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I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GONNA ASK, CALL THE SO, SO WE'D TO CALL THE ORDER, UH, THE MEETING OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
MONDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2024, 6:00 PM RUPAUL.
UM, AS YOU ALL SEE FROM OUR AGENDA, THE CRUX OF TODAY'S MEETING REALLY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED UNDER AGENDA, UH, ITEM THAT, UM, OUR ELECTIONS.
AS WE ALL VERY WELL AWARE, AS COMMISSIONERS OF EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS, WE ALL HAVE BUSY CALENDARS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DOING D DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
MANY OF US TRAVEL FOR WORK AND SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET ALL OF OUR SHIP LIFE.
THUS, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL TODAY ON MONDAY.
UH, UH, JUST WANTED SHARE THAT WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO EXTEND, UH, A HAPPY PRIDE LEVEL.
WE HAD HAPPY LONG BEACH PRIDE ON THE LAST ONE.
WE, A CLEAR ORIENTED AGENDA, UH, NATIONAL PRIDE MONTH AS WE'RE ALL HERE IS THIS MONTH.
SO CONTINUING ON ACCELERATIONS, LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I ALSO WANNA SHARE BEFORE WE GET TO ELECTION MORE APPROPRIATE HERE, SO WE CAN STREAMLINE ELECTION.
JUST LOOK THROUGH THAT, UM, AS, AS, UH, SCHEDULED THAT IT'S BEEN MY ALMOST PLEASURE TO HAVE SERVED AS YOUR CHAIR IN THIS PAST YEAR.
A YEAR GOES BY RATHER QUICKLY.
UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR, UH, COMMISSION AND THIS PARTICULAR YEAR HAS MET THE CHALLENGE OF STANDING UP FOR CONTINUED EQUITY AND COMMUNITY SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE, OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME NOT JUST THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, BUT REALLY HERE IN OUR LOCAL BACKYARD.
AND THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE INTERRELATED, WHETHER IT'S NATIONAL LEVEL, LOCAL LEVEL, LOCAL LEVEL.
THERE ARE CONNECTIONS THAT IMPACTS A VARIETY COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I SEE MYSELF AS A COLLECTIVE, UH, COLLABORATOR, UH, A LEADER WHO LISTENS AND, UH, WHO TRIES TO SYNTHESIZE EVERYTHING IN REAL TIME AS THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS COME UP.
AND AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY, BUT YET THIS COMMISSION HAS A REASON TO THAT CHALLENGE.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE SERVED THE CAPACITY TO BE YOUR FELLOW LISTENER, TO BE YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER, TO BE YOUR FELLOW, UH, UM, UH, LEADER, REALLY WHO, WHO, WHO LISTENS TO OUR C AND ADVISE US TO WHAT DEMANDS OF US IN ANY MOMENT OF SOCIAL CHALLENGES.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA NOW DEFER, UH, TO OUR LAND.
AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ETTE.
SO IF I CAN POINT TO YOUR DIRECTION,
UM, TONIGHT, I ACKNOWLEDGE I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND SEATED TERRITORY OF THE GABRIELINO
SO I JUST WANNA INVITE FOLKS TO PAUSE AND HONOR THEIR CULTURE, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY AND ANCESTORS, AS WELL AS THE LIVING ELDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREVER YOU ARE TODAY, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHOSE LAND YOU ARE ON, AND LET THEIR ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH INSPIRE YOU.
WE ALSO PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON A FREE LABOR OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS, AND CONTINUES TO FUNCTION FROM THE LABOR OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EVERY DAY.
LET'S TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PAST AND GIVE HONOR TO THOSE WHOSE LAND AND CHILDREN STAND ON TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER, FOR.
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US ALONG TO THE FIRST, UH, OFFICIAL PIECE OF THE AGENDA.ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST, 2024.
SINCE WE'RE NOT IN OUR TRADITIONAL ROOM WITH OUR FANCY TECHNOLOGY, I RELY ON JUST RAISING HAND PUT, UH, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE.
SORRY, CAN YOU TELL ME THE NAMES? YES.
SO THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ.
UH, NOW I'M GONNA DEFER TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE IN ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE CALLING IT SEEING THEM, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
UM, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT OR ANYTHING ON THIS? WANT TO ACCEPT MINUTES IF THAT IS THE CASE? SEEING THAT THERE IS NOT VOTE AND WE DON'T HAVE OUR COMMITMENTS.
MY, MY, MY ASSUMPTIONS, THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE.
CORRECT? IT'S GONNA BE A VERBAL ROLL CALL VOTE.
COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ ABSTAINED.
UM, CAN YOU, UH, PLEASE MOVE US ALONG? AGENDA ITEM TWO.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO HOLD AN ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
LET'S MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FIRST, AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE.
