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IS REALLY INSPIRING.I JUST HAVE TO DO THE INTERVIEWS SO I GET TO HAVE ALL THE FUN.
BUT I ALSO HAVE TO RESEARCH AND PICK PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW AND THAT THAT IS A LOT OF WORK.
I ONLY, I HAVE ONE PRODUCER AND SHE'S EXCELLENT.
BUT I CHOOSE THE PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW AND SCHEDULE AND, AND INTERVIEW THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, SO FAR WE'VE HAD GREAT INTERVIEWS.
THEY'RE ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE WONDERFUL.
I INTERVIEWED RENA FROM CCEJ AND, UH, ALLISON AND, UH, JANE, OBVIOUSLY AND LATONYA.
UM, IS YOUR FOCUS ON LOCAL PEOPLE? YEAH.
JUST LONG BEACH, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN DOING COOL THINGS IN LONG BEACH.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S NO OTHER THING THAT'S HIGHLIGHT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE DON'T DO THAT IN OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE BEEN AT, THERE HAVE BEEN LIKE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT WOMEN WHO ROOM COOL THINGS.
SO IF YOU CAN SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PODCAST, THAT'LL ELEVATE.
DO YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE FOR ANYTHING? I DO.
I HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DOING IT FOR ME BECAUSE I STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE ONE AND I CAN HAVE SOMEONE SEND IT TO ME AND I'LL TEXT IT TO YOU.
THAT WAS MY, UM, PR WITH THAT AND MY, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE PEOPLE AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR ORGANIZATION, AND THEN I WOULD PRESS SO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS WOULD YEAH.
WHAT WHAT HAS SURPRISED ME SO FAR IS THAT THE WOMEN, AND ACTUALLY I SHOULD SURPRISED WHENEVER YOU'RE, YOU ARE.
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER LONG BEACH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, HERE AT THE HEALTH TRAINING HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRAINING CENTER.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW MEMBERS TODAY? ANY GUESTS? ALRIGHT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS AS ANY PEOPLE, SPEAKERS.
UM, DENNIS, OR CAN YOU CALL THIS, UH, DO THE ROLL CALL.
UM, WE'LL NOW REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? AND I'M GOING TO SECURE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
I'M LOOKING FOR A FIRST MOTION.
SHARON MOVES TO APPROVE THE FIRST MEMBER A SECOND.
ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? NO CHANGES TO THE MINUTES.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SINCE WE HAVE NO, NO GUESTS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
SO, UM, EXECUTIVE, THE REGULAR AGENDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF REPORTS? THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? IT'S, UH, THE DIRECTOR AT CITY HEALTH OFFICER ON VACATION THIS WEEK.
SO THEY SUBMITTED THEIR REPORTS IN WRITING THIS TIME AROUND.
THOSE WERE ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
SO THEY'LL JUST BE A RECEIVEMENT FILE THIS TIME AROUND.
SO WE'LL STILL NEED TO TAKE A VOTE JUST
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TO HAVE YOU REVIEW THEM OR ANYTHING, JUST TO RECEIVE A FILE.SO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT IN WRITING.
DOES ANYBODY NEED IT READ TO THEM OR EVERYBODY CAN READ IT.
SO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WILL BE IN WRITING AND ATTACHED TO, UH, THE MINUTES.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING IN THE COURT? MS. DENNIS WOULD BE OUR STAFF MEMBER.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER THAT, ELIZABETH, BUT WE COULD GET THE QUESTIONS WRITTEN DOWN AND WE COULD ASK FOR FOLLOW UP.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR ANY ALEX? NO.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UM, APPROVE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SO MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE WITH DIRECTED REPORT.
I GOT FIRST SECOND THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF READ THE HEALTH REPORT.
SO AT SOME POINT THEY HAD SAID THAT WE'RE IN LIKE A TV, UH, WHERE THE TV LIKE, UH, TV OPERATOR.
ARE WE STILL IN THAT? WE'RE STILL IN THAT? YEAH.
IT, IT, IT FREES UP RESOURCES AND ALLOWS US TO KIND OF MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER ON CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT IT COMES TO HIRING AND BRINGING IN STAFF TO HELP US OUT WITH THE SITUATION.
BASICALLY EVERY THREE DAYS WE GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO RENEW THE DECLARATION.
UM, I DON STOP AND IN MY MIND I'VE SCHEDULE OF THIS YEAR AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO THAT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE, I MEAN, IT'S A LONG HAUL PROCESS IN MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT KE IS MORE OF A LONG HAUL DISEASE.
AND SO I, I'M KIND OF LIKE WONDERING HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA BE MYSELF.
BUT, UH, CITY HEALTH OFFICER REPORT MIGHT PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT INTO THE CURRENT SITUATION OF T OUTBREAK.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ IT COMING OVER HERE TODAY.
SO, UH, DAVIS PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON ADD SOMETHING, ADD SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE ALSO, UM, SO MY NAME, I DON'T THINK I'VE MET ANYBODY YET, BUT MY NAME IS ANDREW.
I'M THE LEGISLATIVE AND PARTNERSHIPS, UM, MANAGER.
I ALSO OVERSEE FUND DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE, UM, WE JUST SUBMITTED A APPLICATION TO STATE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FOR FUNDING AND WE'RE ACTIVELY APPLYING FOR A CC GRANT FOR, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, NEEDS FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING WILL SURELY HELP TO HIRE ADDITIONAL KEY STAFF THAT ARE INTERESTED GETTING CONTROL BETTER.
THE SAME, UM, LIKE T IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO, WE, UM, I MEAN WE'VE HAD, IF IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEALTH OFFICE REPORT, I MEAN THERE'S CURRENTLY 16 CASES OF
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ACTIVE TV AND SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF TWO SINCE MAY.SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL IDENTIFYING NEW.
IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT A HUGE SPIKE, BUT, YOU KNOW, 16 CASES, TWO NEW ONES, THAT'S IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
DID SHE, SHE WAS AFRAID THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH LIKE A HOTEL WITH A COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY IT SPREAD SO QUICKLY? YEAH.
UM, WELL THERE'S SOME COMPLIANCE ISSUES TOO THAT I THINK SHE'S FACED REGARDING THIS.
