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AND, UM, HAPPY YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW WE STARTED NOT SO GOOD, BUT WE HOPE, YOU KNOW, IN TIME THINGS WILL IMPROVE.
AND I KNOW WITH ALL OUR COMMITMENT, THE COMMITMENT OF ALL THE LOS ANGELES, I THINK WE WILL REV PREVAIL.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER JANUARY 22ND, 2025.
TIME IS 6:32 PM UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, UM, COMMISSIONER MELLINGER AND LA ARE EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING AND, UM, HAVE ANY OTHER EXCUSED ABSENCES? YES.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION TO THEIR ABSENCES? I GUESS? NO.
UM, TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I WILL PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROJECT YOUR VOICE WHEN MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS.
I'LL HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF THAT
UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM.
ITEM ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2024.
SO FIRST NICHOLSON, AND THEN ANGELA.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, BOTH IN ZOOM AND IN PERSON? THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THE AGENDA OR MINUTE ITEMS? NONE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL TO THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER CHIEF PATTERSON? YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK FOR POINT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE MOVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER, WHAT IS IT? ITEM NUMBER TWO, DOWN TO NUMBER FOUR.
IT'S EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
THEN ITEM NUMBER TWO GETS MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND WE'LL PROCEED WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH NOW BECOMES ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SO ITEM NUMBER TWO, FORMERLY ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IMPACTED BY THE LOS ANGELES FIRES AND IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS AFFECTED BY THE FIRE.
OKAY, MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD? YES, GO AHEAD.
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ANY, UM, DISCUSSION? I GUESS PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE CAN DO DISCUSSION OR PRESENT IF THERE'S A PRESENTATION ON IT.UM, SO IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IF THERE'S ANY IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN.
UH, ARE COMMISSIONERS WHO, UM, WELL, IS THERE ANY NO SEEING NONE.
UM, OUR COMMISSIONER WHO, UH, UM, COMMIT A MOTION AND THEN SECOND THE MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS MOTION? UH, WELL, IS IT TIME FOR DISCUSSION? YES.
UM, WELL, I THINK I WOULD PUT FORWARD IF THE, AS A COMMISSION WE WANT TO SUPPORT, LIKE DECIDE ON A OR MULTIPLE NONPROFITS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THOSE ARE IMPACTED BY THE FIRES.
I KNOW THE YMCA IS DOING COLLECTIONS, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TOILETRIES.
THERE'S GOODS AND THINGS FOR OF THEIR CENTERS WHERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE FIRES AND THEN CENTERS IN LONG BEACH AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY HAVE LIKE A PROCESS SYSTEM ORGANIZED, SO WE SEE COLLECTIONS AND THAT KIND.
SO I THOUGHT THAT COULD BE ONE OPTION, ESPECIALLY, UM, WE HEARD THAT FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS WERE YES.
AND I THOUGHT LIKE IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE COULD, I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA HAVE TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE COMMISSION OR SOMETHING, COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE COULD ALSO SUPPORT.
UM, CHAIRMAN MELLINGER MENTIONED THAT THE HYATT, SHE IS THE, SHE'S BEEN CONTACT WITH THE HYATT HOTEL THAT WAS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING SOMEHOW.
SO I THINK THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE
UM, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 90 YEARS, SERVING THE CITY OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND, UM, AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UM, IS UM, IS ALSO TAKING DONATIONS TO HELP SPECIFICALLY THE, UM, EDEN, UM, EDEN FIRES, PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE EDEN FIRES THROUGH, UM, AND WE'RE CONNECTING WITH, WE ARE, OUR JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH PASADENA TO CONNECT AND FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS THEY, UM, THEY ARE HAVING THAT THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT EMERITUS PAST PRESIDENT OF, OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE IN PASADENA DID LOSE HER HOME.
AND SO WE, UM, THERE IS SOME IMPACT, DIRECT IMPACT TO THAT.
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES, ALL WE, UM, JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH IS ALSO DIRECTLY CONNECTING, UM, FUNDS TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN PASADENA THROUGH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES.
UM, AND JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES ALSO HAS A WISHLIST THAT WE CAN DON UM, WE CAN GIVE DONATIONS FOR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, MARYANNE HARRISON, WHO IS THE PASTOR OF ALTO ALTA, I ALWAYS WANNA CALL, I CHANGED THE NAME OF HER CHURCH, UM, CHRIST, THE SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ALTADENA, WHICH I CHANGED THE NAME TO ALNA LUTHERAN CHURCH 'CAUSE I THINK IT SOUNDS BETTER, UM, IS ALSO COORDINATING, UH, RESOURCES IN ORDER TO, UM, IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRES.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS ONLY AS A CONSIDERATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE.
AND SO I'M RELYING ON ALL YOU TO SORT OF, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT DECISION.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, MAYBE YOU SAW GARCIA TODAY ON, UH, JERRY, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT VISITS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE CERTAIN CONDITIONS PLACED.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT FEDERAL FUNDING COMES TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE THROUGH THESE SEVERAL LOSSES THAT THE COMMISSION FOR THE, THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND REQUEST THAT THE ELECTIVES.
AND BY THAT, LET'S SAY WE MEAN THE MAYOR, WE, THE ASSEMBLY WOMEN, WE MEAN, UH, THE STATE SENATOR AND WE MEAN THIS LOBBY CITY COUNCIL, THAT WE STRONGLY URGE THEM TO STAND STRONG.
THAT WE WILL, AS A COMMISSION STAND WITH THEM, UM, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT CAVING INTO THESE DEMANDS THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE MET, LIKE STEPPING ASIDE AND ALLOWING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, UH, THINGS TO HAPPEN.