I WAS JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT ELECTION.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I NOW HAVE SOME VERY OFFICIAL PROTOCOLS THAT I NEED TO FOLLOW.
SO I'M GONNA DIVE INTO THE OFFICIAL, UH, PIECE.
DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION CHAIR.
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON PER CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
SO PAUSE HERE AND JUST SHOW HANDS IF THERE ARE NOMINATIONS.
HOWEVER, AS THE CHAIR, I WILL TAKE THE FIRST PIECE HERE.
UM, THAT, UH, SINCE I SERVED FOR A YEAR AND I HAVE VICE CHAIR COVINGTON, I HAVE SEEN VERY UP CLOSE THE, THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE HAS DISPLAYED, UH, NOT ONLY HIS COMMISSION, BUT BEYOND
AND I REALLY ADMIRE HIS STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY SERVICE IN GENERAL, BUT LIFTING, UH, THAT NORTH SHORE THAT WE'LL SEE, WHICH IS ONE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND REALLY LIBERATION FOR ALL.
AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT, UH, VICE CHAIR COVINGTON.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT PROBABLY SOME OF THE ME ONES EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ELECTIONS.
BUT I WILL NOMINATE, UH, CURRENTLY VICE CHAIR COVINGTON POSITION OF CHAIR, AND I OPEN TO FURTHER NOMINATION.
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SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, I, I'M SORRY, I THINK I NOT, I WANNA NOMINATE COMMISSIONER DANCE ALSO FOR CHAIR.CONSIDER WHAT WE'LL DO IN TERMS OF PROTOCOL AFTER NOMINATION ONCE I CLOSE NOMINATIONS, UM, WHICH IS ALLOWED TO CLOSE, BUT YOU GOT IT RIGHT ON TIME.
SO I'M GONNA CLOSE NOMINATION.
I DO WANNA FORMALLY INTRODUCE, UM, DEPUTY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WHO'S HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IT JUST REMIND YOU OF THAT YOU HAVE SOME BYLAWS.
YOU PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT YOU CAN EITHER VOTE FOR CHAIR COACHING STRUCTURE OR, UM, CHAIR BY SPICE STRUCTURE.
I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION.
SO AGAIN, MY NAME'S WILSON, ONE OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS.
UM, SO I'LL BE THE NEW TAYLOR, UM, 2.0.
SO THAT WAS GONNA BE MY, MY ONLY REMINDER TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT YOU GUYS DO HAVE AN OPTION.
AND I'LL ALSO REMIND THAT TAYLOR CAME WITH A COMEDY ROUTINE.
NO, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND REALLY SUPPORT, NOT TODAY FOR PRETRIAL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, UH, COMMISSION MEET ONCE A MONTH.
AND SOMETIMES THOSE MUSCLES, WHEN IT COMES TO THE REALITIES, WE GOTTA FLEX THEM.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO HELP US SUPPORT OF THAT AREA.
UM, SO AS I WAS GONNA MOVE OVER, RIGHT, I'M GONNA SEE WHERE THE NOMINATED, UH, CANDIDATES ARE IN TERMS OF THE NOMINATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO THAT WAY.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT THIS CO-CHAIR, CHAIR REMINDER, AND IN TERMS AS A PERSON, GROUPS, SEE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT ACCEPTING OR NOMINATIONS.
SO VICE CHAIR COVINGTON, I ACCEPTED.
SH, THOSE CREDENTIALS, SO IMPORTANT.
UM, I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY DECLINE THE CHAIR POSITION, VICE CHAIR COTON, UH, YOU HAVE SOME SAY BEFORE WE GO? YES.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE ATION AND THE SUPPORT, UM, FROM THE SECOND THRESHOLD, UH, NECESSARY.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ON A JOURNEY TO STEP INTO LEADERSHIP, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAME INTO, UH, THIS POSITION TO BE A VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY WORK COLLABORATIVELY, UH, TO MOVE TOWARDS ACTION.
AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE REALLY MOVED INTO ACTION AS THE COMMISSION, UH, AND MADE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE PARTICIPATION IN A AND MOVING OUR CITY CLOSER TOWARDS ACTIVITY, THE OFFICE.
UM, SO IN THIS NEW ROLE, UH, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM, UM, BRINGING MORE COMMUNITY VOICE.
I REMEMBER IN OUR ROADMAP, WE WANTED HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS.
UM, SO ONE OF MY GOAL IS TO BRING THAT TO OUR COMMISSION THIS YEAR.
UM, I REALLY PUT OUT SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AND ADVISING THEM TO PUSH FURTHER, UH, THAT WE HAVE BEFORE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE ENDORSEMENT AND THE TRUST THAT I HOPE YOU ALL WILL SUPPORT WITH IN THIS ROLE.
