Aug 06, 2025 Equity and Human Relations Commission

VANESSA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UH, I HAD A QUESTION.

I THINK EVERYONE, IF I GO OFF MUTE, WILL THE WHOLE CHAMBERS HEAR ME? YES.

THE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE UNMUTED, WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE CHAMBERS.

COMMISSIONER BROWN, IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR MIC ON HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OF COURSE.

I NEED, I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIO .

ALRIGHT.

IF I CAN HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS GET SITUATED.

WE'RE OFFICIALLY STARTING IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, 30 SECONDS OR SO, ROUGHLY.

APPROXIMATELY AND THE BEST COMMISSION IN THE WORLD.

ALRIGHT,

[CALL TO ORDER]

WELCOME EVERYONE.

UM, I, I WILL SAVE MY REMARKS AS WHY, AS TO WHY I AM CHAIRING TODAY IN A BID.

I, I DO NEED TO GET, UH, THE MEETING OFFICIALLY STARTED.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING ORDER FOR TODAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2025.

UH, FIRST ORDER BUSINESS IS THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL BY MADAM CLERK.

[ROLL CALL]

COMMISSIONER BUTLER HERE.

NO PROBLEM.

COMMISSIONER DOCKERY.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER COLE HERE.

COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER LARA? HERE.

COMMISSIONER FLORES.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.

COMMISSIONER AL HERE.

COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE.

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I'M VICE CHAIR BATS AND CHAIR COVINGTON HERE.

GIVE A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, RICHARD BROWN, FROM DISTRICT NINE.

WE HAVE QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, VICE CHAIR BATS IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TECHNICALLY, UH, YOUR CHAIR OR OUR CHAIR, UH, COVINGTON IS AT, UH, IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS DOING SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORK IN SHAPE.

SO HE ASKED ME TO, UH, BE THE SUBSTITUTE CHAIR, HAVING BEEN A TEACHER BEFORE.

IT'S LIKE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT RUSTY, BUT, UH, I WILL GET US THROUGH THE MEETING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ASK FROM CHAIR COVINGTON.

GLAD TO DO IT, AND, AND GLAD TO FACILITATE THE MEETING.

UH, I ALSO, UH, WANNA MENTION THAT ALL OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABSENCE ARE UNEXCUSED.

AND, BUT I ALSO WANT TO, UH,

[CHAIR REMARKS]

UH, WELCOME.

WELCOME.

UM, AND ALSO FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, WHO, WHO JUST WALKED IN, SO I THINK WE CAN MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

UH, ADD, ADD, ADD HER TO THE ROSTER.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE ROLL CALL? ALL RIGHT.

SO, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS,

[1. 25-55967 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Equity and Human Relations Commission meeting of Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UM, ITEM ONE, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MADAM CLERK TO, UH, REFER TO ITEM ONE AND GET, GET THE MEETING STARTED.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2025.

UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? UM, AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM.

ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SEEING MY SCREEN.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

AS I, I THINK WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING VERBALLY TODAY.

WE'RE DOING VERBAL.

SINCE, UH, CHAIR COVINGTON IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE VERBALLY.

UNDERSTOOD.

SO WHAT I WILL, I'LL, I WILL DO MY BEST.

I HAVE PRETTY GOOD PERIPHERAL VISION TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS GOING UP.

SO, UH, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES THE FIRST, AND I SEE SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER BUTLER.

AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS.

SO WE WILL MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE FLOOR.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ARE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE IN PERSON.

OH, I SEE SOMEONE.

AND THIS IS FOR THE, YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THE MINUTES? OH, I'M SORRY.

SO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON, AND THERE IS NOBODY ON THE ZOOM TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL COMMENTS.

SO, AT THIS POINT, UH, SINCE, UH, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING BY HAND, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, VOTE FOR, FOR THE MINUTES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER BUTLER HERE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES AS THEY'RE IN FRONT OF US, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES OR WOULD YOU, UH, SORRY, WOULD TO A FEW MINUTES.

COMMISSIONER BUTLER TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

UH, COMMISSIONER DEION.

YES, THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER GILLETTE? YES, THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER LARA? YES, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT THOUGH.

SHOULD I WAIT FOR THAT COMMENT? OR CAN I JUST SPEAK TO THIS RIGHT NOW? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION? UM, YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT BEFORE WE FINISH UP THE VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL FINISH UP THE VOTE.

SO, SO I JUST HAD A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, JUST FOR TECHNICALITY HERE, SINCE IT'S COMMISSIONER BROWN'S FIRST MEETING, UM, JUST THE TECHNICALITY CAN IS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND VOTE ON THE ITEM AS LONG AS THEY REVIEWED THE MINUTES IN THE PACKET THAT THEY RECEIVED.

AND THE ME I THOUGHT IT, THE, THE PIECE IS ALSO REVIEWED THE MEETING, RIGHT? YES.

SO, TO CONTINUE, UM, COMMISSIONER LARA, WAS THAT A YES FROM YOU? THAT IS A YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES? YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER SAMME WAEL? YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ? YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE? YES.

AND COMM, UH, CHAIR COVINGTON? YES.

UM, ALREADY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE MINUTES ALREADY HERE, .

SO MOVING US ALONG.

[2. 25-55968 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from Dr. Melawhy Garcia on the Social Determinants of Health, and discuss the framework for the Equity and Human Relations Commission's upcoming listening sessions. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM CLERK.

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ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM DR.

MELOY GARCIA ON THE SYS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

AND DISCUSS THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS UPCOMING LISTENING SESSIONS.

ALRIGHT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ON THE FLOOR? OKAY.

THAT'S COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ A SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER DE LEON, I HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SEMIAL.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

BUT I THINK THEY HAVE TO ALSO APPROVE.

SECOND.

THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.

MAY WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? WHAT ABOUT NOW? YES.

BETTER? THAT'S BETTER.

UH, HOUSING, RIGHT? UH, INADEQUATE HOUSING CAN BE AN ISSUE LIVING IN AN UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE'S CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS, UH, POLICIES THAT CAN, UM, HINDER YOUR GROWTH POTENTIAL.

I HEAR MYSELF.

GREAT.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

UM, AS SHE MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DR.

MALAWI GARCIA.

I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR LATINO HEALTH AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

I'VE BEEN AT CAL LONG BEACH FOR 20 YEARS AS A STUDENT, AND NOW AS DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON HEALTH ISSUES FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY SINCE I WAS A STUDENT BACK IN 2005.

SO, I'M EXCITED TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING THESE AS PART OF YOUR FRAMEWORK.

SO, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S TRAINING IS TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE LISTENING SESSIONS FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC.

I KNOW THE COMMISSION'S ALREADY AWARE OF, UM, THE PLANS.

I WILL SPEND MOST OF MY TIME DEFINING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, PROVIDING EXAMPLES, AND ALSO INITIATIVES THAT ARE, HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE CITY AS EFFECTIVE, UM, MEANS TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WILL END WITH A SUMMARY OF WHY THE FRAMEWORK IS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR WORK IN THE CITY.

SO TO START, UH, AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE, THERE IS A PLAN TO HOST, UH, QUARTERLY LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM ANTONIO THAT YOU ARE ALL GOING TO BE, UH, USING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY RELATED TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, GAPS IN SERVICES AND POTENTIAL, UM, POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR, UH, SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.

UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS INSIGHT WILL THEN BE USED TO PROMOTE, UH, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROGRAMS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

I'VE DONE SOME OF THIS WORK WITH, UH, THE COVID TO 19, MAYBE THE GTA INITIATIVE.

AND THROUGH LISTENING SESSIONS, NOT JUST SURVEYS, WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO DIVE DEEP INTO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ISSUES WITH HOUSING, WITH PARKING, WITH CROWDEDNESS, AND, UH, COVID INFECTION.

SO I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY FRUITFUL.

SO, TO START OFF, I WANNA JUST, UH, PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH EQUITY.

I KNOW THIS IS PART OF THE VISION FOR THE COMMISSION.

UH, SO FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, HEALTH EQUITY IS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF HEALTH FOR ALL PEOPLE.

SO HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS? IT REQUIRES ONGOING EFFORTS TO ASSESS WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO INEQUITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS FIGURE HERE.

UH, ALL ARE TRYING TO REACH FOR THOSE FRUITS IN THE TREE, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHORT REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT, RIGHT? WITH THAT LITTLE BENCH, THE TALLER PEOPLE REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT LESS SUPPORT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THE SUPPORTS NEEDED SO THAT ALL CAN BENEFIT FROM THE FRUITS IN ORDER TO REALLY ADDRESS HEALTH EQUITY.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL SPEND THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME TODAY.

SO, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH GREATLY IMPACT HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CHILDHOOD AND THROUGH ADULTHOOD.

WE CAN LOOK AT THESE AS NON-MEDICAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES.

THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE, UH, GROW.

YOU KNOW, THEY WORK, PLAY, AND AGE, RIGHT? SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY, THERE'S AN ISSUE, RIGHT? THERE'S GONNA BE ISSUES WITH THEIR HEALTH AND OVERALL, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE.

THESE ARE ALSO CONDITIONS THAT ARE FORCES AND SYSTEMS SHAPING CONDITIONS OF DAILY LIFE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE OFTEN SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS DO NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER, RIGHT? UM, THEY CAN DO THEIR BEST TO, TO GET A GOOD JOB, TO EARN GOOD MONEY, BUT IF THEY HAVE BEEN SET UP, UH, WITH INEQUITIES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THAT COLLEGE EDUCATION TO GET THAT GREAT JOB TO EARN THAT HIGH INCOME, RIGHT? SO THERE'S ISSUES THERE.

UH, SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY THAT CAN LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION JUST BASED ON THE COLOR OF SKIN.

ALSO, UH, LIVING IN POVERTY, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE BORN TO A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WITH LOW EDUCATION, YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITHOUT SUPPORT SERVICES, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU,

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SO, THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS HEALTH, THERE HAS TO BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN VARIOUS SECTORS TO REALLY MAKE A CHANGE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT SECTORS, I MEAN THINKING ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES.

THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

IT INCLUDES CLINICS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THIS GREAT WORK IN THE CITY.

SO, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AGAIN, INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THESE DETERMINANTS.

THEY REALLY DO NEED SUPPORT SERVICES TO KINDA GET OUT OF WHERE THEY ARE, UH, STUCK IN THOSE, IN THOSE, UH, LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

SO, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, BY DESCRIBING DOMAIN ONE.

THERE'S A TOTAL OF FIVE DOMAINS THAT I'LL BE DESCRIBING.

SO, DOMAIN ONE, UM, TO ME IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF ALL, RIGHT? THIS IS ECONOMIC STABILITY.

WE KNOW THAT EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS DIRECTLY TIED TO YOUR HEALTH OUTCOMES, RIGHT? UM, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, ECONOMIC STABILITY WILL ALSO IMPACT OUR EDUCATION DOMAIN.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THE US.

ABOUT ONE IN 10 PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY IN LONG BEACH.

AS OF 2023, THERE'S ABOUT 15% OF FAMILIES THAT LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.

SO AGAIN, IF THEY'RE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, WHERE ARE THEY LIVING? WHAT ZIP CODE ARE THEY LIVING IN? WHAT RESOURCES ARE THEY GETTING? WHAT GROCERY STORES DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW THESE DETERMINANTS REALLY CAN AFFECT, UH, OUTCOMES.

SO, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT FORGET THIS POINT, EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME DIRECTLY INFLUENCE ALL OTHER DOMAINS THAT I'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THAT, INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER, LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, EXPERIENCE, HIGHER RATES OF DISEASE, DISABILITY, AND PREMATURE DEATH.

WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE HEALTHCARE, UM, DOMAIN.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE LOW INCOME STATUS, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC INSURANCE, IF AT ALL.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANYTHING, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT PRIMARY CARE.

YOU'RE GETTING THE EMERGENCY CARE.

UH, AND THAT DEFINITELY DICTATES A PREMATURE DEATH.

ALSO, IF YOU HAVE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IT DETERMINES WHERE YOU LIVE, RIGHT? IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

LIKE IN THE PORT, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO HAVING ASTHMA, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO LIVING IN, UH, UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU'RE ALSO EXPOSED TO, UM, LOWER ACHIEVING SCHOOLS, RIGHT? IF YOU GO TO A SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE, UM, AWARENESS REGARDING COLLEGE, YOU MAY NOT GO THERE.

I TALK TO FAMILIES IN THE CITY, AND SOME OF THEM STILL SAY, WHAT'S THE LONG BEACH PROMISE? RIGHT? HOW'S THAT HAPPENING? RIGHT? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT SCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO AND WHAT, UH, ACCESS YOU HAVE TO AWARENESS.

OKAY? SO LET'S MOVE ON.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC STABILITY, THIS REFERS TO HAVING THE RESOURCES ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY LIFE.

SO AGAIN, ALL TIED BACK TO HEALTH, RIGHT? WE CAN TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

TODAY, THE FOCUS IS HEALTH.

SO ECONOMIC STABILITY, UH, WHAT ARE THOSE RESOURCES? ACCORDING TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THOSE ARE HAVING A STEADY INCOME AND STEADY EMPLOYMENT, RIGHT? SO WITHOUT THESE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF BARRIERS TO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, A STEADY INCOME, YOU CAN AFFORD ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT LIVING IN MULTI-HOUSING UNITS THAT ALLOW SMOKING, FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU LIVE IN A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO BETTER PARKS AND GROCERY STORES.

IF YOU LIVE IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO MORE GROCERY STORES AND HEALTHY FOOD.

INSTEAD OF BUYING FAST FOOD IN THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIX FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN ONE CORNER IN NORTH LONG BEACH, RIGHT? UM, AND ALSO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE A GOOD JOB, FULL-TIME JOB, YOU PROBABLY HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE.

MAYBE YOU HAVE A PPO, MAYBE YOU HAVE AN HMO, BUT YOU ARE ACCESSING PREVENTION IN PRIMARY CARE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE, THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LACKS AND GAPS IN SERVICES THERE.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU THEN ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE ACCESS TO MESSAGING.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT HEALTH LITERACY IN A MINUTE.

AND ALL OF THIS, AGAIN, LEADS TO BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES.

CONVERSELY, IF YOU LACK ECONOMIC STABILITY, IT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR, YOUR HEALTH NEGATIVELY.

SO THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO AFFORD HEALTH, RIGHT? SO WHAT LEADS TO LACK OF ECONOMIC STABILITY?

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WE HAVE POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE ARE INCARCERATED, THERE'S ISSUES WITH KEEPING EMPLOYMENT UNDOCUMENTED STATUS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, TO THE BEINGS THAT YOU NEED TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY.

YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HUNGER, UH, AND FOOD INSECURITY.

YOU'RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN THESE, UH, LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? WITH, UH, LOTS OF ISSUES.

YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE HEALTHCARE.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

UH, YOU MAY HAVE INSURANCE, UH, FOR YOURSELF AS AN ADULT.

I KNOW IN LONG BEACH THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT SERVICES EVEN FOR UNDOCUMENTED ADULTS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START THINKING OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA.

ALSO, UH, YOU HAVE LESS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.

WE TEACH FAMILIES THE COST OF PURCHASING HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTS.

WE KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE.

IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND TO FEED A FAMILY OF FIVE AT THE GROCERY STORE THAN IT IS TO GO BUY KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND GET A FAMILY MEAL, RIGHT? SO, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO CARRY OUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.

OFTENTIMES, THEY DON'T EVEN RECEIVE THE MESSAGES ABOUT THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT KFC IS BAD.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, DRINKING SUGARY BEVERAGES IS HORRIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, RIGHT? THEY DUNNO HOW MUCH SUGAR IS IN THERE.

SO THERE'S LACK OF AWARENESS, UM, IN GENERAL.

SO IN TURN, THIS OBVIOUSLY LEADS TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS.

UH, UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES, FAST FOOD, SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS WILL LEAD TO CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

WE HAVE SUPER HIGH RATES OF OBESITY AMONG OUR ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS IN THE CITY.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE HIGH RATES OF DIABETES AND ALSO, UH, PREMATURE DEATH.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING PREMATURE DEATH, THEY'RE NOT LIVING WELL, RIGHT? THEY'RE LIVING WITH A POOR QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE AGING, BUT THEY'RE AGING WITH SO MANY CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE OFTEN NOT ABLE TO, TO LIVE HAPPILY.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE TOO.

OKAY? SO, GOOD NEWS IS I HAVE EXAMPLES OF EFFECTIVE, UM, INITIATIVES HAPPENING IN THE CITY FOR EACH OF THESE, UH, DOMAINS.

SO, FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY, I BRING TO YOU THE EXAMPLE OF THE LONG BEACH PROMISE.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE, IT'S IMPORTANT NOW THAT WE LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? THE LONG BEACH PROMISE IS AN INITIATIVE BETWEEN A LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LBCC, AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT YET, PEOPLE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TOLD ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I DON'T THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ACCESS.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO, WITH THIS INITIATIVE, THEY ARE PROMOTING THAT LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UH, CHILDREN GAIN ACCESS TO AWARENESS RELATED TO COLLEGE SUPPORT SERVICES IN COLLEGE.

BUT FOR THE ECONOMIC STABILITY PIECE, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING FREE TUITION, RIGHT? SO, IF FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD COLLEGE TUITION, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN WHO QUALIFY TO GO TO LBCC FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS WITH FREE TUITION.

THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

WE CAN'T ADD MONEY TO PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS.

WE CAN'T GIVE THEM A HIGHER EDUCATION IF THEY'RE ALREADY ADULTS.

BUT WE CAN HELP THE CHILDREN AND WE CAN HELP PROMOTE CHANGES, UH, EARLY ON IN CHILDHOOD THAT LEAD TO BETTER CHANGES IN ADULTHOOD.

SO, THAT'S THE ECONOMIC PIECE.

UM, THE OTHER EXAMPLES HERE ARE ALL THE SUPPORT SERVICES.

LATER, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT THAT REALLY MATTER.

SO THESE ARE PROGRAMS TO WELCOME THESE CHILDREN INTO THE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WELCOMING THEM AT LBCC AS WELL AS AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, DEPENDING ON, ON WHO THEY ARE.

LIKE FIRST TIME FRESHMEN, TRANSFER STUDENTS, MIGRANT STUDENTS, UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY NEEDS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SUPPORT.

OKAY? SO MOVING US FORWARD.

NOW I'M GONNA FOCUS ON DOMAIN TWO.

