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ALRIGHT.THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
UM, WE HAVE THE AGENDA OF THE NOVEMBER 6TH HOME SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, CALL THE ORDER AT, AT THREE 40 ABOUT, UM, ROLL CALL.
UM, FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FORMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT? SO, SORRY, YOU WANTED TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE HAVE, YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT.
SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, IN PERSON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SIGN IN SHEET.
UM, WE ALSO RECEIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS 24 B HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS VIA EMAIL.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS.
WHEN ORGANIZING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOUR STATEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THE PERTINENT FACTS WITHIN YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
YOUR QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED DURING THIS TIME, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
I WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
SO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE CASE.
STAFF MINUTES ON THE SERVICE ADVISORY MINUTES.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2024.
YOU'RE OPPOSING? NO, JUST ABOUT.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERS BY JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ETHICS PRESENTATION FROM HEATHER VAN WICK FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVED NOT TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERS BY JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE ETHICS PRESENTATION FROM HEATHER VAN WICK FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? IT'S NOT YET JULIE UNTIL SHE, UNTIL THEY PRESENT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THE MOTION AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SWITCH PRESENTATIONS REALLY QUICK, BUT, UM, OH, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, DO WE HAVE THAT PRESENTATION? SO, I'M HEATHER.
I AM THE, THE CITYWIDE ETHICS OFFICER, UH, FOR, UH, I MANAGE THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
THAT'S, SO JUST HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR ETHICS PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JEFF AND I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.
SO WE'RE STARTING, UH, DOING A ROAD SHOW, IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE OUR FIRST GOING INTO 20, 25 NEW MATERIAL COMMENTS.
YEAH, I THINK HEATHER, WE
I'M THE MAYOR, DIRECTOR OF C ENGAGEMENT.
SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE.
UM, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK HEATHER HAS DONE, AND ESPECIALLY IN PARTNER WITH ANITA AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SOME OF OUR OTHER TEAMS TO, UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE MORE CONNECTIVE AND MORE COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE COMMISSIONS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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UH, I KNOW THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE AND SPEND YOUR TIME WITH THIS, BUT THE MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SERVING.AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE THAT ARE, THAT COME ON, AND WE HAVE A NEW ONE, UH, IN THE BACK THERE.
SO, UH, UH, WE JUST GOT, UH, LAWRENCE THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE RECENTLY.
AND, UM, UH, PAT SCOTT BACK THERE IS GONNA BE, WAS APPOINTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND, UH, SHE ALSO GOT MARRIED LAST WEEK WITH HER HUSBAND OVER THERE.
SO WE WE'RE JUST GETTING HER THROUGH ALL THE HURDLES THAT YOU ALL HAD TO JUMP THROUGH.
SO SHE'LL HOPEFULLY BE HERE FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING, THE PLAN.
AND WE HAVE, UH, ANGELA, KIMBERLY, AND PAM I KNOW HAVE ALL COME THROUGH THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING A LONG TIME.
JULIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
UM, BUT, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO, UH, KIND OF GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, UM, ABOUT, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ROLE THAT THE PLAYS.
AND, UH, WE SPEAK MORE TO YOU.
WE STARTED TRYING TO DO STAFF TRAINING.
SO WE WORKED WITH ANITA AND JENNIFER PARTICIPATED IN THAT, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, OFFER THESE SAME TRAININGS SO THAT WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND CONNECTING ABOUT, I, I, I'LL TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT WHEN FIRST START, I INHERITED THIS ROLE AS, UH, WORKING WITH COMMISSIONS AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING AND HAVE LEARNED QUICKLY
UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING BETTER IN THE IDEA OF THIS ROAD SHOW.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO GIVE THEM THE SAME, SAME MATERIAL THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TODAY.
SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, SAME OPPORTUNITY INPUT, SO WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER WITH THE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE, THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE PUBLIC HERE SUPPORTING THIS.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
SO, BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA STICK AROUND FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO STAY.
SO, YEAH, THE IDEA BEHIND, UH, THIS NEW VERSION OF OUR ROADSHOW IS TO DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO EVERY COMMISSION WILL SEE, UM, MY PRESENTATION AND THEN IT'LL ROLL INTO THE BROWN ACT PRESENTATION.
SO WE JUST THOUGHT IT, IT WENT WELL TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU.
UH, THE VOTERS APPROVED YOU, THE VOTERS OF LONG BEACH APPROVED MEASURE CCC BACK IN, UH, THE END OF 2018.
UM, THIS IS A CHARTER COMMISSION, UH, UM, IT'S A RECOMMENDING BODY.
HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
THAT STILL LIES WITH, UM, HR, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, OR, UH, THE FPPC.
UM, HOWEVER, THE CHARTER DOES GIVE THE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT ON OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THEY GET A SAY IN STUFF THAT, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND ROLL OUT.
SO, WITH MEASURE CCC, IT ALSO ESTABLISHED A CENTRALIZED ETHICS PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IN PART WAS JUST ME FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 24, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER, UH, THE CITY'S ETHICS PROGRAM AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM TO, TO BECOME THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
WE LAUNCHED OUR TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2023, WHICH, UM, HOPEFULLY BY NOW YOU ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR AUDITOR, OUR CLERK AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
SO THE REQUIRED TRAININGS AND AUTOMATIC REMOVALS.
UM, YOU AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOW AT THIS POINT, SEVERAL REQUIRED TRAININGS.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IS OUR ANNUAL, UH, CODE OF CONTENT AND ETHICS.
THAT'S WHAT MY OFFICE PUTS TOGETHER.
THIS IS ANNUALLY, IT'S REQUIRED BY, UH, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
NOW YOU ALSO HAVE THE STATE AND CITY REQUIRED HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES.
IF YOU TAKE THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER JOB WHERE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS, I BELIEVE YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE, AND IT, IT, IT HITS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE EVERY TWO YEARS AB 1234 ETHICS TRAINING.
SO THE CITY'S CODE OF CONDUCT TRAINING DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF AB 1234.
UM, AND THERE'S SEVERAL PARTS.
IT'S TWO HOURS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, SO IT HAS TO BE TWO HOURS.
UM, LEMME SAY ON THAT ONE, THAT'S THE ONE OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS HAD TO DO AS PART OF THEIR ONBOARDING.
SO IF YOU JUST DID IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
SO, UM, WE DO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
UM, JUST PROBABLY IN THE LAST YEAR TO TWO YEARS, WE'VE STARTED, UM, ENFORCING MORE.
UH, SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE TO REMOVE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THEIR AB 1234.
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SPRING OF 23, THE MAYOR, UH, HE THOUGHT OR THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO JUST HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE FIND IMPORTANT AT THE CITY.UM, SO THERE ARE OTHER TRAININGS NOW REQUIRED.
UM, WE'VE GOT LONG BEACH, 2030 STRATEGIC VISIONS PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, AND THEN THE CITY'S EQUITY TOOLKIT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS STILL PENDING.
SO YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THESE TRAININGS BY NOW.
I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE CHAOTIC AND OVERWHELMING AS YOU STARTED TO GET INFORMED AND REMINDED, AND I DON'T THINK WE DID THE BEST JOB IN COMMUNICATING THAT THESE TRAININGS WERE ABOUT TO HIT YOUR EMAIL BOXES.
UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE COLLECTIVELY WORKING ON, IS JUST TO GET BETTER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
ALL OF THESE TRAININGS LIVE AND LEARN.
YOU'RE NOT SURE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AB B12 34 AND THE CITY'S, UM, TRAINING.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FACT SHEET, UM, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT LATER.
WE DO HAVE A HELPLINE, UH, FOR THE CITY AND ETHICS HELPLINE.
WE ALSO HAVE A FRAUD WASTE AND ABUSE HOTLINE.
UM, YOU CAN USE EITHER OF THEM.
IT, IT WILL GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN ONLINE FORM.
THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND ANY TIME YOU THINK YOU NEED TO CALL OR REPORT SOMEONE OR EVEN ASK A QUESTION, UH, WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO ASK QUESTIONS THEY MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING OTHERWISE.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE THAT GOTCHA.
KIND OF HELPLINE, BUT MORE JUST EDUCATIONAL.
BUT WE DO GET PEOPLE SOMETIMES WITH THIS.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY HOMEPAGE.
THIS IS ON THE CITY MANAGER'S WEBPAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND ETHICS PORTAL.
THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC TO YOUR STATE REQUIREMENTS, OUR HOTLINE, I'VE ALL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, HOPEFULLY BY NOW, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ETHICS GUIDE FOR LONG BEACH OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION, UM, THAT GOES OVER MORE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
YOU HAVE AS APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMISSION HANDBOOK AND THEN, UH, THE BROWN ACTS.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND ANITA WILL GET MORE INTO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
SO, JUST SOME REMINDERS, SOME THINGS THAT ARE, HAVE STARTED TO PERCOLATE UP.
UM, SPEAKING IN OFFICIAL VERSUS PERSONAL CAPACITY IN LEGAL FEES.
UM, SO JUST A REMINDER THAT ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED BY THAT BODY CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS A COMMISSIONER.
THIS APPLIES TO ALL OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS, SO OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, SIGNATURES AND ENDORSEMENTS.
CAN'T BE A COMMISSIONER OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU CAN'T PROMOTE SOMETHING THAT YOU PERSONALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AS A COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO JUST BEING MINDFUL OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING THAT INTO MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY SOON THAT'LL BE MORE IN A POLICY THAT YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT ANNUAL REPORTS.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A REQUIREMENT, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN MORE STRINGENT WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S REQUIRED EVERY YEAR IF YOU HAVE ANY LEARNING CONCERNS.
IF YOU CAN'T GET ON THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, WE HAVE A, A SMALL STAFF DEDICATED TO SUPPORT THAT.
YOU CAN GET THAT SUPPORT FORM.
SEVEN HUNDREDS ARE COMING UP SOON, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THOSE REMINDERS.
UM, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1ST TO FILE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BROWN ACT, YOUR BYLAWS AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
AGAIN, I NEED, WE'LL GO OVER THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
YES, SO THIS IS MY DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION ETHICS@LONGBEACH.GOV COMES TO ME AS WELL.
NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMISSIONER BY JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE ETHICS PRESENTATION FROM HEATHER VAN WICK FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
JENNIFER, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE SPEAK WHEN CALLED UPON, I DIDN'T SEE ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? RAISE YOUR HAND.
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SECOND.OH, NO, I DON'T WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION? YES, SARAH.
UM, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I NOTICED THAT AN ANNUAL REPORT IS REQUIRED OF THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING OUR WORK TO THE NEWS CITY COUNCIL.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S SPECIFIC POINTS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HITTING.
I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN BITS OF INFORMATION, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS IN THAT, BUT GONNA SAY PROBABLY NOT.
UM, LIKE IT REQUIRES AN ATTENDANCE REPORT.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE BULLETS, BUT I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? SO THERE'S A REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORT FOR OUR COMMITTEE, AND THIS YEAR WE DID POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALSO DID AN ANNUAL REPORT.
WE DID NOT COMPLETE THE ANNUAL REPORT THIS YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE WORKING ON IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR ANNUAL REPORT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU WORKED ON AS PERMISSION.
I DUNNO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE COUNCIL? RIGHT.
SO EVERY COMMISSION EVERY YEAR HAS TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE FILLED IN THAT REPORT.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ANNUAL REPORT IS BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED TO BE SENT OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE DUE BY JUNE 1ST.
SO WHAT HAPPENS, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE FOR A WHILE.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY PUSHED OVER THE LAST DECADES, UM, THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO GET MORE SERIOUS ABOUT.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PUBLIC COMPLAINTS, UM, THAT REALLY HAVE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE MORE CONSISTENT, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS, MY COMMISSION INCLUDED.
SO, UM, THEY'RE JUST GENTLY REMINDING YOU AT THIS POINT.
THEY'RE GONNA KEEP REMINDING YOU UNTIL YOU TURN IT IN.
IS THERE A TEMPLATE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING OR, NO.
I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT EVERY COMMISSION, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CREATED OURS ON CAMPUS, YOU COULD USE A WORD DOCUMENT, YOU COULD USE ADOBE.
UM, SO THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT THERE'S NO ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE INTRODUCTION TO COMMISSIONERS AND THE PRESENTATION, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION PASSES.
AND FOLLOWING THAT, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION AND FILE, THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, UM, BY ANITA FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO HELLO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE CHAIR AND THE PUBLIC.
I'M A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY HERE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, I AM ASSIGNED TO THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMISSION,
UM, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED TODAY AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE BROWN ACT.
SO IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT.
UM, IT WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETING IN PRIVATE.
SO, UM, A SOLUTION TO THAT IS TO HAVE LL COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVING THESE MEETINGS TO MEET IN PUBLIC.
UM, IT IS AN, IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEES AND, UM, TO HAVE ALL DELIBERATIONS BE MADE OPEN AND PUBLIC.
SO, GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THIS BROWN ACT ARE, UM, LIKE I SAID, OPEN AND PUBLIC, BUT A MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME PLACE TO ADDRESS MATTERS WITHIN ITS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
UM, ALL PERSONS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THESE HAYSTACK MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE A PUBLIC COMMENT BEING ALLOWED DURING EACH ITEM AND ONLY MATTERS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA CAN BE DISCUSSED AT EACH OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING.
