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THERE'S A FORENSIC NURSE ON THAT TEAM, A SEX CRIMES DETECTIVE WILL COME AND INTERVIEW THE SURVIVOR, AND SOMEONE FROM THE LOCAL RAPE CRISIS CENTER WILL COME AND PROVIDE SUPPORT DURING THE INTERVIEW AND THE
AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY, THE ADVOCATE CAN BE IN THE ROOM IF THE PERSON WANTS WHILE THEY'RE HAVING
SO THIS ALSO CREATES AN INCREASED, UH, EXPERIENCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IMPACTS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT AN INCREASE IN ANXIETY DISORDERS FROM 40 TO 60%.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF RELATED ANXIETY DISORDERS.
I KNOW WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT ANXIETY, OCD, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF FALL INTO PLACE, AND THAT CAN BECOME MORE AND MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR SOMEONE.
AND THERE'S ALSO WHAT WE CALL COMORBIDITIES.
SO THE OVERLAP, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, EXPERIENCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
THERE'S A STRONG OVERLAP WITH SUBSTANCES, RIGHT? STRONG OVERLAP WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS LATER.
SO THE COMORBIDITY IS OFTEN ANXIETY DISORDERS BECOME A DEPRESSION AS WELL.
SO THIS CAN LOOK LIKE SELF-MEDICATING, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT IS A WAY OF DAMPENING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IF YOU'RE USING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES AND IT WORKS UNTIL IT DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT? IT MAY HELP TO STOP THE PAIN TEMPORARILY.
THAT'S ALSO HOW I THINK OF SUICIDE, IS THAT IT'S OFTEN LIKE A FLIGHT RESPONSE AND IT'S REALLY THAT YOUR PAIN IS OUTWEIGHING YOUR ABILITY TO COPE.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO JUST ASSIST SOMEONE WITH BUILDING UP AS MANY COPING SKILLS AS POSSIBLE AND SEEK THEIR SERVICES.
SO STATISTICS ARE ABOUT 27 TO 35% OF WOMEN WHO ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED DEVELOP AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM, AND 17 TO 25% WILL DEVELOP A DRUG PROBLEM.
UM, EARLY INTERVENTION IS THERE'S A STRONG LINK BETWEEN UNRESOLVED TRAUMA AND SUBSTANCE USE.
SO THAT MAKES EARLY INTERVENTION IMPERATIVE TO PREVENT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
SETH IS ALSO FOR, SO AT ROOSTER RECOVERY, WE TREAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AS I MENTIONED WITH THE OVERLAP, YOU CAN SEE FOLKS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER HAVING ALSO, UH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR ANXIETY DISORDERS.
SO WE TREAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
SO THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT ROOTS IS THAT WE WILL GO INTO DEALING WITH, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THAT ICEBERG IN THE TOP, WE WILL DIVE IN AND WE WORK TO CREATE A LOT OF SAFETY AND RESOURCES.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO THAT THROUGH TEACHING DIFFERENT SKILLS VISUALIZATIONS, AND THEN ALSO BUILDING UP SUPPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST A FEW LISTED HERE, SOME THAT I'VE MENTIONED, AS WELL AS A FEW ADDITIONAL.
SO WHAT WE PROVIDE IS A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE GROUP, THERE'S INDIVIDUAL AND THERE'S ALSO, WE PROVIDE ASSESSMENTS.
SO THERE'S PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
SO ANY CASE MANAGEMENT, WE KNOW THAT FOLKS CANNOT ADDRESS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS UNTIL THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, RIGHT? IF I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHERE MY NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM, HOW DO I ADDRESS MY MENTAL HEALTH? HOW DO I ADDRESS MY
AND A LOT OF FOLKS NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
AND IT'S HARD TO ASK SOMETIMES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY UP AND CASE MANAGERS THERE.
AND IN TERMS OF TREATMENT, YOU CAN DO A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AS I MENTIONED WITH THE INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT, IT IS STARTING AT NINE HOURS.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE MOST PEOPLE, UH, FOR IOP? MM-HMM
SO I THINK HAVING THOSE INTERACTIONS MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK REALLY ASSISTS US TO STABILIZE FOLKS AND THEN ASSIST TO BE ABLE
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TO GO INTO SOME OF THE POTENTIALLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE A ARISING INTERPERSONALLY RIGHT NOW AS WELL.I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FOLKS CONTINUE THEIR TREATMENT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO TREATMENT TAKES TIME, IT TAKES ENERGY, IT TAKES THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOURSELF.
AND IN BETWEEN THESE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS, ALL THE EFFORTS THAT FOLKS ARE PUTTING IN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUES AND THEY DON'T DROP OFF.
OKAY? AND THIS REPRESENTS A PERCENTAGE OF REDUCTION OF SYMPTOMS FROM INTAKE TO DISCHARGE.
SO SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE, ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, PTSD, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EVEN JUST NOT FEELING GREAT, SUICIDAL PLANS, PSYCHOSIS AND MANIA.
AND WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT REDUCTION IN SUICIDE PLANS, PSYCHOSIS AND MANIA SYMPTOMS. WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET SOMEONE TO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
SO WE ALSO TAKE QUITE A FEW INSURANCES.
SO IF THE INSURANCE IS NOT LISTED UP HERE, WE ALSO ACCEPT PPOS OUT OF NETWORK AND OFFER PAYMENT FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY AWESOME INTAKE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS HARD TO MAKE SURE THE FOLKS CAN GET IN AND ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A FEW RESOURCES FOR YOU.
AS I MENTIONED, THE SART MEDICAL SERVICES.
REALLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO ACCESS IT THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CALLING 9 1 1 REPORTING AN ASSAULT WILL START THAT PROCESS.
