* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. IN LONG [00:00:01] AND SO ON. MY ARM HAS 20,000, UH, OLDER ADULTS WITH FREE SERVICES, INCLUDING HOMELESS SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AGING, IN PLACE CHARITABLE. UM, MY RESUME IS, UM, I'VE BEEN IN HOMELESS HEALTHCARE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. I WAS THE, UH, MEDICAL, UM, AND HEALTHCARE DIRECTOR AT ORGANIZATION FOUNDATION. WE OPENED EIGHT CARE SITES, BUT IT WASN'T EVEN AN IDEA. IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. UM, AND THEN, UH, DID THAT FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. ALSO, UH, RAN THE STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM AND THEN I MOVED OVER TO BUILDING HOMELESS SHELTERS FOR A WHILE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOME IN LOS ANGELES. AND SO I LANDED HERE IN SCAN WHEN OUR NEW CEO WANTED TO DO A FULL BLOWN HOMELESS PROGRAM WITHIN OUR HEALTHCARE IN 2030. WE'RE GONNA HELP A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE SYSTEM. SO WE CREATED OUR STREET MEDICINE TEAM, WHICH IS CALLED HEALTHCARE AND ACTION. WE HAVE HOMELESS SERVICES AND CAL A UNDER OUR UMBRELLA. SO WE ARE GROWING AND, AND, AND EXPANDING SCAN REACH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY MORE SENIORS THAT NEED TO HELP. SO HERE, I'M PROGRAM COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION HERE IN LONG BEACH. WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER SERVICES, AND WE'RE GOING INTO EEC SUPPORT. WE DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS AND REENTRY. I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION. I SIT ON A COUPLE BOARDS. UM, I HAVE A PASSION FOR THE CITY AND I'M HERE TO GET IT BACK. THANKS. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME'S . I'M A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, OUR TEAM, UH, WE'RE HOUSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU. WE ADMINISTER THE CITY'S HUD CPD GRANTS, SO CDBG HOME AND ESG. UM, THOSE ARE ADMINISTERED BY, BY OUR LITTLE TEAM. UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 11, 12 YEARS. UM, I LOST TRACK BEFORE THAT. I WORKED IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR AS A CASE MANAGER. MY BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL WORK, UM, YEAH. NICE. HEY FOLKS. CONNOR LOCK, HUMIRA HOUSING FOR MAYOR. UM, BEEN TO THE CITY SINCE 2018, UM, EXCEPT FOR A TWO YEAR WINDOW. ATLANTIC CITY, COAST, MESA, ORANGE COUNTY. I WAS THE CHIEF STAFF, THE MAYOR DOWN THERE WHEN WE OPENED OUR FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER, UH, IN THAT CITY AND GOT MORE INTO HOUSING. I ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE, UM, L-A-C-D-A, THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE COUNTY OF LA. AND THAT SORT OF GOT ME MORE INTO THE, THE, THE SPACE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, THAT, THAT MASSIVE SPACE IN BETWEEN WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT OF SERVICES AND CARE. UM, AND SO WHEN I JOINED THE MAYOR'S TEAM, HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FOLLOWING THE, THE COC BOARD, MORE CLOSELY FOLLOWING WHAT DIFFERENT PIECES OF, OF DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS. UM, WERE FOCUSED ON THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL FUNDING FOR, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING BETWEEN. AND SO THEN, UM, THE TEAM APPROACHED ME AND SAID, I MIGHT WANT TO GET EVEN MORE INVOLVED IN CS BOARD. AND SO I'VE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AND CONTINUE LEARNING AND CONTINUE SERVING. SO I'M JAMIE CHU FORD. UM, I'M A MAN OF EXPERIENCE CURRENTLY. I'M THE, I'M THE FOUNDER OF ADVOCACY GROUP, INCORPORATED ADVOCACY GROUP THAT WE STARTED DOWN THE SKI ROAD BACK IN 2009. UM, MOVING UP TO 2018, WE CREATED A FOOD PANTRY. ME AND MY WIFE CALLED FOOD PANTRY, WHICH WAS VERY INTRICATE. AND WHEN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS TRYING TO COME INTO FOOD, AND THE FIRST MEETING AT JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BROKERED THAT FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE MENTAL OUTLET TO ALL THE HOMELESS AND FAMILIES THAT WAS IN NEED. A PANDEMIC. ALSO, CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION. AND LIKE, THAT'S ABOUT IT. I LOVED SEEING LONG BEACH. UH, PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT, HOMELESSNESS CITY, LONG BEACH GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL PATIENTS TO CALL. SO THEREFORE, I'M DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, RELATE TO HOMELESSNESS AND JUST BEING A RESIDENT IN LONG BEACH. I LOVE THE CITY IN YOU, UH, MOVING ALONG. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY BOARD MEMBERS? [00:05:01] CAN WE GET A MOTION TO A MOTION? SECOND, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, CAN WE GET VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL NOT IN FAVOR? SO THEREFORE, MOTION PASSES. MOTION PASSES. WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA. RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE WITHOUT THE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION. HA ROUND SIX PRESENTATION FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT AFTERNOON EVERYONE. JEFF , ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE. PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON, UH, HAVE SIX OF THE STATE'S TAXES, FUNDING PROCESS, AND, UH, SOME OF OUR PLANS FOR AROUND ACT SIX. SO WE'LL START WITH A FUNDING LANDSCAPE. HAVE SIX OVERVIEW, PROVIDING SOME OF THE CONTEXT FOR PAST SIX, HOW WE'LL FIT IN INTO THE CITY AND CITY SERVICES. TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE INTEND TO USE A BUNCH OF, LARGELY AS A STATE AND AUGMENT OUR SERVICES SYSTEM. AND THEN, UH, FOR HALF SIX, WE'LL ALSO, UM, TALK ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT INPUT, UH, FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION AROUND HALF SIX. UH, CAN BE WRITE TODAY, WRITE ONLINE. WE KNOW WE'LL ALSO BE, UM, CONVENING ON JULY 22ND FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK AS WELL. UM, SO PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION. THERE'S TYPO IN THE FIRST PART. UH, WE'VE MISSED A FEW, THE TOP APPARENTLY. BUT WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, THE STATE'S, UH, ALMOST HOUSING PREVENTION PROGRAM, THE TAP, UH, THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, THE CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE CURRENT STATUS WHERE HOME SERVICE SYSTEM SYSTEM NEEDS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW TO INCORPORATE FEEDBACK INTO THE PROCESS. SO SOME OF THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE OVERVIEW. UM, SO CONTEXT FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, KINDA THINKING ABOUT, UM, CURRENT FUNDING AVAILABILITY, FUNDING NEEDS, FUTURE NEEDS, UM, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, FIVE YEARS OR SO, IN PARTICULARS WHERE POST COVID, THERE HAVE BEEN PRETTY LARGE INFUSIONS OF SOURCE, UH, FUNDING INTO THE HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM, LARGELY IN THE FORM OF ONETIME FUNDING SOURCES, NOT NECESSARILY, UH, PERMANENT, UM, UH, SOURCES. SO, UH, DURING COVID WE HAD, UM, E-S-G-C-V THAT HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. YOU HAVE C-D-B-G-C-V, WHICH HAS AN EXPENDITURE DEADLINE, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP. UH, WE HAD OUR UNSHELTERED NOFO, SO HAD HAD A SPECIAL UNSHELTERED NOFO IN 2022. THOSE FUNDS ALSO EXPIRE IN 2026. UM, THIS WINTER WHEN THE FIRES HAPPENED, UM, THERE WAS A PRESIDENTIAL FIRE DISASTER FOR, UM, FIRE IN LA ESG RUSH, ANOTHER ONETIME ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL. THERE'S BEEN ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDS. EACH OF THOSE AS A ONETIME FUNDING INFUSION. AND HAP HAS BEEN RELEASED ON A NEARLY ANNUAL BASIS. UM, BUT EACH ROUND HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AS A ONETIME FIVE YEAR, UM, EXPENDITURE. UM, AND WE DON'T YET HAVE, UH, ANY LIKE AUTHORIZING STATUTES FOR HAVE TO BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE STATE'S BUDGET. UM, PROJECT HOME KEY SIMILARLY HAS BEEN, UM, UH, ADMINISTERED AT THE STATE LEVEL BY HCD HAS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE ISSUED A FEW NOFO FOR PROJECT HOME KEY. BUT AGAIN, EACH OF THOSE REALLY HAS LIKE ONE TIME FUNDING PROGRAMS. UH, AND SO WITH EACH OF THOSE RESOURCES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SCALE AND GROW THE SYSTEM, BUT 'CAUSE OF THE ONE TIME NATURE, THERE IS A POSSIBLE FUNDING CLIFF IN THE FUTURE. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS USE SOME OF THIS TO HELP STABILIZE, TO PREVENT SOME OF THAT FUNDING, CLIP FUNDING CLIFF. UM, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN TO USE THOSE ONE TIME SOURCES FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS, UM, OR FOR RESOURCE NEEDS WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO OUR TWO PROJECT HOME KEY SITES, FOR EXAMPLE, BEST WESTERN LUXURY AND BOTH PROCURED WITH ONE TIME FUNDS FROM THE STATE. UM, THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER, WHICH IS OPENING VERY SHORTLY. ALSO, UM, THE CAPITAL FUNDS AND THE SERVICE DOLLARS A AVAIL MADE AVAILABLE LARGELY THROUGH HAP. UM, OUR ICMS PROGRAM. TERMS CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, IMPLEMENTED THROUGH WHOM A RP, UM, SHALLOW SUBSIDY, WHICH WE'RE LAUNCHING NOW, UM, FUNDED THROUGH DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM HAMS OFFICE'S OFFICE. UM, SO REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, SHOWING HOW, HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS TO, UM, EX, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THIS EXPANDED LANDSCAPE OF FUNDS. AND FOR OUR BUREAU IN PARTICULAR, HALF HAS REPRESENTED ABOUT 10% OVERALL OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. UM, AND SO FOR FOR HALF SIX ITSELF, UH, IT'S AUTHOR WAS AUTHORIZED AS A BILLION DOLLAR BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. UM, FUNDS, UH, BY STATUTE FOR HALF ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO, UH, COUNTIES TO CONTINUE CONTINUES OF CARE IN LARGE CITIES. LARGE CITIES DEFINED GENERALLY AS CITIES ABOVE 300,000 OR SO. I THINK THERE'S 14 LARGE CITIES, UH, IN THE STATE OF WHICH, UH, LONG BEACH IS ONE. AS A CITY AND A LARGE CITY. LONG BEACH RECEIVES TWO ALLOCATIONS. UM, [00:10:01] THE BILLION DOLLARS, UH, FOR THE BLOCK GRANT THAT'S AUTHORIZED IN THE STATUTE THERE OF THAT BILLION 760 MILLION IS, UM, BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THIS, UH, NOFO