* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WE'RE GOOD. GOOD? MM-HMM . OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR JULY 23RD, 2025. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE TIME. THE TIME IS SIX 30. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, MAD CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER KEL? HERE. COMMISSIONER CHIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER DONATO. STAFF HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER LAVAL? HERE. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA. HERE. COMMISSIONER ULTA. I'M SORRY. VICE CHAIR ULTA. AND THEN CHAIR MILLER. HERE WE HAVE QUORUM. OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, VICE CHAIR ARCHULETA IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. SO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME THE NEWEST NUMBER ARE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING COMMISSIONER SOPHIA CHIN. SOPHIA IS REPRESENTING COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. SHE IS A PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A DEDICATED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WITH A DEEP PASSION FOR UPLIFTING FAMILIES IN LONG BEACH. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES WITH THE UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY WHERE SHE SUPPORTS PARENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS THAT REACH RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. HER LONGSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, A OC SEVEN, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PARENT ASSOCIATION, CAMBODIA TOWN, AND BEST START, CENTRAL LONG BEACH SPEAKS FOR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO COMMISSIONER CHI, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. UM, I'M CONFIDENT YOUR INSIGHT AND EXPERIENCES WILL BE MEANINGFUL TO WORK HERE. UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMISSIONER, UM, I'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SHARE. SHARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO CHAIR FOR THE, YEAH. UM, YEAH. UH, I'M BRISBANE IS FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS WITH A FAMILY, UH, THREE CHILDREN AND I VOLUNTEER WORK AND ALSO LIKE TEACH TO THE CHILDREN AND FOR ME. AND I HOPE THAT I CAN, UH, LEARN FROM ALL OF YOU AND YOU TO THE MISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I'LL PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK UP AND PROTECT YOUR VOICE. WHEN MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF ONE, SAY, JUNE 25TH, 2025. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO, UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER, CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DR. ENG. UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU READ THE MINUTES OR YOUR YOU'RE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON. UM, SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING THOSE COMMENTS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, EITHER IN PERSON OR IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU CAN. UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. NOW, SEEING NONE, BOTH IN THE ZOOM AND PERSON COMMENT ITEM NUMBER ONE. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER EQUAL? YES. COMMISSIONER KIM? YES. COMMISSIONER DONATO? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER YES. AND CHAIR? YES. UH, MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU NUMBER. READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER TO [00:05:01] THE LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE REQUESTING THE PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOTION? I SAW A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER DONATO. SO I'LL SAY SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER DR. KEL. UM, OKAY. AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO OUR PRESENTATION, WHICH IS VERBAL, I BELIEVE, AND FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, SO, UM, I'M CURRENT ON BEHALF OF THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH CONSISTS OF COMMISSIONER, UM, CHAIR, MELLINGER, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSIONER VIOLETTE, THAT WAS STAFF AND MYSELF. UM, SO WE ARE HERE PRESENTING THE LETTER TO THE COMMISSION. WE DRAFTED A LETTER, UM, ACTUALLY CHAIRMAN THE LETTER, UM, LETTER AND SHE SHARED IT WITH THE REST AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR OUR INPUT. AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE FINAL VERSION. UM, THE REQUEST IS TO PARTNER WITH THE LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR CITY. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE COURT WOULD BE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE AND, UM, AND TO, WITH THE HOPE OF LIKE, IT WOULD EMPOWER OUR OUR CITY OFFICIALS TO, TO ACT ON IT. TO ACT ON IT. UM, THE LETTER ACTUALLY, UM, OPTIONAL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES, UM, THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUE. UM, AND OUR HOPE WE DID INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT WE HOPE THAT IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION. , ANYONE ELSE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DRAFT OF THIS LETTER? WELCOME YOU TO, I'M NO LONGER ON THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. UM, I HAD TO STEP OFF, SO THIS WAS SORT OF LIKE MY, BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN THE START OF THIS INITIATIVE, SO I MAKE SOME COMMENTS IN THE DISCUSSION SECTION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAD CLERK, CAN YOU CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM? YES. IF THERE'S ANYONE IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND IF YOU CAN. AND IF THERE'S ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. NOW, SEEING NONE IN THE ZOOM, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE IN PERSON ON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. HELLO EVERYBODY, IT'S MEGAN CORTEZ. UM, I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO THIS EVENING PERSON TODAY TRAFFICKING, UH, LETTER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, WHILE IT'S ALL VERY GOOD, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND MY INPUT ON IT KIND OF IN THE COMMENTS I HAVE FOR IT IS JUST I SEE THAT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED A LOT ABOUT THE SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUND AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR WHEN THEY ARE RECOVERED. BUT IF WE'RE ASKING HUMAN TRAFFICKING FORCE TO BE A PART OF IT, THERE IS A WHOLE NOTHER PART OF THIS THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED AT THE BEGINNING OF HOW ARE THEY TAKING, WHERE ARE THEY TAKING AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIND THIS, TO FIND 'EM, TO BRING THEM BACK HOME. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SEX TRAFFICK TRAFFICKING, IT'S ALL THE SAME WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA TAKE BACK COMING HOME AND IT'S HOW DO WE FIND THEM? AND THEN ALSO HOW DO YOU SETTING THE LETTER, WHAT DO WE PUT IN PLACE FOR WHEN THEY COME HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM AGAIN? AND SO I THINK WHILE THIS IS VERY WELL, UM, I EMPHASIZE JUST PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSURE ON THEM AND DON'T COME AT THE CITY COUNCIL SO EASILY EITHER BECAUSE I'VE HAD, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE YOU DISCUSS THIS, THEY SAY THINGS TO MY FACE AND NEVER KNOW FOLLOW UP THROUGH. I'VE HAD SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS REACH OUT TO ME AND GIMME THE CARD AND SAY, WE'LL PRINT OUT FLYERS FOR YOU GUYS, HELP, YOU'RE MISSING PERSON OR, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION. SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. AND I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CALL BACK. THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S KIND OF HELPED US WITH YOUR DISTRICT GAVE WHEN MR. UM, AUSTIN WAS IN OFFICE. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I REACHED BACK OUT TO THESE DISTRICTS AND I TRIED TO GET THEM, BUT AGAIN, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS FOR HAVING THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE INSTEAD OF JUST BEING IN THE BROADER STAND AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THAT WAS, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM? IS THERE ? UM, SO JUST AS A RECAP, [00:10:02] THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE AFTER THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE PRESENTED TO US ALMOST A YEAR AGO NOW, LET'S SAY IT WAS FOR THE FALL. UM, WE WERE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. WE INVITED THEM TO A MEETING AND WE ASKED THEM IF YOU KNOW HOW WE MIGHT PARTNER. UM, ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH AND PUTTING TOGETHER A REPORT THAT SHINES MORE OF A LIGHT ON WHAT THE ACTUAL STATUS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS IN THE CITY BY NOT ONLY TAKING INFORMATION THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS, BUT ALSO TAKING INFORMATION FROM THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S COMPRISED OF MANY DIFFERENT SURVIVOR SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. SO THIS LETTER IS NOT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS LETTER IS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE REQUESTING THAT WE CAN PARTNER ON A REPORT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR TO PUT TOGETHER A REPORT LIKE THAT. SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A OPENING OF THE DOOR TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP TO, YOU KNOW, THEM COMING AND SPEAKING TO US AND ASKING . I THINK IF THEY'RE OPEN TO IT, I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY IMPACTFUL AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD BE A TOOL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL COULD MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT ADDRESS AS A WAY DOWN THE LINE. CAN YOU REMIND GUESS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE IS AN AND IT IT'S AN ENTITY OUT OF THE CITY. IT'S A, OR IT'S A NONPROFIT. I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT'S A COLLECTIVE OF NONPROFITS. OKAY. AND ALSO I BELIEVE THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PART OF THE TASK FORCE. YES. SO IT'S NOT AN ENTITY, ENTITY IN AND OF ITSELF. IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A COLLABORATIVE GROUP THAT AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER. WE DID RECEIVE, DID WE, AM I MISTAKEN? WE RECEIVED A REPORT BY, THERE IS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SECTOR WITHIN THE CITY, OR WAS THAT NO CRIMES PD. THE TASK FORCE DID MEMBERS FROM THE TASK FORCE CAME REPRESENTED AND ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS WAS FROM THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YES. WE DID ALSO HAVE, UM, PRESENTATIONS FROM SEX CRIMES DETECTIVES. OKAY. BACK TO BACK. RIGHT. OKAY. MM-HMM . I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, SINCE YOU SAID OPENING THE DOOR, I'M WONDERING IF THIS HAPPENS FIRST AND THEN THE NEXT. IT IS ONE OF THOSE SECTORS THAT IS WORKING MOSTLY WITH THESE TYPE OF WOULD BE TO HAVE THE AD HOC ON IT SO THAT THEY COULD DO THAT OUTREACH AND ASK IF THOSE ENTITIES WOULD ALSO BE THE RIGHT TO SHARE DATA INFORMATION. I THINK A LOT OF 'EM ALREADY HAVE THAT AND HAVE REPORTING. UM, THEY DID PRESENT SOME TO US. SURE. YEAH, I REMEMBER WE HAD THOSE QUESTIONS. I WOULD RECOMMEND CREATING ANOTHER ADC TO WORK ON THAT REPORT, JUST GIVEN THAT THE SAFETY ADC IS PRIORITIZING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I, I KNOW THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT, UM, HUMAN TRAFFICKING DURING THE OLYMPICS MM-HMM . AND I'M WONDERING IF, UM, YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE OLYMPICS WHO LIVES GLOBALLY HERE TO PRESENT, UM, JUST ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OLYMPICS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING. BECAUSE I DUNNO IF THEY'RE DOING, I'VE BEEN, ARE YOU IN CONTACT WITH JILL FONTINE MAY NOT DIRECTLY ELSE. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ENGLE? YES. COMMISSIONER CHIMP. YES. COMMISSIONER ACK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUE. YES. AND CHAIR? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER, PLEASE READ THE NEXT. YEAH. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNITION OF WOMEN'S [00:15:01] EQUALITY DAY AND IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL ACTIONS TO ADVANCE GENDER, GENDER EQUITY IN LONG. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED. EXCUSE ME. SECOND, COMMISSIONER JIM. THANK YOU. UM, SO ON THE OCCASION OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY, UH, MYSELF AND THE VICE CHAIR THAT THEY TODAY FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADVISING ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF GENDER EQUALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WE FELT CAN SEE THAT WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE BEING ROLLED BACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WOMEN, GIRLS CONTINUE TO BE UNIQUELY AFFECTED BY ISSUES LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSS DISCUSSING. AND AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING, IMMIGRATION RATES LIKE PUTTING THE WORKPLACE AS WE DISCUSSED IN ANOTHER FIRE HOUSE ISSUE. SO THIS LETTER CALLS ATTENTION TO THOSE ISSUES. UM, AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAD TIME TO READ IT. UM, ESSENTIALLY IT IS AN ASK FOR THEM TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S QUALITY DAY AND THE VALUES THAT IT STANDS FOR WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THAT ARE A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT MATTER. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON VIA ZOOM? YES. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU CAN. AND IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. NOW, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, BOTH IN ZOOM AND IN PERSON. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? I THINK IT'S GREAT LETTER. I APPRECIATE HOW IT PULLS TOGETHER SOME KEY. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE LETTER. I THINK ACTUALLY VICE DRAFTED A SIGNIFICANT LETTER. I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE QUICK, UH, QUESTION. UM MM-HMM . I KNOW YOU CITED FOR, SO YEAH, I CAN, I CAN SEND, I SHOULD ALSO SAY ONE PROVIDED SOME SPECIFICS TO, UM, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE SOME CITATIONS ON THAT POINT. THAT'S QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. RIGHT. MAKE SURE I, ON THE LAST PLACE HERE, UM, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ADAM CLARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER KEL? YES. COMMISSIONER CHIN? YES. COMMISSIONER DONATO? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES. AND CHAIRMAN? YES, THE MOTION IS. THANK YOU. UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE COMMISSION ON WOMEN AND GIRLS PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND AT HOWDEN PARK AND THE THIRD ANNUAL LONG BEACH WOMEN'S FAIR ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT RECREATION PARK FOR THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UM, BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ THE SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED BY, UH, . UM, OKAY, I'M GOING TO KICK THIS OVER TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE. MEMBER COMMISSIONER. YES. SO, UH, THE JAZZ FESTIVAL IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED ATTENDING AS A COMMISSIONER, CABLING AS A COMMISSION. UM, WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH OUR GRADE TEAM, UM, AND JESSICA AND ALANA ABOUT, UM, CREATING VISUALS OF IMPORTANT POINTS FROM OUR REPORTS SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE AWARENESS AND DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT, UM, WITH OUR MEETINGS AND JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT WE WILL DO AT JAKE. UM, SAME [00:20:01] GOES FOR THE, UM, WOMEN'S FAIR ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT . SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, BUT I IF YOU RECALL, UM, JESSICA WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MAKE US A FORM, I BELIEVE FOR OUR COMMITTEE TO SEND OUT PERIODICALLY AND, UM, REQUESTING THOSE THAT PEOPLE AT, UM, DOES TAKE STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES. WE WANNA BE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT. BUT THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP MORE AWARENESS OF THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION, SINCE WE ARE NOW ONLY IN OUR SECOND YEAR, I THINK THERE'S STILL A LACK OF BEING OUT WHERE, UM, WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE CAN, WE CAN SIGN UP IN TWO HOUR BLOCKS POTENTIALLY. SO I THINK IT RUNS FROM TWO TO SEVEN. RIGHT? UM, LAUREN, WHATEVER BLOCKS FOLKS ARE ABLE TO, UM, WE WILL PROBABLY REQUEST TO STEP, MAKE POLL FOR WHO CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THESE BOARD. UM, SO I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. PROPONENT REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, PLEASE SPEAK UP ON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON? AND WE ZOOM YES, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND IF YOU CAN. AND IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE RAISE TIME FEATURE. NOW WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON. YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. UM, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD WANNA TALK WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE POINTS OF HOW TO REACH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE. UM, AGAIN, I COME HERE TO ASK FOR YOU GUYS SUPPORT AND FIGHTING AND ALSO VOLUNTEERING MY HELP AND TO HELPING YOU GUYS, UM, AT THE LONG BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL AND AT THE SECOND EVENT THAT YOU GUYS NEED, IF YOU NEED ANY EXTRA HELP DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. UM, I ASKED AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU NEED A TALKING POINT, THAT ATTITUDE TRAFFIC, ANYONE IS A REALLY GOOD ONE. UM, DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT NINE AGAIN, AND TWO MEETINGS AGO AT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED IT. UM, SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET MORE FOCUS ON THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING THAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE AREAS. AND SO I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD KEY POINT AT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT IT'S HAPPENING. THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMMITTEES TO COME AND BRING IT TO OUR TO OUR AREA. UM, I ASKED THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD SHARE A TABLE OR MAYBE HANG A BANNER, UH, HOLD OUR FLYERS OR YOU KNOW, JUST SHARE SPACE WITH US AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT SHE SAID IN SOLITUDE WITH THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND WITH THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING. UM, I THINK THESE ARE REALLY GOOD WAYS JUST TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, LIKE YOU SAID, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE FOR US. BECAUSE AGAIN, IN NORTH LONG BEACH THERE HAS BEEN CDC, UM, UM, CDC PRESCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPLORED YET. AND AGAIN, YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COMING OUT TO THESE EVENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS LIKE THESE ONES ARE, LIKE THE SMALLER COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'RE ONLY KIND OF AWARE OF THEM WHEN WE SEE THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO, SO AGAIN, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BE A PART OF ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED HELP WITH ANY KIND OF SPONSORSHIP. SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DO WE EVER, UM, IF WE TABLE, DO WE TABLE INDEPENDENTLY OR DO WE EVER TABLE WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY TABLED THE OFFICE OF ON OUR OWN? SO YOU'LL BE TABLING DEPENDENT AND IF YOU WANTED TO PARTNER WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT THE DISCRETION OF THIS STUDY. WELL, I THINK SINCE WE'RE SEEKING A COLLABORATION WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IT MIGHT NOT BE THERE IDEA TO TABLE WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TOO. WHICH EVENT? UM, THE, SO WE WERE DISCUSSING, UM, THE UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL AND ALSO THE WOMEN'S FAIR. WELL THAT I THINK THE WOMEN'S FAIR WOULD BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S IMPACTING [00:25:02] WOMEN AND GIRLS PAGE THAT THE ISSUE IS, IS IN OUR, OUR DISTRICTS, I THINK WE WANNA DISCUSS ALL OF OUR ISSUES. IF WE'RE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED, WE CAN BE ADJACENT TO THEM, MAYBE UNDER THE SAME SHAPE, BUT WE NEED TO, I RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE, WE ON TABLE LAST YEAR, ALMOST LAST YEAR. I THINK EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN TABLE. WE WEREN'T THERE MUCH. MM-HMM. NO. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE WILL DO BETTER. I THINK WE WOULD DO BETTER. OWN TABLE. ALLEN PARKER. I WOULD OFFER, LIKE COULD WE, BECAUSE I THINK, I IMAGINE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAPACITY, IF THEY HAVE A CAPACITY TO LIKE STACK THEIR OWN TABLE AND LIKE IF WE HAVE SPACE, COULD WE OFFER THAT AND THEN OFFER LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER, LIKE IF ORDER THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE IMMIGRATION RIGHTS INFORMATION, LIKE COULD WE HOST MULTIPLE THESE, THIS IS OUR INFORMATION AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. ANY OF THOSE PARTNERS WANTED TO, WANTED US TO HAND THINK OUT, MAYBE THAT COULD BE VALUABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL TO SEE LIKE, OH, I JUST THOUGHT OVER THERE AND NOW I'M SEEING HERE AGAIN, LIKE TO CREATE THAT VISIBILITY SINCE SAFETY WAS THE SECOND, UM, MAJOR ISSUE AND THE IN THE REPORT IT JUST, AND I'M, I I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TOO, STEPHANIE AND MARIA. I, I THINK THAT IF WE OFFER THE INFORMATION, WE HAVE IT. IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TABLE, MAYBE IT'S CLOSE TO OUR COMMISSIONER. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE KNOW IF THEY WILL BE ATTENDING? SO THAT'S, I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS. ONE IS I THINK BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT PARTNER, SEE ATTEND THERE, WHICH I THINK COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE, COULD DO BECAUSE THIS CAME, UM, WE'RE TO YOUR POINT WORKING ON MULTIPLE SURVEY. UM, ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONER CHIEF PATTERSON HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE FILE, UM, A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE USEFUL TO WOMEN, GIRLS. UM, SO PERHAPS WOULD BE PERMITTED TO HAVE A LIST WE'RE FOCUSING ON. DEFINITELY DISCUSS THE LOGISTICS A BIT FURTHER, BUT I'D LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING NEXT TO, IF THEY WILL BE FIRST COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND THEN IF WE, I, I SEE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S PREVALENT IN NORTH LONG BEACH, SO IT WOULD BE, UM, MEANINGFUL TO, TO BE CLOSE BY. AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING RESOURCES. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE AT THE POINT OF LIKE, UM, HAVING THE FULL LIST THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS QUITE YET. BUT, UM, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS THAT IN THE A THERE ALREADY AN EXISTING LIST OF RESOURCES FOR WOMEN, GIRLS AND WOMEN'S SHELTER AND HER WHOLE HOUSE. ARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LISTED ALREADY OR THEY DON'T THINK IT'S JUST SPECIFICALLY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THAT WAY? SO I, I SAY NO. UM, TO THE VANESSA POINT, AND WE PREVIOUSLY CHAIR, I, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER POINT, UM, WE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS. SO MAYBE YOU HAVE A QR CODE OR A SIGNUP SHEET WHERE IT'S LIKE, DO YOU KNOW AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES WOMEN AND GIRLS IN ANY OF THESE AREAS? AND THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION THAT WAY AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET FOLKS TO KIND OF ENGAGE WITH. THAT'S A THOUGHT I LOVE JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M HEARING. UM, AND THEN ALSO WANNA LOOK WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SAID SAID ABOUT HAVING OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS RESOURCES AT YOUR TABLE. SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN IT IS ALIGNED WITH LIKE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU GATHERED THE LAST YEAR. MM-HMM . [00:30:01] UM, SO, UH, A LOT OF GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT HERE. UM, JUST TELL US WHAT YOU WANT AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE CAN TO HAVE YOU READY FOR NEXT SATURDAY. PERHAPS WE COULD, YEAH, PERHAPS WE COULD, UM, SOLICIT, WELL IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD WORD, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN ASK THOSE PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME AND MADE PRESENTATIONS TO US IF THEY HAVE ANY MATERIALS THEY'D LIKE US TO HAVE AT OUR TABLE. UM, SPEAKING OF WHAT HE JUST SAID, I WAS THINKING ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AND THEY HAVE LIKE THOSE, UH, FLYERS ABOUT IF WHAT TO DO. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S STILL GOING GREAT. THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSION. ALL GREAT IDEAS. I THINK SINCE THIS, UH, SUGGESTION CAME FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE, WE CAN THOSE BACK UP. UM, SO SEEING FURTHER DISCUSSION, CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR ABOVE? ALAN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER EAGLE? YES. COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER AFF? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSELA? YES. AND CHAIR ? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING COMMISSION FOR WOMEN IN S BYLAWS. MOTION ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. I GET A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. BY COMMISSIONER . UM, OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ASHLEY STONE, IS GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON OUR FINALIZED BYLAWS. GOOD. DEAN ASHLEY STONE, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF LONG BEACH. UM, I AM BRINGING BACK THE BYLAWS AS THEY HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THIS BODY AND WE ARE HERE TO, UH, VOTE TO APPROVE THEM. AND UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT BY GOING THROUGH THEM AS THAT WE SHOULD BE LAYERED THE BODY AND, UM, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, I'M CERTAINLY ABLE TO FIELD THAT IN THE DISCUSSION, UM, SECTION. AND, UM, AND SO THE POINT OF THE BYLAWS IS JUST TO HELP ESTABLISH KIND OF WHERE THE GUARDS ARE, WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, WHAT IF YOU GET AN IDEA, LOOK AT THE BYLAWS TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, FALLS WITHIN THE BODY'S JURISDICTION. AND I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD THAT MUNICIPAL CODES, UH, CHAPTER 2.18 ALSO GOVERNS, UM, KIND OF THE, THE BODY. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO SOURCES WITH THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS AND LIMITS ARE TO. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'LL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, UH, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM? YES. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FIVE, PLEASE STAND UP OR, OR RAISE YOUR HAND. AND IF IN THE ZOOM USE THE RAISE SEND FEATURE. NOW WE HAVE NONE IN THE ZOOM, BUT WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON. YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I'M NOT TOO SURE IF IT WAS BY THE BYLAW, BUT I KNOW A COUPLE, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR ABSENCES AND IT WAS ONE ABOUT PREGNANCY AND FOR SICKNESS AND HOW MANY DAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO, I GUESS NOT BE HERE IN PERSON VERSUS LIKE JUST REGULAR CALLOUTS AND YOU KNOW, DOING IT VIA ZOOM. UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS' KIND OF ATTENTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS BACKWARDS WHEN YOU'RE SICK OR YOU'RE PREGNANT, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A WOMAN IN CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE HAVING LESS, I GUESS LESS, UM, EXCUSED ABSENCES VERSUS PEOPLE THAT JUST CALL OUT FOR A NON-USED ABSENCE. AND THEN ALSO WITH SICKNESS BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SICKNESS, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T BE HERE IN PERSON, YOU CAN STILL DO THINGS UM, VIA ZOOM. THAT'S WHY THERE'S TECHNOLOGY NOW. AND NOT ONLY THAT, SOMETIMES UM, WHEN PEOPLE DEAL WITH DISABILITIES SICKNESS IS IT HINDERS THEM FROM BEING SOMEWHERE PHYSICALLY, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY STOP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AND GIVE THE EXPERTISE ON CERTAIN ITEMS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY BE [00:35:01] THERE. SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO COMMENT. THANK YOU. YOUR COMMENT, I'LL, I'LL REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT UM, WE DO HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT THE END. SO FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IF WE COULD STICK TO THE TOPIC OR DO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IN GENERAL. WELL THAT'S WHY I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS A BYLAW OR WHAT IT WAS LIKE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORD WHERE YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSING THAT. I MEAN IT WAS A BYLAW OR JUST A RULE THAT YOU GUYS, THAT ONCE YOUR GROUP OR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TAKE FOR YOU GUYS. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO COMMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE SPEAK UP. PROVIDING YOUR, OH SORRY, COMMISSIONER. UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT UM, THE LAST PARAGRAPH. WHICH, WHICH PAGE? I'M SORRY. PAGE ONE. AND I WAS SAYING BECAUSE I WAS THINKING BECAUSE TERMINOLOGY CHANGES A LOT AND UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND HOW WE REFER TO, TO PEOPLE OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE. I WONDERED IF IT SHOULD JUST SAY THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF ALL WHO LIVE AS FEMALE IDENTIFIED AS OPPOSED TO SPELLING OUT. BECAUSE IN FIVE YEARS THAT COULD CHANGE OR TWO YEARS THAT COULD CHANGE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS ABOUT IT, BUT THAT JUST, UH, STUCK OUT TO ME AND I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE CONSIST OF ALL WHO LIVES FEMALE AT THAT POINT. AND THAT COVERS IT. AND WE TALK ABOUT BEFORE THAT, UM, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, MAINTAINING EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS YOUR QUESTIONS. I WOULD SAY TO THAT COMMISSIONER VIOLET IS UM, SO I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO, WE'VE BEEN OVER A FEW TIMES SO I'M COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT KNOWING THAT IF THERE'S LIKE SOME CHANGE HOW WE ADDRESS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT WE COULD NOT OTHER I AGREE. I AGREE YOU I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE KEEPING US ALIGNED WITH HOW GENDER IS IDENTIFIED. THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER COMMISSIONS, STATE COMMISSION AND COMMISSION. . UH, COMMISSIONER, I WONDER, SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SENTENCE THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF ALL THE, THAT IS FEMALE IDENTIFIED AND THEN IT LISTS MM-HMM AND I FEEL, I MEAN I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST ADDING THAT. WHAT IS THAT? UH, PRODUCT? NO, NOT LIMITED TO. THAT INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. THAT MIGHT BE LIKE A REALLY EASY EDIT. OKAY. THAT'S CHANGING AS A WHAT WE CHANGING ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGES HAVE LARGER IMPLICATIONS. FEMALE IDENTIFY WHEN THE COUNTY SAYS WOMEN, GIRLS AND STATE COMMISSION SAYS WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE UNITED NATION SAYS WOMEN, GIRLS. WELL IT WOULD JUST BE INCLUDED. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF ALL WHO LIVE AS FEMALE IDENTIFIED, WHICH INCLUDE TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO. AND THEN LIST THE LIST THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND THAT'S IT. WELL I THINK FOR, TO BE LIMITED TO UM, THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY FEMALE IDENTIFIED. SO RATHER THAN MALE IDENTIFIED, BUT IT DOES OVER SAY FEMALE IDENTIFY. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU SAY NOT RELATED TO FEMALE IDENTIFIED, THEN YOU ARE TO ALL, ALL PERSONS. OKAY. I SEE IT AS IT'S LIKE A THING. YEAH. YEAH. I SEE IT AS UM, TERMS THAT ARE [00:40:01] FEMALE IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC THAT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THESE TERMS TO ADDRESS, UM, ALICE'S IDEA OF HOW TIMES CHANGED. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LAST NEEDS. THAT LANGUAGE COMES FROM THE PERMISSION. UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THAT CAN BE UPDATED AS UH, TIME CHANGE, JUST NORMS CHANGE. UM, I THINK THIS DOES SPEAK TO THE INTERSECTIONS OF FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE. OKAY. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? BYLAWS. WELL ALL OF YOU DONE? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. VOTE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER KEL? YES. COMMISSIONER CHIN? YES. COMMISSIONER ZAP? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUERA? YES. AND CHAIR ? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. WELL, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? YES. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM OUR CURRENT A HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED A HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE A HOC COMMITTEES. OKAY. ON ITEM, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. CAN I GET A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN. UM, ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA MOVE OUR COMMITTEES FOR UPDATES. LET'S START WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH. THERE'S TO SAY THAN THIS JUST IN, WE WILL COMMUNICATE TO FINALIZE THE TABLING LOGISTICS AND PARTNERING FOR NEXT SATURDAY. UH, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS ROOM ON THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE THAT OUR COMMISSIONER JIM WANTS TO CONSIDER. UM, YOU CAN JOIN ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES. UM, I SAFETY, BUT ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE OPENING. UH, THEY'RE THE ONES LISTED ON OUR AGENDA. SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH. UM, WELL I HAVE THEM HERE. . THEY'RE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, UH, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION SAFETY, WHICH IS FOCUSED A CONFERENCE AROUND TOPIC SAFETY, BUT THAT A MAXIMUM NUMBERS. AND THEN, UM, A COMMITTEE PLANNING OUR, WE DISCUSS, UM, SO I'LL LET ON THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS. RIGHT. SECOND, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT EVERY MEETING. SO LIKE, THINK ABOUT IT. THE NEXT MONTH IT'S IN OUR BYLAWS THAT ARE ALL OF OUR HAVE TO BE, UM, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. WE, SO, UM, SURE WE COLLECTED ALL FOLKS THAT WE WOULD WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THERE AS THE EMPLOYER TO THE OFFICE. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR UPDATES THERE. UM, THE SAFETY COMMITTEE DO HAVE UPDATES. YES. AND, AND, UM, HELEN AND MARIA, I FORGET SOMETHING. UM, WE MET, UM, LAST WEEK. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING. I THOUGHT WE WENT, WE ACTUALLY WENT OVER OUR TIME 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S PRETTY EXCITED. AND, UM, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING THERE. AND UM, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS A LOCATION, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. UM, IRMA HAS ALREADY TALKED TO, I GUESS THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT? AND, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE. [00:45:01] THE DATE RANGE. WHAT WAS THE DATE RANGE? WE ASKING OCTOBER? YEAH. AND UM, OR OR NEXT YEAR. LIKE FEBRUARY. YEAH, FEBRUARY OR, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE ROOMS THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE, UM, A LARGE ROOM THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE UP TO 200. UM, AND THEN BREAKOUT ROOMS, WHICH WE WERE INTERESTED IN AND THEY WERE ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS. SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL TOO. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOPICS. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPEAKERS NOW, BUT, UM, I TALKED WITH PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE PREMIER LA COUNTY, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT AGENCY. AND, UM, THEY, THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE THAT WILL DO SELF-DEFENSE FOR US IF WE WANTED. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A BIG ROOM AND THAT BEING A WORKSHOP. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY AS LITERACY BEING A REALLY IMPORTANT, FINANCES BEING REALLY IMPORTANT IN REGARD TO SAFETY. WE TALKED ABOUT TRAUMA, CERTAINLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I'M THINKING OF WHAT OTHER THINGS AND, AND DEFINITELY THAT HELENA WOULD DO SOME POETRY AND THAT SHE MAY BRING SOME OF THE FOLKS SHE KNOWS, UH, THE WOMEN WHO HAVE ALSO WRITTEN POETRY. WE WOULD LEAVE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE THAT WE WOULD DO TWO DAYS. WE, WE, INSTEAD OF TWO AND A HALF DAYS, WE DECIDED ON TWO DAYS. AND, UM, TRYING TO THINK IF WE DID ANYTHING ELSE. WE DO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. OKAY. DID, DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER ANYTHING? THANK YOU. UM, SO LET'S MOVE TO OUR COMMISSION FOR, I'M SORRY, OUR COMMITTEE FOR THE VISION. SURE. SO I THINK, I GUESS BASICALLY WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. AND I, WE WANNA COME BACK TO AND GET INPUT MAYBE FROM EVERYONE IF WE COULD JUST TO HEAR ABOUT DO WE WANNA HAVE A RETREAT? IF WE HAVE A RETREAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COME OF THAT IN TERMS OF LIKE A POSSIBLE PRODUCT OR OUTCOME? AND THEN FACE OF THAT, THEN WE COULD FIGURE OUT OR WANT TO SHARE WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD IMAGINE A RETREAT TIME BEING IS FOR, I IMAGINE A RETREAT TIME IS US GETTING, WELL, US AS OUR COMMITTEE GETTING TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO SPEAK THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL OF OUR GOALS. UM, THE THEMES. WHAT DO WE REALLY WANNA SEE? HOW ARE WE ENSURING EQUITY? UM, HOW ARE TO, UH, CREATING A, A FRAMEWORK, NOT A RUBRIC, UM, FOR BEING INCLUSIVE. UM, AND WHAT DO WE SEE FOR THE FUTURE MIDTERM OR INTERIM OF OUR EIGHT YEAR STINT? HOW DO WE YES. AND HOW DO WE BECOME MORE CONNECTED WITH OUR, WITH OTHER MISSIONS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA WHO ARE DOING PRACTICALLY THE SAME WORK THAT WE'RE DOING? I WAS JUST THINKING, I WONDER IF YOU COULD FILL UP FORM THAT GIVE PATHWAY AS WELL. I I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO SEE IT, I MEAN WE'RE REALLY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WHAT WE VALUE INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR CONNECTEDNESS GET, GET, UH, THAT WE GET MORE CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER AND, AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AS A BODY. BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE SHARE AND VALUES. WE KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO EACH OF US. AND, UM, I LIKE EVERYBODY HERE AND I, I JUST WANNA LIKE YOU BETTER. I JUST WANNA GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY. RESPONSES TO COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING. PARTICULARLY, UM, MR. DR. ABEL. I DEFINITELY THINK USING AS THE TIME TO DISCUSS OUR GOALS DURING LONG TERM AND ALSO CONTENT MEETINGS WE WANT BRING INTO OUR MEETINGS. I THINK ALSO MAYBE PUTTING TIME AND UH, PLAN TO [00:50:01] GET THERE. I WE'RE ALL VERY BUSY AND PASSIONATE ABOUT WORK FOR US TO PRIORITIZE AND WE CAN AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO SHORT TERM. NOT SAYING WE CAN'T DO IT ALL, BUT WE ALSO NEED IT. WOULD COMMISSIONER GO AHEAD. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY, FROM OUR PARTNER COMMISSIONS AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS COME IN DURING OUR TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND OTHER, OTHER STANCES LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, DON COME IN TO REPRESENT OURSELVES AS OUR, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SECOND YEAR, WE'RE GONNA SLOWLY RUN OUT. PEOPLE WHO ARE INTRODUCING THEMSELVES ARE COMING IN WITH ISSUES. SO WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BE SUPPORT THAT WE ARE STRUCTURED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE, THIS ISSUE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED. OR WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO COULD COME AND SPEAK TO US ON THIS. UM, I, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT WE'RE PEOPLE IN OUR UPCOMING YEAR, UM, UH, FOR TWO YEARS. WE'RE A BIG, WE'RE A BIG CITY. UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, SORRY. WELL IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO CAN COME SPEAK, UM, ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO DO WORK AT OUR MEETINGS IS FOR INDIVIDUAL AID COMMISSIONERS TO PERFORM ITEMS THAT WE ON AGENDA TO. SO PERHAPS WORKSHOPPING AROUND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. I UM, I HAD JUST MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE DRIVING OVER HERE THAT THAT, UM, MY SISTER WAS A CITY CLERK IN A SMALL TOWN IN ARIZONA, PHIL CLARKDALE. AND THEY VOTED AS A TOWN TO DO AN ERA, AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT. PUT THAT OUT AS THING I THOUGHT, SEE WHY WE COULDN'T AS A CITY IN THE CITY OUR SIZE, CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION WE ALSO GO OVER POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, RIGHT? SO WE TALK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? I AGREE FOR ARE WE FOR A RETREAT, DO WE WANNA HAVE A RETREAT OR WE'RE YEAH. YES. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR. GOT A GOOD QUESTION. SO WOULD LIKE TO TIMEFRAME, I KNOW YOU HAD ALREADY TALKED, I THINK YOU ALREADY DID THAT. WE CAN TALK, BRING IT BACK TO UM, WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR MAYBE WE COULD PUT A FULL OUT MAYBE WITH SOME SURE. INPUT AND THEN DATES JUST BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF THAT CONFERENCE WERE TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER, THAT'S PROBABLY MUCH 20. THIS IS FREE FORM DISCUSSION. SO WE WANNA MAKE A DECISION ON THINGS WE CAN BRING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SECTION THAT WE [00:55:02] UM, WE SHOULD JUST MAKE IT MORE GENERAL, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON. I WILL BE, ONCE WE GET SOME MORE MEMBERS ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER AD HOCS, I WOULD STEP BACK FROM COMMUNICATIONS. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE ON THEM. . UM, I WOULD LIKE THAT WOULD OKAY. THAT WOULD MAX US OUT I THINK. WOULD SOMEBODY ELSE WANNA BE ON THERE YOU GO. MAKE GON ANKLE. IS ANY OTHER MOVEMENT OR SEVEN BACK? ANYONE LIKE COMMUNICATIONS? COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH BACK? I'LL BE ON AND I STEPPED ON, I STEPPED ON THE VISION. OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE DUAL BEYOND COMMUNICATIONS? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? OR YOU'RE OH, DID, NO, SHE SAID YOU WERE, SHE SAID AND AND THE TWO THAT I WOULD LIKE. OKAY. AND YOU'RE, SO YOU'RE ASKING TO JUST STEP AWAY FROM THE MISSION? YES. YEAH. EDUCATION. OKAY. WAIT, DID YOU EDUCATION? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. I GOT CONFUSED THERE FOR A MOMENT. OKAY. OKAY. ARE, DO ANY APPEAL TO YOU OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. WE CAN WE DIVE INTO THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT MAD CLERK, PLEASE CHECK TO IF ANY MEMBERS OF WOULD, IF THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR ITEM SIX IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND IF, IF YOU CAN. AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. NOW SEEING NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN THE ZOOM THAT COMPLETES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. OKAY, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CLERK PLEASE CALL FOR VOTE. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THE CHANGES MADE TO THE AD HOCS WILL BE CONSIDERED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. SO CONFIRM THAT GON AND ALAN HARPER ARE OKAY WITH ALL THE ADDITIONS AND REMOVALS. CAN YOU THAT COULD SPECIFY THE MOTION WHAT OCCURRED? SO FOR THE RECORD, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AD HOC WAS CREATED WITH MEMBERS MELLINGER A HARPER GONZALEZ, AND . AND THE, FOR THE VISION, MATT BEING AD HOC, COMMISSIONER KEL WAS ADDED AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ WAS REMOVED. OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ANCO? YES. COMMISSIONER CHIN? YES. COMMISSIONER DON? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES. AND CHAIR ME? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. [01:00:02] OKAY. THIS CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. UM, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE FORMALLY ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING OUR COMMISSION BYLAWS, WE ARE ABLE TO ELECT THE COMMISSION TREASURER TO JOIN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ALONGSIDE OUR EXISTING OFFICERS, WHICH IS THE CHAIR AND CHAIR. THE ROLE OF TREASURER IS IMPORTANT. ONE, THE TREASURER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE COMMISSION'S, FINANCES AND WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL REPORTS DURING OUR MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER, JANUARY AND APRIL. ADDITIONALLY, THE TREASURER WILL HELP PREPARE A SUMMARY OF ANY FUNDS EXPENDED IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION'S WORK, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS OR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN SERVING AS THE COMMISSION'S INAUGURAL TREASURER. UH, RIGHT. SO I'M OPENING NOMINATIONS. I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON PER TREASURER, WHICH INCLUDES YOURSELF. THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS. I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR TREASURER. SO, UH, IN ORDER, IN THE ORDER NOMINATED, SO THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, UM, PLEASE BRIEFLY SHARE, I INVITE EACH TO SHARE WHY YOU WOULD, FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ COMBINATION. UM, I LIKE TO BE ON THE BECAUSE, UM, I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE BUDGETS AND PROJECTS AND OBVIOUSLY FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO AND IT HARD FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO, UM, THIS CAPACITY COMMISSIONER. SO WE ARE CALLING FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ FOR TREASURER, PLEASE PASS YOUR VOTE. DO A ROLL CALL. YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD GET A CALL. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER AN YES. COMMISSIONER CHIN? YES. COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. YES, YES. YES. COMMISSIONER? YES. UH, ME? YES. CONGRATULATIONS TO, OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL NOW TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STATE FIRST SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE TO RAISE HAND FEATURE AND IN PERSON. PLEASE STAND UP. THERE'S NONE IN THE ZOOM, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE IN PERSON. YOUR THREE MINUTES. UM, I'M READING THE LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE LABOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION. UM, WE WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, BUT THIS WAS NOT KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO READ OUT. SO I CAME TO YOU GUYS TODAY. UM, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SANDRA OPO AND I'M A LABOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING OVER 2001 REGISTERED NURSES AT LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER AND MILLER CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. FIRST I WANT THANK MAYOR, MAYOR RICHARDSON FOR JOINING US ON THE STRIKE LINE. YOUR PRESENCE. GREAT. OUR NURSES AND IT'S AT THE CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OMI STANDS WITH AND FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS. WE'VE BEEN AT THE BARGAINING TABLE FOR MONTHS, FIGHTING FOR CONTRACT, WHO PROTECTS PATIENTS, RESPECTS NURSES, AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE IN THE CITY'S HEALTHCARE. BUT INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH US IN GOOD FAITH, HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HAS RESPONDED WITH LAYOFFS, PROPOSALS, PROPOSALS TO STRIP AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND ATTEMPT TO SILENCE US. THEY'RE PUSHING FOR MANDATORY ARBITRATION, A CLAUSE THAT WOULD BLOCK NURSES FROM HOLDING THEM PUBLIC, THE [01:05:01] ACADEMY WHEN THEY VIOLATE THE CONTRACT OR ENDANGER PATIENTS, THEY'VE ALSO TRIED TO LIMIT OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT, ORGANIZE AND TAKE PUBLIC ACTION. LET BE CLEAR THAT THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT JUST ANTI, THEY ARE ANTI. WE'RE CALLING ON THIS COUNCIL ISSUE A LETTER. THIS BUSTINGS BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH AND RESPECT. THE NURSES WHO CARE FOR LONG BEACH. OUR FIGHT IS YOUR FIGHT BECAUSE THE NURSES ARE SIGNING PATIENT FAITH CARDS. THANK YOU. UM, I THAT ON BEHALF OF THE HOSPITAL AND HAS A MOTHER FOR A CHILD THAT GOES THERE. MY CHILD, HE IS TURNING FOUR NEXT WEEK. AND WHEN HE WAS BORN, UM, HE ALMOST LOST HIS, LIKE ANY SHOT, SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE FROM BEING PREMATURE. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE FOR ME AND FOR MY CHILD'S SURVIVAL SINCE THE BEGINNING. UM, I COME TO YOU GUYS TODAY TO ASK FOR ANY KIND OF HELP IN WRITING A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND TO GETTING, UM, TO GETTING 'EM TO HOW TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BUDGETING THAT THEY HAD AND WHERE THEY PLAN ON SPENDING THEIR MONEY IN THE FISCAL. WE WERE COMING UP BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF LAYOFFS THAT HAVE HAPPENED VERSUS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE PLACING WITH, THE QUALITY IS NOT THERE. THE CARE IS NOT THERE. THEY COULD GO ON AND SAY THROUGH THE ARTICLES THAT THEY GIVE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THAT EVERYTHING IS STILL THE SAME. BUT I ATTEND AND I GO TO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE HOSPITAL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND I NOTICE THE DECLINE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, MY CHILD IS SCHEDULED FOR UPCOMING SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DOING IT. AND THESE ARE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL HELP HIM TO KEEP SURVIVING. AND I COME TO YOU GUYS TODAY JUST TO KIND OF, UM, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, MAYBE MAKE A SPECIAL ONE TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE AND I DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF POSING ANY TIME IN NEAR FUTURE FOR, FOR ANOTHER MINUTE OH MINUTES. UM, THE MAIN REASON TOO, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THIS BECAUSE MAYOR RICHARDSON CAME OUT AND SPOKE WITH US AND THEN ALSO DISTRICT SIX PURSUING, SHE CAME OUT AND THEY SPOKE TOGETHER AND THEY WANTED TO GET A MEETING TO BE PUT TOGETHER. SO AGAIN, THIS BEING THE WOMAN AND CHILDREN'S COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, I'M SORRY, I JUST COME TO ASK FOR YOU GUYS SUPPORT IN ANY WAY THAT POSSIBLE. MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE MORE INPUT THAN I, MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN I DO AND ALSO MORE RESOURCES AND THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW THAT COULD HELP US AS WELL. AND SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF DIRECT THIS TOWARDS YOU SINCE SHE WAS ON COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE PODIUM TO SPEAK WITH US. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY NO, THAT CONCLUDES NON PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING OR I'LL SHOOT AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER REPORT ON ANY OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I WENT TO CAPITOL HILL AND LOBBY WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION. AND I MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA, SENATOR ADAM, SENATOR. UH, I ALSO MET WITH CONGRESS MEMBERS FROM IDAHO, TEXAS. UM, I ALSO CHUCK SCHUMER ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. AND THERE IS NO OBJECTION. I DECLARE MEETING ADJOURNED. PLEASE CALL THE TIME. THE TIME IS 7:40 PM 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.