AND WE'VE GOT THE 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE THAT'S LISTED HERE.
THIS IS FOR THE YWCA IN, UH, GREATER LONG BEACH.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED IN COMPTON, HOWEVER, THEY SERVE SEVERAL CITIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK UP TOP HERE IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, THAT IS A PHONE NUMBER FOR RAIN.
IT STANDS FOR, UH, LEMME SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER.
UM, RAPE ABUSE, INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK.
UM, THAT'S TORI A'S ORGANIZATION.
AND SHE'S MADE AN AMAZING COMMITMENT TO ANYBODY WHO CALLS THAT HOTLINE WILL BE ROUTED TO YOUR LOCAL RATE CRISIS CENTER.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO MEMORIZE IT, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET ON A WEBSITE AND TRY TO FIND THAT YOU JUST GO TO THAT.
THEY'VE ALSO GOT CHATS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOUNGER ONES LIKE TO DO TO ACCESS CARE.
AND THEN WOMEN'S SHELTER AT LONG BEACH.
AND THEY'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AS WELL AS INTERVAL HOUSE.
THE LONG BEACH TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IS UP HERE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, RAIN IS ALSO LISTED OVER HERE, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND OF COURSE, 9 1 1 IS STILL A WAY TO ACCESS AND KICK OFF THE SART EXAM.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANNA DO RIGHT, THEN YOU GET TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE SEX CRIMES DEPARTMENT AND CONNECT WITH THEM.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
THERE IS THE WOMEN'S AND GENDER EQUITY CENTER AND STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES.
I WENT THERE AS MY UNDERGRAD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO I WENT THERE AND, AND WE DEFINITELY WOULD ADVOCATE AROUND THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS AND THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT IN MY TIME, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, BUT MY TIME THERE, THAT CAMPUS SAFETY WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS, INCREASING LIGHTING, INCREASING ACCESS, MAKING IT EASIER TO REPORT.
AND SO SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AHOLD OF US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONNECT TO US EVERY WHICH WAY.
AND, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT ANYTIME.
WELL, FIRST WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO OUR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE SPEAK UP WITH PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM? YES.
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IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND DOWN.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN ZOOM, USE THE RAISE THE HAND RAISE FEATURE, OR THUS, STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IT.
ALRIGHT, SO COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST? SPEAKER? COMMISSIONER HARPER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I REALLY VALUE THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED DATA FROM OUR SURVEY THAT I THINK IT'S MUCH NEEDED SERVICES, SO THANK YOU.
UM, AND I AM JUST CURIOUS, HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE FIND YOU OR KNOW ABOUT SERVICES? YEAH, SO PEOPLE CAN WALK IN, THEY CAN CALL OUR OFFICE INSTEAD OF AN INTAKE, OR THEY CAN EMAIL AND REACH OUT THAT WAY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHAT LINE YET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
BUT, UM, YEAH, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT THE COST OF YOUR OUTPATIENT PROGRAM IS THAT, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE CHARGE AND DO YOU DO, UM, UM, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE THE BILL NOW, BUT THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY, UH, PAYS FOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER LEVIT.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE.
I'VE LONG HEARD YOUR NAME IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
WELL, THANK, THANK YOU
I'M GONNA TURN THAT TO SETH BECAUSE YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
HE'S OUR PRESIDENT OVER HERE, SO HE KNOWS THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE DO MAKE DECISIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST.
UM, I FORGET THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, PAYMENT PLANS.
THERE'S SOMETHING REFERENCE ABOUT THE COUNTY OR SOMETHING WE HAVE THAT YEAH, COUNTY FUNDS, SOMETIMES COUNTY FUNDS WILL PAY FOR SERVICES.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE OR, OR STATE FUNDS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO YOUR PROGRAM.
BUT WE DO HAVE PARTNERS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO OFFER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED A A LOT ABOUT ESTABLISHING LIKE A VIRTUAL PROGRAM OR LIKE MAYBE A SUPPORT, VIRTUAL SUPPORT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, WOULD BE MAYBE FREE OR LIKE VERY MINIMAL CHARGED.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO APPROACH A LOT OF IT.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IT COULD BE, DEPENDING ON THE PEOPLE'S NEEDS, WE COULD REFER 'EM AND RESOURCE THEM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S AN INTERESTING THING.
AND, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I'M WONDERING, UM, WITH YOUR ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE DOING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE OR YOU'RE DOING SUPPORT GROUPS, OR DO YOU REFER TO WOMEN'S SHELTER OR INTERVAL HOUSE? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? OKAY, SO OUR ADOLESCENT, YEAH, I THINK SHE'S REFERENCING THE ADOLESCENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING WITH GREEN DOT, UH, IN LA COUNTY.
UM, THAT ONE OR THE MENTAL HEALTH ONE IN THE OFFICE, OR UHHUH.
SO THE, THE ONE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
SO I I IMAGINE IT'S GONNA BE SCHOOL SPECIFIC.
EACH SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN SLIGHT NEEDS.
UH, AND THAT VARY FROM, UM, SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, UH, WITH REGARD TO, AT OUR FACILITY HERE AT ATLANTIC IN, UH, PIX KNOWLES.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? UM, WAS THERE SOMETHING, OH, DO WE OFFER HEALTHY DATING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, OH, FOR ADOLESCENTS? I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S MOSTLY, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SPECIFIC GROUP, UH, GROUP LIKE THAT, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT ARE EASY TO PUT TOGETHER.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE JUST PARTNERING AS A TRAINING ORGANIZATION WITH ROOTS AND JUST KIND OF WORKING OUT THE DETAILS.
