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RIGHT.EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
UH, MADAM CLERK, MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER BUTLER.
[CALL TO ORDER]
HERE.[ROLL CALL]
COMMISSIONER DEION? HERE.COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY? HERE.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, TONY, MAY WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ATTENDANCE? UH, YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER SHE CALL IS EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY.
UM, WITH THAT, I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO JUNE.
WE MADE IT Y'ALL, UH, SIX MONTHS INTO THE YEAR.
UH, THERE'S SO MANY CELEBRATIONS AND, UM, GRADUATIONS AND A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS MONTH.
AND SO I, YESTERDAY I THINK WE ALL EXPERIENCED A LITTLE THUNDERSTORM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU FELT THAT OR HURT THAT, UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ROARING INTO THE SUMMER, UM, WITH THAT.
UM, SO TO GET US STARTED, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS GOING TO SUPPORT WITH OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEEDED TERRITORY OF THE GABRIELINO TONGA PEOPLES, THE TRADITIONAL CARETAKERS OF THIS LAND, WHO WERE DISPOSED OF THEIR LAND, AND YET CONTINUE TO STEWARD THIS LAND TODAY.
SO I JUST WANNA INVITE FOLKS IN TO PAUSE AND HONOR THEIR CULTURE, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY AND ANCESTORS, AS WELL AS THE LIVING ELDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
INDEED, THEY'RE ALL STILL HERE.
AND WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, I INVITE YOU TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHOSE LANDS YOU ARE ON AND LET THEIR ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH INSPIRE YOU.
WE ALSO PAUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE FREE LABOR OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS AND CONTINUES TO FUNCTION FROM THE LABOR OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EVERY DAY.
LET'S TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PAST AND GIVE HONOR TO THOSE WHOSE LANDS AND SHOULDERS WE STAND ON TODAY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN THE ROOM, BUT IF YOU ARE JOINING US ON ZOOM OR WATCHING THIS LATER, UH, IF YOU COME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE HAVE PARKING VOUCHERS.
UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, SO IF YOU EVER ARE CONCERNED
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ABOUT PARKING, UM, PLEASE DO COME TO OUR MEETINGS.UH, WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN IN THE MEETINGS AND TALK ABOUT REALLY IMPORTANT TOPICS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE PARKING, UH, VALIDATION AND VOUCHERS FOR FOCUS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
UM, OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY IS PACKED, Y'ALL.
UM, SO ONE ASK THAT I WILL MAKE IS TO, UH, AS WE DO SHARE, UM, BE CONSIDERATE ABOUT WHAT YOU SHARE, LISTEN TO OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UM, TRY NOT TO REPEAT, UH, WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE ARE SHARING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA, UM, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETE TONIGHT'S, UM, PRIORITIES.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS OF OUR MISSION.
UM, SO OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING FOR RESPECT AND RESPECT FOR ALL.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY CHAIR REMARKS.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH AGENDA ITEM ONE.
MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE IT INTRODUCED? ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025, AND THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING OF SATURDAY MAY 3RD, 2025.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ARE WE USING THE COMPUTERS FOR THIS? YES, YOU ARE.
ALRIGHT, Y'ALL, SO, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UM, SAYS WAITING.
COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ IS MOVING AND COMMISSIONER BUTLER IS SECONDING.
THE COMPUTERS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY.
UM, THESE TWO APPROVALS OF THE MINUTE ARE COMBINED.
I WAS NOT PART OF THE APRIL 2ND MEETING.
I WAS ONLY PART OF THE MAY 3RD MEETING.
SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM A MEETING THAT I WAS NOT IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE AS THEM BEING COMBINED, THAT KIND OF, YES, YOU WEREN'T THERE.
GIVES ME A CONFLICT, BUT I WAS AT THE MAY 3RD RETREAT.
SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? UM, SO IN, IN THAT SCENARIO, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE RECORDING OF THE, OF THE MEETING THAT YOU MISSED, THEN YOU CAN VOTE.
OTHERWISE, YOU CAN ALWAYS ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE ENTIRE MOTION.
DID WE WANNA JUST BREAK THEM UP? WELL, WE AGENDA, I MEAN, THEY WERE TWO SEPARATE MEET.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT THEY WERE TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS.
YEAH, WE IZE THEM AS ONE ITEM.
SO AT THIS TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO ABSTAIN.
AND SECOND, UM, AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, UM, WE'LL CALL FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
VICE CHAIR B UM, MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THIS WRONG, BUT ON SATURDAY UNDER ITEM NUMBER, AGENDA ONE, IT SAYS THAT I WAS ABSENT, BUT THEN WHEN YOU READ DOWN FURTHER, IT SAYS THAT I SPOKE.
UM, UNDER, ON PAGE THREE OF 21, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU LEFT THE MEETING AND THEN YOU CAME BACK.
BECAUSE AT THE TOP OF THE HEADER OF THE MEETING MINUTES, WE ONLY HAVE SHA MALONE AS ABSENT.
BECAUSE I, I, IT ALSO SAYS THAT I SPOKE WHEN YOU GO ON PAGE FOUR, SO, OKAY.
IT WAS PROBABLY, YEAH, IT WAS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN A VOTE DURING THAT ITEM, BUT YEAH.
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OKAY, WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, UH, IN PERSON, PLEASE UH, COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, 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 IN, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.
MAY WE CALL FOR A VOTE AND WE WILL BE USING.
AND COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, MAY I GET I ABSTAIN FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER BUTLER? YES.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA, I'M GONNA MOVE UP THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTION.
UM, TO NOW, UH, THIS IS, UH, A MOMENT TO, UM, HOW DO YOU SAY, UM, DUE TO OUR, UM,
[CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTION]
NOT CHARTER, BUT OUR, OUR PROCESS AS A COMMISSION, EVERYUM, AND SO THE PROCESS WILL BE, UM, FOLKS WHO WANT TO, UM, TAKE ON THE ROLE OF CHAIR WILL, UM, SUBMIT THEIR NAME, RIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE FOLKS, UM, WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM, VOTING ON WHO WILL, UH, BE CHOSEN AS CHAIR AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME PROCESS FOR VICE CHAIR.
IS THERE SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED? NO.
YOU GUYS, SHOULD WE TAKE A QUICK RECESS? NO, NO.
I THINK, UM, AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE DO HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ATO HERE TO SUPPORT IF THERE'S ANY, ANY PROCESS QUESTIONS WITH THE THE VOTING PROCESS, UM, WE CAN, WE HAVE SUPPORT.
SO ATO, IF YOU'RE HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE PROCESS FOR US JUST IN TERMS OF, OF THIS SMALL DELAY? NO CHAIR.
FOR THE, FOR THE ELECTION? YES.
UH, CHAIR, I THINK YOU, YOU WERE EXPLAINING IT CORRECTLY.
SO I THINK, UH, IF THE, THE COMMISSION, TODAY'S THE ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, UH, POSITION.
SO IF, UH, IF ANYONE, IF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANTS TO NOMINATE, UH, SOMEONE THEY, THEY'RE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD SAY BRIEF COMMENTS COULD BE MADE BY THAT INDIVIDUAL IF THEY ACCEPTED IT OR NOT.
AND THEN WE WOULD GO FORWARD WITH A, WITH A VOTE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO IT EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, FULL VOTE.
AND THEN WHOEVER HAS, UM, FULL CONFIDENCE OR LIKE THE MOST VOTES WILL ASSUME THE POSITION.
YES, IT'D BE, IT WOULD BE A MAJORITY VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE PROCESS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO, OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, THEN WHY ISN'T HIGHER? WHY ARE WE MOVING IT AROUND AND IS THAT UP TO THE CHAIR? SO IN FUTURE YEARS, UM, IS IT IF THE CHAIR DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, IT'S, IT'S A CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA AT THE BEGINNING? THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD, UH, QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER? UH, THE, THE CHAIR DOES HAVE DISCRETION
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TO TAKE THINGS OUT OF ORDER.UH, SO IT IS UP TO CHAIR COVINGTON'S, UH, DISCRETION.
I THINK IT'S, LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE OF THE LAST THINGS ON THE AGENDA, BUT IF, IF THE CHAIR WANTED TO USE HIS DISCRETION TO START WITH THAT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S FINE.
AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO EVERY JUNE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE AGENDA AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA GOING FORWARD? OR, OR IS THAT AGAIN, JUST IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YEAH, COMMISSIONER, I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE, WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY PUT IN THE, IN, IN TERMS OF LIKE THE ACTUAL AGENDA, IF IT'S NUMBER ONE OR IF IT'S LAST, IT'S, THERE'S NO PREFERENCE.
UH, ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET THE PROCESS DONE? OKAY.
SO WE'LL START THE PROCESS WITH THE CHAIR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SELF NOMINATE, UM, TO TAKE ON ANOTHER YEAR, UM, IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO OUR BYLAWS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR EARLIER.
UM, THE CHAIR CAN SERVEE TWO CONSECUTIVE, UM, TERMS. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT AND SUPPORTING US INTO OUR LISTENING SESSION JOURNEY, UH, THAT WE DEVELOPED AT LAST YEAR'S, OR EXCUSE ME, LAST RETREATS MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO EITHER SELF NOMINATE OR NOMINATE OTHERS? SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL GO TO A VOTE OR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE, UH, RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, SO THEN WE'LL GO TO ANY DISCUSSION ON MY NOMINATION.
MOTION CARRIES FOR, UM, CHAIR.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO VICE CHAIR.
UM, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PROCESS FOR, UM, NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR.
AND ACTUALLY I'LL TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF NOMINATING VICE CHAIR DR.
BATS TO CONTINUE ANOTHER YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SELF NOMINATIONS OR OTHER ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? SEEING NONE, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DEL STAR NINE F CALLING IN.
AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL IN COLLABORATION TO ACCOMPLISHING OUR GOALS.
VICE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
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IMPLEMENTING OUR ROADMAP.UH, WITH THAT PROCESS DONE, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION 2024 RE ANNUAL REPORT.
[2. 25-55504 Recommendation to discuss and approve the Equity and Human Relations Commission 2024 Annual Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, WE HAVE, UM, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR BANKS.SO I'LL BE LEADING YOU THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, SO WHILE THE PRESENTATION COMES ON, UM, AGAIN, HI COMMISSIONERS, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE COMMISSION THAT OUTLINED ALL OF THE WORK YOU'VE ENGAGED IN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
NOW, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTING OUR REPORTS TO COUNCIL HAVE BEEN FROM JULY THROUGH JUNE.