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KNOW THAT WAS NOT AN ELEGANT WAY TO STATE IT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE DRINK.I THINK IT'S WHAT A LOVELY THING TO THE COMMISSION TO BEGIN TAKING POSITIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE ELECTED TO ACT, TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WHEN THEY DO AND SAY IT, AND PUT THAT BARRIER THERE FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION STANDS BEHIND THAT DECISION.
WE DON'T WANNA BE SAY YES, UH, BUT, AND WE BELIEVE WE'D SERVE ALL THAT PAYMENT MONEY AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
I'D BE INTERESTED IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WELL, I I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, EXCELLENT IDEA.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S SORT OF SEPARATE FROM THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE, WHICH IS PROVIDING DIRECT RESOURCES, UM, TO THE, UH, THOSE IMPACTED BY, YOU KNOW, THE DISASTER, FIRE DISASTER.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER.
BUT MAYBE NOT IN RELATION TO THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR, I AM, I JUST IN, IN MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, TO PROVIDE MAYBE RESOURCES, DIRECT RESOURCES, LIKE SOMEONE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR CHAIR, UM, HAD, UH, MENTIONED TO ME ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE VICTIMS, UM, FROM THE FIRE ARE BEING HOUSED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, IS IN DEMAND OF A HYGIENE PRODUCT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TANGIBLE ITEM THAT WE CAN OFFER.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN ALSO OFFER.
I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S A WISHLIST, PERHAPS IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE, THE WISHLIST AND BE, AND SEE WHAT TANGIBLE ITEMS WE CAN CONTRIBUTE.
THAT IS, I THINK WHAT MAYBE, UM, THIS IS INTENDED TO DO THIS MOTION.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL INTERPRETATION.
I DUNNO WHAT THE REST OF IT IS.
UM, I, I, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT, UM, THIS MOTION.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT INVOLVING I I I GIVING MY FUNDS.
I PERSONALLY IN VOLUNTEERING MY TIME INTO HELPING THOSE IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS, BUT AS A COMMISSION, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT KIND OF GETTING INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
LIKE THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE FIN RESOURCES.
WE HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING HERE.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT US, YOU KNOW, UM, WEARING OURSELVES THIN WITH INVOLVING OURSELVES IN OTHER AS A, AS A, AS A MISSION.
OTHER THINGS, OF COURSE, WE WANNA DO THOSE THINGS PERSONALLY.
AND, UH, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT.
AND, AND I GUESS THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT RAISES A QUESTION IN TERMS OF IF WE AGREE AS A BODY TO, UH, MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO SUPPORT IN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, BY TAKING SOMETHING FROM THE WISHLIST OR BY, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, DOING THE, THE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
HOW WOULD WE DO THAT AS A BODY? WOULD THAT BE LIKE A PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL CON, UH, CONTRIBUTION THAT WE WOULD MAKE? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME, DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AS A COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT FUNDS TO SPEND ON, YOU KNOW, UM, BUYING SUCH ITEMS? UH, I MEAN, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I'M, I'M NOT CERTAIN, THANK YOU.
I'M ASSUMING THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? YES.
SO, SO, UM, FOR THE ITEM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE TO, TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT POTENTIAL NEEDS MAY HAVE ARISE FROM THE, FROM THE A BUYERS MM-HMM
AND THEN IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ALLEVIATE THOSE NEEDS, NOT NECESSARILY AS THE PLANNING BODY AND PERMISSION PROVIDE THOSE NEEDS FROM YOURSELF.
SO IT'S JUST AN IDENTIFICATION PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD JUST IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES, SORT OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE DR.
ANGLE IS TO IDENTIFY, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, CAN SUPPORT.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THREE THINGS.
UM, FIRST IT, LAST TUESDAY, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MADE A SIGNIFICANT DONATION OF BOTH FUNDRAISED DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY, UH, $509,000 IF, UH, OR ABOUT FIVE.
AND THEN, UM, SO WE HAVE, SO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN, UM, GIVEN THOSE RESOURCES.
THE SECOND THEME IS THAT WHILE IT FEELS URGENT NOW WITH EVERYONE COMING, BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENED, UM, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO I KNOW WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS, FIVE
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YEARS.SO WE HAVE TIME TO, UM, TO CREATE A DONATION AND CREATE SOMETHING WITH INTENTION TO HELP IN SUPPORT OF PEOPLE WITH THE WILDFIRE, UM, WHO ARE, WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRES.
I, I MEAN, I LOVE ZOE'S SUGGESTION OF, AS A COMMISSION, COULD WE DO SOMETHING MORE AROUND POLICY AND ADVOCACY THAT WOULD HAVE, I THINK, MAYBE A LONGER TERM IMPACT, MAYBE MORE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT ISN'T AS COMMONLY KNOWN.
I THINK IN ONE DISASTER STRIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE STUFF THAT'S GIVEN, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE COMMISSION FOR US TO CONSIDER WHAT KIND OF POLICY WORK OR SUPPORT WE COULD GIVE BEHIND TOO THAT WOULD END UP SUPPORTING THAT IT WOULD BE FULFILLING OUR MISSION, WHICH IS ADVISING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHO WE'RE, WE'RE ADVISING, PUT ON THAT LIST.
UM, THAT'S A BIG, LIKE ADULTS, IF, IF, THE WAY I HANDLED IT ON THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IS SOMEBODY WHO REALLY FEELS, UH, OR TWO OR THREE FEEL STRONGLY, THEY DRAFT A LETTER OF, AND THAT'S DISTRIBUTED TO THE ELECTEDS.
AND, UM, IT GOES, THE LETTER GOES THROUGH AN APPROVAL HERE AMONG THE BODY.
