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THAT, UM, DOUG.WE'RE READY TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
I THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR MAKING TIME TO BE HERE, UM, FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, VICE CHAIR KIMBERLY LEWIS HERE.
UM, BEFORE WE GET TO AGENDA, I, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, UM, BEING HERE TODAY.
WE ARE GOING BE FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES, RULE OF ORDER AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES.
UM, WE WANT TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.
WE DON'T WANNA TALK OVER THE WHOLE, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TIME TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ANY OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, AND AT THE END ARE NON AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
SO, UM, FIRST THING, JUST, SORRY, JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A PUBLIC SIGNUP SHEET IN THE BACK IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SIGN UP.
OTHERWISE, ONCE WE GO THROUGH AGENDA ITEMS, WE'LL CALL ON THE, UH, WE'LL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER THAT THE COMMENTS ARE NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
THE QUESTIONS MAY NOT BE ANSWERED AT DURING THIS TIME.
UM, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES, AND WE'LL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2025.
UM, DO HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
SECOND, YOU WANNA PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU CAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON OUR MINUTES? NONE.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FIRST TO SERVE INTERIM SHELTER OPERATIONS OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL, OKAY.
UM, I WOULD INTRODUCE SOMEBODY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME.
SO SOMEBODY ELSE BRING TO THE CITY, OR, UH, YOU CAN EITHER STAND OR SIT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO, MY NAME IS SHA WEEKS AND I AM THE COO OF FIRST TO SERVE.
I THINK I DID THE MATH RIGHT, 22 YEARS AGO, UH, WITH A SUBSTANCE USE FACILITY THAT WAS IN HOME.
AND WE EXPANDED FROM THERE TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ANGELINOS, FROM WESTLAKE ALL THE WAY TO LONG BEACH.
WE NOW OPERATE THREE SHELTERS HERE IN LONG BEACH AND THE WINTER SHELTER, WHICH IS A TEMPORARY SHELTER TO OPERATING DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
AND WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 791 PEOPLE IN BEDS EVERY DAY.
AND LAST YEAR WE, OH, THANK YOU.
UM, WE OFFER SUBSTANCE USE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH.
WE HELP PEOPLE WITH CONNECTIONS THROUGH SUBSTANCE USE, INCREASING THEIR INCOME THROUGH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE ALSO STRIVE TO REINTEGRATE INDIVIDUALS INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A BIG, UH, PASSION PIECE FOR US.
WE PRIMARILY SERVE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE, UM, SECONDARY CHALLENGES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE.
UM, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN FORMALLY INCARCERATED.
WE ALSO HAVE A REENTRY PROGRAM WHERE WE ALSO SERVE ABOUT 300 PEOPLE A YEAR, HELPING THEM CONNECT TO RESOURCES ONCE THEY'VE BEEN LONG TERM STARES.
SO THEY ARE THROUGH CALIFORNIA STATE PRISONS AND THE LONGEST STAIRS IN 47 YEARS.
WE HELP TO REINTEGRATE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, GET THEM EMPLOYED, GET THEM HOUSING.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS DON'T LIVE WITH US.
THEY ARE JUST RECEIVING SERVICES FROM US.
WE SERVE CHILDREN, SINGLE WOMEN AND FAMILIES AND SINGLE MEN.
UM, LAST YEAR WE SERVED THREE, 3000 PLUS NON DUPLICATED CLIENTS.
THAT MEANS THEY WERE, EVERY TIME THEY CAME IN, THEY WERE NEW TO US.
WE, UM, MOST OF OUR, OUR LARGEST FUNDER IS LASA, WHICH IS LOS ANGELES HOUSING SERVICES AUTHORITY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED GUESTS LAST YEAR
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WAS 528, MOVED THEM FROM HOMELESSNESS TO PERMANENT HOUSING, NOT INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE IN JUST OUR HOUSING PROGRAM, WHICH ARE JUST OVER 700 PEOPLE.SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES THAT WE USE AND OUR, AT OUR SITES IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN YOU LIVE WITH 124 ROOMMATES THAT YOU DID NOT CHOOSE, THERE CAN BE CONFLICT.
AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER I SAID, WE WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND REINTEGRATING PEOPLE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE REASON WE LOOK AT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS BECAUSE IT HELPS TO FOSTER HEALING AND IT HELPS PEOPLE TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WHICH THEY'LL NEED WHEN THEY MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
YOU HAVE A CONFLICT WITH YOUR LANDLORD.
YOU HAVE TO, UH, TALK TO HIM OR HER ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
AND SO PEOPLE ARE USED TO SURVIVING ANY WAY THEY CAN.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE TEACH THEM WAYS TO HAVE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATE AND MOVE THROUGH LIFE AND REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE HELPS TO, TO HELP THEM COMBAT SOME OF THE CONFLICTS THAT COME UP WITH LIVING WITH ROOMMATES.
SO EACH OF OUR SITES WE CALL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN CHALLENGES COME UP.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS PRIOR TO DURING THE YEAR, ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR, WE DO COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY COMES, SITS, TALKS ABOUT THINGS, MAKES SUGGESTIONS, AND REALLY HELP THEM TO FOSTER THAT COLLECTIVE SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'VE LIVED WITH IN, IN SHELTERS FOR A LONG TIME, YOU HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN YOU MOVE INTO YOUR FIRST PLACE ALONE, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOMETIMES NAVIGATE THOSE WATERS.
AND HAVING A COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND KNOWING THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION AS PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY IS HELPFUL.
WE HAVE A CLINICAL DEPARTMENT, I HAVE YCA WITH ME TODAY.
SHE IS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OUR CLINICAL DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ALL AGENCIES HAVE IF THEY'RE NOT FUNDED FOR A CLINICAL PIECE.
WE HAVE CARVED OUT A CLINICAL DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS THERE WHO WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO HELP GUESTS GET CONNECTED TO HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH, UM, MENTAL HEALTH OR PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND SO THEY, THEY ARE UNABLE TO LIVE ALONE.
AND SO WE CONNECT THEM TO PLACES THAT THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AFTER THEY MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, OUR STAFF IS REALLY GOOD AT IS HELPING PEOPLE TO GET INTO HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE AS MUCH INDEPENDENCE AS THEY NEED, BUT ALSO RECEIVE THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEIR, UM, CONTINUED SUCCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF ME WAS, HOW CAN THE CITY AND THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH HELP, UM, SHELTERS LIKE OURS? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I, WE JUST TALKED TO A CLIENT ABOUT THIS TODAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS ALLYSHIP.
WE REALLY NEED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE WE SERVE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO GIVE BACK, WHO WANT TO BE, UM, ACCEPTED AND WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF.
AND IN DOING THAT, WE NEED THE ALLYSHIP TO HELP YOU, TO HELP YOU TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, TO REDUCE THE STIGMA AROUND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WHEN I GO SOMEPLACE TO GET A SERVICE DONE, OR EVEN AT THE BANK RECENTLY, UH, I CONNECTED TO A NEW RESOURCE.
WHEN HE ASKED ME WHAT I DID, I TOLD HIM WHAT I DID.
AND HE HAD ALL THESE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT WHAT A PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS COMPOSED OF.
WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MAKES THEM TICK? AND I HELPED TO REDUCE HIS STIGMA BY TELLING HIM WE'VE NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE X, Y, AND Z.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN BANKS.
WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IT REALLY HELPS US WHEN WE ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS, WE TALK TO THE GUESTS ABOUT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND WHEN THE NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A SERVICE AND, AND HELPING TO REDUCE THAT STIGMA, REALLY ALLYING WITH US IS A REALLY BIG PART OF HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP US.
ANOTHER THING PEOPLE CAN DO IS VOLUNTEER.
WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT COMES ONCE A MONTH AND PROVIDES FOOD.
UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS THEY CAME AND PRAY AND, AND, UH, PLAYED CHRISTMAS SONGS AND SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND JUST SAT AND SPENT TIME WITH OUR GUESTS AND PROVIDED LITTLE GOOD AND BAGS.
THOSE THINGS ARE HELPFUL ALSO IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE LEGAL SERVICES, HAIRCUTS.
UH, WE USED TO HAVE ONE OF MY SITES IN LA IN LOS ANGELES, THEY HAD A FORMER LIBRARIAN THAT CAME AND HELPED PEOPLE LEARN TO READ.
UM, THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL BECAUSE CASE MANAGERS ARE REALLY WORKING ON THE CASES, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING, TRYING TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO RESOURCES.
BUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE RESOURCES AND HAVE SKILLS THAT THEY CAN PASS ON AND HELP OUR GUESTS TO CONNECT TO.
UH, WE HAVE DENTAL, A DENTIST THAT COMES IN, SOMEONE'S COMING IN TO PROVIDE HAIRCUTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE VERY HELPFUL.
I ALSO SAY SPECIFIC DONATIONS BECAUSE ONCE, UH, THE HOLIDAYS ROLL AROUND, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SHARE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING AND THEY, THEY BRING ALL THEIR CLOTHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT SOMETIMES THE MOST SPEC THE MORE SPECIFIC THINGS WE NEED ARE LIKE UNDERGARMENTS.
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WE NEED UNDERGARMENTS.I HAVE LOTS OF CLOTHES, BUT WE HAVE NO UNDERGARMENTS.
UM, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
IT, NOT EVERYONE COMES INTO, UM, BEING UNHOUSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS A DIAGNOSIS, BUT IT CAN BE SCARY TO BE UNHOUSED.
AND SO SOMETIMES THEY DEVELOP THEM OVER TIME AND WE HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GUESTS TELL US IS THEY'RE HARD TO NAVIGATE.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FIELD TO NAVIGATE.
AND SO I THINK HELPING US TO PROVIDE JUST A STREAMLINED PROCESS INTO THE, TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT YOU OFFER HERE IN LONG BEACH WOULD BE THE MOST HELPFUL THING BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, NINE NUMBERS, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA GET US THE FASTEST HELP.
SOMETIMES IN A CRISIS, YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE SOMEONE 51 50, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S AN ONGOING THING.
SO GETTING SOMEONE INTO THOSE SERVICES WOULD BE THE MOST HELPFUL.
AND, AND JUST A STREAMLINE PROCESS FOR THAT.
THE MOST HELPFUL THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
THE FINAL QUESTION I WAS ASKED WAS HOW CAN MAKE THE RFP AND THE CONTRACTING EASIER? WE FOUND IT VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE THE RFP PROCESS.
I THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT COULD HAPPEN, MAYBE SOME CLEAR SCORING CRITERIA OR FEEDBACK.
IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL WHEN I SIT DOWN TO WRITE GRANT TO KIND OF KNOW LIKE, THIS FROM RIGHT HERE IS WORTH FIVE OTHER POINTS.
PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THAT QUESTION.
UM, BUT I THINK OTHERWISE WE'VE HAD A PRETTY SMOOTH PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
BUT ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF CHALLENGED WITH IS THE SPEED AT WHICH CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED.
SO ONCE WE'RE TOLD YOU HAVE THIS CONTRACT, THEN WE ARE IN THIS KIND OF HOLDING PATTERN, WE HURRIED UP AND WE WAITED.
SO WE'VE HIRED, 'CAUSE WE PRE CAN HIRE PEOPLE AND START FUNNELLING TO OUR OTHER SITES TO GET THEM TRAINED.
BUT, BUT THEN IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHOEVER GETS US THE CONTRACT FIRST, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE JUST TRAINED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS WORRIED LIKE, IS IT GONNA BE A WEEK? WE GET ANOTHER CALL AND, AND, AND WE JUST STARTED THIS NEW COHORT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINING.
SO I THINK THE SPEED AT WHICH CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT THIS SPEED AT WHICH THEIR EXECUTED JUST MORE FREQUENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CIRCLING WAITING TO LAND.
BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S BEEN REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, CALLS AND MEETINGS THAT WE DO AND EVEN INTEGRATED, UM, BASED ON OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT CALLS.
WE HAVE, UM, CLINICAL COORDINATION THROUGH OUR CLINICAL DEPARTMENT.
SO ALL THE CASE MANAGERS GET TOGETHER AND PUT THEIR HIGHER ACUITY CASES, UH, IN BIANCA'S LAB, NOT MINE.
AND, AND THEY, THEY TROUBLESHOOT UH, HOW TO GET PEOPLE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? M YEAH.
AND ALSO WITH THE CASE CONFERENCING, WE ARE MAKING ATTEMPTS AT PARTNERING WITH, UM, LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL TEAM AND MOST OF THE, UM, MEDICAL AGENCIES THAT YOU GUYS PARTNER WITH.
WELL, WE, HEALTH, HEALTHCARE IN ACTION.
AND THEY HAVE JOINED, OR I'VE SAID THEY WILL JOIN, UH, SOME OF OUR CASE CONFERENCING.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND A CLOSER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDICAL TEAMS IN LONG BEACH.
I'D SAY IN THE UPCOMING YEARS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND IS TO REALLY GROW OUR CLINICAL DEPARTMENT TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED MORE QUICKLY.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM OR THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDS, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE OF SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME CHALLENGE THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO EVER BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO RENT ON THE OPEN MARKET.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACCESSING AND UTILIZING ALL THESE SOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO, THAT'S IT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT DO.
AND, UM, BCA, UM, JENNIFER, I DID WANNA DO THE PUBLIC FIRST.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE THAT? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE, RAISE THE NONE.
UH, MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE? YES.
ARE YOU A NON-PROFIT OR A FOR-PROFIT? WE ARE A NON-PROFIT.
UH, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU MENTIONED I THINK THREE FACILITIES ARE
COULD YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THE THREE, UM, SIZE, WHAT SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THE THREE? SURE.
JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER FEED.
SO THEY ALL OFFER THE SAME SERVICES.
THERE'S LIKE BASIC CASE MANAGEMENT AND THEN IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED BECAUSE WE'RE TRAUMA INFORMED, WHICH MEANS IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE INDIVIDUALS STAYING WITH US.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE ON ATLANTIC, WHICH IS AT THE ATLANTIC BRIDGE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE 125, UH, PEOPLE THERE, SINGLE MEN, WOMEN AND COUPLES.
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SITE AT THE OLD, UH, WEST COAST SHOPPERS BUILDING.AND THERE ARE 81 INDIVIDUALS THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
AND THAT IS 100 ROOMS. AND IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE 20.
THEY HAVE A CAREGIVER OR A CHILD IN THERE WITH THEM.
UM, AND IT IS ALSO SINGLE MANY AND SOME COMPANIES THEY'RE HOWEVER, 55 IS IT? AND OLDER, YES.
AND OLDER 55 OR UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDIT? YES.
OR WHAT'S THAT? UH, SIGNIFICANT UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION.
WILL REPEAT WHAT THE BEST WESTERN BE CASE MANAGE THERE? OR WOULD THEY JUST BE WE DO HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT AT BEST WESTERN.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE CASE MANAGERS THERE NOW, AND ONES IN THE ONES BEING TRAINED.
BUT YES, WE THEY HAVE CASE MASKS.
SARAH, DO YOU SEE MORE DEMAND FOR SPACES IN THESE FACILITIES THAN YOU HAVE? OR DO YOU SEE SOME, UM, DO YOU SEE THEM BEING FILLED TO LESS THAN CAPACITY? 'CAUSE THE TYPE OF HOUSING OR SHELTER THAT'S OFFERED IS NOT WHAT SOME INDIVIDUALS WOULD PREFER.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WITH THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, 124 ROOMMATES THAT YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE, RIGHT? I THINK FOR ALL OF US, WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO LIVE IN A, A GROUP SETTING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE HAVE, THEY'RE FAIRLY CALM.
'CAUSE WE DO PRACTICE THESE TRAUMA INFORMED AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS AT CAPACITY, THE LARGEST BEING, UH, A, B, C 125.
I THINK WE'RE AT ONE 19 TODAY.
AND THERE'S PENDING REFERRALS.
AND WE, WE ACTUALLY MORE FREQUENTLY SAY WE DON'T HAVE SPACE THAN, THAN WE HAVE SPACE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING, FILING FIRST TO SERVE INTERIM SHELTER OPERATION PRESENTATION, SAY, AYE.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATE FROM THE MAYORS FUND AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, MAY I HAVE A, SO FIRST WITH THE MAYORS FUND, UM, YOU KNOW THAT, UM, JILL, ARE YOU DOING THE RECORDER, STEPHANIE? UM, I CAN DO THE RECORDER, THE NUMBERS, SORRY.
UH, SO OUR ENDING BALANCE IS 155,000, PUT SOME CHANGE, AND THEN OUR TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS $2,070.
NOW WE DO WANNA KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO REPORT TWO MONTHS OUT, SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALLOW THE ACCOUNT TO RECONCILE BEFORE WE GO OUT REPORTING THIS INFORMATION.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FOUR ACTIVE GRANTS.
UM, EVERYONE HAS STARTED SPENDING DOWN, UH, BUT THE TWO AGENCIES, SO URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND PREP AT, UM, ARE STILL SPENDING TOWARDS YOUR ADVANCED AMOUNT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE ANY, UH, CHANGES IN THE, UH, ACTUAL, UH, OUTSTANDING BALANCE.
BUT WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AND THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH US.
AND ALL I HAVE IS WE'RE FINALLY AT THE END OF REVIEW THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SO, UM, WE ARE GATHERING ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL TO THE BODY THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CC, UM, THAT LAST BOARD MEETING REALLY WAS ABOUT, UM, VOTING ON SOME THINGS.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
YEAH, WE WERE JUST UPDATING POLICIES AROUND EMERGENCY RELATED PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING.
UM, SO THIS IS LARGELY RELATING TO THE ESG, UH, RUSH FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED AS PART OF THE RESPONSE TO THE FIRES.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS WOULD BE A POLICY THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN ANY FURTHER DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES THAT MAY RESPOND TO, UH, SO IT REALLY IS JUST SOME POLICY CLEANUP, UH, UTILIZING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH NATURAL DISASTERS THAT COULD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED ESG RUSH DOLLARS.
SO, UM, THAT WAS REALLY THE BULK OF OUR MEETING WAS FOCUSING ON THAT.
JENNIFER, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, ZINA.
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIMBERLY? YES.THERE, THERE'S A, A REASONABLE BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS.
SHOULD WE BE REALLY PUSHING THE WORD OUT THERE OR PROMOTING THINGS AVAILABLE? YES, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DID SPEAK ABOUT DURING OUR MEETING, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO CONNECT WITH THE CITY'S OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE WANNA PUSH IT OUT THAT WAY.
UM, I'M WAITING ALSO FOR ANSWERS TO SEE IF WE CAN DO ANOTHER ANSWER BECAUSE WE DID GET GOOD RESPONSE FOR THAT.
AND I AM WAITING FOR JEFF, UH, TO JEFF WILLIAMS TO SCHEDULE MY MEETING WITH THE MAYOR BECAUSE I'M BE ON HIS BACK BECAUSE HE ALWAYS PROMOTES THE OTHER MAYOR FUND FOR THE EDUCATION.
I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, DOUG? YEAH, I MEAN, I PROMOTE THE FUND ITSELF, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET MORE FUNDS, BUT ALSO AWARENESS.
AND SO HOW CAN WE GET, YOU KNOW, GET AWARENESS OUT THERE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE HEARD? I REQUEST, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO.
AND I THINK, UH, I WOULD LIKE, IN MY OPINION, I WOULD REFER TO, UH, GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE NON-PROFIT, UH, WHAT'S CALLED FOR THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE SINCE THEY HAVE LIKE A WHOLE LIST OF ALL THE NON-PROFITS HERE, THEN I CAN ASK YEAH, CHRISTINE TO PUT THAT IN THE NEWSLETTER AND CIRCULATE THAT.
I KNOW THERE PROBABLY, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN COMMUNICATE IT AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN WAY.
COULD THERE BE BETTER WAYS OR MORE OTHER WAYS THAT PEOPLE BE WELL, I'M SURE THERE ALWAYS ARE BETTER WAYS.
WE JUST NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A BUDDY AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SINGULARLY THOSE IDEAS.
BUT ABSOLUTELY WE'RE GONNA, UM, UPDATE THE WEBSITE, SO, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE FOR FILE STATE UPDATES FROM THE MAYORS FUND AND CONTINUE OF CARE CASE I REPRESENTATIVE SAY AYE.
NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THE FILE, THE UPDATES FROM THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND.
OKAY, SARAH, WE MET ON MARCH 10TH LAST MONTH AND WE DISCUSSED TWO MAIN TOPICS.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, WAS THIS YEAR'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING DRAFTING TO GO TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL BRING THOSE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS WHOLE BODY FOR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE BEFORE IT GOES TO ANYONE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE REVIEWED LAST YEAR'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEE EO HOW HAS THE CITY PROGRESSED AFTER WE MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? AND, AND WHAT DO WE THINK NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR ADDED TO THAT LIST? UM, SO A MAJOR POINT OF CONVERSATION WAS THAT LAST YEAR WE RECOMMENDED, UM, THAT THE CITY SET CONCRETE GOALS FOR SHELTERING MORE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION HAD BEEN THAT THE CITY STRIVE FOR 40% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO BE SHELTERED BY 2026 AND 60% BY 2030.
SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION OR IF WE WANTED TO INSTEAD, UM, URGE THE CITY TO INCREASE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS.
SO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE ARE SOME TYPES OF SHELTER THAT ARE LESS POPULAR AND LESS LIKELY, UH, TO BE ACCEPTED BY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AND BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION SOON.
UM, WE ALSO SUGGESTED, UH, WE'RE LIKELY TO BRING FORWARD A NEW RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE LAST YEAR RELATED TO ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO PILOT A PROGRAM TO HAVE TRASH COLLECTION AND REMOVAL FROM THE 10 LARGEST ENCAMPMENTS IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS JUST PUTTING A TRASH RECEPTACLE THERE AND COLLECTING TRASH FROM IT ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THEN OFFERING, UM, LIKE PORTAGE ON AND PERIODIC SHOWER SERVICES AT THE THREE LARGEST ENCAMPMENTS IN THE CITY.
SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE CLEAN SWEEP TEAM WITHIN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM 'EM IS THAT THEY'RE OFTEN GOING OUT TO THE SAME ENCAMPMENTS WEEK AFTER WEEK AND KIND OF CLEANING THEM UP.
AND SO WE THOUGHT SHOULD THE CITY TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH INSTEAD OF KIND OF CLEANING UP EVERY WEEK, BUT PROACTIVELY OFFERING, UM, WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES AS WELL AS HYGIENE SERVICES, INCLUDING TOILETS AND SHOWERS.
UM, SO THAT'S A LIKELY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL INCLUDE AND WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO THIS BODY TO DISCUSS IN
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VOTE.AND THEN THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM WAS WE DISCUSSED, UM, HOW THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE RECEIVES ISSUES TO ADD TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF IF HAY SAC, YOU KNOW, HEARS A REPORT OR MEMBERS OF HAY SAC THINK, HEY, WE SHOULD REALLY BE WEIGHING IN AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A TOPIC MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE FORMALIZED.
AND THERE SHOULD BE A MOTION IN THE HAY SAC COMMITTEE SAYING, WE MOVE THAT THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THIS TOPIC AND SEE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WILL BE WRITTEN NOTES AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE.
JENNIFER, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
YEAH, SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT LIKE THE BIGGEST ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BASICALLY BEEN SWEPT OUT IN EXISTENCE IN THE LAST MONTHS SINCE GRANTS PASSED.
SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THE CITY COULD DO THAT SINCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY KIND OF THE MOVING TARGET.
THE BIGGEST ENCAMPMENT WAS DOWN BY LA RIVER BETWEEN SEVENTH AND ANAHEIM.
THAT'S GONE AND PEOPLE ARE PRETTY MUCH SCATTERED ALL AROUND.
I MEAN, POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST ENCAMPMENT NOW IS AROUND THE NSC.
SO, UM, YEAH, JUST WITHOUT STABLE ENCAMPMENTS, I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW SICK PROVIDE ANY SERVICES AT ALL.
AND WITH CURRENT AGGRESSIVE SWEEPING, THERE ARE NO STABLE CABINET REALLY, THAT I CAN SEE.
UM, MEMBERS QUESTION FOR SARAH.
UM, MOST OF THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE, WE HAVE GONE TO FA ARE GONE DOWN AND THE PEOPLE HAVE SCATTERED AND I DUNNO WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UM, WE HAD OUR RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BE, AND THAT WAS ADOPTED, UH, FROM OUR LAST POLICY THAT WE HAD.
SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HIDDEN OUT, AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE HARD TO HAVE SERVICES, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
UM, THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE DOWN THERE TO PROVIDE SHOWERS AND TOILETS TO, UM, AT LEAST THEY'RE GONE FROM THAT AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOTING, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE WE CAN PUT THE FACILITIES THAT THEY NEED THAT IT JUST KIND WANNA ADD IN ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR US.
HOW DO WE DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AS A COMMITTEE? SO CURRENTLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE REALLY DOES MOST OF THAT WORK.
SO WE, UH, LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND HEAR PEOPLE MAKE SUGGESTIONS, BUT THEN FROM THAT WE DECIDE WHETHER ANYTHING SHOULD COME FROM THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S AN OKAY WAY TO DO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS WANTS US TO DO? UM, OR SHOULD THERE BE ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS? FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A AN IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD AS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, RELATED TO YOUTH LESSNESS SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN HOW DO I DO THAT? I, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE SO I CAN DO IT.
AS PER THE COMMITTEE, IS IT THAT WE ARE TO NOTIFY THE COMMITTEE AS A ASK MEMBER, THOSE THAT AREN'T MEMBERS OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE, WOULD WE EXPECT YOU TO NOTIFY US IF YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER SOMETHING FOR A RECOMMENDATION OR JUST CONTINUE TO DO IT THE WAY THAT WE DO? WELL, I CAN JUST SPEAK FROM MY EXPERIENCE
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ON COMMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER COMMISSION I'M ON FOR COUNTY.AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW IT'S DONE.
EVERYTHING'S DONE IN COMMITTEES AND MEMBER, WHETHER YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE OR NOT, YOU STILL WELCOME TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AND PUT YOUR INPUT IN.
AND THAT'S HOW DRAFT LETTER AND THEN THEY BRING IT TO THE BODY AND THEY PASS IT ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR THAT'S HOW, OKAY, SO HOW DO, WELL I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A DISCUSSION THE WHOLE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE.
AND ONCE YOU DO IT IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND SHE WRITE, SHE WRITES IT UP, BUT WHOEVER'S GONNA WRITE IT UP, THEY JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING ON COMMITTEE, WE HAVE THE BODY GOES FORWARD, BUT IT STARTS IN, OKAY.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT SPELLED OUT IN THIS PROCESS.
SO I THINK I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SAY THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE PROCESS THAT HAS USES BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS.
AND I DO A LOT OF THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS.
ISN'T IT PART OF THE BROWN ACT? YEAH.
WELL, THE SUBCOMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO APPROVE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS TECHNICALLY A RECOMMENDATION TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUTLINED WITHIN LIKE ROBERT'S RULES OF WAR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES IS THAT A SUBCOMMITTEE DOES NOT ACTUALLY MAKE DECISIONS, BUT LIKE JUST MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT HE'S JUST SAYING THE PROCEDURE ITSELF, LIKE HE JUST SAYS IN ROBERT BLUE, REPORTER ANDERSON BROWN, THIS, NO.
HOW DOES A PERSON MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? HOW DOES A COMMITTEE MEMBER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE? IS THAT WRITTEN ANYWHERE? NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN TAKE A VOTE AT OUR SUB SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER, LIKE WE DO WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE, RIGHT? WE, WE REVIEW THE PROPOSAL, WE TAKE A VOTE AND WE EITHER VOTE TO MOVE IT TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE OR WE DON'T.
AND SO IT WOULD BE SIMILAR, BUT I YOU TAKE A MOTION AT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
WHAT ARE HE SAYING? WHERE IS IT WRITTEN? IT ISN'T THERE, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING.
UM, SO I GOVERNS THE SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE A MOTION, BUT IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE CITY.
IT'S, WE'RE PART OF THE CITY CHARTER, SO IT'S NOT DESCRIBED.
IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT, WE'RE WE'RE GOVERNED BY THIS, THE CHARTER THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT DOESN'T SPELL OUT HOW I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE.
THAT IS COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
NO, IT, THIS IS HOW TO DO IT IS THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND AFTERWARDS OKAY.
I'D LIKE IT TO BE A TOPIC FOR OUR NEXT DISCUSSION.
FOR ONE MONTH FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN DECIDE, IT'S SOMETHING THE WHOLE COMMITTEE HAS TO DECIDE, BUT IT STARTS AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO WE ARE, WHERE IS THAT? WE'RE OFF TOPIC AND SO WE WILL, HOW DO I DO HAVE TO TELL IT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE? NO, NO.
WHAT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS I ACTUALLY NEED TO TALK TO OUR ATTORNEY, OUR ATTORNEY THAT'S ASSIGNED TO OUR COMMITTEE, AND FIND OUT FROM HER WHAT THE, UM, COURSE OF ACTION IS.
AND I'LL REPORT TO THIS BODY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT IT, AND I WILL, I JUST WANT ONE FINAL COMMENT THAT WE READ ALL THE DOCUMENTS AFTER ME AND THE DOCUMENTS ONLY REFER TO RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM ALL OF THE, ALL THE ASK.
IT DOESN'T REFER TO A SUBCOMMITTEE BEING IN CHARGE OF THE DOCUMENTATIONS.
SO THAT THEN LEAVES QUESTIONS IN MY MIND WHEN SOMEBODY, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY AT OUR LAST MEETING RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT POSSIBLY A RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE THE, UH, WEBSITE.
HOW COULD THAT BECOME A RECOMMENDATION? OR IF I HAVE ONE, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, ONE PROCESS TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION AND AGREEMENT FROM ALL OF US THAT THE WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE FOR ME TO CONTACT THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND ATTEND.
OR, AND, AND THAT COULD BE THE WAY THAT IT'S DONE.
BUT I DON'T, I'M NOT ATTENDING OTHER COMMISSIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW.
NO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AND THAT'S WHY.
BUT I DO AND AND I HAVE BEEN FOR HERE, SO I'M JUST EXPLAINING IT'S NO DIFFERENT HERE THAN IT IS.
IT, IT'S, WE NEED, WE'RE NOT GOING IN CIRCLES.
SO HOW DO WE GET THIS ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA?
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'CAUSE I WANT A, THE COMMITTEE ALL THE VOTE AND DECIDE ON THIS.NOT THAT IT'S ASSUMED, BUT WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT ON ITEM SEVEN.
YEAH, I'LL GET A CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WE NEED TO JUST TABLE THIS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL ALSO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE HERE.
SARAH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION FOR SARAH FOR THIS? THE AGENDA ITEM RIGHT NOW ON THE TABLE IS THE UPDATE FROM THIS POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES.
WHEN THEY, WHEN WE GET THAT POLICY OFF, UH, PRESENTED TO THE HSA COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, WILL WE GET TO VOTE ON EACH ONE IN EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY OR DO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE RIGHT.
SARAH, DO YOU WANNA TELL HER ABOUT THE PROCESS? SO THE WAY WE DID THAT LAST YEAR IS WE BROUGHT A DOCUMENT TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE AND PEOPLE GAVE FEEDBACK, KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, OH, NUMBER ONE, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
WE KIND OF CAME TO AGREEMENT ABOUT IT.
NUMBER TWO, MAYBE ADD IN THIS.
