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HI.WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, JENNIFER, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL? YES.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST A, A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE THE, THE PRIMARY AGENDA ITEM IS, UM, TO REVIEW THE COC BOARD APPLICATIONS AND, UM, CONDUCT ELECTIONS.
BUT, UM, WE DID HAVE A CHANGE ABOUT THE OPEN SEAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, JEFF, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SURE.
UM, EVERYONE, OPERATIONS OFFICER, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, SO BETWEEN THAT, UH, IN APRIL, UH, COC BOARD TO DISCUSS THE ELECTION, UM, AT THE TIME WE HAD IDENTIFIED TWO REQUIRED SEATS AS VACANT.
THE REQUIRED SEATS PER CHARTER WERE, UM, EEG, SG SUB RECIPIENT, AND AN L-G-B-T-Q, UH, SERVING, UH, ENTITY.
UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED LUTHER RICK FROM MHA SEAT AS, UH, EXPIRING.
HIS TERM IS ENDING, AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, AN ELECTION FOR TWO SEATS, OR ACTUALLY WELL, UH, TAKE IT BACK.
UH, WELL, WE'LL VOTE, WELL TWO VOTES.
ONE WOULD BE ON AN OPEN SEAT TO REPLACE LUTHER THIRD, AND THE OTHER WOULD BE FOR THE, UH, REQUIRED SEATS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE, UM, PER THE CHARTER, UM, CHARTER, UH, FOR THE OPEN SEATS, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN LEAST ONE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
AND SO WE INVITED APPLICANTS TO STATE'S GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, APPLICANT APPLICATIONS HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED.
AND WE DO HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED GENERAL MEMBERSHIP HERE.
WE'LL CONSIDER THOSE FOLKS FOR THE OPEN SEAT.
AND THEN BASED OFF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE DID RECEIVE, UM, THERE WAS ONE APPLICANT THAT WE BELIEVE MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR LGBTQ I SERVING, UH, INSTITUTION.
I FORGET YOUR LAST NAME, BUT, UH, WAS THE, THE APPLICANT WHO MET, UM, THE REQUIREMENT FOR A REQUIRED SEAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, A VOTE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SEAT WITH ME IS THE ONE CANDIDATE TO CONSIDER FOR ELECTION.
HAS THAT BEEN VERIFIED? WE, IN READING THROUGH THE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANYTHING IN THERE THAT, UH, HAD, UH, SUPPORTED RIGHT.
THAT YOU CAN ASK HIM FOR CLARIFICATION.
BUT WE'VE INCLUDED JOHN IN THE CANDIDATE FOR, AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OPEN SEAT.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO DO A VOTE FOR THE OPEN SEAT, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S THERE, RIGHT? SO, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE THREE AND ALL IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THERE'S RESUMES IN THE PACKET FOR EACH OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIRS FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND THEN JOHN DOES HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY, SO WE WILL LET HIM GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF SUMMARY FIRST.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH SINCE 1995, I BELIEVE, WHEN I FOLLOWED A SKIRT FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DOWN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND THEN WE GOT MARRIED, AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE EVER SINCE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY RESUME, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HEALTHCARE IN SERVICES FOR LONGER THAN I CARE TO ADMIT.
HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY CLINICS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, I DID GO FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WENT OVER TO THE DARK
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SIDE AND WORKED FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN WHERE I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HOW, UM, FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE OPERATES.UH, MY INVOLVEMENT WITH LONG BEACH, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, I, I WAS A TENURE MEMBER OF THE BOARD, UH, DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN RON ARIAS WAS THE, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND THEN ALSO BRIEFLY WHEN, UH, KELLY BECAME DIRECTOR.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT MEMBERSHIP ON THE, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD, UH, THERE WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY REVIEWED, UH, COC GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UH, WENT THROUGH THAT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
IT WAS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO READ THE APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW.
UM, IT WAS A ARDUOUS PROCESS AND IT WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS BECAUSE READING APPLICATIONS, UH, WITHOUT NECESSARILY DOING SITE VISITS OR BEING ABLE TO COMPARE THE REALITY OF WHAT AN ORGANIZATION SAID THEY WERE DOING, UH, ON PAPER VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN REALITY, THAT WAS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN A GUESS A, A UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS MAYBE GOING BACK, UM, A GA FLY ON THE WALL, UH, ADVOCATING FOR THE HOMELESS.
I DO FUNDRAISING AND, AND GRANT WRITING.
UH, RIGHT NOW I'M SEMI-RETIRED AND SEVERAL OF MY CLIENTS OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE HOMELESS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.
UH, ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL, MY WIFE, WHO I REFER TO, UH, MY LATE WIFE, SHE PASSED AWAY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
MY WIFE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER, AND, UH, SHE HAD A KNACK FOR RUNNING INTO PEOPLE WHO WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME.
AND I COULD SPEND FROM NOW UNTIL IT GETS DARK, GIVING YOU CASE STUDIES, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU TWO REAL QUICK ONES.
WE RUN INTO A FRIEND OF MY WIFE'S WHO SHE HADN'T SEEN IN TWO YEARS.
UH, THIS FRIEND WAS LIVING IN HER FORD EXPLORER WITH HER DOG, HAD BEEN HOMELESS, AND MY WIFE ROLLED UP HER SLEEVES AND WENT INTO ACTION.
AND WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS, SHE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET THROUGH A CONNECTION AT THE FEDERATION TOWERS AND GET THIS FRIEND OF HERS IN AND OFF THE STREETS.
UH, TRULY AN AMAZING FEAT, AND ONE THAT SORT OF REALLY STARTED TO OPEN MY EYES AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON A CASE BY CASE, REAL HUMAN BASIS WITH THE HOMELESS IN LONG BEACH.
ANOTHER QUICK CASE IN POINT, UH, AND THIS IS AN ONGOING ONE.