AND IF IT IS VOTED AND ACCEPTED THAT IT GOES FORWARD, AND IT IS DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMISSION, NOT FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS A COMMISSION, YOU ARE ABLE NOW TO START MAKING POLICY.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS IS GOING TO BE KEY TO SUPPORTING, UM, OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO CREATE CHANGE.
AND TO SAY THAT CALIFORNIA, THE CITIES, OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES WILL NOT BE BULLIED WHEN WE ARE VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, UH, HURRICANES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE, WE ENCOUNTER
AND YES, I, I DO AGREE WITH THAT AND I SUPPORT YOU.
PERHAPS, UM, AS A, IF SOMEBODY DOES WANNA TAKE THAT ON TO DROP THAT LETTER, WE COULD DEFINITELY, I, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORTIVE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE OF A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THE, THE CRISIS.
WELL, I THINK IT IS NEXT WEEK,
I MEAN, I, I'M PLACING THIS ON THE FACT THAT HE'S ABOUT TO PUT CONDITIONS AND THAT THE MONEY WILL NOT BE FORTHCOMING AND THEY NEED RIGHT NOW, UNLESS THE STATE DOES SOMETHING.
AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING ISN'T THAT WE'RE GONNA STAND THERE SAYING THAT THE, THE COMMISSION, THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, I, I AM, I AM EXCITED THAT THE PROSPECT OF REALIZATION OF HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAVE, I REALLY AM.
AND I THINK ONE WAY YOU CAN SWIM IN THAT IS TO LEARN ABOUT THE TION AND THE STATE COMMISSION AND SEE HOW THEY HAVE INFLUENCED THE SUPERVISORS AND THE STATE.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE WORSHIP THIS OUT, BUT I, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU THAT AS A BODY, AS IN THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE OBLIGATION, YOU HAVE THE JOY OF SHARING WITH PEOPLE WHAT THE POSITION OF THIS BODY IS ON A CERTAIN ISSUE.
AND THOUGH IT WOULD BE R AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE ASSEMBLY, ALL THESE ELECTEDS STANDING THERE SAYING NO, WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ARMED WITH THE LETTER SAYING, THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS YOUR SAYING NO.
I JUST WANNA ADD, I I FULLY SUPPORT, UM, THAT AS WELL.
REALLY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, NICHOLSON.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE DEALING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE FIRST, THE ITEM UHHUH ON THE AGENDA IS WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE RESOURCES THIS LIST, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, OR IT'S GONNA BE AN APPROVED LIST BY THE COMMISSION TO SHARE AMONGST EACH OTHER THAT WE THIS PERSONAL DONATE, OR WHAT IS THIS LIST? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ANYTHING YOU WANT? IT'S JUST THE ITEM AS IT, YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION.
YOU MAY HAVE A DISCUSSION, IDENTIFY THE OR AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDING LATER
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AND KNOW THAT THESE SOURCE ASSIST FOR THIS CONVERSATION.UM, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION AS IT'S WRITTEN IS TO, UM, TO ACCEPT THE DISCUSSION.
AND THEN IT'LL, IT'S NOT THERE.
YOU ALSO HAVE TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS TO MAKE FIRM LEASE, UM, TO THE MOTION AND ADD ADDITIONAL.
AND THEN I, I WILL, AND WE HAVE OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY HERE WHO CAN ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WHO, WHO PUT THIS AGENDA ON THE LIST, UH, ON THE, WHO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA? SO WHEN, WHEN AGENDA ITEMS JUST DRAFTED, UM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY MEETS WITH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP TO DISCUSS AGENDA TOPICS AND QUESTION, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMISSION TO CREATE A MASTER LIST OF THINGS WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND PLACES WE, UH, HOPE THEY GO AND THE COMMISSION IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLISHES THAT IN SOME WAY, LIKE THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT ARE COLLECTING THINGS AND THE COMMUNITY TABLE, FOOD BANK OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I, I'M NOT PRESUMING THAT I KNOW ALL OF THEM, BUT I THINK FOR US AS A BODY TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED AND HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN TAKE IT.
IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT ALRIGHT? I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TO IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, THERE COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A MODIFICATION TO THIS ITEM TO CREATE A LIST THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A RUNNING LIST.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED, THIS DISCUSSION CAN COME BACK AS ANOTHER ITEM AND THEN IT CAN BE ADDED ON.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS CAN CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT YOU ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC AND THEN ALSO LIKE OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU ALL DISCUSSED AS WELL.
SO MS. UH, YES, I WAS GONNA SHARE THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO PUT ON OUR UPCOMING FULLY WEBSITE AS SAM AND I, MAYBE OTHERS WHO WORK ON THE COMMUNICATION
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL PRETTY WELL CONNECTED WITH LIKE, UM, UH, SATYA OR COMMISSIONER, UH, MENTIONED WITH OUR PERSONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PERSONALLY DONATED TO.
SO MAYBE THE NEXT BIG ASK WOULD BE TO, UM, HEAD THE, IN THE LETTER DIRECTION TOO.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT, IT NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE AGENDA, IS WHAT IS HOW, WHEN THESE NEED TO GO TO THIS ONE.
SO I THINK THAT IS, I, I I THINK YOUR, UM, SUGGESTION IS A MORE BROADER THAN JUST THE, I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED AN EXAMPLE, THE ISSUE OF THE UNDOCUMENTED
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE OF BROADER, I MEAN, I SUPPORT IT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT IT DOESN'T JUST DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE DEVASTATION CREATED BY THE NATURAL DISASTER, BUT IT'S YOURS.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE A BROADER, UM, WELL, I THINK WE'RE JUST JOINING THEM TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA, DO, WE EXPECT THE FEMA SUPPORT TO BE DELIVERED.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION IS I HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST MY REACTION BECAUSE LA COUNTY COMMISSION, WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN THAT TYPE OF, UH, ADVOCACY, ANYTHING DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, POLITICS.