I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY HAD TO PUT ORDERS OF DETECTION OUT ON SOME BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO FOLLOW THEIR TREATMENT PROTOCOLS OR THEY REFUSE TO, YOU KNOW, ISOLATE OR STAY AWAY FROM OTHERS.
AND IT'S BEEN QUITE, QUITE THAT QUITE A PROCESS FOR HER TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND BE ON TOP OF THIS.
UM, I MEAN THEY'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GOT FULL SPREAD DOWN.
I THEY KNOW EXACTLY THEY'VE GOT EVERYBODY.
I THINK THERE WERE, I SAID LIKE 16 CASES TO 22 WITH THE LATENT INFECTION.
UM, BUT THE NUMBERS, I MEAN, SHE TRIES TO GET SOME STATISTICS DOWN THERE.
THERE WERE 351 CONTACTS IN TOTAL SO FAR, AND 95 OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETELY EVALUATED.
SO I THINK MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT THAT 30% OF THEM, THEY CANNOT LOCATE THEM.
SO YOUR FUNDING, WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HOPEFULLY DIRECTION, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY YEAH, THEY'RE NOT, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE, HOPEFULLY THOSE, THAT'S ABOUT 30% OF THEM.
85 BEING REFUSED OR NOW BEING UNABLE TO LOCATE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER THAT COULD BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY RUNNING AROUND.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT PROCESS.
IT'S LIKE A BAG OF MARBLES, YOU KNOW, YOU DROP IT FROM THE SKYSCRAPER AND THEY JUST GO IN EVERY DIRECTION AT AND FIND EM.
AND THEN SITTING BESIDES OF LONG BEACH, DR. DAVIS COULD PROVIDE MORE, UNFORTUNATELY, MORE DETAILS SPECIFIC TO THIS.
I DON'T HAVE HER HERE TODAY UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE CAN BOUNCE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME THE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? OR I CAN MAKE SURE THAT SHE RESPONDS DIRECTLY ON.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DID GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO LIKE POLICE TREATMENT.
THERE WAS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE WAS REALLY FORCEFULLY NOT COMPLYING.
UM, AND THAT WAS ONE THAT DID HAVE ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, TV SO WE, WE NEEDED TO SOMETHING TO STOP THAT FROM GETTING OUT, RUNNING AROUND, UM, STANDING AND, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY IN THE HOSPITAL.
COVID OBVIOUSLY, BUT HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH RECENTLY.
YEAH, I THINK LIKE, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY'RE DIAGNOSED WITH FULL, YOU KNOW, T OR IF THEY'RE JUST A CONTACT TRACE, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE TB THEN I THINK YOUR HANDS MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE TIED.
BUT YOU DO KNOW THEY DO HAVE IT AND THEY ARE COMMENDABLE THAT YOU HAVE LEGAL RECOURSE, AT LEAST IN THAT RESPECT.
BUT DR. DAVIS HAS BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEREVER NEEDED.
ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT OTHER QUESTION? IN TERMS OF RISK FACTORS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE HOTEL? MM-HMM.
I'M SURE IT KIND OF TOOK EVERYBODY OFF GUARD WHEN THIS ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
AND SO THEY'RE NOW REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR MODELS IN PLACE AND TO LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, BEST CASE PRACTICES FOR MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, UH, YEAH, DR. DAVIS HAS BEEN, I, I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN, EVERYTHING I SEE IS JUST WHAT PROCESS MY DESK EITHER CAN DECLARATION FOR THE COUNCIL LETTERS TO THE EMERGENCY TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, OR JUST CURSORY INFORMATION THAT PASSES OFF ME.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY CONCRETE RESPONSE TO THAT ONE, BUT DR. DAVIS COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT.
I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, NOT SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE.
UM, ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER WHEN COVID, WHAT HAPPENED, STARTED HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, THE CRUISE SHIPS, YOU KNOW, AND HOLDING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HOW THAT HAPPENED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, THAT WAS ALL NEW, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WAS REACTING, BUT I'M SURPRISED LIKE IN IN HOUSING COMMUNITY OR UM, HOMELESS COMMUNITY, THERE'S SOME PRACTICES ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S STANDARD COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL PRACTICES IN PLACE HERE.
BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION IT ADDS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF LEVEL TO IT BECAUSE IT'S A TRANSIENT POPULATION
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HERE TODAY, SOMEPLACE ELSE TOMORROW.UM, BY THE NATURE THAT IT WAS AT THAT PARTICULAR HOTEL AND THAT'S WHERE IT KIND OF HIT.
BUT YOU KNOW, TV IS USUALLY OUT THERE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN SOME CAPACITY OR ANOTHER.
JUST THE NATURE OF BEING HOMELESS ON THE STREETS AND LIVING THAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE.
I THINK IT'S JUST, YEAH, I, LIKE I SAID, DOCTOR AND HER STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET MORE INTO THE MEAT OF THAT.
AND THEY'VE NEVER INDICATED WHAT HOTEL IT'S OR WHERE, WELL, THEY WON'T RELEASE IT TO THE PUBLIC.
'CAUSE THEN THE WORLD WILL COME DOWN NECESSARILY.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HOTEL'S FAULT THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW, OCCURRED.
SO IT'S NOT A HOTEL THAT TOURISTS TRAVELING TO LONG BEACH, WHATEVER FREQUENT OR ANYTHING.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE ONE OF THE FLOP HOTELS, YOU KNOW, HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT HAVE THAT KIND OF POPULATION THAT JUST KIND OF ROLL IN AND OUT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, WE RECEIVED THE, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
LET'S RECEIVE THAT HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.
UM, SECOND BY PAULA IN PERSON SECOND.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I THINK I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO I, THERE ARE A LOT OF CASES.
UM, I'M THE LEGISLATIVE PARTNER, LEGISLATIVE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER AT THE HOME DEPARTMENT AS A RELATIVELY NEW POSITION.
I'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
I ALSO OVERSEE THEM DEVELOPING.
UM, SO I'M GONNA PROVIDE THREE KEY UPDATES, POLICY UPDATES FOR YOU ALL TODAY.
UM, AND WE CAN PAUSE IN BETWEEN EACH UPDATE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE FIRST UPDATE WILL BE RELATED TO THE STATE BUDGET, THE FISCAL 20 FISCAL YEAR OF 24 25 BUDGET.
