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YOU ALL READY? DO THE BATHROOM SIP.YEAH, I HAVE A, I AT FOUR O'CLOCK, SO I'LL JUMP EARLY.
I'LL SAY I, HE DOES TURN INTO A PUMPKIN, THAT'S WHY.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE CALL THE MEETING FOR ORDER A TURKEY.
UM, LET, SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHO'S GONNA VOLUNTEER ON SUMMER SATURDAY? FOR WHAT? TO BE A TURKEY
ON SATURDAY AT, UM, IT'LL BE IN THE PARKING LOT OF, UH, MOOLA.
HOW CONNECT WITH YOU? I WILL SEND YOU THE FLYERS.
WE PUT THAT UNDER ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, SO, UH, FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, CALL TO ORDER.
KIMBERLY LEWIS HERE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, UM, FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING.
C ANY CHANGES OR, UM, SO AMENDMENTS.
WHO? SECONDS WHEN IT'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE.
SO THAT MOTION CARRIES AND WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THIS IS WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE THREE, BUT YEAH.
NOW I'M NOT INCORRECT, BUT I'M NOT, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CAN MAKE A MOTION WITHOUT IT NEEDING TO BE SECONDED ACCORDING TO BOBBY'S RULES.
UM, LET'S JUST SECOND JUST TO BE SAFE, BUT WE, WE'LL, YEAH.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND READ ON THAT.
'CAUSE ON THE, WHEN I UPLOAD THE MINUTES, I STILL NEED A SECOND.
IF YOU'RE COMMITTEE PERSON, YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION WITHOUT, UH, IT NEEDING TO BE SECOND.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IF WE CAN JUST DO A SECOND.
AND THEN, SORRY, WE MISSED, UM, AFTER THE ROLL CALL WE WERE, WE COULD DO THE ELECTION OF CHAIR IF YOU'RE, ARE YOU TRYING TO, OH, DO WE NEED TO DO THE ELECTION CHAIR? I MEAN, SINCE JIM IS STEPPING DOWN, DOWN, STEPPING DOWN.
I NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH JULIE FIRST.
SHOULD WE, SO, UM, YOU'RE THE CHAIR
MY UNDERSTANDING, SHE WANTED TO WORK ON C WITH THE COC.
WE'LL BE INTERIM UNTIL YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY.
YOU DON'T HAVE, SO AS A, SO THIS NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION TODAY.
YOU'RE STILL INTERIM INTERIM TODAY.
AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE TO SEE WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.
DO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE QUORUM IF IT'S JUST YOU.
AND I THOUGHT THE LADY THAT WAS HERE IS SHE, UM, SARAH MOVED THROUGH.
IT WAS OH, SHE IS GOING THROUGH TR RIGHT.
SO MAYBE SHE'LL BE, SHE'S NOT READY BY THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, BY OUR NEXT FULL MEETING.
I'M GONNA NEED YOU TILL JANUARY.
DECEMBER'S GONNA BE MY LAST MEETING WITH HAACK SUBCOMMITTEE, THE WHOLE THING.
I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO JULIE
WE'LL, PRETEND THIS DIDN'T EXIST AND YOU SAW THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'M GONNA BE, UH, I'M GONNA BE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.
I'M GOING BE LEAVING THE COUNTRY IN JANUARY FOR EIGHT MONTHS WHERE WE DRESSED UP IN FACE.
SO I JUST DECIDED A COUPLE WEEKS, WEEKS AGO.
I JUST DECIDED WE'RE THE LAST, LAST TO KNOW.
ARE YOU BEING A WORLD TRAVELER OR ARE YOU GOING SOMEWHERE? SPECIFIC WORLD.
OH, I'M STARTING AT KENYA AND THEN I'M, CAN I, I'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S AFTER THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA WORK FROM EVERYWHERE.
I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT BEING OUT FOR A MONTH AND THEN I THOUGHT, WHY DO I NEED TO COME BACK? I CAN KEEP GOING.
IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY KENYA 'CAUSE I LITERALLY BEEN DOING MY RESEARCH ON SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE LAST OKAY, YOU TOO.
OH, I'M TELLING A FRIEND THAT WENT TO THE CDC AND SHE JUST REACHED OUT TO ME LIKE OUT OF THE BLUE AND WAS LIKE, HEY, ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN SAID, WHEN YOU COMING, BECAUSE I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE ANOTHER TWO
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YEARS.AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST GOT A NEW APARTMENT, BUT LEMME LEAVE.
CAN I STAY FOR A MONTH? SHE WAS LIKE, YEAH.
WELL THEN GONNA BE, BECAUSE THE MID MIDDLE OF JANUARY, BUT I WON'T BE IN TOWN OF THE, THE WEEK.
I'LL STILL BE IN THE COUNTRY, BUT I WON'T BE IN TOWN.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE DECEMBER MY LAST MEETING AND I, I CAN MAKE, I WON'T BE HERE FOR, 'CAUSE I'LL BE, YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL JUST YES.
SO WE LET JEFF, NOW I GOTTA TELL JULIE.
BOTTOM LINE IS I'LL EVENTUALLY LEAVE.
I CAN'T LEAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL BE LEAVING PROBABLY IN SIX, SIX YEARS.
