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EVERYBODY COMING ON TIME? UM, AGENDA IS, UM, OKAY.
ABSENT MEMBER JEFFREY JOHNSON.
SO LET, SO DID YOU WANT DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR SHOULD I OR I I, I'VE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT I'M JUST READING.
UM, SO BEFORE WE BEGIN A REMINDER REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS, UH, THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE COMMENTS THE FOLLOWING WAY.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SIGN IN SHEET.
UM, THE BOARD ALSO RECEIVES WRITTEN COMMENTS 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS VIA EMAIL AT HOMELESS SERVICES ADMIN, UH, AT LONG BEACH.GOV.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS.
WHEN ORGANIZING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOUR STATEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL PERTINENT FACTS WITHIN YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
YOUR QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED DURING THIS TIME.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
I WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
FIRST ITEM AGENDA, UM, IS TO RECEIVE THE ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT IT TO THE SPEAKERS? IS THAT PART? YES.
SO MY NAME IS ELAN SCHULTZ, AND, UH, I'M THE CHIEF OF POLICY AND STRATEGY AT OUR DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF US ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN YOU IN PERSON, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTERS.
WE, I WANT SHARE YOU, WE HAD 40 MINUTES AND IT'S NOW BEEN THAT WE HAVE 15.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT, STEVE, IS A NUMBER OF SLIDES THAT GONNA APPLY.
SO I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M GONNA SAY THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION WITH, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SENT IT TO MS. SANTA AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND ANOTHER COPY AS WELL.
UH, I'M, YOU'LL SEE THAT COLLEAGUES, REPRESENTATIVE IN THE, THEY'RE GONNA BE, BUT I, FOCUSING ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, AND I WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS AND I'LL TRY TO, LIKE I SAID, BREEZE THROUGH THESE.
I WANNA FIRST HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, ALTHOUGH WE ARE MOST OR SERVING A SMALL SECTION OF OUR POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL COMMITTEE ON THE STREET AND ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE ACTUALLY SERVE, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH OUR CONTRACTORS FOR ALL 10 MILLION RESIDENTS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE PROVIDE AND OR FUND A WIDE VARIETY OF, UH, SERVICES, BOTH TREATMENT BUT ALSO CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES, PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION,
WE ALSO HOUSED THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN AND ARE INVOLVED IN MANAGING CONSERVATORSHIP PROCESS.
WE, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE ARE THE MEDI-CAL LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PLAN, AND THAT MEANS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MEDI-CAL,
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WHO HAVE, UH, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.WE ALSO, AS SOMETHING WE MAY KNOW, ALLOCATE MHSA.
THOSE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COME TO US UNDER PROP 63.
AND LET'S JUST REVISED AT THE PROP ONE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN A BIT.
WE'LL BE SURE TO LEAVE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF RESOURCES.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS NINE EIGHT I, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
OUR NEW CRISIS NUMBER THAT'LL GET YOU PERSON PROVIDE SUPPORT OVER PHONE AND IF NEEDED, YOU CAN ALSO DISPATCH, UH, MOBILE RESPONSIVENESS.
OUR HELPLINE IS ONE OF THE BEST CALL IN CRISIS AND ON CRISIS.
THE NUMBER RIGHT ABOVE MY HEAD HERE.
SO IF YOU, IF THIS GOES BY TOO QUICKLY, YOU'LL SEE IT ABOVE ME.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LINKS HERE, GENERAL RESOURCES AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE CARE CORE PROGRAM.
THIS IS A NEW GRAPHIC YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THIS CAMPAIGN.
WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHO TO CALL 9 1 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT, I EIGHT FOR EVERY OTHER KIND OF CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUICIDE CRISIS, THE ACCESS LINE, UH, WHICH IS BOTH ABOVE MY HEAD IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.
AND THEN 2 1 1, WHICH IS THE COUNTY'S GENERAL INFORMATION FOR RESOURCES, UH, GENERAL INFORMATION LINE FOR RESOURCES, AS WELL AS HELPING YOU GET CONNECTED TO A WIDER VARIETY OF HEALTH, HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ, WHO I BELIEVE MAY BE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU, BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE ADVANCING THE SLIDES FROM, UH, FROM HERE FROM.
UM, I'M JENNIFER BAILEY HERNANDEZ, AS Y SAID, I AM THE DISTRICT CHIEF OVER SERVICE AREA ADMINISTRATION.
UM, I'LL PROBABLY GO MORE ROAD.
CAN THEY JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE? 'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
YEAH, HE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING, SO MAYBE YES.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE ROGUE BECAUSE I KNOW TIME ABOUT THE ESSENCE.
UM, THE TWO MAJOR DIRECTLY OPERATED PROGRAMS ARE DMH IN LONG BEACH THAT ARE CONCENTRATED TO FOCUS ON THE HOUSING POPULATION AND THE UNHOUSED.
THE MENTAL HEALTH POPULATION IS LONG BEACH MENTAL HEALTH AND LONG BEACH ASIAN PACIFIC ISLAND.
UM, LONG BEACH MENTAL HEALTH IS LOCATED OFF OF, UH, WILLOW AND ACROSS LIKE REDONDO BEACH, REDONDO AVENUE, AND, UH, LAKEWOOD.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LONG BEACH
AND BOTH PROGRAMS SERVE NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, BUT ALSO THE HOUSING NEEDS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 8% POPULATION THAT ARE UNHOUSED BEING SERVED RIGHT NOW AT LONG BEACH MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS ABOUT HUNDRED FEET.
WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 60 UNHOUSED FOLKS WITH THE LONG BEACH ASIAN FAMILY, WHICH IS A SMALLER PROGRAM, ABOUT A THOUSAND FOLKS THERE.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE WALK-IN, THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES.
SO YOU CAN SEE TRIAGES SUCH THE NEED, THE MOMENT SOMEBODY WALKS IN THE DOOR, WE HAVE THE TEAM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH HOUSING.
I ALSO HAVE JANAE, AND I'M GUESSING YOU CAN'T HEAR, BUT JANA, YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR.
I THINK WITH HER, SHE'S WORKING, UM, WITH THE HOUSING PIECE TO HELP TRY TO BRIDGE SOME GAPS AND GETTING THOSE INTO A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
UM, THERE'S SUCH AN ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, AND I HAVE MANY SLIDES OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY TAP INTO OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRESENTERS.
SO I PROBABLY WILL WAIT UNTIL THE END AND THEN WE WILL GET QUESTIONS AND YOU GUYS CAN SLAM ME WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BROADER AND MORE IN DEPTH TOO, OF WHAT WE DO PROVIDE.
BUT IT REALLY STARTS TO LOOK LIKE CLIENT COMES IN, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, THEIR HOUSING NEEDS, AND WE GET ON IT AND WE TRY TO TAP INTO EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PERSON HOUSED, EVEN IF IT IS A SHELTER TEMPORARILY, UNTIL WE CAN REALLY LOCATE HOUSING.
SO I'M KEEPING IT BRIEF, BUT WE CAN GET INTO MORE IF WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME REMAINING AT THE END.
I DO WANNA INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER, AND THAT IS AUBREY LOVELACE.
AND SHE IS WITH, UM, SHE'S THE DISTRICT CHIEF AND SHE IS OVER THE COUNTYWIDE ENGAGEMENT POSITION.
I GONNA TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF
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OUR SPECIALTY, UH, PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.UM, THE FIRST PROGRAM I'M GONNA SPEAK ABOUT ADDRESS HOMELESS OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON THIS HOME.
UM, SO THE HOME TEAM IS NOT JUST AN OUTREACH TEAM, IT IS A, I IT'S NOT A LINKAGE TEAM EITHER.
WE ARE A FULL SCOPE STREET TREATMENT TEAM PROVIDING, UH, PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UN HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND WE ARE CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUTPATIENT CARE WITHIN BOTH THE DMH SYSTEM AND THE OUTREACH SYSTEM.
SO OUR FOCAL POPULATION IS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING STREET HOMELESSNESS.
UH, GENERALLY THOSE ASSISTED CHRONIC STREET HOMELESSNESS WITH, UH, SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTING EXTREMELY STABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, UNABLE TO OBTAIN FOOD, SH SHELTER, CLOTHING, UM, CARE FOR THEIR BASIC MEDICAL NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO BE SERVED BY ANY OTHER, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM OR MEDICAL SYSTEM.
THE, SO THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, UM, BASIC NEEDS.
SO WE WILL ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND OFFER FOOD, CLOTHING, OBVIOUSLY SHELTERS, MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.
WE PROVIDE PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND MED MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING FIELD BED DELIVERIES AS NEEDED AND LONG ACTING DEDUCTIBLES.
UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, WE DO ENGAGE IN 51 50 IN VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATIONS AS NEEDED, UH, HANDS ON INTERVENTION.
AND WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE OUTPATIENT ACROSS THE STREETS.
UH, WE DO, AGAIN, WE DO INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATIONS, OUR CLIENTS THAT ARE ON OUR CASELOAD.
SO WE ARE NOT, AGAIN, NOT A MEDICAL OUTREACH TEAM.
WE DO, UM, CARRY CASE LOADS AND SERVE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
AND IF THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR CARE, WE WILL INITIATE THAT FOR THEM.
AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING IN FOR A MEANINGFUL STAY AND NOT JUST A 14 HOUR TURNAROUND, WHICH HAPPENS REGULARLY.
AND WE'RE INVOLVED THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOSPITALIZATION AND WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE COORDINATION OF RESEARCH CLINIC THAT THEY, UM, IDEALLY RETURNING SOME TYPE OF PLACEMENT UPON CHARGE.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'VE GOT PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS, UH, CLINICIANS, NURSES, UH, PSYCH TECHS, CASE WORKERS, BOTH CASE WORKERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AS WELL AS PEERS AND SUBSTANCE COUNSELORS.
UM, SO OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A PRETTY LARGE EXPANSION.
SO WE'RE, UH, NOW TOTALLY OVER TO OUR STAFF.
WE GOT FROM NINE TO 18 TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SPECIALTY TEAMS KNOWN AS OUR OPERATIONS AND APPLICATION TEAMS AND OUR RECOVERING WELLNESS TEAMS. AND A COUPLE OF WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL BLOW UP A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, CLIENTS WHO'VE GIVEN US CONSENT TO SHARE, UM, THEIR BEFORE AND AFTER.
AND SECOND PROGRAM I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS OUR, WE CALL IT IOP, SO IT'S OUR INTERIM HOUSING AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO THIS KIND OF BRIDGES THE GAP FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE RESIGNING IN, IN SHELTER AND ARE HOUSING, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, DMH RUN.
AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE RUN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FROM OTHER SECTORS TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO ENSURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INDOORS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH KIND OF THE SHELTER HOMELESS ARE STILL BEING ENGAGED FOR SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN E AND H, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND
SO BASICALLY WE PROVIDE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, OCCUPATIONAL TREATMENT, HOUSING, TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT KIND OF SETTING IF THEY NEED TO BE TRANSITIONING REPLACEMENT, SOLVING THAT, AND ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THEY'RE BEING CONNECTED TO ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
SO THE SERVICES RENDERED BY DMH, UM, OUR AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT, MED ADMINISTRATION, UM, TREATMENT ADDICTION TREATMENT, SUBSTANCE TREATMENT, UM, THERAPY GROUPS AND SKILLS BUILDING.
AND, UM, THE GOAL IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, SET FORTH TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE, UM, CARE FOR INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE NOT NOT RECEIVING CARE TREATMENT, UM, SUCH AS HOME, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR ARE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT,
WE CAN DO MEDICATION FOR ADDICTION AND PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS RESPONSES NEED, UM, HEALTH SERVICES.
