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE, TO PROMOTE THESE ACTIVITIES FURTHER ENHANCE COORDINATION AND VISIBILITY OF ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES FOR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MULTIPLE MEDIA SOURCES AND A MAPPING OF RESOURCES. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WE ARE WORKING ON ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO REACH AND CONNECT TO YOUTH WHO MAY NOT READILY ACCESS RESOURCES AND WHO HAVE YET TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. RECOGNIZING, OH, I'M SORRY, GO BACK. . RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF PEER INSIGHT. UH, OUR TEAM IS PLANNING TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUTH TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE DISCONNECTED. THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PEERS PREFERENCES AND NEEDS, AND CAN OFFER VALUABLE GUIDANCE ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO CONNECT. AND SO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE ARE GONNA BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. THE FIRST IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ADVANCING PEACE INITIATIVE IS PROVIDING FUNDING TO SUPPORT SUMMER COMMUNITY EVENTS. THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF $67,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR DUE TO ONE-TIME FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ORGANIZATIONS CAN REQUEST UP TO $205,000 PER EVENT, $2,500 PER EVENT, EXCUSE ME. AND ALL EVENTS MUST BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE PROGRAM'S FOCUS IS TO EMPOWER AND ENGAGE LONG BEACH RESIDENTS BY FACILITATING SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAT EMPHASIZE SAFETY, SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS. THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP KNOWN AS THE ADVANCING PEACE STEERING COMMITTEE HELPS GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND INFORMS THE CITY ON PRIORITY AREAS. TO ADDRESS SAFETY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY OF THEM ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS STEERING COMMITTEE ALSO HELPED TO DEVELOP THE PROCESS FOR OUR SUMMER ACTIVATION EVENTS BY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE APPLICATION FORM, HELPING TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND WILL SERVE ON THE SELECTION PANEL ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP, INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION, AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH HAS AWARDED $400,000 TO NINE ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED BY YOUTH AS PART OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CITYWIDE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT. A TOTAL OF 602 YOUTH AGES 13 TO 26, WHO LIVE, WORK, AND OR PLAY IN LONG BEACH VOTED ON WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND THIS SUMMER FROM APRIL 24TH TO MAY 4TH. YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH VOTED ON THE PROGRAMS THEY WANTED TO FUND. VOTING LOCATIONS WERE PLACED AT HIGH SCHOOLS, TEEN CENTERS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOUTH COULD VOTE FOR UP TO FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO BE FUNDED THIS SUMMER, AND THE PROGRAMS PRIORITIZED BY VOTERS WERE CENTERED ON COMMUNITY CARE, HOUSING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, AND TRANSPORTATION. THE FUTURES FIRST PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 WHO ARE NOT WORKING AND NOT IN SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM IS A [00:40:01] STRONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK WORKFORCE PROGRAM, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER, THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, SELF-DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SERVICES THAT HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH RESILIENCY PRACTICES. OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH FUTURES. FIRST INCLUDE LIFE COACHING, CAREER COUNSELING, CONNECTION TO JOBS, BASIC NEED, RESOURCES, AND TRAINING THROUGH THE SPACE BEACH PROGRAM. NOW I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO ALANA TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BE SAFE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO, ADDING ONTO OUR LIST OF EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER BE SAFE SUPPORTS NEIGHBORHOODS BY EXTENDING PARK HOURS LATER INTO THE EVENINGS DURING THE SUMMER AT DESIGNATED PARKS ACROSS THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENDED HOURS, FREE RECREATION ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO OFFERED DURING THIS TIME. SO THE FREE RECREATION ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED AT 11 B SAFE SITES THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY FUNDED, AND TWO SITES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS CAL VIP, UH, GRANT THIS SUMMER. AND THOSE LOCATIONS INCLUDE HOWDEN PARK, SILVERADO, ADMIRAL KIDD, ADMIRAL KIDD, PAN-AMERICAN PARK, DRAKE SEASIDE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, BIXBY, COOLIDGE, MCBRIDE, CHER RAMONA, AND A ZABA PARKS AS ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FITNESS CLASSES, YOGA, ZUMBA. THERE ARE ALSO SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING MOVIES AND CONCERTS, CULTURAL EVENTS, AQUARIUM ON WHEELS, MAD SCIENCE WORKSHOPS, AND, UM, EXTENDED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. SAFE PASSAGE IS A PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO INCREASE SAFETY AMONG STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY NAVIGATE TO AND FROM PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND PARKS AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY. SAFE PASSAGES, UH, THAT HAS A LONG STANDING HISTORY OF IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN LONG BEACH. THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES, UH, CONTINUES TO BE USED BY COMMUNITY-BASED, AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH LONG BEACH. THE CITY HAS FUNDED AND PARTNERS WITH SECOND CALL. THE DESIGNATED WALKING ROOTS INCLUDE JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL AND HOWDEN PARK AND CENTRAL PA, UH, AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH. THE SAFE PASSAGE INITIATIVE IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE CITY AND WILL OPERATE UNDER DAYS LONG BEACH. THE DESIGNATED WALKING ROOTS AND CENTRAL INCLUDE FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, AND WHITTIER ELEMENTARY. OTHER PRESENT USERS OF THE SAFE PASSAGE MODEL THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTRO CHA FUNDED BY THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PRESENT USER ALONG THE SANTA FE CORRIDOR, WHICH INCLUDES STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. ANOTHER PRESENT USER OF THE MODEL WITH FOCUS ON WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BOTH OF THEIR STRATEGIES. THEY UTILIZE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EVIDENCE-BASED AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVE AND INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION MODEL. EACH OF THE CITY FUNDED PROVIDERS SECOND CALL IN DAYS LONG BEACH WILL HOST A PEACE DAY DURING THE SUMMER TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY IN THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. EACH PROVIDER WILL ALSO HOST SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AND BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THE LONG BEACH ACTIVATING SAFE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM SEEKS TO PREVENT VIOLENT EVENTS BEFORE THEY OCCUR, INVEST IN COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS, AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND BELONGING. LONG BEACH ASK ESTABLISHES A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO GUN VIOLENCE BY INTERVENING TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY LEAD TO FURTHER VIOLENCE. TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE'VE DEVELOPED THE GUN VIOLENCE RE RESPONSE PRO PROTOCOL, WHICH IS A PROCESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS COORDINATE EFFORTS. WHEN INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE OCCUR. POLICE PROVIDES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION AND THEN COORDINATES WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO THAT, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN DEPLOY CIVILIAN PEACEKEEPERS TO CONNECT VICTIMS, INDIVIDUALS, AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN RELATED INCIDENTS. TO WRAP AROUND TRAUMA-INFORMED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. LONG BEACH ACTIVATING SAFE COMMUNITIES PILOT WAS PILOTED IN THE WASHINGTON AREA AND WILL EXPAND TO NORTH AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH THIS SUMMER. WE WILL BE RETURNING TO COUNCIL IN THE COMING WEEKS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR SELECTED PARTNERS. MORE THAN A QUARTER OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 24, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 127,000 RESIDENTS. THESE ARE YOUNG COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DIVERSE IN ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BEST MEET THE EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG RESIDENTS. IN OCTOBER, 2024, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OPENED AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S 2023. UM, FUTURE LONG BEACH THAT IS ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO OFFERING NO COST SERVICES AND RESOURCES AND JOB READINESS, INCLUDING [00:45:01] ON THE JOB TRAINING, PAID INTERNSHIPS, CAREER EXPLORATION RESOURCES, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AMONG OTHER RESOURCES. OVER THE LAST YEAR, FUTURE LB HAS ENROLLED 750 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ITS THREE MAIN PROGRAMS. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, YOUTH HAVE WORKED, UM, 110,000 PAID INTERNSHIP HOURS EARNING ROUGHLY $1.9 MILLION IN WAGES. IN ADDITION TO WAGES, THEY WERE COLLECTIVELY PROVIDED $48,511 IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, PROVIDING A WORK EXPERIENCE FREE OF DISTRACTIONS AND UNMET BASIC NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, IN RESPONSE TO THE EFFORTS OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULTS, THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE THROUGH THE WORKFORCE BUREAU OF THE WORKFORCE BUREAU'S, FUTURE LB YOUTH CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTNERED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS LOCAL POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO DESIGN AND LAUNCH THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS. A NEW FELLOWSHIP PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH AND CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICE. THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM PROVIDES PAID FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALLOWING PAR PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR VARIOUS AND DEMAND OCCUPATIONS. OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT'S, YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM, AND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING CONTRACT RECIPIENTS, THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE, A PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND BELONGING THROUGH EXCLUSIVE EVENTS AND RESOURCES. MY BROTHER'S KEEPER CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATE COLLABORATIVE ACTION TO IMPROVE LIFE OUTCOMES FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR. LOVE YOUR BLOCK. GRANT A $100,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ASSET DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATION IN WEST LONG BEACH PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINES, SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SEED, SUMMER DESIGN, WEEK LONG, UH, EXPERIENCE, AND THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. ALONG WITH QUICKLY MOVING INTO OUR SUMMER ACTIVATION STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS, THE TEAM IS ALSO COMMITTED TO CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT BEYOND THE INITIAL STRONG BEACH SUMMER EFFORTS. AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING, UH, PRIORITIZING THE FOLLOWING STEPS. FIRST, TO CONTINUE TO CONVENE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. CITYWIDE DEVELOPING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH FOR LONGER TERM STRATEGIES, GAINING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES FACED BY THE CITY'S YOUTH WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE. PRIORITIZE THE UTILIZATION OF DATA TO AID IN PROBLEM DEFINITION AND HELP IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE INTERVENTIONS ARE MOST NEEDED. CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTH DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD IN THE PROBLEM SOLVING EFFORTS. COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO COORDINATE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE, CONTINUED PLANNING AND COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THIS EVENING AND ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, THAT VERY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. UM, I THINK THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING FOR. I THINK THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS, HAS MORE FOCUS AND MORE RESOURCES DEDICATED TO YOUTH AND ENGAGEMENT THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. UM, AND EVERY SUMMER YOU SEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT IT'S BEEN BEFORE IS LIKE PARKS AND RECREATION HAS THEIR PROGRAMS, HEALTH HAS THEIR PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO SEE IS THIS, UM, NOT JUST THE POLICE STRATEGY, NOT JUST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRATEGY, NOT JUST THE PARKS AND RECREATION STRATEGY, BUT ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND ALL THIS CAPACITY PUT TOGETHER IN ONE INITIATIVE FOR THE SUMMER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE. UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, BOTH EXISTING PROGRAMS AND NEW PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, YOU KNOW, I, IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ME THAT THE PRO THE PROGRAMS THAT THE YOUTH VOTED ON IN MAY WERE FOCUSED ON SUMMER. IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ME BECAUSE WE HADN'T PUT THAT LENS OF WHAT ARE WE DOING DURING THE SUMMER. SO THAT WAS FORESIGHT ON WHOEVER'S PART. IT WAS TO, TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES TARGETED DURING THE SUMMER, SAFE PASSAGES HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY SIDE AND FROM THE COUNCIL. AND TO SEE, UH, THAT, UH, THERE'S A FOCUS IN THE SUMMER IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED AND PRESENTED IN ONE PLACE AS [00:50:01] A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS A GOOD THING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FAIRLY NEW ONLY THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. UM, FUTURES FIRST AND, AND PACIFIC GATEWAY AND THE WORK THAT'S TAKEN PLACE THERE. UM, SEEING THAT REPRESENTED HERE I THINK IS, IS A GOOD THING. AND SO YOU SEE, UH, REPRESENTATION OF SOME STUFF THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT THEN YOU SEE SOME NEW THINGS LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE, THE CALENDAR, THAT'S A GOOD THING. LIKE SOME OF THE FOCUS ON THE HIGH CRIME DETAIL THAT THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S A NEW, UH, A NEW, UH, EFFORT. AND WHEN YOU SEE IT ALL TOGETHER, UH, I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS AND DEMONSTRATES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE SET GOALS. I WOULD ALSO SAY IT'S GREAT THAT WE ENDED 2023, UM, WITH, WITH, UH, REDUCTIONS OVERALL IN CRIME AND SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES. THAT IS GREAT THAT WE SAW AN OVERALL REDUCTION. UH, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, WE, WE HAD A HOT START TO THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OR MARCH AND APRIL, WHATEVER, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THAT WAS, IT WAS HOT. BUT WE ALSO KNOW, UM, WHAT'S ENCOURAGING IS, UH, THE QUICK ACTION BY OUR LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO STAND UP THE HIGH CRIME DETAIL TO SHIFT RESOURCES INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING, ALREADY SEEING A REDUCTION IN THAT GUN VIOLENCE TAKING PLACE ALREADY IN ADVANCE OF SUMMER. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU COVERED THAT AND TOUCHED ON THAT THIS EVENING. THAT TELLS ME THAT WHEN WE INTERVENE, WHEN WE DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES AND WHEN WE PARTNER SORT OF COLLABORATIVELY, WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. SO I FEEL GOOD THAT WE ARE HEADING INTO THE SUMMER, UH, ENGAGED. UM, UH, TOMORROW WE'LL BE BRINGING, UH, THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO, TO ROLL OUT, UH, OUR STRONG BEACH SUMMER WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE, THE ONE LONG BEACH COALITION AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ON THE SAME PAGE. 'CAUSE WE ALL AGREE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUR PRIORITY THIS SUMMER. SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR YOUTH AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACTIVE, ENGAGED ALL SUMMER LONG. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INVEST IN DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGIES THAT, THAT DEMONSTRATE TO, UH, THE ABILITY TO REDUCE AND DETER VIOLENCE. UH, BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT EVERY RESIDENT, UH, DESERVES, UH, A HEALTHY AND A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE AND A VIBRANT SUMMER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS INITIATIVE, THAT'S WHAT THE STRONG BEACH SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF US GET OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUR BOXES, WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WITH THE SINGLE GOAL OF A SAFE AND HEALTHY SUMMER. SO THAT SAID, WE WILL, UH, GO TO, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE LINED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER CO COMMENTS THE COUNCIL HAS. SO I SEE THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL CALL THEM LORENA ELLOS. UH, HAILEY LIRA. CINDY WYN. I ALWAYS SAY THAT WRONG, CINDY, SO JUST PLEASE JUST CORRECT ME. AND THEN ANDREW, ANDREW MON DUO. I THINK THAT'S SPELLED WRONG TOO. PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND THERE IS A FIFTH SPEAKER. I'M SORRY, THERE IS A FIFTH SPEAKER ON THE LIST. EDRICK SALGADO. I SEE FOUR SPEAKER. WAS THERE MORE? OH, FIFTH. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. EDRICK AND SALGADO. THAT'S THE FIFTH. PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY, SO LORENA IS FIRST. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, HONOR ROW, MAYOR RICHARDSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MY NAME IS LORENA BANUELOS AND I AM THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT INTERVAL HOUSE. AS YOU MAY KNOW, UM, INTERVAL HOUSE IS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, SHELTER HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE CITY SINCE 19, UH, 79 BACK IN APRIL. WE SPOKE ABOUT DE AND DAY AND, UM, THE WORK THAT WE DO CITYWIDE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, THE WORK THAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT OF PROVIDING PREVENTION EDUCATION YEAR LONG, UM, TO OUR YOUTH AS IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THEY CREATE WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. INTERVAL HOUSE IS HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS A PROUD CVIP MEMBER OF CENTRO CHA. WE HAVE WORKED WITH CENTRO CHA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND ARE ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PROVIDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EDUCATION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOPS, UM, DURING THEIR SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS PROGRAM, UM, MANY YEARS AGO. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. UM, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON IN THESE EFFORTS TO PROVIDING THIS EDUCATION TO OUR CITY'S YOUTH. I THINK THE KEY TO PREVENTION IS EDUCATION. AND THE MORE THAT WE'RE A ABLE TO NOT EDUCATE OUR YOUTH, BUT CITYWIDE WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND VIOLENCE AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN OUR CITY, IT'LL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT. SO THANK YOU. [00:55:05] HELLO. GOOD, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HALEY DERA. I AM 17 YEARS OLD AND I CURRENTLY GO TO AN INDEPENDENT STUDY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. THAT IS WHERE I HEARD ABOUT ROCHA. DANNY AND HIS COLLEAGUE CAME INTO MY SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THEY WERE OFFERING. IF I'M BEING HONEST, I WASN'T PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TOO MUCH UNTIL I HEARD QUOTE UNQUOTE PAID WORK EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. I MADE SURE TO APPLY TO THE PROGRAM AS SOON AS I COULD, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO GET PAID WHILE LEARNING THE FIRST WORKSHOP I ATTENDED, I SAW A LARGE VARIETY OF YOUNG ADULTS. I FELT VERY WELCOMED THROUGH CENTRO CHA'S MVP PROGRAM. I LEARNED THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILLS IT TAKES TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. I AM A CHILD OF IN THE, SORRY. I AM A CHILD IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM LIKE THIS ONE. I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT BEING IN THE SYSTEM WAS GOING TO, UM, SORRY, WAS GOING TO PREVENT ME FROM BEING ABLE TO MAKE MONEY. UM, AND ONE WORKSHOP I ATTENDED, WE HAD, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHEN WE WORKSHOPED, WE HAD, DURING THE MONTH OF CELEBRATING CAESAR TRAVIS, WE WERE ABLE TO PAINT CANVASES AND MAKE POEMS THAT RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF QUOTE UNQUOTE CSEP WEATHER, WHICH TRANSLATES TO YES YOU CAN. MANY OF THE POEMS WE WROTE WERE HEARTWARMING AND CONNECTED SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THEY ALSO CONNECTED US TO OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE. ANOTHER WORKSHOP WE HAD WAS BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS WORKSHOP WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A CAREER PATH WE CAN TAKE. OVERALL, THEY HAVE HELPED ME BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS AND MAKE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND INVESTING IN THE YOUTH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. WHOEVER'S NEXT, COME ON DOWN. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS CINDY SAGUN. UM, I AM THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT CENTRO CHA. AND ALSO I AM PART OF THE LONG BEACH ADVANCING PEACE STEERING COMMITTEE. ON BEHALF OF RO CHA AND THE ONE LONG BEACH C-V-I-P-I COLLABORATIVE, WE PROBABLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND THE SUMMER AND THE SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY AND VIOLENCE, UM, PREVENTION EFFORTS. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYORS, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE NATIONAL IMPACTS OF VIOLENCE IN THE SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR YOUTH. UM, THIS INITIATIVE IS EVIDENCE DRIVEN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOUTH FOCUS. AS A COLLABORATIVE, WE BELIEVE AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE TO INVEST IN YOUTH REDUCTION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. FOR THE SUMMER, OUR COLLABORATIVE IS EXCITED TO SEE A SUMMER WHERE WE ARE ALL WORKING IN TANDEM, OUR CITY GOVERNMENT PARKS AND RECS, THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OUR OUR SCHOOLS, LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS ARE, AND OF COURSE OUR LEADERS OF LONG BEACH, AND THEN OUR CBOS AND OUR FAITH-BASED GROUPS. UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR COLLABORATIVE, THE ONE LONG BEACH C COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE, UM, WE HAVE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ROOTED HISTORY IN SERVING OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES. THOSE OF WHICH INCLUDE CENTRO CHA, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY, EM THREE, SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES, INTERVAL HOUSE, LATINOS IN ACTION, CALIFORNIA, UH, THE LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOVE BEYOND LIMITS, HOOPS AFTER DARK JUSTICE FOR MURDER CHILDREN, THE WOMEN'S SHELTER OF LONG BEACH, THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, PUENTE LATINOS, 23 SEATS OF GREATNESS, THE LONG BEACH, UH, THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER, THE LONG BEACH CENTER OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION. AND OF COURSE, OUR MEMBERS ARE LARGE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION AND WE'RE COLLABORATIVELY IN ALIGNMENT, UM, NOT FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT WITH OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY. AND THEN AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR THIS SUMMER, 2024, BUT INDEFINITELY. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANDREW MANDUJANO, SYSTEMS CHANGE DIRECTOR WITH BOOKS AND BUCKETS. UH, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, UM, IS AMAZING AND IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, UH, TO ADDRESSING YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. HOWEVER, WITH ANY INITIATIVE, UM, THERE COULD ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. UH, CLOSE PEOPLE TO ME, UH, WHO I LOVE DEARLY HAVE BEEN YOUTH IN THIS CITY WHO HAVE CAUSED VIOLENCE. UM, NOT ONCE DID THEY EVER RECEIVE INTERVENTION, UH, NOT WHEN THEY WERE DROPPING OUTTA SCHOOL, UH, NOT WHEN THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING CERTAIN BEHAVIORS IN SCHOOL AND SO ON. UM, ONE RECOMMENDATION, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS FRAMEWORK TO ADOPT. IT'S TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, UH, BUT ALSO TO THE FAMILIES OF YOUTH WHO HAVE [01:00:01] PERPETUATED CRIME. UH, THOSE CLOSE PEOPLE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED AT LOS, UH, PADRINOS JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY, A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HOST FIGHT CLUBS. IN ORDER FOR YOUTH TO OBTAIN FOOD, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE THESE YOUTH AS THEY'RE BEING ARRESTED, UH, BEING REHABILITATED OR FURTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED? UM, AN ALARMING STATISTIC IS THAT BLACK USE ACCOUNTED FOR 35% OF ALL ARRESTS AND CITATIONS BETWEEN AGES 13 AND 17, BUT ACCOUNT FOR 16% OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12, HISPANIC STUDENTS MAKE UP ABOUT 35% OF 53% OF THE ENROLLMENT AND ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT HALF OF ALL ARRESTS AND CITATIONS. UH, MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE TO SEE FAMILIES WHOSE, WHOSE CHILDREN COMMIT A CRIME RECEIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO PREVENT THEIR SIBLINGS FROM FOLLOWING THOSE SAME STEPS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CURRENTLY DETAINED, FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THEY DESPERATELY NEED, UH, LIKE MY FAMILY AND WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED, ARE FUNNELED INTO RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS, UM, THAT TAKE THEM OUT OF THE GAMES, UH, THE GANGS THAT THEY VIEW AS FAMILY. UH, FURTHERMORE, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS REPORTED THAT L-B-U-S-D GRADUATION RATES AMONG BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS DROPPED FROM 87.9% AND 89.2% TO 80.8% AND 81.4% RESPECTIVELY. I HOPE THIS FRAMEWORK ADOPTS A STRONG, UH, COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH L-B-U-S-D, UH, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES TO ENSURE THEIR CHILDREN, UH, REMAIN ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AND DON'T DROP OUT. UH, AND LASTLY, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND CREDIBLE MESSENGERS WHO CAN FUNNEL YOUTH OUT OF GANGS AND MAKE ACTUAL TOUCH POINTS AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE YOUNG FOLKS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ON 14TH STREET IN THE FIRST, UH, IN THE, UH, FIRST DISTRICT, UH, TO THE WEST OF PINE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUTH FROM EAST SIDE LONG, RIGHT? AND I'M SAYING THESE GANGS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE SAID, OUR YOUTH ARE VIEWING THESE, UH, THESE GROUPS AS FAMILY, RIGHT? UM, AND TO THE RIGHT OF PINE, YOU HAVE YOUTH FROM IN ST. CRIPS. UM, SO OUR COMMUNITY HAS SEGREGATED THEMSELVES, RIGHT? UH, NOT EVEN JUST THROUGH STRUCTURAL FORCES. UM, SO LET'S ENVISION A WAY THAT WE CAN BRIDGE THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROMOTE, UH, PROMOTE PEACE TALKS AMONG OUR BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALRIGHT. LAST SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO? UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EDRICK SALGADO. I, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF YOUTH VIOLENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ONGOING PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND CREDIBLE MESSENGERS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING PEACE AND CONNECTING OUR YOUTH TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES. I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE THE STRUCTURAL FUNDING TO ESTABLISH THESE PERMANENT POSITIONS IN KEY AREAS SUCH AS SEASIDE PARK, 14TH STREET PARK, DRAKE PARK, ADMIRAL, KID PARK, RAMONA PARK, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PARK. THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD, WHO SHOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY WITH LIVE EXPERIENCE, WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND GUIDE THEM TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. TO MAKE SURE THESE, TO MAKE THESE EFFORTS EFFECTIVE, WE MUST TACKLE UNDERLYING ISSUES LIKE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, WHICH PREVENT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING AVAILABLE RESOURCES. THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE OF $16 AN HOURS IS INSUFFICIENT FOR MANY FAMILIES, FORCING SOME YOUTH INTO SURVIVAL TACTICS LIKE SCAMMING AND TRAPPING AS A YOUTH AND FU AS A YOUTH AND FUTURE LB, I'M RECEIVING 16 AN HOUR. FOR MANY YOUTH, THEY'LL FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE MONEY ADDRESSING THE, THESE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES INVOLVE HONEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PRESSURES OUR YOUTH FACE, ADVOCATING FOR HIGHER WAGES AND PROVIDING BETTER SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THESE BASIC NEEDS ARE MET. ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, PARTICULARLY HOUSING, POSSESSES A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER WHEN FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO AFFORD RENT. YOUNG PEOPLE FIND IT HARD TO FOCUS ON LONG TERM GOALS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CONCLUSION, WHILE SAFETY AMBASSADORS, INCREDIBLE MESS MESSENGERS ARE ESSENTIAL, ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC REALITIES FACED BY OUR YOUTH IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. BY RAISING WAGES, MAKING HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE, AND ENSURE LONG BEACH FAMILIES EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS, OBTAIN UNITS IN, IN THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND ENSURING BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, WE CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED AND ABLE TO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM SUCCEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMING OUT, UH, THE ONE LONG BEACH COALITION BOOKS AND BUCKETS, CENTRO CHA, ALL THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE, UH, INTERVAL HOUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. AND THEY'LL TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. UH, FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN MARY ZENDEJAS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU MAYOR SO MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR, UM, HELP WITH THIS INITIATIVE. THANK YOU, CITY STAFF, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO OUR YOUTH, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE YOUTH THAT CAME TO SPEAK TODAY. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO HEAR FROM [01:05:01] YOU TO ALL OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU BRING TO CITY HALL FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU BRING TO CITY HALL. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT WORK WITH YOU. I AM IN VERY STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT AND STEPS THAT YOU ARE TAKING, UM, THAT YOU ARE TAKING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, ALSO WHAT, WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UH, I, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, WORKING ON AND ASKING FOR AND FOR MANY YEARS AS, UM, DISTRICT ONE IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAS A HIGH, UM, GUN VIOLENCE AND HIGH CRIME. UM, AND WE HAVE SOME AMAZING YOUTH AS, AS YOU, UM, WERE ABLE TO WITNESS TODAY THAT REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY AND ALL THAT THEY NEED IS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WORK, LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR, WORK TOGETHER, UM, TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. AND I'VE, UM, JUST IN THE RECENT PAST, LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I HAD A, A MEETING WITH MY DISTRICT, A DISTRICT CHECK-IN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THEM HOW, UM, SCARED THEY ARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THINGS ARE GOING, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD, PERIOD, BUT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR COMMUNITY, WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE, YOUR CHILDREN, UM, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY, UM, NERVE WRACKING FOR MY RESIDENTS AND FOR ME. AND SO I THINK THAT HAVING THIS INITIATIVE IS SO VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLAN. AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN'T PREDICT ANY, UM, BAD SITUATION BECAUSE IF WE COULD, I AM SURE THAT WE ALL WOULD, UM, TRY TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT, UM, THERE ARE THINGS AND STEPS WE COULD TAKE, LIKE THIS INITIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE PREPARED, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. UM, I AM SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO WORK NOT ONLY, UH, WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO THE YOUTH THAT, THAT WORKED ON, ON CREATING OUR GOALS WITH US. I THINK THAT THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO AGAIN, I AM VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YES. UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF. UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, WHO ARE DOING THE WORK OF LEADERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONTINUE, UM, TO LEND YOUR VOICE AND YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH US IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER, SAFER, STRONGER FOR ALL OF YOU. UM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. UM, I JUST WANNA THANK THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. LONG BEACH UNIFIED. UM, ALL OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM, UH, C-S-U-L-B AND LBCC, WHO OFFER NOT ONLY RECREATION, BUT SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY ENGAGED. WE KNOW, UM, EVERYBODY IS WORKING HARD HEAD DOWN, UM, IN THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE ONLY MAKES ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS STRONGER. SO, UH, GRATEFUL TO BE HAVING THE CONVERSATION, UM, AND THE LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR YOUTH. UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH INCIDENTS THAT THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT IN THE NEWS. UM, CHIEF, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING LATELY, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT CONTEXT THAT YOU PROVIDED. UM, AND I KNOW, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS OR SO, AND, AND FOLKS ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH PD, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEIR PATROL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO TALK TO THEIR COMMANDERS. UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW HEARING FROM THEM DIRECTLY AND BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OR A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT IS REALLY, UM, REASSURING FOR FOLKS OF ALL AGES AND WONDERING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING OR ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE, UH, WITH OUR POLICE [01:10:01] DEPARTMENT AND, AND SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND REALLY, UH, SEE THEM AS PARTNERS IN THE WORK THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. BUT BECAUSE THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENGAGING WITH YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE STRONGLY. AND SO THERE'S THE BASIC COMMANDER FORUMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ATTENDING THE COMMANDER FORUMS, UH, UH, CHECKING IN WITH OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION IN THEIR EVENT CALENDAR, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE. WE HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT COMING UP WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN COME OUT, RESIDENTS CAN COME OUT, ENGAGE WITH OFFICERS, ENGAGE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BUILD THOSE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS. WE SO OFTEN TALK ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO, TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. UM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE FOUNDATIONAL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR DEPARTMENT AND BUILT ON THE COMMUNITY POLICING, UH, PHILOSOPHY THAT I OFTEN TALK ABOUT. UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, CHECKING WITH OUR CHECKING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, UM, AND, UM, BEING PART OF THOSE EVENTS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE LOOK, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT'S COMING UP, KIWANIS AND KIDS EVENTS THAT WE'VE HOSTED AT THE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PASTOR, OR COLLABORATED ON, I THINK WE'RE DOING IT AT FRANKLIN THIS YEAR. UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT THINGS AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HOST THESE EVENTS, TO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY TO, BUT TO RECEIVE INVITATIONS, TO ATTEND EVENTS. I JUST, THIS WEEKEND, UM, I JOINED THE MAYOR AT HIS EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT EVENT. THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS THAT WERE, UH, LEADING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, UM, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE, COLLABORATE, AND HAVE MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY. SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AND, AND FINDING OUT MORE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LIST, UH, WHEN WE PUBLISH THE WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING TOMORROW, LET'S MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THE FREE SUMMER BLOCK PARTIES. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL WHEN THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR, WE CAN PLAN FOR OUR, OUR COMMANDERS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE OFFICERS TO BE THERE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TIME WITH THE, WITH LEADERS. SO THOSE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND MANY OF 'EM ARE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST FOR SUMMER NIGHT EXCEPT FOR, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, YOU CAN DO BLOCK PARTIES IMMEDIATELY. SO, UH, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT INCLUDED. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF ISH AND, UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CHANDLER, FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, PARTNERSHIP IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS, UM, IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A VARIETY OF APPROACH WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING A VARIETY OF CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, SO I DO COMMEND THE COLLABORATION AND THE WAY IT'S BEING PRE PRE PRESENTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THE SUMMER. UM, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH RESIDENTS AND YOUTH AND NONPROFITS AND JUST BUSINESSES AS WELL, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, RIGHT. JUST ACROSS KNOWING THAT, UM, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THIS, UM, ONGOING CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN VERY HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THE INCREASED SHOOTING AND MURDERS THESE EARLY, UM, EARLY THIS YEAR. AND, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN MY DISTRICT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS THE, THE INTRODUCTION OF, OF JUST THE HIGH CRIME FOCUS TEAM AND THE STRONG BEACH INITIATIVE DEMONSTRATES US BEING PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR NONPROFITS. AND I WANNA, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND JUST CHECK-IN POINTS. UM, BECAUSE WE CAN EASILY KIND OF GET INTO THE SUMMER, UH, HEAT AND KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, USUALLY SUMMER YOU TAKE A BREAK, BUT I'M HOPING THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE COULD BE CHECK-IN WHERE IT'S A CELEBRATION AS WELL. RIGHT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK TO HAVE MORE OF A CELEBRATION IN THE SUMMER, UM, TO ADDRESS WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN WEST CENTRAL, UM, PARTNERING WITH COUNCILWOMAN AND DEJA AND COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA TO DO A FUN SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT THAT WILL BRING OUT HOPEFULLY YOUTH AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND FAMILIES TO JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH, UM, AT THE FUTURE LONG BEACH. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'D LOVE TO HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS THERE, YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE'RE ALL INTERACTING AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF I DO WANNA ASK YOU, SINCE YOU SHARED THAT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS IS IMPORTANT, WHAT ARE SOME NEW COMMUNICATION TOOL YOU CAN SHARE, UM, THAT, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY SHOULD [01:15:01] GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ARE THERE SOME ALERTS OR NEW THINGS THAT YOU WANNA SHARE JUST SO PEOPLE CAN, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANNA STAY UP TO DATE AND THEY GO ONTO A LOT OF THESE VARIETY OF ALERT SITES, BUT IF YOU CAN SHARE SOME OF THOSE. YES, OF COURSE. SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY TO, IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE, THE QUICKEST WAY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN FACTUAL INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IT IS USED AS AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL. WE ALSO HAVE OUR LONG BEACH PD BLOTTER EVERY MORNING THAT'S UPDATED AT 10, UH, 10:00 AM IT, IT INCLUDES INFORMATION, RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. UH, SO THOSE ARE, ARE TWO OF THE THINGS. AND THEY'RE CITY INITIATIVES AS WELL WITH THROUGH ALERT LONG BEACH, IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC CLOSURE OR A SIGNIFICANT EVENT, UH, NOT ONLY WILL WE COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION, UH, THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WE'LL ALSO DO IT THROUGH DISPATCH AND AN ALERT LONG BEACH NOTIFICATION FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT. IN ADDITION, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS SOMETHING CALLED A-C-L-O-A COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER. SO IF THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, BEFORE COUNCILWOMAN A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT IN, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE OFFICERS ARE TASKED WITH ENGAGING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, UH, MAKING THEM AWARE OF, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THINGS, BUT MAKING THEM AWARE THAT THERE IS, UH, ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, JUST TO BRING A LEVEL OF EASE AND, AND CALM TO, UH, THOSE, THOSE, UH, RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING ANXIETY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO UPLIFT IT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES WHEN SOMETHING, UM, HAPPENED, PEOPLE WILL REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE CHECK THOSE RESOURCES. UM, ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CHANDLER, AROUND THE STRONG BEACH INITIATIVES ARE HOW CAN, UM, WE ENSURE, YOU KNOW, WITH SUMMER THEIR PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, THE SCHOOLS ARE OUT. SO HOW, AND, AND MANY TEACHERS AND OTHER, UH, EDUCATIONAL PARTNER KIND OF TAKE A BREAK, BUT HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE KEEP SOME OF THE, UM, PARENTS OR OTHERS, UH, ENGAGE IN WHAT'S WOR HAPPENING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CALENDAR, OF COURSE. UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REACH OUT AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, WORK WITH OUR, UH, YOUTH ADVISORY TEAM, UM, TO REALLY CONNECT IN MULTIPLE SPACES ACROSS THE CITY. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT. OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. UM, BUT REALLY CREATING THOSE SPACES IN THE SUMMER NIGHTS, IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS AT THE PARKS, UM, AT OUR BE SAFE PARKS AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SITES WHERE WE GO AND WE HAND OUT FLYERS AND INFORMATION FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT, WHAT'S COMING IN THE NEXT WEEK. AND SO WE JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND, UM, AND GET OUT THERE TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS AND, AND WE'RE READY AND WILLING TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU, UM, WHO ARE HERE. UM, BECAUSE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY IS THAT WE DON'T JUST STAND BACK AND SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR POINT FINGERS, BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK TOGETHER? AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA TAKE THIS SUMMER AND TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR BEST TO PREVENT AS MUCH VIOLENCE AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, YEAH, I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAS SHARED. UM, AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AS OPPOSED TO OUR PD AND OUR, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FRAMING BASED ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR CITY'S YOUNG PEOPLE AT YOUTH DAY. UM, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO KIND OF COME UP WITH PROGRAMS THAT WE THINK OUR YOUTH, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WANT, UH, BUT REALLY COUCHING THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEED IS A GAME CHANGER AND I THINK INCREDIBLY TIMELY. UM, I'M ALWAYS GONNA LIFT UP, UH, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, PARTICULARLY WHAT THE ONE THAT OUR, OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, PUT TOGETHER, RIGHT? BECAUSE AGAIN, BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENGAGING OUR YOUTH AND WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEED, WHAT ARE THEIR ISSUES, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY AND FUNDING BEHIND THAT. UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVING WORKED ON PB IN NORTH LONG BEACH, WHEN WE INITIALLY EMBARKED UPON THAT PROCESS, LIKE I LOVED THE FACT TO SEE TO THAT THAT CONTINUE. UM, I THINK IT'S SMART, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING OUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT, IT SHOWS INTENTIONALITY AND RESPONSIVENESS THAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW. UM, AND AGAIN, AS SOMEONE WHO'S, YOU KNOW, STARTED HER ACTIVIST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACTIVISM IN THE COMMUNITY AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE ADVANCING PEACE INITIATIVE, UM, SUMMER COMMUNITY ACTIVATION MICRO GRANT. UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER, UH, THAT WHENEVER YOU INVEST DIRECTLY IN COMMUNITY, THAT INVESTMENT COMES BACK A HUNDRED FOLD. UM, AND ITS IMPACTS IS OUR RESIDENTS ARE THE MOST ENGAGED STAKEHOLDERS AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. UM, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE HAS ALREADY SET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS TO BE LIKE, HEY, LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. LIKE, MAKE SURE WE'RE ACTIVATING OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY STRATEGIC TO PRIORITIZE ENGAGING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, AND LASTLY, I REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THE, THE CHIEF AND THE WORK OF, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AROUND KIND OF JUST RECOGNIZING OUR STAFFING RESOURCES AS YOU'RE UPLIFTING THE HIGH CRIME UNIT. UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OPERATION MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, REALLY ARE PRIORITIZING, [01:20:01] NOT OVERBURDENING, UM, OUR OFFICERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR OUR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT HIGH CRIMES FOCUS TEAM AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING REALLY, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR, UM, OUR HEALTH, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TEAM. UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE LONG BEACH ACTIVATING SAFE COMMUNITY? SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT EXPANDING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TIMELINE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH RELATED TO GUN GUN VIOLENCE, UH, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS CALLED THE LONG BEACH ACTIVATING SAFE COMMUNITIES ON THE, ON THE, UH, ON THE SLIDE. YES. SO THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. WE'RE COMING TO COUNCIL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AROUND THAT. WE ACTUALLY JUST, UH, PASSED ALONG OUR MOU WITH OUR PD PARTNERS. AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TWO PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE PROVIDING SUPPORT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S THE PLAN IS TO ROLL THAT OUT THIS SUMMER THOUGH. CORRECT. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ODI, THAT ITEM IS PLANNED TO COME ON JUNE 18TH, I BELIEVE. YES, YES. SO YOU HOMER THAT HERE MORE THAN THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, UH, COUNCILMAN DEJAS, WERE YOU QUEUED AGAIN? GO FOR IT. I WAS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU AGAIN, STAFF. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. UM, FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MENTIONED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WAS, UH, HOPING THAT STAFF COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT WE ARE WORKING, HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM ON, AND MAYBE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. I KNOW THAT SUMMER IS A VERY, UM, CRITICAL TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH THEM. SO IF STAFF COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT, PLEASE. SURE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU ERIC AND I WILL ANSWER THIS ONE TOGETHER. UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED. WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION AND IN THE MIDDLE. UM, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA MEET THIS SUMMER TO CO-CREATE AND BRAINSTORM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A RETREAT TOGETHER, UM, TO, TO JUST REALLY BRAINSTORM HOW AND WHEN AND WHERE IN ALL THE SPACES WE CONNECT WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR COLLEGE, OUR, UM, COLLEGE PROMISE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST, UM, WHO'S PART OF OUR TEAM AS WELL, WHO'S BEEN CONNECTING WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, UM, BUT WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A VERY INTENTIONAL SPACE WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WITH OUR LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, TO STREAMLINE THAT APPROACH TOGETHER. SO IT'S BEEN EX AN EXCITING TIME. I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO UPLIFT. UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON AN EARLY CHILDHOOD STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSELY ON THAT. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS, ONCE THAT'S BEING ROLLED OUT. SO WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH O-B-U-S-D. THANK YOU. UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED AT ONE OF MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, LAST WEEK. AND, UM, I WAS JUST VERY, VERY GLAD TO SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, WITH THE DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN AS STRONG IN THE PAST. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT GROW AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH THEM AND BE ABLE TO BRING INITIATIVES LIKE THIS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. AND ON THAT NOTE, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU, CHIEF, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS COME OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. CORRECT. BUT IT'S SO NICE AND REFRESHING TO SEE OUR OFFICERS ALSO COMING TO A COMMUNITY, UM, MEETING AND MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND THEY WERE, UM, WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT I WENT TO LAST WEEK, UM, AT THE FIRST MEETING OF LATINOS IN ACTION, WHICH WAS, UM, THE FIRST MEETING AFTER COVID, SO IN PERSON. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT PARTICULAR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THAT ORGANIZATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, ONE MORE THING. CAN, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, UM, MORE ABOUT HOW CRIME CRIME MAPPING ASSESSMENT WORKS EXACTLY. AND HOW IT HELPS US FOCUS ON HIGH CRIME PREVENTION? YES. SO IT CRIME MAPPING ASSESSMENTS, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERLAYING, I I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S IDENTIFYING HIGH RISK AREAS, HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, UM, UTILIZING, UM, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. BLESS YOU. . UM, UH, SO UTILIZING THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO, UM, HAVE AN EVIDENCE-BASED, DATA INFORMED [01:25:01] APPROACH TO HOW WE DEPLOY THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND SO, UH, OUR INTERNAL CRIME MAPPING TOOLS AND OUR PUBLIC FACING CRIME MAPPING TOOLS PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. SO, UM, THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO LOG ON TO CRIME REPORTS AND, AND SEE WHERE CRIME ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UH, BUT WE USE THAT TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, PART OF OUR HIGH CRIME FOCUSED STRATEGY MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON A WEEKLY BASIS INVOLVES HEAT MAPS AND LOOKING AT THOSE HIGH RISK AREAS, UH, AND IDENTIFYING WAYS TO ADDRESS, UH, SPECIFICALLY GUN VIOLENCE, UM, BUT ALSO THE BACKEND OF THAT, THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. MM-HMM. AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMPONENT, UM, THAT'S REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN. UM, THANK YOU. UM, GREAT INITIATIVE HERE. UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF, IF STAFF COULD, IN THE SPIRIT OF, UM, ALL THESE, UM, ACTIVITIES, UH, WORK WITH, UH, PRM ON THE RESERVATION SYSTEMS. IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO DON'T NORMALLY HOST PARTIES AND WHATNOT OR WANT TO RESERVE A SPOT AT THE PARK, THEY MIGHT NOT BE IN TUNE WITH HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE VERY USER-FRIENDLY IF PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO PULLING PERMITS AND WHATNOT THAT, UH, PARK STAFF, UM, WORK, UH, WITH THEM TO, UH, MAKE IT VERY USER-FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'LL JUST WRAP, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, THANKING YOU FOR THIS VERY, THIS VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. UH, WE MET A FEW MONTHS AGO. SOMETIMES WHEN I ASK YOU TO DO STUFF, I, PEOPLE LOOK AT ME CRAZY AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR, MAYOR? THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY. THIS IS, THIS WAS CERTAINLY COMPREHENSIVE. YOU SEE THE, THE, THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT, YOU SEE THE ENGAGEMENT, THE YOUTH FOCUS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I ALSO SAID, WE NEED A SNAZZY NAME FOR IT. AND ALANA STEPPED UP WITH STRONG BEACH STANDING TOGETHER, OUR REACH, OUR NEXT GENERATION. SHE SAID, DON'T NAME HER, BUT I NAMED HER. SO THANK YOU, UH, ALANA, FOR STEPPING UP. BUT ALSO, I WILL SAY LIKE, THIS IS A LOT OF SMART WORK. THE COMMUNITIES ALREADY ENGAGE. I'M, LOOK, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE. LONG BEACH, THE LIST OF PARTNERS AT THE BOTTOM. THIS REFLECTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A VERY DIVERSE AND ENGAGED GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS. WE, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE A VIBRANT GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE BEEN ENGAGED FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE BUILT THE TRUST WITH EACH OTHER TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON, UH, THESE INITIATIVES. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT LEADING UP TO THIS FROM THE YOUTH DAY. MANY OF THE FOLKS AT THE YOUTH DAY INFORMING SUMMER, DISCUSSING SUMMER AT THE YOUTH DAY, AND THE CHIEF MENTIONED IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF AND TOM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS ON SATURDAY LEADING INTO SUMMER. A LOT OF THAT FEEDING INTO THIS. AND A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND SOME NEW STRATEGIES ALL COMING TOGETHER WITH ONE FOCUS SCHOOL IS OUT. WHAT'S THE DATE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER 13TH ON THE 13TH, SHE KNOWS COUNCIL MEMBER KURT KNOWS THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY, RIGHT? WE, UH, IT, IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE READY THE WAY THAT WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY, THE WAY THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE CITY, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SAY SOMETHING IS A PRIORITY AND DEMONSTRATE RESULTS. THAT'S THE SPIRIT WE NEED TO GO INTO SUMMER WITH. IT'S ALL ENTIRE CITIES RESPONSIBILITY. SOME STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED AND BE IN SUMMER SCHOOL, SOME WILL NOT. SOME ARE GONNA BE IN OUR PARKS, SOME ARE GONNA BE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO FLOOD OUR COMMUNITIES WITH OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE PREPARED. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN SAID IT RIGHT? LET'S TELL PARKS AND RECREATION, GET READY FOR MORE RESERVATIONS, RIGHT? LET'S TELL, LET'S GET OUR FACILITIES PREPARED BECAUSE SUMMER IS COMING LITERALLY NEXT THURSDAY. SO, UH, TOMORROW WE'LL BE, UH, ROLLING IT ALL OUT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT, AT TWO O'CLOCK TOMORROW. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS SORROW FOR, FOR MENTIONING, UH, YOUR LAUNCH AS WELL IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH. I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, RICK SOTE IN AUSTIN ARE, HAVE SPECIFIC INTERESTS IN DOING SOME LOCAL LAUNCHES IN NORTH. WE SUPPORT ALL OF THAT, BUT, BUT SUMMER IS HERE, KICKS OFF TOMORROW. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION. UH, MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, SO, UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE ITEM 31, REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULTS STRATEGIC PLAN THREE [31. 24-53479 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation regarding the City of Long Beach Youth and Emerging Adults Strategic Plan three-year update. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Health and Human Services         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YEAR UPDATE CITYWIDE. OKAY. [01:30:01] WE'LL JUST GIVE IT A MOMENT FOR THE, FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR BEFORE WE START THIS NEXT PRESENTATION. ALL OF YOU, YOU, THIS GROUP, YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN STILL. STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION FIRST. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. WE JUST WEREN'T READY FOR 'EM YET. THEY'RE READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. WHOEVER'S STEPPING OUT, IF YOU COULD DO THAT, DO SO QUIETLY SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE COUNCIL MEETING. GOOD EVENING, HONOR. MAYOR. OH, WE'RE NOT READY YET. OH, I'M SORRY. HANG ON. I'M GONNA INTRODUCE IT. OH, YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET THAT DOOR CLOSED BACK THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS A LOT. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST PLACED A BIG FOCUS ON SUMMER, UH, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, AN UPDATE ON THE YOUTH, UH, EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, IT'S GREAT THAT ALL OF THIS ALIGNED ON THIS DAY. AND SO WE'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO TO STAFF TO JUMP RIGHT IN. ALL RIGHT. ALISON KING, OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A THREE YEAR UPDATE FOR OUR YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THREE OF OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS DAVID MCGILL SORIANO, OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHO HAVE GROWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE WORK OF THIS OFFICE IS LED BY MANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL OR AS INTERNS AND STAFF. AS A RESULT, LONG BEACH HAS BEEN A LEADER AND MODEL FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STATE. NEXT SLIDE. OUR STATE BIT OF POSSIBILITY WAS CREATED BY YOUTH AMBASSADORS WHO INFORMED THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT GUIDES THE WORK OF THIS OFFICE. IT GOES AS FOLLOWS, YOUTH ARE VALUED AND EMPOWERED AS DECISION MAKERS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO LEAD LONG-TERM CHANGE AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF YOUTH NOW AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE DO OUR BEST TO EMULATE THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN IS DESIGNED FOR YOUTH AGES EIGHT TO 24 WITH A VISION FOR ALL YOUTH TO DEVELOP INTO THEIR TRUE, AUTHENTIC SELVES. THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WAS ESTABLISHED TO WORK WITH YOUTH CITY DEPARTMENTS, YOUTH SERVICES NETWORK, YOUTH AND FAMILIES COMMISSION, AND COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME STAFF, TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, AND THREE FELLOWS WHO PUSH FORWARD POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS SMALL TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS LIBRARIES, PARKS, AND PACIFIC GATEWAY AND OTHERS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP, KAMAI GIRLS IN ACTION, LEADERSHIP, LONG BEACH, THE MAYOR'S FUND, AND OTHERS TO IMPLEMENT THE DIFFERENT YOUTH CENTRIC PROGRAMS IN LONG BEACH. THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS STRUCTURED IN THREE BRANCHES OPERATIONS, WHICH ENTAILS ALL OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES PROGRAMS, WHICH INVOLVES ALL THE PROJECTS IT ANCHORS AND NETWORKS, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE DIFFERENT CONVENINGS IT PARTICIPATES IN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, PROGRESS TRACKING MEASURE, US YOUTH FUND, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS, YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, FUTURES FIRST, OPPORTUNITY, YOUTH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, DATA DASHBOARD, YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM. THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATES IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS REGIONALLY ACROSS THE STATE AND LOCALLY. EACH OF THESE NETWORKS FOSTERS COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONGST YOUTH SERVING PROVIDERS. TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES FUNDING FROM THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT MEASURE US GENERAL FUND RELATED TO RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION, AND ONE-TIME DOLLARS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024, AND A THREE YEAR GRANT FROM THE [01:35:01] CONRAD AND HILTON FOUNDATION. MUCH OF THIS FUNDING IS TIME RESTRICTED OR IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION FUNDING COVERS THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE. ONE TIME. GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR FUNDS A YOUTH COORDINATOR POSITION FOR TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS. THIS BUDGET ONLY REFLECTS THE MONEY FROM THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, DAVID, I HAND THIS OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR YOUTH FUND INVESTMENTS BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP TO DISTRIBUTE $600,000 TOWARDS YOUTH PROGRAMMING. THIS INCLUDED 55 MINI GRANTS PROVIDED TO NON-FORMAL OR FORMAL NONPROFIT GROUPS FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING. NON-FORMAL GROUPS INCLUDE YOUTH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL GROUPS, AND OTHERS. ALSO INCLUDED SEVEN YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING GRANTS FOCUSED ON YOUTH HEALTH, YOUTH WORKFORCE, YOUTH COMMUNITY CARE THAT 852 YOUNG PEOPLE VOTED ON. THEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEST YOUTH COALITION AND C-S-E-O-B AND FINALLY, FOUR INTER INTER INTERGENERATIONAL GRANTS, WHICH TOOK A WHOLE FAMILY APPROACH OF SUPPORTING YOUTH THROUGH A VIOLENCE PREVENTION LENS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE AGAIN CONTRACTED WITH TMP TO ADMINISTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THROUGH A YOUTH PARTICIP BUDGETING PROCESS. UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INVESTING YOUTH COALITION ANCHORED BY KAMA GIRLS IN ACTION AND CSBS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY. UH, THIS WAS TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE STRONG BEACH PRESENTATION. ALL THE DOLLARS OF THE YOUTH FUND WERE PUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO ALLOW LONG BEACH YOUTH TO COME UP WITH IDEAS TO FUND, UH, DEVELOP THEM INTO PROPOSALS AND ALLOW LOCAL YOUTH TO VOTE ON WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND YOUTH AGES 13 TO 26. ALL ACROSS LONG BEACH, WERE ABLE TO WALK INTO THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY, TEEN CENTER, OR SCHOOL TO SUBMIT THEIR BALLOT. THIS YEAR, 602 YOUTH VOTED ON NINE DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO FUND THIS UPCOMING SUMMER. THESE PROJECTS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH YOUTH FUND INCLUDE TRANSPORTING YOUTH TO PROGRAMS DURING THE SUMMER, COMBINING ART TO ADDRESS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ENGAGING YOUTH IN ANIMAL WELFARE DRIVER'S, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, BOXING PLUS HEALTH AND WELLNESS, YOUTH EDUCATION AND ADJUSTMENT HOUSING, ART SKILLS, AND OTHERS. THE PROCESS OF OUR YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE MEASURE US YOUTH FUND ALL INVOLVES THE PARTNERSHIP OF YOUNG LEADERS ON OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE, UH, THREE MEMBERS OF OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR WORK. YOU'LL HEAR FROM FAITH MACK, ALEXANDRA ARIBA, MURIO, AND ABIGAIL MATLOCK FAITH, I'M TURNING IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS FAITH MACK AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE 20 23 20 24 YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. I SPECIFICALLY REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR. SOME THINGS ABOUT ME. I'M INVOLVED IN MY SCHOOL'S BLACK STUDENT UNION, MY SCHOOL'S STUDENTS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE CLUB, AND I'M A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER. THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL SPLIT UP INTO THREE ACTION TEAMS WHOSE ROLE IS TO HELP PUSH FORWARD THE ACTIONS OF SPEC SPECIFIC PROPOSED ACTIVITIES IN THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN. I HELP LEAD ACTION TEAM ONE ALONG WITH AARON PETERMAN AND JOHN WADE DES GARGA. OUR MISSION IS TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH YOUTH CAN MAKE CIVIC-MINDED DECISIONS THROUGH CITY COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BODIES. AS NOTED IN GOAL THREE OF THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOUTH WITH MORE ACCESS TO ROLES WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT, AARON JEAN RAY, AND I HAVE ALL SENT NUMEROUS EMAILS TO MANY DIFFERENT CONTACTS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION EVEN MORE. IN DOING SO, WE EACH CHOSE TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR CAUSES CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS THAT REFLECTED OUR EXPERIENCES. JOHN RAY CHOSE TO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND LB TRANSIT DUE TO HIS AND HIS PEERS EXPERIENCES GROWING UP IN THE PARKS WHILE THEIR PARENTS WERE BUSY SECURING MONEY TO PAY FOR INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE HOMES. THIS ALONG WITH MEETING WITH LOCAL LEADERS HAS SHOWN HIM THAT YOUTH HAVE VALID EXPERIENCES THAT WE SHARE AND IN PERSPECTIVE UNIQUE FROM ADULTS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING SAFETY, AFFORDABILITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE CITY. WHILE DOING MY PART, I CONTACTED PERSONNEL WITHIN THE WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH LIAISON. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE THE BRIEF EXPERIENCE OF ATTENDING AN ALL FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I SAW GIRLS CONSISTENTLY ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK OUT, PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE AND TRY NEW THINGS. A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T A REALISTIC EXPERIENCE FOR THE MAJORITY OF GIRLS. THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN WE FELT SILENCED BY SOCIETAL NORMS, BUT JUST GIVING A GIRL OR ANY YOUTH THE CHANCE TO SPEAK THEIR TRUTH IN A COMMISSIONER ADVISORY BOARD, YOU'LL BE MET WITH CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY, AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE. MEANWHILE, AARON HAD AARON'S PASSIONS LED HIM TO JOIN LISTENING SESSIONS FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY TO GIVE YOUTH INSIGHT AND ASSIST [01:40:01] AS A YOUTH BUDGET DELEGATE FOR THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET. HE CHOSE THIS BECAUSE GROWING UP, HE SPENT A DECADE OF HIS LIFE ON THE STREETS OF WEST SIDE LA ALTHOUGH HE MADE IT OFF THE STREETS AND INTO COLLEGE, IT WAS A TOUGH JOURNEY AND ONE WITHOUT SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH HE MADE IT OFF THE STREETS AND INTO COLLEGE. UM, AFTER BECOMING A REPRE, A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, HE WAS SO INSPIRED TO SEE THE CITY TAKING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND HARDSHIPS SERIOUSLY, AND NOW WANTS TO BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR YOUTH IN THE CITY. THE THREE OF US WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUES CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS WITHOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ALLOW YOUTH AND CITY LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO GARNER STRONGER TIES TO YOUTH ADVOCACY BY INCORPORATING A LARGER ARRAY OF YOUTH VOICES WHILE RECEIVING INPUT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE ON CITY EVENTS AND POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING YOUTH. BUT MORE YOUTH STILL NEED TO GET INVOLVED. WE WILL WILL SEE MANY COMMISSIONER'S TERMS END THIS SUMMER, AND WE SHOULD MAKE IT A POINT TO ATTRACT AND APPOINT YOUTH COMMISSIONERS TO THEIR PLACE. WE CAN MAKE IT A GOAL TO APPOINT AT LEAST TWO YOUTH TO EACH COMMISSION WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. WE WILL SEE VACANCIES IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSIONS FOR YOUTH LIKE MYSELF WITH VERY BUSY SCHEDULES, IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO IMPLEMENT A HYBRID IN-PERSON ONLINE SCHEDULE, OR EVEN THE OPTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS WORK TO BE DONE ON THE, ON THEIR OWN TIME OR MAKE IT SO COMMISSIONERS ARE ABLE TO JOIN SUBGROUPS THAT ALLOW THEM TO PICK MEETING TIMES THAT WORK BEST FOR THEM. SIMILAR TO THE FORMAT OF THE COMMISSION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES. WITH OUTREACH BEING A HUGE BARRIER TO ATTRACTING YOUTH TO CIVIC WORK, WE COULD IMPLEMENT A YOUTH OUTREACH TEAM TO INFORM AND ENGAGE THEIR PEERS ON CIVIC MATTERS BY SIMPLY ALLOWING YOUTH TO BE PRESENT AND SPEAK UP ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHIN YOUTH GARNERED RULES IN THE CITY, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO AMPLIFY YOUTH VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. BY HELPING THE YOUTH, WE CAN THEN PROVIDE CITY LEADERS LIKE YOURSELVES WITH OUR INPUT ON YOUTH RELATED ISSUES TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY STRIVE TO BE THE BEST IT CAN BE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OFF TO ABIGAIL. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS ABIGAIL MATLOCK AND I AM THE DISTRICT THREE REP FOR THE YOUTH YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. I AM A MEMBER. I AM A, CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT MILLIKEN PEACE, AND I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF MILLIKEN'S LAW CLUB AND MOCK TRIAL TEAM. I AM HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING, UM, ACTION TEAM TWO WITH MY TEAM MADE UP OF HORATIO MILLER, JANA, JANIE RAMIREZ, MONTEYA FRANKLIN AND MYSELF ARE FOCUS, UH, ARE FOCUSED ON ADVANCING GOAL TWO OF THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL SEEN AND FELT THE EFFECTS OF INADEQUATE HELP IN OUR TIMES OF NEED. WE SET OUT TO LEARN MORE FROM OUR PEERS ON HOW YOUTH EXPERIENCE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. WE COLLECTED DATA FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND WE ANALYZE THIS DATA AND NOW WE ARE WORKING ON USING IT TO CREATE A PRESENTATION FOR THE YOUTH TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON H HOW WE CAN ENSURE THE YOUTH OF LONG BEACH HAVE PROPER RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO THEM FOR THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. FROM THIS DATA, WE HAVE FOUND THAT MANY YOUTH NOT ONLY STRUGGLE WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THEY ALSO FEEL THAT THE CITY DOES NOT PR PROVIDE THEM WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES. BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS WE ASK THAT THE CITY, UM, CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE, THE, THE SUPPORT US SO WE CAN WORK TOWARDS MORE WELLNESS CENTERS LIKE THE ONES IN LWSD, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ALSO FOUND THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES STRUGGLE WITH ACCESSIBILITY. WE IMPLORE FOR YOUR HELP IN THE FIGHT TO ASSIST THESE STUDENTS TO HELP THEM GET ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATIONS NECESSARY TO THEIR EDUCATION. GET ELEVATOR PASS, OR EVEN JUST HELP WHEELCHAIR BOUND STUDENTS HAVE CLASSES ON THE FIRST STORY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW PASS IT TO ALEXANDRA. GOOD EVENING, CITY LEADERS. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA GAR MURILLO, AND I'M AN AT LARGE MEMBER FOR THE YOUTH CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. HOWEVER, I RESIDE IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT ST. ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL ATTEND LONG BEACH STATE IN THE FALL AS A PRESIDENT SCHOLAR, WHERE I PLAN TO MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LATER ATTEND LAW SCHOOL TO BECOME AN ATTORNEY. I'M CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE PRESIDENT AMBASSADOR CAMPUS MINISTRY AND STUDENT COUNCIL PROGRAM AT MY SCHOOL. ADDITIONALLY, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO HERITAGE AND MOCK TRIAL CLUBS, AND THIS PAST YEAR I HAD THE [01:45:01] OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SPENT MY SUMMER INTERNING FOR THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. THIS PAST YEAR, YOLINDA SAM, KIMBERLY LIM, ABRAHAM PINERA, AND I WERE A PART OF ACTION TEAM THREE. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS THE ISSUE OF HOUSING TO BEGIN WITH, I HAVE SEEN AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MANY GOOD WORKS THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED TO GAIN MORE YOUTH INVOLVEMENT WITHIN LONG BEACH. FROM THE VARIOUS INTERNSHIP AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS TO YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC, LONG BEACH HAS OPENED DOORS TO ITS YOUTH TO LEARN AND EXPLORE WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER. HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH GOOD, IT'S NOT GREAT AS ACTION. TEAM THREE, WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO CREATE A SURVEY TO RECEIVE CURRENT DATA ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE DATA'S ALREADY OUT THERE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE U WITH U PLAN TO POSSIBLY CREATE A YOUTH-DRIVEN COLLABORATIVE TEAM WITH THE LONG BEACH YOUTH COUNCIL, APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION, YOUTH COUNCIL AND U PLAN YOUTH, WE CAN WORK DIRECTLY TOGETHER WITHIN THESE HOUSING PROJECTS BY ADDING YOUTH VOICES WHEN IMPLEMENTING HOUSING PLAN SLASH POLICIES. AFTER NUMEROUS EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS, WE UNFORTUNATELY WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT YOUTH PLAN TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT STRIVE FOR MORE YOUTH VOICES WITHIN HOUSING. ALTHOUGH A LONG-TERM GOAL, WE WISH TO INCORPORATE MORE YOUTH VOICES WITHIN HOUSING. BY ESTABLISHING A YOUTH COLLABORATIVE TEAM, IT HAS BEEN PREDICTED THAT AS THE YEARS GO ON, CURRENT YOUTH IN LONG BEACH WILL BE UNABLE TO RENT MUCH LESS OWN A HOME IN THE AREA, UNLESS COMING FROM GENERATIONAL WEALTH. YOUTH NEED A VOICE IN THE NOW, NOT JUST IN LATER. WE BELIEVE THAT BY ESTABLISHING A YOUTH COLLABORATIVE TEAM, IT CAN MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE OF HOUSING. ADDING ON THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWER YOUTH, MAKING US FEEL SEEN AND HEARD. HOUSING IS NOT JUST ONE AREA. YOUTH UNDER REPRESENT WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER AREAS COULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME PROBLEM. THAT IS WHY WE URGE A CALL OF ACTION FROM CITY LEADERS TO ENCOURAGE NOT ONLY THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT TO ENCOURAGE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SPACE FOR YOUTH AS WE ARE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. WITHOUT THE VOICE OF YOUTH, THERE IS NO FUTURE IN LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. NOW PASSING IT ON TO DAVID. YOUTH VOICES ARE ENGAGED AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS TO INVOLVE OUTREACH, IMPLEMENTATION, RETENTION, AND EVALUATION OF ANY ONE OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. WE ALSO EMPLOY AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH WHEN STARTING PROGRAMS THAT TRANSCENDS YOUTH LISTENING SESSIONS AND EVOLVES THEM INTO YOUTH DESIGN SESSIONS, UM, WHERE YOUTH DO MORE THAN JUST INFORM, BUT ALSO DESIGN, CREATE, AND EVALUATE A NEW PROJECT THAT'S UNFOLDING. OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ONLY ONE BODY OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OTHER CITY TEAMS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN MECHANISMS FOR ENGAGING YOUTH THROUGHOUT THEIR PLANNING PROCESS. OUR YOUTH DAY IN THE LBC EVENT OCCURRED EARLY LAST MONTH ON THE WEST SIDE AT CABRIO HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT WAS FEATURED A LOT EARLIER IN OUR STRONG BEACH PRESENTATION. THIS WAS A COLLABORATION EFFORT THAT COMBINED OUR OFFICE'S YEARLY YOUTH FESTIVAL WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YEARLY YOUTH ADVOCACY DAY. AT THIS EVENT, YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS FACILITATED DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE DAY, AND YOUTH WERE SPLIT UP INTO BREAKOUT GROUPS THAT FOCUSED ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION, HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND CLIMATE ACTION. THE IDEAS GARNERED FROM THE EVENT ARE MEANT TO INFORM CONCRETE ACTIONS AROUND THE ISSUES FACING YOUTH IN LONG BEACH. THE LEARNINGS FROM THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUP HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT TOWARDS PLANNING AND STRATEGY FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT THIS SUMMER. IN THE PAST THREE, THREE MONTHS, WHILE THE YOUTH COUNCIL HAS WORKED ON THE RESPECTIVE ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING PROGRESS REPORTS FROM DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, A PART OF IMPLEMENTING THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PLAN IS THE PLAYBOOK FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TODAY. THE COLLECTION INFORMATION WE PUT INTO AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT, AN EXHAUSTIVE REPORT, AND IN A SNAPSHOT VIEW ON OUR NEW DATA DASHBOARD. THIS EVALUATES THE STAGE OF EACH PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN THE PLAN TO MAP OUT WHAT AREAS NEED STILL NEED ADDITIONAL ATTENTION. WE'LL BE RELEASING THIS REPORT LATER THIS MONTH. THE PROGRESS REPORT WILL INFORM THE CITY'S EFFORTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS WHEN THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN WAS PASSED. IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLAN. ALSO IN THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, IT CALLS OUT FOR CREATING A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DATA DASHBOARD TO EXHIBIT THE PULSE OF YOUTH IN LONG BEACH, THE FUNDING IN THE MEASURE US YOUTH FUND, AND THE PROGRESS INTERFACE FOR THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DASHBOARD FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND IS LED BY REBECCA FAN DATA ANALYST FOR OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION, AND MIGUEL LOPEZ, YOUTH DATA INTERN FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT. THIS DASHBOARD WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH AS WELL, AND IN THE FUTURE WE'LL BUILD UPON IT TO INCLUDE A HOME BASE FOR ALL YOUTH PROGRAMS IN LONG BEACH. THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RECOGNIZES THE GROWTH AS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE GREATNESS AND STRIDES THAT WAY, A CITY FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. IN THE COMING MONTHS. WE PLAN TO DEVOTE EXTRA ATTENTION TO DEVELOPING A ROBUST COORDINATED SERVICE REFERRAL NETWORK THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH TO ALLOW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT TO BE [01:50:01] MORE SEAMLESS AND SMOOTH. WE ALSO WANNA STRENGTHEN THE MECHANISMS FOR YOUTH OUTREACH. AS WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, THAT THE BIGGEST DIFFICULTY FROM OUR YOUTH SERVING PARTNERS IS OUTREACH TO YOUTH ACROSS, ACROSS THE CITY, SO THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND ENROLL IN THEM, ESPECIALLY OUR HARDEST TO REACH YOUTH WHO MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO SCHOOL OR WORK. OUR TEAM ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFICULT YEARS OF TRANSITIONING FROM CHILDHOOD TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SECURING STABLE HOUSING. SO WE PLAN TO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH SERVING HOUSING PARTNERS TO ENHANCE THIS AREA OF YOUTH SUPPORTS. ALSO, THERE ARE POWERFUL HUBS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH, SUCH AS HOWTON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER OR SILVERADO PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE YOUTH HAVE EASY TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO THESE PLACES THAT HARBOR AN OASIS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. AND FINALLY, A BIG FOCUS OF OUR WORK IS ENSURING OUR YOUTH ARE SAFE. WE'LL PRIORITIZE OUR PERSPECTIVE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PLUS VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS YOUTH ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY INVOLVED AND IMPACTED, UM, BY THE VIOLENCE WE SEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, SERVING AS A LEVER FOR A HEALTHY, VIBRANT CITY TO LIVE IN. AND WE'LL CONTINUE THIS ROAD OF MAKING LONG BEACH, ONE OF THE BEST CITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SET THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THEIR FUTURE. THANK YOU, DAVE. SORRY. THANK YOU, DAVID. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS OF FAITH ALEXANDRIA AND ABBY AS WELL. UM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, THANK YOU ALLISON AND THANK YOU DAVID, AND LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR YOUR WORK IN HELPING UPDATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU GUYS HAVE SIT DOWN NOW. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN STANDING UP A LONG TIME. GOOD. AND THEY REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY AND THEY CALLED US OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE GOT SOME VACANCIES ON THE, ON THE, UH, COMMISSION. SO, UH, WE NEED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, GO, UH, HAVE, WAS IT LUNCH OR DINNER? I THINK IT WAS DINNER THAT WE HAD AT, UH, VIA, VIA VIA RIVIERA, UH, ON THE, THE TOP FLOOR, UH, INCREDIBLE, UH, UH, GROUP OF, OF YOUTH, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL AND AND COLLEGE AGE, UH, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD GO AS A CITY. AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD THE VEHICLE OF THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN TO CAPTURE THAT, TO MAKE SURE IT INFORMS OUR PROGRAMS, OUR POLICIES AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I'LL ALSO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M EMBARRASSING FOLKS. I THINK C YOU KNOW, TODD, YOU SHOULD WATCH OUT 'CAUSE UH, DAVID, HE'D BE CITY MANAGER ONE DAY, . THAT GUY'S GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, SO I MEAN, BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, PASS TO THE COUNCIL, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THIS, IT, IT, IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. I I STARTED WITH THE CITY WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS 26, UH, STEVE NEIL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, AND WE, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR WE'VE COME FROM THOSE DAYS WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD BARELY GET A PRESENTATION DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS TO NOW JUST ONE ASPECT OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON YOUTH, UH, IS, I MEAN, RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND OTHER CITIES AND THAT GOAL AND THAT VISION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YEARS AGO, UM, THAT DAVID MENTIONED OF HAVING A WORLD CLASS, THE BEST, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, UH, MOST ROBUST YOUTH, YOUTH SERVICES APPARATUS OF ANY CITY. LIKE, WE'RE GETTING THERE AND, AND IT'S, IT'S WITHIN REACH. UH, SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY ASTOUNDING TO SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST, UM, FIVE YEARS, OVER THE LAST DECADE AS IT RELATES TO BUILDING, BUILDING CAPACITY. UM, AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PLACE A FOCUS ON THIS BECAUSE INVESTING IN YOUTH IS, IS SIMPLY INVESTING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? EVERY INVESTMENT WE MAKE IT TO YOUNG PEOPLE'S, INVESTING INTO OUR OWN FUTURE. SO, UH, SO REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK, UH, BEHIND THE RAIL. UM, LET'S GO TO COUNCILMEN COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUTH THAT ARE HERE TODAY. BIG SHOUT OUT TO DISTRICT ONE AARON FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, TO THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP TO SPEAK, YOU GUYS BLEW ME AWAY. FAITH, UM, ABIGAIL AND ALEXANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR YOU THREE ACTUALLY ALL OF YOU. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK DAVID BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN DAVID GROW, UM, FROM WOW. I, I'VE KNOWN DAVID FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND HIS AWESOME MOTHER. UM, AND I JUST AS CELIA AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, DAVID, FOR ALL THE WORK YOUR, YOUR PASSION FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOUTH HAVE A PATHWAY [01:55:01] TO SUCCESS AND THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE FOR YOUTH. UM, SEEING YOU COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS AND SEEING YOU AS, UM, AS A YOUTH IN, IN MY OFFICE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I STARTED AND NOW, UM, HEADING THIS AWESOME INITIATIVE AND BRINGING YOUTH TOGETHER, YOU ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR CITY CAN DO WITH OUR RESOURCES. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU, UM, NOT ONLY AS A CITY, UM, BUT ALSO AS MY DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT. SO, UH, CAN WE GIVE, UH, DAVID A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW DAVID, HE IS VERY MODEST. SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, ALL, EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS SO IMPORTANT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL THAT WAS EVEN THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO KNOW THAT IT WAS CREATED, UH, BY THE YOUTH. AND SO IT'S FOR THE YOUTH BY THE YOUTH. AND I LEARNED THE HARD WAY. I REMEMBER ONCE, UM, IN MY PREVIOUS JOB WHEN I WAS AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, I, UM, HAD STUDENTS FROM JORDAN HIGH COMING OVER TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH ON A FIELD TRIP. AND I WAS SO EXCITED 'CAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, RAFFLE OFF HOODIES, C-S-E-O-B HOODIES. AND THEN I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE HOTTEST TICKET TO RAFFLE WERE MOVIE TICKETS AND NOT, NOT THE SWEATSHIRT. SO YOU LEARN, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUTH WHAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I LEARNED THAT VERY QUICKLY THAT MOVIE TICKETS WERE BETTER THAN, THAN THE HOODIES. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU YOUTH. UM, ALSO IT DOESN'T ESCAPE ME AT ALL THAT OUR YOUTH, UM, THAT 63% OF OUR YOUTH LIVE IN THE 9 0 8 1 3 UM, ZIP CODE. IT ALSO DOESN'T ESCAPE ME THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR YOUTH POPULATION IS CONCENTRATED IN AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE YOUTH FOR FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY. AND I WANNA COMMEND OUR CITY, UM, FOR FINDING OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY TO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH, BUT TO WORK WITH OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THEIR FOCUS IS THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY. BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SORROW. YES. UM, I WANNA ADD MY THANKS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMIS COM COMMITTEE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY COME A LONG WAY IN OUR INVESTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND IT'S REALLY DUE TO HIS HARD WORK AS COUNCIL MEMBER STAFFER PRIOR TO THAT TO CHAMPION THIS. I KNEW A TIME WHEN I WAS WORKING, UM, RUNNING A NONPROFIT CALLED MY GIRLS IN ACTION BACK IN 2006 WHEN THERE THE ONLY SEAT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE COULD HAVE WAS PROBABLY ON YOUTH AND FAMILY COMMISSION. AND EVEN THEN, IT REALLY WASN'T A PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE COULD HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A TRANSFORMATIVE THREE YEARS. UM, HAVING, WELL PROBABLY ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND HEAR FROM YOU 'CAUSE YOU ARE PIONEERS IN SETTING THIS UP FOR THE CITY AND HOW WE ALL AS ADULTS CAN BETTER WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. UM, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH YOLINDA AND CASSANDRA, RIGHT? UH, MAYBE IS IT, DID I MEET WITH YOU ALL? YEAH, WE MET LIKE MAYBE ABOUT YEAH, WE MET, RIGHT? YOU REMEMBER? OKAY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER , THEY DON'T REMEMBER THIS SULI WELL I REMEMBER BECAUSE, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY I'D LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT FIRST MEETING I HEARD FROM YOU AND I LOVE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY IN TOUCH TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP GOING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONGOING, BUT THAT'S WHAT PARTNERSHIP IS, RIGHT? WE CHECK IN WITH EACH OTHER. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU, UM, PARTICULARLY HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU, RIGHT? UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ME WANTING TO SAY, I LIKE TO MEET YOU ALL AGAIN AND TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UM, AND FOR CITY STAFF FOR SUPPORTING THE PROCESS. AND DAVID, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU RECOVER. IT'S BEEN [02:00:01] A REALLY ROUGH YEAR FOR YOU FROM THE ACCIDENT. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF OUR PRAYERS AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SOTE, UM, WAS GONNA CRACK A JOKE. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW AND SAY, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT DO THE YOUNG PEOPLE SAY? THEY WERE THROWING YOU SOME SHADE BY NOT REMEMBERING, UH, THAT THEY MET WITH YOU. . AM I ALLOWED TO SAY THAT AS A 40-YEAR-OLD? I DON'T KNOW, . UM, BUT IN ALL SERIOUS LIST, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY. UH, SO WHEN, UM, NELSON MANDELA, UM, LAUNCHED HIS CHILDREN'S FUND, HE DID AN ADDRESS BACK IN 1995 IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. AND IT SAID, UH, THERE CAN BE NO KEENER REVELATION OF A SOCIETY'S SOUL THAN THE WAY IT TREATS ITS CHILDREN. RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, OF JUST THAT, RIGHT? THINKING ABOUT, LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE WE'VE COME, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE OUR, OUR MAYOR'S FLOWERS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE WORK THAT HE REALLY DID TO SPEARHEAD A LOT OF THIS, UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, IN DISTRICT NINE. SO WHOOP WHOOP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PULLED OUT OF THE, UM, STRATEGIC REPORT AND THE STAFF REPORT WAS THIS SENTENCE WHICH SAYS, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE LONG BEACH YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THE PLAN AND VISIONS THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS AGE EIGHT TO 24 IN LONG BEACH ARE HEALTHY AND EMPOWERED, EQUIPPED WITH RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AUTHENTICALLY, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT REALLY, UM, TO ME SUMMARIZES EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY DOING, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? UH, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, RIGHT? TO REALLY LIKE UPLIFT OUR YOUTH. THINKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHARED WITH US AROUND YOUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND AGAIN, ANOTHER REMINDER AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOICES OF OUR YOUTH, BECAUSE THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE ALL MAKING UP HERE DAY TO DAY, RIGHT? LIKE THEY'RE ULTIMATELY FOR YOU, ALL RIGHT? IS TO ENVISION A FUTURE THAT YOU ALL ENVISION FOR YOURSELVES AND ONES THAT ALLOW YOU TO THRIVE. UM, AND SO I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. UM, SO I WISH, WANNA THANK OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS? I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, A COUPLE OF THE CD NINE, UH, THE DISTRICT NINE FOLKS, UH, HORATIO MILLER AND, UH, ABRAHAM PINEDA. UH, ABRAHAM ACTUALLY WAS EVEN ONE OF MY, UH, WAS MY FIRST INTERN, UH, FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE. SO I'M REALLY PROUD AGAIN OF THIS, THE LEGACY UP HERE IN NORTH LONG BEACH, THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, AND THE PASSION THAT YOU BRING TO THIS. UM, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING THE, A FUTURE THAT YOU ALL ENVISION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YES. UM, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL OF THEIR COMMENTS. IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN, UM, ABOUT THE THINGS WE DO WELL, THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO BETTER, AND THE THINGS HONESTLY THAT WE DO POORLY AND THAT NEED SOME CORRECTIVE ACTION. AND I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BEING HONEST WITH US. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. UM, ST. ANTHONY, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY GRADUATED, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND. CONGRATULATIONS, AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE HEADED THAT WAY NEXT WEEK. UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. I'M SURE YOU OFF SOMEWHERE WONDERFUL NEXT YEAR. WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE STAYING IN LONG BEACH. UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IN ALL OF THESE COUNCIL OFFICES TO COME KNOCK ON OUR DOOR AND SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO BE AN INTERN FOR SOME HOURS THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE HEARING DIRECTLY FROM YOU IS CRITICAL. UM, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT MY STAFF IS ON THE YOUNGER SIDE. UM, THEY KEEP ME HONEST AND THEY KEEP ME MOVING FORWARD. UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF FULL CIRCLE. SO AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR EIGHT YEARS, I KNEW HOW INCREDIBLE THE KIDS IN THIS CITY ARE, WITHOUT A DOUBT. UM, THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST COMING OUT OF LONG BEACH AND THE WORK THAT THE CITY NOW DOES AND HAS DONE FOR A LOT OF YEARS, BUT HAS REALLY RAMPED UP OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, JUST ADDS TO THAT WORK. I USED TO SAY AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, THAT WE HAD KIDS FOR SIX OR SEVEN HOURS A DAY, 185 DAYS A YEAR. AND THE REST OF THE TIME THEY'RE IN OTHER PLACES AND SPACES. AND THE CITY MAKING, UM, TIME AND SPACE FOR YOU TO BE LEADERS AMONG US HAS BEEN REALLY CRITICAL. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES AND OF THE MAYOR AND, AND THE PAST COUNCIL WHO MADE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN. UH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO A KNOCK ON MY DOOR OR PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL ASKING HOW YOU CAN HELP OR SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK AND TO STAFF, UM, AND DAVID FOR TRAINING THEM UP, UM, AND SUPPORTING THEM AND LETTING THEM SHINE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, COUNCIL COMMENT. I SEE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. UH, I SEE A HAND THERE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT? WELL, COME ON DOWN. YOU CAN DO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. COMMENT. NO, THIS IS, I'M SORRY. THIS ITEM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT UP YET, BUT THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. COUNCILMAN SORO. OH, MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. UH, CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. [02:05:02] GOOD. OKAY. I HAVE 1, 2, 3, 3 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ANTHONY HOLMES, LEE SI. LEE SANDERS AND THEODORE CARRUTHERS. THE THIRD IS ANTHONY HOLMES HERE. UH, EXCUSE ME, I HAD A COMMENT ON NUMBER 30. DID WE NOT? THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT HERE. YOU GUYS WIPED IT. ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GONNA GET TO IT? THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ARE YOU GONNA GET TO IT ON THE AGENDA? YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT CAME AFTERWARDS. YEAH, IF IT, WE WILL CALL THE ITEM AND THEN IF YOU HEAR THE NUMBER THAT THEN WE'LL CALL THE PUBLIC NUMBER ONE AND THEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANTHONY HOLMES, LESLIE SANDERS AND THEODORE ANTHONY, I SEE YOU, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. GOD IS GOOD. I MEAN, HE'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. RIGHT? THE REASON WHY YOU HERE REX. I'M HERE. EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, HERE, UM, MAY 7TH, REX, YOU PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN WHEN I WAS TALKING TO YOU AS IF YOU WAS READING THE BOOK, THEN YOU LOOK UP ROLLING YOUR EYES. YOU KNOW WHAT OBSESSED ME THE MOST ABOUT YOU IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE BEEN THROUGH, BEING BURNT HUNG FROM TREES, HAVING DOGS RELEASED ON US, CHURCH BEING BURNT, YOU GET BOTHERED WHEN I COME DOWN HERE AND I TALK ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS IN A WORKFORCE TO GET A GET, GET A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US. UM, I CAN JUST REMEMBER LAST JULY WHEN ERIC LOPEZ MADE HIS SECOND APPEARANCE BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT TELLING ME THAT, UM, TELLING ME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK DOWN THERE TO YOU GUYS, BUT REX HAD ME WORKING ON THESE BIG CITY PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH RISES AND WHATNOT. BASICALLY, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST AND THEN WORRY ABOUT THEM. APRIL, APRIL 2ND, WHEN MY FRIEND JOHN DOE APPROACHED YOU, SIDNEY ALLEN, HE ASKED YOU, WHAT DID YOU GET FROM ANTHONY HOME'S SPEECH? THE FIRST THING YOU SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT RACIST. WE HAVE A BLACK MAYOR. CAN Y'ALL BELIEVE THAT? I HEARD THE SAME THING WHEN OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT. THEY HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT. WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT? I ONCE HEARD MICHELLE OBAMA SAY, WHEN THEY GO LOWER, WHEN THEY GO HIGH, WHEN THEY GO LOWER, WE GO HIGHER. BUT IT'S, IT IS TIME FOR US TO START GOING LOWER AND SCOOP TO TODAY LEVEL RESPECTFULLY. I UNDERSTAND I CAN GET SHOT AND KILLED WHEN I WALK OUT OF HERE BY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT NO, SOME PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I HOPE TO LIVE A LONG LIFE ONE DAY. BUT IF I DO GO OUT LIKE THAT AT AUSTIN, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE MY HOME GOING RIGHT HERE WHERE I STAND OPEN CASKEY. 'CAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE, A PERSON THAT HAVEN'T DISCOVERED SOMETHING HE WOULD DIE FOR ISN'T FIT TO LIVE. AND SULY SORROW, I OWE YOU A APOLOGY. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE GOING OFF, GOING OFF ON YOU ABOUT PARKS. I DON'T THINK THEY GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO THEY GO OFF ON, ON, BECAUSE WHEN DEANDRE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOBODY SAID NOTHING WITH ALL THE DIRTY STUFF HE DONE. SO DON'T BE BIASED WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL. GIVE THEM THE SAME, GIVE 'EM THE SAME TREATMENT AS YOU WOULD SULE CHRISTINA DUGIN KERR. SUPER, SUPER NA. AND I RESPECT YOU, LIKE I SAID, AS IN DAY HOUSE. 'CAUSE YOU DON'T ONLY WANNA SIT UP HERE AND SAY WHAT YOU TRYING TO DO FOR YOUR LATINO BROTHERS AND SISTERS. YOU CAN'T PAY RECS TO SAY THAT. 'CAUSE HIS THING IS HE WANT VALIDATION FOR WHITE AMERICA, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO GET HIM NOWHERE. AND HE'LL WEAR EVERYBODY ELSE ATTIRE WHEN IT COMES TO A CEREMONY. BUT YOU WON'T CATCH HIM. JUNETEENTH WEARING NO DICE. YEAH, RESPECTFULLY. I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY. I GET IT. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A NICE DAY. I'LL SEE Y'ALL THE NEXT, ON THE NEXT ONE. I GUESS I GOTTA CHANGE MY OUTFIT FOR JUNETEENTH. NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE SANDERS. PLEASE COME FORWARD. IS LESLIE HERE? ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS THEODORE CARUTHERS. UH, GREETINGS HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THEODORE CARUTHERS THE THIRD. I'M HERE FOR A SELFISH REASON. UM, MY FATHER, TED CARUTHERS, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ACCOUNTANT FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, ENDURED SO MUCH. UH, HE HAD TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER BE HIS ADVOCATE BECAUSE HE OUTWORKED STAYED LONGER, ASKED FOR MORE WORK. BUT BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST, UH, HE WOULD ASK HELP FROM HIS SECRETARY. 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WRITE VERY WELL. HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO CERTAIN [02:10:01] THINGS. MY FATHER WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR. HE WAS BORN IN TEXAS AND HE CONFIDED, I I WON'T BE A DOCTOR BECAUSE NO PERSON OUTSIDE OF MY COLOR WILL ALLOW ME TO TOUCH THEM OR TO HELP THEM. SO HE CHOSE TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT. UH, HE WENT TO LONG BEACH STATE. HE WORKED THREE OR FOUR JOBS. HE TOOK CARE OF US. HE WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU TALK ABOUT YOUTH, HE WORKED WITH THE INDIAN GUIDES, HE WORKED WITH THE CUB SCOUTS. HE WORKED THE YOUTH CLUBS. AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW FATHERS OF COLOR THAT WAS OUT THERE WHERE HER SON WAS PLAYING AT LONG BEACH POLY IN THE YOUTH LEAGUE. I BRING THIS UP TO YOU, IS THAT HE'S NEVER REALLY BEEN TRULY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR THE PAIN, FOR THE INEQUITY, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. HE WORKED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, IF HE HAD NOT HAD THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME STEP UP FOR HIM, PEOPLE TOOK HIS IDEAS AND, AND, AND CLAIMED IT AS THEIR OWN. AND I, THE PURPOSE WHY I'M UP HERE IS TO, UH, SEEK, AS YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT IT OR CONSIDER IT. HE'S AN HONORABLE MAN. HE'S 89 YEARS YOUNG. HE STILL HAS HIS EX INCOME TAX BUSINESS. HE'S BEEN AN ENROLLED AGENT FOR OVER 60 YEARS. AND I WORK WITH HIM AND I SEE TIME IS NOT BEING KIND, BUT I KNOW HE'S GIVEN A LOT TO LONG BEACH AND HE'S BEEN IGNORED OR SIDELINED JUST LIKE YOU, TO CONSIDER, UH, SOME FORM OF TRUE APPRECIATION FOR THE SACRIFICE HE DID AND THE THINGS HE DEALT WITH AND THE PEOPLE HE HELPED ALONG THE WAY. UH, MR. CARUTHERS, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT WITH, UH, PAUL ON MY TEAM SO WE CAN HELP REC FIGURE OUT SOME RECOGNITION FOR YOUR FATHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL NOW GO BACK, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE ITEM 35, ITEM 35, REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY. RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE EVERY MAY AS PRESERVATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. ALRIGHT, AND WE WILL GO TO [35. 24-53636 Recommendation to adopt resolution to recognize every May as Preservation Month in the City of Long Beach.       Office or Department: City Attorney         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. VERY GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. WAIT, DOES THIS COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE? IT WAS MARY'S WHO READY? THIS IS A SECOND READING. YEAH, THIS IS A SECOND READING. OKAY. SO I GUESS NO, NO COMMENTS. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND IT'S SECONDED. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I SEE ONE, UH, DEBORAH BEAN. OKAY. SHE'S GONE. ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 26. ITEM 26 IS REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. SECOND DEPARTMENTAL AND FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING CITY COUNCIL POLICY CITYWIDE. ALL RIGHT, UH, WE'LL GO TO STAFF FOR A BRIEF STAFF REPORT IF WE NEED ONE. IF YOU ASK ONE, UM, YOU WANT ONE , [26. 24-53317-01 Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2024 second departmental and fund budget appropriation adjustments in accordance with existing City Council policy. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Financial Management         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THIS IS UP TO YOU. UH, THIS IS, THIS WAS DELAYED, UM, FROM, UH, LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. AND, UH, WE CAN GIVE A, A BRIEF STAFF REPORT IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, I'LL TURN TO NADER AND TO REBECCA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS THE SECOND DEPARTMENT AND FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24. PERIODIC BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO REFLECT ADJUSTMENTS SUCH AS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO REVENUE OR OPERATING CONDITIONS. THIS LETTER CONTAINS VARIOUS CITYWIDE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, COVERING TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN APPROPRIATION TO GRANT AWARDS AND CORRECTIONS TO BUDGET ITEMS IN THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT AND FUND GROUPS ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN APPROPRIATION TO APPROVED FUNDING LEVELS FOR LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS AND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS TO OPERATING DEPARTMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CITYWIDE INITIATIVES SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS, AND VARIOUS BUDGET INCREASES FOR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL PURPOSES, OFFSET BY FUNDS, AVAILABLE RELEASE OF RESERVES OR REIMBURSEMENT AND FEE REVENUES INTENDED FOR THESE PURPOSES. SOME EXAMPLES AND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE INCREASED BUDGET FOR LIBRARY AND THE GENERAL GRANTS FUND OF 524,000, UH, FOR MATERIALS AND PROGRAMMING OFFSET BY REVENUE FROM THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, [02:15:02] A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OF 5,988,950 FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENT COSTS RELATED TO THE PROJECT HOME KEY LUXURY INN OFFSET BY PLANNED RELEASE OF GENERAL FUND RESERVES IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.35 MILLION AND A TRANSFER OF 3,638,950 IN GRANT REVENUE FROM HEALTH FUND GROUP IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND INCREASE BUDGET TIDELANDS AREA FUND GROUP, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BY 1.5 MILLION FOR THE QUEEN MARY VILLAGE SHOPS DEMOLITION PROJECT OFFSET BY A TRANSFER FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR ALLEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET, UH, PROPERLY REFLECTS, UM, THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER IDENTIFY ONE-TIME FUNDS THROUGH THE MID-YEAR APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT, ADJUSTMENT OR ALTERNATIVE, ONE-TIME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ALLOW THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESCUE TWO TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THROUGH THE END OF FY 20 FOR FISCAL YEAR AND RETURN TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 11TH WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDE A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, AND, UH, AND THAT IS YOUR SECOND ALSO COUNCILMAN SORROW. I'LL HAVE TO ASK THE VICE MAYOR TO REPEAT HERSELF . SO I, I'LL EXPLAIN. WE, WE, THIS IS, UH, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. YEAH. THIS IS A MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN THE BUDGET. WE FUNDED THE PEAK LOAD STAFFING RESERVE, AND WE FUNDED IT, AND WE KNEW THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE PEAK LOAD STAFF AND RESERVE FUND IS BEGINNING TO BE DIMINISHED. SO WE NEED TO ASK STAFF TO COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS NEXT WEEK. OKAY. YES, , BECAUSE SHE, SHE READ IT SO FAST. THAT'S WHY. AND THANKS FOR REPHRASING . ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT AN ITEM LISTED UNDER THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH EQUITY, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMU, HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITY. I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, CAN I GET AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE SIDEWALK TO SUCCESS STREET VENDOR SUPPORT PROGRAM? UM, TWO LINE ITEMS, 174,500 48,042 ARE LISTED UNDER THE HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITY AND NOT UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DO YOU WANNA TRY IT? SO, UM, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, MEREDITH REYNOLDS WAS HERE, BUT I THINK SHE'S, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, UH, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. BUT, UM, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND HER. THERE SHE IS. DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? YEAH. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THAT REAL QUICK, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER C COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT NOW THAT, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER REYNOLD HERE. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? HI, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE SIDEWALK TO SUCCESS STREET VENDOR SUPPORT PROGRAM IS LISTED UNDER THE HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM, UM, UNDER, IN INSTEAD OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, SO FOR THE, THE SIDE, THE, THE VENDING, UH, PROGRAM BEING UNDER, UM, HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES WAS RELATED TO, UH, WHERE THE FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED FOR, UH, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS RELATED TO, UM, UH, SIMILARLY RELATED TO, UH, THE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE PROGRAMS LISTED UNDER HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES, UH, HAD TO DO WITH, WITH THOSE THAT WERE SERVING A PARTICULAR POPULATION, UH, RELATED TO OUR STREET VENDORS. AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS THAT ARE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, SOME SUPPORT FOR BRICK AND MORTAR THAT WERE LISTED UNDER OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION. AND, UH, THESE PROVIDERS THAT WERE LISTED UNDER HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES, I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. SO SOME BRICK AND MORTAR ARE ALSO LISTED UNDER HERE. I I WOULD HAVE TO , I'M SORRY. THE BRICK AND MORTAR ARE LISTED UNDER THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC PROGRAMS. YES. SO WE HAVE THEM IN BOTH CATEGORIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF POPULATIONS THAT WE WERE SERVING. UH, WE HAVE A, A WHOLE HOST OF THEM UNDER ECONOMIC, UH, RECOVERY FOR THE BRICK AND MORTAR. [02:20:01] ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU HERE, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, WE GO AGAIN. WE GOT GREMLINS THIS WEEK. YEP, IT'S ME. IT'S MY FAULT. SO, SO THIS IS OUR MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT, IS IT? CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, UM, THE, THE MOTION, UH, ON THE, THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD, UH, REQUEST YOU TO COME BACK ON THE 11TH WITH SOME, SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, UH, DO YOU FORESEE THERE BEING EXTRA FUNDING OR DO YOU SEE US HAVING TO GO BACK AND TWEAK SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT IS ALREADY PROPOSED TODAY? NOT SURE WE KNOW YET. UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT IS WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU. UM, SO I DO THINK THIS SHOULD BE LAID OVER FOR A WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT THE, THE ITEM IS. UH, THERE IS SOME TIME SENSITIVENESS IN THAT THIS, UH, PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY $500,000 AND IT WAS SET TO RUN, UH, UNTIL THE MONEY WAS EXHAUSTED. AND THAT DATE IS APPROXIMATELY JUNE 30TH. SO, UH, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. WE BELIEVE THAT AMOUNT IS IN THE $380,000 RANGE. UH, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THAT VIA MEMO AND SOME OPTIONS IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WHETHER THAT COMES OUT OF, UH, RESERVES OR IT COMES OUT OF A DIFFERENT AREA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE, THE FISCAL YEAR. UH, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED ESTIMATES TO CLOSE WHERE, UH, WE MIGHT BE OVER BUDGET IN ONE AREA, BUT WE UNDER BUDGET IN ANOTHER AREA. SO WE'LL DO SOME QUICK ANALYSIS AND GET YOU SOME OPTIONS TO CONSIDER NEXT WEEK. WELL, I'M JUST THINKING PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TAKE THIS UP NEXT WEEK AND YOU COME BACK WITH A, A NEW PLAN. SO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA APPRO WE'RE APPROVING WE'RE, WE'RE APPROVING EXPENDITURES, UM, HERE AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A WEEK LATER COMING BACK AND, AND, AND POSSIBLY SEND SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT'S, I WOULD PREFER TO LAY THE ITEM OVER AND BE, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER COUNCIL LETTER TO BRING IT BACK, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, DO THE MEMO, AND THEN COME BACK AND DO IT AS A PART OF THIS ACTION. UM, IT IS ONE TIME, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US TO COME UP WITH THAT. IF THIS WERE A STRUCTURAL AD TO MAKE THIS PERMANENT, THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN ONE WEEK. I, I WOULD OFFER THAT AS A, A FRIENDLY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO MAKE HER THE MOTION. UH, UM, I WOULD ASK, UH, CITY MANAGER. SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? BRINGING THE WHOLE ITEM BACK WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT. SO MAKE THIS AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ITEM. SO CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR A WEEK. I THINK WE'RE, I THINK THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THIS BECAUSE YOU APPROVE THIS AND ASK US TO BRING IT BACK. I HAVE TO AGENDIZE SOMETHING BY FRIDAY IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE ACTION ITEM. WE DON'T WANNA DO, WE JUST CONTINUE FORWARD. CORRECT. CONTINUE IT BACK WITH THE ANSWERS. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN. WELL, YOU GET TO SEE IT ALL AT ONCE, RIGHT? YES. SO THAT'S THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE. THAT IS THIS MOTION? THAT IS THE MOTION. THAT'S THIS MOTION? I DON'T THINK SO, TOM. YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MOTION IS TO LAY THIS OVER TO JUNE 11TH AND HAVE THE CITY MANAGER COME BACK OKAY. AT THAT TIME, RIGHT. WITH OPTIONS TO CONTINUE TO FIX THE FEE. RIGHT. RESCUE, DO YOU NEED ME TO READ IT AGAIN, PLEASE. OKAY. HERE WE GO. REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY ONETIME FUNDS THROUGH THE MIDYEAR APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT OR ALTERNATIVE ONETIME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ALLOW THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESCUE TWO TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THROUGH THE END OF FY 24 FISCAL YEAR AND RETURN TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 11TH WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDE A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE. WE WOULD ADD THAT YOUR MOTION IS, IS TO LAY OVER, LET'S INCLUDE THE WORDS. LAY IT OVER. OKAY. WE CAN INCLUDE, WE CAN INCLUDE THE WORDS LAYOVER. SO WE'LL INCLUDE THE WORDS, LAY IT OVER. EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER? ALRIGHT. GOOD. UM, OKAY. UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE SAYING, NONE MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, HANG ON, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 27, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN COUNCILWOMAN ZENDESK, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI, RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER THROUGH THE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TEAM AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT SERVES TO ADDRESS RETAIL THEFT, DRUG USE, AND SMASH, AND GRAB CRIMES IN CALIFORNIA WITHIN 30 DAYS. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. UH, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. OKAY. I SEE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THREE, TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. ABIGAIL MEJIA. WELL, THREE. ABIGAIL MEJIA. KEITH MASON AND KURT SCHNEIDER. IS ABIGAIL HERE? COME ON DOWN. [27. 24-53551 Recommendation to request City Manager, through the Governmental Affairs team and in coordination with the City Prosecutor, Police Department, and Health and Human Services Department, provide an overview of proposed legislation that serves to address retail theft, drug use, and “smash and grab” crimes in California, within 30 days. This overview, provided as a Council letter and presented to the Public Safety Committee, should include a description of the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, Californians Together Against Retail Theft package, Working Together for a Safer California Plan package, #SmartSolutions Policy Platform, and other related proposals as appropriate; and Request City Manager, through the Governmental Affairs team and in coordination with the City Prosecutor, Police Department, and Health and Human Services Department, provide policy position recommendations, through a Council letter and presented to the Public Safety Committee, on proposed legislation that furthers priorities included in the City Council-approved 2024 Legislative Agenda.       Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Joni Ricks-Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] [02:25:07] ALL RIGHT. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ABIGAIL, RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH FROM THE LOVELY FIFTH DISTRICT, AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LENA GONZALEZ. UM, SHE IS IN SESSION RIGHT NOW, HAS BEEN IN SESSION FOR THE WHOLE WEEK, UM, AT THE LEGISLATURE. SO SHE WANTED ME TO SHARE A BRIEF COMMENT. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR, UH, THE SENATOR AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I'M HERE TO READ A FEW, UH, A, A STATEMENT. SO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, UM, ON, ON A PLAN CALLED SAFER CAL, SAFER CALIFORNIA PLAN. A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS IS A STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT PROMISES NOT ONLY ENHANCE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR OVERALL HEALTH. THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDES MEASURES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT, PROVIDE REHABILITATIVE RESOURCES FOR THOSE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, PREVENT TACKLING OF DANGEROUS NEW SUBSTANCE, AND COMBATING RETAIL THEFT AND COMMUNITY-BASED CRIMES. THIS PLAN HAS A SUPPORT OF OUR LONG BEACH, POA AND OUR LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. THIS, UH, THE MAJORITY LEADER IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THESE ISSUES. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THESE BILLS, THERE'S FOUR, UH, 14 BILLS THAT ARE HEADED TO THE ASSEMBLY TO BE HEARD, AND ONCE THEY GET APPROVED, LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY ON THESE ISSUES. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT IS KEITH MASON, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL. UH, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE. I THINK IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY'VE SEEN THE PENDULUM GO ONE DIRECTION WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY LENIENT, BUT UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS AND THAT ARE DIFFICULT. AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF GONE MAYBE A LITTLE TOO FAR AND NEED TO KIND OF BRING THAT BACK. SO I REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANKS. IS KURT SCHNEIDER. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M KURT SCHNEIDER. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE BELMONT SHORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. I SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. ONE OF 'EM, FIRST OF ALL, CRIME IS UP. ENFORCEMENT IS DOWN. IF A CRIME OCCURS BUT IS NOT PROSECUTED, IT EQUALS CRIME. LOWER CRIME STATS, CRIME IS NOT DOWN. YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FIND THAT. WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT WE FIGURE OUT A WAY AROUND THIS. AND PUTTING SOMEBODY IN JAIL IS NOT ALWAYS THE WAY IT SOUNDS. GOOD, DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. REHABILITATION IS A GREAT IDEA. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NO FEAR OF LOSS. NONE AT ALL. 240 DAY SENTENCE EQUALS ZERO TIME IN JAIL. HOW CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT WORKS? THAT'S WHY THE SAME PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SAME CRIMES RECIDIVISM. HOW DO WE GET IT DOWN? PROGRAMS LIKE THEY'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT. PLEASE LOOK AT IT AS A, A POSSIBLE NOT TRUE SOLUTION, BUT A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT AGAIN, BELMONT SHORE IS SEEING CRIMES INCREASE. YOU MAY SAY THEY'RE DOWN, JUST LIKE YOU SAY, HOMELESS IS DOWN 2%. WHERE DID THIS 2% GO? DID THEY DIE? DID THEY MOVE? DID THEY GET JOBS AND BECOME ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO HAVE A HOME? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AGAIN, WITH CRIME IN OUR AREA, 240 DAY CRIME, I HAD A MEMBER OF MY STAFF GET PRO PROSECUTED WITH A FELONY, MULTIPLE FELONIES, AND THEY SERVE ZERO DAYS. ACTUALLY, IT'S 23 HOURS. I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS A GREAT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT TAKEN BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COUNCIL MEMBER, DOUG. ALRIGHT, UH, THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING TONIGHT. UM, I WANNA START BY THANKING MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE LED THE CONVERSATION AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. YOU'VE ALL HAD TO NAVIGATE. THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON COUNCIL IN PAST YEARS HAD TO NAVIGATE TOUGH, IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. UM, AND OUT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS DELIVERED GOOD INITIATIVES THAT WILL MAKE OUR CITY BETTER NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. OVER [02:30:01] THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MY OFFICE HAS TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING. WE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND THE PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. THE FIRST AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT NO ONE IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO STAY ON COURSE WITHOUT MAKING SOME TYPE OF CHANGE. WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA REALIZE CHANGES TO OUR SYSTEM NEED TO BE MADE TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE ALL SEEING ON OUR STREETS. BECAUSE THE STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING, PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED, AND OUR COMMUNITIES, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE THE ONES DEALING WITH THE RESULTS OF A REHABILITATION SYSTEM THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. SO I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DR. RICKS OTI AND COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS FOR ENGAGING WITH ME OVER MONTHS. THERE WAS MONTHS OF CONVERSATION, UM, WHICH LED TO A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPIC BECAUSE WE WERE ALL ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS CRISIS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND I THINK THAT IS VERY POWERFUL. I WANNA START, UM, THIS CONVERSATION BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING WHAT THE STATE IS ASKING OF US. LONG BEACH HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON THE ACTION PLAN ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING HERE IN OUR CITY. LONG BEACH IS A PRO-HOUSING DESIGNATED CITY. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST BIG CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO HAVE A AN APPROVED HOUSING ELEMENT. WE'RE INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO STIMULATE MORE HOUSING UNITS BEING BUILT. LONG BEACH HAS INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN EXPANDING OUTREACH, AND WE'VE LAUNCHED MOBILE ACCESS CENTERS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES, BUT WHO ARE ON THE STREETS. WE BROUGHT SHELTER BEDS ONLINE, WE'VE PURCHASED PERMANENT SHELTERS, SO WE HAVE MORE PLACES TO OFFER PEOPLE WHO WANNA GET OFF THE STREETS. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR NHHA NATIONAL HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING ADVISORS. THEY ARE OFFERING RECUPERATIVE CARE, SOBERING BEDS, HOUSING, NAVIGATION CENTER, AND CRITICAL SERVICES THAT OUR CITY NEEDS AT THE FORMER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOWS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS INVESTED IN HELPING GET PEOPLE HELP WITH COMPASSION. OVER THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE SPOKEN TO SO MANY RESIDENTS. PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE THE FIRST AND LAST TOPIC PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. MOST PEOPLE I TALK TO HAVE COMPASSION AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION AND WHO NEED THAT HELPING HAND TO GET OUT OF THEIR SITUATION. BUT I'M, I WILL SAY THEY'RE TIRED OF UNCHECKED, VANDALISM, BRAZEN THEFT, AND SEEING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WHO ARE SO TRAPPED THAT THEIR ADDICTION HAS PUT THEM VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE. THEY'RE JUST HOLDING ON. PEOPLE ARE FEELING UNSAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY'RE FATIGUED OF FEELING HELPLESS WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES, THEY WANT TO THRIVE. WE ALL WANT THEM TO THRIVE, BUT MANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE CONFUSED WHEN THEY PROVIDE A VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWING SOMEONE WHO HAS COMMITTED A CRIME, BUT IT CANNOT BE USED, UM, AS EVIDENCE. SO THE SAME PEOPLE ARE NOT FACING ANY CONSEQUENCES WITH CLEAR VIDEO. PEOPLE ARE ANGERED WHEN WE ASK THEM TO SIGN A PRIVATE PERSON'S ARREST FORM. UM, YOU NEED THAT TO BE PUT ON RECORD AS THE VICTIM, BUT THEN THE VICTIMIZER SHOWS UP THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT. I DO THINK PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE ARE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS. THIS ISN'T NEW. PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE TO LEGALIZE THEFT, VANDALISM, OR [02:35:01] DRUG POSSESSION. SO HOW DID WE END UP HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? VOTERS APPROVED PROP 47 TO MAKE THEFT UNDER 950 AND DRUG POSSESSION MISDEMEANORS. BUT IN LA COUNTY, MISDEMEANORS NOW AMOUNT TO A FEW HOURS IN CUSTODY. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OF ASKING PEOPLE WITH ADDICTION WHO ARE REPEATEDLY COMMITTING NONVIOLENT CRIMES, DO YOU WANNA FIGHT THE INTENSE BATTLE TO RECOVERY? OR DO YOU WANNA CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE OF ADDICTION AND FEEDING THE ADDICTION? AND THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR THESE PEOPLE. WE ARE ASKING THE DRUGS MORE THAN WE WERE ASKING THE INDIVIDUAL. AND THE DRUG WINS OUT. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. I THINK PEOPLE WANNA HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN BEING COMPASSIONATE, RESPECTING INDIVIDUALS' RIGHTS, AND NEEDING OUR LAWS TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ISN'T WORKING. PEOPLE WANNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND THERE ARE PROPOSALS AROUND THE STATE AS SENATOR GONZALEZ'S REPRESENTATIVE CAN, UH, CAME TO TALK ABOUT. THERE ARE STATE LEGISLATIONS, MANY PROPOSALS COMING TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. I DON'T WANNA GO BACK TO THE WAR ON DRUGS OR START IMPOSING HARSH PENALTIES FOR PETTY CRIMES, BUT WE AREN'T FACED WITH THAT. CHOICE BETWEEN THE WAR ON DRUGS ARE NO CONSEQUENCES AT ALL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PROPOSALS ARE OUT THERE AND GETTING THE BEST FIT FOR OUR COUNCIL APPROVED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WILL HELP US HAVE A MORE EDUCATED CONVERSATION AS WE'RE TALKING WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THE LAST ITEM I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, LONG BEACH, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND OUR NATION HAVE HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF POLICING LOOKS LIKE. OUR CITY HAS MADE CHANGES TO ENCOURAGE FAR MORE OVERSIGHT. WE ADDED A DIRECTOR OF POLICE OVERSIGHT AND FORMED OUR POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. OUR OFFICERS HAVE BODY CAMERAS, DEPARTMENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF THEM. WE HAVE MORE EYES ON OUR OFFICERS THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE'RE FINDING OUR OFFICERS WITH BEING TRAINED AT THE HIGHEST DEGREE AND ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB. EVEN WITH ALL OF THE VACANCIES IN STAFFING. I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE STILL SKEPTICAL AND MAYBE WORRIED ABOUT GOING BACKWARDS. THESE VOICES WILL BE HEARD IN THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT BRINGS AN IMPORTANT BALANCE TO CONVERSATION. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE SO FED UP THAT THEY'RE GRASPING AT ANY PROMISE THAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER, AND THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS LEAD TO BEST POLICY. SO I WANNA HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED CONVERSATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES USING CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION. LET'S THROW THE WEIGHT OF THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY LONG BEACH IN CALIFORNIA SO WE CAN BE BEHIND POLICY THAT FURTHERS THE GOALS OF OUR COUNCIL APPROVED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND DISCRETION WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY IN THIS MOTION, THE INTENT IS TO TAKE THE REPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND REFER ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AS APPROPRIATE. THANKS FOR LETTING ME TAKE EXTRA TIME. ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT. UH, NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I WANNA THANK OUR, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN FOR HER COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT ON THIS ITEM, AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DAYJA FOR JOINING US IN THIS EFFORT. UM, THE TOPIC AT HAND IS TIMELY AS OUR STATE LEGISLATURE IS CURRENTLY DISCUSSING AND DEBATING ITEMS RELATED TO RETAIL THEFT AND SUBSTANCE USE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. AS THE ITEM STATES, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO REPORT BACK ON INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, THAT REALLY ASK FOR SOLUTIONS AROUND SEVERAL ISSUES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK MANY OF OUR POTENTIAL INITIATIVES, UH, MOVE US FROM A SPACE OF DISCUSSING [02:40:01] WHAT WE COULD DO TO WHAT WE ARE DOING. I WANT TO UPLIFT THE REALLY THOROUGH BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION SECTION IN THIS ITEM IS, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE PRESENTED A BALANCED VIEW ON THE CURRENT JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE. I THINK MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION IN RECENT MEMORY, MEMORY HAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE IS VERY BLACK AND WHITE WHEN THEY'RE VERY MUCH GRAY AND NUANCED, AND THEREFORE DESERVE A MUCH MORE NUANCED APPROACH THAT RECOGNIZES THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF OUR CURRENT TIME. MY GOAL, MY GOAL IS ASKING AND ASKING FOR THIS REPORT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, IS A REPORT BACK IS TO GIVE US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AS MU A MUCH BETTER PICTURE AROUND PROPO PROPOSED EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT WE MAY EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR OUR C'S NEEDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. ZENDEJAS. THANK YOU. UM, I WAS INVITED TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEM AND I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THIS DISCUSSION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH COMPASSION AND TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE. UM, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ALSO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME. UM, WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NEVER, THAT WE NEVER RETURN TO THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION, OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. WE CAN ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR WORK AROUND RACIAL EQUALITY CONTINUES. WE CAN DO ALL THAT AT THE SAME TIME. FOR ME, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WITH THIS ITEM, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE NOW, HOW WE GOT HERE AND ALL HOW WE GOT HERE. ALL WITH THE CONTEXT THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT MEASURES THAT MEND AND REDESIGN A BROKEN SYSTEM. WE NEED TO FIND BALANCE WITH ALL THAT WE DO. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS THEY, UM, GO THROUGH THIS AND RETURN TO US WITH, UH, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL AND, UM, BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARR? YES. UH, THANK YOU. UH, I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LIFT UP THIS CONVERSATION, HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE, I KNOW ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OUR, UH, GOVERNMENT TEAM GIVE US UPDATES ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I KNOW WE TAKE POSITIONS ON IT. UM, SO I'M JUST, FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND TIMELY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT TO, UH, MS. MIA'S POINT, THE, THE LEGISLATIVE CYCLE CHURNS ON THROUGH AUGUST. AND, UM, SO WE'VE GOT A SET OF BILLS IN THE ASSEMBLY, A SET OF BILLS IN THE SENATE THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED INDIVIDUALLY. THEY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH COMPROMISES THERE AND THEN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR BEFORE ANYTHING IS SET. UH, SO MY CONCERN IS FOR STAFF TAKING TOO MUCH TIME, INVESTING IN THE PROPOSALS AS THEY STAND NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END PROPOSALS WILL LOOK LIKE, THAT WILL POTENTIALLY SUPERSEDE ANYTHING THAT WE TRY TO DO AT A LOCAL LEVEL. SO FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, UM, I THINK FOR ME IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND, UM, IF OUR GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TEAM IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO GET THE MOST TIMELY UPDATES POSSIBLE ON WHERE SOME OF THOSE PIECES MIGHT LAND. UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SACRAMENTO CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE, UH, WHEN SOMETHING FINALLY GETS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. SO I WOULD HATE FOR US TO INVEST A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UH, LIFTING UP AND ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT END UP BEING IN A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE TO BEGIN WITH, AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ON OUR OWN AT A LOCAL LEVEL. UM, SO FOR ME, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT A BULK OF THE TIME MAY COME AFTER THAT PACKAGE HAS BEEN SIGNED, LOOKING AT THE WAYS THAT, UM, THE STATE IS ADDRESSING IT, FINDING OUT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN IN OUR LOCAL AREA ENHANCE WHERE NECESSARY AND WHERE WE ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO DO WOULD BE REALLY CRITICAL, UM, FOR ME, UM, JUST FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE AND A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE OF HOW LEGISLATION COMES TO BE. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN THAT, UM, THE PROVIDING THE POLICY POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS AS STATED, UM, IN THE LETTER IS THAT IT GOES BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, BUT I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED IT GOING BACK TO THE INTERGOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INSTEAD. UM, IS THAT, AM AM I CLEAR ON THAT WAS WHAT YOUR INTENT IS? I THINK IT WAS TWO STEPS IN THE, YEAH, IN THE SECOND REQUEST, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE POLICY POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH A COUNCIL LETTER AND PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SO THAT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE PUBLIC SAFETY. [02:45:01] BUT I, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING COMING BACK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, THE, TO RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER THE DISCUSSION AT PUBLIC SAFETY GOING TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. OKAY. UM, I THINK I MOSTLY OKAY WITH THAT. I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND THE INTER, OR AS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE EXISTS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS VERY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK, UM, THAT THAT COMMITTEE DOES IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY DIRECTLY IN SACRAMENTO. UM, SO I WOULD, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT, UH, PRESENTATION COME BACK TO INTER INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE, AND THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COULD THEN REFER IT TO FULL COUNSEL, UH, WITH, UH, SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR FOR DISCUSSION. SO PUBLIC SAFETY TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? AND THEN TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF PROCESS. I THINK THE SECOND ITEM, THE, FOR, IN MY OPINION, THE MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR POLICY POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME BACK IS NOT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT TO INTER GOVERNOR OF AFFAIRS WITH THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONE ENGAGEMENT IN THE, IN THE PAST WITH, WITH SACRAMENTO. AND THEN USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS FROM INTERMENTAL AFFAIRS SLASH LEGISLATIVE IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS IT GO TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. AT THAT POINT. I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE SECOND STEP TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE UNLESS OUR CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS A DIFFERING OPINION, BECAUSE I WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT SOME OF THE, UM, BILLS ARE. LET ME JUST JUMP IN FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT. I APPOINT ALL THESE COMMITTEES AND I'VE SERVED ON ALL THESE COMMITTEES. UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL HAS, THAT PART HAS TO COME FROM STATE, FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FROM ALSO SEEING THE SAME INFORMATION. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL ON STATE LEGISLATION COMES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION SAYING YOU ALSO WANT TO HEAR AND VET AND EVEN SEND RECOMMENDATIONS TO STATE LEG COMMITTEE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THERE TO COUNCIL ON, ON POLICY ON, UH, LEGISLATION HAS TO COME THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE. SO WE GOOD THERE? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, PLEASE CONTINUE. UH, THEN I'M FINISHED. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER NA AND COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN, THESE, THIS ISN'T WORKING WELL, THE Q SYSTEM, SO JUST FLAG IT FOR ME IF, IF I'M MISSING ANYONE. COUNCILMAN SUPER, YOU'RE UP. OKAY. LEMME JUST PROCESS THAT, THAT LAST, UH, LITTLE CONVERSATION WE HAD. UM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, THEN I'M GONNA MAKE, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA RESERVE MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BECAUSE I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. BUT NOW WE'RE GOING THE WAY WE'RE GOING. I WOULD RECOMMEND BRINGING IN, UH, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO THE COMMITTEE. AND MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK TO A LOSS PREVENTION, UH, PROFESSIONAL. I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY. I'M KIND OF REMINDED OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD, AND WE FELT THAT, UH, RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THIS TO COME BACK, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY. I THINK THIS, I, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN URGENT NEED TO PROCESS THIS INFORMATION AND, AND GET SOME HELP OUT THERE. UH, MORE LIKE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TYPE OF A PHILOSOPHY. SO, UH, SINCE WE'RE GOING NOW TO TWO COMMITTEES, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT I'M SAYING, UM, UH, MY, MY MEETINGS WITH, UH, LOSS PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS, THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR THEM AT, AT THAT COMMITTEE. SO IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I AM ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE, UM, ITEM. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS, GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, THIS IS GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THEN GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. IS THAT CORRECT? AND I KNOW YOU TWO WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION, SO I I'M, I'M, I HAVE A, I HAVE AN ITEM AND IT'S LAID OUT CLEARLY TO ME. YEAH. SO I JUST WANNA GO TO GO TO STAFF. HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THIS? ARE YOU GONNA DO THE SAME PRESENTATION AT BOTH COMMITTEES? IS THAT THE PLAN? YEAH, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THIS CLARIFY ANALYSIS ALREADY CLARIFY. SO THIS IS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO DO 30, UM, DAYS. I THINK THIS HELPS HONE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT. SO, UM, WE'LL BE TAKING ALL THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK IN A TWO FROM FOUR. AND AT THAT POINT, WHICHEVER COMMITTEE'S READY TO MEET, UM, AND WHOEVER CAN GET ON THE SCHEDULE FIRST, WE'RE WILLING TO TALK TO BOTH. UH, AND AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE, UM, IS IMPORTANT. WE CAN TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S THE COUNCIL THAT ULTIMATELY SETS THE POSITION. SO THEY WOULD THEN, UH, WE WOULD THEN BRING EVERYTHING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL. [02:50:01] AND THEN, TYLER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT MATTER? NO, NOTHING TO ADD ON THAT, BUT I'LL BE HERE IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A CRAZY IDEA. WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN, UH, THINGS DISCUSSED IN MULTIPLE COMMITTEES. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU SAY IT HAS TO GO TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE IT GOES TO THAT COMMITTEE, WHEN THE PRESENTATION'S READY, WHICHEVER COMMITTEES, 'CAUSE THEY'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SCHEDULES GET 'EM ON THEIR, THEY, THEY WANT BOTH COMMITTEES TO WEIGH IN ON THIS BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANNA SEE. ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN AUSTIN? I, I THINK I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, BUT, OH, GO FOR IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN. SO, UM, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT I, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE CHAIR BECAUSE WE'RE A QUORUM, JUST THE TWO OF US. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT RIGHT NOW. AND IF, IF, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD, WOULD BE AMENABLE, AMENABLE TO, UM, HAVING MAYBE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OR WHATNOT, ADD OUR COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DISCUSS SOME IDEAS THAT MAY NOT TAKE FOREVER TO GET IMPLEMENTED. I THINK THAT THAT'S, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN IS THE NEXT STEP TO SPEAK. SO I CAN GO TO HIM NEXT. COUNCILMAN AUSTIN . SO IT, IT'S FUNNY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S RESTRICTIONS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS A BODY OF NINE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BODY OF 80 IN THE ASSEMBLY AND A BODY OF 40 IN THE STATE SENATE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET TO SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS ON, ON THESE, THESE ITEMS. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BILLS THERE PROPOSED HERE, WHICH MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. UH, THERE ARE OTHER, UM, MATTERS OBVIOUSLY, THAT THAT SHOULD GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WE'VE ALREADY, I THINK, HEARD ENOUGH AND, AND, AND, UH, DONE ENOUGH WORK AROUND, UM, MUCH OF THIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY ALREADY. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AN ACTION TONIGHT BY THIS COUNCIL, UM, TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 27 IN THE ITERATION THAT IT'S IN NOW, SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN A COURSE CORRECTION, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IN OUR CITY. RIGHT? WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THAT MESSAGE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE TODAY. UH, BUT WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE OUR STAFF COME BACK AND DO A DEEPER DIVE ON, ON, UM, SOME OF THE SUBSTANCE HERE. BUT, UM, I THINK ANY, ANYBODY WITH A REASONABLE MIND, UH, KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SYSTEM NOW IS NEEDS, NEEDS, NEEDS SOME ATTENTION, RIGHT? AND, AND IT NEEDS SOME, SOME COURSE CORRECTION. AND, UH, I'M CERTAINLY, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I'M COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT IT TAKES IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. IF THAT MEANS MOVING MEETING DATES, IF, UH, MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE AMENDABLE TO THAT, TO, TO, UH, FOCUS IN ON THE WORK. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO WORK WITH, RIGHT? WE, THIS, THIS IS, UH, , YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR LETTERS INTO THE LEGISLATURE ON MANY OF THESE BILLS TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING HEARD IN COMMITTEE AS WE SPEAK. AND SO, UM, TO, TO HEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO NOW ADD TO A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING ISN'T SCHEDULED UNTIL JULY 30TH. RIGHT? THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUMP THAT UP, I'M SURE. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS, BUT, UM, I WOULD ALSO JUST STATE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHIND THIS RAIL HAS THE ELECTED VOICE TO, TO, TO WRITE LETTERS AND TAKE POSITIONS INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. AND SO YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION INTO YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS, INTO COMMITTEES, UM, ON POSITIONS, ON ISSUES, ON BEHALF OF YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT IN INDEPENDENT OF THIS BODY. SO, UM, I WANTED TO, TO OFFER THAT FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. UH, I DID HAVE A NUMBER OF NOTES HERE. UM, I, I'LL, I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS AND, UH, OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO CITY ATTORNEY. I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, YOU POINTED OUT THAT ONLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS MENTIONED IN BOTH ITEMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION. IN THE LETTER, THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THAT IT COULD GO TO BOTH THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU OBJECT, BUT ARE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT FRIENDLY? WAS THAT ACCEPTED THAT IT WOULD GO TO BOTH THE SAME REPORT, WHICHEVER ONE WAS READY FIRST? UM, YES. LET, WE WANNA HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND LET'S PUT IT TO BOTH COMMITTEES. DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR TO HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE CASE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. I'M GONNA SAY THIS. UH, THANK YOU. CLEARLY THERE'S INTEREST THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE COMMITTEES. KNOCK YOURSELVES [02:55:01] OUT, MEET AS MUCH AND AS LONG AS YOU WANT ON THIS COMMITTEE, ON THESE COMMITTEES. I WILL TELL YOU, UM, MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND BE TIMELY BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS ALREADY HAPPENING TODAY. UH, WE HAVE, UH, A STATE AND A FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WE APPROVE IN ADVANCE, AND THAT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO ENGAGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAT IS QUICK AND MESSY. AND WE ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS TODAY. SO FOR ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, CITY OF LONG BEACH IS ALREADY IN A POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE BILLS, LIKE, UH, REFORM AND STRONGER, UH, EMPHASIS ON THINGS LIKE FENTANYL, WHICH IS A FOCUS OF, UH, THIS ITEM, UH, THE FOCUS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT AS REQUESTING THIS ITEM IS ALREADY SOMETHING WE'RE ENGAGED ON IN THE LEGISLATIVE PRO PROCESS TODAY. UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS IS REST IS REFERENCED IN THE ITEM. WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGED THERE. UH, THE SAFER PACKAGE IN THE SENATE, UH, THE BIG CITY MAYORS IS EXPLORING, UH, SUPPORT AND ENGAGING IN THAT CONVERSATION ALREADY. UH, I'M A PART OF THAT GROUP. IT'S ALREADY REFLECTED IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT WAIT ON, UH, TWO COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT. WE CAN ENGAGE IF THERE'S ALREADY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR INTEREST, UH, MORE RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. WE'RE ALREADY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE THINGS. THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS LIKE WRITE LETTERS AND GET ENGAGED. NOW. NOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS FURTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU USE YOUR COMMITTEE. IF YOU'RE SAYING, I, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TAKE IT A BIT FURTHER AND ADD SOMETHING THAT IS OMITTED OR NOT REALLY THERE, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD FOCUS ON YOUR, ON YOUR DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF EACH SPECIFIC BILL. BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU DISCUSS THAT BILL AND MAKE A ION RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, THAT BILL WILL BE COMPLETELY CHANGED OR IT WILL BE GONE. THAT'S WHY WE TALK AT A HIGH LEVEL, BRINGING IN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON SOMETHING WE DON'T DIRECTLY CONTROL. BY THE TIME YOU SCHEDULE THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO COME IN AND GIVE YOU THAT EXPERT OPINION, AND THEN YOU WEIGH IN, YOU'VE MISSED THE COMMITTEE HEARING WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN SACRAMENTO GIVEN EXPERT TESTIMONY. WHAT, WHERE I THINK WE SH I, I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS IS AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING, UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS LIKE, BE COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH, UH, WORK WITH TYLER, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ISSUE INDEPENDENT LETTERS, WORK WITH THE MAYOR. I ISSUE LETTERS ALL THE TIME AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OR BIG CITY MAYORS. UH, OR THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND OTHERS WHO ORGANIZE AND WORK WITH CITIES. SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THIS PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED, GOING TO COMMITTEES, ONE, LIKE PREPARING A REPORT, THEN GOING THOSE TWO COMMITTEES, AND THEN COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GONNA MISS THE WINDOW, BUT KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGED IN AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHO IS, WHO THE COUNCIL HAS APPOINTED AND DEFERRED TO ON THESE, ON THESE MATTERS. UH, SO THAT SAID, UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON QUEUE UP TO SPEAK. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YEAH, JUST A QUESTION. UM, TYLER, HAVE YOU, UM, OR HAS SARAH AND THE TEAM, UM, ISSUED ANY SUPPORT LETTERS? I KNOW YOU DO THAT FOR THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. HAVE WE ISSUED ANY SUPPORT LETTERS FOR INDIVIDUAL BILLS, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO, TO EITHER PACKAGE IN THE SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY? NOT THESE SPECIFIC PACKAGES BECAUSE, UM, AT THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT REALLY THE POLITICAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE FOR THOSE PACKAGES TO SEE KIND OF HOW THINGS PLAY OUT. THEY DO HAVE SORT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES. UM, ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE, IT'S MORE AROUND KIND OF ENFORCEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY KIND OF FOCUS. THE SENATE IS MORE UPSTREAM, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED, UH, WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOCUSES ON. UM, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF POSITIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED BILLS THAT I THINK ARE CITED IN THE, IN THE COUNCIL LETTER AS WELL. UM, AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT, UM, REVAMP TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION IN THE LEDGE AGENDA A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES WITH OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A FOCUS AREA. WE'VE TAKEN A NUMBER OF POSITIONS ON BILLS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, LIKE ADDRESSING CATALYTIC, UM, CONVERTER THEFT, OR, UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, OPIOID, UM, CRISIS AND FENTANYL USE. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A TOP PRIORITY, BUT, UM, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, GATHERING KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS IN THE PACKAGES, UM, TO THE, BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, TO INCLUDE WHAT THOSE SUPPORT LETTERS HAVE BEEN IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE REPORT BACK. IF [03:00:01] THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS AMENABLE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REQUEST THAT INFORMATION. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. ANY LETTER THAT THE CITY SENDS OUT, YOU GUYS GET ACCESS TO HAVE IT. ALRIGHT, GOOD. OKAY. THIS WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, HAVE THE REST OF IT IN THE COMMITTEE. UH, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM 32, PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 30 MILLION TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION [32. 24-53485 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents, including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $30,000,000 to be used for the construction of the Shoreline Drive Gateway: Corridor Realignment and Community Connections Project; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Funds Group in the Public Works Department by $30,000,000, offset by USDOT grant revenue; and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $30,000,000, offset by the transfer of USDOT grant revenue from the Capital Grant Fund. (District 1)       Office or Department: Public Works         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] OF THE SHORELINE DRIVE, GATEWAY CORRIDOR REALIGNMENT AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROJECT DISTRICT ONE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG, UH, A BIG, UH, ITEM. WE WANNA THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INVESTING IN AMERICAN AGENDA AMERICA AGENDA, INCLUDING THE HISTORIC LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. WE'VE SEEN HISTORIC LEVELS OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT HERE IN LONG BEACH. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE PRESIDENT'S BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW IS THE SHORELINE DRIVE GATEWAY PROJECT, A $30 MILLION INVESTMENT TO REALIGN SHORELINE DRIVE, AND ADD MORE THAN FIVE NEW ACRES OF OPEN SPACE TO CESAR CHAVEZ PARK ALONG THE LA RIVER. UH, TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT IN THE UNITED STATES. AND IT WAS CELEBRATED, UH, AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, UH, FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING, UH, SECRETARY PETE AS WELL. UH, THIS WAS ALSO THE LARGEST GRANT ON THE WEST COAST ISSUE BY THE FEDERAL RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, WHICH ADDS TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND TO EXPAND OPEN SPACE FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY LACKED ACCESS TO THE ESSENTIAL AMENITIES. AND THIS, UH, PROJECT WILL CERTAINLY CREATE GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS, REINFORCE OUR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND STRENGTHEN SUPPLY CHAIN. IT WILL ALSO, IT'S A, IT'S AN ALSO AN IMPORTANT PRECURSOR TO THE BROADER SHORELINE, UH, BROADER SHOEMAKER BRIDGE PROJECT. SO OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE, UH, THIS PROJECT AND OTHER IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS, UH, AIMED AT IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. I WANNA LIFT UP CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA AND CONGRESS MEMBER LYNETTE BARON, OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE, ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH US TO, TO ADVANCE WHO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE MORE JOBS AND INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS, UH, AREAS THAT NEED INVESTMENT LIKE WEST LONG BEACH AND NORTH LONG BEACH, UM, WHICH IS SOME OF OUR KEY, UH, PRIORITIES OF THE JUSTICE 40 INITIATIVE. SO THAT SAID, WE'LL GO TO STAFF FOR A PRESENT FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS COUNCIL AND FROM THE MAYOR AND OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WHO'VE BEEN BACK IN DC UH, FIGHTING FOR A LOT OF THIS MONEY, UH, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE. SO, UH, I WILL TURN TO THE TEAM TO GO THROUGH WHAT THIS PROJECT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU, TOM. UH, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, STARTED, UH, LIKE ANY GOOD PROJECT WITH VERY GOOD PLANNING, UM, AND WE HAD A VISION PLAN, UH, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL THAT REALLY SET THE MOMENTUM AND GOT US MOVING, UH, TOWARD, UH, TOWARD THIS PATH. UM, WE'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE LOCATION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT AND HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IT WOULD BE, UH, IN LARGE PART WITH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, NEW USABLE PARK SPACE THAT THAT WILL BE CREATED. AND I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THERE. BUT, UM, THIS AREA IS, IS, UH, THE, UH, A FOCUS AREA WHERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, INCLUDING, UH, UH, GREENBELT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PARK SPACE, UH, OUR LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORMWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. UM, AND THEY'LL, THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE COMING, LIKE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE AND THIS REALIGNMENT, UH, OF SHORELINE DRIVE. UH, WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SEVEN 10. WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BRIDGE, CONNECTING TO LONG BEACH AND, UM, AND CONNECTING THE REGION TO THIS, UH, THIS, THE, TO, TO OUR CITY. UH, THE, UH, THE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS NOT, UM, JUST ONE COMPONENT IS ACTUALLY A COMPLEX MIX OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS. SHORELINE, DRIVER REALIGNMENT WILL BE PHASE ONE, FOLLOWED BY QUITE A BIT OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS, OUR BRIDGES, AND A LOT OF THE ADJACENT, UH, AREAS, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THIS PART OF OUR CITY. UM, WE'VE SHARED THE RENDERINGS, UH, FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, UM, PREVIOUSLY. UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD, UH, A, A BRIDGE THAT REALLY HELPS, UH, ESTABLISH AN, AN ICONIC LOOK AND, UH, AND, UH, AND A POSITIVE WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS COMING IN, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THIS AREA. UH, HERE ARE THE, UH, HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE RENDERINGS THAT SHOW THE NEW USABLE PARK SPACE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, THAT WILL BE, [03:05:01] UH, RE REDESIGNED, REBUILT, UM, AND ACTIVATED, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS PART OF THE CITY IS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF A TRANSFORMATION FROM WHAT YOU HAVE NOW WITH THE CURRENT AND USABLE, UH, PARK SPACE. UH, THE REALIGNMENT PROJECT WILL FOCUS, UH, IN, IN THE AREA THAT YOU SEE THERE, THAT, THAT SHADED ON THIS SLIDE. UM, AND, UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO ESSENTIALLY TAKE A FREEWAY AND MOVE IT CLOSER, UH, TO, UH, THE RIVER, UH, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO REBUILD THE PARK SPACE ADJACENT HERE. UM, THE, THE PROJECT HAS ALL KINDS OF, UH, OF BENEFITS. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THEM ALL, UM, UH, BUT WE CAN COME BACK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THESE, UH, THESE BENEFITS, THESE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AND THEN THE BIG THING, JUST THIS, THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEAMS, NOT JUST IN PUBLIC WORKS, BUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, PARKS AND REC, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, EVERYONE THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED IN AND, AND PUT IN THE WORK TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS. UH, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAS ACTUALLY STAYED UP ALL NIGHT AND WORKED THROUGHOUT WEEKENDS TO GET THESE GRANTS IN. EDUARDO RIVERA, I WANNA GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT, UH, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS. UH, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR ALL OF THAT, UH, HARD WORK. UM, WE HAVE OUR SCHEDULE HERE. UH, TODAY WE'RE AT THE, AT THE POINT OF EXECUTING, REQUESTING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENTS. UH, THEN WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON FINALIZING THE PLAN, THE DESIGN PLANS, AND PREPARING THE BID PACKAGE. WHILE WE DO THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO IN IDENTIFYING THE, UH, GRANT MATCH THAT'S REQUIRED, UH, ON THIS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INITIATE CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, INCLU, INCLUDING METRO AND CALTRANS ON IDENTIFYING THE, UH, THE, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WILL ALLOW US, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD INTO CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS WE FINALIZE OUR PLANS AND PUT THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID. AND HERE'S A RENDERING, UH, THAT WE SHARED BEFORE OF THE REALIGNED FREEWAY, UH, NOW BECOMING MORE OF A LOCAL STREET, UH, THAT, THAT WILL PROVIDE THE PRIMARY CONNECTION TO THE SEVEN 10. UM, AND, UM, AND, UH, THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. GREAT RENDERINGS, GREAT PROJECT. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, WE STILL NEED TO SECURE THAT LOCAL MATCH, THOUGH, RIGHT? SO LET'S BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. IT AIN'T FUNDED FULLY YET, RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE WE GOT THE FEDERAL GRANT, IT PUTS US IN A POSITION NOW TO GO TO OTHER PARTNERS, STATE REGIONAL, BRING TOGETHER THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. THIS PROJECT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THERE'S STILL WORK LOCALLY THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO, UH, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY, UM, GONNA DELIVER, YOU KNOW, THE NATION'S EYES ARE ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, GRANITES, UH, IN AMERICA. WE'LL NOW TAKE IT BEHIND THE RAIL. WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS. THANK YOU. UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK, UM, STAFF, UM, FOR THOSE WONDERFUL, THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THOSE RENDERINGS, THEY ALWAYS GET ME EXCITED. BUT WHAT GETS ME MORE EXCITED IS SEEING YOU, DIRECTOR LOPEZ, PRESENT AN EXCITING, UM, PROJECT LIKE THIS. AND I LOVE YOUR ENERGY THAT YOU BRING TO THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR LEDGE COMMITTEE FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING, UM, FOR US IN, IN, UH, IN THE PLACES THAT WE NEED, UM, TO GET FUNDING FOR, BECAUSE AS, UM, MAYOR SAID, WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING COMPLETED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED. SO I DO WANNA THANK THEM. UM, AND ALSO JUST WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UM, PRESENTATION. AND THE WAY THAT THIS, UM, THIS SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT WILL FACILITATE ACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CESAR CHAVEZ PARK, OPENING UP MORE FIVE ACRES OF PARK SPACE AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND WORKERS, UM, FROM OUR CITY, BUT ALSO FROM AROUND THE SURROUNDING CITIES. SO THAT ALSO, UM, EXCITES ME. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CARR. YEAH. THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK. WE KNOW THAT ASKING FOR MONEY IS EASIER WHEN WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN IN FRONT OF US. SO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK ON THE PLAN. IT MAKES ADVOCATING FOR THOSE DOLLARS. UM, THOSE RENDERINGS, UM, TELL A STORY THAT WE GET TO, TO SHARE AT THE STATE AND, UH, FEDERAL LEVEL. UM, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS, GARCIA AND GAN, AND OUR SENATORS, PADILLA AND BUTLER, FOR HAVING OUR BACK ON THIS AND REALLY SEEING IT AS A VALUABLE PROJECT, UM, AND THE VALUE THAT IT WILL BE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT GET DONE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? SEEING NONE MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. [03:10:01] MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. ITEM 28, REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER. RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH RB IN JOCHEN AND SOLAR FOR THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ELECTRIC ENERGY CREDITS, [28. 24-53477 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments with RB Inyokern Solar WDAT 1203 LLC, of Los Angeles, CA, for the purchase of renewable electric energy credits, for a period of one year with automatic annual renewals for up to ten years, unless terminated, at the discretion of the City Manager;       Office or Department:         Suggested Action: ] AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH POWER MARKET OF NEW YORK, TO MANAGE AND FACILITATE THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ELECTRIC ENERGY CREDITS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH AUTOMATIC ANNUAL RENEWALS FOR UP TO 10 YEARS AND LESS TERMINATED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND APPROVE THE TRANSITION OF ALL ELIGIBLE CITY OWNED ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM CITYWIDE. ALRIGHT, WELL, THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. UH, WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS IN OUR, OUR CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN, BUT WE TOOK A BIG STEP IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN WE PROPOSED TO TAKE OUR, OUR CITY COUNTS TO 100% RENEWABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LONG BEACH. HISTORY. AND STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING DOING TONIGHT. SO LET'S GO TO STAFF FOR A PRESENTATION ON WHAT, WHAT THIS ALL MEANS. YEAH, WE DO WANNA PRESENT ON THIS, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS, UM, AS YOU SAID, EXCITING AND SIGNIFICANT. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABILITY, UH, OUR OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND, UH, OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO JUST GO OUT AND PROCURE GREEN POWER. WE NEEDED TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY FIND THOSE CONTRACTS. SO THE TEAM WILL GO THROUGH WHAT THAT TAKES AND WHAT THIS, UH, KIND OF INNOVATIVE CONTRACT MEANS FOR US. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UM, I'M HERE THIS EVENING WITH ANO OUR CLIMATE MANAGER TO PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO COVER A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SAVINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. AND WE'LL CONCLUDE WITH INFORMATION ON HOW WE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE, UH, THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. UH, SO COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM, UH, ALSO CALLED COMMUNITY SOLAR IS A STATE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND ADMINISTERED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, UH, OR SCE. UH, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY WITHOUT THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR ON INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS. UH, THIS IS WHERE CUSTOMERS SUBSCRIBE TO A PORTION OF A LARGE SHARE SOLAR FARM, UH, AND IN THIS CASE LOCATED IN, IN YO KERN, CALIFORNIA. SO HERE'S HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS. UM, A COMPANY PARTICIPATING IN THE SCE COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM BUILDS A LARGE SOLAR PROJECT. AND THIS OFFSITE SOLAR PROJECT GENERATES CLEAN ENERGY ON BEHALF OF S SEC'S PROGRAM. WHEN THE CITY ENROLLS IN THE PROGRAM, THE CITY CONTINUES TO RECEIVE ELECTRICITY FROM SCE, AND THE CITY RECEIVES BILL CREDITS FROM SCE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM. THEN THE CITY PAYS 90% OF THE VALUE OF THE BILL CREDITS TO THE OFFSIDE SOLAR PROVIDER FOR GENERATION OF CLEAN ENERGY. IN THIS CASE, UH, RRB INYO KERN IS THE COMMUNITY RENEWABLE PROGRAM PROVIDER WITH THE AVAILABLE SOLAR CAPACITY AND POWER MARKET IS THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES AND FACILITATES THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS ON BEHALF OF RB IN YO KERN AS A, A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, SO TO SPEAK, AND SERVES AS A BILLING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER. UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THERE'S NO COST TO ENROLL AND THERE ARE NO PENALTIES FOR CANCELING, UH, DURING A PARTICULAR BILLING CYCLE. UH, POWER MARKET BILLS 90% OF THE RENEWABLE CREDIT AMOUNT, WHILE THE REMAINING 10% BECOMES A SAVINGS TO THE CITY'S SCE BILL. UH, POWER MARKET THEN PROVIDES THE CITY WITH MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS ON HOW MANY CREDITS IT HAS RECEIVED, THE VALUE OF CREDITS, AND HOW MUCH IS OWED. UM, SO THIS IS ALL PART, UH, OF IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S, UH, LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2022, AND IS A CITY'S PRIMARY PLANNING AND POLICY DOCUMENT FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO HELP THE CITY MEET VARIOUS POLICY COMMITMENTS AND LEGAL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MANDATES FROM THE STATE TO MEET THE GOALS TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO 40% BELOW 1990 LEVELS BY 2030 AND NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2045. THE CAP INCLUDES ACTIONS TO WORK WITH SCE ON PARTICIPATING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS, AND TO PURCHASE A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FOR ALL MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED UP TO 470 ELIGIBLE CITY MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, UH, INCLUDING OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND OUR HARBOR DEPARTMENT. AND THESE HAVE A COMBINATION, EXCUSE ME, A COMBINED REDUCTION OF 2.9 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS ANNUALLY, WHICH COULD REDUCE THE CITY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT BY APPROXIMATELY 422 METRIC TONS. THIS IS EQUIVALENT, UH, TO A HUNDRED GASOLINE POWER PASSENGER VEHICLES DRIVEN FOR ONE YEAR OR [03:15:01] EQUIVALENT TO CARBON SEQUESTER CARBON SEQUESTRATION BY 493 ACRES OF US FORESTS IN ONE YEAR. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, INCLUDING REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ALSO A REDUCTION IN THE CITY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT. AND THE CITY WILL RETAIN THE GREEN ENERGY CERTIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES ASSOCIATED WITH ITS SHARE OF THE INO CURRENT COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT, THEREBY REALIZING A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THESE ACCOUNTS. A RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE OR REC IS A MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND OTHER NON-POWER ATTRIBUTES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION. SO, WRECKS ARE ISSUED WHEN ONE MEGAWATT HOUR OF ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED AND DELIVERED TO THE ENERGY GRID FROM A RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE. SO GREEN E ENERGY IS NORTH AMERICA'S LEADING VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND THOSE RECS WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY. WHILE THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UH, IS FOCUSED ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CITY ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS. C'S COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WITH SCE ACCOUNTS IN COLLABORATION WITH SCE AND POWER MARKET, THE CITY WILL BE PROMOTING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM. FUTURE OUTREACH IS ANTICIPATED TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE UTILITY BILL MAILERS, FLYERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT OUTREACH EVENTS AND CITY FACILITIES, AND HAVING A VERY SPECIFIC WEBPAGE FOR LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, UH, AND CU OTHER, UH, COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS TO HAVE AN EASY SIGNUP PROCESS WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROGRAM. SO, AS WE CONCLUDE TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIS GARNER, DIANA TANG AND TONY FOSTER FROM THE LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH CHRISTIE BEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND HANK KIM, THE CITY TREASURER FROM THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, WHO ASSISTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS ITEM. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JASON KAPLAN FROM POWER MARKET, UH, WHO IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR ALLEN. I CAN'T, I JUST, UM, I THINK I'M JUST REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS SLIDE AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YEAH, SO JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION, I GOT THE 90% 10% SAVINGS, THE 10% SAVINGS FOR THE CITY. DOES THAT APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AS WELL? THE SAME ARRANGEMENT DOES APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. OH, ALRIGHT. ANY NODDING HIS HEAD, SO, OKAY. THAT'S A GREAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. YEAH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE, UH, TAKING PART IN THIS PROGRAM. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, HOW, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT, UM, WE'RE BUYING THESE FROM INDEPENDENT OWNED SOLAR FARMS. UM, IS IT, HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? LIKE, IS THERE A, YOU KNOW, PUB LIKE A LARGE SCALE SOLAR FARM WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE GENERATE ENERGY FROM SOLAR OR IT, THEY INDEPENDENTLY COLLECT IT FROM ANOTHER SITE THAT GET, AND THEN DOES IT GO INTO A GRID FOR US TO GET IT? OR HOW, HOW DOES IT GET TRANSPORTED TO US? SO THE, THE, UH, UH, UM, ARRAY IN INO CURRENT IS A LARGE SOLAR FARM, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS PARTICIPATING THROUGH EDISON'S COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM. SO, UH, WE ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THAT PROVIDER SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS SANCTIONED UNDER EDISON'S PROGRAM. UM, IN TERMS OF HOW ALL OF THAT GOES INTO, UH, THE GRID. I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR EXPERT JASON KAPLAN AT POWER MARKET. UM, IF YOU HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS. THANK YOU, MEREDITH. THANK YOU MAYOR. HONOR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS. I'M JASON KAPLAN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF POWER MARKET. UH, WE'RE, UH, A LEADING COMMUNITY SOLAR MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SORROW, UH, TO YOUR ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THE ELECTRONS THAT ACTUALLY GET GENERATED FROM THIS LARGE SOLAR PROJECT IN RIDGECREST JUST GET INJECTED INTO THE GRID. THOSE ELECTRONS DON'T FLOW TO THE ACTUAL METERS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SUBSCRIBING TO THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT. HOWEVER, EDISON IS GONNA RECOGNIZE THE KILOWATT HOURS GENERATED BECAUSE EVERY MONTH WE'RE GONNA LET EDISON KNOW THE KILOWATT HOURS GENERATED IN THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT. WE'RE GONNA DIRECT THEM TO BE APPLIED TO THESE PARTICULAR METERS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. UH, AND THEN THEY WILL GET THOSE CREDITS APPLIED TO THEIR EDISON BILL AS IF THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOLAR THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DON'T. THANK YOU. SO HOW DO YOU SEPARATE, UM, WHAT IS GENERATED FROM CLEAN ENERGY FROM YOUR OTHER SOURCE OF ENERGY TO THE GRID FOR IT TO BE DELIVERED? WELL, THESE ARE ALL THIS, THE ENERGY IS 'CAUSE THERE'S A METER THAT'S ACTUALLY AT THE LARGE SOLAR PROJECT [03:20:01] IN, IN YOKER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TRACKING HOW MANY KILOWATT HOURS OF ENERGY BEING GENERATED BY THE PROJECT. EDISON ACTUALLY HAS THAT METER. SO EVERY MONTH THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TELLING US HOW MUCH ENERGY WAS PRODUCED AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTE THAT, THOSE KILOWATT HOURS TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL METERS, WHICH INCLUDE THE CITY AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO BE APPLAUDED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. I WAS REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, . NO PROBLEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SAIFE SAIFE, SIX SIX DISTRICT RESIDENT. UH, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF OUR LB CAP PLAN BEING PUT INTO, UM, A POSITION HERE TO EVENTUALLY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR ENERGY BEING, UM, BOUGHT FROM, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES LIKE OUR GOOD FRIENDS IN KERN COUNTY. MY ONLY ISSUE, UH, MY GOOD FRIEND HERE, MR. GARNER, OUR BILL IS SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE THE 10% THAT YOU GUYS ARE SAVING TO BE DEPOSITED, UH, QUARTERLY OR, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO A DIVIDEND TO THE RATE PAYER, WHICH IS NOT JUST THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IT'S IT'S RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'M OKAY WITH YOU GUYS SAVING MONEY IF WE AS RESIDENTS CAN SAVE SOME MONEY TOO. AND, UH, POWER MARKET, UH, I'M SURE HE CAN CONFIRM OR DENY, UH, PRIVATE RATE PAYERS, THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT? SO ME BEING SOMEONE THAT ALREADY HAS A BILL WITH SCE, WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM OPTING OUT OF YOU GUYS UTILIZING A MY ACCOUNT TO LEVERAGE A DISCOUNT AND MAKING MY OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ENTITY. UH, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA WORK COLLECTIVELY, UH, I'M FINE WITH THE CITY REPRESENTING ME, UH, ON THE WHOLESALE MARKET TO, UH, BRING THE, UH, UH, THE POWER, THE, THE ACCOUNT, UH, THE BILL ALL THE WAY DOWN. IF WE AS RESIDENTS WHO YOU GUYS ARE USING OUR SCE ACCOUNTS TO LEVERAGE THESE TYPE OF DEALS, IF WE GET SOME OF THE SAVINGS AS WELL. I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY FAIR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST CLARIFY FOR THAT COMMENT? I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY HOW IT WORKS, BUT GO AHEAD, . I JUST, BECAUSE I, WHAT HE WAS ALLUDING TO IS SOMETHING CALLED COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION AND YEAH, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. COMMUNITY SOLAR IS NOT COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION. SO IN FACT, I WELCOME YOU TO SIGN UP YOUR ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT IN THIS COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND I WANT TO THANK MEREDITH AND FERN AND CHRIS AND TONY IS JUST THEIR FORESIGHT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, BUT REALLY THE ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL LONG BEACH RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE THEMSELVES. TO BE CLEAR, NO SOLAR IS BEING INSTALLED ON ANYONE'S HOME. THIS IS REALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF COMMUNITY SOLAR IS TO ENABLE THOSE THAT CAN'T ACCESS SOLAR, THOSE THAT LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, RENTERS STUDENTS, MUNICIPALITIES THAT CAN'T INSTALL SOLAR TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND GET GUARANTEED SAVINGS. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE AND ENROLL ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO JOIN THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 34, REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH UPLAND [34. 24-53482 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Upland Software, Inc., of Lachine, Quebec (Canada), for the implementation of a time-entry software and ongoing support services in an amount of $1,011,261, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $202,252 for a total amount not to exceed $1,213,513, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods each in an annual amount of $534,056, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $106,811, for a total annual amount not to exceed $640,867, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Technology and Innovation         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SOFTWARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TIME ENTRY SOFTWARE AND ONGOING SUPPORT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT OF 1,011,261 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,213,513 CITYWIDE. ALRIGHT, ARE WE GOING TO ELECTRIC TIME CARDS? YES. ELECTRONIC TIMECARD, FINALLY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU WANNA HEAR PRESENTATION, THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LEAH ERICKSON, OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DIRECTOR. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I AM REALLY PRE PLEASED TO FINALLY BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR EMPLOYEE TIME ENTRY PROJECT. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WILL FINALLY ELIMINATE THE MANUAL GREEN TIME SHEETS. I'M ALSO PLEASED TO INTRODUCE MY CO-PRESENTER, DON HENDERSON, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE AND CULTURE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. DON IS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THIS PROJECT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HER CO-PRESENT TODAY. [03:25:01] SO I'LL TO TURN IT OVER TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECT DETAILS. THANK YOU, LEAH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. UH, MY NAME IS DAWN HENDERSON AND I AM THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, TO BE A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE AND TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL JUMP RIGHT IN. OUR FIRST SLIDE EXPLAINS WHY THIS PROJECT AND WHY NOW. FOR STARTERS, WE WOULD FINALLY BE ELIMINATING THE GREEN PAPER TIME SHEET. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE MANUAL DATA ENTRY, WHICH WILL IMPROVE TIMELINESS OF DATA TRANSMISSION AND REDUCE DELAYS IN ERRORS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE STRONG MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL WHILE REDUCING AUDIT AND RISK TO GRANT FUNDING. THE COST AND TERMS ARE AGREEABLE AS WE ARE RECEIVING A 30% DISCOUNT. AND THESE COSTS AND THE WORK RELATED, UM, WOULD BE SIMILAR TO ANY AUTOMATED TIME SYSTEM TIME ENTRY SYSTEM. LASTLY, THE TIME APPEARS TO BE RIGHT, UH, FOR THE RESOURCE AVAILABILITY. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ROAD TO THIS IMPLEMENTATION. THE AUTOMATED TIME ENTRY WAS INTENDED TO BE PROVIDED WITH THE ERP PROJECT IN CONNECTION WITH OUR LB COAST PROJECT TO REPLACE THE FINANCIAL HR AND PAYROLL SYSTEMS. THE GO LIVE DATE WAS DELAYED FOR FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS FOR THE HIGHER PRIORITY OF THE LB BUILDS ELM LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS, TI FM AND HR DEPARTMENTS ALL JOINED IN AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PORTS TIME ENTRY SYSTEM CALLED PSA, ALSO KNOWN AS 10 ROCKS FOR AN INTERIM SOLUTION. THIS MONTH'S OR YEARS LONG REVIEW, UH, HELPS ENSURE THAT THE PSA SYSTEM WILL WORK FOR THE CITY AND THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT AND OPERATE IT. TIME ENTRY, SORRY. UH, TIME ENTRY WILL BE PROVIDED, UH, DIRECTLY BY THE EMPLOYEES ON THEIR COMPUTERS OR TABLETS. THE LEAVE REQUEST WILL BE AUTOMATED. TIME ENTRY WILL BE ROUTED AUTOMATICALLY FOR APPROVAL TO SUPERVISORS. WE WILL NO LONGER NEED SECONDARY RE-KEYING TO GET INTO THE PAYROLL SYSTEM. TIME ENTRY AND WORKFLOWS FOR FIELD EMPLOYEES WILL BE IMPROVED AND SIMPLIFIED AND NEW FUNCTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION MANAGING LICENSES, WORKFLOW AND MANAGEMENT. AND I'LL PASS IT BACK OVER TO LEAH. SO THIS IS THE RIGHT PROJECT AT THE RIGHT TIME, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES I WANTED TO DISCUSS. FIRST, THE RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT AND FOR OPERATIONS ARE SCARCE. HOWEVER, THE TIMING IS BEST NOW SINCE WE HAVE KEY STAFF WHO WILL BE RETIRING THAT NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO HELP ENSURE SUCCESS. SECOND, THIS DOES HAVE A BUDGETARY IMPACT AND WILL REQUIRE ONE NEW STAFF PERSON IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AS IT IS A NEW SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE SYSTEM MAY END UP BEING REPLACED FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW ALONG WITH THE NEW HR PAYROLL SYSTEM. LASTLY, CURRENTLY IT IS NOT COVERING THE WHOLE CITY, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE TIME ENTRY NEEDS OF OUR SWORN POLICE AND FIRE. ON THE BENEFITS SIDE, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS INCLUDING AN ELECTRONIC USER-FRIENDLY TIME SHEET WITH AUTOMATED WORKFLOW AND INTEGRATED LEAVE PROCESSING, IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS FOR AUDIT AND GRANT REPORTING, AND REDUCED DATA ENTRY TASKS ALONG WITH MORE EFFICIENT ELECTRONIC PROCESSES FOR WORKFLOWS AND LEAVES. IT WILL ALSO RESULT IN AN IMPROVED EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SELECTING PAY CODES FROM DROPDOWNS AND BETTER VISIBILITY OF PAY TIME OFF ACCRUALS STRAIGHT FROM THE TIME SHEET. THE COSTS ARE, UM, INCLUDE 250 THOU, 230,000 FOR UPFRONT IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. PLUS THERE'S ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME AND COSTS FOR IN ANCILLARY SUPPORT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. THESE ARE FULLY FUNDED BY THE EXISTING LB COAST PROJECT FUNDS. THE ANNUAL COST WILL BE 535,000 WHEN THE SYSTEM IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THERE IS A NEW POSITION REQUEST AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET. THERE'LL ALSO WILL BE NEW TASKS IN TID AND HR THAT ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ABSORBED. SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT. UH, WE'LL START THE PROJECT LATER THIS SUMMER AND COMPLETE PHASE ONE, WHICH INVOLVES LONG BEACH UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, AND THEN ROLL OUT PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE REST OF THE CITY, EXCLUDING SWORN POLICE AND FIRE AND POLICE ADMINISTRATION BY THE END OF 2025. UM, BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I DID WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO PAULA CROWELL, WHO'S THE FORMER MANAGER OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO IS ALSO ANOTHER DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS PROJECT. WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, WELL, [03:30:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL NOW GO TO COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHERE WERE YOU GUYS 20 YEARS AGO? TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT WAS THE, UH, THE VOICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER SHIKE TALKING. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ZENDEJAS . VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ALLEN. YEAH, YANKA, YOU'RE GONNA APPRECIATE THIS 'CAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER BACK IN THE DAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I STARTED, UH, WORKING FOR THE CITY IN 1989 AND WE WERE USING, UH, TIME SHEETS. I COME BACK IN 2020 AND WE'RE USING THE SAME DARN TIME SHEET, SO THIS IS AMAZING. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S INNOVATION FOR YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS A VERY LONG TIME, LEAH AND TEAM. UH, SO, SO GOOD WORK. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD WORK. THIS IS GOOD STUFF. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG OF A DEAL THIS IS. UM, UH, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE. COUNCILMAN SUBINA. MOTION IS CARRIED. ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM 33, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS. RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND A CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE SPACE FOR THE CONTINUED PURCHASE OF OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT LAYOUT, DESIGN, ASSEMBLY, AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,300,000 CITYWIDE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE, WE NEED A MOTION TO LAY IT OVER RIGHT TO JUNE 11TH MEETING. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO LAY IT OVER. I SEE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SRO, THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES. GREAT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. GREAT. UH, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. NOW WE'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO. WHAT DID I MISS AN ITEM? ITEM 30. DID I MISS ITEM 30? I DID, YES. MY APOLOGIES. YOU CAME UP AND ACTUALLY ASKED FOR ITEM 30 AS WELL. I, I, I APOLOGIZE. LET'S HAVE ITEM 30, REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. [30. 