SO JUST, THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE, OKAY.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE CITY IT IS THAN IT IS WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
NO, WE CAN'T, ANYHOW, WE HAVE TO REMAIN.
SO THEN, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, TO CLARIFY HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, MAKE A LIST IS THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA CREATE A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, WE CAN PUBLISH SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEEK, UM, DONATIONS OR I, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? IS THAT THE RIGHT, WOULD WE HAVE TO AMEND? DO WELL, DO WE HAVE TO AMEND? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE TO AMEND THE, THE, UM, MOTION HERE? SO YOU, YOU CAN, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE DONE WITH THE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST ON THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION WHICH HAVE DISCUSS WHICH, AND
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THAT YOU ALREADY LIST SOME ORGANIZATIONS.SO, UM, I ASSETS, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN KNOW IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, OR YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE IT FROM OKAY.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON MADE REGARDING THE LETTER TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE DONE AS PART OF THE, UH, THE MOTION OR WOULD THAT BE A SEPARATE? I THINK YES, AS LONG AS IT'S RELATED TO THE WILDFIRES AND WOMEN AND GIRLS, ANY TYPE OF, UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR SUBSTITUTE CAN BE MADE, UM, TO THIS ITEM AS LONG AS IT'S RELATED TO THE ITEM.
IS, IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? MM-HMM
SO WE NEED TO THEN AMEND THE MOTION YES.
SO, SO YOU WANNA, UM, ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THAT SO THAT WE CAN AMEND A MOTION TO INCORPORATE YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WORK ON AN ADVISORY LETTER REGARDING THE NEEDS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IMPACTED BY THE LOS ANGELES FIRES AND THE LETTER BE PRESENTED TO THE BODY FOR DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING.
IS THAT OKAY? AND IF YOU CAN JUST SPECIFY WHO WOULD BE DRAFTING THAT LETTER.
SO WOULD IT BE YOURSELF OR WORKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE, OR, WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, AND THAT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING.
BECAUSE YOU SECOND, RIGHT, SO YOU ACCEPT HER? YEAH.
SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED, ACCEPT IT SECOND.
SO NOW DO WE, UH, CALL FOR THE QUESTION OR IS THERE MORE? IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED MOTION, YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND NOW SPEAK ON THAT AMENDED MOTION, BUT IF THERE ISN'T ANY, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR SHOULD WE CALL FOR THE QUESTION? OKAY.
AND THEN THIS CALL FOR QUESTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES.
SO, AND I KNOW WE HAD MOVED THE ITEM TO ITEM FOUR, BUT NOW CAN WE MOVE IT TO ITEM THREE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR SPEAKER JOIN US? SO ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM ANGELA PARKER OF THE GENESIS CENTER.
SORRY FOR MISPRONOUNCING ON ADVOCACY AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UH, WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR, IS THERE A SLIDESHOW? YES.
WE'LL BE SHARING IT RIGHT NOW, SHORTLY.
AND THEN BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I THANK YOU.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION FOR GENESEE CENTER.
WE'RE THE OLDEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM IN SOUTH ANGELES.
ALTHOUGH OUR SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY IN SPOT SIX, WE DO HAVE, UH, CLIENTS THAT SERVICE THAT COME FROM THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND EVEN FROM DIFFERENT, UM, STATES AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND POSSIBLE WAYS THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITIES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
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SO, UM, JUST SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT GENE CENTER.WE WERE FOUNDED BY BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
WE STARTED OFF AS A SOCIAL CLUB, WHICH I JUST THINK IS JUST A REALLY INTERESTING STORY BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE POWER OF PEOPLE WHO JUST COME TOGETHER WHO WANT TO DO GOOD.
AND BY COMING TOGETHER, THEY'RE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT THEY MAY EVEN THOUGHT OF.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT ACCEPT TEENAGE BOYS.
UM, WE SERVE CLIENTS THAT OTHER SHELTERS WILL NOT TAKE.
UM, WE DO NOT COUNSEL OUR VICTIMS TO BREAK UP OR DIVORCE THEIR ABUSERS.
WE'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION.
UM, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FREE OF CHARGE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT CLIENTS THRIVE IN CULTURALLY SETTINGS.
NO, WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A SHELTER, ACTUALLY.
WE SEE OURSELF AS SELF-CONTAINED LEARNING CENTERS THAT LITERALLY GIVE CLIENTS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO SUCCEED WHERE THEY LIVE.
SO IN ADDITION TO BEAUTIFUL BEDROOMS, AND YOU'LL SEE PICTURES, WE HAVE BOUTIQUES, WE HAVE CLASSROOMS, WE HAVE, UM, CHILDCARE CENTERS.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT SHELTER IS JUST THE BEGINNING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO COME TO SHELTER HAVE THE VERY LITTLE RESOURCES.
SO I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THE FACE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE OFTEN THE MARGINALIZED AND THE POOR.
AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ARE THE ONES WHO DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THEIR OWN APARTMENT.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN GO LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, RIGHT? THEY CAN BUY THEIR HOUSE.
AND SO THEY END UP IN SHELTER, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS A PLACE OF MASS RESORT.
AND SO FOR THAT, OUR FOCUS IS TO MOVE OUR CLIENTS FROM CRISIS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND THEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
SO OUR MISSION IS SURVIVE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE, CENTRALIZED BASED, UH, SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT ENSURE, AGAIN, THEY MOVE FROM CRISIS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF HOW IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UM, WE SEE OUR PHILOSOPHY THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A FAMILY ISSUE, NOT JUST A PERSONAL ISSUE IN THE HOME.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOME, WE TO THE COMMUNITY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CULTURALLY CONFLICT.