SO IN CONNECTION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT HOUSING FOR HEALTH, THEY HAVE AN IN-HOME CARE GIVING PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAN BRING CARE INTO INNER HOUSING SETTINGS TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH APL, WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, MANAGING THERAPY NEEDS.
AND IN THE INTERIM, BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE, ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO IN HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES, THAT'S
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A BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR THEM AND SUPPORT.SO AGAIN, UM, THEY'VE GOT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ON BOARD, UM, AND PEOPLE THAT COME AND, AND TRIAGE AND JUST AGAIN, ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING SUPPORTED IN TERMS OF GETTING THEIR, UM, DAILY NEEDS MET AND HELPING IN, IN TEACHING AND COACHING AND, AND SUPPORTING LEARNING IN THE INNER HOUSING WAITING HAVE.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER PARTNER WE HAVE IS BPH
SO THEY'RE IN THERE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION GROUPS HARM REDUCTION SUPPORT, UM, AS NEEDED.
WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO, UM, DETOX BEDS OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT S NEEDED AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT.
AND THEN I'M GONNA PASS OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, DR.
RON TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
UM, DO WE HAVE TIME? WHAT'S MY TIME LIKE THAT, THAT ARE NOT, UH, SERVICE CONNECTED, THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VA BENEFITS? WE CAN HELP THEM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOMETHING OR SUPPORT OF SUPPORT.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO LINK VETERANS TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND VETERANS CONNECTED.
NOT REALLY EASY TO GET THEM TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR SUPPORT LINE WORKS SO WELL WITH VETERANS.
WHEN WE HAVE, CAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE VETERANS HAVE AGENTS ON THE LINE AS WELL AS CLINICIANS WHO ALSO CAN GO OUT IF THERE IS A CRISIS.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH LA COUNTY SHERIFF, UH, WITH THE
UM, SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF DO TO HELP THE VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE OFFER THE GIVE THEM TO BENEFIT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, WE HAVE A HOUSING COORDINATOR SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR VETS THERE AND WE, UH, GIVE MONEY.
I'VE ACTUALLY JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT, UM, FROM OUR HOUSING COORDINATOR ASKING OUR TEAM TO SEND THEM REFERRALS FOR THE CODE, WHICH THEIR ON WILLIAMS STREET, I BELIEVE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PLACE MORE VETERANS WITHIN THAT, THAT AREA.
SO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR REFERRALS AND ALWAYS LOOKING TO PLACE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND, FIND HOUSING FOR THEM IN THAT AREA.
AND AGAIN, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE RALLY POINTS.
AND SINCE, UH, SAN DIEGO, SAN PEDRO IS A RALLY POINT THAT WILL BE CLOSEST TO TO THE LONG BEACH AREA, UM, WE ALSO ASSIST, UH, VETERANS SPECIFICALLY WITH HOMELESSNESS THAT HAVE TO BE, HAVE A SPECIFIC TEAM CALLED THE PATH TEAM PROJECTS VERSUS, AND TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS.
THIS TEAM SPECIFICALLY WORKS WITH HOMELESS VETERANS IN GETTING THEM HOUSED, WHETHER IT EVEN HOTEL VOUCHERS, THEM WITH VOUCHERS, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.
UM, THE, THIS IS, I SAID THIS IS HOW THIS IS, THIS IS THE POWER OF THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS HOW WE GET ALL OF OUR GIRLS, THIS IS HOW VETERANS KNOW TO CONTACT US.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT YOU WANT REFER TO OUR PROGRAM, THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT US AND REACH US.
IT'S THE SAME LINE, UM, THIS OPTION THREE FOR THE VETERANS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A SUPPORT LINE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UH, HOURS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW FOR NINE, SHOULD BE CHANGING FROM NINE TO 6:00 PM STILL INCLUDING HOLIDAYS.
WE ARE STILL OPEN AS WELL SO THAT VETERANS CAN CONTACT US AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST WANNA TALK TO BE HONEST, BUT WE'RE THERE TO HELP THEM TO DO WHATEVER NEXT PLACE.
AND THAT'S JUST AGAIN, THE WEBSITE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO ON.
DO I DO THAT ONE MORE TIME? GO INTO PROGRAM? YES, YOU DO.
SO, PH SQUARE, MANY HOMELESSNESS MON HEALTH.
THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I OVERSEE COUNTYWIDE AND, UH, SPOT A, WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THAT LOCATION.
WE, WE, UH, PARTNER WITH DHS AS WELL AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO GO OUT IN THE STREETS.
AND WE DO OUR ASSESSMENTS, WE EVALUATE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS PREVIOUSLY AND ACTUALLY AS WE DO HAVE HOUSING NOW, BUT THEY ARE IN DANGER OF ANY MEDICAL NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? AREN'T HISTORICALLY THERE'S REVOLVING DOOR WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS.
SO PEOPLE, THEY GET HOMELESS AGAIN, THEY GET HOMELESS AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO REPEAT, WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT REPEATED CYCLE, RIGHT? SO OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HOUSED SO THAT THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR HOUSING, GET BACK ON THE STREET.
NOW, OUR TARGET POPULATION IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE, THOSE THAT ARE MOST, THAT ARE MOST AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOUSING.
THOSE THAT ARE MOST, MOST EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ISSUES OR MEDICAL ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COME UP WITH REPORT THAT COULD POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY LOOSELY LOSE THEIR HOUSING.
SO OUR GOAL IS IZATION, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND WE WANNA DISTINGUISH SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING AND MAKING SURE THAT
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THOSE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS STAY GOING TO THEIR HOUSING.STAFF, UH, THAT BOTH MH AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WORKER, NURSING STAFF, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH CASE MANAGERS, UM, ALL, ALL, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC FACTORS FOR THE MOST PART, THESE ARE THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE ARE WE TRYING TO STABILIZE, WHETHER IT, YOU KNOW, FOR FINANCIAL, WHETHER HELP EDUCATION GOING, WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING WITH, WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH THEIR LANDLORD OR THEIR NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE ELSE HELP RESOLVE CONFIDENCE SO THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS AND THINGS THAT WE COME IN TO DO AS WELL AS CONNECTING THEM TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT THEY, AND THEY EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE FINANCIAL ISSUES WITH PEOPLE, THEIR HOUSING.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THE POPULATION.
AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR TIMELINE, UH, FOR TREATMENT.
UH, WE, THIS TYPICALLY, I WOULD SAY ON THE LOWEST END, ABOUT 30 DAYS, WE COMPLETE THIS PROCESS ON THE HIGHER END, MAYBE ABOUT 90.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO GO, WE ASSESS AND EVALUATE, SO THE CONTACT WANTED TO E OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO TIMES WHERE WE'RE GOING OUT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD EVEN WANT TO, TO WORK WITH US.
WE'RE BASICALLY GOING OUT SELLING OURSELVES AND THEIR NEEDS ARE, UM, FROM THAT POINT WE CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF PLAN THAT THEY WOULD NEED OR WHAT KIND OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE FOR THEM AND START TO PROVIDE THAT LINKAGE.
AND THEN THE LAST PHASE, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING TO OUR PLAN, WHATEVER THAT PLAN IS.
AND WE'RE PLANNING TO TERMINATE OR TO DISCHARGE.
WE ARE NOT A LONG TERM TREAT PROGRAM.
OUR GOAL IS TO CONNECT THEM, STABILIZE THEM, AND GET THEM ON THEIR WAY SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR HOUSING AND STAY CONNECTED TO LONG-TERM RENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
THIS IS JUST OUR CONTACT INFORMATION HERE.
MY NAME'S LINDA, BOY, I'M THE DISTRICT CHIEF OVER THE ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM AND THE NEW PROGRAM, UM, FOR A OC FOR ALL OF THE COUNTY FOR CARE.
IT IS OUR SERVICE AREA IS ONE THROUGH, I SORRY, FIVE THROUGH EIGHT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE IN THE EIGHTH.
UM, SO IT COVERS, SO I KNOW, UM, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO FOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE RECOVERY AND EMPOWERMENT ACT, AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS ENACTED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM, UH, LA COUNTY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, THEY, THE COUNTIES WERE ALL DIVIDED INTO TWO COHORTS.
LA COUNTY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SECOND COHORT, WHICH WAS DUE TO START DECEMBER, 2024.
BECAUSE WE'RE SUCH A LARGE COUNTY, THE GOVERNOR AND OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS START EARLY.
SO, UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
YOU'LL HAVE THESE, THE THING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS FAMILIES CAN PETITION THE COURT FOR CARE.
YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND YOUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS ARE ALL PART OF THE FOLKS WHO, UH, QUALIFY.
THESE ARE BY STATUTE QUALIFY FOR, UH, FOR CARE TO BE ABLE TO REFER TO CARE.
AND, UM, THE THING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CLIENT IS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA OR SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM.
SO IT'S FAIRLY, THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR CARE IS, UM, PRETTY SPECIFIC.
THEY HAVE TO BE NOT STABILIZED IN CURRENT TREATMENT AND THEY HAVE TO, UH, NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE SAFELY IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT SUPERVISION.
OR WE WANT TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAM TO PREVENT RELAPSE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND I'VE ALREADY, SO I'M
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE THE SLIDES TO BE ABLE TO REFER TO, I THINK MOST IMPORTANT.
AND, AND JUST A REMINDER, IT'S NOT A PART OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LONG BEACH MET QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM, WHICH TEAMS TOGETHER, LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICERS AND DH CLINICIANS.
YOU HAVE REGULAR MET AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, WHO PROVIDE FROM THE SERVICES.
AND YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD YES.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU WORK WITH THEM
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AND I'M HOPING THAT WORKS OUT.AND SO, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
REALLY, BASICALLY WHAT CARE IS PROVIDING IS THERAPY, CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, HAVING FOLKS, UM, ESTABLISHED BENEFITS, UM, FSI, MEDI-CAL, WHATEVER THEY NEED.
IT'S REALLY TO, TO WRAP THEM IN SERVICES TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT.
SOMETIMES OUR FOLKS HAVE DIFFICULTY RECOGNIZING THEY HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND SO FOR THOSE FOLKS, THERE IS A COURT PROCESS AND IT'S THAT NORWALK COURT WHERE OUR CONSERVATORSHIP AND OUR ASSISTED TREATMENT AND NOW CARE OUR HEALTH.
IT'S, WHEN YOU THINK OF COURT, YOU THINK OF CRIMINAL, YOU THINK OF, UM, PUNISHMENT, NONE OF THAT.
SO THIS COURT IS VERY COLLABORATIVE.
THE JUDGE ENGAGES, THE CLIENTS, TALKS TO THE CLIENTS.
THERE IS NO INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION FOR CARE OR FOR A OT.
SO WE ALSO SUPPORT A COUNSELING, HOUSING, WHATEVER THE CLIENT NEEDS, WE TRY AND GET FOR THEM EVERY, SO THERE IS A SELF-HELP CENTER, THE NORMAL COURT TO HELP PEOPLE APPLY.
THEY'RE ALSO HEALTH SELF-HELP CENTERS IN, IN THESE AREAS.
AND THERE IS ONE AT LONG BEACH COURTHOUSE.
ANY COURT THAT HAS A FAMILY, UM, UNBLOCKING, UM, A A FAMILY COURT HAS A KIOSK WHICH CONNECTS, WE HAVE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOLKS IN THE SELF HEALTH CENTER AT THE NORWALK COURTHOUSE.
AND EVERY COURT THAT HAS A FAMILY COURT COMPONENT TO IT HAS A KIOSK THAT WILL CONNECT DIRECTLY TO THAT SELF-HELP CENTER.
AND, UM, AND A VIDEO WHERE THEY CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH STAFF TO ASSIST WITH RESOURCES TO HELP THEM DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD FILE A PETITION AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CARE AS OUR DMH EMAIL, ANY OF THE PETITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FILED, YOU CAN DO THROUGH LA LA COURTS.ORG/CARE.
