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ALRIGHT, LET'S CALL TO ORDER.UM, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD A REAL LIVE MEETING TODAY.
UM, AND WE'RE WELCOMING TWO NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, WE'LL START BY GOING AROUND THE ROOM AND DOING INTRODUCTIONS FOR OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS.
HOW ABOUT WE START OVER THERE WITH DR. DAVIS AND GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE.
DR. DAVIS IS ON THE CITY HEALTH OFFICER.
WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL FIRST.
WE'LL DO INTRODUCTIONS AFTER ROLL CALL OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE STRICTLY? OH, YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN INTRODUCE, YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
DID YOU WANT INTRODUCE? OH, I'M BETH LESSON.
WHAT DO, WHAT ARE WE SAYING ABOUT OURSELVES? I, I WORK AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AND I AM A PSYCHOLOGIST BY TRAINING, WHICH IS, UM, REALLY ACTUALLY HOW I FIT INTO THIS PUZZLE.
I'M A, UH, AN ADDICTION PSYCHIATRIST, KAISER PERMANENTE, THE LAST 20 YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? OH, SO I'M, I THINK I'M YOUR MENTAL HEALTH PERSON.
I THINK THEY WANTED A POSITION, BUT I THINK I'M MENTAL HEALTH HERE.
MY SECOND TERM BOARD MEMBER CLARK, PAUL CLARK AND I, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR, A NURSE ANESTHETIST AND I'M THE BEING HOSPITAL IN PRIVATE PRACTICE BOARD MEMBER.
BOARD MEMBER SANDERS IS ABSENT.
BOARD MEMBER MCNEELY IS ABSENT.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING EVER.
UM, I LIVE IN LONG BEACH AND I USED TO WORK AT LONG BEACH MEMORIAL.
UH, NOW I WORK AT PIH AND WHITTIER AS AN OB GYN.
I'M A PEDIATRICIAN, RETIRED PRACTICE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS.
I, UM, I'M ROSE, I HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAM SPECIALIST STUDENT, UH, BOARD MEMBER
UM, I WAS WORKING ON RIVERSIDE COUNTY AS A OFFICIAL BIOLOGIST, LEADING A LAB THERE.
RECENTLY MOVED OVER TO GREATER LAKE.
UM, OR WHATEVER YOU, I'M THE SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL MANAGER, SO I RUN THE LABORATORY SURVEILLANCE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S COOL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLOT FOR THE COMMISSION, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GOING ON IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
IT'LL BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU SPEAK FOR THOSE THINGS.
I'VE BEEN IN ROLE, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR, UH, 20 YEARS.
UH, I, WHERE I RECENTLY LED OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR NEW YEARS AND, UM, WE'LL GET INTO ALL THAT.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
AND DR. DAVIS, UH, AN DAVIS CITY HEALTH OFFICER FOR, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAYES.
I'M THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I'M JUST HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, HAVING A COUPLE MEETINGS.
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THAT'S MYSELF.I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF UNDER ALLISON.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE TODAY.
UM, SO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTRODUCTIONS DONE, UM, FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD DOES WHEN WE GET INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
BUT ALSO JUST KNOW THAT IT JUST TAKES A MINUTE TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND THAT'S FINE.
JUST THE, THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO IS JUST COME TO THE MEETINGS AND WE'LL CATCH YOU UP LITTLE BY LITTLE.
UM, SO LET'S START WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING ON APRIL 11TH.
I'M SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS READ THEM DILIGENTLY AND I AM SEEKING A MOTION WHEN YOU FEEL PREPARED, SO THANK YOU.
AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REPORT.
UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL WITH THE MAYOR AND LOS ANGELES COHORT, UM, TO VIENNA, AUSTRIA, WHERE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A SOCIAL HOUSING, UH, MODEL, UH, THAT HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS IN AUSTRIA.
UM, WHERE 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AUSTRIA LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS SUBSIDIZED BECAUSE THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE COUNTY TOGETHER OPERATES SYMBIOTICALLY TO OWN AND CONTROL THE LAND.
UM, WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT IT IS THAT THINGS LIKE FOOD AND HOUSING ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY EARN, UM, OR BENEFIT FROM THE SALE OF.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY MANAGE TO KEEP IT LOW.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A 40% TAX RATE THAT EVERYBODY PAYS, INCLUDING BUSINESSES.
BUT THE EXISTENCE OF HOMELESSNESS IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REPLICATE THAT MODEL.
'CAUSE OUR MAYOR RICHARDSON IS THE CHAIR OF THE NEW LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES AGENCY.
UM, THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT WILL OVERSEE THE LATEST BALLOT MEASURE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS MEASURE A, UM, THAT MEASURE AND THE FUNDING THAT IT WILL PROVIDE TO US IS BASICALLY GOING TO GIVE US LIFE BECAUSE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN FEDERAL SCHEME BUDGET, UH, TO BE LOST IN THE COMING YEARS.
COULD YOU USE SOME HELP? THERE YOU GO.
UM, BUT IN ANY EVENT, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, REGIONALLY.
UH, HE CONVENED A MEETING LAST WEEK AROUND IT, UM, TO DETERMINE HOW WE ADDRESS HOUSING, UM, REGIONALLY, UM, SINCE LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, WE RELEASED OUR PIT COUNT NUMBERS, UM, WHICH SHOW SHOW A SLIGHT INCREASE.
UM, THAT INCREASE IS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO, UH, 200, WELL OUT OF 219, UH, INCREASED NUMBER 167 OF THOSE ARE PERSONS THAT I SELF-IDENTIFIED AS PERSONS THAT WERE DISPLACED FROM THE FIRE.
WE ARE MANDATED AS TO WHEN WE CONDUCT A PIT COUNT.
IT HAPPENED IN JANUARY AND THAT WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FIRES.
AND WHILE THESE WERE NOT NECESSARILY PERSONS WHO WERE HOUSED AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE AIR QUALITY IN AREAS WHERE THEY WERE EITHER IN CAMPING OR SHELTERING.
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THAT TIME, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT HERE, ACTIVATED OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER WHERE WE HAD OUR LONGEST ACTIVATION FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH AND WE HAD UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS AND ACTUALLY ACCEPTED MORE THAN WE CAN TYPICALLY HAVE CAPACITY FOR IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST THOSE WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WERE TRULY, UM, IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED.SO WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
WE WANT YOU TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE BIG POINTS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA GET BETTER.
LAST YEAR WE SAW A 0.2% DECREASE.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL DO BETTER IN THE END,
BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, WE CAN ONLY ANTICIPATE THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE ON THE FRONT END.
UM, YESTERDAY WE ALSO HELD, UM, A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OBVIOUSLY SLATED FOR MANY LOSSES FINANCIALLY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEN TRANSLATES TO STATE BUDGET.
UM, WE DID NOT LOSE A LOT IN THE MAY REFIS OF THE STATE BUDGET, BUT YOU WILL HAVE A LEGISLATIVE REPORT HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT IN DETAIL.
BUT BECAUSE OF DECLINING IN REVENUE AND INCREASED PRIORITIES, UM, THERE IS LESS MONEY IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING HERE FOR MANY YEARS IS THAT OUR HEALTH FUND IS DIMINISHING.
WE RECEIVE MONEY FROM REALIGNMENT, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED FROM VEHICLE LICENSING FEES.
THAT MONEY HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
BUT THE STATE MADE AN ERROR FOR US.
UM, RECENTLY WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE 24 ALLOCATION THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, WAS ABOVE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED DUE TO AN ERROR.
BUT THEY HAD RECAPTURED THAT FROM US.
SO WE ARE OPERATING AT A DEBT DEFICIT BECAUSE OUR GRANTS DO NOT COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WE DO.
WE ALREADY HAVE 30 PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN NOTICED THAT ARE ON LOSS OF FUNDING.
WE ARE SEEING ALL OF OUR HIV PREVENTION AND PLANNING DOLLARS GO AWAY.
AND THOSE PERSONS ON THOSE GRANTS, UH, HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
SOME HAVE ALREADY A FEW WE LOST, UH, 5 31.
