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TO ORDER SEVEN FIFTY FOUR.SOUND GOOD? UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.
I HOPE EVERYONE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
UM, SO FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.
CAN WE GET A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13TH? SORRY, WE HAVE TO DO, UH, ATTENDANCE FIRST.
CAN I GET A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING? I, I WASN'T HERE, BUT CAN I MOVE
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SO RECEIVED NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.
UH, THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR.
WELL, WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR.
UM, THE YEAR ANY, WELL FOR US, UM, I, UH, WATCHED TO KNOW THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ACTIVATED IN ALL OF ITS WAYS, UH, TO A FOCUS EFFORT.
UH, WED WHO IS OVERSEE BUILDING AND IS OVER OUR EMERGENCY IS LEAVING THE CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AS WE SPEAK.
UH, WE'RE, UH, ENSURING THAT MASKS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED, UH, WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED.
WE ARE ON STANDBY TO THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY NEED TO EVACUATE AND OR RECEIVE PEOPLE FOR SHELTER AND CARE, UH, INTO THIS COMMUNITY? WE KNOW THAT OUR HOSPITAL CENSUS IS UP.
UM, BUT SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO VIRUS AND SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO SOME OF THE AIR SENSITIVITY.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR HOTEL CENSUSES ARE UP, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NEEDING PLACES TO BE AND TO STAY.
UH, OUR MAYOR REACHED OUT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS INFORMATION, UH, OUT AROUND THE, UM, VIOLATION OF PRICE GOUGING.
UM, ONE CAN ONLY GO UP FOR 10%.
AND SO WE HAVE ALSO, UH, HE ACTIVATED THE QUEEN MARY HOTEL WHERE WE ARE OFFERING, UH, DISCOUNTED FREE BREAKFAST AND WAIV FEES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE, UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD 10 UNITS OVER THERE AT LAST COUNT.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE ACTIVATED OUR, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER 'CAUSE OF THE AIR QUALITY.
AND INITIALLY ON, UM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
UM, BUT WE ACTIVATED OUR WINTER SHELTER, UM, FOR THOSE UNSHELTERED, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE COLD INITIALLY AND NOW WE REMAIN ACTIVATED, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE AIR QUALITY.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, RELEASING FOLKS ON TODAY.
USUALLY WE RELEASE IN THE MORNING.
UM, BUT 'CAUSE OF THE AIR QUALITY, WE HAVE ALLOWED PERSONS TO STAY AT OUR MULTI-SERVICE SYSTEM ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AS WE NINE CLOCK WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE CONTINUE, UM, ACTIVATION BASED ON AIR QUALITY.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S BEEN A VERY FLUID SITUATION.
UM, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE WIND, THE VELOCITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPEED, ALL, EVERYTHING.
UM, SO THERE, YESTERDAY MORNING WE STARTED WITH HORRIBLE QUALITY IN THE EAST.
UM, BY THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS BACK DOWN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE A QMD WEBSITE THAT WE ARE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GAUGE IT FOR THEMSELVES.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH SENSITIVITIES THAT WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM FOR YOU, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WHERE
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OUR, OUR TEAM IS CHECKING ALL THE TIME.UM, AND WE CAN PROBABLY GET LINK OUT TO SOME OF THOSE TO AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN MESSAGING STAFF, AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN ERRONEOUS ALERT THAT WAS SENT BY THE COUNTY AT FOUR 1:00 PM IT WAS TRULY A MISTAKE.
UM, WE WERE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC NOTICES TO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM AND THAT AT THIS LEVEL OF AN EMERGENCY MISTAKE HAPPEN, UM, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE YOUR TOP FOLKS IN SOME SPACES THAT THEY NEED TO BE TO BE PULLED TO OTHER SPACES.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UM, TO MONITOR, UM, AND TO SUPPORT OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY, UH, IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE HEADED INTO OUR BUDGETING SEASON FOR 26TH.
UM, AND I'LL BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS TIME GOES ON AT THE END OF THE COURT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A, A COMMENT OR JUST TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
UM, THE, THE LONG-TERM CARE BUDGET PROGRAM AS WELL AS I BELIEVE, UH, HEALTH CARE LICENSING HAVE BEEN INVENTORY FACILITIES, OR CARE FACILITIES MM-HMM.
AND SO THE LONG-TERM CARE BUDGET PROGRAM IS MANAGING A LIST THAT MAY NOT NOT BE KNOWN TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSISTING
UM, WHAT WE DO GET, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER MOST OF THE WEEK, AND WHAT WE DO GET IS A LIST OF EVERYONE WHO HAS DURABLE EQUIPMENT.