I THINK I EVEN STARTED SOME, UH, A TRADITION.
A LOT OF US WHO ARE GRASSROOTS, UH, WERE BORN OUT OF GRASSROOTS
UM, SO BEING THAT THERE'S ONE NOMINEE WHO ACCEPTED THE, THE NOMINATION OF BEING THE NEXT CHAIR AS A BODY, UH, WE DOWN OVER, UH, MADAM CLERK.
UM, SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
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SO WE'RE, UM, CALLING FOR THE VOTE FOR THE NOMINEE OF COMMISSIONER COVINGTON.SO, UM, THAT MEANS EVERYONE IS IN FAVOR AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSION.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I
UM, CONGRATULATIONS SOON TO BE CHAIR.
UM, THE NEXT PIECE, UM, IS I'M GONNA CALL, UM, UH, THE NOMINATIONS, UM, THE VICE CHAIR.
SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID, UH, I NOW DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE EQUITY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR VICE CHAIR.
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND, BUT I GUESS WE CAN INFORMALLY
I LOVE, I LOVE THE TONE OF THIS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR NOMINATIONS AS USUAL.
I JUST LIKE TO PAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THINGS.
UM, PEOPLE KIND OF TAKE THEM IN AND SEE WHERE NOMINATION STANDS.
SO ANY NOMINATIONS, NOMINATION, NOMINATION, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR COMING? NO, I WOULD ECSTATICALLY LIKE TO THE DR. BASS OR VICE CHAIR OF OUR, UM, SHE IS NOT ONLY IN LEADER WITHIN TEAM, BUT WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE AT AD HOC.
YOU HAVE BEEN, AND I CAN SEE, UM, MYSELF WORKING WITH ANYONE SHAME.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHEN IT THE CHAIR, I WOULD COMMISSIONER ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? NOW, UM, I SHOULD CLOSE THE NOMINATION PERIOD FOR VICE CHAIRSHIP OVER TO COMMISSIONER DR.
THAT, UM, DO YOU ACCEPT THE ION? I DO ACCEPT VICE CHAIR, YES.
UM, REMARKS THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UM, I REALLY BELIEVE OUT OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS, THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT FOR THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH, THIS ONE IS NEAR AND DEAR, I THINK TO MANY PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN REALLY SPEAKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HOW WE NEED TO FILL OUR SEEDS WITH A MORE, DEFINITELY A DIVERSE GROUP SO THAT WE CAN BE A BETTER SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND JUST HAVING BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND JUST LOCAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SEEING YOU OUT.
I SEE EVERYONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I JUST WANNA WORK, UH, COLLABORATIVELY AND, UM, PUSH OUR AGENDA FURTHER ALONG.
AND REALLY, REALLY, LET'S PUSH THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING FOR US WITH OUR SMALL ATTENDANCE HERE TO DO THINGS, BUT TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HEAR THOSE VOICES IS REALLY WHAT I THINK THE HEART AND THE NEED OF WHAT'S GONNA PUSH THIS, UH, COMMISSION FOR IN OUR AGENDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, I'LL, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR COMMENT,
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THIS NOMINATION, AND THEN CORRECT.AND, AND CHAIR, I JUST WANNA, UM, JUST GO BACK OVER BECAUSE WE DID NOT ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CHAIR.
SO I JUST WANT TO, SO I WANNA DIAL IT BACK AND JUST, UM, GIVE ANYONE THAT WANTED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM TO SPEAK.
SO IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF THE CHAIR, UM, UM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN PERSON.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NOMINATION OF THE CHAIR.
UM, PLEASE RA USE THE HAND, UH, THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IT.
AND YOU DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
UM, HI, UM, CHAIR AND SENIOR COMMISSIONER.
UM, I'M PROUD FOUNDER OF LOVE BEYOND LIMITS.
I HAVE THE COMPLETE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH CHRIS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO CO-CHAIR ON THE, UM, ADVANCEMENT PEACE COMMISSION.
I MEAN, UM, COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO, TO WORK WITH HIM.
HE'S, HE SERVES WITH HIS HEART, UM, VERY FAIR.
UH, HE MAKES SURE HE'S A DOER.
HE'S NOT, HE DOESN'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF LEADERS THAT WE NEED IN LONG BEACH.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF LEADERS THAT WE NEED THAT ARE FORWARD THINKING.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS, UM, HAVE A AMAZING NOMINEE AND HE WILL SERVE THIS COMMISSION AS HE DOES EVERYTHING ELSE WITH GREATLY LEADERSHIP.
I HAVE A, AS WELL, WE HAVE A RACE ON AS WELL.