NOW IF TRUMP DOES SOMETHING REALLY STUPID, I MIGHT JUST BE LIKE, BYE DESIREE.
SO THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR.
LET'S GO TO ITEM TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND.
AND THEN I COULD JUST DO THAT.
DO WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION TO PASS THAT OR IT OH, PASS WHAT? THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR? NO, IT DOESN'T NEED EMOTION.
YOU KNOW WHY I'M CONFUSED? BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING AT OUR, LOOKING AT THE POLICY.
BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA ONE.
I'LL TAKE OH, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, SARAH'S MEETING.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE IT'LL BE AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I'M STARTING KING AND I'M JUST OPEN TO WE'RE NEXT AND WE'LL SEE.
I'M STILL GONNA BE WORKING, BUT UH, BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FAR I'VE LIVED IN THREE COUNTRIES.
YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU I JUST GOT BACK WHEN I CAME TO LONG BEACH I WAS LIVING IN PANAMA FOR TWO YEARS.
SO I LOVE TO LIVE OUTTA THE COUNTRY.
SO LIKE YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT TO ADOPT 2, 3, 4 ADULTS.
SO THE RECOMMEND, UH, ITEM TWO RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYORS FUND UPDATE.
UH, TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS 1,344.
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED ANY GRANTS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, FOUR UM, OPEN GRANTS.
NO ONE HAS SPENT ANYTHING DOWN.
WE DID RECEIVE INVOICES FOR URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES.
UH, BUT THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THEIR ADVANCED PAY, SO THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, AT THE MEETING, UH, AROUND THIS APPLIC, THAT APPLICATION? THE LAST MEETING FOR AT EC MEETING? FOR HIS LITTLE FEE? MM-HMM.
WE DID GO OVER THE CONVERSATION AROUND WANTING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES RETURN LOOK LIKE AND IS IT DIFFERENT IF LIKE 100% OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS MM-HMM.
DO WE LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY? SO WE DID CUE THAT UP, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF IN DEPTH CONVERSATION.
AND I DID EXPLAIN WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN, IN OUR MEETING.
AND, UH, JULIE HAD, CAN I SAY THAT AGREE.
SO MAKING SURE THEY DIDN'T JOIN.
THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS.
EVERYBODY GETS TO SAY WHAT THEY, OKAY.
UM, SO, WE'LL I'M MOVED TO, UH, RECEIVING FATHER MAYORS FUND UPDATE.
SO THAT, UH, MOTION CARRIES, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUNDS, UH, SOP FINAL DRAFT FOR NEW APPLICANTS.
UM, WITH THE, WITH ALL THREE POINTS,
UH, SO, UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, THE FINAL DRAFT.
SO MOVED ALL IN FAVOR? A AND ALL OPPOSED YE HAVE AT THAT MOTION CARRIES, UM, MOTION PASSES RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE MAYOR'S FUNDS UTILITY BILL FLYER.
DO YOU HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THAT? SO WE HAVE SENT IT
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OVER TO GRAPHICS.THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PRINTING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A ESTIMATED DEADLINE JUST YET, BUT BASED OFF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
UM, BUT I WILL FOLLOW BACK UP WITH OUR UH, PRINTING TEAM TO SEE WHAT THE STATUS IS.
BUT EVERYONE'S AWARE, UH, THAT WE WILL BE FINISHED.
THAT WE WILL BE, UM, SENDING THE INSERT OUT.
DID THEY EVER SEND YOU A TRACT OF THE SPANISH VERSION? YES, IT IS RIGHT HERE.
MY GUESS WE ONLY HAVE IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
DO YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'D HAVE TO DO, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD ALLOW ANOTHER INSERT.
I THINK WE CAN CONSIDER MAYBE FOR THE NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO BREAK INTO FOURS.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO ELECTRONIC VERSION.
UM, BUT I WONDER IF WE COULD ALSO JUST DO ON THE BACKSIDE ANOTHER QR IT'S THREE DIFFERENT, YEAH, JUST THREE DIFFERENT QR CODES, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO THE MAYOR'S FUND ON HOMELESSNESS AND YOU JUST PUT IT IN THE THREE LANGUAGES, CLICK THIS QR CODE IN ONE FOR ENGLISH.
WELL SPANISH THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I CAN WORK ON DESIGNING THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT FOR THE YEAR FOR NOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE GOING OUT.
THE ONLY, I, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE HERE.
SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST THING TO IS TO ALWAYS GO DIGITAL, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING DON'T DO IT, I'M JUST SAYING TO CONSIDER THAT.
I THINK THEY, I WILL SAY I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN TYPICALLY DOING ENVELOPES.
I THINK ENVELOPES JUST PAPER COSTS COST MORE.
SO IF WE WERE TO DESIGN SOMETHING AROUND THIS AND THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT TO ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED.
IF WE COULD MAKE IT TO THAT, THE MEMBER DEADLINE AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IN LANGUAGE ACCESS.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A TRANSLATING, UH, SERVICE OR TEAM.