AGAIN, DOMAIN TWO IS INTERRELATED WITH DOMAIN ONE, WHICH IS ECONOMIC STABILITY.

YOUR EDUCATION IS DIRECTLY TIED TO WHERE YOU CAN GET EMPLOYED, WHAT SKILLS YOU HAVE TO GAIN THAT, UH, THAT MEANINGFUL CAREER, AND THEN GAIN THAT, UH, GREAT INCOME.

SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT EDUCATION IN THIS DOMAIN, WE LOOK AT EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, HIGHER EDUCATION.

SO COLLEGE, RIGHT PAST HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNERS LIKE ADULTS, MIGRANTS, UH, PEOPLE WHO GO BACK TO BACK TO GAIN SOME TYPE OF SKILL IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF DEGREE.

WE ALSO FOCUS ON, UH, LITERACY.

THERE'S TWO AREAS OF LITERACY THAT ARE IMPORTANT HERE FOR EDUCATION.

ONE IS HEALTH LITERACY.

SO HEALTH LITERACY IS BEING ABLE TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND HEALTH INFORMATION.

IF YOU HAVE A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, THEY'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HEALTHY WEIGHT, THEY'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S GROWTH CHART.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE PRIMARY CARE, YOU DON'T KNOW THE HEALTH INFORMATION.

YOU MAY THINK, AND ESPECIALLY IN, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, RACIAL ETHNIC COMMUNITIES.

A HEALTH, A CH OF YOUR BABY IS ACTUALLY A HEALTHY BABY IN LATINO COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? PARENTS, PARENTS DON'T KNOW AND DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE OVERFEEDING CHILDREN

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UNTIL THEY GET THIS HELP LITERACY.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FINANCIAL LITERACY, RIGHT? SO HIGHER EDUCATION, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO, UH, RETIREMENT PLANNING, BANKING, DIRECT DEPOSIT, YOU GAIN MORE SKILLS RELATED TO MANAGING YOUR MONEY.

SO AGAIN, EDUCATION, ACCESS AND QUALITY PLAY A BIG ROLE IN HEALTH.

YOUR EDUCATION IS TIED TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

YOUR EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESS AND, AND QUALITY.

SO, MOVING US FORWARD, HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE ADEQUATE, UM, EDUCATION ACCESS AND QUALITY.

SO THIS MEANS THAT CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIVE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AN EARLY, UH, CHILDHOOD LEARNING PROGRAM, RIGHT? OFTENTIMES, THE WAITING LISTS ARE LONG AND PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD IT IF IT'S NOT FREE.

CHILDREN WHO GO TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS ARE BETTER PREPARED TO ENTER GRADE SCHOOL IF THERE'S ADEQUATE EDUCATION ACCESS, THAT MEANS THEY'RE ENTERING HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL IN THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE'S BETTER QUALITY EDUCATION, AND THERE'S AWARENESS ABOUT, UH, HIGHER EDUCATION GOALS.

IF SOMEONE DOESN'T TALK TO CHILDREN IN GRADE SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT PLANNING FOR COLLEGE, AND HEY, OVER THERE IS CAL STATE LONG BEACH, THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAY AND THINK, OKAY, AS SOON AS I, I'M DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL OR EVEN EARLIER, I'M GONNA GET A FULL-TIME JOB AND I'M GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY.

THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM, UH, GOALS AND THE IMPACT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION.

SO WHEN THEY START TO LEARN ABOUT THE GOALS, THEY START TO PLAN IN THEIR, UH, AVID OR HONORS CLASSES, THEN THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE.

EVEN THOUGH, UH, WE HAVE THE STATE SCHOOL, CAL STATE LONG BEACH HERE IN THE CITY, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, UM, MINORITIES THAT DO NOT PLAN ON ATTENDING OR JUST DON'T GO, FOR EXAMPLE, BLACK STUDENTS, BLACK STUDENTS.

I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT A 3% ENROLLMENT RATE, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT THE POPULATION IS HIGHER IN LONG BEACH.

SO WE HAVE A MAJOR DISPARITY IN RECRUITING BLACK STUDENTS AND MAKING THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE TO, UH, GO TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.

UH, SO ALL IN ALL, WHEN YOU HAVE EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND YOU'RE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE PLANNING, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

AGAIN, THAT IS TIED BACK TO YOUR, TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

SO THIS IS WHAT AN ADEQUATE, UM, ACCESS LOOKS LIKE AT QUALITY.

WHEN WE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION AND ACCESS, THEN THINGS GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, RIGHT? CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

THEY'RE NOT PREPARED TO ENTER, UH, GRADE SCHOOL WHEN THEY ENTER, THEY'RE ALREADY BEHIND.

AND ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR, OUR COVID-19 KIDS, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW BEHIND WERE THEY? A LOT OF CHILDREN COULDN'T READ, THEY COULDN'T DO THEIR MATH, BUT THEY WERE STILL KIND OF SKIPPING ALONG GRADES.

SO THEY ENTER LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, THEY DON'T GET QUALITY EDUCATION.

THERE'S LACK OF PLANNING.

AGAIN, A LOT OF FAMILIES STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT LONG BEACH PROMISE, AND THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE HIGHER EDUCATION.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH LITERACY, THERE IS NONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO THE PREVENTION WITHIN PRIMARY CARE OR ACCESSING, UH, HEALTHCARE.

USUALLY LOWER INCOME FAMILIES WILL ONLY ACCESS HEALTHCARE ONCE THEY NEED URGENT OR EMERGENCY ROOM CARE, RIGHT? AND NO ONE'S GONNA TALK TO THEM THERE ABOUT, UH, PREVENTION AND FOOD GROUPS.

SO, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO NOTE THERE.

SO HERE AGAIN, A POSITIVE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE CITY THIS YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE, UM, EXPANDED LEARNING OFFICES SUMMER PROGRAM.

THE REASON I LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AS A RESEARCHER, I AUTOMATICALLY SEE THINGS THAT CALL MY ATTENTION K THROUGH EIGHT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

THEY'RE STARTING AT K THEY'RE GOING THROUGH EIGHT, AND ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY OFFER SERVICES IN ALL OF THESE MIDDLE, UM, ALL OF THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO IF YOU LIVE IN A GOOD OR BAD NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THERE'S GONNA BE A PROGRAM FOR YOU IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ALSO, THEY'RE WORKING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE NOW READY TO GO INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND START THINKING ABOUT THEIR, THEIR GRADES AND THEIR GPAS FOR COLLEGE.

ANOTHER THING I SEE HERE IS THAT THIS IS FREE.

WHEN WE TALK TO FAMILIES ABOUT, WELL, WHY ISN'T YOUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, DOING LIKE ANY SPORTS PROGRAMS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE YMCA AND THEY CAN'T PLAY IN THE PARK BECAUSE HOMELESS LIVE THERE.

AND THE THE RESTROOMS ARE DIRTY, RIGHT? THIS IS NORTH LONG BEACH.

SO HERE THEY HAVE FREE ACCESS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDED, IT'S NOT JUST ACADEMICS.

IT'S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

AND THEY ALSO WORK ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ENRICHMENT, RIGHT? SO THIS REALLY ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE, WHEN CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO FREE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS, THERE'S ALSO AWARENESS OF PROBLEMS. STAFF AND FACULTY CAN SEE, OKAY, THIS CHILD IS NEEDING SOME HELP WITH LIKE, MENTAL HEALTH, OR MAYBE THE FAMILY'S EXPERIENCING, UH, HOMELESSNESS, OR MAYBE THEY HAVE FOOD INSECURITY.

SO THEY'RE MORE LIKELY, UM, TO GET SOME TYPE OF REFERRAL FROM PROGRAMS SUCH

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AS THIS.

SO, AGAIN, EXAMPLES, THERE'S MANY MORE IN THE CITY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AGAIN, 'CAUSE IT INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

OKAY? SO MOVING ON TO DOMAIN THREE.

DOMAIN THREE FOCUSES ON NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE LIVE IN DEFINITELY SHAPES THEIR ACCESS AND THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES IN MANY WAYS.

A LOT OF RESEARCHERS SPEND THEIR ENTIRE LIFE, UM, EXAMINING THE QUALITY OF PARKS, RIGHT? THE WALKABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY PLAYS A ROLE IN WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS, WHERE YOU CAN GO, HOW YOU CAN GET THERE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, IS IT SAFE TO WALK TO THE GROCERY STORE, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

THE FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THIS DOMAIN ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, QUALITY OF HOUSING, CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.

OKAY? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT, AGAIN, THIS IS A, IN THE TERMS OF HEALTH, THIS IS, UH, REFERS TO HUMAN MADE SURROUNDINGS THAT PROVIDE THE SETTING FOR, FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY.

SOME OF YOU HAVE MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH, RIGHT? SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST JUST A MINUTE.

SO HERE IS A PICTURE OF A BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS HERE THAT ARE POSITIVE ARE CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PARK, RIGHT? THERE'S BIKE PATHS.

UH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO USE SCOOTERS.

THERE'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, MARKET WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? SO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CAN BE SET UP IN A WAY TO PROMOTE HEALTH.

AND THERE'S SOME CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE LOMA LINDA IS NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY AS LIKE A, A GOOD ENVIRONMENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ALLOW MCDONALD'S IN THAT CITY, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, PLAY, WALK TO GROCERY STORE, POTENTIALLY WORK, UH, THERE'S ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, THERE'S ACCESS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

SO THIS IS WHAT A GOOD BUILD ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILD ENVIRONMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE US LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THIS, RIGHT? WE THINK ABOUT RURAL COMMUNITIES.

UH, WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE TELLING ME IT TAKES ME ABOUT FOUR HOURS TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.

THEY HAVE TO GET ON A BUS, THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER, THEN THEY HAVE TO WALK, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO CATCH THAT BUS BACK HOME.

SO WHO'S GONNA WANNA SPEND FOUR HOURS GROCERY SHOPPING FOR HEALTHY FOOD? THEY'RE GONNA ACT INSTEAD, GO OVER TO THE FAMILY DOLLAR AND PURCHASE WHAT'S AVAILABLE THERE, WHICH IS LIMITED FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND MORE PACKAGED MEALS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT PEOPLE LIVE IN.

THAT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN TERMS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, RACIAL ETHNIC MINORITIES, AS WELL AS PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME, THEY ARE LIVING IN THESE SITUATIONS.

THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN LONG BEACH RECENTLY.

THERE HAS BEEN SINCE COVID, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE, UM, FARMERS' MARKETS AND FOOD AND FOOD PANTRIES.

THAT'S AMAZING.

THAT HAS HELPED THE COMMUNITY SO MUCH.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT? AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS.

UH, WHEN WE TALKED TO LATINOS AND BLACKS ABOUT, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU SHOP AT THE, AT THE TRADER JOE'S? THEY SAY, I DON'T, I DON'T FIT IN THERE.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING IN THERE.

I NEED TO GO OVER TO MY GONZALEZ MARKET, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, NORMS THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW BASED ON YOUR INCOME STATUS AND WHERE, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN.

SO WHEN WE TEACH PEOPLE TO SHOP HEALTHY AT GONZALES, WE TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THEIR STORE AND THEIR COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE DO LISTENING SESSIONS TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE LEARN.

WE CAN'T SAY, OKAY, THERE'S FIVE GROCERY STORES IN A ONE MILE RADIUS.

THEY HAVE ACCESS.

WELL, THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THREE.

SO REALLY, THEY ONLY HAVE TWO, RIGHT? SO, LISTENING SESSIONS REALLY PROVIDE INSIGHT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING BESIDES THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM, FROM SURVEYS.

OKAY? SO, ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS AND QUALITY OF HOUSING CAN LEAD TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE HOUSING, RIGHT? PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLAY OUTSIDE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO FOR WALKS IN THE EVENING.

UH, CLEAN AIR, GOOD SCHOOLS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS FRESH FOODS.

ALL OF THIS THEN IS TIED TO OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND GOOD HEALTH.

ON THE OPPOSITE, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE INADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, NO ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS AND POOR QUALITY HOUSING, NOW THEY'RE AT RISK FOR UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY'RE AT RISK FOR POLLUTION, THEY'RE AT RISK FOR POOR EDUCATION, SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR, AS WELL AS UNHEALTHY DIETS, RIGHT? IF YOU CAN'T GO FOR A WALK IN THE EVENING AND YOUR CHILD CAN'T PLAY OUT IN THE STREET, WHAT IS THAT CHILD DOING? THEY'RE DOING THEIR FAVORITE THING SCREEN TIME, RIGHT? EVEN IF THEY DO PLAY OUT IN THE STREET, LIKE IF THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR FUN ENGAGING THINGS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE ON SCREENS.

THAT'S JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

SO THESE THINGS PUT PEOPLE AT INCREASED RISK FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

PEOPLE ARE SITTING EATING UNHEALTHY FOOD THAT'S LESS EXPENSIVE.

THEY'RE GAINING WEIGHT, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THOSE HEALTH MESSAGES.

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THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

SO, POSITIVE EXAMPLES IN THE CITY.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE LONG BEACH BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

IT WAS FUNDED IN THE CITY.

I DIDN'T LOOK UP THE YEAR, BUT I KNOW CAL ENDOWMENT FUNDED IT YEARS AGO.

AND THERE WAS POSITIVE CHANGES THAT CAME FROM THIS.

UH, ONE OF THE MOST, UH, I THINK THE ONES THAT HAS, HAS STUCK AROUND IS THE BIKE PATHS, RIGHT? THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO CREATE BATH, UH, BIKE PATHS IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE PARKS.

THEY FOCUSED ON CERTAIN PARKS, NOT ALL, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEM AND MAKE CHANGES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO BACK AND PLAY TO THESE PARKS.

ANOTHER, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE COMING OUT OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS ADDRESSING HOUSING, RIGHT? SO HOUSING WITHIN, UH, FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS GOING TO LBCC ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.

THEY LIVE IN THEIR CARS.

SO LBCC HAS MADE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE, UH, SAFE PARKING, OVERNIGHT PARKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WHEN YOU NEED ADDRESS HOUSING IN THIS WAY, YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, WE VALUE YOUR EDUCATION.

YOU CAN PARK HERE SAFELY AND GO TO, UH, GO TO CLASS, RIGHT? IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT TAKING NOTES IN THEIR MATH CLASS AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING.

SO IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY.

UM, ALSO LBCC AS WELL AS CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

AND I THINK ANY CAMPUS NOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY HAVE, EXCUSE ME, THEY HAVE BASIC NEEDS, UH, OFFICES, RIGHT? THEY PROVIDE EMERGENCY FUNDS, THEY PROVIDE, UH, FOOD PANTRIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS FOODS AND VEGETABLES AND TOILETRIES.

SO AGAIN, THERE IS CREATIVE WAYS TO COLLABORATE.

I KNOW THE PANTRY AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH RECEIVES, UM, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM DIFFERENT, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS.

THEY ALSO HAVE COLLABORATION WITH RESTAURANTS AS WELL AS GROCERY STORES, RIGHT? AND IT'S ONLY GROWING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS THAT I THINK CAN START SMALL AND THEN, UH, GET LARGER.

OKAY? SO MOVING ON TO DOMAIN FOUR.

DOMAIN FOUR IS THE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY DOMAIN.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UH, HEALTHCARE, WE THINK ABOUT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN GENERAL.

SO THIS IS TYPICALLY INSURED, YES OR NO.

AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THINK, DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE? IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GAIN IN PRIMARY CARE.

PRIMARY CARE IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE HEALTH MESSAGES.

YOU GET THE SCREENINGS, YOU GET THE PREVENTION, AND YOU GET THE MESSAGES FOR, UH, EARLY SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOW-UP CARE.

AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY ONLY ACCESSING CARE IN URGENT, UM, CARE CENTERS AND EMERGENCY ROOMS. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE BRING BACK HEALTH LITERACY.

SO TO KEEP COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS, QUALITY ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

THEY'RE RECEIVING THESE PRIMARY CARE MESSAGES SO THAT THEY HAVE HEALTH LITERACY, RIGHT? WHEN SOMEONE KNOWS, OKAY, WELL, I SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON MY SON, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S GAINING WEIGHT AND ONLY EATING A LOT OF SNACKS WHILE HE PLAYS A SCREEN, THEY'RE AWARE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA MAKE CHANGES.

THEY'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, LET'S GO FOR A WALK.

LET'S CHANGE YOUR SNACKS.

RIGHT? UH, SITTING AND PLAYING WITH SCREENS IS, IS TIED TO MORE SNACKING, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE, YOU CAN'T EAT YOUR SNACKS.

SO, CREATIVE WAYS TO GET CHILDREN OUT AND MOVING.

SO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE CAN ENCOMPASS, AGAIN, HEALTH INSURANCE, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR PUBLIC.

ALSO, PROXIMITY, RIGHT? AGAIN, PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS, THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THEIR, THEIR BIRTHS, THEIR C-SECTIONS.

THEY HAVE TO DRIVE TWO TO THREE HOURS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT, UH, THAT CARE THAT THEY NEED.

BUT NOT ONLY DOES HAVING CARE MATTER, BUT THE QUALITY OF CARE MATTERS, RIGHT? IF PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME AND RACIAL MINORITIES ARE GOING IN FOR CARE, AND THEY'RE BEING TREATED POORLY AND DISCRIMINATED, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING ARE TOLD, CHECKING OUT ON A SCREEN, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO CHECK IN, THAT'S NOT GOOD QUALITY.

THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO NOT COME BACK AND EXPERIENCE WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES.

THEY'RE LIKELY TO PROLONG THE CARE THAT THEY NEED AND ONLY COME BACK WHEN THEY'RE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE, AGAIN, IS, SHOULD BE THE STANDARD BECAUSE PEOPLE GET PREVENTION MESSAGES, THEY GET, UH, FOLLOW-UPS, THEY GET DIAGNOSIS, AND THEN THEY GET REFERRED TO CARE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PRIMARY CARE, NO ONE IS APPROVING THAT REFERRAL, RIGHT? UH, FOR THAT ABNORMAL PAP SMEAR.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE PRIMARY CARE, NO ONE'S SAYING, HEY, YOU FORGOT TO, TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT.

NO ONE'S HELPING YOU KIND OF THROUGH THE NEXT STEP.

SO WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE FALL THROUGH, FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH HEALTH LITERACY, THERE'S THE AWARENESS, THE KNOWLEDGE, AND THEN THE SKILLS TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES FOR YOURSELF.