AND COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY ASK, UM, THE MICROPHONES UP, THERE'S COVERED HERE, SO YOU COULD PROJECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT MOST PEOPLE FROM HOME CAN TEACHER VOICES HAND.
I SAW YOUR HAND WAS RAISED AND YOU TOOK YOUR HAND DOWN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? S CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH.
CAN YOU HEAR US? AMED? CAN YOU HEAR US? WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
THE PROBLEM'S PROBABLY ON THEIR END.
COULD THEY DO A CHAT? STA HARD
SHOULD WE HAVE THEM DIAL IN? YEAH.
UM, UMMED, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, MAYBE YOU CAN CALL IN, YOU CAN DIAL IN, YOU DISCONNECT AND DIAL IN SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
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CAN YOU TRY DISCONNECTING AND, AND RECONNECTING? MAYBE.SO WE'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR HIM TO DIAL BACK.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE SOUND IS, ARE, ARE FOLKS ALLOWED TO USE THE CHAT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, YEAH, WE TYPICALLY IT ALLOWED.
SINCE WE DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON'S COMING BACK OR NOT, CAN WE MOVE THAT COMMENT IF IT COMES UP AT ALL, MAYBE FOR GENERAL COMMENT? OR IS IT WE, WE CAN, WE, WE CAN, UM, I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO POTENTIALLY GO, GO BACK IF THE COMMENT LIKE INFLUENCES OF THE VOTE, THEN IT, I MEAN, HER COMMENTS WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN PRIOR TO PHOTO ON ITEM TOO.
SO WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WOULD CONSIDER FAIR IN TERMS OF WAITING TO ANOTHER ITEM? YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE CAN TABLE NUMBER TWO AND COME BACK TO IT TO SEE IF, UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS TIME TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE SAME ISSUE, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBER THREE.
UH, BUT WELL, WE WON'T KNOW THAT, BUT WE, WE COULD TABLE NUMBER TWO.
SO TABLE TO VOTE FOR VICE CHAIRSHIP.
WELL, AND WE NEED TO PUBLIC, I NEED, I STILL NEED TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR VICE CHAIR BECAUSE THAT WAS ME CALLING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CHAIR.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT PERSON WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SPEAK ON, BUT I DIDN'T SAY VICE CHAIR IS SAY CHAIR.
SO I STILL NEED TO CALL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR VICE CHAIR.
SO THEN WE WILL JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND THEN WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES ON ON THAT ZOOM MULTITASKING IF THEY COME BACK.
BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU MOVE US OVER TO AGENDA ITEM THREE? YES.
ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION 2023 ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, AS A REMINDER TO BOTH COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR, WE CHARGED WITH THE TASK TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL THAT DOCUMENTS THE WORK THIS.
SO AS GET A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
ON THE FLOOR, THE ANNUAL REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, SO OUR JOB IS REALLY TO REVIEW AND IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS, UM, ON THIS, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK FOR AT THE END.
UM, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, UM, FOR COMMENTS, QUESTION, WHETHER IT'S OF PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THAT, SO JUST OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT CLERK, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUB OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE AND ZOOM.
PLEASE USE THE, THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW IF YOU'RE CALLING IT, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
SO MY FRAMING OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST REMINDING EVERYONE THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED MONTH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, UM, ASK QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT BACK AS CHAIR BY CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS ONE IN THOSE PARTICULAR GOALS.
AND THEN THE FINAL SUBMISSION.
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YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ALL THE MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE.I HELD 12 MEETINGS ATTENDANCE UP TO 16.
SO JUST SPECIAL NEEDS NO 12 MEETING TOTAL.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THOSE THINGS WERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO WHAT WE DID IS THE REPORT ENCAPSULATES EVERYTHING FROM 20 20 20 23.
UM, SO WE MEASURED ATTENDANCE
SO WE ONLY LOOKED AT THE MEMBERS WHO WERE AT 2023.
UM, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO CAPTURING, UH, HALF THIS WELL.
SO, UM, IN SHORT, WE'RE CAPTURING THE INFORMATION FROM 12 MONTHS AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I GUESS THE PARAGRAPH DOESN'T MATCH.
SO I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S THE, ALSO THERE'S PARAGRAPH.
THAT I DO KNOW THERE WAS DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS, LIKE WE HAVE 12 WITH THEM.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE 16 YES.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO, I DID EMAIL, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ON RECORD.
UM, THE, IT'S SHOWING, UM, ONE ABSENCE, UH, FOR ME, BUT IT WAS EXCUSED, SO I WAS JUST, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS FOR THE REPORT.
AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, COMMISSIONER.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, WHEN YOU NOTIFY AHEAD OF TIME THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AT THE MEETING EXCUSED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO MINE SHOULD BE WHO ELSE THAT SAY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO, AND I, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT DISCREPANCY AS WELL.
UM, PART OF THE, PART OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THAT WE WERE CAPTURING EXCUSE EXCUSED ABSENCES ON THE MINUTE YOU PROBABLY WOULD RECALL.
UM, AND THEN AT SOME POINT THE SHIFT WAS MADE AND THAT WAS NO LONGER CAPTURED IN THE ACTUAL MINUTES.
UM, SO, UH, WE DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, BUT, UM, WE'LL DO ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYS, EXCUSE NON EXCUSE.
ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS ON THE TEXT? YEAH, THANK YOU.
A A AND NOT A, YEAH, JUST, OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THIS UP.
SO, UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS.
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CARRIE MADAM CLERK.UM, JUST TO TOUCH BASE HERE ON PROCEDURE, SO THIS MIGHT BE QUESTION FOR CLERK OR ATTORNEY.
SINCE WE WAITED A WHILE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE WHO WE DO, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AGENDA? WE CAN, I, I DO THINK THAT INDIVIDUAL'S NAME HEARING YES.
IS THERE ANY SPECIAL PROCEDURE TO BE AWARE OF THAT? I NEED TO SAY VERBALLY? NO.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO PUBLIC, UH, AGENDA.
UH, PUBLIC COMMENT OR AGENDA ITEM TWO.
SO WE ARE BACK FOR AGENDA ITEM TWO AND GOING TO, UM, OPEN IT BACK UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NOMINATION OF THE CHAIR IN PERSON.
SO WE WE'RE DOING CHAIR FIRST GO.
I JUST WANNA JUST RUN THAT AGAIN.
YOU WANNA SPEAK ON CHAIR AGAIN? NO.
SO WE GONNA GET TO VICE CHAIR IN SECOND.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE NOMINATION OF CHAIR IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IF YOU'RE CALLING IN AND THERE WAS A MEMBER THAT WE WAITED TO CALL BACK IN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM OR DIAL.
CAN YOU SPEAK SO WE CAN CONFIRM? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU, CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YOUR FIRST HEAR ME NOW? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR US? I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING.
MY COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING WELL HERE.
THAT CONCLUDES IT'S TIME FOR, UM, THE CHAIR NOMINATION.
NOW IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NOMINATION OF THE VICE CHAIR IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NOMINATION OF THE VICE CHAIR IN ZOOM VICE, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW DO HAVE ONE ZOOM ONE IN PERSON.
SO, UH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, IN PERSON AND THEN WE'LL SHOOT ZOOM.
OH, HI CHAIR AND ESTEEM COMMISSIONERS.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THE 2024 CLASS OF LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH WITH DR.
UM, AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE A OUTSTANDING LEADER.
SHE WAS OUR SPEAKER AT OUR GRADUATION, UM, AT OUR RETREAT.
SHE LED CHARGE, UM, AT OUR CLASS MEETINGS.
SHE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, UH, TO HELP US NAVIGATE THOSE MEETINGS AND, UM, JUST REALLY PUSH US THROUGH THIS LAST 10 MONTHS.
UM, SHE'S A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE HAS A HEART OF SERVICE, HER ABILITY TO BALANCE FAMILY AND ALL OF THIS, UH, COMMUNITY WORK IS, UH, TO BE HONORED.
SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING ANOTHER GREAT PERSON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS COMMISSION.
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GREAT WORK.HI, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT.
BATS IS MY NEIGHBOR AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH CLASS OF 2024.
CAN SOMEONE GIMME A, LIKE A THUMBS UP SO I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING? THANK YOU.
UM, I JUST WANNA AFFIRM HER NOMINATION AND HOPEFULLY HER ELECTION TO VICE CHAIR.
BAT'S TALENTS IS LISTENING TO PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES FROM MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW AND FINDING COMMON GROUND BETWEEN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD ON COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS.
SO I THINK SHE'S AN EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR VICE CHAIR.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION WILL DO, UM, WITH HER AND CHAIR COVINGTON'S LEADERSHIP.
DID YOU SAY THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM,
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO THE VOTES, THE REMIX, UM, OR, UH, UH, FOR CHAIR.
YES, LET'S DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE, SO IS THERE ANY PERMISSION DISCUSSION? YES, I HAVE.
UH, AS INTO THE VOTE, UM, FOR BOTH CHAIR AND CHAIR, UH, I'M SO, SO SAD NOT TO GIVE PROMPTS.
AND, UH, FIRST CHAIR THAT I CAME UNDER, WHICH IS
THIS WHOLE YEAR, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY STRUGGLES, THE CHALLENGES, UH, AND WE LEANED INTO THE DISCOMFORT.