DO WE HAVE, UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE LET US PUT TWO OF THESE IN THE ENVELOPE? OR COULD YOU MAKE IT WHERE YOU MAKE LIKE, UM, MAKE THE A FULL PAGE WORD CONCISE AND JUST GIVE IT LIKE, IT'S THE SAME THING BUT THREE DIFFERENT, LIKE PUT LINE IN THREE DIFFERENT, IT'S THE SAME MESSAGE AND THREE DIFFERENT SO IT HARD SIX AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A FULL PAGE.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE MORE SPACE.
'CAUSE TRUST ME THAT THAT'S ONE RECORDER.
SPANISH SEEMS LONGER, BUT IN, IN THE ENGLISH IT WAS LITERALLY ONLY 140 WORDS OR LESS.
IT WAS, AND THEN WE HAD TO PLAY WITH THE, WE HAD TO KEEP CUTTING IT DOWN.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, I'M THE ONE THAT DID THAT.
I'M LIKE, UH, I GOTTA DO THAT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING FOR THIS SPACE.
SO THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD CAN'T REALLY BE THINKING ON IT FROM NEXT YEAR.
MIGHT TO KENYA FINDING SOMETHING.
UM, SO I GET TO MOVE OUT AGAIN.
NO, MY LEASE WAS UP IN DECEMBER.
I'VE BEEN KIND OF NOT SO I'M SO JEALOUS TO SHUT UP.
UM, DO WE MAKE, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO UH OH, WE DISCUSSED IT, DO WE? MM-HMM.
DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION? 'CAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT.
WE WOULD JUST BE RECEIVING AND FILE OR DISCUSSION.
SO MOVE THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, THE DISCUSSION OF THE MAYOR'S FUND, UTILITIES BILL FLYER.
THAT MOTION PASSES YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS, UM, THE NOTICE FOR THE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE FEATURED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, DO IS FEATURE IS TO GO AHEAD WITH THE OPTION OF HAVING OUR, UM, PROGRAMS FEATURED.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE, IF STAFF COULD JUST LET ME KNOW WHICH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE.
UM, AND I WOULD ALMOST JUST ASK IF WE COULD DO THE ONES THAT ARE LESS KNOWN.
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UM, LIKE IMMEDIATELY I'M THINKING ABOUT THE ONE WE HAD A REALLY BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT.I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LADY'S NAME THAT CAME, UM, THAT WAS DOING THE KITS FOR THE UNIVERSITY GP BLANKETS OF WHAT? GP P, BLANKETS OF LOVE, LIKE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT ARE SMALLER ONES, LIKE, I THINK HIS LITTLE FEE.
I THINK THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THEM PROBABLY ARE A LITTLE MORE KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE THINK ABOUT THOSE SMALLER ONES THAT WE FUNDED, THE FOLK THAT ARE NEW TO THE AREA.
UM, ONES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM YEAH.
PEOPLE DONATING DIRECTLY TO THEM POTENTIALLY AS WELL.
WE STAFF WILL SEND THAT OVER AND THEN WE CAN SEND OVER, UM, CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE THEM FEATURED.
AND I WILL STILL WORK ON THAT PROJECT, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY.
PROMISE I'LL STILL WORK ON THAT PROJECT.
SO CAN WE GET A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
UM, THE DISCUSSION WAS A NOTICE OF THE MAYOR'S FUND ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE FEATURED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM.
NOW, UM, WE ARE TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION, UH, FOR DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER.
DO WE HAVE A GUEST WITH US? NOT YET.
THEY SHOULD BE ON, WE CAN MOVE ON TO, UM, THAT REALLY, IS THAT THE 18TH THROUGH PM? YEAH, AFTER THE, LET'S SEE, DOLORES, I DON'T SEE THEM HERE, BUT I WILL TO STAY ON THAT TOPIC OF, UH, DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER.
SO WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM, LET, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO ATTEND OUR MEETING.
UH, WE ALSO ASK THAT THEY AN BE PREPARED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, UH, AS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES THAT IS APPLYING FOR A SECOND TIME WITH US.
WE DID WANT THEM TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS, UH, QUESTIONS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY.
AND I MEAN, LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT'S NOT PROGRAMMATIC DOLLARS, SO, OR LIKE STAFFING DOLLARS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO MY GUESS IS YOU DON'T GIVE THIS TO THEM.
LIKE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE MOTEL VOUCHERS.
IT'S, IT'S THE ULTIMATE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO AND GET NECESSARILY A GRANT OR SOMETHING ELSE TO COVER IT.
AND THEN WE FUNDED THEM FOR THE SAME, THIS $10,000 FOR THE SAME, UM, WAS IT 10,000? CORRECT.
IT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME LINE ITEMS, BUT THE SAME IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD THE SAME MIX WITH LIKE FOOD AND BUS PASSES.
WE DID ALSO WANT THEM TO ADDRESS, UH, THEY DISCUSSED THE HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS A CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE HOMELESS PREVENTION, UH, PROGRAM.