SO, UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS ONCE MORE.
UH, SO YOU, YOU'LL FIND A COPY OF THE DRAFT REPORT IN YOUR PACKET.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS, UM, GO THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT SO THAT YOU CAN BOTH, UM, WE CAN TALK IT THROUGH AS I'M GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO REVIEW IT, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT.
AND THEN HIGHLIGHT ANY NOTES OR EDITS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
SO FIRST, THE FIRST THING YOU'LL FIND ON THE REPORT IS THE, A MISSION AND VISION OF THE EHRC.
SO, UM, ONCE MORE, THE VISION IS TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR ALL.
AND THE VISION IS, UH, THAT LONG BEACH IS A JUST AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY FREE OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE VALUED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
UM, UH, ALSO, I JUST HAVE TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU ALL FOR THAT GREAT PICTURE.
UM, SO UP NEXT IN THE REPORT WE HAVE I, THERE WE GO.
SO UP NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMBERSHIP.
UM, THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMISSION, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE, THAT WERE, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM JULY, UM, 2024, UH, TO PRESENT.
SO AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT, AT, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEMBERSHIP, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT MAKING, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE FOLLOWING PART, IF THE REPORT WILL TALK ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES, UH, WE TOOK THOSE DIRECTLY FROM THE BYLAWS.
SO THOSE HAVE REMAINED THE SAME.
YOU ALREADY APPROVED THOSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE SUBMITTED THOSE TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, SO WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE THEM AGAIN IN THIS REPORT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST THERE.
UM, THE NEXT SECTION I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS THE MEETING AND ATTENDANCE, UM, SECTION.
SO DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, THE EHRC HELD EIGHT MEETINGS.
THAT'S EIGHT, INCLUDING TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, TWO OF WHICH WERE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
SO, UH, YOU'LL FIND THE ATTENDANCE ROSTER, UM, AND, UM, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WERE ATTENDED BY EACH COMMISSIONER, AND THE NUMBER OF EXCUSED AND UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU NOTICE ANY DISCREPANCIES HERE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UP NEXT, UM, WE OUTLINED A QUICK, UH, UH, A THOROUGH LIST OF ALL OF THE CITY PERSONNEL THAT ASSISTS THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEN WE PROVIDED A SECTION FOR OH, PERFECT.
SO THEN WE PROVIDED A SECTION FOR, UM, MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO AGAIN, UM, THIS YEAR I KNOW THAT SOME COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATED IN, UH, THE, UM, MLK
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PARADE ON JANUARY 18TH, AND SOME COMMISSIONERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, CAMBODIAN PARADE, UM, CAMBODIAN TOWN PARADE ON APRIL 6TH.I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR, FOR THE REPORT AS WELL.
AND THEN CAN WE ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU.
AND THEN THE NEXT PART OF THE REPORT, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, UH, LOOKING AHEAD.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE SUMMARIZED, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE RETREAT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT AND, AND PLANNED.
AND THE WAY THAT, UH, THE ROADMAP IS, UM, WAS OUTLINED, UH, THIS TIME AROUND WAS JUST LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL, UM, LISTENING SESSION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING WITH ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND I INCLUDED THE KEY TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING THAT MAY 3RD SPECIAL MEETING.
THE FOLLOWING ONE, IT WOULD BE, UM, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT.
UM, AS AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE KEY TOPICS THERE, UH, FOLLOWING BY EDUCATION, ACCESS AND QUALITY, UM, AND THEN HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY.
AND LASTLY, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, TAKING EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE, AT THE RETREAT AND PUTTING IT INTO THIS ROADMAP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO, UH, THIS IS JUST WE'RE REPORTING TO COUNCIL HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR BY THE COMMISSION, UM, TO, TO DATE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE EDITS.
WE STILL CAN MAKE EDITS TO THIS REPORT AS WE SUBMIT LATER THIS MONTH.
AND THEN, UM, THE REPORT ENDS WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN ADVANCE, OH, THERE WE GO.
SO, SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION HAS ONLY MADE ONE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE VERY LAST, UH, SECTION OF THE REPORT IS A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO THE, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WHICH YOU'LL HAVE ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UH, PACKET.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY EDITS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COULD, NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, ADDED, OR MODIFIED WITHIN THE REPORT.
MAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MAY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PERSON, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE UH, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO, UM, COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
SO ANY FEEDBACK, UH, DISCREPANCIES NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IT, UM, IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND LISTING ALL THE CITY PERSONNEL, UM, BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS.
UM, ONE MINOR SUGGESTION, UM, AT THE TITLE IT SAYS EHRC 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.
COULD WE POSSIBLY PUT 2024 THROUGH 2025? YES, MOST DEFINITELY.
UM, I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER BATS MAY HAVE, UM, POSSIBLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
UM, WHAT WAS THE DATES OF THIS REPORT? YOU MENTIONED THE DATES BETWEEN JULY, WAS IT JULY 1ST, CORRECT.
SO EVERY, SO THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS EVERY, UM, ACTIVITY AND MEETING THAT WAS HELD FROM THE COMMISSION FROM JULY, JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 23.
MY QUESTION ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND, AND MAYBE A, AGAIN, I'M NEW, SO I'M GONNA BE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN, UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE ABOUT THE LONG BEACH LESBIAN AND GAY PRIDE PARTICIPATION.
UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT, THAT WERE, WERE DONE.
SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FALLS ON, UH, THE COMMISSION ITSELF.
SO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WILL COORDINATE AND SUPPORT ANY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU WANT US TO DO AND TAKE LEAD ON.
BUT, UM, SO IN, IN THE CASE OF THE L-G-B-T-Q PARADE THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER IN MAY, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSION AND REQUEST IT IF ANYBODY WAS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ENOUGH SUPPORT.
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IN, I'M JUST, SO IT, WE FAILED TO WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THAT COMMUNITY AT THAT EVENT.SO I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST, I HAD, IT WAS PROBABLY AN ISSUE OF CAPACITY, WAS WHAT I HEARD BACK FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE, UM, EITHER BUSY OR ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE IN ANOTHER CAPACITY OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT YEAH, ULTIMATELY ALL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FALLS ON COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONER DOT, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THE PAST YEARS WE, WE DID HAVE PARTICIPATION IN PRIDE PARADE AND, AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY COMMISSIONERS ARE WALKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL, OR HAVE CALENDAR CONFLICTS DURING THAT TIME.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING.
UM, I GUESS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, UM, WHEN WE REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONERS AND WE SAY, IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, LET THE STAFF KNOW.
IS THERE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD JUST LIKE, MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT TO, IN THE PROGRAM OR SOMETHING TO SAY, HEY, WE AS A COMMISSION ARE ACTIVELY, WE ACTIVELY SUPPORT THIS EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT ALL BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND BE IN ONE CONGEN CONTINGENT IN IN THE PARADE.
UM, I MEAN, COULD WE LIKE DO SOMETHING LIKE HAVE A PUBLIC STATEMENT OR, OR, UM, I MEAN, AND SO I, I'M, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING 'CAUSE I CAN TAKE THAT ON, UM, BEFORE A TOY GETS SITUATED, UM, THERE, THERE WERE, UH, MULTIPLE INVITATIONS SENT TO US VIA EMAIL.
AND AT THE PREVIOUS, UM, RETREAT, WE MADE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT PRIDE, UH, IN PARTICIPATING IN IT, UM, IN REGARDS TO A FULL COMMISSION STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF A SPECIFIC EVENT.
I WOULD LOVE GUIDANCE ON THAT.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO US, UM, ADVERTISING FOR IT AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT, UM, FOLKS ON THIS COMMISSION HAVE DONE THAT AND, UM, THE STAFF HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF GETTING IT TO US AS WELL.
AND, AND COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOUR, YOUR YOUR QUESTION ON WHAT THE COMMISSION CAN AND CANNOT DO.
IF YOU, IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT FOR ME.
WELL, I JUST WONDERED IS, IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE LEADING UP TO PRIDE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT ALL, UM, AVAILABLE TO, TO OBVIOUSLY, UH, MANY OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW ON THIS COMMISSION ARE INVOLVED IN OTHER VARIOUS GROUPS, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, COULD WE JUST MAKE A STATEMENT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE PRIDE PROGRAM THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, UM, SUPPORTS THIS, UM, EVENT.
AND, AND I MEAN, WHEN I LOOK AT OUR MISSION AS EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS AND BEING A MEMBER OF THE GAY COMMUNITY, UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS SHOULD BE HIGH ON OUR AGENDA IN PARTICIPATION OR AT LEAST BEING VISIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE.
AND WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEN WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO THIS MEETING ONCE A MONTH AND THEY CAN COME TO THE PODIUM AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER AN ATTACK RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY, IT'S THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
IT'S, I MEAN, AND I THINK, AND AGAIN, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO GET MY BEARINGS ON WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN'T DO, AND HOW WE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE, AS A COMMISSION, I THINK WE NEED TO BE OUT IN THE FOREFRONT.
AND, AND, AND WITH, I DON'T MEAN ANY DISRESPECT TO GETTING AN EMAIL AND SAYING, DO YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE? UM, IT'S LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE PROGRESSIVE AND, AND UH, UH, AN ACTION TO SAY NO, WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MY POSITION ON THIS, WHETHER WE JUST BUY AN AD OR, AND WHEN I SAY BUY AN AD, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
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I MEAN, WHETHER WE JUST TRY TO WORK WITH PRIDE AND SAY, HEY, WE ARE HERE OR SOMETHING.SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO, TO, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE, THERE ARE, WE ALL EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS IS A BIG, BIG BALL.
UM, AND SO I, COMMISSIONER THAT'S, SO, I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, CAN WE DO MORE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER? CERTAINLY.
AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, CLARIFYING YOUR COMMENT AND YOUR QUESTION.
UH, THE, THE COMMISSION HAS THE RIGHT TO, TO VOTE, UM, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION VOTES TO, TO SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE, THEN THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE, THE PROPER METHOD OF, OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
UH, A COMMISSIONER CAN DEFINITELY GO OUT AND AND SUPPORT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR OWN.
UM, BUT IN, IN TERMS OF, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING COMMISSIONER IS, IS CAN THIS COMMISSION AS A, AS A GENERAL BODY GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THAT EVENT? IT WOULD, IT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE MAJORITY VOTE.