UM, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH WE BROUGHT BACK A REVISED DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTED KIND OF THE GROUP DISCUSSION.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
SEEING THAT, UM, MOTION ON THE TABLE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION, OR, I'M SORRY, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATE FROM THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE ON THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, SO THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE, UM, THE ONE THING THAT IS MENTIONED IN THE CITY HANDBOOK IS THAT ALL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THERE'S ONLY A LOT OF THINGS, A FEW THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE SINCE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE, WE DID DO 'EM FAIRLY, UH, REGULARLY.
WE HAD AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, REPORT ON THAT.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO, AND, AND IN THE PAST, UM, THE ANNUAL REPORT ALSO INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO IT WAS ALL IN ONE DOCUMENT.
REMEMBER JIM? YEAH, IT WAS ALL, IT WAS.
UM, I KNOW OTHER COMMISSIONS THEY, THEY DISCUSSED OR THEY WRITE DOWN, UM, SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND THE, UM, GUEST SPEAKERS WHO WERE AT THE MEETING.
UM, AND HIGHLIGHT JUST WHAT MEETING.
AND THEN, UM, IF THERE ARE, ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WOULD BE INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENTS AND IT WOULD BE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WITH HOW WE USED TO DO BEFORE THE END.
SO IF WE WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN, WE, WE UM, I GUESS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE OR IF IT'S A SUBSET ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, SO LAST YEAR WE SENT US A WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION PRIOR TO LAST YEAR.
IT USED TO BE PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO THE LAST ONE WAS ACTUALLY FOR 2018.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
DO WE DO A WRITTEN OR DO WE WANT TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL? NO, IT'S IN THE FORM OF A MEMO.
YEAH, BUT I'M SORRY, WAS IT PRESENTED? IT WAS PUT ON A DOCKET, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT PETITION.
I DUNNO, ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECEIPT AND FILE.
YEAH, IT PROBABLY WASN'T RECEIVED IN FILE.
I DON'T REMEMBER IT ALLOW, DOES IT ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT? I MM-HMM
EVERYTHING ALLOWS PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT WHAT WE DID MUCH.
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OKAY.SO IT SHOULD GO TO THE MEETING TO ALLOW PRE REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, YES.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN.
THE REQUIREMENT OF ALL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
SO I GUESS THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE WHETHER WE WANT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR IF WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO BUILD THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION.
TO DO THE ANNUAL REPORT MEMO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE ANNUAL REPORT WOULD BE JUST THE BACKGROUND FOR IT.
I GUESS THE MAYOR FUND GOT IT LEADING.
WE WOULD BE REPORTING ON THE ACT IN THAT REPORT.
WE'D BE REPORTING ON THE ACTIONS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES TOO.
SO THE MAYOR, WE SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT FREESTANDING COMMITTEE.
AN AD HOC, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND YOU KNOW, OUR INTERACTION WITH STAFF TOO WAS TO A REPORT ON THAT.
SURPRISED WE SAW DIDN'T DO IT FOR, WELL WE DIDN'T, SO ACTUALLY SHOULD BE, IT WILL ALSO BRING US MORE TO THAT.
WE ARE, BECAUSE I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOUNDER OF THIS WHO HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
THE FACT WE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE, HAVE THE SAME INFLUENCE THAT SHE THOUGHT WE WOULD.
SO PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE A COMMITTEE.
IT REALLY DOES GIVE AN PARTIAL VIEW OF OUR ACTIONS AND THE COURT, BUT WE AREN'T AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY OUR TITLE TO THE MAYOR.
SO ARE WE DOING THAT? ARE WE, I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT.
UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? YES, THERE, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS THE EXECUTIVES OF HAYEK TAKE REPORTS FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND THE MAYOR'S FUND COMMITTEE AND COMPILE THOSE INTO, OKAY.
DID YOU HEAR THAT KIMBERLY? THAT'S ME AND YOU
UM, AND I DON'T THINK, DO WE NEED A MOTION? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
SO COULD WE DO, UM, OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION TO RECEIVE A FINAL OF DISCUSSION ON THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE REPORT.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
YES, I'M NATALIE SQUID FROM A LONG TIME SINCE BEEN HERE.
UM, I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR ABOUT AN ANNUAL REPORT BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS MEETING I'VE ASKED WHERE WAS THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, SO, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR JULIE'S LAST COMMENT THAT SHE, KIMBERLY DOING SOMETHING.
OH, THAT WE WOULD BE THE AD HOC YOU TWO.
WELL, BECAUSE SHARON, I'M SO SORRY.
IF WE COULD JUST FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF WE COULD JUST ALLOW THE, UH, PUBLIC TO COMMENT HERE.
WELL, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR A CLARIFICATION.
UM, SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THIS BODY DO AN ANNUAL REPORT AND THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL, IT'S IMPERATIVE TO HEAR WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FROM OUR, THE SERVICES BUREAU FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS SINCE LAST REPORT WAS DONE.
UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO, UM, THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES, OH, I'M SORRY, RECEIVE FILE, THE DISCUSSION ON THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS, AN UPDATE REPORT BY PAUL DUNCAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE SMALL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN.
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SIX, OH, I FORGOT MY MAG.UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME ZOOMED IN.
UM, BUT THERE WAS QUESTION, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION LAST TIME AROUND LIKE STAFF, YOU KNOW, STAFFING UPDATES AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND LIKE, WE'RE JUST PROVIDING POSITIONS AND LIKE, IT HAD BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUREAU LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE WANTED TO GO OVER THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUREAU, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR BUREAU, UM, STARTING WITH ME AS THE BUREAU MANAGER, OUR BUREAU SECRETARY, SHARON, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADMIN AND OPERATIONS BUREAU.
UM, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT FALL INTO THAT.
SO I'LL START LEFT TO RIGHT AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, AND IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE SAY A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
UM, SO AS YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE IS LIKE A DOTTED LINE.
SO THE STAFF BELOW OUR STAFF THAT REPORT WITHIN THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, BUT THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ADMIN AND OPERATIONS TEAM, UH, THAT SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO WE HAVE A FINANCE TEAM THAT IS, UM, FOCUSED ON OUR INTERNAL EXPENDITURES AS A BUREAU.
SO WHAT IT TAKES TO DIRECTLY OPERATE, UM, OUR SERVICES, THEY'RE FOCUSED IN ON THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FINANCE TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
SO WHEN WE CONTRACT OUT TO A NONPROFIT, THEY'RE SUBMITTING INVOICES.
UH, THERE IS A TEAM THAT FOCUSES IN ON GETTING THEM PAID AS WELL AS DRAWING DOWN FUNDING FROM THE DIFFERENT FUNDERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTY, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE POSITION THAT IS OPEN, UH, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY STEPHANIE'S POSITION.
SO THAT PERSON WILL BE WORKING ON OUR STATE FUNDING AND WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SO, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT POSTED.
THEN WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON, UH, BASICALLY OUR PROCUREMENTS AND CONTRACTING.
SO THIS INCLUDES PROCUREMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTRACTORS ONCE WE'VE SELECTED SOMEBODY GETTING THOSE CONTRACTS, UH, CONFORMED AGAIN, THIS IS A PRETTY NEW SETUP.
WE'RE TALKING, THIS IS REALLY TAKING SHAPE OVER, I'D SAY THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO.
UH, MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS TEAM SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE FUND OUT.
SO STEPHANIE IS NOW THE MANAGER OF THAT, UH, OR THE SUPERVISOR OVER THAT TEAM.
UH, SO WE HAVE TWO STAFF THAT REALLY WORK AND GO OUT AND MONITOR, UH, OUR VARIOUS CONTRACTS, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE MEETING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION, UH, THAT THEY'VE DOCUMENTED WHAT THEY NEED TO, TO SUPPORT, UH, THE INVOICES THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED IN AND PROVIDING ANY CONCERNS OF FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE AS WE GO OUT, UH, AND MEET WITH OUR AGENCIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION TEAMS. THIS TEAM IS REALLY ABOUT, UH, PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE FUND.
UH, SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR SHELTERS AROUND GUIDANCE AND ANYTHING THAT COMES UP WITH THOSE.
UH, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS WITHIN OUR CONTRACT.
ARE THERE AREAS WHERE THEY MIGHT BE HAVING A STRUGGLE CURRENTLY? AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE.
UH, SO THAT TEAM, WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES, ONE WORKING ON, UH, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR ACCESS AND OUTREACH TYPE SERVICES.
AND THEN SOMEBODY, UH, THAT WILL BE OVERSEEING OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, SO WE ARE JUST CLOSING ON THE ONE FOCUS ON OUTREACH AND, UM, AND OUR ACCESS TYPE SERVICES.
SO WE HAVEN'T STARTED INTERVIEWS, WE'RE JUST GETTING RESUMES IN.
AND THEN ON THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COORDINATOR, UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS JUST PUT BOARD IN TO BACKWARDS.
THEN WE HAVE OUR DATA TEAM THAT DALTON OVERSEES.
UH, THAT TEAM IS FULL CURRENTLY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CAL LANE TEAM.
RIGHT NOW THEY'VE BEEN ON OUR ADMIN TEAM JUST BECAUSE IT'S A NEW, UH, A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S GETTING UP AND GOING.
EVENTUALLY IT WILL TRANSFER OVER TO THE DIRECT SERVICES, UH, DIVISIONS.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRACTUAL PROCESS, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO MEET COMPLIANCE.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON EXECUTING OUR CONTRACTS.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S STARTING, STARTING SHORTLY, AND THEN ONE PERSON THAT'S JUST STARTING THE BACKGROUND PROCESS.
UH, AND THEN THAT TEAM WILL BE FULL.
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WE DO HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR POSITION THAT IS VACANT.THAT'S THE ONE IN THE FAR RIGHT, UH, THAT'S REALLY OUR TEAM OVER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT.
SO JEN IS ON, WITHIN THAT TEAM.
UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT, UH, RESIGNED NOT THAT LONG AGO.
SO, UM, THE PERSON IN THIS POSITION WILL BE THE PERSON THAT ULTIMATELY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR GOVERNANCE BOARD, BOTH ASAC AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, AND SUPPORTING THAT WORK.
SO, UH, WHERE STEPHANIE IS SUPPORTED, EVENTUALLY STEPHANIE WILL STEP OUT.
THE PERSON THAT IS HIRED, UH, WE'LL STEP INTO THAT.
WE'VE JUST BEGUN OUR INTERVIEWS.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING, WORKING ON GETTING SOMEBODY HIRED FOR THAT.
AND THEN AS WE SHIFT OVER TO OUR DIRECT SERVICES POSITIONS, UH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS, UH, OR DIVISIONS.
