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OH, YOU SOMETHING? YES, YOU DO.ARE WE ALL SET IS HERE AND WE HAVE, UM, BEFORE I START MEETING, WE DO HAVE OUR MEMBER, MR. MILLER, FROM, UM, DISTRICT SEVENTH
AND WE HAVE THE GUEST WHO, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT JOIN OUR COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING HERE AND BEING ON TIME.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ORDER, UM, JENNIFER, ARE YOU READING ALL THESE THINGS OR, UM, I'M JUST GONNA DO A BRIEF, SORRY.
PARDON? WITH JULIE, I'M ANGELA.
ANGELA IS ONE OF THE ONES ENDING.
UM, WHEN YOU DO YOUR OATH, YOU'RE OKAY.
ARE YOU GONNA READ ALL THESE? YEAH.
SO THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED NOW, UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC, IF YOU WISH TO, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DO HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET BY THE DOOR.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO SIGN UP, WE WILL HAVE TIME AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS TO, UH, CALL UPON THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN YOU ARE ALSO ABLE TO COMMENT VIA OUR EMAIL AT HOMELAND SERVICES ADMIN AT LONG BEACH.
UM, AND THEN WHEN PRESENTING 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.
WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
ARE YOU GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL? YES.
UH, CHAIR JULIE LEE HERE, VICE CHAIR DESIREE GROUP HERE.
AND THEN MEMBER LAUREN HILLIER.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE HOMELESS CIRCUIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2024.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? OKAY.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF OUR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH? UH, JUNE 5TH, 2024.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON OUR MINUTES? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2024.
ITEM TWO, UH, IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
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PERSON FROM THAT ORGANIZATION HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.UM, DO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY, JUST TO ADD, THAT PERSON'S NOT HERE JUST YET, SO IF WE WANT TO MOVE OVER TO THE ACADEMY, WE CAN.
AND THEN, OH, AND THEN THE SECOND MAYOR'S BEEN APPLICANT AS WELL IS NOT HERE YET.
SO IF WE WANNA MAYBE MOVE OVER TO THE FOURTH ITEM, THE PRESENTATION FROM JOSE.
UM, I JUST NEED A MOTION TO LEAVE, RIGHT? CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR PRESENTATION? YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE ITEM.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT TABLING IT COMPLETELY.
SO, UM, ITEM FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES PRESENTED BY MR. JOSE
I WAS TRYING TO GET BACK THERE.
I AM THE, UH, NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE CLEAN TEAM FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES BUREAU.
AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THIS IS THE AGENDA, BE THE INTRODUCTION, THE PROTOCOL IS SCHEDULED, THE CLEANUPS, THE HOW THE LOCATIONS ARE SELECTED, UH, THE DESIRED ARC, UH, OUTCOMES, AND THEN THE, UH, OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ANSWER.
WELL, TO START OFF, THE CLEAN TEAM IS IN AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT TO BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS BY REMOVING LITTER AND PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
THE CLEAN TEAM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING WIDE RANGE OF TASKS, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF DUMP MATTRESSES, CLEANING IES, AND PARTICLES AND TRASH, AND ADDRESSING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS FOR FREE REMOVAL, AND MANAGING VARIOUS OTHER SANITATION ISSUES.
OUR, UH, CURRENTLY OUR CREWS CONSIST OF 15 MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE, AND WE CONTRACT WITH CCLB, UH, CONSERVATION COURSE OF LONG BEACH TO PROVIDE US WITH 12 ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS.
UH, PEH IS A COMMONLY USED ACRONYM, WHICH STANDS FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO OUR PROTOCOLS, THE CLEAN TEAM REMOVES ALL HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, OUR PARKWAYS MEDIUMS, ALLEYS, AND DESIGNATED PUBLIC S UH, WE CANNOT REMOVE ANY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE ALE RIVER PARKS AND BEACHES.
AND THE REASON FOR THE, A RIVER, BECAUSE THAT BELONGS TO ADE COUNTY, THAT'S NOT CITY PROPERTY AND PARKS AND BEACHES THAT WILL FALL UNDER, UH, PRN, IT IS MANDATORY THAT WE POST A 48 HOUR NOTICE TO PEH TO INFORM THEM, TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS AND MAKE IT PREMISES AT WHICH POINT ANYTHING LEFT BEHIND WILL BE DISPOSED.
UH, WE DO NOT STORE ANY PERSONAL BELONGINGS UNLESS THE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED AT THE TIME OF THE CLEANUP.
WE POST EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY AND DO CLEANUPS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THIS CAN BE MODIFIED, APPROVED, UH, BASIS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS MYSELF.
SO TEAMS IN RESPONSE REPORTS, PH AND RESIDENTS PROPERTIES, MANAGING OWNERS, PD, COUNCIL STAFF, AND INTER STAFF REPORTS OF ENCAMPMENTS LOCATION OF LOG AND POST.
ON THE NEXT POSTING DATE, WHICH THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO REPORT PH, YOU COULD EITHER GO ON THE GO LONG BEACH APP, UH, BY CALLING US DIRECTLY TO THE CLEAN TEAM.
THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER DOWN THERE, OR YOU COULD EITHER CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU OR FOR ESB, OR YOU COULD EMAIL US AT OUR CLEAN TEAM EMAIL, CLEAN TEAM@LONGBEACH.GOV.
SO THE DESIRED OPTION, THE PROCEDURE SET FOR INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL ENCAMPMENTS WHILE SUPPORTING THE RELOCATION OF THE ENCAMPMENT AND HAVE INTO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS AND SERVICE.
SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, 24 IS, SO FAR THE CABINETS CLEAN.
AND THEN 3,433 AS FAR AS THE SIGNAGE REMOVED, 1060 4.76.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, THESE ARE PICTURES OF WHAT OUR, OUR CREW DOES AS WE CAN SEE HOW WHEN THEY SHOW UP, AND PRETTY MUCH AFTER WE'RE DONE.
AND THAT WOULD BE IT FOR MY PRESENTATION AS FAR AS THE
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PROTOCOLS.ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE? I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
YOU, YOU JUST, YOU SAID, UM, THAT, SORRY.
WE WANTS TO SWITCH OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
WE SHOULDA HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE GONNA TRY IT SO THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST, AND THEN CASE MEMBERS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BECAUSE THAT WAY, I DUNNO, THAT WE TRY, ARE THERE OTHER COMMISSIONS I DO THAT MAKE IT WORKED WELL? SO, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? YES.
UM, DOES THIS PROGRAM, UM, ARE YOU GUYS OPEN TO LIKE, HAVING, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE PROGRAM? IS THIS JUST, HOW DO YOU GUYS HIRE PEOPLE FOR THE, FOR THIS PERSON? WELL, PRESENTLY, HOW WE HIRED OUR MAS, WHICH IS SHORT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE.
JOSE, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S TWO MINUTES.
AND ONCE YOU'RE DONE WITH ALL YOUR COMMENT, THEN WE WOULD, WE, WE DON'T, UH, LIKE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT A Q AND A, SO AT THAT POINT YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE THERE OR WE CAN GO, BUT I'M SURE JOSE WOULD BE OPEN TO CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO YOU DID, YOU WERE DONE WITH YOUR COMMENT OR WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ASK? OH, YEAH, I'LL FIND OUT MORE.
I'LL EMAIL TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT.
WHAT DO I, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER? DO YOU WANT ME TO? IF YOU WANT, YES, YOU CAN ANSWER WHAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD GLADLY ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
UH, SO BASICALLY WE HIRE OUR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS, UH, USUALLY, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, GOVERNMENT JOBS.COM WEBSITE.
AND USUALLY THAT'S WHERE, UH, PEOPLE WILL FILL IN THEIR APPLICATION.
THEY GET ON THE LIST AND THAT'S WHERE WE INTERVIEW THEM FOR THEM TO COME ON BOARD, UH, UH, TO WORK FOR THE CITY.
HOWEVER, IN THE ONE OF THE SLIDES WAS NOTICE THAT, UH, WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH, UH, CCOB.
SO THAT IS ONE WAY TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH OUR TEAM AS WELL.
CCOB ACTUALLY WORKS THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS OF PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
SO YOU NEVER KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA COME TO THE CLEAN TEAM OR NOT.
AND WHAT ABOUT CARE CLOSET? CARE CLOSET NOW, CARE CLOSET IS A FANTASTIC CONTRACT OF OUR, IS THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT.
OUR CARE CLOSET IS ACTUALLY A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, UH, BY, UH, BY RUN BY OUR, UH, DUKE AND GINA EVANS.
AND BASICALLY THEY'RE THE CONTRACTOR THAT GO OUT ALL OVER THE CITY AND PICK UP ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT THEY ARE AMAZING.
WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD BE, WE'D BE HURTING A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOU GUYS EVER WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM, I CAN GIVE YOU THEIR PHONE NUMBER AND LITERALLY THEY PICK UP ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN I MEAN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, I'M ALSO SAYING, UM, HUMAN PIECES.
SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT I ACTUALLY CONTRACT TO DO THAT.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAY WITHOUT THEM, WE'LL BE HURTING A BIT.
SO THEY DO HIRE PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
DON'T THEY HIRE THE FOLKS WITH HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE? YES, ACTUALLY, YES.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UH, THEIR EMPLOYEES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUR ACTUAL PHS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING A, UH, MAGNIFICENT WORK IN TRANSITIONING THEM FROM STOPPING PHS TO ACTUALLY, UH, BEING ON BOARD WITH THEM.
AND THEY ACTUALLY STAY WITH THEM AND THEY WORK EXTREMELY HARD.
YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST SEE THE AMOUNT THERE THAT THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS IMPECCABLE AND THEY JUST NEVER STOP.
THEY COME INTO THE YARD JUST TRUCKLOADS BY TRUCKLOADS ON AVERAGE, THAT COULD LITERALLY COUNT DAILY ABOUT 15 TRUCKLOADS THAT THEY COME IN AND, UH, UH, EMPTY IT OUT IN THE BINS THAT I HAVE READY FOR THEM.
AND I HAVE FIVE 40 CUBIC YARD BINS, UH, WAITING FOR THEM DATE, AND THEY LITERALLY FILL THOSE THINGS UP ON DATE.
SO IT'S PA SORRY, OR PH PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
OH, CAN I, OH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, IN SOME OF THE LARGER AMPERS, PROVIDING TRASH CANS SO THEY CAN CLEAN THEIR OWN TRASH UP.
AND WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER? JUST CONSIDER THAT.
SO, UM, ANY MEMBERS OF HAYSTACK HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR,
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UM, JOSE? UH, DESIREE? FIRST, I JUST HAD A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOUR TEAM DOES NOT PICK UP IN FOR PARKS AND BEACHES, BECAUSE THAT'S FOR PRMM.
IS THAT PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINES? IS THAT WHAT PRM STANDS FOR? YES, MA'AM.
HOWEVER, WE WILL WORK WITH ANYONE.
AND WE HAVE PARTNERED UP WITH HIM AT TIMES TO CLEAN UP CERTAIN LOCATIONS, SO WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO NOT CLEANING UP AT ALL.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ME AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
DOUG, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S THE MINIMUM KIND OF MINIMUM DEFINITION OF AN ENCAMPMENT? IS IT ONE PERSON, THE, THE BIG ONES? YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE, BUT SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND THEY, THERE'S ONE PERSON, UH, ON A MAT IN FRONT OF THEIR APARTMENT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A, THEY'RE LOGGED.
WHEN FOLKS CALL IN, DO YOU HAVE ANY BACKLOG ADDRESSING THE LOGS OR IS THE LOG ALL TAKEN CARE OF ESSENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY OR WITHIN, WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO DAYS? SO WE LIKE TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY.
SO I ALSO HAVE A CREW THAT GOES OUT SCOUTING BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED AN ENCAMPMENT, AND PRETTY MUCH WE GO OUT THERE AND THE ENCAMPMENT IS GONE, MEANING THE INDIVIDUAL PICKED UP HIS OR HER BELONGS AND LEFT.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO THE POSTINGS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH SCOUT.
SO IF THAT ENCAMPMENT IS STILL THERE, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL POST IT FOR, UH, FOR THE CLEANUP.
THAT'S MY TWO QUESTIONS AGAIN.
SARAH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
UM, DO YOU, DO THE SWEEPS JUST ON DEMAND IF YOU RECEIVE A CALL? OR ARE THERE SPOTS YOU GO TO LIKE EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH AND IT'S JUST SCHEDULED IN? WE ARE ACTUALLY PROACTIVE.
SO WE GO OUT THERE, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO SCOUT OUT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO DO HAVE A LIST THAT WE LABEL IT HOTSPOTS THAT USUALLY THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PS ARE LOCATED.
UH, BUT REGARDLESS, WE DO, UH, PROACTIVE, UH, SITES SCOUTING ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO THAT WAY THAT WE WILL JUST DEPEND ON THE FOUR AREAS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE.
SO WE'RE OUT THERE DRIVING TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE TRY TO HIT EVERY SINGLE THING AROUND THE CITY.
AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AN AVERAGE WEEK, IS IT KIND OF SPOTS YOU'VE DONE BEFORE, OVER AND OVER EACH WEEK? OR IS IT REALLY CHANGING LOCATIONS? OH, NO, WE DO SPOTS EVERY WEEK, UH, BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CLEAN HERE, THEY'LL MOVE OVER TO THE LAWN TO ANOTHER LOCATION, AND THEN ONCE WE FINISH CLEANING, THEY'LL MOVE RIGHT BACK OVER.
SO WE TEND TO GO TO THESE HOTSPOTS VERY FREQUENTLY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE DO ADDRESS ALL THE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE OTHER FOUR MEANS.
OR IF WE ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE NOT ON THE LIST, THEN WE PUT IT ON THE LIST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PAM? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS GOING OUT WITH YOU? DID YOU COVER THAT? NO.
DID I MISS THAT? IT'S JUST ONE OF US, JUST THE CLEAN TEAM, THE CLEAN, NO OTHER DEPARTMENT GOES OUT TO, AS FAR AS THE CLEAN OF ENCAMPMENTS IS US, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE CONTRACTORS SUCH AS CARE CLOSET AND CCOB WITH US.
WAIT, DID YOU, I HAVE A QUESTION.
OH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTION? I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION.
WHAT WAS IT THERE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT GO OUT WITH REVIEW TEAM? WELL, YOU DO HAVE PD GOING OUT WITH YOU.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT BY AS FAR AS CLEANING.
SO AS FAR AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE WITH US IN EVERY SINGLE ENCAMPMENT.
UH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH OUR ESCORT.
UH, SO WHENEVER YOU SEE OUR BIG PACKER AND THE VAN AND, UH, FLATBEDS, YOU LITERALLY SEE THE PD WITH US AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DO THE FIRST CONTACT JUST IN CASE THE PH IS TO BECOME COMBATIVE.
ONCE THEY GIVE THE ALL CLEAR, THAT'S WHEN MY CREW GOES IN THERE AND PRETTY MUCH PICKS UP EVERYTHING.
WELL, CLEANS UP EVERYTHING, AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR PACKER.