IT'S A CONFIDENTIAL LIST THAT WE HAVE TO DESTROY, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION.
UM, JUST IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A NEED THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, ARE THOSE PERSONS ON THAT LIST? I, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE, UH, HOW THOSE LIST OVERLAP.
AND SO CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME IF SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY CAN REACH OUT TO ME IF CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
AND JUST, UM, JUST LOOKING@WEATHER.COM, I HAVE LONG BEACH IN THERE, 48 DEGREES, WHICH IS FULL, THE AIR QUALITY AT 150.
IT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS THE THRESHOLD THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S AT ONE 50.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT, AND IT SAYS, UM, SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.
SO THAT'S CONSIDERED EXTREMELY.
YEAH, AFTER ONE 50, I GOT AN ALERT HERE, ONE 50.
SO I'M JUST, OUR APPS ARE TALKING DIFFERENTLY.
AND THE INTERESTING THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS DIFFERENT IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS NOT REACHED GOOD THERE AT ALL FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT HAS BEEN MORE GOOD AND IT HAS CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR ALLISON? WHERE IS THE, WHERE
UM, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE OCEAN IS, IS CONSIDERED ALL PART OF EAST.
BUT IF YOU GO INTO A B WHERE WEBSITES YOU CAN DRILL DOWN, UM, TO REALLY SEE, UH, AT A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL.
UM, BUT TECHNICALLY YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS WAS OVER TOWARD EL DORADO, UM, PARK AREA.
UM, AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING DR. DAVIS WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD REACH OUT TO ASK THEM TO BRING ALL ACTIVITIES INSIDE, UH, AND TO, YOU KNOW, TELL PEOPLE NOT TO GO OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BY NEW, THAT HAD CHANGED.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A MOVING TARGET.
I'VE ACTUALLY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACCURATE, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M SHARING.
I'VE ACT A, A NUMBER OF STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY.
'CAUSE STUDENTS AREN'T REALLY THERE RIGHT NOW, HAVE WANTED TO WORK FROM HOME BECAUSE OF THE, THE AIR QUALITY.
AND I, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, PEOPLE CAN DO THAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY BETTER OFF IN 'CAUSE OF THE FILTRATION BECAUSE THE FILTRATION SYSTEM IS SO MUCH MORE, UM, POWERFUL THAN A RESIDENTIAL FILTRATION SYSTEM.
SO THE HEALTHIEST PLACE YOU COULD BE IS AT WORK RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOW SOMETHING ON WEDNESDAY.
I MEAN, I'M LAUGHING TOO, BUT I I'VE BEEN TELLING THAT TO PEOPLE.
THEY KIND OF GIMME THE STINK EYE.
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TO HEAR THAT.LIKE IF THEY'D HAVE RESIDENTIAL DINKY FILTRATION SYSTEMS, WE HAVE LIKE MEGA HEPA FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND LIKE VERY STRONG, WELL SEALED WINDOWS AND I DOUBLE PAINT UPDATED WINDOWS.
YOU GOT A BETTER FILTRATION SYSTEM, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T.
SO THE ACTUALLY THE BEST PLACE YOU CAN BE IS IN THE WORKPLACE.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY? COMMERCIAL BUILDING ISN'T IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
NOW, YEAH, MY DAUGHTER DAUGHTER'S GOING LIKE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW'S TAKING MY DAUGHTER SHOPPING TODAY.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOTHER-IN-LAWS DO.
UM, AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, SHOULD WE LET, SHOULD WE LET HER GO? AND I SAID, I THINK SHE'D BE BETTER OFF IN THE MALL THAN SHE WOULD BE AT THE HOUSE.
I THINK WE SHOULD LET HER KNOW.
IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A SMART ROOM TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT HOW LIKE, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RISK FOR FIRE? SO THERE IS, I DUNNO ABOUT, I'M SURE, I'M SURE INSURANCE COMPANIES ALL THE RISK AREAS.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE CANCELING THEM.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE CANCELING.
UH, THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT HAVE, THERE'S SEVERAL WEBSITES THEY'VE GIVEN US.
ONE IS CALLED WATCH DUTY THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE FIRES ARE, BUT NOT THOSE AT RISK.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS WHERE THERE IS FIRE AND YOU CAN EXPAND THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S UP TODAY, MINUTE TO MINUTE.
UM, AND IT CAN SHOW YOU WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVELY BURNING.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THAT I CAN, THERE MAY SOMETHING BETTER.
I MEAN, I'M BEING TOLD TO LOOK AT INSURANCE.
IT'S, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A PODCAST LISTENING TOO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHOOSING TO BUILD IN THESE AREAS.