WE HAVE ONE THAT'S FOCUSED ON FIELD-BASED OUTREACH, STUFF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT A SPECIFIC SITE, UH, AND IS SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DIVISION THAT'S FOCUSED ON, UM, ON THE SITE BASED OPERATIONS.
SO WHEN WE'VE DONE SHELTER TYPE THINGS OR OVER THAT, UH, THE MSC OBVIOUSLY SAY PARKING, UM, AND THEY'VE DONE SOME OF OUR JUSTICE INVOLVED WORK AS WELL.
UH, SO JOEL AND TYLER ARE THE ONES THAT OVERSEE THOSE TWO TEAMS. UH, WE HAVE A FEW VACANCIES.
WE HAVE, UH, REACH OUR END OR NURSING POSITIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S IN BACKGROUND.
WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO HIRE TWO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS.
WE HAD SOMEBODY PRETTY FAR IN BACKGROUND, UH, THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO WITHDRAW.
UH, SO WE HAVE ONE POSITION POSTED AND WORKING TO GET THOSE HIRED UP.
UM, AND THEN WE ON THIS SIDE AND PROBABLY, UH, OUR MOST POSITION THAT'S THE MOST, UH, IMPACT TO US IS WHEN TYLER TOOK OVER AS THE SITE-BASED OFFICER, WE ARE WORKING TO HIRE AT THE MSC COORDINATOR THAT WE WILL OVERSEE THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
UH, SO WE'VE STARTED INTERVIEWS.
UH, WE'RE, UH, WORKING TOWARDS SECOND ROUND INTERVIEWS SHORTLY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, MAKE A SELECTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, A JUSTICE INVOLVED COORDINATOR THAT WILL, UH, AND CASE MANAGERS THAT WILL BE HIRING FOR AS WELL.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS, I THINK FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THE THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY MOST PERTINENT THAT WE CAN FOCUS IN ON GOING FORWARD IS REALLY OUR ADMIN AND OPERATIONS POSITIONS MORE THAN ANYTHING.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IMPACT US.
OH, I DID FORGET ONE POSITION.
UH, THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT ALSO DIRECTLY REPORTS TO, UM, JEFF THAT WILL BE OUR, UH, THAT WILL BE OUR PERSON FOCUSED ON BUDGET AND ALLOCATIONS.
SO MONITORING OUR BUDGETS, ENSURING THAT ALL FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, UH, AND TRACKING OUR EXPENDITURES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING, UH, OUR FUNDING.
SO THAT PERSON, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, THAT JUST STARTED IN BACKGROUND FOR THAT POSITION.
AND WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, SO MOVING FORWARD TO, UH, SOME OTHER UPDATES.
UM, WE, UH, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEEN GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, I'M SURE DRESS ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM BEFORE I GO INTO THE REST.
UH, PEOPLE PROBABLY HEARD THAT YESTERDAY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DETECTIVE MOAT, TO WITHDRAW COUNTY FUNDING FROM THE LOS ANGELES ALMOST AS SERVICES AUTHORITY.
UH, THEIR ANNUAL ALLOCATION TOWARDS LOSS OF EQUATES TO CLOSE TO $400 MILLION ANNUALLY.
UM, THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO OVER THE NEXT YEAR, OR THEY HAVE VOTED TO OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TO SET UP A COUNTY DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT WILL COMBINE THE LA COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND THE HOUSING FOR HEALTH TEAM, WHICH WOULD IS WITHIN, UH, LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES TO CREATE A COUNTY DEPARTMENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON HOMELESSNESS.
SO, UM, ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER COUNTY DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO WITHIN THAT YEAR PERIOD.
THE PLAN IS TO CREATE THIS NEW DEPARTMENT AND EVENTUALLY ALL, UH, COUNTY FUNDING RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS WILL SHIFT OVER TO, UH, THAT COUNTY DEPARTMENT.
LAWA WILL STILL EXIST AS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY AREA.
UH, SO THEY WILL STILL RECEIVE AN HUD FUNDING, ESG FUNDING, AS WELL AS SOME STATE FUNDING THAT'S
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SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO CONTINUUMS OF CARE.UH, AND THE CITY FUNDING THAT IS STILL GOING THROUGH, THROUGH OFFICES.
WE HAVE ONE CONTRACT CURRENTLY WITH LOSSES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE TALKING TO THE COUNTY ABOUT.
UH, AND WHETHER THAT CAN BE ADDED DIRECTLY INTO OUR CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE, UM, SOONER THAN LATER, KNOWING THAT ALSO WE'LL ULTIMATELY BE AT A POINT WHERE IT IS NOT ADMINISTERING THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM.
SO WE ARE RECEIVING COUNTY FUNDING, UH, THROUGH LAWSO.
UM, SO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR ALSO THE PREVIOUS WEEK HAD VOTED ON MEASURE A ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST ALLOCATION OF MEASURE EIGHT FUNDS.
SO IT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN MEASURE H UH, THERE IS 10 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR GLENDALE LONG BEACH AND PASADENA CONTINUUMS OF CARE, OF WHICH WE RECEIVE ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION OF THAT 10 MILLION.
UH, ONE THING NEW WITHIN MEASURE EIGHT WAS 15% TOWARDS A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
UH, SO THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT THIS NEXT YEAR, THAT 15% WILL BE ROUGHLY $96 MILLION, UH, THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
UH, METHODOLOGIES ACTUALLY DID GET FINALIZED YESTERDAY.
UH, WE WILL BE RECEIVING 4.8 4,860,000 AND SOME CHANGE.
UM, SO THAT WE JUST, UH, GOT FINALIZED.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND PROCESS.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, WE DID GET TO PRESENT WITH THE MAYOR, CITY PROSECUTOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
SO WE, UH, SPECIFICALLY WERE ASKED TO DISCUSS AROUND THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
WE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, HEAR QUESTIONS AND MEET WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS, UM, AND HAVE SOME FOLLOW UPS, UH, SCHEDULED IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH SOME OF THEM.
UH, THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGES WITHIN, UH, WITHIN PROP 36 AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S LESS OF OUR AREA, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE IN A BROADER WAY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BY THE TIME THERE'S QUITE A FEW WITHIN LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, WE WORK, ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, IMPROVING THAT PROCESS THAT WAY.
WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UH, INFORMED AND ENGAGED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
UM, ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO, THERE WAS A STORY IN THE POST.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.
SO WE WANTED TO COVER A COUPLE THINGS AROUND, UH, ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO AS IT PERTAINS TO THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTER AT THE BAG OF BOND.
UM, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RAMP DOWN.
UH, SO WE STARTED LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, UH, AS WE WERE THREE MONTHS TO THE END OF OUR, OUR LEASE WITH THE BACKUP ON THAT, THE PROGRAM WOULD BE, UH, ENDING AT THAT POINT.
UM, SO WE HAVE GIVEN NOTICE, WE'VE ALSO GIVEN A 60 DAY NOTICE, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY ENGAGED AND WORKING ON A NUMBER OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME DATA AROUND OUR ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS.
SO 90 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVED AT THE BAGGA BOND, UH, OF WHICH 30 PEOPLE HAVE EXITED.
SO THERE'S CURRENTLY ACTUALLY 31 AS OF ONE DAY.
UM, SO NINE HAVE EXITED TO MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT TRANSITIONED TO OTHER SHELTER SITES, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT WENT INTO HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF THE PEOPLE THAT RETURN TO AN UNSHELTERED SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, DUE TO, UH, PROGRAM AGREEMENT VIOLATIONS AND OTHER THINGS, UH, WE'RE EXITED.
UM, AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE CAN IN TRYING TO LINK PEOPLE TO ONGOING CARE.
UM, SO OUR, UH, AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, WHICH WAS ASKED, HAS BEEN ABOUT 182 DAYS.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REMAINING AT VAGABOND LARGELY BEEN THERE CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF WHEN WE OPENED UP THE VAGABOND.
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ABOUT SIX MONTHS.SO A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER, BUT STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN OUR RAMP DOWN, UM, TO ENSURE, ENSURE SUCCESS IS THE NUMBER OF THINGS WE'VE STARTED PRIORITIZING ANY TURNOVER BEDS AT THE FORMER BEST WESTERN PROJECT HOME KEY SITE.
SO ANOTHER NON CONGREGATE SIMILAR SETTING.
UH, SO ANYBODY THAT IS OVER THE AGE OF 55 OR HAS AN UNDERLYING, UH, MEDICAL CONDITION THAT PUTS 'EM INTO A HIGH VULNERABILITY CATEGORY, SIMILAR TO HOW WE PRIORITIZE THE BEST WESTERN OVERALL, WE'LL BE PRIORITIZED FOR ANY OPEN ROOMS OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
UH, AND THEN 30 DAYS AFTER, WE WILL BE PRIORITIZING ANY TURNOVER BEDS AT A B, C OR 7 0 2.
UH, ANYBODY THAT IS AT THE VA BOND WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR THAT.
AND THEN THERE IS 200,000 THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR ADDITIONAL MOTEL VOUCHER, UH, SUPPORT AS WE TRANSITION OUT.
SO, UH, REALLY THIS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED AN ADDITIONAL NON-CON SETTING OR THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS A PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION.
THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
SO, UH, 200 K WILL ALLOW US TO SUPPORT, UH, A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WHILE WORKING TOWARDS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING.
UM, SO, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS ADDITIONAL PRIORITIZATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UH, WE'LL BE GIVEN TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
WE DO HAVE ONE LARGE PROJECT OPENING, UH, SOMEWHERE AROUND MAY.
SO ZEPHYR, WHICH WAS A PROJECT HOME KEY, UH, SITE THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT LINK HOUSING IS THE DEVELOPER AND AN OPERATOR ON, UM, WHICH WAS THE FORMER HOLIDAY INN AT, UH, ANAHEIM AND 10TH STREET.
UH, THAT WILL BE OPENING UP SOMETIME AROUND ATLANTIC ATLANTIC.
ATLANTIC IN ATLANTIC AND I ATLANTIC.
UM, SO THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT A FAIR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE MOVING IN EFFORT, UH, AND THAT THERE'LL BE GOOD TIMING.
OUR GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE AS MANY PEOPLE POSSIBLE FROM RETURNING TO UNSHELTERED.
IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE SOME OF THE 60 PEOPLE REMAIN THAT RETURN TO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
UM, KNOWING THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE THE OPTION MIGHT BE A CONGREGATE SHELTER SETTING.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT, THAT MAY DECLINE HAPPEN.
SO, UH, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL SHELTERING, UH, TO ANYBODY THAT IS REMAINING AS, AS WE ARE CLOSING OUT THAT SITE.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP PEOPLE POSTED HOW IT'S GOING AND HOW THAT ENDS UP.
UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION AT OUR LAST MEETING AND DESIRE FOR UPDATES AROUND CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A FEW UPDATES AROUND, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO, UH, THE TWO PICTURES ON THE LEFT ARE, UH, THE YOUTH, UH, YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER.
UH, THE ONE ON THE LOWER IS THE SIDE FOR, UM, VOLUNTEER SELF VOLUNTARY STORAGE.
SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 80 BINS THERE, AND THEN THE LEFT SIDE IS A PORTION OF IT.
NOW WE'LL GET BETTER PICTURES, BUT UH, THAT WILL BE THE SHELTER SIDE.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING FURNITURE SET UP.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S A BANK BLANK CANVAS IN THERE.
UM, SO, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING OFF GETTING UP AND GOING IN LATE MAY TO EARLY JUNE.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINALIZING, CONTRACTING AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING GETS SET UP AT THE SITE.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES WITH FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
UM, SO AS THAT GETS CLOSER, WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT.
THAT WAY YOU CAN GO AND SEE IT IN PERSON, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS OPERATIONS COME INTO PLACE.
UH, THE PROJECT HOME KEY FORMER BEST WESTERN SITE, WHICH, UH, WAS DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BY FIRST TO SERVE ONE OF THE SITES SITE, UH, THEY ARE DIRECTLY OPERATING, WHICH STILL HAS PEOPLE SHELTERED IN IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THE CONGREGATE SPACES WITHIN, UH, THE BEST WESTERN.
WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION ON THAT.
UH, CONSTRUCTION IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.
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IT WAS REDONE TO HAVE A PET AREA.THERE'S AN AREA OF PICNICS, THERE'S BARBECUES, UH, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS MORE OF AN OUTSIDE SPACE REDOING THE LOBBY, SO IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO, UM, A SHELTER TYPE SITUATION VERSUS A HOTEL OPERATION.
SO THERE'S NEW SPACE FOR CASE MANAGERS, MEET WITH PEOPLE, UH, IN PRIVATE, UH, AND JUST MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE OPERATIONS OF DAY TO DAY, UH, SHELTER NEEDS, UH, AS WELL AS AN AREA BUILT OUT FOR, UH, MEAL SERVICES AND, UM, ENSURING PEOPLE, UH, CAN COME DOWN AND GET THEIR MEALS AND ALL THAT.
SO, UH, THAT IS NEARING COMPLETION.
WE'RE STILL ALSO WAITING FOR FURNITURE AT THAT.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING ON THAT AS WELL WITH ALL THE FURNITURE IN PLACE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, PROJECT HOME KEY.
FORMER LUXURY INSIGHT UP ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
AND THE SEVEN 10, UH, HAS HAD MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION DELAYS.
THERE WAS A LOT MORE ROT AND ISSUES WITHIN TERMITES AND OTHER THINGS, SO THAT MORE PROPER CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SITE THAT IS, UH, WALLS GOT OPENED, NEEDED CORRECTION.
SO, UH, THERE'S BEEN FAR MORE, UH, REMODELING AND REMEDIATION AT THAT SITE THAN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED.
IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU MAY LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE AND GO, NOT A WHOLE LOT IS HAPPENING.
UH, A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN ON THE INSIDE, MAKING SURE ALL THE BONES ARE GOOD, UH, BUT SHOULD START SEEING STUFF HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY ON THE OUTSIDE WITH PAINTING, LANDSCAPING AND MAKING THAT A NICE SPOT.
UH, SO WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THAT GETS COMPLETED, COMPLETED WITH FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING, UH, IN AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AND WE'LL WORK TO GET THE RIBBON CUT AND GET SERVICES GOING REALLY QUICKLY UPON COMPLETION.
SO, UH, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE QUITE A FEW RIBBON CUTTINGS HERE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, UH, THIS WILL IN TOTAL, UM, AT 78 ROOMS AT THE FORMER, UH, LUXURY INN.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL SERVE 85 TO 90 PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THERE'LL BE SOME COUPLES.
UH, AND THEN THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER WILL BE, UH, 12 ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW, UH, BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS ON FEDERAL FUNDING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US WITHOUT GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, FEELINGS AND POLITICS AROUND IT, BUT WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL CHANGES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THAT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROVIDER'S INFORMED BECAUSE THEY HAVE IMPACTS ON ALL OF US.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE BEING, UH, HUD DID MAKE AN 85% REDUCTION TO STAFFING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT EXECUTE OUR CONTRACTS, GET US PAID, SO THEY'RE PRETTY VITAL.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OFFICES THAT THEY HAVE FOR CPD.
UH, SO THESE ARE NOT JUST COC FUNDS ARE, ARE, UH, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.
AND FOR THE CITY, THAT ALSO INCLUDES CDPG DOLLARS.
SO WE DON'T TAKE THE CDPG DOLLARS, BUT WE COULD SEE DELAYS LIKELY ON ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS.
UH, CONTRACTS WERE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, ALREADY SOMEWHAT DELAYED IN EXECUTION FOR, FROM START DATE, HAVING AN 85% REDUCTION, WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT DELAYS ARE PROBABLY EVEN MORE LIKELY AND EVENTUALLY, UH, LONGER IN GETTING THINGS EXECUTED.
UM, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THE LOS ANGELES OFFICE.
SO OF THESE SIX OFFICES THAT THEY PLAN TO GO DOWN TO LOS ANGELES WILL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT REMAINS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OFFICES CLOSING DOWN, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE SEEN REMOVAL OF HUD GUIDANCE AROUND HOUSING FIRST EQUITY AND GENDER IDENTITY, EQUAL ACCESS POLICIES AND OTHER TOPICS.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN DIRECT STATEMENTS AROUND, WELL, IF COMMUNITIES AND AGENCIES DO NOT WANT TO FOLLOW THESE POLICIES, LIKE WE'VE REMOVED THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MONITOR OR ENFORCE 'EM.
UH, THESE ARE POLICIES THAT ARE BAKED INTO MOST OF OUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UH, AND ARE A KEY POINT OF OUR, A KEY PART
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OF OUR SERVICES AND OUR APPROACH.WE BELIEVE IN IDENTITY ACCESS FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S TRANS OR, YOU KNOW, NON-BINARY, AND LIKE OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THEM WELL AND IN A DIGNIFIED WAY REQUIRES THESE KIND OF THINGS.
SO, UH, WITHIN OUR PRACTICES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THOSE LOCALLY.
HOWEVER, THAT'S KIND OF SAID IF YOU WANT TO, DON'T DO IT.
UM, THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RECENTLY ON AMERICAN HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS.
UH, THIS WILL RESTRICT FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM GOING TO ANY HOUSEHOLDS WITH UNDOCUMENTED HORSE SPLIT, UNDOCUMENTED, UNDOCUMENTED, UH, STATS.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE AN UNDOCUMENTED, YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER THROUGH THE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, A DOCUMENTED CITIZEN, HOWEVER, YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER IS A CITIZEN, YOU CAN RECEIVE A VOUCHER THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THAT VOUCHER ONLY COVERS HALF THE RENT AND THAT HALF FOR THE PERSON THAT IS A CITIZEN IS THE ONE THAT GETS SUBSIDIZED.
SO THEY WOULD PAY 30% OF THAT HALF, THEY'D PAY THE FULL OF THE OTHER 50% OF THE RENT.
WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS TO NOT ALLOW FOR THAT DATA.
UH, THAT GIVES MEAN THAT THERE ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WILL BE DISPLACED POTENTIALLY, THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING FUNDING.
UH, HISTORICALLY RAPID REHOUSING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BE PROVIDED TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF DOCUMENTATION STATUS.
UM, IT'S VERY BRIEF WITHIN THAT WHERE IT'S STILL WAITING FOR GUIDANCE ON.
DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO RAPID REHOUSING RESOURCES COMING THROUGH HUD? UH, WHICH HISTORICALLY THEY'VE PROVIDED GUIDANCE OF, YOU CAN SERVE ANYBODY REGARDLESS OF, UH, CITIZENSHIP STATUS.
UH, THE OTHER ONE THAT IS A MAJOR ONE.
UH, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHEN THOSE WERE RELEASED DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE'RE SET TO BE A 10 YEAR PROGRAM.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION HAPPENING OF THE POTENTIAL OF EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS NOT BEING FUNDED AFTER THIS YEAR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY AND CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN IS TO FIGHT FOR THESE AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HOUSING RESPONSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR AFFORDABILITY HERE IN LONG BEACH, IF WE WERE TO LOSE FUNDING FOR OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE GOTTA OFFSET IN OTHER WAYS, AS WELL AS THAT MAY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE ONTO HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, UH, IN A RAPID MANNER, AND THAT THERE IS LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AS A COMMUNITY AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THAT MEAN MAY MEAN THAT WE DO NOT ISSUE ANY VOUCHER FOR, FOR A MOMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE STABILIZING THIS HAVE ALREADY.
UM, SO THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR, OUR LARGER CONCERNS WITHIN THE HOMELESS SERVICES SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE US INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESS, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO USAGE, UM, TO BE MINIMIZED, TO MEET PURELY THE NECESSITY OF, UH, THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION, UH, THAT CREATED THE US INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON BUSINESS.
SO, UH, HISTORICALLY USAGE HAS PROVIDED US SOME CONNECTION WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO, UH, THEY HOST A MONTHLY CALL WITH OTHER LEADERS ON HOMELESSNESS IN WEST COAST CITIES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, WHAT'S WORKED WELL, WHAT HASN'T WORKED WELL FOR OTHER CITIES.
IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO CONNECT.
UM, WE MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY ONE-ON-ONE TO KIND OF HEAR DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, UH, AND HEARING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, SO IT'S UNCERTAIN WHAT CAPACITY USAGE WILL HAVE.
I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING IS THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED AND WE MAY NOT GET, UH, THE SAME SUPPORTS.
WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AND HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS TO FIND WAYS TO, UH, CONVENE THAT WEST COAST CITIES GROUP AND KEEP THAT GOING REGARDLESS OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE US INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND HAVE EVEN,
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UH, VOLUNTEERED TO HOST AND SUPPORT THOSE MONTHLY ONLINE MEETINGS, UH, BECAUSE WE DO FIND IT A VALUABLE SPACE.YOU, UH, HEAR WHAT OTHER SIMILAR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING THROUGH, WHAT'S WORKED WELL FOR THEM AND OTHER IDEAS.
SO, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL OF THESE BECAUSE THE TOTAL IMPACT WE DON'T FULLY HAVE.
