* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] YOU READY? UH, COMMISSIONER MOTA, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN. I'M HERE. OKAY, WE CAN HEAR YOU TOO. THANK YOU. PERFECT. OKAY, READY? I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER. SO MARCH 26TH, 2025. UH, MADAM CLERK COUNTY, PLEASE CALL THE TIME. YES, THE TIME IS 6 31. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. UM, CAN WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SHA PATTERSON READ YOUR AB 2 4 4 9 STATEMENT? SORRY, CORRECT? YES. PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 2 4 4 9, I HAVE JUST CAUSED CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZING MY REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING. I HAVE A CAREGIVING NEED OF A CHILD. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA, CAN YOU PLEASE READ YOUR AB 2 4 4 9 STATEMENT? YES. PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 2 4 4 9, I HAVE JUST CAUSED CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZING MY REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING. I HAVE A CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS. OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UM, THIS MEETING IF I CAN? YES. SO THIS MEETING WILL FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2, 4, 4 9, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND ADDRESS THE BODY VIA CALL IN OPTION, AN INTERNET-BASED SERVICE OPTION, AND AN IN-PERSON AT THIS MEETING AS REFERENCED WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONERS ANGLE AND VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. TAKE OH, WELL I MISSED STUFF THEN. CAN WE PLEASE TAKE ROLL? . COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ENG. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA. HERE. COMMISSIONER SHEA PATTERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER DONATO? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLET. HERE. COMMISSIONER MOTA. HERE. VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON. CHAIR LEY. HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST MELLINGER? MELANIE, HERE WE ARE. FORM. OKAY, NOW FOR THE RECORD, OUR COMMISSIONER ANGLE, VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. UM, ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. SO WE'RE AT THE END OF MARCH, BUT IT IS THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, COFFEE EXPECT TO CELEBRATE AMONGST OURSELVES TODAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, AND REMIND FOLKS THAT IT IS KIND OF A MOMENTATION THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION FOR WOMEN GIRLS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FOUGHT FOR, FOR A GOOD 50 PLUS YEARS. AND SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE ALL SEEN EACH OTHER, BUT WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA LAST FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, HOPEFULLY IN PERPETUITY GOING FORWARD. AND WE'RE THE FIRST ONE THAT GETS TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I HOPE WE CAN ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE WORK WE'RE DOING TOGETHER AS A BODY AND IN OUR COMMITTEES, BUT INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN, GIRLS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO LEAVE AS THE LAST LEGACY? SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN WITH THAT AND SET THAT TONE. UM, TODAY. SO TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I WILL PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROJECT YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS, MYSELF INCLUDED. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM? ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR . THE TIME SAVED. JANUARY 22ND, 2025. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? SO, UH, OKAY, I'LL, I HEARD YOU FIRST. SO MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER REV. SECOND ADVICE . UH, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. PLEASE SPEAK UP ON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. ADAM, OR CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER IN PERSON OR ABSENT? YES. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. AND IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE WITH CALLING IT. DON'T PUBLIC COMMENT. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, THEN THAT PART, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN [00:05:01] HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER KEL. COMMISSIONER ULTA? YES. COMMISSIONER SHEA PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER DON SAP? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. CHAIR NICHOLSON. I'M SORRY. VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON AND CHAIR MALLINGER? YES. MOTION HARRIS. OKAY. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? YES. ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT BYLAWS. OKAY. SO, UM, FIRST CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE REMARKS OTHER THAN, THAN TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE ADHOC COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS FOR PUTTING SO MUCH WORK IN ON THIS. UM, I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR COMMISSION, AND GONZALEZ, WHO ARE GOING TO, UM, SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. TAKE IT AWAY. . THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, REMEMBER, UM, REMINDED THE COMMISSION WHO WAS A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, COMMISSIONER, MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER KEL AS WELL, CORRECT? YES. UM, WE HAVE MET ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES SINCE WE BEGAN WORKING ON THE DRAFT, UM, SINCE OUR LIKE RETREAT IN THE FALL. AND, UM, WE HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT THE BYLAWS ARE GONNA PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOW WE OPERATE. UM, COMMISSIONER AND I ARE GONNA PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT. UH, WE LINE BY LINE SINCE WE'RE SURE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO READ IT THOROUGHLY. . UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOCUMENT STARTS WITH, UH, TWO HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS, THE HISTORY AND MISSION, WHICH, UM, WE WILL INCLUDE IN THE FINAL DRAFT. UM, WE WANNA INCLUDE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW THE COMMISSION CAME TO BE TO GIVE CONTEXT TO FUTURE COMMISSIONS. UM, AND THE MISSION STATEMENT OF COURSE, WE WANNA INCLUDE, UM, WE FELT THAT IN GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD REMINDER OF THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION. UM, SO SPEAKING OF PURPOSE, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BYLAWS, WE WANTED TO, UH, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE A NONPARTISAN COMMISSION AND WE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OUR ROLES IN AN, IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY ONLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, SECTION TWO, WHICH WE WILL, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP AND BETTER DEFINE. UM, SECTION TWO IS, UH, UH, TALKS ABOUT OUR FUNCTION, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, UM, AND PUBLISH SUMMARIES RELATED TO THE STATUS OF WOMEN GIRLS IN LONG BEACH AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT RELEVANT WOMEN'S ISSUES. UM, SECTION THREE GOES INTO OUR MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, WE ARE, WE ARE APPOINTED COMMISSION AND GOES INTO OUR COMPOSITION AND TERMS OF OFFICE. UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED A NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT, UM, WHICH IS THE FOURTH SECTION OF THE BYLAWS. AND THE FIFTH SECTION GOES INTO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SO WE LIST THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS AND STATES THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH COMMITTEES. UM, WE DID WANT TO INCLUDE A BRIEF STATEMENT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS NEED TO SERVE IN AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE. THAT IS NOT INCLUDED HERE, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE FINAL DRAFT. OKAY, SO, SO NOW, UH, IF WE GO OVER, UH, SECTION SIX FOCUSES ON THE CODE OF CONDUCT, UM, IMPORTANT THAT WE MUST ALL BE PROFESSIONALS. WE MUST ACT AND SPEAK RESPECTFULLY IN ADDRESSING, UM, DIFFERENT ISSUES. THEN, UM, SECTION SEVEN OF COURSE OUTLINES, ELECTIONS, THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS AND, UM, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, I BELIEVE. YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, AND THEN WE, WE WANNA HAVE A POINT OF DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE AS A MARKER IN TERMS OF THE SELF, SHOULD [00:10:01] SELF NOMINATIONS BE ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, OR DO WE WANT THE INDIVIDUALS TO BE NOMINATED BY, UH, OTHERS? AND SO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS MEETINGS, SCHEDULES, LOCATION, ATTENDANCE. UM, AND HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION POINT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, CONSTITUTES, UM, EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO. AND THEN, UM, AREA NUMBER NINE AND 10 QUORUMS AND AMENDMENTS. UH, OF COURSE THE QUORUM IS 50% PLUS ONE. UM, AND THEN AMENDMENTS, UM, TO THE BYLAWS, UM, OF COURSE HAVE TO BE DONE BY THE MAJORITY. AND AGAIN, ANOTHER, UM, NOTE HERE IS HOW OFTEN DO WE WANT TO AMEND AND REVIEW THE BYLAWS? AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, OR, YOU KNOW, EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO. SO THAT'S IT, OUR MEETING NOW, JUST, I SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND YES, I DID NEGLECT TO MENTION THE COMMISSIONER. DR. ANGEL IS ALSO ON THE AD HOC, UM, COMMITTEE FOR BYLAWS AS WELL. AND THANK YOU TO HER AS WELL FOR HER VERSION ON THIS. UM, SO BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, PLEASE SPEAK UP WITH, PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT. MME. CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, EITHER HERE OR, UH, VIA ZOOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE CALLING IN. NO FURTHER COMMENTS. YOUR OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER LEVI, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY SAY, UH, A BIG THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE HARDEST. I MEAN, I CAN'T DO THIS KIND OF THING, AND I THINK THAT YOU DID IT IS TERRIFIC AND YOU KEPT IT CONCISE, YOU KEPT IT, UM, VERY READABLE AND, UM, THANK YOU. GOOD. LIKEWISE. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. GREAT. I WANNA ASK IF EITHER OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WANNA BRING UP COMMISSIONER MS. ADA? YEAH, I'M WONDERING ARE WE ABLE TO NOW DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT REQUIRE DISCUSSION OR IS THAT AT A LATER TIME? YEAH, GO AHEAD. I I, IT'S SORT OF OPEN FLOOR, SO WHATEVER YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT FIRST, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC, UM, YEAH, PLEASE GO FOR IT. WELL, ONE THAT SEEMS EASY TO START WITH IS THE, UM, THE NOMINATION ONE UNDER ELECTIONS. IT FEELS LIKE, LIKE THAT ONE, UH, SHOULD BE OKAY. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELF NOMINATE. ANYONE ELSE HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT? I DO. I I AGREE. UH, COMMISSIONER ADA, I THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS THE, UM, THE PASSION AND DRIVE TO SELF NOMINATE, I SEE. WHY SHOULD BE DO. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TOO, UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, UM, IT DOES ALLOW FOR SELF NOMINATION IF, IF MS. WANTED TO TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION JUST TO BE CONSISTENT. OKAY. I JUST WONDER IF YOU TALKED ABOUT IT WORTH CONSIDERING THE, IN A CHAIR SERVE, IF THEY WERE TO DO THEIR TWO FOUR YEAR TERMS, WOULD THE CHAIR BE THE SAME THAT ENTIRE TIME? LIKE IS THERE ANY LIMIT ON, OR IS IT MAYBE SOMETHING WELL, WE DID NOT, I DID DISCUSS IT, BUT WE DISCUSSED IT BRIEFLY YESTERDAY. OH YES. YEAH, YESTERDAY WAS, BUT WE THOUGHT RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE JUST STARTING THAT WE WOULD JUST DO THIS BASIC, BUT PERHAPS AS WE, YOU KNOW, GO, OR IF WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER TERMS, UM, A TERM OR YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TERMS A, A CHAIR SOMETIMES FOR, UM, I GUESS CONSISTENCY OR CONTINUATION OF THE WORK. UM, SOME BOARDS RECOMMEND THAT A CHAIR, UH, SURVEY THESE TWO TERMS JUST SO THAT, YOU [00:15:01] KNOW, THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE GETS DONE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER FOR, UH, FOR THE FUTURE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS BASIC GUESS SINCE WE ARE JUST STARTING OUT. BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER. AND THEN I KNOW I MIGHT JUST HAVE LIKE RANDOM COMMENTS HERE AND THERE AND WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AFTER THE MEETING I CAN JOIN ONE OF YOUR AD HOCS. UM, BUT FOR SELECTION OF OFFICERS, IT IS IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THAT ALL OFFICERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR AND NO OFFICER SHALL SERVE MORE THAN TWO SUCCESSIVE TERMS. SO I CAN FLAG THAT, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. BUT YEAH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS? I'VE GOT SOME, BUT I WANNA OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS FIRST. I KNOW ONE YOU WANTED TO BRING UP SPECIFICALLY. LET'S SEE. UM, EXCESSIVE ABSENCES WAS ONE OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS YOU WANTED TO BRING UP. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW WOULD WE DEFINE IT? OBSESSIVE ABSENCE? MM-HMM. I, I, I'M SORRY. I WONDER IF, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSED , ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD AWARE OF? YEAH, THERE'S, UM, THE CHAPTER TWO 18 IS PROBABLY GONNA BE WHERE SOME OF THIS LIVES. UM, IF A COMMISSION MEMBER IS ABSENT FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS UNEXCUSED, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE CAUSED TO BE REMOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR BEFOREHAND TO SEE IF YOUR ABSENCE CAN BE EXCUSED OR, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE THE GUIDELINES ARE IN CHAPTER TWO POINT 18. YEAH. MAY I ASK, I'M JUST GONNA ASK A QUESTION FOR Y'ALL AS WELL. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE COMMISSION SETS THE STANDARD OF WHAT EXCUSE ABSENCES ARE. DOES THAT SOUND VERY, BECAUSE HE AT THE DISCRETION ATION OR YEAH, THERE'S DETAIL. YEAH. VERY SPECIFIC. AND THEN, THEN THERE IS AT THE DISCRETION, IT'S KIND OF BOTH, BUT THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC OF GUIDELINES OR ABSENCES AND THEN IT'S AT THE DISCRETION. IT'S KIND OF TOO FAR. SO MY REASON FOR ASKING IS BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE, UH, TEXT NOTIFICATION BEFORE THE MEETING SAYING I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT IS CONSIDERED AN EXCUSED ABSENCE BECAUSE WE WERE NOTIFIED, RIGHT? YES, YES. NOTIFICATION. CORRECT. YEAH. SO, SO EXCUSE JUST MEANS WE TELL YOU WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE. YES. IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE HEAR NOTHING BACK FROM YOU TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE HERE, THEN WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED UNEXCUSED BECAUSE WE DID NOT HEAR ANY COMMUNICATION FROM A COMMISSIONER. SO ESSENTIALLY GENERAL PRACTICES, IF WE DO HEAR FROM YOU AHEAD OF TIME, THEN YOUR ABSENCE WILL BE EXCUSED. AND THAT'S WHY THE CHAIR MENTIONS IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION. SO AT THAT POINT, IF ANY OF YOU HAD AN OBJECTION WITH WHO'S EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED, THEN YOU CAN BRING THAT UP AT THAT TIME AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS FURTHER. CAN THE COMMISSION IN ITS BYLAWS SET ANY KIND OF LIKE NOTICING REQUIREMENT FOR ABSENCES? LIKE CAN WE SAY IN ORDER FOR AN ABSENCE TO BE EXCUSED, 24 HOURS NOTICE MUST BE PROVIDED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? MM-HMM . OR 40, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST, I KNOW THAT IT, YOU ON THAT ONE, YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT AND THEN GET BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, LIKE LEGAL GUIDELINES ON THAT THAT WE CAN SHARE. I'M JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE I KNOW IT CAN MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT. UM, BUT FOR US AND FOR STAFF, IF WE DON'T GET NOTICED, COMMISSIONER WILL VIOL. WELL, UNLESS SOMEBODY GETS ILL RIGHT BEFORE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. OTHER THOUGHTS ON OR GUIDANCE MAYBE ANYONE HAS UNEXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OR HOW MANY ABSENCES ARE TOO MANY, YOU THINK? UH, COMMISSIONER MEDA. YEAH, I, I I THINK I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE CALENDAR WHEN OUR YEAR [00:20:01] KIND OF START, LIKE WHAT OUR YEAR MARKERS ARE AND THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY MEETINGS WE HAVE WITHIN THAT YEAR AND MAYBE THINKING OF A PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD THEN BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVE. AND THEN A QUESTION THAT I HAD IS, CAN, CAN THAT APPLY TO EXCUSED ABSENCES AS WELL? BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY MISSES, SAY HALF OF ALL THE MEETINGS IN HERE, BUT TECHNICALLY THEY'RE EXCUSED BECAUSE THEY JUST GAVE US ADVANCED NOTICE THAT THEY COULDN'T COME, UM, CAN THAT STILL APPLY TO THEM? EVEN IF THE ABSENCES ARE EXCUSED, THEY CAN MISS SAY, HALF OF THE MEETING. CAN WE STILL SAY THAT'S TOO MANY TO MISS? DOES I SAY THE ATTORNEY NOW OR CAN WE MAYBE GIVE THAT? UM, YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'LL NEED TO CIRCLE BACK ON THAT TO GIVE YOU GUYS MORE GUIDANCE. SO WE RELY ON CHAPTER TWO, TWO POINT 18 AND THAT'LL HAVE MOST OF THE RULES. UM, ABSENT ANY RULES IN THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSIONS DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES SUCH AS THESE BYLAWS. SO, UM, IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE A SECOND PEEK AT CHAPTER TWO 18 AND THEN ADVISE IF IT'S NOT IN THERE, THE COMMISSION CAN CREATE A ADOPT BYLAWS. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE THE TWO 18 IS THE, THE HANDBOOK THAT YOU ALREADY, YOU HAVE IN THE BINDER YOU PROVIDED Y THE RETREAT. SO IT'LL BE, THE COMMISSIONER HANDBOOK WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL. AND THEN LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TWO 18 REMAINS IN THE YEAH, IT'S ALL IN THERE. AND WHAT, THINK ABOUT, YEAH, THE, THE INPUT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE I, UM, JUST FROM PAST EXPERIENCE AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I THINK THE MORALE GETS AFFECTED WHEN YOU HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE EXCESSIVE EXCUSED OR OTHERWISE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORALE DOES GET AFFECTED WHEN WE, UH, HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT THERE. AND SO, UM, THAT'S I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES WHY WE WANNA ADDRESS THIS, THAT THE SAME THING WITH, UM, THE ISSUE OF THE PARTICIPATION ON COMMITTEES. YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK FOR EVERYONE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE'RE ALL EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORKLOAD AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS GIVEN TO US AS CONDITIONS. OKAY. I THINK MAYBE THAT, UM, LET ME ASK A QUESTION ACTUALLY, AGAIN, PROBABLY FOR A MEETING ATTORNEY, UM, IN TERMS OF YOUR FEEDBACK, CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE? YES, I CAN. UM, SO I RECOMMEND THE NEXT TIME THAT MAYBE YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE LEAVES, UM, MAYBE WE COULD EXCHANGE COMMENTS VIA EMAIL OR, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN PROVIDE MY FEEDBACK AND THEN YOU COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE WHILE YOU'RE ASKING COMMISSIONER. SO I MEAN, YOU, YOU SAID THAT, UM, UH, OFFICER CAN ONLY SERVE FOR A YEAR, UH, A CHAIR, A CO-CHAIR FOR A YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ELECTION ONCE A YEAR. AND THEN, UM, I WAS JUST READING IT, SO JUST ONE SECOND. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SURE. SO EVERY TERM IS A ONE YEAR TERM. UM, A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR COULD SERVE IN THAT OFFICER'S SEAT, UM, TWO TERMS CONSECUTIVELY, AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE WOULD NEED TO BE APPOINTED. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OPTION, YOU KNOW, IF STILL IN, UM, STILL ACTIVE, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SERVE AGAIN IN, IN A, IN A CHAIR ROLE SO THE CHAIR CAN SERVE TWO CONSECUTIVE MM-HMM . YEAH. 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES A WHILE TO LEARN YEAH. A JOB AND, UM, YEAH. OKAY. AGREE. OKAY. LEMME SEE HERE. WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIT SO WELL, I THINK FIRST, I DON'T WANNA MOVE ON TOO QUICKLY FROM THE ABSENCES THING. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE MIGHT DEFINE AS EXCESSIVE ABSENCES? SAY IF WE MEET ONCE A MONTH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE 12 WAYS AND FIGURE IS A THIRD TOO MANY IS QUESTION. I KNOW THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, DID WE, I KNOW THERE WAS A MONTH I, WE DID NOT. WE CANCELED. YES. IS THAT GOING TO BE IT SECOND BE PART OF OUR CYCLE? [00:25:01] SO THAT CAN BE STATED IN YOUR BYLAWS. UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONS THAT CHOOSE TO RECESS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, MAYBE, UH, LIKE AUGUST. UM, YOU KNOW, PREPARE FOR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONS THAT RECESS IN DECEMBER FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU CAN DISCLOSE. UM, IN THE BYLAWS. UH, IF NOT, IT IS ALSO TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A PURPOSE, UH, FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. WE CAN CANCEL MEETINGS THAT WAY. IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, WE CAN'T MEETINGS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A RESTRICTED, THE, THE 12 MEETINGS A YEAR IS NOT EXPECTED. UM, BUT WE DO ASK THAT THERE IS CONSISTENT ACTIVITY WITH THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONS. SO THE THIRD WOULD ACTUALLY BE A LOT, HUH? FOR COUNSELING. MM-HMM. WE'LL JUST KIND OF RECOGNIZE, RUN THIS OUT. IF, CAN WE TRULY DISCUSS WHETHER WE WOULD WANT TO RECESS IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER KNOWING THAT WE MEET ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY MONTH AND THAT, UM, THE END OF NOVEMBER WE CAN GET CHALLENGING DEPENDING ON HOW THE HOLIDAY HALLS AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY YEAH, I MEAN WE WERE DISCUSSING, UH, WHAT WE WANNA INCLUDED IN OUR , SO ABSOLUTELY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER MU AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, DIDN'T WE, UM, DIDN'T WE RESCHEDULE AND WOULD THAT BE IN THE BYLAWS THAT WE CAN RESCHEDULE A MEETING FOR LIKE THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IF IT WAS A HOLIDAY THAT WE COULD BE FLEXIBLE IN REGARD TO RESCHEDULING A MEETING? I THINK WE WOULD LIKE, IF, IF YOU'RE, ARE YOU ASKING IN THE BYLAWS WE CAN SAY, WELL, IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE WILL MEET THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER OR THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER OR SOMETHING. I, I WILL SAY THAT THAT MEANS THERE'S ONLY LIKE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN MEETINGS, SO THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME TO, UM, WELL, EXCEPT THAT, THAT THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY IS PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. AND SO WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE THAT TOO. SO, UH, SO IT'S NOT TO BE REAL SPECIFIC THAT WE SAY ON MONTHS WHEN THE FOURTH WENT WEDNESDAY IS A HOLIDAY OR, OR CLOSE TO A HOLIDAY THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESCHEDULE A MEETING. I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT SAYS IT TO WITHOUT SPECIFIC, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT ANYWAY. BUT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE BYLAWS IF WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS IS ALWAYS GONNA COME UP. MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE A DECISION ON IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE MEET ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. OR FIRST. UM, OH, COMMISSIONER MOSQUITO. I'M SORRY. YEAH, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT I THINK THE DECEMBER ONE, I THINK, WHICH SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE, UH, RECESS JUST BECAUSE DECEMBER I THINK WE HAVE HIGH HOPES TO MEET, BUT DECEMBER ALWAYS JUST SEEMS SO WILD FOR PEOPLE. SO I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT ONE BE RECESSED. AND THEN NOVEMBER, I THINK WE COULD STRIVE TO RESCHEDULE IF THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON THAT FOURTH, UM, THAT FOURTH WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I SUPPORT THAT ALSO. I SAY IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NUMEROUS RELIGIONS THAT CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS THAT TIME OF YEAR, AND IT'S A TIME WHERE SCHOOLS ARE OFF, SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT TOO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH YOU MISSING ANY, YOU'VE GOT THE DISCUSSION ABSENCES AND ELECTIONS NOW I'M GONNA, LEMME JUST, OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS UNLESS DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC NOTES THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING UP FOR LET, UM, ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. I HAVE JUST A FEW LIKE KIND OF WORD CHOICE EDITS AND YEAH, SEND OVER. UM, THEY'RE NOT MAJOR. I JUST HAVE A FEW HERE AND THERE, LIKE UNDER FUNCTION. UM, INSTEAD OF SAYING ADVANCING THE AGENDA, ADMISSION OF LONG BEACH, I WOULD SAY TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY DELIVER GIRLS, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC. [00:30:02] SPECIFIC GENERALLY. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, I NOTICED, UH, THE COMMISSIONER HAS THE OPTION TO SERVE THE COMPENSATION OF $40 PER MEETING AT 10. THIS IS ON PAGE TWO. I WASN'T SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER. AND I'M ALSO NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD CALL OUT WHAT THE NUMBER IS BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE. YEAH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YEAH, MAYBE WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE TO SERVE HER COMPENSATION FOR MEETING ATTENDED PER CITY SOMETHING FOR CITY APPROVED RATE. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE A RAISE AND WE WOULDN'T WANNA HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT OF IF THAT HAPPENS. YES, CORRECT. UM, I DID WANNA GIVE A LITTLE FEEDBACK ON DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR. UM, I WOULD TWEAK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS CONTACTS WITH COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE ALL, ALL TIME. BUT, UM, MAYBE JUST ANOTHER TWO PLANS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. REGULAR. REGULAR, YES. UM, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OVERSEAS AD HOC AND STANDING COMMITTEES. UM, I THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD REPORT BACK TO THE CHAIR, BUT JUST MYSELF HAVING GONE THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING CHAIR AND BEING INVOLVED WITH ALL THE COMMITTEES, I CAN'T, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO TRY TO RUN THEM. I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE CHAIR OVERSEES EACH INTELLECTUAL INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE OR IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEES. UH, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY MEETINGS. THAT'S MY THOUGHT AND FEELING ON THAT. MAYBE SOMETHING MORE LIKE PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND UM, IS THERE'S LIKE REPORTS BACK TO THE CHAIR FROM EACH COMMITTEE. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? OKAY. UM, I THINK THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD DOWN, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ADOPTED A MISSION STATEMENT. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF OPERATING BASED OFF OF THE, THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT WAS THAT ESTABLISHED. THE COMMISSION REALLY GETS INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THE COMMISSION'S SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A, I I THOUGHT WE DID ONE ON A RETREAT. RETREAT. THOSE ARE YOUR GOALS, OUR GOALS, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T ADOPT A MISSION STATEMENT. UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO AS PART THIS PROCESS SO WE CAN BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER THAT UNTIL WE FINALIZE THESE. UM, IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY SECTION, I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO VOLUNTEER THAT WAS ABSENT, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE CREATION THAT THE COMMISSION THAT REMAIN HERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE SHE'S ASKED, UM, IF SHE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND IF NOT, I'M CERTAINLY, UM, BACKGROUND. HAPPY TO HAVE UP WITH THAT AS WELL. OKAY. LET'S SEE. THAT WAS, I TOOK UP A LOT OF AIR TIME. SO LET'S SEE HERE. , UM, IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. UM, LET ME GET BACK TO OUR AGENDA HERE. SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FROM THE COMMISSION CHAIR? IF I MAY JUST, UH, SPEAK TO PROCESS ON THE NEXT STEPS. UM, OUR STAFF IS TAKING NOTES ON BOTH THE BEST CARE WILL REVIEW THE DISCUSSION AGAIN AS WELL AND SHARE THAT FEEDBACK WITH THE ADC COMMITTEE. UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CHECK IN WITH, UH, THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ASSIGNED TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT SHE CAN ASSIST, I BELIEVE, UM, AS ONCE THE DRAFT BYLAWS ARE IN A PLACE THAT THE COMMISSION IS HAPPY WITH. THE NEXT, UH, COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT THE BYLAWS FOR ADOPTION. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCESS WAS CLEAR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FORMAL JAR OR ANY OF THAT. UM, WE'LL HAVE ANITA SUPPORT OF MOVING THINGS FORWARD. OKAY. YES, I SHARED JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE TO ALSO HAVE THE, THE ADMISSION, UH, COMPLETED PRIOR TO THAT, TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BYLAWS, YOUR MISSION [00:35:01] STATEMENT? UHHUH ? YES. UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO, THAT IT WOULD COLLECTIVELY DRAFT IT SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE FORMAT AND LIKE THIS. UM, OR IF YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BULLET POINTS, WE CAN COME BACK AND BRING IT TOGETHER IN A PARAGRAPH AS A MISSION STATEMENT FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. EITHER WAY WORKS. LEMME THINK ABOUT THIS. UM, AND IT'S ALSO ONLY IF THE COMMISSION WILL WANTS SUBMISSION STATEMENT, RIGHT? SO I'M ASKING BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE TO HOLD UP THE BYLAWS IN ORDER TO, CAN WE DO THAT LATER? UH, THE MISSION STATEMENT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BYLAWS WITHOUT, OKAY. MM-HMM. UM, AND I OPEN TO IT. I'M HAPPY TO DRAFT ONE AND BRING INTO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I DON'T WANNA DO THAT IN A, IN A NON-INCLUSIVE PROCESS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE AN A COMMITTEE ON THAT. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL OF YOU'S FEELINGS ARE ON THAT, 'CAUSE I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED WITH, YOU CAN EITHER BRING FORTH A SUGGESTION TO THE NEXT, UM, MEETING. WE CAN HAVE ONE THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED AND WE CAN DISCUSS AND, UM, COLLABORATE THERE BASED ON THAT. OR WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE HAVE AT OR USE YOUR COMMITTEE TO, UM, COLLABORATE IT, FOCUS ON THE PREFERENCE. COMMISSIONER , I WOULD BE FINE WITH YOU PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER IF YOU WANT TO, AND THEN US LOOKING AT IT AND THEN ADDING AND SUBTRACTING TO THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FRAMEWORK, THAT IDEA AS WELL. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. SO I WILL COMMIT TO DOING THAT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON BYLAWS? DO WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE UNDERSTAND OUR NEXT STEPS TOO? OKAY. GOOD. UM, RIGHT IN THAT CASE, YOU NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? AND, UM, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS, WE'RE NOT ADOPTING IT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST VOTING LINE, THIS HAVING HAD THE DISCUSSION AND RECEIVING A PRESENTATION. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ANKLE. SORRY. COMMISSIONER ANKLE. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER ARCH? YES. COMMISSIONER J PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER DONATO SACK. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA LA VIOLETTE. YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. VICE CHAIR NICHOLSON. AND CHAIR ME. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? YES. ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY ON THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ANNUAL BUDGET. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MR. GONZALEZ. UH, AND A SECOND PLEASE. COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLET. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, OUR SPEAKER FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM IS OUR EQUITY OFFICER AND, UH, GREAT LEADER. KEEPS ME ON TRACK. . ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSION. THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. , IS IT? OKAY, THERE WE GO. IT'S FULL SCREEN. SO, UM, ONE THING THAT'S REALLY AMAZING ABOUT THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AND THAT IT WAS NEWER, UM, ONE, THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN A, UH, LIKE CONSECUTIVELY FOLLOWED THE ADOPTION OF, OR THE RECEIVING FILE WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, RIGHT? THAT LIST SEVERAL POLICY, UH, AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE TO IMPROVE, UM, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH WOMEN AND GIRLS. AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ACTIVITIES CALLED OUT IN THAT, ONE, ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION WAS CRITICAL TO MOVING THOSE EFFORTS FORWARD. TWO, WE NEED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES. SO YOUR COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH STRUCTURAL FUNDING WHERE A STAFF POSITION IN [00:40:01] OUR OFFICE THAT AIDS, SO THAT'S JESSICA. AND THEN IT ALSO IS A, COMES WITH, UH, 26,786, UH, DOLLARS, UM, ANNUALLY THAT WE CAN USE. UH, AND THE DESCRIPTION FOR THAT FUNDING IS, UH, ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES, ALL OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, ARE DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. SO, UM, HOW YOU ALL DECIDE TO ALLOCATE THAT FUNDING TIER IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION. UM, BUT, UH, DIFFERENT EXPENSES THAT I COULD GIVE EXAMPLES OF THAT WE MAY HAVE USED FOR THIS BUDGET SO FAR WOULD BE THE FACILITY RENTAL FOR THE RETREAT. UM, WHEN WE PRINT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION, UH, BRANDED MATERIALS FOR WHEN YOU'RE TABLING AT AN EVENT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXPENSE FOR WHEN YOU'RE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. BUT AS YOU ALL THINK MORE ABOUT, UH, THE PROGRAMMING THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR GOALS, THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANNA ALIGN SOME OF THE SPENDING WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES. UM, WE MAY ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE LONG BEACH, UH, YOU KNOW, GIRLS THAT ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE MAY NEED SOME FUNDING TO INCENTIVIZE PARTICIPATION, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW YOU COULD UTILIZE THE FUNDING ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS. UM, WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT STRUCTURAL FUNDING, THAT MEANS THIS MONEY IS WRITTEN INTO LIKE THE BASELINE AND IS, UH, ALLOCATED EACH YEAR. WHATEVER IS NOT SPENT GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND YOU START THE NEXT YEAR OVER WITH THE $26,786. THAT IS, UNLESS ANYTHING CHANGES WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS. UM, SO AN AMAZING POSITION TO BE IN. MOST COMMISSIONS HAVE TO ASK FOR ONE TIMES TO SUPPORT THEIR ACTIVITIES, BUT Y'ALL ARE STARTING WITH, UH, SOME FUNDING THAT, UH, WE WOULD TYPICALLY ONLY SEE ALIGNED WITH, UM, OUR CHARTER COMMISSIONS. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT CONTEXT AND THAT, UH, WOULD BE THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. DAMN, ANA. OKAY, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM? YES. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE FOR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER HARPER. UM, WELL IT'S AMAZING THAT'S REALLY THAT STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED THERE. I GUESS I WONDER IF CONNECT TO THE BYLAWS, WOULD THERE BE REASON TO INCLUDE SOMETHING AROUND HOW WE USE THE BUDGET IN THE BYLAWS? LIKE FOR APPROVAL, AN EXPENSE OVER $500 REQUIRED APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONERS, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT JUST IN TERMS OF, OR AN ANNUAL BUDGET WOULD BE CREATED OR SOMETHING JUST TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THAT CONSENSUS? THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO ESTABLISH A PRO PROCESS OR A PROTOCOL FOR HOW UH, YOU PLAN YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET, UM, THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN YOUR BYLAWS. UM, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO . UM, COMMISSIONER , I'M NOT HERE. . YES. I'M WONDERING WHEN OUR YEAR ENDS, LIKE WHEN WOULD WE USE IT OR LOSE IT? GREAT QUESTION. I AM, I APOLOGIZE. SO, UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, OPERATES ON A FISCAL CALENDAR. AND SO OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER ONE OF EVERY YEAR AND IN SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WE NEED TO SPEND THIS BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UH, AND SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, LET'S SAY WE HAVE EXPENSES THAT ARE PLANNED, LIKE WE'VE ALREADY MADE COMMITMENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T PAID IT OUT, THAT MONEY WOULD BE ENCUMBERED AND WOULD ROLL OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MES, YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP? C YEAH, ALANA, ALANA ANSWERED