UH, ANOTHER FRIEND WHO IS, WHO HAS BEEN HO HOMELESS OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, UM, HE'S INVOLVED IN A VERY, VERY COMPLICATED FAMILY TRUST DISPUTE.
UH, FINDING AN ATTORNEY WHO WOULD REPRESENT SOMEONE WHO'S BASICALLY HOMELESS AND WITHOUT ANY RESOURCES TO REP TO REPRESENT HIM, UH, WAS ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT MY WIFE AND I UNDERTOOK.
WE FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE THE CASE WITHOUT THE UPFRONT RETAINER ON THE CONDITION THAT IF THE CASE IS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT THE ATTORNEY WILL RECEIVE 40% OF THE NET PROFITS.
SO THESE ARE REAL LIFE INSTANCES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I'LL STOP AND LEAVE IT OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHICH SEAT IS THIS FOR? SORRY? THIS WOULD BE THE VACANT, UH, LUTHER SEAT.
WELL, I GOT A STATEMENT WITH NAME TO JOHN.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN KNOWING JOHN FOR QUITE A WHILE, UH, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION AND THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DID IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEING AN OUTSTANDING MAN, UH, MAN WITH COMPASSION IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND I, I HIGHLY RESPECT HIM AND HIS OPINIONS ON ISSUES THAT'S RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS
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AND PEOPLE.JUST HAVING A SECOND CHANCE FOR CLARIFICATION.
DO YOU WANT TO DO DISCUSSION BETWEEN EACH CANDIDATE OR WANT TO VERY FROM EVERYBODY? I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM EVERYBODY FIRST AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS BEING CONSCIOUS.
DO WE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH GOING NEXT? SURE.
IS THAT OKAY? HI, MY NAME IS BRAND BROWN SHOP.
I AM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF HOUSE OF HAVEN.
UM, WE RUN THE DROP-IN CENTER FOR UNHOUSED YOUTH AGES 16 TO 30.
UM, REALIZING THAT THERE'S A GAP IN BETWEEN SERVICES FOR THOSE YOUTH SLASH YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 25 TO 30.
SO PRETTY MUCH WE'RE A SAFE SPACE, UM, WHERE THEY CAN, UH, COME TAKE SHOWERS, THEY CAN GET THE MAIL, KIND OF LIKE THEIR FIRST POINT OF SERVICE, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS.
SO, UM, WE PROVIDE, UH, HOUSING, YOU KNOW, INTERIM HOUSING, SHORT-TERM HOUSING.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATION, HELPING THEM GET BACK INTO SCHOOL, OF COURSE, UM, HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR JOB PLACEMENT AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THIS GROUND FOR A LITTLE OVER 25 YEARS.
I STARTED OFF AT SKI ON SKID ROLL IN DOWNTOWN LA.
UM, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH, SO I DECIDED TO, UM, COME HOME AFTER, UM, SPENDING MOST OF MY TIME IN ONE AGENCY.
UM, AND MY LAST, UM, JOB THERE, I OVERSAW THE YOUTH CENTER.
SO WE STARTED TO SEE AN INFLUX OF A LOT OF, UM, UNHOUSED YOUTH COMING DOOR DOORS.
SO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WAYS I CAN HELP.
I SAID, OKAY, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO MY CITY, UM, FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, SPEND MY 401K, UM, OPEN UP MY FIRST, UM, DROP IN CENTER HERE.
UM, WE'RE LOCATED AT 52 31 ATLANTA.
SO WE OPENED OUR DOORS JUNE 1ST OF 22.
SO THAT'S WHY I DID, WE'RE HERE, UM, WE'RE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
UM, MOST OF OUR YOUTH COME TO US, WORD OF MOUTH.
SO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD THING, MEANING, HEY, WE KNOW A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO GET SERVICES AND THEN TRY TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE SUPPORT THE YOUTH.
UM, THEY COME TO US, I SAY ARE, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUSH A PROGRAM.
WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, OKAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I NEED A BED.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PROVIDE A MEAL.
UM, I'M GONNA GET BACK INTO SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST HERE JUST PUSHING THE PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR, UM, WHAT'S BEST AND HELPING THEM GET INTO THAT SAFE SPACE AND, UM, SU TO SUSTAIN STABILITY FOR THOSE OF YOU.
SO YES, THAT IS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO PROVIDE, BUT THAT'S NOT.
UH, BRANDY IS MY LONG LOST SISTER, UH, JUST MET TODAY.
SO, UM, I, UH, I HAVE A, A PASSION INTEREST FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESS.
AND, UH, LAST SIX YEARS I WORKED WITH THE SALVATION ARMY AND I GOT TO WORK AT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
UM, SO I HAVE THAT, FIRST OF ALL, I START WITH A PASSION, INTEREST IN, IN THIS FIELD.
UM, I'M RETIRED, SO I HAVE TIME, UH, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO USE PRODUCTIVELY.
UM, FOR ME, UM, I LIVE IN, UH, WANNA SUPPORT LONG BEACH.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN LONG BEACH FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, LOVE THE AREA I CAN GIVE BACK, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I HAVE A YOUTH FOCUS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, LIKE, LIKE BRANDY.
UM, I WORKED IN EDUCATION FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, UM, WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR, TEACHER, COACH, DID ALL THAT STUFF.
I ALSO, MY CAREER, YOU KNOW, AT GRAY HAIR.
SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, AT RISK USE FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, KIDS IN DIVERSION PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'VE WORKED WITH ALL SPECTRUM OF CHILDREN, UH, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.
UH, SO WHAT I WOULD, UM, BRING, UH, BESIDES THOSE PERSONAL QUALITIES, I KNOW PROFESSIONALLY I'VE SERVED ON, UH, A COUPLE BOARDS.
UM, CURRENTLY SERVING WITH CONNOR ON PARTNERS WITH PARKS, UH, BOARD, WHICH I JUST JOINED LAST, UH, FALL.
UM, AND THE SKILLSET THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, I LIKE READING REPORTS.