WE THROW IT INTO THE PACKERS, AND IT JUST QUESTION RIGHT THEN AND THERE AT THAT PRESENT MOMENT AS, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO WHEN, WHEN WE WORK WITH, UH, UH, THE, UH, REACH OUT, UH, FOLKS, UH, WHICH MY CONTACT WOULD BE JOE AND ISMAIL, AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, WE CONTACT THEM TO GO OUT THERE, SPEAK TO THEM, OFFER THEM SERVICES, AND, AND WE TAKE IT FROM THERE.
SO WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNTIL
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PRETTY MUCH WE COME OUT.I SEE YOU GOT ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, DOUG? I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, SO I SUSPECT MOST FOLKS ARE ABLE TO PULL THEIR THINGS, THEY WANT TO KEEP TOGETHER, THEY WITH THEM.
SOME MAY HAVE MORE, AND THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE LOCKERED OR MANAGED ANOTHER WAY.
SO WE, DO YOU EVER ENCOUNTER THAT? AND IS THAT
UH, WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUAL DO GET ARRESTED, UH, AND YES, UH, WE WOULD, UH, LOCK IT FOR MINIMUM OF 90 DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JIM? YES.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES PRESENTATION BY JOSE LIA FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? SO MOVED.
UM, IF THERE NO OTHER COMMENTS, UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PRESENTATION OF THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP PROTOCOL TO PRACTICES, UM, BY JOSE FROM PUBLIC COURT.
UM, WE GO THE, WE MOVE TO, WE HAVE TATIANA TURNER FROM URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY HERE.
HI, TATIANA, IF YOU, YOU'D LIKE, DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SO, UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR $5,000.
UM, DO ANY PUBLIC HAVE QUESTIONS? AND THEN, SO LET ME JUST ADD, SO AT THE MEETING, THE SUBCOMMITTEE DID HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO I DID TELL TATIANA TO BE PREPARED TO ANSWER IT'S TWO DEGREE QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN OUTSIDE OF THE THREE MONTHS AS REQUESTED FOR FUNDING? AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF OF CONTRACTING SUBCONTRACTING? UM, AND IT'S POSSIBLE, PLEASE SUBMIT AND
SO THAT WAS THE QUESTIONS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD POSED.
UH, TATIANA, ARE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY PLAN? UM, THIS MONEY IS GONNA BE GIVEN OUT, GIVEN OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME, UM, UNHOUSED, UM, HE TALK SUSTAINABILITY.
I MEAN, IT'S A CONSTANT ONGOING THING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND NEED FUNDS AND STUFF.
SO SUSTAINABILITY IS, IS, UH, HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU MONEY SINCE WE GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE? UM, SO AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THEY'VE MAINLY BEEN USING EVERYTHING IN KIND,
A LOT OF IT OUTTA MY OWN POCKET.
I'M BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING, WE'RE GIVING OUT THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF HOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW TO ANSWER THAT.
HOW DO YOU SAY SUSTAINABLE WHEN YOU'RE JUST GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY.
SO IT'S NOT
SO, UM, YOU SAY SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE WE DO THE WORK, DOING THE WORK OUT SUSTAINABLE.
I THINK THE, THE QUESTION I, I'M A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE WAS AFTER LIKE, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO GET THIS MONEY AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER THAT? THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
PUT IN ANOTHER REQUEST AND MAYBE HAVING, SHOWING OUR WORK, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD SEE NEXT TIME WE BRING MORE PICTURES OR I COULD BRING UP MY, UH, MY INSTAGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE DO AND STUFF OF CONTINUING TO, TO, TO ASK FOR IT AND TO, TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UM, GET FUNDING.
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, PARTNERS THAT YOU MENTIONED, DO YOU WORK WITH THEM TO, OR SOLICIT THEM FOR OTHER GRANTS TO ALSO HELP KEEP YOUR, THIS THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM GOING? UM, YEAH.
WE, UH, WE, WE SERVED LA COUNTY.
WE'RE BASED IN OUR HEADQUARTERS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WE'RE BASED IN LONG BEACH, BUT WE SERVED LA AND ORANGE COUNTY.
SO LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A FEW GRANTS FROM
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ORANGE COUNTY, WHICH CROSSED THE ORANGE CURTAIN.UM, SO WE GOT $50,000 FROM THEM.
WE RECEIVED ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 7,000, ANOTHER ONE FOR 7,500.
UM, AND SO WE CONTINUOUSLY ARE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LISTENING ALL TYPES OF FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES WE CAN TO TRY TO, UH, STAY SUSTAINABLE.
YOU KNOW, BEING A SMALLER CBO, UM, THANK GOODNESS RIGHT NOW THERE'S THIS THING GOING AROUND CALLED WHOLE PERSON CARE, WHERE THE BIGGER GUYS ARE BEING FORCED TO WORK WITH THE LITTLER CBOS LIKE US, WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING MORE OF THE WORK ON, ON, ON THE GROUND, ON THE BASIS, DOING OUT THE KINDNESS OF OUR HEART, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING AN APPLICATION AND GOT A JOB TO DO IT.
SO, UM, SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR PEOPLE LIKE US, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, BUREAUCRACY, RED TAPE.
UM, SO WE, WE GO THROUGH THOSE, WE JUMP THROUGH THOSE HOOPS.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US PERSONALLY, WE, OUR NETWORK IS UH, OTHER CBOS.
SO WE WORK WITH A LOT OF OTHER CBOS, A LOT OF OTHER MUTUAL AGENTS.
WE BRING OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER.
WE HAVE GROUPS SAY, HEY, I GOT CONDOMS, I HAVE HARM REDUCTION, I HAVE FOOD, I HAVE CLOTHES.
SO, 'CAUSE I HAVE A VERY VAST NETWORK, I'M ABLE TO SAY SUSTAINABLE, CONTINUE THE WORK I DO WITH THIS FUND WITHOUT, THAT'S AWESOME.
I KNOW, I WISH YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE MONEY IN ADVANCE.
WHY AM I ASKING FOR IT IN ADVANCE? YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE SMALL.
CBO MAKES CONVENIENT BASED FOR IT.
SO IF I'M NOT USING MONEY FOR SO, SO SUSTAINABILITY PART, IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF THESE BIGGER CONTRACTS AND THESE BIGGER FUNDS, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN THE BANK ALREADY.
SO WE TRY TO HOLD ON TO THAT AS BEST WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN COMPETITION WITH THESE OTHER, SAY JOBS, TARZANA AND ALL THESE OTHER BIG GUYS WHO HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK TO SAY, HEY, WE'LL GIVE THEM THAT GRANT, OR WE'LL GIVE THEM THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY, THEY HAVE THOSE COUPLE MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
SO US GETTING IT IN ADVANCE IS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT FUND, WAIT TWO, THREE MONTHS FOR YOU GUYS TO REIMBURSE US.
AND AT THAT TIME IT MIGHT BE A TIME WHEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 15,000 IN YOUR ACCOUNT, BUT WE'RE DOWN TO 10.
SO THAT 5,000 NOW TOOK US OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR A GRANT.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 150,000 OR SOMETHING.
SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PROCESS FOR GETTING THE SUBSTANTIATING THE USE OF THE FUNDS BACK TO THE CITY? BACK TO THE CITY? AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY? AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY? YEAH.
SO WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING.
SO IF ANYBODY, WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE SIT DOWN AND DOCUMENT PEOPLE REQUEST FUNDS FOR WHATEVER THEY MIGHT NEED.
UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A STANDARD, IT'S THE STANDARD IS WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND IF YOU COULD PROVE TO US THAT YOU NEED THAT AND IT'S LEGIT, THEN WE CAN HELP YOU OUT.
WE HELP WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, SO, AND THEN WE REPORT THAT BACK TO THE CITY WITH UH, UH, UM, WITH THE FORM THAT THAT PERSON FILLED OUT AND THE RECEIPT ON WHAT WE SPENT IT.
AND, AND WE HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF WHY WE SAID IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF A BASIC, LIKE THEY NEEDED GROCERIES.
YEAH, WE VERIFIED THAT THEY NEED GROCERIES, THEY'RE TAKING A CLASS, WE WERE ABLE TO VERIFY THEY NEED FUNDS SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT CLASS TO UPSKILL THEMSELVES TO GET A BETTER JOB.
IF IT'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THAT, THEN WE WRITE SOMETHING AND SAY HOW WE DETERMINE WHY THEY NEEDED THAT.
SO LIKE A TIRE FOR THE CAR, YOU NEED A TIRE FOR YOUR CAR TO GET TO WORK AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR FIVE KIDS.
SO IT MIGHT LOOK TO SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO.
LIKE WHY DO YOU BUY SOMEBODY A TIRE? BECAUSE THAT PERSON NEEDS TO GET TO WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS SO THEY DON'T END UP ON TOWN SO THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, SO STUFF LIKE THAT WE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO IS THE RECOMMENDATION, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T READ ALL.
SORRY GUYS, IF I DIDN'T ANSWER, I'VE BEEN NO, THAT WAS GREAT.
BUT, UM, IS THE MOTION TO, TO UM, GIVE URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY $5,000 IN ADVANCE? CORRECT.
SO THE COMMITTEE HAD, WELL THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED A LESSER AMOUNT, WHICH WAS 5,000.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THE UPDATED BUDGET UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT THEY HAD DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION AT A $5,000 AMOUNT.
SO THE WHOLE AMOUNT IS UPFRONT.
YEAH, WE REQUESTED 10, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.
IT WAS INITIALLY A $10,000 APPLICATION.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE REQUESTED TO ONLY MOVE FORWARD WITH 5,000 AND THEN WE CAN DO UP TO
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HALF OF THE 5,000.SO IT'D BE 2,500 UP FRONT, BUT EVERYTHING'S ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO JUST 'CAUSE IT'S AN ADVANCE PAYMENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ADVANCED.
IF WE DON'T SEE ANY INVOICES, UH, INVOICES HAVE TO BE SENT BACK.
AND ALSO REMEMBER WE, UM, WE REQUESTED, UM, AN OUTCOMES REPORT BEFORE THE FINAL BILLING IS PAID.
THAT IS PART OF THE MLU PROCESS AS WELL.
SO IT'S A, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 OF WHICH 2,500 IS IN IS IN ADVANCE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION
UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, YOU DO HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? SEEING NONE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR SPEND APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR $5,000? OF WHICH 2,500 WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM IN ADVANCE? SO MOVED SECOND.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU TIANA, WE'LL MESSAGE YOU.
NO, BUT I THINK WE JUST MOVE FORWARD.
NOTHING THAT REQUIRES THEM TO BE HERE, SO, RIGHT.
UM, NUMBER THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR PREP ED PROGRAMS INC.
FOR, FOR THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
UH, IS ANY OF THAT GOING TO BE ADVANCED? I THINK THEY ASKED FOR HALF OF THE ADVANCE.
I THINK THEY DID ASK FOR HALF.
OF WHICH $5,000 WOULD BE GIVEN IN ADVANCE.
NOW I NOTICED THIS ONE ALSO IS TALKING ABOUT ADVANCE PAYMENTS.
I'M SURE WE DID NOT APPROVE ANYWHERE MORE THAN HALF OF THE LAND.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID, JIM.
YEAH, OUR ADVANCES, I THINK WE NEED A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN, WHEN I STARTED ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT THE ONLY TIME WE GAVE ADVANCE PAYMENT WAS FOR EMERGENCY USE AND UH, WE'VE SORT OF SLIPPED INTO SORT OF DOING THAT FOR EVERYTHING AND JUST QUESTIONING BEEN A CHANGE IN POLICY HERE.
SO I CAN GIVE MY RECOLLECTION OF CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THAT PROCESS WAS LOOKING AND RECOGNIZING THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RECEIVING MARRIAGES, FUNDS OR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE WORKING CAPITAL TO GET STARTED ON WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
SO WE DISCUSSED ADVANCED AT ONE POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT WANTING TO GIVE EVER FULL ADVANCE, THEN YOU'VE GIVEN ALL THE MONEY.
SO WHAT WE HAD KIND OF LANDED ON WAS THE GREATER OF ONE OF THE TWO OR LESSER, I GUESS WITH THE, ONE OF THE TWO IS EITHER HALF OF THE FULL REQUEST.
SO IF YOU ASK FOR 10,000, YOU COULD RECEIVE 5,000, BUT THE MAX THAT WE'D GIVE IN ADVANCE IS 5,000.
SO IF SOMEBODY REQUESTED 20,000 AND WE WERE GONNA APPROVE IT, WE'D STILL ONLY MAX GIVE 5,000.
SO, UM, AND IT WAS UP TO AGENCIES TO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO ASK FOR THAT ADVANCE.
SO WE HAVE THAT WITHIN, UM, THE PROPOSAL PROCESS.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT AN ADVANCE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD? OBVIOUSLY IF AN AGENCY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET OF $20 MILLION A YEAR AND IS ASKING FOR 15,000 AND ASKING FOR ADVANCE, THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING.
BUT I THINK FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OFTEN OPERATING WITH A COUPLE STAFF, LIKE IT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT LIKE MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO NEED ADVANCE.
SO THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION AND HOW WE LANDED ON THE ADVANCE PIECE.
NOW IN THIS CASE, WE'RE PAYING SALARIES, SO IF WE ADVANCE THE MONEY PAY THOSE, WE WOULD ADVANCE THE AMOUNT AND THEN THEY WOULD SUBMIT INVOICES TO RECOUP THOSE FUNDS.
YEAH, SO WE WERE, WE GIVE THEM THE $5,000 AND THEN THEY SUBMIT AN INVOICE.
SO PARTIAL MIGHT BE SALARIES FOR THE MONTH.
IT COULD ALSO BE TRAINING OR THE TABLETS.
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YEAH, IT WOULD BE WHATEVER THEY SUBMIT AT THAT POINT.SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR SALARIES IT WOULD JUST BE THE 5,000.
AND THEN I DO WANNA ADD THAT CLAUDE DID JOIN US AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND DID ANSWER QUESTIONS THERE.
SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE COULD ANSWER OR PROVIDE A SUMMARY AS TO WHAT WAS SAID.
YEAH, IT'S $10,000 WITH $5,000 IN ADVANCE.
DO JENNIFER, YOU WANNA CALL QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD? SEE NONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS? OKAY.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYORS FUND APPLICATION FOR PREP PDED PROGRAMS INC.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 WITH $5,000 GIVEN TO THEM IN ADVANCE? SO SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND I WOULD LIKE TO ABATE.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE NOW.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATES OF OUR MAYORS FUND SUBCOMMITTEE, POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND AN UPDATE FROM OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, JIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? UM, YOU POLICIES OF COMMITTEE REPORT? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WHAT I JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE ADVANCED PAYMENT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE HAD FOR THE COMMITTEE AND UM, UH, TO BE HONEST, I'M STILL NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER AND THAT, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES DEPEND ON CIRCUMSTANCES MORE THAN JUST BEING AN AUTOMATIC HALF UP FRONT WHERE, BECAUSE WE GET REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE TO PURCHASE CASH ITEMS TO GIVE OUT THOSE AND I DON'T SEE US DOING ADVANCED PAYMENT ON THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEMS I HAVE.