OTHERS ARE, UM, TIED TO HIV PREVENTION.
BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL SUNSET BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A REASONABLE PLACE IN WHICH TO, UM, EXPIRE THOSE AND HOPEFULLY MOVE OUR STAFF INTO OTHER ROLES.
UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, TCC FAMILY HEALTH, UH, TO HELP DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SERVICES WE CAN HAND OFF TO THEM.
THEY HAVE ALSO OFFERED TO HELP US WITH, UM, OUR STAFF WHO ARE LOSING POSITIONS.
SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE, THERE'RE GONNA BE SOME MORE HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SENIOR MANAGER AND OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF HOW THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY DO ROLL OUT.
UM, WHAT YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW THOUGH IS THAT, UM, THE JOB CORPS CENTER THAT WAS IN WEST LONG BEACH IS IMPACTED BY THE CLOSING OF THOSE CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UM, THERE ARE 39 YOUTH WHO DID NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
WE ARE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND THE CITY WILL SUPPORT FINANCIALLY THOSE PERSONS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF THE CLOSING OF THAT JOB.
CORPS IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOME, MOST OFTEN AT RISK YOUTH WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING FOR A PATH FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DID NOT CHOOSE COLLEGE WITH A MILITARY, BUT THEY PROVIDE VERY, VERY NEEDED SERVICES, YOU KNOW, FROM WELDING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRADES THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN SOCIETY TODAY.
AND WE HAD A VERY LARGE AND VIBRANT CENTER HERE IN WEST LONG BEACH.
UM, WE ATTEMPTED TO TRY AND GET THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO REMAIN THERE HOUSED WITH MONEY THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THROUGH OUR HOMELESS SERVICES PREVENTION DOLLARS, BUT IT WAS FEDERAL LAND, SO WE CAN'T LEAVE THEM THERE ANY LONGER THAN THE FEDS ARE GONNA ALLOW FOR THEM TO BE THERE.
SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY ON THAT.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST URGENT, UM, SITUATIONS THAT
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ARE PRESSING.AS I SAY, WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE REPORT THAT WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF WHAT IS TO COME.
UM, DR. DAVIS WILL TALK ABOUT, UH, A RECENT PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGING ISSUE THAT WE ARE, ARE TRACKING AND FOLLOWING.
UH, AND SHE WILL, YOU KNOW, UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE ARE WITH TV AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAND UP OUR PROGRAMS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO HAND OFF TO COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN STILL COVER THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WITH SERVICES.
BUT, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT ANYONE NEEDS TO HAVE.
UM, BECAUSE WE LOOK FORWARD AND APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY.
UM, THE BUDGET APPROVAL IS COMING IN SEPTEMBER, SO THERE ARE MORE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALLISON? I HAVE SO MANY.
MOST OF THEM EXISTENTIAL THOUGH.
DO CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE, UM, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? I'LL MOVE RECEIVE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND NOW WE SHOOT IT ON OVER TO DR. DAVIS.
UM, ONE IS THAT, UH, WE CONFIRMED OUR FIRST CASE OF LEGAL, UM, IN A RESIDENT, A PEDIATRIC RESIDENT, BUT IT IS TRAVEL RELATED.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON HAD VISITED, UH, LONG BEACH, UH, MEDICAL CENTER, ER A COUPLE OF FEW TIMES.
AND SO JUST, UH, GATHERING ALL THOSE CONTACTS AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, UM, CONTACT TRACING.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, MEASLES IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
UH, ONE OF THE EASIEST VIRUSES TO TRANSMIT TO GET.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU'RE UNVACCINATED YOU HAVE LIKE A 90% CHANCE OF BEING INFECTED CONTACT SOMEBODY.
SO IT'S A, A VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY TRY TO GET TO, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, AND THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE DISEASE, PREGNANT PEOPLE, YOUNG FOLKS, UM, SEVERELY IMMUNOSUPPRESS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOW.
SO WE LIKE A LOT OF, UM, EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY GOING INTO THAT.
UM, AND THERE'S 14 CASES IN CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY, AND THEY'RE ALL TRAVEL RELATED.
SO JUST, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE YOU'RE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR MUTUAL VACCINE BEFORE YOU DO SOMEONE TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY INTERNATIONALLY.
JUST MAKE SURE, BECAUSE A LOT OF EXPOSURES HAPPEN IN AIRPORTS.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU WEREN'T TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, UM, I THINK JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE TRAVELING, THAT YOU'RE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR TWO.
AND, UM, AND IF YOU'RE LESS THAN, USUALLY YOU GET YOUR FIRST ONE AFTER YOU'RE A YEAR OLD, BUT IF YOU'RE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, THEY RECOMMEND THAT YOU, YOU'RE 11, UM, JUST BEFORE YOU GO.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN THAT, JUST GET TOTALLY VACCINATED BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
LIKE MUTUALLY, THERE'S THIS BIG GAP OF YEARS THAT TRAVEL TO DO ONE AND THEN 20 DAYS LATER DO YOUR SECOND NMR AND THEN YOU'RE DONE.
UM, THE SECOND TOPIC IS THE, UM, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES, I BELIEVE, UM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A CIP.
AND THAT IS A ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CDC.
AND BASICALLY THEY DO ALL OF THE VACCINE GUIDELINES.
THEY WRITE THE VACCINE SCHEDULE.
SO MAYBE YOUR FOUR TO 5-YEAR-OLD COMES IN AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT SHOTS DO THEY NEED? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AC A CIP SCHEDULE.
UM, AND, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SECRETARY, ROBERT KENNEDY, UM, RETIRED, UH, ALL THOSE 17 MEMBERS OF THE A CIP, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR LIKE 60 YEARS, UM, MET REGULARLY PUBLIC MEETING, A CHANCE TO VOICE YOUR OPINION.
UM, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY PUT THE GUIDANCE, LIKE, YOU SHOULD GIVE A PERFECT SHOT IF YOU'RE OVER 65, YOU SHOULD DO ONE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
LIKE, ALL OF THAT IS WHAT A CI DOES.
UM, AND SO FAR HAS REPLACED THE 17 FOLKS,
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UM, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA.ONE WORKS FOR THE STATE, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HE REPLACED THEM WITH EIGHT PEOPLE SO FAR.
AND WE KNOW THAT TWO OF THEM ARE KNOWN VACCINE SKEPTICS.
SO I THINK ONE RUNS A COMPANY OR RUNS AN ORGANIZATION, WHICH THAT'S THEIR KIND OF REASON TO BE.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WE'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL, UM, ABOUT VACCINES SO WE'LL, SO AS A RESULT OF THIS, AND THEY ARE MEETING AT THE END OF JUNE, THEY SAID THEY'RE STILL GONNA DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT A SCHEDULED MEETING.
UM, AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, BEING ABLE TO HAVE NATIONAL AND NATIONAL FORUM THAT'S TRUSTED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND GUIDELINES.
AND SO I THINK SOME MORE THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING AROUND THAT, AROUND LIKE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF, UM, OBGYNS.
UM, THERE'S A GROUP IN MINNESOTA, SO THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, TO HELP WITH, UH, HAVING A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR VACCINES.
UM, WHICH LEADS TO THE THIRD, UH, SITUATION, WHICH IS KIND OF WHY WE'RE SEEING, UH, THE NEED TO HAVE A NATIONAL
THEY, SO, UM, AND THEY BASICALLY DIDN'T DO THE, THE USUAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE OPEN WAY TO DO THIS, UM, GOES FROM THE FDA AND THEN OVER TO THE A CIP AND THEN THE CDC DIRECTOR SIGNS OFF ON IT.
LIKE THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE USUALLY DO.
THEY RELEASED SOMETHING IN A JOURNAL.
UM, AND SO THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.
AND BASICALLY WHAT RIGHT NOW IS THE NEW GUIDELINE IS FOR INFANTS LESS THAN, UH, SIX MONTHS OF AGE.
AND FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, THERE IS NO GUIDANCE ANYMORE.