SUCH AS LITTLE THINGS LIKE BEING ABLE TO LOG INTO YOUR MEDICAL CHART, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

OR AS I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, CHECK IN FOR QUEST DIAGNOSTICS.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S, EVERYTHING'S THE, THE TOUCHSCREEN.

I'VE HELPED MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WHILE I WAITED ONCE BECAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

SO, ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY INCREASES AWARENESS, PREVENTION, TIMELY CARE, AND INFORMED COMMUNICATION.

ALL OF THESE THINGS, OF COURSE, LEAD TO BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES.

NOW, WHEN WE THINK

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ABOUT INADEQUATE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY, WE THINK ABOUT LOW HEALTH LITERACY, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHEN YOU SHOULD BE SCREENING, NOT KNOWING IF YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, I SHOULD BE ACCESSING CARE.

THERE'S LACK OF PREVENTION.

THERE'S NO, OR DELAYED CARE AS WELL AS LATE DIAGNOSIS, WHICH OF COURSE LEADS TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES.

MINORITIES AND PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME MORE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM CANCER AND HEART ATTACK THAN STROKE BECAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T GET THE CARE THEY NEEDED.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MESSAGES OR CANNOT AFFORD THEIR MEDICATION, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THAT DIABETES, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE COPAYS.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF A POSITIVE INITIATIVE RELATED TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE COVID TIMES, RIGHT? SO MANY COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH WERE AFRAID THEY WERE MISINFORMED, AND THEY WERE UNSURE ABOUT BEING VACCINATED.

THEY ALSO WERE NOT GONNA TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THEIR, UH, TESTING.

SO THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID A REALLY GREAT JOB AT CREATING STRATEGIES TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE, RIGHT? SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS REACHING PEOPLE THROUGH MOBILE VACCINATION, UM, VANS, HELPING PEOPLE, UH, GET THEIR VACCINES WHERE THEY WERE, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM GO INTO TO DIFFERENT, UH, SITES ACROSS, ACROSS THE CITY.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE CAN BE FOR LIKE RURAL COMMUNITIES.

WE KNOW THAT MOBILE UNITS ARE ALSO SUPER HELPFUL AT INCREASING AWARENESS TO, TO THINGS LIKE DIABETES AND, UH, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE THEY'RE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, INSTEAD OF HAVING PEOPLE TRAVEL TWO TO THREE HOURS TO GET SOME TYPE OF CARE.

OKAY? YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IT THROUGH LAST DOMAIN, RIGHT? SO DOMAIN FIVE IS SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT.

I FIND THIS TO BE MORE OF OUR POSITIVE, UH, DOMAIN FOR BECAUSE OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION.

OKAY? SO WE LOOK AT SOCIAL INTEGRATION, WE LOOK AT DISCRIMINATION AND INCARCERATION.

THOSE ARE OUR NEGATIVE ONES.

SO WHEN WE CONSIDER THESE, WE THINK ABOUT HOW THESE CAN INFLUENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES, NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

SO, SOCIAL INTEGRATION HAS BEEN STUDIED QUITE A BIT FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

WHEN SOMEONE HAS FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO STAY ON THAT DIET.

THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO NOT DRINK THAT COKE BECAUSE OF THEIR DIABETES, RIGHT? SOMEONE IS LOOKING AFTER THEM.

SOMEONE IS, UH, CARING.

SOMEONE CARES HOW THEY'RE DOING.

ALSO, COMMUNITY SUPPORT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING PEOPLE TO, UM, DO BETTER WITH THEIR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

MAYBE IT'S NOT YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MAYBE IT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? WHO'S SAYING, DID YOU GO FOR A WALK? DID YOU NEED A, A RIDE TO YOUR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT? WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIAL INTEGRATION, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE AND FEEL CARED FOR, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION, YOU'RE LONELY.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE CHECKING IN ON YOU, RIGHT? YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH.

THEN WE FOCUS ON DISCRIMINATION, RIGHT? DISCRIMINATION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH NOW, RIGHT? THINKING ABOUT RACE AND ETHNICITY, A PERSON WHO'S DISCRIMINATED IS MORE LIKELY TO FEEL STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE FEELING THIS WAY WHEN THEY GO TO WORK, OR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY LIVE IN, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES LIKE EATING HEALTHY AND EXERCISING.

THEY'RE DOWN, RIGHT? THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY WANNA GET OUT.

THEY WANNA SIT AROUND ON THE COUCH.

ALSO, PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATED BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, RIGHT? AS I MENTIONED, IF YOU HAVE A LOW INCOME STATUS, YOU GO IN FOR CARE, AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT AS AN ENGLISH SPEAKER, LIKE YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE TREATED WELL, RIGHT? THERE'S DISCRIMINATION THERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY DISCRIMINATED BECAUSE OF THEIR IDENTITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, BELONGING TO THE LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION.

PEOPLE CAN BE DISCRIMINATED FOR, FOR THOSE REASONS, WHICH AGAIN, AFFECTS, UM, MENTAL HEALTH.

LASTLY, INCARCERATION, WE KNOW COULD LEAD TO FAMILY SEPARATIONS, SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS, UH, CHILDREN EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AS WELL AS, UH, PUTTING FAMILIES AT RISK FOR POVERTY.

AND ALSO, WE KNOW THAT IT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE VIOLENCE.

SO I KNOW IN LONG BEACH WE HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AS WELL THAT ADDRESS LIKE, LIKE THE FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS, RIGHT? THAT TRY TO PROMOTE, UM, WORK AND MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT CASE MANAGEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN GO AWAY FROM BEING INCARCERATED AND KIND OF MOVING ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO, POSITIVE IMPACTS OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT PROVIDE FOR SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN HAVE SOCIAL COHESION, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE CLOSE, COMMUNITIES ARE CLOSE.

WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE'S AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE A POOR, EVEN IF YOU HAVE POOR HEALTH, BUT YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE, YOU LIVE BETTER.

YOU LIVE HAPPIER, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT FIXING THEIR HEALTH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FEELING CARED FOR.

AND THERE'S DEFINITELY PROGRAMS LIKE THAT IN THE CITY.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THESE THINGS, THEN WE HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS, RIGHT? THERE'S A LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT.

WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIAL SUPPORT, SOMETIMES IT CAN BUFFER THAT DISCRIMINATION.

YES, I WAS TREATED POORLY AT WORK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE A FAMILY THAT LOVES ME,

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RIGHT? THAT CAN BUFFER THAT DISCRIMINATION.

UM, WE KNOW THAT INCARCERATION ALSO IN TERMS OF, OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT CAN LEAD TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE THINGS TIE BACK TO INCOME AND ACCESS TO, TO STEADY INCOME, WHICH CAN THEN LACK HEALTHCARE.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN POVERTY AGAIN, POOR NEIGHBORHOOD, POOR SCHOOLS.

SO IT KIND OF ALL WORKS TOGETHER.

SO HERE ARE MY POSITIVE EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACTORS HAPPENING IN THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THE FIRST WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ONE LONG BEACH.

UH, BE SAFE.

RO CHA, I KNOW, UH, DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN THE CITY TO HELP UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THEIR HEALTH FAIRS, THEY HAVE THEIR WORKSHOPS, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.

IF YOU ASK VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH, WHERE COULD YOU GO FOR HELP? THEY'RE GONNA SAY CENTRO CHA.

THEY'RE GONNA SAY THE, UH, THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER.

THEY'RE GONNA SAY B STAR.

THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THAT SOCIAL SUPPORT, WHERE THEY UNDERSTOOD BASED ON THEIR CULTURE, BASED ON THEIR IDENTITY.

SO THAT, UH, THE ORANGE IS CENTER CHA.

AND THEN ON THE, ON THE RIGHT, ON MY RIGHT, WE HAVE THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER.

THEY OFFER SUPPORT GROUPS FOR QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, THEY CAN'T GIVE THEM A HIGHER INCOME.

THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL, BUT THEY CAN GIVE THEM THAT SOCIAL INTEGRATION, THAT SOCIAL SUPPORT THAT CAN ALSO IMPROVE HEALTH AND PEOPLE WANTING TO DO BETTER FOR THEMSELVES.

SO, CREATIVE WAYS TO WORK WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES, YOU KNOW, SMALL STEPS AT A TIME.

SO IN SUMMARY, USING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FRAMEWORK IS SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE IT PROVIDES INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS NON-MEDICAL RISK FACTORS.

IT WILL ALLOW FOR ENGAGING MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT EACH COMMUNITY NEEDS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT.

THEY LIVE IN THE SAME BLOCK, BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND BARRIERS.

ALSO, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INSIGHT TO THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES.

SOMETIMES WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED, UM, THEY REALLY NEED SOME LESSONS ON DIABETES AND MANAGING THEIR BLOOD SUGAR.

BUT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY REALLY NEED IS FOOD, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ASSUME, BUT UNTIL WE ASK THEM IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN EXPLAIN TO US, WE DON'T KNOW.

SO THE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT.

YES, WE CAN SURVEY, BUT AGAIN, THEY NEED TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT'S PRESSING TO THEM.

AND THEN LASTLY, ALL OF THIS CAN HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES BILLIONS TO ADDRESS ALL THESE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY IDENTIFY A LOW HANGING FRUIT AND THEN CREATE GOALS THAT ARE 1, 2, 3, 5 YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

SO THAT IS ALL FOR MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DR. GARCIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A ROBUST, UH, THOROUGH AND DETAILED PRESENTATION.

UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IS I'M GONNA ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN DURING DISCUSSION, IF I'M SURE THERE PROBABLY ARE QUESTIONS, WE CAN WEAVE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.

THAT WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND, UH, REALLY, REALLY MUCH APPRECIATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA SAVE MY QUESTION.

I HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS.

UH, SO IF WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COLLAPSE THE QUESTIONS IN DISCUSSION.

SO IT'S JUST ONE ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE AND SEEING NO.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

CAN I SPEAK? OH, TIME HAS STARTED ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

ONE SPECIFICALLY, SHE TALKS ABOUT, OH, SORRY.

I'M GUS GILMAN.

UM, I THINK I'M A PART OF SECTION, UM, DISTRICT FIVE.

UM, I RODE MY BIKE HERE AND THE BIKE LANES HERE DID IMPROVE MY ABILITY TO GET AROUND.

SO I FEEL LIKE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE WITH BUILDING BETTER BIKE LANES, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ALLOW THE BIKE LANES TO HAVE A SENSE OF A BARRIER BETWEEN ME AND THE CARS, REALLY ALLOWS ME TO BIKE BETTER.

AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT.

'CAUSE IT DOES IMPROVE MY ABILITY TO GET AROUND AND ALSO MY ABILITY TO GAIN PHYSICAL MOVEMENT.

IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

I'M NOT SEEING ANY.

AND THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES VIRTUALLY.

SO WITH THAT, WE C THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

AN AD HOC COMMITTEE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AGAIN, I WANNA GO BACK AND ECHO MY AMENS GRATITUDE FOR YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION, DR. GARCIA.

UM, I, I'LL GET THE BALL ROLLING IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME, AND THIS IS CONTEXT FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.

IT IS OUR JOB AS A COMMISSION TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION, SYNTHESIZE IT, AND UH, HAVE

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AND OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE COMMISSION WEIGHS IN ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVENTUALLY, UM, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

SO MY QUESTION, UM, IS IF, UH, YOU ARE IN OUR ROLE, RIGHT, WHAT WOULD BE SOME TWO OR THREE HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY MOVE TOWARDS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE MYRIAD OF OBJECTIVES THAT, THAT WERE PREPARED THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION? I THINK DEFINITELY THE FOCUS ON HOUSING AND ECONOMIC STABILITY IS BIG FOR ME.

UM, ECONOMIC STABILITY, AGAIN, IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION TO ALL THE OTHER DETERMINANTS.

THERE HAS BEEN A CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LOW INCOME, THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, IN DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

THINGS LIKE, UM, WORKING WITH STREET VENDORS, THINGS LIKE HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, TO ACHIEVE SOME TYPE OF PERMIT SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE SELLING FROM THEIR HOME OR FROM THEIR SMALL STOREFRONT.

SO I THINK THERE'S LIKE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH, UM, ADULTS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LEADS OF FAMILIES I THINK PLAYS A HUGE ROLE BECAUSE THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN, RIGHT? PARENTS ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, PURCHASE THE GROCERIES.

SO IF THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD FAST FOOD BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW INCOME, THEIR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING.

SO I THINK DEFINITELY, UH, PROVIDING PROGRAMS LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LINKING TO STEADY EMPLOYMENT, I THINK WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.

I KNOW IN LONG BEACH THERE'S A LOT OF WORKFORCE, UH, INITIATIVES.

I THINK REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THOSE ROBUST AND HOW TO MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

I THANK YOU DR. GARCIA.

UM, I'M CONFIDENT THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS HERE.

THE ONE THING THAT I DO ALSO WANNA MONITOR FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES IS WE HAVE OUR CHAIR CHAIR COVINGTON LINE.

SO IF CHAIR COVINGTON ALSO HAS A QUESTION, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO KNOW? IF HE HAS A QUESTION, HE CAN SPEAK UP INTO THE ZOOM AND YOU CAN HEAR HIM.

YEAH, I CAN HEAR.

I DO SEE A HAND.

I THINK IT WAS, UH, I WAS ABOUT TO CALL YOU PROFESSOR, UH, COMMISSIONER DELEON.

EVERYONE'S SENTIMENTS HERE ABOUT HOW HELPFUL THIS MATERIAL IS THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO US.

AND I WILL HAPPILY TAKE THE PROFESSOR TITLE.

I'LL GET ONE NEW ONE EVERY, EVERY TIME.

UH, THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. GARCIA, FOR BEING HERE.

AND I THINK FOR US AS A COMMISSION, THE WORK OF, UH, BRINGING THESE FRAMEWORKS TOGETHER, UH, WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT FOUNDATION.

I THINK WE HAD THE RIGHT PERSON TO HELP US SITUATE THAT AS WE EMBARK ON A MULTI-MONTH JOURNEY TO REALLY TRY AND REALIZE THIS WORK.

I ALSO WANNA QUICKLY FLAG, BEFORE I GO TO MY QUESTION, I, I, I SEE A BUNCH OF FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE.

MAYBE AFTER WE FINISH ALL THIS SECTION, WE CAN DO SOME NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR FOLKS IN CASE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE A EARLY.

UM, BUT UM, IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS ON MY MIND, THE BIGGEST ONE FOR ME, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A POLITICAL MOMENT SPEAKING ABOUT HEALTH ACCESS, WHERE MEDICAID DATA HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ICE, WHERE HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO SENSITIVE AREAS.

AND SO WE HAVE A MOMENT WHERE THERE'S VERY LOW TRUST IN THE SAFETY OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS.

UM, AND ON THAT PIECE OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, RIGHT, UH, UH, THERE'S ALL THESE BARRIERS, UM, LEAVING YOUR HOME, UM, DOING THE QUOTE UNQUOTE RIGHT THING.

UM, AND THAT INCLUDES GETTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND POLICY SOLUTIONS, INTERVENTIONS, EFFECTIVE PATHWAYS TO ENABLE OUR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE IN A MOMENT WHERE OUR HOSPITALS MAY BE AT RISK? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT.

I KNOW HERE IN LONG BEACH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO AMAZING WORK.

UM, THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC COMES TO MIND, RIGHT? THEY HAVE A CLINIC IN SCHOOLS, RIGHT? SO THEY ARE ALREADY IN KEY COMMUNITY AREAS WHERE PEOPLE MAY, UH, GO MORE OFTEN.

UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COVID, WE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE LIKE TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENTS AS WELL, RIGHT? UH, BUT I THINK TO START OFF, THERE HAS TO BE TRUST BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TRUST HAPPENS WHEN THEY KNOW THE STAFF AND THEY'RE TREATED WELL WITH QUALITY, UH, COMMUNICATION WITHIN, WITHIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

SO I THINK IT DOES REQUIRE YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO CALL A MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT HEALTH PROVIDERS IN THE CITY TO ASSESS WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT SERVICES THEY CAN PROVIDE, AND HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THAT THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC OR LONG BEACH MEMORIAL HAVE ENACTED THIS, UM, THIS PLAN, THEY HAVE THIS MISSION TO KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GO.

ALSO, UH, I KNOW THE LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS LIKE PROMO TODAS PROGRAM, RIGHT? COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, THEY ARE SUPER IMPORTANT TO GETTING THE WORD OUT RIGHT? THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT IS, WHERE THEY CAN GO, UH, AND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE TREATED WELL AND KEPT SAFE.

SO I THINK TALKING TO KEY LEADERS IN THE HEALTH SECTOR AND THEN ALSO ENGAGING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO CREATE THAT TRUST FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THERE'S ONE DOWN HERE.

OH.

OH, OKAY.

OH, COMM COMMISSIONER .

THANK YOU DR. GARCIA.

I ECHO

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I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION REGARDING DOMAIN TWO, UH, SPECIFIC TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CHART THAT YOU, UH, HAD UP ON THE SLIDE IT FOCUSED ON, AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION BEING LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, FOR EXAMPLE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A POPULATION WHERE THAT TYPE OF SCHOOLING IS NOT FOR THEM.

SO I'M WONDERING, UH, WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE MORE TRADE SCHOOLING CLIENT? YEAH, I KNOW THAT L-B-C-C-A ACTUALLY DOES HAVE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS. OKAY.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY, AND I KNOW L-B-U-S-D ALSO HAS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF ADULT SCHOOLING, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S LIKE ADULT HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE'S ALSO OTHER CENTERS HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? MAYBE PEOPLE THAT MOVED HERE AS, UM, TEENS OR OLDER ADULTS THAT DIDN'T COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

SO I THINK DEFINITELY, UM, VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT, RIGHT? AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT PATHS FOR EVERYONE.

SO I THINK JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND THAT SHOULD REALLY START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN INTO HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SENIORS AND PLANNING TO, PLANNING TO GO INTO, TO START WORKING.

COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CAN YOU GIMME YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, YOU'VE MENTIONED VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS. I'M NOT COGNIZANT, BUT ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS LIKE, UH, REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAM, UM, I KNOW YOU SHARED ABOUT ABBOT, WHICH I'M AWARE OF ABBOT, HOWEVER, THERE'S SO FEW CLASSES THAT MANY STUDENTS DON'T AND THERE'S SO, UH, MANY EXPECTATIONS THAT MANY STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ENROLL IN ABBOT AND, UM, REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAM WOULD BE KEY OR A T 10 PROGRAM TO TIE THEM FROM SCHOOL DIRECTLY TO, UH, TRADE OR OCCUPATION, COSMETOLOGY ELECTRICIAN.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME FANTASTIC PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE IF LONG BEACH HAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M ALSO NOT AWARE, I KNOW THAT L-B-U-S-D DOES A GREAT JOB AT PUTTING PEOPLE IN THESE DIFFERENT TRACKS, RIGHT? THEY GO TO THE STEM TRACK OR THEY GO TO, TO THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRACKS.