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SO THE REASON FOR THESE RULES IS TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.IT HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL OFFICIALS DISCUSSING, UM, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION WITHOUT THE PUBLIC'S INPUT.
UM, IT ALLOWS FOR MORE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE APPEARING IN FRONT OF THE BODY.
SO, WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT? UM, HAYAK FOR ONE AND ANY OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES, ANY SUBCOMMITTEES CREATED BY HAY SAC, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY COMMITTEES CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY ANY BODY THAT RECEIVES MONEY FROM THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT APPLIED TO AD HOC TEMPORARY COMMITTEES, AND THOSE ARE COMMITTEES THAT ARE COMPOSED OF LESS THAN A QUORUM OF HAYSTACK MEMBERS THAT ARE CREATED FOR A LIMITED TIME AND A LIMITED PURPOSE.
SO, AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT, BUT OTHERWISE HAYSTACK SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE HAYSTACK NEED TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT.
SO WHAT CAN YOU NOT DO UNDER THE BROWN ACT? UM, SO THERE'S A TYPE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE CALL AROUND HERE, SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, SERIAL COMMUNICATION MEANS A COMMUNICATION THAT IS LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH THAT IT MIGHT END UP BEING SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT IN AN OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING.
SO HOW DO WE AVOID THAT? I'LL GET TO IT.
THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
THAT IS WHEN ONE MEMBER OF HAYSTACK, LET'S SAY, CONTACTS, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS, LET'S SAY IN AN EMAIL, AT THAT POINT, YOU'VE NOW EMAILED A MAJORITY OF HAYEK MEMBERS, AND THAT'S A QUORUM.
AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A MEETING.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED THE DAISY CHAIN WHERE MEMBER A, TEXTS MEMBER B, AND THEN MEMBER B FORWARDS IT TO MEMBER C AND SAYS, HEY, DID YOU SEE WHAT A SAID? AND THEN MEMBER C FORWARDS THAT WHOLE CHAIN TO MEMBER D.
NOW YOU HAVE A QUORUM AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A MEETING.
YOU HAVE MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE IS AT A, YOU KNOW, A PARTY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A HAYSTACK ITEM THAT'S COMING UP AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TALKING ON YOUR BEHALF.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS EMAILS, TEXTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH KIND OF GET TIED INTO THE OTHER THREE.
UM, SO THIS ONE I KIND OF WENT OVER WHERE ONE MEMBER TALKS TO ANOTHER MEMBER, UM, SORRY, ONE MEMBER TALKS TO EACH MEMBER AND IT COMES UP TO THE NUMBER OF A QUORUM.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEAK TO COMMISSION MEMBERS ABOUT, HEY, THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NUMBER THREE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? DO YOU KNOW THE BACKGROUND ON THAT? DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED? OR HOW DO YOU INTERPRET WHAT THAT RESOLUTION SAYS THAT GIVES US THIS AUTHORITY? YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT THE MINUTE THAT YOU START TALKING ABOUT, HEY, HOW ARE YOU GONNA VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER THREE TOMORROW? UM, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT ITEM.
YOU KNOW, KEEP THE DELIBERATION PART OPEN AND PUBLIC.
YOU CAN STILL TALK TO MEMBERS ABOUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW? AND THEN THE DAISY CHAIN IS THE ONE THAT I WAS SAYING WHERE PERSON A TALKS TO PERSON B, PERSON B TALKS TO PERSON C.
AT SOME POINT YOU GET A QUORUM.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING BY REPRESENTATIVE.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE I MENTIONED YOU HAVE YOUR PARTNER SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT THE ONE COMMUNICATING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA VOTE YOUR PARTNER IS.
SO IF THEY TALK TO A MAJORITY OF THE HAYSTACK MEMBERS, AT THAT POINT, YOU HAVE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
UM, AND THIS ONE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, I THINK WITH OUR DAY AND AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXT MESSAGES, EMAIL FORWARDING.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE POSTING SOMETHING RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR YOU HAVE YOUR INSTAGRAM AND YOU DO A POST AND YOU SEE A COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENT, OH, GREAT IDEA.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THEN SOMEONE STARTS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT, HEY SACK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ON, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, MAKE SURE YOU COME, WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.
SO RIGHT THERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ON THIS CHAIN OF, OF MESSAGES.
AND THEN LET'S SAY TWO MORE COMMISSIONERS, CHIME IN.
NOW YOU HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BODY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE ITEM OR SOMETHING IN YOUR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
THE BEST THING IS JUST TO AVOID, UM, MERELY JUST AVOID IT
'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S GONNA RESPOND TO THAT CHAIN.
SO ACTUALLY WHAT IS ALLOWED
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO CONSTITUENTS, UM, CONSULTANTS, ANYBODY WHO HAS EDUCATION ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU LIMIT IT TO LESS THAN A QUORUM.
AND YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DELIBERATE ON
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THE ITEM.YOU CAN MEET EACH OTHER AT OPEN BIRTHDAY PARTIES, LOCAL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
MAYBE THERE'S A FORUM OF YOU AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN'T SIT TOGETHER? OF COURSE YOU COULD SIT TOGETHER, NO PROBLEM.
JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DELIBERATE ABOUT AN ITEM IN FRONT OF HAYEK.
ALRIGHT, SO AGENDA POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETINGS.
THIS IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
IT'S IN THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
ALL MEETING AGENDAS, LIKE THE ONES YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY HAVE TO BE POSTED 72 72 HOURS BEFORE WE MEET TODAY.
TODAY, UM, IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE OF A SPECIAL MEETING, LET'S SAY THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND THERE IS AN EMERGENCY TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT, RIGHT? UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT AGENDA POSTED AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
EVERY AGENDA NEEDS TO INCLUDE A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM.
NOW, WHY IS THAT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO PUT AGENDA ITEMS? UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION, IT'S SO THAT WHOEVER'S READING THE AGENDA KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THEY WANNA COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
UM, SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
ALRIGHT? SO WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD? THIS IS JUST GENERAL.
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE HELD IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BECAUSE THIS IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MISSION.
ALRIGHT? SO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC IN, UM, AT THE HAYSTACK, THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER IN THE AGENDA.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS, IS PUBLIC COMMENT OFFERED.
AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM IS READ OUT, UM, THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO RECORD TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA TO ATTEND WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES.
UM, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SEE ALL THE VOTES HAPPENING.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE VOTE CALLED BY THE CHAIR, THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE OPEN AND PUBLIC, NO SECRET BALLOTS ALLOWED.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THESE, THESE BROWN ACT RULES? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? RIGHT? SO UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THERE ARE CIVIL PENALTIES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES THAT CAN BE ENSUED.
ONE IS THE CIVIL ACTION CAN BE BROUGHT AGAINST YOU, AND IF YOU LOSE, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF THE LAWSUIT AND ALL THE ATTORNEY'S FEES, UM, FROM THE OTHER PARTY.
AND WHAT ABOUT CRIMINAL? IT'S PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR IF, UM, THE, THE BRINGER OF THE ACTION CAN PROVE THAT YOU HAD INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES THAT CAN, CAN ARISE FROM THIS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION RELATED TO THE BROWN ACT, BUT I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, HERE ARE SOME PROCEDURAL RULES THAT ARE CALLED THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY ALL CITY COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO BE FOLLOWED.
AND IT'S UNDER OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THAT WE FOLLOW THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY ALL ABOUT HOW THE CHAIR IS GONNA RUN THE MEETING, AND, UM, HOW WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL DECISIONS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE BODY TO PASS.
AND, UM, KIND OF JUST GIVES RULES FOR THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES TO RUN THE MEETING IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.
RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP THE PROCESS AND NOT HINDER.
SO IF THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THESE RULES FEEL CONFUSING AND THAT THEY'RE HINDERING THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCY, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU'LL CALL US.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLARIFY LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS RULE AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS EASIER? AND WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS ORDER AND EFFICIENCY IN THESE RULES.
SO THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR GENERALLY IS TO INTRODUCE BUSINESS IN THE PROPER ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, THE CHAIR CAN TAKE THINGS OUT OF ORDER, UM, IF IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AROUND.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT SOMETHING'S IN THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND THE END, UM, GETTING THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS IN A TIMELY MANNER, DETERMINING, HEY, DO WE NEED A MOTION? DO WE NEED A SECOND? UM, KEEPING THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN THE PURVIEW OF HAYSTACK AND THAT WE DON'T GO OUTSIDE OF OUR SCOPE.
UM, AND THEN ENFORCING TIME LIMITS FAIRLY AND NEUTRALLY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
SO DURING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN HAYEK MEMBERS, THE CHAIR'S ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CLEAR DECISIONS ARE MADE.
UM, THE CHAIR'S ROLE IS TO RECOGNIZE YOU BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
UM, THAT CREATES, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WILL BE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER.
EVERYONE FEELS RESPECTED AND EVERYONE WILL FEEL HEARD.
UM, IT ENSURES THAT EVERY MEMBER HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
IF THERE'S ONE COMMISSION MEMBER THAT WILL CONTINUOUSLY SPEAK, BUT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, THE CHAIR CAN THEN SAY,
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HEY, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.SO THE CHAIR ESSENTIALLY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RUN THE MEETING, UM, ACTIVELY LISTEN AND MANAGE ANY CONFLICTS THAT MIGHT ARISE.
SO THE NEXT THING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ARE MOTIONS.
SO WHY DO WE DO THESE, THESE MOTIONS? UM, WE NEED TO DO THOSE IN ORDER TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BRING THE ITEM TO THE FLOOR.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE DO A FIRST AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SECOND.
UH, AND THEN YOU CAN START TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM WITHOUT A FIRST AND A SECOND.
YOU CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT THE ITEM.
UM, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO A MOTION OR, UH, SUBSTITUTE THE MOTION.
UM, HERE, UM, THE CHAIR HAS TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.
SECRET BALLOTS ARE PROHIBITED.
I KNOW WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT PART.
UM, IF THE VOTE IS A TIE ON AN ITEM, IT CAN'T, UM, GO FORWARD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
UM, I KNOW I SAID THAT I WOULD GO OVER, UH, MAIN MOTION SECOND AND FRIENDLY.
I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MUCH TODAY, BUT IF IT DOES COME UP WHEN THERE IS A MOTION THAT'S MADE ON THE FLOOR AND SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A SMALL LITTLE TWEAK AND, YOU KNOW, UM, ADD SOMETHING TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SENTENCE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO.
UM, IF THERE WAS ALREADY A FIRST IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO DISCUSS THE ITEM, LET'S SAY COMMISSIONER NUMBER THREE WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE END OF THAT MOTION TEXT.
THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, AND THEY CAN SAY, CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT? AS LONG AS THE FIRST AND THE SECONDER APPROVED TO THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND AMEND THAT MOTION.
AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT WANT TO SUBSTITUTE THE MOTION AND ENTIRELY AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT, BUT IT'S TWEAKED AS FAR AS THE LANGUAGE AND IT'S KIND OF REPLACING THE ENTIRE AGENDA ITEM TEXT.
YOU JUST NEED A NEW FIRST AND A NEW SECOND, AND THEN, UM, YOU'LL VOTE ON EACH ACCORDINGLY.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU MAY HAVE WANTED, BUT, UM,
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU COULD ASK THEM.
SO, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BROWN ACT NINE ROBERTS RULES OF FOR PRESENTATION BY ANITA? SECOND.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE POLL AND IT'S A TIE.
CAN THE CHAIR BE THE TIE BREAKER OR NO? IS THAT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? OR WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? THAT WAS IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS? I'M SORRY, ANY OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? OKAY, SO, UM, MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ANITA? YEAH.
UM, YOU SAID OUR AGENDA HAS TO BE POSTED 72 HOURS.
UM, WHAT IF THERE'S A CHANGE OF THE AGENDA, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, THAT MEETING, OR IS IT JUST SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? YEAH, SO I THINK TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU SEE AN AGENDA THAT SAYS REVISED RIGHT AT THE TOP.
UM, SO ONCE AN AGENDA IS POSTED, AS LONG AS IT WAS POSTED 72, 72 HOURS BEFORE, IT'S VALID, RIGHT? AND THEN AS LONG AS THE PUBLIC IS INFORMED OF THE REVISION, UM, THAT WILL BE REPOSTED AND IT'LL, IT, IT SHOULD SAY REVISED AT THE TOP.
SO THIS ONE WAS GIVEN TO YOU, I BELIEVE, MONDAY OR, UM, WITH THE HOLIDAY, IT MAYBE WAS TODAY, THIS MORNING IT WAS POSTED.
UM, SO THAT'S ALLOWED AS LONG AS THE ORIGINAL WAS POSTED 72 HOURS BEFORE.
SO THE PUBLIC ARE AWARE OF THE DATE, TIME, AND THE PLACE THAT THE MEETING IS OCCURRING.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST LIKE AN UPDATED ITEM NUMBER NINE, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TO SELF-IDENTIFY.
THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE TO SAY THEIR NAME, UM, WHEN THEY GIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE SIGN IN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC? WE DO ASK PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR NAME.
THAT WAY WE CAN READ KNOWING THAT THERE'S A COMMENT FOR AN ITEM, BUT THEY CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT.