SO WHAT ARE THEY LEVERAGING? I KNOW THAT IN THEIR, UM, APPLICATION, THEY DON'T MENTION THAT, BUT WE WOULD ASSUME IF THEY'RE RECEIVING FUNDING, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHO FUNDS IT? IS IT PRIVATE DONATIONS? IS IT GOVERNMENT? UM, OTHER QUESTIONS THAT STAFF HAD WAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CURRENT PERFORMANCE METRICS IN PLACE FOR THIS PROGRAM? IF SO, PLEASE PROVIDE DATA.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE GONNA ALSO REQUEST THAT THEY PROVIDE THEIR MOST RECENT 9 94.
WHICH WE DID REACH OUT AND ASK.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ON, BUT HOPEFULLY IT SHOULD BE ON ALREADY.
BUT WE COULD CONTINUE THIS APPLICATION TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOURSELVES THAT WE CAN SEND RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN HAVE THEM COME AT OUR NEXT MEETING, OUR NEXT MAYOR FUND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I DON'T WANNA JUST, I DON'T WANNA APPROVE IT WITHOUT THOSE QUESTIONS BEING ANSWERED AND I DON'T WANT TO NOT APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SHOW UP.
OH, I THINK THEY'RE, LEMME SEE.
I DON'T OH, IT'S THREE TWENTY SEVEN.
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HI.HI, IS THIS, WE HAVE LITTLE BLURRY IN THIS BACKGROUND.
OH, I GOT A BLUR IN ONE MORE COMING IN.
AND THEN, HELLO? IS IT DOLORES AND RICHARD, YOU SAID? THIS IS MARIO.
AND THIS IS MY ASSISTANT GAIL THOMAS.
AND, UH, RICHARD HERNANDEZ WILL BE IN SOON.
I WORK FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I THINK WE'VE MET PREVIOUSLY, MAYBE, I KNOW I MET MARIO BEFORE, I THINK.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND WE WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO WE DO HAVE OUR CHAIR, UH, DESIREE RU AS WELL AS KIMBERLY LEWIS, UH, HERE.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER, WHAT THEY DO ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THEN MAYBE GET ANSWERS TO A FEW QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD SENT TO YOU AS WELL AS WHATEVER THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE HAS.
SO I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO THEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN I DO BELIEVE YOU, YOU WERE SENT SOME QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL SO THAT IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THOSE FOR US, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
SHALL I GO REMIND RICHARD? OKAY.
YOU WANT ME TO, SO WE'RE GONNA GO CHECK OUT RICHARD.
SO FOR OUR FIRST, LET ME WAIT FOR MARIO.
MAYBE DOLORES, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO, UH, DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER'S, HISTORY AND MAYBE BACKGROUND.
UH, WE WERE, UH, ESTABLISHED IN 1976.
UH, WE ARE JUST ONE OF 28 INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND, UH, WE ARE UN WE ARE LIKE, I THINK WE'RE THE OLDEST OR SECOND TO THE OLDEST OF ALL THE ILCS.
UH, THERE ARE SIX ILCS IN LA ALONE BECAUSE WE'RE SO LARGE AND YET THERE'S 28 IN THE WHOLE STATE.
SO, UH, THE AREAS THAT WE COVER, OF COURSE, ARE LONG BEACH, THE GREATER AREA OF LONG BEACH.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME PARTS OF, OF ORANGE COUNTY, BUT MOSTLY, UH, UH, LONG BEACH, LAKEWOOD, HAWAIIAN GARDENS, ARTESIA, CATALINA, SIGNAL HILL, ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
AND, UH, WE, UH, UH, WE ORIGINALLY, UH, STARTED AS AN INFORMATION CENTER.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, OVER 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA WORK PART-TIME AS A PART-TIME JOB.
I USED TO BE A TEACHER AND, UH, OH MY GOSH, YOU GET HOOKED ON THIS PLACE.
WE JUST FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN PRESENT.
AND, UH, MY STAFF HAVE ALL BEEN HERE, UH, MOST ALL OF 'EM OVER 15 YEARS.
UH, I'VE GOT VINCENT, WHO'S BEEN HERE 25 YEARS.
UH, CONNIE'S BEEN HERE 25 YEARS.
UH, GOT A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE STAFF.
UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE, MARIO? I, IT IS GONNA BE 22 YEARS NEXT FEBRUARY.
SEE, WE ALL, WE GET ON, WE'RE ALL GONNA JUST START WITH THIS LITTLE JOB, BUILD IT INTO A BIG JOB, AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL.
SO, UH, I'VE BEEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR, UH, EIGHT YEARS.
AND, UH, THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, JEANETTE NAWA, AND SHE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY, UH, UNEXPECTEDLY.
AND, UH, SO I WAS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THE BOARD CHOSE ME OVER OTHER CANDIDATES.
ANYTHING ELSE THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AGENCY? OH, YEP.
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I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE IN THE HISTORY.SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE COULD, UH, MOVE ON TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD EMAILED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT DRC IS APPLYING FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND.
ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE AN EXPANSION OF ITS CURRENT PROGRAMMING SINCE? YES.
UH, WE, UH, WE CURRENTLY, AND THAT PROBABLY ANSWERED THE THE FOLLOWING QUESTION, IS THAT WHAT, WHAT WE TRYING TO DO IS WE TRYING TO GO, UH, TO APPLY, UH, FOR MORE FUNDING THROUGH OTHER, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HOW BETTER CAN WE SERVE? AS YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE HOUSING CRISIS CONTINUES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN, UM, UH, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES AS FAR AS, UH, PLACING, UH, FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY OR, OR INDIVIDUALS IMMEDIATELY INTO, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WE'RE TACKLING.