WE KNOW DARN WHITE A THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PULLING OUT, WE AS CITIZENS, THE STATE WE'RE DECIDING TO GO THERE.
WE KNOW THE LIABILITY IS SO THAT THE STATE IS NOW SUBSIDIZING THESE LOSSES.
BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE CHOSE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO THIS WHOLE CORRELATION, SO WHEN YOU TOOK IMPOSED FIRE RISK, HURRICANE RISK, I'M SORRY, FIRE RISK, UH, EARTHQUAKE RISK, AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE EITHER THAT CLOSE SUNA AND ALL THESE KIND THINGS, IT'S HARD TO AVOID.
UM, BUT CLEARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND AT, UH, A HIGHER GRADE OF, OF DAMAGE AND INJURY.
UM, THIS IS GONNA AFFECT PROBABLY CAR SAN FRANCISCO IN THIS CASE.
UM, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
PAULA IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
I WISH OUR, UM, RESIDENT VETERINARIAN WERE STILL HERE WITH US BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE AIR QUALITIES ON, ON PETS.
UM, I'D IMAGINE PROBABLY SIMILAR TO HUMANS, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.
SO ACCORDING TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING YESTERDAY ON CALIFORNIA CRIME, PUBLIC HEALTH CALL, UM, IT, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HUMANS.
UM, AND THE OLDER PET IS THE GREATER THEIR SENSITIVITY.
UM, SO YES, OFFLINE, WE STILL HAVE, AT THE UNIVERSITY, WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE RESIDENCE HALLS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TECHNICALLY ON BREAK BECAUSE THEY'RE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO BE.
UM, SO WE HAD TO CREATE AN EVACUATION PLAN FOR THE RESIDENCE HALLS.
IS THERE ANYONE AT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OR ANYWHERE IN WITH THE CITY WE SHOULD CONNECT WITH TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS WITH? YOU SHOULD CONNECT TO REGINALD HARRISON, WHO IS THE, UM, UM, UH, DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND UH, SPEAKING OF VETERINARIAN, I ACTUALLY REFERRED SOMEONE FOR A BOARD.
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SHE PUT IN AN APPLICATION, BUT I'M NOT SURE THE PROCESS.I KNOW DR. DAVIS ISN'T HERE, BUT I SEE THERE'S A ONE PAGER.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S STILL A REPORT.
SO NEXT IS OUR REPORT FROM THAT CITY HEALTH OFFICER.
AND, AND THAT IS THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
SHE HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION, UH, ON BIRTH FIVE ONE.
WE HAD A LOT OF CALLS, AS YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HAD THE FIRST HUMAN, UH, TO DIE FROM 65-YEAR-OLD MALE, UH, UNDERLYING CONDITION AND WAS EXPOSED, UM, TO SOME INFECTED BIRDS.
SO SHE'S PROVIDED SOME, SOME PRETTY GOOD INFORMATION HERE ON, UM, WHAT TO AVOID AND THE CURRENT STATUS.
UM, SHE DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING ON NEUROVIRUS AND CHAIR LESS.
AND I SPOKE ON YESTERDAY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I FOLLOWED UP WITH DR. DAVIS ON YESTERDAY.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE NEED FOR, UM, UM, JUST CONTINUOUS HAND WASHING.
UM, AND, UM, UH, NEURO VIRUSES ARE UP.
UH, SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH, UM, HAND WASHING, UM, STAY HYDRATED AND WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN SICK AROUND YOU PROTECT YOURSELVES FROM THE AEROSOLS OF, OF, OF ANY EXCRETIONS.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE CAN INDEED GET INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO YOU SHOULD TREAT IT AS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOXIC PLACE THAT IT'S, UH, YOU ALSO ASKED US ABOUT, UM, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STRIKE.
UH, STRIKE WORKERS, UH, AT KAISER WE COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT I WAS ABLE TO BRING FROM, UH, A FRIEND WHO IS AN ER POSITION THERE IS THAT BECAUSE KAISER IS A CONNECTED SYSTEM, UM, BEYOND, YOU KNOW, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT THEY WILL ONE, UH, CONNECT YOU THROUGHOUT THEIR NETWORK AND OR WHEN SERVICES, UH, HAVE A GAP, A GAP ONE CAN GO OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, BUT IT HAS TO BE REQUESTED.
SO WE'LL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IF WE CAN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT IS THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKER STRIKE THE KAISER MENTAL HEALTH WORKER STRIKE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING LEFT WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
UM, DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING.