SO IF, IF THAT WAS, IF THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT'S PUT ON AGENDA IN, IN THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU KNOW, OR ARE MORE THAN FREE TO PUT THAT ON AGENDA AND HAVE FULL DISCUSSION, UM, AT, AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS, UH, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S, UH, PARADE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE RIGHT TO DO, AND IF THEY AGREE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A VOTE AND YOU GET THE MAJORITY VOTE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION OFFICIALLY CAN, CAN GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT.
I'M GONNA TAKE A PARLIAMENTARIAN ROLE HERE AND, UM, GET US BACK ON THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSING THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, LET'S PLEASE KEEP IT TO THAT TOPIC AND THE CONTENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL.
ANY OTHER, UM, DISCREPANCIES IN THE REPORT OR FEEDBACK ON THE REPORT? SEEING NONE, I HAVE ONE.
UM, AND MAYBE THIS WAS LIKE A TIMING THING ON MY PART, UM, BUT I WANTED TO REQUEST, REQUEST, UH, THAT THE CITY PERSONNEL ASSISTING THE HRE, THE EHRC, UM, BE ADDED TO THE LETTER IN THE BACK.
UM, 'CAUSE I STARTED, AND THEN I, I PUT A COMMENT, BUT I, I DON'T THINK I GOT TO IT, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY THERE IN, IN OUR THINGS TOO, TO THE STAFF.
UM, WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER LARA, DR. LARA, FIRST OF ALL, GRATITUDE FOR THE REPORT.
I KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH TIME GOES INTO TO THIS REPORT FOR BOTH THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND OF COURSE, UH, TONY, ALANA, AND THE STAFF, UH, EQUITY.
SO ALWAYS, UH, LEAN INTO THAT GRATITUDE THERE.
UH, THIS IS MINOR, YET IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THE
SO, AGAIN, MINOR, BUT I THINK, UM, CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER GILLETTE? YES, I THANK YOU.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE CORRECTIONS ON PAGE, ACTUALLY, I CAN'T TELL THE PAGE, BUT IT IS THE PAGE WITH A PHOTO UP ON TOP OF THE PARTICIPATION AT THE CAMBODIA TOWN PARADE.
AND THERE'S A SECTION CALLED CONS, CONSIDERATIONS, AND ACTIONS.
IT STARTS ON AUGUST 7TH, 2024, AND THEN YOU HAVE OCTOBER 7TH, 2025 AND NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025, I BELIEVE.
WE MEAN 2024 FOR THOSE TWO ENTRIES.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF CONTENT
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION ITEMS? YEAH.
UH, TONY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THAT REPORT.
IT'S VERY PRETTY, ALL THE GRAPHS AND, AND REMINDS US OF, OF WHAT WE DO AND, AND SHARES, UH, WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WE DO.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF NAMES ON THERE.
UH, TERESA ALANA, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF TAMELA'S NAME WAS ON THERE.
I KNOW SHE'S, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S NEW TO OUR COMMISSION.
BUT, UH, UH, THANKS TO EVERYBODY, UH, UH, WHO STAFFS US, UH, AND SUPPORTS US AND, AND LIFTS US UP TO DO THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT WE DO.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER AWA, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO BUTLER.
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STATEMENTS OF, UH, GRATITUDE FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER.UM, ANOTHER MINOR THING ON EHRC, LOOKING AHEAD, THE ROADMAP, UH, NARRATIVE.
UM, IN THE REPORT IT SAYS THE GUIDE GUIDE THE CREATION OF SMART T GOALS.
I THINK IT'S JUST SMART GOALS, S-M-A-R-T INSTEAD OF IE.
UM, AND BECAUSE THIS IS A TWO YEAR ROADMAP, UM, POSSIBLY ON THE, UM, ON THE IMAGE WE COULD PUT THE YEARS, UM, AND, UH, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING THE PARTICULAR, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, SDOH BENCHMARKS.
UH, THE SMART E IS INTENTIONAL.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THE YEARS BECAUSE THEY DO FALL INTO TWO FISCAL YEARS, UM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A DIFFERENT ITEM.
I THINK THE, OH, COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, JUST ONE THING AS I LOOK OVER THE REPORT, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAD A HAND IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS REPORT.
IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD ON PAGE, UM, THE PAGE DON'T HAVE NUMBER, BUT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS.
WE DISCUSSED IT, WE HAD COME UP WITH SOME TENTATIVE DATES.
ARE WE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PLAN WITH THE LISTENING SESSIONS? WE ARE.
AND TODAY, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE AD HOC, WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH THE, THE FIRST, UH, AD HOC FOR THAT.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T DROP THE BALL ON THOSE.
COMMISSIONER DOCKERY ARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE, UM, COME UP YOUR, YOUR SCREEN IS, THAT WAS RESOLVED.
IT SAYS VOTE IN PROGRESS, SO, OKAY.
I JUST, HEY, COMMISSIONER DOCKY.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A VERBAL YES.
UH, THIS REPORT WILL BE SHARED WITH, UH, OUR MAYOR.
IT'S, UH, ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, IN OUR BYLAWS TO REPORT ON THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROCESS.
UH, MADAM CLERK, WE MAY HAVE, UM, ITEM THREE, READ.
ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION
[3. 25-55505 Recommendation to discuss and approve recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council regarding the Equity and Human Relations Commission budgetary request and recommendations for the FY 26 budget. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, BUDGETARY REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY 2026 BUDGET.MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I WILL HAVE YOU AS A MOTION.
AND THEN DR. LAURA LARA, I'LL HAVE YOU AS SECOND.
IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, THAT'S ALRIGHT.
ONLY BECAUSE I HEARD YOU FIRST, AND I KNOW THE TECH IS, IS A LITTLE FUNKY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA LEAD THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, I DON'T HAVE SLIDES FOR YOU ALL, SO I APOLOGIZE.
UH, BUT I, IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED LETTER.
UH, THE INTENT FOR THIS LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR IS TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WILL BE, UM, ENGAGING IN THIS, UM, NEW FISCAL YEAR AFTER SEPTEMBER.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.
UM, THE BUDGET THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW WAS USED FROM ONE-TIME FUNDS.
AND THE INTENTION OF THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDS ARE TO BE USED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS, UH, THAT ARE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BY SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A, UM, COMMITMENT FOR THAT MONEY TO ROLL OVER.
UH, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET,
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UM, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THAT MONEY WILL ROLL OVER.UH, SO THE INTENTION OF THIS LETTER IS TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT IT TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE IT IN A TIMELY MANNER TO CONSIDER, UH, IF THEY WOULD, UM, PROVIDE ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE LISTENING SESSIONS, WE WANT TO BRING LOTS OF FOLKS OUT.
WE WANNA GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT.
UM, AND SO THE BUDGET THAT IS IN THIS PARTICULAR LETTER IS WHAT, UM, I AM WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO WE START THE LETTER, UH, WITH OUR MISSION, UH, AND VISION AND OUR KEY OBJECTIVES, UH, THAT PERTAIN TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A COMMISSION, UH, IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
UH, SO THE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE PROMOTING HUMAN RELATIONS AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE TENSION, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE STREAMING, STEMMING FROM INTOLERANCE, PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND OR DISABILITY.
ANOTHER KEY OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE OF OUR COMMISSION IS TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, CITY COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE HUMAN DIGNITY PROGRAM, TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE, SOCIALLY JUST LONG BEACH AND THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS LEVELS.
SO THE PROPOSAL IN THIS LETTER, UH, FOR US TO DISCUSS TODAY, UH, IS A FULL AMOUNT OF $22,500.
UH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE BETWEEN WINTER OF 2025 TO SUMMER OF 2026, UM, WE WILL HOST THREE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THAT IS THAT, UM, WITH THE THREE THERE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY, UM, WHAT NUMBER DID I PUT? I THINK 1,501 SECOND, 2,500, UM, PER COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
UH, AND SO WHAT GOES INTO THAT IS, UH, FOOD.
UM, AND I DID THE MATH FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE.
AT TODAY'S RATE, IT COMES UP ABOUT $2,000.
UH, IF WE'RE TRYING TO FILL UP THE SPACE, UH, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
SO HAVING FOOD OUT OUT IN THE, UM, HALL IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND ASK CITY COUNCIL FOR.
UM, CONTINUING ON THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN ANNUAL RETREAT.
UM, WE, UM, WHENEVER WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A RETREAT AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, SOMETIMES THERE'S FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO IN THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE CHOOSE A LOCATION THAT REQUIRES US TO, UH, PAY A FEE, I INCLUDED A SPECIFIC, UM, COMMISSION RETREAT BUDGET LINE ITEM THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT WITH SPACE RENTALS IF WE BRING OUT A FACILITATOR IF NECESSARY, UH, FOOD, UH, TO SUPPORT WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND COHESION.
UH, THE NEXT AREA IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF THIS YEAR WITH, UM, WHICH IS COMMUNITY TRAINING.
UM, SO BASED OFF OUR LAST CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET, TRAINERS ARE EXPENSIVE.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY RANGE FROM 1,500 TO ANYWHERE, 3000 DEPENDING ON AN HOUR, TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS, THEY SET THE RATES.
UH, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M ANTICIPATING 1,500, UH, FOR FOUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TO BRING TRAINERS TO OUR COMMISSION, TO BOTH TRAIN US, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY ON DIFFERENT HUMAN RELATIONS TOPICS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE GONNA REQUIRE, FLYERS ARE GONNA REQUIRE SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SUPPORT.
SO HAVING, UH, 6,000 WOULD SUPPORT WITH MATERIALS ADVERTISEMENT, PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS, UH, TO ENSURE BROAD INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION.
A LOT OF THE IN, UH, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT CAN, UH, BE DONE, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF, BUT WE KNOW THAT CITY STAFF ARE ALREADY DOING SO MUCH, UH, AND BY BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FOCUS ON THE OUTREACH AND WE ALL DOING OUR OUTREACH AS WELL, UM, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, SO IN THE BACKGROUND, I TALK ABOUT OUR TWO YEAR ROADMAP, UM, THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF BUDGETS FOR US.
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I TIE IT UP WITH, UH, THE ROADMAP AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE LETTER, I ONLY TALK ABOUT THREE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE WITHIN THAT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO COVER, UM, THE COST OF THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT WE PUT IN.
AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND, UH, ACTUALLY SEE HOW MUCH EVERYTHING COSTS SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UH, SO ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT, STRONGER EQUITY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, UH, ENHANCE COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND ALIGNMENT, BROADER AND MORE INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION, POLICY AND PROGRAM, UH, IMPACT, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA USE THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE ACTIONS BASED OFF OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? COMMISSIONER SAMUEL.
UH, THE CONDITIONS, THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
UH, AND THEN CONCLUDING, JUST, UH, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND THAT THEY COULD REACH OUT TO DR.
BATS OR MYSELF, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
UH, MAY I HAVE, UM, CAN WE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN.
SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER'S DISCUSSION.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS, I, I REALLY LIKE THIS AND HOW YOU, HOW THIS IS SPELLED OUT.
UM, I CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, I WANNA KNOW IF ANY OF US, OR IF IT'S ALLOWED
UM, I HAVE WORKED FOR A COUNCIL PERSON AND SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET FACETIME YOU GET DOLLARS MM-HMM
WHEN YOU'RE JUST SENDING, YOU KNOW, PIECES OF PAPER AND SOMEBODY'S JUST SHOVELING A BUNCH OF PIECES OF PAPER.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? YES.
HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION MUST VOTE, UH, THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.
SO ONCE THIS GETS VOTED ON, UH, IF IT GETS VOTED ON TODAY, UH, WE ALL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UM, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS OR VOTE FOR THIS, THAT WE WANT TO ASK THEM FOR THIS.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEN I WANT TO KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK THEM UP AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED THIS AND LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
HOWEVER, THE PROTOCOL IS, THE COMMISSION CANNOT SPEAK ON ANYTHING, UM, UNLESS IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FULL COMMISSION.
AND I'LL JUST TAKE A A MOMENT, COMMISSIONER, JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION, UM, IF THE, IF THE COMMISSION DOES VOTE TO, TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, IF YOU, YOU JUST REALLY WANNA BE MINDFUL THOUGH OF, OF HOW YOU INTERACT WITH THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN, UH, TO, TO, TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
UH, IT DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE TO BE LESS THAN A QUORUM OF, OF THE COMMISSION.
SO JUST IN, IN, IN, IN YOUR HYPOTHETICAL COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST ONE-ON-ONE, I THINK THAT YOU MENTIONED IF YOU SEE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DEFINITELY YOU, YOU, YOU CAN ENGAGE IN, IN SOME TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION WOULD'VE TO REMAIN UNDER WHAT THE COMMISSION VOTED.
SO IT WOULD BE IMPROPER TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION DID NOT VOTE OR, OR SUPPORT.
BUT I COULD SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH COUNCIL PEOPLE ON THIS SUBJECT AFTER THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THIS.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING I WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
SO I COULD CALL CO I COULD CALL COUNCIL OFFICES AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BUDGET ITEM THAT'S COMING UP.
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AND THEN, AND THEN IN, IN YOUR CONVERSATION, YOU WOULD BE CONVERSING BASICALLY IN IN ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH OTHER WHATEVER THE COMMISSION VOTED ON.AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TWO PAGE, FOUR PAGE ITEM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I, I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR QUESTION.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
I JUST WANNA KNOW MY BOUNDARIES.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE LETTER? OKAY.
UM, THERE IS ONE EDIT ON THE VERY BACK, UM, NEXT TO DR.
SHARIFA THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO REMOVE HRC VICE CHAIR NEXT TO HER NAME BECAUSE IT'S BENEATH IT.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION, UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE PLEASE? COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, FEEL FREE TO START TEXTING AND EMAILING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED THESE FUNDS.
UH, WE ARE MOVING INTO A CITYWIDE DEFICIT, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE STRAINED.
UM, AND MY, MY RELATIVES AND MOM ALWAYS TELL ME, CLOSE MOUTH DON'T GET FED.
UM, AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE ASK.
AND IF IT'S A NO, AT LEAST WE MADE OUR EFFORT, UM, TO MAKE THE ASK.
UM, AND IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, IT TO BRING FOLKS TO THE SPACE AND HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE VOTE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ITEM FOUR.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU INTRODUCE IT? ITEM FOUR
[4. 25-55506 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 Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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 AD HOC COMMITTEES.AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND BY, UH, VICE CHAIR BATS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
UM, SO FOR THIS ONE, THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THE AD HOCS.
UM, SOME, UH, MAY GIVE UPDATES, SOME MAY DISSOLVE, UH, IF NECESSARY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC AD HOC TODAY.
UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE, THE UPDATES, UH, I DO DO WANNA REMIND FOLKS, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO, AND I'LL DO ANOTHER REMINDER LATER BEFORE WE GET TO THE CREATION OF THE AD HOC FOR THE LISTENING SESSION.
UM, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ONLY, UM, A COMMISSIONER SERVE ON TWO AD HOCS.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON AN AD HOC OR TWO, UH, YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE A, UH, YOU MAY NEED TO CONSIDER LEAVING ONE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON, UH, THE AD HOC FOR, UM, THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
SO CONSIDER THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR ROLE, UH, AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE UPDATES.
AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MOVING PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO HAVE EQUAL, UM, REPRESENTATION AND SUPPORT IN THE AD HOCS.
UM, AND I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP, UM, TO OUR EDUC, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC TO GET US STARTED.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL PULL UP THE LIST OF WHO SIGNED UP FOR THE LISTENING SESSION AD HOC AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME, UH, PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC, AND SO REALLY A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
UH, COMMISSIONER COLE'S NOT HERE TODAY, UM, BUT HAS BEEN A LOT OF THESE VICE TRIP BATS AS
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WELL.UM, WE RECENTLY, UH, CONCLUDED SOME, UH, UH, KIND OF RESEARCH SESSIONS TO GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE UNIQUELY AS A COMMISSION AT THE INTERSECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, UH, CAN BE HELPFUL.
UH, AND THERE IS ONE TOPIC AREA THAT, UM, WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY COMPELLING AND WE'VE GATHERED A LOT OF DATA AND RESEARCH ON THIS, UM, FROM, UH, COMMUNITY EXPERTS.
AND SO ONE TOPIC THAT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, IS, UH, BOTH A BILL CALLED SB NINE 90, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2024, UM, FOCUSED ON CREATING MORE, UH, LGBTQ PLUS INCLUSIVE ACTION PLANS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTER RESPONSE.
AND SO ALL OF US HERE KNOW BECAUSE OF THIS VERY DIFFICULT YEAR THAT DISASTERS ARE, ARE TOP OF MIND.
AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT TOP OF MIND, THEY COME VERY QUICKLY AFTER.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT URGENCY, THAT PRESSURE AROUND DISASTERS, UH, IS DEEP AND IT'S REAL.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY SP NINE 90 WAS PASSED WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE DISPARATE IMPACTS WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERIENCING DISASTERS AND REBOUND FROM DISASTERS FOR LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH BEHIND THIS, UM, SHOWING HIGHER RATES OF DISPLACEMENT DUE TO DISASTERS.
UH, AND A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES ARE, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN IGNORED OR, OR JUST NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTER RESPONSE NATIONWIDE, RIGHT? FOLKS ARE THINKING VERY GENERALIZED, VERY ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
BUT WE AS COMMISSIONERS HERE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING FROM LANGUAGE ACCESS, UH, TO, UH, TO FOLKS IDENTITIES, LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT ALL EXISTS DURING DISASTERS, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T GO AWAY WHEN A FIRE IS HERE WHEN THE LIGHTNING IS STRIKING.
OUR IDENTITIES ARE STILL WITH US, AND SOMETIMES THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON US.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT ABOUT.
UM, AND SO WHEN THE CONTEXTS OF THE SB NINE 90 BILL, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COMPELLING RESEARCH THAT WE'VE LEARNED, UM, FROM SOME COMMUNITY EXPERTS.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL KIND OF PATH FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION HERE WILL BE HELPFUL FOR.
UM, ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A VENUE WHERE WE CAN BRING TOGETHER, UH, EXPERTS AND, AND RAISE ISSUES THAT ARE USEFUL FOR COMMUNITY TO KNOW.
UM, AND SO, UH, ONE POTENTIAL PATHWAY IS THAT WE IN THE FUTURE LOOK AT, LOOK AT AGENDA, I THINK SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION WHERE WE LEARN MORE AS A COMMISSION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC RESEARCH THAT UNDERPINS WHAT WE WERE CONNECTING WITH NSB NINE 90.
SO LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC DISPARATE IMPACTS THAT L-G-B-T-Q-I INDIVIDUALS FACE IN THE WAKE OF DISASTERS.
WHAT POLICIES HAVE WORKED TO MITIGATE THOSE HARMS, WHAT POLICIES HAVEN'T, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S ONE OPTION IS, IS MORE LIKE LEARNING AND DIDACTIC.
UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT WE COULD LOOK AT, UH, IS FOR US TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE, UH, AS SB NINE 90 IMPLEMENTATION, UH, COMES TO ACTUALLY WEIGHING IN FOR CITY OF LONG BEACH'S ROLE IN THAT, RIGHT? SB NINE 90, UH, HAS A DEADLINE FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN 2027 FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT, UH, UM, THE, UH, INCLUSIVE DISASTER PLANNING ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, AND LONG BEACH HAS A BASTION OF L-G-B-T-Q-A COMMUNITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
LONG BEACH HAS A CITY THAT SWEN LEADS THE WAY.
WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT ALSO LEADS THE WAY ON SP NINE 90 IMPLEMENTATION? SO THAT'S ANOTHER PATHWAY, RIGHT, IS FOR US TO KIND OF WEIGH IN IN THAT IN THE YEAR 2026 LEADING UP TO 2027.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER WORLD WHERE WE CAN, AS AN AD HOC, CONTINUE TO DIG MORE DEEPLY INTO SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND TRY AND DRAW OUT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN BRING BACK.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF PATHWAYS.
AND I THINK THE EXCITING THING IS THAT WE'RE AT A POINT HERE IN 2025 WHERE THERE'S A TWO YEAR LEAD UP TO SB NINE 90, GETTING FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANNA PLUG IN.
IT ALSO MEANS WE DON'T HAVE THE MARCHING ORDERS OF A TIMELINE, THE DEADLINE, RIGHT? USUALLY WHEN I HAVE SIX MONTHS TO DO SOMETHING, I KNOW WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN TAKE ON.
SO LET ME PAUSE THERE, SEE IF ANYONE ELSE ON THE AD HOC WANTS TO SHARE OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS, UM, BEFORE I, UH, CLOSE OUT THIS SECTION.