SO I THINK IT'S MAYBE ENLISTING L-B-U-S-D TO PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL ENROLL IN COLLEGE CLASSES, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW CAN THEY GET THAT CREDIT TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE COSMETOLOGY OR OTHER, OR OTHER TRADES.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING IN THE CITY AT THIS TIME THOUGH.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

UM, MAYBE YOU COULD, UM, KIND OF HAVE SOMEONE EXPLORE BECAUSE, UH, L-A-U-S-D AND OTHER DISTRICTS, UM, ELLA VALLEY, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

T 10 FOR EXAMPLE, STARTS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY SEE THAT THERE'S THE STUDENT THAT ISN'T, DOESN'T WANNA GO TO COLLEGE, BUT IS INTERESTED LET'S SAY IN, UH, AUTOMOTIVE OR ENGINEERING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY BEGIN TO TAKE CLASSES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE COLLEGE AND THEN, UM, THEY CAN EITHER GO TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GO DIRECTLY INTO THE WORLD OF WORK, OR THEY HAVE A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ.

AND I THINK WHEN STUDENTS, UM, SEE THE RELEVANCY OF WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN SCHOOL AND HOW IT'S APPLICABLE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD OF WORK, THE RETENTION IS HIGHER.

RIGHT.

DEFINITELY.

I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW AS OF LATE, THE, THE, THE ROLE OF APPRENTICESHIPS, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, SURGING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER AREA OF OUR EXPLORATION OF HOW WE CAN TAP INTO, UH, APPRENTICESHIP FUNDS TO FUND, UH, SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT I AT LEAST RECOMMEND.

'CAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ROLE THAT WE HAVE.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THOUGHT THAT I WANT TO GO BACK TO, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THIS CORRECTLY, ONLY TWO, YOU SAID TWO OR 3% OF LONG BEACH PROMISE STUDENTS, UH, IDENTIFY AS BLACK.

IS THAT CORRECT? ONLY ABOUT TWO OR 3% OF BLACK STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR COLLEGE AP UM, WILL ENROLL IN CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

SO THE POPULATION IS HIGHER, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER NOW, BUT SAY IT'S 15% MM-HMM .

OF THOSE, ONLY 2% WILL ENROLL AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

SO THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT 13%? THEY ARE NOT BEING INTERESTED.

THEY'RE SHYING AWAY FROM LONG BEACH.

THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S FOR THEM.

MM-HMM .

SO WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ARE ENROLLING.

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YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

COMPARED TO LATINO STUDENTS, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HALF OF THE POPULATION IN LONG BEACH.

THEY'RE ABOUT HALF OF THE POPULATION ENROLLED AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

SO WE NEED REALLY OUR ATTENTION, RIGHT.

NOT IT REALLY NEEDS TO GO TO, TO, WELL, I MEAN FOR MANY STUDENTS, BUT THAT, THAT STATISTIC IS VERY TROUBLING.

SO WE, SO THERE IS INITIATIVES NOW.

UH, WE HAVE THE, THERE'S AN INITIATIVE WHERE WE'RE BRINGING FIFTH GRADERS FOCUSING ON BLACK STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH IN THE SUMMER.

WE HOSTED PROGRAMS, WE DID INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES, UH, TO ENGAGE 'EM IN LIKE NUTRITION, HEALTH, MATH, UH, ENGINEERING, JUST TO GET THEM EXPOSED TO CAMPUS, TO STUDENTS AND TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE, HEY, I CAN SEE MYSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THIS UNIVERSITY INSTEAD OF THEM NOT ENROLLING OR GOING, OR GOING ELSEWHERE.

I THINK I SEE TWO QUESTIONS.

I DUNNO, WHO WAS FIRST, UM, OH, AND CHAIR COVINGTON HAS BEEN WAITING.

SO LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S DO CHAIR COVINGTON, I THINK, AND THEN WE'LL GO ROUND THIS ORDER.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY GOING PLACES, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OUTCOMES COMING FROM THAT.

COOL.

CAN FOLKS HEAR ME? YES.

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT, UH, CAN FOLKS HEAR ME NOW? YES.

OKAY, PERFECT.

UM, SO IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THEM AS A COMMISSION TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OR SPECIFICALLY TO CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST THAT SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS LOOK INTO THESE PROGRAMS OR EXPAND THE PROGRAMS. UM, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ASKED ABOUT WAS LIKE, IS THERE A YOUTH VERSION OF ROP FOR THE CITY? AND THERE IS, IT'S CALLED LB WIN.

IT'S A YOUTH CENTER ON WILLOW.

THEY RECENTLY JUST OPENED IT, AND IT'S A DROP IN CENTER FOR YOUTH, UM, I BELIEVE AGES 14 AND UP, UH, CAN COME IN AND GET, UM, SUPPORT SERVICES TO CONNECT THEM TO JOBS.

UM, AND SOME OF THEM ARE FELLOWSHIPS, SOME OF THEM ARE INTERNSHIPS, SOME OF THEM ARE JOB JOBS.

UM, AND THEY CONNECT THEM TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IT IS SEASONAL, UH, DEPENDING ON CITY FUNDS.

UM, BUT THAT PROGRAM DOES EXIST WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, IN REGARDS TO L-B-U-S-D, THEY HAVE THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INITIATIVE, UH, THAT ACTUALLY PARTNERS WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH, LBCC TO, UM, TO SUPPORT BLACK STUDENTS AND IN EMERGING THEM INTO THESE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THEM MENTORSHIP, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS DO EXIST.

UM, IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING OUR RESIDENTS TO THEM AND THEN MAKING THOSE PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, INCENTIVIZING OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM.

BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IF YOU GO TO THOSE SPACES, IT, SOME STUDENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WELCOME BECAUSE IT'S MORE ACADEMIC CENTERED.

UM, AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, I'M HERE TO GET TO COLLEGE, OR I'M ON A TRACK TO GO HERE OR THERE.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED, UH, WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG IN A SPACE.

UM, AND ARE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DEAL WITH THAT OFTEN.

UM, SO THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, DR. GARCIA, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

UM, IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH, OUR COMMISSION HAS AN AD HOC THAT IS BUILDING OUT THE STRUCTURE QUESTIONS, UM, OF WHAT OUR LISTENING SESSIONS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UM, ARE THERE SPECIFIC SUBSETS OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE UTILIZED IN, UH, PREVIOUS SURVEYS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU FIND, UM, GARNER, UM, VERY SPECIFIC RESPONSES OR LIKE, UH, ACTIONABLE RESPONSES THAT OUR COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER? YEAH, DEFINITELY.

UM, I WANNA GO BACK TO A COMMENT YOU MADE.

IF THERE'S A PROGRAM AND THINGS ARE STILL LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THEN WE NEED TO GO AND ASSESS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO HOW ARE THE SERVICES HAPPENING? WHY ARE CHILDREN OR YOUTH NOT ACCESSING? UM, I ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH THE CITY AS WELL AS AN EVALUATOR, AND WE SPOKE WITH THE YOUTH AND WE SAID, WELL, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOUR CASE MANAGEMENT? WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THEM FROM ENGAGING IN CRIME AND VIOLENCE.

AND THEY SAID TO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T FEEL WELCOMED.

IT WAS BORING, IT WASN'T FOR THEM.

ONE CASE MANAGER GOT REALLY CREATIVE AND HE HAD THE YOUTH CREATING DRONES.

THESE YOUTH HAD NEVER HAD ACCESS TO CREATING A DRONE.

AND THEN HE ALSO TOOK THEM TO THE BEACH.

THESE YOUTH THAT LIVE IN LONG BEACH SAID THEY HAD NOT BEEN TO THE BEACH AND THEY LIVE IN THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK TO SEE IF SOMETHING'S IN PLACE, IS IT WORKING? IF IT'S WORKING, THEN WHY IS IT WORKING? AND IF IT'S NOT, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT? SO THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO TAKE INVENTORY OF WHAT'S THERE AND REALLY ASSESS LIKE WHAT'S, WHAT'S EFFECTIVE AND WHAT ISN'T.

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UM, AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, I DID WORK ON THE COVID-19, UH, MAYBE LIKE REPORT FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT WAS, UH, RELEASED BY THE CITY, UH, AS A WORK PLAN.

THAT IS A VERY EXTENSIVE REPORT THAT INCLUDED, UH, A SURVEY.

UH, THE SURVEY LOOKED AT, UH, PRIOR QUESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WE FOCUSED ON HOUSING, EDUCATION, INCOME, AND I BELIEVE ALSO, UM, UNDOCUMENTED STATUS.

SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FRAMEWORK.

IF I WERE TO RECOMMEND SOMETHING, I WOULD SAY, MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK TO THE WAY THAT WAS DEVELOPED, AND IF WE'RE MISSING THE, UM, THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION QUESTIONS, WE CAN ADD THEM, RIGHT? UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A FRAMEWORK LIKE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, WHAT'LL END UP HAPPENING IS THINGS WILL SURFACE, RIGHT? SO IF I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT EDUCATION, INCOME'S GONNA COME OUT AND IT WILL START TO SEE WHAT ARE THE KEY PRIORITIES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UH, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO SERVE THE POPULATION, RIGHT? UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN OF A SERIES OF GOALS AND THEN, UM, ITEMS THAT WE, THAT WE PROPOSED SO THAT THE CITY CAN ADDRESS.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND I'M SURE I CAN FIND OTHERS FOR YOU AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT REPORT AND IMPORTANT WORK.

UM, UH, UM, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SWELL HAD A QUESTION.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, DR. GARCIA, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT TENETS OF, UM, SDOH AND HOW, UM, EACH OF THEM, UH, DIRECTLY INTERSECT WITH EACH OTHER, UM, AND WHEN ONE'S WEAKER THAN ANOTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

UM, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, YOU KNOW, MYSELF BEING, YOU KNOW, WORKING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE IN, IN, AT LEAST IN, IN A LINE OF WORK THAT WE DO, 95% OF THE CONSUMER IS NOT REACHED THROUGH THE DIRECT LINES OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE TRY TO FIND DIFFERENT OUTTA THE BOX WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE THE CONSUMER.

I'M WONDERING, UM, FOR, AS WE, YOU KNOW, ENTER INTO THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WITH OUR LISTENING SESSIONS, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH, UH, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN ENGAGE THE, THE COMMUNITY FOLKS, THE THE MEMBERS TO COME AND LISTEN TO POST QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, IT'D BE WONDERFUL TO HEAR WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BEG THE QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, S-D-O-S-D-O-H IS, UM, REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS IS HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY TIPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE I'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM.

SO USUALLY WE'LL START OFF WITH LOOKING AT THE MAP OF THE CITY AND LOOKING AT THE ZIP CODES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, ESPECIALLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, VULNERABLE TO, TO LOW INCOME AND POVERTY AND HOUSING ISSUES, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA FIRST MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE REACHING 200 PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE IMPORTANT ZIP CODES ON TOP OF THAT.

THEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY, RIGHT? SO IF LATINOS ARE ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION, WE HAVE A LARGER REPRESENTATION FROM THEM, CAMBODIAN, BLACK, AND OTHERS, RIGHT? SO REALLY, UH, PIECING APART WHO'S GONNA BE REPRESENTING THINGS SO THAT YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF INDIVIDUALS.

UH, WHEN YOU WORK WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE IS IMPORTANT AND WHO THEY REACH, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY MAY BE SERVING PRIMARILY LATINO PRIMARY BLACK, AND THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP YOU TO GAIN ACCESS TO THAT COMMUNITY.

ALSO, UM, WHEN WE DO RECRUITMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS AND, UH, PARENT CENTERS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE PARENT CENTERS, RIGHT? OR PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE THEN AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH FAMILIES, UH, THAT NEED, THAT NEED SERVICES.

OFTENTIMES, WE ALSO DO, UM, TABLING AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, RIGHT? THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS REALLY BUSY.

OFTENTIMES I HAVE TWO OR THREE GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE AT, UH, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE.

UH, THIS IS LIKE A KEY TIME FOR PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT.

SO THINKING ABOUT LIKE, KEY, KEY DATES.

THEN THERE'S HALLOWEEN OR THERE'S BACK TO SCHOOL, OR THERE'S CERTAIN KEY, UH, TIMES WHERE THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK CONSIDERING ALL OF THOSE AND KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU MAP OUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA, HOW YOU'RE GONNA REACH OUT.

I THINK COMMISSIONER GILET HAD A QUESTION, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ROTATE OVER HERE.

THAT GO AROUND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VACCINES OR WHATEVER'S NEEDED.

JUST ONE MORE QUESTION RELATING TO DOMAIN THREE, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.

UH, YOU BROUGHT UP AN EXAMPLE WHERE, FOR INSTANCE, UH, IN ACCESSING MEDICAL CARE, THERE ARE TRUCKS

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I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES WHERE THE FOOD CAN BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, FRESH PRODUCE, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, IF THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH, IF WE HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS AVAILABLE, UH, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE NOT ONLY, UH, HEALTHIER FOOD OPTIONS, BUT ALSO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THIRD ONE IS I SEE THAT WE HAVE MANY FARMERS MARKET THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S AVAILABLE IN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I KNOW THAT THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A LONG LIST OF FOOD PANTRIES AND A NICE SCHEDULE WHERE THEY ROTATE TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.

SO I THINK IF, IN MY OPINION, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I CAN, I, I HAVE TO CHECK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I THINK THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD PANTRIES AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.

THERE ACTUALLY IS ALSO A LOT OF COMMUNITY GARDENS IN THE CITY.

I THINK THERE'S ABOUT MORE THAN 20 COMMUNITY GARDENS, BUT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, THERE IS DIFFERENT GARDENS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOCKED UP AND ARE ONLY ACCESSED BY, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR, UH, PROGRAMMING.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S NOT LOCKED, VANDALISM AND HOMELESS, UNFORTUNATELY, WILL GET IN AND, YOU KNOW, UM, POTENTIALLY PICK THE FRUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE IS BARRIERS TO LIKE OPEN ACCESS TO GARDENING.

I KNOW SOME SCHOOLS IN THE CITY ALSO HAVE GARDENING PROGRAMS. UH, GARDENING IS ACTUALLY SEEN AS A CREATIVE WAY TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND TO GET THEM TO, TO TRY AND EAT MORE OF THESE, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO I THINK COMMUNITY GARDENS ARE DEFINITELY A GREAT WAY.

AND I THINK THE LAST PIECE WAS FARMER'S MARKETS.

FARMER'S MARKETS.

SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN HAVE BARRIERS TO FARMER'S MARKETS DEPENDING ON COST, RIGHT? FARMERS COMING IN FROM DIFFERENT AREAS MAY HAVE, UH, EXPENSIVE PRODUCE, RIGHT? AND OFTENTIMES THEY DON'T TAKE CERTAIN FORMS OF PAYMENT.

SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT ESTABLISHING WAYS TO MAYBE THAT THEY CAN TAKE EBT AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LIKE THAT, BUT OTHERWISE, SOMETIMES FARMER'S MARKETS ARE OUT OF, OUT OF REACH FOR, FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES? YES.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

A LOT OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT, RIGHT? AS WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE RESOURCES, AS OUR CHAIR COVINGTON SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND CONNECTING THEM, I KNOW THAT, UM, LONG BEACH, UH, CITY COLLEGE IN 2023 CREATED, UM, A SPACE CALLED, UM, NORTH LONG BEACH HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER IN THE NINTH DISTRICT.

AND YOU WERE INTERVIEWED COMMISSIONER DR.

LATA FOR THAT COMMUNITY LEADERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT SPACE NEEDED TO BE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION STUDENTS INTO HIGHER EDUCATION, TO JOIN LBCC THROUGH THE PROMISE AND ALL THAT IS INVOLVED.

THERE WAS A HUGE STUDY DONE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH, UM, MELISSA ANDINO'S OFFICE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD, IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT.

AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, IT'S A VERY THOROUGH, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN DISTRICT NINE AS IT RELATES TO LAUNCHING TO LBCC AND THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

BUT THAT IS A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT MM-HMM .

AND WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS DOING, AND HOW WE CAN DUPLICATE THAT OR LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I THINK ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT COLLECT DATA IS THAT WE DON'T COLLECT IT, UH, ENOUGH, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO THAT HAPPENED, GREAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT QUESTIONS, PROBABLY A GREAT DATA, BUT THEN NOW, LIKE, IT'S OLD, RIGHT? SO I THINK IN THE CITY, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO CREATE A REPORT THAT IS ONGOING.

AND I THINK IT USED TO HAPPEN WHERE THERE WAS A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED LIKE EVERY OFTEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY SO MANY YEARS, LIKE EVERY FIVE YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THEN WE GET TO SEE WHAT'S CHANGED, WHAT'S IMPROVED, AND WHAT THINGS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS MM-HMM .

BUT CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO CENTRALIZED WAY TO ASSESS COMMUNITY SERVICES GAPS, HEALTH, EDUCATION, INCOME.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE A REALLY, A REALLY GREAT START.

RIGHT? AND THEY WERE ALSO LOOKING AT NOT ONLY HELPING YOUNG STUDENTS FILL THE GAP TO, TO, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT ALSO SERVING A, A COMMUNITY OF ADULTS, WHETHER THEY WANTED COOKING LESSONS OR, UM, I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HAIRDRESSING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO LEARN TO BE ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET AND HAVE A NICE CAREER AND THAT KIND OF WORK.

UM, AND THEN SOMEONE WAS MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, THE OCCUPATIONAL REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT GOODWILL DOES A GREAT JOB YEAH.

AT TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET THOSE JOBS AND STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

PEOPLE LIKE ME AT THE UNIVERSITY, WHEN WE WRITE, UH, FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, WE WRITE TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS IN THE CITY, WE NEED THAT DATA.

I DO WANNA JUST 0.1 MORE THING, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.

WHEN WE HAVE DATA AVAILABLE,

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RIGHT? SO, I THINK THERE'S MANY REASONS TO THINK ABOUT HOW MAYBE LIKE, THIS CAN BE THE START OF LIKE A WAY TO COLLECT NOW AND THEN THINK ABOUT HOW IN THE FUTURE WE CAN GO BACK TO, TO COLLECT IT FOR YEARS TO COME SO WE CAN SEE HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING.