THE NEXT WILL BE RELATED TO THE LABOR HEALTH AND IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AND EDUCATION, UM, APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEE BILL.
SO THAT'S LIKE QUITE A HANDFUL, UH, TO SAY.
AND THEN THE LAST WILL BE A PROP ONE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE STATE BUDGET.
UM, SO IN MAY THE GOVERNOR NEEDED TO CLOSE A $47 BILLION DEFICIT.
AND ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE CHOSE TO ILLUMINATE WAS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM.
UM, AND THIS IS A HUNDRED MILLION PROGRAM, MILLION GOES TO THE C OF HEALTH GOES TO JURISDICTIONS.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVES 2.8 MILLION.
IT'S A REALLY KEY FUND FOR US BECAUSE IT'S, UH, VERY FLEXIBLE AND IT, AND IT FUNDS 16 KEY POSITIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE ADMINISTRATIVE, KEY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTS THAT TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ON OTHER GRANTS.
UM, SO A BIG THING TO THOSE WHO ACTED SWIFTLY, UM, AND REACHED OUT TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE LOTS OF RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON HOW THEY CAN REACH OUT TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, BUT AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH ARE NOT CITY EMPLOYEES, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU TO REACH OUT.
UM, SO BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO DID.
AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS LISTENED AND, UH, THEIR, THEIR BUDGET PROPOSAL, UH, PRESERVE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING.
UM, AND SO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATURE NEEDED TO, UM, NEGOTIATE ON HOW TO, TO KIND OF MERGE THEIR PROPOSED BUDGETS AND, AND FIND COMMON GROUND.
UM, SO IN THE END IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS THAT THEY PRESERVE.
THEY DECIDED TO PRESERVE FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING, BUT IT DID RECEIVE AN 8% CUT.
UM, BUT THAT'S STANDARD ACROSS ALL STATE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO, UH, AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY BALANCED IT WAS THROUGH THE WAY THAT THEY BALANCED THE $47 BILLION DEFICIT WAS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING 16 BILLION IN SPENDING REDUCTIONS, 13 BILLION IN REVENUE AND INTERNAL BORROWING.
UM, THEY TEMPORARILY REMOVED SOME TAX CREDITS FOR BUSINESSES ELIMINATED TO TAX SUBSIDIES FOR OIL AND GAS COMPANIES, 6 BILLION IN FRIENDSHIPS FROM GENERAL FUNDS TO OTHER STATE FUNDS, 6 BILLION FROM RESERVES.
UM, THEY TAPPED IN HEAVILY INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND, AND THEY COMPLETELY DEPLETED THE SAFETY NET FUND.
UM, 3.1 BILLION IN FUNDING DELAYS.
UH, ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A DELAY ON THE, UH, RATE INCREASE TO STATE HEALTH WORKERS TO $25 PER HOUR AND THEN 2.1 MILLION IN DEFERRAL.
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YOU GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE GETTING ALL THIS BUDGET IS FROM THE NEW RIGHT? BUT DO YOU GET ANY FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRANTS, UM, FROM MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.SO YEAH, A SIZABLE ONE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE COUNTY, BUT 83% OF OUR, UH, OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED THROUGH VARIOUS GRANTS.
SO I CAN MOVE ON TO THE LABOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EDUCATION SENATE APPROPRIATIONS.
SO IF YOU DON'T, I WISH THERE WAS AN ACRONYM FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A, IT'S SUCH A LONG
SO EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL, BOTH AT THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL, HAS SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THEIR, IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
UM, THEY'RE TYPICALLY THEN FOR PROJECT READY, LAUNCH READY PROJECTS.
UM, AND THIS YEAR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT ENTERTAINING EARMARK APPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE STATE BUDGET DOES.
SO EVERY YEAR, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, SUBMITS EARMARK APPLICATIONS TO OUR US SENATORS AND US REPRESENTATIVES.
THIS YEAR WE SUBMITTED THREE EARMARK APPLICATIONS, UH, TO THE US SENATOR, TO OUR US SENATORS, TWO APPLICATIONS FOR CCR, WHICH IS COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM, AND ONE FOR A MENTAL HEALTH ROLE UNIT.
ALL THREE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 FEDERAL BUDGET, AND THEY MOVED FORWARD TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND IN YEARS PAST, FURTHER WE'VE EVER GOTTEN IN THE APPROPRIATIONS JOURNEY, UM, THIS IS USUALLY WHERE, IF YOU'VE HEARD THE PHRASE ABOUT THE GUIDING APPROPRIATIONS
AND IT WAS A-C-A-C-C-R PROGRAM FOR $989,000.
UM, WE, OUR PROJECT WAS ONLY ONE OF TWO THAT MADE IT THROUGH SENATE APPROPRIATIONS.
SO IT'S A REALLY BIG WIN FOR US.
UM, AND WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT SENATOR PADILLA'S TEAM WILL BE, OH, WILL BE VISITING LONG BEACH IN A FEW WEEKS.
AND SO WE HAVE PLANS BECAUSE THEY WERE CHAMPIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE PLANS FOR THEM TO TOUR THE VAN AND MEET THE TEAM, BUT I, I DON'T WANT OUR TO GET OUR HOPES UP, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
SO THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE FULL HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS, AND I SEE BARBARA'S EXPRESSION OVER, YEAH.
SO, UM, IT, WHERE IT MAY BE AMENDED AKA CUT, UM, BUT IT ONLY REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY FROM BOTH HOUSES.
UM, SO OVERALL, THE SENATE SIDE, THEIR LABOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EDUCATION APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEE BILL, IT INCREASES CDC BUDGET BY $173 MILLION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
THEY INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, CANCER PREVENTION, DATA MODERNIZATION.
THERE'S $2.8 BILLION FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS ABOUT TWO, UH, I'M SORRY, 5.2 BILLION TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE HOUSE, UM, LABOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS OF COMMITTEE PROPOSES A 6% CUT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES A 22% CUT TO CC.
SO THEY HAVE TO RECONCILE THOSE TWO PROPOSALS.
UM, AND THEY'LL, UM, NEED TO PASS LIKELY AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST PASS CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS TO FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAST SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND WITH NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, WE ANTICIPATE EVEN FURTHER DELAYS IN PASSING A BUDGET.