ALSO, MY INFORMATION IN MY EMAIL ARE ON THERE, SO I'LL ALSO STICK AROUND WITH JENNIFER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I'D LIKE TO PASS IT NEXT TO DR.
MARIA FUNKS, WHO IS THE HEAD OF OUR HOMELESS JOB DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF HOUSING RESOURCES, WHICH I HAVE CONDENSED TO ONE SLIDE.
AND, UM, OUR HOUSING RESOURCES ARE ACCESSED BY OUR CASE MANAGERS AND OUR OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS, BOTH DIRECTLY OPERATED AND CONTRACTED.
SO ALL, ACTUALLY ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT PRESENTED BEFORE ME, THEY ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PEOPLE ON THE LIST AND, AND ACCESSING THESE RESOURCES.
SO WE DO HAVE INTERIM HOUSING.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTERIM HOUSING IN LONG BEACH.
WE WILL BE EXPANDING, UM, OUR INTERIM HOUSING RESOURCES THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL BE DOING THE SOLICITATION IN THE SUMMER.
AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO JEFF PROCTOR, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROJECTS IN LONG BEACH THAT WILL BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING.
SO THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY THERE.
WE HAVE AN ENRICHED RESIDENTIAL CARE PROGRAM WHERE WE SUPERVISE SUBSIDIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, SUCH AS ADULT RESIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.
UM, SO WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT DON'T HAVE FUNDING, WE CAN HELP PAY FOR THEIR, UM, THEIR RATE TO LIVE THERE, THEIR RENT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED RATE FOR THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE INVESTED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT NINE PSH PROJECTS, UM, IN THAT WE'VE INVESTED THE CAPITAL IN, UM, IN, IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH OUR HOUSING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM, PROVIDING SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND IN LONG BEACH.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
UM, WE HAVE CONTRACTS TO THE SAFETY OF LA AND COUNTY THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES, VIRGINIA BASED SUBSIDIES, UH, THAT WE USE FOR OUR CLIENTS.
WE ALSO CAN ASSIST WITH SECURITY DEPOSITS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, UTILITIES, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO AN APARTMENT WHEN THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE EVICTION PREVENTION WHERE WE CAN HELP PEOPLE CATCH UP WITH THEIR RENT WHEN THEY GET BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE OFFENDED LOCAL SUBSIDIES, BUT WE'RE NOT USING HOUSING AND LIBERTY FUNDING, BUT WE'RE USING OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT EXPENSE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A SECTION EIGHT WHERE PEOPLE PAY 30% OF THEIR INCOME.
AND WE'RE PAYING THE BALANCE OF THE RENT THROUGH OUR FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL.
AND, AND WE PARTNERED WITH OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL ADMINISTERED BY BRILLIANT
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CORNERS.AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AND INVEST MONEY IN THAT OR TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE SUBSIDIES.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ELON, WHO'S GONNA CLOSE THIS OUT.
UH, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THIS TIME.
I JUST, UH, THIS IS THE LAST SECTION, LAST FEW SLIDES, BUT I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES SO FAR.
WE'VE PROVIDED YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHO DMH IS, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND A VARIETY OF THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT SERVE OUR, UH, HOMELESSNESS, OUR POPULATION EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
YOU'VE ALSO HEARD ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND RECENT CARE COURT, OUR HOUSING RESOURCES.
AND NOW I'M GONNA TAKE THESE LAST FEW SLIDES THAT YOU ABOUT CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT ARE COMING TO.
SO AS, UH, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE OF PROPOSITION ONE, WHICH STARTED AS TWO DIFFERENT BILLS.
ONE WAS THE, UH, BILL FOR THE DEFAULT MEASURE THAT GOT EMBEDDED IN PROPOSITION ONE.
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER BILL THAT USED TO BE SB 3 26.
THIS MAKES MAJOR CHANGES TO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FUNDING STREAMS. THIS IS A FUNDING STREAM THAT, UH, WE REFER TO, AS I MAY JUST SAY, THAT PROVIDES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 500 TO $750 MILLION A YEAR JUST TO LA COUNTY.
AND THAT IS, UH, I GIVE THAT RANGE BECAUSE IT CHANGES YEAR TO YEAR.
THERE'S SOME BIG CHANGES, UM, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST OF WHICH IS THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO RETAIN WHAT MORE, UH, A LARGER SHARE OF THESE FUNDS IN SACRAMENTO.
AND THAT THE BILL NOW REQUIRES US TO SPEND 30% OF THESE FUNDS ON HOUSING.
THAT'S, UH, RENTAL SUBSIDIES LARGELY, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE'RE LOSING 30% OF THE FUNDING THAT WE USED TO SPEND ON SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND NOW PUTTING IT IN HOUSING.
UH, AND IT ALSO MAKES BIG CHANGES TO OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
THESE CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN MID 2026, BUT WE'RE STARTING A PLANNING PROCESS TO GET RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A CHART SHOWING SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE.
THIS I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT THIS IS BASED ON, UH, OUR AVERAGE REVENUE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2023, WHERE WE GENERATED ABOUT SEVEN 80 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'RE HAVING SOME MAJOR SHIFTS IN OUR FUNDING AND THOSE OTHER AND CORE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING, UH, DECREASED BY ABOUT $400 MILLION JUST IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE USED TO SERVE OUR, UM, 9 8 8 SYSTEM, OUR OUTPATIENT CARE SYSTEM FOR OUR MEDICAL HEALTH RECIPIENTS, OUR CRISIS AND URGENT CARE CENTERS.
SO IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE COST SHIFTING AND BUDGET CLEANUP PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THESE VITAL PROGRAMS UNDER, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS. AND THAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE MAY STILL HAVE FUNDING GAPS.
THERE IS GOOD NEWS, UH, AND THAT IS THE BOND FUNDING, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS WAS RECENT.
THIS REFLECTS RECENT INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE BOND MEASURE UNDER PROP ONE IS 6.38, ALMOST SIX AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT IS GONNA FUND CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND REHAB OF FACILITIES.
FOUR AND A HALF BILLION REALLY TARGETING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
THAT MEANS BOTH SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS.
A BILLION GOING TOWARDS HOUSING FOR VETERANS AND SLIGHTLY UNDER A BILLION FOR HOUSING OR SUPPORT HOUSING FOR OTHERS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, WHO HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
SO THIS IS BEING SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS COMING TO LA COUNTY AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS GONNA END UP AT LONG BEACH, BUT THIS IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF AND EXCITED TO SEE, UH, THESE DOLLARS LAND IN THE COUNTY.
THIS BILL IS NOT WELL KNOWN, UH, PUBLICLY, BUT IT MAKES A MAJOR CHANGE IN WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE GREATER DISABILITY RULES.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR TO OTHERS OFTEN CAN BE, UH, PROVIDED THEY CAN'T BE SENT INTO OUR INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT SYSTEM.
OFTEN THAT MEANS THEY'RE TAKEN, UH, PERHAPS AGAINST THEIR WILL BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOMETIMES BY MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS WITH SUPERVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO EITHER OUR ERS OR PSYCH ERS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE TAKEN TO JAIL IF THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE TAKEN BY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SB 43 CHANGES SOME OF THESE RULES SO THAT NOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT IF IT, IF YOU'RE IN DANGER,
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A PHYSICAL DANGER TO YOURSELF OR TO OTHERS.IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO BE PUSHED INTO INVOLUNTARY, UH, INTO HOLES OR A 51 50, 72 HOUR INVOLUNTARY HOLD IF THEY HAVE A SEVERE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
UH, THAT MEANS IT'S NOT JUST MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT ALSO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT CAN GET YOU ON A 51 50 AND ALSO IF YOU ARE DETERMINED TO BE, UH, IGNORING NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE OR PERSONAL SAFETY.
SO THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE, UH, BOTHERSOME TO ANYONE ELSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTING THEIR OWN MEDICAL CARE.
SO THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE PRETTY SEVERE, ARE OF THE FACULTY YOU SEE THERE, LPS IN THE, AND THAT IS OUR SYSTEM OF FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT.
NOW, THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR US IS THAT THERE ARE NO SUCH FACILITIES ANYWHERE IN THE STATE THAT PROVIDE INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND SO WE NEED SOME TIME, NOT JUST OUR COUNTY, BUT ALMOST EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN THE STATE NEEDS TIMES TO DEVELOP THE FACILITIES THAT CAN PROVIDE THE CORRECT LEVEL OF CARE AND THE CORRECT TYPE OF CARE.
AND WE EXPECT THAT THIS, UH, AS WE STAND THIS UP, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME IMPACTS TO OTHER MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND BEDS.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WATCHING THIS CAREFULLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN, BUT WE EXPECT THAT IT'LL BE A BUMPY ROAD AS WE GET READY TO IMPLEMENT LOCALLY BY JANUARY OF 2026.
AND, UH, I'M NOT IN THE ROOM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS OR HEAR THEM.
WE HAVE OUR EXPERTS, EVERYBODY'S IN PERSON.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND, UH, PLEASE EITHER SHARE THEM OR TEXT THEM.
WE'RE VERY, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE SLIDES AND SPEAK AGAIN WITH THE, WE TRY AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER APPROACH BESIDES SOBER, SOBER LIVING.
YOU, DID YOU GUYS HEAR THE QUESTION? I THINK, I THINK WE ALREADY DO HAVE SOBER, WE HAVE SOBER LIVING AND OTHER, UM, SERVICES FOR, UM, FOLKS WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES WHO ARE WILLING TO GET TREATMENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH SB 43 IS THE CONSERVATOR, THE PERSON WHO'S OWNED THAT PERSON.
THEY WANT THAT PERSON TO GET DRUG TREATMENT.
THE PERSON THEMSELVES WHO'S BEING CONCERNED MAY NOT BE SO ANXIOUS TO GET THE DRUG TREATMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LONG WITH STAYING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE NO INVOLUNTARY DRUG TREATMENT.
THEN FOR FOLKS WHO WANT HELP, WE HAVE THOSE, UM, RESOURCES AVAILABLE NOW.
WE HAVE SOBER LIVING, WE HAVE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS INPATIENT, BOTH INPATIENT AND RE I MEAN, UH, INPATIENT RESIDENTIAL AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.
IT'S FOR THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T SO WILLING TO GET IT AND THE CONSERVATORY BELIEVES THEY IN, THAT'S THAT THE MOST APPROACH, DEVELOP MORE NONMEDICAL TREATMENT TYPE.
RIGHT? AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO TRY AND ASSESS THAT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS, IS ALWAYS WORKING TO SEE PART OF THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN FOR CARE COURT FOR HOUSING.
A PIECE OF THAT IS ALSO TO BE USED
THEY HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE.
SO WE ARE DEVELOPING MORE BEDS NOW EVEN AS WE SPEAK FOR THOSE FOLKS.
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THE BEGINNING YOU DESCRIBED TWO LOCATIONS IN BEACH.CAN YOU KIND, ARE THEY DAYTIME AMATORY FACILITIES? ARE THEY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS? ARE THEY NO, THEY'RE NOT.
SO THEY'RE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS, CLINICS, AND IT'S DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
HOWEVER, EACH PROGRAM HAS A FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
THESE ARE OUR FOLKS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE TRADITIONAL COMING INTO THE CLINIC.
WILL WE GO TO THEM? AND THAT IS A 24 7 PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S TWO SPECIFIC THAT ARE DIRECTLY OPERATING UNDER.
WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGH LONG THAT ARE ED AS WELL, BUT DIRECTLY OPERATED.
THERE'S IS PRETTY LARGE, HAVE ABOUT 2200 CLIENTS RIGHT NOW.
80% OF THAT POPULATION UNHOUSED WITH A CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SITUATION.