UM, UH, I LIKE TO, TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
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A VISION.I DON'T NEED TO, YOU KNOW, CORRECT YOUR SPELLING, BUT I DO WANT TO LIKE THE DETAILS WITHIN THE VISION.
SO THAT'S WHAT I BRING AS, AS A, AS A LEADER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS A, UH, A TEAM MEMBER, UM, I JUST RECENTLY READING, I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW RYAN DOWD? HE PROVIDES HOMELESS SERVICE TRAINING, UM, AND HE'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OR UP TO I THINK A HUNDRED THOUSAND CLIENTS ACROSS THE WORLD, ACTUALLY.
HE'S GOT, HE SENT OUT A RECENT EMAIL ABOUT, UH, WORKING WITH TEAMS, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW TO WORK WITH TEAMS. AND, UM, SO FOR ME, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MY INPUT, UH, TO GIVE YOU MY INSIGHTS, TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT THEN KNOW THAT HOWEVER WE RESOLVE IT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.
IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL, IT'S THE WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THAT, UH, HAVE TO BE RESOLVED.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE THE, THE GIVE AND TAKE OF THE BOARD AND WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES, THE BOARD DECIDES I'M QUITE, UH, OKAY WITH IT.
I HEARD THAT TRAINING OR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN YOUR WORLD RIGHT NOW TO MANAGE ALL THAT.
THE WORLD'S ALREADY, UH, DIFFICULT, YOU CAN MAKING EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, I'M THE CURRENT, UH, CEO FOR THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION.
I'VE HAD A VERY FULL LIFE, AND SO I JUST WANTED, IF YOU JUST TAKE ONE AND PASS.
SO, AGAIN, MY NAME IS APRIL PARKER, AND, UM, I GREW UP IN A CITY PRETTY MUCH LIKE LONG BEACH BEACH.
I GREW UP IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
I LIVED IN AN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY.
UH, SO LONG BEACH IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE IT REALLY REMINDS ME OF HOW I GREW UP.
BUT WHAT I ALSO HAVE IS MY PERSONAL LIVED EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITHIN OUR CITY WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES.
AND I'M A TESTAMENT TO THAT, BOTH MY LIVED AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO I'M HEAVILY INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF MY COMMUNITY.
UM, MY OWN CHILDREN, UM, AS THEY'RE LEAVING THE NEST ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING.
UM, AND ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, SEEING THE NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO START P APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY IS NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY, BUT INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WITH THAT HEART DRIVEN COMMUNITY CENTERED PASSION, I STARTED THE FOUNDATION.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH SOLVING A LOT OF THIS, THE SOLUTIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY.
UM, WE PROVIDE HOLISTIC SUPPORT.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE DO HOUSING, WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH SERVICES, WE DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
MY PERSONAL BACKGROUND IS IN CONTRACTS.
I HAVE A LAW DEGREE, AND I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HELPING TO EVALUATE CONTRACTS AND PREPARE CONTRACTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
THAT SKILLSET HAS TRANSFERRED INTO MY ABILITY AS A CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT TO BE ABLE TO LEAD AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS SERVING, THAT IS HEART CENTER, SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO MY LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT SERVICE AS AN ARMY VETERAN, AS A PARENT, AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE BY BEING A PART OF SERVICE WITHIN THIS BOARD.
AND SO, IF I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, I'D LOVE TO SIT AND SERVE WITH YOU AND HELP REALISTICALLY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO NEEDS THE REAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THE LIVES THAT WE ARE CHANGING ARE THE LIVES THAT ARE GOING TO PROPEL US FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS SOON.
REMEMBER THAT BY MOOD OR COOTIES, REMEMBER IT.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN LONG BEACH SINCE ABOUT 2000.
I WENT TO LONG BEACH STATE FOR MY BACHELOR'S, MY MASTER'S, I'M AMERICAN FAMILY THERAPIST.
UM, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE KICKED OUT OF A FAMILY.
UH, WHEN I CAME OUT AS BEING GAY, I WAS KICKED OUTTA MY HOME.
UH, LUCKILY MY FAMILY, I SHOULD SAY, I ALREADY HAD KIND OF, I'VE
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ALWAYS WORKED AND HAD OPTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE WITH THAT.UM, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE DENIED, UH, MEDICAL CARE FROM A DOCTOR BECAUSE YOU'RE GAY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY THINGS, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, JOB STUFF LIKE SECURITY, RIGHT? THE STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, THAT AFFECTS HOMELESSNESS.
AND THERE'S THIS ADDITIONAL PIECE OF BEING IN THE L-G-B-T-Q-I COMMUNITY THAT THAT INCREASES THAT I THINK FOR, FOR SOME PEOPLE.
AND SO MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, I STARTED OUT WORKING AT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER FOR 10 YEARS.
I WORKED WITH UNDERSERVED KIDS FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
UM, AND PART OF THOSE WERE LIKE, FULL-TIME HERE, FULL-TIME THERE.
SO IT IS LIKE, HOW OLD ARE YOU? UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ID DID WORK IN THOSE AREAS FOR THAT LONG.
AND THEN I WORKED AT THE LBG UH, T CENTER AT, UH, IN LONG BEACH AS THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, COUNSELING SERVICES, TRYING TO BUILD UP THAT PROGRAM.
WHEN I STARTED, THERE WERE TWO THERAPISTS THAT HAD ABOUT EIGHT CLIENTS EACH.
WHEN I LEFT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, TWO YEARS INTO IT, UM, THERE WERE EIGHT THERAPISTS WITH ABOUT 20 CLIENTS EACH.
SO I'M BIG ON BUILDING PROGRAMS. WE HAD A WHOLE ASPECT WHERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CLIENTS WHO COULD PAY, WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF PRO BONO STUFF.
UM, AND SO I JUST HAD THAT DIFFERENT INPUT, I THINK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I'VE WORKED AT A LOT OF COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEEDED AND WHAT'S LACKING AND WHAT HE CAN PROVIDE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT OF THINGS.