WE JUST KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW IS STILL A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SAY.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE SHIFT? WHERE DO WE, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR PRIORITIES IF, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE, SUCH AS LOSS VOUCHERS, UH, POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLDS BEING DISPLACED AND LOSING THEIR VOUCHERS, UH, ON THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSIDERING WHAT ARE OUR OFFERED OPTIONS? WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE PRIORITIZE? WHAT DO WE POTENTIALLY NOT DO? IF WE DO HAVE TO JUMP IN, IT WILL MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE POTENTIALLY NOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, 582 VOUCHERS, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT GREAT NEWS.
IT'S KIND OF DEPRESSING WAY TO END THIS REPORT, BUT THAT IT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
SO, UH, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, WAIT, JENNIFER, THE PUBLIC, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO 508 2 VOUCHERS WERE FILING ISSUED OUT OR ARE THEY PENDING? SO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM WAS AN INTERESTING ONE WHERE ONCE WE CROSSED A CERTAIN DATE, HANG ON, IT'S SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ISSUE ANY NEW VOUCHERS.
UH, WE'VE HAD PRETTY DECENT RETENTION.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT 540 VOUCHERS.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T BE 582 EXACTLY, BECAUSE AS WE'VE HAD TURNOVERS, UM, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REISSUE A VOUCHER TO SOMETHING.
SO THE IMPACT WOULD BE ROUGHLY 540.
SO WHEN THEY'RE ISSUING THE VOUCHER AND KNOW SCREEN, STILL DOING THE MATCHING WITH THE CS, THE MATCHING AND THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
SO ARE THESE GREETINGS PEOPLE AS FAR AS
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, A LENGTH OF TIME THAT SOMEBODY'S BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, THERE ARE HEALTH CONDITIONS, UH, SOCIAL FUNCTIONING, HISTORY AND HOUSING, UM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR KEY FOR SHELTER WITHIN THAT, UM, WE SPECIFICALLY ASK AROUND CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE PRIORITIZE FOR THE BEST WESTERN, WE DO ASK PEOPLE LIKE, DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH CONDITION? LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE SEVERITY OF THAT HEALTH CONDITION? TRY TO DO SOME CONFIRMATION OF THAT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS A IN HIGH DEMAND RESOURCE, UH, AS THE LUXURY IN OPENS, THE PRIORITIZATION WILL BE AROUND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS,
UH, SO WITH THAT SITE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE SHELTER LIST THAT SAID, I WANT SHELTER AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
OKAY, JIM? YEAH, OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO, I'VE BEEN READING ALL THE REPORTS ON LA AND LA COUNTY.
AND THE MAIN THRUST SEEMS TO BE FROM THOSE REPORTS, HOW FEW PEOPLE ARE GOING IN HOUSE AND LOOKING AT OUR OWN NUMBERS HERE, I DO NOT MEAN, THIS IS A CRITICISM.
WE HAD 90 PEOPLE TO SERVE AND WE PUT NINE IN JUNE HOUSING.
SO THEY WOULD SAY THEY ONLY PUT 10, 10% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT WHAT WE SEEM TO FORGET IS THERE RESONATING PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING SHORT TERM HOUSING, ALL KINDS OF TERMS. AND SOME OF THOSE
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THAT THEY'RE SEEING ARE NOT PERMANENT HOUSING, ARE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE HOUSING.I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE I LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT WE BOUGHT MANY HOTELS, BUT WE CAN'T CALL THE ROOMS PERMANENT HOUSING UNTIL WE ADD A HUNDRED FEET EACH ONE SAY.
AND THOSE HOTEL ROOMS MAYBE 200, 250 FEET, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL THOSE PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE GET THEM UP TO 300 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A HORRENDOUSLY EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY THINK THAT PERMANENT HOUSING IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
IT'S A JUMPING OFF PLACE TO A BETTER LIFE IF THEY GET INTO SOME OF HOUSING OFF THE STREET AND GET SERVICES IN THAT HOUSE.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, THOSE THINGS.
AND THIS SEEMS TO BE, WE, WE HAVE THIS CONCEPT, AND AGAIN, YOU PRETTY SOUND OFF OF HOUSING FIRST.
I'M NOT AN ADMIRER CONCEPT BECAUSE THEN WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE RIGHT INTO THAT 300 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT, BUT WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT PROBABLY GOT 'EM ON THE STREET IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PROBLEM.
AND I THINK SOMEHOW, I'M NOT A GRADE LAWS.
I, I, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE VERY FIRST GRANT LOSS GRANTS.
I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND IT, IT IS NOT ENTIRELY FAIR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT 'EM AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING, THEY ARE GETTING PEOPLE, BUT WE MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY PEOPLE.
NOW WE'VE, WE'VE INCREASED THE SALES TAX AND WATCHING THE NEWS YESTERDAY, EVERYBODY'S GRUMBLING NOW WHAT THEY GONNA DO THIS BILLION DOLLARS? ARE THEY GOING TO SPEND IT THE SAME WAY AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY PROGRESS? WELL POSSIBLE, YES.
BUT THAT COULD BE, AND IT SEEMS THE THING HAS BEEN TO JUST GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
AND THAT, TO ME, THAT ISN'T WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I MEAN, I'VE WORKED WITH THE HOMELESS PEOPLE FOR OVER 35 YEARS NOW, AND WHAT A LOT OF THEM, AND I'LL BE BLUNT, A LOT OF WHAT GETS PEOPLE INTO HOMELESSNESS IS MAKING BAD DECISIONS.
IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS THAT THEIR OPINION, SOMETIMES IT'S THEIR OWN BAD DECISION, BUT WE NEED TO WORK WITH THAT.
AND AS I SAY, THIS THING OF PERMANENT HOUSING, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH, BUT SOMETIMES THE INTERIM HOUSING IS THE ANSWER, BUT WITH SERVICES, SO SAY THEY LOOK AT YOUR NUMBERS RIGHT THERE AND SAY, YOU'RE FAILING.
BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, GET ALL 90 PEOPLE IN THE PERMANENT HOUSING TO FIND THAT MANY UNITS, AND NOW WE CAN EVEN BLESS UNITS BECAUSE IT IS GONNA AFFECT EVERYBODY THAT WE LOST THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES, THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT EVEN WORSE.
SO I REALLY WISH, AND I SOMETIMES THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR COMMITTEE DOES BELONG, THAT IF WE CAN MAYBE EXPRESS MORE OF THOSE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM, AND THAT THAT, UH, I MEAN, I'M EXPRESSING MY OWN MOMENT, BUT DAMNIT IT DOES COME FROM EXPERIENCE.
AND AS I SAY, IT WOULD SET UNREALISTIC GOALS FOR THE PROGRAMS OF EVERYBODY GOING IN PERMANENT HOUSING BECAUSE IT JUST ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
DEFINITELY AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT, UM, THE INTERIM SPACES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE STREETS.
UM, DOUG FIRST THEN SARAH, THEN PAT.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD, VERY GOOD REPORT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORKING ON YOUR TEAM TOO.
AND I THINK IT'S, AS THE REPORT INDICATES IT'S EVEN MORE CHALLENGING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ONE MAY ANSWER A QUESTION I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE YOUTH NAVIGATION IS CREATING 12 YOUTH, NEW YOUTH BUILDS.
SO THAT WILL A BIG STEP TOWARD THE MAYOR'S GOAL OF ZERO DUE CO BONUSES.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT LAUNCHED AND OPERATIONAL TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? FAIR STATEMENT.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT COMING MORE EARLY ON WITHIN IT THAT, YOU
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KNOW, IS BEING DISCUSSED WITHIN POTENTIALLY LONG BEACH, BUT WITHIN THE REGION, UM, THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH AS WELL.SO, UH, THERE IS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I I, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO MAKE IT AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ASK BECAUSE GOOD WORK SEEMS TO BE ALREADY BEING DONE.
I DO HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER AROUND THE 90, THE INTERIM HOUSING AND THE, UH, ENCAMPMENT FUND PROGRAM AND KIND OF WHAT ALL THIS MAY MEAN.
I'M TRYING TO INTERPRET IT AS I UNDERSTAND THE ENCAMPMENT FUNDS ARE STATE PROVIDED AND THEY'RE LIKE TWO YEARS, IT VARIES A COUPLE YEARS.
I MEAN, OUR SHELTER FUNDING WAS FOR A YEAR, AND THEN WE HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING SUPPORT FUNDING.
IS THAT ON ONGOING? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN EXPECT EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD OR NOT? BECAUSE, SO IT, WHAT, DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BEEN BUDGETED OUT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS? OR IS IT UNKNOWN? IT IS BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR ALONG WITH HALF ROUND, UH, SEVEN.
THEY'VE BUDGETED FOR, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISCUSSING BUDGET AROUND HALF, ROUND SEVEN.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID AS FAR AS WHETHER THERE WILL BE FUTURE ROUNDS OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEVEL AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
THERE IS A BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT CALLS ON THE STATE.
SO IF IT WAS PASSED, IT WOULD BASICALLY MANDATE THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO HAVE SOME PORTION OF ITS BUDGET EACH YEAR GO TOWARDS, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND PREVENTION EFFORTS.
UM, SO YES, THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE ROUNDS.
THERE IS NO SET ALLOCATION OR FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE STATE AT PERSPECTIVE.
FINAL QUESTION RELATED IS IT'S MAKING ME THINK THIS WHOLE KIND OF SITUATION AND THE DIFFICULTY WITH HOUSING THAT THIS POPULATION WE HAVE OF THE UNSHELTERED IS REALLY AN AREA THAT IS A CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SORT OF TWO GOALS, I THINK IN THIS.
ONE IS TO HOUSE AND ANOTHER IS TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND CARING FOR THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS.
AND, AND THIS, THIS INFORMATION MAKES ME WONDER, DOES THE CITY NEED TO CONSIDER BUILDING A NEW, IF THEY HAD FUNDS, WOULD A, WOULD A BETTER SOLUTION NEED TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER? UH, NOT RELY ON TWO YEAR FUND EVERY TWO YEAR FUNDS, BUT TO, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A DEMAND.
I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER THERE SHOULD BE TO BUILD ANOTHER SHELTER.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND LIKE MONITOR ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THERE'S CONVERSATION AROUND SHELTER.
UH, 7 0 2 IS CURRENTLY AT 81 BEDS.
UM, HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION WILL START BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
BUT, UH, THAT IS NOT MY AREA OF, UH, EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BUILD OUT OF THAT IS, IS, IS PRETTY MUCH IN FINALIZATION.
UH, IT'S JUST REALLY GETTING TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WILL BUILD OUT THAT SPACE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE PRIVACY, PERMANENT RESTROOMS, UH, MORE CONGREGATE SPACE, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL 40 BEDS.
THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND WAYS TO POTENTIALLY PURCHASE ANOTHER MOTEL OR A HOTEL? IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT A, UM, WAREHOUSE OR SIMILAR SPACE AT COULD BE CONVERTED.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE, UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MONITORING.