SO WE'VE HEARD LONG BEACH ONLY HAS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DEDICATED TREATMENT HEADS FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND SO WE'RE WONDERING WHAT THE, I'M WONDERING WHAT THE GREATER CAPACITY IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH YOUR AGENCY.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY TREATMENT BED ARE THERE IN THIS CURRENT TIME AND KIND OF WHAT THE CAPACITIES OFFER OTHER TREATMENT BASED ON YOUR CURRENT.
THAT MIGHT BE A VERY QUESTION.
MARIA, COULD YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? IT'S, UH, HOW MANY TREATMENT BEDS ARE LOCATED IN BEACH SUBSTANCE? UM, HI EVERYONE.
SO BECAUSE OF SUBSTANCE USE IS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOU TO ASK THEM THAT QUESTION OR WE COULD LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED.
UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T OVERSEE THOSE TREATMENT BEDS.
SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AND PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE DPH BED LOCATOR AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT BEDS THAT THEY'RE FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING LONG BEACH.
UM, THE FIVE BEDS I THINK BEING REFERENCED ARE REALLY MEDICAL DETOX, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREATMENT BEDS THAT EXIST WITHIN LONG BEACH THROUGH, UH, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, PROVIDERS PROVIDING CARE THROUGH DPH, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH THERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING RESOURCES AS FAR AS RENT ASSISTANCE OR UTILITY SISTANCE, HOW DOES A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH ACCESS THOSE RESOURCE? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO THE RESOURCES THAT WE OVERSEE ARE OBVIOUSLY FOR PEOPLE AND USUALLY PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED THROUGH THEIR CASE.
SO, UM, JENNIFER BAILEY, DENTIST ROOM VERSUS, UM, OVERSEE CLINICS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
THEY CAN REFER PEOPLE IN FROM OUR PROGRAM TO GET ASSISTANCE STAYING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, A VERY LARGE, UM, CONTRACTOR DOWN THERE.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS THAT THEY GET CONNECTED TO, AND THEN IT'S OUR TEAMS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THAT WE OVERSEE.
UH, JUDGE
GARY, HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE.
UM, I SERVICE THIS COMMITTEE 20 YEARS AGO FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
SO I SORT, COMING BACK FROM THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK MYSELF AND, UH, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS LOCATION FROM MY APARTMENT IS PRESENTATION FOLKS.
UM, I WAS INTERESTED PARTICULARLY, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE, WE HEARD ABOUT SB 43 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE DIRECTED, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE TO SHARE.
MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I, I, I WAS SPEAKING WITH AN OFFICER ON THE STREET OFFICER, PARDON ME, AND I SAID, WELL WHAT ABOUT 51 50? I SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY SLEEPING WITH THEIR FACES ON THE C ON THE SIDEWALK, NO BLANKETS OR ANYTHING.
AND PEOPLE WHO APPEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR 51 50 AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S A CAPACITY PROBLEM.
WE HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT IT, THERE'S NO ROOM IN THE HOSPITALS.
AND, UH, ON ONE OF THE SLIDES IN THE PRESENTATION JUST NOW
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THAT THERE ARE CAPACITY CHALLENGES EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE LPS SYSTEM 43 AND UH, BECAUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, BEING CONTACTED I GUESS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND UH, TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL SETTING, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN QUANTIFY THE GAP THAT MIGHT CAUSE THAT, UH, CHALLENGE.IN OTHER WORDS, ARE WE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO NEED A 51 50 RESPONSE HELD TOWARD DOWN, UH, THE NUMBER OF THOSE PEOPLE MAYBE IS A HUNDRED VERSUS CAPACITY IN THE HOSPITALS AROUND HERE, WHICH MAYBE 10, WHICH NEED A GAP OF 90.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS SO THAT CAN INTELLIGENTLY EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
I CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY OF NEW FOLKS OR THE STAFF OR THE COUNTY PEOPLE, BUT PERHAPS MY BEHALF YOU COULD ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANYONE THAT HAS NOT SIGNED UP? OKAY, GREAT.
HEARING NONE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR FILED THE RECORD US BY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, RECEIVE THIS FILE, THE PRESENTATION, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, THERE IS A, UH, GENTLEMAN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ASSIST HERE ON THE, UM, OBVIOUSLY DOCTORS PROBABLY IS, FROM WHAT I'VE WITNESSED, HOW COULD I, UM, REFER HIM DIRECTLY TO THAT PROGRAM? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST, I DON'T KNOW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CARE COURT? YOU TALKING ABOUT A CLINIC? I'M SORRY? ARE YOU TALKING LIKE LONG HEALTH OR CARE COURT? THE WELL NOT CARE COURT, I JUST WANT TO GET SOMETHING IN MY BED.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IF HE'S WANTING SERVICES, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY IS SERVICES AND IS ABLE TO GET THERE.
OR IF YOU'RE BRINGING HIM THERE, GO TO THE CLINIC SITE AND FOR AN INTAKE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO IS ON THE SPOT THEY'RE GONNA DO INTAKE, ASSESS WHAT'S GOING ON, SEE HELP, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES.
AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, BUT KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT TO PROVIDE IN THAT SITUATION WHERE HE'S HOMELESS.
I WOULD, AFTER MAYBE AFTER THIS, I CAN GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE HE MIGHT QUALIFY ACTUALLY FOR SERVICE PARTNERSHIP TYPE LINKAGE.
IF HE'S HOUSE, HE CAN GET YEAH, HE'S VERY SWEET.
SO GOOD ABOUT THE FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIP ASPECT THAT THEY COME TO.
THEY WORK THROUGH APPS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE WHOLE PICTURE HOUSING EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF WHAT THEY PROVIDE IN 24 7 PROGRAM.
YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE JUST EVEN, YOU KNOW, HE CAN GO TO THE CLINIC, THEY CAN DO A REFERRAL RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO AND MAYBE TO GET THE REFERRAL IN ON HELP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, SO, OH, VERY LONG TIME, TIME.
WHEN I SAY LONG TIME OVER, EASILY OVER 40 YEARS LONG, BEEN AROUND A RIGHT, IT WAS ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT NEXT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY.
SO I THINK FOLKS MAY BECAUSE OKAY, GREAT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE FOR THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH? SAY AYE.
UM, AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, OF COURSE FOR THE REST OF OUR MEETING, BUT AGENDA
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BY, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.UM, JUST SO SORRY WE DIDN'T ADD THAT TO THE PACKET BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME PRINTING ISSUES, BUT IT'S IN THE WELCOME PACKET THAT WE'VE SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
ALRIGHT, SO A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE RALPH AND BROWN ACT.
UM, IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING OPEN MEANING IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA GO OVER ROBERT RULES OF ORDER, WHICH WILL KIND OF DO FOR DECORUM AND HOW TO RUN THE SMOOTH.
AND SO WE'LL START WITH THE BROWN ACT.
UM, THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE BROWN ACT ARE THAT ALL MEETINGS, UM, AT THE CITY FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCIL SHALL BE OPEN AND PUBLIC.
UM, ALL ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY.
ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND, AND ONLY MATTERS ON THE CAN BE DISCUSSED.
SO WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN? UM, AND THIS BODY IS, IT APPLIES TO ALL LEGISLATIVE BODIES, UM, THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE CHARTER OR IT ALSO APPLIES TO SUBCOMMITTEES CREATED BY A FORMAL ACTION OF ANY COMMISSION.
UM, BUT TEMPORARY AD HOC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEES DON'T HAVE TO, UH, FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE JUST FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MEETING AND WHEN TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE RULES? UM, A MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF HAYEK MEMBERS THAT MEET AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE TO HEAR, DISCUSS, OR TALK ABOUT ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF HAY.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN? DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER? THIS MEAN WE CAN'T TEXT EACH OTHER, SEE EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, BIRTHDAY PARTY? UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, IT JUST MEANS THAT WHENEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAY SUBJECT MATTER, MAYBE BE ENT OF THE RULES.
SO WE JUST ADVISE TO COMPLETELY AVOID TALKING ABOUT HAACK OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC MEETING SO IT DOESN'T TRIGGER ANY ISSUES.
ONE COMMON ISSUE IS WHEN ONE HAYSTACK MEMBER MIGHT SEND AN EMAIL TO ANOTHER MEMBER TALKING ABOUT AN ITEM THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ON THE AGENDA, AND THEN LET'S START THEM OFF WITH A AND B.
SO A EMAIL B AND B SAYS, HMM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I'M GETTING AN EMAIL AND ASK TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN COMMISSIONERS C EMAILS.
D UH, SO ESSENTIALLY NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT COMMISSION BUSINESS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON, IT'S STILL, UM, SUBJECT MATTER AND SAME PLACE IN THE SAME TIME VIA THAT EMAIL STRING.
SO, UH, PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
UM, IT ALSO APPLIES TO TEXT MESSAGES.
IF YOU'RE COMMENTING ON A FACEBOOK POST, YOU'RE ALL IN THE SAME COMMENT BOX TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
UM, PLEASE JUST BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO AGAIN, TOUCHING ON THAT, WHAT'S NOT A MEETING? IF YOU GO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, THEN HEY, SEX COMPLETELY FINE.
UM, YOU CAN STILL BE FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK TO CONSTITUENTS, REPORTERS, UH, STAFF COLLEAGUES, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CONFER WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JUST TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT MEMBERS PRESENT.
PLEASE AVOID JUST SPEAKING ABOUT HIS
ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN CAN MEETINGS BE HELD? REGULAR MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS ONE CAN BE HELD AS LONG AS YOU'VE POSTED AN AGENDA 72 HOURS BEFORE, WHICH WE'VE DONE HERE.
UM, AT THE OFF CHANCE THAT THERE'S SOME EMERGENCY MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, UH, YOU CAN HOLD A MEETING WITHIN 24 HOURS OF POSTING A SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA.
AND THAT CAN BE CALLED BY THE CHAIR ALONE OR BY A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO WHAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE AGENDA TO, UM, FOR US TO BE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS IT? SO WE NEED A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THEY NEED TO COME TO THE MEETING SO THEY CAN PROVIDE COMMENT, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING.
THIS IS AGAIN, TO ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE INFORMED SO THEY CAN COME TO THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE.
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WE NEED TO ADVISE OF THE SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION'S PLANS.UM, AND IT JUST, IT ALL ENCOMPASSED IN THE IDEA THAT THESE ARE OPEN MEETINGS AND IT'S PROVIDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
SO THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO COMMENT, UM, AT EVERY REGULAR MEETING PUBLIC, UH, THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON EACH SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THOSE SEPARATE ITEMS. THE PUBLIC ALSO HAS A SEPARATE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ONAC SUBJECT MATTER GENERALLY.
UM, THE COMMISSION IS ALLOWED TO PLACE REASONABLE RESERVATIONS ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TIME SLOTS, UM, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE MEETING GOING.
UM, AND OTHER REGULATIONS CAN ALSO BE ADOPTED FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO TAKE PHOTOS VIDEO, UM, I'LL RECORD THE ENTIRE MEETING.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO REVIEW ALL OF THE WRITINGS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM.
SO THAT GOES BACK TO SERIAL MEETINGS WHERE ONE COMMISSIONER MIGHT SEND EMAIL TO A EMAILS B IN THE B EMAILS B WITHOUT KNOWING YOU MAY END UP, UM, HAVING THOSE DOCUMENTS SHARED WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO IF YOU ARE MAKING COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF, UM, OR IF YOU ARE WRITING THINGS, UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE RELATED TO HAY BACK BUSINESS, THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND BE DISCLOSED.
SO MAKE SURE WHATEVER YOU'RE PUTTING IN WRITING, THAT'S ALSO, UM, YOU HAVE THE IDEA THAT THIS WILL BE DISCLOSED AND IT MIGHT EVEN END UP GETTING ATTACHED TO AN AGENDA ITEM IF IT'S RELEVANT.