AND BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE, I THINK WE CAME TOGETHER AS A UNIT, UM, AND WE DID WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, BE A FACILITATOR OF COMMUNITY AND RELAYING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I WANT THANK YOU FOR BEING A MODEL OF WHAT TRUE LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, UH, THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING CHAMPION FOR EQUITY SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THE SAME
I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU, YOU WILL BE OUR LEADERS AND WE'LL BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND CONTINUE TO CREATE THE ACTION THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP WITH THANK YOU.
UM, INTERESTING BECAUSE AS WE VOTED FOR YOU, I WAS LIKE, I FEEL JUST SO, UM, CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITY TO THIS COMMISSION, ZERO RESERVATIONS OR CONCERNS.
IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE TO LIKE PASS THE, AND I JUST OF FOR, UM, I JUST LIKE TO SHARE THAT YOUR EXCITEMENT IS INFECTIOUS AND I THINK IT'S EASY FOR ALL OF US TO, IS A GOOD THING.
SO CHAIR, ANYTHING
GLAD VICE CHAIR, I ASSUME YOU GUYS SHARE THAT.
BUT, UH, YOU DO HAVE INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY HERE, SO PLEASE SUPPORT, BUT ALSO RESPECT, UH, DEPEND OF, WE WILL, UH, BE THE LEADERS AND WE HAVES RESPECT AND MISSIONARY SKILLS AS WELL.
UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE, UH, ADMINISTER THE VOTE NOW FOR CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR
SO AGAIN, JUST SO WE STAY ON TASK HERE, WE'RE GONNA VOTE FOR THE CHAIR FIRST AGAIN.
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YES.COMMISSIONER LIZETTE FLORES? YES.
AND NOW WE ARE READY TO TAKE THE VOTES, UM, FOR THE, UM, NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER BATS.
ESPECIALLY THOUGH WE GOT IT DONE.
SO, SO THANK YOU, YOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS INTO NOMINATIONS.
AND OF COURSE THANK YOU TO, TO, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE HERE, UH, VERY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY IN DE VALUES.
UM, AND CANCEL ONE THING IF YOU WANNA ALLOW.
THANK, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU, YOUR COMMENTS VICE CHAIR.
WELL, MY COMMENTS, UM, ECHO NEW CHAIR.
UM, BECAUSE LY YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND TAKING NOTES AND I THINK YOU AND I WENT TO COFFEE AND TIME, YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M JUST LIKE, OKAY, WE MORE FOR YOU
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, AND AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, IT'S GREAT TO SEE WOMEN LEADERS.
UM, SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIVERSITY HERE AND THEN TO HAVE YOU TWO WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN, IT'S GONNA BE SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UM, BECAUSE YOU LEAD THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UM, WEARING THE EQUITY LENS AND WE'RE FIGHTING FOR ALL KINDS OF RIGHTS.
AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UM, TO TACKLE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THE RIGHT HAND PERSON OVER HERE.
VICE CHAIR FOR OUR CURRENT VICE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR, ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, MADAM CLERK, UM, CAN YOU MOVE US ALONG? AGENDA FOUR.
ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
SO THE WAY I WANNA PROCEED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A, A LITTLE A BREAK FROM WHAT I USUALLY JUST, I'M GONNA ASK FOR SHOW OF HANDS ON AD HOC COMMITTEE, HAVE AN UPDATE, AND THAT WAY I CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
LET'S, WE NEED TO MOVE IT ALONG.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS OFFICIALLY ON THE FLOOR? I COMMISSIONER BUTLER A SECOND.
SO NOW THAT'S, UH, OFFICIALLY I ASK FOR SHOW OF HANDS, UM, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE LEADS FOR ANY UPDATES.
DON'T KNOW WHO'S, WHY DON'T WE DO IT THIS WAY? UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON OUR WORK, UM, THE EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT, AND WE HAVE AN OUTLINE, I GUESS.
SO, SO WE'RE WAITING TO REVIEW BEFORE WE CURRENTLY THAT A ONLY OPERATING WITH ONE MEMBER.
SO WE REALLY NEED, WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER NUMBER COMMISSION TO STEP UP AND PARTICIPATING OR WE HAVE TO NIGHT THE VOLUNTEERS.
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HAS GONE INTO TO MAYBE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY.CAN WE DO THAT ONE FIRST AND COME BACK TO YOU? THANK YOU.
SO WHY DON'T WE, I SAW COMMISSIONER.
SO THIS IS THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY ADC AND WE HAVE NOT STARTED, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN CONVERSATION FINALLY TO, UM, MEET AND WE SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
UM, SO THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF, WE WERE ALL CAPACITY WITH OTHER STUFF.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET THAT QUICK UPDATE AND BE FULLY TRANSPARENT THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK.