YOU SOMETIMES SEE THAT AT CITY COUNCIL, CAPTAIN FREE SPEECH OR FIRST AMENDMENT ADVOCATE, WHATEVER.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT YOU CAN PUT.
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ANY QUESTIONS OR, OKAY.UM, OH, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR AGENDA IS RECEIVE AND FILE IS, IS THAT AN ACTION THAT CAN'T BE DISCUSSED? I MEAN, IT, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOUR PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT, UM, ACTIONS THAT WE VOTE ON, WE GENERALLY RECEIVE AND FILE.
SO IS, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND WHAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT.
UM, SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES ON THE MAYOR'S ONE SEC COMMITTEE.
YOU'LL SEE, RECEIVE A FILE ON MY PRESENTATION ON THE MARY'S OFFICE PRESENTATION THAT TYPICALLY WILL BE RECEIVING FILE.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU MIGHT SEE WHERE YOU APPROVE THE, YOU KNOW, COC SAC REPRESENTATIVE, SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, RECOMMENDING TO APPROVE THAT.
UM, SO THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT YOU CAN APPROVE AND THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT YOU WILL TYPICALLY RECEIVE A FILE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING A PRESENTATION.
AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE, UM, ANY REQUESTS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO RECEIVING FILE, BUT IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR ALL COMMISSIONS TO DO, RECEIVE AND FILE FOR PRESENTATIONS.
I, WE DUNNO WHAT IT'S BEFOREHAND.
SO, UM, THERE COULD BE SOME COMMENT, I DON'T KNOW,
I, I THINK THE, THE QUESTION IS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT QUALIFIES AS LIKE RELEVANT TO THE ITEM? IF THE MOTION IS RECEIVE FILE THERE, THERE'S NO VOTE.
I THINK, WELL, I THINK WE, YOU WOULD STILL VOTE FOR A RECEIVE AND FILE, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE'RE, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ALL ARE VOTED ON, BUT I THINK IN GENERAL, THE CHAIR'S ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENING IS RELEVANT TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED OR WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN, IN THE ITEM ITSELF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU'D BE, YOU'D BE RECEIVING THE PRESENTATION AND THEN THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COMING AFTERWARD WITH THE ISEC MEMBERS TO DISCUSS WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
YEAH, IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS, IT WAS THE OP OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.
UM, THE TOPIC IS, IT COULD BE HEATHER'S PRESENTATION AND, AND KIMBERLY AND I TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN SHE TALKS ABOUT IT WITH SARAH, WHOEVER.
I MEAN, BUT SINCE WE RECEIVED THE FILE, THERE WASN'T REALLY A VOTE.
SO WE WERE JUST CHATTING ABOUT ETHICS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT ALLOWED OR IS THAT A HAVE AND SPOKE THING? I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, WITH THE RECEIVING FILE, IT IS A UNIQUE WAY TO SAY IT.
CAN WE DISCUSS THIS? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY QUOTE UNQUOTE MAYBE DELIBERATING SOMETHING LIKE, UM, BUT I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE YOU CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S UPCOMING, IT'S POSTED BEFOREHAND, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ADVISORY BODY, UM, IF THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP, LIKE LET'S SAY THE HAYSTACK POLICY RECOMMENDATION ANNUAL DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT ONE YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, DECIDE ON WHICH POLICIES TO ADOPT AT THE MEETING.
YOU COULD CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU AND READ IT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT AS LONG AS YOUR, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NOT SPEAKING ABOUT WHICH ONE YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, I THINK BEFOREHAND UNTIL IT'S OPEN AND PUBLIC, I THINK THAT ONE MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE WHERE WE CAN SAY WHEN THERE'S A DELIBERATION AND NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DELIBERATION BEFOREHAND.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT COME UP, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME OR STAFF AND WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE TOO.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE WITH FILE THE BROWNS RULES OF ORDER PRESENTATION BIN SAY AYE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, THANK YOU.
UM, BUT AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER BOARD ASK QUESTIONS.
THE MORE QUESTIONS YOU ASK, THE MORE CLEAR IT'S GONNA GET, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM DAUNTING, BUT ASK, ASK AWAY AND YOU'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
UM, SO LIKE THEY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ISH SALAMANCA, HE'S MY AUNT SALAMANCA, BUT LITERALLY EVERYBODY CALLS ME ISH, SO FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ISH.
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW.
A LOT OF MY WORK IS AROUND HARM REDUCTION, RISK REDUCTION RELATED TO HIV AND STIS.
THAT DOES CONNECT WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCE USE.
A LOT OF THE, UH, RISK ASSESSMENTS THAT I'VE DONE INCLUDE SOME KIND OF RISK, UH, WITH SUBSTANCES RANGING FROM HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINES TO ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA.
SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AROUND THAT.
I'VE BEEN IN LONG BEACH FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS.
I STARTED HERE WORKING AT THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER IN LONG BEACH WHERE I OPENED THEIR CLINIC FOR HIV AND STI TESTING LATER ON FOR OTHER SERVICES.
AND ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, I STARTED WORKING WITH THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNDER THEIR MOBILE TESTING UNIT FOR PREVENTION CARE.
SO I DROVE AROUND THE BIG BLUE BUS AND PROVIDED H-I-V-S-C-I TESTING AND RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR A VARIETY OF FOLKS, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SUBSTANCE USE, YOU NAME IT, I'VE PROBABLY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT.
UH, AND TODAY I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT MY PROGRAM IS DOING THAT I INHERITED, WHICH IS THE, UM, HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY IS FOCUSING ON THE OPIOID OVERDOSE AND DEATH CRISIS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, ALONG WITH THE HIV AND STI STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT'S GONNA START AGAIN IN UH, JANUARY.
THAT HELPS US AS CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY AND CBOS, NONPROFITS ON FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE HIV AND STIS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
YOU'RE HERE, THIS WORD RECENTLY CALLED EMIC APPROACH, WHICH WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW TWO THINGS ACTUALLY IMPACT SOMEONE'S HARM, SOMEONE'S RISK, SOMEONE'S HEALTH, UM, AND FINDING WAYS TO ADDRESS ONE THING BY FOCUSING ON OTHERS.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, WHY I'M HERE, WHY THIS PROGRAM EXISTS, AND WHY I WAS INVITED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
SO TO DO THAT, I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT OPIOIDS ARE OR WHAT AN OPIATE IS.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH ONE OF THE OLDEST DRUGS WE'VE HAD THAT WE'VE KNOWN THAT HELPS REDUCE PAIN.
SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF IT IF YOU WATCH HOW OF DRAGONS, WHICH IS THE, THE MILK OF THE POPPY FLOUR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE FOR THE LONGEST TIME TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE PAIN, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING SURGERIES, WHETHER THEY'RE JUST KIND OF DEALING WITH SOMETHING.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LEGAL, SOMETHING THAT IS USED MEDICALLY, IF IT'S DONE CORRECTLY.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SYNTHETICALLY MADE, WHICH, UH, YOU SEE THE HYDROCODONE OR MEDICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR, IN YOUR CABINET AT HOME THAT YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBES TO YOU.
UM, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LACED WITH ANY KIND OF DRUG THAT MAYBE THE ILLICIT MARKET HAS USED TO MAKE IT MORE ADDICTIVE, MORE PLEASING TO THE PERSON.
SO RIGHT NOW, FENTANYL IS WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
THESE OVERDOSES AND DEATHS ARE COMING FROM.
IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH, IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO CALIFORNIA, IT'S UNIQUE ACROSS THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
SO SINCE I STARTED ABOUT, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO NOW, YAY.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN A BIG CHANGE IN THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING NATIONWIDE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING THIS WORK, EVERY STATE IN THAT MAP WAS ORANGE, WHICH SIGNIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN OVERDOSES AND DEATHS.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF US ARE SEEING DECREASES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW OF THOSE STATES IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO A LOT OF THIS WORK I'M GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HERE IN LONG BEACH AND LA COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE A LOT OF THESE RISKS.
80,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED RELATED TO FENTANYL OR OPIOID USE.
UM, WHEN YOU FOCUS SPECIFICALLY IN LONG BEACH, WE'RE SEEING HEROIN, MORPHINE.
METHAMPHETAMINE ARE, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LACED WITH FENTANYL AND A LOT OF THOSE DRUGS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO FENTANYL.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH WORKING IN IS FOCUSING ON YOUTH, WHICH WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW THESE MEDICATIONS, OR I'M SORRY NOT MEDICATIONS, OPIOIDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED INTO SOMETHING MORE PLAYFUL.
SO LOLLIPOPS, CANDIES, THESE RAINBOW CHUNKS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING OUT THERE WHERE A LOT OF KIDS FIND THEM AND THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE CANDY OR A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TRY DRUGS FOR THE FIRST TIME NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT RISK IS AND THEY'LL ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSE.
SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF INFORMATION.
SO MY JOB ALONG WITH MY TEAM IS TO CREATE A YOUTH CAMPAIGN, AND I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE ON.
BUT THE WHY, THE WHY IS THE BIG REASON WHY I'M HERE.
TO EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GETTING A TON OF CALLS TO 9 1 1 TO EMS REPORTING, UH, FENTANYL OR OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSES.
UM, ABOUT OVER 1300 CALLS IN THAT ONE TIME SPAN THAT WE'RE SEEING OF CALLS REPORTING, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING AN OVERDOSE, PEOPLE PASSED OUT.
UM, WE ARE GETTING CALLS FROM, OR WE ARE GETTING REPORTS FROM FIRE AND PD WHO RESPOND TO CALLS OF PEOPLE PASSED OUT, UM, WHERE THE NARCAN HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED, WHERE WE NOW KNOW THAT IT'S A FENTANYL RELATED, UH, OVERDOSE.
SO THERE'S A, A BIG CALL FOR IT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION IS COMING OUT OF US BEING ABLE TO TRACK WHO IS AT RISK.
AND THESE ARE THE CALLS THAT ARE BEING MADE TYPICALLY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 19 TO 39.
AND WE'RE SEEING, YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG INCREASE IN THE COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT OF HOW MANY CALLS AND HOW FAST THIS GREW.
SO NOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, PEOPLE, I HAVE HEARD ABOUT FENTANYL OVERDOSES AND OPIOID OVERDOSES.
A LOT OF CALLS ARE BEING MADE.
THIS COULD BE FROM FRIENDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, RESIDENTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS.
SO WE'VE BEEN SEEING THIS GIANT JUMP IN CALLS TO EMS SERVICES, UH, FOR A
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RESPONSE FOR HELP.DEATH WISE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE NOTICING.
YOU SEE THIS BIG JUMP IN 2021 AND THEN IT DROPS BACK IN 2022.
I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE DOING GREAT.
THIS IS JUST, WE DIDN'T COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION BY THE TIME THAT THIS, UH, FILE WAS CREATED.
UM, BUT WE ARE SEEING A CONTINUOUS GROWTH OR PLATEAU RIGHT NOW OF DEATH.
SO THESE ARE CONSTANT DEATHS THAT WE'RE SEEING EVERY YEAR.
UM, EITHER INTENTIONAL MEANING THAT SOMEONE KNEW THAT THEY WERE TAKING FENTANYL, JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL IT.
UM, OR ACCIDENTAL MEANING THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR MEDICATION WAS LACED WITH FENTANYL.
BUT MOST OF THE DRUGS THAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THOSE 294 DEATHS HAD FENTANYL IN THEM.
SO THAT'S THE BIG KEY TAKEAWAY.
FENTANYL IS WITH THE BIG KEY TAKEAWAY HITS.
THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED.
UH, 9 0 8, 13 9 0 8 0 2 AND 9 0 8 0 4.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE JUMPS.
I PERSONALLY LIVE IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
I WAS EXPECTING MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RISK, BUT IT'S MORE IN THESE AREAS.
UH, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THIS MAP, AND WE WILL IN A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN START SEEING WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IMPACTED, WHO LIVES THERE, WHO LIVES ON THOSE STREETS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS I PICKED UP YESTERDAY, UH, FROM, UH, A OPTION THAT WE HAVE AS HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SURVEILLANCE FOLK CALLED OD MAPS, UH, WHERE WE CAN TRACK OVERDOSE CALLS, OVERDOSE, UM, RESPONSES, DEATHS AND UM, THE LIKE WHERE RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS.
SO WHAT YOU CAN TELL THERE, THIS IS ONE OF THE HOT SPOTS AND THIS IS JUST OUR LITTLE CORNER.
WHEN YOU EXPAND THIS MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IN DIFFERENT METROPOLITAN AREAS AS WELL, BUT FOR OUR LITTLE CORNER, WE'RE LOOKING OVER THERE BY LIKE ST.
AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE THE PARK AREA.
SO MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THESE ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THESE ARE PEOPLE, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE STEADILY HOUSED.
UH, BUT I'M NOT SURE A LOT OF THE DATA THAT'S BEING COLLECTED, IF YOU THINK ABOUT 9 1 1 RESPONSE, THEY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME TO FIGURE OUT ARE YOU HOMELESS? WHAT'S YOUR GENDER, WHAT'S YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST WHAT DO YOU SEE? AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN REPORT.