BUT THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA BECAUSE AT THE GREEN DOT CHARTER SCHOOLS WE'RE GETTING STARTED AND WE'VE OFFERED TRAININGS AND GROUPS AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SOMETIMES A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO BRING IN THE TEAMS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
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THANK YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M CURIOUS, UM, WHAT COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE.
I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL YOUR PATIENTS ARE PRIMARILY COMING FROM JUST LES? IS IT GREATER LONG BEACH IS OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH? YEAH, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
HOW ARE PEOPLE FINDING YOU MOSTLY, UH, ON THE WEB.
I'M WONDERING, IT SOUNDS, I'VE HEARD MANY SEXUAL ASSAULT STATISTICS OVER THE YEARS.
ONE IN FOUR WOMEN, I HADN'T HEARD.
33% OF WOMEN ARE STILL EXPERIENCING PTSD MONTHS SOME YEARS LATER.
UM, I'M JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT'S HEARING MORE OF THAT, THAT THAT WAS MORE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY AN UNSEEN EPIDEMIC, QUITE FRANKLY.
AND THEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT SO MANY WOMEN DON'T REPORT AT ALL, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE POLICE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE RESOURCES LIST FOR THOSE WOMEN, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY'RE PRIMARILY GETTING REFERRED TO THEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, I GUESS WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS WHO WOULD HAVE NOT REPORTED AND WHO DON'T? THERE'S LIKE A BARRIER TO ENTRY.
I'M A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR.
IF I HADN'T BEEN AT A COLLEGE AND HAD SOMEBODY DRAG ME TO THE COLLEGE COUNSELING OFFICE, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANY TREATMENT.
AND AS AN ADULT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANYBODY WHO'S EVEN WILLING TO TAKE NEW PATIENTS BECAUSE THESE ISSUES.
SO HOW CAN SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE HAS A BARRIER TO ENTRY OR DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHERE DO THEY START IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA THE POLICE? THAT'S PART OF WHY I LOVE SEXUAL, UH, NOT LOVE IT, BUT
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE EVERY MONTH.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT SHINING A LIGHT ON IT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO I'LL POINT PEOPLE TOWARD RAIN, TYPICALLY AS EVEN JUST FIRST INFORMATION, EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T DISCLOSE, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE BECAUSE THERE'S INFORMATION ON THERE THAT YOU CAN JUST READ.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ANYONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO THE POLICE, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACCESS THE POLICE IN ORDER TO GET SERVICES.
RAPE CRISIS CENTERS OFFER 10 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS.
NOTHING REQUIRES ANY PAYMENT, ANY INSURANCE.
UH, IT'S ALL COVERED THROUGH THE STATE.
AND SO THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO PLUG IN AS WELL.
THERE'S NO PRESSURE TO REPORT.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY THAT IS NOT REQUIRED THROUGH RAIN THROUGH US, THROUGH, UH, DIFFERENT RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, WHICH IT WOULD BE THE YWCA FOR THIS AREA.
SO YES, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO POINT SOMEONE TO GETTING INVOLVED.
BUT HOW DO THEY HEAR ABOUT IT? RIGHT? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT RAPE CRISIS CENTERS HAVE PREVENTION EDUCATION FUNDS WHERE THEY'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO YOUTH AND DOING ASSEMBLIES, TALKING TO INDIVIDUAL CLASSES, BUT THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE INVITED, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THIS OR EVEN JUST HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT RESOURCES AT VARIOUS MEETINGS LIKE THIS OR IN THE COMMUNITY COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT, THAT AB THAT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE A BARRIER FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO GET SERVICES, BUT NOTHING THAT YOU DO REGARDING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH REQUIRE SHORT REPORT.
COMMISSIONER ARCH, I SAW YOUR HAND.
UM, WHAT IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE WOMEN THAT YOU'RE SERVICING FACILITY? YEAH, SO, AND I THINK, OH, SORRY.
I KNOW THAT WE COLLECT A LOT OF DATA.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ON ME RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF SETH HAS MORE OF AN IDEA.
UM, MY IMPRESSION FROM WORKING WITH THE CLINICIANS BEING IN THE, UH, OFFICE AT VARIOUS TIMES IS THAT VARIOUS AGES STARTING.
I MEAN, THEY CAN COME AT 12 AT LIKE 14, 15, ALL THE WAY TO, YOU KNOW, ANY AGE.
AND DEFINITELY FOLKS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM DIFFERENT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DIFFERENT GENDERS, DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LONG BEACH, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT TO LOVE, IS THAT
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THERE'S SO MUCH DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH.AND I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOWS UP IN MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT I GO TO.
AND IT'S JUST A, A LOVELY THING.
SO I'VE SEEN THE SAME AT ROOTS.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE STATISTICS ON THAT.
WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, WE, WE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT A SEXUAL TRAUMA PROGRAM WITH THE US NAVY IN SAN DIEGO TO TREAT, UM, THE, THE, THE FOLKS DOWN THERE.
LIKE WE WERE SORT OF TALKING ABOUT TODAY, SORT PART OF EPIDEMIC.
AND THE NAVY IS, WAS TRYING TO PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THIS, AND IT ULTIMATELY, WE COULDN'T PUT IT OFF THE GROUND, COULDN'T GET IT OFF THE GROUND.
WE SPENT PROBABLY LIKE A YEAR, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF TRYING.
UM, SO IN, IN OUR EXPERIENCE IN TRYING TO BUILD SERVICES FOR, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THERE'S OFTEN BUREAUCRATIC, UM, THINGS THAT HINDER US FROM, FROM DOING THE THING THAT EVERYBODY'S LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, DO THIS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT THAT HERE.