I ALSO KNOW HOW, LIKE, I HAD A SIX SON FOR 12 YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
HE WAS SICK AND SPENT HALF OF MY INCOME ON HIS MEDICAL CARE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE RIGHT, THE RIGHT MEDICAL CARE.
AND SO I KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT MYSELF BEEN HOMELESS.
UM, BUT THE FEAR OF BEING HOMELESS, KNOWING I CAN'T GO BACK TO MY HOME, UH, MY FAMILY WARDEN DOES IMPACT SOMEBODY, RIGHT? UM, EVEN THOUGH I WILL NOT SAY IT'S ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING HOMELESS, BUT I HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE CLIENTS THAT I'VE SEEN PRO BONO THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS.
I WORK WITH THE VA, UM, IN LONG BEACH.
I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO SEE THEIR VETERANS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY GET WHEN THEY HAVE PTSD AND THEY'RE COMING BACK FROM GIVING US ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS, AND THEY'RE COMING BACK HERE AND THEY'RE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, $1,200 A MONTH TO LIVE OFF OF.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE BOARD OF HOMELESSNESS, I THINK, A LOT.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE AND I'M OPEN ANY QUESTIONS? AND, UH, I HOPE TO JOIN YOU.
BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW UP FROM THE CAMPUS? WE DID HAVE JEFF LEVINE WHO ISN'T HERE, AND HE WASN'T ON THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING LIST, SO I ASSUMING HE'S WITHDRAWING OR NOT SURE ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, MELISSA RODRIGUEZ ALSO APPLIED.
I DID LEAVE HER RESUME IN THE PACKET.
UM, SHE WAS AT THE GENERAL, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE NOW.
PAUL, SHE WAS LIKE, NOPE, AFTER THAT FEDERAL FUND.
I CAN READ A ABOUT HER ON LOCATION.
UH, SHE SAID, SELECTED, I WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF BELONGING BY BRINGING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, INTERVENTION EXPERIENCE.
IN MY CURRENT ROLE, I WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE NAVIGATING HOUSING INC.
AND OFTEN DEPEND ON CC SUPPORTED SERVICES.
THIS ALLOWS ME TO SHARE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE REAL WORLD CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE WHEN ACCESSING HOUSING AND BASIC NEEDS, NEEDS RESOURCES.
MY MSW TRAINING HAS ALSO EQUIPPED ME WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TRAUMA INTERSECTS WITH HOUSING INSECURITY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS.
I APPLY TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES IN MY DAILY WORK TO ENSURE SERVICES ARE EQUITABLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF INDIVIDUALS LIVED EXPERIENCES.
ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE PROVIDED DIRECT CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FOOD INSECURITY, AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WHICH HAS STRENGTHENED MY ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND COMPASSIONATELY TO URGENT SITUATIONS.
THIS COMBINATION OF ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE POSITIONS ME TO SUPPORT THE C'S MISSION AND ENHANCE ITS DIVERSE DELIVERY FOR VULNERABLE POPULATION IN LONG BEACH.
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TO OPEN UP THE, UM, RESUMES ON MY, UM, ON MY LAPTOP.SHE SAYS SHE'S A, HAS CONTACT WITH STUDENTS AND AS A BASIC NEEDS COORDINATOR.
SORRY, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHO IS APPLYING FOR WHICH SEATS? YEAH.
UM, BASED ON, UH, THE REQUIRED SEATS, THE ONE CANDIDATE TO CONSIDER FOR THE PARTS FOR LTQ SERVING, UM, WOULD BE AMY.
AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE WOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED FOR THE OPEN SEAT.
THE OPEN SEAT IS REPLACING LUTHER, WHO HIS TERM IS EXPIRING.
WHAT ABOUT THE, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A, THERE'S AN ES G SUB RECIPIENT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ESG SUBRECIPIENT THAT APPLY.
AGAIN, THE BOARD WANTS TO, SOMEBODY WANTS TO OPEN THAT DIALOGUE FOR NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE UP.
SAME AS WE'RE, AGAIN, IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT MEETS THAT QUALIFICATION.
IT COULD BE EXPANDED TO BE A-C-O-C-E-S-G OR IT COULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT THAT SPECIFIC ONE, ESPECIALLY SEEING AS LUTHER IS TIME, HAS THAT HISTORICALLY BEEN A CHALLENGE OR JUST CURRENTLY IT'S, THAT'S JUST THE SITUATION NOW.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
AND THAT WAS ADDED MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND BASICALLY THE HUD REGULATIONS IS A ESG SUB-RECIPIENT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU FILL THE REQUIREMENT FROM HUD STANDARDS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BOARD MAKEUP.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AS LONG AS EITHER EESG ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY OR ESG SELF RECIPIENT IS ON THE BOARD.
BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CHARTERS AND BYLAWS, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS ESG SELF RECIPIENT, WHICH WE WOULD CONSIDER A SUB SUBCONTRACTOR THAT'S PROVIDING SERVICES THE, FOR THAT SEAT ALSO.
UM, WE, THE CITY, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THREE ESG SUBRECIPIENTS THEIR FIRST TO SERVE LUTHER SOCIAL SERVICES AND INTERVAL HOUSE.
UM, PER THE CHARTER, THE BOARD CAN TEMPORARILY FILL SEATS FOR UP TO A YEAR, UH, FROM PEOPLE FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
SO YOU COULD, YOU, THE BOARD COULD ESSENTIALLY EVOLVE SOMEONE WHO IS AT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
EARLIER, I THINK WE HAD LUTHER AND SOCIAL SERVICES HERE.
WE MIGHT HAVE HAD IN WHEEL HOUSE HERE.