AND CULTURALLY, CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS OF CHILDREN ARE THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS TO TYPICALLY THE MEN AND WOMEN OR THE NON-CONFORMING PEOPLE WHO COME INTO OUR SHELTER HAVE ABOUT TWO CHILDREN.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU COME THROUGH OUR DOORS, YOU ARE BEING TRANSFORMED FROM A VICTIM, VICTIM INTO A SURVIVOR.
WE WILL SERVICE POPULATIONS THAT NOBODY ELSE WILL SERVICE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING AT DENTISTY, I ANSWERED PHONES.
AND SO I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A BIGGER TRADITIONAL SHELTER WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD A BLACK CLIENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT DO WELL WITH BLACK WOMEN.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BIASES, CULTURAL BIASES, THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SERVICE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ETHNIC GROUPS.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC OPINION AND PUBLIC POLICY MUST BE IMPACTED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REAL CHANGE.
AND THEN MEN MUST BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE MEN, SOMETIMES THE ABUSERS, BUT THEY'RE THE VICTIMS AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEM OUT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK.
UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT US, WE HAVE A 30 DAY EMERGENCY SHELTER WHERE CLIENTS COULD STAY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 45 DAYS.
WE DO ONSITE CASE MANAGER AT THIS SHELTER.
THERE'S A RELAXATION GARDEN AT CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA, A DIGITAL LEARNING CENTER.
WE PROVIDE CLASSES THERE AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING APARTMENTS WHERE THE CLIENTS CAN STAY ANYWHERE BETWEEN, UH, UP TO TWO YEARS.
AND, UM, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS SITE A.
SO AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE BEDROOMS, YOU'LL SEE CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE THE STARLIGHT ROOM, WHICH IS A RELAXATION ROOM.
UH, WE HAVE A SALON AND A BOUTIQUE WHERE WE TEACH CLIENTS HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS AND DO THEIR HAIR AND MAKEUP.
BUT BEYOND THE PHYSICAL STUFF, IT'S THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE NO LONGER THE PERSON WHO YOU WERE WHEN YOU STEPPED INTO THE SHELTER.
SO NOW YOU CAN TRANSFORM INTO WHO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE CAN HOUSE FAMILIES AS LARGE AS SEVEN, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO TO THREE BEDROOMS IN OUR NEXT SHELTER, WHICH IS SITE B, WHICH IS JUST VERY SIMILAR, JUST LARGER, UH, BEDROOMS AS WELL.
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AND THEN WE ALSO, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, WE OPENED UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR, UH, FAMILY STORE CENTER IN THE WEST ADAMS LAER PARK DISTRICT.AND, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, WE DO COOK THROUGH THE ARTS, AGAIN, OUR STYLE CENTER, OUR, UH, PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO IN THE NEST LEARNING CENTER, AND THEN OUR CHILDREN'S CENTER AS WELL.
YEAH, OUR FAMILY SOURCE CENTER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO DO IS TAKE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE FOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS AND GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR WEST ADAMS LAER CENTER.
WE PROVIDE, UM, HELP WITH HOUSING, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH, PARENTING, COMPUTER SKILLS, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY.
WE ALSO OFFER FREE TUTORING AND COLLEGE PREP FOR YOUTH.
THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR SERVICES LOOK LIKE.
WE DO AN INTAKE, THEY DO CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN TOGETHER WITH THE CASE MANAGER, WE WORK THE PROGRAMS DEPENDING ON WHAT PEOPLE NEED BECAUSE EVERYONE DEFINES SUCCESS DIFFERENTLY.
SO WE WANNA WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CLIENTS TO GET THEM TO WHERE THEY WANNA BE.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING WHERE WE HELP CLIENTS, UH, EITHER GO BACK TO SCHOOL, GET AN INTERNSHIP, GET A JOB.
ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF CLIENTS HAVE A VERY ROBUST ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM.
AND SINCE WE STARTED THAT, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 10 CLIENTS START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
WE DO OUR IN-HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM WITH INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING.
WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM WITH AN IN-HOUSE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WE OPERATE OUTTA THE INGLEWOOD SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE.
WE'VE DONE ABOUT 30,000 RESTRAINING ORDERS SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES A SUMMER CAMP.
WE HAVE AN ONSITE, UM, NURSE THAT HELPS WITH HEALTH ISSUES.
AND THEN WE DO A VARIETY OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR LEGAL CLINIC, SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF, UH, EYEBALL ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO.
WE HELP WITH IMMIGRATION, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING ISSUES, AND LEGAL EDUCATION.
AGAIN, JUST MORE ABOUT OUR IN-HOUSE LEGAL PROGRAM.
WE ALSO DO PRO BONO ASSISTANT WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DIFFERENT LEGAL FIRMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHILDREN AND DISTRICT PROGRAMS, COUNSELING, ART THERAPY, MENTORING, UM, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENS ALL YEAR ROUND.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE CHILD'S CASE MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING, AND AFTER SCHOOL AND PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP BUILDING PROGRAMS, WHICH WE CALL JPAC, PARENTS AND CHILDREN GENERATION JAZZ.
WHAT I DO
WE DO THIS THROUGH A THREE-PRONG APPROACH.
WE DO ONSITE SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ON CAMPUSES DOING TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS.
WE DO PEER TO PEER MENTORSHIP WHERE WE TRAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON HOW TO TALK TO OTHER KIDS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WE DO A VARIETY OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING A YOUTH SYMPOSIUM AT LMU, UH, IN FEBRUARY.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS OUR HOTLINE.
WE HAVE A 24 HOUR HOTLINE WHERE WE COULD BE REACHED 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND OUR WEBSITE INFORMATION.
AND SO STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING COLLABORATIONS WITHIN LONG BEACH AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A PARTNERSHIP.
