* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] 6 32 PLEASE. ALSO, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ANKLE. HERE. COMMISSIONER OSA? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER NAVAL. HERE. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA. HERE. VICE CHAIR ARCH HERE. CHAIR MAILING MAIL HERE. ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY, SAME. NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. SO EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE MAIN MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. UM, PLEASE NOTE WE DO HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA THIS TIME, SO I WOULD ASK THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS BE AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR QUESTIONS AND REMARKS SO THAT WE ARE MAY NOT SCHEDULE. I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EARLIER ITEMS, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR IF YOU WANT, HOW YOU WANNA USE YOUR TIME AND TIME, THE MEETING SO WE GO FORWARD. UM, SO TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE ONE, TWO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE ANNOUNCEMENT IS WE HAVE A NEW CITY ATTORNEY JOIN US, ASHLEY STONE. SO WELCOME. UM, ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IS WE DID HAVE THE RESIGNATION, SO TWO, ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS. I'M GONNA PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS AND BACK TO THE PUBLIC TO PROJECT YOUR VOICE SO WE DON'T HAVE MICS IN THE ROOM WHEN WE'RE MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS. SO, MAD CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM ONE. A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2025. GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM THAT YES. AND I JUST WANNA SAY FOR THE RECORD, SO THE FIRST AND THEN SECOND BY MS. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH, THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. IF CALLING IN, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER ENG? YES. COMMISSIONER SACK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE? YES. THE COMMISSIONER QUEDA? YES. VICE CHAIR ARCHULETA? YES. CHAIR MAILING BOARD? YES. MOTION CARRIES PLEASE. NEXT ITEM, ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON ITS DEPARTMENT BY ACCOMMODATION IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY, I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT TO COMMISSIONER, UM, HARPER. UM, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEVI. SO JUST SOME BRIEF REMARKS BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE. UM, WE DID HAVE A MEETING CANCELED IN FEBRUARY. WE HAD AND RECEIVED PATIENTS FROM, UM, OUR, OUR UNION, OUR ASSOCIATION, UM, ABOUT GENDER FACILITIES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ON THAT FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT, UM, THEIR FACILITIES AND GENDER EQUITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR SPEAKER, WHICH IS ASSISTANT CHIEF KAREN , WHO IS GONNA PROVIDE US WITH THE PRESENTATION. . HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. SO NICE TO BE HERE. UM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR PLACING THIS ON THE AGENDA AS THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC AND I BROUGHT A KIND, QUICK PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A VERY BROAD OVERLAY OF OF WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S OKAY. [00:05:07] LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 23 FIRE STATION AND AVERAGES 400 SWORN PERSONNEL 12, SOON TO BE 13 OF WHICH ARE WOMEN, AND THAT RESPOND TO OVER 82,000 CALLS PER SERVICE ANNUALLY. AND, AND HERE'S JUST KIND OF A, A GENERAL IDEA OF FACILITIES, HOW MANY APPARATUS AND THE TYPE STATION STAFFING ON A DAILY BASIS. OF COURSE, OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CALL GOING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FROM 2014 TO END OF 2020. OUR NEWEST FIRE STATION WERE REPLACED DURING THIS TIME SPAN 2008 TO 2024 THREE OUT OF THE FOUR FOUR TO LONG BEACH FIRE STATIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES THAT COMFORTABLY HOUSE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT LIVE AND RESPOND FROM DURING THEIR 24 TO NINE SIX HOUR SHIFTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE AT THE TOP. FIREBOAT STATION 15 ON THE LEFT, FIREBOAT STATION 20 IN THE CENTER. AND THEN OUR HAZMAT STATION 24. FIRE STATION 12 WAS COMPLETED IN 2013 AND CURRENTLY NEW FIRE STATION NINE IS UNDERWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT IS OUR NEW STATION NINE AND THAT'S IN BIG. AND THEN, UH, OUR NORTHERN LOW STATION 12. OUR MOST RECENT REMODEL WAS FIRE STATION 14, WHICH WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED DURING THE STATION. NOW PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION OF THE WORKFORCE PRIVACY, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL DORM AND RESTROOMS THAT CAN SET TO 11 PERSONNEL. WE ALSO, UH, INCORPORATED UM, SOME ROOFTOPS AND STARTING TO GET INTO MODERNIZATION AND EFFICIENCIES WITH LIGHTING THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS. AND OVER THE COURSE OF APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS, MOST OF THE FIRE STATIONS HAVE BEEN REMODELED TO ACCOMMODATE GENDER AND WORKFORCE PRIVACY. REVELATION DATES OF THESE REMODELS SPAN FROM 2012 THROUGH 2016. AND IN NUMERICAL ORDER I HAVE PICTURES FOR, UH, HOME 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND THEN SIX IS OUR FOURTH PORT OF LONG BEACH FIRE STATION, WHICH ACCOMMODATES OUR URBAN RESTRICTION RESCUE TEAM. THAT ONE'S, UM, IN THE CONVERSATIONS TO BE REPLACED WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. OF COURSE, STATION SEVEN, STATION EIGHT IS OUR TORICAL STATION, UM, DOWN IN BELMONT SHORES STATION 10, STATION ONE 13. AND OF COURSE I SKIPPED ONE THAT WE ALREADY SPOKE ON AND THAT BRINGS ALL THE WAY TO OUR TWO THREE STATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, STATION 21, BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, THAT IS OUR RESCUE, WHICH IS PART FACILITIES AND NATIVE GENDER ACCOMMODATIONS ARE FIRE STATION 18, 19 22 AS WELL AS OUR TRAINING CENTER FIRE STATION 18, WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE. UP TOP, CURRENTLY A ACCOMMODATES WORKFORCE PRIVACY FOR TWO PERSONNEL. THIS STATION HOUSES ONE PARAMEDIC CREW OF TWO ALONG WITH A TEMPORARY PARAMEDIC INTERIM STATIONS 19 AND 22. INITIALLY ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND INTENTIONS FOR FULL COMPLETION IN FISCAL YEAR 26 ARE UNDERWAY. OUR FIRE TRAINING CENTER WAS BUILT IN 1964 AND WAS RECENTLY RENAMED AS CAPTAIN DAVID ROSA REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER. THIS FACILITY CONDUCTS NEW HIRED RECRUIT ACADEMIES, PROBATIONARY TESTING AND EVALUATIONS, AS WELL AS ONGOING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR ALL FIRE PERSONNEL AND ALSO ALSO HOSTS REGIONAL TRAINING COMMUNITY EVENTS CERT, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND MUCH MORE. A VARIETY OF TRAINING METHODS AND RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED, INCLUDING VIDEO TECHNOLOGY BASED INTENDED REMODEL. PLANS FOR THIS FACILITY ARE A DISCUSSION TO PROVIDE GENDER ACCOMMODATION SUCH AS WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM AND PRIVATE RESTROOM SHOWER AND CHANGING WITHIN OUR , UM, BEHALF OF MEN AND WOMEN OF LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT. I AGREE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AN ANSWER OR BRING BACK. [00:10:02] THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO IS MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WE'LL COME BACK AROUND TO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, I'M SURE. UM, SO WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ANY MEMBERS OF THE SPEAK ON THIS PERSON? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR HAND TIME NOW. OKAY. SO FIRST LET WE ASK, UH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. UH, LAMONT G PRESIDENT, LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 3 7 2, TRYING TO REPRESENT OVER 400 MEMBERS. UH, GO AHEAD. SO I THINK MOST IMPACTFUL HERE IS THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ABOUT CHIEF. WE'RE GONNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE TRAINING CENTER AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, HOW COMMISSION CAN BE MOST IMPACTFUL FOR PURPOSE OF LIFE HERE TODAY. UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF RACHEL MA, WHO IS A ENGINEER WITH THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALSO WORKED AS A TRAINING CATEGORY MEMBER, UM, CURRENTLY IS ON DUTY, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. AND ALSO ALICIA , WHO IS CURRENTLY A TRAINING CADRE MEMBER WHO ALSO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO I THINK IT'D BE MOST IMPACTFUL TO SHARE THE LETTER. SO IF I SPEAK IN FIRST PERSON, I JUST HONORARY SPEAKING ON BEHALF BEHALF TODAY, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. CAN I ASK, DO WE HAVE A CAP COMMENT AND CAN I EXTEND A COMMENT? OKAY. SO, OKAY, GIVEN THAT YOU'RE READING A COUPLE OF LETTERS OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND YOUR TIME. THAT'S ALL YOU'RE ABLE TO, OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANNA BE RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW YOU HAVE A PACKAGE AGENDA TODAY. UH, THERE IS SOME REDUNDANCY. SO I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPACTFUL IS, UH, THE FIRST LETTER AND THEN I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH SOME COMMENTS, MOST RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME. OKAY. TRY TO KEEP IT TO SAFE. SO IT'S SIX MINUTES DOUBLE THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. UH, THE SUBJECT, URGENT NEED FOR FEMALE ACCOMMODATIONS AND LONG BEACH BAR TRAINING CA DEAR MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION, I'M WRITING TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE INADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FEMALE RECRUITS AND CADRE MEMBERS WITHIN THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING FACILITIES. WHILE THE DEPARTMENT EXPRESSES A COMMITMENT TO INCREASING FEMALE REPRESENTATION, THE REALITY IS THAT BASIC NECESSITIES FOR WOMEN REMAIN OVERLOOKED. FOR FROM THE MOMENT A FEMALE RECRUITS STEPS INTO ORIENTATION, IT'S CLEAR THAT OUR FACILITIES WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR RECRUITS A DIFFICULT FIRST IMPRESSION. FEMALE RECRUITS CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE DEDICATED SHOWERS OR BATHROOMS. THE ONLY AVAILABLE OPTION IS A SHARED BATHROOM ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 RECRUITS FOR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. WHEN NEEDED, FEMALE RECRUITS WERE EXPECTED TO USE THE FRONT OFFICE BATHROOM, PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR CIVILIANS, SECRETARIES, AND GUESTS LOCATED FAR FROM THE TRAINING GROUNDS. THIS MADE RESTROOM ACCESS DIFFICULT AND IN MANY CASES, IMPRACTICAL TAMPONS HAD TO BE HIDDEN BEHIND PIPE IN THE GRINDER BATHROOM DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER STORAGE. ASSUMING WE EVEN HAD THE TIME TO USE THE RESTROOM AT ALL, CHANGING AREAS WILL KNOW BETTER. FOUR WOMEN IN MY CLASS SHARED A SMALL FIVE BY 10 PROPER ROOM, WHICH