PROCESS. THE BALANCE REMAINDER OF FUNDS, UH, HOW THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED AND DISTRIBUTED. UH, NOT QUITE SURE. I THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF HALF HAVE INCLUDED, UH, BONUS FUNDS AND REALLOCATION FUNDS BASED ON PERFORMANCE. UM, FOR NOW WE'RE COMPETING, WELL, NOT COMPETING. UM, THE ALLOCATIONS YOU SEE HERE, UH, LOCALLY FOR THE LA REGION ARE, UM, FORMULA ALLOCATIONS, UM, FOR EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE LONG BEACH PLANS, UH, WE HAVE TWO ALLOCATIONS REFERENCED THERE. TOTAL IS ABOUT $12 MILLION OR SO. THE CITY OF LA IS THE LARGEST RECIPIENT OF PAT FUNDS LOCALLY, UH, AND ALL TOLD IT'S, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY $300 MILLION OR SO THAT COMES TO ACCOUNT. UM, OKAY, SO SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAP SIX ARE, UM, CONDUCT STATE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR APPLICATION. THERE'S, UM, GOING BACK TO THE REGIONAL ALLOCATION. SO THE WAY THAT SOME OF THIS CAN BE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED IS THROUGH INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS FOR EACH RECIPIENT. UM, AND IT CAN ALSO BE AS A REGIONAL ITEM. SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN LONG BEACH IS WE'VE RELEASED A SURVEY. UM, YOU'LL, WE'LL GET TO THE SURVEY LATER IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT YET. UM, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE TODAY. AND THEN ON THE 22ND, UM, THERE IS THIS COUNTYWIDE CONVENING FOR, UM, THE ENTIRE, UH, FOR BASICALLY ANYONE WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO YOU PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON, UM, ANY, ANY OF THE RECIPIENTS OR APPLICANT'S, UH, PLANS. UH, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT WE MUST REQUIRE, UH, WE MUST APPLY AS A REGION. AND, UH, THE REGION AS DEFINED IN THE STATUTE FOR LA COUNTY IS THAT, UH, THE COUNTY IS A REGION, AND ALL OF THE CITIES AND CONTINUUMS OF CARE WITHIN LA COUNTY MAKE UP THE LA COUNTY REGION. SO FOR US, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COLY AND CO-DEVELOP OUR PLAN AND PROPOSAL ALONG WITH THE CITY OF LA, THE COUNTY OF LA, THE CITIES OF PASADENA AND GLENDALE, AND THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY. UM, EACH OF THOSE CO APPLICANTS, EACH OF THOSE REGIONAL PARTNERS, THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, ELEMENTS YOU HAVE TO, UM, COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A JOINT REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN. WE HAD DONE THIS AS A GROUP WITH HALF FIVE. UM, UH, THE STATE WILL REVIEW THE ACTION PLAN. THEY'LL GIVE FEEDBACK, WHICH ARE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS TO GET YOUR ACTION PLAN APPROVED. BUT THE ACTION PLAN INCLUDES LIKE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH OF THE PARTNERS, HOW EVERYONE WILL PLAN TO USE THEIR FUNDS, TIMELINES FOR USING THAT, UH, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, ALL OF THAT, UM, UH, A FUNDING PLAN. AND IN THAT FUNDING PLAN, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE SUSTAINABILITY FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, INVENTORY. SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO USE ANY FUNDS FOR SHELTER, YOU HAVE TO ARTICULATE THIS, HOW YOU PLAN TO SUSTAIN FUNDING FOR THE SHELTER PROGRAMS THROUGH I THINK, 2029. SAME THING FOR YOUR PERMANENT HOUSING PORTFOLIO. YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU CAN SUSTAIN THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN YOUR FUNDING PLAN ALSO HAS TO INCLUDE YOUR PLANS FOR HOW YOU, UH, PLAN TO SERVE YOUTH. AND THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST 10% OF YOUR FUNDING BE DEDICATED FOR, UH, YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND THEN A REGIONAL MOU BETWEEN ALL THE PARTNERS IS ALSO REQUIRED. UM, THE ELIGIBLE USES FOR, FOR, UH, THE SURROUND OF CAP, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, UH, BY STATUTE OR HOW THE STATE DEFINES THEM. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, SORT OF LIKE MORE PROGRAMMATICALLY, WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN TO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. THE STATE CATEGORY, THAT CAN INCLUDE RAPID REHOUSING, IT CAN INCLUDE RENTAL SUBSIDIES, IT CAN INCLUDE OPERATING SUBSIDIES FOR, LIKE, LET SAY PROJECT BASED PERMANENT HOUSING. UM, IT CAN INCLUDE CAPITAL, IT CAN INCLUDE SERVICES IN HOUSING FOR PREVENTION. BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT'S INTENDED TO LIKE PREVENT SOMEONE FROM EXPERIENCING AN EPISODE OF HOMELESSNESS OR CONVERTING THEM FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM. UH, INTERIM HOUSING CAN INCLUDE NAVIGATION CENTERS. NAVIGATION CENTERS, ACCORDING TO THE STATE, IS LIKE A LOW BARRIER SHELTER THAT PROVIDES HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES 24 HOUR BASIS. UM, THINGS LIKE THAT CAN USE IT FOR HOTEL AND MOTEL VOUCHERS, UH, CAN BE FOR, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES AND SERVICES WITHIN SHELTER CAPITAL FOR NEW SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS TO SHELTER, UH, NON HOUSING SOLUTIONS. UH, AND THAT'S STREET OUTREACH. UM, HOUSING NAVIGATION, HARM REDUCTION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THINGS LIKE THAT. HYGIENE SERVICES, UH, THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER NON HOUSING SOLUTIONS, BUT IF ANY OF YOUR REGIONAL APPLICANTS CHOOSES TO INVEST IN-HOUSING SOLUTIONS, IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS. SO BASICALLY NEW SECTIONS OF THE RFP OPEN UP, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, HOW YOU'LL, HOW YOU'LL INTEND TO FOCUS ON HOUSING. UM, AND YOU HAVE TO, UH, AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT WITH ALL THE PARTNERS IS, IS THERE A WAY TO, UH, HAVE ALL OF US INVEST IN HOUSING SO THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING SOME OF THE LIFT AND THE BURDEN, UM, AND ALSO MAXIMIZING HOUSING RESOURCES. GIVEN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEEDS ARE FOR HOUSING, THE REALLY, THE, THE, THE TRUE WAY TO END HOMELESSNESS IS THROUGH HOUSING. UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME, [00:15:01] UM, MANEUVERING OF, UH, OUR INTENDED PROJECTS TO USE OTHER FUNDS TO, UM, TO FOCUS OUR PROPOSAL ON HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND NOT TO INVESTED ON HOUSING, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT WITH, UM, CITY OF LA COUNTY, VALE, LA, AND , IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE SAME. UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE, UH, THE TOP SIX, BUT IT'S A MAXIMUM 4% ALLOCATION FOR ADMIN. UH, AND THEN HMIS, UH, ELIGIBLE AS WELL WITH A MAXIMUM OF 1%. AND AGAIN, UH, 10% MINIMUM FOR, FOR YOUTH SERVICES. UM, THIS YEAR'S KIND OF JUST MEANT TO DEMONSTRATE, SO LIKE, SORT OF LIKE SOME OF THE, UH, WHAT OUR SYSTEM KIND OF ROUGHLY LOOKS LIKE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION ON THE RIGHT VERSIONS OF THAT BY THE COUNTY ORA. OUR SYSTEM LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT NOT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, AS PEOPLE COME TO THE SYSTEM, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THEM WHILE WE CAN FOR THOSE THAT WE CAN'T. WE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF ACCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE ASSESSED FOR SERVICES, RECEIVE REFERRALS FOR SERVICES, UH, BE PLACED INTO INTERIM HOUSING IF THEY NEED IT, RECEIVE HOUSING NAVIGATION, MOVING AFFIRM HOUSING, UH, STABLE, STABLE HOUSING, SOME OF OUR SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. JUST, UH, GOALS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION AND SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL CLOSEOUT OF, UH, OUR SHELTERED NOFO. UM, ERF KIND OF FITS IN THERE AS WELL. WE'RE WRAPPING UP ERF TWO WHILE WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO IMPLEMENT ERF THREE. UM, OUR FULL UTILIZATION OF HOUSING STABILITY VOUCHERS. WE'VE GOT LEASE UP WITH NEW PROJECT BASED, UH, UNITS HERE. UH, ZEPHYR AND CRESCENT ARE NEW, UM, UH, COUNTY PROJECTS WHERE THEY CONVERTED, UH, HOTEL MOTEL PROJECTS TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT ARE IN, UH, KIND OF LIKE THE MATCHING PHASE THAT WE'LL MOVE INTO LEASE UP HERE SHORTLY. I THINK HAVE 220 UNITS OR SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO, LIKE 1 35 AND 39. OKAY. SO OVERSHOT, . UM, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE GOT SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING SOME OF OUR, OUR OWN CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR INTERIM HOUSING. UH, BEST WESTERN'S GOING THROUGH RENOVATION RIGHT NOW, LUXURY AND THE NAVIGATION CENTER OR NEAR COMPLETION WITH THOSE TWO, I KNOW ONLINE THAT'LL ADD ADDITIONAL 90 UNITS OF INTERIM HOUSING FOR US. UM, WE'VE PROBABLY PRESENTED MORE BEFORE ABOUT THE INTEGRATION MERGER OF, UH, UH, LA HMIS AND LONG BEACH HMIS. SO A LOT OF THAT WILL HELP WITH THE BETTER TRACKING OF DATA TRACKING PARTICIPANTS, COORDINATION OF DATA, COORDINATION OF REFERRALS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, THE CITY IS ALSO MOVING INTO ADDITIONAL PHASES AND STAGES OF ITS HOMELESSNESS, FUTURE PLANNING, AND THEN SORT OF WE GET TO WHERE WE PLAN TO USE OUR FUNDS, UM, ASIDE FROM THE HIS AND ADMIN, WHICH ARE SORT OF THE, THE MAXIMUM MOMENTUMS, UM, THE PRIMARY WAY THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR, OUR FUNDING IS ON RAPID REHOUSING AND SHALLOW SUBSIDY. UM, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR SYSTEM, THERE ARE STILL NOT, UH, REALLY SUFFICIENT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT. UM, ARE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT TO EXPAND, UM, OUR SHELTERING PORTFOLIO. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE FEDERAL CONSTRAINTS AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL SUBSIDIES FOR HOUSING, UH, TRYING TO USE AS MUCH OF YOUR STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO CREATE LOCAL SOLUTIONS AND, UH, LOCAL SUBSIDY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, INTERIM HOUSING OPERATING FUNDS, WE, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR PORTFOLIO. UH, THAT PORTFOLIO IS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE. UM, SO, UH, THE FUNDS HERE WILL HELP US REALLY SUSTAIN THAT PORTFOLIO. AND THEN TRANSITION AGE SERVICES, UH, BY A REQUIREMENT, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 10%, A MINIMUM OF 10% FOR YOUTH SERVICES. WE WILL, WE WILL GO ABOVE THAT WITH OUR PROGRAMING AND THAT OUR TAKE SET ASIDE IS ABOUT, UM, IT'S ABOUT, UM, OFFHAND I CAN'T RECALL WHERE WE LANDED AT, BUT, UM, IT'LL BE TAPE REHOUSE, THE FEE NAVIGATION CENTER. UM, SO WE WILL JUMP INTO SOME OF THE INPUT AND DISCUSSION. UM, A LINK WAS SENT OUT LAST WEEK, I THINK, UH, TO THE SURVEY, IF YOU ALL DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, UM, QR CODE HERE. SO ANYONE, UM, CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK. SOME OF THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS WE WANT TO GET AT IS, UM, HOW PEOPLE FEEL, YOU KNOW, WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES DO PEOPLE THINK ARE IMPORTANT, WHERE DO YOU SEE SERVICE GAPS IN OUR SYSTEM, WHAT SUGGESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE FOR STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM. AND THEN HERE WE'LL JUMP INTO SOME OF THE, UM, JUST SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR SO WE CAN KIND OF TALKED ABOUT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, UM, AND KIND OF SEE THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIKE, WHO'S PROVIDING FEEDBACK SO FAR. UM, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY, BUT ABOUT HALF COMING FOR PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE. UH, SOME ARE YOUTH WITH HOPE EXPERIENCE, AND WE ALSO HAVE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, PROVIDING FEEDBACK AS WELL. WE ASK PEOPLE WHAT KINDS OF PROGRAMS THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE, I THINK NOT SURPRISING FOR LONG BEACH, COC, UH, PEOPLE MOST FAMILIAR WITH OUR OUTREACH AND SHELTER PROGRAMS. UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THE MOST SORT OF FORWARD FACING. WE, WE REALLY ARE A SYSTEM OF ACCESS. YOU KNOW, THE MSC, OUR OUTREACH TEAMS, UH, A BC 7 0 2, [00:20:01] I THINK THOSE THINGS REALLY RESONATE. I THINK OUR PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS PROBABLY, UH, MAYBE UNDERSTANDINGLY NOT QUITE, UM, AS FAMILIAR TO FOLKS, UH, EXTERNALLY. AND THEN SORT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE KINDS OF SUPPORTS PEOPLE MIGHT NEED, I THINK NOT SURPRISED TO SEE IT'S ROUGHLY EQUITABLE. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A PERSON TO SUCCEED, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY NEED KIND OF LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SAY STABLE HOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES. UM, AND THEN, UH, HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU AGREE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE KIND, THESE QUESTIONS HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS HELP PEOPLE WITH EXITING HOMELESSNESS. PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE THAT CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. UM, AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WHERE PERIOD PEOPLE DISAGREE IS THAT HOMELESS SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE EASY PEOPLE TO ACCESS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT TO HELP INFORM KIND OF LIKE HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, SOME CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM THE SURVEY RESPONSES WE GOT. UH, YOU KNOW, ONE IS, ONE IS A, ONE IS A RESPONSE ABOUT HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. UM, ANOTHER IS, UM, SORT OF ISSUES WITH, UH, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUTH WHO HAVE, UM, SUBSTANCE USE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, LACK OF RESOURCES FOR, FOR THAT GROUP. LACK OF FUNDING FOR PREVENTION AND FAMILY SERVICES, A COMPLEX CES SYSTEM'S, HARD TO NAVIGATE, SHORTAGE OF INTERIM HOUSING SHELTERS, LACK OF SERVICES FOR YOUTH EQUITY, FOSTER CARE, NON PERMANENT HOUSING, AND THE KINDS OF SERVICES SOLUTIONS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. GENERALLY, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK AROUND A NEED FOR HYGIENE AND SANITATION SERVICES, LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING FOR SHELTER PEOPLE, VEHICLES, DWELLERS, BETTER OUTREACH AND MARKETING OF OUR PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS, MORE SERVICES GENERALLY FOR TECH. UM, MORE EMERGENCY SHELTER, CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH NON-PROFIT CHURCHES AND . UM, FOR THE ITEMS BELOW, UM, WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES PEOPLE NEED. UM, WE ARE BRAIDING IN, IN OUR SYSTEM, UH, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE APPLICATION MIGHT NOT REFLECT ALL OF THOSE, UH, PRIORITIES, THEY SHOULD EXIST SOMEWHERE IN OUR SYSTEM. UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO USE, UM, SOME OF OUR LOCAL SOLUTIONS MEASURE A FUNDS TO PILOT A YOUTH, UM, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM. UM, WE ARE EXPANDING OUR INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAMMING WITH THE NAVIGATION CENTER IN THAT'S 90 MILLION UNITS THERE. UM, WITH OUR ENCAMP RESOLUTION, WE'RE LIKELY LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER. AGAIN, UM, FORT PROGRAMMING, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE NAVIGATION CENTER IN RAPID HOUSING. WE'LL BE EXPANDING THOSE AGAIN THROUGH THROUGH HALF. UM, SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH I THINK THOSE ITEMS WILL SHOW, UH, THROUGH OUR, OUR WHOLE SYSTEM. AND THEN JUST KIND OF CLOSING, AGAIN, BRINGING BACK TO THE, UM, THE SURVEY AND THE KIND OF QUESTIONS, AND I CAN PAUSE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, INPUT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM . UM, THE PROP GRANT PROGRAM. MM-HMM . SAYS YOU HAVE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY BY AUGUST 29TH OF THIS YEAR. UH, IT IS BY AUGUST. OH, THAT IS, APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE STATE AUGUST 29TH. THE FUNDS AREN'T, THE EXPENDITURE DEADLINE IS NOT AUGUST 29TH. THE APPLICATION IS DUE TO THE STATE. OH, THE APPLICATION IS DUE. HOW IS THAT GOING? WELL, WE'RE, UM, UH, IT'S GOING OKAY. UM, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, ALL THESE DIFFERENT APPLICANTS UP HERE WHO ALL NEED TO AGREE ON A PLAN. UM, THE, THE STATE HAS MADE A TA PROVIDER AVAILABLE TO KIND OF WRANGLE ALL OF THAT. SO HOME BASE IS THE, UH, TA PROVIDER WORKING WITH US TO FACILITATE THE APPLICATION PROCESS. UM, EACH OF US GOT OUR RESPECTIVE APPLICATIONS TO THEM LAST WEEK, AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT AND THEN, UM, TRY TO BUILD OUT THE MOU AND ACTION PLAN, THINGS LIKE THAT. FOR, FOR ALL OF US. THERE ARE SOME DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SOME OF THE PARTNERS. ONE OF THE DIFFERENT DISAGREEMENTS IS AROUND, UM, THE INVESTMENT IN-HOUSING SOLUTIONS. UH, AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S REQUIRED IF YOU INVEST ANYTHING IN-HOUSING SOLUTIONS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF YOUR PERMANENT HOUSING PORTFOLIO. UM, WE ARE GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT SECTION IN CASE WE NEED IT. UM, BUT, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO QUEUE UP EVERYTHING. THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, EACH OF THE PARTNERS, UM, HAS THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW FUNDING'S APPROVED. UM, AND SO EACH OF US ALSO HAS TO GO TO OUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BODIES BY THE 29TH, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COUNCILS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. SO IT IS A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE. HOW WILL [00:25:01] WE ADDRESSING THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW WITH MEDI-CAL CUTS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MANDATORY WORK REQUIREMENTS, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THAT WORKFORCE EDUCATION THAT'S ON NON HOUSING INTO PREVENTION? UH, YEAH. WE ARE NOT, WE PROPOSING TO USE HALF SIX FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION. THAT'S INELIGIBLE USE. WE ARE USING, UM, PRIOR ROUNDS OF HAP FOR, UH, AGREEMENT WITH, WITH, UH, CIVIC GATEWAYS. UM, AND WE ARE USING, IT MIGHT BE HAP FOUR, UM, BUT WE ARE USING SOME HAP RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SUBCONTRACT WITH GOODWILL, UM, UH, THROUGH OUR COC WHERE GOODWILL PROVIDES SERVICES FROM THE MSC. UM, SO WE DO HAVE THOSE AND WE'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE THOSE AS WELL. UM, IN TERMS OF MEDICAID, IT'S STILL HARD TO TELL. UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE BETTER UNTIL THAN I DO. THE JUST PASSED WHAT I HEARD FROM HEALTH NET THIS WEEK, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE WITH 2028 FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. UM, FOR US, UH, LOCALLY WITHIN LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, THE CITY IS SEEKING, UM, UH, MEDICAID OR MEDICA, UH, ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY SPORTS ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. IF WE LOST ACCESS TO THE CALING FUNDING, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE HOUSING NAVIGATION, UM, AND SECURITY DEPOSITS FUNDED ELSEWHERE IN OUR SYSTEM. UM, BUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH THE, THE FOLKS ARE GONNA LOSE THEIR MEDI-CAL. YEAH. UM, SO UNLESS THEY START DOING KIND OF SOME KIND OF WORK ACTIVITY, THEY THINK THEY COULD ACTUALLY EXECUTE, EXECUTE AND SHOW. THAT'S WHY I THINK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT'S KIND OF AN IMPORTANT KIND OF TACTIC MM-HMM. FOR PREVENTION. SO YOU CAN ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE CORRECT LANDSCAPE, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO GET SOME OF YOUR NON-ALIGNED, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS TO JOIN IN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF WORK ON THIS. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH. UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, SHALLOW SUBSIDY. YEAH. UH, AS ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR, UM, PROGRAM COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE INTENDING TO FUND. AND, AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT ANYWAY, HOW YOU, YOU GOTTA OFFSET THE RISK. THE PROGRAM DESIGN OR YOUR PROCUREMENT METHODS CAN INCLUDE A FOCUS OR EMPHASIS ON WORKFORCE. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT'S GONNA BE MORE HOMELESSNESS GOING, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. 