BUT, UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ALSO ASK IF WE'RE, UH, RECEIVING FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES.
WE'RE, UH, EARLY APPLYING FOR OTHER, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE FUNDING THROUGH OTHER SOURCES.
UH, ONE OF THOSE JUST TO NAME YOU IS, UH, UNITED WAY.
I BELIEVE SO, RIGHT, DOLORES? YES, YES.
AND, UH, OTHERS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES, BUT PROBABLY DOLORES WILL HAVE THE NAMES FOR OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE ARE APPLYING THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY OR ANY MORE INFORMATION FOR COPY OF, SORRY, WAS AN EMAIL.
AND THEN CURRENTLY, WHO FUNDS THE, OR HOW DO YOU GUYS RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM? BECAUSE IT'S A, A, OH, IT'S A CURRENT PROGRAM, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AND, AND IT, IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND SO WE ALL, ALL OF THE ILCS HAVE THE SAME GOALS AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO MEET.
AND WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, OVERSEEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION.
AND WE ALL PROVIDE THE SAME CORE SERVICES, BUT EACH OF US HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.
LIKE WE, WE HAVE A TERRIBLE HOMELESS SITUATION HERE IN LONG BEACH AND MORE SO THAN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.
AND SO, UH, I GO AFTER THOSE KINDS OF GRANTS THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT.
AND SO WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. LIKE WE JUST STARTED A, UH, A BLIND, UH, UH, SERVICE FOR BLIND PEOPLE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
AND, UH, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR US.
AND I COLLABORATED WITH, UH, A BLIND AGENCY IN LA AND WE WENT TOGETHER ON A GRANT.
SO, UH, WHEREVER I SEE THERE'S A NEED, I GO AFTER THE FUNDING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HOPING TO GET THIS BEARS FUNDING BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED IT.
BUT WE'LL FIND A WAY IF WE DON'T GET IT.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TAKE OUT OF MY GENERAL FUNDS, I'LL DO IT.
DO YOU, SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE CURRENT GOALS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, REHABILITATION, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR LOCALIZED GOALS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY CURRENT PERFORMANCE METRICS IN PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM? UM, YES, WE DO.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WE DO IS, IS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, UH, THERE IS A, A COUPLE THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UH, ONCE THEY ARE, UM, THEY GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEM.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF THEY'RE DISABLED, THEY GOT THE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GOT THEIR, UM, RECEIVING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND IF THEY ALSO, UM, CAN APPLY FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, CALFRESH FOR THAT INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE TO DO THE APPLICATION ONLINE, WE, WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION HERE.
SO WE TRY TO PROVIDE OTHER, UH, SOURCE OF, UH, OF, UH, ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS PREVENTION, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY MOVE INTO, UH, SOMETHING PERMANENT OR TRANSITIONAL, AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, REACHING THEIR GOAL.
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AND, AND WE JUST, TODAY, MARIO, IT WAS SO EXCITING.THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS AND, UH, FINALLY GOT INTO THEIR HOUSING.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP PAY FOR, UM, UH, PERSONAL RENT, UH, THE, UH, ANY OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO SET UP HOUSING, LIKE A BED, A TV, A BLENDER.
THEY GOT, UH, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. YOU DON'T, YEAH.
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT THEY NEED.
ANYWAY, IT'S UP TO WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY? SIX.
UM, THE, THE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IS GIVING THAT ONE TIME ASSISTANCE, UH, UP TO 4,500.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT A NEWS THE OTHER DAY THAT THEY WERE GONNA, UH, EVERYBODY THAT WE NEED TO HELP RIGHT NOW IS GONNA BE ON THE WAITING LIST, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT PROGRAM THAT ALLOW US TO, UH, PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THIS, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GET INTO TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST BUYING GROCERIES FOR THE FIRST MONTH, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS FOR THAT.
OR EVEN, UH, MAKING SURE THEY CAN GET THEIR SERVICE TURNED UP, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIGHT AND GAS, WHICH IS THE MOST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED ALWAYS.
THAT REALLY MAKES YOUR DAY WHEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE CARRYING OUT THESE BOXES.
AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, YEAH, WE GET TO GET TO DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HERE WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH.
BUT IT'S LIKE, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST TEMPORARY.
AND, UH, LIKE THE, THE SUPERVISOR HAN, SHE GAVE US A, A GRANT FOR TURKEYS TO GIVE AWAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING WHOLE DINNERS TO, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE? I, UH, IT'S GONNA BE 34.
COMPLETE DINNERS, UH, BIG TURKEYS AND ALL THE DRESSING AND GRAVY AND CORN
SO IT'S JUST FOR THE, UM, HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED AND MAYBE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO A DIFFERENT, MAYBE LONGER LASTING PROGRAM OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING? ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? PERMANENT, PERMANENT HOUSING? UM, SO FAR, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN TELL YOU THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I HAVE WORK, I GOT SIX, UH, THAT I BEEN ABLE TO, UM, NOT ONLY TO PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IS TWO, BUT TRANSITIONING TO, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS, UH, SIX THAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO FAR, THEY'RE OTHER SPENDING, TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE I CAN PLACE THEM.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ALTOGETHER, I MEAN, I'D PROBABLY SAY, UM, WELL, THE CRISIS OF HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST THING.