SO THIS PROJECT, YOU WON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I'M HAVING TO KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED ON THAT AS I KNOW MORE.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANDREA, WITH THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET CUTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW THE, THE CON OUR BOARD COULD HELP ADVOCATE THAT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR'S? A GREAT QUESTION.
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UH, ALLISON'S DIRECTOR'S REPORT.I MEAN, I, I DO BELIEVE SHE LEAVE, UH, LEFT THE LINE ON THERE INFORMING YOU A COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING FOR HER SCHEDULE ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE BOARD COULD ATTEND AND COULD SPEAK UP AS WELL, EITHER AS A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR YOUR OWN COMMUNITY, UH, UNLESS THE BOARD WANTS TO LIKE ASK THE BOARD OF HEALTH SERVICES, YOU KNOW, SPEAK.
UM, BUT IT'S HUGELY A CITIZEN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN WHAT ALLISON HAD SHARED, JUST BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU KNOW AND SEE.
YEAH, SO RECENT, MORE RECENTLY, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UH, IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR GRANT WRITING.
SO I THINK LAST YEAR, UH, OR TWO YEARS AGO, THEY APPROVED FOR, UM, ONE TIME FUNDING FOR A NEW FUND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE.
IT DID TAKE SOME TIME TO BRING THAT PERSON ON BOARD.
UM, SHE JUST STARTED, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO END THE FISCAL YEAR AND SHE JUST STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND SO WE'RE RECEIVING WORK THAT, UM, KIND OF THE COST SAVINGS FROM THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR MAY NOT NECESSARILY ROLL OVER.
UM, SO THAT MEANS WE ONLY REALLY HAVE HER FOR ONE YEAR.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M INTERPRETING, INTERPRETING IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY ADVOCACY ON MAYBE EXTENDING THAT TIME OR CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR GENERAL FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
SO JUST ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WEBSITE, THERE'S ALSO INFORMATION FROM, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT THE UPCOMING, WHEN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE AND WHEN THE PUBLIC COMMON ARE.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD GET, LIKE TALKING POINTS WE'RE GONNA GO SO THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO USE? BECAUSE I THINK IT LIKE THREE MINUTES.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC SUBCOMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OR IS THIS GENERAL? UM, PROBABLY THE DATES ARE ON THERE.
UM, I THINK IN GENERAL, I MEAN, I THINK, UM, I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU CAN GIVE, OKAY, THIS IS ME SPEAKING.
TELL ME WHAT THE SAME WORD WOULD BE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE SEPTEMBER 3RD ONE I THINK IS ACTUALLY THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE FOR, UM, I THINK JUST COMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS AND STUFF THE OTHER DAYS THAT ARE ALSO ON ALLISON'S LIST AND ALSO ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WEBSITE.
YEAH, I'D HA I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION.
THREE MINUTES? I THINK IT'S THREE MINUTES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANDREA? I HAVE ONE MORE UPDATE ON PROP ONE.
UM, SO, UH, BACK IN MARCH, VOTERS APPROVED, NARROWLY APPROVED PROPOSITION ONE, WHICH IS APPROVED AS A BALLOT MEASURE.
THE FIRST WAS IT CHANGED THE STRUCTURE OF FUNDING FROM 95% GOING TO LOCAL COUNTIES AND 5% TO THE STATE TO 90% TO COUNTIES AND 10% TO THE STATE.
THE SECOND THING THAT IT DID, AND THEN, AND THEN THERE THE STATE WOULD HAVE, UM, STRICTER GUIDELINES ON THE, HOW THE COUNTIES CAN SPEND THEIR, THEIR ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDING.
THE SECOND THING THAT IT DID WAS CREATE A $6.4 BILLION WORTH OF BONDS TO BUILD MENTAL HEALTH, UM, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, UH, CHALLENGES.
SO OF THE 6.4 BILLION, 4.4 BILLION WILL BE DEDICATED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT SETTINGS.
UM, AT 3.3 BILLION IS AVAILABLE NOW.
SO THEY JUST, UH, THE, THE STATE JUST RELEASED A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ON NOFO FOR ROUND ONE MARCH READY FACILITIES JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND THAT APPLICATION IS DUE IN DECEMBER.
SO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER AND I, UH, ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGERS HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE IS A NEW, IT'S A NEW OFFICE WITH THE CITY MANAGERS TEAM TO DETERMINE PRIORITY LAUNCH READY PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE PLANS TO APPLY FOR THAT.
SO THE REMAINING $2 BILLION WILL BE DEDICATED TO PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, SUCH AS, UH, PROJECT HOME KEY, IF YOU'RE
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FAMILIAR WITH THAT.UM, IT'S FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF MOTELS, HOTELS AND HOSPITALS, UH, TO CONVERT, TO CONVERT THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE NOFO FOR THAT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.
SO BEGINNING IN EARLY 2025, THE STATE WILL RELEASE GUIDANCE AND POLICY FOR INTEGRATED COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PLAN.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THAT, THAT FUNDING STRUCTURE CONVERGENCE FROM 90%, UM, TO, TO 90% AND 10% COMPARED TO 95 AND FIVE.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE PLANS TO LAUNCH, UH, THAT, THOSE PLANS IN THE SUMMER OF 2026.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MORE TO COME ON THAT AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR NEW WEBSITE, MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH.CA GOV.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION I'M RECORDING FROM THE GOVERNOR GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU IF YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN DETAILS.
ANYTHING ON THE, THE MINI HOUSES THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE BUILDING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS DEPARTMENT? I THINK IT WAS AT ONE POINT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE, I THINK THAT WAS PROJECT ONE KEY.
UM, I, I THINK I'M NOT AS UP TO DATE ON THAT.
I THINK IT WAS PLANNED TO BE AT MSC.
THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES THERE.
SO THEY HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SITE.
AND I DON'T, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
WELL, THERE'S, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY.
ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GENERAL HOMELESS POPULATION MINI HOMES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE GONE BACK TO THE ATLANTIC BRIDGE COMMUNITY SITE WHERE I BELIEVE THERE'S LAND OR SPACE THERE WHERE THESE MIGHT BE LANDING.