LET'S SAY YOU SHOULD, IT SHOULDN'T.
THERE'S GREAT, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, AND PREGNANT FOLKS DEFINITELY HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE OUTCOMES FROM COVID.
AND THEN INFANTS ACTUALLY HAVE HOSPITALIZATION RATES, UM, THE SAME AS 65 YEARS AND OLDER BECAUSE REALLY TO NOT ABLE TO PASS ON HER ANTIBODIES TO THE INFANT AND THE INFANT CAN'T GET VACCINATED MM-HMM.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A REALLY HIGH HOSPITALIZATION RATE.
SO THEY'RE, THE, THE DATA WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD GET VACCINATED, UM, IF YOU'RE, UH, IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, IF YOU'RE PREGNANT.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING.
AND THEN FOR CHILDREN NOW, UH, IT'S SHARED DECISION MAKING.
SO IT USED TO BE EVERYBODY SIX MONTHS OF AGE AND OLDER, YOU SHOULD GET VACCINATED FOR EASY.
UM, AND NOW THERE'S A LOT OF CAVEATS AND FOR CHILDREN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
ALSO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR A SHARED DECISION.
UM, SO WHERE WE THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A PROBLEM IS INSURANCE COVERAGE.
YOU KNOW, INSURANCE WANT, LIKE, YOU SHOULD GET THIS VACCINE.
AND IF IT DOESN'T SAY THAT, THEN IT GETS WIGGLY.
UM, THERE'S A CONCERN LIKE NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE, GETTING VACCINE AT PHARMACIES, WHICH IS A GREAT ACCESS, YOU KNOW, HELPS WITH ACCESS, BUT PHARMACIES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE TIME TO HAVE THE SHARED DECISION MAKING WITH EVERY SINGLE PATIENT'S IN.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO GUIDANCE AT ALL FOR TRAINING PEOPLE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE PHYSICIANS, WE LOOK TO GUIDANCE TO TELL US WHAT TO DO.
UM, AND SO NOW IT'S KIND OF THIS, YOU KNOW, GRAY AREA.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A NATIONAL GROUP THAT'S TRUSTED GUIDANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS? USUALLY WE DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
SO JUST, SO FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS UNUSUAL.
USUALLY WE HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL A LITTLE TIRED IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THEN I'LL RECEIVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE, I'LL INVITE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE CITY HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.
UH, BREAKING OUT OF THE GATE, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, ANGELA.
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AYE.UM, NOW WE GO OVER TO YOU, AALIYAH, DO WE THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? WE DON'T HAVE, I'M DOING NUMBER FIVE.
SO WE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO NO, ANDREA, OUR LEGISLATIVE MANAGER COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.
BUT SHE DID PROVIDE A POWERPOINT FOR YOU.
SO, UM, SHOULD WE REVIEW IT NOW? YEAH, YOU CAN REVIEW IT NOW AND THEN, UM, JUST MOTION AGAIN TO RECEIVE.
ARE WE PREPARED TO VOTE TO RECEIVE THE
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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? CITY LEGISLATIVE REPORT? I HAVE QUESTION.I DON'T, SHE'S NOT HERE TO ANSWER THEM, BUT WHY DON'T YOU ASK THEM ANYWAY? MAYBE SOMEONE WHO'S FROM THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE AD HOC CONTINGENCY PLANNING WORK GROUP IS PLANNING CONTINGENCY OR, WE ARE GOING THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
ZERO FIVE GIRL PROGRAM BY PROGRAM, UM, TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL EVENTUALITIES THAT COULD TAKE PLACE AS WELL AS FINDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE SCALED BACK WHILE STILL PROVIDING A LEVEL.
I THINK THE ONE THAT, THIS ONE'S TALKING ABOUT THE, I'M SORRY.
THAT THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER.
OH, THAT'S THE CITYWIDE GROUP.
OH, THE COB AD HOC, I'M SORRY.
WE'RE DOING IT INTERNALLY AND THEN WE ARE DOING IT AT CITYWIDE LEVEL.
SO THAT GROUP IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING CONVENED INTERDEPARTMENTALLY FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND EVERYWHERE AT EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS FUNDING THAT IS AT RISK.
AS WELL AS LOOKING AT LANGUAGE, UM, IN PROGRAMS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, CREATE A CHALLENGE AROUND DEI.
UM, BUT ALSO REVIEWING ANY GRANTS THAT ARE AT RISK.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN YOUR GRANTS THAT WHEN YOU NOW SIGN THEM, UM, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
FOR INSTANCE, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES GRANTS HAVE ALWAYS BASICALLY BEEN A HOUSING FIRST MODEL, MEANING THAT WE BRING YOU IN IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU ARE ABUSING SUBSTANCES, WHETHER YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, IS HOW WE STABILIZE YOU.
AND WE GET YOU IN AS SOON AS WE WE CAN.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS DOCUMENTED OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE GET YOU UP THE STREET.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER GRANTS WHERE, UM, IT'S NO LONGER JUST UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.
IT'S UNDER PENALTY OF FEDERAL PROSECUTION, UM, IF YOU CONDUCT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
SO THEY ARE REVIEWING LANGUAGE MICROSCOPICALLY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF GRANT, NON-REIMBURSABLE COST AND TRYING TO PLAN FOR WHAT IS TARGETED FROM DAY TO DAY.
AND IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY, THAT DOESN'T GO REAL WELL.
BUT IT IS ALL THAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO BE AS READY AS WE CAN.
AND THEN, JUST LIKE A SILLY QUESTION, UM, IS LONG BEACH LISTED AS A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION? YES.
UM, WE DO NOT SAY THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE A VALUES ACT THAT WE STAND ON, UM, AND WE ARE PROTECTED BY A STATE ORDINANCE 2 0 9.
AM I CORRECT, ALIYA? IT'S 2 0 9, I THINK IT'S 2 0 9.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO SERVICE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE WE FIND THEM.
UM, WE ARE KIND OF STANDING ON THAT AS A STATE, BUT WE HAVE NEVER DECLARED OURSELVES AS A SANCTUARY CITY.
BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE CITIES THAT ACTUALLY DECLARED THEMSELVES AS AN ANTI SANCTUARY CITY, UM, THAT WERE LISTED AS SANCTUARY.
'CAUSE IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT LIKE THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DID FEDERAL LAYOFFS AND ELIMINATION, THAT THEY ARE USING AI AND SEEING THE WORD, WHETHER IT IS ATTACHED TO ANTI OR NOT LITERALLY, UM, TARGETS YOU FOR THAT.
AND I THINK ALL OF CALIFORNIA WAS BASICALLY LISTED.
HUNTINGTON BEACH HAS GONE DOWN AS AN ANTI SANCTUARY CITY.
THEY HAVE A MAGA UM, THEY, THEY DID SOME CEREMONY TO LITERALLY INSTALL THE MAGA BRANDING OR SOMETHING.
THERE IS NO, WE HAVE NOTHING TO KNOW HOW THEY
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DEFINE IT.I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT WOULD REQUIRE IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SO THEY'RE STARTING TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE WHERE LIKE EACH PROGRAM OR SERVICE IN STATE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY COLLECT IMMIGRATION STATUS, UM, DUE TO LIKE REQUIREMENT.
SO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT DETERRENCE DETERRENT ARE THERE.
SO THAT'S LIKE ON DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO ESTABLISHED ALSO GETTING THOSE TOP CARDS ABOUT HOW TO, THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE COLLECTING QUESTIONS COMMUNITIES, UM, TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAS AROUND THE FEDERAL IMPACTS.
UM, AND I THINK MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS DO COLLECT, A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS STATE ELECTED.
UM, BUT THERE IS SOME FEDERAL PATH THROUGH.
SO CITY ATTORNEYS KEEPING THEIR EYES ON ANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM GETTING INTO CONTRACTS WHERE THEY, UM, BUT IF THERE IS ANY THAT DO, IT WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE GRANTERS GUIDELINES BE THAT WOULD BE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
CAN WE, CAN I INVITE A MOTION TO PASS RECEIVE THIS REPORT? THANK YOU.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
I DUNNO IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO MUCH WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IF SABRINA'S NOT HERE, I WOULDN'T WANNA DO MUCH WITHOUT HER.