TRYING TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING IS, IS, IS THE HOTTEST PART.
UH, GETTING INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS HARD TOO, BUT I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU WITH, WITH THE FUNDS THAT, THAT WE GET, WE CAN PROBABLY DO 2025.
I MEAN, MAYBE COULD BE MORE, MAYBE IT COULD BE LESS.
IT DEPENDS HOW THE HOUSING IS AT THE TIME.
WE ARE TRYING TO PLACE PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, OR GET 'EM INTO A, A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE THE, THE, THEY, THEY HAVE THE, THEY'RE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS IF THEY KNOW WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE TRY TO HELP 'EM OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY, UH, HELP 'EM TO NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM, BUT GETTING INTO A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE, HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, TURNAROUND.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY'RE HOMELESS OR, UH, ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS IS WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT, WHAT GOT THEM TO THAT POINT SO WE CAN HELP THEM CORRECT THAT.
AND, UH, WE WORK WITH A TOTAL PERSON.
I MEAN, WE HELP THEM GET JOBS, WE HELP THEM, UH, LEARN THEIR COMPUTER SKILLS.
WE'VE GOT CLASSES AND TRAINING FOR EVERYTHING.
UH, WE, UH, WE JUST WORK WITH THE TILL THE WHOLE PERSON IS, UH, UH, FEELS READY AND IS, UH, ABLE TO, UH, NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AND GET INTO THE PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A COMPLETE PACKAGE.
AND, AND ANOTHER THING WE DO IS, IS WHEN THEY COME IN
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AND THEY SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABOUT TO BECOME HOMELESS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO, I, I SIT DOWN WITH IT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.A LOT OF TIMES THERE IS A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TENANT AND THE LANDLORD, AND IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN STAY WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY JUST NEED, UH, THEY NEED TO CATCH UP WITH THE RENT.
SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP 'EM THAT WAY OR WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO TO PREVENT THEM TO BECOME HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE PARTICIPATE, WELL AS A VOLUNTARY AGENCY WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, WHERE EDISON PROVIDES A ONETIME ASSISTANCE, UM, MAYBE THAT CAN HELP 'EM.
SO THEY, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PAY THE RENT AND HELP 'EM, YOU KNOW, TO APPLY FOR THIS ONE, ONE TIME ASSISTANCE THAT CAN GIVE YOU UP TO $200, YOU KNOW, UH, THEN WE FIND OTHERS RESOURCES.
SO, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN MANY WAYS, UH, WE PREVENT 'EM TO BECOME HOMELESS BY, UH, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY, THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES BY UTILIZING THESE OTHER PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, CATCHING UP WITH THE REMEDY, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED.
OR TALK TO THE LANDLORD, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, THE HOMELESS PREVENTION IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T END UP IN THE STREET BECAUSE THEN IT'S, IT, THEN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE GETTING 'EM OFF THE STREET.
IT, IT'S, IT'S EVEN HOTTER, YOU KNOW? SO LET'S SEE.
WE CAN KEEP YOU WHERE YOU ARE.
UH, IF THERE IS A, UH, UH, A WAY TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE, UH, AND WE CAN HELP YOU TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE CAN FIND OTHER RESOURCES.
MARIO, THE COORDINATE REPORT YOU WORK WITH
SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, SO YOU HAD MENTIONED HOMELESS PREVENTION THAT'S KEEPING PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR HOMES, BUT THEN WE ARE, YOU'RE APPLYING FOR MOTEL STAYS.
SO IS THAT WITHIN, IS THAT LIKE ANOTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM? I, WHAT IS THE HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH MOTEL STAYS? UH, HOMELESS PREVENTION IS, IS SOMEONE IS ALREADY HOMELESS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET INTO A TRANSITIONAL, UH, SHELTER.
THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE HOW THE, THE, YOU KNOW, UH, MOTEL VOUCHERS WILL COME IN, YOU KNOW? UH, BUT LIKE THE LAWYERS WOULD MENTION, WE WORK WITH THE PERSON ONE-ON-ONE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN HELP 'EM OUT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL COME AND TELL YOU THEY'RE, THEY'RE HOMELESS, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NO HOMELESS, HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY MAY NEED A, UM, SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE OF WHAT THEY CAN GET HELP, BUT IT, SPECIFICALLY, THE MOTEL VOUCHER WILL BE USED TO THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY HOMELESS, TRYING TO GET 'EM INTO, UH, TRANSITIONAL OR, YOU KNOW, A SHELTER PROGRAM PERMIT.
OH, IF, IF WE CAN GET 'EM OUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET 'EM OFF THE STREET AND GET 'EM INTO A, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO A PERMANENT HOUSING IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
UH, SO IF WE COULD, I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS, OR I'M SORRY, I HEARD DOLORES MENTION A QUARTERLY REPORT.