THAT WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE THEY ARE A CONNECTED SYSTEM, UM, THEY DO HAVE CONNECTIONS WITHIN, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT KAISER EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE, BUT THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THEY SAY THAT WHEN THERE'S A GAPING SERVICE, IT'S LESSER KNOWN, BUT PEOPLE CAN SEEK SERVICES OUTSIDE OF KAISER WHERE HOW YOU DO HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH A VERY CLOSE FRIEND WHO, UH, WAS ACTUALLY A COMMISSIONER FOR CIVIL SERVICE.
SO YOU LIKE A PRIVATE PRACTITIONER WHO TAKES THE INSURANCE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UM, UH, DR. SANDERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT CAROLYN SMITH WAS, UM, SHE'S KAISER AND WE GOT HER INTO, UH, MT ANDERSON.
UM, AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT WELL KNOWN.
BUT WHEN THERE ARE GAPS IN SERVICES AND OR AN OPINION OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM IS REQUIRED OR NEEDED, YEAH.
JUST ASK FOR A REFERRAL OR A, A SINGLE SERVICE LEDGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ARE YOU WITH KAISER? I USED TO BE.
YOU USED TO BE FOR LIKE 30 YEARS.
I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A REASON THAT'S NOT WELL KNOWN.
UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING WITHOUT THEIR, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW AND THAT YEAH.
THAT CAN ACTUALLY DERAIL THEIR ENTIRE
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LIVES.UM, I WONDER, DO WE, IS THERE AN END IN SITE? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHETHER THEY'RE, I'M ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION ON IT.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A BIG SYSTEM, OUR BIGGEST SYSTEM.
SO, AND I'LL, THEY SERVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE ON MEDI-CAL AND SOME OF OUR MOST, SOME, SOME OF OUR VERY VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE, THE CITY HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT? I DIDN'T THINK WE GOT A FIRST.
GPA GUPTA AND A FIRST FROM, FROM NASIR.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS? ALRIGHT, RECEIVED, NOW THERE'S A DISCUSSION ON BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAD IN MIND WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS PUT THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DISCUSSION NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS MOMENT.
THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE STANDING AGENDA FOR, UM, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THEN THE ELECTIONS, RIGHT.
SO JUST THE, JUST A BUCKET WHERE ALL THE OTHER THINGS GO.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, WHAT I HAVE ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW IS THE, UM, POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS, BUT ALSO THE, THE KAISER STRIKE AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING, WHO HAVE HAD A BREAK IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE WILL ACTUALLY, LIKE, PEOPLE WILL LOSE JOBS BECAUSE OF THEIR BREAK IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
PEOPLE WILL, UM, DECOMPENSATE BECAUSE OF BREAKS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE FUNCTIONING TODAY WHO ARE FUNCTIONING ONE DAY WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION BECAUSE OF NOT NOT HAVING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
SO THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME NOW.
I THINK IT'S BEEN, UM, OVER A HUNDRED DAYS.
AND THEY'RE, AND THE REASON, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT KAISER THE OTHER DAY AND THERE, THERE WERE PICKETERS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANY SIGN OF THE STRIKE ENDING.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WITH A BREAK IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEM? ARE THEY OKAY, IS THERE A SAFETY NET? WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP THEM? BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE, THREE MEETINGS SINCE I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT BOARD GOALS IN EARNEST.
SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LEFT IT.
BOARD GOALS, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, SO I DON'T, IT'S NOT TOP OF MIND FOR ME, BUT WE CAN FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE AN APPETITE TO REVISIT, BRING THAT THE MATERIALS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKED ON OUT? I, I DON'T, WE NEVER FINALIZED A MISSION OR A, SO I MEAN IF WE JUST START THERE, I FEEL LIKE, AND NOT LET THAT ALL BECAUSE I'M, I'M WORRIED THAT WE, WE, WE DID A LOT OF WORK AROUND IT.
IF WE DON'T FINALIZE THAT, THEN IT'S GONNA GET LOST.
WE WILL HAVE DONE IT FOR NO REASON.
HASN'T MADE THE TIME TO DO IT.
SO WE HAVE ALL OUR NOTES AND SO THAT WE LEFT OFF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
SUPPOSED DROPPED, BUT WE, WE TALKED IT THROUGH.
DO WE THINK THAT THAT WILL BE AN, UH, FEASIBLE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR? YES.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST DEFER THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING AND OTHERWISE DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? I THINK WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CHAIR, SO I MEAN, HI
IF THERE'S KNOW THINGS THAT YOU WANNA BRING BACK OUT
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IN GENERAL RELATED TO A GOOD READING STYLE APPROACH RATHER THAN WHAT YOU WERE, OH, I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS DOING IT AT EIGHT INSTEAD OF 7 45.ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU, I I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE GROUP.