SO ANOTHER PART OF OUR JOB WITH MY TEAM IS HOW DO WE EXPAND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM FOLKS, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW IS WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S IMPACTED THE MOST.
AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT WITH THE CALLS THAT HAVE COME IN.
BUT THE WHO IS WHERE I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF IN SHOCK.
THE 18TH TO 28, SORRY, 19 TO 39 RANGE IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING MOSTLY AROUND MALES.
UM, BUT DON'T EXCLUDE FEMALES.
WE ARE SEEING WOMEN WHO ARE REPORTING, UH, OVERDOSE DEATHS, UM, OR WHO HAVEN'T REPORTED UNDER THE OPIOID DEATH AS WELL, BUT MORE SO THE TARGET AROUND MEN AROUND A CERTAIN AGE.
ETHNICITY WISE, THIS ONE'S ALSO ONE TOOK ME IN SHOCK.
MAJORITY WHITE MALES FOLLOWED BY LATINO MALES.
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT DISREGARDING THE OTHER GROUPS AT ALL, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE GROUPS REPORTED.
WE DON'T HAVE OTHER INFORMATION.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THINGS LIKE SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC THERE THAT'S BEING IMPACTED DISPROPORTIONATELY BY FENTANYL BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION ISN'T COLLECTED.
ALSO, HOUSING STATUS ISN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT COLLECTED WHEN IT COMES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS EITHER COLLECTED FROM FIRE OR PD WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SOMETIMES.
AND ALSO THROUGH YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE, WHICH IF YOU LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT YOURS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEATH CERTIFICATES, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MUCH INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES CAUSE OF DEATH IS ALSO UNKNOWN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO NOT OVERWHELM EMS BY COLLECTING A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO COLLECT MORE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, YEAR SURPRISES FOR ME, THESE ARE THE SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED WHEN IT COMES TO DEATHS.
UM, WE'RE NOTICING THAT METHAMPHETAMINE HAS BEEN PART OF IT.
UM, BUT I'M SURPRISED METHAMPHETAMINE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS AN UPPER.
SO THIS IS MORE OF AN ENERGETIC MEDICATION.
OPIOIDS AND SOMEONE WHO'S TYPICALLY LOOKING TO GET HIGH OFF OF HEROIN OR SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPIOID IS LOOKING TO BE DOWN, LOOKING TO BE DEPRESSED AND KIND OF LIKE RELAXED, FALL ASLEEP, UM, REDUCE PAIN.
SO THOSE TWO WORLDS DIDN'T MATCH.
SO WHAT THIS IS TELLING US RIGHT NOW IS THAT A LOT OF OUR DRUG MEN OR OUR ILLICIT DRUGS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE BEING LACED WITH FENTANYL.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT REPORT METH USE AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING IN THERE LOOKING FOR OPIOIDS OR FENTANYL.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR METH HIGH, BUT THEY'RE DAZZLING A LITTLE BIT OF FENTANYL IN THERE.
AGAIN, WHAT I'M LEARNING IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ILLICIT MARKETS ARE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF FENTANYL TO MAKE IT MORE ADDICTIVE AND MORE IMPACTFUL.
THE DRAWBACK IS, IS WHO COOKS IN HERE? ANYBODY WHO'S EVER PINCHED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A PINCH OF SALT BY ACCIDENT ALL THE TIME, THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
SO THE SAME THING ABOUT A PINCH OF FENTANYL.
I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE THERE, WHICH I USE THIS FOR PRESENTERS FOR TRAINING.
A PINCH OF SALT, A PINCH OF FENTANYL IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE A DEATH, SO A PINCH.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO'S MAKING, I DON'T KNOW, A METH RUN AND COOKING IT AT HOME, THEY'RE NOT THERE MEASURING, WEIGHING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE ISSUE
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WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR OUR DRUGS.SO A LOT OF THIS WHEN IT COMES TO HARM REDUCTION IS, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH, IS HOW TO TEST YOUR MEDICATION.
HOW TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON LEARNING WHERE THEIR DRUGS ARE COMING FROM AND USING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THEM OFF THE DRUG IF WE CAN.
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO.
UM, THESE ARE THE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WHERE, WHO'S HEARD OF NARCAN OR NALOXONE? YAY, I LOVE ALL THE HANDS.
SO THIS HAS REALLY BEEN HELPING US RIGHT NOW CURB ALL THIS THAT'S GOING ON.
SO NALOXONE IS A LIFESAVING MEDICATION THAT HELPS STOP AN OVERDOSE FROM HAPPENING.
UM, SO WE GET A LOT OF THESE CALLS.
THIS IS FROM 2023 OF WHERE ALL THESE CALLS FOR OVERDOSES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY THE USE OF NARCAN OR NALOXONE.
SO THIS IS WHERE THIS COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT DATA, SORRY YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
UM, WHO'S MAKING THE CALLS? THESE ARE ALL RESIDENCES.
SO I AM NOT SURE IF THE DATA DOESN'T COLLECT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IF WE'RE NOT ASKING WHAT THE PERSON IS HOMELESS OR NOT.
UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS COME FROM RESIDENCES AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF TRICKLES DOWN FROM BUSINESSES AND MOTELS, HOTELS.
BUT THIS IS WHERE MY KIND OF SPIDEY SENSE WENT UP.
IS THIS FROM HOME? SO THIS IS JUST FROM SOMEONE CALLING FROM THEIR HOME AND SAYING SOMEONE IS NOT WELL OVER THERE.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT MOST OF THE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED LIST RESIDENTS AS WHERE THE CALL IS COMING FROM.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MORE WORK TO DO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
I'M GLAD THAT A LOT OF YOU KNOW ABOUT NALOXONE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LIFESAVING MEDICATION.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE A NASAL SPRAY FOR ALLERGIES.
YOU CAN INSERT IT INTO ANY NOSTRIL AND JUST PRESS THE BUTTON AND IT SHOOTS UP THEIR NOSE.
IT'S JUST A, A NICE MIST THAT GOES IN THERE.
IT TAKES ABOUT TWO TO THREE MINUTES FOR IT TO WORK.
AND IF IT DOES NOT WORK WITHIN THOSE TWO TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU HAVE A SECOND DOSE, YOU CAN DO THE SECOND ONE IN THE NEXT NOSTRIL.
SO THAT IS VERY EASY TO DO, VERY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE DISTRIBUTE THAT HELPS FOLKS WITH THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GET WORRIED ABOUT THEIR RISK.
AM I GONNA BE IN TROUBLE IF I GIVE IT TO SOMEONE AND THEY END UP DYING OR IF I GIVE IT TO THEM AND I DO IT THE WRONG WAY? THERE'S NO RISK AT ALL FOR THE PERSON ADMINISTERING IT.
YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH COVERED UNDER THE GOOD SAMARITAN LAW THAT COVERS US DURING CPR.
SO IF WE EVER DID CPR TO ANYBODY, WE'RE COVERED BY THAT LAW.
SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO NALOXONE.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IF PEOPLE GET THEIR HANDS ON, THEY CAN SNORT AND USE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ADDICTIVE.
WHAT IT PRETTY MUCH DOES IS BLOCKS RECEPTORS THAT MAKE THAT MEDICATION KIND OF MAKE YOU FEEL SLEEPY, NOT FEEL ANYTHING.
IT JUST KEEPS THAT FROM HAPPENING.
THE WORST SIDE EFFECT IS THAT PERSON'S GONNA COME OUT WITH JUST LIKE A HANGOVER OR JUST WITHDRAWALS LIKE INSTANTLY AND THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MOVING BUT ALIVE.
UM, HOW WE ENDED UP HERE, UM, A LOT OF PHARMACEUTICALS, A LOT OF PLACES THAT HAVE PHARMACIES LIKE RITE AIDS, UM, AND ALSO ROUTES RECENTLY PAID IN IS THEY'RE BEING SUED NATIONWIDE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS MAKING OPIOIDS ADDICTIVE.
MEANING THAT THEY WEREN'T MONITORING HOW MANY PRESCRIPTIONS THEY WERE HANDING, WHO WAS HANDING THE PRESCRIPTIONS, HOW OFTEN OR IF PEOPLE ARE DOUBLING UP ON THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
SO A LOT OF THIS MONEY WENT NATIONWIDE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE NOW COMING TO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THEM TO FIND A WAY TO HELP THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY IT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO LEGITIMATELY, LEGALLY GOT THEIR PRESCRIPTION AND NOW WERE ADDICTED AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GET OFF OF THAT ADDICTION AND FOLKS WHO ARE ACCIDENTALLY ADDICTED OR DYING FROM THE ILLICIT MARKET, KIND OF USING FENTANYL INTO THE OPIOID SYSTEM.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE MY PROGRAM COMES IN, WHICH IS THE, UM, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS IS THE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
IT DISTRIBUTES RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ONLY, AND IT DOES GIVE FOLKS TWO CONTAINERS OF NARCAN AND ALSO AS MANY, UH, TESTING STRIPS AS THEY WANT.
WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF TESTING STRIPS, ONE THAT TESTS FOR FENTANYL, UH, AND ANOTHER ONE THAT TESTS FOR XYLAZINE.
IT'S ANOTHER DRUG THAT'S COMING DOWN THE MARKET, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH AN ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER THAT VETERINARIANS USE TO KIND OF TRANQUILIZE FOLKS.
SO SAME VIBE, SAME VIBE OF JUST TRYING TO GET DISCONNECTED.
AND IF YOU ALL WANT, I COULD DO ANOTHER TRAINING SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHY WE WANT TO, WHY FOLKS ARE ADDICTED TO THESE MEDICATIONS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS ON MEDICATIONS.
A LOT OF THE STIGMA AND PERSPECTIVES ARE VERY OFF SHIFTED FROM WHAT THE REALITY FOR THE USER IS AND I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
UM, BUT FOR NOW, IF YOU OR YOUR RESIDENTS OR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITES, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ON EVERY SLIDE, LONG BEACH.ORG/HARM REDUCTION AND ORDER YOURSELVES.
YOU CAN GET 25 UP TO 25 OF EACH OF THE TESTING STRIPS AND UP TO TWO CONTAINERS OF NARCAN PER ORDER.
THE ORDER WILL COME WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO USE, HOW TO USE IT, WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO AN OVERDOSE.
UM, AND IT ALSO COMES BACK WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW
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TO USE THE TESTING STRIPS.SO PRETTY MUCH A PERSON DILUTES OR WATERS DOWN WHATEVER MEDICATION THEY'RE INTENTIONALLY LOOKING TO USE AND THEY DO A LITTLE TEST STRIP WITH IT AND IT'LL GIVE THEM SOME LINES.
TWO LINES MEANS THAT IT'S NEGATIVE AND THE DRUG IS GOOD TO USE.
ONE LINE MEANS THAT THEY FOUND FENTANYL AND THEY SHOULDN'T USE IT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME KITS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE REQUIRE MORE TOOLS AND THERE IS A KIT THAT WE PROVIDE THAT ISN'T ALL IN ONE KIT THAT HAS A SOLUTION.
THE TOOLS PEOPLE JUST PUT IN LITTLE BAGGIE SHAKE IT UP AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE ALL FOR FREE FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN LONG BEACH AT THE MOMENT, IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO BE PICKED UP AT OUR MAIN HEALTH FACILITY.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND IT, WHETHER IT MEANS TAKING IT TO NORTH LONG BEACH, UM, DABBLING WITH THE IDEA OF GOING TO OTHER RESOURCES WHERE PEOPLE CAN PICK IT UP.
AND WE'RE GONNA POTENTIALLY BE DOING A COST ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO MAIL WITHIN, UM, WITHIN LONG BEACH.
BUT ALL OF THOSE COST MONEY WE'RE TO SEE WHAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN.
WITH THAT, EVERY KIT HAS THIS TRACKING FORM.
SO THOSE BUBBLES THAT WE SAW EARLIER THAT KEEPS TRACK OF HOW MANY, UM, REVERSALS WERE MADE, PEOPLE HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
SO MYSELF AS A GOOD SAMARITAN, IF I ADMINISTERED NARCAN AND SOMEONE CAME OUT OF THEIR REVERSAL, I HAVE THE CHOICE TO SCAN THIS QR CODE AND REPORT THAT REVERSAL.
THE PROGRAM SO FAR HAS ONLY REPORTED THREE REVERSALS THROUGH THIS PROJECT, BUT YOU'VE SEEN THERE'S BEEN A TON MORE THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
SO IT IS A LITTLE SCARY TO ASK PEOPLE TO REPORT WHAT THEY JUST DID.
'CAUSE IT PUTS THEM IN SOME KIND OF IDEA OF THEY'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.
BUT IT REALLY JUST HELPS US DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY WORKING.
WE DO KNOW THAT IT IS, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO DO IT, AND A LOT OF FOLKS LOVE DATA FOR US TO PROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I HATE JUST GIVING PRESENTATIONS ABOUT STUFF.
SO I WANT TO TEACH YOU A LITTLE BIT, UM, AS COMMUNITY WORKERS ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND KIND OF WHAT TO KINDA KEEP, UM, AN EYE FOR.
SO THESE ARE THE BASIC SYMPTOMS. SO SOMEONE IS LIVED, PASSED OUT, UM, UNRESPONSIVE.