UM, IF EITHER OF THEM HAD BEEN HERE, THEN THE BOARD COULD ESSENTIALLY SEEK TO APPOINT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY INTO THE
JEFFREY, WHY WOULD IT BE TEMPORARY? WHY COULDN'T THOSE PEOPLE JUST FILL THAT ESGC? UM, IT'S NOT AN EX C MEANING LIKE, IT'S NOT, UM, UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, IF, IF LIKE, LET'S FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSING AUTHORITY OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IF ANNA OR NIKKI HIT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T FILL THE ROLE, SOMEONE FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY OR, OR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WOULD JUST SWAT IN.
UM, SO MEANING A SEAT THAT, UM, SO DANIEL PREVIOUSLY WITH LUTHERAN, IF IT WAS AN EX OFFICIO SEAT, YOU COULD, WE, THE BOARD COULD HAVE HAD SOMEONE FROM LUTHERAN BASICALLY CONTINUE IN, UM, UH, IN, FOR THE ESG SLOT, BUT AS A REQUIRED SEAT, BASICALLY REQUIREMENT THAT SOMEONE FROM ANY
AND JUST KIND OF GOING BACK IN TIME TO LIKE, OUR THINKING ON EXIA WAS, HEY, WE WANTED SOMEBODY FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO REPRESENT OUR BROADER VOUCHER POOL.
IT WAS UP TO THE BUREAU MANAGER TO EITHER SIT ON IT OR APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SIMILAR WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE ESG AND HOME FUNDING THAT GOES THROUGH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO THE THOUGHT WAS, HEY, IT'S ONE ENTITY.
IT'S UP TO THEIR LEADERSHIP TO EITHER
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SIT OR IDENTIFY SOMEBODY WITHIN THEIR PROGRAM.HAY SAC IS THE ONE OTHER C THEFT IS EX OFFICIO, AND THAT ONE IS SELECTED BY HAY SAC AS A BODY OF WHO'S GONNA REPRESENT THEM AS AN ENTITY.
WHERE ESG, IF MAYBE WE HAVE ONE SUB RECIPIENT, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
BUT SINCE WE HAVE MULTIPLE THAT WOULD, WE DIDN'T PUT THAT FORWARD AS LIKE, HEY, HEY
RIGHT? I, I MEAN, I GET THAT, BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU REFERRED TO WHO HERE EARLIER COULDN'T BE NOMINATED FOR THIS SEAT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A PERMANENT, I THINK, OR THAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO ESG RECIPIENTS HERE.
HADN'T NOT HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY HADN'T NOMINATED THEMSELVES.
THEY, THEY, THEY HAD, THERE WASN'T IF THEY WENT, BUT THEY COULD GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
AND THEN IN THE ABSENCE OF AN APPLICATION PROCESS, THE BOARD COULD APPOINT EITHER LUTHERAN OR WHOLE HOUSE TO A SEAT TEMPORARY.
SO FOR TODAY, TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE AS THE BOARD CAN JUST PUT THE ESG SEAT ON HOLD, DISCUSS IT NEXT MONTH OR NEXT MEETING TO SEE IF ANY APPLICATIONS COME IN.
WE NOW KNOW THAT LUTHERAN AND INTERVAL HOUSE WE'RE HERE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO GOOD CANDIDATES TO GO AFTER, UM, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
OTHERWISE, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL DISCUSS CHANGES TO THAT SEAT.
IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO JUST FOCUS TODAY ON THE OPEN SEAT REPLACING LUTHER THE GENERAL SEAT, AS WELL AS THE, UM, LGTQ SEAT.
UM, DO WE WANNA START WITH THE EASY ONE? ARE WE, DO WE DO OUR VOTING PRIVATE OR NO? NO, IT'S OPEN.
SO, AND THEN, SORRY, JUST, UH, ONLY ONE MEMBER, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS, APRIL PARKER WAS NOT ON THE GENERAL MEETING LIST, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND SO APRIL AND JEFF WOULD BE, SO LET'S START WITH THE, UM, THE OPEN SEAT FOR L-G-B-T-Q.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO STAY FOR THE DELIBERATIONS OR NOT? IT'S UP TO YOU.
IT IS AN OPEN GROUND ACTIVE MEETING.
IT IS UP TO YOU, BUT ALL THE DELIBERATIONS HAPPEN.
OPEN FORUM IF YOU WANNA HEAR US TALK ABOUT YOU.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU
UM, SO LET'S START WITH THAT FIRST SEAT.
WE HAVE ONE, UH, APPLICANT THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA AND THAT'S AMY.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE AMY AS A COC BOARD MEMBER? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SECOND.
ANY CONVERSATION? WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY I INVITED AMY TO APPLY.
I'VE KNOWN HER A VERY LONG TIME, WAY BACK IN STARVIEW, AND THEN SHE SENT ME A GREAT PERSON TO SUPERVISE WHEN YOU'RE OVER AT THE LGBT CENTER.
AND I'VE JUST KNOWN HER TO BE A, UH, A PERSON WHO IS, UH, HIGH INTEGRITY AND ETHICS CARES A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, CURIOUS MIND, LOVES TO LEARN, LOVES TO BE OF SERVICE, AND, UH, I JUST THINK SHE'D BE A GREAT FIT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED HER TO PUT HER NAME FORWARD.
ABSENT ANNA TOSKI APPROVED CLAUDE DIALS APPROVED.
NIKKI AMICK APPROVED CONNOR LOCK APPROVED ROSE BU ABSENT.
TAMIKA BOY APPROVED KIMBERLY LEWIS.
MELANIE MARTI APPROVED STEVEN ROCKENBACH ABSENT.
WELCOME AMY, YOU OKAY FOR THE NEXT OPEN SEAT? WE HAVE, UM, CANDIDATES, LET PUT TAKE SEAT IN JULY.
SO LUTHER WOULD HAVE ONE MORE MEETING IN JUNE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, CANDIDATES, MELISSA, BRANDY, PATRICK, AND JOHN ON THE TABLE, UM, FOR
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THIS GENERAL OPEN SEAT TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS, DISCUSSION.I, I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO AS TO JEFF, LEVI AND APRIL PARKER, WHO, YOU KNOW, JEFF'S NOT HERE, BUT APRIL SPOKE AND, AND OFFERED WHY SHE'S INTERESTED.
CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL ON WHY THEY'RE NOT ON THE TABLE FOR THIS DISCUSSION AT THE MOMENT? UM, SO PART OF THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS, UH, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THEY ATTEND A GENERAL MEETING, UM, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THIS ONE THAT WE HAD JUST PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
SO THAT SORT OF DISQUALIFIES HER, UH, JEFF, I MEAN, HE DIDN'T SAY HE WASN'T COMING AND BUT DID NOT ATTEND.
SO HE'S ALSO NOT ATTEMPTED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YEAH, IT WASN'T JUST TODAY'S MEETING, BUT PRIOR, BUT WE, THIS WAS LIKE THE LAST CHANCE.
I JUST AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING OUR NAMES WHO AREN'T ON OUR FINAL LIST HERE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS HERE, KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.
I RELATIVELY KNEW MYSELF, SO WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT BETTER AS WELL.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THESE ARE THREE TERRIFIC CANDIDATES.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HEARING THIS BODY KIND OF GO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE IS TERRIFIC AND HAS BRING SO MUCH GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE GOING, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THESE THREE? YES.
3, 3, 3, UH, EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.
SO I, I I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO THAT AT THE MOMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
JUST ANOTHER, UM, QUICK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE GENERAL MEETING, UM, PARTICIPATION AS A PREREQUISITE, IF YOU WILL, TO BEING ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THE BOARD, HOW IS THAT POSTED OR LIKE MADE KNOWN TO CANDIDATES WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN WE HAVE OPEN SEATS? I DID EMAIL THEM.
SO IT'S, IT'S SENT OUT EMAIL, IT'S BEEN EMAILED SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND THEN I RE I SENT A CLAR, UH, I SENT ANOTHER EMAIL, UH, NOT SO LONG AGO, BUT IT'S ALSO POSTED ON THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE WEB ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UH, WELL, I MEAN, I AGREE THAT ALL THREE CANDIDATES ARE AMAZING.
AND I GUESS I'LL JUST WEIGH IN WITH, I THINK THAT BRANDY HAS CURRENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE WORK THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE.
SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
OTHER THAN ALL THREE BEING GREAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I SEE.
WHEN I THINK OF THE YOUTH BRINGING THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A BIT OF A GAP ON OUR BOARD FOR HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THE ISSUE, UM, IMPACTING YOU RIGHT NOW.
I WAS KIND OF KEEPING TRACK OF THE POPULATION AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VETERANS COVERED AND WE HAVE OTHERS, BUT YEAH, THE, I AGREE, UM, IT IS A REALLY TOUGH DECISION AND THE CANDIDATES IN FRONT OF US, THE CANDIDATES, EVEN THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE DISQUALIFIED OR THEY'RE ALL, EVERYONE'S, EVERYONE'S GREAT AND DEDICATED, SO IT IS GONNA BE A HOW WE ENHANCE THE BOARD.
JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, THERE IS ALSO, UM, MEMBER MELISSA, MELISSA WHO SHE WAS AT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WAS AT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, BUT DID NOT SAY THAT IS ALSO ELIGIBLE.
SO THERE ARE, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT, UH, ON THE LIST HAVE ATTENDED.
BUT WE DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM.
SO YOU HAVE THE RESUME AND RIGHT.
UM, I'LL JUST SAY IN LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, EACH HAVE UNIQUE VALUE, UM, THAT WOULD BE THAT, WELL, LET ME SAY UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND THEIR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THAT WOULD BRING TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THE BOARD, UM, ALL THE WAY AROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION, THE AGE, DEMOGRAPHICS, LIKE WE SAID, EVEN WITH THE L-B-G-T-Q, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE WORK THAT APRIL AND BRANDY ARE BOTH DOING WITH THE YOUTH, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UM, FOR THOSE TARGETED, THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THEY BE REPRESENTED AS WELL.
SO VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING UP AND EVEN COMING, SHOWING UP AND, AND JUST PRESENTING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR SKILL SETS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, WHETHER IT'S AS A BOARD MEMBER OR JUST
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EVEN OUTSIDE OF, I CONSIDER JUST IT, IT BEING ONE, JUST ONE BIG PARTNERSHIP FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND PEOPLE WE ALL LOOK TO SERVE.I THINK I, UM, AGREED TO SIGN ALL OF IT.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT FOR ME, UM, IS THE COLLEGE STUDENT, UM, ASPECT OF IT.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING GETTING SERVICES FOR, FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND HAVING THOSE BE LIFTED UP.
I KNOW THAT, UH, BRANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVING A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
MELISSA WORKS AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, ORGANIZING THOSE BASIC NEEDS RESOURCES.
SO THAT'S, TO ME, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUTH AND FAMILIES, I THINK THE CO COMMUNITY, LIKE COLLEGE STUDENTS GET FALL IN A CRACK THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.
I'M CONSIDERING BETWEEN BRANDY AND MELISSA RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS GOING IN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR YOUTH.
WE DID JUST, WE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP BEING YOUTH SHELTER MM-HMM
AND I, AND FOR, UH, MS. BROWN SHOCK, IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT VOICE FOR THAT REASON RIGHT THERE.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE TO, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUNG ADULT TEENS.
HOW ARE WE GONNA APPROACH A VOTE? I MEAN, LIKE, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE MECHANICS RIGHT NOW.
NOT THAT WE'RE DONE WITH DISCUSSION.
WE'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY IN FRONT OF US BEFORE, SO IT WASN'T THIS HARD.
WE DO ONE, DO WE DO ONE AT A TIME OR, AND THEN WHO GOES FIRST? OR, OR YOU COULD, I MEAN, CANDIDATE IN THE PAST WE JUST MOVED TO CAN A CANDIDATE AND SEE IF THERE WAS LIKE, WORM ON THAT ONE.
SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF NARROWED DOWN TO TWO AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UH, JUST, AND THEN JUST REALLY QUICK, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, ANY COMMENTS TO THIS BEFORE THE VOTE? VOTE THE BOARD VOTES.
UM, AFTER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AFTER A MOTION OR BEFORE A MOTION.
UH, WELL DOWN MAYBE ONCE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SOMETIMES, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ONCE WE HAVE A MOTION.
SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK, JUST SORT OF ON, ON TIMING AND PROCESS.
SO JUST LOOKING AHEAD, RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF CANDIDATES, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE CANDIDATES WHO MAYBE WEREN'T AT THE GENERAL MEETING, BUT ARE VERY INTERESTED AND WE DON'T WANNA LOSE INTEREST FROM FOLKS WHO ARE DOING GOOD WORK.
WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, NEXT VACANCY, FUTURE VACANCIES? ARE THEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST BEFORE WE ADJOURN WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, SO THAT FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AND PAYING ATTENTION AND CANDIDATES WHO LEFT ALREADY COULD BE INFORMED AS WELL.
UH, THE SOONEST VACANCY, SOONEST ADDITIONAL VACANCY THAT I'M AWARE OF WOULD BE, UM, OUR ASAC SEAT.
SO, UM, UH, ONE OF THE EX FSEO SEATS, FORMAL SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, THE PERSON WHO FILLS THAT FOR ASAC AND FOR COC BOARD WILL LIKELY BE VACATING BOTH THEIR ASAC AND COC BOARD SEAT FAIRLY SOON, UM, PERHAPS WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO.
UM, AND SO THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL BOTH OF THOSE SEATS.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK BOTH, UH, THE, THE TERMS. IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE ASIDE FROM LUTHER WHO WAS TERMING IT.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO RULES AROUND ATTENDANCE.
WE CAN ALSO DOUBLE CHECK FOR, UM, ATTENDANCE TO SEE IF ANYONE'S AT RISK OF, YOU KNOW, LOSING THE SEAT 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THE SPINNING, UM, AT THE FREQUENCY THEY NEED TO, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, FOR, UM, CONVERSATION AGAINST THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
I EITHER, EITHER, UM, SORT OF FORECASTING PEOPLE TURNING OUT OR, OR PEOPLE THAT MAY TO MAKE MAYBE I NEED TO OR, OR AT RISK OF MAKING DIFFERENT, UM, CHARTER
WHEN IS THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING? UH, GENERAL MEETING WOULD, UH, I THINK WE SAID OCTOBER PER THE OCTOBER PER THE CHARTER, BUT NEXT, UH, COC BOARD MEETING SHOULD BE IN IN JUNE.
AND JUST FOR THAT, FOR THAT REQUIREMENT OF HAVING ATTENDED A GENERAL MEETING.
SO OCTOBER AND OPTIONS ARE FOR THE ELECTION MEETING, HAVING, UH, LIKE PARTICIPATE IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WITH THE OTHER OPTION OF THE BOARD APPOINTING TO FILL SEATS TEMPORARILY FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, UM, THROUGHOUT ION.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
SO IF YOU FIND THAT IT'S CHALLENGING FINDING CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO ALL
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BYLAW RULES, THE BOARD CAN ALSO PROPOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.YEAH, I WAS THINKING, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA HAPPEN THREE TIMES A YEAR, PERHAPS THE SUBCOMMITTEES COULD BE PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT, MEET A REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS WORK AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY.
WE HAVE A NEED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO, UM, I JUST THOUGHT OF IT RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A BAD TIMING TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND SHOW THEIR INTEREST BEFORE PING TO THE BOARD.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
DO WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? IT'S A GOOD, YOU CAN PROPOSE AT THE END OF THE MEETING YOU ADD AN ITEM TO NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
IT'S UP TO THE CHAIRS ON, YOU KNOW, IZING AN ITEM, BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY RECOMMEND AN ITEM TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE THINGS WITHIN THE CHARTER.
UM, THE OTHER, GOING BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION, THE NEXT FORESEE, YOU KNOW, OPENINGS WOULD NOT ACTUALLY BE SOMEBODY POTENTIALLY TERMING OUT.
IT WOULD BE THEM ENDING THEIR FIRST TERM, WHICH WOULD STILL BE A VOTE IF THE PERSON WANTS TO CONTINUE.
UH, SO IT IS A TWO, THREE YEAR TERM CONSECUTIVE, AND THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO YEARS OFF THE BOARD BEFORE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE AGAIN, AS HOW THE CHARTER IS WRITTEN.
UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL END THEIR FIRST TERM, UH, COME NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, UH, THAT A VOTE WOULD NEED TO OCCUR AGAIN.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE, OH, I THINK IT'S NOT UNTIL 2027 THAT SOMEBODY HITS THEIR TWO TURN.
LIKE MOST OF YOU ARE WITHIN, WITHIN YOUR FIRST TERM.
IF I COULD ASK ONE MORE QUESTION REAL QUICK.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING, I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH AND WHICH CANDIDATES YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND SORT OF SHARING WITH THE WHOLE BOARD AND EVERYONE HERE, UM, WHAT YOUR THINKING IS ON WHY.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF MINE TOO, AND SORT OF ASK FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT THAT WAY, WHICH IS LIKE, WHO'S ON OUR BOARD? WHAT EXPERIENCES DO THEY HAVE? WHAT DO THEIR AGENCIES DO? WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM ON PERSPECTIVE? AND THINK ABOUT WHAT GAPS WE'RE NEEDING TO FILL, ESPECIALLY YOUTH VOICES.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THE MAYOR THINKS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND SO I, I'M IN A SIMILAR VEIN TO YOU, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THAT WE ALL, AS WE GET TO A MOTION AND, AND START DISCUSSING IT, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE NOTICED OVER THE PAST YEAR OR YEARS AND WHAT WE THINK IS COMING UP AND WHO WOULD BRING THAT VOICE AND THAT FUTURE FOCUS.