1 BILLION, YOU KNOW, BLOCK RENT AND I'M SEEING ALL THE MONEY IS GOING, AND I THINK PERSONALLY, WHEN I HAVE A HUNDRED BUCKS, I GOT TO WRITE IT ALL UP LIKE THIS. AND I JUST HOPE THAT WITH THIS $1 BILLION, UH, BLOCK GRANT, OUR, OUR FUNDING OF IT, THAT GET US THROUGH 2028 AT LEAST, UH, AT THE EARLIEST OF 2026, BECAUSE I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A CHANGE, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON. YEAH. JUST THAT A LOT OF THINGS GET REPEALED AND GET BACK ON TRACK, BUT, UH, I THINK THIS, UH, THE CITY, OR AT LEAST HOME SERVICES BEEN BUDGETING YOUR MONEY PRETTY WELL. YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST GOT TO JUST RUN THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, LEAST 20 26, 26. WE , ONE OF THE THING, IT'S NOT MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE, THE, EACH ROUND OF HALF HAS INCLUDED, UM, UH, EACH ROUND HAS BEEN, UM, DEVELOP AS A FIVE YEAR, UH, FIVE YEAR EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY, BUT WITH OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE DEADLINES BUILT IN. AND USUALLY IT'S SORT OF AGGRESSIVE IN YOUR FIRST YEAR WHERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH HAS TO BE OBLIGATED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OR SPENT IN THE FIRST YEAR TO GO A LONGER PERIOD WHERE YOU BALANCE. UM, SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKE SURE YOU'RE MEETING YOUR OBLIGATION EXPENDITURE DEADLINES, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, SPENDING PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO YOU BALANCE YOUR BUDGET, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY IN YOUR OUT YEARS. UM, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FUTURE LOOKING BUDGET LOOKING IF WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRETCH THESE DOLLARS, LIKE PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE YEARS, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE HALF SIX AVAILABLE THROUGH PROBABLY 20, 26, 20 29. BUT THERE'S STILL LOT, IF I COULD JUST ADD RESOLUTION IN THE FEEDBACK SECTION [00:30:01] MM-HMM . UM, IN TERMS OF THE EXPANSION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS MM-HMM . AND CHURCHES, OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT PROVIDE THE INTERIM HOUSING WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S GONNA HELP OUT AS WELL. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF SMALLER AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY CAN BE A BARRIER TO GETTING THOSE AGENCIES THROUGH THE DOOR. UM, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S FUND, WHICH PROVIDES, UM, SOME SUPPORT FOR SMALLER AGENCIES. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, SORT OF ADMINISTER AND OVERSEE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A, UM, UH, PROCUREMENT EQUITY EVALUATION TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NON-PROFITS TO, UM, TO PARTNER WITH US MORE FORMALLY. SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME LESSONS WE CAN GET FROM THAT, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR US TO MAKE THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE FORMALLY ESTABLISHED AS PART. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID, UM, THERE, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN JUST A VERY CLEAR AND DEFINED PATH, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE SMALLER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES AND OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP. UM, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT PATH OR THAT, THAT STEP TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND HELP US EXPAND THE SERVICES HERE IN LONG BEACH? IS THERE A SYSTEM IN PLACE ALREADY HERE? BECAUSE NOVA IS A MASTER VENDOR SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, THE MASTER VENDOR AGREEMENT YOU HAVE TO VET RIGHT? THAT THAT TAKES TWO YEARS AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE A VENDOR, THEN YOU GET ALL RFPS. YEAH, THERE ARE BUREAUS AND PHARMACISTS HAVE A BENCH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A PROCESS. WE'VE NOT DONE THAT PROCESS WITH NORMAL SERVICES, BUT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO ESTABLISHING A BENCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR PRE-QUALIFY CERTAIN AGENCIES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SIT, WE DO CHARIT AND GIVING QUITE A BIT TO NONPROFITS, WE'RE LIKE THE SAFETY NET FOR THE SAFETY NET WE PROVIDE TO NONPROFITS. AND WE'VE NOTICED THERE'S BEEN A HUGE APPLICATION UPTICK BECAUSE A LOT OF CONVENTIONAL FUNDING THAT WERE COMING DOWN TO NONPROFITS ARE HAVING ELIMINATED. AND SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING BOMBARDED WITH WITH THAT. SO I THINK ANY WAY YOU CAN EASE THE, THE PROCESS OF GETTING SMALL NONPROFITS TO WORK WITH YOU, I THINK YOU'LL BE A SAFETY NET FOR THEM AS WELL. AND THEY'LL HELP YOU AS YOU HAVE SERVICE, UH, WORKFORCE GAPS. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE A GOOD COLLABORATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS, WAS SIMILAR TO THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC RELATING TO THE FOOD, WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR. DO YOU RECALL ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMING DURING THE PANDEMIC? YOU KNOW, SMALLER NONPROFITS? I TRYING TO REMEMBER, WE DID SOMETHING THROUGH CARES ACT. THE CARES ACT. YEAH. THE CARES ACT. YEAH, THERE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY GRANT. WE HAD SMALL WENT OUT RELATIVELY QUICKLY. YEAH, IT WAS SOME SOMETHING THAT, ANY MORE COMMENT QUESTIONS WE'LL ADD, UH, ONCE SOON OF THE DETAILS FOR THE JULY 2ND CONVENE. UM, I'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT OUT. UM, UH, THAT WILL BE LIKE KIND OF CO-LED BY, UM, LA COUNTY AND LASA, BUT, UM, LONG BEACH IS CO-HOSTING, CO-FACILITATING. THE WAY THAT'S GONNA WORK IS THAT, UM, THEY'LL KIND OF LEAVE THE PRESENTATION, THEN WE'LL DO BREAKOUT. SO, UM, WE'LL KIND OF BREAK PEOPLE OUT INTO, UM, THAT WON'T BE LIKE AN ONLINE, UH, PROBABLY ZOOM, UH, MEETING, BUT THERE'LL BE BREAKOUTS WHERE, UM, EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE APPLICANT RECIPIENTS WILL KIND OF DO LIKE AN INPUT SESSION LIKE THIS WITH, WITH FOLKS WHO ARE ATTENDING THESE, UM, FROM THE, THE, WE'LL PROBABLY BREAK IT UP BY SPOT AS I THINK WAY THEY'LL DO IT. SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE MEETING ON LIKE A BY EIGHT SPOT SEVEN CONVERSATION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE? MOTION TO RECEIVE SECOND SECONDED, GET A PUBLIC, UH, VOTE. ANY, OH, SORRY. JUST REALLY QUICK, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M A, UH, FOR THOSE WHO MAY KNOW I'M A CASA OR, UH, THE, UH, SOUTHERN COUNTY, YOU KNOW, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE YOUTH EXITING THE FOSTER SYSTEM. I HAVE A COUPLE ADOPTED DAUGHTERS [00:35:01] AND I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS THAT DIDN'T GET ADOPTED. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WHY MECASA, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE BOARD MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP THOSE YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT. SO AFTER THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD, IF ANYBODY HERE AS IS INVOLVED WITH THAT AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT. READY? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL NONE IN FAVOR. MOTION HAS ITEM THREE SIX, PRESENTATION DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. IF YOU HAVE NOT MET ME, MY NAME'S CASSIE BONNIE, I AM A SUPERVISOR WITH OUR ADMIN TEAM, HOME AND SERVICES BUREAU. I OVERSEE A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAM COMPONENTS THAT JEFF TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. UM, FOR SOME OF YOU THIS MAY BE A REVIEW. UM, I DID PRESENT THIS AT OUR GENERAL, UM, COC AT, UH, MEMBERSHIP MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT I WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE WITH HOPES THAT WE GET APPROVAL SO WE CAN PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUR PROVIDERS AND DESIRE. ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOME WAIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT, UM, FOR OUR, UM, COC TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT, UM, AS A RESULT OF, UM, THE FIRES THAT OCCURRED. UM, THE WILDFIRES THAT OCCURRED BACK IN JANUARY, UH, WE GOT TWO BONUSES I'D LIKE TO SAY. ONE WAS WE BECAME RECIPIENTS OF ESG RUSH DOLLARS, SO MORE DOLLARS BEING ADDED TO OUR SYSTEM. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT ALSO PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPLEMENT SOME WAIVERS. UM, BACK WHEN COVID WAS AROUND, WE HAVE THESE LOVELY WAIVERS THAT HUB ROLLED OUT WHERE WE COULD HELP, UM, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS QUICKLY, UM, GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITHOUT A LOT OF LIKE THE MANDATES AND THE REGULATIONS THAT COME WITH HUD. AND SO, AGAIN, WITH, UM, THE FIRES THAT, UM, CAME ABOUT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THESE WAIVERS AS WELL. SO I'LL TALK MORE SO ABOUT THESE WAIVERS. UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'LL GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND, UM, ON THE DECLARED DISASTER AREAS, I'LL EXPLAIN HOW THE WAIVERS WORK, HOW THEY'RE, UM, INTRODUCED, UM, TO SUPPORT, AGAIN, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECOME QUICKLY HOUSED WITHOUT ALL OF THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT USUALLY COMES WITH FEDERAL FUNDING. AND THEN, UM, PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE WAIVER IN PRACTICE. SO AGAIN, UM, BACKGROUND TO BACK JANUARY 8TH, UM, AS A RESPONSE TO THE WILDFIRES THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY, UM, THE PRESIDENT DECLARED THAT IT WAS A NATURAL DISASTER. AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, AGAIN, WE RECEIVED ESG RUSH DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR E ES. UM, OUR ESG RUSH DOLLARS ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRES AS OF JANUARY 8TH, WHEREAS OUR ESG, UM, WAIVERS AND OUR CLC WAIVERS THAT I I WILL TALK ABOUT, THOSE DO NOT, UM, HAVE THAT SPECIFIC CRITERIA WHERE PARTICIPANTS HAVE UP IN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. OKAY. SO THOSE COULD BE ANYONE THAT YOU'RE SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TO THE PROGRAMS AND IS ENROLLED. SO WHY DO WE LOVE WAFERS? AGAIN, IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARDS TO THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU HAVE, UM, ADMINISTERED FEDERAL DOLLARS, THERE'S