I'M THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, TYPICALLY MY TEAM LEADS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, SO WE JUST ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING STRONG PROPOSALS.
UM, GOVERNMENTAL GRANTS ARE WHAT WE QUALIFY FOR AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LONG BEACH, UH, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FUND.
UM, SO THIS IS HOW WE COULD COLLECT TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA PRESENT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND JUST AN IDEA THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE IN AND HELPING SOME THIS WORK.
SO A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, I BRIEFLY INTRODUCED THE HHS FUND, THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND WITHIN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO THIS FUND ALLOWS US TO, LIKE I SAID, COLLECT TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO SO DIRECTLY AS GOVERNMENT AGENCY, UM, JUST TO KIND OF HELP SUPPORT OUR SERVICES.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF THE WAY THAT FUNDS VERY HEAVILY GRANTS.
UM, SO I DID SHARE OUR INTENTION TO SPEND THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO LECF DID, UM, A BIG, I THINK, CAMPAIGN TO, UM, COLLECT DONATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT THEY, AND SO, UM, IN 2020 WE RECEIVED ABOUT HUNDRED $60,000 OF DONATIONS.
AND THE FUN DEVELOPMENT TEAM WASN'T REALLY, WE'RE RELATIVELY NEW
UM, AND NOW AS A FUNDAMENTAL TEAM, AS WE'RE ESTABLISHING OURSELVES BEYOND THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS, UM, WE, UH, WE'RE TAKING OVER THIS FUND SO THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO SPEND IT DOWN THE WAY COMMUNITY ATTENDED.
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WITH THAT, UH, WE HAD DECIDED THAT OF HUNDRED 60,000 THAT WAS DONATED FROM COMMUNITY HALF WOULD GO ON DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT, UM, AND WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENTS.SO CLIENT SUPPORT WOULD BE, UM, BUYING GROCERIES FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR, UM, BUYING A TAX FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN, GO TO THEIR DOCTORS AND APPOINT.
UM, A LOT OF THESE, UM, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AREN'T COVERED IN OUR GRANTS.
UM, SO IT GIVES US A BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME.
UM, AND I ALSO THINK THAT'LL BE GREAT FOR STAFF MORALE.
I THINK STAFF ARE KILLED A BIT LIKE THEIR BACKS ARE AGAINST WALL WITH A LOT OF THESE RESTRICTIONS, UM, CUTS AND BUTTONS AND HONESTLY LIKE THEY JUST, AND SO, UM, WITH THESE DIRECT, DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT, UM, LIKE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE IT COULD BE, UM, BUYING A BED FOR AN OLDER ADULT WHO NEEDS BED GROCERY.
UM, SO EACH REQUEST WOULD BE CAPPED AT THOUSAND, UM, PER REQUEST.
SO STAFF MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE SUPERVISORS TO REQUEST, UM, GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE, SO, UM, SOME OF THE CONTACTS MIGHT NEED TO BE QUARANTINED FOR 21 DAYS, AND SO CAN'T I TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? AND WE HAVE ISSUES WITH GETTING PEOPLE TO THE LAB TO GET THEIR BLOOD DRAWN TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS VERY YEAH.
AND THEN ANOTHER OPTION STAFF COULD, UM, FOR WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT.
SO THESE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED UNDER GRANTS.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS TO ENSURE, LIKE, DID YOU EXHAUST ALL RESOURCES BEFORE COMING TO, TO
THESE ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T COVERED UNDER GRANTS.
UM, THAT WOULD ALSO BE CA AT A THOUSAND.
AND ANY OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T, UH, COVERED THROUGH THESE TWO CATEGORIES, UM, COULD BE APPROVED UNDER THE DISCRETION OF EITHER THE DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE DEDICATED TO A COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT THE BOARD WOULD HELP ADVISE ON THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDING AWARDS.
SO THESE MINI GRANTS WOULD GO TO LOCAL LONG BEACH NON-PROFITS THAT PROVIDE HELPING HUMAN SERVICE RELATED PROGRAMMING.
SO THE WORDS WILL RANGE FROM 2,500 TO 5,000 AND, UM, TO SERVICE CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS WHERE FUNDS COULD BE SPENT AT ON TRAININGS, STAFF WELLNESS, UM, AGAIN, COSTS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY COVERED UNDER THEIR GRANTS.
UM, SO WE ALSO WANT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE LOCAL LONG BEACH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION NETWORK.
UM, I'M SURE THE WAY THAT STAFF MORALE IS DOWN IN A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE INDUSTRY, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOME PLANS TO TRAINING STAFF IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF THEMSELVES.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST A RECAP OF THAT LAST PRESENTATION I KNOW WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO.
I KNOW ALSO THE KIND OF USED, NEW USED FOR THE BOARD AS WELL.
UM, ITS SO, SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS REALLY JUST TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE HHS FUND, HOW IT WORKS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEEK THE BOARD'S INPUT AND APPROVAL ON THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDING AWARDS FOR THE, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE HH FUND.
SO IT IS, UM, WITHIN LECF, IT'S CATEGORIZED AS AN AGENCY ACCOUNT, OW ENDOWMENT FUND, WHICH MEANS WE DO GET SOME RETURN ANNUALLY.
HOWEVER, UNLIKE A TRUE ENDOWMENT, THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS TO THE AMOUNT PRINCIPAL SPENT.
UM, FUNDS SHOULD BE SPENT AS DONORS, THEM TO BE SPENT SINCE MANY OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE NOW WERE CONTRIBUTED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UH, THE GENERAL INTENT WE HAVE FOR THESE FUNDS IS TO GO BACK INTO C UM, DONORS CAN CONTRIBUTE VIA CHECK THE LCF WEBSITE, UM, WITH THEIR CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD, ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFERS OR OTHER TRANSFER STOCKS, UM, CORPORATE BONDS OR OTHER SECURITIES AND ASSETS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON JUST THE FUND AND
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WHY WE, UM, YES.KNOWLEDGE? HOW MUCH DID THEY COLLECT IN 2024 OR WHAT'S IT, HOW MUCH DID THEY HAVE? AND, UH, YEAH.
SO ALL OF THE FUNDS WE HAVE NOW, WERE FROM 2020.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS RUNNING CAMPAIGN GOING WHERE WE'RE, UH, COLLECTING FUNDS.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, THE, THE LINK TO DONATE.
UM, SO WE, LIKE NON-PROFITS USUALLY HAVE DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND THEIR FUNDRAISERS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT FOR DONORS.
OUR FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE COMPETITIVE, THAT PROCESS, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY BUILD UP ON OUR FUNDRAISING AND TRY TO GET, UM, ONGOING DONATIONS.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A LONG, UM, HISTORY OF, OF GETTING DONATIONS LIKE MONTH AFTER MONTH.
UM, SO WE MAY GET A DONATION HERE AND THERE, BUT THE FUND NOW, IT WAS ALL FROM 2020.
UM, I ALSO, WHEN STAFF WANT TO, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
LIKE FOR FILIPINO, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, THEY NEEDED FOOD FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR, UM, MEETINGS.
AND SO A COMMUNITY MEMBER DONATED, UM, MONEY FOR FOOD AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE IT.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DONATE TO THE LCF.
SO SOMETIMES STAFF COULD THEMSELVES, UM, KIND OF FUNDRAISE FOR THEIR PROGRAMS AND, BUT THOSE WILL BE RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. BUT THE GENERAL DONATIONS WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD REPLENISH IT AND CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY FOR, UM, FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
SO, SO WE DO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE BOARD INVOLVED IN THAT OTHER HALF OF THAT ONE 60, 80,000 FUNDS TO AWARD MINI GRANTS TO NONPROFITS.
UM, SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT BOARD REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEND AWARDS FOR THE MINI GRANTS.