UM, SINCE WE HAVE LAWRENCE HERE AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE JOINING OUR, OUR COMMITTEE, UM, UH, NEXT MONTH, UM, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST A, A QUICK BRIEF, UM, EXPLANATION OF THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1990 AND IT'S A SET ASIDE, UM, FUND SEPARATE FROM CITY FUNDS.
IT'S CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND IT IS MADE UP OF PRIVATE DONATIONS, NONPROFIT DONATIONS THAT GO TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DESIGNATED AS THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, SO WE, THE STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE ARE CHARGED WITH OVERSEEING THESE FUNDS.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY, I THINK IN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ABOUT 140 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS CURRENTLY IN THE FUND.
UM, WE TAKE, WE TRY TO TAKE THE, THE, UM, ROLE OF OVERSEERS SERIOUS, SERIOUSLY.
'CAUSE THESE ARE PRIVATE DONATIONS DONATED, UM, BY INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDS WILL GO INTO IMPROVING THE HOMELESSNESS SITUATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IN, IN THE PAST WE DID NOT HAVE SO MANY REQUESTS FOR OPERATIONAL TYPE REQUESTS LIKE WE'VE SEEN FOR THESE TWO.
IT WAS MORE, UM, PROJECT BASED IN TERMS LIKE SHELTERING THROUGH MOTEL VOUCHERS OR TRANSPORTATION TAP CARDS OR, UM, THINGS THAT SORT OF MEET, UM, GAP NEEDS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY BEING FULFILLED OR THERE'S JUST A GREATER NEED THAN, THAN THE SUPPLY, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, MAYBE WHAT JIM IS SAYING IS THAT IN THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AND HE WOULD LOVE IT IF, IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE, UM, WHO WERE PART OF HIS SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE TIGHTEN UP THE RULES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND FUNDS.
BECAUSE DURING COVID WE WERE PRETTY LOOSE WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS A STATE OF AN EMERGENCY AND THERE WERE SO MANY NEEDS FOR FOOD AND OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS, UM,
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YOU KNOW, BASIC NEEDS.BUT, UM, NOW IN 2024, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE AND REFOCUS HOW WE WANT THESE FUNDS TO, TO BE.
KIMBERLY, I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE THAT, UM, IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WE DID DISCUSS, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, I GUESS PUTTING FORTH A MOTION TO DISCUSS 'CAUSE WE WANT TO GET BACK.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE HE WAS SAYING, LIKE, WE WERE DOING THIS AND LIKE YOU WERE EXPLAINING NOW WE WERE DOING THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK COHESIVE.
SO WE ALL AGREED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE ITEM SO THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND STREAMLINE THESE PROCESSES SO THAT WE CAN STICK TO WHAT'S IN WRITING.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE IN THIS EFFORT, PLEASE UM, LET THE STAFF AND JIM KNOW AND THEY CAN TELL YOU WHEN THEIR, THEIR NEXT MEETING IS.
WELL, FOR INSTANCE, ONE THING I DID START DOING WAS, SINCE THEY ARE THE LAST FEW HAVE BEEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, I'VE ASKED THEM FOR THEIR NINE NINE FOR THEIR TAX FILING AS TO WHAT THEY DID.
AND WE FOUND A COUPLE INSTANCES, UH, THE WORD IT APPEARED TO BE DISCREPANCIES WHEN WHAT THEY SAID THEIR INCOME WAS AND WHAT WAS FILED WITH THE NINE 90.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAD TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING US A LITTLE BEYOND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IN THE PAST THAT WE WERE JUST GETTING ITEMS TO SUPPLEMENT THINGS.
I, I HAVE FOR INSTANCE, ONE LIKE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH APPEAL, WE FUNDED, I FOUGHT FOR THEM AND THAT, AND OF COURSE WE KNEW THEY WERE AN ORGANIZED ORGANIZATION.
WE KNEW WE RECORDS, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT SOMETIMES AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR SMALL, SOME SMALL NONPROFITS TO MAINTAIN THESE THINGS.
BUT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE'RE SO JUST TRYING TO HOLD THEM TO THAT.
UH, WE DO GET SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION, WHAT WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
I HAVE ONE SO, UM, PIGGYBACK PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT AS JIM SAID.
SO YES, UM, NONPROFITS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE THE NINE 90, HOWEVER, WHEN THEY'RE UNDER THE 50,000 THEN IT'S NINE 90 N YES.
WHAT WE CAN REQUEST THOUGH, BEING A NINE 90 N FILE MYSELF, UM, WHAT WE CAN REQUEST THAT DOES GIVE NUMBERS IS THE CT FORM THAT WE HAVE TO FILE EVERY YEAR WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
'CAUSE ON THERE WE DO HAVE TO LAY OUT YOUR PROGRAMMATIC NUMBERS.
THE ISSUE IS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO FILE A NINE 90, BUT THE ISSUE FOR THE SMALLER NONPROFITS IS THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE.
I REACHED OUT TO A NON-PROFIT ACCOUNTING FIRM, THEY STILL WANTED TO CHARGE ME $5,000.
SO THEY JUST SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT 'CAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR WORK AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING.
SO I JUST THINK IN LIEU OF THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE THE SMALLER ONES, WE CAN ASK 'CAUSE IT IS 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN, UH, GET DONATIONS UNLESS YOU ARE CURRENT WITH YOUR CT.
'CAUSE THAT DOES LAY OUT NUMBERS.
SO THAT CAN BE IN LIEU OF THE NINE 90 FOR THE SMALLER ONES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED AS THE, WHAT THEY CALL THE POSTCARD FACT THEY WERE YOUNGER 50,000.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST ASK FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A SIMPLE THING FOR PEOPLE TO FILE.
IT MAKES YOU QUESTION IF THEY'RE, WELL, IF THEY DON'T FILE IT, THEY'LL LOSE THEIR THEIR BUT I WAS JUST SAYING SINCE THE CARD THOUGH, IT DOES NOT SHOW NUMBERS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT DOCUMENT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE DOES.
UM, DESIREE, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE HEARD AROUND OUR ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AROUND, UM, REVIEWING OUR, UM, GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT THE MAYOR'S FUNDS COMMITTEE HAS ALSO BEEN, UM, WORKING ON OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, UM, DOING SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS WITH THAT AS WELL AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, WORKING ON CREATING AN SOP AROUND, UM, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE DOCUMENT AROUND, UM, HOW WE RECEIVE AND REVIEW OUR, UH, GRANT APPLICATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AROUND, AROUND APPLICATIONS PER SE, THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON FUNDRAISING AND UM, WORKING ON OUR, UM, ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE COMMITTEE THAT WE DO HOPE TO BRING BACK.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, WE DID VOLUNTEER TO GET US AN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE.
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ALSO WORKING ON, UM, A POSSIBLE CREATING SOME TYPE OF, UH, WEBINAR OR INFORMATIONAL YEAH, LIKE AN INFO SESSION.SO THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS DURING DISCUSSION.
UNTIL, THIS IS MORE GENERAL FOR ANY OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER PERSON SEATED.
WE SHOULD BE AT THREE PEOPLE MAX IN ANY ONE MEETING.
OTHERWISE, ONCE WE GET ONE MORE PERSON ON BOARD, IT WOULD BE OKAY TO GO TO FOUR PEOPLE AT A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
WAIT, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY.
YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO QUORUM ISSUES.
YOU'LL BE ABLE, SO A SUBCOMMITTEE CANNOT HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE.
YOU COULD, BUT OUR QUORUM IS SIX.
IT ISN'T WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN, IT'S STILL THE, IT'S THE BALANCE OF THE CURRENT SEATED MEMBERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL SEATED IT WOULD BE SIX IF YOU HAD 11 MEMBERS.
NO, WE DID, WE DID THIS WITH ANITA.
THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
AND THIS MEETING MEETING, IT'S WARM FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING UHHUH.
HOWEVER, FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, IT IS THE BALANCE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SITTING SEATED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE WE OR THE COMMITTEE IN GENERAL AND THAT, AND THAT'S FINE.
UM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN FOR OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ONE THING WE ASK FURTHER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE, HOW WE GET THE INFORMATION AS A COMMITTEE, THAT WE WOULD GET THE, AS THE APPLICATIONS CAME IN, IT WOULD BE SENT TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO THE COMMITTEE WOULD'VE THE CHANCE TO REVIEW BEFORE WE COME TO OUR MEETING.
AND I GUESS IT WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATIONS COULD BE SENT OUT TO US.
AND I THINK, UH, WELL I THINK YOU'RE, I WAS GONNA LOOK INTO THE LEGALITY OF THAT AS TO WHEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE SENT TO US SO WE CAN STOP REVIEWING.
SO CAN ADD TO THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, PREVIOUSLY AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH SENDING THE APPLICATIONS ONCE IT MEETS THAT THRESHOLD.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE RECEIVING IT.
THAT'S WHY DESIREE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH COMPLETING THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE BASED OFF ONCE THAT GETS RECEIVED.
BUT ONCE IT MEETS THE THRESHOLD SO IT HAS THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, WE WOULD THEN MOVE IT FORWARD.
IT WOULD SO DESIRE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE COULD REVIEW IT AND THEN WE COULD INVITE THE APPLICANT TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING SO THEY COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS.
WE ASK A QUESTION, IT GOES OUT IF WE MISS THE NEXT MEETING AND IT TAKES, TAKES TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR US TO GET SOMETHING APPROVED OR DECLINED.
IS THERE SOMETHING WRITTEN ON OFFICE? BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST JOINED KAC, UM, SIX YEARS AGO, THE MAYORS FUND APPLICATIONS CAME TO THE FULL COMMITTEE AS IS.
WE JUST ALL GOT IT WITH OUR MEETING PACKET AND, AND THAT WAS THE PROCESS AND WE DISCUSSED IT AND WE HAD THE PERSON HERE IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE COMMITTEE AND HAD QUESTIONS FROM FOR THEM AND, AND WE WOULD DECIDE YAY OR NAY.
SOMETIMES WE DID NOT APPROVE THEM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS ALL, UM, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC.
SO IS THERE A PROCEDURE? I I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING WRITTEN ABOUT OUR SUBCOMMITTEES? 'CAUSE I'VE NOT SEEN THAT WELL, THAT I THINK WE, I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO COME TO THIS COMMITTEE.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU IT'S EVOLVED, BUT YEAH.
BUT I WANT, I, I THOUGHT WELL THIS IS WHY WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE SOP BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WHEN SHE DOES THE DRAFT, WE'LL PRESENT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN, BUT THIS COMMISSION VOTED TO CREATE SUBCOMMITTEES AND THAT WAS PARTLY TO TRY TO SPEED UP SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND HAVE MORE TIME TO GET IN DEPTH ON OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING GOT DOCUMENTED ALL THAT WELL ON LIKE THE SUBCOMMITTEE PIECE.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS TO, IT WAS TO ENCOURAGE MORE APPLICANTS TO REQUEST THEIR FUND, UM, IS WHY WE CREATED THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND, AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD GOAL.
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UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING BUT, OKAY.DID YOU GUYS BRING UP THE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE UTILITY BILL? I JUST MENTIONED FUNDRAISING.
WHAT ARE WE DOING, JIM? WHAT? OH, WELL WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, HAVING A, IS IT GONNA BE A, AN INSERT RIGHT? INSERT IS GONNA BE AN INSERT IN THE UTILITY BILL TO HELP WITH FUNDRAISING TO SEE BASICALLY SOLICITING FUNDS FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE TO THE MAYORS FUND.
AND IT WILL BE IN THE, UH, UTILITY BILL.
WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET, BUT IT'S AN UPDATED VERSION.
SOMETHING UPDATED FROM WHAT? FOR WHAT WE'VE, WHAT'S BEEN IN THERE, UM, PREVIOUSLY THAT'S, YEAH.
AND THEN LAST, LAST YEAR WE INCLUDED A LITTLE BLURB OF THE
YES, DOUG? NO, I THINK, UH, GOOD DISCUSSION.
I DO THINK THE ADVANCED FUND PIECE NEEDS A LITTLE MORE CLARITY.
ARE THERE CRITERIA WHEN I READ THE ADV ADVANCE, THE REQUESTS THAT THE, THE NARRATIVE THEY WRITE FOR BOTH AT THESE SMALL ON PROFITS OPERATE, CHOOSE, THEY ALL NEED THE MONEY NOW.
AND SO WE'RE ALL, WE'RE GONNA GET THE SAME KIND OF URGENCY YEAH.
AND SO ARE THERE SPECIFIC CRITERIA? AND THEN IF NOT, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, DOES IT HAVE TO BE 50%? COULD IT BE 10% OR 20, 20% MAYBE, UH, AS A START INSTEAD OF 50%.
IF, IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW FOLKS TO DO IT JUST UPON REQUEST, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO DO IT.
I MEAN, IF, IF WITH CRITERIA, SORRY, I JUST WANNA BRING CLARITY TO THE FACT THAT WHAT, WHEN THERE'S AN ADVANCE PAYMENT, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING IS REIMBURSEMENT.
SO BEFORE THEY CAN RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL, SO LET'S SAY WITH A $5,000 GRANT, WE WOULD ADVANCE 2,500 FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THAT EXTRA A HUNDRED.
SO LET'S SAY THEY NEED THE SIX 2,600.
AT THAT POINT, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING UP TO 2,500 BEFORE WE RELEASE PAYMENT.
SO ADVANCE PAYMENT IS, I I, I THINK IT'S TRICKY THE WAY IT GETS WORDED BECAUSE IT IS IN ADVANCE, BUT EVERYTHING IS REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
WE PROVIDE THEM A LOG, WE KEEP A LOG, AND THEN WE SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
UM, SO WITH THESE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS, IT DOES TAKE ABOUT, I WANNA SAY LIKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS JUST FOR THE PAPERWORK ITSELF.
SO EVEN IN ADVANCE PAYMENT IS TAKING ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
UM, BUT IN MY MIND, THAT SORT OF JUSTIFIES IT FOR EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW, YOU SAID SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, SO MAYBE THE CRITERIA IS IF YOU'RE THIS SIZE OR LESS, WE WILL, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ADVANCE, UH, EVERY, EVERY REQUEST WE'LL HAVE IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH, IS IT 50%? IS IT 20%? UH, BECAUSE I THINK DIFFERENTIATING IS GONNA BE HARD.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT DIFFERENTIATES ONE VERSUS ANOTHER? THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL GONNA FEEL URGENT.
DO THEY NEED TO SHOW THEIR CASH ON HAND FROM THE BANK? YOU KNOW, DO, DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO THAT GRANULARITY? NO.
IF NOT, IS THERE A WAY, A PROCESS THAT COULD BE FAIR TO EVERYONE AND SORT OF HANDLE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE? AND THEN I THINK ALSO THE COMMITTEE SHOULD ALL COME UNANIMOUSLY WITH WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATION IS.