SO WITH THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, IS THE OBJECTIVE THEN IN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO TO COME BACK WITH A, WITH A FINAL UM, DECISION? I THINK IT CAN BE
SO I MEAN, ONE VERSION IS THAT WE, SO ALL OF THESE OPTIONS ARE, ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK ONE VERSION, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE US EMAILING IS FIGURING OUT, OKAY, MAYBE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO TAKE ON.
AND THEN MAYBE AFTER THAT WE LOOK AT OTHER THINGS.
UM, I THINK WHAT I AM KIND OF WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM FOLKS IS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC, ARE THERE, UH, POLICIES THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN US LOOKING AT THAT WE WORK ON AS A AD HOC, AND THEN BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITHOUT HOSTING A FULL PRESENTATION ON IT? RIGHT?
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AND SO THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS SPEED, RIGHT? WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, HAVE A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TOGETHER AND THEN REVIEW DURING THE AD HOC SESSION.THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO DIG IN AS A GROUP ON A TOPIC, THE PRESENTATION OPTION'S PROBABLY BETTER.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE AREA OF CLARITY THAT WOULD HELP THE MOST TODAY IS, IS WHAT IS THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS THAT WE WANT AS A COMMISSION? AND DO WE WANT TO, UM, MAYBE HAVE US BRING IN SOME SPEAKERS THAT CAN ADDRESS THIS TOPIC, TALK THROUGH IT AS A GROUP, AND THEN THE AD HOC CAN CONTINUE, UM, OR MAYBE SPIN OFF IN A NEW FORM AND THEN MAKE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
OR WE CAN KIND OF CONTINUOUSLY BEEN DOING, DOING THIS RESEARCH WHICH HAS GONE, YOU KNOW, HAS PROGRESSED AND THEN COME BACK WITH LIKE A, A DRAFT LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVIEW TOGETHER.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO PATHS IN MY MIND.
AND PART OF THAT'S HOW MUCH EDIFICATION DO WE WANT, RIGHT? HOW MANY, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO YOU WANNA BRING IN VERSUS HOW MUCH DO WE WANT KIND OF US TO DO THAT RESEARCH AND BRING IT BACK? THAT WAS A LONG ANSWER TO SAY MAYBE
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, REACTIONS TO THE QUESTION THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER DE YOUNG PROVIDED TO US? CAN I JUST ASK COMMISSIONER, WHAT WAS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S NAME AGAIN? ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
YEAH, AND THE, THE AD HOC WAS FORMED TO IDENTIFY AN ISSUE AREA THAT, UM, EHRC TAKES ON WITHIN THE REALM OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND SO THERE ARE VERSIONS WHERE WE CLOSE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC AND THEN REFORM A NEW ONE DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT PLAN WE WANT TO TAKE.
SO LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT WE WANT TO UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WORK ON A LETTER THAT'S GONNA GO TOWARDS COUNCIL, WE MIGHT DISSOLVE THIS CURRENT ITERATION 'CAUSE WE'VE SELECTED OUR TOPIC AND THEN WE'D FORM A NEW ONE FOCUSED ON THAT TASK.
AND THEN YOU GOT THE FORMULA DOWN PACKED.
UH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT LEARNING HERE.
UM, IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION AT THE END, UM, WHAT INFORMATION WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE PERSONALLY? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, UM, AND HOW OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE BEING IMPACTED BY, UH, THE TON FREEWAY, UM, OTHER, UH, INSTITUTIONS.
I KNOW THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS BEING NAMED AS ONE OF THE GREENEST PORTS, BUT THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES WHO LIVE IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA WHO CONTINUE TO SHOW RATES OF, UM, HAVING CANCER OR GETTING CANCER, ASTHMA, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND I KNOW THAT THE SEVEN 10 COORDINATOR CORRIDOR AND AS WELL AS THE 4 0 5, THERE'S LOTS OF GREEN PROJECTS, BUT EVEN WITH US BEING SO GREEN, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR? UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT ONE.
ANY OTHER IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN REGARDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? DR. LARA? UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW AND WHERE THIS, UH, PROJECT REALLY AD HOC WORK IS, IS, IS HEADING.
UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOMETHING VERY POIGNANT IN YOUR REMARK.
MANY THINGS THAT WERE POIGNANT, BUT ONE THAT I GRAVITATED TOWARDS BECAUSE OF OUR WORK HERE IN, IN OUR COMMISSION, THE ROLE OF IDENTITY.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE REPORT IS STILL PENDING AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARTICULAR ARE STILL PENDING, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION, UM, AND LEARNING WHAT IS ONE OR TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT WEREN'T ON, NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE YOUR RADAR, BUT MAYBE THE AD HOUSE MAYBE THAT YOU WANNA MAYBE WELL VOICEOVER NOW.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED L-G-B-T-Q IDENTITY, UM, AND IN TERMS OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE, FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS USING THE INTERSECTIONAL OR INTERSECTIONALITY FRAMEWORK.
UM, SO HERE IN PARTICULAR IN OUR CITY, A MEMBER OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY PROBABLY HAS A MULTITUDE, ACTUALLY NOT, PROBABLY DOES HAVE A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT IDENTITIES THAT THAT ACCENT, THAT INEQUALITY.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT BACK BACK TO THE QUESTION, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, UH, ALL OF US LEARNING HERE, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WASN'T ON YOUR RADAR THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS.
SO, SO COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE TO INTERJECT.
UM, SO I THINK JUST PER THE ITEM RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECEIVING A REPORT BACK FROM ALL THE AD HOCS AND THEN YOU CAN ENGAGE IN THE DISCUSSION AFTER.
UM, SO LET'S HOLD IT, HOLD THESE ITEMS FOR THE DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DEION FOR THAT REPORT.
UH, YOU DEFINITELY GOT THE JUICES FLYING, UH, AND ALL THE IDEAS.
UH, SO WE'RE READY TO SUPPORT Y'ALL.
UH, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO, UH, INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS, UH, TO EQUITY AND EDUCATION.
COMMISSIONER GILLETTE AT OUR RETREAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE WERE AT A RETREAT.
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UM, THIS, UH, THE AD HOC, UM, ITEM WAS UM, WAS AN OFF AGENDA DISCUSSION.UH, BECAUSE WE, UM, ADJOURNED BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION HAPPENED.
UM, SO FOR TODAY, UM, ALL OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT THE RETREAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM, UM, UNDERSTOOD FINAL TODAY.
SO, UH, YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO DISSOLVE THE AD HOC.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE, UH, AD HOC FOR IN INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BE DISSOLVED.
AND THEN MAYBE ATO, IS THAT THE CORRECT WORDING? IS IT RECOMMEND OR WE MOVE TO DISSOLVE? IT COULD BE WE MOVE TO DISSOLVE.
UM, I JUST, AM I WORKING OKAY.
I WANTED TO ASK, UM, WHY THE EQUITY AND EDUCATION AD HOC COMMITTEE IS BEING RESOLVED? 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY INEQUITIES WITHIN EDUCATION.
LET'S HOLD THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION.
THE, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, REPORT BACK FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY AND EDUCATION.
UM, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO THE EQUITY, UH, IMPACT, NO, THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL SLASH STATEMENT.
UH, AND I'LL GIVE THE REPORT FOR THAT.
UH, SO WE WERE UNABLE TO MEET, UM, AT THIS MONTH, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET, UM, LAST MONTH AND, UM, AT THE MEETING WE RECEIVED TEMPLATES, UM, TO CREATE THE SPECIFIC TOOL THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WILL UTILIZE FOR THEIR EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL AND AND STATEMENT.
SO ESSENTIALLY, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE AN A QUICK OVERVIEW.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR AD HOC IS TO CREATE A, A TOOL FOR SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS TO ASSESS THEIR EQUITY IMPACT.
UM, SO WHAT AGENDA ITEMS ARE HAVING IMPACTS ON SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND BEYOND.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO FAR, UH, AND THIS AD HOC HAS HAD DIFFERENT MEMBERS, UH, SO DR.
LAR WAS THERE, COMMISSIONER COLE, I JOINED COMMISSIONER DELIO, UH, HAS RECENTLY JOINED US AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK OF, UM, HOW, UH, WE WILL GO ABOUT UTILIZING THE ASSESSMENT TOOL.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, UM, AND THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALIGN ON MAKING SURE THAT AS THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES GET AGENDIZED, UH, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE MOST MARGINALIZED OR SPECIFIC GROUPS, UM, HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED WITH THOSE PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEMS. UH, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE TEMPLATES, UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING OUT THE TOOL ITSELF, IT WILL BE MUCH LIKE AN AD LIB, UM, FILL IN THE BLANK, UH, FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MAKING IT AS EASY, UM, AND, UH, STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT CITY COUNCIL, UM, TAKES THIS TOOL ON AND APPLIES IT TO THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE OF AN UPDATE, UM, NEXT MONTH, OR EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE, UM, MEET AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FRAMEWORK AND THE TOOL ITSELF.
NEXT UP IS THE AD HOC, UH, FOR PRESERVING BIPOC ART.
SO WE HAVE MEETING, UM, WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL SET FOR JUNE 17TH, AND WE'RE WORKING ON SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH PUBLIC WORK.
SO THESE WERE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF WHEN THE BIPOC AD HOC PRESENTED.
AND, UM, WE PRESENTED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE WAS A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS TO MEET WITH THESE TWO GROUPS.
SO, UM, WE THINK AFTER WE MEET WITH THEM, THEN WE MAY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TIMING OF BEING ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT LETTER AND CLOSING OUT THIS AD HOC.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, VICE CHAIR.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE AD HOCS.
WE DO HAVE AN AD HOC FOR THE, UH, LISTENING SESSION SURVEYING TEAM.
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THAT INCLUDES COMMISSIONER DE LEON, UM, VICE CHAIR BATS, AND MYSELF.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT WE DISSOLVE THAT AD HOC, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THE LISTENING SESSIONS AD HOC, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING ONE.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL SUPPORT WITH, UM, THE ASK OF, UM, CREATING AN ADDITIONAL AD HOC.
AND SO THE REQUEST IS TO CREATE AN AD HOC, UH, SPECIFIC TO, UM, DEVELOPING AND, UH, COMPLETING LISTENING SESSION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY.