SO WE'RE TALKING LIKE YOU'RE SHAKING, YOU'RE MOVING.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO DO THE LITTLE SWAB ON THE CHEST, THEY DON'T RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT PINPOINT PUPILS.
SO THESE ARE PUPILS THAT LOOK LIKE PIN NEEDLES, VERY DILATE OR VERY, UH, SMALL.
UM, AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL BE MAKING A GURGLING NOISE.
OPIOIDS JUST SLOW DOWN YOUR BODY AND DISCONNECT IT FROM ITS NATURAL WAYS OF BREATHING.
SO IF YOU NOTICE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOUR BREATHING THIS WHOLE TIME, THAT STOPS.
SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT SALIVA STARTS KIND OF BUILDING UP AND YOU'LL HEAR THE GURGLES OR NO BREATHING AT ALL.
UH, THE OTHER PART TOO IS THERE'S NO PULSE OR A VERY WEAK PULSE.
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO CHECK YOUR PULSE, IT'S EITHER ON YOUR NECK OR ON YOUR ARM AND YOU WON'T FEEL ANYTHING.
UM, BREATHING SLOWS OR STOPS AND THE LIPS ARE, UM, GRAY OR BLUE.
SO THERE'S VERY TELLTALE SIGNS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT THERE'S ALSO DIABETIC COAS THAT CAN HAPPEN.
VERY SIMILAR SYMPTOMS, VERY SIMILAR REACTIONS.
LET'S SAY YOU'RE NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOTICING THIS PERSON HAS A LIFE ALERT LIKE WRISTBAND, BUT YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT THEY MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE SOME SUBSTANCE AROUND THEM.
IF YOU GIVE THEM NARCAN, EITHER WAY, IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE AN ISSUE.
IF THEY HAVE A DIABETES IN THEIR IN A COMA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME OUT OF IT.
BUT AT LEAST YOU STARTED SOMETHING.
IF THEY WERE TAKING FENTANYL OR A DRUG AND IT HAD FENTANYL IN THEM, YOU'LL SAVE THEIR LIVES.
THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THAT IS JUST CALLING 9 1 1 AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
YOU'LL JUST SAY, HEY, I GAVE THEM NARCAN, I THOUGHT SOMETHING.
AND THEY'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT WHOLE THING IS.
PART OF MY PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING TO PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ALSO, UH, OUTREACH WORKERS, SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
WE SIT DOWN AND WALK EVERYBODY THROUGH ON HOW TO DO IT SO THAT WAY EVERYONE'S INFORMED.
UM, I'D RATHER MORE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THAN LESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A WALKTHROUGH.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND I HAVE PREDECESSORS THAT WERE HERE ABOUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
SO IT'S RELATIVELY NEW, BUT A LOT OF THIS SETUP HAS BEEN STARTED BY MY PREDECESSORS, RAGO VISO AND ANDY AM WHO WERE HERE BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD.
SO THE FIRST PART THAT WE'VE DONE, THE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM THAT WE MENTIONED.
SO THAT'S UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S AVAILABLE NIGHT OR DAY.
THERE'S A TEAM OF THREE OF US THAT CAN FILL THESE PRESCRIPTIONS OR THESE ORDERS PRETTY QUICKLY JUST TO BE PICKED UP.
SO WHEN YOU, YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE LINK UNDER RESOURCES, WE HAVE SIX KIOSKS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH THAT PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF THEIR SHARKS.
SO IF THEY HAVE NEEDLES THAT THEY'VE USED THAT THEY WANT TO DROP OFF, WE HAVE SPECIFIC KIOSKS FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S ALSO A RESOURCE GUIDE ON THAT WEBSITE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON PRINTING ONE FOR FOLKS SO THEY CAN HAVE IT ON THEM TO ONE, KNOW WHERE TO GO IF THEY NEED TO GET NARCAN OR TEST STRIPS OR ANY RESOURCES.
BUT WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING ON THEIR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE NARCAN AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO KIND OF DIAGNOSE OR SEE IF SOMEONE HAS AN OVERDOSE.
UM, WE'RE WORKING, WE JUST GOT A GRANT APPROVED THROUGH LATA, WHICH IS LATA HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT WORKS SPECIFICALLY FOR TREATMENT.
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THEM TO HELP DISTRIBUTE, UH, MORE RESOURCES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, NORTH LONG BEACH, BUT ALSO CONNECTING THEM TO MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT, WHICH IS PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF SUBSTANCE USE, GETTING THEM ACCESS TO COUNSELING, GETTING ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS TO GET OUT OF THAT USE.SO THAT JUST STARTED, UH, LAST MONTH.
I HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL BE GOING OUT AND ABOUT TO DO OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT, UM, GETTING THINGS GOING AND REPORTING MORE DATA AND PULLING MORE INFORMATION.
SO AS THE BUILD GOES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION, MORE DATA FOR FOLKS.
THERE'S GONNA BE THE FIRST OPIOID DEATH REPORT COMING OUT VERY SOON THAT WE'RE GONNA SEND THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT HAS VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO SHOW WHAT'S STILL LACKING, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND KINDA GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR YOU ALL.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, A YOUTH, UH, CAMPAIGN.
WE JUST HIRED A, UH, CONSULTING FIRM FIRM IS GONNA HELP US WITH ALL THAT TO CREATE A CAMPAIGN FOR, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TO EDUCATE FOLKS ON WHAT OPIOIDS ARE, WHAT FENTANYL IS, HOW TO AVOID IT, AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOU'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETHING IS UP.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE NOW OR I CAN STAY A LITTLE BIT LATER IF YOU NEED ME.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HARM REDUCTION AND I VS PRESENTATION BY IRAN? SO SECOND, AYE RIGHT.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, 9 0 8 2, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOMELESS, UH, UH, STAY AND GET, UH, CLOTHING AND FREE FOOD.
AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, COMING OUT, IT IS THE HOMELESS.
AND NOW IF IT'S, UH, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT, THAT'S HARD TO TELL.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SEE 'EM, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE HIGH ON SOMETHING, WE JUST CAN'T TELL.
AND THEN A LOT OF THEM SLEEP ON THE SIDEWALKS AND THEY CUT THE, YOU KNOW, THEY COVER UP, UP THEIR FACE AND EVERYTHING.
SO IF THEY'RE ON IT, WE CAN'T TELL, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THEM BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT ON IT, AND IF SOMEBODY HAS A MENTAL PROBLEM, THEY MIGHT REACT, YOU KNOW, VIOLENTLY OR THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UH, SOMETIMES IN THE PAST, UH, RAPED OR, YOU KNOW, ROBBED OR SOMETHING AND THEY THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
SO THAT MAKES IT HARDER TOO ON DOING THAT RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, AT NIGHTTIME IT GETS REAL COLD DOWNTOWN.
AND SOME OF THEM, ALL THEY HAVE IS WHAT THEY HAVE ON AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE NO SHOES, JUST A SHIRT, AND THEY'RE LAYING ON THE CONCRETE.
AND THOSE DRUGS HELP THEM DEAL WITH THAT ENVIRONMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS OTHER THING IS ALSO GOING INTO THAT.
UH, MEMBERS WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THAT'S GREAT.
AND SO YOUR UPCOMING REPORT WILL HAVE MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT HE SAID.
YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A GORGEOUS REPORT.
HAS A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF ANALYSIS, A LOT OF NEXT STEPS, PARTNERSHIPS.
IT'S THE FIRST THING I READ WHEN I STARTED AND IT'S, IT'S JUST GORGEOUS.
SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR Y'ALL TO SEE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TIME AND ALL OUR INFORMATION'S THERE.
I'M SURE YOU SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY.
EMAIL, UH, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS RIGHT THERE AND UH, YEAH.
ALTHOUGH RECEIVING, FILING THE HARBOR REDUCTION, I BY SAY
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE FILE UPDATE FROM THE MAYOR FUND COMMITTEE AND THE POLICIES SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE CONTINUANCE OF CARE REPRESENTATIVE UPDATE DESIREE ACCOUNT.
AND SHE'S GONNA READ DESIREE REPORT.
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ALRIGHT.SO OUR OCTOBER 28TH MEETING SUMMARY IS AS FOLLOWS.
THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON THE OCTOBER 28TH TO REVIEW SEVERAL KEY ITEMS, INCLUDING THE MY LITTLE FEE APPLICATION, THE UTILITY BILL INSERT INITIATIVE, AND THE MAYOR FUND APPLICATION STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED STRATEGY FOR PRESS COVERAGE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MAYORS FUND FOR HOMELESSNESS AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF THE NONPROFITS, WE SUPPORT, UH, THE AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN, NUMBER ONE UTILITY BILL INSERT.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE DISCUSSED THE CHANGES TO THE CONTENT AND DESIGN AND STAFF SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT WITH THE UTILITY COMPANY.
UM, THE SECOND WAS THE MERITS FUND APPLICATION, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WE REVISITED THE SOP DRAFT DISCUSSED AT THE PRIOR MEETING, AND WE ASKED THE STAFF TO SEND OUT THE LATEST SOP DRAFT TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK WITH A AIM TO FINALIZE IT NEXT MONTH OR IT WOULD BE THIS MONTH.
I EMAILED AN AMENDED VERSION, WHICH MAY NOT HAVE REACHED THEM IN TIME FOR THIS DISTRIBUTION.
AND LASTLY, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIED MY AND OH, OKAY.
AS FOR THE STAFF UPDATE UTILITY BILL INSERT, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO UTILITIES.
THEY HAVE APPROVED THE, UM, THE DRAFT AND THEN THAT HAS GONE OVER TO GRAPHICS.
I'M WAITING ON AN UPDATE WHEN WE EXPECT THAT TO BE PRINTED.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT DOING AN ENVELOPE, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING AN INSERT THAT HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND ALSO HAS THAT QR, UH, CODE REALLY BIG, SO CAN'T MISS IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
SO WE SHOULD, I WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I HOPE BY THEN IT WOULD'VE ALREADY GONE OUT.
UM, POLICY, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE DIDN'T MEET LAST MONTH, BUT WE WILL BE MEETING, UH, THIS COMING MONDAY AT 2:00 PM AND THAT AGENDA EITHER HAS BEEN POSTED OR WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY.
UM, BUT IT INCLUDES TOPICS LIKE DISCUSSING THE CLAIMS WE PROGRAM OF THE CITY AND ALSO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS.
AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE CHAIR I CAN PROVIDE UPDATE.
UM, SO THE COC BOARD DID MEET LAST MONTH.
UH, THE MAIN FOCUS WAS REALLY AROUND OUR ANNUAL APPLICATION OR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A TWO YEAR APPLICATION TO HUD FOR OUR ANNUAL FUNDING.
SO PART OF THAT IS OUR SCORING AND RANKING.
WE DID PUT FORWARD A NUMBER OF, A COUPLE OF NEW PROJECTS ALONG WITH OUR RENEWAL PROJECTS.
UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT REALLOCATION OF FUNDS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE AND UTILIZATION OF FUNDS.
SO, UH, REALLY TRYING TO BE CONSCIOUS OF PUTTING FORWARD OTHER PROJECTS, UH, IN THE SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE
SO, UM, IT'LL BE A WHILE BEFORE WE HEAR THE STATUS OF THAT.
SO WE SHOULD HEAR IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
BUT, UH, THAT WAS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE LAST MEETING.
UM, OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATES FROM THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE GREAT, ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SAYING NONE.
ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND SARAH AND PAUL? I DO.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.
JIM, DID YOU WANNA ANYTHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UH, ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I THINK, I THINK THE COMMITTEE ITSELF SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, MAYOR'S FUND FUNDING THAT THERE WAS SOME OF AN IMPRESSION.
I THINK DESIREE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB AT GOING BACK OVER AND FINDING THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT.
AND IT DID INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE PERSON, THE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO HANDLE THE FUNDS.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS FINDING WE REALLY WEREN'T LOOKING AT.
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AND TO ME IT SEEMS THAT IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY WHEN IT IS DISTRIBUTED IS NOT ONLY PURPOSE, BUT THE PERSON'S ABILITY TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE A VIABLE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION.AND I WAS A FEELING THAT IT WAS UNFAIR TO ASK SMALL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT IF YOU ARE ASKING FOR MONEY AND YOU'RE IN BUSINESS, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE KEEPING GOOD RECORDS AND HAVE PROPER FACILITIES.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT.
AND THE FACT THAT THE REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY FOR DISTRIBUTING ITEMS, SOMETIMES CASH VOUCHERS, SOMETIMES CLOTHING AND THINGS.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO MORE WITH ACTUALLY HELPING EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS MOVE IN PERHAPS NEW AREAS OR HAVE NEW IDEAS AND NEW APPROACHES THAT MIGHT REQUEST SOME EXTRA FUNDING TO.
WELL, I DO, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE MAYOR FUNDS SUBCOMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT, UM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND HAS ENHANCED ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, SO STAFF HAS THE INFORMATION DESIREE DRAFTED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THAT WILL BE SENT OUT, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE COMMENTS.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
I DON'T, DO NOT SEE A POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE ON MY CALENDAR IN VETERANS DAY IS MONDAY.
IF I ACTUALLY HAVE A CONFLICT, I ACTUALLY HAVE A CONFLICT TOO, BUT I WAS JUST GONNA AVOID IT.