WELL, UM, THE REASON I ASK IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THE WOMEN THAT ARE ACCESSING THE SERVICES AND, AND THERE IF THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WOMEN TO GO FORTH AND, AND RECEIVE THE SERVICES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
HAVE TO LOOK AT, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS NEED SERVICES AND THESE MAY HAVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS, MAY NOT BE AWARE OF RESOURCES OR CULTURAL, CULTURAL, CULTURAL TABOO AROUND ACCESSING THERAPY, DEALING WITH ANY ADDICTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, WONDERFUL.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO, I RECEIVE A FILE THIS PRESENTATION.
THE COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
AND THEN TO OUR SPEAKERS, IF YOU WANT TO STAY AND HEAR ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING, YOU CAN, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE PLACES YOU, YOU NEED TO GO.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR NEXT ITEM? ITEM ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT OR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
COMMISSIONER ADA, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, FIRST LIST, COMMISSIONER
UM, FUMBLING OVER THE ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE.
I GUESS I'LL JUST INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
SO I SAID THAT I WOULD, UM, TAKE SOME TIME AND COME UP WITH A MISSION STATEMENT FOR YOU ALL.
I, UM, TOOK A LOOK AT OUR, YOU KNOW, GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT AND PUT SOME THOUGHTS OF THE VALUES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OURSELVES, UM, AS A GROUP.
UM, AND I CAME UP WITH TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH WILL OPEN, OPEN UP TO TALK ABOUT AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS.
AND WE WANNA TOSS IT AND START OVER.
THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO WORK WITH NOW.
UM, SO JUST AS KIND OF ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO DISCUSSING.
UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL HER PUBLIC COMMENT? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND OUT.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IT.
AND IF EVERYONE'S OKAY, MAYBE I'LL READ THE VOTE LOUD AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO FOR VERSION ONE OF OUR DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT,
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THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ELIMINATES AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THROUGH RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS POLICY, PROGRAMMATIC AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.THE COMMISSION ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED AND EQUITABLE SAFETY, REPRESENTATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FEMALE IDENTIFIED PERSONS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, INCOMES, ABILITIES, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, RELIGIONS, MARITAL, MARITAL STATUS, AND CLASSS.
AND THEN VERSION TWO, THEY'RE SIMILAR, BUT I SORT OF MOVE THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ELIMINATES AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BY ADVISING THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDED POLICIES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND REFORMS THAT ASPIRE TO A MORE EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL GENDERS.
THE COMMISSION ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED SAFETY, REPRESENTATION AND EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE IDENTIFIED PERSONS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, INCOME, DISABILITIES, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, RELIGIONS, MARITAL STATUS, AND CLASSES.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DRAFTS THAT I CAME UP WITH AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE PAST MONTH.
UM, SO LET'S OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSS AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL THINK.
COMMISSIONER MO FIRST, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WORK.
I KNOW IT'S LIKE, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, I, UM, FIND THAT VERSION ONE TO ME FEELS, UM, THE MOST ALIGNED WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, PARTICULARLY THE RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PART.
UM, BECAUSE THE MORE I THINK ABOUT OUR COMMISSION, THE MORE I THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE LIKE UNIQUE AND SO DIFFERENT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PARKS COMMISSION AND LIKE, YOU COULD BE ON THE PARKS COMMISSION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION ON PARKS AND LIKE, IT'S GREAT, RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT PERSONAL, LIKE, LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SHARED TODAY IN OUR MEETING WITH OUR PRESENTER, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE JUST SO UNIQUE IN THAT WAY.
SO RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, UM, I THINK SPEAKS TO THE PERSONAL LEVEL OF ADMISSION.
OH, COMMISSIONER VIOLETTE, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND UP.
IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT BOTH OF THOSE UP ON A SCREEN JUST FOR US VISUAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN EASIER TIME SEEING IT THAN HEARING IT? YES, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, DOES ANYONE HAVE, UM, I, I'LL SAY THAT I DO LIKE VERSION ONE.
UM, I LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUSIVE.
I CAN TELL LIKE YOU'VE REALLY WORKED TO CRAFT THE ESSENCE OF WHO WE ARE.
I COULD DEFINITELY, UH, ADOPT VERSION ONE.
I LIKE THE PART ABOUT ASPIRE, AND I THINK IT, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO INTEGRATE THAT, LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT, THAT IT WOULD SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOWARDS, NOT JUST WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO.
I DUNNO IF THERE'S A WAY TO MERGE THAT KIND OF FEELING IN THE VERSION ONE.
GON I JUST GO, YOU SAID I LIKE THE, THE GOALS MM-HMM
SO I, I LEAN TOWARD VERSION ONE, BUT I THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
DO YOU MIND IF I SORT OF LOOK AT IT MYSELF REAL QUICKLY HERE AND SEE HOW I WOULD MAYBE PUT THAT IN THERE? LET'S SEE.
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TO DO IT RIGHT THIS SECOND.I COULD ALWAYS COME BACK WITH IT, I SUPPOSE.
BUT I MIGHT, THE WAY I WOULD AS A WRITER PROBABLY CHANGE THAT BECAUSE I WOULD END THE FIRST SENTENCE THERE, VERSION ONE WITH, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, UM, I WOULD PROBABLY START A NEW SENTENCE ABOUT ADVISING MAYOR AND LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL WITH POLICIES.
I WOULD'VE TO SORT OF SPLIT THE SENTENCE AND THEN ADD THAT SENTIMENT THERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT ON THE SPOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION BE TO KIND OF SPLIT THE SENTENCE AND MAKE THE STATEMENT ABOUT, UM, THE ACTUAL POLICY, PROGRAMMATIC AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO MERIT COUNCIL AS REFORM CENTER AS FIRE.
UM, COMMISSIONER LEVI? UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS A LOT, SAM.
YOU DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB ON THIS.
AND, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED AND EQUITABLE SAFETY, I WOULD SAY IMPROVED SAFETY, EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND TAKE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE, UH, PUT IT AFTER SAFETY.