SO ABSOLUTELY THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH X PERCENT ADVANCE, UH, IT SEEMS, I AGREE WITH YOU DOUG, BECAUSE HONESTLY IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE MAYORS FUND IS FOR THE SMALLER NONPROFITS, WE DID HAVE PATH APPLY AND WE WERE LIKE, NO, YOU'VE GOT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHY ARE YOU COMING HERE? AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN BASED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
BUT MY POINT IS THE SMALLER ONES ARE THE ONES THAT DO NEED THE HELP.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED THAT WE ALL AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD AND AND FORM THIS SOPI LOVE WHAT YOU SAID.
SO LIKE WHEN SHE GETS THE DRAFT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH EVERYONE'S.
WE GET MORE INPUT BEFORE IT'S YEAH.
DID YOU HAVE, SO I HAVE NO, NOTHING ELSE TO SAY
JUST HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THERE.
I THINK THE CONFUSION IS, AND I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY PART OF IT IN THAT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS.
AND UH, VERY HONESTLY, I COME FROM A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND I'M USED TO ASKING FINANCIAL QUESTIONS.
AND UH, WHEN SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR MONEY, I THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK THEM WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS AND HOW IS THE MONEY GONNA BE SPENT
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AND ARE WE GIVING, IS IT A GOOD CAUSE? AND THAT, AND UH, AND I THINK THAT WAS, AS I SAID, SOMETIMES THE APPLICATIONS WE'VE GOT HAVE BEEN DRAWING WELL WRITTEN, BUT WITH VERY LITTLE FINANCIAL BASIS FOR US TO LOOK AT.AND THAT'S BEEN WHAT MY QUESTION HAS BEEN.
AND I DO THINK, I'VE WORKED WITH NONPROFITS, I FUND SMALL NONPROFITS AND THERE ARE CERTAIN LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
I THINK WE'VE HELD OURSELVES DOWN TO THAT BY JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR A POSTCARD REPORTING ON THE NINE NINETIES.
IF THEY, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE SHOWING THAT THEY WERE, HAD A HIGHER INCOME THAN THAT AND THAT WAS OUR QUESTIONS.
WELL, IF THEY'RE SHOWING HIGHER INCOME, WHY ISN'T IT REPORTED THAT THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS FOR US TO ASK.
AND UH, IN SOME WAYS OUR APPLICATION FORM IS A LITTLE MISLEADING.
MAYBE WE DO NEED TO MENTION THE OTHER HAS FOR SOME REPORTING THAT IT ISN'T JUST A CONCEPT THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE MONEY WITHOUT ASKING FOR SOME SORT OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BALANCE IN THAT.
AND I AGREE WE'D LIKE TO HELP THE SMALL AGENCY, BUT WE MIGHT MAKE SURE, AND SOMETIMES VERY CANDIDLY, PEOPLE'S AMBITIONS EXCEED THEIR ABILITY SOMETIMES IN SMALL COMPANIE.
AND WE JUST, WE'RE BEING CAUTIOUS OF THAT.
I THINK AS WE GO ON, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SOP WITH IMPLEMENTING AN INFO SESSION BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING, AND THEN ALSO, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ALSO TOUCHED ON A LITTLE TECH SUPPORT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ISSUE.
I THINK THAT JUST REAL BRIEFLY, JUST THAT ONE ISSUE, THEY MISCALCULATE, LIKE THEY ADDED A CONTRACT THAT REALLY YOU ARE DOING WORK BUT NOT BEING PAID FOR IT.
BUT THEY ADDED THE WORK TO IT, SO THAT MADE IT GO OVER.
SO AGAIN, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, INFO SESSIONS, THINGS THEY ASK QUESTIONS.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP A LOT.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT SUBMISSION UPDATE, SARAH.
SO WE MET ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF LAST MONTH, AND OUR FIRST THING THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE WHOLE HAYSTACK COMMITTEE, UM, BELIEVE APPROVED IN APRIL.
AND SO WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT DATE THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SHARED FORMALLY WITH CITY COUNCIL AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
IT'S KIND OF BEEN IN THE QUEUE CITY CODE YESTERDAY.
NO, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BASED ON THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BASED ON CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND THERE NOT BEING A ACTION, BUT A RECEIVE AND FILE, UH, LIKELY GOING WITHIN THE CONSENT CALENDAR DECIDED IT WOULD BE BETTER MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S THROUGH A TWO FOUR FROM MEMO.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT IT WENT OUT.
UH, IT ACTUALLY WENT OUT YESTERDAY IN A TWO FOUR FROM, UH, FROM THE MAYOR TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, UH, IT IS UPON THE CITY MANAGER'S MEMO WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE'LL GET THAT SENT OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THEY, UH, ARE NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING IN FORWARD AN A CITY COUNCIL ITEM, BUT IT IS IN A MEMO THAT HAS GONE TO CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, UM, AND IS UP ON LINE.
AND THE ACTION ITEM THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE SINCE WE PASSED THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AS A GROUP IS TAKE THIS MEMO AND TAKE THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND MEET WITH YOUR MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSS 'EM AND WHY YOU SUPPORT 'EM.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, PAUL.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT IT WENT TO EVERYBODY.
UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE GRANTS PASS SUPREME COURT DECISION, UM, MEMO FROM THE CITY AND WE'VE ALL SINCE RECEIVED THAT.
SO I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION THERE.
UM, WE DISCUSSED OUR THOUGHTS ON, ON THE CITY'S CLEAN SWEEP, UH, PROCEDURE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD IN A POWERPOINT FORM AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN WE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS TO UPDATE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND HOMELESS SERVICES.
UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, THE CITY CITY'S DATE WAS ORIGINALLY IN AUGUST, BUT THAT'S NOW SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS TO WEIGH IN.
SO ANYONE WHO CAN ATTEND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE OUR, OUR KIND OF NEXT STEPS IN ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.
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SARAH ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE? OKAY.OUR NEXT UPDATE IS FROM PAM FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, ALSO BEFORE PAM STARTS, I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR ASSUMING THAT POSITION TILL THE PAST YEAR OR SO BECAUSE IT'S A HARD POSITION.
'CAUSE THAT MEANS GOING TO ONE OR TWO OTHER MEETINGS DURING THE MONTH BECAUSE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE SOMETIMES MEETS CONSECUTIVELY ORDERLY.
SO, UM, WE, PAM HAS DECIDED TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS POSITION AS OUR HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, CONTINUUM OF CARE REPRESENTATIVE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT BUG IN EVERYBODY'S EAR.
SO FOR THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING THAT WE CAN HAVE, UM, CONTINUED DISCUSSION AND ELECT A NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COC.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN SINCE WE LAST MET.
YEAH, COC WAS THAT TO CALL? YEAH.
COC WAS DARK LAST MONTH, SO YES.
UH, THE MONTH BEFORE WE LARGELY TALKED ABOUT, UM, PREPARING FOR THE NOFO, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED AROUND SCORING PERFORMANCE, HOW WE LOOK AT THAT, AS WELL AS PRIORITIES FOR WHAT WE FUND GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, UH, REALLOCATION OF OUR PROGRAMS BASED ON PERFORMANCE.
SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, WE DID GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOMELESS COUNT AND
I KNOW THAT WAS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR LAST MONTH'S AGENDA AND TODAY JUST ENDED UP GETTING PRETTY PACKED.
SO, UM, WE DID GO OVER THAT AS WELL AS WE, UM, DID DISCUSS GRANT'S PASS AT A HIGH LEVEL.
IT WAS BEFORE THE MEMO, UH, WAS RELEASED.
SO THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST COC MEETING.
NEXT COC MEETING WILL BE NEXT WEEK.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? OKAY.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND POLICY SUBCOMMITTEES AND CONTINUUM OF CARE UPDATE? SO MOVED SECOND.
UM, NUMBER SIX IS, OKAY, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU OF STAFF OPERATIONS UPSTATE BY, IT'S GETTING THERE.
DALTON WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST ON GIVING, UH, THE DATA SLIDES, UH, JUSTICE, UM, BUT ALSO WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF I KNOWING, UH, THE NEXT ITEM PROBABLY HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE WANNA HAVE.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AND REQUESTED AT THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED DATA, UH, WAS TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH OF WHAT OUR SERVICES LOOK LIKE IN DIFFERENT, UH, SPACES, LOOKING AT ENROLLMENTS, UH, SERVICE TYPES, LOOKING AT OUR COORDINATED ENTRY IN THE FLOW.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, CAPTURE WITHIN THIS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET CAPTURED IN HMIS AT THIS MOMENT, UH, BUT THAT WE DO CAPTURE SOME DATA EXTERNALLY AND HOW DO WE BETTER INCORPORATE DATA ACROSS MANY, SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPTURE POINTS.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT EXISTS IS OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IS NOT HIPAA COMPLIANT.
THEREFORE, LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO NECESSARILY CHART, UM, WITHIN THE HMIS SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE
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INCORPORATE THAT WITHIN SOME OF OUR DATA AS WELL.UM, SO LOOKING AT GROUP CATEGORIES, UH, I THINK DALTON WENT OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME.
THERE ARE MORE CATEGORIES THAN WE'RE GONNA SHOW, BUT WE TRY TO ROLL THEM UP INTO LARGER BUCKETS.
OTHERWISE YOU HAVE A LIST OF, YOU KNOW, 40 DIFFERENT SERVICE TYPES.
SO THESE ARE THE BUCKETS THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MADE SENSE FOR US IN, IN ROLLING THINGS UP.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CAPTURE IN CERTAIN THINGS, UH, LIKE FOOD, UH, AND WATCH AND WATER.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE CAPTURING EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR CAPTURE ON THAT.
SO YOU WILL SEE, UM, THAT WE'RE SHOWING, UH, PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS WITHIN THAT.
AND THERE'S ONE PART WHERE I WILL KIND OF SPEAK TO YOU WHAT HAS OCCURRED, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL MORE THAT'S NOT GETTING CAPTURED THERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE AREA THAT NEEDS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
UH, SO THIS IS MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
THESE ARE, UH, THE SERVICE NUMBER IS OVER APRIL, MAY, JUNE.
THIS WAS GONNA BE PRESENTED LAST MONTH.
UM, SO WE WILL PRESENT ON, UH, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO THIS IS A QUARTER SNAPSHOT.
UM, LOOKING AT OUR SERVICES, THERE IS STILL A LOT WITHIN OTHER THAT BREAKS DOWN TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, I WOULD SAY WE SEE THIS MORE AT THE MSC THAN IN OUR OTHER LOCATION.
SO THAT'S SOME CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON LIKE, WHAT IS OTHER AND BREAKING THAT DOWN.
UM, SO SOME OF THIS IS LIKE MAIL, UH, AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAPPEN AT THE MSC.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS MONTH OVER MONTH.
UH, SO JUST TRYING TO BETTER CAPTURE, UH, DATA OVERALL.
BUT THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED THROUGH CITY STAFF AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
UH, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN AT THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, UM, AS FAR AS SERVICES.
UH, SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A GENERAL BREAKDOWN, AGAIN, OF THE SERVICES, HOW MANY ARE BEING PROVIDED WHILE WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT A MONTH.
UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ENSURING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE AS MUCH OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, WITHIN THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
UM, SO A LOT OF THE LEGAL SERVICE STUFF COMES DOWN TO HOMELESS COURT, UH, AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, TICKETS, MISDEMEANORS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED, UH, GETTING ENROLLED INTO OUR HOMELESS COURT, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE EXPUNGEMENT.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT FALLS INTO A LOT OF THE LEGAL SERVICES IS REALLY TRYING TO, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH, WITH ISSUES THAT HAVE COME.
SO SOMEBODY MIGHT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS OVER A MONTH WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY 742 INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE RECEIVING LEGAL RELATED SERVICES.
OFTEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CHECKING IN ON A WEEKLY BASIS REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS.
UM, SO BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WITHIN OUR LAST DATA CONVERSATION, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND WANTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND INFLOW AND OUTFLOW.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON STUFF THAT WILL HELP US BETTER CAPTURE THAT.
SOME OF THAT WAS, UH, POLICIES THAT WERE UPDATED ON THE COC SIDE.
UM, ABOUT A QUARTER AGO, LOOKING AT WHEN DOES SOMEBODY BECOME INACTIVE? WE HAVEN'T SEEN SOMEBODY IN A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE.
LIKE, THAT PERSON SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INACTIVE FOR THAT MOMENT.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT SAYING LIKE, HEY, THERE'S 6,000 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ENROLLED, BUT HALF OF THEM WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING UPDATES.
SO, UH, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WE SEE ONE TIME AND WE NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN, OR WE SEE THEM THREE TIMES AND WE, YOU KNOW, THEY GO ELSEWHERE.
THEY MOVE IN WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, THEY DO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, WAY OF CONTACTING 'EM.
UM, SO THAT'S A PART OF LOOKING AT OUR INFLOW, IS UNDERSTANDING NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, BUT ALSO UPDATING AND TRYING TO BE AS CURRENT AS POSSIBLE ON LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE ENGAGED
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WITH AT ANY GIVEN POINT, AND LIKE, WHAT'S OUR LOOK PERIOD AT THAT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 120 DAYS.IF WE DON'T SEE SOMEBODY, THEY FALL OFF OF LIKE THAT ACTIVE LIST AND WOULD GO INTO THE OUTFLOW OF LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE NOT SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE ENGAGED WITH HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, OUR ENROLLMENTS, UM, I AM GUESSING THIS IS NOT OVER A QUARTER
I DON'T HAVE A LABEL FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I'M GUESSING THIS IS NEW ENROLLMENTS OVER THIS PAST YEAR OR YEAR TO DATE, UH, AND NOT THE LAST QUARTER.
SO, UM, WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
WE SEE ON AVERAGE CLOSE TO 30 NEW PEOPLE PER DAY.
UM, SO THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
AND THERE'S, YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER BUCKET ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS COMING IN, TRYING TO LOOK FOR RESOURCES.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ALSO TRY TO DISTINGUISH WITHIN OUR ENROLLMENTS IS TAKING OUT PREVENTION AS WELL.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE OUR NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO WE'LL, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO DALTON ON LIKE HOW WE CAN BETTER REPRESENT SOME OF, HEY, HERE'S WHO WE'RE SERVING THAT'S AT RISK AT A GIVEN POINT, VERSUS WHO'S, UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
ON THE OUTREACH SIDE, EVERYBODY THAT'S GETTING ENROLLED IN OUTREACH HAS SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THE MAC IS MOSTLY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
HOWEVER, WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE PEOPLE COME UP THAT ARE AT RISK.
THEY SAW US THERE AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY QUEUE, OH, OKAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BLANK SLIDE CAME FROM.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY QUEUE, THIS IS KIND OF THE FLOW PATH.
THEY HAVE A CASE MANAGER THAT, YOU KNOW, DOES THEIR INITIAL ASSESS ASSESSMENT WITH THEM, WORKS ON GETTING A HOMELESS VERIFICATION.