IT. I THINK I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD PLANNED EXPENSES, BUT MAYBE THINGS THAT HADN'T HAPPENED YET BEFORE THE CUTOFF DATE, WE COULD KIND OF ALLOCATE THAT MONEY FOR THAT. YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ? WELL, THE, UM, THE AD HOC SAFETY COMMITTEE [00:45:01] IS PLANNING A, A CONFERENCE WHERE WE WOULD PAY SOME OF THE PEOPLE OR PAY PEOPLE WHO WERE SPEAKERS OR PARTICIPANTS WE'D HAVE TO RENT, UH, A VENUE. UM, I THINK IT COMES TO 25,000 BUCKS, SO WE, I'M KIDDING , BUT, UM, BUT I KNOW IT WILL COST SOMETHING FOR SURE. AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD GET FUNDING FOR, FROM OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. MM-HMM . . UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD GET, KNOWING THAT THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PRINTING AND THE OTHER COSTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THIS, COULD WE GET AN ESTIMATE ABOUT HOW MUCH IS LEFT OVER THAT? YES. SO MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVEN'T PRINTED FOR ANY OUTREACH AS OF OCTOBER ONE. SO, UM, RIGHT NOW I'M WAITING TO CONFIRM IF WE DID PAY FOR THE RETREAT. IF WE DIDN'T, THEN YOU HAVE THE FULL AMOUNT, THE 26,000. SO I, I CAN FOLLOW UP VIA WRITING FOR YOU ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? WHAT ARE WE GONNA ASK? SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA ASK ABOUT? UM, WE WERE GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAINING. GO AHEAD. WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, IN THE, IN THE BIG TRAINING EVENT, WHICH WOULD BE MAYBE WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET, BUT TWO, TWO DAYS MAYBE THE, THE CONFERENCE TWO AND A HALF DAYS. AND IF WE DID THAT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CHARGE PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING BECAUSE, BECAUSE SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS WERE IMPORTANT AND THEY WOULD GET CEUS FOR THEM. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CHARGE PEOPLE AND UM, WOULD WE THEN BE ABLE TO DO A SLIDING SCALE OR DO A, UM, BE ABLE TO GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIRLS TO COME FOR FREE? WE WANTED PEOPLE, WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE ANYBODY WHO COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY PAY. AND SO, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE USED TO PAYING FOR THESE KIND OF CONFERENCES. ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE MONEY IN FROM THAT? SOMETHING THAT CAN LOOK INTO AND GET BACK TO YOU? OKAY. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. MY GUESS IS IF, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO TOWARDS LIKE SCHOLARSHIPS OR SOMETHING. LIKE YOU SAID, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME REGULATIONS SO THAT I WOULD SAY, I KNOW WE STAFF THREE COMMISSION. SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, ANY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WE'VE PUT FORTH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A FEE ASSOCIATED, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC. 'CAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT AND WE'RE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY FOR YOU ALL, UM, A BEST PRACTICE THAT CAPE COD OR THE COMMISSION, UH, ON DISABILITY, UM, THEY UTILIZE SPONSORSHIPS VERY OFTEN TO COVER ALL OF THEIR EXPENSES. MM-HMM . UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION. UM, I THINK IF THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH CER CERTIFICATES THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THESE TRAININGS YEAH. UM, THEN THAT WOULD NEED TO BE LIKE A TRANSACTION WITH WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZES THOSE CERTIFICATIONS. BUT, UM, I'LL WORK WITH ANITA TO GET SOME MORE DIRECTION AROUND, UH, POSTING A, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC EVENT. AND, AND, AND WHEN WE SAY A PUBLIC EVENT, UM, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING WHO ARE CERTAINLY NOT LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. IS THAT, WHEN YOU SAY A PUBLIC EVENT, IS THAT OPEN TO ANYBODY? MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. I ALSO WILL SAY THAT, UM, WELL, NOT TO MAKE YOU GUYS INUNDATED WITH ANYTHING BUT ANITA ANDANA AND FOLKS ARE VERY RESPONSIVE IF WE HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL TOO. EMAIL TEXTING ME. YEAH. UM, OH YEAH, I'M NOT . I, I WONDER, UM, IF FOR INSTANCE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION PRESENTING, CAN THEY GET SOMETHING FOR PRESENTING OR IS THAT AN HONORARIA? YEAH, FOR LIKE A COMMISSIONER YES. PRESENT. [00:50:03] I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH I, BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO SAY NO BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE COMPENSATED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THESE MEETINGS. UM, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, I I DON'T SEE THAT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SALARY RESOLUTION IS LIMITED TO JUST THE ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC BODY NEEDS, WHICH WOULD BE THE . SO IF SOMEONE WAS SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE AND NOT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M ASKING IF SO NOT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT COMING FROM US. THAT'S THE AND THE CONFERENCE YEAH. PAYING FOR, OKAY. YOU'RE SPEAKING AS A COMMISSIONER, AS A, YOU'RE REPRESENTING LONG BEACH COMM, PROBABLY SPEAKING AS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD OR, UH, A POET OR A, OR A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY. YEAH, THAT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT IF YOUR LONG BEACH CHAT IS ON AS A COMMISSIONER AND YOU'RE INVITED AS A LONG BEACH COMMISSIONER, BUT IF YOU'RE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND YOU'RE GOING, THEN IT'S SEPARATE. THANKS. I WOULD ADD, I WOULD SAY FROM MY BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM, THE PR, WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE AN INTERNAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT COULD CREATE, THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A VALID DISCUSSION. SO I THINK WE WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE WE REALLY LIKE CROSSED ALL OUR T'S AND I'S, UM, IF THAT WERE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD WITH. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, IF THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER NON-PROFIT THAT WORKS WITH US ON THIS AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION, UM, IS PUTTING IN TIME TO PUBLICIZE AND ALL THAT, WOULD THEY GET PAID FOR DOING THAT? IF THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT YOU HAVE WITH THAT ORGANIZATION? UM, YES, BUT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AN EXPENSE THAT'S APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH RIGHT. ANY TYPE OF CONTRACT. UH, I SEE A QUESTION FROM, OR A COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER ATA. OH, YES. UM, THE, MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE, UH, ATTENDANCE OF CONFERENCES, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A NATIONAL AND A STATE, UM, ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN. UH, CAN THOSE FUNDS BE UTILIZED, UH, FOR COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND AND COVER THE COST OF THEIR REGISTRATION AND IF THEY'RE OUT OF STATE TO COVER THE COST OF THEIR TRAVEL AND LODGING? YES. YES. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S THE, UH, THE, UH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF, OF, UH, COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN IS HAVING THEIR CONFERENCE, UH, THIS JULY IN OKLAHOMA. AND SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TO SEE WHAT, UH, IS AVAILABLE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AND JUST, JUST TO GO, AS WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS, I KNOW OUR COMMISSION IS SENDING HOMELESS REPRESENTATIVES, SO I THINK IT COULD SECTION REPRESENTATIVES. OKAY. UM, FIRST, UM, WE'RE LOOKING SOMETHING UP RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL SAY FOR CITY APPROVED TRAVEL, UM, THEY'RE, I WANT SAY CITY COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY APPROVED, UM, A POLICY. IS IT POLICY, UH, AUTHORIZING WHICH STATES WE CAN AND CANNOT TRAVEL TO BASED OFF OF? YES. RIGHT. SO MAY BE ON THAT LIST OF, UH, STATES WE CANNOT TRAVEL TO SNAP HOW, UM, IT'S A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, SO IT WILL APPLY TO THE USE OF THE FUNDS FOR THE COMMISSION AS WELL. YEAH. CAN WE GET A LIST OF THOSE THINGS? YEAH. RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION, UM, I WOULD SAY REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN THAT EVENT. UM, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WANNA IZE SOMETHING SURE. FOR THAT. UM, YEAH. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER DATA. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF COMMISSIONER ARCH'S COMMENT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC IDEA FOR US TO BUILD CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, AS LIKE A BABY COMMISSION LEARNING WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THE BONDING WOULD BE GREAT [00:55:01] TOO FOR US, ALTHOUGH OKLAHOMA, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, , ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR DISCUSSION? ? COMMISSIONER AL? JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON MAYBE ADDITION TO THE OFFICERS. OH, ALSO, YEAH, I'M SORRY. UM, MAYBE CONSIDERING ADDING A, A TREASURER AS AN OFFICER SINCE THERE IS A BUDGET TOWARDS COMMISSION MM-HMM . I MEAN, YEAH. UM, I MAY COMMENT. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION AND I THINK YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO HAVING A BUDGET AND SOME RULES FOR SPENDING, I REALLY PRESSURE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. YES. FANTASTIC. OKAY. GONNA, COMMISSIONER MS. SCADA, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HAND UP? SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU NO. OKAY. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. UM, IN THAT CASE, MADAM COURT, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ULTA? YES. COMMISSIONER SHE PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER RA? YES. AND CHAIR MALINGER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? YES. ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VIOL. YES. YES. UM, OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO BRING THIS DISCUSSION ITEM FORWARD, UM, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, UM, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE AGENDA PLANNING PROCESS AND WRITE FORTH, UM, SOME OF THEIR OWN IDEAS TO THE, TO THE AGENDAS. UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA MAKE SOME REMARKS AND WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION. UM, I AS CHAIR HAVE TO PLAN, UH, THE AGENDAS NOT HAVE TO, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PLAN OUR AGENDAS, UM, BUT I WANNA LET THE COMMISSIONERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AND THEY DO HAVE EQUAL, UM, PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY WROTE WITH ALL AND PRIVILEGE ALSO TO BRING YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND ITEMS FORWARD. AND I KNOW WE ARE, AS COMMISSIONER MODA SAID, A BABY COMMISSION, AND WE'RE ALL LEARNING RIGHT NOW HOW TO DO THAT. UM, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU HAVE, I THINK I RAN INTO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AT AN EVENT RECENTLY AND SHE HAD A GREAT IDEA ABOUT SOMETHING I SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY WORKSHOP INTO AN AGENDA ITEM. SO IF THERE'S A SUBJECT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, THAT APPLIES TO WOMEN AND GIRLS AND YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO CRAFT IT INTO A RECOMMENDATION, UM, OR A POLICY OR A PROGRAM, THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE ALL KIND OF WITHIN OUR PURVIEW OR JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM TO INVITE SOMEBODY TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT IT SO WE CAN GET BETTER DIRECTION. UM, PLEASE CALL ME, TEXT ME, EMAIL ME, AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND, UM, PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA. BUT I WOULD LOVE IF EVERYONE TO BE LIKE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT. AND IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, WITH YOUR COUNSELOR PERSONS, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, UM, DEVELOPING THOSE AND MEETING WITH 'EM, 'EM, UM, AND DISCUSSING THE NEEDS OF YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'LL BE PRETTY WELL ATTUNED TO THOSE NEEDS AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE, THOSE AREAS OF INTEREST APPLY TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS I HAD AND SOME GUIDANCE I WANTED TO PROVIDE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, I CALL FOR ITEMS AT THE END OF EACH MEETING, BUT I'M NOT SURE IN RETROSPECT THAT THAT'S A , BUT WE MAY HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION IF ANYBODY HAS IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS [01:00:01] OR IF WE WANT TO JUST TALK THROUGH SOME IDEAS RIGHT NOW. SO YOU ALREADY HAD SEVERAL, BUT CAME UP IN OUR LAST COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS. SO, UM, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK, PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN PERSON OR IN ZOOM? YES. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON MS ITEM IN PERSON. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON MS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO, YES, COMMISSIONER AL. UM, I, UH, CHAIR MELLBERG MENTIONED THE RAN INTO EACH OTHER AT AN EVENT. AND, UM, MY QUESTION TO HER WAS, IN MY DISTRICT IN DISTRICT NINE, THERE IS A BIG SUMMER EVENT, UM, A JAZZ FEST THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY SUMMER. AND KNOWING THAT IT'S COMING UP, I ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE A TABLE. UM, AND THAT WAS THE SUGGESTION I HAD. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY MATERIAL WE HAVE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE, IN THE NORTH, NORTH FOUNDATION. SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN START ENGAGING IN THE PUBLIC. UM, SO MY SUGGESTION FOR THAT WOULD BE ANYTIME ANYBODY WANTS US TO TABLE AN, AN EVENT THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE IF, UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH AD HOC COMMITTEE TOOK A LOOK AT, UM, EVENTS COMING UP AND IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TABLE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF, UM, INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS WANT TO SEND ANY SPECIFICALLY TO US, WE CAN REVIEW THOSE AND MAYBE WE COME UP WITH A LIST THAT WE BRING, UM, AS, AS ONE ITEM FOR APPROVAL. AND THAT WAY EVERY TIME THERE'S A ONE OFF EVENT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HAVING TO VOTE ON TABLING EVERY MONTH, BUT WE'LL HAVE LIKE A, MAYBE A SCHEDULE. SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE WAY, UM, TO HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO GOING THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME EVENTS WE SHOULD BE TABLING AT THAT INCLUDE, AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE CAN BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COMMISSION WITH THE LIST OF EXPERT TABLING FOR APPROVAL. COULD WE ASK ALL, UM, COMMISSIONERS TO IT'S EMAIL EVENTS THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT TO THEM SO THEY CAN COMPILE THE LIST? I HAVE IT MAYBE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. JUST KIND OF KNOWING THAT WE'RE APPROACHING SUMMER, THINGS ARE GONNA START HAPPENING IN SIX, VERY ACTIVE, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH BROWN ACT, SO WE'RE NOT EMAILING EVERYONE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DESIGNATED PERSON RECEIVE THEM, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VANESSA ON THE AD HOC OR A STAFF PERSON, I COULD PUT FORM AND JUST CIRCULATE THAT AND JUST SEND YOU THE RESULTS. SO IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZED ATED FOR YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER , AS LONG AS MARIA HAS BROUGHT IT UP, CAN WE GET THE DATE AND DETAILS PART OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW? SO THE DATE, BUT IT'S THE SUMMER . I'LL HAVE THAT BY IF IT'S OKAY IF MY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST IT. WE'RE OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER SDA, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, I THINK DEFINITELY DEVELOPING A SYSTEM IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK, I THINK RELYING ON LIKE EACH OTHER AS A COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK LIKE, I, I THINK A, A SYSTEM THAT INCLU THAT HAS A COMBINATION OF BOTH. UM, BUT I SEE, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SAM. LIKE NOT, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TABLE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COMES UP, RIGHT? BUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ENSURING THAT AS COMMISSIONERS WE ARE BRINGING UP THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICTS OR THAT WE KNOW OF THAT ARE ESTABLISHED, CERTAINLY LIKE THE JAZZ FESTIVAL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PRESENCE. AND I THINK, I THINK IT HASN'T KIND OF GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND YET JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH LIKE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? OR LIKE WHO WE ARE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PUT OURSELVES OUT THERE. UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR AGENDA ITEMS LIKE AGENDA ITEMS, IDEAS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS? EVEN [01:05:05] ALL ONE THING THAT I, AND I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER SHE PATTERSON BROUGHT UP AT OUR RETREAT IS FOR ME, FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, FOR WOMEN AND PROVIDING, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT, BUT I, I DO FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT ISSUE WITH US WOMEN AND GIRLS. SO SOMETHING AROUND FINANCIAL LITERACY, SOMETHING, YEAH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE I COULD HELP TALK, UM, I COULD TALK WITH YOU ABOUT AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE MIGHT WANNA ACHIEVE AN AGENDA ITEM LIKE THAT. YOU COULD INVITE A GROUP, UM, TO COME ADVISE US THAT SPECIALIZES IN THAT THERE'S A NONPROFIT THAT DOES IT AND WE MIGHT GET AN IDEA. UM, WE COULD MAYBE LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THAT IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE MIGHT WANNA CREATE MODEL ON. SO THERE'S KIND OF MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN TACKLE THAT, BUT I THINK THE FIRST STEP BEING OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND KIND OF WORKSHOPPING IT AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY YOU CAN, IT TAKES ALLOW BACK TO YOU. SO, YEAH. COMMISSIONER LEVI? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER THE, THE, UM, CONFERENCE, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A WORKSHOP THAT COULD BE PART OF THE CONFERENCE AND BECAUSE WE WANT INPUT FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, UM, IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO CREATE A WORKSHOP ON THAT, EVEN ONE THAT HAD TWO PARTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY. I THINK ONE THING WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE BRINGING NEXT TIME IS A MISSION STATEMENT THAT ITS THAT, UM, OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, MAYBE JUST, UM, JUST TO GET THE IDEAS OUT THERE. AND I, I LOVE ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW WE CAN TALK, BUT AT SOME POINT, BUT I AM JUST TO SAY THIS THOUGH, I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD, THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY, AND I JUST WONDER AS COMMISSIONERS, LIKE WHAT IS OUR ROLE AND HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING OUR STANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, FOR CIVIL RIGHTS? BUT AS THINGS I THINK BEGIN TO LOOK LESS AND LESS STABLE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, I JUST WONDER LIKE WHAT IS OUR, OUR DUTY AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL, IF IT'S JUST A CONVERSATION HERE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS, AS PROFESSIONALS, AS COMMISSIONERS. UM, BUT I PUT THAT OUT OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT IS OUR GOAL AS COMMISSIONERS IN A WORLD THAT IS CRUMBLING AND I THINK NEEDS OUR SUPPORT AND OUR VOICE. AND I DON'T WANNA MISS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP AND TO STAND FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT. COMMISSIONER, PILOT. UM, I'M ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON THAT. UM, I WONDER EVEN AS A COMMISSION, ARE WE ALLOWED TO WRITE A LETTER TO, TO WITH CONCERNS OR, UH, THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, AS A COMMISSION TO NATIONAL LEADERSHIP, LOCAL LEADERSHIP, UM, ARE, ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUT? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PARTISAN ISSUE, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S, THAT AFFECTS WOMEN AND CURLS. AND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS AND WE CAN, I'M WONDERING IF AS A COMMISSION CAN WE DO THAT? SO BASED ON THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATION CHANGES TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, THEY COULD, UM, RECOMMEND NEW PROGRAMS, NEW PRACTICES, UM, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THE VISIBILITY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO BASICALLY LIKE THE CAPACITY SURROUNDING THIS JURISDICTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY, THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THERE CAN TAKE WHAT IS IN YOUR LETTER INTO CONSIDERATION TO MOVE FORWARD BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION. SO WE COULD WRITE A LETTER THAT WOULD GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT IS YOUR ADVISORY ROLE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GATHER COLLECTIVE DATA HERE AND DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU ALL RECOMMEND AS A MAJORITY AND THEN MOVE THAT [01:10:01] FORWARD OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC HUMAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS A COMMISSION, WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE AND WHY THAT IS AND WHAT WE THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO OR STAND FOR TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IN A LETTER. UM, AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING STANCE OR PROGRAMING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICIES TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO AS A COMMISSION ADOPT MUCH LIKE WE ADOPT A MISSION STATEMENT, WE CAN ADOPT, SHARED MY GOALS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ETHICS OR SOMETHING WE COULD, THERE'S ETHICAL STANDARDS YEAH. OR BELIEFS VALUE THE SOURCE IN FIGURE OUT. IS THAT RIGHT? CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHICH YEAH. LIKE A VALUE STATEMENT. YEAH. WELL, MISSION STATEMENT IS KIND OF A VALUE STATEMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . WE, WE INCLUDE OKAY. DISCUSSION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SAME THAT I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, CLERK TO PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR HOWARD. YES. CHAIR ARCH. YES. I'M SORRY. GREAT. . COMMISSIONER AL HARPER. THANK YOU. RECEIVED. COMMISSIONER ULTA. RECEIVED COMMISSIONER J PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER SAP. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MA VIOLETTE. YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE. YES. AND CHAIRMAN? YES. MOTION CARRIES. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WOULD ANYONE OBJECTED BY CALL THE FIVE MINUTE RECESS? AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. SO IT'S 7 43. SO AT 7 48. THANK YOU. I KNOW IF STATEMENT ABOUT OH, UM, CALLED COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA? HERE. COMMISSIONER J PATTERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER SAP? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER LA HERE. COMMISSIONER ? HERE. CHAIR MELANIE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM CLERK THEN COULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR NEXT ITEM? YES, I IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 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. OKAY, THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. AND A SECOND VIOL. WE'VE GOTTA DO A TALLY ON YOUR, UM, OKAY. I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF, DO WE FEEL THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS NEEDS TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER UPDATES? PROBABLY. BUT NEXT THREE FOR NEXT MONTH. JUST WANNA BE EGALITARIAN HERE. OKAY. , UM, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, GET ANY REPORTS BACK FROM OUR A HOC COMMITTEES, UM, [01:15:01] COMMISSIONER ADA, WHICH YOU LINE PROVIDING US SUMMARY ON COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH? YEAH, SO WE ARE, WE'VE ARE WORKING ON FIGURING OUT A WAY TO DEVELOP AN ONLINE PRESENCE VIA A SITE OR, UH, UM, A DIVISION OF THE CITY AND OFFICE OF EQUITY SITE. UM, I THINK WE'RE, UM, WAITING FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM ALANA, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN I THINK WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT A SYSTEM, A DEVELOPING A SYSTEM TO BE ABLE THEN TO DO OUR OUTREACH OUT IN THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK, UH, ALSO I'M ON MY COMMITTEE AS WELL. I KNOW ALANA HAD SUGGESTED THEIR NEWSLETTER, THE OFFICE OF I BELIEVE NEWSLETTER IS A RESOURCE FOR REPORTING OUT, UM, INFORMATION. AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO THAT ANYWAY, WITH, WITH OUR GOINGS ON. BUT, UM, THAT THOSE ARE ASKS, WE CAN REQUEST IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'VE VOTED ON OR WANT SPECIFICALLY TO REACH THE COMMUNITY. THERE, THERE'S THE NEWSLETTER AS A RESOURCE AND THERE'S SOME OTHER COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS AS WELL. UH, OKAY. WOULD EITHER, UH, WOULD ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS FROM THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE? A COMMISSIONER, SHAY PATSON? SURE. I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE. YEAH, SO WE, WE MET A, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO AND WE ALL DELEGATED, UM, DIFFERENT DUTIES. MY, MYSELF, I FOLLOWED UP WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED, UM, WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMITTEES IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, OR COMMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, I'VE SO FAR GOTTEN, UH, FEEDBACK FROM ONE, AND I HAVE A MEETING COMING UP JUST TO KIND, KIND OF LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH MENTORING IN PARTICULAR. UM, WE'RE ALL, WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO EXISTING MENTORING COMMITTEES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THEY SERVE, WHAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS ARE. UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CREATED SHORT, INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM GOALS. SO OUR FIRST SHORT-TERM GOAL IS JUST TO CREATE A RESOURCE LIST SO THAT WE CAN POST ON THE WEB ON, ON THE CITY WEBSITE, SO THAT IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR MENTORING, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHICH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO GO TO, TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. AND OF COURSE, THEY'LL, WE'LL WANT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD SERVE TO HELP, UM, VET THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REPUTABLE, THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE. UM, SO THAT'S OUR, OUR MAIN, UM, IMMEDIATE GOAL AT THIS TIME. AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, LIKE THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, SAMANTHA. UM, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HAVING THEM COME MEET AT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN MENTORING. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT. UM, JEN'S WORK, JENNIFER HARPER HAS, OR COMMISSIONER HARPER HAS WORKED WITH, UM, UH, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY HAVE A MENTORING LIST. I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPAND ON THAT. SO WE'VE DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN MOTION AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A RESOURCE LIST DELIVERED TO THE COMMISSION BY NEXT MEETING. UM, JUST TO ADD ONTO THAT, I ATTENDED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF YEAR UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S LAST MEETING, THE COMMISSIONER T'S SUGGESTION, AND THEY PRESENTED ON MENTORSHIP RESEARCH THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY JUST CONCLUDED. SO, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE INVITING THEM TO OUR MENTORSHIP , IS THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF THE LATE WORK ALREADY IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS ALREADY EXIST, EVEN THEY'VE BROKEN IT DOWN TO BY AGE GROUP AND BY CAREER TYPE AND EVERYTHING. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US, UM, AND GUIDE US MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT WE, WE MIGHT BE WANTING TO DO. UM, OKAY, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THREE OF OUR COMMITTEES. SO NOW WE HAVE, UM, WOULD ANYONE WOULD COMMISSIONER VO STAFF OR VITA OR LU VIOLET, LIKE TO PROVIDE ADVICE FROM THE SAFETY COMMITTEE? , WE, UM, THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE MET TWICE [01:20:01] AND WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF POTENTIAL SPEAKERS. UM, LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE ISSUE THAT SAFETY WAS THE SECOND MOST, UH, FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL, UH, EQUALITY OR EQUITY WAS NUMBER ONE, BUT, BUT SAFETY WAS NUMBER TWO IN TERMS OF, UM, SURVEY RESULTS. AND SO WE LOOKED AT PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, FOR INSTANCE, UH, ONE OF THE GROUPS WE LOOKED AT WAS A WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS, WHICH DOES WORK WITH TRAUMA AND ART. AND, UM, THEY'RE TERRIFIC. WE, WE ALL HAD SPEAKERS IN LINE. UH, IRMA HAD, UM, A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS ON THINGS. WE ALSO ASKED IF HELENA WOULD, WOULD, UM, BRING HER GROUP TOGETHER AND THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE THAT THEY WOULD READ POETRY, INCLUDING HER. SHE'S OUR POET LAUREATE AND SHE KNOWS OTHER POETS, AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BRINGING GIRLS IN. WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT AFFORDABLE AND FREE BASICALLY FOR, FOR ANYBODY IN LONG BEACH AND TO REACH OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE WORKSHOPS THAT STARTED YOUNGER THAN THAT. BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS WE'VE GONE AND WE DON'T HAVE A DATE. UM, AND IF I MAY, WE ALSO DISCUSSED, AND I THINK A FEW IDEAS HAVE COME UP IN THIS MEETING FOR PLANNING SOMETHING BIG LIKE A CONFERENCE INTEGRATING SOME OF OUR OTHER, LIKE PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE CONFERENCE. SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS TOGETHER THAT A A UW HAS IDENTIFIED AND GIVE THEM, HAVE A MENTORSHIP FAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THE CONFERENCE, ONE POINT OF DISCUSSION WAS IT ALL, IT PROVIDES OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO MEET SOME PROGRAMMING GOALS. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING SO MANY COMMUNITY FOLKS TOGETHER THERE ALREADY AND A A UW, UM, I SUGGESTED TO THE CHAIR THAT THEY SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT. THEY DID DISCUSS IT. YEAH. YEAH. UM, ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON SHE NO, I COVERED IT. OKAY. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYTHING? YES. DO YOU EVER REQUEST, UM, AS YOU ALL SCHEDULE YOUR MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT MONTH, PLEASE INCLUDE ME, UM, IN THAT MEETING SO THAT I CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, LOGISTICAL CONCERNS THAT YOU CAN'T RESOLVE IN THAT MEETING. I JUST WANNA BE PRESENT SO THAT I CAN ASSIST, UM, AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, LOSING TIME, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE ISSUES INVOLVED. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO JOIN YOU ALL, UM, NEXT MONTH OR BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, SO THAT I CAN ASSIST, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN IF I NEED TO TO BE A LIAISON OR WITH CONNECTING YOU TO ANOTHER, UH, PARTNER OR RESOURCE, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. OKAY. UM, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ONE QUICK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. OH, SHOOT. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. AND IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, WOULD YOU PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. AND THAT PLEASE, MADAM CLERK A, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ARCH? YES. COMMISSIONER SHEA PATTERSON. COMMISSIONER SHEA PATTERSON. SORRY. AYE. THANK YOU. YES, . THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DE OSAP. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER LAT? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. CHAIR MANAGER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL NOW TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND LESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR, MYSELF AND CLERK. CAN YOU, UH, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER OR A CHECK FOR ABOVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM. UM, IN PERSON. [01:25:01] PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN ZOOM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN AND MAKE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME. OUR COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, SHARING RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPEAK UP. COMMISSIONER . UM, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE. UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT THE DISMANTLING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. UM, I GAVE A KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE WOMEN'S FESTIVAL IN PHIL IN FULLERTON FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND, UM, I ALSO GAVE A TEDX TALK ABOUT DISABILITY INCLUSION, AND I'M THE RUNNER UP FOR THE YOUTH LAUREATE OF THE WESTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. AND YESTERDAY I WAS INVITED BY, UM, THE CEO OF ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS TOT SHAFER TO SPEAK ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFLICT ON BEHALF OF MY SCHOOL. AND THIS IS WHY I'M MY SHIRT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL INCREDIBLE. WELL, ON THAT, IN THAT, UH, GENERAL VEIN, I JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT TO DO A DOCUMENTARY WITH NETFLIX AND, UH, IT'S ON THE, UH, JODY ARIAS TRIAL. IT'S RE-LOOKING AT IT, UH, WITH THE MEDIA BIAS AND THE GENDER BIAS IN THE CASE. AND, UM, IRMA, UH, THANK YOU. I, I AM AND SAM, I, UM, I'M GONNA BE RECEIVING ONE OF THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS FROM THE LA COMMISSION NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE MANY IMPRESSIVE WOMEN AMONGST US, I'LL SAY YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE INVITATIONS, UM, THAT THE CELEBRATION OF YOUNG CHILD PUT ON BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS COMING UP ON APRIL 26TH, UM, RIGHT HERE AT THE PARK, SOMEWHERE CLOSE HERE. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT WITH LOTS OF, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TABLE IF WE COULD WORK THAT OUT AS A COMMISSION, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY AND LOTS OF INCREDIBLE ACTIVITIES. SO, UM, APRIL 26TH AND THEN LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY HAS OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, TEA FOR TOPS COMING UP ON MAY 3RD IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED. UM, THAT'S 11 TO ONE ON SATURDAY. BUT JUST A FUN, THERE'LL BE A HARVEST AND WE A FUL HAT AND IT'LL JUST BE A FUN KIND OF QUICK BRUNCH EVENT FOR OUR ANNUAL MONDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, THIS IS POLITICAL, BUT THERE'S A HANDS OFF. CAN I SAY THAT? OKAY. THERE'S A TRY IT. OKAY. THERE'S A HANDS OFF ACTIVITY APRIL 5TH, THAT'S NATIONAL AND IT'S INTERNATIONAL AND IT'S PEOPLE STAYING HANDS OFF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, HANDS OFF OUR, UH, SOCIAL SECURITY HANDS OFF. AND IT'S, AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER. AND I, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO JUST GOOGLE HANDS OFF AND FIND THE CLOSEST ACTIVITY. UM, THIS, THIS SATURDAY IS A TESLA TAKE DOWN, UM, IN ORANGE COUNTY AND, AND NEWPORT FASHION ISLAND IS THE CLOSEST ONE. AND, UM, YEAH, I CAN I SAY THAT? IS IT TOO LATE IN A NON-PARTISAN WAY? WE'RE DOING A TESLA TAKEDOWN, SO IT'S COMPLETELY NONPARTISAN. OKAY. YES. PERFECT. RICE. YEAH. UH, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THE, THE TEA THING. JEN. WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY. IS THAT A FUNDRAISER? YES. OKAY, COOL. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOU WERE SAVED THE DATES. I HAVE SAVED THE DATES FOR EVERYONE. THEY'RE IN MY CAR. SO IF YOU WANNA ACCOMPANY ME TO MY CAR, , AND IF YOU HAVE DIGITAL COPIES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND IT TO ME AND I CAN FOLLOW UP. YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST HAVE A SHORT RECAP. [01:30:01] UM, NOT IN MY CAPACITY OF CHAIR WOMEN'S COMMISSION, BUT IN MY CAPACITY AS, UH, VP OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FOR VISIT LONG BEACH. I SPOKE ON A PANEL AT QUEENS IN THE MAKING, WHICH WAS A, THE QUEEN AREA DECIDED TO PUT ON THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT. IT WAS A REALLY LOVELY PANEL AND, UM, THEY DID INVITE THE COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE, BUT IT WAS KIND OF SHORT NOTICE. UM, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING MAYBE THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN, IN SOME WAY. AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, LOVELY EVENT. AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE A A W EXAM. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR ERS OR COMMENTS ON OKAY. IN THAT CASE, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE JUDGE? TIME IS EIGHT OH SIX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. IT'S, IT IS OKAY TO STRIKE WHAT I SAID FROM THE RECORD. A. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.