ARE WE LOOKING AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THE PROGRAM WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED? IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD BE REPORTING ON? YES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE? I'VE SAID A QUESTION.
UM, DO YOU KNOW, OR CAN YOU TELL US HOW MANY VOUCHERS YOU'VE GIVEN FOR HOTEL STAYS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? UM, AND IN TERMS OF, UM, THE OTHER COSTS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO FUND, YOUR FOOD VOUCHERS AND YOUR BUS PASSES, DO YOU HAVE, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME NUMBERS ON WHAT THAT'S LOOKED LIKE FOR YOU? UH, NUMBERS ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WITHIN THE, UH, THE LAST 12 MONTHS, UM, I DON'T THINK WE GOT ANY MONEY.
UH, BUT I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 25, UH, 'CAUSE SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING HAS BEEN KINDA, UH, LOW IN, IN THAT REGARDS.
YOU KNOW, THE LAWYERS HAS BEEN APPLYING, UH, EVERYWHERE AND, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET, UH, A, A A, AN AMOUNT, A STEADY AMOUNT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE NUMBER.
BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 20.
AND THE PROPOSAL AS I READ IT, IS BASICALLY 48 NIGHTS OF MOTEL VOUCHERING.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU THAT ONE.
AND WHAT I LOOKED, LOOKING AT YOUR PROPOSAL AND THE FUNDING AND THE BREAKDOWN, THAT'S ABOUT 48 NIGHTS OF MOTEL STAYS.
IS THAT HOW YOU LOOK? YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET? UM, YES.
AND THEN ALSO DEPENDING ON THE CASE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY
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MIGHT BE, UH, FAMILIES THAT NEED TO STAY A LITTLE LONGER.SO BECAUSE OF, WE FOUND IS, UH, UM, POTENTIAL, UH, PLACE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING INTO AND IT'S NOT READY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY TELL YOU, OH, THEY CAN MOVE IN IN THIS DATE AND IT HAPPENS THAT IT'S NOT READY, SO THEY HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE MORE NIGHTS OR SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO WE NEED TO EXTEND THEIR STAY IN THERE.
BUT THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NUMBER YOU'VE GIVEN IS IT'S APPROXIMATE NUMBER.
UM, SO YOU'RE NOT BOUND TO A CERTAIN AGE GROUP YOU ARE OPEN TO.
UM, IS DO YOU SERVE ANY TAY OR IS IT JUST ADULTS? 18 AND UP IN FAMILIES? YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE THE ONLY CENTER THAT I KNOW OF.
WE WORK WITH, UH, ALL DISABILITIES AND, UM, WE WORK WITH ALL INCOMES AND UH, OF COURSE MOST OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE VERY LITTLE INCOME, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT WE WORK WITH.
UH, SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING THE MEETING, UH, AND YOU CAN STAY ON IF YOU'D LIKE.
I DUNNO IF WE CAN SEE, CAN'T SEE.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME? THIS IS MY OLD MENTOR TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNEW ABOUT HOUSING.
SO THEN, SORRY, WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THAT THERE.
SO THEN ARNETTE, OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD TO WE'LL DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATION.
THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING THE APPLICATION BOARD TO THE HAYSTACK MEETING.
ON WHEN IS THAT MEETING? DECEMBER.
AND THEN MARIO AND DOLORES, WE WILL STAFF WILL BE EMAILING YOU BACK, UM, LATER TODAY WITH, UH, SOME NEXT STEPS.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.
DO WE END IT OR WE KEEP IT? SO FUTURE AGENDA EASY.
YEAH, I THINK THE THIRD APPLICATION THAT MAY COME THROUGH MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MM-HMM.
UM, THIS IS THEIR SECOND, RIGHT? THIS THEIR SECOND.
THIS IS THEIR SECOND, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL SEND A THIRD NEXT YEAR.
UH, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE AS A COMMITTEE WANT TO SEE, UM, HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST RECOMMEND THE SAME THING I RECOMMENDED AT THE MAIN MEETING.
AND THAT IS WHEN WE GET NEW MEMBERS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE IT'S A PROPER INTRODUCTION.
SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST HERE AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S A NEW PERSON AND WE KNOW NOTHING.
IT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE'S BACKGROUND AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
OH, YOU MEAN INDIVIDUALLY? INDIVIDUALLY.
WE, WE SHOULD INTRODUCE OURSELVES WHEN WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE.
MAY MAYBE CAN PUT A FUTURE AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE IS TO CREATE A SORT OF ELEVATOR'S PITCH ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR'S FUND IS.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S WRITTEN TO HAVE, I THINK ALL OF THE ABOVE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHO, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE WELL, THE PURPOSE OF THE BODY.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO COME TO THIS MEETING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES? NO, I'M SAYING THE NEW MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD JOIN THE COMMITTEE.
ALREADY COMMITTEE SUBMITTED FOR THE BIG ONES.
YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT ARE YOUR BACKGROUNDS AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS? THAT'S HOW I'M HEARING NOW.
JUST LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OH, PAUL HAS A BACKGROUND IN THAT.
PAUL, CAN I GET YOUR, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST HELPFUL.
INSTEAD OF LIKE, OH, THERE'S A PERSON DOWN THERE.