I, I DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT 'CAUSE I, IT'S CURSORY INFORMATION THAT'S BOUNCING AROUND IN MY HEAD, BUT I THINK I SAW THAT THEY MIGHT BE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THAT SITE BECAUSE THE MULTI-SERVICE ENTER SITE KIND OF FELL OUT OF MY ABILITY.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALKS WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO SET UP SOME MINI HOUSES ON PROPERTY OVER THERE FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S COULD BE THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THAT IF THERE ARE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE, UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND THEN REMEMBER ASKING KELLY ABOUT IF THIS IS, GOES BACK WAYS NOW, 'CAUSE THE BUDGET COURT, YOU KNOW, THESE MANY HOUSES CAN GET BUILT FOR LIKE $50,000 AND THE BUDGET WAS IN THE MILLIONS.
AND SHE SAID IT WAS ALSO FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES AND STAFFING AND ALL FOR THAT.
SO THAT WAS GONNA BIG PART OF WHAT THAT SALARY.
YEAH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER IS SUCH A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY ALIGNED WITH MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IT'S GOT A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT MORE IN THAT BUDGET THAN JUST BUILDING 50,000 HOMES.
SO, UM, I WANNA PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE AND, AND ADVOCACY AND OUR ROLE AS KIND OF, UH, HELPING TO SUPPORT AND LIFT UP THE HEALTH CENTER, THIS, UM, THE BUDGET ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT ARE AT HAND RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET OUT THERE AND KIND OF HELP SUPPORT, UM, AND LIFT UP THE HEALTH CENTER BY ADVOCATING TO, AT THESE COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETINGS AND AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT DO FOLKS THINK ABOUT KIND OF DIVVYING UP SOME OF THESE DATES AND SEEING WHO COULD BE WHERE, WHEN, AND REPRESENT, UM, THE, THE, WHAT DO WE CALL IT, ADVISORY GROUP BOARD, UM, AND SPEAKING UP AND USING THE SPEAKING POINTS AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, UM, TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORTING, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WHAT TIME WILL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BE? IS THAT FIVE 30 OR SIX? IS IT FIVE? IT'S, IT SAYS THE DATE, BUT IT DOESN'T, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU JUST STAY ALL NIGHT UNTIL THAT TOPIC COMES UP OF TIMES.
YEAH, BUT WHAT TIME DO, DO THEY USUALLY START? FIVE O'CLOCK? IS IT FIVE? OKAY.
UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, I MEAN THE AGENDAS ARE POSTED ON THIS IN THESE REGISTRAR SYSTEM.
IT'S USUALLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND I THINK I CAN COVER, I HAVE THAT ON MY SCHEDULE ALREADY AND I CAN GO WITH YOU FOR THAT.
AND WOULD THIS BE AS A BOARD MEMBER OR AS THIS WOULD BE AS A BOARD MEMBER? AS A BOARD MEMBER.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO, TO PASS IT IN, IN SUPPORT THAT WE WOULD BE SPEAKING UP AS A BOARD MEMBER, UM, ADVOCATING FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UM, UM, AND SO IF WE COULD LOOK OVER THE DATES AND SEE WHAT YOU MAY BE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT SHY AND DON'T MIND SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP.
I'VE NEVER BEEN SHY A DAY IN MY
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ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE, THE DATES TODAY IS APRIL 9TH.
SO WE'VE ALREADY MISSED THE ONE AT REC PARK AND I'M LOOKING AT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT THAT HAS THE DATES OF SOME OF THESES COMMUTING MEETINGS.
THE NEXT ONE IS AUGUST 12TH AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S A SIX TO SEVEN 30 MEETING.
AND I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PUBLIC SPEAKER'S PART, UM, TO THESE MEETINGS.
UM, IS ANYBODY AVAILABLE AUGUST 12TH, SIX TO SEVEN 30 TO GO TO CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL? I CAN DO IT.
AND THEN AUGUST 15TH AT RAMONA PARK? AUGUST 15.
AUGUST, AUGUST 15TH, SIX TO SEVEN 30.
ANYBODY AVAILABLE? I'M AT THE MAYOR'S FUND ANNIVERSARY HOLIDAY.
DO THAT, BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT
UM, HOW ABOUT AUGUST 19TH? MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH? WE CAN DO THAT.
THEY ALL SIX O SIX O'CLOCK START TIME.
AND THIS IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
IS SOMEBODY GOING WITH YOU? IS DR. WALTON GOING WITH YOU 19TH? UM, AUGUST 14TH.
WHAT, WHAT TIME IS THE SEVEN 30? SIX TO SEVEN 30.
AND THEN I'LL DO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD.
WHERE WOULD I FIND THE ZOOM? THEN? THEY'LL SEND OUT LINKS.
UM, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT.
AND WOULD YOU FORWARD IT TO ME? YES.
AND THEN SPEAKING AT THE BUDGET COUNCIL MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE, THE COMMITTEE, UH, COULD IT BE MULTIPLE PEOPLE SPEAKING OR WE, WE JUST, I'LL GO TO YEAH, WE CAN DO PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? IF YOU ARE, I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING? UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE, THE HEALTH BUDGET PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING AS THE BOARD, THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD.
IF YOU'RE SPEAKING OF COURSE AS A PUBLIC CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR IT, THEN EACH OF YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
BUT THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE DOING THIS BOARD, IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED.
SO IT COULD BE THAT IF A BUNCH OF US COULD SHOW UP WITH SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, BOARD DHH YES.
AND ONLY ONE PERSON SPEAKING, BUT WE SHOW SUPPORT AS A GROUP, THEN THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 3RD.
BUT THAT WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO LAST TIME I THINK I WENT TO SOMETHING I LEFT AT 10:00 PM AT SEVEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WE COULD ASK FAVOR? I PUT IT EARLIER IN THE AGENDA WOULD BE GOOD BUDGET, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT THEY KIND OF TRY TO PUSH.
SO THE ONLY MISSING ONE IS AUGUST 15TH AT RAMONA PARK.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET SOME SPEAKING POINTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS AUGUST 12TH, WHICH IS MONDAY.
SO I GOTTA GET THEM TO YOU TODAY,
UM, SO YEAH, SO THAT, THAT WOULD, AND IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE TO DENNIS AND THEN HE'LL IT WITH EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH WAIT TO REPRESENT.