IF I CAN'T, IF I CAN'T JUSTIFY THE NEED FOR OBESITY PREVENTION IN LONG BEACH, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, SOMETIMES I'M, I'M HAVING TO LOOK AT LIKE, OLD REPORTS IN THE CITY, THEN I'M HAVING TO GIVE LA COUNTY STATISTICS IN CALIFORNIA.

SO I THINK IT WOULD REALLY POSITION THE CITY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE, UH, FUNDING AND PROGRAMS. IF WE HAD, WE HAD ONGOING DATA COLLECTION, THAT COULD BE ONE OF A POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR US.

SO THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT ON OUR, ON OUR RADAR.

UH, COMMISSIONER BUTLER.

THANK YOU DR. GARCIA FOR, UH, AN EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, YOU MENTIONED ONE STATISTIC THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME.

THE DISMALLY LOW 3% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ENROLLED AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

I'M, I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REVIEW THE KEY FINDINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH STRENGTHS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT RECENTLY PREPARED BY DR. AMBER JOHNSON.

NO, I'M FAMILIAR WITH HER WORK.

WE ACTUALLY, WE'RE IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT, AND WE ACTUALLY SHARE, UM, KIND OF METHODS OF DOING DATA COLLECTION.

SO THE, THE FIFTH GRADERS TO CAMPUS, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF, UH, WHAT CAME FROM THAT, UH, DATA COLLECTION BECAUSE THEY REALIZED MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN NEED TO BE EXPOSED EARLIER.

SO SHE'S NOW ADDRESSING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SHORTAGE BY INVITING MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, BLACK STUDENTS AND OTHERS TO THE CITY.

SO, YEAH, SHE'S DOING AMAZING WORK.

I OF, I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT HER RESULTS, BUT I ACTUALLY WAS GONNA MENTION THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT PLACE TO LOOK FOR THE WAY THAT, FOR THEIR METHODS, LIKE HOW DO THEY ENGAGE? AND ACTUALLY, I FOCUS MORE ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH, AND I CAN SAY THAT THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVE MM-HMM .

IS FURTHER ALONG.

THEY HA THEY HAVE DONE A LOT MORE, THEY'RE MORE ESTABLISHED THAN THE LATINO, UH, COMMUNITY IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF SURVEYING QUESTIONS, COMMUNITY, UH, COHESION, EVEN FOR STAKEHOLDERS.

I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT I, I'VE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH HER.

OH, GREAT.

AND I KNOW SHE'S PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK YES.

INTO THAT EFFORT.

SHE DOES AMAZING WORK.

WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION.

WE DO HAVE A TASK AHEAD OF US AND SYNTHESIZING ALL OF THIS.

UH, AND I MUCH APPRECIATION YOU SEE FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR YOUR WORK, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF INTELLECT AND A LOT OF METHODOLOGY.

AND I GO ON AND, AND, AND ON.

SO, UM, AGAIN, IT'S REALLY MY APPRECIATION, UH, TO YOU.

UM, I WILL NOW CALL MADAM CLERK TO ADMINISTER THE VOTE FOR, UH, THE ORIGINAL MOTION ITEM, WHICH IS TO FILE AND RECEIVE.

COMMISSIONER COLE.

UH, COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER AL? YES.

COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE? YES.

AND CHAIR COVINGTON? YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I DO WANNA ISSUE A REMINDER FOR ANYONE HERE WHO NEEDS PARKING VALIDATION.

THERE'S PARKING IN THE BACK, I BELIEVE.

IF I NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, I WILL ASK, UH, TONY, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARKING VALIDATION, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, UH, I ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONER DEONE WHO REMIND ME, THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, AND I THINK ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES AS CHAIRS TO MOVE UP PUBLIC COMMENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG IN THE EVENT.

THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, JUST TO BE A LITTLE BIT FRIENDLY, TO MAKE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME HERE.

BUT, UM, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S SUBJECT, CAN I WANNA MOVE THAT UP? DOES THAT WORK? OKAY.

DO THAT.

IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S, LET'S MOVE

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Equity and Human Relations Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

MADAM CLERK.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

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HI.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON EQUITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

UM, THE LAST PRESENTATION WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

I COME OUT OF A DATA BACKGROUND, SO I FOUND IT FOR ME TO HEAR ALL THIS STUFF.

MY NAME IS NAIDA TUSHNET, AND I REPRESENT THE LONG BEACH AREA PEACE NETWORK.

AND WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR A HUMAN RIGHT SCREEN ON ALL LONG BEACH CITY INVESTMENTS.

I'M JEWISH.

I WAS BORN DURING WORLD WAR II.

THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI GENOCIDE WERE FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT.

AS I WAS GROWING UP, MY FATHER ACTUALLY WROTE THREE BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST.

SO WE WERE WELL AWARE OF THE HORRORS OF GENOCIDE.

WHAT ALWAYS STRUCK ME WAS HOW MANY COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WERE COMPLICIT IN THE HORRORS.

I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, A VOLKSWAGEN.

UM, AND I REMEMBER THE HIPPIE YEARS WHERE THE VOLKSWAGEN CARS WERE SO POPULAR, AND I COULDN'T BUY ONE BECAUSE OF THEIR COMPLICITY WITH THE NAZIS.

I DON'T WANNA BE COMPLICIT IN ANY GENOCIDE OR FOR THAT MATTER IN THE EXPLOITATION OF WORKERS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I AM THROUGH MY TAX MONEY THAT IS INVESTED IN COMPANIES WHO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS.

THAT'S WHY I AM WORKING CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY.

LOBO TOO, IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP OR, OR TO ASK THE CITY TO DEVELOP A HUMAN RIGHTS SCREEN FOR OUR CITY'S INVESTMENTS.

I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, AND I KNOW THAT A CITY CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD, BUT A CITY, OUR CITY CAN MAKE SURE WE DON'T ADD TO THE EVILS IN IT.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS FRANCESCA VOYA, AND I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENING OF ALL LONG BEACH INVESTMENTS.

I AM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MY COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS, INCLUDING SERVING IN HOUSE COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZING EVENTS FOR YOUTH, AND ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

I'M SOMEONE WHO ADVOCATES AND WORKS TO SUPPORT EQUITY INITIATIVES IN EDUCATION, AND I ALSO REMAIN ENGAGED IN CITY COUNCIL AND THE MANY INITIATIVES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PUTS FORTH.

I SHARE THIS ABOUT MYSELF TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF MY PERSPECTIVE AND THE THINGS THAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE IN MIND, WHERE IT STATES THAT THE CITY'S CORE VALUES INCLUDE THE NEED FOR LONG BEACH TO OFFER GREAT COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND HUMILITY, UH, THAT THIS ALSO INCLUDES TO BUILD TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE, AS A CITY HAVE SEEN THAT OUR CITY'S VALUES INSPIRE AND INFLUENCE VARIOUS INITIATIVES FROM URBAN PLANNING TO ECONOMIC PLANNING, TO ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, AND TO EVEN OUR RECENT DEFEND OUR VALUES INITIATIVE BEYOND.

SO THIS BRINGS ME TO MY INITIAL ASK.

AS LONG BEACH CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY ADOPTS A SCREENING OF ITS, OF ITS INVESTMENTS THAT IS ROOTED IN ITS CORE VALUES.

I HOPE THIS COMMISSION CAN PLAY A CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADVOCATING FOR SCREENING OF INVESTMENTS THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE VALUES.

THE CITY PROUDLY EMBRACES ONE THAT IS ROOTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY.

A SCREENING TOOL LIKE THIS CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CITY IS INTENTIONAL ABOUT ITS INVESTMENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO BUILD POSITIVE FUTURES RATHER THAN HARMING THE MOST VULNERABLE.

AGAIN, ALIGNING WITH GOALS LISTED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

A SCREENING LIKE THIS CAN ALSO BE A TOOL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT CITY INVESTMENTS ALIGN WITH THEIR VALUES.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE IN PERSON, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.

OR IF YOU'RE DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRE EXCUSE ME, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE NOW.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

LET ME PAUSE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UH, CAN YOU MOVE US ALONG TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

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I'M GETTING, SO WE'RE DOING AGENDA ITEM FOUR NOW.

FOUR.

RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.

SO WE'RE DOING, MY APOLOGIES, NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA, BUT LET'S DO AGENDA ITEM FOUR.

UM, CAN YOU MOVE US ALONG FOUR AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TRANSPOSE THREE AND FOUR.

OF COURSE.

REC ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS

[4. 25-55975 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Office of Ethics and Transparency. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION TO GET THAT ON THE FLOOR? I SO MOVE.

COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY DOCKERY.

THAT'S COMMISSIONER.

UM, I WAS GONNA SAY MONTGOMERY, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT.

UH, CAN I GET A SECOND, UH, BUTLER.

SO WE'LL DO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP THE LINEUP AT, AT THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

THAT TRAININGS ARE IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

HELLO, UH, COMMISSION.

I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU GUYS LETTING ME COME BY AND SAY HI, AND JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.

THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT, UH, THE OET LIKES TO DO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

UH, WE TYPICALLY DO THESE, UM, TOGETHER AT DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.

AND THEN JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

UH, THIS IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR AS WELL.

SO JEFF TENDS TO JOIN ME WHEN HIS SCHEDULE ALLOWS.

UM, BUT HE DID HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE, SO HE HAD TO LEAVE SO QUICKLY.

JUST GONNA INTRODUCE THE OFFICE AND WHAT WE DO.

UH, LAST YEAR IN FY 24, UH, THE ETHICS PROGRAM AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM CAME TOGETHER TO BECOME THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND WE ARE HOUSED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

OUR MISSION IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

UM, IT'S TO BUILD TRUST AND KEEP THAT TRUST AMONG THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES.

WE, UH, WORK HARD TO CENTRALIZE OUR ETHICS PROGRAM.

UH, A, A REPORT THAT CAME OUTTA THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, INDICATED THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB, UH, WITH, AGAIN, CENTRALIZING THE PROGRAM AND MAKING OUR RESOURCES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC.

THAT BEING SAID, TRAINING AND EDUCATION IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CITY AUDITOR, OUR CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ETHICS COMMISSION THAT THE OET SUPPORTS.

THEY ARE A CHARTER COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPARTIAL AND EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AROUND GOVERNMENT ETHICS, INCLUDING FINANCE, CAMPAIGN FINANCE, LOBBYING, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

THIS IS A RECOMMENDING BODY, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE NO INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY, UH, BUT THE CHARTER DOES GIVE THEM OVERSIGHT ON OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE TEAM THAT, UH, SUPPORTS THE OET, AND WE ALL REPORT TO, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TYLER CURLEY.

SO LAST YEAR WE WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT, UM, OVER A YEAR TO, UM, BRING TOGETHER A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC ROADMAP.

AND THIS BUILDS OFF OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION'S ORIGINAL ACTION PLAN.

OUT OF THAT ROADMAP CAME FOR OVERARCHING PRIORITIES THAT, UH, WE HAVE STARTED TO OPERATIONALIZE AND IMPLEMENT AND WILL LEAD OUR, UH, WORK FOR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THESE PRIORITIES INCLUDE REALLY BUILDING ON AND EXPANDING OUR CULTURE OF ETHICS, UH, BUILDING OUT OUR A SOLID COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, WORKING ON AN EDUCATION AND TRAINING BLUEPRINT, AND THEN ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT.

SO REQUIRED TRAININGS AND AUTOMATIC REMOVALS FOR COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BY NOW.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, PERHAPS A COUPLE.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, UM,

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UM, WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE REQUIRED BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL.

SO I JUST LIKE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE WHEN I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE HAVE OUR CITY REQUIRED CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAINING.

THAT'S THE TRAINING THAT COMES OUTTA MY OFFICE.

THAT'S AN ANNUAL 30 MINUTE TRAINING, UM, THAT IS CODIFIED.

SO WE ALL HAVE TO DO, UH, THE CITY'S ETHICS TRAINING.

WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE AND CITY REQUIRED HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS BIANNUAL AND THIS IS TWO HOURS STATE REQUIRED AB 1234 ETHICS TRAINING.

THIS IS ALSO EVERY TWO YEARS.

UH, THIS NOW LIVES IN OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE STATE'S WEBSITE, YOU TAKE THIS ON THE CITY'S LMS, THAT'S STILL TWO HOURS.

THE STATE STILL REQUIRES THAT TWO HOUR, UH, COMMITMENT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT LAST YEAR, THE CITY ATTORNEY DID HAVE TO REMOVE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF AB 1234 TRAINING.

UM, SO AGAIN, JUST REEMPHASIZING HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR MAYOR REQUIRED, UH, TRAININGS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO WITHIN 120 DAYS OF ASSUMING OFFICE.

UM, THAT INCLUDES OUR 2030 STRATEGIC VISION PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY'S EQUITY TOOLKIT THAT IS PENDING AS FAR AS I KNOW.

AND THEN AGAIN, ALL OF THESE TRAININGS LIVE AND LEARN.

AND THEN ON HERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, A LITTLE INFOGRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT THAT JUST EXPLAINS WHAT L AB 1234 IS VERSUS OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAININGS.

WE ALSO HAVE A HELPLINE.

UH, THIS IS BOTH INTERNAL AND PUBLIC FACING.

THIS IS 24 7 CONFIDENTIAL, ANONYMOUS.

UM, IT'S, WE HAVE AN ONLINE HELPLINE FORM AND WE ALSO HAVE A PHONE NUMBER.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.

AND THESE ARE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT I LIKE TO REMIND, UM, APPOINTED OFFICIALS ABOUT.

UH, WE HAVE OUR OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY HOMEPAGE.

UH, THE CITY CLERK ALSO HAS THEIR DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND ETHICS PORTAL.

THIS, UH, HAS ALL STATE RESOURCES ON THERE.

IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR REQUIREMENTS AS AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL.

IN ADDITION TO THE HELPLINE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR AUDITOR'S FRAUD HOTLINE, AND THEN HANDBOOKS.

JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE THE ETHICS GUIDE FOR LONG BEACH CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

THIS DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GIVING YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, UM, OF WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE AS AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMISSION HANDBOOK AND OUR BROWN ACT, UH, GUIDE THAT A TOY WILL GET MORE INTO IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

A COUPLE REMINDERS AS I WRAP UP.

UM, SPEAKING IN OFFICIAL VERSUS PERSONAL CAPACITY, THIS IS MISUSE OF AUTHORITY.

SO WE JUST LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS, UH, THAT ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED, OR WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THEIR BODY MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

AS A COMMISSIONER, WE'RE WORKING ON CODIFYING THAT TO BE AN, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.

BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS DOES APPLY TO ALL ACTIONS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS.

UM, SO BEFORE YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, JUST BE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE COMMISSION'S, UM, APPROVAL FOR THAT ANNUAL REPORTS.

UH, THOSE WERE DUE LAST MONTH.

HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO GET YOURS IN ANY LEARN CONCERNS.

UM, THERE ARE LIVE PEOPLE AT THE END OF LEARN SUPPORT@LONGBEACH.GOV.

THEY'RE A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND REACHING OUT TO TONY FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN HELP FORM 700.

YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN THOSE IN.

AND THEN AGAIN, COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH BROWN ACT AND YOUR BYLAWS AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, WHICH A TOY WILL, WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THAT IS MY QUICK UPDATE AND HELLO TO YOU GUYS.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER.

I DO HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO, AND I, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

SO IF A COMMISSION, IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES A RECOMMENDATION, I AS A COMMISSIONER, CANNOT GO IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT APPROVED RECOMMENDATION UNLESS I DIRECTLY REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION AS A BODY THAT I TO PER PERMISSION.

IS THAT OKAY TO DO THAT? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, IF IT IS COMMISSION BUSINESS, UH, THAT THE CHAIR IS SPEAKING TO.

YEAH, TYPICALLY, THE, THE CHAIR WOULD

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BUT ANY ONE, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER WOULD NEED APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION.

GOT IT.

THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.

MM-HMM .

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UH, PLEASE.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, ROY, UM, WE HAD REQUESTED SOME MONEY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS COMMISSION.

AND AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR TO ALLOCATE THAT IN THE BUDGET.

I SENT LETTERS TO ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR.

I WANT TO KNOW, WAS I OUTTA LINE FOR DOING THAT? YOU DID THAT AS A COMMISSIONER OR AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC? I THANK THE MAYOR FOR APPOINTING ME TO THE COMMISSION.

SO I THINK I WAS SPEAKING SO WE COULD GET MONEY FOR THIS COMMISSION FOR OUR, OUR, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET APPROVAL .

SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, COMMISSIONER, UH, UNLESS THE CITY ATTORNEY THINKS OTHERWISE, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SPECIFIC CASE, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE OR CONSULTATION IF THAT'S ALLOWED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALLOWED.

SO WE, YOU CAN GET SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO YOUR CASE.

IS THAT THE CORRECT, CORRECT PROTOCOL? UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S AN OPTION FOR, FOR COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THAT NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND A NEWER COMMISSIONER DOESN'T, IS NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH, WITH PROPER PROTOCOLS.

BUT I THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED, UH, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY FROM THE COMMISSION TO SPEAK, UH, TO, TO THE CITY, UM, REPRESENTATIVE.

IF IT COVERS THE COMMISSION BUSINESS, I CAN SUPPORT HERE IF, IF I CAN, IF FOLKS CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE, CHAIR.

UH, SO WHEN WE PASSED THE SPECIFIC BUDGET, UM, REQUEST, UH, I MADE IT A POINT TO SHARE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT MADE IN THE EXACT LANGUAGE, AND WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF INCLUDING THAT IN THE EXACT LANGUAGE FOR THE ITEMS. BUT I MADE IT A POINT TO SHARE THAT ONCE WE APPROVE IT, THEN THE ADVOCACY CAN START HAPPENING AND ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE ALLOWED TO DO ADVOCACY ON, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WE PASS.

UM, SO MAYBE THAT IS LIKE A MISSTEP ON MY END, UH, FROM PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AND WE CAN AMEND THAT MOVING FORWARD.

UM, BUT, UH, THE LETTER THAT COMMISSIONER, DOCTOR, DR.

DOCKERY SENT, UM, WAS FROM INSTRUCTIONS FROM MYSELF.

I, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS THIS AND I DID ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR.

UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

NO, THANK YOU.

AND I DO WANNA, UM, EMPHASIZE, UM, NOW THAT I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER FOR A WHILE, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW LONG IT'S BEEN.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, UM, TO NORMAL.

