* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. I'M GOING TO [00:00:01] CALL, UM, OUR MEETING TO ORDER HERE TO OUR CLERK. ALYSSA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ELLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER AN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA. COMMISSIONER CHA PATTERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER DONATO SACK. HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. COMMISSIONER LASSER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ETTE. HERE. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA. HERE. VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON. CHAIR MELLINGER. PRESENT. WE HAVE CORA. THANK YOU. UM, AND I JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS ON HER WAY. UM, OKAY. AND WE HAVE ONE EXCUSE, RIGHT? FOR VICE. YES, PLEASE. UM, AND I'M CHECKING WITH COMMISSIONER ARCHA FOR THE MOMENT. THE COMMISSIONER'S NOT EXCUSED, BUT I BELIEVE SHE'S ON HER WAY. OKAY. UM, SO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR VISION MAPPING, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I KNOW WE WERE CALLING IT A RETREAT, BUT VISION MAPPING I THINK IS, UM, IDEAL FOR WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TODAY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING IN ON A SATURDAY. THE IDEA REALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DIG INTO SOME OF THE, THE METEOR TOPICS LIKE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OUR GOALS FOR THE COMMISSION. UM, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY FIRST FRAME THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT FOR TODAY. SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDES. THANK YOU. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS READ THE ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, BUT IT OUTLINES WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, THE DUTIES AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION. AND I THINK, UM, BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT OUR GOALS AND AD HOC COMMITTEES, THESE REALLY PROVIDE SOME GREAT CONTEXT, UM, FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT. SO I AM GONNA READ THROUGH THEM. SO THE DUTIES AND PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION TO GATHER INFORMATION AND EVALUATE THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF GENDER EQUITY TO RECOMMEND POLICY CHANGES USING AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST LENS TO CONSULT AND COORDINATE WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS, TO CONDUCT STUDIES AND SURVEYS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS RELATED TO GENDER EQUITY. TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANNUALLY AS AS WELL. UM, NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN HERE'S, HERE'S, THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR DUTIES, BUT IT'S BROKEN INTO MULTIPLE PARTS. SO TO INFORM AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES AND INEQUITIES AFFECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. SO THAT'S RECOMMENDING CHANGES RELATED TO GENDER EQUALITY FOR CITY POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PRACTICES, RECOMMENDING NEW POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PRACTICES THAT ENSURE EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. RECOMMEND PROTECTING AND PROMOTING VIS VISIBILITY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE MOTHERS. IDENTIFY MATTERS OF DISCRIMINATION, PREJUDICE, HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPATION, VISIBILITY AND LEADERSHIP OF ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS. SO WE HAVE, UM, STAFF HAVE DONE SOMETHING REALLY GREAT AND PUT TOGETHER A BINDER THAT HAS THE SURVEY RESULTS, IT HAS THE ORDINANCE IN IT, UM, AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT I THINK YOU WILL FIND HELPFUL AS WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, LIKE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER CHEAT SHEET, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. SO THIS WILL FRAME THE CONVERSATION. I ALSO TOO, YOU KNOW, TO WELCOME EVERYBODY AS PART OF THE INTRODUCTIONS, UM, IS WOULD EVERYBODY BE OKAY IF WE USE OUR FIRST NAMES TODAY? FANTASTIC. SO PLEASE CALL ME SAM . UM, NOW COMMISSIONER? NOPE. WE'RE USING FIRST NAMES. JENNIFER HAS PREPARED, UM, AN INTRODUCTION SECTION SO WE CAN KIND OF BREAK THE ICE, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I HAVE, YES. AND IF I'M FEELING REALLY WILD, YOU CAN CALL ME JEN. JEN, THERE YOU GO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I HAVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY, UM, AND I HAVE HOW MANY I WOULD LOVE FOR CITY STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU'RE WILLING. SO WE HAVE 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. I HAVE MARIA'S ON HER WAY TOO. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WE'LL JUST, UH, MAKE IT WORK. SO I'M GONNA GIVE EACH OF YOU A NOTE CARD AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND 10 MINUTES WRITING OUT THIS ON JUST ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THE QUESTION. AND THIS IS JUST, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TURN THESE NOTE CARDS IN. THIS IS JUST SO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO THINK, GET YOUR THOUGHTS IN WRITING, AND [00:05:01] THEN WE'RE GONNA FIND A PARTNER AND SHARE AND I'LL, THERE'LL BE A SPECIAL WAY TO FIND YOUR PARTNER. SO FIRST YOU'RE GONNA WRITE ON THE NOTE CARD, WHAT PASSION DO YOU PURSUE IN YOUR FREE TIME? OKAY? THE NEXT ONE IS, WHAT IS ONE ACCOMPLISHMENT YOU ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF? AND THIS COULD BE ANYTHING. THE NEXT ONE, WHAT SKILLS DO YOU REALLY ENJOY USING? AND THEN WHAT DO YOU GET TO, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE COMMISSION? OKAY, SO I'M GONNA HAND OUT THE NOTE CARDS. THE NOTE CARDS HAVE HALF A QUOTE ON THEM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE HOW YOU'LL FIND YOUR PARTNER. BUT I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE. FIRST, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 10 MINUTES. I'LL LET YOU CHOOSE. AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN THESE IN, SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO WRITE OUT SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL OR JUST YOUR NOTES, OKAY? SO TAKE SOME TIME AND WRITE OUT THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. [00:11:52] OKAY? SO NOW I'M GONNA HAVE YOU ALL STAND UP AND FIND YOUR PARTNER AND THE PERSON WHO HAS THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR QUOTE. THESE MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING, SO FIND YOUR PARTNER. WE'LL COMPARE, WE'LL SEE IF WE ALL GOT THEM RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL GIVE ANOTHER SET OF INSTRUCTIONS. WE HAVE THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR QUOTE. THE OTHER HALF QUOTE CAN STAND THE LIGHT. EVERY INCH OF PROGRESS, EVERY ENVELOPE, EVERY TRULY MEANINGFUL ACTION BEGINNING. I DON'T THINK, NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH STARTING. YOU HAVE TO, IT DOESN'T WORK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK AROUND. DO YOU HAVE THE SECOND HALF? THE SECOND HALF? NO, I NEED A SECOND HALF. OKAY. MINE ENDS WITH A, ARE YOU GUYS? I THINK SO. WE'RE GONNA THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BUT COME BACK. 'CAUSE I THAT MIGHT BE ONE THE SECOND, FIRST TIME. OKAY. OH YEAH, I, I HAVE THE FIRST TIME. DO YOU HAVE THE SECOND HALF? YES. NOTHING CAN GET THE LIGHT FROM HERE ON OUT WILL HAPPEN. THE FIRST HALF. I HAVE A FIRST HALF. OKAY. YOU FROM HERE ON I'LL? NO, NOT QUITE THOUGH. I THINK THIS ONE IS THING YOU LEFT IT, SO IF IT ISN'T FEELS LIKE IT'S A KENNEDY QUOTE. IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE. DO HAVE A SECOND HALF? LET'S DO BE I HAVE THE FIRST HALF, I THINK. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LIKE TOO. I'M LIKE, OKAY. OKAY. ARE WE THE FIRST ONES? DO WE WIN? YEAH. THAT'S WEIRD. I I'M A LITTLE COMPETITIVE. NO, I OURSELVES. THAT SOUNDS LIKE I SOUND LIKE HAVE IT. LET'S DOUBLE CHECK. WHAT'S YOURS? I BETTER PLACE. I THINK I PARTNERED WITH I I'LL SAVE YOU THE THINK WE FOUND OUR PARTNER. LET'S CHECK. THERE IS A, UM, I HAD TWO LEFTOVERS. SO THERE IS ONE DRESS THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BELONG. OKAY. NOTHING CAN DIM THE LIGHT, WHICH SHINES FROM WITHIN, FROM MAYA ANGELA. WOO. FROM YOU HAVE TO ACT AS IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM THE WORLD. AND YOU HAVE TO DO [00:15:01] IT ALL THE TIME. ANGELA DAVIS. OKAY, THEN YOUR OTHER HALF. YES. WE'LL GET YOU, WE'LL GET YOU A PARTNER. SAM, THE CHOICE TO LOVE IS THE CHOICE TO CONNECT TO FIND OURSELVES IN THE OTHER BELL HOOKS. HI GIRL. THE LAST PART OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE LAST WITH SAM. TWO CARDS. I'LL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT ONE. OKAY. YOU MUST LEAVE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN IT WOULD'VE BEEN IF YOU HAD NOT EXISTED. ISABEL WILKERSON, DID YOU FIND YOUR PARTNER? YAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EACH OF US CAN KNOW IS OUR UNIQUE GIFT AND HOW TO USE IT IN THE WORLD. EMILY, PJ ERIC. YOU FOUND EACH OTHER. AN EXCHANGE OF EMPATHY PROVIDES AN ENTRY POINT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT HEALING FEELS LIKE. , YAY. AND EVERY INCH OF PROGRESS, EVERY OUNCE OF LOVE, EVERY TRULY MEANINGFUL ACTION FROM HERE ON OUT WILL HAPPEN THROUGH COURAGE, NOT COMFORT. OKAY, SO THE NEXT SET OF INSTRUCTIONS, NOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PAIR, YOU'RE GONNA SHARE WHAT YOU WROTE ON THE CARDS. AND IF YOU WANNA TAKE NOTES WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE OTHER PERSON. AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT IN JUST LIKE TWO MINUTES EACH. SO YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE, YOU'RE JUST GONNA MAYBE HIGHLIGHT LIKE WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO KNOW, IN YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON. YOU'LL SHARE BACK ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON. JEN, THANKS FOR THE GREAT QUOTES. EXERCISE. THANK. I'M GONNA SIT HERE. YEAH, I GUESS I CAN SIT. [00:35:12] OKAY [00:35:12] FOLKS. [00:35:16] UM, [00:35:19] SO MAYBE WE SHOULD, SO WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER. WE LIKE STAND UP AND GET IN A CIRCLE. AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY SET A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES EACH BECAUSE I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME. SO IF YOU TAKE LESS, THAT'S FINE, BUT MORE YOU WILL HEAR THE TIMER. UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN STAND IN THE MIDDLE HERE. CAREFUL, PLEASE. WATCH. YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MAX OF TWO MINUTES EACH TO SHARE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON. OKAY. BY PARTNERS GO FIRST. YEAH, LET'S DO IT. ALRIGHT. UM, SO VANESSA THIS AND FOR NUMBER ONE, SHE ENJOYS READING, UM, FOR FUN AND HER WORK AND HER HOT TOPICS ARE READING ABOUT GENDER AND EDUCATION. UM, AND SHE'S VERY PROUD. OH, ACCOMPLISHMENT. UM, IS BEING A MOM AND PARENT. UM, SHE HAS A DAUGHTER AND UM, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S VERY PROUD OF. UM, AND THEN ALSO BUILDING A BUILDING PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE SHE DOES WORK. SO SHE'S VERY PROUD THAT. AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT SKILL, UM, THE SKILL THAT SHE REALLY ENJOYS DOING IS PLANNING EVENTS SO LOT AT SCHOOL. AND I'M AS WELL. AND, AND THEN, UM, WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH THE MISSION IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND, UH, SPREADING RESOURCES TO YOU. ALRIGHT. SO MY PARTNER THERESA, IS SPEND HER, UH, FREE TIME, UM, IN TENNIS AND SOCCER AND LOTS OF KID ACTIVITIES WITH MY DAUGHTER'S. YES. BIRTHDAY, ITIES AND ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT THE GIRLS ARE, ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN. BECAUSE SHE NEEDS NO FREE TIME FOR ME, , BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT . AND, UH, SHE IS VERY PROUD OF BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL, SUCCESSFUL TEAM, UM, WITH THE CITY OF HOME BEACH. UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE OFFICE IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY? THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IN OFFICE OF, UM, . AND THEN NUMBER NUMBER THREE, WHAT SKILL SHE REALLY ENJOYS COACHING, COACHING SPORTS, AND COACHING HER TEAM. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE AND I SHARED THAT WE'RE BOTH, UM, SOME TYPE OF COACH. UM, AND THEN THE COMMISSION, SHE, I NEED THE SENTENCE BREAK. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET? SO WHAT SHE HOPES TO GET OUT OF THE COMMISSION, UM, OFFERING POLICY, UM, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND BIG PICTURE SUPPORT. YEAH, SURE. SO HELEN IS MY PARTNER, AND, UM, SHE'S A, A AVID STORY WRITER. SHE LOVES TO WRITE STORIES. SHE WRITES, I HOPE THAT THEY BECOME A MOVIE OR A TV SHOW, WHICH I HOPE THEY DO TOO. UM, 'CAUSE THEN I CAN GET HER AUTOGRAPH . UM, SHE LIKES TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, ALL KINDS OF, AND UNIQUE KIND OF THINGS. UM, AND SHE'S REALLY PROUD THAT SHE GOT INTO THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND SHE GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON HER MATH TEST. WOW. WOW. IN HER, IN HER FIRST SEVERAL MATH TESTS. IN HER MATH CLASS. YEAH. I TOLD HER I GOT A D . SHE, YEAH, I WAS REALLY PROUD HER. UM, WHAT SHE'S, UM, THE SKILLS SHE REALLY LOVES IS HER IMAGINATION AND COMING UP WITH UNIQUE STORIES. UM, AND SHE WANTS TO IMPROVE HER, HER GOALS FOR THE COMMISSIONER ARE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY AND MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYONE. UM, IS ALICE. UM, SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GOING TO CONCERTS AND TRAVELING AND LOVES TRYING NEW THINGS. ONE OF THE FOUND, UM, WHAT'S THIS, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT SHE'S PROUD OF? HIS ONE BEING ONE OF THE FOUND FOUNDING PEOPLE OF A LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, BOYFRIEND. YEAH. FOR [00:40:01] AND FOR CALIFORNIA. AND WRITING, UM, A LEGISLATION TO PROTECT GRASSROOTS. UM, THE, THE SKILL SHEET ENJOYS USING IS PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TRAINING. AND, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE THING THEY HOPE TO GET OUT THIS COMMISSION IS TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECT SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GROUPS AND TO BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AGENCIES AND TO BUILD THE SAFETY UMBRELLA FOR WOMEN TO EXCITE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, I INTERVIEWED, UH, MARIA. SHE'S A PASSIONATE CONNECTOR. IN HER FREE TIME, SHE DOES GARDENING, ALL THINGS SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH REALLY VALUABLE. UH, SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED HER MBA DESPITE CHALLENGES OF ALL KINDS OF LOGISTICAL COMPLICATIONS, UM, AND A SCALE SHE WORKING IS CONNECTING PEOPLE, SHARING RESOURCE AND HOPES TO GET OUT THE CONDITION, I THINK WAS JUST LIKE ONE, HER LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A WOMAN, AS A MOTHER, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WOMEN FACE IN THE WORKFORCE SOCIETY. SHE CAN BRING A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT SKILLS AND PASSION. JENNIFER, UM, HER PASSION, ONE THING THAT I REALLY SHARED WITH HER WAS, UH, HER DESIRE OF BEING ACTUALLY, UM, ONE OF HER GOALS TO BE PLASTIC FREIGHT FOR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I WAS LIKE, TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE. I WAS LIKE, OKAY. WE'RE VERY, VERY, UH, I SHARE THAT PASSION WITH HER, UM, HOLDERS, THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT SHE'S PARTICULARLY PROUD OF, THAT SHE TOOK A CERTIFICATION ON FACILITATION. OBVIOUSLY SHE'S BRINGING HER TALENTS HERE. UH, THAT'S . UM, A SKILL YOU ENJOY USING IS SPANISH. I I ALSO NEED A, I'M PRACTICING MY SPANISH. SO SHE ENJOYS USING THAT SKILL. AND, UH, BRINGING OUT WITH PERMISSION IS, IS SHE HOPE TO GROW AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND TREATMENT TALENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNTRY, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, AND THEN GROW INDIVIDUALS. HI EVERYONE. I SPOKE WITH IRMA AND ONE OF HER PASSIONS IS WRITING SONGS OF POETRY. SHE WRITES ABOUT OBSERVATIONS OF HER DAILY LIFE. UM, ONE OF HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS ADVOCATING AND HELPING CREATE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN UNIVERSITY. WELL, UM, THE SKILL THAT SHE LIKES TO USE IS CRITICAL THINKING AND POLICY ANALYSIS. AND WITH THE COMMISSION, SHE HOPES TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING, OF GRADING SOMETHING SOLID TO HELP WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, THIS IS SATYA. AND SATYA IS A HEALER. SHE, UH, IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SOUND HEALING AND SHE USES SOUND HEALING, UM, THROUGH, UH, THE USE OF INSTRUMENTS. SHE USES A VARIETY OF CLIMATE, DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS TO CREATE SOUND THAT HELPS US TO BREAK UP, UH, NEGATIVE ENERGY. SO, I KNOW I WANNA GO TO ONE OF HER SESSIONS. SO SHE HAS A, A A BRAND, I GUESS THAT IS ENGAGES IN THIS HEALING AND IT'S CALLED HEART UP ANANDA, RIGHT? ANANDA. ANANDA, WHICH MEANS BLISS. SO ANYWAY, VERY PASSIONATE AND I REALLY ENJOY THAT ENERGY 'CAUSE SHE'S GOT GOOD ENERGY. UM, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS HER ACCOMPLISHMENT? UM, SHE'S A SINGLE MOM AND IS A SINGLE MOM. MOM. SHE HAS STARTED HER OWN, UH, INVESTMENT COMPANY, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING. OKAY. AND THEN THE SKILL THAT SHE, UH, LIKES TO USE IS PROBLEM SOLVING, WHICH WE NEED WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. AND THEN, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT SHE HOPES TO, UH, GET OUTTA THE MISSION OR TO ACCOMPLISH, IS TO BE PART OF SOMETHING IMPACTFUL, UH, AND POSITIVE THAT WILL CHANGE. UH, YOU CREATE CHANGE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. AWESOME. UM, I GOT TONY. UM, TONY ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAS A BACKGROUND IN, UM, IN THEATER. AND IN HIS FREE TIME, HE ACTUALLY WRITES PLAYS. WOW. WOW. I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL. SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO STAGE, STAGE ONE OF THOSE. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WRITERS IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS YEAH. REALLY NEAT. [00:45:01] UM, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT TONY'S PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IS THE, IS THE MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. HE REALLY LIKES FACILITATING, UM, BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER, UM, TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. I THINK PROBABLY MY FAVORITE THING THAT TONY SHARED WITH ME, ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME, WAS WHAT HE HOPES TO GET OUT OF THE COMMISSION IS TO LEARN A LOT. AND AS A MAN TO BRING BACK WHAT HE LEARNS FROM US WOMEN IN THE ROOM ABOUT HOW MEN CAN BETTER THEMSELVES AND, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SOME OF THEIR BEHAVIORS THAT ARE AFFECTING WOMEN NEGATIVELY. HOW CAN HE TAKE BACK WHAT HE LEARNS HERE AND, YOU KNOW, TEACH THE MEN IN HIS LIFE SOME THINGS. GREAT. I THOUGHT VERY INSPIRATIONAL. GOOD MORNING. SO I GOT SAM. UM, AND UH, AGAIN, WE BROUGHT UP, WE'RE BOTH CREATIVE WRITERS. WE LOVE TO WRITE, SO, UH, ON OUR SATELLITES TO WRITE SPECIFICALLY WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A SERIES OF POEMS THAT WILL ACTUALLY SONGS US OH. UM, AND THEN, UH, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. UM, SO, UH, THROUGH VISIT LONG BEACH, UM, SAM LEFT THE WORK, UH, FOR CONTENT CREATION AND BEST OF THE STATE, SO, WOW. AND THEN, UM, UNDER SCALE, UH, AGAIN, BRIDGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRIDGING COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE, RESOURCES TOGETHER. AND, UM, THE HOPE ALSO OUT OF, OUT OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, AND THROUGH THE COMMISSION LEAVE THE LASTING LEGACY FOR WHATEVER GIRLS IN . UM, I GOT A HONOR FROM MY PARTNER AND FOR, UH, FOR HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS CREATIVITY. SO MUSIC, READING, UM, POETRY, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE OF ANYTHING YET, UM, FOR THE SKILL THAT SHE ENJOYS USING IS BEING ABLE TO SIT HERE. AND THEN FOR, UH, SHE STATED, UH, SYSTEMATIC CHANGE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT PROPELS. I HAVE IKA I'M FORTUNATE TO KNOW OUTSIDE OF HERE, BUT REALLY EXCITED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. UM, SO MALIKA IS ALSO VERY CREATIVE. LIKE MANY OF Y'ALL IN THE ROOM, MALIKA, UM, HAS BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, UH, IN THE STUDIO MAKING RAP, WHICH IS EXCITING. ANOTHER WRITER IN A WAY. UM, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT SHE'S PROUD OF, UH, LIKA MENTIONED WHEN STARTING A BUSINESS BACK IN 2 21, THAT'S DOING REALLY WELL. BUT ALSO, UH, JUST THIS YEAR OF THIS YEAR, STAYED OF THE CITY. YES. UM, UH, SPEAKING, UM, ON THE STATE SHARE, THE STATE MAYOR AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, UM, AND BEING THE INAUGURAL, UH, YOUTH VOICE FOR THE, THE STATE OF THE YOUTH IN LONG BEACH, UM, WHICH IS HUGE, A SKILL THAT, UH, IKA ENJOYS USING AS PRAYER. SHE, UH, PRAISE OFTEN, UM, FOR HERSELF, BUT ALSO FOR OTHERS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, HELPS GROUND HER AND SOMETHINGS, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT SHE HELPS SORT OF GET OUT OF THE COMMISSION. UM, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE VIEWS OF OTHER WOMEN AND GIRLS AS WELL AS THEIR EXPERIENCE. THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN SHE'S ALSO VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, UM, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING WORK CAUSES OF, UH, CHALLENGES. SHE, UM, AND SHE GOES TO FARM ANDS ONE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROUD OF IS SHE RECEIVED HER, SHE HAD TO DO 40 EXTRA HOURS AND, UM, COMPOSTED WORMS AND WORKED ON COMPOSTING FOR AND YEAH, BEING, UM, SHE USING ARE HER INTERPERSONAL CODE. UM, SHE'S FOR VARIOUS INFORMATION. UM, HOPE THAT SHE, TO GET OUT THE COMMISSION IS TO USE TESTIMONIALS AND RESEARCH METHODS. HI, [00:50:01] UH, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JESS JESSICA. AND SHE IS, SHE'S A CREATIVE PERSON ALSO. SHE ENJOYS TAKING PICTURES OF HER FAMILY. UM, SHE JUST LEARNED HOW TO ROLLER SKATE A FEW YEARS AGO. THAT IS, AND THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. , UH, ONE IN, UH, ON HER FREE TIME. THAT'S WHAT SHE, UH, SHE DOES THAT WITH SKILLS THAT SHE ENJOYED USING. UM, SHE ENJOYS USING THOSE CREATIVITY SKILLS. AND WHAT SHE HOPES TO GET OUT OF, UM, OUT OF THE COMMISSION IS SHE HOPES TO SEE MORE RESOURCES FOR THE WOMEN IN LONG BEACH. BUT IN ADDITION TO THIS, I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT SHE IS PART ONE OF PURSUING, UM, AN ADVANCED DEGREE SOMEWHERE. SO WE, AS THE COMMISSION, ALL OF US WHO HAVE OUR DEGREES RECENTLY, WE WANT TO HELP HER AND PUSH HER. UM, I SAID UCLA BECAUSE FOR . YES. UM, SO WE WANT TO, WE'RE GONNA PUSH HER, UM, TO, TO DO THAT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. HOW ARE WE ON TIME? I HAVE ANOTHER COMING, BUT I'M WONDERING 22. IT'S 10 20. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES. UM, WE JUST TAKE BREAK AND THEN COME FOR YES, I THINK SO. JUST TO KEEP US ON TRACK. YEP. COOL. UM, I WILL ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS A BREAK OR CAN I CALL LIKE A FIVE OR 10 MINUTE RECESS? YES. OKAY. SO IF WE CAN ALL TAKE OUR SEATS AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND THEN, UM, ALYSSA IS GOING TO TAKE ROLL CALL AGAIN SINCE WE'RE RECONVENING. COMMISSIONER A HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ANNUAL. HERE. COMMISSIONER ART. HERE. COMMISSIONER. CHIEF PATTERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER ACK. HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER LASKER. HERE. COMMISSIONER . HERE. COMMISSIONER . HERE. UH, VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON. CHAIR MELLBERG HERE. UH, WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU. AND COMM UH, VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON IS EXCUSED. UM, . ALYSSA, IF YOU COULD READ THE, THE NEXT ITEM. YES. SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO BE A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE POSITION TO INFORM THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS VISION MAP PRIORITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FOR THIS ITEM, STEPHANIE HAS GRACIOUSLY, UM, OFFERED TO LEAD THIS DISCUSSION ON OUR GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THE COMMISSION. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK JEN FOR LEADING THE, THE LAST DISCUSSION TOO. EVERYBODY, AS WE KEEP WORKING, WE'LL HAVE HOPEFULLY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO LEAD MORE OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSIONS. SO STEPHANIE. HI EVERYONE. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA READ THIS IDEA A LITTLE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE. IT SAYS HERE THAT ARIO IS A WEST AFRICAN STORYTELLER, HISTORIAN, MUSICIAN, AND POET. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT OURSELVES IN THIS WAY AS WE ALL HAVE JUST, UM, TOLD OUR STORIES AND REALIZED THAT WE WERE STORYTELLERS. THE STORY IS MUSICS AND POET, UM, POETS AND MUSICIANS. UM, AND THEY ARE THE CULTURAL GUARDIANS OF HOW TO, UM, HOW TO TELL STORIES TO KEEP THE PAST AND CREATE A BETTER FUTURE. THEY ARE WELL REVERED IN, UM, IN AFRICAN DIASPORA AND IN AFRICA, UM, AND IN STILL IN WEST AFRICA. AND AS WE CONTINUE THIS WORK, UM, AND WE START CREATING GOALS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OF US HAVE SOME OF THAT, THAT REAL ENERGY INSIDE OF US. AND I WANT US TO REALLY TAP INTO THAT RIGHT NOW AND SEE HOW WE CAN USE THIS TO CREATE OUR GOALS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. SO AS WE'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR SMART, UM, THE, THE OUR SMART GOALS. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS SESSION IS TO, IS FOR OUR COMMISSION TO COLLABORATE, COLLABORATE, COLLABORATE, AND DECIDE HOW WE WILL ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS, UM, SO THAT WE WILL, UM, AND HOW WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR TIME IS UP, THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS, UM, THIS COMMISSION IS STILL HERE. UM, THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUES THAT THEY ARE HAVING. WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, WE HAVE ADDRESSED IT. AND SO WE WANT TO HONE IN TO THOSE GOALS. UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR, OUR, UM, TO MAKE OUR COMMISSION THE BEST, UH, MOST IMPACTFUL. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS GIVEN THE COMM, UM, OUR, OUR COMMISSION, THE DUTIES TO ADDRESS THESE AND MAKE OUR, UM, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. NOW, UH, MANY OF US CAME IN AND WE CAME IN WITH OUR EXPERTISE. [00:55:01] THOSE EXPERTISE OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE WANNA SEE. WE OF COURSE WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THOSE, BUT OUR PRIORITY, UM, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE, TO REPRESENT THE GOALS OF, OF WHAT THE CITY WANTS. OKAY? NOW, SO HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA CREATE OBJECTIVES. OBJECTIVES ARE THINGS THAT ARE MEASURABLE. AND WHEN WE CREATE OBJECTIVES, WE ALSO PUT TIME ON IT AND MEASURE QUATE QUANT. UH, WE QUANTI QUANTIFY, I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS TODAY AND I I DON'T HAVE MY SIPPY CUP. , MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD, UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE QUANTIFIABLE. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THESE NEEDS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY GOALS, ONE TO TWO GOALS THAT WE CREATE TODAY, THAT, UM, MAYBE THREE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON ONE TO TWO GOALS, THAT WE CAN QUANTIFY IT AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TIMED OUT AND THAT THEY'RE INCLUSIVE AND THEY REFLECT THE MISSION IN THE CITY OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO, UM, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR, IF YOU DID NOT READ YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FINDINGS, YOUR REPORT, UH, WE HAVE ONE ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE ONE HERE. WE'RE GONNA GLANCE OVER IT, AND WE'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF REVIEW THE, UM, BLOCKAGE, UH, MISSION OF THE, THE SURVEY. AND WE WANNA REVISION OR REVISIT OUR, OUR EXPERTISE AND TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE CREATING THE SMART FRAMEWORK. SO JUST TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW AND THEN THINK ABOUT YOUR EXPERTISE AS YOU LOOKED OVER, OR AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE GOALS OVER, WE'VE BEEN MEETING SINCE JUNE. BEEN JUNE. YEAH. SO, UM, WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE GOALS OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN MISSION THAT HAVE INTEREST YOU? AND HOW WOULD YOU MAKE THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS MEASURABLE AND OBJECTIVE AND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN MEASURE AND THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT 1, 2, 8 YEARS? UM, AND SO WE HAVE THESE SMARTY GOALS AND WE'RE GONNA JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES. I'VE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO PASS OUT PAPERS. THANK YOU. THAT'S, YES. GOT YOURS. NOW, AS WE COME UP WITH THE IDEAS, IS IT THE SAME THING? OKAY. SO AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GOALS? AND IF YOU WANNA SHARE OUT LOUD WHAT SOME OF THOSE GOALS ARE FOR YOU, WE COULD PUT, WE'RE GONNA PUT, UM, OKAY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SINCE JUNE? AND YOU SAY, OH, IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME IF WE COULD RECOMMEND AND THE CITY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTS, UM, X, Y, AND Z, OR, YES. THANK YOU, VANESSA. YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE A, SO I HAVE LIKE A, AN IDEA OF A GOAL, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE USE IT AS AN EXERCISE TO LIKE YES. GO THROUGH LIKE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT. OKAY. SO, UM, BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS NEW AND BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY DON'T KNOW THAT WE EXIST, I AM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT OFTEN IS, UM, DOING OUTREACH AT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ELAC COMMITTEES. WHAT IS ELAC STUDENT, UH, ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND SO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 20% OR MORE, UM, STUDENTS WHO ARE MULTILINGUAL. SO MAYBE, UM, THEY SPEAK KAMAI IN THE HOME, OR MAYBE THEY SPEAK SPANISH IN THE HOME, OR MAYBE THEY SPEAK, UM, A RUSSIAN OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES. AND SO BY LAW THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, AT THE SCHOOL SITE. AND THOSE ARE SPACES WHERE WE COULD REACH OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES THAT MANY TIMES LIVE IN THE MARGINS. UM, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT FIRST BECAUSE WE'RE NEW, I'M THINKING ABOUT OUTREACH, LIKE WE'RE HERE, THESE ARE RESOURCES [01:00:01] THAT ARE AVAILABLE, HEALTH AND OTHERWISE, AND THEN JUST STARTING THE CONVERSATION THAT WAY. OKAY. AND THAT I PUT EL COMMUNITY OUTRIGHT OUTREACH AND ELL COMMUNITIES. I, I THINK I GOT MY CREDENTIAL BEFORE YOU GOT YOUR CREDENTIALS. SO I STILL USED THE WORD ELL. SURE, SURE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IT'S STILL USED. YEAH. OH, STILL USED. GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE? YES. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEDICATED COURTROOMS AND FAMILY AND CRIMINAL COURT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COURT NOW, WHICH IS TERRIBLE. AND I ALSO THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING LIKE A CONFERENCE THAT WE COULD DO, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL AGENCIES THAT WORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. BUT WE COULD BRING IN A VARIETY OF THINGS, NOT JUST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT COULD BE WHATEVER. AND WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER LONG BEACH, BUT WE MIGHT BRING IN PEOPLE FROM ELSEWHERE AS WELL. AND THAT, SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS. I, EXCUSE ME, TWO THINGS I WAS THINKING OF. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH. CAN YOU, CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT, UM, THE COURTROOM BECAUSE I I HAVE NO IDEA. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COURTROOMS? WELL, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IN THE COURTS IN CALIFORNIA IS THAT A LOT OF JUDGES ARE BEING APPOINTED WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THEY GO FROM TRAFFIC COURT, THEY DON'T KNOW FAMILY LAW. THEY DON'T KNOW CRIMINAL LAW, AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE ANY FORM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT ISN'T SOMEBODY GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE. AND SO I'M SEEING WOMEN LOSING THEIR CHILDREN AROUND FALSE ALLEGATIONS. I DO EXPERT WITNESS FOR REPORT. SO I SEE A LOT OF STUFF IN THE COURT, AND IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE. LONG BEACH USED TO BE THE PREMIER CITY FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT IN CRIMINAL COURT. JUDGE ANDREWS WAS HERE FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS. WE HAD A CRISP OFFICE. WE HAD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DEDICATED POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL KINDS OF, OR UNIT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAD A REALLY, UM, HOLISTIC KIND OF VIEW WITH A LOT OF RESPECT TO THE FAMILIES. AND WE BECAME ALLIES FOR THE FAMILIES INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY, AND, AND THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN, UH, THERE WAS A NEW, UH, I THINK IT WAS AS THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS ELECTED, AND THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT TOTALLY GOT RID OF NINE AND A HALF YEARS OF REALLY GREAT STUFF. SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE A JUDGE WHO KNOWS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY COERCIVE CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEY, UM, THEY WORK WITH THE FAMILIES BETTER. THEY'LL LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE FAMILY, THEY'LL LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO'S IN COURT. THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO DEFINE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CREATE INTERVENTIONS. 'CAUSE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT REQUIRES 52 WEEKS IN A PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PERPETUATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT THREE STATES THAT REQUIRE THAT, AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING FOR MOST PEOPLE. SO DID I YEAH, ABSOLUTE. YEAH. NO, I, I MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANKS, FORMA. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, AND, AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON YOUR IDEA, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. UM, HAVING, UM, MAYBE A CONFERENCE OR SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION SEMINAR, BUT NOT JUST FOR THE BOARDS, NOT JUST FOR THE JUDGES. I ALSO SAW THAT WHEN I SERVED ON THIS OTHER COMMITTEE, I ALSO SAW THIS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHENEVER THERE WERE CASES THAT THEY HAD TO HANDLE WHERE THERE WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I WOULD ALWAYS JUST LIKE CRINGE IN THE WAY IN, IN WHICH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THEY WERE NOT TRAINED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW TO HANDLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. AND I WAS REALLY CONCERNED, AND NOT JUST ME, BUT OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE WERE ALSO CONCERNED, BUT THE WAY THAT CHILDREN WERE BEING DISREGARDED WHEN THERE WAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND BEYOND THE COURTS AND ALSO INCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT DEAL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, EITHER WHETHER IT'S, UM, SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. BUT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION, UH, CONFERENCE AND MAYBE CREATE A COUNCIL, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, [01:05:01] SEXUAL, YOU KNOW, A VIOLENCE COUNCIL FROM WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN THEN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH THESE ISSUES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT. YEAH, WE HAVE NW LONG BEACH AND THE POLICE COME TO THAT. AND I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT A CONFERENCE FOR JUDGES, RIGHT? I WAS TALKING ABOUT YEAH, FOR, YEAH. YEAH. BUT I, I, WE DID, UM, WE USED TO DO ALL THE TRAINING FOR THE POLICE FOR FREE YEAH. AND THEY STOPPED BRINGING THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES IN AND STARTED DOING IN-HOUSE. AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS OR WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET A FEW OTHERS IN TOO. CAN WE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ONES THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE PICKED UP OVER SINCE JUNE THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS? YES. UM, ACCESS TO HEALTH AND MENTAL, THE IDEAS THAT WE ARE BREAKING RIGHT NOW ARE THE IDEAS THAT GOT US APPOINTED TO THESE PRESTIGIOUS POSITIONS. UM, IN ADDITION, I ALSO HOPE THAT WE ARE LOOKING IN OUR, OUR, AT OUR SURVEY THAT AMBER, AS I'M, I'M GONNA RESPECTFULLY SAY AMBER KELLY AND THEM, UM, PUT TOGETHER AND TO SEE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE SAID THAT WE BELIEVE IS, UM, THAT WE BELIEVE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, HAVE STATED THAT WE BELIEVE IS, UH, FEASIBLE TO ADDRESS IN THIS COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR? UM, I HAVE TWO GOALS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE. ONE WOULD BE, AND I DON'T KNOW OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE FOUR YEARS, WOULD BE ESTABLISHING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER CONNECT THEM WITH, UM, WITH OUR INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY AND HIGH PAYING JOBS THAT THEY MAY OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OR KNOW ABOUT TO HELP RETAIN OUR LOCAL TALENT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, BASED ON OUR LAST MEETING WOULD BE TO HAVE AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH NOW, AND ALSO IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS IN THE SOCCER GAME, FIFA WORLD CUP. NO. OKAY. UH, HELENA. HELENA, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ADDRESS? OKAY, UH, JEN AND THEN VANESSA AND . OKAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WOULD BE ATTAINABLE WITHIN A YEAR, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING AROUND PAY EQUITY. AND I, I THINK IT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY PERSONALLY, IN LIKE, MY FIELD OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION. IT'S A REALLY BIG TOPIC. SO THERE COULD BE LIKE A, WHETHER IT'S EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION OR SOME OTHER, BUT FIND MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A SMALLER TARGET FOCUS GROUP WE COULD SUPPORT AROUND PAY EQUITY, WHETHER IT'S ADVOCACY OR LAW OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD, AND THAT IS AIM TOWARDS. AND ALANA, THAT IS ALSO MY ISSUE THAT I WANNA ADDRESS THE PAY EQUITY AND PAY, UM, IN WORK EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, VANESSA ANDIA, I WANTED TO ADD, UM, TO SAM'S IDEA ABOUT THE MENTORSHIP AND THE MENTORSHIP IDEA. AND SO I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE THINKING OF LIKE, LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AGED GIRLS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE KIND OF COMING OFF OF THAT, LIKE, PRESENTATION ON TRAFFICKING, THINKING ABOUT THE GIRLS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DOING LIKE A LOW LIFT TYPE OF MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR THOSE GIRLS. UM, WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH LIKE, LOCAL SORORITIES OR, UH, CITY LEADERS, OR PROBABLY MORE LIKE YOUNG COLLEGE GIRLS THAT HAVE THE, THE, THE TIME AND ENERGY TO LIKE, COME IN AND HAVE LUNCHES AND LIKE PLAY GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE, UM, WITH YOUNG GIRLS. OKAY. . UM, I HAVE TWO HAVE FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR EDUCATION AND THEN, UM, MENTORING FOR WOMEN WANTING TO START BUSINESSES, WOMEN'S BUSINESS. I LIKE THAT. MARIA, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DID. STEPHANIE MARIA WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT. OH, YEAH. SORRY. SISTER . DON'T WORRY. UM, JUST [01:10:01] ALSO, UM, LINES WITH MENTORSHIP. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT A LOT OF WOMEN UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, TAKE CAREER BREAKS. SO THE MENTORSHIP I, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO WOMEN OF ANY AGE, BECAUSE A LOT OF WOMEN TAKE THESE CAREER BREAKS AND THEY, WHEN WANNA REENTER THE FORCE, ESPECIALLY LIKE OLDER WOMEN WITH GROWN CHILDREN, UM, NEED HELP AND GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FULL SPECTRUM. YES. YEAH. I THINK IT SHOULD BE WOMEN OF ANY AGE IF THEY'RE SEEKING, YOU KNOW, THAT MENTORSHIP, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE, UM, FINANCIAL SUPPORT. UM, TOTALLY ON THAT. AND THEN ONLY BECAUSE I ED WITH JENNIFER, I CHILDCARE, I, I, I THINK THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS, IS CREATED. IT'S NOT SUPPORT, UM, WORKING FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SINGLE WOMAN. UM, BUT EVEN IF IT'S A SINGLE WOMAN, A LOT OF WOMEN END UP TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHILDCARE AND HAVE TO LEAVE WORK EARLY. AND SO IT TAKES THE HIT ON THEIR CAREER. AND SO I JUST THINK THE, THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP IS NOT, IT'S, DOESN'T SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES. AND I THINK OUR SURVEY ACTUALLY SAYS THAT EVEN THE CHILDREN DID NOT FEEL SAFE IN CHILDCARE SETTINGS. UH, UM, I READ A LOT OF THINGS AND IT ALL GETS MIXED IN TOGETHER, BUT I THINK OUR SURGEON, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS FOR? I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE. SO I'LL READ IT. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK. AND I KEEP SAYING, I THINK YES, BUT THERE'S, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH OUR FACILITIES, BUT IT WASN'T FACILITIES. IT WAS SAFE, SAFE, FEELING SAFE. SO FEELING SAFE FOR CHILDREN. AND HOW I TOOK IT WAS FEELING SAFE. IF, IF I'M READING THE RIGHT REPORT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN READING SO MANY THINGS, WAS I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE. PAY EQUITY, JUST, UH, I'M ALONE. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUN. IT'S NOT FUN. IT'S NOT ENGAGING THOSE, YEAH. THOSE ISSUES, THAT'S HOW I WOULD READ, THAT'S HOW I WOULD READ IT. AS A PERSON WHO WAS A TEACHER AND WORKED AT YMCA IS IN EVERYTHING MALIKA. YES. UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING WITH THE TRAFFICKING EFFORTS. UM, AND THEN I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. UM, THE MENTORSHIP IDEA WAS GREAT JUST FOR ACCESS, OPPORTUNITY AND INFORMATION, BUT I THINK THAT LIKE COMES OUT TO BRIDGING CA BRIDGING GAPS TO RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR CITY. UM, AND THEN THE WOMEN IN BUSINESS WAS, WAS A GOOD IDEA TOO. SO, YEAH. OKAY. SO AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK WE'VE, ARE THERE ANYONE I WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE I CLOSE AND GO TO THE NEXT STEP? SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND WE HAVE OUR WORKSHEETS, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR GOALS, AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE GOALS, WE'RE THINKING OF HOW CAN WE WRITE ONE SMART GOAL? AND WE'RE GONNA USE BOTH, UM, ON OUR NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. YES. OKAY. ONE MORE . UH, THERE WE GO. WE'RE GONNA CREATE ONE GOAL. SO I GOT A LOT TO SAY, , WE'RE GOING TO CREATE ONE GOAL, USE ONE OF THESE WORDS, AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE ONE GOAL THAT IS RELATED HERE. NOW WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME THING THAT'S THERE. SO IF WE CAN TRY TO CREATE ONE GOAL WHERE WE'RE CREATING A SENTENCE, A STATEMENT, USING SOME OF THESE WORDS, OR AS WE SAY IN EDUCATION, OUR BALLOONS, WORDS, UM, FOR, UM, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR EDUCATION PEOPLE. THE ONE THIRD OF US IN HERE WITH THAT, WITH THAT BACKGROUND, UM, TO CREATE, UM, TO CREATE A WORD. AND IF YOU WANNA WORK IN A, IN A PARTNER, AS KIMBERLY CRENSHAW SAYS, YOUR POSSE, FIND A PARTNER TO WORK WITH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. BUT YES, LET'S TRY TO CREATE ONE GOAL THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER TO, TO SAY AROUND, UM, AND LET'S AROUND THE ONES THAT HAVE THE PURPLE MARKS, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE WERE, WERE MORE HO HONED IN ON AND WE WERE ALSO PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, YES, WE WANNA ADDRESS AND TRY TO LET GO OF OUR YEAH. THEN TRY TO GO WITH THAT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE, UM, HI. SORRY. CAN THE, CAN THE PURPLE ONES BE READ REAL QUICKLY JUST SO WE CAN OH, THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. DV CONFERENCE WITH LOCAL PART, UH, PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS. UH, MENTORSHIP FOR, FOR WOMEN ASPIRING TO START BUSINESSES ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND, UH, LARGE, UH, LARGE, LARGE, LARGE GRANTS APPROACH. GRANT HAS LARGE EVENTS, HAS LARGE EVENTS, [01:15:01] UM, ALL AS LARGE EVENTS APPROACH. THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PAY EQUITY WORK EXPERIENCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCIAL LITERACY, UH, ACCESS CHILDCARE, REIMAGINING THE SYSTEM FOR WORKING FAMILIES, ESTABLISHED MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS FOR LONG BEACH GIRLS CONNECTING TO, UH, CONNECTING TO LOCAL INDUSTRIES. AND WE CAN GET UP AND LOOK AT IT TOO, IF YOU WANT. YES. SO DO YOU, DO YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE WORK SHEET OR JUST GO TO, UM, GOAL ONE? UM, FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. WHERE'S THIS TIME BOUND? LET'S, CAN WE AGREE THAT WE WANNA FINISH THIS BY WHATEVER GOAL THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, WHATEVER, UM, WHATEVER GOAL WE PUT IN, CAN WE AGREE THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHIN A SIX, THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS, WE WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS? OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT SHORTER? YES. CLARIFYING QUESTION. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE PLAN WILL BE DONE IN SIX TO NINE MONTHS OR THAT THE EXECUTION, THE PLANNING AND RECOMME EXECUTION RECOMMENDATION. OH, RECOMMENDATION. LIKE TO, TO THEN DO IT. TO, YES. OKAY. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE GOAL. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET'S GO, LET'S START WITH OUR, LET'S START WITH OUR GOAL SETTING. AND WE'RE, I HAVE, LET'S GO WITH FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. [01:23:22] SO AS A GROUP, IDEALLY, OR AS WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA LIST SOME OF OUR GOALS. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GONNA LIST SOME OF OUR INITIAL GOALS. I HAD, I SKIPPED A STEP AS CHAIR, WHICH WAS I WAS SUPPOSED TO, UM, CALL FOR A MOTION TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. SO COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE MOVE TO DISCUSS GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMISSION TO INFORM OUR VISION MAP PRIORITIES? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. MOVED BY ALICE. AND SECONDED BY, WE ARE ALSO FYI, UH, THERE IS, WE'RE BEING VOICE RECORDED. SO, UM, GOING FORWARD, FOLKS COULD USE THEIR FIRST NAME WHEN THEY'RE COMMENTING SOMETHING. THAT WAY IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO LISTEN BACK TO A LATER THING THAT WE SAID, BUT, OKAY, STEPHANIE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I'M STEPHANIE SPEAKING, UH, . YES. UM, WE ARE GOING TO LIST SOME OF THOSE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. UM, IF IN COMPLETE SYNTHESIS USING OUR OBJECTIVES, WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, ONE FOR SAFETY AND ONE FOR MENTORSHIP, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO GROUPS. OKAY. SO THERE, CAN I HAVE THE, UH, THE MENTORSHIP GROUP? DID YOU COME UP WITH OR CAN? UM, YES. SO I HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE EXACT WORDING, BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO, UM, RECOMMEND, [01:25:02] CREATE AND RECOMMEND A, UH, MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT WOULD BENEFIT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND CONNECT THEM TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. SO HOW, OKAY, SO WE WILL MAKE THAT INTO, WE WILL MAKE THAT INTO ONE CONCRETE SENTENCE FOR OUR FIRST GOAL. SO WE HAVE, CREATE AND RECOMMEND. WHAT DO WE PREFER? CREATE OR RECOMMEND? WELL, WE CAN'T, WE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE DON'T SAY RECOMMEND. RECOMMEND. OKAY. WE DON'T. ALANA SAYS THAT'LL BE PART OF YOUR ACTION ANYWAYS. LET'S SAY CREATE . THERE YOU GO. LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. SUCH A GOOD TEACHER WITH THE INCREASE . YOU WANT ME TO THANK YOU? OKAY. CREATE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. OKAY. YEAH. UH, A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, TO CONNECT THEM, TO CONNECT THEM TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN . I SHOULD GO. OKAY. IN THE CITY OF . OKAY. SAFETY. DO YOU HAVE YOUR, DO YOU HAVE YOUR STATEMENTS, CONCRETE STATEMENT? US? YES. OH, YES. OKAY. , THEY SAID, OH, YES. DO YOU MIND? YES, PLEASE. ALICE SAID, OH, YES. OKAY. DO. ALRIGHT. OKAY. TO SPONSOR A CONFERENCE. OKAY. WAIT. UH, I'M SO SORRY. YES. WHICH ARE YOU GONNA USE? ONE OF THE GOALS, THE GOAL WORDS, PLEASE. DEVELOP. DEVELOP. OKAY. THANKS. DEVELOP OR CREATE, WHICH ONE? EITHER ONE. DEVELOP, CREATE, DEVELOP, . CREATE AND DEVELOP. CREATE AND DEVELOP. UM, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO DEVELOP, YOU NEED TO CREATE IT. BUT ONE, YEAH. OKAY. TO CREATE. OKAY. SO WHAT DID YOU CREATE? I HAVE TO CREATE, YEAH, TO CREATE A CONFERENCE TO BUILD HEALTHY FAMILIES, COLON AND EMPOWERED WOMEN AND GIRLS. EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS. EMPOWER WOMEN. EMPOWERING, EMPOWER. EMPOWERING. EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS. EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS. BUT WE WOULD BE REALLY INCLUSIVE IN THIS BECAUSE OKAY. YOU'LL BE INCLUSIVE. AND IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF WORKSHOPS THAT WOULD BE. OKAY. SO THAT IS THE NEXT THING THAT YOU'RE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WHO WOULD, UM, WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. SO YOU'RE GONNA WRITE IN ON YOUR WORKSHOP, WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED AND WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? IS THIS SPRING? UH, LET'S DO YOU SEASONS, PLEASE. AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A GOAL BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING IDEALLY THAT WAS ADDRESSED BY OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR SISTERS, OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR MOTHERS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO LET'S GO WITH THE WHO AND THE WHEN. WE'RE GONNA TAKE TWO MINUTES AND GO WITH WHO AND WHEN. AND WE KNOW THAT. UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MEASURES. SO WHO, UH, WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED, UM, AT BOTH GROUPS, IF YOU CAN GO WITH WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. AND YOU ALREADY SAID JUDGES. UH, NONPROFITS. NONPROFITS. YES. ANY, ANYBODY WHO'S REALLY INTERESTED. [01:30:01] UH, LET'S, UH, BUT YEAH, WE WANT TO MAKE IT CONCRETE. SO EVEN THOUGH ANYBODY WOULD BE WELCOME AS A PUBLIC, WE NEED TO KNOW WITH WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. YES. SO YEAH, WHO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN, UH, IN SAFETY? UH, WHO NEEDS TO BE FOR THE MINUTES FOR STUFF? THIS NOW WE'RE, SO WE, HI. YEAH, I, I DID CHECK. ALRIGHT, FOLKS. OKAY, LET'S SEE. SO AS WE ARE GOING OVER THIS, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH, WE'RE GOING GO WITH SAFE SAFETY. WHO NEEDS TO BE IN, CAN YOU NAME THREE, THE TOP THREE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR NO, WE HAVE A BUNCH. NAME THE TOP THREE. UH, TOP THREE. OKAY, GO ON. OKAY. PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WORKERS, EDUCATORS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. YOU, I GOT CAN YOU GO BACK AFTER L-G-B-T-Q, YOU SAID, UM, DB FIELD WORKERS. OKAY. SURVIVORS AND RECOVERING PERPETRATORS. RECOVERING WHAT? PERPETRATORS. THE CHALLENGES. CHALLENGES. AND SO WOULD YOU WOULD, UH, SAFETY COMMITTEE OR SAFETY GROUP, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT BY MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION AND GETTING, UM, THAT THIS WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION WELL PLANNED, UM, A WELL-PLANNED RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY DO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PART IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOAL? LIKE PART GIVING THE CITY OF THE GIVING, UH, PROVIDING OUR CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH A, WITH AN ACTION PLAN. OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A MEASURABLE OUTCOME OF THIS GOAL. 'CAUSE IT'S STEP ONE, IF WE WANT THE CITY TO DO IT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN THE PART TWO, THEY WILL SAY, GO AND DO IT. OKAY. SO THAT'S MEASURABLE. OKAY. AND DOES IT ALIGN WITH OUR GOALS FROM OUR, FROM OUR, OUR BOOK, FROM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? WOULD YOU KINDLY GO THROUGH THE BOOK TO FIND THAT? WHERE THIS ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE REC FROM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? THAT'S THE SECOND PART. AND THEN IT IS, DO WE AGREE THAT IT'S REALISTIC? YES. OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO FIND THAT. AND THEN WHEN DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY? SPRING, FALL, WINTER. THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS. I, I DON'T KNOW , I'M AN ANGELINO. I DON'T KNOW. THIS OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. SO WE WOULD WANT TO DO IT BEFORE OCTOBER. SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO IT DO THE CONFERENCE BEFORE? YEAH. IN OCTOBER. BUT WE ARE NOT, YEAH. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN DO YOU WANNA MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS? I THINK IT'S SPRING. OKAY. APRIL. SO SPRING. I THINK SPRING. OKAY. APRIL. OKAY. ANOTHER SECTION. AND THEN WE HAVE APRIL OR APRIL. YES. OR APRIL. OKAY. SO WE, UM, R FOUR. SO BEFORE APRIL R FOUR [01:35:01] AND TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS, YOU ALREADY, UM, YOU HAVE SAID THAT L-G-B-T-Q, UH, THE QUEER COMMUNITY, THEY WILL ALL, THEY WILL, THEY ARE WELL, UM, THEY ARE PART OF THE PROCESS. THEY ARE LISTED, SPECIFICALLY LISTED, WHICH IT MAKES SURE THAT IT IS EQUITABLE. UM, THE DISABLED COMMUNITY. DISABLED COMMUNITY, YES. OKAY. AND SO HERE WITH THIS, YOU WILL WRITE ONE LARGE, UH, ONE STATEMENT FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, UH, FOR, FOR OUR OFFICIAL RECORD. AND SO THAT'S THE NEXT PART OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, IS THAT LAST STATEMENT, THE GOAL, PUTTING IN THE GOAL AS ONE STATEMENT. SO YOU'RE JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING FOR SAFETY INTO ONE THE STRONGEST STATEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YOUR TURN. . OKAY, SO MENTORSHIP. OKAY. UM, UM, SO FOR WHO WE WE'RE LOOKING AT A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE KIND OF AN UMBRELLA WHERE IT WOULD ADDRESS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. SO WE'RE LESS SPECIFIC ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT OF COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE LOOKED AT. BUT IN TERMS OF MENTORS, WE SAID WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE WITH MENTORS. OKAY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY NO MEN COULD BE MENTORS, BUT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE POSITIONS THAT SOME WOMEN DON'T HAVE BECAUSE OF HOW THESE ARE THAT WE WOULD PRIORITIZE, UM, WOMEN MENTORS. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THERE AND WE DIDN'T GET TO WHEN, BUT IT WOULD, WE THINK ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD SAY YEAH, MARCH. BECAUSE MAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FUNDS, RIGHT? I I THINK IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, LIKE A CYCLE, A CYCLE COULD BE LIKE A SCHOOL YEAR AND IF MAKE RECOMMENDATION SPRING, THEN IT CAN BE UNTIL THE FALL TO START BUILDING THE YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. I LIKE THAT. REMEMBER WITH THAT TIME IT DOESN'T, UM, I KNOW WE ALL THINK, I THINK OF COURSE THINK LIKE MONTHS MARCH, INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MONTH AND ALL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ALL OF THAT. BUT WE ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS DURING THAT TIME. YES. RIGHT. SO RECOMMENDED IN THE SPRING TO THEN START IN THE FALL. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN IT, UM, DOES IT, UH, IT, DOES IT ALIGN WITH OUR OBJECTIVES? SO BEFORE THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NEED TO FIND WHAT PAGE, WHAT QUOTE, HOW DOES IT LINE, FIND THAT SECTION AND OH, YOU FOUND IT. OKAY. 40 PAGE 42. BECAUSE WHEN WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY BASED ON THE FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, WE ARE MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, AND DURING OUR FIRST YEAR, WE WILL ADDRESS X, Y, AND Z. SO IT'S NOT, WE ARE MAKING, WE, WE CAME IN AND NOW WE'RE GONNA, WE SAW THIS, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR OWN FAVOR. SO YES. AND IS THE DEADLINE REALISTIC? CAN WE MAKE OUR, OUR DEADLINE BY MARCH AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? UH, ARE WE IN, IS IT INCLUSIVE? ARE WE INCLUDING ALL GEN? YES. OKAY. IS IT, DOES IT ADDRESS A SYSTEMATIC PROB A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM IN OUR, UM, IN OUR SYSTEM THAT, UH, RELATED TO WOMEN, UH, GIRLS. SO CHECK. SO NOW WE MAKE A WELL CRAFTED STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES THAT AND ALSO INCLUDES THE, THE INFORMATION FROM OUR, UM, FROM OUR REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL WE WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THE NEXT PART OF FIND IT, WRITING THAT WALK, DRAFT THE STATEMENT AND UM, AND FINDING IT IN THE REPORT AND THEN WE'RE DONE. SO WHAT I, IF I, WE MAKE A SUGGESTION IF WE EACH MAKE SURE WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE WORDING OF OUR GOAL AND THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO ADOPT THESE GOALS FOR THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? MELISSA? LOOK, THE ORIGINAL [01:45:30] HI [01:45:31] EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WE ARE GOING TO TYPE, CAN WE TYPE IN RECORD OUR GOALS? UH, THANK YOU. NO? YES. YES. OKAY. UH, SAFETY COMMITTEE. UH, PLEASE GIMME ONE SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DID YOU FIND THE PATIENT NUMBER? I'LL WALK THE PAGE NUMBER. I WALKED AWAY. YEAH. OKAY. YOU HOW THE PATIENT AND, AND THEN SUPPORTED BY THE WORD THING SUPPORT SUPPORTED BY WORD CLOUD OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT UNTIL I, UH, ENT IT, BUT I'LL BE WRITING IT. ALRIGHT. UM, WHO'S GOING FIRST? UH, LET'S GO WITH SAFETY. SAFETY. YOUR FINAL WORDING. OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY. WE'RE VERY DIFFERENT THINKERS. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT WORDS TOGETHER TO CREATE OKAY. THAT, OKAY. WE'LL GO WITH, UH, WE WILL GO WITH MENTORSHIP FIRST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE WORDING WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS TO CREATE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH WITH ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. EXCELLENT. AND THEN THE PAGE NUMBER OF REFERENCE FOR OUR 42 AND 10 AND 10, EVERYTHING'S BASED ON, SHE'S FRIEND . SHE SAID GIMME THE PAGE NUMBER SITE. AND, UM, I TOOK MY STUDENTS TO, THEY LIVE IN SYDNEY VALLEY. THEY NEVER DID TODAY. SO WE, YEAH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOME FUNDING TO, TO MOVE AROUND AS LONG AS I'M, I'M THERE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AND NEXT WE'RE READY. ALRIGHT. TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO THIS AGENDA ITEM TO ADOPT THESE GOALS FOR THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION. GIRLS, I SECOND VANESSA. SECONDS. OKAY. GIMME ONE SECOND. SO I CAN, ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU, ALYSSA, HELP ME OUT. DO WE HAVE TO ASK IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. SO NOW WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSION ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH ARE, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? I JUST WANNA SAY WE COULD HAVE A MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP IN OUR, IN OUR COMMENTS. THERE YOU GO. WAYS TO COLLABORATE. OKAY. SO ALYSSA, COULD YOU CALL FOR A VOTE? SO THE NEXT YES. OH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. THERE'S A FURTHER COMMENT. OKAY, COOL. JUST A, JUST A REMINDER, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND CREATING OUR SMARTPHONES TOGETHER. THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH WE ARE CULTURAL AUDIENCE AND REAL STORY SHOWING ME HEBREWS AND LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER KEL. YES. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA? YES. COMMISSIONER CHA PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER DONATO SAP? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LASSETER? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER [01:50:01] MOSQUERA? YES. CHAIR MELLINGER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. YAY. OKAY, SO HERE'S WHERE AS CHAIR, I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE FEEL FOR TIME HERE. SO WE HAVE A LUNCH THAT CAME. UM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, IRMA HAS TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SHE IS CRUCIAL IN THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS DISCUSSING AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO IF WE COULD EITHER HAVE JUST LIKE 10 OR 15 MINUTES FOR LUNCH OR IF WE CAN PUT IT OFF UNTIL WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ITEM, UM, ALONE, YOU CAN TAKE A 10 15TH BREAK, BUT CONTINUE TO EAT DURING THE WORKING LUNCH. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. YEAH. SURE. AND UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL A 10 MINUTE RECESS. EVERYONE CAN GRAB THEIR FOOD AND RECONVENE. OKAY FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE. YOU ARE READY. UM, ALYSSA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE AGAIN, CALL ROLL SINCE WE'RE RECONVENING. UH, COMMISSIONER ELLA HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ENGEL. COMMISSIONER UH, ULTA. HERE. COMMISSIONER J PATTERSON? HERE. COMMISSIONER DONATO SACK? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER LAS SITTER HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER ETTE? HERE. COMMISSIONER HERE. AND CHAIR MILLER. HERE WE HAVE QUO. I DO BETTER IF I STAND WHEN I SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION ON AD HOC USE FOR COMMITTEES. UM, OH, IF ALYSSA COULD PLEASE READ THE RECOMMENDATION. UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND IF APPROPRIATE, ACTION TO ESTABLISH ADC. I GET A MOTION. SO ALICE, SECOND. WHOA. OKAY. I SAW HIM FOR YOU. SO, OKAY. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, UH, AD HOC DAYS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS SOME CONTEXT. UM, I ACTUALLY MOVED THIS OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE HERE I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY. BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN I'LL, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU. SO WHAT IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? WE ALL KNOW WHAT COMMITTEE IS. COMMITTEE GENERALLY SPEAKING IS JUST A SMALLER GROUP OF A GOVERNING BODY, UM, THAT IS LESS THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY. AN AD HOC COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY IS, UM, FORMED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO TAKE ON A SPECIFIC TASK OR ISSUE. THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM STANDING COMMITTEES A LOT LIKE THE COUNCIL HAS A QUESTION STANDING COMMITTEE. UM, THOSE ARE PERMANENT UNLIKE STANDING COMMITTEES. AND AON COMMITTEE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT THIS LONG AND THE MINORITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING, BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE INFORMED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. I WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AD HOC COMMITTEES SPECIFICALLY? IT'S BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOME FREEDOM TO ADAPT TO CHANGING THESE GOALS OR A NEW COMMISSION RIGHT. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF FIGURING SOME THINGS OUT. UM, THIS WOULD TALKING FASTER THAN MY BRAIN IS GOING. AD HOC COMMITTEES WOULD ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO TACKLE SPECIFIC ISSUES IN SUBGROUPS OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS. AND THEN WE COULD REPORT BACK AT FULL USE OF THE COMMISSION. IT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE OUR EXPERTISE TO HELP THE FULL BODY REACH ITS GOALS AND, UM, A COMMITTEES. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM. IF THEY'RE WORKING WELL FOR THE COMMISSION, WE WANNA REVISIT IT AND SAY, HERE WE CAN ESTABLISH THEM AS STANDING COMMITTEES AT A LABOR DATE. OKAY. SO FIRST IN CONTEXT HERE, AGAIN, LOOKING BACK AT OUR SURVEY, THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD POTENTIALLY TALK ABOUT FORMING AD HOC COMMUNITIES AROUND, OR AT LEAST SHOULD PROBABLY BE ADDRESSED BY OUR COMMITTEE WORK, WHICH ARE THINGS LIKE ECONOMIC SUPPORT, SAFETY, HEALTH ACCESS, EQUITY SUPPORT FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, EDUCATION, AND THEN SPECIFIC BENEFITING WOMEN IN ROLES. WE ALREADY APPROVED AN AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS. SO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TOWARDS THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION IS BASED ON THAT ME THAT WE WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH THAT. I JUST KICK IT BACK TO, YES. SO, UM, WE'RE INVITING IRMA UP 'CAUSE IRMA IS ON THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION PRESENTMENT, AND, UM, SHE HAS GENEROUSLY OFFERED SOME VOLUNTEERED TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR COMMITTEES WORK AND GIVE US SOME CONTEXT FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW OUR WORK. THANK YOU, SAMANTHA. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE [01:55:01] LA, UM, LACC VALUE, I SHOULD SAY. AND HERE'S SOME, UM, I CREATED THIS SHEET SHEET FOR MYSELF, BUT THEN I DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP HERE. AND, OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M DESTRUCTIVE HERE, , AND WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. UM, ANYHOW, SO AS YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN COMMITTEES, FIVE SETTING COMMITTEES, AND THROUGH A HOC COMMITTEES. AND, UM, DID EVERYBODY HAVE THIS SHEET? ANYHOW, SO TWO OF THESE COMMITTEES, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE HAVE A STANDING GOAL. AND THAT GOAL IS FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, IS OF COURSE, TO ADMINISTER THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. AND THEN FOR THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE IS TO PRODUCE THE FUNDRAISING, UH, EVENT THAT WE HOLD EVERY YEAR, OUR WOMAN OF THE YEAR, UH, LUNCHEON. SO , WE HAVE TO DO THOSE TWO THINGS. SO THOSE TWO COMMITTEES ARE MANDATED TO COMPLETE THOSE ACTIVITIES. UM, IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, LEADERSHIP, EACH COMMITTEE HAS A CHAIR AND A CO-CHAIR THAT'S APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OR REAPPOINTED. MOST OF OUR CHAIRS SERVE MULTIPLE YEARS. FOR INSTANCE, I SERVED, UH, AS CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR SEVEN YEARS. SO I FINALLY HAD TO STAND DOWN ONLY 'CAUSE I BECAME VICE PRESIDENT. AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, I ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, UH, UH, SHARING THE, UH, WOMAN OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE. BUT THAT'S THE WAY OUR, OUR COMMITTEES ARE LED BY A CHAIR AND A CO-CHAIR. IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR AND THE CO-CHAIR IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 'CAUSE THE CO-CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR, UH, HAS TO BE READY TO STEP IN WHEN THE CHAIR IS, IS ABSENT OR IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR. SO, OKAY, BREATHER, , YOU'LL GET A LITTLE NERVOUS. ANYWAY, SO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMES TO THE CHAIR IS TO PREPARE THE AGENDA, TO CONDUCT THE MEETING, TO ENSURE THAT THE MINUTES ARE BEING TAKEN. WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN MINUTES FOR EACH OF OUR MEETINGS. AND THEN, UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND THIS IS WHERE WE DO THE GOALS, OUR GOALS ARE BASED BY COMMITTEE. SO IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAIR TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION IN TERMS AND TO SET THE TONE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KNOW WHERE THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO GO, AND THEN TO DEVELOP, UH, THE GOALS. ONCE THE GOALS ARE SET, THEN IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAIR TO DOCUMENT. AND I HAVE SHARED IN YOUR PACKET, I SHARED THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USE, AND THIS IS THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USE FOR OUR . SO WE USE THAT TEMPLATE. SO THE GOALS, THE OBJECTIVES, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO, THOSE ARE IN YOUR BINDERS, GUYS? YEAH, IT'S IN YOUR BINDER. SO ANYHOW, SO THIS PROCESS TAKES PLACE AROUND JULY AND AUGUST IN PREPARATION FOR OUR RETREAT DURING THE MONTH OF, UH, SEPTEMBER. AND AT THAT RETREAT, THE CHAIR HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE FINAL DISCUSSION ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THEN GET THOSE GOALS, UM, APPROVED. AND SO ALL THE COMMITTEES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND WE DO IT AT OUR, AT OUR RETREAT. SO EVERYBODY GETS TO SHARE AS A RETREAT, AND WE GET TO HEAR WHAT EACH COMMITTEE IS PLANNING FOR THIS COMING YEAR. THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE THE FOLLOWING MONTH, UH, ALL THE GOALS GO BEFORE THE, UH, GENERAL COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE ADOPT THEM. ONCE WE ADOPT THEM, THEN WE START THE WORK. WHEN THE WORK STARTS GOING IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS DONE. SO THE, THAT'S WHEN THE WORK FOR THE, UH, SHERIFF BEGINS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE, THE SHERIFF HAS TO ENSURE THAT THE GOALS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED, THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. AND THEN THE, THE SHERIFF HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REPORT THE PROGRESS AT, AT OUR GENERAL MEETINGS. AND THEN TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, THE CHAIR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING, UH, END OF THE YEAR REPORT TO OUTLINE WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. SO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE GO, OH, YOUR GOALS, THEY COULD SET FOR THE, UH, FOR THE YEAR. SOMETIMES WE BECOME A LITTLE AMBITIOUS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN WHATEVER REASONS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO, [02:00:01] BUT NOTHING HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T GET TO DO ALL YOUR GOALS, EXCEPT FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR. YOU HAVE TO DO THOSE TWO THINGS. BUT ANYHOW, SO THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE, UM, ALL THE SENDING COMMITTEES, AS SHE KNOW, ACTIVE, SHE MENTIONED, AND OUR GENERAL AND OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE ALL ALWAYS HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. AND, UM, OUR COMMITTEES, UH, START AS EARLY AS EIGHT O'CLOCK. AND THE LAST MEETING IS AT, AT TWO O'CLOCK. SO THEY MEET BEFORE OR BEFORE OUR GENERAL MEETING. OUR GENERAL MEETING RUNS FROM NINE 30 TO 1130. SO THE SECOND MONDAY IS A PRETTY LONG DAY FOR US BECAUSE THE LAST MEETING, AS I SAID, IS AT TWO O'CLOCK. SOMETIMES WE RUN FOR AN HOUR. SO, AND I'M ON THE LAST COMMITTEE, IT STARTS AT TWO O'CLOCK, SO I DON'T GET HOME TILL FIVE O'CLOCK ON THAT MONDAY. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT MAKES FOR A LONG DAY. BUT ANYHOW, UM, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, IT'S DONE IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. THIS IS WHERE, AGAIN, WE, UH, ESTABLISHED THOSE COMMITTEES TO DO ALL THAT WORK. BECAUSE IN OUR GENERAL MEETINGS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY AND TO THE DETAILS OF PLANNING ON ACTIVITY OR DOING WHATEVER. SO WE ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IS THAT WE CAN MEET VIRTUALLY. SO WHEN YOU MEET VIRTUALLY, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING TO LA OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE IF WE MET IN PERSON, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT THERE AT THE COUNTY FACILITY. SO, UH, NOW BY DOING IT VIRTUALLY, WE CAN MEET AS OFTEN AS WE NEED TO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, UH, AN AGENDA AND ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE DO THE WORK THROUGH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO THAT'S BASICALLY, UM, WHAT WE DO. AND IN TERMS OF OUR AD HOCS, OUR, UM, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND S COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO OUR GENERAL MEETING SO THAT WE COULD SET THE AGENDA. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO FORMAL AND I ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE OUR AGENDA, TWO TYPES OF AGENDAS. THE OFFICIAL AGENDA, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEE. IT HAS TO LIKE THIS. AS YOU SEE THIS COUNTY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY DOES, CITY STAFF, THE COUNTY STAFF HAS TO PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER. AND THEN SINCE I CHAIR THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR, AND IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. SO THIS IS MY LITTLE OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL, UH, AGENDA THAT I SET FOR OUR, UH, WOMEN OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE. BUT, UM, SO OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE, OUR WOMEN OF THE YEAR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETS AS NECESSARY. LIKE RIGHT NOW WE MEET MONTHLY. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT, WE'LL PROBABLY START MEETING BIMONTHLY. AND THEN WE, SO AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER, WE START HAVING MEETINGS AGAIN. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE FORMAL AGENDA, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUBLICIZE OUR, OUR AGENDA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND, UM, EVEN WITHIN MY AD HOC WITH WOMAN OF THE YEAR AD HOC, IF I HAVE A SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT, I CAN THEN ASSIGN ANOTHER AD HOC TO DO THAT, THAT, UH, SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY GET TO DO THE WORK, IS IN THE AD HOCS. YOU CAN'T REALLY DO IT IN THE, IN YOUR GENERAL MEETING. 'CAUSE YOU SEE HOW THAT IT HAPPENS HERE. SO, UM, THIS IS WHERE YOU RESULTS, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF THE WORK. YOU'RE GONNA DO IT IN THE AD HOC. YOU CAN'T DO IT IN THE, IN THE FORMAL MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MANY, NO OFFENSE TO STAFF, BUT THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PROTOCOLS AND, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, TO GET THROUGH. AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF DETAILED WORK AND YOU WANT TO DO IT IN THE AD HOCS. AND I ASSUME THAT WITH THE AD HOC, WE ALSO NEED VIRTUALLY. YES. YES. SO THAT'S GOOD. YES. OKAY. ONE NOTE ABOUT AD HOCS, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH BROWN, SO THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT EXCEPT FOR, FOR US. AND I WOULD ASSUME IT'S THE SAME FOR CITY. THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THE AD HOCS IS THAT WE DON'T EXCEED QUORUM. YES, YES. AND I THINK I PUT IT ON THERE. MM-HMM THAT WE CANNOT EXCEED QUORUM. EVEN IN THE A WITH THE A HOCS YOU CANNOT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR, NOT TO FOR. COOL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR IMA BEFORE I START ACTIVITY STUFF? NO, YOU EXPLAINED EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. . OKAY. [02:05:01] IT SO COLD BECAUSE I ATE NO, BUT LIKE COLD AT FIRST I WASN'T BECAUSE I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE ON MY SWEATER. SAD. YES. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, DID WE SORT OF DO AN AD HOC THING RIGHT HERE? DID WE SORT OF CREATE TWO AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH OUR, WE DID NOT OFFICIALLY CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES, BUT THAT WORK THAT WE JUST DID IS MUCH LIKE AN AD HOC. YES. SO NOW I AM UP HERE AND I FORGOT MY BIG QUESTION SLIDE, WHICH IS WHAT TYPES OF AD HO COMMITTEES HAVE YOU FORGOT ABOUT? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I'M GONNA WRITE LUNCH DOWN AND THEN WE'LL, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? STEP PAY EQUITY, PAY DISPARITY. UM, VANESSA, CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? SO, UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE AN AD HOC ON PROGRAMMING, BUT UM, THE SURVEY ITSELF, THERE IS A SECTION THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT, UM, PROGRAMMING AND POTENTIAL PROGRAMS WE MIGHT WANT TO CREATE . SO BASICALLY RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN, GIRLS IN THE COMMITTEE. UM, AS WE'RE CRAFTING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN ACTUALLY CRAFT PROGRAMS AS WHAT WE CAN PULL KIND OF FORM YEAH. A PROGRAM AND PLAN AND RE THAT. SO, SO IT MIGHT LIKE, UH, NATURALLY BE WITHIN ALL OF THEM. RIGHT? THAT'S HOW I, THAT'S HOW I WOULD SEE IT. UM, YEAH. YEAH. SO WHAT I WOULD ADD, WE WOULDN'T HAVE LIKE AN AD HOC, UM, PROGRAM, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AS BROAD AS THAT IS. BUT LIKE THE TWO, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS I WOULD CREATED EARLIER, THOSE COULD NATURALLY FORM THEIR OWN AD HOCS. RIGHT. AND THOSE ARE FULL PROGRAMS I TELL ARE RECOMMEND ONE OF BEING A CONFERENCE, ONE BEING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH PROBABLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE MORE TIME FOR SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST THAT THE SUPPORT FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES ALSO FEELS LIKE IT FALLS IN THAT ARENA OF LIKE, THAT ANY OF THESE THINGS CAN ALSO, I LITERALLY JUST COPY AND PASTED THE, THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. YES. THAT WOULD BE THE SOURCE WORK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF COMMITTEES. UH, YOUR LEFT FIRST PLEASE. I'M SORRY. THOSE COMMITTEE, THOSE, THE LISTING THAT WE HAVE ARE THOSE PROPOSED COMMITTEES? THIS IS JUST UP HERE. OKAY. , THAT'S FROM OUR REPORT. IT MEANS NOTHING THEMES THE REPORT THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE SUGGESTING AD HOCS. I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAID WHAT AD HO DID YOU SUGGEST? JUST PRETEND THAT THAT'S WHAT'S THERE. BUT I, I WANNA HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ELSE BEFORE I WOULD MAKE A RECORD. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE AS WE'RE DISCUSSING OR YOU KNOW, THE, OR PROPOSING AD HOC COMMITTEES, WOULDN'T WE WANT TO FIRST ESTABLISH OUR STANDING COMMITTEES? HMM. SO I BELIEVE THE CONCEPT IS THAT WE CAN FIRST HAVE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THEN CHOOSE TO CREATE THEM AS STANDING COMMITTEES. OKAY. WE FEEL THAT WORK IN OUR FIRST YEAR IS GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND FRUITFUL. YEAH. AND, AND THAT WORKS. I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S, WE HAD OUR SEXUAL GENDER COMMITTEE THAT STARTED OUT AS AN AD HOC AND THEN THIS YEAR BECAME AN OFFICIAL STANDING COMMITTEE. YEAH. I JUST THINK BECAUSE WE'RE NEW, DON'T TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T ESTABLISH STANDING LEASE. IT MIGHT HELP US IN OUR WORK IF WE DO IT THIS WAY. IT'S ALSO A RESOURCE DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THE KIND OF SUPPORT THE COUNTY HAS VERSUS THE STAFF SUPPORT YOU ALL HAVE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CUMBERSOME TASK THAT WE AREN'T READILY AVAILABLE FOR, WHICH IS WHY WE OFTEN RECOMMEND AD HOCS SO THAT YOU CAN OPERATE AND, AND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT US BEING PROHIBITIVE OR IN THE WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS WITH YOU. UNDERSTANDABLE. AND YES. AND THAT DOES REQUIRE OUR, UH, COMMISSION STAFF. THEY SAID ALL OUR MEETINGS. YEAH. I SAW VANESSA. YES. UM, OUTREACH AND, AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. COMMUNITY OUTREACH. YES. STEPHANIE, THIS MAY. MM-HMM. . THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS VANESSA'S, BUT I'M GONNA BE SPECIFIC AND SAY SIMONE. UM, OR SIMONE AND IAN. UH, PACIFIC [02:10:01] ISLANDER. SIMON. UM, WOMEN AND GIRLS EQUITY. MM-HMM. OUTREACH. SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. MICRONESIAN. SAMOAN. SAMOAN. MICRONESIAN. UH, HAWAIIAN PACIFIC LANDER. NOT AS MUCH AS ONE. JUST GO WITH A API WOULD SAY JUST TO GO WITH PACIFIC ISLAND. OKAY. OKAY. I PACIFIC? UH, YES. FORENSIC OUTREACH OR WHAT'S THE, UH, YEAH, WOMEN'S WOMEN'S OUTREACH OUT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IDEA? UM, SAFETY MENTORSHIP BECAUSE, OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YOU GOT TOGETHER IN GROUPS? NO MORE GROUPS. THESE ARE, WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING BACK THE SUGGEST? OKAY. YEAH. IT SEEMS PERHAPS I, I WOULD SUGGEST POLICY AND LEGISLATION. I KNOW OUR VICE CHAIR, UM, HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK ON LEGISLATION OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING TO THE COUNCIL? YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. SO IT COULD BE POLICY. OKAY. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT TIME. YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY CRAFT SOMETHING AND THEN PRESENT IT AS A RECOMMENDATION. SO YOU CAN'T ENACT IT, BUT YOU CAN DEVELOP IT TO YOUR COMMEND. IT HELP. I ACTUALLY, OUR VICE CHAIR HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. WHICH ARE THEY OVER HERE? UH, THEY WERE OKAY. WHICH CAME OUT TO US. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE. UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING AROUND SENIORS. YEAH. YEAH. I WOULD SUGGEST ONE ON COMMUNICATIONS. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE A NEW COMMISSION AND NOBODY, IT'S A BIT OF A STRUGGLE. OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. SO OUTREACH. YEAH. COMMUNITY OUTREACH. YEAH. YEAH. YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY. AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF PEOPLE ARE, EVERYONE HERE, HERE'S MY THOUGHT. PAY EQUITY AND DISPARITY, I THINK IN MENTORSHIP ARE BOTH, I DUNNO, MENTORSHIP, SAME UMBRELLA, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OR ECONOMIC SUPPORT RATHER THAN MORE SPECIFICALLY ON DATA DISPARITY. AND THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN IT. OR, BUT THAT'S YOUR SUGGESTIONS. I DON'T WANT TO, UM, I WILL SHARE WHAT I, WHERE I AM, WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING AND, UM, BOTH FROM THE REPORT AND WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN, IN THE STATE, IN STATE RESEARCH IS TO ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE OUR CONTEXT, INVESTIGATE RESEARCH, CONTEXTUALIZE PAY EQUITY AND DISPARITIES, UH, AMONG WOMEN IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CREATING EQUITABLE WORK, WHICH IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE FOUND HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA PAY EQUITY AND DISPARITY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOES ON. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF THAT GOES UNDER MENTORSHIP. I WAS SAYING IF WE DID WANT THOSE ECONOMIC SUPPORT, ECONOMIC SUPPORT, THIS OTHER ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN THE, IN, IN THE SURVEY. AND THEN THAT'S MAKING ME THINK THAT IF, IF IT WAS ECONOMIC SUPPORT, THEN SATYA'S IDEA ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING, WHAT WAS IT? LIKE [02:15:02] FINANCIAL LITERACY AND SUPPORT FOR LIKE, WOMEN WHO WANNA START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ECONOMIC SUPPORT AS WELL. MM-HMM. OKAY. SO, SO IF WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD DO ALL THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES, THEN THERE'D BE TWO PEOPLE ON EACH COMMITTEE, RIGHT? UNLESS WE ALL DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO DO MANY COMMITTEES. WELL, I'M STILL GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE. SO FIRST WHAT I WOULD WANNA SEE IS DO WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES CONSOLIDATE ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES? AND THEN WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF THESE COMMITTEES? GOTCHA. YEAH. SAFETY, MAYBE AS YOU CONSIDER CONSOLIDATING, BECAUSE THAT AD HOCS ARE TASK SPECIFIC. SO LET'S SAY IF YOU DO HAVE AN AD HOC LONG PAID DISPAR PAY EQUITY AND DISPARITY, THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC TASK. THEY'RE MAYBE CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND CREATING A RECOMMENDATION TO ADDRESS, UH, PAY PAYING EQUITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. UM, WHEREAS IF YOU HAD AN AD HOC ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT THAT AS A WIDE REACHING, WIDE RANGING TOPIC. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC LIKE OBJECTIVE THAT THAT AD THAT AD HOC IS WORKING AROUND. OTHERWISE WE MIGHT BE CREATING, UM, STANDING COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS OKAY IF WE EVOLVE INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS AND WE WILL SUPPORT Y'ALL. UM, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE JUST AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE AND HOW YOU'RE PRIORITIZING IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR GOALS, I WOULD SAY TO, TO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE AD HOC IS GOING TO DO. WHAT PURPOSE ARE THEY SERVING? THANK WHERE OUR STAFF'S WONDERFUL EXPERTISE REALLY HELPS OUT. UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY SOMEBODY, ALICE, YOU BROUGHT POLICY AND LEGISLATION. I BELIEVE ONE OF, UM, ZOE'S INTENTIONS AND, AND I DON'T SPEAK FOR HER, BUT IN THE CORRESPONDENCE I'VE RECEIVED FROM HER IS ACTUALLY MONITORING POLICY AND LEGISLATION TOO FROM LIKE THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AND SAYING, UM, IF THAT'S, THERE'S THINGS WE SHOULD BE ADOPTING LOCALLY OR RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE A POSITION ON, I GUESS THE OTHER INTENTION THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO NOW ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON ADDITIONAL ? HAVE WHAT? SORRY, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. LIKE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF POLICY AND LEGISLATION WERE NOT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T STILL MAKE LIKE A POLICY RECOMMENDATION AT A COMMISSION. CORRECT. JUST LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL QUERY AT THE END OF MEETINGS IF ANYBODY HAS AN AGENDA THEY WANT TO BRING FORTH, WE'RE STILL ALLOWED TO, IF IT'S A MINORITY OF FOLKS OR ONE-ON-ONE HAVE DISCUSSIONS SO LONG AS WE'RE NOT DOING THAT CHAIN THING WHERE WE'RE FORWARDING MESSAGES OR WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH, UH, A MAJORITY OF THE BODY. UM, SO WE CAN STILL DO THAT WORK AND BRING EVEN IF THERE'S NOT THAT FOR IT. YES. SO WHEN WE CREATE AD YES, YOU CAN STEP. SO WHEN WE CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES, WE ARE CREATING AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH THE SURVEY IN MIND OR WE CREATING AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH OUR PERSONAL INTEREST IN MIND. I WOULD SAY THAT WE WERE CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE WITH CERTAIN DUTIES AND PURPOSE. WE WENT OVER AND STARTED THE MEETING AND THE SURVEY WAS THE REASON THAT THEY CREATED THE COMMISSION. SO I, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE SURVEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AS THOSE CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL PASSION FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T BE WORKING ON IT OR THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AN DIALOGUE FOR IT. I THINK AS LONG AS THE SURVEY POINTS ARE ADDRESSED IN OUR WORK, UM, THAT THIS CERTAINLY BROADEN SCOPE OF IT BENEFITS. THAT'S MY FEELING. PERSONALLY STRATEGIC. SO BOTH? YEAH, BOTH. . OKAY. IS THAT CONFUSING? NO. OKAY. LUNCH POST. UM, SO LOOKING IS THERE WANT TO TAKE OFF OR CONSOLIDATE VANESSA? I JUST WANTED TO ADD A MENTORSHIP SLASH EDUCATION. YEAH. ALRIGHT. I MAY HAVE TO START. EDU. MM-HMM. , DID YOU HAVE THAT? I THINK, AND I'M THINKING OUT LOUD HONESTLY, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, IF WE FOLLOW POLICY TO CREATE A AD HOC THAT POLICY FOLLOWS POLICY AND LEGISLATION THAT [02:20:01] IS GOING ON IN THE STATE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IS NOT PART OF ANYTHING THAT BASED ON A SURVEY OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S HOW I'M THINKING OF IT OUT LOUD. I THINK IT'S ALL WITHIN OUR DUTIES AND OUR CALLING IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, SO IT'S NOT THAT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL ADD HOCS, UM, BEYOND THE SURVEY FINDINGS. OKAY. THERE'S NO RULE TO THAT. IT'S JUST ALLISON, WOULD SENIOR WOMEN FIT UNDER SAFETY AND HEALTH AND MM-HMM. AND PAT? I MEAN, WOULD WOULD THAT YES. I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY'RE WOMEN, DOESN'T IT FIT UNDER EVERYTHING? MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO WE'RE THINKING MAYBE I'M GONNA SENIOR WOMEN HAVE A SUBSECTION OF YEAH. RIGHT. I'LL DO LITTLE HEARTS NEXT TO WORDS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. I MEAN, DON'T WE THINK ABOUT ALL WOMEN? YEAH. YOU KNOW, OLD AND YOUNG. YEAH. I, YES. OH, IN REFERENCE TO EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SERVING ALL, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE TO STEP, WE HAVE IDEAS. WE CAN ESTABLISH OTHERS A YEAR. WE DON'T JUST LIKE, WE ONLY CAME UP WITH TWO GOALS. WE LEAVE HERE WITH TWO AD HOCS. THAT'S OKAY. THESE ARE JUST EVERYBODY'S IDEAS. JUST I'M LEARNING. IF WE, WHEN WE ADDRESS SENIOR WOMEN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT ISN'T THERE, UH, A COMMISSION FOR THE WOMEN FOR WOMEN IN AGE FOR AGING? NOT JUST WOMEN SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. AGING. AND THEN NOW THERE'S COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. UM, ARE THEY GETTING, WILL THEY GET TRIPLE REPRESENTED? THIS IS NOT, WELL, I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I DON'T THINK . OKAY. UM, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS WHERE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE CROSSOVER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MISSION FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS GONNA SERVICES. THERE'S A DISABILITY COMMISSION. WE HAVE WORK AROUND DISABILITY. SO WOMEN, WOMEN ARE, IT'S JUST OURS. WELL, YES, IT'S INTERSECTIONAL. I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED IN THE LANGUAGE SOMETIMES, BUT, UM, YEAH. SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA DO A RAISE YOUR HAND ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE GOT UP HERE AND WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT BOX ON. SO RAISE HAND. YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ONE ON PAY EQUITY AT DISPARITIES? WELL LET, OKAY. FIVE. HOW ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH? YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, PACIFIC ISLANDER OUTREACH. PART OF C ISN'T THAT PART OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH? I DON'T THINK IT WAS A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION. SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST ROLLING THROUGH THE SUGGESTIONS AND SEEING, TAKING DOWN NUMBERS. SO IT'LL ONLY BE ME, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S IN THAT COMMUNITY. WELL THEN WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS, RATHER THAN IT BEING AN AD HOC FIT. OKAY. AND AND WOULD IT FIT STEPHANIE FOR, BECAUSE THE WOMEN AND GIRLS WOULD FIT UNDER A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. LIKE THEY WILL FIT UNDER A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT THEY'RE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SURVEY, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THAT IS, THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN A MICRONESIAN PACIFIC HONOR, UM, COMMUNITY. YEAH. IT'S OUR NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN. VANESSA, I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IS IT OKAY? I I'LL ABOUT IT. OKAY. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I JUST ASKED MALIKA IF, IF THERE WERE AS A BIG, UM, POLYNESIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY AT POLY WHEN SHE WAS THERE, BECAUSE I WENT TO POLY TOO A LOT OF YEARS BEFORE MALIKA. AND, UM, THERE WAS A BIG POPULATION. AND SO SHE'S SAYING NOT ANYMORE, NOT AT POLY, BUT AT JORDAN THERE ARE, WHICH IS, THAT'S THE DISTRICT EXACTLY. THAT. IS THAT MY DIS I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MY DISTRICT. AND SO, UM, I'M, I GUESS, OKAY. SO LONG, LONG-WINDED. BUT I, MY QUESTION TO YOU, STEPHANIE, IS IF, LIKE, I'M WONDERING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, ARE YOU THINKING LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AD HOC BECAUSE THERE, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT IS PRESENT IN OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEIR NEEDS. IS THAT, IS THAT THE LIKE, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M JUST LIKE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MORE SO THERE THAT IS PART, THAT IS PART OF IT THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. THAT THEY WERE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SURVEY. YEAH, FOR SURE. SO, UM, THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH, THEY'RE REPRESENTED IN, WHEN WE PUT PACIFIC ISLANDS TOGETHER, THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SURE. AND IN THE SOUTH BAY OR LONG BEACH [02:25:01] SOUTH BAY. BUT THEY WERE UNDERREPRESENTED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, A TASK OR A RESEARCH COMMITTEE OR AMBER, AMBER AND THEM GO AND ACTUALLY DO RESEARCH AND REDO THE SAME SURVEY IN ORDER TO GET, TO GET THE FINDINGS OF THAT BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE. THIS HAS, YES, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT, UM, AL AUSTIN HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS FOR SURE. AND IT, WE GOT, WE COME UP WITH THIS, SOMETHING HAPPENS AND IT GETS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUOUSLY DROPS IT. UM, BUT IT IS AN, IT IS AN ISSUE. DO YOU THINK THAT IT COULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH? LIKE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COULD HAVE A LOT OF, OR VARIOUS DIFFERENT GOALS AND ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE, BUT DON'T MIND THAT IT IS DONE IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT I, YEAH, I SEE US AT LIKE THE FESTIVALS AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT PERHAPS. AND IF OUR AD HOC PRODUCE ESTABLISH THEIR OWN GOALS FROM YEAR SEPTEMBER MM-HMM. OR PERHAPS ONE OF THE GOALS COULD BE AROUND, UH, RESEARCH OR OUTREACH TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND YOU CAN MAKE THAT ONE OF THOSE EFFORTS. SO, AND IT WOULD HAVE, AND WHEN WE SAY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, IT'S NOT UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE. UM, BY THE NUMBERS AS UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH. YEAH. LIKE IN LEADERSHIP AND JUST YEAH. WHO HAS THE LOWEST NUMBERS? OH. OH, OKAY. WHO HAS THE LOWEST NUMBERS IN LONG BEACH? SO I'M HEARING THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH JP. SO NOW CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS FOR SAFETY? I GET A SHOW OF HANDS FOR HEALTH. HI, THIS IS MESSY. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MAKE IT IN A MINUTE. , UM, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. UM, AND THEN LET'S SEE, ECONOMICS SUPPORT THAT CAN GO WITH EDUCATION IN A WAY. SO SENIOR AUDIT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, WELL, SHOW OF HANDS FOR SENIOR WOMEN. NO. OKAY. AND THEN POLICY AND LEGISLATION. OKAY. WE'RE WORKING WITH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW POTENTIAL ONES. THE ONES THAT WE, I THINK ARE DEFINITELY GONNA WANNA DO BECAUSE THERE'S A MAJORITY OF COMMISSIONERS THAT, THAT YES. I THINK THAT ECONOMIC SUPPORT CAN, UM, GO WITH MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. AGREE. OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE USE A DIFFERENT COLOR. OKAY. WE USE, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS A MAJORITY AND THEN SAFETY HAS MAJORITY AND MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION HAD A MAJORITY FOR AD HO. SO WE ALSO HAVE ONE ON BYLAWS THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED. SO MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE'RE ESTABLISHING THOSE, WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT? SO SHOW OF HANDS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH? WAIT, I'M SORRY. DO WE HAVE IT'S NOT PERMANENT. NO, I KNOW, I'M DO WE, ARE WE VOTING FOR ONE RIGHT NOW TO BE A PART OF SHE VOTE? SO WE'RE NOT, I HAVEN'T CALLED FOR A VOTE. NOBODY'S MADE A MOTION. OH WAIT, OKAY. WRONG RECORD. WE'RE JUST, I'M KIND OF TRYING TO QUERY TO SEE WHO MIGHT WANT TO BE ON THESE AD HOCS. OKAY. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE CAN'T HAVE A MAJORITY OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON AN AD HOC. RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S A DISCUSSION AROUND HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT IF THE MAJORITY WANTS TO BE ON EVERY AD HOC. UM, AB I I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IN, IN OUR TWO KIND OF AD HOCS HERE, THAT, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS PART OF, UH, A CONFERENCE THAT SAFETY AND COMMUNITY, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP AND IF WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON GETTING THINGS DONE, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TWO GROUPS WE HAD HERE THAT REALLY GOT FIRED UP. IT'S JUST MY, OH, I, YEAH. I LIKE WHAT ARE YOU KIND OF SAYING? THE TWO GROUPS WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, REACH FOR THEIR PERSPECTIVE, UM, INITIATIVES. I LIKE THAT. SHOULD WE HAVE AN AD HOC? THANK YOU SETH. YEAH. . SHOULD WE HAVE AN AD HOC FOR PLANNING THE CONFERENCE? 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE AN AD HOC TO PLAN YOUR ANNUAL, UM, LUNCHEON. CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE SAFETY THING [02:30:01] I THINK. YEAH. SAFETY HEALTH MENTORSHIP. WE COULD COVER EVERYTHING AT THAT CONFERENCE THAT ANYBODY EVER WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE THAT'S VIOLENCE TOWARD THE EARTH, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE EVENT PLAN, RIGHT? OH YES. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DISCUSSION IS TURNING TOWARDS PERHAPS OUR AD HOCS. WE FORMED TWO AD HOCS TO ADDRESS THE GOALS THAT WE ESTABLISHED, WHICH I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO IF WE HAD AN AD HOC ON MENTORSHIP AND AN AD HOC ON SAFETY. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR AD HOC ON BYLAWS AND WE'LL BE LEAVING HERE TODAY ASSUMING THAT'S SHE WHO THINKS THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. OKAY. YES. JUST I HAD A QUESTION. SO MY THOUGHT ORIGINALLY ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR ME INDIVIDUALLY WAS THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION. SO WORKING ON THINGS LIKE OP-EDS AND A WEBPAGE AND PAMPHLETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AS A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH GENERALLY. IT'S MORE LIKE A COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. SO I WOULD, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD SUPPORT THAT? CAN I ADD? YES. AND SAM? YES. AND I'M ALSO THINKING BECAUSE UM, THE PEOPLE, THERE ARE GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED. IT ALSO, LIKE MALIKA SAID, LIKE THE STREET TEAM, RIGHT? LIKE THE BOOTH AT THE TRUNK OR TREAT AT ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE ELAC MEETING AT EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT FARMER'S MARKET AND A FARMER'S MARKET AND MAYBE THE POLYNESIAN FESTIVAL IN CAMBODIA TOWN. THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN REALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER GONNA SEE THE SURVEY. SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER GONNA GO ONLINE AND IT'S LIKE, LET ME, LET ME HUMANIZE THIS. MARIA, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP THERE OR DID I NO. NO. OKAY. . OKAY. UM, COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? IF I WERE TO SUGGEST FORMING COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, SAFETY AND MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NO. OKAY. UM, AND THAT CASE, AM I A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO THE DISCUSSION ITEM TO UH, WE CAN AMEND, AMEND THE MOTION. OKAY. IT INCLUDED TO TAKE ACTION TO ESTABLISH THAT HEALTH COMMITTEE. OH IT DID? OKAY. YES. SO IF THE FIRST AND SECONDER AGREES TO THE FRIENDLY THAT CHAIR MELLINGER IS PROPOSING, THAT IS, UH, ALICE AND MARIA AND MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH, MENTORSHIP, AND EDUCATION AND SAFETY AS AD HOC. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. OKAY. I AGREE. PRETTY COOL. NOW I HAVE A PROCEDURE QUESTION BECAUSE I ASKED THIS UP ONCE BEFORE WE ESTABLISH THE AD BYLAWS. DO WE ALSO NEED TO DETERMINE OUR MEMBERS BEFORE WE TAKE THAT VOTE? I WOULD BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY START MEETING. OKAY. IF YOU WANTED TO START MEETING NEXT WEEK, YOU ALREADY ALREADY KNOW WHO IS THE, UH, A HOC A NEW PAGE FOR THIS? AND WE HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT IN THE DAY, SO LET'S TRY TO DO IT. OKAY. THIS IS WHERE I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY MIGHT WANT BE ON SOME OF THESE. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S A QUORUM? IT'S SIX. SO THERE COULD BE FIVE. OH WOW. MM-HMM, . YEAH. ON EACH AD HOC. OKAY, SO WE CAN HAVE SOME ANARCHY SUPPOSED TO ORDER . YES. . [02:35:01] OKAY. I FUNCTION BEST. YES. . OKAY. CONSIDERING IF YOU WANTED TO PICK, WELL, I'M MENTAL MATH IS NOT MY STRONG, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHICH ONE YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE ON. UM, CONSIDERING THAT WITH SAFETY, COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH AND MENTORSHIP AND THAT THERE CAN BE SOME OVERLAP. I DUNNO WHAT THE, OH, IS THERE MENTORSHIP EDUCATION OR JUST MENTORSHIP? OH, QUESTION. UM, BYLAWS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD WORK ON DRAFTING OUR BYLAWS OR WORK ON? 'CAUSE THE STAFF I KNOW MOSTLY JUST THE DRAFTING LIKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT THEY WANT INCLUDED IN THE BYLAWS AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND ASK FOR APPROVAL AND THEN WE WOULD ASK STAFF IF THEY COULD, UM, DRAFT THE BYLAWS TO THAT END. RIGHT? YES. COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO CONSIDERING ALL THESE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE SAME D AD HOC HAVE PLEASE BE PATIENT, HAVE LOOK BACK AND FORTH. OKAY, COOL. I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT ONE. INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH. OKAY. ARE WE SURE? I JUST WANT FOR A SECOND. Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE TIRED. THIS IS CUTE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN Y'ALL, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION THEN I SHOULD TAKE MY NAME OFF 'CAUSE THAT'LL GIVE MORE. SHE, WE HIRE I DISAGREE. I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR NAME ON BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE 6, 7, 8, AND NINE. WE'LL HAVE A REGIONAL BLOCK. AM I OVERTHINKING THIS? IF THIS OKAY. SIX. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WE NEED SIX. GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRICT, SHE'S LOOKING AT DISTRICTS. OH, I SEE. SHE COULD STILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO SOMETHING WITHOUT BEING THAT. THAT'S TRUE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO WHATEVER. OKAY. OKAY. I'M TAKING, I WILL REMOVE MY NAME SO THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING LOTS AND AD HOC COMMITTEES BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL REGION. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN ALSO LIKE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANT US TO LIKE LOOK INTO. YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL PULL OUT. I'LL PULL OUT BECAUSE YOU, YOU NO. WHAT ELSE? I'LL PULL OUT. YOU GUYS BE ON IT. OH NO, WE NEED YOU ON IT. OTHERWISE WE'RE CREATING GEOGRAPHIC. OH, GEOGRAPHIC BLOCKS. PULL ANY UP. OKAY. UM, I HAD A QUESTION. I FORGOT WHAT WAS COOL. YES. OH, I, YES. HAVE A QUESTION. YES. IS THERE, UM, ARE THERE BUDGETS? IS THERE LIKE ANY, ARE THERE FUNDS? OKAY. IS OFFERING TO A PRESENTATION ON THAT THERE, THERE IS SOME FUNDING. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. $5. WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO, HOW FOR SURE. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE, HOW MUCH TOP OF MY HEAD? I WANNA SAY IT'S 24. YEAH, WHAT ARE WE TALKING? I RECALL THAT AS WELL. I BELIEVE IT'S 24,000 THAT'S ALLOCATED TO THE COMMISSION EVERY YEAR. OKAY. OH, MORE THAN MOST COMMISSION. MOST COMMISSIONS DON'T HAVE MONDAY. ESPECIALLY NON-ART COMMISSION, SO, OKAY. OH, SO WE GET FUNDED 24,000. DAMN. YEAH, I CHECK. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT NUMBER AND GIVE THAT TO YOU. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK DOWN. WE GET THAT CONFERENCE MADE FOR, IT'S IN THE MEETING. OKAY. AND WE CAN, THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. WE CAN REARRANGE THIS ONCE EVERYBODY'S EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST. SO EVEN THOUGH I CROSSED OUT NAMES, JUST WE KNOW THERE'S INTEREST, RIGHT? SO BYLAWS, WE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT. I SEE. ANY OTHER HANDS FOR BYLAWS? EXCITING STUFF. [02:40:01] THAT'LL BE LIKE A QUICK ONE. THAT BE A QUICK ADC. WE CAN ALSO ASK, I'M SIGNING UP FOR A QUICK AD HOC, NOT NECESSARILY. YES. YES. PUTTING MY NAME DOWN. YEAH, I'M SORRY I MISSED, I MISSED COMPLETELY. WHAT? YES, I BYLAWS. YOU WANNA BE ON BYLAWS? OKAY. AND KEEP IN MIND, YES, OUR VICE CHAIR IS NOT PARENT. SHE? YES. OKAY. MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. GOSH, I CAN TAKE MY NAME OFF IF NO, IF YOU WANT. NO, THAT'S, IT'S STILL MINORITY. SO IN ORDER TO PUT YOUR HAND BACK UP, I'M SO SORRY. YOU JEN. OH WAIT, I STILL HAVE MINE UP. ANYONE ELSE? EDUC I MYSELF DO SO THAT I DO NOT OVER MYSELF BECAUSE I'LL TAKE MYSELF OFF OF SAFETY. SAFETY. UM, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO GET ON OF MENTORSHIP, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE YOUR NAME OFF SAM. WELL, I CAN STILL ATTEND. I DUNNO. SO I'M SIGNING MY, HUH? ALRIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. ALICE IS RIGHT. WOW. NOBODY'S READY BUT AT WORK. OKAY, LET'S REVIEW SAFETY. MALIKA, PAULINA, ALICE, IRMA, SAM, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH YOU AGAIN. SAM, MALE, VANESSA, ALICE, BYLAWS. MARIA, STEPHANIE, IRMA, MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION. JEN, VANESSA, SIA, SAM, MALIKA. AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND YOU THAT BY LAW JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THESE THINGS. SO YES, I HAVE, MY NAME IS JUAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MARIA REMOVED HER. THAT WHY I GAVE YOU A LITTLE, YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR WRITE STUFF? YEAH, I KNOW YOU GAVE IT. YOU JUST DIDN'T MENTION IT. OKAY. OKAY. COOL. COOL. DID I SAY BYLAWS? I'M LOSING IT ALL. BYLAWS. MARIA, STEPHANIE AND IRMA. OH YEAH, ZOE. SHE, WE, I WE COULD STILL ADD HER AT A LATER DATE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HER. UM, OKAY. SO I WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH AD HOC COMMITTEES ON SAFETY, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AND BYLAWS WITH THE STATED MEMBERS. YES, THAT IS THAT MOTION. OKAY. WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ONE? YES. CAN I GET, I? NO, SO THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE ORIGINAL FRIENDLY THAT THEY ALREADY ACCEPTED. SO WE JUST NEED TO CALL FOR YES, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR CONFERENCE ON THIS. OH, BEFORE THAT I'LL CALL FROM COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO, COMMENT TWO. OKAY. UM, ONE NOTE OF DISCUSSION I WOULD SUGGEST IS SINCE WE'RE THESE ARE NOTRE ACT COMPLIANT, WE CAN EMAIL EACH OTHER OR REACH OUT TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU WANNA MEET. AND THEN IN THOSE SETTINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT GOALS IF YOU WANNA SHARE. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT? UH, SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING NEXT WEEK, I SUGGEST THAT Y'ALL HAVE A GOAL ESTABLISHED TO REPORT OUT AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING, WHICH I KNOW WE NEED TO RESCHEDULE, UM, FOR HOLIDAYS. SO JUST PUTTING THAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR YOU ALL NOW THAT AS YOU START TO COORDINATE MEETING, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT GOAL OR THAT OBJECTIVE IS SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, SHARE THAT ALOUD, UM, AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. UM, YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAR. YES. COMMISSIONER ANGLE? YES. COMMISSIONER ARCH. COMMISSIONER CHASE PATTERSON. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ACK. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER LAER? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MORA? YES. AND CHAIR MEER? YES. MOTION CHAIR. [02:45:01] YAY. YAY. OKAY, SO LEMME GET BACK OUR AGENDA HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE NEED TO CALL FOR PUBLIC GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? YEAH. IF THERE'S ANY NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEE NONE THAT CONCLUDES NON IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT VANESSA? I HAVE TWO. ONE. I WANTED TO MAKE SOME BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD BOOKS TO READ. UM, A LITTLE BIT HEAVY, BUT GOOD TOPICS THAT RELATE TO OUR WORK HERE. ONE IS CALLED HOOD FEMINISM AND THAT'S BY MICKEY KENDALL AND IS VERY GOOD ABOUT, UM, BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN AND, AND FEMINISM AND THE, THE BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN EXPERIENCE. UM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED, YOU SOUND LIKE A WHITE GIRL. AND THAT ONE IS BY JULI . AND THAT ONE IS ANOTHER VERY GOOD ONE ABOUT, UM, JUST RACE AND GENDER AND, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH AND, AND HER LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND THEN I WANTED TO MAKE AN INVITATION TO EVERYBODY. OUR SCHOOL IS HOSTING THE THIRD ANNUAL, THE OTHER LOS MUTO CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY, UH, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30TH. UM, FROM EIGHT 10 TO LIKE NINE 40 IN THE MORNING. I KNOW IT'S EARLY AND PEOPLE WORK, BUT IF BY CHANCE YOU ARE ABLE TO COME OUT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. UM, WE IN, IN THE, IN THE BUILDING OF THIS PROGRAM AT MY SCHOOL, WE STARTED THIS EVENT THREE YEARS AGO AND, AND WE'RE GOING STRONG. AND IT'S ABOUT BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND, UH, CROSS-CURRICULAR LEARNING. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION. THE HALLWAYS ARE ALL, UM, DECORATED WITH AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MARIACHI AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE AZTEC DANCERS. AND IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAYBE, UM, AREN'T IN SCHOOLS OFTEN TO GET INTO A SCHOOL AS SCHOOLS ARE LIKE MICROCOSMS OF OUR GREATER COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU. AND OH, AND THE SCHOOL CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS LIKE, JUST LIKE A HOP AWAY FROM CITY HALL. SO EVERYONE, EVERYONE IS INVITED. THANK YOU. AND IT'S FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? EIGHT 10 TO LIKE NINE 40. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE ONE. UH, SPEAKING OF , UM, I'M HELPING ORGANIZE A VE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, UM, FROM TWO TO SEVEN AT RANCHO LOS DORITOS. AND THIS IS BY LATINO ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT IN NORTH LONG BEACH. UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE FLYERS IN THE CAR IF YOU WANT, I CAN BRING OVER. BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE LIKE PERFORMANCES, LIKE, UM, ALSO FOR VERTICAL DANCING, FACE PAINTING, CRAFT ACTIVITIES, ALSO HAVE FOOD VENDORS. AND SO IT IS A FAMILY EVENT FROM TWO TO SEVEN. WHAT DAY FREE, UH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. AND IT'S WHERE TWO TO SEVENTH ON OCTOBER 27TH. , WHERE IS IT? UH, RANCH LOS CERRITOS. OH, OKAY. YEAH. SO I, I HAVE FIRE IN THE CAR. I'LL RUN OUT, BREAK SUNDAY. I'M SURE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OR MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE 'EM TO US AT THE MEETING TOO. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. UM, I'LL BRING THEM. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS, UH, I WORK FOR VISIT LONG BEACH AND THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 4TH FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM IT'S FREE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A FIREWORK SHOW, SO DECEMBER 4TH. IF YOU WANNA LET YOUR COMMUNITIES KNOW, LET YOUR FAMILIES KNOW IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S FINE. WHAT TIME IS THAT FROM FIVE TO EIGHT. SO DOOR'S OPEN AT FIVE. THE SHOW USUALLY STARTS AT SIX 30. AND THAT'S AT PERFORMING ARTS? IT'S ON THE TERRACE THEATER PLAZA, RIGHT? YEAH. AND WE'LL, WE'LL POST THINGS ABOUT PARKING AND ALL THAT STUFF ON, ON VISIT LONG BEACH SOCIALS. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. UM, ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.