24-53484 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for an Occupancy Agreement with Kola Partnership, a California general partnership, for the use of the property located at 150 Alamitos Avenue for a period of one year, with two one-year options to extend, in an amount not to exceed $2,409,000 annually. (District 2) Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Economic Development; Health and Human Services         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] . SORRY. WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TIME SHEETS. OKAY, HANG, WE HAVE TO READ THE ITEM FIRST. JUST JUST A MOMENT. RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR AN OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT WITH COLA PARTNERSHIP FOR THE USE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 0 ALAMEDAS AVENUE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,409,000 ANNUALLY. DISTRICT TWO. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO STAFF FOR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN, UH, SOME PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FAR AS THIS PROGRAM. UH, THIS IS, UH, WE'LL BE SUPPORTING OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUND, ROUND TWO FROM THE STATE, UH, WHICH WE RECEIVED BACK IN DECEMBER 12TH OF LAST YEAR, UH, AND ACCEPTED FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 5,330,400 $545, UH, TO SUPPORT BOTH SHELTERING AND PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES AND CONCLUDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THIS BUILDS ON RECENT EFFORTS. UH, THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY, UH, UTILIZED MOTELS TO, AS A PART OF ITS, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS AND SITUATIONS THAT ARISE. BUT WITHIN THE PANDEMIC, WE REALLY SAW A INCREASE IN THE USE OF MOTELS FOR SHELTERING PURPOSES. WE SEE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE HESITANT TO, UH, UTILIZE A CONGREGATE SHELTER SETTING, UH, ARE MUCH MORE WILLING TO UTILIZE MOTEL TYPE SETTINGS WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE, THEIR OWN RESTROOMS, AND CONTROL, UH, OF THOSE. SO, UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE NINE DIFFERENT HOTEL AND MOTEL SITES IN THE CITY BETWEEN, UH, THE USE OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. UH, THREE AND MIDTOWN, TWO AND WEST TWO AND NORTH, ONE IN EAST, AND ONE OTHER ONE IN DOWNTOWN THAT IS CURRENTLY IN REVITALIZATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. UH, THESE ARE SET UP IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS [03:35:01] WHERE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE OWNED, UH, THROUGH PURCHASE. SOME THAT WE ARE LEASING OUT THE HO MOTEL OR HOTEL, UH, SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT AND ONES WHERE WE'RE USING MOTEL VOUCHERS. UH, SO THIS BUILDS ON THE FIRST ROUND WHERE WE FOCUSED ON MACARTHUR PARK, UH, AND GOT A LOT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, INCLUDING, UH, A VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF, UH, REALLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN A WAY TO RESOLVE AN ENCAMPMENT IN AN AREA PROVIDING SERVICES AND FOCUSING ON HOUSING. THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN QUICKLY ENGAGE PEOPLE, UH, AND REALLY MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE PERSON'S LIFE. UH, SO THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS AND FOR PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, RANGING FROM BILLIE JEAN KING PARK, OR BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY IN LINCOLN PARK, UH, OVER AND UP ALONG THE PROMENADE. SO, UH, THAT'S THE FOCUS AREA WITHIN THIS, UH, PEOPLE PARTICI OR WE'LL BE SERVING ROUGHLY 60 PEOPLE AT THE SHELTER SITE. WE'LL BE PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. UH, PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE MEALS, WE'LL HAVE SECURITY ON SITE, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY. PEOPLE WILL PRO PROVIDED CONNECTIONS TO OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE IN NEED THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR COMM, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND THEN ALSO LINKAGES WITH PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES, UH, PROVIDING DEPOSITS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND GETTING PEOPLE, UH, MOVING TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING. UM, ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE SIGNING AGREEMENTS AND AROUND PROGRAM RULES AND EXPECTATIONS WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MARY. THANK YOU, PAUL. UM, THE, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE OCCUPANCY BE OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT, WE'D BE ENTERING INTO WITH COLA PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. UH, THE MOTEL CONTAINS 60 ROOMS, WHICH THE CITY WILL HAVE ACCESS AND USE, UM, OF 24 HOURS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THE TERM WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS TO EXTEND UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT. THE RENT WILL BE ONE $110 PER ROOM PER DAY FOR TOTAL DAILY RATE OF $6,600. UH, FOR EACH EXTENSION PERIOD, THE RENT WILL INCREASE BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OVER THE PREVIOUS TERMS RENT. BUT IN NO EVENT, NO EVENT SHALL THEY INCREASE, EXCEED 3%. THE OWNER WILL MAINTAIN THE PREMISES INCLUDING THE COMMON AREAS, THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING SYSTEMS. THE OWNER SHALL ALSO FURNISH STANDARD HOTEL OPERATION FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING HVAC, UTILITIES, PEST CONTROL, WATER, AND ELEVATOR SERVICES. UH, THE OWNER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES AND HOUSEKEEPING, INCLUDING LAUNDERING AND TOILETRIES. THE OWNER SHALL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TAX LIABILITIES, BUT WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF TRANSIENT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES DURING THE TERM. AND EITHER PARTY CAN TERMINATE WITH 30 DAYS NOTICE. UH, THEREFORE IN RECOMMENDATION, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE USE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR AN OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT WITH COLO PARTNERSHIP FOR THE USE OF ONE 50 ALAMITOS FOR ONE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS TO EXTEND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,409,000 ANNUALLY, PLUS C-I-P-C-P-I ADJUSTMENTS. AND I DID WANNA NOTE THAT I MADE THE CORRECTION THAT, UM, THE ANNUAL AMOUNT WILL INCLUDE THE ADJUSTMENT, THE CPI ADJUSTMENT. THIS CONCLUDES THE, THE STAFF REPORT. AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU STAFF FOR THAT PRESENTATION. BEFORE I GO TO COUNSEL, JUST A, JUST A FEW COMMENTS HERE. SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LAST YEAR, THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM IN MACARTHUR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH. COUNCIL COUNT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW FOR HELPING TEST OUT THE PROGRAM. IT HELPS ADDRESS CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS THAT REQUIRE FOCUS DEDICATED STAFF TO GO BACK DAILY OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT CURRENTLY THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE. WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW THE SITUATION AT BILLY AND KING LIBRARY. WE KNOW THE SITUATION AT LINCOLN PARK. WE KNOW THE SITUATION. HARVEY MILK, UH, HARVEY MILK PARK. WE KNOW, WE, WE KNOW, UH, THE SITUATION WITH CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS. LINCOLN PARK HAS, THAT HAD AN ENCAMPMENT WHEN I STARTED AS A CITY EMPLOYEE IN 2010. UH, AND IT, AND IT WASN'T A NEW ESTABL, UH, ENCAMPMENT THEN. THAT WAS, THAT HAD GONE BACK SINCE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE KNOW THAT THOSE AREAS ARE NEXT TO THE A LINE TRANSIT, UH, TRANSIT MALL. AND SO THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION IS A PROGRAM THAT WORKS. AND SO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EXPERIENCE, WE THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR RECOGNIZING AND BRINGING THOSE RESOURCES BACK TO LONG BEACH. NOW, A PROVISION OF THAT PROGRAM IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PROVIDE INTERIM HOUSING AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ENCAMPMENT. SO YOU CAN'T SAY TAKE IT AND DO IT IN NORTH LONG BEACH. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS. THESE ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS. YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN RELATIVELY CLOSE PROXIMITY. CAN YOU ELABORATE [03:40:01] ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, PAUL? YEAH. THE GOAL OF THE STATE IS FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT THEY'VE BEEN STAYING IN. UM, THE STATE REALIZES IN MOMENTS THIS MIGHT BE CHALLENGING. SO THE DIRECTION IS REALLY TO TRY TO FIND IT AS CLOSE IN PROXIMITY AS FEASIBLE. SO IF THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT OTHER, UM, OPTIONS. WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF MOTELS AND REALLY TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY NOW IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH WITH MACARTHUR PARK. HOW FAR WAS THE HOTEL THAT WAS USED ON THE MACARTHUR PARK? ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM THAT LOCATION. SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THIS ONE? UH, ABOUT A MILE OR SO, I WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE MEASUREMENT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN THAT ONE. UM, SO THE CHALLENGE IN DOWNTOWN IS THE HOTELS AND MOTELS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED OUTSIDE OF EXTREMELY LARGE ONES THAT MM-HMM, ARE NOT NECESSARILY A TARGET WITHIN THIS PROGRAM. NOW, I, I, I WOULD UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT YOU HEAR FROM RESIDENTS THAT SAY, HEY, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS HOTEL IS GONNA BE A, A, YOU KNOW, A HOMELESS HOTEL NOW, OR A HOMELESS SHELTER NOW. AND WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, UM, WHAT MEASURES ARE YOU TAKING TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THERE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU ARE PROVIDING LIKE 24 HOUR SERVICES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON, ON OPERATIONS AND KEEPING TRACK OF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR CLIENTS, UH, YOUR PATIENTS, OR YOU KNOW, YOUR INDIVIDUALS, UH, UH, THAT ARE RESIDENTS THERE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THEIR NEEDS? YEAH, SO WE'LL BE, UM, DOING SOME FURTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WELL AS HOW PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH US WITH QUESTIONS AS WELL AS ONCE A PROGRAM IS UP AND GOING, IF THEY'RE SEEING ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THEMSELVES, WHO THEY CAN CONTACT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE. SO WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WE'LL HAVE SECURITY ON SITE, UM, 24 HOURS A DAY, UH, THERE IS CONTROLLED ENTRANCE INTO THAT SITE, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT LOITERING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO REALLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE'LL HAVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ON SITE, REALLY ENGAGING PEOPLE AROUND THEIR NEEDS. IF PEOPLE ARE VIOLATING, UH, THE PROGRAM RULES AND EXPECTATIONS. UM, OBVIOUSLY WANNA WORK ON MINOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T A MAJOR DEAL, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS CONTINUALLY NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES, THAT WILL LEAD TO TERMINATION. UM, SO REALLY OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UH, SUPERVISORS WILL BE ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY THROUGH THE CITY. UH, THIS IS A CITY OPERATED SITE, SO WE WILL BE DIRECTLY PROVIDING THE SERVICES OURSELVES. UM, SO WE'RE HERE TO BE SUPPORTIVE, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYTHING ARISES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RESPONDING FROM OUR TEAM AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. AND LASTLY, REMIND US, HOW LONG IS THIS ENGAGEMENT? SAY THAT AGAIN? REMIND US HOW LONG THIS ENGAGEMENT IS. YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FUNDING FOR A YEAR THROUGH THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING CAME IN TO EXTEND, TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT, UM, OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE IS REALLY FOCUSED INDIVIDUALLY. WE KNOW FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY MIGHT GET INTO HOUSING QUICKLY. FOR OTHER PEOPLE IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME. SO, UM, REALLY WE'RE GONNA LOOK WORK WITH PEOPLE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET THEM TO PERMANENT HOUSING. RIGHT. THAT IS OUR END GOAL. WELL, WELL, THANK YOU. I'M, I'M GONNA GO TO THE COUNCIL NOW, BUT, BUT IN, IN SUMMARY, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT HELPS OUTREACH. DEDICATED OUTREACH HELPS WITH THE CHRONIC ENCAMPMENT PRO PROBLEM. WE KNOW THAT HAVING A PLACE TO GO, UH, AND HAVING INTERIM HOUSING, UM, THAT THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO RESOLVING LONG-TERM ENCAMPMENTS. AND WE KNOW THAT WE, THAT IT IS EXPENSIVE. IT REQUIRES WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BEING OFFERED HERE IN CASE MANAGEMENT. UM, WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION THAT WE WON THIS GRANT. IF WE DID NOT RECEIVE, WHAT WAS IT, FIVE POINT WHATEVER MILLION, F**K, TWO OR SOMETHING, 5.3, FIVE POINT, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT. WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO, UH, HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. AND SO WE ARE FORTUNATE, I WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST ON A, ON A PANEL WITH MAYORS ACROSS CALIFORNIA ABOUT THE CHALLENGES IN THEIR DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, AND NOT [03:45:01] EVERYONE RECEIVED THE DE RESOURCES TO HAVE A DEDICATED FOCUS LIKE THIS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE WELCOME THESE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS, UH, IN HOMELESSNESS IN DOWNTOWN, AND OFFER A LIFELINE TO INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO, UH, BE ABLE TO HELP MANAGE SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES RELATED TO, UH, CHRONIC ENCAMPMENT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE WITH A LOT, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AROUND SOLUTIONS FOR CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS. THAT SAID, I'M GONNA GO TO VICE MAYOR ALLEN. YES. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UH, THE CITY TEAM, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, PROVIDING HOUSING, UH, SOLUTIONS. YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE RECENT HOMELESS COUNT NUMBERS, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S GONE DOWN. AND SO I THINK IT'S SERVICES LIKE THIS AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE. UM, I DO WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THINK, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO REACHED OUT, I HAD, UH, TWO EMAILS THIS MORNING, WHICH I TRIED TO THE LEFT NUMBERS AND I TRIED TO CALL BACK, THAT DIDN'T ANSWER. AND THEN I GOT A COUPLE, TWO MORE EMAILS, UH, IN, IN OPPOSITION. SO I THINK YOU DID ADDRESS A LOT OF THAT, THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD A MAYOR. AND, UM, SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED DOWNTOWN, UH, FOR MANY YEARS AND OWNED TWO HOMES IN DOWNTOWN, I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE CONCERNS, UM, WITH BRINGING, UH, TEMPORARY HOUSING, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND AS A ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT, UM, I AM COMMITTED TO, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, OUR UNHOUSED, UH, COMMUNITY AND, UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, USING ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF A HOMELESSNESS ON OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO NEED HELP. SO AS A CITY, WE HAVE MADE, UH, PROGRESS IN HOMELESS REDUCTION. WE HAVE SAFE PARKING, UM, PERMANENT SHELTERS, WE HAVE MORE CASE MANAGEMENT TREATMENT SERVICES. AND, UH, WE'VE JUST, AS I SAID, WE'VE OBSERVED AN OVERALL DECREASE. AND, AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT TO ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM EVERYONE SITTING BEHIND THE DIOCESE AND ALL OF THE CITY TEAM. UM, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE MORE TO DO AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. WE NEED TO CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES. AND, UM, THIS IS PART OF, OF THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAVE, UM, AS THE MAYOR ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE ONGOING ISSUES WITH JILL, UH, BILLY JEAN QUEEN LIBRARY, AND, UH, FOR DISTRICT TWO, WE STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH OUR PARKS AND OUR BEACHES. UM, AND WE NEED A SITE TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT'S NEARBY. SO I KNOW MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, HAS RECEIVED CALLS AND, UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR, WITH MY RESIDENTS AS I KNOW, UM, THE OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE AREA WILL DO THE SAME THING AS WELL. UM, THIS LOCATION WILL HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, AND 24 HOUR SECURITY. SO, UM, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT AS A CITY, WE STAND BY A HOUSING FIRST MODEL, AND THIS MEANS THAT OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND FIND PEOPLE STABLE HOUSING. UM, AND ONCE BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, OUR CASE MANAGERS WILL WORK WITH PEOPLE ON SOBRIETY AND HEALTH TREATMENT. UM, IT'S ALSO TO NOTE, THERE ARE ALREADY, THESE SITES ARE ALREADY HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, I THINK YOU SAID NINE, I BELIEVE IT'S 10. I THINK WE HAVE FIVE FROM THE CITY AND FIVE FROM THE COUNTY. UM, AND SO ALL PARTS OF LONG BEACH HAS TO DO THEIR PART. WE CAN'T EXPECT THAT ALL OF THESE FACILITIES, LIKE SOME OF THE, UM, EMAILS THAT I GOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALL ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALL ON NORTH SIDE. EVERY PART OF THIS CITY NEEDS TO DO THEIR PART. AND, UH, AND ADDRESSING, UM, THE, HOW THE, UH, THE HOMELESS, UH, SITUATION. UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT. UM, WE NEED TEMPORARY HOUSING NEAR DOWNTOWN TO ADDRESS THE ENCAMPMENTS IN BOTH DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT ONE. AND WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND WE NEED TO CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES. SO, UM, I KNOW THIS IS FOR A YEAR. I DO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS LEASE. UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, THE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. UM, LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER IF YOU WANT ME TO CALL YOU BACK. I HAVE NOT. IT'S EASIER THAT WAY. UM, BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK FURTHER AND TO ADDRESS, YOU [03:50:01] KNOW, ANY ISSUES AND TO MONITOR THIS, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YEAH. UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN FOR VICE MAYOR ALLEN FOR, UM, SAYING YES AND BEING OPEN TO THE SOLUTION. WE KNOW FOLKS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE PROBLEM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW FOLKS SEEM TO BE FRUSTRATED WITH THE SOLUTIONS TOO, AND WE CAN'T BE FRUSTRATED WITH BOTH. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK, UM, VICE MAYOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM AND FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY YES AND BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. UM, THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING THAT WILL BE, UM, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED INTERIM HOUSING, UH, FOR PEOPLE WORKING ON TRANSITIONAL TO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. AND I AM A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THAT. UM, THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN THE ENCAMPMENT ZONES IN DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, REALLY, UM, AM LOOKING FORWARD TO. UM, AGAIN, UM, VICE MAYOR ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I I SAY IS THAT AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DOWNTOWN AND BEING THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT, UM, BEARS THE BRUNT OF THE HOMELESS, UH, CRISIS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AN EMERGENCY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, MEMBERS OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY THAT COME UP TO US AS A WHOLE AND TELL US THAT WE STILL ARE IN A HOMELESS CRISIS, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, 2% DOWN IS, IS NOT MUCH. AND TO THAT, I SAY NO, BECAUSE IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD BE 10 TIMES WORSE OFF AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAD DURING THE TIME THAT WE PROVIDED THEM. AND TO BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, FUNDS AS WE, AS WE DO RIGHT, HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, IT HAS BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE. AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HERE CAN, CAN AGREE TO THAT. UM, SEEING PEOPLE THAT NEED SERVICES, THAT NEED HOMES AROUND BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY AROUND LINCOLN PARK, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THEM TO MOVE OUT OF THOSE LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO MOVE OUT OF THOSE LOCATIONS. SO THIS, UM, ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING WILL HELP US IN THAT, IN THAT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THEM, TO BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, INTERIM HOUSING OR PERMANENT HOUSING EVENTUALLY. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT. UM, IT IS BECOME VERY CHALLENGING FOR MY, FOR MY RESIDENTS HERE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S DONE THEIR PART IN THEIR DISTRICT, MY COLLEAGUES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE OPEN TO FINDING SOLUTIONS. UM, I REMEMBER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD FIND A LOCATION FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IN DISTRICT ONE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. AND SO I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT ONE WAS, GOING OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT ONE WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO SEE THAT THE ONLY THING IS THAT WITH THIS IS THAT IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM DISTRICT ONE. AND IT IS, UM, IN A LOCATION WHERE MY RESIDENTS FEEL THAT THEY ARE CONTINUED TO BE BURDENED, UM, WITH THIS. SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH, WE, WE HAVE ONLY 60 VOUCHERS. ONCE WE GET THOSE FILLED, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IF WE HAVE 120 MORE ENCAMPMENTS AROUND BILLIE JEAN KING AND LINCOLN PARK? HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THAT? UM, I KNOW THAT THIS, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR, BUT I WANNA HEAR FROM CITY STAFF PLEASE. YEAH. PART OF OUR APPLICATION TO THE STATE, AND REALLY THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM IS THAT YOU DO PROVIDE SERVICES UP FRONT, AS YOU SAID. [03:55:01] LIKE OUR GOAL ISN'T TO DISPLACE PEOPLE, UM, BUT TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT RESOLVE THAT ENCAMPMENT. BUT THEN FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE AND OUR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL IS ONCE YOU'VE DONE SO, IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAINTAINING. SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT AS FAR AS THIS AREA, UH, PART OF OUR PROPOSAL IS A INCREASE IN OUR CLEANING SERVICES AND REALLY ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT ENCAMPMENTS DON'T COME BACK INTO THAT AREA. SO WE'LL CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT, UH, OUR CLEANING FROM PARKS AND REC IN THAT AREA AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME A, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE MOVE OUT. AND THEN A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE NOW CAMPING AT THE PARK AND UNDER THE LIBRARY UNDER ANGS. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE WORRIES THAT MY, UM, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, I'M WAY OVER TIME. I'LL QUEUE UP AGAIN IF I HAVE TO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. UH, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS FUNDING TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE $110 A NIGHT IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER LOCATIONS. NINE OR 10, I'M NOT SURE WHICH IT IS. AND VERSUS, AND PLEASE GIVE ME THE DIFFERENCE IF THERE IS ANY BETWEEN THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES VERSUS THE COUNTY OWNED PROPERTIES. HOW DOES THE $110 COMPARE PER NIGHT? YEAH, WE'VE SEEN, UH, VARYING RATES OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. WE'VE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM 90 TO 125. UM, SO THAT KIND OF VARIES BOTH FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. A NUMBER OF THESE SITES IN THOSE 10 HAVE BEEN PURCHASED, SO THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY AN ONGOING DAILY RATE, BUT THE ONES WHERE WE ARE, UH, RENTING ROOMS OR LEASING A WHOLE SITE, UM, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED, UH, FROM THE HOTEL OR MOTEL OWNER ONGOING, REALLY KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT RATE AS WELL AS JUST WHAT THE NIGHTLY RATES PREVIOUS TO ARE COMING INTO A LEASE, UM, REFLECT. SO WE TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT AND THOSE ALL GO INTO CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, OUR MOTEL RATES, OUR PROPOSAL TO THE STATE, UM, HAD UP TO $125 A NIGHT JUST NOT KNOWING WHERE WE WOULD BE AT ULTIMATELY. UM, SO COMING IN UNDER THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO, UH, ASSISTANCE AND RENTAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ALRIGHT. AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO VICE MAYOR ALLEN. YEAH, JUST ONE THING. I, UM, I DID ALSO GET A SUPPORT LETTER FROM DOWNTOWN, UH, LONG BEACH BUSINESS ALLIANCE, WHICH ALSO COVERS, UH, THIS AREA AND, UH, A COMMITMENT TO ALSO BE WORKING IN THE AREA WITH REGARDS TO, UH, CLEANUP AND SECURITY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. MY QUEUE IS NOT WORKING. OKAY. GO FOR IT. THANK YOU. UM, ALSO WANTED TO, I GOT A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE, UH, BUILDINGS HERE IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS, UM, THE, THE VAGABOND. UM, AND THEY WERE CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT, UM, THIS ITEM COMING TO COUNCIL. WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT OUR PROCESS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THESE KIND OF PROJECTS? PLEASE? YEAH. I'M GOING TO HAVE MARY START ON LIKE WHAT OUR PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, BOTH FROM A LEASE AND PURCHASE, UH, NEGOTIATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SPACE TO DO THAT, UM, WITHOUT A LOT OF PUBLIC, UM, INVOLVEMENT. SO I'LL PASS IT TO HER ON THAT. YEAH. EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS. UM, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN, UM, IN, IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT. AND, UM, WE TYPICALLY WILL NOT, UM, SHARE ANY OF THOSE DETAILS OR, OR MAKE THAT PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN, UM, IN AN ENVIRONMENT FREE OF ANY EXTERNAL, UM, PRESSURES. AND SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND, UM, ONCE WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT, UH, WE TYPICALLY, YOU WANNA TAKE IT OVER, WE'LL WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YEAH. SO AT THAT POINT, IT ALLOWS US TO START TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY. IT DOES MAKE IT CHALLENGING AS FAR AS LIKE TIMELINES WITHIN, LIKE HOW PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT. UM, [04:00:01] SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, WITHIN THE EMERGENCY SAW CHALLENGES ON. UM, AND REALLY OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE WHILE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES ARE ONES THAT ARE CHALLENGED. BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE FEELING SUPPORTED, INFORMED AS WELL AS THEY HAVE A VOICE ONGOING. UM, IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE SEEING A CONCERN, THAT WE TRY TO RESOLVE THOSE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. AND I WOULD SAY COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHEN WE'RE DOING A TEMPORARY, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE YOU'RE THERE FOR A YEAR AND THEN YOU, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT CONTRACT MORE FOR A YEAR VERSUS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OWN IT AND OPERATE IT AND IT'S GONNA BE THERE IN PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. MM-HMM. THAT'S A MUCH MORE ROBUST PROCESS. THAT'S NORMALLY ONE WHERE THE CITY HAS THE, UH, ASSET ALREADY. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO WITH IT. WE CAN ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. THIS IS A NEGOTIATION. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, AT LEAST DO THE PROJECT THERE AND THEN REALLY START ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S READY TO DO THAT. WE HAVE LOTS OF EXPERIENCE OF THESE. UM, I KNOW THERE'S FEAR ALWAYS OF WHAT IS, WHAT IS IT GONNA BE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, VERY WELL MANAGED. THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF RULES. AS YOU HEARD PAUL SAY, EVERYONE HAS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT SAYING, THESE ARE THE RULES I'M GONNA ABIDE BY. UM, I WOULD, I WOULD BET THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY INDIVIDUALS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE THAT DON'T SIGN THOSE SAME AGREEMENTS. AND SO I, THIS IS A HIGHER LEVEL OF, OF, OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT'LL BE THERE BECAUSE OF OUR INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR ANSWERING THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN PROCESSES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AUDIENCE KNEW, UH, WHAT THE PROCESSES IS WHEN WE'RE, UM, INQUIRING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE WORK IS NEEDED. AND I KNOW THAT THE WORK, UM, IT IS, IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I ALSO AM THE VOICE OF MY RESIDENTS. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FIRST DISTRICT RESIDENTS THAT DON'T APPROVE OF THE LOCATION, NOT THE SERVICES, BUT OF THE LOCATION. SO JUST WANTED THAT TO GO ON RECORD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT JUST, JUST AGAIN, TO SUM THIS UP, UH, I, I KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS ONE CONTRACT, BUT THERE, THIS IS A LARGER PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES OUTREACH TARGETED IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT REQUIRES INTERIM HOUSING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, WALKING DISTANCE, BASICALLY FROM THE ENCAMPMENT. SO THERE WERE SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME LIMITATIONS ON HOW WE DESIGN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND THE, I, THE CONCEPT IS LONG TERM RESOLUTION TO THE ENCAMPMENTS, NOT SHORT TERM, NOT INTERIM. AND THAT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF THINGS, NOT JUST ONE THING. AND THIS PROGRAM OFFERS ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WORK. YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND POINT IN TIME, IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMPARISON BETWEEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXITING. IT'S NOT TWO PEOPLE OR 2% OR 71. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF NEW PEOPLE IN HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY EVERY YEAR. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE EXITING HOMELESSNESS EVERY YEAR. AND REALLY IT'S THE DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING EVERY DAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND THEY'RE HAVING SOME SUCCESS, BUT ALSO NEW PEOPLE ARE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S WHAT THAT RATIO IS ABOUT. AND WHAT WE'RE FINALLY SEEING IS PROGRESS. TWO YEARS AGO, 62% INCREASE MEANS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS FASTER THAN EXITING TWO TO ONE. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANT. AND THEN LAST YEAR WITH A 4.6 INCREASE FROM 62% TO 4.6, IT MEANS THAT EITHER WE TOOK A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT, OR WE SLOWED THE PACE OF PEOPLE ENTERING TO WHERE IT WAS ALMOST FLAT, 4%. AND THEN LAST, AND THEN WE SHOT, SAW IN THIS RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT, THAT TREND LINE CONTINUED TO A 2% REDUCTION. IT'S NOT 71 INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T UNDERSTAND. THOSE 3,400 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE NOT THE SAME 3,400 FROM LAST YEAR. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT RATIO OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ENTERING, EXITING CONTINUED THAT TREND LINE. MORE PEOPLE EXITED THAN ENTERED IN LONG BEACH LAST YEAR, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS LIKE THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION. AND SO IF WE WANT TO SEE LONG-TERM PROGRESS AND PERMANENT RESOLUTION, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. WE, I THINK COUNCILMAN KERRS SAID IT SAID IT BEST. WE CAN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BOTH. UM, THE PROBLEM HOMELESSNESS AND THE SOLUTION OF HOMELESSNESS. WE CAN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BOTH. I'VE, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WHY ARE YOU, UH, PUTTING THIS, UH, THIS INTERIM HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS DOWNTOWN. WHY ARE YOU [04:05:01] PUTTING IT SO CLOSE TO THE BEACH? BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS CLOSE TO THE BEACH, AND IT HAS TO BE, THE SOLUTION HAS TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES FOR THIS SO LATE, UM, BUT UH, THIS IS THE FINAL ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. FIRST IS GARY SHELTON, THEN JASON GREENLEAF. THEN SAIFE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AS WELL. GARY SHELTON. UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THAT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD EVEN DARE TO ARGUE AGAINST THIS PROJECT, AND IT'LL BIT HELPS, AND I THINK THIS WILL, BUT I WOULD CONDITION MY ULTIMATE APPROVAL, MY VOTE IF I HAD ONE. LIKE YOU FOLKS HAVE A VOTE, UH, ON THE ANSWER TO A FEW QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL REMAINING IN MY MIND IN THREE CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS LICENSING AND ZONING. AND THE SECOND CATEGORY IS PROGRAMMING AND MANAGEMENT. AND THE THIRD CATEGORY IS FISCAL IMPACT IN LIGHT OF THE, UH, TRANSIT, UH, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'M WONDERING HOW THE ZONING MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THIS NEW USE OF THIS PROPERTY. UH, IS IT STILL A HOTEL? UH, WILL IT BE A GROUP HOME OF SOME SORT? UM, THAT THING I, THAT, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S A BLANK SLATE. UH, AS FAR AS READING THE ITEM IS CONCERNED GOING TO PROGRAMMING AND MANAGEMENT. UM, I WOULD WONDER WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM AND THE LANDLORD? UH, AND ALSO WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP GOING TO BE BETWEEN THOSE PARTICIPANTS AND THE CITY? UM, THAT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR AT ALL. WHO'S THE BOSS RUNNING THE SHOW OVER THERE? UH, GOING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF. UM, I WONDER IF THERE, IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO SHARED OCCUPANCY. I KNOW IN THE PAST, SOME OF THE MOTEL SPACE HAS BEEN USED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO DOUBLE UP YOUR OOMPH IN, IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE, UH, IN, INTO, INTO TEMPORARY HOUSING. UH, AGAIN, UM, UH, IT'S, IT IS A MINOR THING, BUT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE, THE, THE LANDLORD IS GONNA BE OPERATING IT AS A MOTEL WITH THE NORMAL SERVICES VALUED AT $110 A DAY. AND I WONDER IF THAT INCLUDES LINEN CHANGING EVERY DAY. AND, UH, AND TERRY CHANGING, THEY CALL IT LINEN AND TERRY IN THE PIECE. AND I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S BEING CHANGED AND MANAGED EVERY DAY. BUT LET ME MOVE ON TO THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. UM, WHAT THE ONLY THING THAT IT MENTIONS IN HERE ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT WON'T BE REALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LANDLORD. DOES THAT MEAN THERE WON'T BE ANY TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX LIABILITY INCURRED BY THE, BY THE RENTAL OF THESE ROOMS? 'CAUSE THIS IS A HOTEL. I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S ACCEPTED IN THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. UH, THAT IT WON'T BE PAID ON CERTAIN ROOMS. SO, UM, UN UNTIL I WOULD HEAR THE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS, IF I WERE VOTING, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD VOTE YES. UM, AND MAKE THIS GO FORWARD WITH THE SPARSITY OF INFORMATION THAT I HEAR. SO I HOPE I HEAR SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JASON. MY NAME IS JASON GREENLEAF. I'M A 14 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE EAST VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT, LINEN AND BROADWAY. UM, I HAD A LOT WRITTEN HERE, BUT THANKFULLY YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS AND I'M CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS LIKE CINDY ALLEN SUPPORTING THIS WHEN IT'S IN HER DISTRICT, WHEN IT'S REALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S ON ALAMITOS. YOU'RE THIS SIDE THERE, THAT SIDE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NICE BUILDINGS THAT WERE JUST BUILT THERE. PEOPLE ARE PAYING $3,000 A MONTH FOR A ONE BEDROOM OR A STUDIO, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING FOR FREE AND BEING FED AND CLEAN, CLEANING THEIR AREA. THIS IS A CONCERN. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT HAS TO BE CLOSE. AND SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT A AGENT, UH, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. AGREE, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF. ENGAGEMENT. AND THERE WAS A, THERE WERE TWO TIMES IT WAS ASKED, YOU ASKED IF THE SECOND TIME, THE FIRST TIME IT WAS ASKED, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY DID IT COMMU, YOU KNOW, THEY LET US KNOW. I JUST FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WE'RE OUTRAGED. AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD VOTE ON THIS YET. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO YOU GUYS. I DON'T SEE WHY IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON TONIGHT. I MEAN, I, I DO SUPPORT THIS HO THE HOMELESS. I, I, 10 MILLION, 15 MILLION. I KNOW THEY NEED HELP, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. IS THERE GONNA BE DRUG TESTING FOR THESE PEOPLE, ALCOHOL TESTING? ARE THEY GONNA BE GOING OUT AND GETTING DRUNK ALL DAY AND, AND, AND P*****G IN MY ALLEY STILL AND, AND CRAPPING ON MY, ON THE SIDE OF MY BUILDING BECAUSE THEY JUST EXPLODE ALL OVER IT. I MEAN, [04:10:01] YOU WERE ON OUR CORNER WHILE DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CBS OR NBC WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF THE, THE VILLAGE MARKET STEALING STUFF, RIGHT, RIGHT. WHILE YOU WERE STANDING THERE. AND, AND I MEAN, IT'S, AND THE, AND THE SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT YOU WERE THERE ABOUT, THAT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS. THE WOMAN THAT WAS PUSHED DOWN. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE FOOD BANK RIGHT ON LYNDEN AND THIRD, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MUCH HOMELESSNESS DOWN THERE, AND WE ARE, YOU, YOU ARE, YOU ARE OUR CONSTITUENT, YOU ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES. YOU'RE THERE FOR US. I OWN TWO. I LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO MUCH. SEVEN YEARS AGO, I BOUGHT A SECOND UNIT, AND NOW I HATE THIS. I WANT OUT BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD. WE'RE VICTIMS. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE DRUG, DRUG ADDICTS AND THE HOMELESS. LIKE THEY'RE THE VICTIMS AND THEY ARE VICTIMS. UH, YOU KNOW, BUT WE ARE VICTIMS AND WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. I MEAN, I GOTTA GET UP AND GO TO WORK AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, AND I GOT CRACK WHOS OUT THERE SCREAMING AND ALL AT THREE IN THE MORNING WAKING ME UP AND I'M, I'M GOING TO WORK SO I CAN PAY FOR THEM. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GET FEEDBACK. AND I THINK WE DESERVE THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S, THIS SHOULD BE TABLED OR WHATEVER FOR EVEN A WEEK. BUT I MEAN, I JUST HEARD LAST NIGHT, THAT'S WHY I WENT ALL OVER YOUR FACEBOOK AND STARTED ANSWERING ALL THE COMMENTS. AND YOU, YOU CALMED ME DOWN WITH SOME OF YOUR RESPONSES. BUT I MEAN, I, I DO UNDERSTAND IT HAS TO BE IN THIS AREA, BUT LIKE LINEN AND BROADWAY, AND THEN FOUR BLOCKS AWAY, YOU'VE GOT A HOMELESS. I MEAN, ARE, ARE WE TURNING THIS, I MEAN, AND THAT, THAT, THAT HAS VISITORS VISITING IT. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED. USE OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR BUSINESSES ARE LEAVING. THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN DISTRICT WINE. THEY, AND, AND I LOVED IT. AND THEY LOVED IT, AND THEY PROSPER. AND I ALL I GOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. ANAI, UM, SONAI CAN FACE SIX DISTRICT RESIDENT. UM, I WAS TRYING TO THINK WHICH CITY OFFICIAL WAS I'M GONNA, UH, GEAR MY ENERGY TOWARDS TODAY. IT WILL NOT BE MR. DUNCAN. I'VE DECIDED TODAY IT WILL BE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, MR. ANTHONY. OKAY. . YEAH. HE, THIS, HE DESERVES IT. THIS IS A BUM DEAL. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE REAL ESTATE PERSON, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE INSTEAD OF, UH, MS. MACINTOSH. THIS IS A BUM DEAL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. LET'S GO, LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH IT. UM, FOR ONE, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SUED THESE PEOPLE? I KNOW THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER A NEW NAME RIGHT NOW. COLA, UH, PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS ANOTHER PATEL OPERATION , THESE PEOPLE, IT, IT'S, IT'S LEGENDARY HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN SUED, AND WE STILL KEEP GIVING THEM MONEY FOR BEING BAD OPERATORS. SO, AND I, I, I LOVE MY ELDER. HE, HE BROKE IT DOWN SO SUCCINCTLY. HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE GETTING AWAY WITH NOT PAYING TOT WE'RE NOT BUYING THIS PROPERTY FROM THEM. SO, UM, 2.4 MILLION A YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE, THAT'S ABOUT 300 K. UH, MR. ANTHONY, UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY THEM FOR ONE? THIS, THIS, THEY HAVE OVER 809 NEGATIVE REVIEWS ONLINE. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET THAT MANY REVIEWS? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ASININE. THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE LITERALLY A ONE STAR. YOU, YOU HAVE TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE, UH, WITH PEOPLE HAVING A BAD VACATION EXPERIENCE TO GET A ONE STAR. THAT MEANS NEGATIVE REVIEWS. UM, THIS IS A BEDBUG. UM, THIS, THIS IS THE HOLY LAND OF THE BEDBUGS AND, AND THE DRIED BLOOD ON THE WALLS AND THE CEILINGS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT HOMELESS PEOPLE. THIS IS INTERIM HOUSING. HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THEM TO, TO LIVE IN A BETTER, UH, SOCIETY AND REINTRODUCE THEM TO A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE WHEN WE'RE PUTTING 'EM IN PLACES THAT PP PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE IN THIS PLACE. THIS IS AN INHABITABLE PLACE AND WE'RE STILL GIVING THEM OUR MONEY. IT'S A SHAME. UM, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I WAS ABLE TO HOUSE 12 HOMELESS PEOPLE, RIGHT? THE MEDIAN, UM, RENTAL PRICE OF THOSE CLIENTS OF MINE WAS ABOUT $835. I MEAN, MR. ANTHONY, I'M, I'M WORKING AT A 400% DISCOUNT. UH, WHY ARE YOU NOT UTILIZING OTHER OPERATORS? THESE PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE 30, $3,300 A A ROOM. THEY, THIS IS A TRAVESTY. I'M ALL ABOUT HOUSING HOMELESS PEOPLE. UM, AND BY THIS LOGIC, MR. MAYOR OF, WELL, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE DOWNTOWN, SO WE HAVE TO HOUSE THEM IN THIS, IN THIS SPACE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE A, BC SHELTER OR NORTH LONG BEACH HOMELESS PEOPLE, [04:15:01] I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A, A BETTER OPPORTUNITY, UM, PROVIDED THAT IT'S NOT INHOSPITABLE. THANK YOU. YOU ALRIGHT? UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN, AND THEN I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN. UH, THANK YOU. UM, AND, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STAYING LATE. AND, AND FOR YOUR TESTIMONY IN PARTICULAR, I'D LIKE TO MENTION GARY SHELTON. I, I THINK I FIRST MET HIM IN 2005, 2006. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S THE CITY'S LEADING AUTHORITY, BUT HE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN AROUND THE ISSUE LONGER THAN ANYONE I KNOW. UM, SO I KNOW STAFF CAN'T RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO LET ME MAKE IT OFFICIAL. WOULD STAFF LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THE TOT ISSUE? YEP. THAT I WAS GONNA GET INTO THAT TOO. YEAH. SO, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TOT QUESTION. YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO. THE TOT IS DESIGNED OF COURSE, TO APPLY TO HOTEL MOTEL USERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE THERE FOR A DAY OR TWO OR THREE ALL THE WAY UP TO 30 DAYS. I THINK THE RESIDENTS AT THESE FACILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, IN WHICH CASE TOT WOULDN'T APPLY. THERE, THERE IS A REVENUE LOSS, UM, TO THE CITY AS A RESULT OF NOT GETTING THIS TOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S VERY MUCH IN THE LARGE SCHEME OF THINGS. OKAY. AND IT WOULDN'T BE APPLIED THE WAY THAT, THAT IT WAS REPRESENTED ON EVERY NIGHT. UM, BECAUSE, UH, IF THE, IF FOLKS ARE STAYING MORE THAN 30 DAYS, IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO THEM ANYWAY. SO THAT'S NOT A REAL, I MEAN, THAT LOSS OF 300 K THAT WAS NAMED, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE FINANCIAL MODEL WOULD WORK. CORRECT. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE LOSS OF THE 300 K THAT WAS NAMED. OH, IS THAT BASED ON WHAT THE STANDARD OCCUPANCY RATES OR SOMETHING? IT WAS K LOSS OF THE CITY. I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE, WHAT WOULD THE ASSUMPTION BE OF THE LOSS OF TOT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT REVENUE GENERATED BY THAT MOTEL. YEAH. AND THE OCCUPANCY RATES. I DON'T, YEAH, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S GENERATING MONEY LIKE THAT. UM, OKAY. I JUST WANNA JUMP IN FOR FOR A MINUTE. SO THE MAYORS OF THE PROGRAM, I THINK THE COUNCIL TALK SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT. I THINK, I THINK ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION IS A GOOD PROGRAM. I ALSO KNOW THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET PUT IN A TOUGH POSITION A LOT, AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO STAND UP THAT, YOU KNOW, I OPENED THE CITY'S FIRST CITYWIDE HOMELESS SHELTER AT THE ATLANTIC BRIDGE COMMUNITY IN NORTH LONG BEACH. AND IT WAS A LOT OF ORGANIZING, GETTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. COUNCILWOMAN AND DEJAS STEPPED UP ON THE SECOND PERMANENT ONE AT 7 0 2 EAST ANAHEIM. WE KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AT THE DAAS AND PREVIOUS STEPPED UP WITH NUMEROUS PROJECT ROOM KEY, UM, SITES ACROSS THEIR DISTRICTS. ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY COUNCILMAN, UM, UM, DUGGAN COUNCIL MEMBER SOLEY, UH, SORROW COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN. UM, SO WE, WE KNOW THAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THESE THINGS GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR COUNCIL, GO TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT IT. UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY ENGAGEMENT. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME COMMITMENT AS THE PERMANENT SHELTER AT 7 0 2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UM, ZENDEJAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR ALLEN TO GO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DO SOME OUTREACH. PARTICULARLY WE, WHEN WE KNOW THE EAST VILLAGE IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME, SOME REAL OUTREACH. WE'VE DEPE WE'VE DEPLOYED NEW CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS THERE. WE'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, IT WASN'T A INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT WENT AND HAD THE CONFLICT INSIDE THE VILLAGE MARKET. IT WAS, IT WAS A REGULAR, REGULAR. UM, BUT, BUT THE, BUT THE POINT IS, UM, WE KNOW THESE ARE SENSITIVE ISSUES AND MULTIPLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THESE COMMUNITIES. AND SO I'M GONNA WAG MY FINGER JUST A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, UM, ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GIVE THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AND BRING WHATEVER RESIDENTS THEY CAN ON BOARD, UH, IS WORTH IT. EVEN IF IT'S ONE RESIDENT, EVEN IF IT'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OR CONVENING, IT'S WORTH IT. AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE US TO DO, TO DO BETTER. AND PARTICULARLY ON THE INTERIM STUFF, LET'S NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER. I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO STEP UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS SUPPORTIVE OF INTERIM HOUSING AS WE HAVE THIS COUNCIL IN ALL NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. BUT WITH THAT COMES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FACE OUR RESIDENTS IN ADVANCE AND HAVE, GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT OF THE HONEST CONVERSATION. AND SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE, ON THIS PROJECT, WE DO A LITTLE MORE OUTREACH INTO THE EAST VILLAGE AND LET'S ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, [04:20:01] UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TONIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO, WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN FOCUS. WE HAVE A EAST VILLAGE FO FOCUS. LET'S SHARPEN THE PENCIL ON THAT. WE WANT THESE FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THE EAST VILLAGE AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY. WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS. WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING PROGRESS, AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING. THAT IS IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STEP UP FOR THESE RESIDENTS, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, AND FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND SAY YES IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO THESE SOLUTIONS. SO I'M GONNA SAY THESE THINGS SO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T HAVE TO, BUT, BUT I THINK WE COULD, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH ON THESE PARTICULAR, UM, COMMENTS. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. YOU DON'T NEED TO RESPOND. BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE WHAT I, WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS HERE. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, ALL OF YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND BEING A OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE VICE MAYOR. UM, SO, AND ALSO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR QUESTION, UM, THAT THE GENTLEMAN HAD ABOUT ZONING. IS THERE, WITH THESE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ZONING CHANGES THAT, THAT WERE NECESSARY? THE, WE HAVE A, UM, PREVIOUS ACTION THAT HAD OUTLINED THE UTILIZATION OF MOTEL AND HOST HOTEL SPACES FOR SHELTER. UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIMEFRAME AND ALL OF THE LANGUAGE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN PREVIOUS ACTIONS AROUND THE UTILIZATION OF HOTEL AND MOTEL SPACES, UH, FOR SHELTER, AS WELL AS CONVERSION TO, UM, PERMANENT HOUSING AS WELL AS THE STATE RECENTLY WEIGHED IN ON THIS. UM, TO CLARIFY THE UTILIZATION OF MOTEL AND HOTELS AS IT PERTAINS TO, UM, OCCUPANCY, UH, OR TENANCY. AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE STAYING AND UTILIZING THAT TYPE OF SPACE FOR LONGER TERM SHELTER, THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PERSON, UH, GAINS TENANCY AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. SO THERE HAS BEEN BOTH, UH, LOCALLY AND A STATE LEVEL, UH, MULTIPLE, UM, ACTIONS TO CLARIFY AND ADDRESS THE UTILIZATION OF MOTEL AND MOTEL SPACES FOR SHELTER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST WANNA, ONE MORE THING. I I DO, UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THERE IS A, MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT IS, IS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, ARE, THEY'RE VERY COMMUNICATIVE. AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU, JUST GOING THROUGH AN ELECTION, PEOPLE WANT US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. THAT WAS WHAT I HEARD THE MOST WHEN I KNOCKED ON DOORS. THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR. I'M SEEING THAT. I THINK WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH DISTRICT ONE, 'CAUSE I USED TO REPRESENT THAT AREA, IS THAT THE ISSUE WITH THIRD AND LINDON, THAT COA HAS BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM FOR DOWNTOWN, THAT I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, THEY'RE BITTEN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SO AFRAID OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD DOWN THERE IN THAT AREA. UM, BUT I TELL YOU THAT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD THING. WE NEED A PLACE TO BRING PEOPLE THERE, THE DOWNTOWN AND DISTRICT TWO, AND THE BEACH AREA. UM, AND I JUST, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, YOU WOULD JUST LIKE, AGAIN, STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH US. LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. I MEAN, THIS IS A YEAR TEST. UM, AND, UM, BY ALL MEANS, UM, IF THIS BECOMES MORE PROBLEMATIC, THEN, THEN YOU, WE, WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE OPEN TO THIS AS A SOLUTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH VICE MAYOR FOR POINTING THAT OUT. UM, I, AGAIN, I WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR, UM, HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY YES, UM, IN YOUR DISTRICT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WE ARE. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT . YES. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST, I, LIKE MAYOR SAID, I THINK THIS IS A VERY, UM, UNIQUE, UM, POSITION THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. SO I DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUTREACH, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS THERE. I THINK THAT FOR ME, IT'S VERY HARD BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW THE COMMUNITY IS BEING AFFECTED. AND SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. SO NOW WE'LL GO TO CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. [04:25:04] ALL RIGHT. I SEE TWO MEMBERS, DEBORAH BEE, OH, THREE MEMBERS, DEBORAH BEANTE, UH, CHRISELLE DUMBROWSKI, [ PUBLIC COMMENT: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council. ] AND CHASE HALES. ARE ANY OF THEM HERE? ALRIGHT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING. I'M GONNA TRY TO END ON A LIGHTER NOTE. UM, TONIGHT HAS BEEN FUN. UH, MY NAME IS CHASE. I STARTED A MOVEMENT CALLED BLACK BEACH. UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND I'M A LONG BEACH POLY ALUMNI. UM, I STARTED A MOVEMENT CALLED BLACK BEACH. IT'S TO CELEBRATE AND TO SUPPORT BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND, UM, WE'VE, WE THROW EVENTS IN THE CITY TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TO SPREAD LOVE. SO, UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO ANNOUNCE AN EVENT THAT I'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. UH, WE'RE CALLING IT SPREAD LOVE DAY. IT'S A VENDOR SHOW, UM, VENDOR SHOW SLASH MUSIC FESTIVAL, UM, TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TO SPREAD LOVE, PUMP POSITIVE ENERGY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. AND, UH, WE WANT TO, UM, TRY TO CREATE SOME SORT OF, UH, INITIATIVE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE A, A, A HAND IN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, TRY THAT MAN, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE CAN. UM, BUT OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO SPREAD LOVE. AND, UM, I WANTED TO START THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT. POSSIBLY GET SOME, UM, SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL AND IN, IN ANY SHAPE, WAY OR FORM WE CAN. UM, BUT YEAH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS CHASE, UM, THE FOUNDER OF BLACK BEACH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS UNTIL NEXT TIME, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANKS CHASE. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL NOW GO TO ANY, UH, CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYONE, ANY TAKERS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW? YES. UM, SORRY, GIMME A MINUTE. CAN YOU GO WITH THE COUNCIL? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. [ANNOUNCEMENTS] YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THIS WEEKEND I INVITE YOU TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE ARTS WITH BIXBY OLD'S BOB ROSS. THEME FIRST FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH. YOU CAN JOIN NEIGHBORS IN A BOB ROSS COSTUME CONTEST, A DINE AND DRAW OR SIP AND DRAW SESSION. ANOTHER FUN, INSPIRING CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AT FIRST FRIDAYS. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, HEAD TO THE EAST SIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE AND INVITE YOU TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT PARKVIEW VILLAGE'S SECOND SATURDAY'S BLOCK PARTY TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND ENJOY FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES. AND ALSO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, YOU CAN HEAD TO THE LONG BEACH EXCHANGE HANGAR LAWN ON SATURDAY OF THE EIGHTH TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL KIDS DAY WITH KID FRIENDLY SHOPPING AND ACTIVITIES. AND THEN AGAIN, ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH, YOU CAN FIND THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FATHER'S DAY AT THE RAD DAD MAKER MARKET. UH, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. HAVE A GOOD WEEK, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. UH, I HEAR ANDY HAS A VERY COMPELLING BOB ROSS. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT. , UH, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN. OH, WAIT. THANK YOU. UH, AND I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT, OR THE PUBLIC OUT TO, UH, HELP US FIGHT AGAINST SICKLE CELL DISEASE BY DONATING BLOOD AT OUR UPCOMING DISTRICT EIGHT BLOOD DRIVE. TAKING PLACE FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:30 PM AT THE LA CARE BLUE SHIELD PROMISE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE CRITICAL, UH, TO MANAGING SICKLE CELL DISEASE. AND YOUR DONATION CAN PROVIDE HOPE AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR THOSE IN NEED, IT CAN HELP SAVE A LIFE. REGISTRANTS THAT SUCCESSFULLY DONATE WILL EARN GIFT CARDS UP TO $35. AND SO TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE@REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG USING THE CODE DISTRICT EIGHT, OR CONTACT MY OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT 5 7 0 6 6 8 5. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. YES. SO, I KNOW RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S GONNA BE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF MACARTHUR PARK ON, UM, THE IMP TO IMPLEMENT THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH AT ONE 30 AT MACARTHUR PARK. EVERYONE IS INVITED. PLEASE JOIN US. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY OUT TO OUR HOUGHTON PARK PLAYGROUND DESIGN COMMUNITY MEETING. UH, IT WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM AT THE DORIS TOPSY OVER COMMUNITY CENTER AT 63 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE. UM, WE WILL HAVE DINNER TRANSLATION, UM, AND REALLY WANT, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, FOLKS, THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT. WE WANT KIDS AND FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND GIVE US A PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEW, UM, SIGNATURE PLAYGROUND [04:30:01] THAT IS COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN, UH, I'LL DO MY OWN DRUM ROLL. CAN YOU HEAR THAT? I DUNNO IF YOU CAN HEAR THAT. UM, , WE JUST STARTED, UM, UH, PUTTING OUT THE SAVE THE DATE FOR UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL, UH, AUGUST 3RD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, UM, FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM SO COME OUT COMPLETELY FREE EVENT, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS. WE'RE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT THE, UM, THE HEAD, UH, THE HEADLINERS AND, AND THE LINEUP, UM, IN THE, IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, EVERYBODY GETS THAT ON THEIR CALENDAR. SO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM DAMN. SO I, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR TASHA DAY. SHE'LL, YOU KNOW, USED TO GO FROM LIKE 11 O'CLOCK AND SHE, SHE ALWAYS TRIES TO PICK OFF 30 MINUTES IN THE MORNING. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS EARLY TASHA DAY OR REX RICHARDSON. TRY TO TRY TO SHAVE IT DOWN. ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR STATE OF THE DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT ONE ON MONDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 6:30 PM AT OUR LOVELY MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ARTS. UM, I AM SO, SO HAPPY TO BE HOSTING THAT. UM, ALSO AFTER YOU JOIN ME THERE, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE QUEEN MARY FOR QUEENS ON THE QUEEN, UM, PRESENTED BY JULES, OUR VERY OWN DRAG QUEEN. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT AT THE OBSERVATION BAR AT THE QUEEN MARY. UM, ALSO, I AM PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH CALTRANS TO HOST THE BIKE LANE PROJECT ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. UM, MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024 FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM THE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE AT THE GUIDANCE CENTER, 1301 PINE AVENUE. UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL US, UM, AT DD SEVEN COMPLETE STREETS AT DOT PERIOD CA, PERIOD, GOVI WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE FIRST COMMUNITY DESIGN RETA EVENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND SHORELINE PLAN. UPDATE ON, UM, ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH AT 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM THE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE IN AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC AT 100 AQUARIUM WAY. UM, ALSO AT THIS TIME, UM, I WOULD LIKE THIS, UM, SORRY. NEEDED A MINUTE. UM, I WANT TO CLOSE THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF VITO DIMO, UH, BELOVED DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY LEADER, KNOWN AND CHERISHED BY MANY OF US. UNFORTUNATELY, VITO WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON, IN HIS CONDO IN THE EAST VILLAGE A WEEK AGO TODAY, VITO WAS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOVING AND KIND PERSON WHO CHARMED EVERYONE HE MET. I RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND JOY OF CELEBRATING PRIDE WITH HIM ON OUR FLOAT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. VITO WAS SUCH AN ANIMAL LOVER. HE ENCOURAGED ME TO HAVE MY DOGGY PARADE FOR PETS AND PETS WHERE WE UPLIFT PETS AND HONOR OUR VETS. I AM REBRANDING THIS EVENT IN HONOR OF VITO. IT WILL NOW BE VITO'S DOGGY PARADE FOR PETS AND VETS. THIS IS SUCH A HUGE LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. VITO, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY, YOUR LOVED ONES, AND YOUR FRIENDS, AND TO ALL OF US IN THE EAST VILLAGE WHO ALREADY MISS YOU TERRIBLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND REST IN PACE. PEACE. VITO VICE MAYOR ALLEN. UH, YES. I WANT TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO THE CIVIC CENTER, UM, ON JUNE 7TH FROM A ONE TO TWO. WELL, THEY, UH, UH, UH, WILL BE DOING A CIVIC CENTER OF VIOLENCE AWARENESS STAY, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR ORANGE. UM, AND ALSO DR. JONI, RICK OTI. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE JAZZ FESTIVAL. I AM [04:35:01] GETTING MY DANCE SHOES READY. WOOHOO. ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK OTI. I'M NOT COMING AT TWO, I'M COMING AT LIKE NOON, SO LET'S MAKE SURE. DO WE HAVE MR. QUICK? YES. OKAY. SO HE KNOWS. START THE MUSIC EARLY. JUST DON'T TELL JOSH. THERE'LL BE NO FOOD FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S FINE. WE DON'T NEED TO EAT . IT'S OKAY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, FOLKS, THIS MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD WEEK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.