UM, SO THIS WILL KEEP YOUR ROLE AT A LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT RATHER THAN GETTING INTO OPERATIONAL DETAILS.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS WORKFLOW IS THE CALIFORNIA STATE CORRECTIONS, UH, OF MAIN CORRECTIONS.
SO BSCC, THE WAY THAT THEY MANAGE THEIR GRANT PROGRAM.
SO THE BSCC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THEIR GRANT GUIDELINES AND OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS WHILE THEY HAVE, UH, AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT REVIEWS PROPOSAL STANDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING FOR THE BOARD.
SO SPECIFICALLY TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD'S GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS VIA PRESENTATION.
LIKE MAYBE DO A REVIEW PRESENTATION APPLICATION.
WE BROUGHT IN THE BOARD VOTE ON WHO WOULD BE AWARDED OR MAYBE THE BOARD WOULD RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS, UM, IN, IN ADVANCE TO MEETING.
AND THEN WE DISCUSS, UM, AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE FREQUENCY YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.
SO IT BE LIKE A BI BIMONTHLY REVIEW, A QUARTERLY REVIEW, BI ANNUALLY REVIEW.
UM, A LOT OF FUNDERS, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GO THROUGH BOARD FOR APPROVAL, UM, IT'S, THEY DO A QUARTERLY OR BIMONTHLY REVIEW.
UM, AND, UM, APPLICANTS USUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM FREQUENCY.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WE WOULD WANT TO BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.
UM, THE FREQUENCY AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS OR IN GENERAL, IS THE BOARD INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED AT THIS LEVEL? UM, I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD EVEN NEED TO VOTE ON SINCE IT'S A, SINCE IT WOULD BE A BOARD FUNCTION, I THINK TO BE SAFE.
WE MIGHT WANT TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
UM, ON THE SLIDE PRIOR, SORRY, FOR THE SECOND BULLET POINT FUND SHOULD BE SPENT AS DONORS INTEND TO BE SPENT.
HOW DO DONORS, UM, CONVEY THEIR INTENTION AS FAR AS LIKE SPENDING, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT DONORS.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE DONATE WITH A CONTINGENCY PLAN OR, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THE, THE FUNDS THAT RECEIVED FROM COVID, THE LANGUAGE WAS JUST LIKE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT, UM, SOME DONORS
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DO.WE, I GET, WE GET LIKE ONE PERSON THAT DONATES ONCE A YEAR AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE WANT THIS TO GO TO HOMELESSNESS.
BUT WE NEVER GET SUPER SPECIFIC GUIDELINES LIKE, THIS HAS TO PURCHASE 50 TRANSPORTATION VOUCHERS, YOU KNOW, AND SEE.
SO THAT, THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT IT.
UNLESS, LIKE I SAID, THE FILIPINO, UM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHEN THEY DID GET THOSE FUNDS, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO BUY FOOD FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, BUT SO WE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET SUPER SPECIFIC GUIDELINES, BUT UM, WHEN THEY ARE ATTACHED TO A CAMPAIGN, UM, THAT LETS US KNOW THE GENERAL AREA OF LIKE, OF SERVING COMMUNITY, UM, AND MAKING SURE GOES TO THAT.
AND I GUESS THIS IS MORE A TECHNICAL QUESTION.
LIKE HOW THE WEBSITE IS SET UP.
LIKE IS THERE A LIST THAT PEOPLE SELECT FROM THAT THEY WANT THEIR MONEY TO GO TO? OR IS IT LIKE MORE OPEN-ENDED? LIKE THERE ISN'T A DROPDOWN LIST WHERE THEY COULD, BUT I BELIEVE THEY COULD ADD A NOTE.
UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE IF THEY DO A DONATION IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE, SOMETIMES THEY COULD SAY, UM, SPECIFY THAT, UM, YOU COULD ALSO REACH OUT TO THEM TO, UM, THE KEEPS LIKE CONTACT INFORMATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WAY WHERE POSSIBLY MAKE BILL ON THAT.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED SO FAR HAS BEEN UNDESIGNATED.
YOU WANNA KEEP IT UNDESIGNATED WHENEVER YOU CAN.
YEAH, WE WANNA KEEP IT FLEXIBLE JUST SO THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE COULD MEET THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANT IT TO GO TO COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE'S NO FUNDS THAT YOU WOULD TURN DOWN.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY WROTE, I WANT THIS TO GO TO SOMETHING CRAZY.
IT HAS TO BE WITHIN OUR VALUES.
WE'VE, AT THE UNIVERSITY WE'VE TURNED DOWN VERY RARELY, BUT OCCASIONALLY SOMEONE WANTS TO DONATE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO.
UM, SO I THINK THE FIRST THING WE DO IS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.
AND THEN I WOULD INVITE A MOTION TO JUST TO, UM, ADOPT THE BOARD TO, UM, HAVE THE BOARD WEIGH IN ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT ON, ON THE GRANTS APPLICATIONS.
SO TODAY WOULD BE LIKE HOW YOU, IF YOU DO, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN HAVING THAT OVERSIGHT, UH, VOTING ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED OR DISCUSS HOW YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.
AND LIKE THE FREQUENCY, RIGHT.
AND IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THEIR NEEDS TO BE A MOTION.
SO, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DISCUSSION WITH THAT MOTION.
SO ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS FOR AALIYAH? THEN THE FIRST THING I WOULD INVITE IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT HER REPORT.
AND IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU ROSE.
NOW HOW TO WORD? I'M INVITING A MOTION.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY THE ONE WHO HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S CALLED
I HAVE A MOTION, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION IN ORDER TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, I THINK.
I SO YOU WANNA, YOU, YOU JUST, GREAT.
THE, SO THE MOTION IS TO, TO, I THINK WE A MOTION TO ADD.
I KNOW WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT, I THINK THAT WE CAN GET BY WITH THE REPORT HAVING BEEN ON THE AGENDA, BUT GOOD CALL.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO ANGELA'S MOTION? YES.
A MOTION TO, UM, HAVE THE BOARD ADOPT OVERSIGHT OVER THE GRANTS, THE GRANT AWARD PROCESS.
NOW WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU BASICALLY, ALL THE APPLICATION WOULD COME TO ANOTHER AGENCY GOES TO, IT WOULD COME TO US.
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A FIRST REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE.UM, ESPECIALLY GRASSROOTS PROBLEM ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY.
SO THERE COULD BE, I COULD KIND OF GO BACK AND ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE, AND THEN KIND OF COMPILE IT FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARD.
THE BOARD SAYS, NO, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.
SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS? JUST WHO TAKE CARE OF WHO REVIEW THE, IT WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BOARD AS AN ADDITIONAL REVIEWER.
BASICALLY YOU, YOU WOULD BE THE REVIEWER AT YOU WOULD, UM, MAKE, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARDS.
SO, UM, SO THIS, THIS BOARD IS A BOARD THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENT C REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT, UM, PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH REPRESENTATION ON HOW THESE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
IS THERE A PRECEDENT FOR THIS TYPE OF, LIKE, ACTIVITY FOR THIS GROUP OF YEAH, I THINK SO.
WEREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT AALIYAH? THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT FUNCTIONS SIMILARLY AND RECEIVES THE, I MEAN EVEN WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THERE'S ACTUALLY WITH LBCF, THERE'S AFFAIRS FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION.
AND SO THE, OR UH, THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, THEY, UH, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE FUNDS, HOW THEIR SPEAK SPENT.
AND AT THE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTEES DOING THIS WORK OVER.
IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY COMMON MODEL.
MOST FUNDERS ARE, WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY MOST, BUT A LOT OF FUNDERS DO HAVE SOME SORT OF ADVISORY BOARD THAT MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES THE FINAL APPROVAL.
IT'S USUALLY NOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDS.
UM, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE LIKE NON-EMPLOYEE, LIKE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO INVITE THE BOARD INTO.
IT ALSO PROVIDES THE STAFF WITH A LAYER OF COVER WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE SOMETHING, THEY CAN SAY, WELL, WE, THERE WAS A BOARD THAT VOTED.