'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU DO EQUITABLE SAFETY, BUT I THINK EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I LIKE WHAT, UM, UH, JENNIFER WAS SAYING ABOUT, UM, ASPIRING 'CAUSE I LIKE THE WHOLE IDEA OF THAT WE'RE ASPIRING, WE'RE SO NEW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ASPIRATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
SO I LIKE THAT IN THERE A LOT TOO.
THAT WAS SORT OF A GRAMMATICAL THING WHERE I WAS TRYING TO AVOID FOR ANN TOO MANY TIMES IN ONE SENTENCE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, I WONDER IF YOU COULD EVEN START WITH, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT ASPIRING, LIKE, SO THAT IF WE LOSE PEOPLE AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE, WHICH WE MIGHT FAIR, UM, BUT LIKE, I THINK IT SETS THE, LIKE EVERYONE COULD ALIGN TOWARDS THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASPIRING TO, SO IT KIND OF DRAWS THEM IN AND THEN THE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW THROUGH RESEARCH POLICY ADVISING, LIKE ALL THAT.
BUT LIKE CAPTURE THEM AT THE START WITH LIKE THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL.
GENERALLY THINK, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO START WITH A SENTIMENT ALSO RATHER THAN BUSINESS STUFF.
UM, I'M NOT OFFENDED BY, UH, CRITIQUES BECAUSE I, SO IF EVERYBODY FEEL LIKE THIS IS, IF I TAKE IT BACK AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON IT? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I CAN DO, I THINK IS SINCE WE ARE DISCUSSING AND ITEMS TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, I CAN TAKE IT BACK, BRING AN UPDATED VERSION, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT TO ADOPT IT NEXT TIME.
UM, DID WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? YES.
UM, CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE AN ADVISORY, UH, COMMISSION, DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE, OF COMMISSION? NOT NECESSARILY.
BUT, UM, ALL OF THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED THE, YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS ARE ADVISORY.
UM, AND, AND THEN IT'S ALSO DISCLOSING THE COMMISSION DO SO.
WELL THANK YOU FOR FEEDBACK EASIER THAN I
SO NOW THAT WE'VE CONCLUDED DISCUSSION, MAD, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON REVISION TO THE DRAFT BYLAWS AND IF APPROPRIATE,
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REQUEST ATTORNEY TO DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS BYLAWS.A MOTION ON THIS ITEM MOVE BY COMMISSIONER ARCH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BYLAWS AD HOC COMMITTEE SPEAK TO THIS.
UM, BUT FIRST LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO IT.
UM, SO COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF MANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON OR ZOOM? IF ANY MEMBERS THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE HAND RAISED FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IT.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS FOR AFTER OUR ROBUST DISCUSSION LAST TIME TAKING COMMISSIONER FOR DRAFTING INDUSTRY READ.
UM, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT TO YOU.
YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH IF YOU, ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE OR ADOPTED OR IF YOU WANNA OPEN, I APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT, UM, MAKE A NOTE OF THE EXACT CHANGES THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROLES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, FOR THAT REASON, YOU KNOW, WE, WE POINT TO, UH, INCLUDE THE, THE DRAFT WITH THE TRACK CHANGES MM-HMM
SO YOU ALL CAN SEE ALL THE COMMENTS AND ALL THE FEEDBACK WAS PROVIDED.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD WERE ALL ADDRESSED.
AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S WHAT PROVIDED THE, THE DRAFT AND THEN RIGHT VERSION TO REVIEW AND ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE HISTORY.
AND WE HAD A, A, A MEETING, AN AD HO MEETING LAST TUESDAY, WAS IT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE, UM, WENT OVER ALL THE, UM, NOTES THAT STEPH HAD TAKEN THAT, THAT WERE MADE DURING OUR INITIAL MEETING, UH, LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
AND, UM, THEY INCORPORATED ALL THE COMMENTS THAT OUR MEMBERS HAD.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND ONE ITEM THAT, UH, CAME UP IN OUR AD HOC, UH, MEETING WAS THE HISTORY.
SO THIS, THIS HISTORY, UM, IS PRETTY MUCH A, UH, COMPILATION OF, UH, THE MEMOS THAT, UH, UM, ALANA SENT TO ME.
AND SO BASICALLY I JUST REVIEWED ALL OF THOSE AND I JUST WENT BY THE, THE DATES AND TIMES AND THEN JUST CREATED THE, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF WHAT TRANSPIRED.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
A LOT OF THE STUFF I TOOK DIRECT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY FROM, FROM THOSE MEMOS.
AND I KNOW THAT ALANA ALSO MADE SOME, UH, ONCE I SUBMITTED MY DRAFT, SHE ALSO MADE SOME EDITS TO I, OH, LEMME OPEN THAT FULL COMMISSION.
I HOPE EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THERE WAS, THERE IS ONE THING THAT I DID WANNA ADD IN THAT'S, UM, IN THE INITIAL BYLAWS WE HAD, UM, IT WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE, THE, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE, THE, WHAT WAS IT? THE WOMEN'S, UM, THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S WHAT INCLUDED IN THE YEAH.
AND CHANGED IT TO CO AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID, BECAUSE IN OUR OWN MEMO, THE CITY DRAFTED AND ADOPTED CO
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SO IT WAS, OH, THE, THE UNITED NATIONS THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING, UH, THE UNITED NATIONS.SO AT OUR AD HOC MEETING, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING UNITED NATIONS TO CO AND, UM, AND SO WE AGREED TO, UH, CHANGE THAT IN OUR BYLAWS.