DOUBLED THAT STORAGE. THESE CONDITIONS SEND BIGGER MESSAGE. WHILE THE DEPARTMENT MAY WANT MORE WOMEN, THEY HAVE NOT MADE ROOM FOR US CADRE. EVEN WORSE CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED FOR FEMALE CADRE MEMBERS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE EVEN FURTHER. THE DESIGNATED CHANGING ROOM IS A NARROW STORAGE SPACE WHERE CLEANING SUPPLIES AND FOOD IS ALSO KEPT. THIS ROOM BACKS PROPER STORAGE FOR UNIFORMS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS, FORCING ME TO HANG MY CLOTHES ON MAKESHIFT LOCKERS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL MY UNDERGARMENTS FROM THOSE COMING IN AND OUT. ADDITIONALLY, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE MEN'S RESTROOM, EXPOSING FEMALE CA MEMBERS TO ALL ODORS AND FUMES FROM THE MEN'S FACILITIES. THERE IS NO SEPARATE BATHROOM FOR FEMALE TRIC MEMBERS. INSTEAD, WE MUST LOCK OUT UP TO 15 MALE COLLEAGUES JUST TO ACCESS THE LIMITED TWO STALLS AVAILABLE. THE SAME SPACE CONTAINS THE ONLY TWO SHOWERS, WHICH MEN BARELY HAVE TIME TO USE THEMSELVES. THIS MEANS FEMALE CATHOLIC MEMBERS GO WITHOUT SHOWERS ENTIRELY, EVEN AFTER EXPOSURE TO CARCINOGENS DURING BURN. WITHOUT A WAY TO PROPERLY DECONTAMINATE, WE RESORT TO USING PURE WIPES, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BUT BY THE SUPPORTIVE CAPTAINS THAT ARE ALSO PART THE MOST ACCESSIBLE RESTAURANT REMAINS A SINGLE OCCUPANCY FACTOR IN THE FRONT OFFICE, THE SAME ONE USED BY FEMALE RECRUITS. AND CIVILIAN MEANING FEMALE CADRE MEMBERS MUST GO OUTTA THEIR WAY TO ACCESS BASIC FACILITIES. THE TURNOUT ROOM SHARED BY ALL CATEGORY MEMBERS ALSO PRESENTS POTENTIAL PRIVACY CONCERNS AS THERE IS NO SEPARATE SPACE FOR FEMALE [00:15:01] PERSONNEL. A COMMITMENT TO WOMEN REQUIRES ACTION IS UNACCEPTABLE. THAT FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS, BOTH RECRUITS AND SEASONED CADRE MEMBERS CONTINUE TO ENDURE THESE CONDITIONS. A DEPARTMENT THAT TRULY VALUES ITS WOMEN MUST DO MORE THAN INCREASE RECRUITMENT NUMBERS. IT MUST PROVIDE THE FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR THEM TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE. I URGE THE WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. NUMBER ONE, DEDICATED FEMALE BATHROOMS AND SHOWERS FOR BOTH RECRUITS AND ACADEMY. NUMBER TWO, A FUNCTIONAL AND PRIVATE CHANGING AREA THAT IS NOT A STORAGE CLOSET AND THREE PROPER DECONTAMINATION FACILITIES TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL PERCENTAGES. THESE ARE NOT LUXURIES. THESE ARE ESSENTIAL AND FUL DUTY. WOMEN OF THIS DEPARTMENT HAVE PROVEN THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVING THE CITY. IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO SHOW THE SAME COMMITMENT IN RETURN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE SEARCH MATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE AND STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. AS YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, RACHEL SIGNED OFF, THIS ISN'T OUR LETTER, AND SHE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR VICE PRESIDENTS THAT SERVES HONORABLY. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HER ON OUR LOCAL. UM, THE SECOND LETTER BY ALICIA BERNAL, WHO IS A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, STATES MUCH OF THE SAME. RIGHT? THESE ARE BOTH LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BACK IN FEBRUARY TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW. YOU HAVE 'EM BEFORE YOU. UM, I'LL JUST END WITH, IF WE'RE TRULY, IF WE'RE TRULY COMMITTED TO PROGRESS, UM, THEN EQUITY MUST EXTEND BEYOND WORDS. UH, IT MUST BE REFLECTED IN ACTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS LETTER ARE NOT JUST SIMPLY CONVENIENT. UH, THEY'RE ACCEPT UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, LET ALONE ONE THAT DEMANDS THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RIGOR OF THE FIRE SERVICE. THIS MOMENT IS NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT, IT IS REMINISCENT OF THE TIRELESS ADVOCACY OF RENEE SIMON, MS. ZOE NICHOLSON, WHO FOUGHT WITH UNWAVERING RESOLVE TO BRING WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO THE FOREFRONT. PAVING THE WAY FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY IN 2025 SPEAKING BEFORE AN ACTUAL WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION, THEIR LEGACY CALLS ON US TO DO MORE THAN HONOR THEIR EFFORTS AND CALLS ON US TO ACT. IT'S TIME FOR THE STATE OF LONG BEACH TO LIVE UP TO ITS STATE OF VALUES AND PROVIDE FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS WITH BASIC ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THEY DESERVE. NOT AS A FAVOR, BUT AS A MATTER OF EQUITY, SAFETY AND RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK ON, MS ITEM, PLEASE CHOOSE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IT. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ANSWER. OKAY. UM, SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING ABOUT THE, THE, THE FIRE CENTER AND THE, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD EXPAND A LITTLE MORE ON EVERYTHING THAT THE TRAINING CENTER IS USED FOR. AND THEN I'M, ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ON THE, UM, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S A, A RENOVATION ON PLANS AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ON THAT. SO THE TRAINING CENTER, UM, WE'VE OPENED IT UP TO THE REGIONS. SO WE INVITE OUR EARLY COUNTY PARTNERS TO COME. OUR CERT PROGRAMS, OUR COMMUNITY, THEY MEN AND WOMEN, UM, UTILIZE THAT FACILITY TRAINING AND EXERCISES. UM, WE HAVE ADJACENT TO US ON THE LOT, UH, SEARCH AND RESCUE, WHICH ARE OUR ROOF, OUR YOUTH CREW, IF YOU WILL, UM, H 15 TO 19, BOTH PLACES FIRE. UM, THEY UTILIZE THE GROUND. THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN BUILDING. UM, BUT THEY UTILIZE OUR CLASSROOMS, OUR TRAINING CENTER OR RESCUE. UM, THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE SOMEWHAT OF OUR LIFELINE, GREATER WE CALL LOGISTICS AND REHYDRATION PROGRAM. UM, OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR, UM, DAIRY ROCKET YOUTH ACADEMY THAT'S HELD ON THE GROUNDS. UM, IT'S GROWING IN NUMBERS. UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, UM, BOYS AND GIRLS. WE ALSO PROVIDE OUR, UM, WOMEN'S WORKSHOPS THERE. AND THAT INVITES, UM, ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT ARE INSPIRED, UM, FIREFIGHTERS AS A TRAINING CENTER, UM, AND TUTORIAL, IF YOU WILL, APPLICATION PROCESSES, MENTORING OTHER TEAMS, AND THEN FIRE GROUND, UM, WORKOUTS, IF YOU WILL. OUR PREP PROGRAMS ALSO [00:20:01] ARE HELD AT THE TRAINING CENTER. UM, AND THOSE WRITING PATHWAYS, UM, BRINGING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN AS WELL AS PREPARATION FOR PRE COUNTY INSTRUCTION FOR RECRUITS ABOUT TO BE HIRED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO THOSE ARE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN WORKING OUT ON THE TRAINING CENTER AND THEN INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL. AND THOSE CAN BE FOUR HOUR DAYS, SIX HOUR DAYS. SO, AND THEN OF COURSE WE, UM, WE HOST, UH, PHYSICAL AGILITY. SO ANYTIME IN OUR HIRING PROCESS FOR RECRUIT, WE ALSO GIVE A PHYSICAL TEST. AND THEN IT'S AN EIGHT HOUR PROCESS IN THE PHYSICALLY BEING TESTED. AND SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A VISION OF, OF GROWING AND HAVING MORE REGIONAL TRAININGS, PATHWAY PROGRAMS WITH BOTH BOYS, GIRLS. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER, YOU ALSO HAVE QUESTION. THE, THERE'S, THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS. WE DO HAVE DRAWINGS, UM, AND IT'S A MATTER OF COMING DOWN TO BUDGET AND FUNDING. SO YOU'RE HOSTING A LOT OF RECRUITMENT FOR THE TRAINING CENTER AND DEMONSTRATING TO THE FEMALE RECRUITS THAT THERE AREN'T FACILITIES. SO IS THERE, IS THE, UH, PRIORITIZATION IN TERMS OF WHO GETS THE FUNDING FIRST FOR THE, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS? IS THAT, WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDING THROUGH A GENERAL FUND YEAH. WHICH IS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. RIGHT. UM, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN LIST OF PRIORITIES AND NEEDS. AND THEN WE, WE LEAN ON THEIR PARTNERSHIP LEVEL PARKS AND THEN THEY HAVE A BUDGET AS WELL FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. SO, SO HOW FAR DOWN THE PRIORITY LIST IS THE, UH, UPDATING FACILITIES? I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO, BUT I CAN GET ONE. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER ERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ASK, SHE ASKED THE QUESTION. OKAY. UM, I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF ANY INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE POWERTRAIN FACILITY. WE HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE FEMALE RECRUITS COME THROUGH, WHERE THERE IS, UH, A TRAILER PROVIDED ON THE GROUNDS WITH INDIVIDUAL CHANGING ROOMS AND RESTROOMS. AND THAT IS A RENTED TRAILER. AND THAT'S ONLY BROUGHT IN WHEN YOU HAVE RECRUITMENT CLASSES. CORRECT. UM, ABOUT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, BUT THEN IT IS A MATTER OF MAINTENANCE AND, AND ONGOING USAGE AND YOU, AND IT'S ONE TIME FUNDS VERSUS PERMANENT FUNDS AND WHERE YOU STORE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN. WHAT'S THE BUDGET FOR, UM, FACILITIES OR, AND WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT ARE WE SORT OF TALKING ABOUT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE SOME LOOSE PLANS, I THINK FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO, TO HELP SOME REAL NUMBERS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH. UM, SO THE, THE FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY HAS BEEN LOOKED AT AND AS FAR AS THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, CURRENTLY THERE WAS 800,000 OF MEASURE A FUNDING ALLOTTED TO THE SITE, UM, OR THAT KIND OF, UM, STUDY. AND, UM, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN AND THE CHANGING MARKET, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A RANGE OF 10 TO 20 MILLION NEED FOR BRINGING UP TO SORT OF, IT'S, IT IS THE WORKFORCE PRIVACY, OBVIOUSLY ACCOMMODATING WOMEN, BUT ALSO THERE'S MANY OTHER DEFICIENCIES AT THE SITE AS WELL. SO, UM, WE WOULD DO LIKE A A OH, UM, COMMISSIONER ETTE. YEAH. SO IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIES, WHERE DO THESE, UM, I GUESS, UM, THE ISSUE OF WHERE DO THEY STAND? SO WE'RE IN THAT LIST PART. I MEAN, GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE A LIMITED BUDGET, BUT WHERE DO THEY STAND IN ? SO IT'S NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT PUBLIC WORKS THAT DECIDES IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER PROCESS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, UM, THAT DOES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING. SO WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE [00:25:01] PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF, UM, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED MEASURE A DOLLARS, BUT OTHER DOLLARS COME INTO PROJECTS, THROUGH GRANTS, THROUGH, UM, STATE FUNDING, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES. UM, AND THERE IS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE AND TAKE. UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A BRAND NEW FIRE STATION AT FIRE STATION NINE, UM, WHICH IS OVER A 20 MILLION PROJECT ITSELF. UM, AND SO WHEN I KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME, I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? LIKE MAKING THAT CHOICE. SO, UM, THAT ONE IS, IS IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. UM, I KNOW THIS IS WHEN EVERYONE'S TOP OF MIND FOR THE NEXT BIG INVESTMENT FROM A CAPITAL PROJECT PERSPECTIVE. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE RELY ON THOSE MEASURE. UM, AND THEN MAYBE THE QUESTION OF, UM, MODIFICATIONS TO GET US THERE BASED APPROACH ARE CAPTAINS OFFICES AND WHAT WAS SPOKEN ON IN THAT LETTER. SO ELOQUENTLY PINCH YOUR MOM, IT'S A, IT'S A TRAILER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE. UM, SO TO MODIFY THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T FEEL THAT'S THE BEST USE OF, UM, TAXPAYER DOLLARS. UM, IT JUST MAKES SENSE AT THIS POINT. BUT IT ALSO ASK, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A FEW OTHER FACILITIES THAT WERE SORT OF ON THE LIST FOR RECRUIT COMPETITIONS. UM, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT THOSE FACILITIES? FIRE STATION OF OUR STATIONS, AND BASED ON, UM, THROUGH, UH, LARGE BUDGETARY CONCERNS, WE ELIMINATED OUR ENGINE, WHICH IS OCCURRED FOR, SO NOW IT IS ONE PYRAMID RESCUE, WHICH IS TWO. UM, AND THAT FACILITY HAS ONE CAPTAIN DOOR INSIDE THAT PRIVATE DORM RESTROOM. THE REST WAS OPEN DORMS THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED. UM, I WAS HIRED, UM, AND SINCE THEN, IT'S ONE PARAMEDIC, IT'S A PRIVATE DORM, THE OTHER ONE GETS THE OTHER LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PRIVACY. WE DO HAVE PARAMEDIC INTERNS THAT FIREFIGHTERS GO TO SCHOOL, COME BACK AND HAVE ROTATION, AND THEN WE ARE HOUSED AT, AT THAT FACILITY. AND THAT WOULD BE A THIRD . SO OUR ANTICIPATION IS TO PROVIDE TWO PRIVATE BUILDING FOR THAT SOLUTION. SO IN THE NEW ONE BUILDING IS BEING BUILT, IS THAT BEING BUILT SO THAT IT HAS THE THINGS THAT YOU, SO I, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT ONE. UM, AND, AND THAT'S HOW MAYOR AND I BECAME GREAT PARTNERS. SO IN 2019, I, I, UH, BATTALION CHIEF AND I WAS THE BATAL CHIEF OF OPERATION OVERSEEING A FACILITIES. AND SO WHEN WE HAD STATION 14 COME UP WITH THE FANTASTIC YOU PROJECT, UM, I SAT WITH MARILYN AND SAID, LIKE, WE, WE, WE, WE CAN'T JUST ACCOMMODATE FOR HOW MANY FOLKS ARE THERE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE VISION, WE HAVE, WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE FANTASTIC IDEAS WITHIN THERE WITH, WITH WHAT IS GOING THE VISION OF 2030. UM, WE NEED TO BE VERY FORWARD THINKING. WE DO HAVE INTERNS. WE ARE INCREASING OUR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TEAM, OUR AMBULANCE OPERATORS. WE ANTICIPATE WE ALSO WANT TO BE VERY ERGONOMICALLY FRIENDLY. UM, LET'S ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL OF THE NEEDS. AND SO WE DID PROJECT AND INCLUDE MORE THAT'S NEEDED. SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE ASSIGNED FOLKS THERE OF, UH, SEVEN IT WILL ACCOMMODATE INCLUDING A BATTALION CHIEF. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT'S A LOT OF LATITUDE FOR MOVING UP TRUCKS, HAVING OUR ODS RATES THERE AND ACING FOLKS OVERNIGHT THAT NEED TO GO OUT AND POLICY VERY FORWARD THINKING. WE ALSO HAD, UH, STATION NINE COME UP AND, UM, ANYBODY RECALLS OLD STATION NINE I ALL ISSUES. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEEDED OUR HEALTH PEOPLE OUT. AND THAT'S WHY STATION , WE SAT DOWN AND SAID, HOLD ON A SECOND. WE JUST HAD A, A GROUP OF OF SIX THAT'S GONNA BE THERE. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE UP THE BATTALION CHIEF AS WELL AS PARAMEDIC INTERNS. AND WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL PERIODS WITH LARGE INSTANCE, I DO NEED TO PUT A TRUCK MOVED UP THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR OF THE CITY AND THAT NEEDS ACCOMMODATED ADDITIONAL FOUR, WE [00:30:01] WILL HAVE HOUSED OUR OES RESEARCH ARE OUR, OUR OUR MUTUAL AID AND MIGHT ACCOMMODATE, UH, TWO, FOUR EXTRA FOLKS THERE AS WELL. SO YES, WE'RE ON FIRE STATION. UM, NINE, THAT IS 22. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND QUESTIONS EXPECT THE WHAT? EXPECT THE POPULATION OF WOMEN. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, EXPECTATIONS OR WANTS ? UM, WE ARE GROWING AT A RATE OF ONE PER YEAR RIGHT NOW. THAT, THAT'S OUR DATA, OUR TRACKING, OUR VISION IS TO BE PERFORM. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GREATER PERCENTAGE. WE DO REALIZE THAT DEMOGRAPHICS OF, WE HAVE LOT MORE WOMEN IN CITY BEACH 2%. UM, WE DO CERTAIN QUESTION IS PART THE, ARE THE WOMEN, WHY REQUEST SOME SEPARATE TURNOUT ROOMS? JUST NOT THE YES. WE, YOU REFERRING TO, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POST THE LETTER TERMS TRAINING THERE. YES. YEAH, THERE'S NOT A DISTINCT THICKNESS. SO FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW THE TRAINING CENTER, UM, A TOWER AS CHANGING OCCURS DOWN, ONE THAT GOES DOWNSTAIRS, GOES TO THE FRONT OFFICE, SHE RESTROOM. SO THAT'S, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT IT. I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THE TRAILER, SO IT'S LIKE A LOCKER ROOM, A TRAILER, LOCKER ROOM, BUT THE KIND THAT THEY HAVE. YEAH. SO, BUT WAS THAT NOT EXISTENT IN THESE LIKE MM-HMM . I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M JUST KIND OF SAY THEY JUST WROTE THOSE LETTERS. UM, AND YOUR MOM WAS A PART OF OUR LAST ONE. UM, THE LAST ACADEMY HAD, IN 2024, THERE WAS ONE FEMALE RECRUIT AND CURRENTLY THERE'S ONE FEMALE, CORRECT? YES. ANSWER. SO THE TRAILER COMES, OR WHETHER THE TRAILER, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE, WHEN, WHEN DOES THAT SHOW UP? UM, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. THAT'S THE DISCRETION. THE DEPUTY CHIEF. OH, OKAY. UM, AND, AND THEN CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT? WHAT IS LIKE THE, THE PRICE RANGE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? FOR THE TRAILERS? YEAH. UM, USUALLY THEY'RE PRINTED MONTHLY AND THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. MORE THAN MORE THAN 10,000 ABOUT THAT. SO I, I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE'S A SMALL POPULATION OF WOMEN THAT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST BECAUSE OF ITS, YOU KNOW, SMALL POPULATION. BUT I HAVE KIND OF A THREE PART QUESTION. ONE IS, YOU SAID YOU HAVE $800,000. MY FRENCH IS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE WHITE, AND IT WAS LIKE $150,000 AND IT'S PERMANENT. SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. UM, IN OUR OUR MARSHAL DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF CODES, UM, AND THEN OCCUPANCY TYPES. AND SO WHATEVER OCCUPANCY TYPE WE HAVE, SO IN OUR FIRE STATIONS, WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL. UM, AND IT'S AS FAR AS A DA, UM, FIRE SPRINKLERS, UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY, UM, HEAVY IF YOU'LL IN CALIFORNIA AND WE ADHERE TO EVERY, EVERY CODE STANDARD, SO WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULD BE PERMANENT, BUT IT WOULD BE JUST A SHOWER AND, AND LOCKER. I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME, THE, THE OTHER THING, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WORKED FOR WOMEN'S SHELTER AT LONG BEACH, WE HAD, UM, CONTRACTORS WHO WERE CHARGING US 10 TIMES MORE THAN WE WOULD'VE BEEN TO [00:35:01] SCREW IN A $5 FIRE, EX A FIRE ONE. ARE YOU GUYS WORKING WITH REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF INTEGRITY AND ARE GONNA SCREW YOU GUYS? UM, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE WORK UNDER THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE, UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE AS FAR AS WAGES, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, UH, WE DO FOLLOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING AND SAFETY, THOSE POLICY. SO WHEN WE BUILD SOMETHING, IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE USUALLY THAN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES. UM, AND WE, OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, UH, AND THE PURCHASING GROUP OVERSEE ALL PURCHASES IN THE CITY. SO IF WE DO CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR WE BUY SOMETHING FROM AMAZON, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL US, YOU KNOW, OVERSEE BY OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP. UM, SO YEAH, THOSE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO KEEP US FROM GETTING, UH, TAKEN. I, UM, YEAH. I'M SORRY FOR USING THE WORD SCRIPT. NO, STRIKE THAT. , UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE FOR FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT LETTER SENT STATES IT ALL BECAUSE THAT IS A, A FIRSTHAND PERSPECTIVE. AND, UM, SHE COVERED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, UM, COMING IN AS A RECRUIT, UM, FIRST IMPRESSION. UM, AM I ACCEPTED HERE OR NOT? SHE CLEARLY FELT NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE SHE WASN'T CIRCLING BACK NOW SERVING BACK MENTORING, TRAINING NEW RECRUITS, NOW SHE'S EXPERIENCING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS FAR AS A MENTORSHIP ROLE, AND SHE'S STILL NOT PROVIDED RESTROOM OR PRIVATE CHANGE. WOULD WE EXPECT OUR CADRE TO PERFORM LIVE FIRE EVENTS? UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I'VE DONE IT FOR YEARS AND IT'S, IT'S FANTASTIC. EIGHT HOURS AND GETS UP ON A WALK. SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, SAFER AND HEALTHIER FOR US TO NOT WEAR OUR PANTS. AND SO WE TAKE OUR PANTS OFF AND THEN PUT ON OUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO GO INTO THE LIFEGUARD. AND SO WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN CHANGING THE SAME TIME. THEY TRY TO PROVIDE AND THEN THERE'S DELAYS IN OPERATION. THEN MORE WE'RE LEARNING. I I, I HAD OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM AS WELL, SO WE LEARN MORE ABOUT CARCINOGENS. UM, AND THEN THE, THE MISTAKES I MADE, UH, AS A INVINCIBLE FIREFIGHTER, I, I DON'T WANT THE, THE YOUNGER FOLKS TO DO THE SAME THINGS. SHOWER AFTER EVERY FIRE. UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S SECONDS OF TIME I KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA SHOWER FALL, SO WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE SHOWERS INSTEAD OF, OF, OF BLEEDING. SO, UM, WE'VE ALL HAD, UH, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS. UM, WHEN I CAME ON 21 2 YEARS AGO, UH, THERE WERE NO, UM, INDIVIDUAL ROOMS. EVERYTHING WAS ONE DOOR ROOM, ONE BATHROOM. UM, THERE'S SEVERAL TIMES WHERE I HAD BACK TO BACK FIRES, SO I WAS TAKING A SHOWER. BUT JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE, UM, WHERE MOST OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, ALL THE WOMEN CAN UTILIZE THE BATHROOM THEY HAVE. UM, AND THAT IS ALSO ACCOMMODATING THE MEN. SO IT'S WORKFORCE PRIVACY AND SPACES. SO I HOPE, I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A ROLE ON WHAT'S NEEDED AND FROM A FIRSTHAND PERSPECTIVE FROM WHAT WAS RECRUIT IS. NOW AS FAR AS MY RESPONSE TO THAT'S, UH, ELEVATION ADVOCACY ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT? SO I SPOKE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMISSION. I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR OVER A DECADE, RIGHT? SO SINCE