AND WE HAVE AN ADVISORY ROLE WE'RE GONNA GET TO AND OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING YEAH.
WHAT WE DO, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
BECAUSE I, I THINK IT WILL BRING US TOGETHER AND USE OUR EXPERTISE MM-HMM
TO REALLY WEIGH IN SOME ON SOME THINGS AND FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME INPUT, UH, AND IN MOVING OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT? YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK SO.
UM, THEN I GUESS THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION WOULD BE HOW WOULD YOU WANNA RECEIVE, HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU WANNA RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS? BIMONTHLY, QUARTERLY, BI-ANNUALLY? AND ALSO HOW OFTEN WOULD THE, WE DON'T WANNA HOLD UP A PROCESS ALSO.
SO WHAT I MEAN AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, MAYBE WE COULD, I WOULD SAY NO LESS THAN QUARTERLY.
UM, LIKE I THINK QUARTERLY OR BIMONTHLY WOULD BE GOOD.
I THINK MONTHLY MAY BE TO MANAGE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE CAN'T EVEN GET A QUORUM.
AND IF CITY ATTORNEY WILL EVER ALLOW THERE TO BE VIRTUAL MEETINGS,
AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUARTERLY AND SO ON.
WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE ATION? DEPEND, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING LIKE TALK ABOUT, RIGHT.
WELL THAT'S QUARTERLY AND THEN DECIDE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT.
NOW WE'RE VOTING ON OTHER 50% THAT, RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE VOTING ON EMERGENCY SERVICE MONEY.
WE'RE VOTING ON PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT SOME SORT OF PLAN YES, YES.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M CHOOSING THE, THE HALF OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE FOR DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT THAT OUR STAFF WOULD REQUEST AND WE WOULD DO APPROVAL.
SO THAT WOULD BE CONVENIENT AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE, THOSE THINGS.
THE MINI GRANTS ARE FOR LONG BEACH NONPROFITS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE LIKE STAFF WELLNESS TRAINING, STUFF LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE BURN OUT QUITE FRANKLY.
AND WE JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM, UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO APPLIES FOR GRANTS FOR A LIVING, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD SAY ON AN APPLICATION.
AND WE ARE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS ON A BASIS.
WE REVIEW QUARTERLY BY LIKE, WE WOULD, ON THE GRANT GUIDELINES, WE WOULD TELL THEM LIKE HOW OFTEN WE WOULD REVIEW.
SO IF YOU, SO IF YOU SUBMIT, WE COULD TELL THEM THE REVIEW DATES.
LIKE IT'S GONNA BE MARCH, IT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER.
SO SUBMIT BEFORE THIS REVIEW DATE.
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WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HEAR THAT AN ANSWER LIKE THE FOLLOWING MONTH AFTER THE, THAT I, I PIGGY BACK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT WORK.IF SOMEBODY WANTS X AMOUNT OF MONEY NEXT MONTH AND WE'RE TALKING MEETING ORDERLY, SO ON, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GROUP IN THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY ACT ON IT AND THEN LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS THING NEEDS, SHOULD BE MOVED FASTER THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S ACCURATE BECAUSE THE HALF OF THE FUNDING THAT IS BEING USED FOR EMERGENCY OR URGENT SITUATIONS WILL NOT BE UNDER OUR OVERSIGHT.
THAT WILL NOT BE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON.
THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON ARE ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR FUNDING TO DO A PROGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT'S NON-URGENT, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD WANT US TO VOTE ON ANYTHING URGENT
I DON'T WANNA VOTE ON ANYTHING URGENT.
I DON'T WANNA VOTE ON ANYTHING URGENT.
BUT FOR PROGRAM FUNDS OR, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE MOSTLY PROGRAM FUNDING.
IT'S LIKE SUPPORT AND TRAINING.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE EVENTS, MAYBE NICE THINGS TO HAVE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, IT'S JUST SOME EXTRA THINGS THAT THEIR GRANTS TYPICALLY DON'T COVER THAT WE JUST WANNA SUPPORT THEM.
MAYBE OUTREACH AND AWARENESS EVENTS OR YEAH.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD EVER BE ASKED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE MEETING AN URGENT NEED.
AND THEN JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IS THERE LIKE, UM, A RUBRIC CREATED, WE WOULD CREATE A RUBRIC.
'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT THERE TO BE CONSISTENCY.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? CAN, DO FOLKS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF QUARTERLY? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM AALIYAH, THAT THAT'S KINDA WHAT'S STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THIS, FOR OTHER GROUPS.
CAN WE PERMIT IT QUARTERLY? AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE TO REVISIT THE TIMING, WE COULD REVISIT THE TIMING, BUT AT LEAST START WITH QUARTERLY.
HOW DOES EVERYONE FEEL ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN LET'S, LET'S CALL FOR A VOTE.
THE, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADOPT BOARD OVERSIGHT OF, UM, GRANT FUND THE GRANT FUNDING PROCESS FOR THESE DONATED FUNDS AND RECEIVE, UM, THE APPLICATIONS QUARTERLY.
UH, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND WE WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE, LOVE TO RECEIVE IT THEN? QUARTERLY.
UM, SO QUARTERLY IS A FREQUENCY.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KIND OF DO A PRESENTATION OR KIND OF ARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO LIKE SET THAT APPLICATION IN ADVANCE SALARY? I'M JUST NOT SURE OF ALL OF THOSE.
SO YOU CAN SEND IN ADVANCE AND WE COULD PROBABLY GO OVER THEM.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY THERE ARE.
I MEAN, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING 20 OR 30 AT A TIME.
IF IT BECOMES, UM, IF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BECOMES TIME PROHIBITIVE, THEN WE'LL JUST DO OUR HOMEWORK.
BUT IF THERE ARE, IF IT'S REASONABLE TO COVER DURING A BOARD MEETING, THEN LET'S JUST DO BOTH.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I THINK EVERYONE'S GONNA BE ON TOP OF DOING THEIR HOMEWORK,
LEONA, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM WITHOUT ME? UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YEAH.
TAKE AN HR MEETING, BUT I MAY JOIN YOU.
WELL THAT'S EXCITING AND DOVETAILS VERY NICELY INTO OUR NEXT, UM, CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GOING TO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A ALL KIND OF A QUICK BRIEF, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING TO APPROVE A STRATEGIC PLAN YET.
WE'RE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION ON THIS ITERATION, THIS DRAFT, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT MOST AREN'T HERE TODAY.
SO THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT DOESN'T EVEN REALLY WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION ON IT WITHOUT THEM.
BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT IS, UM, BECAUSE
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I THINK THAT'LL BE USEFUL FOR THE TWO NEW MEMBERS.SO IT'S TIME TO REVIEW THE, THIS DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND NOW MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE VOTE WE JUST HAD, WE MIGHT EVEN REVISE THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCLUDE THE FUNCTION THAT WE JUST VOTED TO, UM, TO ABSORB, WHICH IS NICE.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NO ONE, BECAUSE NOBODY HERE WORKED ON IT.
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SO FOR THE NEW FOLKS, UM, THIS LOOKS REALLY, THIS, THIS LOOKS KIND OF IMPRESSIVE.I DIDN'T GET THIS WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD, BY THE WAY.
UM, AND THERE WAS NO ONBOARDING.
I'M GONNA START THE DISCUSSION BY SAYING THERE ARE ASPECTS THAT I READ IN HERE THAT FEEL PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE HAVE OPERATED.
AND THERE ARE ASPECTS IN HERE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE
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ASPIRATIONAL THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY HOW WE'VE HISTORICALLY OPERATED, BUT I THINK WE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE ENVISIONED OPERATING MORE WOULD, AND WOULD YOU AGREE? YES.UM, SO FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE NEW, I POINTED OUT JUST SO THAT BY WAY OF INTRODUCING YOU TO THE BOARD, UM, I PUT A LITTLE QUESTION MARK NEXT TO ADVISORY ROLE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW ADVISORY WE'VE BEEN, UM, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR MEDICAL EXPERTISE.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED MORE OF THE GUIDANCE THAN WE HAVE GIVEN.