AND SO, UH, AFTER I RECEIVED THAT MEMOS FROM ALANA, THEN THAT'S WHEN I SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING OFFICIAL ALSO DONE THROUGH THE CITY.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR BYLAWS.
THAT'S DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
AND IN READING THE HISTORY, UM, SEE SINCE I, IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR COMMENTS.
UM, I, I DID READ THROUGH AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I NOTICED WAS JUST ME AS AN EDITOR, THERE WAS LIKE SOMETHING, ONE SECOND, ONE PART THAT I WOULD MAKE A CHANGE TO JUST BECAUSE I THINK WOULD CUT SOMETHING LIKE CUT A WORD.
AND IT WAS SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU, UM, YES, THAT IS WHAT IT'S OKAY.
MEETING AND FOLLOW UP WITH NECESSARY PARTIES ON ACTION ITEMS. WOULD YOU SAY MAINTAIN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH COMMISSIONERS AND THEN WE'RE SORT OF MISSING LIKE A, UM, A VERB? I THINK AFTER THAT, OR SOME THEY AD HOC, IT JUST DOESN'T SAY AD HOC AND STAND COMMITTEES.
UM, I THINK WE MENTIONED PUTTING SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THEY WOULD REPORT TO, I, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT WE SUGGEST SHARES.
IT'S ON, I, SO I'M READING IT WRONG, BUT NEVERMIND.
OTHER THAN JUST CHANGING, MAINTAIN OF THAT WORD.
UM, I THOUGHT THE HISTORY WAS GREAT.
I, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE STAFF AND WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE ON THE, IS IT FIELD, IS IT PRETTY MUCH DONE INCLUDED IN THE, THE, LIKE THE RECOMMENDED ACTION? SO IF ALL ARE SATISFIED WITH THIS ITERATION OF THE BYLAWS, YOU WOULD REQUEST ANITA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, AND WE'RE STILL MISSING A MISSION STATEMENT, SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA WAIT OR IF YOU WANNA JUST HAVE THAT REVISED AFTER.
IF FOLKS WOULD PREFER, SO WE WERE WAITING ON A MISSION STATEMENT BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO WORK, WORK FACTS AT IT.
WOULD YOU RATHER JUST INCLUDE EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME, THE NEXT MEETING? UM, OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE THE BYLAWS DRAFTED NOW THAN I THINK WE COULD AMEND THEM TO INCLUDE THE MISSION STATEMENT? IS THAT RIGHT? I, I THINK IT'S LESS CONFUSING TO DO IT THAT WAY.
WELL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THE BYLAWS? THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO STAFF TOO, FOR HELPING WITH ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, UM, LAST TIME.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? AND THAT WOULD BE JUST NOT ACCEPTING THE FEEDBACK.
COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLETTE? YES.
NOW IF IT'S ALRIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY MOVE SOME ITEMS AROUND AND MOVE UP THE VICE CHAIR.
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YOU, YOU'RE JUST GONNA DECLARE THAT THE NOMINATION BILL MEMBER.I'VE NOT, I'VE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE.
I, SO
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
SO ON BACKGROUND, SOME MAY UNDERSTANDS VICE-CHAIR RESIGN FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE HOLDING OUR ELECTIONS IN JUNE.
HOWEVER, THAT WAS TWO MONTHS IN BETWEEN.
SO, UM, IT WAS MY PREFERENCE TO LIKE SOME MONEY NOW SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE SMART PARTICIPATION AND GET SOME HELP, FRANKLY.
UM, AND THAT PERSON WOULD SERVE FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE AN ELECTION AGAIN IN JUNE AND THE COMMISSION COULD VOTE FOR THEM TO STAY OR WE COULD CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE IF WE, UM, CHOOSE.
SO THIS THING WOULD HAVE A NOMINATION OR EACH, I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE KNOW WE HAVE ALL OF THEM, THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE STATEMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR MR. WHO MAY I ASK WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED? 'CAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR THAT.
COULDN'T HEAR IT WAS COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA WAS NOMINATED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I MADE A DECISION BEFORE THIS, I KIND OF WANTED TO LEAVE IT UP TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, SO I SORT OF UNDERSTANDING FROM NOMINATING, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR VICE CHAIR.
SO, UM, TO OUR COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IF, IF, IF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ELECTED LIKE CHAIR
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I'M TOO, UM, ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A CLEAR RUNWAY HERE TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO,
SO IF WE CAN PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE ENTHUSIASTICALLY? YES.
UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY LET ME JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD YES.
FOR THE RECORD, MOTION CARRIES TO ELECT COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA AS VICE CHAIR.
OBVIOUSLY, COMMISSIONER ARCH IS A POWERHOUSE AND HAS AN AWESOME BACKGROUND THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AS VICE CHAIR.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
NEXT PLANNING MEETING FOR THE SO
UM, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS OTHERWISE ON THIS? NO.
SO LET'S MOVE BACK TO OUR ITEM, WHICH I THINK WAS AGENDA THAT SAYS NUMBER FIVE, THE AD HOC.
ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM
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CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, MR. ALLEN PARKER, SECOND, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE UPDATES.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY START WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN I'LL PASS IT TO THE OTHER FOLKS.
WE DON'T REALLY NEED A BYLAWS UPDATE BECAUSE WE JUST DID THAT.
UM, COMMUNICATIONS, OUR LOVELY STAFF HAVE MADE A FORUM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME FOR, UM, TABLING EVENTS.
SO THEY WILL BE PERIODICALLY SHARING THE RESULTS ENTERED INTO THAT FORM WITH US, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PLAN FOR, LIKE A SCHEDULE THAT WE MIGHT WANNA GO BACK.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE UPDATE FROM NOT ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO, UM, BEING MORE COMMUNICATIVE AS OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS COMING TOGETHER AND THAT FORM IS CREATED SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AS NEEDED.