UM, THE TARGET DATE FOR THAT IS WINTER OF 2025 TO 2026, ANYWHERE BETWEEN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
UM, AND THE TOPICS WILL BE, UH, IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY, INCOME, REENTRY, AND THEN THAT'S THE, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO A FRIENDLY RIGHT TO CREATE AN AD HOC, OR IS IT COOL JUST TO DO IT THAT WAY? IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED.
IT'S NOT A FRIENDLY, UM, SO WE'LL CALL IT THE, UM, THE ECONOMIC STABILITY LISTENING SESSIONS AD HOC, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THAT ONE ALREADY.
UH, AND AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP, UH, COMMISSIONER DELEON, COMMISSIONER BUTLER, COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, AND COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY HAVE ALL SIGNED UP TO SUPPORT, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR LISTENING SESSION.
UM, SO NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THE REPORTS AND THE CREATION OF THE AD HOC, SHOULD WE NOW GO THROUGH EACH OF ONE OF THEM AND TALK ABOUT PLACEMENTS? OH, BEFORE WE DO DISCUSSION, OH, EXCUSE ME,
UM, I THINK WE HAVE THE VALUES ACT ONE.
WE HAVE TO TECHNICALLY DISSOLVE TODAY AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA MOVE TO DISSOLVE IT? YES, I MOVE TO DISSOLVE THE VALUES AT TALK.
UM, PROCESS WISE THOUGH, UM, SHOULD WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM AND TALK ABOUT PLACEMENTS? YEAH.
SO BECAUSE, SO IT'S REPORT OUT, WE NEED DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO A DISCUSSION.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PLACEMENTS? THAT'S FINE.
OH, THIS IS CONSIDERED A REPORT? YEAH.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE AD HOC REPORTS.
UM, WE'LL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM, PLEASE PRESS THE, UM, UM, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN.
AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
UH, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS FOR, UH, SOME OF THE AD HOCS, SO I WANNA REVISIT THOSE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT PLACEMENTS, WHERE PEOPLE WANNA GO.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, AND, UM, THE, THE MOTION, THE OFFICIAL MOTION OF THE AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE, YOU HAD A QUESTION OF, UM, TO THE INSTITUTION, THE BARRIERS TO INSTITUTIONAL REGARD, EQUITY AND EDUCATION, EQUITY AND EDUCATION AD HOC, AND I WAS JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS BEING DISSOLVED.
THERE'S SO MANY INEQUITIES IN EDUCATION.
I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT EVEN THE, THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN, UM, LONG BEACH.
UH, YOU LOOK AT WILSON AND THEN YOU GO OVER TO JORDAN AND LOOK AT THE SUPPLIES THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY INEQUITIES DEPENDING ON, UH, SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING.
YOU KNOW, UM, CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOLS GET THINGS AND, AND JUNIOR HIGHS ELEMENTARY GET THINGS FIXED IMMEDIATELY IF YOU'RE IN BELMONT SHORE OR NAPLES.
WHEREAS IF YOU ARE IN, UH, EAST LONG BEACH, YOU MIGHT BE WAITING A CENTURY OR TWO.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE WERE GOING TO, UM, DELETE THIS AD UP COMMISSIONER GILLETTE, UH,
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AS PART OF THE REPORT OUT OF THE EHRC LISTENING SESSIONS SERIES ROADMAP.UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT IS, BUT IT IS TOWARDS THE BACK.
THERE'S A SECTION BUDGET, BUT, AND THERE'S A ROADMAP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS A LISTENING SESSION FOR EDUCATION ACCESS AND QUALITY, WHICH SPEAKS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, ATTAINMENT, LANGUAGE ACCESS, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE FELT THAT IT WAS COVERED BY THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YET YOU WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE RETREAT, AND THAT WAS WHERE THE DISCUSSION WAS HAPPENING.
SO I JUST, I NEED TO BE PART OF THE LISTENING SESSION.
UM, AND THEN WE COULD, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU WANNA DO THE EDUCATION? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE PAUSED ON.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION, I THINK.
SO THE QUESTION, UM, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MAYBE PRIMING US FOR THE EVENTUAL RECOMMENDATION, JUST SOMETHING THAT THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THE LEARNINGS OF, UM, HOW IDENTITY IMPACTS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
I THINK I WORDED IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE ESSENCE OF THE QUESTION IS STILL THERE.
AND THAT WAS FOR COMMISSIONER DE LEON OR ANYONE IN THAT
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
THERE ARE SOME STATS THAT ARE REALLY STRIKING TO ME FROM THE RESEARCH.
ONE THAT STOOD OUT, UM, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR KIND OF DEEP DIVE INTO, UH, LIKE, UH, LGBTQ PLUS DISPARITIES AND DISASTER RESPONSE.
ONE DATA POINT THAT WE LEARNED, UM, IS THAT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, UH, LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS ARE NEARLY TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DISPLACED IN THE WAKE OF A DISASTER THAN A CISGENDER HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF FACTORS THAT MIGHT DRIVE THAT.
UM, THE, UM, THE DATA THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE, UH, INDIVIDUAL PROFILES FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON SUCH THAT THERE'S LIKE A CONCLUSION ON EVERY SINGLE CASE FOR WHY THAT THAT IS, BUT ACROSS THE DATA, RIGHT? THAT'S A REALLY STRIKING, UH, DISPARITY, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S NOT A FACTOR OF 5% OR 6%, BUT NEARLY DOUBLE LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF THING IS REALLY STRIKING.
UM, SO I WANT TO KEEP DIGGING, LIKE DIGGING DOWN INTO THAT.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT IS, IS MAYBE NOT A SURPRISE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'RE LIKE DOING RESEARCH IN COMMUNITY, IS JUST THE LEVEL OF SORT OF NORMALIZED PROXIMITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS THAT CHAIR COTON WAS MENTIONING AS WELL.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH, SIGNAL HILL SAN PEDRO ARE SO CLOSE TO OIL REFINERIES WITHOUT REALIZING IT, LIKE I GREW UP A TRACK TEAM, CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RUNNING AROUND.
AND I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN, WHY? WHY AM I TIRED? I THINK I'M PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HUFFING TOXINS, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE IS THE NORMALIZATION OUR COMMUNITY OF, OF TAKING IN A DAILY DOSE OF POISON, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'M REALLY INVESTED IN WITH THIS AD HOC IS HOW DO WE, UH, LIKE HOW DO WE HELP FOLKS, POLICY MAKERS DOWN IN COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S AN UNACCEPTABLE NORMAL, RIGHT? AND HOW DO WE THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MOVE US AWAY FROM THAT UNACCEPTABLE NORMAL? UM, AND IT'S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT NOW, RIGHT? BUDGET CUTS ARE COMING FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING, INCLUDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE POLICIES.
UH, AND YEAH, SO I HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTION.
WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THIS AD NAUM.
AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS REALLY ORGANIC AND, AND AHEAD OF US.
SO I, I, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, SO LET'S NOW DISCUSS, UM, SIGNING UP FOR AD HOCS, UM, WITH THE DISSOLVING OF THE INITIAL LISTENING SESSION SURVEY SURVEYING TEAM, UH, THAT WAS DEION BATS AND MYSELF.
UM, WE'RE NOW FREE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, SO MAYBE CONSIDER JOINING ANOTHER ONE, UM, FOR INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EQUITY AND EDUCATION.
UM, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE, MONTGOMERY SHA MALONE.
UM, THIS ALL ALSO, UM, IS GETTING DISBANDED.
SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO, UM, TAKE ON ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR, UH, EQUITY, THE AD HOC ON THE EQUITY STATEMENTS.
IT'S CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER COLE, MYSELF AND
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DE LEONE.SO IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING JOINING THAT, LET US KNOW.
UM, AND THEN WELL, LET'S START THERE.
UM, SO AD HOC AND, UH, FOR THE EQUITY STATEMENT, IT'S COMMISSIONER COLE, MYSELF AND DELEON.
UH, ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT AD HOC OR POSSIBLY JUMPING OFF? ALRIGHT, COOL.
UH, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, THE PRESERVATION OF BIPOC ART.
UM, THIS INCLUDES COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, BATS, COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER BUTLER, AND COMMISSIONER SAM.
WE, ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE AD HOC OR JUMP OFF AS WE MOVE INTO THE, THE LISTENING SESSIONS? I, I'D LIKE TO JUMP OFF OKAY.
UM, YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE ECONOMIC STABILITY ONE, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IT, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
I'M JUST TEEING YOU UP BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE LIKE, LET'S SEE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ECONOMIC STABILITY.
SO DEION BUTLER, FLORES, DOCKERY AND MONTGOMERY SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
THE SECOND ONE IS FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER OF FALL.
THAT ONE IS YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER COLE FLORES, GILLETTE, LAURA AND MONTGOMERY.
AND THEN, UM, FOR THE SPRING MARCH OF JUNE OF 2026, UH, THAT ONE'S COLE SCHULTZ, MYSELF AND LAURA FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND, AND, UH, QUALITY.
BUT, UM, YOU CAN JUMP OFF IF YOU WANT.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, BUT THE, THE AD HOC ITSELF IS GOING TO BE FINALIZING ITS LAST RECOMMENDATION RIGHT AFTER WE MEET.
I THINK SO YOU'LL STAY, I STAY, I MEAN, YEAH.
I'M GONNA BE ON THE ECONOMIC STABILITY THAT'S NOT TILL DECEMBER BECAUSE THE BI WILL BE DONE.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO FOR THE PUBLIC
UM, SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE, SINCE YOU HELPED CHAIR THE PRESERVING OF THE BIPOC ART, DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, THAT AD HOC COMPLETING ITS ITS PURPOSE BY THAT TIME OF DECEMBER? YES.
UM, IN TERMS, IT'LL BE DISSOLVED BY THEN.
SO WE COULD DEFINITELY ASSIGN YOU UP.
UM, AND THEN THAT WILL, THAT WILL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU TWO, SO YOU'RE FINE EITHER WAY.
CAN I MAKE ONE QUICK FLAG? UM, ONE QUICK FLAG IS THAT, THAT WOULD BRING IT TO SIX MEMBERS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 COMMISSIONERS, SO IF WE LOSE ANY COMMISSIONERS, WE SHOULD DROP ONE PERSON FROM THAT AD HOC SO IT DOESN'T VIOLATE BROWN ACT.
'CAUSE WE'RE AT 13 COMMISSIONERS NOW, RIGHT? BASED ON, BASED OFF THE FULL NUMBER.