AND THE LAST THING HERE IS THAT THERE ARE NO SECRET BALLOTS ALLOWED EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM.
UM, AND YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION ON AN ITEM, YOU NEED TO MAKE THOSE VOTES IN PUBLIC, IN PERSON, UM, AND OPENLY.
SO NO SECRET, SECRET, UM, VOTES ARE ALLOWED.
ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE CLOSED SESSIONS.
IT MAY NOT APPLY TO THIS BOARD, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE OFF CHANCE
PRIVATELY, YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE, THERE'S ONLY THREE REASONS WHY YOU CAN HAVE CLOSED SESSION.
ONE IS ANTICIPATED OR PENDING LITIGATION.
THE SECOND IS IF THERE'S A PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, SUCH AS AN APPOINTMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE EVALUATION OR CHARGES AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS A PUBLIC SECURITY MATTER.
SO, UM, THESE DON'T APPLY TO ANY EFFECT OR HAVEN'T YET IN MY TIME HERE.
UM, BUT JUST FOR YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CLOSED MEETING.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE ONLY TIMES THAT YOU, YOU CAN DO.
CLOSED SESSIONS STILL HAVE TO BE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
SO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIVATE, DOESN'T EVEN THE PUBLIC DUNNO THE ACTUAL SUBJECT MATTER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE VIOLATE THESE RULES? WHY DOES THIS MATTER? SO, UH, FOR A CIVIL ACTION, UM, ANY INTERESTED PARTY, WHICH MEANS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY BRING A BROWN ACT, UM, LAWSUIT AGAINST ANY COMMISSION MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND IT, THE, THE DOOR IS WIDE OPEN OR WHOEVER CAN BRING THE LAWSUIT.
AND, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD GET OUT OF THAT LAWSUIT ARE ALL THEIR COSTS TO BRING THE SUIT AND THEY'LL, UM, ALL THEIR ATTORNEY'S FEES WOULD BE PAID FOR BY WHOEVER LOSES.
SO CIVIL ACTIONS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY EASY TO BE BROUGHT.
AND SO IT'S VERY, UM, IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THESE RULES AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE COGNIZANT OF, UM, OF EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED.
WE TALKED ABOUT STATE, UM, THERE ARE ALSO CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
SO ANY VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, AS LONG AS IT'S PROVEN THAT THE COMMISSIONER INTENDED TO, TO HIDE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC, IT COULD BE PUNISHABLE UP TO THE MISDEMEANOR.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND WE'LL DO A QUICK OVERVIEW ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, WHICH AREN'T LEGAL GUIDELINES, BUT THEY ARE GUIDELINES WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, ALL COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FOLLOW, UM, FOR DECOR PURPOSES.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE ROBERT TOOLS OF ORDER ARE THAT THERE WILL BE FAIRNESS AND COURTESY FOR ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED ON AAC.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IDEA THAT THE MAJORITY RULES, SO WHEN THE MAJORITY VOTES ON SOMETHING, THAT'S HOW WE FOLLOW, UM, THE PROTOCOL.
UM, IT PROVIDES RULES FOR HOW TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE MEETING, UH, THAT WE'RE ALLOWED, THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ONLY TALK ABOUT ONE ITEM AT A TIME.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS OF ALL COMMISSIONERS.
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UM, A QUORUM MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE NEED TO BE HELD, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE BROWN ACT THAT WE'VE GOT THAT ONE COVERED.UM, NO PERSON CAN SPEAK UNLESS THEY'RE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR.
THIS IS SO, UM, THE CHAIR CAN CONDUCT A MEETING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALL TALKING OVER EACH OTHER, UM, SO THAT EVERYONE'S VOICES ARE HEARD.
PERSONAL REMARKS DURING DEBATE ARE OUT OF ORDER.
PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP DISCUSSIONS TO COMMISSION BUSINESS ONLY AND LEAVE THE BIASES AT THE DOOR.
ONLY ONE ITEM AT A TIME MAY BE CONSIDERED AND ONLY ONE PERSON, UM, SHOULD SPEAK AT ONE TIME.
UM, ALL DISCUSSIONS NEED TO BE RELEVANT TO DUE TO AGENDA ITEMS. UM, THE ONE INTERESTING PART IN WHICH I LIKE THIS RULE IS THAT NO MEMBER SHOULD SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE, UNLESS EVERYONE ELSE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO WE DON'T WANNA, UM, KEEP ONE COMMISSIONER HAVING THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES WHEN COMMISSIONER B AND C HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET.
SO YOU CAN SPEAK MULTIPLE TIMES, JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS.
ALL REMARKS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIR AND THEN THE CHAIR WILL PROCEED FROM THERE.
AND LASTLY, FOR SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THE CHAIR SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN A DEBATE WITH THE SPEAKER OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS ENGAGE WITH THE CONVERSATION.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE ITEMS ARE NOT TYPICALLY POSTED, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT GOES BACK TO THE BROWN ACT RULES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A BRIEF RESPONSE, UM, SHOULDN'T REALLY BE PROVIDED UNLESS IT'S LIKE THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO THE ROLES OF THE CHAIR, UM, TO RUN AN ORDERLY MEETING TO INTRODUCE THE BUSINESS IN THE RIGHT ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKERS, TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A MOTION IS REQUIRED, UH, TO MAKE THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS GOING OFF BASE TO KIND OF KEEP HIM BACK ON TRACK, UH, TO ENFORCE TIME LIMITS SUCH AS LIKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, TIME LIMITS, AND THEN, UM, TO PUT MOTIONS TO A VOTE AND ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.
SO JUST SOME QUICK RULES ON MOTIONS AND VOTING.
UM, ANY COMMISSIONER HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE A FIRST OR A SECOND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT, UM, ONE COMMISSIONER CAN'T DO BOTH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR THAT.
UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A MOTION IS SO THE COMMISSIONERS CAN START TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM.
SO ONCE THE ITEM IS INTRODUCED, WE ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I HAVE TO GET CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I'M USUALLY OPEN UP QUESTIONS NOW, BUT WHENEVER I GO GET THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES FOR THIS, IT ACTUALLY, UM, MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I NEED TO HAVE THE MOTION IN AND THEN THE DISCUSSION, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO DO.
SO YOU JUST TELL ME WHICH ONE I EXPECT TO DO.
UM, CAN BE READ AND THEN, UM, THEY CAN BE OPENED UP FOR A FIRST AND THE SECOND AND THEN THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CAN FOLLOW UP.
SO I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE MOTION NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, I READ, I READ THE ITEM.
AND NOW THAT I HAVE A PRESENTATION, RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD FUNCTION WHERE YOU'RE NOT DELIBERATING LIKE A YES OR A NO.
RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, MAKING A FIRST AND A SECOND, AND THEN WE CAN ALL DISCUSS THE ITEM.
SO FOR RECEIVE FILE ACTION, YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE MOTION YES.
FOR, FOR ALL ITEMS. YOU COULD JUST START OFF WITH DOING 'EM FIRST AND A SECOND AND THEN, OKAY.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO THE FILE.
SO, UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE A FILE, THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED BY CITY ATTORNEY AM MCC? SO SECOND AND NOW, YES.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION? YES.
IF THE VICE CHAIR AND THE CHAIR OFAC GET TOGETHER TO, UM, PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEETING TO DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED, IS IT UNDER LIKE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, LIKE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE YOU GO THROUGH EACH AGENDA ITEM? OR IS IT JUST ON YOUR OWN DEMOLITION THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE ITEMS? IT WOULD, IT
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WOULD POSSIBLY, LET'S SAY, OKAY.I WOULD JUST AVOID THAT BECAUSE THEN IN, JUST AT THE OFF CHANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ITEM AND IF IT COMES UP WHERE YOU SAY, HMM, HOW ARE YOU GONNA VOTE ON THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WHEN YOU ENTER THIS ROOM AFTER THE MOTION, AND THE SECOND IS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR DELIBERATION IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE POINT OF THAT IS TO HAVE THE DELIBERATIONS OPEN IN PUBLIC.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HEY, THE MEETING IS AT 3:30 PM ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY? YOU KNOW, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY COMPLETELY FINE, BUT I WOULD JUST AVOID COMPLETELY HAVING ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, UNLESS THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMISSIONS YOU HAVE LIKE AN EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, A COUPLE MEMBERS OF STAFF HAVE DISCUSSIONS MAYBE A WEEK PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT BE SOMETHING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS NOT TO DISCUSS.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTANDS ON AGENDA.
YOU COULD JUST ASK STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTLY.
I WOULD AVOID HAVING ANY PROBLEM COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS BECAUSE, UM, AT THE OFF CHANCE THAT IT MAY CREATE SOME BIASES.
YOU WANNA COMMENT TO THIS MEETING, UM, AND HAVE ALL OF YOUR DELIBERATIONS OPEN AND PUBLIC.
YES, SUZANNE? UM, NOW WITH LIKE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE VIRTUAL SPACES.
UM, SO I WANT BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT ESPECIALLY THEY, FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO JOIN IN.
SO CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT PLEASE? IN TERMS OF IF YOU WANNA MAKE THIS MEETING OR ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN RECREATE LIKE A
AND ALSO, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, ARE COMMISSION ABLE TO JOIN IN, JOIN THROUGH ZOOM, BUT UM, NOT ADD TO THE FORUM, BUT ABLE TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION GOING? SO I'LL TOUCH BASE ON THE LEGAL PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER, UM, AN ASSEMBLY BILL WAS PASSED, UH, TELE OR THE OPEN MEETINGS IN CALIFORNIA, YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND VIRTUALLY AS A COMMISSIONER IF YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
ONE OF WHICH, LIKE YOU ENDED UP NEEDING TO BE YOU, YOU'RE SICK AND YOU'RE HOSPITALIZED.
UM, YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EXCUSES YOU CAN USE EVERY YEAR.
IT'S VERY LIMITED AND THE EXCEPTION ARE VERY LIMITED AND CAN BE DETERMINED BY STAFF.
SO IF THERE IS A SPECIAL, UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH YOU CAN'T MAKE A MEETING, BUT YOU CAN ATTEND VIRTUALLY, UM, AND THEN I CAN HAVE THAT MEMO FORWARDED OVER TO STAFF AND THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT.
SO ALL COMMISSIONERS, IT DELINEATES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE KIND OF LIKE AN EXCUSED ACTRESS, BUT AN EXCUSE TELLS YOU SO, UM, IT, IT'S VERY LIMITED.
UM, AND IT'S NO LONGER ALLOWED UNDER THE, THE BROWN ACT WITH THE TELECOM THAT BEEN, ARE YOU STILL ABLE TO VOTE FOR ITEMS OR ARE YOU JUST PARTICIPATE? YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO LIKE, PARTICIPATE AND BE CONSIDERED PRESENT.
UM, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE A YEAR AND THEY NEED TO BE LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES.
DID YOU GET YOUR OTHER QUESTION ANSWERED? OH, PUBLIC.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT GOES, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE RULES HAVE BEEN, UM, TAKEN BY THE STATE UNDER COMMENT.
YEAH, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD THE COMMENT, BUT, UM, YOU CAN CERTAINLY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS AHEAD OF A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AND YOU CAN SEND THEM OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT ANY POINT IN WHICH THEY'LL PUT IT INTO THE RECORD.
SO, AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DID HAVE PEOPLE DIAL AND WE DID ALSO HAVE VIRTUAL.
SO IS THAT GONE ACROSS THE BOARD? YEAH, THAT'S, SO I SPENT A FEW MONTHS, I BELIEVE, UM, OR MORE THAT THE, THE NEW ASSEMBLY BILL CAME DOWN AND ESTABLISHED NEW FOR TELECOMMUTING FOR COMMISSION.