AND ALSO, UM, LIKE AN ONLINE PRESENCE AS WELL.
AND SOMETHING, UM, UM, MICHELLE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS WE'VE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL RESOURCES SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION.
I, TODAY'S LISTED RESOURCES IS MAKING OUR ON THE CITY SITE SOMEHOW INCLUDING THOSE RESOURCES OR COMPILING 'EM TOGETHER SO THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AT
SO I THINK WE'RE STILL IN PROGRESS NOW, AGAIN NOW MOVING FORWARD AGAIN WITH COMPILING THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS.
WILL WE SEE THE SURVEY? COMPLETING THE SURVEY AND THEN GATHERING DATA IN TERMS, WHAT I JUST WANNA ADD THAT IT'S, IT'S QUITE THE CLIMB.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN THEIR LIST, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, ROBUST WITH RESOURCES, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRESSED TO FIND ORGANIZATIONS ON THAT LIST THAT SERVE, UM, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
AND EVEN A GOOGLE SEARCH WON'T REALLY GIVE ME ANY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE BLACK GIRLS IN LONG BEACH OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE, LIKE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY LIKE WE COULD BRING TO THE FOREFRONT ONCE WE FIND THEM THAT WE LIKE, UM, INTERACT WITH THEM.
SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE US A MINUTE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY VALUABLE WORK SUGGEST THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO GET A, YOU KNOW, BILL FOR, UH, WHAT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
ALBA IS ON THE CALL AND I THINK SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ALSO, UH, BE A, YOU KNOW, GREAT THOUGHT PARTNER AS FAR AS THINKING ABOUT OUR, UH, YOUTH OR YOUNGER, LIKE OUR CHILDREN AGE, UH, SERVING WORKS, UM, AS WELL.
DEFINITELY HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH SOME OF THE CITY PARTNERS THAT MAY HAVE, UH, DEEPER ROOTS INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVING WORKS NETWORK.
I THINK ONE CONCEPT THAT WE TO BE LEANING TOWARDS IS MOSTLY WE'VE DONE THIS RESEARCH, UM, WE WANNA INTEGRATE OR WE'RE CONSIDERING INTEGRATING OUR, LIKE MAKING OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INTEGRATED INTO THE CONFERENCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON MM-HMM
AND INVITING ALL THESE GROUPS TO MAYBE HAVE A MENTORSHIP FAIR AND OPENING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO ALL THOSE RESOURCES ARE IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE EVEN INVITING THEM FOR SOME KIND OF PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT GAPS THERE ARE IN THESE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE, WELL, OUR, OUR SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, I CAN SAY, UM, WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK, SO WE'RE CATCHING UP.
BUT WE HAVE, UM, SOME GUESTS COMING, THE COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLETTE INVITED AND WE'LL LET HER SPEAK TO THAT IN A SECOND.
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THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, SOME KEY MEMBERS COMING.AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS WITH THEM IS THEIR, OUR MUTUAL DESIRE TO DO A REPORT, SO KIND OF WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING THE LANDSCAPE IS IN THE CITY, AND, UM, WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER VIOL SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE, MIGHT HELP US WITH THE CONFERENCE.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU MIND ADDING YOUR 2 CENTS ON THAT? CERTAINLY.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO ADD MY 2 CENTS.
UM, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UM, UH, CHRISTIE STILLWELL AND SALLY LOKEY ARE FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF BATTERERS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT COVERS ALL OF VALLEY COUNTY, INCLUDING LONG BEACH.
AND, UM, THEY'VE WORKED TO PUT ON CONFERENCES BEFORE AND WE WERE LOOKING AT COLLABORATIONS.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE JOINING OUR MEETING.
IN ADDITION, I, UM, RAN INTO JULIE MEEN, UM, WHO WAS WITH THE GUM BIN FOUNDATION, AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE LUNCH AND UH, I THINK GUM BIN IS GONNA CLOSE DOWN IN ANOTHER YEAR OR SO, OR JULIE'S LEAVING I, I DON'T KNOW, ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND SO I, I THINK SHE WOULD LIKE TO HELP FUND US.
THAT WAS THE IMPRESSION I GOT.
I, I DON'T WANNA TAKE YOU TO GET YOUR HOPES UP, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE WORKS THERE.
AND I ALSO WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANY, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THIS, THE ATTORNEY ON, CAN WE CHARGE PEOPLE, CAN WE DO A SLIDING SCALE? CAN WE, HOW DO WE DO, UH, WORK, ANY OF THAT? I THINK WE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION ON THAT, IF I RECALL.
AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS IT HAS TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ANY, ANY, ANY WORK THAT WE DO AS A FULL BODY HAS TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT, THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH? YES.
UM, I'LL ALSO SAY WE ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT, UH, OUTLINE FOR THE SCHEDULE, BUT WE HAVE QUITE, UH, QUITE A BIT GOING THERE IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS AND TOPICS AND SPEAKERS, UM, WHICH IAP HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO IN TERMS OF ARTS AND, YOU KNOW, YOUTH COMPONENTS.
SO IT'S SHAKEN UP AND I THINK OUR NEXT CALL MIGHT BE A LITTLE LONG, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PURPLE.
UM, I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE BYLAWS ADC WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND, UM, SUN SETTING AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE YOU'RE DONE YOUR WORK.
I'M SORRY, I MISSED WHAT EVERYBODY'S CLAPPING ABOUT.
I SUGGESTED, UM, UH, SUNSETTING THE BYLAWS AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ASSIGNMENT.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A SUBSTITUTE.
IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED ACTION.
SO IT SAYS TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD.
SO WE JUST DISSOLVE THE, UH, DISSOLVING THE, OKAY.