DO WE NEED LIKE A FORMAL MOTION FOR IT? OH YEAH.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE IT'S MY JOB.
AND MILES IS IN THE RUNNING FOR CHAIR.
OH, AND THEN WE NEED, OH, SORRY.
OKAY, SO NOW WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RECEIVE THE REPORT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I VOTE I'LL SECOND GOT A FIRST.
IT'S JUST WHO JUST PROVIDE THE SAME ORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO WROTE IT.
I DON'T HAVE SPACE IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO PUT TWO MOTIONS IN
SO IT'S REALLY LIKE YOU'RE MAKING, YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE THIS, NOW YOU'RE MAKING A SECONDARY MOTION TO GO TO THE COUNCIL AND TO SPEAK.
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SUFFICIENT.I'M STILL LEARNING THE SYSTEM MYSELF.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, I'D BE CURIOUS HOW OTHER GROUPS DO IT, BECAUSE THEY DO A WHOLE LOT OF MINI MOTIONS IN THE YEAH, YEAH.
THEY LET ME DO ALL THE MINI MOTIONS, BUT IT'S LIKE ONE GENERAL OVERARCHING, LIKE, OKAY.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2023 BOARD OF HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT YOU RECEIVED HERE.
UM, AND IT BASICALLY IS A SUMMARY.
IT'S A SUMMARY OF OUR, OF OUR YEAR, LAST YEAR, UM, WHAT WE DID, UM, WHO WAS HERE, WHAT WERE SOME OF OUR MILESTONES AND WHEN, UM, AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, IF YOU CAN REVIEW THIS, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE YEAR.
WE WILL RECEIVE THIS REPORT OF OUR ANNUAL, UM, ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN THIS GOES TO THE, THE CITY'S MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND, AND IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, INVESTED IN OUR, OUR GROUP.
THINK ABOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE STILL NEED TO CLOSE OUT AND CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A REPORT BACK YET.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE REPORT.
UM, I SENT TWO EMAILS TO, UM, JAMES ASKING FOR HIS FINAL WRITE UP STAFF.
UM, SO WE, WE DO NEED TO CLOSE THAT OUT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DOCUMENTATION OF IT AND IT, SO I'M LOOKING FOR A FIRST TO RECEIVE OUR BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT.
SO I HAVE A FIRST BARBARA, I, I HAVE A, I THINK AN EDITOR ENDED IN ADDITION.
UM, IT WAS, OH, THIS IS, NEVERMIND I TO BACK.
UM, CAN I GET A SECOND? I THANK YOU DR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE HAD A, A CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT, UM, THE CITY INSTALLING WATER HAZARD SIGNAGE ALONG THE CITY WATERWAYS.
AND THIS WAS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS, UM, WAS IT RAIN SOMETHING SEWAGE? SOMETHING WAS IN THE WATER AND IT WASN'T HEALTHY.
AND YOUR BABY WAS SWIMMING
YEAH, WE GOT, SHE WAS, SHE WAS IN A BOAT LUCKILY, BUT YEAH, GROSS.
GROSS WAS RAIN, RIGHT? RAIN? YEAH, SHE WAS, UM, ROWING.
IT WAS, YEAH, SHE WAS ROWING AND LIKE, THEY DON'T SWIM, BUT THE OARS, THEY, EVERYTHING SPLASHES ALL OVER THEM AND IT, YEAH.
SO WE WERE HOPING TO GET SOME SIGNAGE UP AND SO THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA FROM ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT LIVED ALONG WATERWAYS AND NOTICED THAT AND BROUGHT THAT TO ATTENTION.
AND THAT WAS A WAY TO ADVOCATE WHEN IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND I THINK SO, AND KNOWLEDGE OF BEING A WATERWAY CITY.
UM, SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND THAT LETTER OF COMMUNICATION WAS DRAFTED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK I EVER RECEIVED A LETTER.
SO WE WILL PUT THIS ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
UM, AND WE'LL FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT.
I FEEL LIKE I SAW THE LETTER AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST A CASUAL REVIEW OR JUST A DISCUSSION OF IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS RAISED.
UM, AND WE'LL WE HOPE TO ENGAGE EVERYBODY IN THAT, THAT, UM, WE HAD A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, BUT ENGAGE EVERYBODY IN MAYBE THE ADVOCACY OF, OF, UM, COMMUNICATION AND LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THESE SITUATIONS OCCUR.
UM, SO WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
AND NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, DISCUSSING BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE TOUCHED UPON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, OUR PREVIOUS, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STILL WAITING ON A DRAFT OF THOSE NOTES FROM OUR, OUR FINAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FACILITATOR.
UM, SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
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ALREADY COMMUNICATED A COUPLE TIMES WITH THE PERSON, UM, THEY, WHERE THEY'RE AT.SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE FOLLOWING UP.
UM, WE ALSO BECAME AWARE OF A COUPLE FOLKS THAT HADN'T DONE SOME OF THE TRAININGS, UH, WAS MANDATORY.
ALL THOSE TRAININGS THAT YOU DO.
UM, AND I, I HAVE NOT FINISHED THEM.
AND SO SOME PEOPLE WERE, UH, ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE, THE ADVISORY BOARD 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE TRAININGS.
WELL THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SAYING WHY I PICKED THE RIGHT ONE.
THAT'S PROBABLY MY FIRST TIME IN WHAT, 10 YEARS OF KIND OF PARTICIPATING IN THESE I'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY REMOVED FOR NOT DOING THIS TRAINING.
I WAS QUITE SHOCKED WHEN THEY SENT ME THE LETTERS, UM, SAYING THAT THEY REMOVED FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
AND I CAN THEY JUST DO THEM AND COME BACK ON OR THAT'S IT.
WELL, ALLISON WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, HOWEVER, I SPOKE WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
IT'S A FRIEND OF MINE, AND I WAS JUST SAYING, WOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG SURPRISE.
UM, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? AND HER RESPONSE WAS, UM, OTHER COMMITTEES WHO HAD SUFFERED SIMILAR LOSSES DUE TO THE LACK OF TRAINING OR INDIVIDUALS NOT COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING, UH, HAVE TRIED AND ALL HAVE FAILED.
AND YOU THINK THAT ETHICS ONE IS CONNECTED TO LIKE A STATE MALL? CORRECT.