UM, TO WHERE, WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
SO AND YOU BOTH WERE ARTICULATING THAT.
BASED ON TRENDS AND JUST A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE, IF ANYBODY'S READY TO MAKE THAT MOTION, WE CAN DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT MELISSA'S RESUME, WHICH IS, WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND I'M A SOCIAL WORKER, SO I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE SEEING THAT.
BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT, AT BRANDY'S AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SEEING MORE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, A LITTLE MORE DEPTH AND BREADTH, BOTH MM-HMM
UM, AND SO I, FOR THAT REASON, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE OR WE APPOINT, UH, BRANDY TO THE BOARD.
YOU CAN, AND THEN, YES, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UM, MY NAME'S KEN FAY.
I'M A RESIDENT AS WELL AS, UH, A HAPPY EMPLOYEE OF THE IN PARK FOUNDATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FULL DISCLOSURE SO I'M MISREPRESENTING ANYTHING THAT I SAY.
UH, AND LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, SOME WHOEVER WERE PRESENT, SO I JUST REITERATED IF YOU GUYS NEED EXTRA MINUTES, BUT THERE WAS, UM, CONCERNS RELATED TO, UH, THE APPLICATION PROCESS SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO POPULATIONS OF NEED AND FOCUS, UM, OF APPLICANTS TOWARDS WHAT POPULATIONS OF NEED WE SERVE.
AND SO THERE WAS A BIT OF A DISCREPANCY, UM, WHICH I THINK, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, AT THE TIME NO APPLICANTS HAVING ATTENDED, UH, THE PREVIOUS SHOW MEMBERSHIP MEETING, IT WAS JUST DETERMINED THAT, UH, IN LIEU OF THAT
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THERE WAS EITHER GONNA BE AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT APPLICANTS COULD BE, UH, UH, MORE MINDFUL ABOUT STIPULATING.'CAUSE I THINK AS WE CAN SEE WITH THIS INTERACTION, EVERYONE SERVES PEOPLE AT LARGE AT, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE ARE, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE ROOM THAT SERVICE PARTICULAR, UM, POPULATIONS.
AND SO IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WAS MADE CLEAR THE POPULATIONS THAT THEY SERVE, I'M SAYING THIS TO SAY, UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE CRITERIA WHY NO ONE HAD SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY SERVICE ANYONE FROM THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY.
AND SO THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY AS REQUIRED BY, UM, UM, STATED IN THE, UH, BYLAWS.
AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, THERE'S TWO, TWO SEATS, BUT ONLY ONE PERSON'S AT A, UH, HAS MEET THE CRITERIA TO APPLY.
UM, AS I KNOW IN MY MANY YEARS OF ENGAGING WITH THE COC, UH, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 17 MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SEASON, UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO ENGAGE IN THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WORK SCHEDULED TO DO.
UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANY TECHNICALITIES OR TECHNICAL ERRORS TO GET IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT THE CITY CAN EASILY, UH, RATHER THAN PUSH IT TO THE NEXT MONTH TO JUST DECIDE TODAY TO, UH, HAVE ALL APPLICANTS.
BUT IF THE CHAIR CO-CHAIR WISHES TO EXTEND IT ANOTHER MINUTE, THEY ARE ABLE TO.
YOU COMING? AND THEN I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
I GO TAG ABSENT ANNA POLUSKI APPROVE CLAUDE DIALS FOR BRANDY.
THIS IS BRAND DANIEL BOFF APPROVED.
NIKKI AMICK APPROVED CONNOR LOCK APPROVE ROSE BU VENTURA ABSENT TAMIKA BO APPROVED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THANK, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR APPLICATION AND WHAT CONNOR SAID IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO WANT TO KEEP THE ENERGY AND THE AMBITION THAT YOU HAVE TO WANNA HELP THE CITY AND, AND WORK WITH THE COC ALIVE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD, PROPOSE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE TALK ABOUT, UM, CHANGING THE BYLAWS TO INCLUDE SUBCOMMITTEE WORK IN ADDITION TO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WORK AS A QUALIFICATION FOR A CANDIDATE.
UM, THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING IS OVER, IT'S FIVE MONTHS FROM NOW.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE MEANTIME AND WE MAY HAVE A VACANCY.
AND SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A BARRIER FOR APRIL PARKER OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO DO.
JUST AS A REMINDER, PARTICIPATING IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS OPEN TO ANYBODY, NOT JUST PEOPLE ON THE COC BOARD.
SO IF THERE ARE CANDIDATES THAT, AND WE'LL WE'LL REACH OUT TO EACH OF THE CANDIDATES THAT APPLY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ONE OF THE THREE SELF COMMITTEES, UM, THEY CAN BE INCLUDED INTO A SUBCOMMITTEE WHO WOULD LISTEN TO YOU SPECIFIC POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD THEN COME TO THE, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN SOME WAYS MORE HANDS-ON WORK THAN WHAT WE DO AT THIS TABLE.
SO YES, WE APPRECIATE THAT ASSISTANCE.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMENTS? ARE WE GONNA BRING UP CHAIRS? WE CAN HOLD THAT ONE TO THE NEXT IF YOU WANT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A ONE MORE TIME.
SO YEAH, WE'RE, THE CLOCK TOWER IS SIX MINUTES FAST.
SO NOT ACTUALLY FIVE O'CLOCK YET.
SO
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO REVISIT AT THIS POINT IN YEAR.
HAS IT REALLY BEEN A YEAR? I FEEL LIKE WE JUST REPLANTED YOU GUYS.
THAT WASN'T A YEAR AGO WAS IT? OR NOT? IT ACTUALLY WAS, YES.
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOUR YEARS, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE YEAR.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THREE MONTHS.
SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT AT THE
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NEXT MEETING.SO IF ANYBODY HAD THE PANDEMIC IT EXTENDED HERE, COME IN WITH YOUR, UH, COME IN WITH YOUR CHAIR FACE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN AURN THE MOTION.