UM, I DO THINK, AND I'M GONNA INVITE OUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM HHS TO CHIME IN.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE USEFUL WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR REPORTS, WHEN WE ASK OUR QUESTIONS, I THINK IT HELPS FOLKS WHO DO THIS EVERY DAY TO HEAR OUR QUESTIONS, TO KNOW WHAT ISN'T QUITE AS CLEAR FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T AS EN ENTRENCHED IN THE WORK OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TO A LAY PERSON.
UM, SO WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, I DO ACTUALLY THINK THAT BEING MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED THAN PERHAPS WE EVEN HAVE BEEN TODAY, UM, CAN BE USEFUL TO FOLKS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY PRESENT.
UM, BUT I DON'T, I HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY SEEN A LOT OF US SHARING OUR EXPERTISE WITH THEM.
IT'S BEEN MORE, UM, ASKING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND ACTING AS A LITTLE BIT OF A SOUNDING BOARD IN THAT WAY.
UM, SO I PUT A LITTLE QUESTION MARK THERE AND AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
I WROTE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, AND IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR HHS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, IMPROVE UPON THAT IN THE COMING YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS REALLY BRING THIS INFORMATION BACK TO THE, THEIR CORNER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK MORE AS A BOARD ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT AND UM, EVEN NAIL DOWN SOME EXPECTATIONS AROUND HOW WE DO THAT.
AND ALSO, WE'VE TALKED A LOT RECENTLY OVER THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SPEAKING AT PUBLIC COMMENT OR HAVE REACHING OUT TO OUR RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND I'M NOT CLEAR, I THINK SOMEONE MAY HAVE DONE THAT OR A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MAY HAVE DONE THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS REALLY TOOK A LOT OF ACTION AROUND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK MORE ABOUT SYSTEMATIZING OR OPERATIONALIZING WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THIS ROOM AND IT ONLY LIVES IN THIS ROOM.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK HISTORICALLY IT MOSTLY HAS ONLY LIVED IN THIS ROOM.
BUT IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN FAIRNESS, BEFORE WE GOT NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY ANNOUNCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT I WAS INFORMED THAT ALEXANDER REDDAL HAS RESIGNED FROM THE COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS KNOW THAT.
UM, SO NOW THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER ON THE BOARD.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE HOPEFULLY, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE EASE IN REACHING A QUORUM.
BUT IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE'VE EVEN SOMETIMES STRUGGLED WITH REACHING A QUORUM.
SO WE REALLY WEREN'T AT A PLACE WHERE WE COULD GET INTO SOME OF THIS MORE DEEPLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE COULDN'T EVEN MEET.
WE WOULD SIT HERE AND LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO COME.
AND THEN, OH, WELL IT WAS NICE SEEING YOU.
SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN RESUME HAVING ACTUAL MEETINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP THAT, UM, IS A LITTLE MORE FRESH AND REJUVENATED AND PREPARED TO SHOW UP AND CREATE A QUORUM.
UM, SO THAT GIVES US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THESE PLACES FOR OTHER FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN ON THE COM, ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE.
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OTHER PERSPECTIVES? NO, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE ON THE BOARD.AND I THINK THAT THE SUBGROUP, PAULA, MYSELF AND BARBARA AND SABRINA AND PEOPLE YOU'LL MEET, UM, IT TOOK US A WHILE, BUT WE REALLY, UM, WERE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'D LIKE TO GO.
AND AS WE BRING NEW PEOPLE ALONG WITH NEW IDEAS AND NEW TALENTS AND EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UM, BROADENING OUR ABILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, HERE LOOKING AT THE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITY AND JUST ATTENDANCE, JUST GETTING ATTENDANCE IS GREAT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GOING DOWN PIECE BY PIECE.
AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN ADVISORY ROLE MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S COMING TOGETHER.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, UM, IT'S ORGANIC AND IT'S GROWING.
UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT YOU HAVE TO LONG BEACH AND THE, AND THE PEOPLE HERE.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE SO FORTUNATE AND I I'LL SPEAK TO, TO YOU ALL WHO WORK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOUR COMMITMENT, AND I THINK THAT OUR MISSION AND WHAT WE DO HERE IS JUST SO, UM, AUTHENTIC.
IT'S SO AUTHENTIC AND YOU COME HERE AND WE REALLY GRAPPLE WITH HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE ALL IN.
AND, AND I, I, I JUST AM GRATEFUL SO WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS LIKE A YEAR OF WORK, AT LEAST
WE SAT AROUND MANY A KITCHEN TABLE SAYING, OKAY, WELL WHAT, WHERE DID WE SAY? UH, BUT IT REALLY IS A, IT'S A WONDERFUL SUBGROUP AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY MEET I THINK FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WITHOUT IT BEING A LARGE COMMITTEE.
BUT WE BRING IT BACK AND IT REALLY IS NOW THIS IS OURS.
SO FEEL FREE TO OWN IT, UM, AND CONTRIBUTE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SAY, HEY, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
OR I SIT ON, I SIT ON SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO WELL MM-HMM
IT'S JUST REALLY TO INTRODUCE THIS, UM, I WISH SABRINA AND AND, UH, BARBARA WERE HERE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING, UM, GO ON IT.
WE'LL JUST LET'S RECEIVE THE DISCUSSION.
BUT, UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE REVIEWING IT? HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT ANYTHING? I HAVE A QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE COURTROOM.
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE DESIGNING MM-HMM
IF THEY HAVE THE MEETING, IS THAT AFFECTING HIM? BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST SKIPPED THAT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT TO SEE OBVIOUSLY PROMOTING TO HAVE MORE MEMBERS COME ON BOARD AND SOME ISSUES ALONG I EVALUATION.
THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU JUST LISTED.
I DO HR NOW, BUT ACTUALLY AN EXIT INTERVIEW.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION.
MAYBE I CAN GO AND ASK, YOU KNOW, HAVING SAT ON THIS BOARD, GIVE ME YOUR SWAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE OUR STRENGTHS AND WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITIES, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO OR US TO THINK ABOUT DOING.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY EXPERTS SAY, OKAY, I UNDERSTANDING NEXT MONTH.
OR THEY DON'T LIKE THE COMMITTEE.
YOU AS THE CHAIR AND MAYBE HELP THE DIRECTOR THINGS TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE.
AND EXIT INTERVIEW IS A GREAT IDEA.
IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THE MEETING, UM, I, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE SAID THAT IT HAS TO BE AT THIS TIME WHERE THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN WHAT, THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE, UM, BEING RECOMMENDED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY, THIS TIME AROUND, ASKED ME TO TALK WITH EVERYONE LIKE I TALKED WITH YOU, RIGHT? AND I TALKED WITH YOU.
THEY ACTUALLY ASKED ME TO TALK WITH THE FOLKS WHO WERE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY OF US DID WHEN WE WERE BEING RECOMMENDED.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY USEFUL BECAUSE ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME WE MET AND SAID, I CAN'T DO THAT.
AND DECIDED NOT TO JOIN THE COMMISSION, WHICH WAS SAD, BUT BETTER THAN BEING
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APPOINTED AND THEN NOT ABLE TO DO ITSO IT ACTUALLY HELPED US TO NOT GET INTO ANOTHER POSITION OF STRUGGLING WITH QUORUM BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE BOOKS WHO CAN ATTEND.
SO THE TIME IS A CONTROVERSIAL ONE.
I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY COMMISSION THAT MEETS AT THIS KIND OF TIME IN THE MORNING.
I THINK MOST OF THEM MEET IN THE EVENINGS.
BUT I THINK IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, AND I WISH SABRINA WAS HERE, BECAUSE I THINK SHE HAS A FIRMER GRASP ON THE HISTORY OF THIS THAN I DO.
I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT IT'S IN THE MORNING IS REALLY BECAUSE OF MANY OF THE DOCTORS
SO IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M ONTO SOMETHING HERE.
UM, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT A MORNING PERSON AND GETTING HERE AT 7 45 MAKES ME ANGRY IN MY SOUL.