LIKE, IT'S HELPFUL TO NORMALIZE, RIGHT, HOW IT, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO KEEP TRACK OF.

UM, AND SO I THINK THESE PRESTITUTES ARE VERY HELPFUL AS, AS REMINDERS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO BASED ON FRAMEWORKS, LAWS, PROCEDURES, POLICIES, AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO DIGEST.

UM, SO, SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD REMINDER OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH, UH, COMMISSIONER DOCKERY AND, AND OUR CHAIR FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR VOTE? UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN, CORRECT.

BROWN BROWN.

GOT IT.

UH, IN, IN TRANSPARENCY, I ALSO, UM, TALKING TO CHRISTOPHER AND TO RICKY, I WROTE LETTERS TO DR.

JOANIE AND TO, UM, CINDY ALLEN BASED ON A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH MEGAN KERR WHO TOLD ME I WAS ALLOWED TO TALK TO THREE PEOPLE.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I AM TRANSPARENT THAT I DID THAT AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, I JUST, ALL I DID WAS, UH, MENTION THE LETTER THAT RICKY HAD WRITTEN TO THE MAYOR AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD DO THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE, THE GRANT FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR COMMISSION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WELL, THANK

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YOU.

CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION? UM, EITHER HEATHER, HEATHER, OR A TOY, AND ALSO, HI, HEATHER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HI, CHAIR .

UM, CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON, ON CORRECTING THE, THE, THE UNINTENDED WRONG HERE, UM, IN OUR, IN THE PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS AND THE PASSING OF, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE MOTION ITSELF THAT'S, THAT ALLOWS ALL COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM MOVING FORWARD? WELL, I, I THINK TYPICALLY, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO EITHER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR, OR CITY COUNCIL IS TO GO THROUGH STAFF, STAFF LIAISON.

I THINK THAT MOST OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT THAN TO DO IT DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THERE.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STANDARD PROTOCOL WITH MO MOST COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, BUT, BUT IF YOUR QUESTION IS, IS IF YOUR QUESTION IS, DOES THE COMMISSION, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION STILL WANTS TO DO, HOW, HOW TO APPROACH DIRECTLY, UH, ONE OF THE CITY OFFICIALS? UH, YES.

AND OR OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE ON THE BEHALF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE SEND OVER TO COUNCIL.

BECAUSE, UM, A COUPLE YEARS BACK, AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A, A A, AN UPDATE OR, OR TRAINING ON THIS, BUT WE DEVELOPED OUT AN ADVOCACY PLAN THAT INCLUDES, UM, STEPS, WHICH ARE, ONCE THE MISSION APPROVES AN AGENDA OR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, THEN THAT TRIGGERS, UM, THE ADVOCACY COMPONENT, WHICH, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE ALLOWED TO CALL THEIR CITY COUNCIL REPS AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE ITEMS AT HAND.

AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT OR SLASH GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND BE LIKE, AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, WE RECENTLY PASSED THIS RECOMMENDATION.

AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT OR GO DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR WHO OVERSEES ALL COMMISSIONS AND SAY, HEY, MAYOR, UH, WE RECENTLY PASSED THIS RECOMMENDATION AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, AND IN DOING SO, POSSIBLY SCHEDULING MEETINGS, UM, POSSIBLY EDUCATING THEM MORE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THOSE INITIATIVES.

MY QUESTION, I'M SORRY, CAN I SPEAK NOW? UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO ASSUME, IF I CAN JUST INTERJECT HERE FOR A SECOND, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SURFACING, WHICH ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, WILL PROBABLY ALIGN WITH THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM ON THE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT.

AND THEY MAY BY DEFAULT BE ANSWERED IN THE PRESENTATION, AND IF NOT QUESTIONS ALIGNED WITH THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER CONDENSED SURFACE, THEN THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

DOES THAT WORK? WORK? JUST CHECKING IN.

BUT I, I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT'LL PROBABLY, THEY, THEY INTERSECT HERE.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA POSE DOING.

UH, BUT I'M GONNA CHECK IN WITH THE CHAIR THAT WORK.

YES, THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

AND IF YOU CAN TAKE NOTE OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND, UH, ADDRESS THEM IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.

'CAUSE UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE BROWN ACT.

IT'S MORE OF JUST PROCESSES PRO PROTOCOL.

IN INTERNAL PROTOCOL.

I THINK DURING MY NEXT PRESENTATION, UH, WHEN IT, WHERE IT POPS UP, I COULD GIVE KIND OF EXAMPLES.

CAN ALSO CHIME REAL QUICK.

AND MAYBE I, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHERE THIS WILL FIT IN, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION RIGHT NOW ON THIS.

UM, SO THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW DOING BUDGET SESSIONS OR, OR INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING, AM I ALLOWED TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS AND SAY, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE THIS MONEY SO WE CAN DO THIS? OR AM I NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS? , CAN THE CITY ATTORNEY CHIME IN HERE? YEAH.

THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE OUR OFFICE'S RECOMMENDATION.

AGAIN, THE, THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT OF THE CITY, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO GO TO THESE INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS AND SPEAK IN THE CAPACITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

UH, BUT NOT IN THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY, UH, AS A COMMISSION.

AND, AND YOU WOULD NOT BE, NO COMMISSIONER WOULD BE, UH, ALLOWED TO REPRESENT THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TOTAL COMMISSION.

IN, IN THAT, THAT MANNER.

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I HAVE AN IDEA.

CAN I PITCH IT? UM, COMMISSIONER DE LEON? YES.

SO IT'S OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE PASSED, I BELIEVE ONE, OR IS IT TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE GONE TO COUNCIL.

WE'VE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT IF HYPOTHETICALLY I WERE TO MAKE A MOTION, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THIS ITEM, TO HAVE TO GRANT EVERY COMMISSIONER ON THIS BODY, THE ABILITY TO REPRESENT THE COMMISSION IN ADVOCATING FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE AGREED UPON, AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE PASS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING I COULD DO PROCEDURALLY, BEFORE YOU CAN DO THAT, THE IDEA WOULD HAVE TO BE AGENDIZED FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING, UM, THE PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY, OR EXCUSE ME, THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.

GOT IT.

WORTH A SHOT.

I LIKE YOUR CREATIVITY THERE, BUT, UM, MAYBE POTENTIALLY FUTURE AGENDA.

AND I'M SURE THAT'LL LEAD TO A LONG DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE IDEA.

UM, ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T WE DO, UH, LET'S MOVE TO THE VOTE SO WE CAN, UH, MOVE TO THE RELATED AGENDA ITEM, WHICH BY DEFAULT, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE ANSWERED.

UH, MADAM CLERK, BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE VOTE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP PUBLIC COMMENT FROM EARLIER.

SO WE ADDRESSED IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT, AND NOW, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE IN THE ZOOM DOES NOT WANNA PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.

OF COURSE.

AND I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY IN THE ZOOM, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.

UH, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER DE LEON.

COMMISSIONER AL? YES.

COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE.

ORIGINALLY TITLED, UM, OR, OR ENUMERATED NUMBER THREE, PLEASE? YES.

UM, CAN YOU READ, UH, WHAT WAS

[3. 25-55973 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the City Attorney’s Office on the Brown Act and Robert's Rules of Order. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON BROWN ACT AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO GET THIS ON THE FLOOR LOOKING ROOM MOTION? ALL RIGHT, SECOND, SECOND, SCHULTZ.

PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.

UM, TER, CITY ATTORNEY TO THANK YOU.

I LOVE THAT TAYLOR'S STICKERS ARE STILL THERE.

HEY, WE CAN'T GET RID OF TAYLOR .

YEAH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA COVER IS THE BROWN ACT, WHICH I THINK SOME OF THE, THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT, BUT ARE PROBABLY NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH.

AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITIES AND EVEN MORE EXPERIENCED COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S STILL, THE, THE BROWN ACT IS SORT OF FLUID.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY AREAS.

SO MY, MY, MY PURPOSE TODAY IS TO GIVE THOSE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH IT, MORE OF A REFRESHER, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY EDUCATE THEM, UH, WITH THE BROWN ACT.

BECAUSE THE BROWN ACT REALLY IS, UH, UTILIZED AS, AS A, AS A TOOL TO HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE IN YOUR POSITION AS A COMMISSIONER WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT VIOLATING ANY, ANY LAWS.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WITHOUT DELVING INTO TOO MUCH HISTORY OF THE BROWN ACT, THE BROWN ACT WAS ENACTED REALLY TO, TO, UH, PROMOTE AND EMPHASIZE, UH, TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF TIMES IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PAST, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ENTITIES WOULD BE CONDUCTING, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND THE PUBLIC REALLY WOULDN'T BE PRIVY TO THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, CITY OFFICIALS WOULD VOTE.

SO, UH, IT DOES APPLY TO MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES AND THE WRITINGS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES.

UM, THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

SO AGAIN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE, UH, UH, UH, A COMMON SORT OF, UH, THEME THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION IS JUST PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY.

SO THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES INCLUDE THAT ALL MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN AND PUBLIC, SO THAT ALL ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY.

UH, A MEETING, A MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE TO DISCUSS ITEMS WITHIN ITS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.

SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, UH, COMMISSIONERS WILL HEAR THAT THE TERM QUORUM, RIGHT? WE HAVE QUORUM.

THAT MEANS THERE'S A, A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, UH, MEMBERS PRESENT, AND THAT BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED.

ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS.

AND ONLY THIS IS A CUT OF IMPORTANT

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BECAUSE ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED.

AND I THINK, UH, AN EXAMPLE, UH, THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE JUST POINTED OUT WAS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S IDEA WASN'T PROPERLY PUT ON THE AGENDA.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT COULDN'T BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME.

SO ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED.

UM, AGAIN, AND YOU SEE TAYLOR RIGHT IN THE B BUT, UH, IT HELPS, BASICALLY, THE BROWN ACT HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY DISCUSSING LOCAL AGENCY BUSINESS WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PR, UH, PRESENT.

SO IT'S THE APPEARANCE OF, OF IMPROPRIETY.

UH, OFTENTIMES SOMETIMES COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ENGAGING AND DISCUSSING AMONG THEMSELVES, AND, AND THERE MAY REALLY NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, BUT IT STILL COULD CREATE A APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

AND THAT'S WHAT, AGAIN, WITH THE WHOLE THEME OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, WE WANT TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL COMMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONERS TO, TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

IT JUST LEADS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THINKING THINGS ARE GOING ONGOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE ALWAYS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS ALWAYS ENTITLED TO FILE A WRIT WITH, WITH THE COURT, BASICALLY ASKING THE COURT TO STEP IN BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CONDUCTED, UH, BUSINESS IMPROPERLY.

UM, AND AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT THE BROWN ACT DOES, IT HELPS PROTECT THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF PARTIES APPEARING BEFORE BODY WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT IS, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF LEGISLATIVE BODY.

UM, I MEAN, THE LIST KIND OF, UH, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND AGAIN, FOR ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION, OUR OFFICE IS, IS, UH, MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT FOR YOUR OWN, UH, YOU KNOW, REFERENCE.

UM, BUT, BUT ANY LEGISLATIVE BODY, OBVIOUSLY FOR THIS COMMISSION, THIS COMMISSION DEFINITELY IS A BODY THAT, THAT, THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.

UM, I THINK THE LAST BULLET POINT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT ARE, UM, TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEES.

SO THOSE ARE MADE UP OF SOLELY OF MEMBERS AND CONSTITUTING LESS THAN A QUORUM.

SO BECAUSE THERE IS LESS THAN LESS THAN A QUORUM ON AD HOC COMMITTEE, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE, TAKE ANY ACTION ON THEMSELVES.

THEY CAN DISCUSS AMONG THEMSELVES AND REPORT BACK TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE COMMISSION AND DO THAT IN A, A PUBLIC, UH, OPEN PUBLIC FORUM.

UH, BUT BECAUSE, UH, AD HOC IS LESS, IS CONSISTED OF LESS THAN A QUORUM, IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.

SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE WHAT ARE PROHIBITED.

AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO, THERE'S FOUR TYPES OF, UH, SERIAL, UH, COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THESE, ALL FOUR OF THESE ARE, ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT.

SO THE FIRST IS THE HUB AND SPOKE, SO THAT'S WHERE ONE MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OR MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS.

SO ONE, ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, REACHES OUT TO EACH, EACH COMMISSION, EACH COMMISSIONER IN THE COMMISSION, AND SPEAKS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE SU SUBJECT MATTER, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, RULES OVER.

UH, ANOTHER TYPE OF FORM IS THE DAISY CHAIN.

THAT'S WHERE ONE MEMBER CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER, AND THEN THAT MEMBER CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SORT OF LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WE ALL USED TO LINE UP A, A, A STRING OF DOMINOES.

YOU PUSH ONE OVER, SO ONE, ONE COMMISSIONER TALKS TO THE OTHER ONE AND, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION BUSINESS, THAT THAT DEFINITELY COULD LEAD TO A BROWN ACT VIOLATION BY REPRESENTATIVE, UM, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE A COMMISSION WOULD, UH, A COMMISSIONER WOULD HAVE A RE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, EITHER AN AGENT OR INTERMEDIARY, SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF, AND THEY GO AHEAD AND, AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH A MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THAT SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER.

SO THAT IS BY REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT, THAT FORM OF COMMUNICATION IS PROHIBITED.

AND I THINK THE LAST ONE IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE IN TODAY'S, UH, AGE, YOU KNOW, EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA TEXTS ARE, ARE VERY COMMONPLACE FOR, FOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO BE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN SESSION AND, AND TEXTING EACH OTHER.

UM, SO THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.

IT INCLUDES MAKING OR COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND USING DIGITAL ICONS THAT EXPRESS REACTIONS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS.

AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF, OF THE COMM, THE COMMISSIONERS, IS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL UNTIL THEY'RE IN SESSION.

SO YOU DON'T, IF, IF THERE WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE LIKING IT OR INDICATING THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING, THAT THEY'RE STILL SORT OF, UH, COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING.

AND I THINK IT COULD, IT COULD, IT COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING THAT APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT'S A FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S PROHIBITED.

JUST TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN, INTO DETAIL OR SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF EACH OF THE FOUR FORMS, THE HUB, HUB SPOKE AGAIN, UM, ONE MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OTHER MEMBERS ON THEIR BODY TO ENSURE THEY VOTE YES TO SUPPORT AN ITEM.

SO THAT'S A, A REALLY COMMON HUB AND SPOKE EXAMPLE DAISY CHAIN AGAIN.

AND WHAT OUR OFFICE REALLY DID IS, IS REALLY TRY TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE COMMISSIONERS, LIKE WHAT ARE THE MORE COMMONPLACE OR, OR COMMON EXAMPLES OF, OF,

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OF THINGS THAT USUALLY A COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO ENCOUNTER, UH, DURING THEIR TIME ON THE COMMISSION.

SO THE DAISY CHAIN IS WHERE MEM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER BLUE CONTACTS, COMMISSIONER GREEN, AND THEN GREEN CONTACTS, COMMISSIONER ORANGE AGAIN, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

NOW YOU HAVE YOUR DAISY CHAIN BECAUSE AGAIN, EACH CONTACT AGAIN, IS GONNA BE ALLEGEDLY, IS GOING TO COMPRISE OF, OF, OF COMMISSION BUSINESS.

NOW, THERE IS NO VIOLATION, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE, THE UMBRELLA OF, OF THE COMMISSION BY REPRESENTATIVE.

AGAIN, COMMISSIONER GREEN'S PARTNER VOLUNTEERS AT SEVERAL NONPROFITS WHERE OTHER MEMBERS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE VOLUNTEER AND THEY'RE PRESENT.

SO NOW THAT PARTNER, THE COMMISSIONER'S PARTNER, ENDS UP ASKING MORE THAN A MAJORITY OF THE BODY IF THEY SUPPORT A SPECIFIC ITEM, SORT OF IN, IN CASUAL, CASUAL TALK.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP EMPHASIZING.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE A, A LOT OF THE BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS OCCUR.

IT'S NOT FROM A, A COMMISSIONER INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO, TO MAKE A VIOLATION OR TRY TO DO SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERHANDED OR DECEITFUL, BUT IT'S MORE SO JUST INNOCENT CONVERSATION, HUMAN CONVERSATION.

IT, IT, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY EASY TO OVERLAP AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING TO A FEW PEOPLE, BUT NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE MIXING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION BUSINESS AND NOW YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL, UH, BROWN ACT VIOLATION THAT WE NEED TO BE RECTIFIED.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS THE, THE MOST COMMON ONE AGAIN, UM, AND I THINK I KIND OF GAVE THE EXAMPLE, UH, ALREADY, REALLY, IF YOU SEE LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, SOMETHING THAT'S POSTED AND NOW COMMISSIONER GREEN LIKES IT, AND NOW IT'S SHARED BY SOMEBODY ELSE, AND NOW THERE IT'S COMMENTED OR, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED, COULD BE OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, IF THE, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE OPPOSING SOMETHING.

UM, IT, IT, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW SORT OF IN THE COLLECTIVE, UM, THAT, THAT THERE'RE, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE TAKING SORT OF A, A COLLECTIVE POSITION, UH, WHICH WOULD BE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS.

IS THAT ? NO, NO.

AGAIN, THIS, THIS, THE ONLY, THE, THE ONLY WAY THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION IS IF THE, THE TOPIC IS GONNA BE COMMISSION BUSINESS.

SO SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OR, OR PURVIEW OF THE COMMISSION.

SO SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT, THAT YOU, UH, THAT EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS REALLY DISCUSS IN SESSION, THAT IF YOU GUYS WERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, IF A COMMISSIONER POSTED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THEY, LIKE THE SPORTS TEAM OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNRELATED, THAT'S, THAT THERE IS NO BROWN ACT VIOLATION, AND THEN EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THESE.

YOU COULD LIKE IT, YOU COULD SHARE, DO DO WHAT YOU PLEASE.

SO THEN A LOT OF NEWER COMMISSIONERS USUALLY AT, BY THIS TIME, THEY'RE WONDERING, OKAY, THIS IS ALL THE STUFF WE CAN'T DO.

WHAT CAN I DO? SO THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE, UH, ONE OF SORT OF, UH, I THINK AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS A, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT A COMMISSIONER MADE, BUT INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS BETWEEN A MEMBER AND ANOTHER PERSON OR MEMBER THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

UM, ALLOWS, IT ALLOWS MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH CONSTITUENTS, ADVOCATES, CONSULTANTS, REPORTERS, STAFF, AND COLLEAGUES.