WELL, IF THERE, YEAH, WE'LL CHECK IN AND IF THERE IS NOT GONNA BE QUORUM, WE CAN SEND OUT THE CANCELLATION.
I WOULD LIKE, SINCE WE HAVE INCOMING, UM, YOU CASEBACK MEMBERS AND NEW SAC MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE NEW AND OLD HAY SAC MEMBERS TO JOIN ONE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON THE MAYORS FUND SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND I THINK FOR IT TO BE A COMMITTEE, IT SHOULD BE MORE TWO, SINCE WE HAVE, WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, A MEMBERSHIP OF 11 MEMBERS THIS MONTH.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, UM, SOME OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T JOINED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO JOIN THE, OR THE POLICY, UM, YOU JUST HAVE TO NOT STAFF AND THEY'LL NOTICES, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THEN, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THE UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR'S FUND AND POLICY SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, MEETING, SAY AYE A AYE, OPPOSED ABSTAIN.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS, UM, SO WHO DIRECT THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR HIS
WE HALLIE WOLF FROM THE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HIS LITTLE FEET.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE JOINED AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE HER JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING.
UH, BUT I DON'T HAVE HER PRESENT.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION REGARDING HIS LITTLE FEET.
IT IS A LONG BEACH ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT CURRENTLY WORKS WITH LOCAL LONG BEACH BASED SERVICE PROVIDERS.
LIKE THE THING, HOMELESS STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, PRECIOUS LAND PRESCHOOL, UNO PRESCHOOL, LYDIA HOUSE, DCFS, AND LONG BEACH UNIFIED, UH, TO SERVE UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, YOUTH PRIMARILY WITHIN FOSTER CARE AND THE CHILD SERVICE SYSTEMS IN THE GREATER LONG BEACH AREA.
BUT PROVIDING THEM NEW ATHLETIC SHOES.
UH, THEY DID PUSH OR THEY DID PUT IN A REQUEST FOR $10,000 TO PURCHASE SHOES.
UM, THAT DID GO OVER TO THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE MAYOR'S
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FUND SUBCOMMITTEE DID MEET IN PERSON WITH THE GRANT WRITER, WHICH WAS AARON.UM, AND THEN WE HAD HALLE WOLF ALSO IN OUR ZOOM MEETING.
UM, THE PROGRAM PROPOSAL DOES ALIGN WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION IN THAT IT PROVIDES THE IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATE SHELTER NEEDS OF NEW SHOES FOR STUDENTS OF HOMELESS YOUTH.
UM, THERE WAS A CLARIFYING QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UH, MOVING FORWARD RECOMMEND OR MOVING FORWARD APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN, UM, APPLIED FOR, BUT WE DID ESTABLISH EXCEPTIONS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
UH, BUT CURRENTLY THAT IS THE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S FOR 10,000, UM, NEW SHOES, ATHLETIC SHOES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH.
AND KIMBERLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET TO CROSS OVER.
UM, WE ALL FELT COMMITTEE DOES PROGRAM A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, A WONDERFUL ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THEY DO WITH THE SHOES.
NONE OF THE MONIES GO TOWARDS ANY NEED OF, UH, OPERATIONS.
SO YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE ACTUAL BUYING OF THE SHOES.
UM, BUT THEY WORK WITH SEVERAL DISTRIBUTORS LIKE NIKE TO GET, UH, DISCOUNTS.
SO, AND THAT HELPS THEM GIVE MORE SHOES.
UM, THE MAYORS FUND COMMITTEE DID, UM, RECOMMEND, UH, THIS ALL AND I BELIEVE, UM, YOU HAVE INFORMATION.
WHAT IS LED BY, UM, A DISCUSSION AROUND CLARIFICATION? EXCUSE ME, OF, SORRY, BEFORE THERE'S DELIBERATION WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION VERSUS A SECOND.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYORS FUND APPLICATION FOR HIS LITTLE FEE? 14,000.
STEPHANIE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SAYING NONE.
I I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND AWARDING GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS.
WAS THERE KIND OF A POLICY THAT WAS SET THERE OR? YEAH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, LIKE EVEN WHEN, UM, WHEN UH, WE MET WHEN JIM WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT IS IN WRITING.
SO THAT'S WHAT DESIREE DID A GOOD JOB OF GOING BACK, GETTING THE ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF REVAMPING THE SOP TO ALIGN WITH THAT.
BUT THEN WE DID AGREE TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS WHEN THE, UH, I BELIEVE WHEN THE FUNDS WERE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL STAFFING YEAH.
BUT LIKE I'M GONNA GO BUY STUFF THAT I HAND OUT.
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS NOT TO MAKE ORGANIZATIONS RELIANT ON THE FUND.
IN OTHER WORDS THAT THEY WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GO OUT AND RAISE, FIND OTHER SOURCES OF DEPTH, THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MAYOR, AN EMERGENCY FUND BASICALLY.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO COME TO GET STARTED, BUT THEN ONCE IT'S STARTED THEY SHOULD BE DEVELOPING FUNDRAISING, SUSTAIN.
UM, WHEN SHE DID PULL THE DOCUMENTS, I DIDN'T SEE THE WORD EMERGENCY IN THERE ANYWHERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT EMERGENCY THINK IT'S A ONE TIME.
YEAH, IT WAS LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS MEANT FOR A ONETIME THING AND, BUT WE ALSO FELT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T STILL HAVE FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS IN, AND SINCE IT IS AGAIN GOING TOWARDS LIKE DIRECTLY HELPING THESE CHILDREN, WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD TO IMPROVE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO OPERATIONAL.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
IT DOES NEED TO GO UP TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP.
UM, AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SUBMIT REPORTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THEIR INVOICE BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET THE MONEY UP FRONT.
THEY HAVE TO, THEY SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S NO ADVANCE ON THIS ONE? THERE'S NO ADVANCE.
AND I THINK TO CLARIFY, THEY'VE GOTTEN IT TWICE BEFORE,
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CORRECT? WE HAVE FUNDED THEM FOR SHOES TWICE.I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO ANY MORE THAN SHOOT.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION FOR HIS BILL FEE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? I WOULD LIKE TO STATE PLEASE.
UM, UM, THEN WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE, UH, MEMBERS TO WAIT.
IS THERE A CONFLICT CASE? WELL, I STARTED JUST, I WAS AROUND WHEN WE SAID ONE TIME FUNDING AND NOW THIS IS THE THIRD TIME, SO, OH, WE JUST, AMEN.
SO WHAT, WAIT, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? CARD SIX 11.
WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM, BUT THE VOTES IN FAVOR NEEDS TO BE FOUR, ISN'T IT? THAT IF YOU START A MEETING WITH QUORUM, IT HOLDS EVEN IF WE LEAVE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A QUORUM AT EVERY ITEM REALLY.
UM, BUT FOR THE VOTE PURPOSES WE HAVE MAJORITY.
SO THEN WOULD IT BE A NO? WOULD YOU DO A NO.
SO I THINK, SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR ABSTAINING, THERE SHOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO ABSTAIN VERSUS, YOU KNOW, OPINION VERSUS A FEELING OR MATTER.
SO YOU CAN VOTE NO, YOU CAN VOTE NO.
SO ONE A, SO FIVE, FIVE YESES AND ONE, NO KNOW.
IT STILL PASSES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT AND APPROVE OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE HAYS ACT REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, SINCE PAM STEPPED AWAY FROM THAT POSITION, WE, WE SORT OF LET YOU ALL THINK ABOUT IT AND WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SAID SHE WOULD DO IT.
UM, SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE KIMBERLY LEWIS AS OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE HAAC REPRESENTATIVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SAYING NONE.
UM, ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS?
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AS OUR OF CARE REPRESENTATIVE SAY, AYE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS STAFF OPERATIONS AND PAUL.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW NEW STAFF AS WELL AS STAFFING, UH, CHANGES OCCURRING.
SO, UH, JUST A FEW SINCE THE LAST TIME, UH, WE MET.
SO STEVEN PEARL HAS JOINED US AS A PROJECT MANAGER.
UH, SO HE'LL BE SUPPORTING HOMELESS COUNTS, UH, GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU MAY SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM.
WE DID SEND OUT, UH, HOMELESS COUNT REGISTRATION LAST WEEK, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE, PLEASE DO SIGN UP FOR THAT.
UH, BUT HE'LL BE SUPPORTING OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL.
UH, SARAH SPRO IS JOINING US AS AN ADMIN ANALYST THREE.
UH, AND PREVIOUSLY WAS HERE WITHIN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UH, SO SHE'LL BE HELPING WITH SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL, UH, WORK WITHIN THE BUREAU.
UH, JESSICA CHAMORRO HAS JOINED US AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND IS A LIBRARY
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CLINICAL SUPERVISOR.SO, UH, SHE'LL BE SUPPORTING THE TEAM THERE AS WELL AS PROVIDING, UH, SOME MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS WITHIN THE LIBRARY FOR, UH, PATRONS COMING IN, BOTH WHETHER THE, REGARDLESS OF HOUSING EXPERIENCE, BUT, UH, PRIMARILY FOCUSING AND ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HEALTH.
UH, DIEGO DTE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TOO, UH, SUPPORTING WITH MSC OPERATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, TYLER TONIN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE SITE-BASED SERVICES OFFICER, UH, WHICH WILL OVERSEE THE MSC, UM, OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAMMING, UH, SOME REENTRY WORK THAT WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CAL AIM SERVICES.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS GETTING GOING ON AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF DIRECT SERVICE STAFF, UH, TOO MUCH TO SIT HERE AND NAME AND GO THROUGH.
UH, SO WE DID HAVE ABOUT 15 STAFF THAT WE TOOK ON THROUGH LAWS OF FUNDING, UH, SUPPORTING ACROSS OUR PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE'RE ALMOST COMPLETELY STAFFED ON THE DIRECT SERVICE SIDE, AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT IN THE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS HERE IS WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF NEW POSITIONS AND WE'VE NEVER QUITE, UH, FULLY CAUGHT UP.
SO, UM, WE HAVE MOST OF OUR DIRECT SERVICE POSITIONS FILLED UP AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SAY.
UM, THE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION ROUND FIVE FUNDING, UH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HAP, UH, AWARDS WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR JUST THE OTHER WEEK.
UH, SO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, UH, HE DID A PRESS CONFERENCE AT DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER, UH, WITH THE MAYOR OF LA AND A COUPLE OF THE SUPERVISORS, UM, TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS, YOU KNOW, BOTH WITHIN OUR REGION, BUT, UH, ACROSS THE STATE, A LITTLE OVER $800 MILLION AND AWARDS.
SO, UH, WE'LL RECEIVE 15 MILLION HERE IN LONG BEACH THROUGH ROUND FIVE.
UM, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING IN THAT INITIAL FUNDING, UH, ANY MOMENT HERE.
UM, SO THIS WAS A LITTLE MORE OF AN INTENSIVE PROCESS THAN THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF HAP WHERE WE RECEIVED FUNDING PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, ROUND SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WITHIN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, THE RELEASE OF THAT PROCESS WITHIN THE, THE COMING MONTHS OF, UH, WHAT ADDITIONAL WILL BE NEEDED TO, UM, BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE ROUND SIX FUNDING.
UH, ROUND FIVE DID CREATE, REQUIRE US TO CREATE A, UH, REGIONAL PLAN WITHIN LA WITH THE OTHER, UH, ENTITIES RECEIVING FUNDING.
THERE ARE SIX OTHER ENTITIES RECEIVING FUNDING.
SO, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT ROUND SIX WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO REVISIT THAT PLAN AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
UH, AROUND FIVE AND SIX DO REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND INCREASED REPORTING.
UH, SO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REPORTS THAT WE WILL WE'LL NEED TO DO, UH, SUBMIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS WE ARE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.
UM, STAFF DID SUBMIT THE LONG BEACH CONSOLIDATED HUD APPLICATION.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE HAD A TWO YEAR, UH, SO THIS WILL BRING IN, UH, 19 TO $24 MILLION OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD, UH, WHICH WILL START MID NEXT YEAR AND GO THROUGH 2027.
UM, SO IT WILL BE A MOMENT BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPETITION.
UH, THEY DO REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK.
OUR APPLICATION TO HUD, UH, FOR THIS MONEY IS HUNDREDS OF PAGES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT INTO IT.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS PART OF WHY HUD HAS MOVED TO A TWO YEAR APPLICATION IS THE INTENSITY OF THAT PROCESS, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT.
UM, SO WE ARE THANKFUL TO SEE AN EVERY OTHER YEAR PROCESS VERSUS, UH, HAVING TO SUBMIT ALL OF THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS.
UH, OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND THREE AWARD, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING NOTICE OF, UM, AWARDS AND SELECTIONS WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UH, WE WERE IN WINDOW THREE OF ROUND THREE.
THEY ANNOUNCED WINDOW, UH, TWO ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO THAT DID BRING IN A LOT OF, UH, ADDITIONAL
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FUNDING THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY.UH, BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR WINDOW THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OUR PROJECT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE LA RIVERBED, UH, AND IF AWARDED, WE'LL BRING IN ABOUT $11 MILLION FOCUSING ON THE LA BED.