AND WE'LL BE MEETING AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU NEXT TIME.
DID I SEE YOU HAND EARLIER? YES.
SO THIS IS FOR THE, UH, THE L-G-B-T-A AND BIPOC PRESERVATION AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS, UH, THE AD HOC, UM, TO CLOSE OUT OUR L-G-B-T-Q FOCUS.
UH, OUR, OUR INITIAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY, UH, PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITIES OF THE LGBTQ Q HISTORY.
UM, AFTER MUCH RESEARCHING, UH, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER FLORES.
YOUR CONNECTION TO THE HISTORIC SOCIETY AT LONG BEACH.
UH, THERE ARE MANY INITIATIVES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
UM, AND SO IN ORDER TO NOT DUPLICATE EFFORTS, UM, WE ARE, UH, COLLECTIVELY, UH, DECIDING TO DISMANTLE THE AD HOC, UM, AS OF TONIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A NEW AD HO UH, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FOCUS ON THE, UH, FACING AND THE HATE CRIMES OF OUR BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, COMMUNITY ART AROUND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND ESTABLISH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF PRESERVING, PRESERVING OUR AFRICAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND, UH, WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, OFF OF THAT, TO MAKE WAY FOR THE COMMISSIONER OR VICE TO STEP INTO THE LEADERSHIP.
CAN I JUST ASK WITH A MORE SUCCINCT NAME FOR IT? AND I THINK WHAT YOU CAN USE WOULD BE THE OH, IN TERMS OF GETTING NEW ELECTED MEMBERS.
WELL, UM, WE, WE CAN, SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE JOINING TO JOIN PRESERVATION, WHO'S JOINING IT, I GUESS BRAND NEW DID CAPTURE CHRIS'S.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, DO WE JUST FILE, I GUESS IT WASN'T A PRESENTATION, THE FORMAL, JUST THE HOMELESS, UH, AD HOC WITH, UH, UM, THE LAST I, I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE, BUT LAST WITH TONY TO PICK SOME DATES FOR MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
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VERY IMPORTANT TO MEETING TOMORROW.THE OTHER, THE BUDGET, UM, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE JUST NEED ONE MORE MEETING AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION VOTE.
THE, UH, THAT'S IF WE HAVE A JULY MEETING.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE A HOC THE COMMISSIONER TOLD IS DONE BY YOURSELF? YOURSELF? WELL, UM, IT'S, UH, CREATION OF EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CITY.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY DECIDED ON BEFORE I GOT HERE AS PART OF THE GOALS THAT THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO REACH OUT ON.
UM, AND NO ONE WAS ADDRESSING IT.
AND MY, SOME OF MY SKILLS MATCH UP TO THAT.
DID YOU INDICATE, I HAD A QUESTION.
WHAT UPDATE YOU PIVOTING? UM,
UM, SO WE ESTABLISHED AN AD HOC, UM, FOR OUR COMMISSION'S BUDGET.
SO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF TWO, UH, 12,000 AND SOME DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO, UM, COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, MYSELF AND TONY, UH, WE'VE BEEN MEETING TO DEVELOP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE HAVE A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO SOLIDIFY SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH A, A FULL, UM, BUDGET PLAN TO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO SPEND IT BY SEPTEMBER.
SO CAN I GET A, UH, A VOTED MR FOR FILE RECEIPT? THANK YOU.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE VOTE.
CAN YOU, UH, I JUST ROLL OVER TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE PLEASE? YES.
ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
CAN I HAVE COMMISSIONER ON FLOOR? COMMISSIONER UFFINGTON A SECOND WISH FOR THATS ALREADY STEPPING IN THE ROW.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST VERY FEW UPDATES.
UM, JUST BE HONEST, EVERYONE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY HAPPY Q ALRIGHT, JUST WANNA WISH YOU VERY HAPPY FRIEND.
SINCE, UM, ALSO JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT LT, LGBTQ IS UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
THE RP IS CURRENT, THE OUT, IT'S BEEN EXTENDED, UM, UNTIL JUNE 25TH.
SO JUST SO YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, THIS IS TO HOUSEKEEPING.
UM, GIVE ME YOUR PARKING VALIDATION.
I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT WORD FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND PLEASE DON'T LEAVE JUST YET.
I WANNA GET A PHOTO, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE ALL HERE, SO NO COMMISSION.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO PROPERLY CLOSE REAR, BECAUSE THEY SO BIG I
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FIVE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE AND ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.NOW IF YOU'VE CALLED IT SEEING, THANK YOU.
CAN YOU DO A VOTE ON MR. YES? COMMISSIONER B? YES.