A PLETHORA OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, RIGHT? AND SO THESE WAIVERS ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIVE SOME OF THOSE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET, UM, IN COMPLIANCE AT SOME SORT OF TIME, BUT IT MEANS LIKE IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? YOU COULD REALLY FOCUS ON GETTING PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, EITHER CONNECTED TO SHELTER OR MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, WEAVERS ALSO HELP US REDUCE BARRIERS AND SPEED UP HOUSING PLACEMENTS. UM, WITH, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS, THERE IS A MANDATE OR A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO HOUSING INSPECTIONS, RIGHT? WITH HOUSING INSPECTION, THAT ALSO TAKES TIME. AND SO WITH WAIVERS IN PLACE, AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO BYPASS, UM, SOME OF THE HOUSING INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. AND I'LL TALK FURTHER ABOUT LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT THAT WAIVER ENTAILS. UM, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. FLEXIBILITY WITH STANDARD LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS. THERE IS, UM, A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WHERE A STANDARD LEASE HAS TO BE BETWEEN [00:40:01] THE PARTICIPANT AND THE LANDLORD, AND IT HAS TO BE A 12 MONTH LEASE. UM, WITH WANTING TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE, MOVING FOLKS INTO HOUSING, THE WAIVERS ALLOW US TO SUBLET, UM, UNITS TO PARTICIPANTS JUST AS LONG AS THE LANDLORD IS AWARE OF THE SUBLEASE. AND, UM, JUST AS LONG AS THE PARTICIPANTS ARE SIGNING LIKE A LEGAL LEASE STILL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE LEGALLY PROTECTED THEM. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WITH HOUSING PLACEMENTS FOR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EXCEED FAIR MARKET RENTS. SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND LET'S SAY I'M RENTING A BUILDING SAME FOR LET'S SAY $200, AND I LITERALLY GO ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY'RE, UM, RENTING A BUILDING OUT FOR $700 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT COMPARABLE. UM, WITH, UM, FAIR MARKET RENTS, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO RENT OR PAY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LIKE THE $700 BUILDING. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE AREA IS WITHIN LIKE A, A RANGE, UM, AND NO ONE'S GAS, NOT GAS PRICING, BUT LANDLORD GOUGING US WITH, UM, RENT. AND THEN LASTLY, IT SUPPORTS OUR SYSTEM WIDE, UM, ADAPTATION OF WANTING TO PRIORITIZE RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AGAIN, UM, WHETHER IT BE BY THE FIRES. UM, WE DID DO A REVISION OF OUR RAPID REHOUSING POLICY AS WELL TO FOCUS ON FOLKS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED AND, AND OR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRE. UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UM, CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AGAIN WITHOUT PENALIZING PROVIDERS FOR NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE FOR, UM, SOME OF THESE FEDERAL, UM, REG REGULATORY, UM, ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SO THESE WAIVERS WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. THEY WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE BARRIERS WHEN ACCESSING FEDERALLY RESTRICTED DOLLARS AND THEN AGAIN, RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO THE EMERGENCY. UM, THESE ARE IN SHORT, UM, WHAT THE WAIVERS ALLOW US TO DO. SO WITH OUR ESG RUSH DOLLARS, UM, WE'VE HAD TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. UM, USUALLY WITH ESG AND ESG RUSH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND, UM, SO WITH THIS WAIVER, WE WERE ABLE TO WAIVE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE STILL DID PROVIDE, UM, LIKE, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, JUST LIKE WHAT WE WERE INTENDED TO USE THE ESG ESG RUSH DOLLARS FOR AND SO FORTH. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WAIVE LIKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD JUST 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO QUICKLY AGAIN, IMPLEMENT SERVICES. UM, LET'S SEE. THERE'S ALSO A WAIVER IN REGARDS TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TERMS. SO TYPICALLY WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, ESG, RUSH, UM, AND ESG AND ALSO COC, YOU COULD ONLY, UM, PROVIDE UP TO 24 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH THESE WAIVERS. THIS EXTENDS AT 24 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE UP TO 36 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, THERE'S ALSO, AGAIN, LIMITED, UM, A WAIVER ON THE FMR. SO WITH FMR, AS LONG AS THE RENTS ARE COMPARABLE IN THE AREA, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PAY LIKE THAT $700 IF I GO, UM, TO MY OTHER NEIGHBOR WHO'S ALSO OFFERING LIKE $700 FOR THE UNIT. SO, UM, THAT IS A WAIVER THAT WE'VE BEEN APPLYING FOR OUR COC. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING STANDARDS, SO THE HOUSING INSPECTIONS, LIKE I SAID, USUALLY IT ENTAILS A THREE PAGE FORM WHERE YES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE MOVING INTO UNITS THAT ARE HABITABLE. UM, BUT THIS WAIVER, UM, ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT. AND SO I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT, UM, YES, SO WE HAVE A WAIVER FOR THE HOUSING STANDARDS. AND THEN, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, TYPICALLY WITH ESG, UM, ESG RUSH DOLLARS, WHEN IT COMES TO A RENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT, IT YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO HAVING A 12 MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTICIPANT AND LANDLORD. THE WAIVER ALLOWS US TO SUBLEASE, UM, IF YOU'RE USING ESG AND ESG RUSH DOLLARS. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO COC DOLLARS, SOME OF THE WAIVERS MIRROR ESG, WHERE WITH COC, UM, AGAIN, YOU'RE ABLE TO EXCEED THE 24 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE JUST LIKE YOU ARE WITH ESG RUSH DOLLARS AND ESG. UM, THE LEASE REQUIREMENTS FOR COC HAVE BEEN WAIVED, UM, FOR COC OFF. UM, TYPICALLY YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO PAY FOR ONE TIME MOVING EXPENSES. SO OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RELOCATE, UM, OUR HOUSEHOLDS TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS AND SO FORTH. TYPICALLY WITH COC, THAT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET TO USE, UM, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR, BUT WITH THIS WAIVER, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THE WAIVERS THAT I'M TALKING, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT, [00:45:01] UM, THEY ARE IN EFFECT FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. SO FROM FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025. SO WE'RE A FEW MONTHS INTO WHEN THE WAIVERS HAVE BEEN APPLIED, AND THEN THEY END AS OF FEBRUARY 4TH, 2027. AND THESE ARE JUST, IF YOU WANNA LOOK BACK AT LIKE THE REGULATORY CITATIONS, WHERE TO FIND 'EM, UM, THAT'S LISTED HERE. UM, SO AGAIN, I, I'VE SPOKEN ALREADY A LOT ABOUT LIKE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE EXCEEDING, UM, THE 24 MONTHS AND BEING AVAILABLE UP TO 36 MONTHS. AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ESG AND ESG RUSH, UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, AN EXPANSION ON UTILITY ASSISTANCE. SO TYPICALLY WITH ESG AND ESG RUSH WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITY ASSISTANCE, IT'S, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME TIMELINE AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE ONLY 24 MONTHS. THIS WAIVER ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE UP TO 36 MONTHS OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN WITH ESG AND ESG RUSH, WHEN IT COMES TO CASE MANAGEMENT, IT'S VERY TIMELY ON HOW, HOW LONG YOU COULD DO LIKE THE HOUSING SEARCH. SO HELPING, UM, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FIND HOUSING VERSUS WHEN YOU NEED TO START FOCUSING ON, OKAY, THEY'VE BEEN HOUSED WITHIN 30 DAYS. NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON LIKE HOUSING RETENTION. AND SO THE ESG AND ESG RUSH WAIVER, IT STILL IS VERY TIMELY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING SEARCH. YOU STILL ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS TO HELP FOLKS GET INTO HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE THE HOUSING STABILITY AND ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT, THAT COULD BE PROVIDED FOR UP TO 36 MONTHS. SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, RIGHT? RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, HOUSING RETENTION. ALL RIGHT. UM, THESE ARE JUST MORE INTO THE ESG REST WAIVERS FOR AN ESG. UM, SORRY FOR HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND SO FORTH. ONE THING I DO WANT TO CALL OUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HAVE HABITABILITY INSPECTION STANDARDS, SO THE HOUSING INSPECTION FOR ESG AND ESG RUSH, UM, THERE IS STILL A TIME FACTOR THAT WE HAVE TO APPLY WITH THE HOUSING INSPECTIONS. SO INITIALLY, IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE FOLKS INTO HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST TO UM, MAKE OBSERVATION THAT THERE ARE NO LIKE LIFE THREAT THREATENING, UM, I DUNNO, CORDS HANGING OUT AND SO FORTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS LIVABLE, THEN THAT IS FINE. HOWEVER, 60 DAYS AFTER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MOVED INTO, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PARTICIPANTS MOVING INTO HOUSING, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE STANDARD HUD UM, HOUSING INSPECTION. ALL RIGHT, SORRY. SPOKE ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE ALREADY. SO I'M GONNA JUST ZOOM PAST MANY OF THESE. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEASE REQUIREMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT, AGAIN, THE ONE TIME MOVING ASSISTANCE FOR COC. THE WAIVER ALLOWS YOU TO, UM, HELP FOLKS RELOCATE AS NEEDED. UM, ONE THING ALL OF THIS ENTAILS THOUGH, IS EVERY PROVIDER'S BUDGETS. SO WHILE THESE WAIVERS ARE IN PLACE, YES IT'S GREAT, BUT IF PROVIDER'S BUDGETS IS NOT ALLOWED FOR MORE THAN ONE TIME MOVING ASSISTANCE AND SO FORTH, OUR PROVIDERS DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET AND THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN INTERNAL POLICIES AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS RELOCATE AND STILL ADHERING TO THEIR BUDGET. SO SOME IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS. UM, THESE WAIVERS ARE TEMPORARILY, SO THESE WAIVERS, LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH, 2027. AFTER THAT, ALL PROVIDERS HAVE TO GO BACK TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR ORIGINAL E-S-G-E-S-G RUSH AND COC STANDARDS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR PROVIDERS AND HELPING THEM CREATE EITHER POLICIES, ESTABLISH POLICIES, REVIEW THEIR POLICIES, AND CREATE SYSTEMS AND MECHANISMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO BE IN, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATORY STATUTES. AS OF, UM, FEBRUARY 4TH, WELL FEBRUARY 5TH, 2027, UM, SUB RECIPIENTS ARE, UM, FOLKS THAT WE CONTRACT OUR WORK TO. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO APPLY FOR THESE WAIVERS. WE'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR THESE WAIVERS ON THEIR BEHALF. WE JUST ASK THAT AGAIN WITH WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THEIR POLICIES AND RECORD KEEPING, THAT THEY'RE DOING GREAT RECORD KEEPING, UM, AND, UM, EITHER CALLING OUT LIKE THE, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE DOING LIKE HOUSING INSPECTIONS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE WAIVER THAT'S IN PLACE. AND THEN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING THOROUGH DOCUMENTATION AS WELL IN CLIENT'S FILES. AGAIN, CUT IS VERY BIG ON HMIS TO MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, RIGHT, RECORDING OUR SERVICES, MAKING SURE WE'RE CASE NOTING, ET CETERA. AND [00:50:01] THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS WHILE THE WAIVERS REMAIN IN EFFECT, UM, THEY DO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER LIKE OUR E-S-G-C-O-C WRITTEN STANDARDS AS WELL. UM, THE WAIVERS CAN BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT'S NOT, I HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE I WANT TO USE FOR A HOUSEHOLD. AND THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY TAKEAWAYS, QUESTIONS. WAIT, THERE IS ALSO, UM, I THINK IN THE PACKET, LIKE A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT THAT IS INTENDED FOR PROVIDERS TO LIKE CROSSWALK, UM, WHAT THE REGULATION WAS PLUS WHAT THE NEW STANDARD IS. UM, I THINK THAT WAS, I DIDN'T PRINT IT OUT 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PAGES, BUT IT IS IN THE PACKET THAT I EMAILED. OKAY. I ASK QUESTION. I NEVER KNOW OF THIS. ANY MORE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE WE SEEN A LOT OF, UH, UH, HOMELESSNESS FROM OUR ADVANTAGE? OUR HOMELESS COUNT IDENTIFIED ABOUT, UH, 5% OF OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN IMPACTED BY, BY THE FIRE. MM-HMM . UM, 5% WOULD BE WHAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE? UH, I THINK IT WAS TWO. I FORGET THAT. I FORGET THE NUMBER, BUT IT WAS 5% OF THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION. UM, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE, THE EXACT NUMBER I DON'T, DON'T RECALL. UM, BUT IT IS ALSO, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THE CROSSWALK WITH LIKE LA COC, PASADENA, COC, WHERE THOSE WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONES PROBABLY MOST IMPACTED, UM, TO SEE WHAT, 'CAUSE THEY DID THEIR PICK COUNT A MONTH AFTER US. WE, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES TO DO OURS, LIKE DURING THE FIRE. AND I THINK THERE'S CERTAIN REASONS WHY IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT LIKE THERE WERE PEOPLE KIND OF SEEKING REFUGE. UM, THE, THE, A LINE WAS RUNNING FREE 24 HOURS FROM PASADENA TO LONG BEACH, THE AIR QUALITY. YOU, YOU COULD HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LOST A HOME OR, OR GOOD PEOPLE JUST, THEY WERE UNSHELTERED AND THEY NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM THE AIR QUALITY. SO THEY CAME AS FAR AWAY AS THEY COULD. SO, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS SORT OF LIKE THE, THE SECOND TEST TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE, WHAT SORT OF OUR NUMBERS PROBABLY ARE LIKELY NOT DE DUPLICATED. THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE COUNTED IN BOTH OUR ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS THE PASADENA, OR DON'T ONLY KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. GUESS THE QUESTION IS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MANY FOLKS THAT HAVE A FIRE RELATED HOMELESS BUSINESS, THEN YOU WILL HAVE EXTRA FUNDS. YEAH. RUSH THAT. CAN YOU REPURPOSE THOSE? YEAH, SO THE, WE CAN USE IT FOR ANYONE WHO, WE CAN USE IT FOR ANYONE WHO IS HOMELESS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. AND WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WITH ONE, UM, LENGTHY, UM, UH, TERMS OF LIKE THEIR, THEIR EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS MM-HMM . SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE LIKE, LOST THEIR HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE FIRE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HOMELESS ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF THE FIRE. UM, AND THEN, UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, CAN USE IT FOR FUTURE DISASTER? NO, IT, IT'S ONLY THERE FIRES. THERE'S REALLY FIRES. YEAH. IT'S ONLY FOR, UM, EITHER, EITHER FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS PRIOR TO JANUARY 8TH, OR PEOPLE WHO BECAME HOMELESS AFTER JANUARY, EITHER BECAUSE OF A LOSS OF HOUSING OR IT COULD ALSO BE THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, RIGHT? LIKE I, I WAS WORKING IN MY PLACE OF THE PLACE , UM, MY RENTAL WE'RE NOW YEAH, THE RENTAL BUILDINGS NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, REPLACED. AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER WAIVERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THE REASON WHY THEY'RE EXPANSIVE BEYOND JUST RUSH AND WHY THEY ALSO APPLY ESG AND COC IS, THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT IF THERE, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 17,000 STRUCTURES THAT BURNED IN THE FIRE AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE 10,000 OF THOSE WERE PA UH, UH, I THINK, I THINK ALTINA FIRE WAS, UM, AND I THINK, UM, SO THIS WILL HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT THERE LIKELY WILL BE PEOPLE SEEKING HOUSING, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY AND THAT THAT LIKELY WILL RESULT IN LIKE INCREASED COSTS OR TIGHTEN YOU MARKET LOW VACANCY AND MORE PEOPLE COMPETING FOR THOSE UNITS. SO, UM, THE OTHER WAIVERS ARE INTENDED JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO JUST SERVE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SORT OF A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY IMPACTS OF LIKE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS BECAUSE OF THE, THE FIRES. AND SO THOSE WAIVERS ARE MEANT TO JUST SURVEY WHAT ANYONE, ANY MORE, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. UH, WE GET A MOTION TO PASS THIS. ARE WE, IS THIS A VOTE? [00:55:01] THREE, FIVE. OKAY. TAMIKA. TAMIKA, UH, PUBLIC ROLL CALL. VOTE. OH, SORRY. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE, NONE IN FAVOR? ALL. NONE IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSSION OF THE CONTINUED CARE BILLS. CC BILLS NOTES OF PLAN OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE'LL MOVE VERBAL PROCTOR. AND, UM, SO WE, IN THE FALL, I THINK IN OCTOBER, POTENTIALLY BROUGHT A SIX PEOPLE PRESENTATION TO BOARD TO SEEK, UM, BOARD APPROVAL FOR, UH, HOME SERVICES BUREAU TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE COC. UM, FOR A, WHAT WAS TO DO A FEW THINGS. ONE WAS TO RELEASE AN RFP TO SELECT, UM, AN APPLICANT TO INCLUDE IN A, UH, APPLICATION TO, UH, FOR CAPITAL FUNDS. UH, THE COC BUILD NOFO WAS, UH, A ONE TIME CAPITAL RFP, UM, FROM HUD THROUGH THE COC PROGRAM. UM, HUD HAS MADE CAPITAL AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE UNDER THE COC, BUT IT WAS NEVER, UH, UP UNTIL THIS LAST FALL, UM, HAD, UH, A FUNDING, UM, COMPETITION SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, COC CAPITAL FOR PEOPLE DRINKING . UM, AT THE TIME, UH, THE RFP INCLUDED ABOUT $150 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING IN TOTAL FOR, UH, TO MAKE ABOUT 30 AWARDS NATIONWIDE. UM, UM, WE RAN AN RFP TO SELECT AN APPLICANT. WE, UH, RAN THE RP UM, CENTURY WAS OUR, UH, OUR, OUR ONE BIDDER THAT HAD PASSED THRESHOLD. UM, THE APPLICATION WAS FOR THE UPTOWN ACRES PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF WHAT IS NOW THE A BC SHELTER LAND ANCHOR COMMUNITY. WE SUBMIT, SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO HUD IN LATE NOVEMBER. UM, WE RECEIVED A NOTICE IN APRIL, EXCUSE ME, OF THIS YEAR, UH, INFORMING US THAT HUD WAS PULLING BACK THE RFP AND WAS RE-RELEASING IT. UM, WHAT HUD AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RAN INTO ISSUES WITH, UH, IS TRYING TO INCORPORATE PROTECTIVE ORDERS INTO AGREEMENTS WHERE THE FUNDING AUTHORIZATION HAD NOT INCLUDED, UH, THAT. AND SO THE WAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AROUND THAT IS BY REISSUING RFPS. UM, WE HAD A, UH, THERE, UM, WE DISCUSSED WITH CITY ATTORNEY, UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WENT OVER NEW, UM, RFP, NO FO LANGUAGE FROM, UM, THERE WAS NO REAL MAJOR CONCERNS WITH APPLYING AS IT WAS DRAFTED. UM, WE HAD A 30 DAY WINDOW TO REAPPLY. WE DID REAPPLY. WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION, I THINK, UH, LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. UH, SO REALLY JUST A NOTIFICATION THAT, UM, UH, TO THE BOARD THAT, UM, THE, THE SAME APPLICATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED IN THE FALL, WE ESSENTIALLY RESUBMITTED. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO, UH, THE NOFO. UM, ONE WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL NOFO HAD INCLUDED, UM, AN EQUITY SECTION WITH POINTS FOR EQUITY THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE NOFO. THERE WERE HOWEVER, UM, POINTS FOR PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND POINTS FOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY REMOVED THE EQUITY SECTION, THERE WERE STILL ELEMENTS OF THAT IN THE RFP. UM, AND SO OUR PROJECT WAS ON AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. UM, SO WE WON'T RECEIVE THOSE POINTS. WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE THOUGH. UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS ROUND, THE RE-RELEASE IS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE. UM, THEY, THEY, UH, ARE THEY, THEY HALVED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THEY PLANNED TO RELEASE. SO IT WENT FROM 150 MILLION TO 75. UM, AND THE NUMBER OF AWARDS DROPPED FROM LIKE 30 TO EIGHT. UM, THEY ALSO ARE PRIORITIZING AWARDS FOR C CS IN STATES THAT HAVE POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE. SO THAT MEANS THAT, UM, IT PROBABLY UNLIKELY LONG BEACH WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD, BUT, UM, DON'T WANT MISS OUT ANY OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FUNDING. SO WE STILL WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES. UM, ONCE WE, UM, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, [01:00:05] CAN WE GET A SECOND? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE. FAVOR? YES. FAVOR. MOTION PASSES. ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FOUND HOMELESS SERVICE GROUP, STAFFING OPERATIONS, UPDATE PRESENTATION DEPARTMENT. UM, OKAY, SO STAFF UPDATES, UH, BUREAU UPDATES. UM, UH, IN MAY, UM, STAFF ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE UPDATES ON GRANT'S PASS. UM, GRANTS PASSED CALL SUPREME COURT CASE, UM, THAT AUTHORIZES BASICALLY ALLOWED FOR CITIES TO ENFORCE, UH, CAMPING ORDINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. UM, IT WAS REALLY JUST AN UPDATE AROUND SORT OF THE CITY'S ENCAMPMENT PROTOCOLS, ENCAMPMENT PROCEDURES. UM, WE, AND WE ALSO HELPED FACILITATE, UM, UH, A FEW PROPOSALS TO PROP ONE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, HEALTH. SO M-M-H-S-A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT. UH, PROP ONE WAS PASSED, WHICH, UH, UPDATES MHSA TO D-P-H-S-A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT. UM, AND NOFA WAS RELEASED, UM, TO PROVIDE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, UH, UH, HOUSING AND SHELTER PROJECTS. UM, THE CITY DID NOT DIRECTLY APPLY, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, UH, PROJECTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY. THE CITY PROVIDED ES OF SUPPORT, THINGS LIKE THAT TO FACILITATE, UM, UH, THOSE PROJECTS GETTING FUNDED. NO PROJECTS IN LONG BEACH. WERE WERE SELECTED FOR AWARD, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, BUT THERE WAS A SECOND ROUND. AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO HOW WE CAN, UM, EITHER APPLY OR SUPPORT PARTNERS WITH, UH, REAPPLYING FOR THE SECOND ROUND. UM, I GIVE THE UPDATE AROUND HALF SIX AND WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS ON OUR REGIONAL PLAN AND THE APPLICATION OF THE STATE. UH, SO ERF TWO OR, SORRY. YEAH, EF TWO AGAIN, RESOLUTION FUNDS, UM, THE, UH, THROUGH ERF TWO WE'RE STILL KINDA BEEN RAMPED DOWN. UM, BUT THE PRIMARY PROGRAM COMPONENT HAS, UH, CLOSED OUT, UH, THROUGH RF TWO. WE HAD SECURED A LEASE FOR THE VAGABOND. UM, WE PROVIDED, UM, NON CONGREGATE, YOU KNOW, INTERIM HOUSING SHELTER THERE. UM, UH, WE DEMOBILIZED THE SITE. THE SITE'S NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. UH, PEOPLE HAD BEEN, UM, RELOCATED IN OTHER SHELTERS. SOME HAVE BEEN SHELTERED JUST THROUGH MOTEL VOUCHERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE EXIT DESTINATIONS WERE. UM, IN THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, YOU KNOW, 20 PEOPLE OR SO WENT INTO OTHER NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS, EITHER THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN OR THROUGH JUST A HOTEL VOUCHER AT OTHER HOTELS. 16 PEOPLE DID MOVE A PERMANENT HOUSING. UM, WE DID TRY TO, UH, PAIR, UH, FOLKS FROM VAGABOND WITH, UM, SOME OF OUR TWO NEW LEASE UP, UH, CRESCENT AND ZEPHYR. SOME PEOPLE GOT MATCHED WITH, UH, UNITS THERE. SOME PEOPLE GOT MATCHED TO, UM, OTHER VOUCHERS. AND SO THERE WAS A PROCESS TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE GETTING PEOPLE, UM, SUCCESSFULLY EXITED. UM, THERE WAS, UH, A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT RF ENCAMPMENT AREA, SO SOME PEOPLE GETTING HOUSED THROUGH THAT. UM, SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS, BUT MAY 29TH, UM, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REPORTED THEY WERE, UM, SHUTTING DOWN THEIR JOB JOB CORPS PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH LONG BEACH, UM, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH. THERE WAS A, UH, SORT OF DORMITORY PROGRAM FOR YOUTH YOUNG ADULTS RECEIVING, UM, SHELTER THROUGH THEIR JOB COURT PROGRAM. UM, THERE WAS SORT OF A MAD DASH SCRAMBLE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REHOUSE THOSE YOUTH. THERE WAS A FEDERAL INJUNCTION THAT FROZE THAT ACTION. UM, SOME YOUTH HAVE BEEN RES SHELTERED ALREADY. UM, WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PAY ATTENTION TO SEE WHAT NEXT STEPS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, AND TRY TO SUPPORT, UM, AS, AS WE NEED TO. BUT FOR THE MOMENT AT LEAST, UM, THAT ACTION HAS BEEN, UM, PAUSE. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE HOUSING? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HOUSING? UH, ARE YOU GONNA REPURPOSE IT? UH, I I THINK THAT THE, WELL, YEAH, I DON'T, A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. DON'T KNOW. I'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. UM, UH, BUT THE, BUT YEAH, THE HOUSING SHOULD STILL BE OPERATIONAL. UM, BUT I THINK SOME, THE COURT WE'RE RELOCATED. UM, SO, UM, THE, IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATES. CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE'VE GOT CHRISTIAN IN THE BACK. UM, THEY'RE HELPING TO, UM, WATCH [01:05:01] OUR SORT OF A NEXT PHASE OF CITY HOMELESSNESS STUDIO PLANNING. UM, WE DID AN OPEN HOUSE ROADSHOW AT, UM, STORES TALK COMMUNITY CENTER, HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME IN, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, MEET WITH STAFF. UM, WE HAD DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE POSTER BOARD SET UP THROUGHOUT THE ROOM UP ON HOW TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE FIRST OF, UM, A SERIES OF, UM, PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS RELATED TO OUR, OUR NEXT . UH, WE, WE RECEIVED NOTICE, UM, UH, AROUND, UH, ONE IMPACT LOCALLY RELATED TO, UM, ACCESS TO SERVICES. UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS SERVED AS THE EXCUSE BEACH PLEA FOR THE, THE, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THE FA FA, UH, COURT ENTRY SYSTEM FOR FAMILIES. UM, AS A SUB UNDER HARBOR INTERFAITH HARBOR. INTERFAITH IS THE SPA EIGHT LEAD SPA EIGHT'S BROKEN INTO DIFFERENT HUBS. LONG BEACH IS ITS OWN HUB. CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS THE LEAD THERE. CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UH, ENDED THEIR, THEIR AGREEMENT AND THEIR, UM, THEIR CONTRACT WITH HARBOR INTERFAITH. AND SO, UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN BACKFILLED AS FAR AS THEY UNDERSTAND. SO RIGHT NOW FOR FAMILIES SEEKING SERVICES, UM, THEY WILL NEED TO PRESENT TO THE FLC IN SAN PEDRO THAT HARBOR BASE OPERATES. UM, WE DON'T YET HAVE, UM, UH, REALLY, SO WE A LONG BEACH POINT OF ACCESS. UM, SO IT'S EITHER 2 1, 1 OR SAN GET THAT. UM, TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, ERF, UH, AROUND THREE AND, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THAT AS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND PROVIDE NON SHELTER. UM, WE WE'RE IN NEGOTIATION WITH A FEW DIFFERENT MOTELS, UH, AND WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, WE WILL, WE'LL, WE WILL RELEASE AN RFP FOR, UH, A PROVIDER. UH, WE RAN THE VAGABOND, UH, WITH, DIRECTLY WITH BUREAU STAFF. IT WAS PRETTY CHALLENGING FOR US TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE ARE GOING TO PROCURE SERVICES FOR THAT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO DIRECTLY OPERATING. SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO APPLY FOR THAT. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOTELS THAT'S THAT HAVE BETWEEN SORT OF LIKE 55 AND 65 OR SO ROOMS. UH, AND THAT'S THE, THE BUREAU OF OPERATIONS. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD? NO QUESTIONS. CAN WE GET A MOTION? CAN WE VOTE ANY? SORRY. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MOTION PASSED. YES. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. LAST ITEM. OKAY. I, I DON'T HAVE A REASON NOT TO SAY, BUT, UM, OUR LAST MEETING WAS HELD JUNE, JUNE, UH, FOURTH OR NO, IN JUNE. UM, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST, AUGUST 6TH. UM, THEY'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING ON THE ANNUAL, OUR ANNUAL REPORT. UM, AND THIS WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT, UH, MOSTLY ON, UM, FOCUSING ON PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE, UH, FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, LIKE, UM, SHOWER PROGRAMS AND BATHROOMS, UM, INSTALLED ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, LIVING ON THE STREETS CAN TAKE A SHOWER AND USE THE RESTROOM. UM, WE, WE TEND TO GO A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE PRACTICAL STATE THINGS THAT WE SEE BECAUSE A LOT OF US HAVE DEALT WITH THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE STREETS AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN, UM, ANY KIND OF SHELTER, UM, FACILITIES. OUR, UM, OUR NEXT, DURING OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, I PLAN ON PROPOSING THAT WE, UM, CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO, UM, EXPLORE THE IMPROVEMENTS [01:10:01] THAT COULD BE SEEN ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ESPECIALLY REGARDING, UM, THINGS THAT HSAC WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THERE. SO I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD PROBABLY, UH, IMPROVE THINGS A BIT. I HAVE QUESTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED THAT MORE OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY. SO WE HOPE TO APPROVE THAT A BIT. AND, UM, WE WILL NOW BE, UM, WE USED TO MEET EVERY MONTH AND WE WILL NOW BE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH. AND THE INTERIM MONTHS WILL BE, UH, SET ASIDE FOR THE, UH, POLICIES SO WE CAN WORK ON MORE IDEAS FOR THE CITY. SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU, PAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PAT, FOR ANY QUESTIONS? REPUBLIC? OH, CAN WE GET A MOTION? CAN WE GET A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE, NONE. CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THIS SHOW? HANDS APPROVAL? HAVE WE GOT, UH, ONE MORE THING? YEAH. SO WE'LL BE DOING, UH, CO-CHAIR ELECTIONS NOW. UM, LEMME PULL UP THE SCRIPT. OPEN NOMINATIONS CO-CHAIR. CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OH, DO WHATEVER DOING. OKAY. BASICALLY, UM, ONE OF THE JOBS AS THE CHAIR COCHAIR TO OVERSEE THE COC BOARD, UM, AS, AS USUAL, IT'S NOT REALLY A DIFFICULT JOB TO DO, BUT ONE, ONE THING IS IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS, UH, ATTENDANCE ACTUALLY FOR ALL CC IN THE BOARDS AND, UM, GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR HERE TO THESE MEETINGS. AND HERE TO LET EVERYONE ELSE PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A, A PROMPT NOTIFICATION OF THESE MEETING BEEN DOING IN THE PAST. BASICALLY, IT'S, UM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD POSITION. CAN I, CAN I, UH, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I, OKAY. SO MOVE ON. I DECLARE NOMINATION FOR THE SECOND CO-CHAIR OF THE MEETING BODY, WHICH IS AN CONTINUUM CARE. EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR CO-CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF. THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE ACCEPT COURT C. SEE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT A LOT OF US ARE BRAND NEW. YES. AND I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF EXPERIENCE FOR A CO-CHAIR POSITION. 