SO, SO A ONE-ON-ONE IS, IS FINE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE REALLY THERE'S NO RISK OF THERE BEING A QUORUM AND A QUORUM.

AGAIN, WE GET BACK TO THE IDEA THE QUORUM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW ONCE YOU HAVE A QUORUM AND THE QUORUM IS DISCUSSED OR TAKEN A POSITION, NOW THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO, TO VOTE AND TAKE ACTION AS, AS A COMMISSION.

BUT INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS ARE, ARE, ARE PERFECTLY FINE.

UH, MAJ, WE'RE, A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ARE AT LIKE A CONFERENCE.

AGAIN, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, A LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING, SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN, A OPEN MEETING OF ANOTHER BODY BECAUSE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR A SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENT.

THOSE ARE REALLY THE, THE MORE COMMON, UH, INSTANCES THAT, THAT YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN AT.

UM, MEMBERS CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY AMONG THEMSELVES AT THESE EVENTS, THOUGH.

THAT'S WHERE, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE AT SOMETHING THAT'S, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHATEVER THE QUORUM IS ON, ON, ON WHATEVER COMMISSION YOU, YOU WANT, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON.

IF YOU GUYS ARE ARE CONGREGATING AND DISGUSTING COMMISSION BUSINESS, NOW YOU HAVE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE, REMEMBER, I I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE THEME THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, JUST PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND, AND, AND, AND THE WHOLE REASON WHY IS IF, IF COMMISSIONERS ARE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION BUSINESS, THE, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMISSION'S DISCUSSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY, HEY, I, I MAY WANT TO BE HEARD.

I, I MAY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN IN ON THE DISCUSSION, KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

AND SO IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

SO THAT'S WHY HERE, AGENDA POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETINGS, REGULAR MEETINGS, THEY HAVE TO BE POSTED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

UH, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S A SPECIAL MEETING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, HELD FOR WHATEVER REASON.

UH, I KNOW IN THE PAST SOMETIMES IF, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS WHO AREN'T PRESENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE A MAYBE THE, THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO HOLD A, A MEETING THAT'S NOT REGULARLY SCHEDULED.

AND THAT INSTANCE, A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD REQUIRE JUST A POSTING OF 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING AS OPPOSED TO THAT REGULAR 72

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HOURS.

WHAT THE AGENDA DESCRIPTION NEEDS TO COVER IS A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A NOVEL, BUT IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO PUT THE, A PERSON, UH, IN THE PUBLIC ON NOTICE OF EXACTLY, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED, YOU HAVE TO, UH, INFORM THE, THE PUBLIC THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING.

UM, YOU MUST INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SCOPE OF THE BODY'S INTENDED PLAN SO THE PUBLIC CAN DECIDE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE POSTED IN THE LOCATION FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES NOWADAYS, UH, EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT YOU COULD POST THESE, A LOT OF THESE ARE POSTED ONLINE SO, SO THE WEBSITE, SO IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE.

WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY, UNLESS A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION APPLIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU JUST NEEDS TO BE AADA A COMPLIANT.

I THINK THIS, THAT REALLY, THIS, THIS REALLY, IT DOESN'T BRING UP TOO MANY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS COMMISSION.

I THINK NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, YOU, YOU, THIS COMMISSION MEETS IT HERE.

SO, SO THIS IS NOT, NOT REALLY TOO, TOO BIG OF A ISSUE FOR COMMISSIONERS TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT RIGHT DOES, DOES A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY HAVE.

SO THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENT.

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECORD, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AGENDAS AND OTHER WRITINGS.

UM, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ATTEND.

THEY DON'T NEED TO REGISTER, DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEY DO HAVE THE WITNESS, UH, THE RIGHT TO WITNESS VOTES.

SO ALL VOTES MUST BE CAST IN PUBLIC EXCEPT FOR VOTES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN CLOSED SESSIONS ONLY.

UH, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NO, NO SECRET BALLOTS ALLOWED.

GOING BACK TO THAT WHOLE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY THEME, AND I, SORRY, JUST TO RE RETRACT, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST BULLET POINT TO COMMENT.

SO THEY, THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE, BUT BODY SUBJECT MATTER, JURISDIC JURISDICTION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU'LL HEAR, UM, THERE'LL BE A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ITEM, I MEAN, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM.

AND THEN AT THE END, YOU'LL HEAR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. SO A NEWER COMMISSIONERS ALWAYS HAVE A QUESTION.

SO WHAT HAPPENS? SAY THERE'S A MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, INNOCENT MISTAKE, AND THERE IS A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.

WHAT HAPPENS? SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS.

EITHER THE MOST COMMON IS OBVIOUSLY THE CIVIL ACTION, AND THAT WAS SORT OF THE CIVIL WRIT THAT I, THAT I MENTIONED.

UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A, A CIVIL ACTION.

AND THAT BASICALLY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC'S GONNA SUE IN COURT AND BASICALLY ASK THE COURT TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS OR TO INVALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS, UH, THAT THE, THE COMMISSION TOOK.

SO IF THE COMMISSION TOOK ACTION AND, AND VOTED A CERTAIN WAY AND WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VIOLATION, BASICALLY THE COURT WOULD ORDER THAT ALL THAT BE UNDONE.

AND IT'S VERY, VERY RARE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT THERE IS A CRIMINAL ASPECT.

IT, IT COULD BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR IF THERE WAS AN, A SPECIFIC INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION.

SO, NEWER COMMISSIONERS, OLDER COMMISSIONERS DON'T, DON'T INTEND TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY MISDEMEANORS.

SO THAT REALLY KIND OF COVERS A LITTLE BIT OF THE REFRESHER FOR THE BROWN ACT.

BUT THE BROWN ACT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE, UH, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE MEETING, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

SO IN THAT CASE, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER LARA, RIGHT? SO HE'S ACTING AS THE CHAIR, UH, BECAUSE CHAIR COVINGTON IS NOT PRESENT, BUT THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING.

THE CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION TO MAKE, UM, CERTAIN DECISIONS.

AS COMMISSIONER LARA DID, HE, HE HAD THE DISCRETION TO TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OUT OF ORDER.

UH, THE, THE CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION TO TAKE CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.

UM, THE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY A MAJORITY VOTE.

THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ORDERLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

EVERY MEMBER, UH, SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, TO PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD BEFORE VOTING.

AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS IS NOT TO BE REALLY SCARED OR, OR NOT TO THINK THAT ALL THESE RULES ARE TO HINDER YOU, BUT IT'S MORE, IT'S MORE TO HELP YOU GUIDE TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT MEETING.

BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THESE ITEMS TAKE A LITTLE LONG BIT OF TIME, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'VE ONLY COVERED TWO AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT'S, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES, UH, LEFT.

SO AGAIN, THESE RULES ARE REALLY JUST REALLY HELPED.

UH, UH, I THINK THE PRINCIPLE IS EFFICIENCY.

UM, AGAIN, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, SOME OF THE, THE, SOME OF THE ROLES IS INTRODUCING BUSINESS AND PROPER ORDER, UH, PER THE AGENDA, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE DISCRETION TO GO OUT OF ORDER.

UM, THE CHAIR IS THE ONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA IN A TIMELY FASHION.

UH, DETERMINING IF A MOTION IS IN ORDER, UH, KEEPING THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

I'LL TAKE A LITTLE TIME.

I THINK THIS ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AGAIN, HUMAN CONVERSATION.

IT, IT, IT'S HAPPENED TODAY.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CONVERSATION CAN EASILY GO OFF, OFF TRACK.

AND I THINK USUALLY THE, THE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE'RE PRETTY, PRETTY

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LENIENT.

BUT IF IT'S STARTING TO, TO DRAG ON AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, WE, WE, WE WILL KIND OF INTERVENE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, WE NEED TO GET KIND OF BACK ON TRACK TO WHATEVER THAT SPECIFIC ITEM IS.

UM, AND THEN ENFORCING TIME LIMITS FAIRLY AND NEUTRALLY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, DURING THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION.

SO ONCE THE, ONCE THE, YOU KNOW, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, NOW THE, THE COMMISSION IS, IS, UM, FREE TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS, UH, ABOUT THAT AGENDA ITEM.

SO THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR JUST WANTS TO ENSURE THAT CLEAR DECISIONS ARE MADE.

UM, UH, THE CHAIR DEFINITELY NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK, AND IT HELPS KEEP THE RECORD, IT HELPS KEEP EVERYBODY ON TRACK ON WHO'S ACTUALLY MAKING THE MOTION, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, AMENDMENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY THE, THAT'S WHY THE, THE CHAIR'S GONNA RECOGNIZE THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WANNA SPEAK.

UM, THE, THE CHAIR NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEBATE IS CONTROLLED.

AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS THE THEME OF FAIRNESS, BALANCE EFFICIENCY.

YOU KNOW, ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO BE HEARD.

UM, YOU WANT, THE CHAIR WANTS TO ENSURE EVERY MEMBER HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE ACTIVE LISTENING TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL POINTS OF AGREEMENT, AND THEN JUST MANAGING ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY ARISE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS, AS NEWER COMMISSIONERS PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN, BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS A, A, A HOTLY DEBATED TOPIC WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE THE COMMISSION WHO ARE SPLIT.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T SEE THAT WHERE THE COMMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING, YOU KNOW, ON THE SAME, SAME BOAT, UH, THE SAME KIND OF, UH, UM, ATMOSPHERE, UH, TOWARD A SPECIFIC ITEM.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

THE MOTIONS, I'VE, I THINK THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH THE MOTIONS, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE MADE.

BUT ONCE A COMMISSIONER HAS, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, THEY MAKE A MOTION, AND THE MOTION HAS TO BE SECONDED BY ANOTHER MEMBER.

ONCE THERE IS PROPER SECOND, NOW THE MOTION CAN BE DEBATED AND VOTED UPON.

UM, THE TYPICAL MOTIONS ARE MAIN MOTION.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA.

THAT'S THE MAIN MOTION.

I THINK A SECOND.

AND FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS ARE, ARE KIND OF COMMON.

THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER LIKES THE, THE MAIN MOTION AND AGREES WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.

BUT THEY MAY HAVE A, A, A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION, SAY, HEY, WE, I LIKE THIS MOTION, BUT MAYBE WE WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z.

OR MAYBE, MAYBE WE, WE TAILOR TAILOR IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

IF THAT, IN THAT CASE, THE, THE COMMISSIONER WOULD MAKE A, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AND THEN THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, NOW THE, THE MOTION IS THE, THE ORIGINAL MOTION, INCLUDING WHATEVER THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS.

THAT'S WHAT THE, THE COMMISSION WOULD BE VOTING ON.

AND THEN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

NOW, SUBSTITUTE MOTION HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S SUBSTITUTE SUBSTANTIVELY DIFFERENT THAN THE MAIN MOTION.

SO IT, IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SMALL, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A SUBSTITUTE, A PROPER SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IT'S STILL GONNA BE LOOKED AT AS MAYBE AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

UH, BUT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY THE, THE HEART OF THE, IT CHANGES THE HEART OF THE MOTION.

UH, THE CHAIR CALLS, UH, MUST CALL FOR THE VOTE.

UM, AGAIN, SECRET BALLOTS ARE PROHIBITED.

AND IF, AGAIN, IF THE VOTE IS A TIE, THE MOTION FAILS BECAUSE A TIE IS NOT A MAJORITY.

YOU NEED THE QUORUM, AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE BODY TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, VOTE IN FAVOR OF WHATEVER THAT MOTION IS.

IF NOT, IT, IT DIES.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND KIND OF THE, THE ROBERTS RULES.

AGAIN, REALLY THE EMPHASIS WAS ON MORE OF THE, MORE OF THE COMMON INSTANCES OR EXAMPLES THAT COMMISSIONERS WILL KIND OF, UH, UH, FACE, UH, DURING ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING.

BUT DEFINITELY OPEN TO, TO ANY QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, IF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST ASK, ASK STAFF, AND WE'LL, WE WILL DEFINITELY, MY OFFICE WILL GET YOU A COPY OF THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION JUST FOR YOUR OWN REFERENCE.

THANK YOU ATTORNEY.

UH, UH, A TOY.

UM, WE, I'M SURE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS.

SO, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS LEFT.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, DO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS TOGETHER THAT'LL GET US THROUGH, BUT WE DO NEED A CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

NOW, SEEING NONE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.

NOW, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO RELY ON HANDS TO CALL COMMISSIONER DUCKERY.

, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY .

UM, I HAVE TWO FRIENDS THAT ARE ON ANOTHER COMMISSION, AND THEY'VE INVITED ME TO A COUPLE OF EVENTS.

DO I HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE I GO TO THOSE EVENTS? NO.

THERE, THERE'S NO LEGAL AS THEIR GUESS.

NO.

THE, OUR, OUR OPINION WOULD BE NO, THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT YOU NEED TO LET THE, YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS KNOW.

UH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WHATEVER, UH, EVENT THAT IS.

OKAY, GREAT.

SCHULTZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER

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I'M JUST A RULE WONK.

SO, UM, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE PANELS, UH, THE SLIDES WERE CONTRADICTORY, MAYBE, UM, THE HUB, UH, RULE, UH, AND THEN LATER IT SAID MEMBERS COULD TALK TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.

ISN'T THERE A, A RULE OF THREE PEOPLE, YOU, YOU CAN ONLY TALK TO THREE PEOPLE ABOUT A, A CERTAIN, UH, UH, ITEM ARE, ARE YOU REFERRING IN YOUR CAPACITY AS A COM? AS A COMMISSION? YEAH, AS A COMMISSIONER? YEAH.

I MEAN, T TYPICALLY IT'S THE RECOMME IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR OFFICE.

IF, IF YOU, UH, FOR NEWER COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS THERE, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO LIMIT IT TO NO MORE THAN THAT, THREE THAN THREE COMMISSIONERS IN, IN THAT DISCUSSION.

UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S, THAT'S WHERE THE GRAY AREA REALLY OVERLAPS.

AND THEN A, A, A INNOCENT CONVERSATION ABOUT ONE THING CAN OVERLAP, AND NOW, NOW, UH, A VIOLATION COULD OCCUR IF AN, UH, CERTAIN TOPICS THAT FALL UNDER THE EHRC ARE, ARE BEING DISCUSSED OR BROUGHT UP AND A AND A FOLLOW UP.

UM, YOU SAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, WE TALK ABOUT FOR THE, THE UMBRELLA OF, UH, THE COMMISSION.

DOES, DOES THIS APPLY TO, I MEAN, WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF STUFF.

THIS IS AN AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH.

THIS IS FOR AGENDIZED ITEMS, ISN'T IT? JUST IN TERMS OF PREVENTING A BROWN ACT VIOLATION? YEAH, NO, NO, I, I WOULD DISAGREE.

I DON'T THINK LIKE THERE STILL IS A VIOLATION IF THE, IF, IF YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN, AND IT'S, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF IT DOES FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF, OF THE EHRC, SO I THINK, I THINK IF YOU GO BACK, IF MAYBE SOME NEWER COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT FAMILIAR, MAYBE GO BACK TO THE, THE, THE BYLAWS TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE, THE COMMISSION'S MISSION STATEMENT.

REALLY, IF, IF IT'S ANY OF THOSE KIND OF TOPICS THAT, THAT YOU THINK ARE GONNA BE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION'S GONNA BE TAKING.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE AN ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM FROM LIKE A PREVIOUS MEETING.

BUT IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A CONVERSATION OF A TOPIC THAT THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO TAKE SOME ACTION IN, I WOULD SAY THEN THAT PROBABLY CONSTITUTES A, A, A SUBJECT THAT SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED.

UM, BUT I THINK LIKE COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS SO WIDE AND GENERAL, LIKE NO, THERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A, A VIOLATION IF, IF, IF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE JUST TALKING IN GENERAL AND LIKE AN IN GENERAL SENSE.

BUT I THINK IF IT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO WE, WE KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO, TO LOOK AT THIS OR, OR, OR SPECIFIC REASON THAT THE COMMISSION MAY WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON OR TAKE AN ACTION OR MAYBE FOLLOW UP OR HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO GET INTO A GRAY AREA.

LAST, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

ONCE IT'S BEEN ADJUDICATED BY A RECEIVING FILE, CAN, ARE YOU FREE TO DISCUSS WITH MORE THAN THREE, FOUR PEOPLE? NO, I, NO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL COMMISSION BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN AGENDIZED, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC FORUM, BUT I, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE NO, NOT TO, NOT TO EXCEED THAT THREE PERSONS.

AND IF I MAY PIGGYBACK OFF OF A TOY'S RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

SO JUST BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VOTED UPON, IT COULD STILL POTENTIALLY COME BACK IN THE, THE FUTURE POINT TO CLARIFY.

AND WHAT I'LL, WHAT I'LL ALSO ADD, AND I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU SHARED ATTORNEY, A TOY, OUR COMMISSION, I DUNNO HOW UNIQUE IT IS, MAYBE PERSONALLY I LIKE TO THINK IS UNIQUE, BUT IT DOES HAVE WIDE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATED.

THAT'S, SO MANY TOPICS CAN FALL UNDER THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A HAND OVER HERE.

UH, UH, COMMISSIONER , PLEASE, JUST TO REITERATE, IF YOU'RE ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND SAY THERE ARE FIVE OF YOU DISCUSSING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT APPLY CORRECT? BECAUSE IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

EE EXACTLY.

BECAUSE IT'S AN AD HOC, BY DEFINITION, IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN A QUORUM.

SO YEAH, NO, BROWN BROWN ACT DOES NOT APPLY AT ALL.

FREE TO DISCUSS COMMISSION BUSINESS.

WHAT WHATEVER YOU, YOU, YOU WANT.

AND, AND AGAIN, JUST, JUST FOR ANY COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, NOT JUST NOW, DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO TO EMAIL ME AND I'LL DEFINITELY, UH, I JUST DON'T WANT COMMISSIONERS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO GET ALL THEIR QUESTIONS IN THIS LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.

YOU COULD DEFINITELY EMAIL ME AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU, UH, WITH, WITH OUR RESPONSE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT, UH, THAT'S WE THINK ALIKE.

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT BEFORE YOU SAID IT, THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE.

UM, I, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE.

MADAM CLERK.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER BUTLER.

COMMISSIONER DE LEON.

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COMMISSIONER SAM? YES.

FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.

COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE.

CAN YOU MOVE US ALONG TO THAT AGENDA ITEM? ITEM NUMBER

[5. 25-55982 Recommendation to receive and file a report from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ON THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.

COMMISSIONER DOCKERY.

SECOND.

SECOND BUTLER.

COMMISSIONER BUTLER'S ON THE FLOOR.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT IN FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES.

WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THANK AND WE CAN DO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE JUST DID THAT TOO.

UM, SO LET'S, UM, LET'S DO, I KNOW, RIGHT? UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO THE, UM, I GUESS THE, THE, IT'S NOT A FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT THE REPORTS FROM EACH AD HOC COMMITTEE.

SINCE I'M SUBSTITUTING RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT HAVE A, THE ENTIRE LIST.

LEMME LOOK AT MY ROOM HERE.

SO IF I CAN ASK CHAIR, THERE'S A LIST ON THE CHAIR IN YOUR PACKET.

WHAT'S THAT? THAT HAS ALL OF THE AD HOCS PROBABLY THE VERY BOTTOM.

CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, TONY? YEAH.

THE BOTTOM OF THE PACKET HAS A LIST OF ALL OF THE AD HOCS PURPOSE AND MEMBERS.

A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS PACKET.

I THINK IT'S MISSING THE OTHER, A HOC.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, COMMITTEE.

WHO IN THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, IS REPORTING ON THAT? UH, I WILL.

COMMISSIONER DE LEON.

UH, ONE QUICK ADJUSTMENT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COMMISSIONER COLE AS A MEMBER.

UM, SO THERE'S FOUR OF US, UM, FOR A QUICK UPDATE.

UH, WE, UH, WELCOMED, UH, COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, UH, THIS FIRST MEETING AS PART OF OUR AD HOC.

AND SO REALLY GLAD TO HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL VOICE.

UH, AS PART OF THIS GROUP.

UH, I'LL DO A REALLY QUICK UPDATE FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.

UH, WE TOOK JULY OFF AS, AS THIS, UH, GROUP DID AS WELL.

AND SO GOOD TO BE BACK HERE.

UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, DISCUSSING KIND OF A COUPLE DIFFERENT TRACKS.

THE MAIN ONE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD, UM, AROUND, UH, DISPARATE IMPACTS AND DISASTERS.

UM, AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND BIG APPRECIATION TO COMMISSIONER COLE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AT THE, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO TRY AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INFORMATION FOR US AS AN AD HOC ON KIND OF LIKE THE, LIKE WHAT IS THE ACTUAL JOURNEY MAP OF, OF INDIVIDUALS ENCOUNTERING DISASTER RESPONSE.

UM, ALSO I'M CONTINUING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. MENDEZ, UM, WHO IS ONE OF THE CO-WRITERS OF SB NINE 90, WHICH IS A BILL THAT REQUIRES, UM, STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO, UH, PREPARE, UH, INCLUSIVE DISASTER RESPONSE PLANS.

AND SO WE'RE, UM, CONTINU TO BE IN TOUCH THERE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM, GONNA BE TALKING AS AN AD HOC WITH, UM, AN LBTQ CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN LA COUNTY WHO ALSO TOUCHES DISASTERS TO TRY AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND FOR DISASTER RESPONSE, UM, THAT ALREADY EXISTS, UM, FROM OUR, OUR, UM, BROADER COUNTY.

AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THREE, UH, DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, BUILDING OUT.

UM, SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A 360 VIEW OF, UM, FROM THE DISASTER RESPONSE SIDE, FROM THE POLICY SIDE, FROM THE RESEARCH SIDE, UH, UH, GETTING A DEEPER LOOK AT THE DISPARATE IMPACTS THAT HAPPEN DURING DISASTERS.

UM, AND SO OUR HOPE IS, UM, THAT ONCE WE'VE KIND OF GOT, UH, A STRONG PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, IT'S AN AD HOC, WE CAN BRING A PRESENTATION IN TO THIS COMMISSION, UH, UH, AND REALLY HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU ALL.

WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY SOON TIME TO BRING THAT HERE AND HOPEFULLY MOVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.

SO LOOKING FORWARD FOR SOME UPDATES THERE, THERE, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING IN A AGENDA REQUEST UPDATE PROBABLY IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AND THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

ANY, YEAH, THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

GREAT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORK.

UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE BIPOC PRESERVATION AD HOC COMMITTEE.

UM, DON'T WANNA MAKE AN ASSUMPTION HERE ABOUT CHECK-IN WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES.

ARE YOU PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF AD HOC? YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING A MEETING WITH, UM, WHAT OFFICE AGAIN? OH, THE ARTS COUNCIL.

EXCUSE ME.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AND WE'LL REPORT HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING.

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COMMISSIONER FLORES.

UM, WE DO HAVE THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.

UM, FIRST UP ON MY LIST IS CHAIR COVINGTON.

ARE YOU, UH, PROVIDING A REPORT FOR THAT? NO.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE COMMISSIONER COLE.

MM-HMM .

WHO IS GONNA BE DOING THE REPORT.

BUT I DID HAVE, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT AD HOC, UM, I HAD, I WANTED TO SHARE A REMINDER FOR THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC, THE, THE CURRENT OBJECTIVE OF THE AD HOC IS TO IDENTIFY AN ISSUE TO BRING BACK AND THEN DISSOLVE THE AD HOC AND THEN START THE WORK OF THE ISSUE.

SO IF THE AD HOC HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED ITS CORE OBJECTIVE, THEN YOU WOULD COME BACK AND SAY, HERE'S OUR OBJECTIVE, NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE INTO THE WORK.

UM, THERE CANNOT BE ANY AGENDIZED RECOMMENDED STEPS ON ISSUES BECAUSE THE CURRENT OBJECTIVE OF THE AD HOC IS TO IDENTIFY YOUR ISSUE.

UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST REMIND THE, THE AD HOC OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND THEN YOU CAN JUMP INTO THE ISSUE YOU WANT TO WORK ON.

I ACTUALLY, UM, OH, GO AHEAD.

NEVERMIND.

GO AHEAD.

UH, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT LATER.

GO AHEAD.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER.

UM, COMMISSIONER COLE IS GOING TO DO AN UPDATE ON THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS FOR YOU TO GO BACK WITH THIS MATERIAL AND REVIEW IT AND THINK ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND.

UM, BOTH VIA EMAIL AND IN YOUR BIG PACKET.

UH, I'M VERY PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DRAFT DOCUMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE CULMINATED FROM OUR WORK, UH, ON THIS AD HOC AND FOR BACKGROUND, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY NEW COMMISSIONERS.

UM, BEFORE I WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION, THE ON THE COMMISSION'S ROADMAP WAS THE GOAL TO PRODUCE AN EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT.

AND THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE HERE AT THAT TIME.

AND IN FACT, I THINK THAT ROADMAP HAS, SINCE RETIRED, HAVE BEEN RETIRED.

HOWEVER, OUR AD HOC WORK CONTINUED, AND AS WE DUG DEEPER, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT JUST AN EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE GOALS OF THIS COMMISSION OR THE EQUITY COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE CITY.

SO, JUST TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU READ THIS, IT'S AN EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, EIA, AND THE FRAMEWORK COVERS THE STRUCTURE, THE PURPOSE, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF HOW THE CITY WILL ASSESS, ASSESS EQUITY IMPACTS AS THEY APPLY TO CERTAIN PROJECTS AND DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.

AND THIS TEMPLATE IS A TOOL OR FORM THAT CAN BE USED IN THAT FRAMEWORK.

AND SO YOU HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A COMPANION GUIDE, WHICH, UH, TENDS TO FI TENDS TO ACCOMPANY, WELL, HENCE COMPANION, UM, THESE KIND OF FORMS TO, IN, TO PROMPT PEOPLE TO FILL THE FORMS OUT ACROSS DIFFERENT MEMBERS AND PROJECTS AND TEAMS WITH ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY.

AND IT HELPS TO ALSO BUILD, UM, AND ALIGN EVERYONE WITH THE GOALS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE TEMPLATE THAT IT WAS STRUCTURED TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S FOUR PRIORITY AREAS.

SO WHEN THE STAFF COMPLETE THE FORM, THEY'RE PROMPTED TO CONSIDER THE FOUR AREAS, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE LAYERED ON TOP OF THAT, THE ASSESSMENT IS GROUNDED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF TARGETED UNIVERSALISM, WHICH ENSURES THAT WE WILL TAKE, WE WILL USE OUR EQUITY LENS WHEN MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND THIS APPROACH, AND THIS IS JUST IN MY TERMS, TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND TARGETED, UM, UNIVERSALISM.

AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD COVER HERE AS A GROUP OR HAVE SOMEONE SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT IT AVOIDS SOLUTIONS THAT INVOLVE LIKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT ALSO ENSURES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE DECISIONS ARE NOT BEING DRIVEN BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CERTAIN GROUPS MAY NEED CERTAIN HELP AND TREATMENT, AND WE WILL PROVIDE TARGETED SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.

SO IT'S A WAY TO BE FAIR AND UNBIASED, UH, AS THE ATTEMPT.

AND LASTLY, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE EMAIL, BUT TO HELP ADVANCE THE PROGRESS AND MOVE FORWARD.

WE ALSO DRAFTED A MAN, A LETTER, A MEMO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REQUESTING THAT THE, THAT THIS COMMISSION COLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO FINALIZE AN INSTITUTIONALIZE THE FRAMEWORK AND THE TOOL AS PART OF THE STANDARD CITY PROCESS.

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WE WILL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING AND COLLECT THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN REVISE THE DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY AND OPTIMISTICALLY SEND THAT MEMO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AND AT THAT POINT, THE AD HOC MAY OR MAY NOT BE DISBANDED 'CAUSE I'M NOT REALLY SURE .

UM, AND THEN PROBABLY OUR QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, IF I CAN'T, JUST WHILE WE'RE STILL HERE, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND OF COURSE IT TOOK A TEAM.

SO THANK YOU TO THE, TO THE STELLAR FOLKS IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, ALANA AND TONY, AND COMMISSIONER DELEON AND THE CHAIR, AND EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND STANDING BY US BECAUSE THIS TIME IS CRUCIAL AND IT'S A GOOD TIME.

WE ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK SO LONG, THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK CORRECTION.

SO THE LETTER THAT THE AD HOC DRAFTED IS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

NOT THE CITY MANAGER.

SORRY.

GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER COLE, ON BEHALF OF YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE.

UM, I, I DO REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED THIS, UM, AND, AND I, I AM REALLY PROUD OF, UH, CULMINATION OF THIS AND, AND IT'S ONGOING AND I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME, ENERGY, AND WORK AND PASSION GOES INTO SOMETHING .

SO JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR ME.

UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, UH, NOT PRESENTATION REPORT, UPDATE THE ECONOMIC STABILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANNING AD HOC THAT THAT IS A MOUTHFUL.

AND THAT IS, UM, COMMISSIONER BUTLER.

ARE YOU, I CAN PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE FOR THAT, JUST 'CAUSE THE, THAT AD HOC SPECIFICALLY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET YET.

WE'RE FINDING A TIME FOR ALL OF US TO MEET AFTER TODAY'S PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A WEEKLY, A STANDING WEEKLY MEETING TO BEGIN COORDINATING THE F FOR THAT FIRST LISTENING SESSION.

UM, SO WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD.

I'M GONNA ASK, UM, ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LISTENING SESSION AT TALK.

I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE STANDING MEETINGS THAT ARE GONNA CR BE CREATED.

WE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED THE FIRST, UM, LISTENING SESSION TO TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD SCHEDULE IT FOR OCTOBER SO THAT, UM, THIS MONTH IS THE PLANNING AND THEN NEXT MONTH IS THE OUTREACH AND THEN THE MEETING TAKES PLACE IN OCTOBER? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC POTENTIALLY WOULD AGREE.

I I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT TIMING AND LIKE, LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDO, COMMISSIONER FLORES.

YES, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND PROMOTE IT AND DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

MUCH MORE.

AD HOC, UH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PLAN GETS DONE THIS MONTH BECAUSE YOU ALL NEED TO DISBAND NEXT MONTH SO THAT THE FOLLOWING AD HOC ON THE NEXT TOPIC CAN START TO BEGIN TO MEET.

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE ARE ENDING SUMMER.

AND MY, MY QUESTION IS ALSO IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, OUR MONTHLY MEETING IS SCHEDULED, THE WEEK OF LABOR DAY.

SO ARE WE HOLDING A REGULAR MEETING THAT MONTH THAT WEEK, OR HAS THAT BEEN DETERMINED YET BY THE COMMISSION? WELL, I THINK SINCE IT LANDS ON A WEDNESDAY, BUT I GUESS THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO DECIDE.

BUT I, I THINK IN TERMS OF A CONFLICT, I, I DON'T KNOW, THERE IS ONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IS SEPTEMBER THREE AND LABOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER ONE.

UM, YEAH, WELL, I I DON'T SEE A, 'CAUSE WE WE'RE OFF ON THAT MONDAY, BUT WE MEET ON A WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? LABOR? IT'S MONDAY.

YEAH, IT'S A MONDAY.

NICE TRY.

YEAH, IT IS LABOR DAY, BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO TAKING EXTENDED VACATION.

OH, I SEE.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL, THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT CHAIR.

WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED IT, BUT, UM, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND DO A DOODLE TO SEE IF, IF THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE DATES, UM, IF THAT, IF THAT SUPPORTS, UM, THE DISCUSSION.

BUT WE ARE GETTING OFF TOPIC.

UM, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A, LIKE SCHEDULING OF MEETINGS.

BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO, UM, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, GENTLY NUDGE, MAYBE EVEN LIKE, UM, JUST A DISCIPLINED TO ASK FOR THE LISTENING SESSION

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UM, SO I WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR AND, UH, GENTLY OR, YOU KNOW, NUDGE ASK TO PLEASE PRIORITIZE THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE IF WE DELAY ON THE PLANNING OF THE NEXT MEETING, THEN WHAT HAPPENED ON OUR FIRST ROUND OF LISTENING SESSIONS, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THIS ROUND OF LISTENING SESSIONS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY GO THROUGH THAT PRO THAT PROCESS AGAIN OF LIKE, OH, WE'RE GONNA MEET IN THIS MONTH AND THEN WE DON'T.

OR LIKE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A WILL AND AN ASK THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

UM, SO JUST WANTED TO, I DON'T WANNA BE THE BAD PERSON , BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR LIKE THESE MEETINGS ARE IMPORTANT.

THEY NEED TO HAPPEN.

WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM SO THAT WE DON'T DELAY ON, UM, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY VOICE TO OUR COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

A QUICK POINT.

UM, SO HISTORICALLY THIS COMMISSION DOESN'T GO DARK IN SEPTEMBER, WE, THE EX COMMISSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO MEET, UM, AND EVEN WITH A HOLIDAY.

THANK YOU TONY.

UM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE I AM MANAGING EVERYTHING AND I HAVE EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE MOVE OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

CORRECT.

MADAM CLERK, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE LINE UP THE PODIUM.

NOW.

DISTRICT FIVE, GUS GILMAN.

I WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK HOW DOES THE, THIS POLICY, UH, RESTRICT SPECIAL ENGLISH TRUST GROUPS FROM INFLUENCING AD HOCS? YEAH, AS A MATTER OF, OF TECHNICALITY, ALTHOUGH WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CANNOT DIRECTLY ANSWER JUST SO, JUST FOR, SO THE PUBLIC ALSO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.

COMMISSIONER BUTLER? YES.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE VOTE.

MADAM CLERK, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, EXCUSE ME, PARTICIPATE, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.

NOW.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER DEON? YES.

COMMISSIONER GILLETTE? YES.

COMMISSIONER AL? YES.

COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE? YES.

YOU CAN JUST, UH, GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THAT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO HOPEFULLY GET A MOTION ON THAT.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.

[6. 25-55983 Recommendation to receive and file a monthly update from the Office of Equity. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND FILE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.

ALRIGHT, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MOVE? ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? WHO WAS THAT? I DIDN'T.

OH, DOCKERY COMMISSIONER DOCKERY.

SO CAN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? I'LL JUST KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF.

UM, JUST TO PICK UPDATES FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OUT RIGHT NOW, UM, TO PARTNER WITH LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE REMOVAL, DEFENSE, AFFIRMATIVE, AND APPELLATE LEGAL SERVICES UNDER THE LONGEST JUSTICE FUND.

THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH.

ALSO, UM, WE HAVE COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETINGS TAKING PLACE ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

UM, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE, UH, OFFICE OF EQUITY NEWSLETTER, AND I CAN ALSO FORWARD THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

CAN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE LINE IT AT THE PODIUM.

NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.

NOW, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION POINTS FROM THE COMMISSION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? GLIT.

CAN I CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? I HAVE ONE.

OH, CHAIR.

BE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW FOLKS ARE, ARE ADVOCATING AS COMMISSIONERS AND OR AS RESIDENTS, UM, I DON'T WANT TO DETER ANYBODY FROM DOING THAT.

UM, SO I'M GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP, UM, WITH STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE TOPIC OF ADVOCACY.

SO WE NEED CLARITY ON THAT.

UM, BUT I, UH, UNTIL WE HAVE CLARITY, UM,

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BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO DIRECT THEM TO TONY.

YOU CAN ALSO DIRECT THIS TO MYSELF, UH, AND WE CAN GET AN ANSWER ON WHETHER YOU CAN OR CANNOT, UM, IN REGARDS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN REGARD REGARDS TO THE BUDGET ADVOCACY, EXCUSE ME, THE BUDGET COMMUNITY SESSIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, THAT WAS JUST SHARED BY TONY.

UM, SO GET INVOLVED, SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS, JOIN ME.

I'LL BE AT THE MAJORITY OF THEM, UH, ADVOCATING, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER INITIATIVES.

UH, AND ONCE WE GET CLARITY, THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER.

UM, BUT I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG THAT'S GONNA TAKE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THOSE ANSWERS.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE TWO HOURS AHEAD OF US, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE MUCH APPRECIATION FOR US FOR, FOR GETTING US THROUGH HERE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA CALL FOR NOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THE VOTE FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX.

COMMISSIONER DEON? YES.

COMMISSIONER GILLETTE? YES.

COMMISSIONER LATA? YES.

COMMISSIONER SAM AL.

COMMISSIONER SEAN MALONE.

IS THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

LOOKING ACROSS, SEEING THERE IS NONE.

I, OH, I'M CHAIR COVINGTON.