UH, THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO EXPLORE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AROUND PROPOSITION ONE AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE A, A, A SLIGHT OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AT THE END OF THIS SECTION, UH, THE CITY AND COC DID RELEASE AN RFP FOR THROUGH HUT, FOR THE COC BUILDS NOFO PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT HUT HAS SPECIFICALLY RELEASED A CAPITAL FUNDS PROJECT, UH, FUNDS OPPORTUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE, SO THIS WILL BE A PRETTY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING IN OUR APPLICATION DUE LATER THIS MONTH, UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT ONE PROJECT UP TO 5 MILLION.
UH, SO, UH, WE STILL HAVEN'T SELECTED A PROPOSAL.
UH, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH REVIEWS AND THE PANEL WILL NEED TO MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION LATER THIS WEEK.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WORKING TO GET THAT INTO HUD AND HOPEFULLY HELP GET ONE ADDITIONAL PROJECT, UH, FINANCED AND UP AND GOING HERE IN LONG BEACH.
IN PARTNER WITH THE, UM, LA COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE, WE WERE INVITED TO A RECENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE PATHWAY HOME PROJECTS, UH, SIMILAR TO THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FROM THE STATE, UH, USING MEASURE H FUNDS.
THEY'VE DONE A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, SERVING ABOUT 800 PEOPLE AT THIS POINT, UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT IN, UH, THE COMING MONTHS AS WELL.
AND A COUPLE OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WE'VE HAD THREE SITES THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING.
UH, IT'S ALLOWED US TO, UM, ADDRESS ENCAMPMENTS, UH, ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LA RIVER BED, UH, AS WELL AS RECENTLY VETERANS PARK.
UH, AND SOME ADDITIONAL SHELTERING, SOME ADDITIONAL UNSHELTERED PEOPLE, AS WELL AS OUR PATHWAY HOME SITES ARE ALSO SUPPORTING, UH, SOME AREAS WITHIN, UH, COMPTON AND SIGNAL HILL AS WELL.
UH, SO REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND THE IMPACT OF, UH, TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEN RESOLVING AN ENCAMPMENT BEING THE MOST IMPACTFUL WAY.
UH, AND SOLUTIONS FOCUSED WAY TO RESOLVE AN ENCAMPMENT, UH, IS THE RESOURCE AND PROVIDING A WAY OUT OF THAT ENCAMPMENT.
UM, THE ADMIN AND OPERATIONS, UH, THE ADMIN AND OPERATIONS AND FIELD-BASED SERVICES DIVISION HAVE MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING THAT WE ARE IN.
UH, SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
IT IS NOW HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 60 STAFF, UH, ASSIGNED TO THIS OFFICE.
UM, IT IS MEANT FOR A OFFICE FOR ADMIN AND OUR SERVICES TO COME AND DO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK HERE THAT ARE IN THE FIELD.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A MEET A PLACE WHERE WE ARE SERVING PARTICIPANTS.
SO IF WE ARE MEETING PARTICIPANTS, IT'LL BE OUT IN THE FIELD OR AT THE MSC.
UM, WE HAVE SELECTED A CONTRACTOR FOR, UH, THE ROOF OF MECHANICAL WORK AT THE MSC, WHICH WILL START, UH, IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT WE WILL NEED TO SHUT DOWN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT OUR SUPPORTS WILL BE DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH WE HAVE TO CLOSE SO THAT NEW MECHANICAL SYSTEMS CAN BE PUT ON THE ROOF.
UH, AS THAT GETS FINALIZED, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT PERIOD AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE, BUT THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT WHERE, UH, WE DO NEED TO BE CLOSED FOR A SHORT PERIOD.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS AROUND TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SPACE, UH, AND MAKING UPGRADES AT THE MSC THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
UM, AND PROJECT PLANNING IS UNDERWAY.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, AND WHAT ALL WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO.
AND WHEN ALL GET FINALIZED, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT IS COSMETIC TO IMPROVING, UH, ACCESS AND FLOW THROUGH OUR SPACE,
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UH, AND ALSO EVEN LOOKING AT RELAYING OUT OUR RESTROOMS AND, UH, MAKING THAT A MORE FRIENDLY SPACE.UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND, UH, WE'LL BE UTILIZING FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL, UH, ACCESS AND, UH, AMENITIES OF THE MSV UH, STAFF WILL BE TRACKING THE OUTCOME OF COUNTY MEASURE A, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD AN ELECTION LAST NIGHT, WE DIDN'T KNOW AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, AND IT WAS PROJECTING OR POLLING TO BE REALLY CLOSE.
UH, LUCKILY THE OUTCOMES WE CAN SAFELY SAY MEASURE A IS GOING TO PASS.
SO, UM, IT IS AT 55 TO 45 CURRENTLY.
UH, THERE ARE STILL SOME VOTES COMING IN.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO THROUGH THAT WAY, HUH,
UM, WE DO NEED TO GET A SIGN FOR THERE.
UM, SO, UH, THIS IS A HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT WILL, UH, GO TOWARDS TWA SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
DEVELOPMENTS OF 65% GO TO TOWARDS SERVICES, AND 35% WILL GO THROUGH LA CASA AND, UH, CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL LIKELY RECEIVE SOME INCREASE ON SERVICE DOLLARS LOCALLY, UM, BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO HOPEFULLY BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS WILL REPLACE MEASURE H, WHICH WAS THE QUARTER SIGN SALES TAX, UH, THAT WAS IN PLACE.
SO MEASURE H DOES NOT HAVE A SUNSET DATE, SO THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, UH, ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO STRIVE TOWARDS MEETING, UH, THAT GAP THAT WE HAVE IN AFFORDABLE UNITS CURRENTLY.
UM, SO THIS GOES INTO PLACE THIS IMMEDIATELY REPLACING MEASURE H REVENUE.
SO, UH, YOU SHOULD, AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE.
UM, AND MEASURE H WILL WILL SUNSET.
SO THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH MEASURE H WILL BE ALLOCATED AND SPENT DOWN AND MEASURE A WILL GO INTO PLACE.
THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT THAT IS BEING DETERMINED.
THERE ARE SOME CHANGES AND DECISION MAKING AROUND MEASURE A, UH, MEASURE A ALLOCATIONS WILL BE, UM, AND DECISIONS WILL BE MADE THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE REGIONAL HOMELESS ALIGNMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THAT HAS REPRESENTATIVES OF LA CITY AND LA COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEN A FEW REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITIES THROUGHOUT, UM, LOS ANGELES COUNTY THAT ALSO SIT ON THAT AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DOES HAVE A SEAT ON THAT.
UH, SO THEY WILL BE THE ONES MAKING DECISIONS AROUND ALLOCATIONS PROCESS ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOW THINGS WORK OUT.
THERE IS A LARGER, UH, LEADERSHIP GROUP THAT WILL BE PROVIDING THEM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING, UH, SUPPORTED THROUGH CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND THE HILTON FOUNDATION.
SO MORE TO COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON HOW MEASURE A WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND THE IMPACTS OF IT.
BUT, UH, WE WILL BE RECEIVING MEASURE A FUNDS GOING FORWARD.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALVIN AND HIS TEAM, UH, TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF PROP ONE AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CIP PROJECTS.
SO, UM, WE DID WANT TO TAG ONTO THE, UM, THE STAFF REPORT JUST TO ALSO PROVIDE A REPORT, THE TOP ONE.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVEN'T MET ME, UH, MY NAME IS ALAN T I'M WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, DID WANT TO ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THIS GROUP.
UM, WE WILL BE RELEASING A TFF VERY SOON.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO COME TO THIS GROUP TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, HOW THE CITY PLANS TO APPROACH PROP ONE.
SO THINKING BACK A DIFFERENT, UH, TO A DIFFERENT ELECTION.
UH, WE DID PASS PROP ONE, UH, VERY RECENTLY.
UM, THAT WAS FOLKS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO THE IDEA OF, UM, MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STATE THAT WE HAVE A HUGE GAP IN SORT OF OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, NEEDS.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS A BOND THAT WAS PASSED, UM, AND, UH, ALLOCATED, UH, NEARLY $7 BILLION, UH, SCORES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, SO THE FIRST SORT OF ROUND OF FUNDING HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, SO THAT WAS RELEASED BACK IN JULY.
AND THE, UH, CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WOULD WANT TO PURSUE.
UM, SO I WON'T GO OVER EVERYTHING ABOUT
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THE, THE FUNDING SOURCE, UH, BUT, UM, SUFFICE TO SAY THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 3.3 BILLION THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS ROUND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.SO THAT IS, UH, DEVELOPING OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND FACILITIES THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT BETTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, CARE ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, LA COUNTY, UH, DOES HAVE REGIONAL ALLOCATION OF ABOUT $480 MILLION.
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED MONEY.
AND SO THIS, UH, CITY IS VERY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO, UH, BRING SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES HERE, UH, TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, DIRECTLY.
MOST OF IT IS GOING THROUGH COUNTY, UH, AGENCIES LIKE DMH SAPS E, DIFFERENT GROUPS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT AS, UH, ISH SHARED EARLIER, UM, ALSO THROUGH DIFFERENT, UH, WORK THAT THE OWN SERVICES BUREAU IS DOING AS WELL AS COLLECTIVE IMPACT, WE ARE ALSO, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PROVIDING A LOT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, AND REFERRALS INTO COUNTY PROGRAMS. AND SO WE HAVE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, MAKE USE OF THIS FUNDING TO TRY TO EXPAND, UH, THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
SO WE, UH, HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO, UH, PROPOSALS THAT THIS, UH, CITY STAFF ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT.
UM, THE GRANT APPLICATION IS DUE ON DECEMBER 13TH, SO WE ARE SORT OF IN THE FINAL STRETCHES RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT SORT OF ITERATIONS AND IDENTIFYING WHAT IS FEASIBLE, UM, AND TWO PROJECTS, UM, DO HAVE A STRONG NEXUS TO HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THIS GROUP.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, IS, UH, UH, STEP DOWN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AT 7 0 2.
SO 7 0 2, UH, WEST ANAHEIM IS, UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SHELTER SITE THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY VERY RECENTLY.
UH, THE FORMER LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION THRIFT STORE, AS WELL AS WEST COAST CHOPPERS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING AS AN 85 BED CONGREGATE SHELTER.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH A, A SEPARATE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF, UH, RENT, DESIGN AND RENOVATION ON THAT SPACE, UH, TO EXPAND CAPACITY, ADD RESTROOMS, ADD SHOWERS, UH, MAKE IT A LOT MORE LIVABLE OF A SPACE.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S A SEPARATE PRO, UH, PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FUNDED, HAS ALREADY MOVED FORWARD.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VACANT BUILDINGS IN THE BACK OF THAT FACILITY THAT ARE NOT BEING USED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO OUR PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT FOR THE SITE IS TO ALSO ADD, UH, WHAT ARE CALLED INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS, UM, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, OR RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SORT OF STEP DOWN, UH, SPACE RESIDENTIAL SPACES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXITING OUT OF AN ACUTE CARE CRISIS SETTING.
UM, SO THIS IS A HUGE GAP THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TRY TO PREVENT FOLKS FROM, UH, EXITING OUT OF THESE, UH, THESE HOSPITAL SETTINGS ONTO THE STREET BECAUSE, UH, OFTENTIMES MAYBE THEY WERE ON A SEVEN, TWO HOUR HOLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RECEIVE A MEDICATION SORT OF PLAN.
UM, BUT THEN THEY'RE LEFT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET ON THAT MEDICATION TREATMENT WHILE ON THE STREET, WHICH WE KNOW IS VERY DIFFICULT AND, UH, NOT THE RIGHT SITUATION FOR FOLKS.
SO, UH, THESE BEDS WOULD BE, UH, CREATING A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT, RECEIVE THAT TREATMENT, GET STABILIZED, UM, AND ALSO HAVE HOUSING, UM, AND ALL THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN ALL OF OUR OTHER SHELTERS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO, UH, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM, UH, HOUSING SOLUTIONS WHILE ALSO, UH, RECEIVING THE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED.
SO, UM, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE TWO SITES WHERE, UM, ON THE SAME PROPERTY, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO LIKELY BRING IN A SEPARATE PROVIDER WHO IS FOCUSED ON, UH, THESE TYPES OF, UH, SPECIALIZED SERVICES.
UM, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, UM, AS WELL.
SO, UH, OUR SECOND PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE ALSO APPLYING TO SUBMIT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE ABOUT 30 BEDS YES.
YES, 25 TO 30 BEDS, UM, STILL GOING THROUGH, UH, FINALIZING DESIGN, BUT LOOKING, UH, TO HIT AT LEAST 30.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS EXPANSION OF SERVICES AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD TIMING BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, PRESENTATION ABOUT HARM REDUCTION, UM, AND MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT.
SO, UM, WE, UH, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR, THE MSC IS OUR CENTRAL HUB FOR DROP IN SERVICES AT THE, AT, UH, FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHERE THEY CONNECTED TO, UM, OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS SHELTER, AS WELL AS A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CO-LOCATED AGENCIES AT THAT SITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE BEEN HAPPY TO ALSO PULL IN A LOT OF MOBILE, UH, HARM REDUCTION, UH, AND SUBSTANCE USE, UH, TREATMENT SERVICES AT THE MSC.
UM, AND SO WHAT THIS, UH, PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT WOULD DO WOULD BE TO BUILD A TWO STORY AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING, UH, IN THE PARKING LOT THAT WOULD, UM, PR BE A DEDICATED SPACE FOR SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.