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST JOINING THIS. SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN DELAY A LITTLE BIT, LIKE MAYBE AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT ONE WHERE, WHERE EACH OF US CAN THINK ABOUT IT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE EXPECT THAT. WELL, WE DO HAVE THREE NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, AND THIS IS OUR SECOND OR THIRD DELAY. NO MEETING. THIS IS OUR SECOND, THIRD. WE REALLY NEED TO HOLD ON THIS. HE'S DISCOURAGING THEM. SO THIS PERSON REPLACING WHAT YOU CURRENTLY, PARDON ME? THIS [01:15:01] PER THIS, THE CO-CHAIR IS YOU WILL REPLACE WHAT YOU CURRENTLY DO? UH, YES. JAMIE'S AND KIM'S POSITION. JAMIE AND KIM. RIGHT. AND ELECTIONS SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE LAST MONTH, ACTUALLY. UM, BUT WE HAD TO DELAY ONE MONTH. I MEAN, HOW LONG I BEEN IN THIS POSITION? UH, SINCE 2021, I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. YES, IS TIME. YOU CAN DO, BUT JEFF, UM, I WAS GONNA ADD, UM, SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RESPONSIBILITIES AND THIS IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE TYPICALLY WILL HOLD, UM, CHAIR, CO-CHAIR MEETINGS IN BETWEEN THE BOARD MEETINGS WHERE WE GO OVER AGENDA HELP, SET AGENDA, MAKE SURE THAT STAFF, UH, ARE PREPARING AGENDA PRESENTATIONS, SORT OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT, UH, THE CHAIR CO-CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. UM, WE MIGHT GO OVER SOME OF THE PRESENT ITEMS WITH THE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR, UM, GET THEM FAMILIAR WITH, UM, POLICY ITEMS, REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN CHAIR, CO-CHAIR ALSO HELP FACILITATE, UM, UH, ASSIGNMENT, UM, OR, OR, UM, CONNECTIONS WITH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP. AND IT COULD ALSO BE OF ASSIGNING PEOPLE TO SUBCOMMITTEES, SO CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR HAVE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF ASSIGNING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, OR SELECTING FROM GENERAL MEMBERSHIP FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT THAT COULD ALSO BE NOMINATED. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE RESTRICTED TO NOMINATING, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN THE ROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A LIST OF WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT WE COULD ALSO REMIND BOARD MEMBERS OF OTHER MEMBERS IF YOU, UM, UM, WE'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MEMBER. UH, THEY MIGHT NOT BE HERE. THEY MIGHT BE AVOIDING ELECTION ON PURPOSE, BUT YOU, YOU COULD ALSO NOMINATE OTHER, OTHER FOLKS. SO WE ARE MISSING DANIEL BOFF, HOUGH MCBAIN, MELANIE MARTINS AND STEVEN ROCKENBACH AND KIMBERLY, WE, WHO IS CURRENTLY CO-CHAIR. OKAY, I GONNA YOURSELF, YAY. . DOES IT HAVE TO BE TODAY? I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. DOES IT HAVE TO TODAY? PREFERABLY, YES. BECAUSE DO PEOPLE HAVE THOSE FORM MISSING WHO MIGHT WANT, YOU KNOW, NOT MAKING SENSE IT ON THE ONE BOARD MEMBER? UH, KIM, SHE'S NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK SHE'S GONNA BE CHAIR KIM. I BELIEVE SHE WANTED TO GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TAKE NOMINATIONS TODAY AND THEN LIKE ALSO ASK THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T HERE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, AND THEN LIKE MAYBE NEXT TIME WE TAKE A VOTE ON ANYONE OR JUST WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT TODAY. I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT TODAY ONLY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED IT. YEAH. TO EXTEND THAT DEADLINE FORM, MAKE VOTE EXTEND MONTH FROM ANOTHER EXTENSION PER CITY CLERK. IT WAS PREFERRED THAT WE TAKE A VOTE TODAY. OKAY. UH, SO WE GOT MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE REALLY A MONTH BEHIND IN THIS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE NOT HERE. IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THIS WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE. SO WE REALLY GOTTA MOVE FORWARD. SO TWO YEARS I THINK. SO, UH, WELL FOR COACHES, I BELIEVE IT'S NOMINATIONS TAKE PLACE YEARLY, RIGHT? UM, I CAN TRY TO PULL THE CHARTER, MAKE A TEMPORARY INTERIM, UH, AN INTERIM PERSON TO DO IT AND JUST LET THEM TRY IT OUT FOR A WHILE. AND THEN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW SUGGEST LATER THERE ARE THE CHARTER INCLUDES, IT DOES INCLUDE INTERIMS [01:20:01] BOARD MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROCESS TO APPOINT INTERIM BOARD MEMBERS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT SPEAKS TO INTERIM, UM, CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR. I POTENTIALLY WHAT WE COULD, WELL, I WOULD SAY I, I THINK, UH, I SAY, WELL, I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOARD CAN, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE MOTION OUT AND WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT BACK TO THE ATTORNEY COURT FOR YEAH. YOU KNOW, CONFIRMATION OF EITHER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE MOTION WAS. OKAY. THAT THAT GOOD CASE. UM, I STILL NOMINATE MYSELF. OKAY. CAN I UNMUTE? IT JUST SAYS SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY. UM, WHAT'S THAT? UH, COACHES SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY. OKAY. UM, YEAH. CO-CHAIR SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY DURING THE STANDARD ELECTION PERIOD IN MARCH. SO WE MISS THAT, WHICH WAS MOVED TO JUNE. UM, ANY MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING AND CURRENTLY SERVING ON ONE BEACH COC BOARD MAY BE NOMINATED. THE SERVICE CO-CHAIR PERSONS ELECTED AS OFFICER SHALL BE STATED IMMEDIATELY AND SHALL SERVE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM WITH THE OPTION TO SERVE FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. AT WHICH POINT OFFICERS MUST ROTATE OUT FOR A MINIMUM ONE YEAR. SO DO JIMMY, TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER YOU SERVE THREE YEARS CONSECUTIVELY. I BELIEVE. I, OKAY. SO THEN YOU WOULD BE AT THE POINT YOU WOULD NEED TO SIT BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR UNDER BOARD MEMBERS. UM, LET'S SEE. IS KIMBERLY, WE CAN, THERE'S A PROCESS TO APPOINT AN INTERIM THAT SAYS AN EVENT OF VACANCY SHOULD OCCUR AMONG THE CO-CHAIRS BEFORE THEIR ONE YEAR TERM. UH, THE WON BEACH COC BOARD MAY ELECT AN INTERIM TO IMMEDIATELY FILL THE VACANCY UNTIL THE ELECTION OFFICER DURING THE STANDARD ELECTION PERIOD. THE PERSON WHO ELECTED SHALL SERVE THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE PREVIOUS OFFICER AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION ABOVE MAXIMUM. SO IN THE EVENT THAT JAMIE OR KIM ESSENTIALLY WITHDREW OR RESIGN FROM THEIR POSITION, THAT POSITION WOULD BE, BECAUSE YOU COULD FILL THAT ONE ON, ON, ON AN INTERIM BASIS. I BELIEVE YOU COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU BOTH HAVE THE SAME, YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN SERVING SINCE 2021. CO-CHAIR. CO-CHAIR. COCHAIR. CO-CHAIR. CHAIR. SORRY. DID YOU SAY YOU NOMINATE YOURSELF? BRAND? OKAY. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE, OKAY. THIS WILL BE NO MORE, NO FURTHER. NO, I LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NIKKI, DID YOU HAVE A NOMINATION? NO, I WAS JUST SAYING LIKE, WE DO HAVE THREE NOMINATIONS. IT'S ONLY JUST TWO VACANCIES. MM-HMM . SO WHICH ROW IS THE BEST ACTION TO GO ON THIS ONE? UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE NOMINEES TO DO INTRODUCTIONS. I BELIEVE BRANDY IS WILLING TO REMOVE HERSELF. . OKAY. OKAY. TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME I DO DECLARE THAT THE NOMINATION FOR CLONE. OKAY. AND THEN THANK YOU. I DO MY BEST TO HOLD THIS POSITION AND DO THE BEST I CAN FOR MY COMMUNITY, UH, TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE BEST IN MY SERVICE. THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YES. WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CO-CHAIR? WHAT THE WANNA BE? BECAUSE I'M BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND [01:25:01] I JUST HAVE A PASSION FOR THINGS THAT I'M DOING. GETTING INTO THE POLICY NATURE, I AM ATTRACTED TO BEING CO-CHAIR AT LONG BEACH CONTINUE CARE BOARD. I BELIEVE I HAVE VERY STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND AS DEMONSTRATED IF I SEE THAT THERE IS A GAP IN ANY PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS, I'M NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP AND STAND IN THE GAP, EVEN IF IT MEANS ME TAKING ON, UH, UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY, UH, LEARNING AND TAKING ON NEW CHALLENGES. BUT I'M DRIVEN BY MY, UH, COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BASED ON MY MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND BE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING THAT IMPACTS SO MANY ACROSS OUR CITY. CLARK, CAN WE GET A VOTE TO NOMIN TO APPOINT, UH, TAMIKA BOCE AND CLAUDE DIALS AS CO-CHAIRS? . OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. CONGRATULATIONS BOTH. AND THEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? NO. SEEING NONE. UM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, WE CAN ADJOURN. WE ADJOURN. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.