UH, AND ONCE THAT IS IN PLACE, THEY'RE ADDED TO OUR QUEUE.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT QUEUES, ONE THAT'S FOCUSED ON, UH, SHELTER RELATED THINGS, AND THEN ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON PERMANENT HOUSING RELATED THINGS.
SO, UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A FLOW AROUND, UH, MORE OF OUR PERMANENT HOUSING SIDE.
SO PERSON GOES INTO THE QUEUE.
WE HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. UH, SOME ARE SOLID UNITS AND SOME ARE, WE HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO SERVE ONE MORE PERSON.
THEY LET OUR MATCHING TEAM KNOW, HEY, I HAVE A UNIT AVAILABLE FOR SOMEBODY.
AT THAT POINT, THE MATCHERS GO IN LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIZATION, UH, DATA POINTS, HOW LONG SOMEBODY'S BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, DO THEY HAVE A UNDERLYING DISABLING CONDITION.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, DO CONSIDER THE BI PDA, BUT THAT IS NOT A PRIMARY.
UH, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, BI PDA STANDS FOR VULNERABILITY INDEX SERVICE PRIORITIZATION, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE TOOL.
HENCE WHY IT GETS SHORTENED TO BI PDA.
UM, IT IS REALLY KIND OF A TRIAGE TOOL THAT'S MEANT TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY OF A PERSON.
IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATIONS, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, LOOKING AT THEIR HISTORY, UH, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SUBSTANCE USE RELATED ISSUES, THEIR EXPERIENCES WHILE HOMELESS, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS.
AND IMPROVEMENT PROVIDES A SCORE.
UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN THAT.
UH, THE LAA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS TO WORK ON, UM, MAKING A CHANGE TO THE PRIORITIZATION TOOL THAT'S USED.
THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME UP AROUND, UH, RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN THAT TOOL AND WHO ULTIMATELY GETS ENDING UP TO BE MATCHED.
THAT'S WHY WE TRY NOT TO WEIGHT THAT TOO HEAVILY WITHIN OUR PROCESS.
UM, SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT A TOOL AND TRYING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE TOOL THAT GETS SEIZED, UTILIZED THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY, UM, IS ONE THAT IS NOT HAVING EQUITY CONCERNS AND HAVING, UH, DISPROPORTIONALITY WITHIN THE OUTCOMES OF WHO HAS MATCHED TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
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BUT THIS IS THE KEY AS IT STANDS FOR THE MOMENT.UM, HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS WITHIN THE QUEUE AND HOW PEOPLE, UH, ARE, UH, FLOWING THROUGH THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BEING ADDED TO THE QUEUE ON A DAILY BASIS WITH, OVER THAT QUARTER THERE WAS NEARLY 580 PEOPLE ADDED TO THE QUEUE.
UM, SO WITHIN THIS PERIOD, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 900 PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE WITHIN OUR QUEUE.
THIS IS CONSIDERING IF SOMEBODY HASN'T BEEN ENGAGED WITHIN 120 DAYS, THEY MAY FALL OFF THE QUEUE EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE NOT BEEN MATCHED.
UM, AND THEN 91 PEOPLE THAT WERE MATCHED TO A PROGRAM WITHIN THAT PERIOD, UH, WE DID REMOVE 36 PEOPLE, SO IT WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE SHELTER SIDE, WE DO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR SHELTER QUEUE THAN NECESSARILY THE PERMANENT HOUSING QUEUE.
UH, SO SIMILAR ANALYSIS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTIVE.
UM, SO THAT SHELTER QUEUE IS SOMETHING THAT WE REFRESHED AND IS NEWER WITHIN THAT QUARTER.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN IT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE RECENTLY UPDATED OUR PERMANENT HOUSING QUEUE TO BE WITHIN OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM VERSUS AN OUTSIDE, UH, DATABASE.
SO THAT IS NEWER AND SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED WITH OUR, OUR SOFTWARE PROVIDER.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A TIMELINE.
PEOPLE ASK HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? HERE'S KIND OF A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF, UM, HOW LONG SOME OF THE STUFF IS TAKING.
ANY QUESTIONS DATA RELATED BEFORE I GET INTO OPERATIONAL DATES? UH, OKAY.
JIM, YOU KNOW, UM, EVER SINCE OUR VISIT FROM WHERE WE HAD THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE COME VISIT AREA AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE BRIDGE HOUSING.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND, UH, WORKING ON SOME, AND IT SEEMS, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO DEVELOP BRIDGE HOUSING HERE IN LONG BEACH? UH, THE ONE AREA I LOOK AT PARTICULARLY IS IN RECOVERY ADDICTION, BECAUSE THE RECOVERY BRIDGE HOUSING MAKES A MUCH MORE REALISTIC APPROACH TO GETTING PEOPLE FROM TREATMENT, COVERING THAT IN BETWEEN POINT TO YOU CAN GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRACTICAL APPROACH.
AND IT IS FUNDED PRETTY GENEROUSLY, ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN LONG BEACH TO TRY AND DEVELOP BOTH RECOVERY BRIDGE HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING.
SO I'LL TRY TO WORK THAT INTO MY OPERATIONAL UPDATES.
UM, IT ALMOST FITS WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE QUEUE, THE BRIDGE HOUSING WOULD BE ALMOST A PLACE THAT I WOULD SAY THAT WHILE THAT PERSON IS IN THAT IN BETWEEN STAGE, YOU GET 'EM INTO AN AREA WHERE AT LEAST THEY'RE GETTING MINIMAL SALARY RECOVERY OR MENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE DURING THAT TIME.
YEAH, I'LL ADD IT INTO MY OPERATIONAL UPDATE THAT WAY.
LIKE I CAN TALK ABOUT ROUTE ONE AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I KEEP ASKING ABOUT WAIT LISTS.
UM, AND SO IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SLIDE 11 STARTS TO GET INTO THAT.
SO FOR PERMANENT HOUSING, THE ESTIMATE DURING THAT PERIOD IS, THERE'S 8 93 ON A WAIT LIST FOR HOUSING, THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR, CORRECT.
THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER TO KEEP TRACK OF, AT LEAST FOR ME AND SORT OF SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING AND SORT OF TRACKING PROGRESS.
AND THEN FOR THE SHELTER, NOW, THE WAIT LIST OF FOLKS WAITING FOR A SHELTER SPOT, IS THAT 1,109 NOW? CORRECT.
AND THEN THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU, WE TALKED IT WAS A LOWER NUMBER AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THE DATA AND GETTING IT ALL TUNED UP.
SO STILL REPRESENT LONG TERM PEOPLE BEING, YOU THINK YOU SAID SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AVERAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, ON THE WAIT LIST? YEAH.
UM, YOU JUST SEND, YOU DON'T HAVE, YEAH, I CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT.
THAT'S NOT ON, BUT THEY'RE LONG TERM.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT ONE ON THERE ON HOW LONG? SO IT'S JUST SOMEBODY'S AVERAGE ON THERE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BY AND LARGE, LONG TERM ON AVERAGE.
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YEAH.I MEAN IT CAN, PEOPLE CAN BE ON THE PERMANENT HOUSING QUEUE FOR A WHILE BEFORE THEY GET MATCHED.
AND I MEAN, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS LIKE, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASED INTEREST IN SHELTER.
LIKE, I WILL SAY WHEN I STARTED, LIKE THIS NUMBER WOULD BE PRETTY SMALL.
LIKE YOU HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS INTERESTED IN SHELTER, LIKE THERE WAS GONNA BE A SHELTER OPEN PRETTY QUICKLY.
THIS IS A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN, LIKE, IT SPEAKS TO YOU LIKE PEOPLE DO WANT SHELTER OPPORTUNITY AND WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE 1100 PEOPLE SITTING ON A QUEUE WAITING FOR A BED TO OPEN, LIKE THAT'S, IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING AND OR WE'RE SEEING IT SOMETIMES TAKE MUCH LONGER OUTSIDE OF WINTER SHELTER.
WE TEND TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN QUICKER.
'CAUSE IT'S FIRST COMES FIRST SERVE, THERE'S INCREASED, YOU KNOW, UH, BEDS AT THAT POINT.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE BEDS, BUT WE'RE SEEING THE DESIRE FOR PEOPLE TO GO INTO SHELTER, UM, AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE LIST THAT ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN NON CONGREGATE SPACES, THOUGH THAT IS SOME DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THIS IS LIKE, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ON THIS LIST THAT ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN A BED WHEN IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL ROOM WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF THOSE BEDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MANY.
DESIREE, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, COMMUNITY Q STATISTICS.
WHAT ARE THEY LIKE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COMMUNITIES? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF AVERAGE LENGTH, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, LIKE I SAID, A LONG TIME AND WE KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT IS OUR NUMBERS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COMMUNITIES? YEAH, SO I CAN SPEAK TO LASA AND KIND OF WHERE LAA HAS BEEN.
THEY TYPICALLY SEE ABOUT HALF OF THEIR COUNT AT ANY GIVEN TIME BEING ON THE Q4 PERMANENT HOUSING.
AS FAR AS SHELTER, I DON'T HAVE AS GOOD OF A SENSE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES ON LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SHELTER VERSUS AVAILABILITY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S COMMUNITIES ON THE EAST COAST WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE A, THERE'S 10 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY HAVE A SHELTER BED FOR NINE OUT OF 10 PEOPLE.
LIKE THAT IS A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MUCH OF A SHELTER QUEUE AT THAT POINT, IF ANY.
UM, SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR COMPARISON.
THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF IS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, SO ONE THING TO SPEAK OF ON LIKE THE QUEUE IS THE QUEUE CAN FLUCTUATE AT TIMES AS WELL, JUST DEPENDING ON LIKE HOW, WHAT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
LIKE, THERE HAVE BEEN A QUARTER WHERE LIKE THREE NEW PSH PROJECTS OPEN UP AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 200 BEDS THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE INTO QUICKLY.
AND LIKE THAT SPEEDS UP THE PROCESS.
HAVING 582 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS DRASTICALLY MOVES YOUR LIST IN THAT MOMENT.
SO WE DO SEE MOMENTS WHERE, LIKE, MATCHES ARE HAPPENING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE, UH, QUICKER BECAUSE A NEW PROJECT HAS COME ONLINE, AND THEN WE SEE PERIODS WHERE THERE'S JUST NOT AS MUCH AVAILABLE AND THE LIST REALLY SLOWS DOWN WITHIN THE PERMANENT HOUSING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, CLIENTS REFER TO A PROGRAM OR MATCH, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I JUST WANNA GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
SO A PERSON CAN BE ON THE SHELTER WAIT LIST AT 1109 AND ALSO BE IN THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY POOL.
SO I, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ARE YOU KEEPING TRACK OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE, YOU GOT PEOPLE ON BOTH LISTS? I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN RUN A REPORT THAT SAYS THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE ON BOTH LISTS.
UM, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE REPORT RUNNING GURU WITHIN HMIS, BUT I CAN ASK DALTON IF THERE IS A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHO IS ON BOTH LISTS WITHOUT SITTING THERE AND MANUALLY LOOKING FOR NAMES.
AND THEN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT CONGREGATE AND NON CONGREGATE DESIRES, UM, IS THAT, YEAH, WE CAN ALSO HAVE THAT SEPARATE.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN RUN A REPORT THAT SEPARATES THE TWO AS LIKE, HEY, A GOOD CHUNK OF THESE, THIS CHUNK IS ONLY OPEN TO NON-CON SHELTER.
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ALSO I THINK, UM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE FIND IT INTERESTING WHEN YOU DO LIKE AN AGE BACKGROUND AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, A BREAKDOWN OF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO IT OF YOUR BIG NUMBER, BUT YOU, YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO DO IT OF, OF YOUR SUCCESSES, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE DASHBOARD, ON THE WEBSITE.
IT DOES GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN BY RACE, BREAKDOWN BY AGE FOR BOTH SHELTER AND PERMANENT HOUSING, LOOKING AT ENROLLMENTS AS WELL AS OUTCOMES.
AND DO THEY AGES AND AGE? YEAH.
THOSE ARE LIKE THE FOUR PRIMARY ONES THAT YOU CAN FILTER.
AND THEN ON YOUR, UM, MULTI-SERVICE CENTER OUTREACH AND, UM, MATH BAND DATA, UM, WHAT IS OTHER IN OUTREACH? AND, UH, I WILL HAVE DALTON GIVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT FALLS INTO OTHER NOT HAVING HIM HERE.
AND THEN ALSO MAYBE IF WE CAN DEFINE CASE MANAGEMENT TOO.
ALRIGHT, MOVING INTO SOME OPERATIONS UPDATES.
SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT ON STAFFING HERE.
UH, SO A FEW STAFFING UPDATES.
UH, JOEL REZA, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE BUREAU FOR SIX, SEVEN YEARS, UH, AND HAS BEEN LARGELY ON OUR OUTREACH AND COORDINATION OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL STUFF HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO OUR FIELD BASED SERVICES OFFICER.
UH, SO THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, UH, ON ALVIN'S TEAM.
WE HAD ANNOUNCED ALVIN AT THE LAST TIME WE HAD MET, UH, BUT HE DOES NOW HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE.
UM, SO CHRISTIAN CASTRO AND SAVANNAH UDAR BACK THERE, UH, HAVE JOINED HIS TEAM AS COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALISTS.
SO, UH, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON ENGAGEMENT, OUR, UH, ACTION PLANS, COORDINATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OUR JURISDICTIONAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNTY THE STATE, AND LOOKING AT WAYS, UH, TO INCREASE OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR ENGAGEMENT.
UM, LUPITA RACHA HAS JOINED US AS A COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR, SHE'S OVERSEEING OUR RAPID REHOUSING GUIDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PROVIDERS.
UH, STEVEN PEARL IS JOINING US, UH, NEXT WEEK AND HE WILL BE A PROJECT MANAGER WORKING ON THE ADMIN TEAM.
UH, SO HE'LL BE SUPPORTING OUR OVERALL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, UH, AND AS NEW OPPORTUNITIES COME UP, HE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE TEAM TO CHART THAT OUT, UH, AND MAKE A PROJECT PLAN FOR, FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
UH, JESSICA TOMORROW HAS BEEN, UH, HIRED AND WE'LL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WE'LL BE, UH, LOCATED HERE IN BILLIE JEAN KING, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING A COUPLE OTHER LIBRARIES.
SO SHE WILL BE OUR LIBRARY CLINICIAN AND OVERSEEING THE THREE HEALTH EDUCATORS THAT ARE, UH, WITHIN OUR LIBRARIES.
AND THEN JASMINE GUILLEN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO, UH, AN ADMIN ANALYST THREE.
UH, SO, UH, PREVIOUSLY WAS A CCPS FOUR ON OUR TEAM.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, SUPPORT US, BUT WE'LL BE FOCUSING IN ON, UH, PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING RELATED ISSUES WITH US.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO, UH, BACKFILL HER POSITION, UM, AND STILL GOING THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST INTERVIEWS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PEOPLE TO ANNOUNCE IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, A NUMBER OF REASSIGNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HIRED ON.
THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR, IN SOME CASES CLOSE TO A YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE IN SOME CASES.
SO WE HAD QUITE A FEW REASSIGNMENTS DURING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.
UH, LARGELY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
AND AS PRIORITIES AND FUNDING SHIFTED, UH, THEY JOINED US TO SUPPORT US IN THE WORK.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PERMANENTLY BRING THEM ON BOARD WITHIN OUR BUREAU.
UH, SO SHARON, WHO'S RIGHT THERE, IS NOW OUR BUREAU SECRETARY PERMANENTLY AND WILL BE SUPPORTING US.
SO YOU'LL SEE HER ON EMAILS, WE'LL SEE HER IN MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD, UH, CASEY, ERIC, UH, JOINING US AS COUNSELOR TS AT THE MSC.
UH, FRANCIS IS JOINING US AS A COUNSELOR TOO ON THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, UH, AS WELL AS KAILYN.
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UM, SO WORKING ON A FEW OTHER, WE STILL HAVE A FEW REASSIGNMENTS.WE'RE TRYING TO GET POSITIONS POSTED INTERNALLY FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AS PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY HEARD AND SEEN AND WAS DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT AT THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET UPDATE IS THERE ARE IS FUNDING THAT HAS EXPIRED.
UH, THERE WERE ABOUT 70 POSITIONS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THAT.
THERE ARE 30 OR SO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STILL, UH, AT LOSS OR AT RISK OF LOSING, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OVER AND HELP WITHIN, UH, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES.
WE'RE WORKING TO BRING ON SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
UH, ONE OTHER PERSON HAS RECEIVED AN OFFER LETTER, BUT DON'T HAVE A SET START DATE.
UH, WE HAD ANOTHER OFFER LETTER GOING OUT, HOPEFULLY TODAY.
SO MORE INTERNAL TRANSFERS AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE, UH, CONNECTED INTO SOME OF OUR WORK.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID LOSE, UH, TWO OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES.
UH, THEY GOT PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM.
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON TRYING TO GET THOSE BACK FILLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THEY WERE SUPPORTING OUR, UM, OUR REACH TEAM.
UH, THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON OUR TB RESPONSE FOR A WHILE.
SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WITHIN THAT TIME, UH, THEY GOT PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WORKING ON, UH, BACKFILLING THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'RE IN INTERVIEW AND BACKGROUND PROCESS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
I BASED OFF, UH, SERVICE OFFICER INTERVIEWS, WE'LL START NEXT WEEK FOR ROUND ONE.
UH, WE HAVE A PHP THREE OUTREACH COORDINATOR, UH, IN BACKGROUND.
UM, AND WE'RE IN SECOND ROUND INTERVIEWS WILL BE HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK FOR AN MNC OPERATIONS COORDINATOR, UH, TO SUPPORT AT THE MSC.
AND THEN, UH, WORKING ON A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, POSITIONS AS WELL AS, UH, FILLING OUR REACH MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN VACANCY.
UM, SO WITHIN THE LAST QUARTER,
UH, SO IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE SUBMITTED THREE GRAND APPLICATIONS, UH, TWO FOR CAL AIM, ONE TO CARE, ONE TO HEALTH NET.
UH, AND THEN WE DID SUBMIT A THIRD PROPOSAL TO THE STATE FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING.
ROUND THREE FOCUSED ON THE RIVERBED.
UH, TODAY WE WERE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO LASA, UH, AROUND, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AND GETTING ONGOING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT IN THE COMING, UH, WET WEATHER SEASON, UH, LOSSES.
ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND INCIDENCES WHERE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED AS WELL.
UH, SO IF AWARDED, WE'D HAVE FUNDING TO POP UP SHELTERS WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S WET OUT, IT'S COLD OUT.
UH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IN PLACE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, AND LOOKING TO KEEP IT GOING, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, GETTING IN A PROPOSAL FOR THAT.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE ARE IN CONVERSATION AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE PUTTING IN A PROPOSAL OR TWO, OR AT LEAST TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO PARTNER WITH, IS AROUND, UH, PROPOSITION ONE AND CREATING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR TREATMENT SPACES.
SO AS A PART OF PROP ONE, THERE WAS 6.4 BILLION, UH, THAT WAS ALLOCATED WITHIN A BOND TO CREATE ADDITIONAL NEW SPACES THAT PEOPLE COULD BE SERVED IN.
AND THEN A, UH, TRANSITION IN THE ALIGNMENT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT.
SO THE STATE CURRENTLY HAS A, UH, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OUT REGARDING, UH, SPACES FOR TREATMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY PORTFOLIO, AS WELL AS OTHER SPACES WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WHERE WE COULD PARTNER AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING, BUILD ADDITIONAL BEDS.
UH, THIS COULD ALLOW FOR BOTH MENTAL HEALTH, UH, BEDS AT VARIOUS LEVELS AS PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF HOSPITALIZATION.
THAT'S KIND OF THE AREA WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE GREATEST NEEDS.
SO SOME OF THOSE BRIDGE BEDS THAT JIM WAS ASKING ABOUT, UH, AS WELL AS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT BEDS CAN ALSO BE FUNDED WITHIN, UH, PROPOSITION ONE.
SO WE'RE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, BOTH OUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS DMH.
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SO WHERE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET IN AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW SPACES, UH, IN HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.UM, SO ALSO IN CONVERSATION WITH, UH, NHHA AROUND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND THE BUILD OUT AND THE LONG TERM PLANS THERE AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN PROP ONE AS WELL.
UM, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON THE OTHER TWO BUILDING THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE, AND THAT WILL BE FOR, UH, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE THAT ARE RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
UM, SO WE'LL ALSO WHEN THAT COMES UP, BE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH DEVELOPERS AND TRY TO GET AS MANY PROJECTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN HERE AND LONG BEACH.
SO SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRINGING IN HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE BEDS INTO THE CITY.
SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE DECADES.
UH, UH, PROVIDE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND JUST TRYING TO BEST ALIGN WITH THAT.
UM, SO, UM, SPOKE A LITTLE BIT AND WE PUT IN CAL, UH, PROPOSALS.
UM, THE CONGRESS, UH, CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, ADDED 1 BILLION IN ROUND SIX OF OUR, OF THE HALF PROGRAM.
WE JUST FINALIZED AND GOT APPROVAL ON OUR FIVE APPLICATIONS.
SO THEY CHANGED UP SOME OF THE PROCESS.
THEY CHANGED UP SOME OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ON THE STATE SIDE.
SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN WHAT THE PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS WITHIN HALF AROUND SIX ARE.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AT ONE POINT, UH, THE GOVERNOR DID, HAD NOT PUT THAT FORWARD INITIALLY WITHIN HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY 25.
UH, BUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID, UH, MOVE TO PUT THAT BACK IN.
UH, SO WE WILL SEE A HALF ROUND SIX, UM, AND SHOULD KNOW MORE AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, BUT POTENTIAL ALLOCATIONS LOOK LIKE THAT, UH, FOR THAT.
SO, UH, THE HUNT DID RELEASE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR THE COC PRO PORTFOLIO AND PROGRAM APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
THERE ARE SOME EXCITING NEW THINGS WITHIN THE
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE DOING TWO YEAR APPLICATIONS, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.
WE'LL STILL HAVE TO DO RECORDING AND OTHER STUFF THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A WHOLE LONG, YOU KNOW, THOUSAND PAGE APPLICATION IN NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.
UM, THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING FOR ALL COCS THAT APPLY EVERY YEAR.
IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, THE OTHER FIRST WITHIN THIS, THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE COC PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS ON THE SERVICE.
SO THEY'VE ALWAYS ADJUSTED WHEN POSSIBLE FMR FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PORTION OF THE GRANTS UNDER THE COC PROGRAM.
BUT YOU HAVE GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN THE NINETIES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE SAME SERVICE DOLLARS FROM THEIR GRANT THAT THEY DID IN 1995 WHEN THEY APPLIED.
SO AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, INFLATION IS A REAL THING.
UH, COSTS DO GO UP, SALARIES GO UP.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IS ALLOWING FOR ADJUSTMENTS ON SERVICE DOLLARS, UH, AND REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE LIVING WAGES WITHIN THE PROGRAMS THAT IT'S FUNDING.
SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS AROUND THAT.
IT'S LIKELY TO BE AN EMPHASIS GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL HAVE, UH, POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENSURING THAT PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED ARE PAYING WAGES THAT ARE KEEPING UP WITH BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY AFFORD AN APARTMENT WHERE, UH, YOUR PROGRAM IS LOCATED AT.
SO THOSE ARE HER POSITIVE THINGS TO SEE.
UH, I THINK WE, LAST TIME WE MET THE BACKUP BOND WAS JUST BEING FINALIZED WITHIN LEASE, UH, IT IS AT FULL OCCUPANCY.
UM, AS PART OF OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE ENROLLED WITH OUR RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES.
SO, UH, PEOPLE ARE BEING ENROLLED.
WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND HOUSING
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE BOTH, UH, AT THE BACK OF BOND AS WELL AS, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL UNSHELTERED THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.UM, OH, I'LL SKIP THAT LAST PART 'CAUSE I MISSED THAT.
UH, OPERATION UPDATES CONTINUING ON JULY 12TH.
THE MSC DID HAVE A EXCITING PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH PROJECT STREET FED AND KISMET PETS, UH, LAUNCHING A NEW PET FOOD PANTRY.
YES, THAT IS JOHN LEGEND ON THE RIGHT.
SO, UM, HE IS A PARTNER WITHIN KISMET FAT FOOD.
UH, HIM AND HIS WIFE, CHRISSY, TEGAN.
KWAN AND, UH, AND JOHN LEGEND DID COME OUT TO OUR LAUNCH OF THE PET FOOD FACTORY.
PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR PETS IN, WERE ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, PET CARE.
WE GAVE OUT A LOT OF PET FOOD THAT DAY.
BUT GOING FORWARD, WE NOW HAVE DONATIONS OF PET FOOD THAT ARE REOCCURRING IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH KISMET UH, FOOD.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAND OUT, YOU KNOW, GALLON SIZE BAGS FILLED WITH PET FOOD AS PEOPLE COME IN.
SO THAT'S NOW SOMETHING THAT OUTREACH CAN TAKE OUT TO PEOPLE AS WELL AS, AS PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE MSC, THEY'RE ABLE TO REQUEST PET FOOD AND WE'RE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT.
UH, SO WE PACK BAGS OF FOOD EVERY TWO WEEKS AND ARE PREPARED TO HAND IT OUT FOR A TWO WEEK PERIOD AND THEN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO THAT'S BEEN AN EXCITING NEW ADDITION IS HAVING PET FOOD THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN AN EXCITING THING.
UH, ANOTHER UPDATE, I TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON IT, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, UH, OR WHAT'S NOW BEING REFERRED TO AS THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS IS NOW OPERATIONAL WITH SOME RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE MET, UM,
SOME OF THIS STUFF IS FEELING A LITTLE OLD AT THIS POINT, BUT, UM, SO THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN JUNE THAT THEY STARTED SEEING PEOPLE, OR MAYBE EVEN MAY, THAT THEY STARTED, UH, HAVING PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR REGROUP OF CARE BEDS THERE.
UH, THERE IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THAT SITE CURRENTLY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALS, UH, TO PROVIDE RECUPERATIVE CARE AS PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF ACUTE HEALTH SITUATIONS WHERE THEY NEED MORE TIME, UH, IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS NURSING, THAT HAS PEOPLE THAT CAN CHECK IN WITH THEM, THAT HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, A WIDE RANGE OF, UH, MEDICAL ISSUES THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT WITH.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GAP, NOT JUST HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT LIKE IN THE SOUTH BAY, YOU KNOW, THE SIDE OF EAST LA REGION AREA THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS.
SO TO HAVE 30 NOW ON UP AND GOING AND MORE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CHANCE, YOU CAN SEARCH NHHA, UH, NATIONAL HEALTHCARE AND HOMELESS ADVISOR ADVISORY, AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE PLAN POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS.
SO YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND SEE THEIR OVERALL PLANS AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO BUILD THAT AND DEVELOP ON THAT SITE.
SO 30 HOMELESS TARGETED RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS.
YEAH, SO PEOPLE COMING OUT OF A HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACUTE ISSUE.
SOMEWHERE TO GO WHILE THEY HEAL.
THIS IS, THEY CAN GO THERE FOR THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE, ISSUE THAT THEY'RE HEALING FROM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD THE MSE HOSTED THE 2024 ANNUAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY.
UH, WE HAD QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PARTNER AGENCIES, SO TRY TO GET A GROUP PICTURE TOWARDS THE END.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT.
UH, I KNOW PAM WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE PARTNERS OUT THERE, UH, FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING RESOURCES, UH, PROVIDING HARM REDUCTION RELATED SUPPLIES AROUND, UH, OVERDOSE, PROVIDING EDUCATION AS WELL AS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR IF SOMEBODY WAS INTERESTED IN TREATMENT.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS ON SITE THAT HAVE BEDS THAT THEY OPERATE THAT THEY COULD LINK PEOPLE WITH.
UM, WE HAD HAIRCUTS THAT WERE HAPPENING.
WE HAD A DJ, UH, PAM HANDED OUT PIZZA GRACIOUSLY.
UH, SO IT WAS A VERY EXCITING EVENT.
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WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE COME THROUGH.SO, UH, WE, THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME HOSTING IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO, WHETHER WE HOST IT OR WHETHER WE'RE A PARTNER IS JUST BEING INVOLVED AND, AND SUPPORTIVE OF THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN, UM, I TRIED TO DROP IN A PICTURE 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE 80% THERE ON THIS.
UM, SO THE MSC WAS ABLE TO PARTNERSHIP, UH, CREATE A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH AND GINSLER ARCHITECTS, UH, TO REFRESH OUR KIDS SPACE AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN THERE IN THE PAST.
THERE WAS A COUPLE TABLES, A BOOKSHELF, SOME TOYS, BUT IT WASN'T THE GREATEST SPOT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING INCREASED FAMILIES, UH, COMING IN.
SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SPACE WHERE KIDS COULD FEEL COMFORTABLE AS WELL AS FAMILIES FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THAT ISN'T JUST LIKE THE OPEN LOBBY, UH, WAS CREATING THIS KID'S CORNER.
IT'S GOT SOME BOOKSHELVES THAT CREATE SOME PRIVACY WITHIN THE SECTION.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN SOME, UH, SOME FAKE LITTLE GRASS THERE.
WE HAVE A TREE BOOKSHELF THAT'S GONE IN, THERE'S A WRAP MAKING THE WALLS NICE.
UH, AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SENSORY FEATURES THAT HAVE COME IN.
WE ARE WAITING ON THE LEAVES THAT WILL BE HUNG FROM THE CEILING TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, COOL LITTLE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, IT'S BEEN A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
IT MAKES THE LOBBY LOOK ALL THE MUCH NICER.