YEAH, THAT WAS A HARD ONE TOO, BECAUSE MM-HMM
IF, IF, IF WE LOSE ENOUGH OF US, AND LIKE FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THERE'S NOT FIVE OF US AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH PEOPLE, THEN YOU CAN'T MEET.
UM, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF HAVING A BIG COMMISSION, Y'ALL.
OKAY, SO THE ECONOMIC, OH, I'M SORRY.
ECONOMIC GOES WITH THE EDUCATION NOW? NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, IN, UM, ORDER.
SO, UM, I WOULD JOIN WHICH ONE? IT DEPENDS ON YOU, UM, WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.
UM, SO YOU'RE CURRENTLY ON ONE AD HOC NOW, OR ACTUALLY YOU'RE NOT ON ANY WITH THE, YOU'RE NOT ON ANY, SO YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICHEVER ONE, ANY TWO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT THEY, THEY GO IN ORDER LIKE EVERY THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO WE HAVE ONE SECOND, UM, THE BIPOC GROUP.
UM, SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT WITH THE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, YOU'LL JOIN THE ECONOMIC STABILITY GROUP.
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AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER SHAMA, AND THEN I THINK YOU QUEUED UP TOO, RIGHT? AND THEN DID SOMEONE ELSE QUEUE UP? OKAY.I WANTED TO JOIN THE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
UM, IF WE, WE CAN'T GET ANY MORE, 'CAUSE THEN THAT'S QUORUM.
UH, COMMISSIONER SALMON, WILD
QUESTION FOR CITY CLERK AND OUR ATTORNEY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY QUORUM ON AN AD HOC? OKAY.
NO, IT HAS, IT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE UNDER, UNDER QUORUM.
I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE DROPPING OFF OF THAT ONE SINCE I'M ON A TON OF OTHER ONES.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
DID ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP ARE INTERESTED IN DROPPING OFF? ALRIGHT, SO DEANA'S DROPPING OFF AND THEN SAM WE IS JOINING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE AD HOC FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
I ONLY HAVE YOU DE LEONE IN THAT AD HOC, BUT I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE JOINED, UH, WHO ELSE'S DREW BAT AND COMMISSIONER COLE.
UM, AND IT SHOULD WORK OUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC? THERE ARE THREE FOLKS CURRENTLY ON IT.
AND THEN, UM, ALL RIGHT, SO THEN FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY, WE HAVE SAMUEL, WE HAVE BUTLER FLORES DOCKERY, MONTGOMERY BATS, AND SHA MALONE.
ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JUMPING OFF, OR IS EVERYBODY STILL INTERESTED IN, IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT LISTENING SESSION? AD HOC? YES.
COMMISSIONER BUTLER COMMITTEE.
YOU'RE CURRENTLY ONLY ON TWO, WHICH IS THE NEW ONE THAT WE'RE CREATING AND THE PRESERVATION OF, UH, BIPOC ART.
AND I MEAN, IF WE GET THAT, IF WE GET THE PRESERVATION OF BIPOC ART DONE BEFORE DECEMBER, THEN YOU'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND YOU'RE ONLY ON TWO.
I, I JUST, SO, UM, SO WE HAVE THE, UM, THE ECO OR THE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
UM, AND THEN THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
UM, HOW MANY DID WE SAY IS IDEAL FOR EACH COMMISSIONER TO BE ON GIVEN THIS CALENDAR OF WHEN THESE, THESE ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING? SO THE CALENDAR OF THE LISTENING SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
UM, BUT, UM, THE, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE AD HOC FOR THAT SPECIFIC EVENT, UM, SIX MONTHS PRIOR SO THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY TO BE ABLE TO PLAN IT.
SO ONCE THE PLANNING IS COMPLETELY DONE, THEN WE CAN DISSOLVE IT AND START THE NEXT AD HOC SO THAT THE NEXT AD HOC HAS ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN FOR THEIR SPECIFIC, UM, LISTENING SESSION WITH A SIX MONTH WINDOW.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW THE AD HOCS WORK.
BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT I HEARD IN YOUR QUESTION TOO IS, UM, HOW MANY AD HOCS CAN PEOPLE SERVE AT ONE TIME? UM, AND IT WOULD BE TWO.
UM, AND IF FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROGRESSION, I CAN GO OVER THAT AGAIN.
UM, SO FOR WINTER, WHICH IS DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY OF 2025, UM, WE HAVE THE FOLKS WHO SIGN UP TODAY FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT.
UH, THAT ONE'S IN FALL OF 2025.
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UH, SO THAT ONE IS, ARE THESE BACKWARDS? I'M TRYING TO PAY, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THESE QUE I'M SORRY.
I APOLOGIZE EVERYONE, WE NEED TO SWITCH THE ORDER BECAUSE, UM, WELL, DOES IT MATTER? IT DOES MATTER BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TIMING OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO REDO THIS.
SO, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT IS, UM, IS PINNED FOR FALL OF 2025.
THIS ONE IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER.
THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THIS IS SAMUEL WEIL, COLE FLORES, GILLETTE, LAURA AND MONTGOMERY.
UM, AND THEN FOR, AND THEN IT GOES INTO WINTER, WHICH IS THE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
UM, AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THAT TODAY.
UH, AND THAT ONE IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY.
THEN THE THIRD ONE IS SPRING FROM MARCH TO JUNE.
AND THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THAT, AND THAT ONE'S THE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND QUALITY, THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FOR THAT IS COLE SCHULTZ, COVINGTON, AND LAURA AND SHA MALONE.
UH, AND I'LL, I'LL PUT A NOTE FOR THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S SPRING OF 2026, CORRECT? YEAH.
THEN AFTERWARDS, UM, FIRST SUMMER OF 2026.
BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST WE HAVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY.
THAT ONE IS SAMUEL, WE BUTLER AND DOCKERY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT FALL OF 2026, THIS IS SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, UH, THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SAFETY.
UH, SO THIS IS LIKE AIR QUALITY, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND FOOD ACCESS.
UH, FOR THIS ONE FROM FALL 2026, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER IS DE LEON SCHULTZ, COVINGTON, AND GILLETTE.
SO I APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR MIXING UP THE SPECIFIC DATES.
UM, WE HAVE TO START WITH SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTACT CONTEXT, UM, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER.
UM, AND THEN I WILL REARRANGE IT ON MY NOTES SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN IT UP FOR THE MOTION.
SO FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT, UM, SAM, WE SIGNED UP.
COLE, SIGNED UP, FLORES, GILLETTE, LAURA AND MONTGOMERY.
ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THEM IN THIS AD HOC? I WOULD BATS,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FOLKS? I, OKAY.
UM, SO JUST TO REITERATE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN AD HOC ON SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT, UM, LISTENING SESSIONS.
AND IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE SAMMY WILD, COLE, FLORIST, GILLETTE, LAURA MONTGOMERY, AND BATS.
AND THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
UM, SO THAT ALSO MEANS THE FOLKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UH, SAMMY, WILD BUTLER, FLORES DOCKERY, MONTGOMERY BATS, SHA MALONE, Y'ALL WILL, WE WILL ESTABLISH A NEW AD HOC, UM, AFTER THIS PARTICULAR SEMESTER SO THAT YOU ALL CAN JOIN THAT ONE.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT? MM-HMM
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL OF OUR PLACEMENTS.
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AND YES, VICE CHAIR PATHS.UM, IF THERE'S ROOM, CAN I DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT'S IN 2026? UH, LET ME COPY THOSE.
UH, AND WE'LL HAVE TO LIKE, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE.
UH, YOU SAID NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
SO TIME FOR OUR FRIENDLY, UM, MOTION TO THE INITIAL, UH, MOTION.
UH, WE HAVE TO CHANGE FROM A DISCUSSION RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE REPORT.
UH, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOCS.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO FRIENDLY NEEDED.
DO WE NEED TO RENAME IT? AND THEN ALL THE PLACEMENTS ARE GOOD AS WELL? YEP.
EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED UNDER HOW THIS WAS IZED.
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING IN THERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MISTAKE.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE UPDATED AD HOCS, UH, WE HAVE THE DISSOLVING OF A FEW, UM, AND WE HAVE THE REORDER OF AD HOCS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE CONCLUDING PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANOTHER DIS UH, COMMENT? VICE CHAIR BETS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR TONY.
IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN GET THE LIST OF AD HOCS AND ALL THE MEMBERS SO WE CAN HAVE A VISUAL TO SEE WHO SIGNED UP FOR WHAT, WHAT DATE THEY'RE COMING IN? UM, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT, IT'S A LOT OF AD HOCS.
UM, AND AS YOU MOVE CLOSER, SOMEONE MAY BE COMING OFF OF ONE.
IT MAY ACTUALLY, IF THERE'S ROOM, WANNA JOIN ONE.
BUT IT'S DIFFICULT UNLESS WE CAN SEE IT.
I CAN CREATE A LIST OF THE CHART WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE LEANING INTO THAT.
WE HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT, UH, FOR OUR MEETING.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS, UM, OUR MADAM CLERK WILL READ IT OFF.
ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO
[5. 25-55507 Recommendation to receive and file a monthly update from the Office of Equity. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, IT'S ME AGAIN.
OH, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER FLORES HAVE MOVED AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SIMON WILD AT SECONDING.
AND NOW WE'LL GO TO PRESENTATION.
YEAH, JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES.
UM, SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR THET LGBTQ, UM, IS PLUS COMMUNITY, UH, LED BY THE, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS OFFICIALLY LIVE.
UM, THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND KAMAI AND TAGALOG.
UM, AND IT CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE OR ON PAPER.
THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS OPEN TO FOLKS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER LONG BEACH RESIDENT IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE LGBTQ I A PLUS COMMUNITY.
UM, I WILL SEND YOU ALL A LINK TO THAT SURVEY.
UH, THE SURVEY CLOSES AT THE END OF JUNE.
UM, ALSO, UH, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY HAS BEEN FACILITATING LUNCH AND LEARNS.
AND IN CELEBRATION OF PRIDE MONTH, WE RECENTLY FACILITATED A, A LUNCH AND LEARN TO OUR, TO THE CITY STAFF, UM, ON GENDER, SEX AND IDENTITY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, JOIN, UH, THE LONG BEACH HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, SERVICES, THE BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH STRENGTHS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT WORK GROUP AS THEY SHOW THEIR FINDINGS AND, UH, ACTIONABLE STEPS FORWARD AT THE JUNETEENTH STATE OF THE BLACK HEALTH ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH FROM FOUR 30 TO 6:30 PM UM, HERE AT THE CITY HALL LOBBY.