AND IT'S ONLY ALLOWED FOR, THANK YOU.
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SECOND QUESTION.WE HAVE A, WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE JOINING ON TO OUR, UM, VERY SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, SHOULD WE AS COMMISSIONERS NOT BE ONBOARDING, DISCUSSING, HELPING TO SAY SOMEONE WANTS TO JOIN THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND, UM, SAYS, HEY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE? AND I EXPLAINED, NO, THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND THIS IS WHAT WE SET UP TO BE.
THOSE QUESTIONS SHOULD, ARE WE OKAY TO ANSWER THOSE OR THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY THAT? YEAH, SO YOU CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE RELATED, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE TO THE PRESS, TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, YOU CAN COMMUNICATE TO CONSTITUENTS, UM, AS A COMMISSIONER, IT'S JUST THE ISSUE ARISES WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
COMMISSIONER, NEW COMMISSIONER ASKED ABOUT A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE, SHOULD WE JUST DIRECT TO STAFF TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND GENERALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT ARE WITH PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, BUT ANY LIKE SPECIFIC ITEMS AND THE DELIBERATIONS OF THOSE? IT'S BEST TO JUST COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH STAFF.
UM, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMISSION.
ANYBODY ELSE? MEMBERS THE PUBLIC HAD ANY CLAIMS? COMMENT? COMMENT.
UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION TO RECEIVE THIS FILE.
THE PRESENTATION OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES.
UM, NEXT ITEM HONOR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATIONS FILED MAYOR DISCUSSION.
SO IT NOT AFTER
SO I'LL JUST START OFF BY, YOU KNOW, GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MAYOR'S FUND AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE CITY COUNCIL ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED THE MAYOR'S.
IT WAS CALLED THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1990.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND WAS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND OPERATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE AID AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND THEN THE LATEST ACTION, UM, ON THE MAYOR'S FUND WAS BACK IN DECEMBER 11TH, 2018, WHERE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NAME CHANGE OF THE FUND TO BE TITLED THE MAYOR'S FUND TO END HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IN THAT ACTION, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER THE NEW FUND.
IN THAT SAME CITY COUNCIL ACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WAS AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND THE FUNDING FROM THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU PROGRAM.
UM, IN THAT STAFF REPORT, IT PROVIDES THAT SAC ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
UM, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE LBCF AND THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN MOU IN ORDER FOR THE LCF TO ADMINISTER THE MAYOR'S FUND.
AND NOW THE LBCF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS FUND.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FLAG, UM, OF THE LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT, BUT, OKAY.
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE ROLE OF OUR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN FLOW THAT WHO THAT ANSWERED OFFLINE OR IS THAT STILL SOMETHING YOU NO, I THINK THAT'S WHAT JIM, YEAH.
AND SO IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE THE COMMITTEE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEN TO BE
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APPROVED AND ALL TAKE PLACE.THAT'S THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
THAT BEING SAID, THE MOU DOES NOT ACTUALLY REFLECT THAT.
UM, THE MOU ONLY SPEAKS TO WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS TO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR AWARD, WHICH IS WRITTEN THAT IT, IT, HE'S IS EITHER THE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEING ALLISON KING OR WHOEVER IS OVER HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMMING IN THIS STATE.
SO IT DOESN'T NAME ANYBODY BY NAME, BUT IT SPEAKS TO RULES.
UM, SO THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT HAPPENED WHEN IT WENT FROM BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE CITY OVER TO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO HOW THAT CAME TO BE, AGAIN, WASN'T REALLY NECESSARILY HERE AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT THAT IS HOW IT IS WRITTEN WITHIN THE MOU, UH, BETWEEN, UM, THE CITY AND LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UH, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT OF MAINTAINING THAT PRACTICE OF HAVING A PUBLIC PROCESS FOR DECISION AND THAT GOING THROUGH ASEC.
BUT AS THE MOU IS WRITTEN, THAT ISN'T LAID OUT IN ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT EXISTS ON THE MAYOR'S FILE, THE QUESTION WE SHOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION HAS TO BE DOCUMENT APPROVE AND THEN IT GOES FORWARD, OR, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST APPROVE IT AS A GROUP.
WELL, I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
SO IT GOES TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE FIRST STAFF DOES THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE MAYOR'S FUND, AND IF IT FITS THE INTENT, IT WILL MOVE IT FORWARD OVER TO THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE WILL REVIEW, APPROVE, OR DECLINE IT, AND THEN AT THAT POINT IT GETS MOVED TO THE LARGER COMMITTEE.
ONCE IT GOES TO THE LARGER COMMITTEE, WE ARE EITHER APPROVING FOR THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OR WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT MOVING THAT APPLICATION FORWARD.
UH, THE FINAL PROCESS AFTER IT GOES TO HAYSTACK IS THE SIGNATURE FROM, UM, ALLISON KING.
SO OUR, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT THAT, THAT IS THE PROCESS.
SO INITIAL REVIEW BY STAFF MOVED OVER TO HAY SAC MAYOR'S FUND, I'M SORRY, MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE, THEN IT GOES TO LARGER HAY SAC MEETING, THEN IT GOES BACK TO STAFF FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH THEN GETS APPROVED, AUTHORIZED TO THEN TAKE PLACE.
YEAH, AND THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED AND PUT INTO WRITING ON HOW IT WORKS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T THINK STAFF OR THIS COMMITTEE NECESSARILY HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO CHANGE THE MOU WITH, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROCESS THAN LIKE STAFF OR THIS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL DECISION.
I'M CHANDLER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I USED TO OVERSEE, UH, SERVICES YEARS AGO.
AND THAT HERE, WHEN THAT PROCESS TOOK PLACE, UM, WHEN THE FUNDS WERE MOVED OVER FOUNDATION, I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE, WELL, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOLDER OF THE FUNDS.
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS STILL PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT WE MADE SURE THAT THIS BODY GOTTA APPROVE END DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE BEING SPENT FOR APPROPRIATE UM, REASONS AND, AND FOR APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS, I THINK AT THAT TIME WE PUT THAT IN PLACE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DIRECTOR ABLE SIGNED OFF PERMIT FOR THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
THEY USED TO GO TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE FOUNDATION WAS HOLDING IT AND FINAL.
AND SO WHEN IT MOVED BEACH FOUNDATION, THE DIRECTORS APPROVAL? YES, JEN.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT DOES CLARIFY MUCH BETTER WHERE WE'RE, IN OTHER WORDS, YES, I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS TO BE A SIMPLE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE SIMPLE APPROVAL PROCESS WOULD BE FROM THE STAFF, BUT I GUESS WHAT WE WANTED WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STAFF WOULD TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FORTH APPROVAL OF APPROVAL AS CASE MAY BE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE, AND I THINK CLEARLY UNDERSTAND PROCESS
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BECAUSE BASICALLY ALMOST BY THOSE APPROVAL.SO I THINK WE, THAT TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE SITUATION.
YEAH, IF I JUST RECOMMEND, JUST HAVE THAT OUT AS A PROCESS JUST SO THAT I KNOW WE MAY NOT ABLE TO BUILD IT INTO THE, BUT IF THERE'S A TRANSFER OF LEADERSHIP OR THAT ALREADY THAT WRITTEN OUT, AND THEN WE CAN REPORT BACK TO IT AS A COMMISSION AS PART OF OUR PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THE OTHER CONCERN THAT THE COMMISSIONERS BROUGHT UP WAS THAT BUILT INTO WAS A PROCESS IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, SERVICES OR LIKE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THE VEGAS FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES FOR, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ALSO CONCERNED OF LIKE, WILL THAT BE BROUGHT UP AS A RECOMMENDATION TO BE USED FOR THAT FUND? AND CAN THAT PROOF OF THAT, BECAUSE IT, FROM MY MEMORY, IT DID FEEL THAT IN AS A, A POSSIBILITY AS PART OF
AND WILL THAT BE BROUGHT UP TO S BEFORE FORWARD AND YEAH, SO THOSE DOLLARS, THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THERE WAS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT PAYS FOR HIS STAFF TIME.
SO IT ACTUALLY ADMINISTERS AND SUPPORTS THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND SO WE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS BECAUSE BEFORE IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO WORK WITH THE AGENCY, UM, TO GET, YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT OR WHATEVER WE WERE DRAWING UP AS A PROGRAM THAT WE WERE FUNDING.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST TO COVER THAT STAFF TIME.
WE MIGHT HAVE OTHER DOLLARS NOW THAT COVER THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE INITIAL, IN MY TIME HERE, WE HAVE NEVER DRAWN ANY ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS OFF OF THE MAYOR'S FUND.
LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DRAWS ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS AS PART OF THEIR FEE AND, YOU KNOW, MANAGING AND, UM, ADMINISTERING THAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED AT THIS TIME.
UH, WITH THE CHANGE, THERE WAS ALSO THE CHANGE THAT PREVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE CITY HELD THE FUNDS AND THE WAY THAT, UH, FUNDS WERE BEING RECEIVED IN THE CITY WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.
UM, FOR THOSE IN THE PAST, THE CITY HAD ADMINISTERED IT ON BEHALF OF OTHER ENTITIES WITH THINGS LIKE GIFT CARDS THAT HAD BEEN DONE.
UM, BUT WITH THE NEW FUNDS THAT ARE, UH, RAISED DIRECTLY BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, IT NO LONGER PROHIBITS THE CITY.
THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER FUNDS THAT WE ADMINISTER.
WE HAVE NO INTENT OF UTILIZING THE MAYOR'S FUND TO OFFSET GAPS OR ISSUES THAT COME UP FOR, UM, THE CITY OPERATIONS.
BUT THAT WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION IN THE PAST.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S NECESSARILY A WAY OF CHANGING THAT OTHER THAN LIKE A UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT.
WE'VE NEVER UTILIZED IT, WE DON'T INTEND TO UTILIZE IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE NEW CENTER.
AND I, I THINK I'M NOT OPPOSED I IN THAT.
SO LIKE IF THERE IS, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE WANNA BUILD INTO THAT A PROCESS OF IF DEPARTMENT, THAT WOULD BE A PROCESS OF APPROVAL AND TRANSPARENCY.
THE, THAT THEY WE'RE REQUESTING 5% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, WE SHOULD OF PROCESS JUST IN CASE.
BUT, UM, I WOULD FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IF THERE WAS LIKE A PROCESS IN PLACE JUST IN CASE OF WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN.
UM, AND, AND THEN AT LEAST THAT BE LIKE REPORTINGS THAT THIS INCOME, THIS IS WHAT EXTEND OUT IN TERMS OF TO THE ACTUAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PAID INTO, IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT, AND I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC KNOWS COMING IN AND HOW OUT TOO.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO ARE YOU ASKING FOR A, FOR DOCUMENTATION AS THE, UM, APPROVAL PROCESS FOR AM FUND AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES INVOLVED? I WOULD SAY FOR SURE, JUST LIKE THE PROCESS OF THEM, WHETHER THAT'S FOR A
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NONPROFIT OR, UM, DO I NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT OR YEAH, FROM A STANDPOINT ALSO AND THE WAY THAT THE COMMITTEE IS SET UP.YEAH, I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
LIKE, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DIRECT THAT, BUT WE CAN PUT THAT UNDERWRITING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON MOTION? I DON'T, I JUST FELT LIKE GIVING YOU GUYS A LITTLE TIDBIT OF HIS ON THIS ISSUE FROM WAY BACK WHEN.
SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU ARE NOW, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
MAKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE RATE THE MAYOR'S FUND, UH, FUNCTIONS.
WE USED TO HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ABOUT WHAT WAS A MAYOR'S FUND FOR NUMBER ONE, IT WAS A MAYOR'S FUND.