UM, IT, I, MY UNDERSTANDING, TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT THE MEETING TIME GOT PUSHED TO 7 45 BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS EIGHT EVERYONE IT THERE WAS SEVEN 30.
WHY? BECAUSE OF LOT OF PEOPLE WORK SCHEDULE.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE END AT EIGHT.
IT WAS SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30 AND NOW IT'S SOME 45 TO 10? NO, NINE 30 TO NINE 30.
I HAVE IT SCHEDULED TILL THEN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONS MEET IN THE A AFTER WORK IN THE EVENINGS.
IS THERE A SENSE AS TO WHY THIS ONE MEETS EARLY THE MORNING? YEAH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THAT IS WORK? I DON'T.
I CAN CERTAIN REACH OUT TO SOME.
I KNOW WHERE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN AND WHERE IT STARTED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER ONE THAT ACTUALLY MEETS IN THE MORNING TO BE QUITE FRANK WITH YOU.
BUT I DARE SAY YOU DON'T WANNA MEET ON FRIDAY EVENING EITHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN STICK WITH THE CURRENT TIME BUT IF ANYONE, DOES IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? DID YOU LIKE IT THIS WAY? YOU'D PREFER TO DO IT IN THE ON A, ON AN EVENING AFTER WORK ONE DAY.
YOU LIKE IT, YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO? I LIKE MORNING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL.
IS IT HARD TO GET HERE WHEN YOU HAVE WORK? WELL IT'S HARD TO GET HERE WITH IF YOU HAVE WORK IN THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON.
BUT THAT'S WELL AND YOUR SHIFT IS COULD BE ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I WOULD ASSUME INITIALLY IT WAS PROBABLY MORNING BECAUSE PEOPLE AT THE TIME MM-HMM
AND SO I'M OPEN, IT JUST WOULD DEPEND ON THE DAY.
AND BY AFTERNOON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE 30 MM-HMM
I THINK BECAUSE YOU WHAT? I THINK SOME COMMISSIONS START PRETTY GREAT.
UM, SO I MEAN I GUESS IT REALLY END THE DAY MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
I JUST, IF IT WAS FOR ME, IF IT WAS IN THE AFTERNOON, I'D PREFER TO BE NO FIVE.
OR WE CAN LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS.
AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS WORKING WAS ON A LOT OF NON-PROFIT BOARDS AND ALL AND IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE MORNINGS, BASICALLY EARLY BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE HAD TO GET TO WORK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR WORK SCHEDULE WAS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY LATE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BY FIVE 30.
I THINK BETTER WE SHOULD LEAVE IT IN THE MORNING.
BECAUSE IN THE EVENING SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE BUSY, INCLUDING ME.
I HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS IN THE EVENING.
SO I MIGHT MISS HALF OF THEM, YOU KNOW.
YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS HERE? I MEAN EITHER.
I MEAN, YOU'RE FINE EITHER WAY.
I MEAN LIKE HAVE STUFF AT THE KIDS IN THE EVENING AND THEN THE DAY, I MEAN LIKE WE ALL HAVE TO WORK.
SO I MEAN IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO HAVE IT IN THE MORNING THAT WAY.
ALL MY MEETINGS ARE FROM LIKE EIGHT TO LIKE 11 EVERY DAY.
SO I MISS A LOT OF THOSE TO COME TO THIS.
SO I MEAN THERE REALLY ISN'T A, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ISN'T A GREAT TIME.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE FROM EIGHT TO NINE INSTEAD OF 7 45 TO NINE 30.
EIGHT TO 9:00 AM BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING 7 45.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE TABLE THE CONVERSATION UNTIL AFTER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE IF THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO GET DONE THIS YEAR, THEN THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH TIME WE MIGHT NEED.
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NOT AS, UM, HEAVY AN AGENDA FOR THE YEAR, THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE SHORTER MEETINGS.SO WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL NEXT, NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL, WE'LL DECIDE AFTER WE'VE GOOD.
BUT FOR THIS ONE, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS CAN BE A SHORT ONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TON TO DISCUSS TODAY.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON ANYONE'S MIND, OH WAIT, DO I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE YES.
UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE CONVERSATION ON THE BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE? THANK YOU BARBARA.
UM, IF THERE'S NO, NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS THEN HAPPY NEW YEAR.
IF ANYBODY INTERESTED IN WALKING, WE ARE DOING HAN FOR ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS AND IT'S TOMORROW AT DONE
SO, AND AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE POTLUCK, PICNIC AND PARK.
THE WALK IS ONLY FROM NINE 30.
WE START ABOUT 9 45 TO 11:00 AM SO IF YOU ARE FREE, YOU WANT, PLEASE COME.
WELL WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TODAY.