ALSO, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH INVITES YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY ROAD SHOW KICKOFF EVENT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2025 AT FOUR 30, UM, AT THE DORIS TIPSY
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ELFORD COMMUNITY CENTER AT, UH, UH, HUDEN PARK.AND THEN JUST A REMINDER TO YOU ALL THE LONG BEACH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION TAKE PLACE JUNE 14TH, 2025 FROM 10 30 TO 8:00 PM AND THEN, UH, ALSO JOINED THE LONG BEACH DISABILITY, UH, PRIDE FOR THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, VIRTUAL IN EFFORT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
IT'LL BE, UH, MONDAY, JULY 21ST.
AND TONY, YOU WANTED ME TO PRESENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO AT THE RETREAT, UM, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE REQUESTED WE BRING A COPY OF THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE CALENDAR THAT OUR OFFICE IS DRAFTING.
AND SO, UH, TONY IS HANDING OUT COPIES TO YOU ALL.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE STARTED IDEATING LATE LAST YEAR, UM, AND MADE IT PUBLIC EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THE DOCUMENT TONY IS HANDING OUT TO YOU IS, UH, A CULMINATION OF COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS.
THE IDEA IS THAT THIS CULTURE AND HERITAGE CALENDAR WILL BE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE THAT RECOGNIZES, CELEBRATES, AND PROMOTES AWARENESS OF OUR DIVERSE, UH, CULTURAL, UH, AND HERITAGE, UH, CELEBRATIONS.
UM, INITIALLY I WANTED THIS TO BE AN INTERNAL RESOURCE SO THAT WE WOULD BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHEN WE SCHEDULE WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO NOT TO CONFLICT WITH, UM, CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE OFTEN FOR LIKE, OFTEN FOR I'D SAY LIKE OUR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OR THE, THOSE LESS KNOWN, LESSER KNOWN COMMUNITIES, UM, OBSERVANCES.
AND, UH, JUST IN DEVELOPING THIS, WE HAVE KIND OF EXPANDED THIS SO THAT IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC RESOURCES AS WELL.
UM, MY, UH, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, JESSICA, SHE PROVIDED SOME DATA ON THE INITIAL, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SURVEY.
SO FAR IT'S, UH, BEEN PRETTY LOW WITH PARTICIPATION, SO WOULD LOVE TO, UM, EXPAND OUR REACH.
RIGHT NOW THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND WILL BE A A JUST A ROLLING BASIS, UH, FOR SUBMISSIONS.
AND THEN, UM, THE SURVEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPER FORMAT AT ALL OF OUR CITY LIBRARIES AND PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.
SO WITH THAT CONTEXT, UM, FEEL FREE TO SKIM THROUGH.
I BELIEVE THE ASK WAS JUST TO SEE WHICH COMMUNITIES, UH, CELEBRATIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED A PRETTY DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, SWATH OF RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT A FULL REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, JUST SHARING THIS FIRST INITIAL DRAFT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PUBLISHED YET.
THIS IS JUST A DRAFT, UM, OF WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ALANA AND TONY FOR YOUR REPORT.
UH, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR SENDING OUT THE LIST, THE LINK TO THE SURVEY.
UM, SO FOR ANY COMMISSIONERS AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT, FEEL FREE TO ADD, UH, ANY EVENTS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY LISTED.
AND AS WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF, THEY NEED OUR HELP.
UH, SO PLEASE DO SHARE IT OUT IN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS OR E-BLAST OR COMMUNITY, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE LIST IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT, THAT REPORT AND ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? YES, DR. LARA.
I DON'T WANNA DELAY THE MEETING, BUT I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I WANNA PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE TONY AND ALANA, UM, EQUITY WORK IS NOT EASY.
IT'S MADE ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT IN THIS CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT BECAUSE I KEEP ABREAST OF THE NATIONAL CLIMATE AND OUR LOCAL CLIMATE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY JUST A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WORDING, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NAVIGATING THIS PIECE.
SO I WANNA REALLY JUST CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE WORK IN THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THAT WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN, TRIPLING DOWN, WHAT HAVE YOU ON EQUITY.
UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR IT FROM NOT ONLY ME, BUT THIS BODY.
I KNOW WE DON'T SEE YOU ALL EVERY DAY.
UM, WE MAY NOT EMAIL EVERY DAY, BUT I SEE IT, I RECOGNIZE IT.
AND UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO RETREAT.
THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS LIKE YOU WHO ARE EXPERTS, UM, IN GUIDING THE VALUABLE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION.
BUT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ENACTING IT AS PRACTITIONERS OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT SO CLEAR IN PRIDE MONTH AS WELL.
I HEARD ALL ABOUT IT, SO THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE, UH, PLEASE SEND THAT SURVEY TO THE CENTER.
'CAUSE I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN, THAN HAPPY TO FORWARD FORWARD
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THAT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY DONE.BUT JUST IN CASE IT HASN'T HAD TO GIVE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY TEAM COMMISSIONER DOCKERY? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR THEM.
I, THIS IS JUST A PERSONAL STATEMENT.
UM, AGAIN, I'M LEARNING A LOT AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR THOSE OF US IN THE GAY COMMUNITY, UM, THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO RENAME A, UM, NAVY SHIP AND TAKE THE NAME OF ONE OF OUR FEARLESS LEADERS WHO SERVED, UM, IN THE NAVY AND UM, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONER, DOCKERY UHHUH.
UM, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS AND IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I'M SORRY, JUST IN A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE IT, WE HAVE TO KEEP ON TOPIC FOR THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON, BUT YES, I DO WANT TO HEAR THIS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT FROM OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY TEAM? HEARD NONE.
THERE'S ONE HERE, JUST, OH YES.
I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT ABOUT THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS CALENDAR FOR MY PURPOSES, BECAUSE I DO WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE IT WITHIN MY NETWORKS.
UM, I, I SEE SOME THAT WE COULD ADD.
WHEN IS THE DEADLINE TO, TO, FOR PEOPLE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY IF THERE IS ONE? SO OUR FIRST DEADLINE, I WANT TO SAY WAS, UM, IN MAY.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT WAS MID-MAY.
UH, OUR INTENT WAS TO PRODUCE OUR FIRST DRAFT.
HOWEVER, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT I HAVE, I DON'T WANT TO PRODUCE THIS JUST YET, BUT, UM, THE SURVEY IS STILL OPEN AND WE WERE PLANNING ON PRODUCING A FIRST DRAFT AND THEN CONTINUING TO UPDATE IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THEN SHIFTING TO A BIANNUAL BASIS THEREAFTER, IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, IN YOUR REVISION OF THE DRAFT, IF WE COULD ADD FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IN OCTOBER.
I THOUGHT I FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT THERE.
THAT SHOULD BE IN THE NARRATIVE OF THAT.
I KNOW WE, I KNOW WE RECOGNIZED IT, BUT, UM, YES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.
UM, UM, DID WE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? YES.
UH, LET'S CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE S RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DOLL STAR NINE OF CALLING IN.
AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ.
UH, SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA CALL FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Equity and Human Relations Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
ON A NON-AG AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON-AG AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN.
AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE.
UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN NOW I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR STATEMENTS.
UH, COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST SINCE I INTERRUPTED
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
YOU? I, SORRY.OKAY, I THINK I ALREADY SAID MY PIECE, BUT
UM, THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND I KNOW OUR SENATORS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE KNOW WHO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE, BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE PHONE CALLS TO OTHER PEOPLE, UM, IN OTHER
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JURISDICTIONS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.SO THAT'S MY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, TO CLOSE OFF MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, UH, THE BRET HART NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THE PHIL CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLECTION THIS PAST SATURDAY.
THE EXHIBITION OF BOOKS WRITTEN BY FILIPINO AUTHORS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CHECK OUT AT BRET HART LIBRARY.
IT SHOULD BE THERE AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
SO I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO PLEASE, UH, CHECK IT OUT, LITERALLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALRIGHT, I HAVE ONE.
UM, SO I'M TAKING OFF MY COMMISSIONER HAT AND PUTTING ON MY CENTER BOARD HAT.
UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO IN EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE FULL CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY AND COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF, UH, TO JOIN THE L-G-B-T-Q, UH, CENTER LONG BEACH, UH, FOR THEIR 10TH ANNUAL BLACK AND WHITE GALA.
UH, AS WE'VE HEARD IN TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING, UM, ALL UM, GROUPS ARE UNDER ATTACK FOR FUNDING.
UH, THE CENTER AS WELL HAS HAD THEIR FAIR SHARE OF FUNDING CUTS, UH, TO THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SERVICES.
UH, IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME THAT YOU WERE THINKING, HOW CAN I SUPPORT, NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE, BECAUSE MANY OF THE FUNDING CUTS TO LGBT CENTERS ARE NOT 20,000.
THERE'S MILLION DOLLAR CUTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS, UM, THE COUNTRY TO L-G-B-T-Q CENTERS, UH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UM, BUY A TICKET OR BUY A TABLE.
UH, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUY A TICKET OR IF YOU WANNA DONATE A TABLE, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE, UH, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
IT'S TAKING PLACE SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH AT THE HOTEL MAYA, ACROSS THE WAY FROM HERE.
UH, AND THERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME AMAZING AWARDS, SPEAKERS, FOOD, UH, AND I HEARD THE FOOD IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, UH, AND A GREAT TIME CELEBRATING BOTH PRIDE AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE PHYSICAL FLYERS, UH, TO GIVE TO FOLKS, UH, BUT I'LL ALSO SEND A FLYER, UH, TO TONY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENT.
COMMISSIONER BUTLER, CAN WE, CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, DR.
GLORIA WILLINGHAM TO RAY HAD HER 2025 VILLAGE AWARDS, AND I AND MY COMPANY RECEIVED ONE OF THE AWARDS, YAY
IN OTHER WORDS, JUST HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF THE VILLAGE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS OUR 10TH YEAR IN EXISTENCE AND IT ONLY TOOK US 10 YEARS TO GET THAT AWARD, BUT, UH, IT WAS TRULY AN HUMBLING HONOR.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, UH, WE CAN ADJOURN AND I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO A CLOSE AT 8:19 PM THANK YOU.
[ADJOURNMENT]
VALIDATION AND TURN IN YOUR PAPERWORK TO TONY.