PICK THE RIGHT ONE TO COMPLETE.
AND SO, AND THE CITY HAS THEIR OWN, AND THEN THERE'S A STATE ONE.
UM, ONE OF OUR INDIVIDUALS DID THE, THEY DID THIS ONE, THE OTHER ONE, NOT THAT ONE.
SO, UM, I ALSO SPOKE WITH JEFF WILLIAMS, WHO WORKS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND KIND OF PROVIDES THE, THE SUPPORT.
I FELT LIKE I, THERE'S SO MANY TRAININGS, LIKE A WHOLE WORK DAY OF TRAINING.
UM, AND I FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY, UM, IT'S OVERKILL.
IT'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR A VOLUNTEER POSITION.
JUST OUT OF MY OWN FOR MY OWN COMPLAINT.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, I MEAN, I FEEL THERE'S A VALUE FOR IT, BUT IS IT A FIRST TIME WHEN YOU JOIN OR? FOR EVERY YEAR.
AND I THINK I DO A LOT OF THOSE SAME TRAININGS FOR MY STATE JOB.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON MULTIPLE, AND THEN I DID A BUNCH OF THE SAME TRAININGS WHEN ON THE STATE COMMISSIONS.
SO HERE I AM DOING SUCH AND SUCH MULTIPLE THINGS.
CAN'T THEY CARRY OVER? CAN'T YOU BE LIKE, HERE'S THE CERTIFICATE FROM WHEN I DID IT FOR THIS OTHER ONE SEPARATE.
IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF TRAINING.
YOU'VE COMPLETED IT THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.
IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF SENDING THEM A CERTIFICATE.
'CAUSE I'VE HAD A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SENT ME CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION FROM PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, TRAININGS THEY'VE TAKEN THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION.
AND I'VE SAID HERE, AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANOTHER RESPONSE FROM THEM SAYING THEY'RE NOT, THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION LIKE THAT.
SO COMMUNICATION SOMETIMES BACK AND FORTH ON THIS IS NOT THE KEENEST, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
BUT YEAH, I I IT'S RIDICULOUS IF YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING THAT TRAINING TO TAKE IT AGAIN.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME.
EVERYTHING ON IT SHOWS YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE THAT I ARGUE WITH.
SO THE, THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES IS REQUIRED.
AND SO IS THE STRATEGIC VISION, BECAUSE I'M GETTING EMAILS FOR THOSE.
YEAH, I JUST DID THOSE, THOSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A CHAIR THING, BUT MYSELF, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT MUST BE SOMETHING NEGATIVE OF, OF THE, UM, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ANYONE IN A LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY BASICALLY ON A COMMITTEE.
BUT THAT'S WEIRD BECAUSE THEY WOULD USUALLY INCLUDE ME IN AS A CC USUALLY ON THOSE THINGS.
SO I WOULD BE AWARE OF SENDING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
I JUST, I JUST, I DON'T SEEN IT AT ALL.
IT WAS A LATER DEADLINE THOUGH.
REALLY? IT WAS PARLIAMENTARY ROUGH.
WHAT IS IT? IT'LL BE LIFECHANGING IF YOU VISION.
UM, SEPTEMBER IS I GUESS ANOTHER ROUND OF APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
UM, AND SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY, WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES.
UH, TECHNICALLY FIVE, UM, I MEAN FIVE, I MEAN SELENE, ST.
UH, SO WE NEED A VETERINARIAN.
BOTH HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO STAY ON THE BOARD UNTIL THE REPLACEMENTS WERE IDENTIFIED.
SILE RECEIVED A LETTER REMOVING HER FROM THE BOARD.
AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN OPTION TO HAVE HER.
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WHAT I'M ARGUING A LITTLE BIT IS THAT WELL, BUT SHE'S TURNED OUT, SO WHY WOULD I HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S TURNED OUT RIGHT.TAKE THESE TYPES OF TRAININGS.
SHE'S NOT GONNA DO IT, BUT SHE'S DOING US A FAVOR.
AND THE MAYOR'S REQUEST I MIGHT ADD AND HAS BEEN CHAIR AND HAS TAKEN THE REPORT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TRACTION I'M GETTING.
SO A VET, A PHARMACIST, AND ANY OTHER SPECIFIC, WELL THEN THE OTHER ONES THAT REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH.
DDS UH, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, WE'RE MISSING A DENTIST.
NOW LYDIA BIAS WAS A PHYSICIAN.
SO WE HAVE A PHYSICIAN VACANCY.
SYLVIA WAS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON.
SO YEAH, WE'RE, NOW WE'RE DOWN THAT, SO THAT'S A SHAME TOO.
AND I BELIEVE IN LYDIA'S CASE, WAS IT LYDIA OR NO? WELL, LYDIA ACTUALLY ALSO, THAT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
LYDIA RETIRED AND SHE HAS A HOME IN PALM SPRINGS AND SHE'S PRIMARILY LIVING IN PALM SPRINGS NOW.
AND SO SHE LITERALLY SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING, UH, IT'S TIME FOR, I MISSED ALMOST EVERY MEETING.
SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT ANYWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IRRELEVANT THAT SHE RECEIVED A LETTER, YOU KNOW, KICKING HER OFF THE BOARD.
'CAUSE MOST, IT'S FUNNY, MOST PEOPLE WHO LETTERS WERE SENT OUT TO, THEY WERE LEAVING ANYWAY.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE KICKED OFF THE BOARD.
OH, THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THOSE LETTERS.
WHEN I REACH OUT TO THEM AND I SAY, WELL, YOU RECEIVED A LETTER, THEIR RESPONSE IS TYPICALLY WHAT LETTER? YEAH.
AND I ROLL MY EYES AND GO, OKAY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? YOU KNOW, BUREAUCRACY, CRACY.
SO I ATTACH A COPY OF THE LETTER THEY SEND ME AND SAY, CALL ME IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT YEAH, LYDIA'S CASE, SHE JUST RETIRED.
A PHYSICIAN, A DENTIST AND AN ENVIRONMENT, SOMEONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
MELISSA, CAN YOU PUT THOSE IN THE MINUTES? 'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, UM, I'LL ASK AGAIN NEXT TIME WE FORGET OUR NOTES.