SO WE, WE INVOLVED THE MAYOR IN THE DECISION PROCESS.
WE WERE BEING AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THE, FROM THE BODY OF TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, UM, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD PONDERED OVER WHAT ARE PEOPLE ASKING US TO PROVIDE.
WE HOPED THAT THE, THAT THAT THERE WOULD BE, UH, LIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THAT COULD SOLVE A IMMEDIATE AND UNMET NEED THAT HAD NO OTHER WAY OF BEING FUNDED THROUGH ONE OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE WERE VERY SPECIAL ISSUES THAT WOULD COME UP.
AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE THAT SAME IDEA PRETTY MUCH WORKING THESE DAYS.
UM, THERE WAS NO, WE, WE WERE ADAMANT AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WOULD BE NO RFP PROCESS.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE ACTUAL REQUESTS WERE PROPOSALS TO COME UP, SO MAYBE WE STILL DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE, UM, COME TO YOU AND EXPRESS THE THING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A MAYORS FUND DONATION.
BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
WE WANTED TO BE SORT OF DOWN AND DIRTY, MORE AD HOC THAN PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CITY FUNDING.
AND THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY, WHEN WE HAD A HANDFUL OF PROPOSALS IN IN HAND, WE WOULD GO DOWN AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THEN SPEAK WITH HIM AND SAY, HEY MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR FUND.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVE ON YOUR MIND THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO INCLUDE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S STILL A PIECE OF ACTION OR NOT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE DID IT.
AND THEN WE DID EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE DOING DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE BEACH C FOUNDATION HELPING, I BROUGHT IT INTO THE THANK YOU GARY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYORS FUND DISCUSSION, UM, BY, ALTHOUGH SAY A VOTE OPPOSED.
OKAY, NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING OF WEDNESDAY MAY 1ST.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS SESSIONS? THE, OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING, MEETING WEDNESDAY MAY 1ST, 2024, ALL SAY AYE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATIONS SEEN AND FILE UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR FUND.
OKAY, WE HAD OUR MEETING AND UH, ACTUALLY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE, UH, CURRENT STATUS.
UH, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE DON'T HAVE COFFEE.
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UH, WE STILL HAVE NUMBER OF COMMAND THAT IT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T DOWN ON AND HOUSE OF UP NEXT MONTH, YEAR AND, UH, PRECIOUS LAND ALSO ALMOST A YEAR THAT THEY HAVEN'T RUN ANY OF THE MONEY.UM, SO PRESENTLY WE NOW 48,001, 48,000 AVAILABLE FOR GRAMS. AT THE LAST MEETING, WE DID DECLINE ONE APPLICATION FROM THE WE, UH, DUE BASICALLY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND IT DID SORT OF BRING UP AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION, UH, AS TO HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO GIVE US SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO QUALIFY FOR, PLUS.
NOW I WILL ADMIT TO HAVING LOT OF FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.
I LIKE TO SEE THE COMPANIES ARE FISCALLY BEFORE WE GRANT MONEY TO THEM.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO IT OF IS WHAT THEY REPORT THEIR NINE 90 FOR INCOME AND EXPENDITURES.
AND THAT IS A REQUIRED PLAN EACH YEAR FOR ANY NONPROFIT.
EXAMPLE OF ONE WE HAD IN FRONT OF US HAD SAID THEY STARTED IN BUSINESS IN 2021, NO, 2020, NO, 22.
AND, UH, DIDN'T SENT A COPY, BUT IT WAS A COPY OF THE 2022, WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT THEY FILED WITH THE STATE.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS, UH, I THINK AGAIN, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FILING.
UM, AND WE DID TALK IN THE FACT THAT WE'LL FUND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, LIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND OF COURSE USUALLY ON A, UH, REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO THAT WAS BASICALLY OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE DO WANT LOOK FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR MONEY.
AND TO ME IT NOT AN UE THING TO ASK SOMEBODY WHO HAS NINE.
UH, WE ALSO TALKED MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE GET MORE MONEY? HOW DO WE RAISE MONEY FOR THE FUND? AND, UH, WE QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY, WERE HAVING FROM COMMUNITY LONG COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITTEE INTEREST DISCUSSION IN LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY THAT IS IN THE LONG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION.
AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY EXPRESSED THAT WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO GIVE US APPLICATIONS FOR THINGS THAT ARE PREVENTION FOR HOMELESS TOO, NOT JUST ALLEVIATING DISCOMFORT ACTUALLY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE MUCH MORE THIS I HAD THAT WE SHOULD BE ALSO PROBABLY LOOKING AT EXISTING PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED BY THE HOMELESS PROGRAM THAT YOU NEED A LITTLE EXTRA FUNDING, A NEWER APPROACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD ALSO ACCEPT.
UH, MOSTLY WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING HAVE BEEN PROGRAMS. I THINK WE BEYOND MORE POSITIVE APPROACHES, COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS WE DISCUSSED.
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UH, WE MET LAST MONTH, AS WE ALWAYS DO ON THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THIS MEETING AT 2:00 PM VIA ZOOM.AND AT THAT MEETING WE TALKED PRIMARILY ABOUT OUR 20 24, 20 25 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE GOT A FEW EDITS FROM THIS GROUP AT OUR LAST MEETING.
SO WE KIND OF COLLECTIVELY ADDRESSED THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND PRIMARILY WE UPDATED, UM, THIS COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE THE 2024 POINT IN TIME.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE UPDATES YOU CAN SEE AS WELL AS, UM, A FEW LINGUISTIC CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE WERE TOLD AFTER THIS UPDATE THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE FULL COMMITTEE, UM, FOR APPROVAL BEFORE THE STAFF WITH THE MAYOR, UM, AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO AT, AT WHATEVER POINT THAT'S APPROPRIATE, UH, ON THE AGENDA, WE SHOULD DO A MOTION FOR THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN DISCUSSING AND UPDATING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CITY'S PUBLIC SPACES, CLEAN UP PROTOCOL AND THE IMPACTS, RIGHT? THERE'S A HANDOUT ON THAT TOO.
UM, THE VOTING FOR THAT IS THE NEXT TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW AT THE TIME TO TAKE THE APPROVAL.
AND WE HAVE IT ON THE SIDE STAFF THERE.
NO MOCK HOURS PROVIDED TO SERVICE PROVIDER TO ANSWER SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDANCE OR IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
UM, THE COC BAR WAS DARK FOR LAST MONTH.
UM, EVERYTHING'S CLOSE TO, UH, BEING FINALIZED FOR OUR ADVISORY BOARD WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
SO THEY'LL RESUME MEETING, UH, HOPEFULLY STARTING NEXT MONTH AGAIN.
SO, UM, A FEW HICCUPS, BUT EVERYTHING'S BEING SORTED OUT.
UM, ALSO A FEW PAYMENT ISSUES, BUT WORKING THROUGH IT, BUT EVERYBODY IS NOW ONBOARDED, UH, AND SIGNED THE NEEDED DOCUMENT.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE STARTING BACK UP, UH, HOPEFULLY STARTING THIS, UH, COMING MONTH AS WELL.
OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECEIVE FILE, THE, AND THE REPORT FROM THE ALL, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SUSTAIN.
NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILED IN 2024 2025 CASE ACT POLICY RECOMMENDATION MEMO, UM, ATTACHED.
SO, SO COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO POLICY RECOMMENDATION MEMO IF THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION? DOES ANYBODY WANT ANY, WE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH, UM, UP, UM, THANKS TO THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE FOR, OKAY.
UM, SO THERE'S, UH, ANY, OKAY.
UM, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 2024 PENDING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR POSITION.
UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD SOME
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NOMINATION.UM, IT WAS MYSELF, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WAIT, DO I NEED A MOTION TO VOTE OR VOTE? DISCUSS.
SO, UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO VOTE FOR THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, RESPOND ON THAT NEED? MAY THERE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTION? OKAY.
UM, SO THE MOTION IS, UM, TO VOTE FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR POSITION OF HAY CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
OKAY, NUMBER EIGHT, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THIS FILE.
HOME SERVICES BUREAU, STAFF CORPORATION UPDATE REPORT, MOTION FILE, STAFF OPERATIONS REPORT.
AND THEN YOU RECEIVE AND FILE, THEN CONVERSATION.
UM, SO, UH, QUICK SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS, SERVICE NUMBERS.
WE DID THE PRESENTATION LAST MONTH AS WE DISCUSSED.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK ON A QUARTERLY WITH MORE IN DEPTH OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICE NUMBERS, UH, AND BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT HAD COME UP.
SO OUR NEXT, UH, UPDATE ON THAT WILL BE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHERE WE'LL COME BACK AND DO A MORE IN-DEPTH, UH, OVERVIEW OF SERVICE NUMBERS.
UM, IF YOU WANT, UH, IF ANYBODY, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE OR IN THE PUBLIC WANTS, UH, ONGOING, UM, MONTHLY UPDATES, THE DASHBOARD IS UPDATED THE FIRST THURSDAY, UH, UM, OF EACH MONTH.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE LANDING PAGE FOR HOMELESSNESS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE HOMELESS DIGITAL DASHBOARD TAB.
IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE DASHBOARD AND YOU CAN SEE UPDATED SERVICE NUMBERS FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
UH, SOME OF THE STAFFING UPDATES, I THINK I SCREWED UP ON YOUR TITLE I, WHAT IT IS, ALVIN IS, HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION AND WE'LL NOW BE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO I'LL LET HIM GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HIS NEW ROLE AND WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO I, UH, SO AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE DID ESTABLISH A NEW OFFICE WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, CALLED THE, UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER A HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY IS, UM, HOW MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IT WAS TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE COORDINATING AND ENSURING THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING, UH, WELL TOGETHER, UM, HAVING A HIGH VIEW OF HOW TO, UH, RAPIDLY RESPOND TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECT SERVICES FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, AS WELL AS, UM, MORE UPSTREAM PREVENTION MEASURES.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF THIS NEW TEAM.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, DEPUTY MANAGER, UH, UH, TERESA CHANDLER, UM, HAS, UH, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS BEEN, UH, OVERSEEING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, NOW WITH MYSELF AND TWO OTHER, UH, MEMBERS WHO WILL BE ONBOARD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
UM, WE'LL HAVE A, A TEAM OF FOUR PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THIS.
AND SO REALLY THE GOAL IS TO, UM, AS I SAID, THEY'RE COORDINATING AMONGST, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO ALSO WORK WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES AS WELL.
SO WORKING WITH THE STATE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT, UH, PRESENT TODAY.
UM, AS WELL AS OTHER SORT OF, UH, CITY AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UM, TO ADVOCATE FOR COORDINATION IN THAT, IN THAT WAY.
UM, AS WELL AS WORK, UM, MORE WITH, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL, JUST TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE THE ATTENTION THAT WE NEED.
SO, UM, MORE TO COME, WE'RE STILL SORT OF DEVELOPING WHAT THAT STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE AS A BRAND NEW OFFICE.
UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT RIGHT NOW AND DEFINITELY WILL BE, UM, WORKING WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND THEN KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TWO DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE CLOSELY CONNECTED.
I MEET WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES EACH WEEK.
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CONTINUE TO BE CO-LOCATED WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.WILL, UH, FREQUENTLY ATTEND OUR WEEKLY SUPERVISORS CHECK-IN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY IN THE LOOP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DIRECT SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT.
UM, SO THE GOAL IS REALLY NOT TO CREATE LIKE SILOED APPROACHES, BUT THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A TEAM AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND REALLY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, BEING ABLE TO DRIVE SOME OF THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL AND INTER-JURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION NEEDED.
UM, SALLY HAY HAS WAS PREVIOUSLY ONE OF OUR HEALTH EDUCATOR TWOS DOING OUTREACH.