COMMISSIONER LIZETTE PEREZ? YES.
UH, I'M SORRY, VICE CHAIR COVINGTON AND CHAIR LAURA? YES.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE OVER TO, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON-AG ITEMS. MADAM CLERK, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW, IF YOU CALLED IT ZENA, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON SITE.
AND IT'S AS THIS TRADITION, UH, YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP, I'M GONNA GO, I WANNA GIVE, UH, APPRECIATION TO OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY STAFF, UM, BOTH TONY AND ALANA, UM, FOR TWO REASONS.
UH, ONE FOR HAVING A PRESENCE AT THE PRIDE FESTIVAL.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY TO HAVE ALL, UH, BUT IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THEN SECONDLY, FOR ALL OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK TO BEACH, UM, A LOVE LETTER, UH, TOWARDS WHAT BIAS PREVENTION IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY AND WHAT BIAS PREVENTION COULD LOOK LIKE IF WE CONTINUE TO INVEST.
SO DEEPER APPRECIATION SKILLS.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO ECHO THAT.
UM, I PARTICIPATED IN THE PRIDE UH, PARADE AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING IN THE MLP PARADE WAS WONDERFUL AND EVEN MORE SO IN PRIDE PARADE, AND I HOPE WE CAN DO MORE OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR EQUITY.
EHRC LOGO,
AND I JUST GOTTA SAY, YOU GUYS JUST HAVE A LOT OF FUN,
IT'S, IT'S JUST SUCH A FUN, HAPPY EVENT WITH LIKE MAYBE 20 PROTESTORS AND BITE CAGES.
UH, UH, UM, I GOT TO LAY ON THE HORN IS, IS AT FIVE 50, HAS A VERY LOUD HORN RIGHT NEXT TO THOSE GUYS.
WELL, WHAT A, WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE CITY, UH, STEPPED UP TO HELP PRESENT IT THIS YEAR.
UH, I KNOW ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT EASY FOR JUST WHAT A FANTASTIC EVENT.
AND I HOPE THAT CITY, OUR GROUP AND EVERYBODY FROM THE CITY KEEPS PARTICIPATING.
COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ SAID YES.
WE'LL TAKE, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE WAS A JUNETEENTH WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF LOTS OF THEM THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT AS TONY MENTIONED, JUNETEENTH IS WEDNESDAY AND THERE IS ANOTHER JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
SO IF YOU MISSED IT, MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT TO KINGS PARK ON SATURDAY AND UM, I KNOW ONE OF OUR, UH, GUESTS WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S SO GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT.
BRING THE FAMILY OUT, COME OUT AND SUPPORT, UM, FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
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I ALL OVER THE COUNTY.COMMISSIONER ONE, ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE EXHIBITION AT THE LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF THE PARK, CURRENTLY THE EXHIBITION IS CAPABILITY, UM, THAT RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS AND SINCE SEX IN THE EIGHTIES.
AND, UH, IT'S GOING ON UNTIL AUGUST, 2015.
WHERE'S THE SECOND MOTION? OH, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, I WANNA JUST QUICKLY DRAW ATTENTION TO, UH, COUNCIL ITEM THAT IS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, COMM BEFORE I, I SHARED ALL, ALL MY GRATITUDE FOR THIS BODY.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA END SINCE I STARTED WITH GRATITUDE.
I END GRATITUDE FOR, UH, THE TRUST IN ME, UH, NOT JUST WITH FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, BUT FROM STAFF, UM, EQUITY AND IN THAT PROCESS BUILDING JUST RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
UM, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WE OFTEN FORGET THAT THE HUMAN ASPECT, WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS DOING HUMAN RELATIONS WORK, AND WE'RE PUBLIC AND SOMETIMES WE, BY VIRTUE OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS.
ZOOM IS VERY HUMAN CENTRIC WORK AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS AND THE EMOTIONAL SURFACE AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BUILD THAT NOT JUST SELF CARE, BUT COMMUNITY CARE WHERE WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
HOW ARE YOU FRIEND? YOU'VE SEEN ME HERE BEFORE.
THAT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CERTAIN POINT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THATEVERYONE ELSE I DO THAT, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I, I, I RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER IN MY CULTURE, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE FRONT.
UM, THAT'S PART OF CARING FOR.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL, ALL YOU AND ALSO CONTINUE MUCH.
I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALANA AND TONY.
UM, THEY, WHO WE ARE, EVEN THOUGH PUBLIC SEES US, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HOLD, HOLD THE REPORT TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR THE, WE RELY ON THEM.
AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITH MY LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPACE WITHOUT BOTH, HONESTLY.
I MEAN, EVERY MEETING THAT I YOU, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND THEY'RE PARTS SOUR.