UH, PRIMARILY MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.
SO, UM, MATT, UH, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS, UM, BOTH A, UM, BOTH A, UM, MEDICAL TREATMENT AS WELL AS, UM, SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO THE SUBSTANCES, PRIMARILY OPIOIDS.
UM, SO THEY, THEY WOULD, UH, COMBINE BOTH, UM, MEDICATION TREATMENT AS WELL AS, UM,
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THERAPY AND OTHER SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, EXIT OFF OF, UH, ADDICTION TO, UH, THOSE, THOSE UH, SUBSTANCES.UM, RIGHT NOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES PRIMARILY THROUGH POPUPS AND REFERRALS TO OTHER FACILITIES.
THIS WOULD GIVE US A CENTRALIZED SPACE AT THE MSC, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND RECEIVE THAT TREATMENT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, 'CAUSE IT ALSO IS A LARGE GAP, UM, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO BUILD THAT OUT.
AS YOU KNOW, ISH MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING A HUGE INCREASE IN OPIOID, UH, ADDICTION AS WELL AS DEATHS.
UM, SO LOOKING TO, UH, HELP, UH, ADDRESS THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF PAUL, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH.
AND SIMILAR TO THE MODEL OF THE MSC, OUR GOAL WITH THIS IS PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT ARE PROVIDING SUPPORTS IN THE PARKING LOT, UM, AROUND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH THEM.
UH, WE KNOW A FEW THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.
UH, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER THAT IS INTERESTED IN FREE SPACE MM-HMM,
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME SUPPORTS THAT GO INTO THIS NEW BUILDING.
HOWEVER, THE PRIMARY SERVICES WILL BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH CONTRACTS WITH SAPS E TO, UH, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
AND SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROPOSALS THE CITY IS PLANNING TO SUBMIT IN THIS ROUND OF FUNDING.
UM, SO, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, THIS, THIS IS, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DISSEMINATE WITHIN THIS WEEK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL BE HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT, UH, THAT WILL GO MORE IN DEPTH INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR PROPOSED, UH, DESIGNS FOR THESE TWO SITES.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, UM, AT 2:00 PM TWO TO 3:00 PM UM, IT'LL BE A VIRTUAL SORT OF WEBINAR SPACE.
UH, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND THAT OUT TO YOU ALL AND WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING IT TO THE COC AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS? UM, DO I HAVE MOTION? YES.
I WAS LIKE, OH, AND JUST ONE OTHER THING.
WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PURSUING PROP ONE APPLICATION, SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROCESS.
BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE PURSUING PROP ONE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT APPLICATIONS AS WELL.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE.
SO WHILE IT'S TECHNICALLY COMPETITIVE, WE WILL ALL BE SUBMITTING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROPOSALS.
BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S $480 MILLION FOR LA COUNTY, UM, WE EXPECT IT TO BE LIKE COMPETITIVE, BUT NOT, UH, NOT THAT COMPETITIVE
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THROUGH THE CITY.
SO I THINK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO SUPPORT, UH, OTHER AGENCIES AND ALSO TRYING TO DEVELOP THESE PROJECTS.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE RECEIVE AND FILE SERVICES BUREAU STAFF REPORT AND UPDATES BY PAUL DECK AND THEN THE BY ALVIN.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO GET, UH, SOME KIND OF CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY AN ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROJECT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
YEAH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, BUT GOING, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PAUL OR VIN? YES, KIMBERLY.
UM, ALONG WITH THE, UM, AVOID OPIOID TREATMENT, IS THERE OTHER HARM REDUCTION FROM NEEDLE THAT SORT AS WELL AT THAT FACILITY? UM, SO IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE AT THAT FACILITY.
WE ARE, UM, PILOTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT HARM REDUCTION AT THE MSC ITSELF, WHICH WOULD LIKELY CARRY OVER TO THIS, BUT I DUNNO IF PAUL WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, THE CITY IS PROVIDING CERTAIN HARM REDUCTION RELATED MATERIALS AND SUPPORTS, UM, SUCH AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE TEST TRIPS, UM, WOUND CARE KITS AND SOME OTHER SITE THINGS.
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CLEAN NEEDLES DIRECTLY OURSELVES, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT ARE PROVIDING CLEAN NEEDLES AND OTHER, UH, HARM RELATED DEDUCTION RELATED SUPPLIES.WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE SIX, UH, SHARPS DISPOSAL BINS AT THE MSC.
SO, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO SUPPORT WITH PEOPLE, UH, DISPOSING OF THOSE PROPERLY.
BUT, UH, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING ALL THE HARM REDUCTION RELATED MATERIALS, BUT WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE, ARE PROVIDING THOSE.
MY LAST QUESTION IS IN RELATION TO THE OTHER SITE WAS, UM, ANAHEIM, WILL THERE BE ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR SENIORS, PAUL, ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR SENIORS? WELL, ATIVE CARE A LOT OF SENIORS.
WELL IT DOES, BUT IT ALSO DOES ANYONE, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY, UH, RESERVING ANY BEDS, BUT YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW WE, THAT WOULD REALLY BE PEOPLE, OUR, OUR FOCUS ON THAT ONE WOULD BE STEP DOWN OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATIONS, UH, AT COMMUNITY HOS, THE OLD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CAMPUS OR COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUSES, THEY'RE NOW, UH, REFERRING IT TO IT AS THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS THERE THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL HEALTH RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PREFERENCE SCREENING AND PRIORITIZATION AROUND THE BEST WESTERN SITE THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT AGE AS WELL AS LIKE CHRONIC, UH, HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT ARE TERMINAL IN NATURE.
SO, UH, THAT IS THE ONE PROGRAM THAT HAS LIKE A PREFERENCE AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED AND ON THAT AREA.
UH, BUT WE ARE EXPANDING OUR RECUPERATIVE CARE THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM THAT ARE DEALING WITH HEALTH ISSUES, UH, WILL HAVE SHELTER BEDS THAT ARE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE NEEDS.
SO AS THE CITY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PLANS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SENIORS? SO WE, I MEAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, HOMELESS SENIORS AND THE NUMBERS JUST GROWING.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE IN THE FUTURE PLANS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT? NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN LIKE THE BEACH HIP PERSPECTIVE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, SENIOR ADULT OR OUR OLDER ADULT SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAM, UH, SHOULD BE LAUNCHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THE BACKSIDE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR ISSUING PAYMENTS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE LAUNCHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE WITHIN LIKE OUR SHELTER PROJECTS, LIKE OUTSIDE OF BEST WESTERN, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS AND THEN WHAT'S UP HERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SHELTER PROJECTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE IN THE WORKS OR BEING CONSIDERED AT THIS MOMENT.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE DEPENDING ON FUNDING AND AVAILABILITY OF OTHER RESOURCES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MEMBERS? YES, SARAH
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, BRINGING SO MUCH HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TO SAY, ESPECIALLY LIKE A MATH PROGRAM COME ON TOO FOR, FROM LIKE RUN BY THE CITY.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK, UM, ABOUT IF ANY OF OUR, I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU GUYS SEE ANY OF THIS FUNDING COMING ALONG THE PIPELINE IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE FOR LIKE PERMANENT HOUSING? YEAH, SO THIS, SO THIS LIKE THE PRE THE PRE THERE'S A SECOND ROUND.
YEAH, SO THIS ROUND, THIS ROUND OF FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITIES.
UM, THERE IS A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING THAT UH, IS UH, KIND OF CONFUSINGLY BEING CALLED HOME KEY PLUS, BUT IT'S A PART OF PRO ONE.
UH, SO THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE TAKING THE PREVIOUS HOME KEY PROGRAMS AND UH, MAKING 'EM SPECIFIC TO
UM, SO THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE RELEASED, UH, IN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR YEAH, SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE STATE WILL BE RELEASING THAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY IS PLANNING TO, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LOOK FOR UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS WHO CAN, UH, PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS AS WELL.
AND UM, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SORT OF FUNDING PROJECTS OR FUNDING SOURCES, UH, FOCUSED ON PSH THAT THE CITY'S, UH, ALSO LOOKING TO HELP FACILITATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE THIS WOULD REALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THAT TRUST, YOU KNOW, WITH HAVING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
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THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU SARAH.YEAH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S UM, LOTS OF GOOD PROPOSALS IN THE WORKS, MAYBE SOME NEW FUNDING SOURCES.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY FOCUS ON INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE SHELTER.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU THINK WITH THOSE NEW FUNDING SOURCES AND PROPOSALS THERE WILL BE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE SHELTERED NEXT YEAR IF THERE ARE ANY GOALS AROUND THAT? YEAH, I MEAN THE PERCENTAGE, UH, DEPENDS ON BOTH THE NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR, RIGHT? SO I THINK LIKE PART OF THAT IS GONNA BE DO WE SEE AN INCREASE IN TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THIS THIS YEAR? I THINK CERTAINLY IF WE ADD 30 MORE RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS, THAT WILL INCREASE THE, LIKE, NUMERATOR OF THE NUMBER OF OUR SHELTER FACILITY OR CAPACITY.
BUT, UM, A LOT OF IT'LL ALSO DEPEND ON JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE, UM, CONTINUES LESSNESS IN THE CITY.
I THINK FOR THIS COMING HOMELESS COUNT, LIKELY NOT BECAUSE THINGS ARE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT.
SO WE HAVE SOME BEDS THAT WILL BE OPENING, YOU KNOW, SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY WILL BE SLIGHTLY PAST THIS NEXT YEAR'S HOMELESS COUNT.
BUT IDEALLY THOSE BEDS COMING ONLINE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL BEDS THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND GET AWARDED.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THE 2026 HOMELESS COUNT, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAVE A VISIBLE IMPACT AS FAR AS SHELTER VERSUS UNSHELTERED PERCENTAGE WITHIN THAT.
UM, AND I, I, UM, HAD SOMETHING IN I FORGOT.
UM, YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT I, I, UM, THESE, UH, BECAUSE THESE ARE UH, BOTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD TAKE SOME TIME 'CAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO BE AWARDED THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, WHICH THROUGH THE CITY CAN TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME.
SO AS YOU KNOW, LUXURY AND, AND UH, YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER, THOSE ARE ONLY NOW COMING ONLINE IN THE NEW, UH, IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, AND WE REWARDED THOSE FUNDS UH, ALMOST LIKE ONE OR TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, YES, THERE WILL BE SOME LAG JUST GIVEN HOW UH, CONSTRUCTION TAKES.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF REPORT BY PAUL
I OPPOSED, I DON'T HAVE DESIREE AND I DO NOT HAVE REPORTS, SO I'D LIKE TO SKIP TO, UM, ITEM THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FUTURE CASE ITEMS. UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION DISMISS SECOND STEPHANIE, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS I HAVE ON OUR LIST STILL, AND I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE NOT IN ANY ORDER, IS, UM, OUR, UM, SHELTER OPERATORS AND THEN THE LIVED EXPERIENCE BOARD OR SOMEBODY WHO LIVED EXPERIENCE BOARD AND THEN, UM, I DUNNO IF WE HAD POLICY ABOUT THE MORE ABOUT THAT.
NO, WE HAD A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A POLICY REPUTATION.
NO, I MEAN LIKE THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
YES, IT'S ON THE POLICY, SO OKAY, BUT NOT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS BODY? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE LIST? YES, KIMBERLY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING A NEW COMMISSIONER BEEN HERE SINCE MARCH THAT WE ALL, WE ARE GETTING NEW COMMISSIONERS AND WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND NOT BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED.
I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER'S BACKGROUND ESPECIALLY THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT IDEA, YEAH, IF WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
UM, I ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING FUTURE AGENDA? WE NEED UH, NEED A MOTION? NEED A MOTION.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM
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MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WE NO.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AGENDA ITEMS SAY AYE.
SO JUST QUICKLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, AS IT'S ON THE AGENDA, WE DO NEED TO SET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR REPORT AND ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORTS? SORRY, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SEEING NONE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
DO WE HAVE A WINTER SHELTER IN THE CITY
WE HAVE EXPANDED WINTER SHELTER BEDS AS WELL AS, UH, WE WILL BE PROVIDING EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT IS, UM, BELOW THE TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD AS WELL AS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FRAME.
WE WILL OPEN ADDITIONAL BEDS AT THE MSC.
UH, WE'LL PROVIDE SPECIFIC UPDATES ON THAT WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH'S STAFF REPORT.
SO WHERE IS THE CURRENT ONE? ADDITIONAL? UH, ADDITIONAL BEDS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 7 0 2 DURING THE WINTER SEASON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORT.
A UM, OPPOSED STATE MOTION PASSES.
ARE YOU, UH, WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO ADDRESS THE MEMBERS OF THIS, THE BOARD AT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS, UNLESS IT'S ATTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING NONE? UH, THERE IS A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT IN YOUR PACKET.
YES, IT IS FAR MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
IT WILL BE POSTED IN THE MINUTES AS WELL.
WELL SHOULD, SHOULD BE, IT IS ON THE AGENDA AND WILL ALSO BE POSTED IN THE MINUTES AND IT IS PRINTED WITHIN YOUR PACKET? YES.
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? SO THANK YOU.