LIKE PEOPLE WITHOUT KIDS HAVE REMARKED AS I WALKED THROUGH, ESPECIALLY AS LIKE WE START FIRST START TO GET STUFF IN THAT IT JUST MAKES THE SPACE FEEL MUCH MORE WELCOMING AND ENGAGING.
SO, UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING ADDITION AT THE MSC FOR THE TEAM.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE.
SORRY, I KNOW THAT WAS QUITE A BIT BETTER.
JENNIFER, DO YOU WANNA CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SEEING THAT.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER PEOPLE CARE, UH, FACILITIES AT LONG BEACH.
I MEAN, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? SO QUICKLY? WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, TWO OF THEM THROUGH DHS AND THE COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUSES BEING FUNDED THROUGH MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS AND HOSPITAL FUNDING.
SO I CAN PROVIDE YOU A BREAKDOWN AFTER.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD ANY, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL IN LA BUT YEAH, TWO OF THEM ARE PRETTY SMALL.
SO THE COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS BEING A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BEDS LIKE THAT MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR CAPACITY WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR 30 BEDS.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE.
UH, MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? YES, SARAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION QUESTIONS.
IF YOU GET FUNDED FOR ROUND THREE, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHELTER
UM, THOSE BEDS WOULD BE PRIORITIZED AS THEY COME ON OVER, UH, TO SERVE PEOPLE FROM THE RIVER BED AS WELL.
SO, UH, DID RECEIVE THAT COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING, UH, SOME OF THE BEDS AT 59 50, THE FORMER LUXURY INN FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE RIVER BED.
UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO SHELTER ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN POINT OVER A YEAR AND A HALF PERIOD.
AND ALSO BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES, JUST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
SO FOR THE PROJECT THAT TOOK PLACE HERE, WAS THERE ENOUGH ROOM AT THE VAGA TO SHELTER, LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TYPICALLY HERE OR CAN'T? NO, WE DEFINITELY SAW, UH, A PRETTY SIZABLE INCREASE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE RIGHT IN THIS AREA.
UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN IS LIKE, WE APPLY AND
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THEN WE START TO SAY LIKE, HEY, THE PROGRAM'S GONNA BE GOING.IT DOES SOMETIMES CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A MAGNET EFFECT.
LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE A LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, OR A LARGE PORTION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE A SPACE OF THEIR OWN ROOM.
UM, I THINK THAT IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
LIKE IT IS A GREAT MODEL AND IT GETS PEOPLE THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN INTERESTED IN SHELTER, BUT IT ALSO SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPENSIVE, UM, APPROACH THAT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD SCALE TO THE ULTIMATE, LIKE GETTING A THOUSAND ADDITIONAL LIKE SINGLE ROOM SHELTER SPACES IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, SO IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE THE GREATEST DEMAND FOR IS MOTEL VOUCHERS OR, YOU KNOW, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER, UH, AS WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WHEN WE'VE DONE BOTH ROUNDS OF ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION AS WE STARTED TO SEE SOME PEOPLE MOVE INTO THAT AREA AS WE WERE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT OR GETTING CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE WHAT'S THE STRATEGY AND HOW DO WE HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE THAT BE LIKE A MASSIVE ISSUE AS WE TAKE FUTURE APPROACHES.
UM, THE COUNTY'S APPROACHES ON SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS HAS BEEN LIKE, NOT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SITE, LIKE THREE DAYS BEFORE
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE A TRANSPARENT WHAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR, SO WE'VE SET IT PUBLICLY IN MULTIPLE SPACES NOW.
WE PUT IN A PROPOSAL AROUND THE LA RIVER, LIKE THERE'S NO, NOT SAYING LIKE, THAT IS OUR INTENT.
YEAH, THE, I THOUGHT SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE PRESENTATION WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THEN YOU MENTIONED A HUNDRED IS IF THE FUNDS CAME, WOULD THERE BE A NEED TO FIND A NEW LOCATION OR BUILD NEW SHELTER BEDS? YEAH.
AND IS THAT PART OF, CAN YOU FIND A PLACE, CAN YOU FIND THE, THE, THAT KIND OF A LOCATION? DO THE BUILD TAKE OVER A MOTEL? YEAH, ON LEASING A MOTEL, WE DEFINITELY HAVE MULTIPLE MOTELS SLASH HOTELS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERSHIPS.
LIKE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL PLUS OF MOTELS AND HOTELS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST.
LIKE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU CAN GUARANTEE 100% OCCUPANCY FOR A YEAR.
THERE'S SOME PERIODS WITHIN THE YEAR THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO RENT A ROOM FOR FAR GREATER THAN WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THE NIGHT DURING GRAND PRIX, BUT
UM, LIKE THAT'S APPEALING TO QUITE A FEW MOTELS AND HOTELS.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF INTEREST WITHIN THAT.
UM, IT'LL KIND OF DEPEND ON IF WE HERE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME AND LIKE WHAT OUR CURRENT UTILIZATION AND LEASES THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CITY ON WHETHER WE NEED TO GO SEEK OUT A NEW PARTNERSHIP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE, AND THIS MIGHT BE LIKE DALTON QUESTION UNFORTUNATELY, BUT
SO IS THAT HAPPENING? I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARILY LIKE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMING IN.
WHEN I SAY THAT, IT'S MORE LIKE, HEY, IF I GO FROM OVER HERE TO OVER HERE WITHIN THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, THERE IS SOME CONCERN, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT CAN HAPPEN DEPENDING ON LIKE WHERE CITIES ULTIMATELY LAND POST GRANTS PASS.
UH, AS FAR AS LIKE HOW THEY HANDLE PUBLIC SPACE, UM, THAT WAS MORE OF MY
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IS LIKE ASKING PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MOST FREQUENT OVER THE LAST MONTH TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF LIKE, ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASED INFLOW?
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AND WHERE WERE YOU AT? YOU KNOW, LIKE MY, LIKE WHAT TRIGGERED THAT QUESTION WAS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN FAMILIES WE SEE MORE FAMILIES.I WAS WONDERING, ARE THOSE LIKE FAMILIES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SPENT SOME TIME HERE IN LONG BEACH OR ARE THEY ACTUALLY, I MEAN, WE ARE HEARING FROM OTHER AREAS? NO, I THINK WE ARE SEEING MORE FAMILIES HERE.
WE ARE HEARING WITHIN CONVERSATION WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, THEY ARE SEEING MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING, UM, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF SEEING MORE FAMILIES FROM OTHER AREAS.
I MEAN, WE DO OCCASIONALLY SEE FAMILIES FROM OTHER AREAS, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE THEIR KIDS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON OPERATION.
UM, I SAW THAT LA WAS OPENING SOME COOLING CENTERS AND IN LIGHT OF THE WEATHER, ARE WE OPENING SOME COOLING CENTERS? SO THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COOLING CENTER LOCATIONS.
WE ARE SITTING IN ONE OF THEM.
UM, SO THE LIBRARY IS AS A COOLING CENTER.
UH, THE MSC IS OPEN DURING THE DAY, UM, AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND AS IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY DANG HOT THIS WEEKEND.
UM, SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS I THINK THE HOTTEST PERIOD THAT WE'VE SEEN IN QUITE A WHILE AND IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY WARM OUT THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, THOSE, THE CITY DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF COOLING CENTERS THAT I PUBLISHES ONLINE THAT ARE OPEN TO, TO ANYBODY.
THE LIBRARIES BEING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN ONES.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME PARKS AND REC SPACES THAT ARE OPEN AS WELL AS MSC IS OPEN DURING, UH, THE WEEK.
BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, DO WE OPEN UP ON THE WEEKEND TO OFFER SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATE REPORT BY PAUL MOVED SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, TO RECEIVE AND TRIAL OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS UPDATES REPORT BY PAUL DUCKETT SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AB SUSTAIN THE MOTION PASSES.
UM, OKAY, NUMBER SEVEN IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE MEMORANDUM DATED AUGUST 12TH, 2024, TITLED CITY RESPONSE TO GRAND TASK VERSUS JOHNSON DECISION IN COURT.
UM, DO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PRESENTATION, WE HAVE THE ATTACHED MEMO.
WE HAVE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, GRANTS PASS IS IN OREGON.
UH, THERE WAS A LAWSUIT THAT ORIGINATED, UH, IN I THINK 2019.
UM, AND THAT CASE ULTIMATELY WAS LOOKING AT GRANT'S PASS HAD PASSED AN ORDINANCE BASICALLY SAYING IT IS ILLEGAL TO SLEEP ANYWHERE IN PUBLIC.
UM, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, THE PREVIOUS RULING IN MARTIN V BOISE.
IT HAD GOTTEN CHALLENGED WITHIN THE NINTH DISTRICT COURT.
NINTH DISTRICT EXPANDED ON THEIR RULING THAT KIND OF WENT INTO PLACE WITH MARTIN V BOISE AROUND SLEEPING IN PUBLIC SPACES.
UH, GRANT'S PASS THEN TOOK THAT RULING, UH, AND REQUESTED THE SUPREME COURT TO TAKE IT UP.
UH, SO THE SUPREME COURT DID HEAR THIS CASE IN, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER, MARCH OR APRIL, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THEY DID RELEASE THEIR RULING IN JUNE, LATE JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND PART OF THEIR RULING WAS BASICALLY THAT THERE IS NO, UH, EIGHTH AMENDMENT CONCERN AS IT COMES TO SLEEPING, THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A, UH, A CLASS THAT THEY LOOK TO TAKE ON AND THEREFORE NOT BEING A CLASS.
THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT, WHICH GETS INTO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, UH, DOES NOT APPLY AS IT COMES TO ORDINANCES AROUND SLEEP.
IT DOES NOT WEIGH IN NECESSARILY WITHIN THE OPINION.
IT DOESN'T GET DEEPLY INTO YOU, IS THIS RIGHT OR WRONG? IT LOOKS AT IT FROM A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PERSPECTIVE.
UH, AND BASICALLY AT THAT POINT IT SAYS A EIGHTH AMENDMENT DOESN'T APPLY.
THEREFORE, CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, YOU ARE ABLE TO SET ORDINANCES RELATED TO SLEEPING WITHIN PUBLIC SPACES, UM,
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AND WHAT IS AND IS NOT PERMISSIBLE.IT DOESN'T SAY YOU MUST PUT ANYTHING IN PLACE.
UH, I THINK SOME PEOPLE TOOK IT AS LIKE, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, SO, UH, BASED UPON THAT RULING, ATTENTION LIBRARY PATRONS, THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE IN 30 MINUTES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A LIBRARY CARD, PLEASE COME TO THE CHECKOUT DESK ON LEVEL ONE.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE CONVERSATION, AS I'M SURE PEOPLE WANNA DISCUSS.
UM, SO BASED ON THAT, WE, UH, HAD INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONVERSATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONVENED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, UH, LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AS IT COMES TO, UH, WHAT ARE THE EXISTING ORDINANCES IN PLACE, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE PRACTICES, UH, WITHIN MARTIN VERSUS BOISE, WHERE DO WE WANT TO ULTIMATELY, UH, BE WITHIN THAT? UM, A LOT OF CITIES HAD RELEASED LIKE QUICK TWO PARAGRAPH STATEMENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE TRY TO HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS WITHIN THAT, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD RENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER, THEY WILL BE UNSHELTERED.
UM, ALSO WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SPACE UTILIZATION.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME PUBLIC SPACES WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN TO SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY FOR GOOD REASON PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
UH, SO THAT IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE CAME DOWN TO IS LOOKING AT PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM AT A SINGLE TIME, BUT LOOKING AT PUBLIC SPACES WHERE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS IMPACTING, UH, UTILIZATION OF THAT SPACE FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
SO THAT IS REALLY KIND OF THE NEW THING WITHIN OUR, OUR PRACTICES IS LOOKING AT THESE, UM, FOCUS AREAS.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WERE RELEASED, UH, RIGHT HERE, LINCOLN PARK,
UM, SO THOSE ARE OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, GUMBAR
THE OTHER THREE LOCATIONS WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CLEANUP, UM, BUT HAVE NOT TOLD PEOPLE AT ANY POINT AT, AT THIS POINT, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE ASKING YOU NOT TO BE IN THAT SPACE OR IN THAT AREA, UH, SET UP.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LIKELY BE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WE HAVE ENGAGED WORK THROUGH.
UM, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TIME.
WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE AN ENCAMPMENT IS ACTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE LINKED WITH RESOURCES, WHETHER IT BE SHELTER, BURN HOUSING, AND NOT JUST MOVING PEOPLE FROM ONE PARK TO ANOTHER PARK OR INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT WILL BE MOVING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE IDENTIFY A LOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS FROM NOW WE EXPECT THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO BE IN THAT PARK.
SO YOU WILL STILL SEE PEOPLE AT JENNY RIVERA AND VETERANS PARK, AND EVEN SOME PEOPLE HERE.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE AND WORKING THROUGH OUR BY NAME, UH, LIST AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH PEOPLE AT THOSE POINTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY I THINK A BIG PIECE THAT GOD SPEAK TO AND NOT AVOID IS PART OF THAT IS CITATIONS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE ISSUED TO SOMEBODY BASED ON, UH, SLEEPING WITHIN PUBLIC SPACE.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE PRIMARY GOAL.
THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE LINKED IN WITH SERVICES AND WORKING ON THINGS.
UH, BUT IF PEOPLE REMAIN IN SPACES WHERE WE SET THAT PRIORITY FOCUS AREA, UM, AND AREN'T ENGAGED AND, UH, REMAIN IN THAT SPACE, TICKETING IS A LIKELY RESULT.
WE DO HAVE OUR HOMELESS COURT NUMBER OF, UM, DIVERSION RELATED PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO LINK WITH PEOPLE WITH.
THAT WAY IT DOES NOT BECOME A BARRIER FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BUT THAT IS ALSO A PIECE THAT IS NEW THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UH, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN PLACE WHEN MARTIN VERSUS BOISE WAS, UH, STILL THE PRECEDENT WITHIN THE NINTH DISTRICT.
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TO OPEN UP THE QUESTION.ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? YES.
UM, HAS THE, MY QUESTION IS, HAS THE CITY CONSIDERED, UH, SAFE CAMPING PLACES WHERE PEOPLE, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANNA, DON'T, UM, WELL, EITHER THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE SHELTERS, UH, OR THEY CAN'T GET THE, UH, THE HOUSING THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE BECAUSE, AND THERE'S, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING AND LOCATING THESE PLACES THAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO GO, THERE NEEDS TO BE LIKE AN INTERIM, LIKE A SAFE PLACE WHERE CITY CAN WATCH OUT FOR THEM.
IT DOESN'T PUT 'EM IN WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE POPULATION, BUT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LEGALLY WITHOUT BEING HARASSED CAN AND GET SERVICES THAT WOULDN'T COST AS MUCH MONEY.
AND THAT COULD BE AN INTERIM THING.
HAVE THEY CONSIDERED ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE SOME CITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE CITY, UH, SANCTIONED CAMP ENCAMPMENTS.