SHE HAS BEEN PROMOTED, UH, TO A, TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TWO, UH, POSITION AS ASSISTANT OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
UH, SO SHE HAS STARTED IN THAT ROLE.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, JUST CLOSED RECRUITMENT ON THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR THAT OVERSEES OUTREACH.
UM, SO WE'LL START INTERVIEWS ON THAT POSITION CLOSELY AND SHE'LL BE A PART OF, UH, THAT ONGOING TEAM.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE BEEN IN RECRUITMENT FOR, UH, COUNSELOR TWO FOR THE MAC.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS IN INTERVIEW PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO START SECOND ROUND INTERVIEWS ON THE FIELD-BASED SERVICES OFFICER.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE COMING SHORTLY.
UM, AND ABOUT TO START RECRUITMENT ON THE, UM, SITE-BASED SERVICES OFFICER.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WE'LL OVERSEE OUR DIRECT SERVICES AND THE DAY-TO-DAY AND SUPPORTING THE STAFF THAT, UH, ARE DOING THE WORK IN OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE COMING IN FOR SERVICES.
SO, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS COMING ON BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO, UH, JOINING US IN BACKGROUND.
SO HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO ANNOUNCE JOINING OUR TEAM, UH, BOTH ON THE DIRECT SERVICE SIDE AS WELL AS ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION SIDE.
UH, WE DID RELEASE OUR 2024 HOMELESS COUNT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.
SO, UH, WE WERE GONNA PRESENT ON THAT TODAY, BUT IT WAS PRETTY BACKED AGENDA.
UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND JUST BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH IT, BUT YOU CAN GO AND FIND IT ON THE HOMELESSNESS LANDING PAGE.
UH, IT'S GOT SOME IN-DEPTH DETAILS, SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND TAKE AWAY A FAIR AMOUNT.
BUT WE WILL COME BACK AND WALK THROUGH, UH, SOME OF OUR KEY FINDINGS FROM, FROM THE HOMELESS COUNTY.
UM, THE MAYOR CALLED, UH, TOGETHER LOCAL STATE, UH, LOCAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS TO MEET REGARDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
SO, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE AT, UH, THE NEW FUTURE LP, UM, OFFICE SPACE, UH, WHERE YOUTH ARE BEING ENGAGED IN AROUND JOBS AND OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS, KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR REALM, WHERE DID THEY SEE, UH, POTENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO ALIGN RESOURCES, BRINGING NEW RESOURCES TO BEAR, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE HORIZON FOR POTENTIAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, UM, THE MAYOR HAS PUT OUT A CALL TO GET TO, UH, FUNCTIONAL ZERO ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL HELP US IN GETTING THERE.
UM, HOW DO WE BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY AROUND FOSTER YOUTH IS A BIG TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE PURS PURSUING SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN NEW RESOURCES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THAT.
UH, BUT CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT CAN BRING RESOURCES TO BEAR.
SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE PEOPLE, THIS WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, INVITED AT THE TABLE WITHIN THE CONVERSATION, BUT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW, UH, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WITHIN THE CROWD.
UM, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE LEADERSHIP OF ALL LEVELS COMING TOGETHER TO, TO DISCUSS THAT.
UM, INCLUDING A LOT OF REPRESENTATION FROM OUR FELLOW, UH, COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT BRING IN RESOURCES AS WELL.
UM, LONG BEACH PRESENTED AT THE 2024 LA HOMELESS INITIATIVE, SUPPO SYMPOSIUM.
UH, WE WERE ON A PANEL WITH A COUPLE OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, UH, AROUND ENCAMPMENT RE RESOLUTION APPROACHES, AND WE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND HOW DO WE PARTNER TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER, UH, WITH THE COUNTY AND SUPPORTING SEVERAL OTHER CITIES WITHIN
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THEIR ENCAMPMENT UH, APPROACHES.SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON THE IMPORTANCE THAT NOT ALL CITIES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THINGS LIKE LONG BEACH IS PRETTY LARGE.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO A FULL SPECTRUM.
THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE SMALLER WITHIN LA COUNTY.
THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HOST ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT EVERY CITY IS COMMITTING TO DOING SOMETHING, UH, IS THE MESSAGING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEND OUT.
UH, AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO ALSO, UH, PARTNER WITHIN THAT MESSAGE AND SPEAK TO OTHER CITIES.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A COMMITMENT FROM THE MAYOR.
HE IS GONE TO THE, UM, GATEWAY CITIES COG A COUPLE TIMES TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STEP UP AND FIND WAYS TO, UH, BRING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THIS REGION.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, AT THE SYMPOSIUM ALONG WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, THE ITEM, SO THIS WENT TO COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, SO FOR THE AGENDA, UH, AND GETTING THIS POSTED, WE WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO PUT LIKE THE OUTCOME, UM, BUT THE ITEM FOR THE HOTEL LEASE FOR THE SECOND ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION WENT TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, YESTERDAY EVENING, UM, AM PRETTY CERTAIN THAT PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, JUST QUICKLY, IT, IT WILL BE FOCUSED AT THE VAGABOND, UH, INN OVER OFF OF FIRST AND ALAMEDOS.
IT WAS APPROXIMATE SIZE TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR 60 ROOMS. UM, SO THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS FOR OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO PROGRAM WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, LINCOLN PARK, BILLY JEAN KING LIBRARY, UH, PINE STREET AND ONTO PROMENADE.
SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF FOCUS.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGING.
WE'VE CREATED A BY NAME LIST OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT WILL BE, UH, PRIORITIZED FOR THE, UM, SPACES AT THE VAGABOND.
UM, AND PROGRAMMING SHOULD START, UH, IN, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
SO THIS SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITHIN, UH, THE COMING WEEKS AND REALLY WORKING TO GET PEOPLE FROM THIS AREA, UM, INTO, UH, A SAFER SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BE ENGAGED WITHIN SERVICES AND RECEIVE MEALS AND, UH, REALLY ENGAGE TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING GOALS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR RAPID REHOUSING ASSOCIATED FOR PEOPLE IN THE ENCAMPMENT AREA TOO.
UH, SO THERE IS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT'LL ALSO BE GOING TO RAPID REHOUSING, UH, AND GETTING PEOPLE CONNECTED AND PROVIDING, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SECURITY DEPOSITS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO HOUSING.
UM, IT'S SCHEDULED AT THIS POINT TO LAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR AT THAT SITE.
OUR RAPID REHOUSING WILL LAST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR ABOUT, FOR EIGHT, NINE MONTHS AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT GOING AND HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE ARE MEETING HERE, IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AROUND HERE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GET THEM INTO, UH, A SAFE SPACE, UM, AND MOVING TOWARDS A VALID PATH TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT FOR THIS ONE.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO FILE BUREAU STAFF OPERATION AND UPDATES REPORT? UM, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION, PAUL? I LIKE TO FOCUS ON YOUTH.
UM, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN YOUTH DATA HERE.
UM, SO IS THAT RELATED TO THE HOMELESS COUNT? THERE'S A YOUTH COUNT IN THAT, AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO GIVE ZERO IN FIVE YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN OUR YOUTH COUNT AND YOU OFTENTIMES GETS TALKED ABOUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THERE ARE YOUTH THAT WE'D ASSOCIATE WITH FAMILY, SO YOU CAN THINK OF THAT ZERO TO 17, NOT THAT THERE COULDN'T BE A 16 OR 17-YEAR-OLD THAT'S AN EMANCIPATED MINOR, BUT THOSE ARE TYPICALLY OUR YOUTH THAT ARE IN A FAMILY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE 18 TO 25, UH, AND THOSE WOULD BE OUR TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH.
IT'S POSSIBLE THEY COULD STILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGER FAMILY GROUP FOR, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.
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OBVIOUSLY SERVICES AND SUPPORT LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THOSE TWO POPULATIONS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, WE'RE TALKING THAT FULL SPECTRUM OF FROM, YOU KNOW, BIRTH TO, UH, EARLY ADULTHOOD.UM, SO OUR NUMBERS AREN'T SUPER SIGNIFICANT IN THAT AREA.
ONE THING THAT WE FIND IS TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH ARE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO IDENTIFY AND COUNT DURING THE HOMELESS COUNT.
UH, WE'VE TAKEN SOME EFFORTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL COUNTS TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR METHODOLOGY, ENGAGING YOUTH IN, UH, THAT COUNT WHERE WE PROVIDE THEM A STIPEND TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE WITH OTHER YOUTH THAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEING OR THAT THEY KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL, UM, COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS FOR THEM TO ALSO SUPPORT IN IDENTIFYING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE COUNT.
SO, UH, WE TAKE SOME EFFORTS TO TRY TO BETTER CAPTURE THAT.
UM, BUT WE, WE ARE SEEING PRETTY LOW NUMBERS.
SO WITH A CONCERTED EFFORT AND SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, WE THINK THAT WE COULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, A SOLID EFFORT AT GETTING TO FUNCTIONAL ZERO WITHIN A FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING ON THROUGH, UM, THE CAL STATE AND, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, AND FUNDING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING IN FROM THE STATE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO PARTNER.
UH, THERE'S ALSO THE COLLEGE PROMISE THAT KIND OF GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK, UH, IN LOOKING AT ALL THOSE ASPECTS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME, UH, DATA SPECIFICALLY AROUND YOUTH, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST, WHERE WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THAT GROUP AND SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOME OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'M INTERESTED MAYBE FOR A FUTURE MEETING.
AND THEN, AND THEN IS, IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF TRACK THIS OTHER THAN THE YEARLY COUNTS OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE A YEARLY COUNT THERE? INDICATORS? YEAH, WE, WE ARE USING HMIS TO KIND OF SEE TRENDS AND LIKE WE CAN ANTICIPATE INDICATORS, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE BENCHMARKING WITH LIKE A LITTLE MORE CERTAINTY, LIKE THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT DOES ALLOW US TO GET LIKE A SINGULAR SNAPSHOT WHERE LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T COMING IN FOR SERVICES LIKE SO CONSISTENTLY THAT WE CAN FEEL 100% CONFIDENT, BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER TO WHERE WE FEEL THAT WE CAN AT LEAST SAY, HEY, IT'S GOING UP OR IT'S GOING DOWN.
QUESTION STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED OVER BETWEEN HOMELESS YOUTH AND UNSHELTERED YOUTH? UH, I, MANY UNSHELTERED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MAJOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, CITY AND STATE ALSO.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, CAN BE HOMELESS AND NOT UN AND PUBLIC STUDENTS CAN EASILY FALL INTO THE HOMELESS CATEGORY WITHOUT BEING UNSHELTERED COULD, UH, YEAH.
I MEAN WE SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH THAT ARE IN SHELTER.
WE ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE YOUTH THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING IN THE 18, UH, TO 25 RANGE, UM, ARE SHELTER LIBRARY PAGES.
THAT'S SAY THAT THERE AREN'T MORE OF OUR TA TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH ARE SHELTERED THAN OUR SHELTER SHELTER.
UM, UH, YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN MORE ABOUT THAT PIECE BECAUSE SPECIFIC GATEWAY ORGANIZATION, THEM AND THEY, A LOT OF THEIR PROGRAMS ARE FREE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IDENTIFY AS HOMELESS, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN PARTNERSHIP, STREAMLINE HOUSING OR VOUCHER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
A QUESTION ON VIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION.
AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, IS THAT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF, IN LONG BEACH FOR NEW SHELTER DO YOU HOUSING OPTION.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS
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TO WORK WITH PARKS AND TO IDENTIFY SOME ESSENTIAL SPACES? UM, WELL I JUST STARTED YESTERDAY, SO I CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.UM, BUT UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, SO I AM NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A PART OF PLANNING OR PUBLIC WORK, SO, UH, WE COULD DEFER, BUT UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO USE REUSE, PARK SPACES.