BUT I'LL DO IT BECAUSE I, I LIKE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH AND I WANNA BE ON THIS COMMISSION.
BUT YEAH, IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL, THE TIME HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, I THINK.
AND WE LOST ONE OUTTA THREE, BUT WE GAINED TWO GREAT MEMBERS.
SO I THINK WE'RE TWO OUTTA THREES.
TWO OUTTA THREE AIN'T BAD AS THEY SAY.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO EXIT INTERVIEW.
YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT EXIT INTERVIEWS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXIT INTERVIEW.
IT'S WHAT I'M DOING WITH SOME EMPLOYEES DOCS THAT LEAVE.
WHY ARE YOU GOING? THEY'RE VERY ENLIGHTENING.
HOW MANY OF THAT? YOU DON'T PAY ME ENOUGH.
YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO,
OR MAYBE THE SCHEDULE HASN'T NO LONGER WORKS FOR THEM, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TOO BUSY, THEY WERE INVITED TO JOIN SOMETHING ELSE.
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE YOU SAID.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN, WE'LL, WE'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO REVISIT THIS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AND ADD IN THE OVERSIGHT OF THE GRANT FUNDING PROCESS AS ANOTHER ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT WHEN THE REST OF YOUR COMMITTEE IS HERE BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY ALL HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY FROM THE TWO NEW FOLKS.
I JUST REALLY LIKE THE LAST POINT, THE BENCHMARKING SUCCESS.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THOSE KPIS ARE GONNA BE.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT KPI BLOWS MY MIND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND JUST KNOW NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THE TWO OF YOU.
THIS WILL HELP YOU TO GET ON UP TO SPEED MUCH FASTER THAN I THINK IT TOOK MOST OF US AROUND THE TABLE.
AND MAY I ALSO SAY THAT WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
UM, SO CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? THIS IS A SILLY, SORRY, MY EDITORIALIZING, BUT THIS IS A SILLY NEW THING THAT THIS CITY DOES.
EVERYTHING WE DISCUSS HAS TO BE VOTED ON EVEN IF THERE'S NO ACTION BEING TAKEN.
SO MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO FILE A DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN? SO, SO, GREAT.
I'M GONNA GO WITH ROSE IS MOVING AND DR.
AND THEN, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? DOES ANYONE WANNA SHARE ANYTHING FROM YOUR CORNER OF THE HAPPY WORLD? NO.
MOSQUITO SEASON'S GETTING STARTED.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT LEMONGRASS RECENTLY.
APPARENTLY LEMONGRASS IS, IS YOU WANT LEMONGRASS IN YOUR YARD? ANGELA'S LIKE, NOT, NOT SO MUCH.
I MEAN, IF YOU LIKE, THE SUN
DOES REPELLENT REALLY WORK? YOU OKAY?
THE NEW, I MEAN, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE, YOU KNOW, CC APPROVED IS, UH, WHAT IS IT? OIL EU EUCALYPTUS.
IT'S ONE OF THE ACTIVES ON PROPELLANT.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF THE NATURAL, YOU KNOW, NON AESTHETIC, WHAT JUST STANDS ON DE YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PLACES WHERE THAT'S ALL THAT WORKS.
WHAT DO YOU USE DE YOU DO EVEN LIKE AROUND HERE IF I, IF I, IF I NEED TO.
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YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT'S WHEN THE BLOOD PRESSURE'S THERE, BUT IF, BUT IF THERE'S NOT A LOT, YOU GO WITH EUCALYPTUS.ALL I LIKE DIFFERENT VERSIONS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE VISITING MY HOME.
I'M GONNA SPRAY MY CHILDREN DOWN WITH EUCALYPTUS.
YEAH, LIKE HAVE, UH, REPELLENT WIPES.
LIKE THIS, LIKE FOR THE, BECAUSE THE SPRAY FOR DOESN'T APPLY.
EUCALYPTUS WIPES FOR CHILDREN.
SEE, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL TID BIT OF INFORMATION.
REALLY EUCALYPTUS WIPES FOR CHILDREN.
ANY OTHER? THAT'S A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL THE UNIVERSITY IS, UM, WE'RE IN SUMMER, THANK GOD WE'RE IN SUMMER.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE, UM, SUMMER POPULATION THIS YEAR TAKING CLASSES.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I'M VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE, WE JUST RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF GRANT FUNDING TO PURCHASE, UM, DENTAL EQUIPMENT, LIKE THE CHAIR AND THE KINDS OF STUFF YOU NEED TO DO DENTAL EXAMS. AND WE'VE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH A DENTAL COLLEGE.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CAL STATE LONG BEACH HISTORY, WE HAVE 41,000 STUDENTS.
SO WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, IT KIND OF DOES HAVE A REGIONAL IMPACT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING FREE PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE ON OUR CAMPUS.
SO SCREENINGS AND CLEANINGS AND REFERRALS, IF ANYTHING IS.
AND WE'RE GONNA ROLL THAT OUT IN THE FALL.
AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THROUGH OUR BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM, UM, OUR BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM IS WHERE OUR UNH, OUR HOUSING INSECURE AND FOOD INSECURE STUDENTS OFTEN ARE REFERRED, ARE USUALLY REFERRED IF THEY'RE, UM, IDENTIFIED AND ALSO EMERGENCY GRANTS.
IF YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY THAT'S GONNA JEOPARDIZE YOUR ABILITY TO STAY IN SCHOOL, YOU APPLY FOR A GRANT, WE GIVE YOU, WE COVER THAT EMERGENCY.
AND WE WERE SEEING HOW MANY EMERGENCY GRANTS, HOW MANY FINANCIAL CRISES WERE ABOUT A DENTAL EMERGENCY BECAUSE SO FEW PEOPLE HAVE DENTAL COVERAGE AND IF YOU HAVE A DENTAL ISSUE, BOOM, YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A HUGE, IT'S EITHER USUALLY EITHER A CAR EMERGENCY OR A DENTAL EMERGENCY OR SOMEONE GETS LAID OFF.
EVEN WITH GOOD DENTAL INSURANCE, THERE IS A VERY EARLY CAP.
SO WE WERE SEEING ENOUGH STUDENTS WITH DENTAL EMERGENCIES RAILROADING THEIR FINANCES THAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE OFFER PREVENTIVE CARE, MAYBE THERE WON'T BE AS MANY DENTAL EMERGENCIES THAT'LL KNOCK THEM OFF GUARD.
SO WE'RE GONNA ROLL OUT DENTAL CARE IN THE FALL.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AND I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY CSU IN THE WHOLE STATE TO OFFER DENTAL ROUTINE DENTAL CARE ON OUR CAMPUS.
I WOULD INVITE YOU TO, UH, CONNECT WITH, UH, TCC FAMILY HEALTH AS THEY DO HAVE A DENTAL CLINIC FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
SO PERHAPS THEY COULD BE A REFERRAL SITE.
IS THAT TCC? NO, IT USED TO BE THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC.
THEY CHANGED IT BECAUSE THERE WERE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL ALONG THE AGE CONTINUUM AND SO THEY WENT TO TCC, BUT HISTORICALLY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED, UM, THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC.
UM, BUT THEY ARE LOCATED IN MANY, MANY AREAS OF LONG BEACH.
UH, SO THEY ARE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.
THEY MAY HAVE A FEW, UH, IN SOME SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT DENTAL IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE, ARE RAMPING UP.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT AND, UH, WE'LL SEE IF IT HELPS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE CONNECTED WITH THE UNIVERSITY, YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING FREE DENTAL SCREENINGS AND CLEANINGS COMING IN THE FALL.
ANY OTHER, UH, SO DENTAL CARE, EUCALYPTUS WIPES, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, IF NOT A MOTION CAN, I'LL INVITE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE WILL ADJOURN AT NINE 30.
THANK YOU ALL AND WELCOME AGAIN.
AND WHERE ARE YOU? I USED TO WORK AT BEACH MEMORIAL CASE MONTH RECENTLY.
GOT A FULLTIME JOB AT WHITTIER IN
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SOME SHIFT.