SO WE DO HAVE A MEMO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO, SIMILAR TO THIS MEMO THAT DOES GET INTO, UH, SAFE SLEEPING.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS THAT, UH, OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
WE'RE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CITIES UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST, UH, AROUND EFFORTS, WHAT'S WORKED WELL, WHAT HAS NOT WORKED WELL, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE AS WELL AS CONCERNS.
UM, I THINK THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A SPLIT WITHIN OUR ADVOCACY COMMUNITY AROUND THIS ON WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT A GOOD IDEA.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT MANY CITIES WILL USE THIS AS A WAY TO BE HARSHER ON PEOPLE AND FORCE PEOPLE INTO SITUATIONS THAT ARE NOT SO PLEASANT OR GOOD.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY CONSCIOUS OF AS WE EXPLORE AND DISCUSS THIS IS LIKE, IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE SPACES, THEY DO NEED TO BE DIGNIFIED, THOUGHTFUL SPACES THAT JUST DON'T CROWD PEOPLE INTO AN AREA THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, PROPER SUPPORTS AND FACILITIES.
THE CITIES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THAT HAVE NOT DONE THOSE, THOSE SAY BASES AND ENCAMPMENTS TEND TO NOT GO SO WELL AND CREATE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, BOTH PEOPLE STAYING WITHIN THEM AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING AROUND THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THERE IS NO IDENTIFIED SPACE OR, UH, ACT TO PLAN AT THIS MOMENT TO CREATE ONE.
UM, WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SEE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
IT WASN'T A QUESTION I WAS JUST ADDRESSING BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW SHE MENTIONED THAT IT WOULDN'T COST THAT MUCH.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS AT LASA, WE DID DO, UM, WHAT THEY CALL SAFE PARKING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SO ALL THE PARKING LOTS ALL HAD SECURITY GUARDS AND PORTA-POTTIES, AND THEN VERY FEW HAD, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONES THAT HAD THE CASE MANAGER WERE 250,000 A YEAR.
THE ONES WITHOUT, IT WAS 149,000 A YEAR.
I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE THOSE BECAUSE I THINK THAT TYPE OF MONEY CAN GO TO RETROFIT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN GET OUT OF THEIR CAR OR WHATEVER.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY IT IS EXPENSIVE AND I WISH WE COULD FIND PLACES THAT WOULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING GOVERNMENT MONEY AND GOUGING THE PRICE AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A NORMAL PRICE TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
SO, UM, THIS SENSE OF WHERE FOLKS GO IS THAT PART OF WHAT'S BEING ASSESSED? UM, THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO SHELTER.
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SO, AND I ASSUME IN THE INTERACTIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING, PEOPLE MIGHT BE ASKING, WELL, WHERE DO I GO? AND SO THERE'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, SIDEWALKS, PARKS, SO THERE MUST BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN GO.AND SO THAT'S THE QUESTION, KIND OF THE QUESTION I HAVE IS SOME FOLKS ARE BEING HOPEFULLY ADDRESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF, OTHERS ARE RELOCATING AND UM, AND SO DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT IS? IF EVERYONE MOVES FROM ONE PARK TO ANOTHER PARK, THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PARK THAT'S IN THE SAME SITUATION.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE FOLKS ARE MOVING TO? SOMETIMES YES, SOMETIMES NOT AS MUCH.
UM, FOR THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT LEADING UP TO THAT POINT AT LIKE A REAL INCREASED FOCUS, UM, BETTER.
SO, BUT NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA SAY, HEY, I'M GOING OVER HERE.
WE DO NOT GET INTO LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN'T BE HERE, SO YOU SHOULD GO OVER THERE.
LIKE, WE REALLY STICK TO LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A PLACE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU NOT TO BE IN.
BUT NOT SAYING LIKE, YOU SHOULD GO OVER TO THAT PARK.
I'M SURE PEOPLE WOULD BE VERY ANGRY IF THEY
LIKE, SO WE DON'T GET DEEPLY INTO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE TO GO WHEN WE DO THAT ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, AND AT THIS POINT WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE LOCATION WHERE WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE ASKING YOU NOT TO BE IN THIS PARK.
TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S FEWER AROUND HERE.
I MEAN, WELL, YEAH, 60 PEOPLE
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, LIKE, I THINK THAT THAT'S, WE DID LIST THAT AS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS APPROACH IS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T DISAPPEAR, RIGHT? SO, UM, IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY EITHER GO INTO SERVICES OR THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS IS NOT VIEWED AS LIKE A CITYWIDE APPROACH TO SOME, SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, BLANKET SITE, THE ENTIRE CITY.
BECAUSE I THINK WE KNOW THAT, THAT THERE'S NO, IF SOMEBODY HAS NO PLACE TO GO, THEY'RE, THEY WILL JUST CONTINUE EXISTING IN THAT SPACE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY A REASON WHY IS LIKE THESE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING DOWN AND HOPEFULLY OFFERING AS MUCH IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO ANY SORT OF CITATION.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO, I MEAN, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE THIS.
SO ALL OF THE FOLKS AROUND HERE WENT TO THE BAGGA 60, 60 IS THAT HALF OF 'EM? I MEAN, I ENVISION THERE'S FOLKS WITH CONDITIONS THAT MAY NOT ALLOW THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO GO TO THE VAGABOND MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHERS.
AND SO THOSE FOLKS MUST BE DISPERSING.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOOD OR BAD, IT'S WHERE YOU CAN BE IS WHERE YOU CAN'T.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF.
IS THERE ANY SENSE THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE MOVING TO OTHER AREAS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED AND SO THAT'S ALL.
AT THE TIME, WE LOOKED AT OUR PROPOSAL IN THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
THERE'S A COUPLE FACTORS THAT WE WEIGHED IN WHEN WE LOOKED AT LIKE SHELTER CAPACITY.
AND WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL WAS BASED ON ROUGHLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE SEEING AT ANY GIVEN POINT, BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING LIKE METRO LINE'S RIGHT THERE.
LIKE THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE WE DO SEE PEOPLE COME AND GO.
LIKE IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE TODAY, TALK TO EVERYBODY AND COME BACK A MONTH FROM NOW, YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL IN THIS AREA.
AND YOU WOULD SEE SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE AT THAT POINT.
SO WE DO SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT THROUGH THIS AREA.
SO THAT 60 WAS BASED UPON LIKE THAT WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE POINT OF OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL GOING IN TO THE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, 60 IS DEFINITELY NOT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THIS AREA AT THAT POINT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ROOMS THAT HAVE OPENED UP, UH, A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING OUT, A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT WERE EXITED DUE TO MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE SPACE.
SO AS ROOMS OPEN UP, WE LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL IN THE AREA
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AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BACKFILL THOSE ROOMS. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SORT OF INTERESTING.IF YOU, IF THERE'S A PERMISSIVENESS TO ALLOW SOMETHING, ATTENTION LIBRARY PATRONS, THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE IN 15 MINUTES.
THE PARALLEL RESTROOMS WILL CLOSE IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE LOWER RESTROOMS IN 10 MINUTES, THE COMPUTERS WILL SHUT OFF IN 10 MINUTES.
WE WE'RE NO LONGER MAKING NEW LIBRARY CARS.
IF YOU INVITED TO CHECK OUT, PLEASE BRING THAT CHECK JUST NOW.
SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHAT MAY BE GOING ON.
I THINK WHEN THERE'S A PERMISSIVENESS IN A SOCIETY TO ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE PEOPLE CAMPING AROUND HERE, THE WORD GETS OUT AND PEOPLE COME AND CAMP HERE, WHERE CAN I GO? WHAT CAN I DO? I NEED TO FIND A PLACE.
SO PERMISSIVENESS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOCIETY DRAWS PEOPLE TO WHERE THAT PERMISSIVENESS IS.
AND SO NOW THAT IT'S NOT PERMISSIVE, IT MAY BE REVERSING SOME OF THAT AND FOLKS MAYBE WHO HAVE COME ON THE LINE ARE LOCATING TO OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL OF.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, I'M SURE THERE'S A, OBVIOUSLY RESTIVENESS DOESN'T CREATE HOMELESSNESS, BUT LIKE WHERE PEOPLE STAY IN, LIKE HOW THEY SHOW, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU SEE PEOPLE IS PROBABLY DEFINITELY IMPACTED AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE WITHIN A PUBLIC SPACE PROBABLY COMES DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO LIKE WHAT IS ACCEPTED AND WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTED WITHIN PUBLIC SPACE.
THAT BEING SAID, LIKE I THINK REGARDLESS OF PERMISSIVENESS OR THAT AS A FACTOR, LIKE THE LIBRARY IS GONNA BE A DRAW WHEN IT'S WARM OUT, WHEN IT'S COLD OUT IT'S RAINING.
THIS IS A PLACE YOU CAN COME INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANYBODY.
LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENGAGE.
YOU GOT ACCESS TO RESTROOMS, YOU GOT ACCESS TO WIFI, YOU CAN GO ON A COMPUTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AND LIKE UTILIZE THAT AND PASS THE TIME BY, YOU KNOW, READING A BOOK.
WE SEE PEOPLE WILL COME INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO I THINK THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE WE SEE PEOPLE COME BECAUSE THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT COME WITH IT THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE, THAT CURRENT NEED OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, UM, WILL WE POTENTIALLY SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE? QUITE POSSIBLY.
THERE WAS SOMEONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, UH, COULD WE DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT? HAVE OTHER QUESTION.
I I WAS, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AFTER.
BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, BECAUSE OF TIME I DO WANT TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION AND AS THIS POLICY EVOLVES, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES BACK TO OUR AGENDA.
UM, I DO HAVE A LITTLE STORY TO SHARE AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I I'M IN AND AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE THING I ALWAYS WANT TO REMEMBER IS THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IDEAS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM, I DO WANT US TO CONSIDER THE HUMAN SUFFERING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
AND I WANT US TO BE AWARE AND NOT FORGET IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFE PARKING OR, OR WHATEVER.
UM, SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING, THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES WE HAVE BEEN AFFORDED TO MAKE.
HOWEVER, THE SUFFERING THAT OCCURS ON THE STREETS ON A MINUTE TO MINUTE BASIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP WITH AT NIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY, I WAS AT ST.
LUKE'S LAST NIGHT AND JUST TO SEE THE, THE SUN COME DOWN AND PEOPLE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SLEEP, IT'S NOT EVEN WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SLEEP.
IT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE BATHROOM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SIT.
SO WE ARE ALL HUMANS, RIGHT? AND WE ALL HAVE OUR BASIC NEEDS AND I THINK THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVISORY SHOULD DISCUSS THESE BASIC NEEDS VERY CANDIDLY.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO THE BATHROOM WHEN WE MOVE 'EM FROM BEDTIMES PARK TO WHEREVER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE? WHERE IS IT THAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IF THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED, WHICH THIS PARTICULAR LIBRARY IS CLOSED TWO DAYS A WEEK.
SO I I I WANT US TO SORT OF DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.
I UNDERSTAND ALL THIS IS NECESSARY AND, UM, IT'S OUR LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
BUT THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT WHEN I,
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I END UP PICKING UP A LOT OF TRASH AROUND TENTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS PICKING UP TRASH WAS A TICKET, A CITATION.AND IT WAS, UM, WRITTEN TWO DAYS PRIOR AND SOMEBODY HAD DISCARDED IT AND IT WAS WRITTEN AT NINE 50 IN THE MORNING AT LONG BEACH PORT BOULEVARD AND 36TH STREET.
AND FOR ADDRESS, THE OFFICER WROTE TRANSIENT AND HIS INFRACTION WAS DEFECATING IN PUBLIC AND AN OPEN CONTAINER.
AND THE PERSON DISCARDED IT AND HE'S GONNA MISS HIS COURT DATE.
AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S GONNA END UP WITH A WARRANT AND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO DO HOMELESS COURT OR SOMETHING.
BUT IN HIS, UM, HIERARCHY OF PRIORITIES WHERE IT'S FOOD, WATER, GOING TO THE BATHROOM, IT'S LIKE THAT TICKET IS NOT EVER, I MEAN, HE DOESN'T CARE RIGHT WHERE THAT TICKET IS.
AND SO, UM, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT, I THINK DOUG MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT.
WHERE IS IT THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ON US, NOT ON THEM.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO BE.
AND THIS, THIS RULING, YOU KNOW, AFFIRMS THAT THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO BE.
UM, SO, SO WHERE CAN WE TELL THEM TO BE, AND NOT TO PUT 'EM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT REALLY TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE WHEN THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED AND WHEN THE MSC IS CLOSED AND WHERE DO WE WANT THEM TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS NEXT MONTH.
UM, THE LIBRARY IS GONNA KICK US OUT SOON.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA, BUT I DO WANT US TO TAKE THE MOTION, UM, TO, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE ITEM? YEAH.
OR BRING IT, BRING IT BACK FRESH.
UH, COULD WE JUST CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION? YEAH, YOU WOULD NEED TO, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
DO YOU NEED TO DO A VOTE? OKAY.
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THE MEMORANDUM DATED AUGUST 12TH TITLED CITY RESPONSE TO GRANTS PASS VERSUS JOHNSON DECISION.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THE MEMORANDUM DATED AUGUST 12TH TITLED CITY RESPONSE TO GRANTS PASS VERSUS JOHNSON DECISION.
SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS NUMBER EIGHT, THE, UM, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR REPORT.
DO YOU WANNA QUICKLY DO THE EQUITY MEETING? OH, I THINK WE'VE DONE IT.
SO WE'LL JUST, I'LL WRITE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND THEN, UH, THE LAST THING ON THERE.
UM, RECOMMENDATION ITEM NUMBER NINE.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FUTURE HAYSTACK AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK WE STILL HAVE, UM, THE SHELTER OPERATORS ON OUR LIST.
THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA DO RECOVERY CENTERS.
DIDN'T WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE? THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS. THE OTHER ONE WAS TO HEAR FROM OUR ADVISORY BOARD ON LIVED EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD ONE.
UM, IT'S FINALLY BACK UP AND GOING AND EVERYBODY'S THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE, UH, OUR CO-CHAIRS IDENTIFIED.
SO WE COULD INVITE THE CO-CHAIRS TO, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE GROUP, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING, HOW THEY'RE SET UP, UM, THAT THE NEXT MEETING OPERATOR OR THE SHELTER OPERATOR.
ANY OTHER TOPICS? YOU OKAY, KATHY? YEAH.
SO, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE AFTER KAC AGENDA ITEMS? SO
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SECOND.UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUTURE OF KAC AGENDA ITEMS? ALL THOSE OPPOSED ATTENTION LIBRARY PATRONS.
THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE IN FIVE MINUTES.
IF YOU INVITED TO CHECK OUT, PLEASE BRING THEM TO THE CHECKOUT.
DO YOU WANNA DO THE LAST THING? WE'RE, IT'S PROBABLY IDEAL IF ANYBODY HAS PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GONNA REDUCE IT TO A MINUTE.
'CAUSE WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR TIME AND YOUR, AND WE'LL SEE YOU.
ARE WE MEETING HERE AGAIN? UM, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW THE FIRST NOVEMBER, THE FIRST NOVEMBER.