UM, AND THEN IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY, LIKE THOSE WERE, AND THEN, UM, SEPTEMBER IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET APPOINTMENTS.
SO DO WE KNOW THAT'S NEXT? DO WE KNOW IF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ANY CANDIDATES FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, FOR THIS BOARD? UH, THEY HAD A COUPLE I THINK, BUT THEY WERE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE POSITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER PROBLEM WE FACE WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
MOST OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE JUST BASED ON COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IT'S PRETTY WIDE RANGE HERE.
HOW MANY VETERINARIANS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN ON OUR BOARD ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE OF JOINING? YOU KNOW? AND SO YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO FILL OUR POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE TIED TO A SPECIFIC JOB CLASSIFICATION.
SO, AND I KNOW CELINE WENT TO HER PEOPLE AND ALL SHE WASN'T GETTING REALLY INTERESTED IN YEAH.
AND I DID MENTION TO JEFF WILLIAMS ABOUT DOING DIRECT MARKETING ABOUT SPECIFIC POSITIONS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER, HERE'S A QUESTION.
WOULD IT BE KOSHER? I CAN'T SEE WHY IT WOULDN'T BE, BUT I DON'T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT EV WITHOUT PEOPLE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.
I HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CAMPUS ALUMNI BASE LIST LISTING, AND OFTEN IT LISTS PEOPLE BY PROFESSION.
WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I ASKED OUR ALUMNI AFFAIRS PERSON TO SEND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE IN THESE PROFESSIONS FROM OUR ALUMNI LIST? IT'S MARKETING.
I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY, I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT YEAH.
THEN THEY DON'T WORK FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
YOU'RE NOT USING ANY PRIVATE INFORMATION.
AND THEY DON'T WORK FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
THEY JUST WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY.
SO LIKE THAT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN.
I WOULD THINK IT'S THEIR OWN HOME BASE.
AS LONG AS THEY LIVE IN THE AREA AND THEY ARE IN ONE OF THESE PROFESSIONS.
SO I CAN ASK THEM IF THEY WILL BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
AND YOU KNOW HOW TO, THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING.
SO IT FEELS LIKE EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, NO, IT'S AN INTERNAL MOTIVATION OF SERVICE, OF USING YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR CREDENTIALS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND LIFTING UP THAT.
SO, UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THE QUEUE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR, OUR, OUR BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? SO DENNIS, YOU AND I, WHY DON'T WE GET TOGETHER AND, AND CHASE AFTER, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UH, STRATEGIC PLANS.
I'LL GET A MEMO TO, TO JEFF JUST TO, TO BE LITTLE BIT MORE, WE TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT MM-HMM.
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UM, INTENTIONAL WITH THE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.AND WHAT WAS THE THIRD THING RELATED TO STILL REACHING OUT TO JANES TO GET HIS FINAL WRITEUP REGARDING YEAH, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I, I THINK EMAILED YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM? AND, AND THEN LET'S CC SYLVIA ON THAT BECAUSE SHE'S HAD A, SHE MAY HELP KIND OF PUSH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JEFF HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, CELINE BEING ABLE TO EXTEND HER IF SHE WAS STILL INTERESTED.
RENA, I BELIEVE IS WILLING TO REMAIN.
I MEAN, I ASKED HER THE QUESTION IF SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO REMAIN ON THE BOARD, AND HER RESPONSE WAS JUST THAT I CAN'T ATTEND TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, BY VERY NATURE, SHE'S ALREADY TURNED OUT, SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS TO ATTEND TODAY'S MEETING ANYWAY.
SO I'M, I'M KIND OF LIKE CONNECTING DOTS AND JUST ASSUMING THAT BY HER TELLING ME SHE CAN'T MAKE TODAY, THAT SHE'S NEED TO REMAIN ON THE BOARD UNTIL WE FIND HER REPLACEMENT.
UH, CELINE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE, THE LETTER WENT OUT AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT JEFF SAID IS SHE DID THE WRONG TRAINING.
AND SO IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF GIVING THE RIGHT.
SO SHE, HE WAS GONNA FOLLOW TRAINING, I SUPPOSE THE TWO HOUR TRAINING.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR BOARD GOALS? ALL GOOD.
ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMENTS, FOLKS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYTHING GOING ON THE, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? SOME OF THE BOARD GOALS.
DO WE TAKE A FINAL MOTION JUST TO RECEIVE THAT? I THOUGHT WE DID, DID WE DO THAT? I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES WRITTEN DOWN ON HER PAPER HERE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING DID WE RECEIVE THE BOARD GOALS? I FEEL LIKE WE DID.
NO, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DIRECTOR'S.
I MEAN THAT'S THE BOARD ANNUAL REPORT, THE BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE FINAL ITEM, ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA THAT FOR TODAY.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A VOTE TO CLOSE THAT ONE OUT FOR THE TODAY.
I LIKE THE OLD PROCESS, SO I DO TOO, BUT THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN DO THIS FIRST AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING THE BOARD GOALS.
YOU GOTTA MUSTER UP THE ENTHUSIASM.
RIGHT? MUSTER UP THE ENTHUSIASM.
AND ANNOUNCE, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WELL, WE, OUT OF CURIOSITY, UM, SO I'M ASSUMING ANDREA'S RESPONSE AROUND THE TALKING POINTS WILL GO TO YOU, DENNIS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEND IT TO ALL OF US? YES.
I MEAN, SHE COULD SEND IT TO YOU DIRECTLY BECAUSE I WILL GO TO THE THINGS, BUT IF, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT TO SAY, I'M JUST GONNA BE DECORATION.
WRITE THOSE TALKING POINTS USUALLY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, KELLY, BEFORE YOU PROVIDE THAT.
IN MY INTERACTIONS TODAY, THE BEST NEXT SHE'LL PROBABLY CONSULT THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT OH YEAH.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING.
IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE REALLY, TO BE VERY BLUNT, STAFFING IS THE BIG THING, YOU KNOW, STAFFING GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE JUST DID THIS, I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS COVERED.
BUT THEY LISTED THIS, UM, SIDEWALK THING, UH, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET.
AND I WAS WONDERING, DID THEY, ANYONE EVER TELL US WHAT THAT IS IN A WAY THAT NO.
THEY, SO IN THE, IN THE REPORT, UH.