SO AS THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS ON THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE THAT AFFECTS YOUR CITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO GET INFORMATION FROM YOU, LIKE, WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DO YOU THINK IS BEST? AFTER THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP TARGET STRATEGIES WITH YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLABORATIONS CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP TARGETED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS GENDER ISSUES.
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AGAIN TO CHOOSE YOUR TARGET POPULATION.
UM, IF YOU COULD CONNECT US WITH SISTER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT WHAT WE DO, YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND WE CAN COLLABORATE, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO WORKING ON, UH, PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT COULD AFFECT AREAS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, WITHIN YOUR CITY.
AND THEN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA WORK TOGETHER TO EDUCATE WOMEN IN YOUR CITY ABOUT OUR VARIOUS SHELTER PROGRAMMING.
AND ALSO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TRAININGS TAILORED TO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
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WE CAN DO TRAININGS AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 1 0 1, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SELF CARE, LEGAL OPTIONS, ET CETERA, WHATEVER, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAININGS THAT WE CAN OFFER THESE TRAININGS VIA CHARGE.LAST ONE, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH.
WE WORK WITH A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT INCLUDE COMMUNITY BUILD, THE BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE JOURNEY OUT.
UM, WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS WITH THE LAPD DART PROGRAM.
SO WE DO RIDEALONGS WITH THE LAPD WHENEVER THERE'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION.
AND THE DART PROGRAM PERSON IS THE PERSON WHO TALKS TO THE VICTIM AND HELPS THEM BRING THEM INTO SHELTER NECESSARY.
WE WORK WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL TRAINING CONSORTIUM, BLUE SHIELDS, LA HEALTH PLAN AND FAMILY, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AND THEN THROUGH OUR GENERATION J PROGRAM, WE PARTNER WITH VARIOUS SCHOOLS INCLUDING MONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BLUECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ST.
MARY'S ACADEMY, CLOSURE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AUGUSTA HAWKIN HIGH SCHOOL.
CRENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL, U-S-C-U-C-L-A-L-M-U, ACCIDENTAL COLLEGE MOUNT ST.
MARY COLLEGE, EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE, PASADENA COLLEGE, SANTA MONICA COLLEGE.
AND WE'RE WORK WORKING ON STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RED HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH RED HIGH SCHOOL? SO, UM, WE HAVE GONE TO JUST A FEW OUTREACH PROGRAMMING.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO START DOING TRAININGS AT THE SCHOOL.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT WITH US FOR OUR YOUTH SYMPOSIUM.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST SORT OF, UH, WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM, SOMETIMES LIKE WHEN YOU COME TO SCHOOLS, THERE'S SOME KIND OF SUSPICION LIKE AROUND YOU.
AND SO WE WERE PLANNING ALL OF THESE, LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS WE WANTED TO DO.
AND THEN THE PRINCIPAL WAS LIKE, WELL, I HAVE TO RUN THIS BY OUR BOARD.
AND SO I'M WAITING AND WAIT AND WAIT,
SO THEN LIKE, I JUST HAD TO CIRCLE BACK AND BE LIKE, HI, REMEMBER US? SO THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, COME TO LIKE OUR DIFFERENT, UM, THE TABLE, WHICH IS A GOOD START, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO GET A FOOT THROUGH THE DOOR.
AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN INVITING US TO COME AND TABLE AND NOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE DOOR, I'M GONNA WANNA, AND THEY CAN TRUST US A LITTLE BIT.
I WANNA PITCH AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO GROUPS JUST TO COME IN AND DO THESE FIRST SHOPS OUR BEST.
JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP AND LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT MADE YOU, UH, DEVELOP OR THINK OF DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT SCHOOL IN THE FIRST PLACE? SO ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO SHE WAS LIKE, WOULDN'T BE GREAT IF WE WOULD CONNECT THEM.
LIKE YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS TOO, WHY THE CONVERSATION GOT STARTED BECAUSE PEOPLE KNEW HER AND THEN, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PRINCIPAL IS LIKE THE, LIKE KING OF THEIR OWN
SO IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE ON BOARD.
SO I WAS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS AND SO NOW, LIKE CO COLLABORATE WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
UH, WHERE'S YOUR SHELTER? SO WE'RE IN SOUTH LA NOT TOO FAR FROM USC.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ORGANIZATION.
JUST SO DID, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ONE IS, UM, ONE OF YOUR SITES SAYS YOU DON'T BOYS OVER 12.
THAT WAS A GAME THAT I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT
IT WAS SORT OF LIKE A KIND OF, YEAH.
AND I HAVE CHANCE TO FIX, I USUALLY DO IT SOMETIMES, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA DO IT FOR THE MEETING AND I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO FIX THE WORDING AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL I WAS DOING IT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONLY SHELTERS THAT ACCEPT TEENAGE BOYS.
MOST SHELTERS HAVE A CUTOFF AT THE AGE OF 12.
UM, WE ALSO TAKE MEN AND WE TAKE TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON PERFORMANCE CLIENTS AS WELL.
MY SECOND QUESTION, SORRY, WAS, UM, AFTER PEOPLE, UH, FAMILIES LEAVE, UM, THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, HOW LONG DO YOU, DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM AFTER? SO, SO WE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM, UH, FOR UP TO TWO YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM WHERE WE HELP CLIENTS, UH, GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW THE FUNDING IS PER YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO DO LIKE FIRST AND LAST RENT, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH FURNITURE.
UM, CURRENTLY WE PARTNERED WITH A FACILITY IN KOREATOWN ON FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA CALLED
SO WE HAD CLIENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO GO FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY DO THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO HALF THE CLIENTS THERE OR OUR CLIENTS, THE OTHER HALF ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
SO WE DO LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THERAPY AND PROGRAMMING FOR THE ENTIRE PARTNER BUILDING,
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BUT IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CLIENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING? HOW'S FUNDING GOING? OKAY,
SO WE GET A LOT OF FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING, ESTATE FUNDING.