SEVEN, SEVEN DECADES, IT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE YOU HERE AS A COMMISSION BE ABLE TO PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE FOREFRONT AND NOT ONLY JUST PROVIDE IDEAS ON HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, BUT ACTUALLY GET IT DONE. UM, AND THAT'S PART OF COLLABORATION. THIS ISN'T REST SOLELY ON ONE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY. I'M NEW TO MY POSITION AS, UH, PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL, BUT I AM VERY CLEAR ON ONE [00:40:01] THING IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS I HAVE NO INTEREST IN SATISFYING OR STATUS QUO, AND THIS IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. AND MISSION HAS STANDS TODAY. THIS IS A NEWLY FORMED COMMISSION. WELL, RIGHT? SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU PERFORM HERE TODAY, TODAY, LISTENING TO THESE VERY ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE WOMEN AND THE GIRLS AND THE FUTURE FIREFIGHTER OF TOMORROW ELEVATE, RIGHT? AND MAKE IT TO WHERE FOLKS THAT NEED BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR ACCOUNTABLE AND WE HAVE RESULTS. AND FOR THE SOLUTION ORIENTED MINDSET WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOW TO MAKE THESE THINGS RIGHT. I THINK I'LL TAKE ONE MORE, UH, COMMENT FROM, WE'LL TAKE TWO MORE COMMENTS AND COMMERS THEN WE HAVE THE ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE PACKAGE AGENDA. COMMISSIONER, JUST, JUST REAL QUICK, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, AND I IMAGINE OTHER CITIES HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCE WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IN LONG BEACH. ARE THERE ANY MODEL PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, THAT COULD MAYBE HELP US TO, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACED WITH HERE? I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, I, I'M VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH CHIEF, THE CITY OF ORANGE, UM, AND HUNTINGTON AND, AND I HAVE TALKING WITH, I SPOKEN THEM FOR FIRST COUNTY FIRST. UM, THEY HAD SIMILAR CHALLENGES THAT WE, UM, IN ORANGE COUNTY. UM, THEY SAY, THEY STATED THAT I HAVE FEMALES COMING, I ACCOMMODATE PRIOR TO, UM, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DYNAMICS. UM, IN, YEAH, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK, UM, AND GET BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS I GUESSING THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID THEY DEFINE IT? HOW DID THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROCESS DID THEY GO THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE LEARN. I I'M THE ONE THAT BELIEVES, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE SOMEWHERE. THERE'S A MODEL THAT EXISTS THAT WE CAN SORT OF FOLLOW. AND I KNOW THE BOTTOM LINE IS ALWAYS ABOUT FUNDING AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE. THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING BUDGETARY ONE, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A HUGE PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO JOIN THE COURSE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD. SO COMMISSIONER DR. YES, THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE QUOTE THAT PER AT THIS TIME, BUT HAVE YOU, IN YOUR NEW FACILITIES ARE YOUR NURSING STATIONS? YES. SO THE, THE WAY WE ARE ACCOMMODATING WORKFORCE TRYING TO, IN THE NEW STATIONS AND THE REMODELS AND WHAT WE JUST DID AT FIRE STATION 14 IS EVERY INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER PREFERENCES, HAS THEIR OWN ROOM. SO THEY WOULD HAVE A PRIVATE ROOM THAT COULD BE USED FOR, UM, NURSING AS WELL. THE TRAINING CENTER DOES NOT HAVE ANY OF RIGHT. CORRECT. SO THE PRIVATE ROOM IS REAL TO ANY OFFICE. I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A BEDROOM, CONSIDER ROOM BED HAD A DESK AND A AND A LOCKER. AND A LOCKER. SO IT'S, IT'S THEIR LIVING QUARTERS AND THEN THERE'S RESTROOM OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM. UM, SO THE LAYOUTS ARE DIFFERENT REALLY OF THE BUILDINGS ARE BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE TWENTIES OR THE FIFTIES OR SEVENTIES, RIGHT? SO THEY WERE REMODELED BASED ON ALL THE CODES AND ALL THE RULES WE TALKED ABOUT WITH A DA. UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY COMP THE LAYOUTS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SAME THING BUILDING. I DO WANNA ADD ONE COMMENT TO, UM, A MODEL WE CAN LOOK AT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW POLICE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW, WHICH HAS, UM, GENDER ACCOMMODATIONS. SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. UM, BUT I, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WOULD SAY THEIR NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN FOR, FOR WOMEN GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING. SO, UM, IT DEFINITELY POSSIBLE, RIGHT? EVEN IN LONG BEACH WE HAVE, AND IT REALLY IS ABOUT FINDING THE LAST 24 6. BUT THEN, AND THAT'S WHY WE, WE, WE RAISE OUR STATIONS HOUSES BECAUSE WE 24 HOUR TRIPS. SO THERE'S KITCHEN BEDROOMS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT. WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE AT MINIMUM 24 HOUR END OUR DISCUSSION THERE, JUST SO WE CAN KEEP ON TRACK ACTUALLY. UM, THANK OUR SPEAKERS ASSISTANT CHIEF, ARE YOU THE FIRST FEMALE ASSISTANT CHIEF FACILITIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME? I DID SEE THOSE, [00:45:01] SO I DO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK THROUGH MR. GWYN FOR BRINGING THESE LETTERS TO OUR ATTENTION. UM, SO, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE VOTE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, MY THOUGHT IS IF, WELL, I MEAN WE'LL HAVE TO A VOTE WE MAY SUBSTITUTE OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO TRANSMIT A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT THEY PRIORITIZE LUNCHING WITH IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WOMEN'S FOR GENDER EQUITABLE FACILITIES OF THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. IS THAT APPROPRIATE COMMISSIONER A HARPER? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM. WHO WOULD WORK ON THE LETTER? WOULD THAT WOULD DO AN AD HOC? UM, I WOULD VOLUNTEER TO WORK ON THE LETTER VOLUNTEER WORKING AN AD HOC. WELL, BECAUSE WE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A TRANSMITTAL, LIKE IT'LL HAVE TO COME BACK, LIKE HAS IT BILL? I HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE, THE COMMITTEE YET. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT, THE LETTER WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TO TO THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE, WE DO HAVE AN AD HOC THAT'S ON SAFETY, BUT IT'S WORKING ON GOALS ESTABLISH COMMISSION. I KNOW IF THEY'RE ABLE TO ALSO I'LL THEM TOO. I WOULD RECOMMEND CREATING A SEPARATE AD HOC, BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PASSED SPECIFIC. SO HELP ME UP HERE. SO YOU'RE MEAN A FRIENDLY YES. TO DRAFT A LETTER. WELL FORM AD HOC TO DRAFT THIS LETTER. GOTCHA. UM, TO THE MAR CITY COUNCIL ADVOCATING FOR EQUITABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR, UH, WOMEN, FEMALE, ET CETERA. IF I MAY, THE, UM, AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN ADDRESSES ADC COMMITTEE. SO YOU COULD, UM, SUGGEST CREATING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THROUGH THAT AGENDA. YEAH. PROCEEDING FILE. ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THAT. AND I TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. SO WE CAN THEN CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM AS THANK YOU. PATIENCE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ENG. YES. COMMISSIONER . YES. COMMISSIONER GON YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE. YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. VICE CHAIR CCA? YES. CHAIR MAIL. YES, I KNOW. ALL HAVE PLACES TO GO. SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY, YOU WANT EVERYTHING. WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER TO THE LONG BEACH CHAIRMAN TASK FORCE REQUESTING A PARTNERSHIP IN DRAFTING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN LONG BEACH. OKAY, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UH, COMMISSIONER APRIL. UH, OKAY, THAT'S ON. UM, THIS ITEM CAME OUT OF THE SAFETY AD HO COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON, UM, CREATING OUR CONFERENCE AROUND SAFETY COVID GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY ON OTHER TOPICS AND IN THE TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, WE INVITED TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED AS A PARTNER, UM, ONE THE TOPICS AND, UM, THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONFERENCE ALSO DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE COMMISSION IN OTHER WAYS. THEY DID PRESENT TO US, IF YOU REMEMBER IN ONE OF OUR EARLY MEETINGS, UM, AND HAD EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS OVER WHETHER DATA AND REPORTING IS REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE ACTION NUMBERS ARE ON HUMAN TRAFFICK IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, IN ADDITION TO HAVE CITY MEMBERS ALSO HAS MANY ADVOCACY GROUPS INVOLVED. SO WE HAD I THINK THREE OR FOUR, UM, JOINS FOR THAT CALL AND THEY SUGGESTED TO US THAT THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO WRITE THEM A LETTER AND TO COME TO THEIR NEXT MEETING SUGGESTING THAT WE PARTNER ON A REPORT, UM, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE STATUS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH THE CITY. SO WHAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING [00:50:01] OF THEM IS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH US AND SHARE DATA WITH US, UM, ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE FOLKS THAT THEY ARE SERVICING, HOW MANY FOLKS THEY'RE SERVICING, WHILE KEEPING ALL THAT INFORMATION PRIVATE, JUST TRYING TO HAVE A REPORT THAT, AND THEN JUST ELIMINATES WHAT THOSE ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH ON THE GROUND. UM, SO THIS IS SORT OF REQUESTING THE TASK FORCE TO, TO PARTNER WITH US IN THAT WAY AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT FROM THERE AND DECIDE HOW OUT. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PRESENTATION PORTION. UM, AND THEN WE GOT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO DO ANY OF THE OTHER AD HOC MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? ALL IN MEETING? IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM, FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF BATS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, UH, INCLUDING SOMEBODY FROM HOMEBOYS AND, UM, IN LA AND WE, WE REALLY, I MEAN WE, THE COLLABORATIONS LOOK REALLY GOOD AND WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY WAS AN ISSUE, YOU THOUGHT THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. SO WHY NOT DO SOME, UM, WORKSHOPS AND INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE COULD BRING IN. A MENTORSHIP IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT IT UNDER A BIG UMBRELLA. SO THERE ARE WAYS TO BRING IN A VARIETY WORKSHOPS TO THAT AND THAT'S TO THE CONFERENCE SPECIFICALLY. BUT WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER THINGS WE WENT OVER ON OUR BEHALF. UPDATE THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IS JUST ABOUT, I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. UM, APPROVING THE, THE LETTER TO THE TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE THAT WOULD REQUEST THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN A REPORT ON STATUS. SO CLERK, IF YOU WOULD MIND, UM, CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IT. I DO NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. JUDGE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, I DID. UM, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THEY PASSED THE BILL FOR AB 3 79. UM, LONG BEACH WAS HERE AS FAR AS DISTRICT, DISTRICT NINE TWO ONES THAT BACKED THEM UP. UM, MS. AND DR. JOANIE, UH, IT'S, IF YOU GUYS HAVE INTO IT, I SUGGEST YOU GUYS DO TO SEE WHAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THAT ORDINANCE FOR LONG BEACH IS KIND OF ORDERING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. AND, AND SO WITH THE LETTER THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY AND HUMAN TRAFFICK TO BE INVOLVED IN, UM, I'M NOT TOO SURE EXACTLY WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHY THEY DON'T, BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE ON MY SHIRT IS A DIRECT PERSON OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM HOME BEACH AND WE HAD SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN TRACKING DEPARTMENT TO KNOW WITH THAT FEEDBACK, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HER CASE IN THE CITY OFFICE HAS BEEN SINCE 2022. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I CAME TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT, JUST TO KIND OF HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE, WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO DO AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE CHANGES IN. AND ALSO IT WAS 120 DAYS FROM APRIL 22ND OF WHEN THEY NEED TO LET THE CITY KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOLLOWING THIS, UM, THIS ORDINANCE FOR THEM. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST KIND OF JUST SITTING HERE TO SEE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GOING WITH IT. I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A NEW COMMISSION AND I'M GLAD THAT I, YOU KNOW, CAME ACROSS THE POST THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THIS. AND IT'S KIND OF A SHAME THAT YOU MORE WOMEN DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A REALLY BIG TURNOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR WHEN THIS WAS BEING PRESENTED TO, AND ESPECIALLY AS A RESIDENT OF NORTH PALM BEACH AS WELL. UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE STATE AGENCIES FOR THE ONE MORE. OKAY. THE STOP SPEAK IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH ANY NONPROFITS THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HELP AS WELL BECAUSE NORTHEAST AND AS WELL IS A STATION IN NORTH ORANGE BEACH THAT DOES, UM, SEVERAL TRAFFICKING WALKS THROUGHOUT, UM, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND SO FORTH. AND SO, YEAH, AGAIN, I'M JUST HERE BEHALF AND JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY HERE. I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO SPEAK ABOUT IT WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT PRETTY SAID, BUT WE DON'T SEE ANY ACTION ABOUT ANY THESE THINGS. AND WE, AND SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU. [00:55:02] YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTION? CORTEZ? OKAY. , UH, MATT, DID YOU CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS IN ZOOM? YEAH, THERE WERE NO. GREAT. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I ACTUALLY SAID COMMISSIONER DR. HAD THAT YOU SAY KEEP, UH, CLARIFICATION. UH, DID YOU SAY, UM, KEEP THE DATA PRIVATE? SO THE DISCUSSION WAS WITH THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE PARTNER AGENCIES BE WILLING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE SERVICING , UM, WITH OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, NOT PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKE MAY NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHO THEY'RE SERVICING. UM, I I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED. HOLD ON FILE. SO SORRY. COMMISSIONER WILL SAY THAT AND THEN I'LL GET TO YOU. BE QUICK. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING AND FEEL FREE, ONE OF OUR BIG GOALS IS OUTREACH. SO I FEEL THE SAME WAY WITH YOU, THAT THE MORE PEOPLE, MORE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE, SO MM-HMM. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. YES. COMMISSIONER, WERE YOU SAYING THAT THAT, THAT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMISSION IN LONG BEACH DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TAKING ACTION? YES. COMMISSIONER, I'M SO SORRY ABOUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK ARE NOT FINDING THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING CROSSTALK WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, YEAH, THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUST TO RECEIVE IT AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T RESPOND OR ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, YOU MAY REMAIN FOR THE DURATION OF, UM, WHEN, WHEN CAN ASK QUESTIONS. UM, WELL, SO THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUST TO RECEIVE THE COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC. THIS IS, UH, DISTINGUISHED FROM STAFF PRESENTATIONS WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH. SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS EVEN AFTER, BUT JUST RIGHT NOW IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TELLING. OF COURSE. NO, I I PULLED IT UP. YEAH. THANKS. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS? YES. UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, DESIRE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION. BUT I THINK JUST TO, UM, ADD TO, UM, OUR RESIDENT'S COMMENTS OR CHAIR'S COMMENTS, I THINK BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS WHY WE'RE ENGAGING AND WANT TO PARTNER WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THIS REPORT THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE. AND FROM THERE, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN RESOLVE, HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE MATTERS. SO I SUPPORT, AND I HOPE WE SUPPORT INITIATE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. UM, THAT'S, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE TIMELINE DISCUSS DISCUSSION THAT IT'S JUST, THIS IS SORT OF A REQUEST FOR A BUYING FROM THE TASK FORCE VIOL. I CAN, I CAN'T ASK QUESTION. UM, WOULD, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR, UM, IT TO BE, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HUMAN, UM, UH, TRAFFICKING GROUP THAT WE HAVE MET WITH TO PUT CONTACT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT PUBLIC PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THAT GROUP THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE REPORT OR, AND PARTICIPATING MAYBE IN EVEN MEETINGS AND ET CETERA, SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE INPUT THAT MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T THERE OTHERWISE? ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A TASK INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROCESSES, AND I'M SAYING THAT THE, THAT THE GROUP OF WOMEN WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH MM-HMM . THAT THAT GROUP MAY, THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE CITY, THAT THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY ON TASK FORCE, RIGHT. BUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, I WONDER IF THEIR INFORMATION IS ACCURATE OR ENOUGH [01:00:01] SO THAT THEY COULD GATHER THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT OUR, THAT DESIREE'S ASKED FOR. AND SO IF THERE WAS A CONTACT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT SOMEBODY COULD CALL AND SAY, LOOK, I HAVE THIS INFORMATION, THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE IT OR I'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND VOLUNTEER WITH YOU. IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS? WE CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE WORK WITH 'EM. UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PUBLIC FACING CONTACT INFORMATION. UM, SO I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE ANSWER TO YOU THAT'S MOST FAR AS IT BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM MYSELF UNTIL THEY START COMING HERE. AND SO A LOT OF US, THERE'S PUBLIC FACING ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DUNNO HOW TO LOOK UP OR FIND OR, AND THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS HERE, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S INTERESTED AND WANTS THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE DESIREE HAS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHE CAN CONNECT WITH. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IN HELPING NOT ONLY GET INFORMATION BUT VOLUNTEERING AND WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA BE VOLUNTEERS DURING THE, DURING THE OLYMPICS, IS THAT IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE THE FORUM TO MEET WITH DESIREE IF THERE'S INTEREST THERE AND HAVE FURTHER EXPRESSION. WHEREAS RIGHT NOW PUBLIC COMMENT ISN'T THE RIGHT VENUE FOR THAT. IF THERE'S AN INTEREST TO HAVE LIKE A MORE JUST FURTHER CONTACT, YOU COULD INVITE HER FOR MEETING TO SAY YEAH. TO COMPLETELY ANARCHY GROUPS PROBABLY PICKED UP. SO I KNOW I THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. UM, DO YOU ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM? COMMISSIONER GON QUESTION ON THE REQUEST? IS THERE GONNA BE NO, DO YOU KNOW, YOU JUST LIKE WATER AND ALL THAT. ONCE THE REQUEST IS MADE, I ASSUME THAT IS THERE GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RULES, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DRAFTING REPORT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK BECAUSE WHEN THEY, WHEN WE GET A BUNCH OF INFORMATION, PROBABLY QUESTIONS, SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT'S WORK. IF WE WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REPORT, YOU KNOW, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. SO I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIFIC WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT REPORT OR TO KEEP IT WITH SAFETY DIALOGUE COMMITTEE. ARE WE REFERRING TO THIS, UM, THE TRANS LETTER? YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, I THINK WE DO NEED TO UPDATE THE, THE LANGUAGE A BIT BECAUSE IT'S READING AS IF THE LETTER HAS ALREADY BEEN DRAFTED. IS THAT THE CASE? NO. OKAY. SO THEN WE WOULD, WELL, WELL WE CAN DISCUSS THE UPDATING THE LANGUAGE JUST TO HAVE THAT LETTER GO BACK TO THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE TO BE DRAFTED. AND THEN ONCE IT IS ONLY THE AD HOC SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR LETTER FOR BROWN ACT REASONS, RIGHT? AND ONCE IT IS, IT'LL BE POSTED WITH THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEM THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE. SO ALL THE MEMBERS WILL READ IT, PREPARE THEIR QUESTIONS, AND THEN COME TO MEETING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, COME WITH ANY QUESTIONS PROPOSED CHANGES, AMENDMENTS, WHAT HAVE YOU. IF THAT SENSE REGARD TO YOUR QUESTION, SORRY, WITH REGARD TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE LARGER COMMISSION CAN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPORT, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE POOL IS ACTUALLY HELPING EXACTLY THE TASK FORCE DRAFT IT. SO IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE SAFETY. A HOC COMMITTEE. WE CAN'T HAVE. IF YOU WANT, IF YOU PERHAPS THERE, I'M, I'M BEING , BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO IT IS. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT BREAK REALLY GUNG HO ABOUT WORKING OUT ON THAT LETTER, IF THERE IS ROOM WE ARE LIMITED TO, UM, THERE'S EIGHT NUMBERS. WE CAN'T AVOID A FORUM ON THERE. SO THERE'S A MAYBE DISCUSSION WE HAVE ABOUT WHO'S ON THE, UM, AD HOC, MAYBE AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WOULD BE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THIS, THERE WOULD BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, COLLABORATE WITH LIKE, SAY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITHIN THERE. OKAY. CAN I JUST MAKE THAT SENSE? THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS GONNA, CAN WORK WITH RIGHT. YOUR SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN WORK WITH ANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DO THAT WORK, INCLUDING YES. THANK YOU. AND, AND ALSO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP AND WHAT WE WANT TO, TO DO IS TO PRESENT IT TO YOU TO GET YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR [01:05:01] US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ENDEAVOR. ONCE WE CREATE THE LETTER, THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO THE GROUP AND PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED. AND AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE MEETING WITH, AS AN AD HOC, WE COULD INVITE OTHER GROUPS JUST LIKE WE INVITED, UH, THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE GROUPS THAT WE HAD. SO WE CAN ALSO EXTEND AN INVITATION, BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP TO GET SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THE, OR STARTING, UH, THE, THE, UH, REPORT, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S THE INITIAL. SO WE'LL COME BACK AND PRESENT YOU OUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT OUR NEXT, NEXT TO GET. WE'RE GETTING YOUR BUY TO GET THERE. YES. QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? UM, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND, OKAY. SO SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE AMEND THE ITEM. SO THE ITEM SHOULD READ RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROVE THE AD HOC OR REQUEST THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE DRAFT A LETTER TO THE LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, UM, TO REQUEST A PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING ON THIS REPORT. THAT, AND THAT THAT LETTER WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE. YES. WE MAKE THAT AS A FRIDAY AMENDMENT. IS THAT WHAT IT WOULD BE? I'M YOUR SUBSTITUTE ID. OKAY. SO NOW PER, CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE AMENDED I THE AMENDED VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER KEL? YES. COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALES? YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. VICE CHAIR ARCH? YES. CHAIR MAIL? YES. MOTION CARRIES. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ALL $200 OF THE COMMISSION'S ANNUAL BUDGET TO PAY FOR THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN. I MOTION ON THIS ITEM. SO MOVED SECOND TO STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I'M GONNA ASK IF OUR VICE CHAIR PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS ON, WELL, WE, I SUGGESTED THIS. I DON'T, I SUGGESTED THE ATTENDANCE OF THE, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BECOME OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONWIDE IN TERMS OF LIMITS COMMISSIONS, AND ALSO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NETWORK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS. IN FACT, WE HAVE, UH, SO MANY COMMISSIONS HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, NICE TO MAYBE INVITE ONE OR TWO GROUPS TO ATTEND SOME OF OUR MEETINGS JUST SO THAT WE CAN NETWORK AND GET TO KNOW. I KNOW THAT OCTOBER THE, UM, LA UH, COMMISSION FOR WOMEN COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN IS GOING TO BE HOSTING AN EVENT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO INVITE ALL THE, UM, COMMISSIONS GO OUT SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO NETWORK, WHICH IS A NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUES. AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY JUST, UH, INITIATED, UH, CONVERSATIONS IN, UH, REGARDING, UH, CO AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, SOME MOVEMENT POSITION AND I THINK WE WANNA BE PART OF THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A NETWORKING. UM, SO NOW I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL GET TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. SO PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO [01:10:01] LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. EITHER PERSON OR THERE. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS IN PERSON. PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM T TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE TO RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU DIALED IN. NO COMMENT. UH, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM OR QUESTIONS? IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE WHAT MANY OF US ARE DUE TO THIS SPACE. UM, SO NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MATTER. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FURTHER VOTE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER ENG? YES. COMMISSIONER DOAC? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LEVIT? YES. COMMISSIONER MOTA? YES. VICE CHAIR ULTA? YES. CHAIR MANAGER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT. AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN GIRLS ITEM. SO WE VIOL IN A SECOND. I SHARE OUR ETTE. UM, SO AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMISSION STATEMENTS THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH FOR, UH, AND THE COMMISSION NEEDS SOME SPECIFIC, UM, REQUESTS FOR THAT STATEMENT, WHICH WAS TO KIND OF MEL A SPECIFIC, SOME SPECIFIC VERBIAGE INTO, UM, ONE OF THOSE STATEMENTS. AND SO I BROUGHT THAT BACK AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKETS. UM, I'M GONNA READ IT ON THAT OUT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER. COMMENT, DISCUSSION. UH, SO THE DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT IS THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR GIRLS INATE AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AFFECTING GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS POLICY, PROGRAMMATIC AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR IN LONG BEACH 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, MARIAL STATUS, IMMIGRANT STATUS, AND CLASSES. THROUGH ITS WORK THE COMMISSION ASPIRES TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL GENDERS. SO NOW THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UM, CAN YOU PLEASE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND OR READ YOUR HAND. NOW. RAISE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'VE CALLED IN THERE. COMMENT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS AHEAD? SO WE, WE AS A COMMISSION OR WE ARE PLANNING A CONFERENCE CONFERENCE BE CONSIDERED OUTREACH? WOULD BE CONSIDERED OUTREACH YES. AS PART OF THE MISSION. AM I THE INITIAL STATEMENT TO ? UH, WELL OUR GOALS ARE SHORT TERM, BUT OUTREACH IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, GENERALLY SPEAKING ISN'T NECESSARILY SHORT TERM. SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK FOR IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO INCORPORATE IT OR A SPECIFIC, UM, LANGUAGE, I COULD SUPPORT THAT I WOULD OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY. ITS ADVOCACY. YOU DID. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW I WOULD WRITE IT INTO THE, INTO THE STATE. IF IT JUST FOLLOW A COMMENT. JUST PUT, UH, POLICY OUT, OUT. PRO PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM AND OUTREACH. [01:15:02] BECAUSE OUTREACH IS THE, CERTAINLY THE CONFERENCE IS PROGRAMMATIC, BUT IT IT IS PART OF POLICY, ISN'T IT? OUTREACH WOULD BE PROGRAMMATICALLY IT DOES NOT WORK THERE. , THAT'S JUST MY ENGLISH MAJOR BRAIN FIGHTING WITH ME. UM, SO IT DOES WORK ON OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY. AND THEN RESEARCH WOULD BE THE RESEARCH, RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH. UHHUH. HOLD ON. YES. SO I THINK THE SUGGESTION IS THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ELIMINATES AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND OUTREACH. YES. AS WELL AS POLICY. YEAH. SO, ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, REQUEST? UM, THAT'S VERY, VERY GOOD SUGGESTION. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AS WELL. AND, UM, I THINK A MISSION STATEMENT SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET, BUT IT'S VERY INCLUSIVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. , UH, IN THAT CASE, ARE WE ABLE TO JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE HERE? AND, UM, OKAY. THANK ALRIGHT, PLEASE. . COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER AN YES. COMMISSIONER AK. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES. VICE CHAIR? YES. CHAIRMAN? YES. MOTION CARRIES. CAN YOU, IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE BYLAWS FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MOTION ON THIS. OH. UM, WE HAVE ANA GRANT, OUR EQUITY OFFICER IS GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS. SO, UM, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK JUST, UH, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. UM, AND SO AS OF NOW, Y'ALL HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON YOUR BYLAWS. AND SO NOW WE'RE FORMALLY MAKING THE ASK FOR A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY TO, UH, UH, FULLY CRAFT THOSE BYLAWS. UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD REGARDING, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I'LL, MY IDEA IS THAT I'LL BRING BACK AN ITERATION AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION. UM, PERFECT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, UH, THIS IS LIKE, I THINK WE HAD THIS FIRST CONVERSATION AT YOUR VERY FIRST MEETING, WHICH IS ALMOST A YEAR AGO. CRAZY. MM-HMM . UM, BUT WHEN ANITA FIRST TALKED ABOUT AND GAVE CONTEXT ON BYLAWS, SHE SHARED SOME OF THE STANDARD LANGUAGE. AND SO WHAT ASHLEY WILL DO IS COMBINE SOME OF THAT STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE THAT GOES INTO BYLAWS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO ALL HAVE AGREED ON. AND THAT WILL BE WHAT YOU SEE AND THAT CONSIDERATION. DOES ANYONE, UM, HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT A BYLAW IS FOR THIS COMMISSION? OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. NO, I'M, I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M JUST, YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS. I'M A PREVIOUSLY OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. UM, PRESENTATION CONCLUDED. CAN WE PLEASE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? MADAM, COULD YOU SEE MUCH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. MS. PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND [01:20:02] IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU CALLED IT. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSS DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM CLERK, SEEING NO DISCUSSION. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARFORD? YES. COMMISSIONER KEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SACK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER T? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. VICE CHAIR ARCHULETA? YES. CHAIR, MAIL CHAIR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM SEVEN IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE ADC COMMITTEE MOTION ON ITEM MOVE, UM, INTO ADC COMMITTEE UPDATES. UM, I THINK I WANTED THIS TO A BYLAWS AND GONZALEZ AND THAT'S OKAY. UM, , WE ACCOMPLISHED OUR TASK, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH MISSION PROVIDING UPDATES. YES. SO YOU ALL RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT REACHING OUT TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSONS, UM, FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, TO, UH, INQUIRE ABOUT UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO WE CAN COMPILE A LIST OF EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTEND FOR OUTREACH AND, AND HAVE THE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON, ON OUR LIST OF, OF THE THINGS TO LOOK AT AND DISCUSS. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, THE OTHER REQUEST WAS TO REQUIRE ABOUT PROGRAMMING FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH BABY OR DISTRICT THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, EXISTING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS. UM, CENTERS WE'RE, UM, MENTORSHIP, WORKING ON IDENTIFYING MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY. SO THAT'S ALSO SORT OF WHERE THAT COMES IN AS WE'RE HOPING MAYBE IF WE PASS MORE ABOUT THOSE. BUT, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST AS WHERE ALLOTTED SOME SPACE ON THE CITY MANAGERS WEB PAGE OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CITY WEBSITE. MAYBE WE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME RESOURCES. SO THOUGHT THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST OR COMMENT, I DON'T DUNNO, UM, OR SHARE. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH WILL HAVE AN INAUGURAL PROGRAM, UH, FOR A WOMEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN LEADERSHIP TO TRAIN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO BE LEADERS, NOT PROGRAM THAT WILL MATCH OR ALIGN VERY WELL WITH OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AND CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE COMES TO, TO, UM, PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER. I THINK I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY REPORTS AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO DISCUSSION ACTUALLY. SO, UM, I HAVE TO MOVE FROM COMMUNICATION TO MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION HERE. THE LAST YEAR, SAME THING, SAME THING. WE, UM, ARE DOING RESEARCH ON ORGANIZATIONS FOR LIMITED GIRLS IN OUR AREA. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOW REACHING OUT TO OUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING, UM, SOME, SOME VOID FOR CERTAIN GROUPS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE'RE HOPING TO FIND MORE ORGANIZATIONS OR PROGRAMS THAT EXIST CURRENTLY THAT ARE SUPPORTING, UM, WOMEN AND GIRLS, UM, WHO MAY LIVE IN THE MARGIN, WHO, UM, DO NOT HAVE A VOICE THE WAY [01:25:01] THAT OTHER PROGRAMS DO. WE'VE COMPILED, OR ACTUALLY, UM, W USE THE ACRONYM, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY WOMEN HAS COMPILED, UM, A LIST OF MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS SERVING WOMEN GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. AND SO WE'RE WORKING OFF OF THAT IN TERMS OF FOLKS WHO MIGHT WANNA INVITE TO A FAIR OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP US ACCOMPLISH OUR MENTORSHIP, UM, GOAL TO CREATE A PROGRAM. SO WE'RE THINKING OF HAVING A FAIR . UM, SO WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION, MORE RESEARCH ABOUT, UM, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING. WE ARE, THERE'S UM, A GROUP WE FOUR GIRLS THAT HAS COME UP A COUPLE TIMES. UM, WE HAVE THE SAFE, SO I'M GONNA BE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE AND STAFF IS RESIGNATION AND THERE ARE TRUE SPOTS AVAILABLE. UM, ANNETTE, WE HAVE OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SAFETY, WHICH, UM, COMMISSIONER VIOL STARTED TO PROVIDE UPDATES. WE WANT TO FINISH . I THINK I FINISHED. OKAY. YEAH, I WE HAD A REALLY, I THOUGHT WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MEETING. LOTS OF IDEAS, UM, COLLABORATING, LIKE I SAID WITH THREE GROUPS, BUT, BUT, UM, ACTUALLY FOUR IF YOU INCLUDE HOMEBOYS, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT GROUP FOR US TO BE, UH, CONNECTING WITH AS WELL. UM, AND THEY TALK ABOUT GANGS AND WE, WE DID TALKING ABOUT GANGS, WE TALKED ABOUT BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND BIGGER UMBRELLA WITH, UH, WHAT SAFETY MEANS. AND THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY IS PART OF SAFETY. THAT MENTORSHIP IS PART OF SAFETY THAT WE CAN, WE CAN INCLUDE WORKSHOPS THAT BRING IN ALL OF OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES PERHAPS INTO THIS CONFERENCE. AND, UH, I, I LEFT PRETTY DARN EXCITED. WE HAVE LOTS OF, UH, IDEAS FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK AND, UH, DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND BREAKOUTS TO DO. AND WE HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF TOURISM IN LONG BEACH TO, UH, NEGOTIATE A GOOD DEAL FOR US. WELL, NO, THAT'S DON'T, DON'T GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE CITY. OH, THAT'S, THERE'S SOMEBODY, THERE'S A, SOMEBODY I KNOW WE'LL THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS TOO. WE'LL GO THROUGH APPROPRIATE. I I'VE NEVER DONE IT. I'VE NEVER GONE THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. SO, UM, WE MAKE IT SPONSORSHIPS OR SOMETHING. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. YEAH. AND I DID TALK TO, CAN I MENTION JULIE? OH, OKAY. . THAT'S OKAY. YOU DID THAT UNDER YOUR OWN, YOUR SIDE PROJECT. YEAH, I, UM, JULIE HENAN, WHO'S, UM, PART OF GO MINOR WHO'S BEEN THE, I I OUTREACH WITH HER AND SHE SPENT ALL THAT $750 THIS YEAR, BUT SHE, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MONEY THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND I TOLD HER $750, WE GET NEARLY ENOUGH FOR US. AND SO BECAUSE WE WANNA PAY OUR SPEAKERS, WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME FOR FREE, UM, WE WANT IT TO BE A BIG EVENT FOR LONG BEACH AND POSSIBLY AN EVENT THAT KEEPS OCCURRING THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BRING THE COMMISSION SOME GOOD PUBLICITY, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BECAUSE WHERE, AND, AND WE HOOK PEOPLE UP, WE CONNECT PEOPLE. SO WITH MENTORSHIP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE THAT CAN BE MENTORS TO PEOPLE. WE CAN PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO, UM, WE CAN CONNECT WITH FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY. THAT, I MEAN, THE ABILITIES FOR CONNECTION AND, AND OUTREACH ARE, ARE REALLY TERRIFIC. SO I'M VERY EXCITED. UM, HERS GOT GREAT. I MEAN, HELENA, WE, WE WANT HELENA'S, UH, HELENA'S A POET, LAU I MEAN HELENA CAN PROVIDE POETRY, BUT SHE'S CONNECTED WITH OTHER YOUTH AND CAN PROVIDE POEMS THROUGHOUT. AND WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IT AND HOW WHOLE SPREADSHEET OF PROGRAMMING THAT IS ALL CONTRIBUTED TO. AND COMMISSIONER VIOL AND UM, REPRESENT FROM HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES AND , WHICH STANDS FOR ASSOCIATION OF BAT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, WHICH IS LONG BEACH IS PART AS WELL. AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE PROGRAMMING HOW WE INTEGRATE. [01:30:01] SO THOSE ARE POTENTIAL FIRMS. RIGHT. AND I AM HIGH ON STEROIDS RIGHT NOW. , UM, SORRY. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. SO I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS. MY PARTNER SAYS I COME HOME WITH LOTS OF IDEAS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR, DO NOT APOLOGIZE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. . THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. SO NOW I THINK WE HAVE TO GO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. SO , ABSOLUTELY NOT CLERK, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK. ON THE ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU DIALED IN. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE PRESENTATIONS? UM, YES. A REMINDER YES. UM, AS A FOLLOW UP TO YOUR DISCUSSION ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DO WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT A, THIS WILL BE APPROPRIATE TIME. UM, BEFORE WE QUESTIONS. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE TIMELINE FOR THE CONFERENCE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SUGGEST MARCH, 2026. UH, THERE IS A NUMBER OF TIMELINE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PROGRAM EXPENSES. SO I JUST, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THERE ALLOCATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS. SO THAT, THAT WAS MY NEXT, UM, COMMENT OFF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE MAYBE PAY DEPOSITS WITH THAT BEFORE WE LOSE THAT OUR BUDGET. SO JUST IT'S NOT SO JUST YES. UM, I THINK IT WAS STAFF SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO FIRM UP OUR TIMELINES THAT WE LIKE A LOCATION AND MAKE SOME, UM, COMMISSIONER REGARDING CONFERENCE WHY, UH, THE A HOC C CHOOSING TO CREATE A FREE CONFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO WHY, UM, IT'S NOT THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE'S DECISION, IT'S A CITY POLICY, IT'S POLICY. SO IF THE COMMISSION IS, UM, ENGAGE IN PUBLIC, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BRING ANY, I I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP AND, AND, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PAY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT CEUS CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, ENGAGE AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED CEUS AND PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE C BUT NOT FOR THE CONFERENCE. AND THE KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY FOUND THAT OUT, UM, BECAUSE I SUGGESTED THAT TOO. UM, WE NEED TO BUDGET SO WE CAN, UM, AND A LOT OF THAT. SO IT'S JUST GETTING READY. OUR OTHER, I DUNNO IF THAT'S, IT'S NOT IN HER HEAD. , I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT, BUT I'M CURIOUS , I, I ACTUALLY, I DON'T, I THINK WOMEN SISTER MONTH WOULD BE IDEAL, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND WE WOULD BE COMPETING WITH THOSE AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. SO, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE STILL , BUT IT'S KNOW, I THINK WE, WE ARE BIG ON THE PLANNING IDEAS. WE JUST HAVEN'T REALLY GOT INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHEN AND, YOU KNOW, TIMELINES AND LOCATIONS AND ALL THAT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. PERSON. YEAH. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING LINED UP. MM-HMM . WHAT ARE, ARE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, WHEN ARE THEY ALL AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME? AND THEN WHAT VENUES WILL BE POSSIBLE TO USE THAT WOULD BE WITHIN LIKE AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. SO THERE'S MORE [01:35:01] RESEARCH THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD GIVE YOU WHEN WE WANNA HAVE THAT, BUT, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE MARCH WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. I MEAN I THINK THAT WE, WE COULD, I MEAN WE MIGHT NEED THE FIND ALMOST THE VENUE. THE QUESTION WOULD BE THE, THE VENUE. YEAH. I WOULD SAY THAT AS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR VENUE USE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, THE TOURISM BACKGROUND. SO IF THAT BECAME DIFFICULT, YEAH, I THINK THE SPRING GETS TO BE DIFFICULT, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONFERENCES IN LONG BEACH IN MARCH BEFORE, UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE HOLIDAYS AND THEY'RE JUST, SO LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING BIG CONFERENCE OF SARAH I THINK, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE BECAUSE IT'S LONG BEACH AND IT'S WARMER THAN IT'S A MISSION. IF IF I JUST THAT RESOURCE, IT WOULD HELP STARTING OFF WITH TO START OFF WITH THE BUDGET, KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK AND THEN KIND MOVING FROM THERE. WE'RE GONNA BE GOING ON SPACE. THAT'S, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S STARTING POINT. YEAH. I MEAN I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE MORE RESEARCH TO DO BEFORE WE DO PROVIDE THAT. SO WHAT I WAS HEARING FROM YOU IS I WANT A FIRM DATE ON WHAT WE'LL HAVE NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU AND I BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OTHER THINGS GOING ON AND JOBS AND OTHER VOLUNTEER THREE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE AND GIVE YOU A FIRM DATE RIGHT NOW AND THEN NOT LEAVE THAT GOAL POST. WELL THE ONE ISSUE WE, WE DID DISCUSS, AND THIS IS ABOUT, UM, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE DURING THE WEEK DAYS OR YOU KNOW, ON THE WEEKEND. 'CAUSE AGAIN, IF'S DURING THE WEEK, THEN WE'RE TARGETING, YOU KNOW, UM, FOLKS OR, OR ASKING FOLKS TO LEAVE THEIR WORK IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. AND JUST ALWAYS GOAL US THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GONNA BE NO FEE, BUT IT MEANS THAT WHOEVER ATTENDS HAS TO ASK FOR THE DAY OFF OR SO SHOULD WE DO IT ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY. SO THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, CONVERSATIONS WE DID HAVE. MM-HMM. IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN SHOULD WE HOLD IT ON A WEEKDAY OR ON THE WEEKEND? SO, AND TWO DAYS, TWO AND A HALF DAYS. THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE HAPPENS TOO, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO FACTOR IN. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME TO PROMOTE IT SO THAT WE ENSURE AWARE MM-HMM . UM, I DO WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO TIME BECAUSE WE'RE AT EIGHT 10 AND EIGHT 30. SO IF WE MOVE THE CONVERSATION BACK TO, UM, ESTABLISHING AD HOC TO WRITE A LETTER, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR RECOMMENDING THAT IS, UH, CREATING GENDER EQUITABLE FACILITIES AT THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER IN THEIR PROCESS. UM, SO FIRST WE WOULD WANT BE, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST WANT, UM, AND TO DRAFT THAT. I DON'T IF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN DRAFTING THAT LETTER. YEAH. THREE . YEAH. FOUR. FOUR OR LESS. FOUR. OKAY. PRESSURE GONZALEZ. OKAY. UM, SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, UM, I'LL HER VOTE IN WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE OR THE FRIENDLY WOULD BE CREATE THE A WITH THOSE NUMBERS FOR THAT PURPOSE. YEAH. WHAT'S THE SAME PURPOSE TO UH, DRAFT A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDING THAT THEY [01:40:03] PRIORITIZE, UM, BUDGETING FOR, I'M SORRY THAT THEY PRIORITIZE GENDER EQUITABLE FACILITIES PRIOR CENTER IN THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS. THEY PRIORITIZE ALLOCATE THOSE FOR THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT, SO THIS WAS, WE WERE STILL AT, THIS IS KIND OF THE REPORT, SO WE STILL NEED TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GET TO OH SURE. WHOOPS. OKAY. WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. IN PERSON VIA ZOOM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH, SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON. PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC THAT WISH TO IN, IN ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VIA ZOOM THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON MS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR ON NOW. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. UM, IN THAT CASE MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR VOTE ANYTHING? JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST STATE AN ORDER. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. CORRECT. FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ENGLE. YES. COMMISSIONER SAP. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES. VICE CHAIR ARCH YES TO YOUR MAILING? YES. MOTION CARRIES. UM, THIS CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PERMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED INTO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW. UM, LET'S GO OVER HERE AND THEN OVER HERE MENT. OKAY. UM, I'M JUST SHARING FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AT THE KJLH, SORRY, I DUNNO WHAT THAT STANDS, BUT THE WOMEN'S HEALTH EXPO IS THIS, UH, SATURDAY 8 2 5 AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER. UM, OUR, UM, BLACK INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM CO-HOST, UH, THE EVENT AND IT'S USUALLY LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF, UH, ACTIVITY AND SO, YOU KNOW, WOMEN WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH ATTEND, IF YOU DON'T MIND. OH YEAH, SORRY. A UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UM, I WAS JUST CALLING ON THE RECENT STRIKE HOSPITAL ON 22ND. SORRY. THEY'RE STILL HAVE NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND I DUNNO HOW LONG THIS GONNA TAKE BECAUSE OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NURSES. 90% OF THEM ARE WOMEN. AND NOT ONLY THAT, UM, AS MOTHER. SO THAT'S BEEN FOR FOUR AND HALF MONTHS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS TO ACT THEM ON. AND YOU ALSO, YOU GUYS, THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, UM, IT'S A GOOD GROUP TO GIVE INPUT AS WELL WHEN YOU GUYS GO BACK TO THE CITY AND HOW THEY BACK TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE NOT ONLY THAT LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD A CITY HALL MEETING, THEY GAVE LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S $850,000 FOR EXECUTIVE PHYSICALS. I'M REALIZING THAT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY GIVE THEM THIS MONEY AFTER THE NURSES AT THE HOSPITAL ARE NO LONGER THERE. AND ALSO CERTAIN STAFF THAT SUPPORT THESE NURSES AND THE TEAMS THERE ARE NO LONGER THERE. AND SO EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, IT PUTS BABIES, OLDER FOLKS, EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE HOSPITAL AT RISK BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THEIR SYSTEMS, DUNNO THEIR PATIENTS. AND OUR, AGAIN, JUST I WAS TO PUT THAT ON TABLE, PUT THAT IN EARS THAT [01:45:01] EVEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OTHER THINGS HOSPITAL THAT WE IN HOSPITAL THAT SUPPORT US AS A WOMAN AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS GOING. AND AGAIN, PRETTY MUCH GETTING THERE FROM THE INSIDE. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER TO HELP WITH THAT? OR YOU TALK, GO BACK TO YOUR GUYS COUNSEL MOVING ARE IN YOUR DISTRICTS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN GO. THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR, UH, AT THIS TIME SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS OR INFORMATION OR MAYBE EVEN RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS ? UM, I AM, I'M GONNA SAY THIS ORGANICALLY, UM, BUT I AM CONCERNED OR DISAPPOINTED THAT A WOMAN HAD TO LEAD THE COMMISSION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT, UM, AND WAS EXPERIENCING MORE SICKNESS AND, UM, CHILDCARE ISSUES AS WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE CITY, WE ALSO NEED TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR THIS SISTER FOR THIS YEAR. UM, I, I KNOW THAT I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO, I'M GONNA SAY THIS IN A WAY THAT I CAN SAY, BUT IT MAY BE RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHARE WITH THE POLITICAL OFFICIALS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A, A LAW IN COMMISSIONS, UH, BIG GENDER COMMISSIONS FOR ACROSS NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT ACROSS THE STATE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO HAVE A CHILD AND SERVE IN, IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY'RE MAKING THIS WOMEN AND GIRLS IT, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A TURNOVER. AND THIS IS THE SAME PRO. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED. I DID NOT RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER. SO I I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE JUST FOR MYSELF. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COMMISSIONER, NOT STAFF? UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT MY FIRST TEDX TALK, UH, WENT ON YESTERDAY AND IT IS ON DISABILITY INCLUSION AND POETRY SPACES AND YOU CAN VIEW IT ON THE TEDX SITE. UM, I ALSO JUST FOUND OUT THIS AFTERNOON THAT I'M A, I'M A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY YOUTH LAUREATE AND THE CEREMONY IS ON JUNE 7TH AND I'M ALSO TRAVELING WEEK SPEAKING TO EDUCATORS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE FLYING TOWARDS VIRGINIA TO ADDRESS THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS EDUCATOR OF CONFERENCE. AND NEXT WEEK I TURN 16 AND THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. WOW. CONGRATULATIONS. ARE SO WHAT, JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO QUESTIONS. NO, IT'S JUST THE TYPE ANNOUNCEMENTS. OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. . OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SEEING NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE MEETING A JUROR EIGHT 20. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.