YEAH, ANY UPDATE ON THE, UM, THE NATIONAL, UH, WOMEN COMMISSION TRIP THAT WE KIND OF THREW AROUND A LITTLE BIT? I THINK THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS WHETHER THERE'S RESTRICTED TRAVEL TO KENTUCKY.
OH, THERE, IT'S, I SPOKE TO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HER, AND SHE SAID THAT AT THE TIME WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED, UM, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SMALL, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE STATES.
AND NOW BECAUSE IT'S SO MANY OF THE STATES, THEY'RE WILLING TO, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T WANNA, LIKE I MISCONSTRUE THE WORDS, BUT, UM, THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE CONSIDERATION NOW.
LIKE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS WORTH OUR TIME AND MONEY THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION.
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RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN IS THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND, UM, KIND OF MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THERE COULD BE A WAIVER.UM, SO THIS WOULD BE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER? CORRECT.
SO THERE, THERE COULD BE DISCUSSIONS OF THAT.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO LIKE, MOVE FORWARD WITH, I CAN INQUIRE FOR THE TIME BEING AND THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, THE COMMISSION JUST DECIDE LIKE KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WANT TO SPEND THEIR, THE SHARE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY BRING AN ANSWER BACK OR SEND THAT TO YOU ALL VIA EMAIL.
AND MAYBE WOULD WE WANNA HAVE THAT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM IN THE FUTURE? MAYBE WHETHER WE'RE ABOUT BUDGET, UM, OR TRAVEL TRAVELING TO THIS SPECIFICALLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT GUIDANCE WE GET BACK.
UM, SO THEN I CAN FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO, UM, STAFF AND TO, UM, OUR PRESIDENT AND THEN SHE CAN SEND OUT THE, WE CAN SEND OUT THE ENGAGE.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN GONNA BE, AS I SAID, OKLAHOMA
UM, BY THE WAY, UM, THERE'S ALSO, WE MAY WANNA CONSIDER JOINING THE ASSOCIATION, THE FEES.
SO I THINK WE MIGHT WANNA START WITH LOOKING INTO THAT AND, YOU KNOW, A NEW COMMISSION, UM, JOINING, UM, THE, THE ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT AMOUNT IS PER PERSON OR PER ENTITY? ENTITY? UH, I THINK IT'S JUST THE END.
WE PAY 500 JUST FOR THE WHOLE ASSOCIATION.
I THINK IT'S JUST A BY ASSOCIATION.
I THINK WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD 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 IN PERSON ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE HAND RAISED FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IF YOU'RE CALLING IN, THERE'S NO COMMENT CHAIR.
UM, THEN SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.
RECEIVED COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES.
UM, AT THIS TIME THEN WE WILL NOW TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OKAY, THIS 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 UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR, UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER? SO IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK AT PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M, UH, I AT DISTRICT THREE, I THINK.
UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION REGARDING TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S, IT'S MINE.
IT'S, IT'S SO TECHNICAL, BUT MAYBE NOT.
UH, UH, I FEEL COMPELLED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, INCLUSION STATEMENTS.
AND, UH, IN, IN LOOKING AT THE, YOUR MISSION STATEMENT AND THE NON EXPLANATORY POLICY ON THE BYLAWS, I JUST NOTICED THAT, UM, UH, THERE WAS MENTION OF IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION STATUS, CITIZENSHIP AND LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT ON THE, UM, ON YOUR MISSION STATEMENT.
I, AND I KNOW PROBABLY YOU WOULD CATCH IT LATER, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED GIVEN THE, UH, HISTORIC MOMENT WE WE'RE LIVING IN, THAT, UH, I THOUGHT,
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YOU KNOW,AND, AND ALSO BY THE WAY, I, I'VE BEEN HONORED TO WATCH YOU ALL OVER THESE MONTHS AND CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT YOUR WORK.
UM, I HAVE, UH, WE, WE ALL HAVE SUCH ADMIRATION FOR, UM, NOW CAN YOU CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? AND WE DO.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE ONE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I JUST ALSO WANNA JUST CONTINUE TO SAY IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, IN ZOOM.
NO, SORRY, THERE'S ONLY ONE, SO I DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT AGAIN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHARE.
I, I THINK IT'S BEEN SHARED IN THE PAST THAT THIS WEEKEND WE ARE HOSTING OUR CELEBRATION OF THE YOUNG CHILD SATURDAY AT LINCOLN PARK FROM 10 TO TWO, WE HAVE OVER 70 VENDORS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONFIRMED THAT, UH, HIGHLIGHT SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, UH, PRE-BIRTH, UH, THROUGH AGE EIGHT.
UH, AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOING SOME DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS, SOME DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, VISION SCREENINGS.
IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, UM, FEEL FREE TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR, UH, TO ALANA TO CONNECT US.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE, THAT'S IT.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMENDED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME? ALSO, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE CLOSE TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
UH, LONG BEACH, DANIEL, THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS COMING UP ON MAY 3RD, AND I DO HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE.
SO IF ANY COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND OR CITY STAFF, UM, AS OUR GUEST, UH, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER.
UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I'VE BEEN INVITED TO BE A YOUTH LOBBYIST FOR THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION, US YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ABLE TO LOBBY FOR EDUCATION IN DISABILITY RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL IN JULY.
AND I'LL ALSO BE ENDING MY TERM AT THE LONG BEACH IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE OUR CITY, OUR CITY'S SECOND ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
UM, I THINK I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, ALANA AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOME INFO ON
SO I CAN ALSO, I MAY WANNA SHARE SOME OF THIS STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T HAVE THE LARGEST FOLLOWING THAT CAN PUSH THIS STUFF OUT, SO.
SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE TIME MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:08 PM THANK YOU.