HOWEVER, UM, WE HAVE, UH, LOSS AND GRANTS, UM, COMING INTO THIS YEAR.
SO WE ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN SORT OF MAKE UP FOR THAT KIND OF FUNDING.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
I WROTE ONE YEAR, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS IN VOGUE AND EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY'S PULLING MONEY AT IT.
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, UH, NOT SO MUCH.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS IN, IN LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND ALWAYS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS.
NOW MORE TO SORT OF SUPPLEMENT THAT, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY JUST LOST TWO BIG GRANTS.
WE HAD THIS GOVERNMENT GRANT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT FOREVER, LIKE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO RENEW IT.
A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION IS COMING IN RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY FRIENDLY TO THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA AFFECT LEARNING AS WELL.
IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS FOR ANYBODY.
BUT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN SOMETIMES IS WHEN YOU HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S NOT VERY FRIENDLY TO THESE ISSUES, WE WILL SEE A A, A RICH PERSON.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF THE
WE RECENTLY GOT, UM, A $2.5 MILLION GRANT FROM JEFF BAZOS THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT.
BUT BECAUSE WE LOST OTHER GRANTS, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LIKE EXTRA MONEY.
IT'S JUST KIND OF FILL IN THE GAP.
LIKE WE'RE STILL GETTING THE RULES AROUND HERE.
SORRY, WE'RE THAT WE'RE BABIES.
UH, WELL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHEN I ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU BLOW MY MIND.
UH, WE NEED YOU SO MUCH AND IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WROTE DOWN, NORMALIZATION OF STICKING WITH A VIOLENT HUSBAND, UM, WHICH IS NO ONE EXTREME AND TRUE.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY KNOW BETTER THAN I, I MEAN THE FLOSSY CENTER HERE, THERE ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTERS HERE.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MOVED I AM THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING OUT WITH THE POLICE THAT ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THE SURVIVOR.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THOUGHT WERE MARVELOUS.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT GOING IN, NOT IN UNIFORM.
NOT LOOKING TO CREATE A SCRAP.
UM, IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING I, I WANT TO KNOW, OR I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, HAS YOUR PROGRAM BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRE? SO OUR PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE, FOR THE LAST WEEK WE PARTNERED WITH LA CARE HEALTH PLAN TO, UH, RAISE, UH, MONEY AND AWARENESS AND WE RECEIVED ITEMS AS WELL.
AND SO THOSE ITEMS WENT TO CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE DEDICATED BY, UH, I'M SORRY, THAT WERE FIXED BY LA CARE.
AND SO WE WERE JUST LIKE, THE CENTER DROPPED OFF STUFF AND THE LA CARE CAME AND PICKED IT UP AND TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME CHURCHES IN SNA THAT WE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT WE PERSONALLY TOOK STUFF TO AS WELL.
AND THEN WE SOME ITEMS AT OUR FAMILY SOURCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ANGELES WHO CAN COME AND GIVE THEM TIME.
HAVE, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA OFFER YOU A LITTLE TINY SLIVER OF, UH, OF POSSIBILITY THAT ALL THE OLIGARCHS AND TECH PEOPLE, UM, ALL HAVE WIVES AND THEY ALL HAVE MOTHERS AND THEY ALL HAVE DAUGHTERS.
AND, UH, FUNDRAISING WITH THE WIVES AND MOTHER'S DAUGHTERS IS, IS, UM, THEY THE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPENSATION
I MEAN, SHE FUNDS MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS
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AND I WANNA RECOMMEND TO YOU, SHE'S ONE WITH A VERY BIG HEART TO GET AHOLD OF ABIGAIL DISNEY.I, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT ONE OPPORTUNITY I CAN THINK OF OF, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT MY COMMUNITY, I LIVE IN NORTH LONG BEACH, WE HAVE A JAZZ FEST EVERY SUMMER.
SO WONDERING IF YOU'D PEOPLE OH YEAH.
AND IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WERE SOME PRESENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE PARK THAT WITH THE JAZZFEST IN PLACE, I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN VERY TENSE SITUATIONS BETWEEN COUPLES MM-HMM
SO I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A YEAH, NO, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE A NEWS OF, OH, MATT.
WE ARE, WE ARE A NEW, WE'RE A NEW COMMISSION.
THIS IS, UM, WE STARTED MEETING OFFICIALLY IN JUNE.
UM, ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS IS TO HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONFERENCE, UM, OH, SOMETIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL ALSO BE A GREAT WAY TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WITH LOYOLA MARYMOUNT AND LUTHERAN
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, AND I'M NOT ON THAT, THAT COMMITTEE, BUT I DID KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE HERE BEYOND JUST BEING COMPLETELY AWESOME IN THE, FOR POSSIBLE ORGANIZATION.
THE SECOND THING IS, IS THAT, UM, WHILE WE ARE, WHILE WE ARE DIFFERENT SPOTS MM-HMM.
OH, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE SPOT, UH, YEAH, WE ARE SPOT EIGHT.
WE HAVE THE SAME STATE SENATOR.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE COULD CREATE NORTH LONG BEACH IN INGLEWOOD, IN COMPTON.
WE ARE ALL UNDER THE STATE, THE SAME STATE SENATOR, WE'RE UNDER THIS.
WE ARE, WE STILL SHARE THE SAME GOVERNANCE.
OUR WORK GOES TO WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO CITY HALL TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
I THINK MAYBE EVEN ALL OF LONG BEACH, UM, MAYBE UNDER RICHARDSON.