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SHE DOES, BUT I SEE HER ALL THE TIME.AND I THINK WE CAN, WELL WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
WE JUST CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT ASAC.
OH, WHEN SHE WHAT? SHE SAID THAT WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER EITHER.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT STUFF, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOTS STUFF.
LIKE WHEN IT'S MORE LIKE ME AND YOU, THEN IT BECOMES WEIRD OR THE BODY OR WHATEVER.
AND I MEAN LIKE WE CAN TALK, SERIAL COMMUNICATION IS LIKE ALWAYS A CONCERN.
SO IF YOU DO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT A HAYSTACK ITEM, IT REALLY SHOULD BE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE AND NOT RIGHT.
I WAS TALKING, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE.
YOU CAN GO GET TO KNOW YOUR OTHER SIDE MEMBERS.
YOU JUST ALSO CAN'T TALK ABOUT ITEMS AND HOW YOU WOULD VOTE ON ITEMS. YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ITEMS. CORRECT.
BUT, AND I WILL ALSO SUGGEST IF WE COULD DO AN ELEVATOR PITCH AS WELL AT THE LARGER MEETING FOR NEW, UM, NEW PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, SO WE'LL, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE.
LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST SAY IT EVERY TIME.
GET TO MAKE POINTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH I WILL NOT BE HERE.
BECAUSE I'M HERE UNTIL I'M FIVE.
I'M, YOU GOT ONE MORE? YOU GOT ONE MORE IN YOU.
AND I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SUITCASE.
ACTUALLY ALL I PACKING IS, I'M LIKE, HOW YOU PACK? COMING BACK SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
OH, YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT I DID? I SOLD EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU PACK YOUR CLOTHES WHEN YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK? WELL, I DIDN'T TAKE ALL MY CLOTHES.
I LEFT MY CLOTHES TAKE ONE CHANGE.
AND THEN YOU GOT, SO I SHOES, I TOOK TWO SUITCASES, MY TWO CATS.
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I KEPT WAS CLOTHES, SHOES, AND SPECIAL BOOKS.
EVERYTHING ELSE I SOLD, I LITERALLY SOLD EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'M NOT COMING BACK TO BUY NOTHING.
'CAUSE IF I KEPT IT IN STORAGE, I PUT IT IN MY DAUGHTER'S STORAGE.
BUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, INVESTMENTS, IF YOU BOUGHT EVERYTHING UP, I DON'T WANNA GET RID OF MY COUCHES.
I JUST DEPRECIATED TRY TO SELL IT.
I'M COMING BACK DRIVING A FORD OFF A LOT.
I'M GONNA STORE IT WHERE IT WAS STORE BEFORE BECAUSE I, AFTER THE SIX MONTH TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT, DID THE SAME THING, PUT MY STUFF UP AND CAME BACK TO IT.
AND THEN LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY ANNOUNCE WE DIDN'T DO THE RIGHT.
LET'S, WE NEED, OH WE NEED, WE NEED A VOTE TO MOVE TO, UH, FILE AND RECEIVE A FILE.
YOU'LL HAVE ANYONE COMMENT, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU WANNA TELL US ABOUT SATURDAY? JUST BRING YOUR BUTTS THERE ON SATURDAY.
BE THERE AT, WHERE IS SATURDAY? IT'S, I JUST EMAILED YOU GUYS.
SO IT'S AT, UM, THE, UH, MUSEUM'S PARKING LOT ON ALAMEDOS.
VOLUNTEERS ARE GETTING THERE BETWEEN 7 45 AND EIGHT.
SO WE CAN SET UP BACK THE TURKEYS UP AND THE GATE WILL OPEN AT NINE.
BUT I HAVE A FEELING THE TURKEYS WILL GO BEFORE THAT.
SO WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE A PARKING LOT TILL 10 30.
'CAUSE THEY'RE BEING VERY GRACIOUS.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT THAT THEY'RE LOADING IN FOR.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YOU GUYS CAN MAKE SURE YOU'RE OUT BY THEN.
I WAS LIKE, OH, WE'LL BE DONE.
'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY THERE UNTIL, AND NOT A GOOD DAY.
LA CRUISE, SHE'S COMING OUT AND SHE IS GOING TO BE HOSTING.
THEY GOT A LITTLE DJ THING GOING ON.
JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HAVE FUN.
I THINK LYNN SAID SHE WAS GONNA STOP BY BECAUSE MARY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR TURKEY GIVE AWAY ON THE SAME DAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE.
EVERYBODY, YOU GET A TURKEY OR THREE TURKEYS.
IF I'M RESOURCEFUL, WHAT TIME SHOULD PEOPLE ARRIVE? JUST SO I'M PRETTY WHENEVER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA LINE UP BEFORE WE OPEN.
I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE YOUR OH,
HEY, I, ON THE OTHER HAND WILL BE UP AT ABOUT FOUR 30 BECAUSE I
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HAVE TO GO OVER TO RALPH'S IN A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND PICK UP THE TURKEYS AT 6:30 AM SO ARE THEY DONATING? NO, I ALREADY PAID FOR IT TODAY.2,169 TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST THE DISCOUNT DEAL.