YEAH, MY QUESTION BUILDS RIGHT ON THAT.
UH, AS FAR AS THE MEASURE A FUNDING, IS THAT AN INCREASE FROM THE MEASURED AGE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE USED TO GET? AND, AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT FUNDING WILL BE SPENT? SO, AND IN SOME WAYS IT IS, AND IN SOME WAYS IT ISN'T.
UM, SO LOCALLY TO US, YES, IT'S AN INCREASE.
HOWEVER, THIS, THE OVERALL POT IS DOUBLE OF WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SO I WENT FROM A QUARTER ON SALES TAX, A HALF A CENT SALES TAX.
HOWEVER, THAT HALF CENT SALES TAX COVERS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT DIDN'T EXIST PRIOR.
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UM, WITHIN IT, THERE IS 45% OF THE FUNDING GOES TOWARDS HOMELESS SERVICES.SO SHELTER, OUTREACH, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING SUPPORT.
UH, SO THAT IS, THAT'S 5% REDUCTION.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HALF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN EXISTING LEVEL OF FUNDING WOULD'VE BEEN 50%.
UH, THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
THAT'S 15% THAT, I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ON HOW DOES THAT ROLL OUT.
UH, EACH CITY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING, SO THAT WILL BE AN INCREASE TO US.
WE WEREN'T RECEIVING LIKE A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND POT.
UM, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING, SO A LITTLE UNDER 40% BECAUSE THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, UH, GOES TO THE NEWLY CREATED, UM, COUNTY DEPARTMENT CALLED P CASA, UH, THE
SO IT CAN BE USED FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO, UH, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, SOMEBODY WENT THE WRONG DIRECTION.
UM, SO THAT YES AND NO
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NEW THINGS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
SO OVERALL WE'LL SEE MORE RESOURCES LOCALLY TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS THROUGH MEASURE A.
PAT, UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE IS, UH, IS THE TINY HOMES SUBJECT TABLE OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT AREA? NO DEVELOPMENTS AT THIS POINT.
UM, AS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TELE AT FROM TWO DIFFERENT FRONTS, WHETHER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, LOCALLY HERE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL OF SELLING THOSE TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION TO RECRUIT FUNDS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT FUNDS AND POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE EXPLORING, AGAIN, OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BRING ON ADDITIONAL BEDS THAT WOULDN'T BE TINY HOME.
SO THERE IS POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL PROJECTS COMING FORWARD, NOT WORKING WITH THE REST.
OH, DO NOT HAVE AFTER HOUR ACCESS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT, UM, I WON'T GET SET UP WITH THAT.
UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS NOTHING FORTH COMING AROUND.
DID YOU, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED CARTO THAT IS NOT A CITY OWNED? I KNOW IT'S NOT THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT YOU, YOU COULD WORK WITH THEM, RIGHT? UH, I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, SO THAT IS ON THE COUNTY READ, UH, RADAR FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT TINY HOMES ON THAT SITE LOOKING FOR AGAIN, WHAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH LIKE CUT VOUCHERS AND OTHER DOLLARS SUCH AS THAT.
UH, SO YOU COULD NOW TYPE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS ON THE, UH, YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, 11 MILLION THAT YOU GOT TO CLEAN OUT THE
WHAT DID YOU, WHAT DID YOU, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU OFFER THOSE PEOPLE WHEN YOU CLEANED THEM? NOW WE HAVE NOT STARTED OUR CABINET RESOLUTION.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET? NO, IT'S NOT TILL SUMMER.
YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT EVEN RECEIVED THAT FUNDING.
THE COUNTY DOES DO CLEANUPS ALONG THE LALE RIVER PIT, IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY.
UM, SO, SO THAT WAS THE COUNTY THAT'S LEFT THEM ALL OUT.
COUNTY DOES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY.
NO, KIMBERLY, I'M TRYING TO MOVE THE MEETING.
JUST REMINDER WE CHANGED THIS MEETING TWO HOURS, HOUR AND HALF.
SO, BUT SORRY, THAT WAS REMINDING EVERYBODY FOR THE NEXT ONE.
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BUT, UM, ALL I WAS GONNA SAY IS JUST I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HOUSING FIRST, AND I JUST WANNA OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION.AND THIS IS A, I REALLY WANTED POINT YOU TO ALL OF US REALLY TO, UM, ENVISION IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU'RE HOMELESS, YOU'RE LOOKING YOUR STUFF EVERYWHERE.
SO THAT MEANS EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE ENERGY, YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT STUFF YOU HAVE.
AND MENTALLY YOU'RE NOT ALL THERE.
AND I'M GONNA SAY THAT BECAUSE THE FEMALES, IF YOU REMEMBER A LOT OF FEMALES, THEY'RE AFRAID AT NIGHT THEY GOTTA STAY UP BECAUSE THEY GET RAPED.
AND THAT'S WHY A FEMALES YOU SEE COMING IN THE SHELTER THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH WHEN I WAS TRYING SHELTERS, ABSOLUTELY THE DOGS WERE FOR PROTECTION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE, I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE THEY KILLED THE DOG AND STILL RAPE FOR WOMAN.
EVEN ME, WHEN I WAS LIKE LOOKING FOR A PLACE AND IT WAS TAKING FOREVER AND I WAS IN A HOTEL AND I HAD TO KEEP MOVING MY STUFF AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND NOT TO COMPARE, BUT IT STILL FELT THE SAME.
I COULDN'T EVEN FUNCTION, I COULDN'T EVEN THINK, I COULDN'T EVEN GET MY MIND RIGHT FOR A MEETING, SPEECH INTERVIEW, NOTHING.
SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR HOUSING FIRST ON TOP OF WHEN PEOPLE GET UP ON THE STREET FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE THERE COULD BE FAMILY STUFF, COULD BE ADDICTION, COULD BE WHATEVER.
IF YOU'RE ON THE STREET TO SURVIVE THE MADNESS, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP PARTAKING, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING PEER PRESSURE FROM THOSE PEERS ON THE STREET.
WE WANT TO, THAT'S WHY HOUSING FIRST IS HERE.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WORKING IN THIS STUFF AS A VOLUNTEER, IT WAS HORRIBLE SITTING THERE AT THE TABLE LISTENING TO PEOPLE.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET CLEAN THEN YOU COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL HELP THEM.
SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHAT AND THE BENEFIT OF HOUSING FIRST.
REAL QUICK, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE 300 SQUARE FEET? WELL, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SQUARE FOOTAGE.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THEY NEED STOP, FINISH THAT STAND.
I HAVE WORKED AROUND SKID ROW FOR YEARS.
WE INVOLVED IN HOTEL, CERTAINLY THREE SQUARE FEET, BUT WE A LOT OF MEN LIVING IN THOSE.
BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO BE AT NIGHT, WHEN I RAN THE DROP-IN CENTER IN DOWNTOWN LA, WE TOOK ONE PART OF THE OUTSIDE UNDER IT WAS UNDERCOVER.
AND WE KEPT THAT FOR WOMEN AND IT WAS VERY POPULAR THAT THEY CAME IN AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY WERE SAFE.
AND I AGREED WE NEED SAFE PLACES.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE SAY THAT THESE HAVE TO BE 300 SQUARE FEET.
WE NEED ACTUALLY MAYBE LOOK MORE SERIOUSLY AT SROS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT'S SAFE PLACE TO BE.
I WAS, WASN'T ADDRESSING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I WAS ADDRESSING YOUR COMMENT ABOUT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HOUSING FIRST.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AS IT'S WRITTEN NOW AND THE WAY IT'S IMPLEMENTED, IT HAS.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE.
UM, ANYWAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, HEARING THIS, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE SERVICES STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATES REPORT BY PAUL DUNCAN? AYE.
A OPPOSED ABSTAIN? THE MOTION PASSES.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FUTURE HAY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NONE.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO HAVE, UM, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OR PROPOSE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? I HAVE THE ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT DOUG SAID.
WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, GOING WITH THAT, WHAT DOUG SAID, UM, WE SHOULD PUT, I KNOW WE HAD IT BEFORE, BUT WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO ROBERT'S RULES.
'CAUSE DOUG, I I LITERALLY JUST SENT IT.
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AND, AND, AND ROBERT'S RULES YOUR QUESTION.SO I JUST SUGGEST EVERYBODY REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER BECAUSE IT'S IN THERE AS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.
SHE'S GONNA, I CAN RESEND THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN I CAN, UM, COORDINATE WITH ANITA TOO.
MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS HOW DO, HOW DOES AN INDIVIDUAL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, IT GOES THROUGH THAT MM-HMM
AND WE ALL ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? I WAS UNAWARE AND WE CAN HAVE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I'M UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER TOPIC FOR THE NEXT, UM, FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? YES.
SO THE CITY ATTORNEY, I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK RELATE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, AND SO IS THE CITY ATTORNEY COMING FOR A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION OR CAN I WORK WITH YOU, JULIE, ON MY QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT WOULD NEED LEGAL INPUT, I BELIEVE NEED? WELL, SHE'S GONNA BE HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ANITA IS NO LONGER WITH WORKING.
WE, OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE HERE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO, UM, WE CAN, CAN WE, WELL, WE, WE, YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THE AGENDA ITEM YOU COULD FRAME AS ASAC GOVERNANCE CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I, I'LL WRITE QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY OTHER TOPICS? OKAY, JENNIFER.
OH, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE ABOUT FUTURE HAAC AGENDA ITEM, SAY AYE.
UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM? NONE.
ON NON AGENDA ITEM ON ANYTHING? NO, SEE NONE.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT CABRILLO VILLAGES.
UM, AND THE COC GENERAL MEETING WILL BE BEFORE THE HAYSTACK MEETING.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JOIN THAT MEETING WILL BE FROM TWO TO THREE 30 AND THEN THIS ONE WILL FOLLOW RIGHT AFTER.
I'LL SEND THE CALENDAR INVITE, UH, DETAILS YOU THERE BEFORE OR I CAN'T FOLLOW.
UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT'S AT, UM, ST.
LUKE'S AT OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH IS, UM, RUN BY OUR SHOWER GUESTS, UM, WHO ARE ALL EXPERIENCING VARIOUS LEVELS OF HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S ABOUT, IT'S WE'RE COMING UP FOR A THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, UH, ANNIVERSARY AND WE'RE HAVING A GARDEN, A TABLE RECEPTION.
ANYBODY WHO WANTS ANY INFORMATION, I HAVE IT HERE.
AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR, UM, PARTNERS.
THE LONG BEACH COMMUN COMMUNITY COMPOST.
ANYWAY, ANY OTHER ADVANCEMENTS? OKAY.