BUT, UM, SO WE CAN PROBABLY TRY TO EVEN TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING THROUGH THE, UH, UH, SENATOR RICHARDSON'S OFFICE.
BUT YES, WE WILL LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU.
THIS IS A AWESOME ORGANIZATION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING SOME, SOME MORE OF THAT TO THE, THE, UM, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING AS WE DEVELOP IT, BECOME A CITY COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, FOR COMING TO LONG BEACH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR RELATIONSHIP.
ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK, UM, I NEED TO ASK FOR, UH, LET'S SEE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IN THE SEE NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN THE, THAT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? YES.
UH, DOCTOR, I HAVE A THINK OUT LOUD QUESTION REGARDING THIS TOPIC AND ANOTHER MEETING.
DIDN'T WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAD OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MEETING, DIDN'T THEY, DIDN'T WE HEAR THAT THEY, THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING, THAT SCHOOLS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM? I REMEMBER SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT.
I'M, I'M SORRY THAT IT WENT A LITTLE TANGENT.
WELL, IT'S RELATED BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS, IT'S A PREVENTATIVE PREVENTION TO SEX TRAFFICKING OFFICER TO TEACH ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IDENTITY.
SO, UM, WE NOW NEED TO, UM, ASK FOR THE QUESTION.
BECAUSE WE HAD, WE HAD A MOTION, RIGHT? WE MADE A MOTION MM-HMM
SO NOW, NOW WE NEED TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.
UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
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CHIEF PATTERSON.WELL, UM, WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
SO NOW WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE, A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
SO CAN I GET A, A MOTION FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM SECOND.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS.
IS THERE ANY REPORTS? OH, YEAH.
IS THERE ANY REPORTS? DO WE HAVE A REPORT, MARIA, FROM YOUR, OUR FROM YOUR YES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THAT UNTIL FOR NEXT MONTH.
I DO HAVE A REPORT FROM THE SAFETY AD HOC, UM, THAT, UM, OUR CHAIR SENT TO ME, SO I'M GONNA READ IT.
SHE ASKED ME TO READ A RECAP OF THE MEETING OR THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE.
SO, UH, SAMANTHA PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES, LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AT THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
THE COMMISSION WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS.
SAMANTHA PROVIDED A RECAP OF THE MOST RECENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE AROUND POTENTIAL WAYS TO PARTNER WITH THE TASK FORCE AS THE SAFETY AD HOC AND COMMISSION HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE TASK FORCE CONSIDER WHETHER THEY MIGHT PARTNER WITH THE COMMISSION TO CREATE A REPORT ON THE STATE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY INFORM RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE TASK FORCE, THE TASK FORCE THANK COMMISSION FOR PRESENTING AND OFFERING TO PARTNER AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMISSION GOING FORWARD.
SAMANTHA SUGGESTED ATTENDING THE, UH, SAFETY AD HOC MEETINGS AS A FIRST STEP AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD DISCUSS AMONG THEMSELVES AT A LATER DATE, WHETHER THEY WOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR OUR REPORT SO THAT IF THE, UH, SAFETY AD HOC MENTORING COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE MET A COUPLE, WE'VE MET TWO TIMES NOW.
WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN NEXT WEEK, UM, TO PRIORITIZE OUR SHORT, INTERMEDIATE LONG TERM GOAL WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN COMMUNITY RESOURCES WE PARTNER WITH.
SO WE HAVE A REPORT OF THOSE PRIORITIES, UM, AT OUR THANK YOU.
AND I HAVE A MICRO UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS, BUT IT'S ONLY SAMANTHA AND I AS OF NOW.
SO IF ANYBODY ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, WE'RE ACCEPTING MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IT'S CURRENTLY RECRUITING MEMBERS.
SO I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH, UH, WITH THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES AND, AND WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS MOVE TO THE NEW FACILITY AND THE THOUSAND, 10,000 HICCUPS AROUND THAT.
AND, AND I HAVE, UH, BEEN TO ACTUALLY VOTING MEETING WITH GRAY PANTHERS, BUT I AM, UH, I MET WITH THE PRESIDENT, KAREN
UM, I'M TRYING TO GET THOSE NOTES SO FAST, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I DID HOPE THAT YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT THERE'S A GROUP IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, POSSIBLY, OR, UH, THAT COULD GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE SITUATION WITH YOUNG HOUSE.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE AT THE CONVENIENT TIME TO HAVE THEM COME AND SPEAK TO US WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON, OF COURSE, UH, WOMEN AND GIRLS.
UM, WE CONTINUE CARE, WHICH IS OUR, OUR, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK.
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MM-HMMUM, WE HAVE TWO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, SPECIFICALLY UHHUH.
UM, AND THEN THE REST, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT FOCUSES ON VETERANS AND POST HAVE BEEN, UM, CHRONICALLY.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SET THAT UP AND HOWEVER YOU WANNA BRING IN OR WHO YOU WANNA BRING IT PLEASE.
UM, I GUESS AT THIS TIME WE, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND IF IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE NOW, OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IT, UH, SEE NONE, BOTH IN THE ZOOM AND IN PERSON.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FOUR.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THIS ITEM? NO.
WELL, IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION IS NECESSARY, MADAM, CAN YOU OR MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL? YES.
UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHIEF PATTERSON? YES.
COMM UH, VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON? YES.
OKAY, WELL WE ARE NOW AT OUR FINAL ITEM HERE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME, IT WILL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE'S ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
NOW FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, UH, ALSO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OUR COMMISSIONERS AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP TODAY.
WELL, I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES ARE PROBABLY COMMON.
JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WAS, UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THAT, FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? YEAH.
SO IF THERE'S ANY YEAH, WE CAN MOVE TO ADJOURN.
IS THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
TIME IS SEVEN 30, WE'RE ADJOURNED.