* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [00:00:02]
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT EVERYONE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING ON ORDER, UH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH AT 10:09 AM IRENE, CAN YOU PLEASE DO OUR ROLL CALL? MICHELLE VALENCIA. 
          HERE. 
          SHEILA GIBBONS? HERE. 
          NORMA CHIN. 
          HERE. 
          JUDY CLARK. 
          HERE. 
          CAROLYN HINES. 
          RESIDENT. 
          PHYLLIS SMITH HERE. 
          AND HAROLD SUTHERLAND HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER HERE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND. 
          CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? AND WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET ME SEE. 
          UM, I'M, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OR I MOVED TO LONG BEACH IN 2001 FROM SAN FRANCISCO. 
          UM, I AM A RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HAVING WORKED WITH THE ASYLUM PROGRAM, UH, IN U-S-C-I-S FOR 25 AND A HALF YEARS. 
          UM, BEFORE THAT, I RESETTLED REFUGEES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, NORTHERN NEVADA WITH, UH, THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES. 
          UM, I'M A NATIVE OF COLORADO, UM, THIRD GENERATION NATIVE COLORADOAN. 
          BUT I, UH, WENT TO COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN AND I ALSO STUDIED IN GERMANY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOND. 
          AND I WORKED IN A, UH, GERIATRICS HOSPITAL IN WEST BERLIN FOR A YEAR AFTER, UH, A YEAR AND A HALF OF STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOND. 
          UM, THEN I CAME BACK TO THE ESTATES IN 50 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, AND, UM, WENT TO SEMINARY IN BERKELEY. 
          UM, I'M AN AMERICAN BAPTIST MINISTER BY TRAINING, BUT I'M NOW A MEMBER OF FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. 
          I'VE BEEN ACTIVE THERE SINCE I MOVED TO LONG BEACH PAST MODERATOR, UM, CHAIR OF SEVERAL BOARDS, COMMITTEES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          UH, VERY ACTIVE AT THAT DOWNTOWN CHURCH. 
          UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THIS COMMISSION IS BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF ISSUES AT THE CHURCH THAT PROBABLY, UH, INTERFACE WITH WHAT THIS COMMISSION ADDRESSES OR RAISES AS ISSUES FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, BOTH. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, UM, A PROGRAM FOR THE UNHOUSED AND THE FOOD INSECURE. 
          AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, MORE AND MORE OF THE CLIENTS FOR THAT PROGRAM ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE, UM, EITHER FOOD INSECURE OR UNHOUSED. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ONE ISSUE I HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL AS NA UH, NATURAL WITH IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES, THE AGING CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY, PERHAPS. 
          UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF MY BACKGROUND. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, SUTHERLAND, WELCOME AGAIN. 
          AND NOW COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND, AND TO THE REPUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND LET'S SEE. 
          COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR US? I WILL. 
          UH, WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH'S, CULTURALLY DIVERSE OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER GIBBONS, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? WE, THE COMMISSION ON THE ADVISORY, COMMISSION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALL THESE GROUNDS HOME. 
          WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESILIENCE IN THEIR SPIRIT. 
          MAY WE STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GIBBONS. 
          UH, NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE AGING MEETING FOR JULY, 2025? I MOVE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE JULY MINUTES. 
          SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAINING 
          [00:05:01]
I ONE? AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE MOTION DOES CARRY. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          ON TO OUR NEXT, I BELIEVE HEIDI HAS A REPORT, UH, TO UP, TO UPDATE US ON THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US MORNING COMMISSIONERS TODAY. 
          UM, I KNOW USUALLY I GIVE YOU GUYS A REPORT KIND OF ON THE ACTIVITIES AND STUFF HAPPENING IN OUR SENIOR PROGRAM WITHIN, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION MARINE, UM, THIS MONTH, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS ON HOW WE CAN, UM, MOVE FORWARD SOME OF OUR ADVOCACY STUFF HERE IN OUR, ON OUR COMMISSION. 
          SO WE WANTED TO OUTLINE THAT PROCESS WITH YOU. 
          UM, DURING THE MONTH, UM, IRENE, MYSELF AND MICHELLE HAVE GOTTEN ON CALLS WITH, UM, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE PROCESS CORRECTLY. 
          UM, DIFFERENT EMAILS AND STUFF. 
          SO WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU A, UM, A HANDOUT, UM, THAT IT HAS WORKED ON WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY CLERKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, DOING OUR ADVOCACY WORK AND, UM, PUTTING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UM, PROCESS PROPERLY. 
          UM, SO PRETTY MUCH IF WE WANT TO MAKE, UM, SO IN THE FIRST OF IT, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT ALL TO YOU AND WE WON'T HAVE IT. 
          UM, BUT IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT HOW, UH, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, UM, US AS THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE PLACE A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND THEN ONCE IT'S FORMALLY APPROVED DURING THE MEETING, AFTER THAT, I'LL PREPARE A MEMO AND SEND TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO WILL REVIEW IT AND THEN FORWARD IT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, STAFF WILL THEN I'LL INCLUDE ON THE MEMO THAT I WRITE, PRETTY MUCH INCLUDE THE APPROVED AGENDA WITH THE LETTER AND THEN THE MEETING MINUTES, MINUTES AS BACKGROUNDS WHEN I SEND THE MEMO UP. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FINAL STEP OF HOW WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, DO RECOMMENDATIONS UP THERE. 
          BUT BEFORE THAT, THE PROCESS IN, UM, SUBMITTING, THAT'S KIND OF THE DETAILS. 
          NOW, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS BASICALLY TO, WE'D HAVE TO, THE COMMISSIONERS WILL SUBMIT A TOPIC OR RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE AGENDA AT LEAST TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 
          SO THIS TWO WEEKS, AND I'M JUST GONNA OUTLINE HOW OUR AGENDA'S KIND OF PUT FORTH AND PUT TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO POST OUR AGENDA 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE POST IT ON, UM, FRIDAYS BEFORE THE MEETING, RIGHT? AND SO WE POST IT ON FRIDAY OR SOMETIMES THURSDAY EVENING. 
          'CAUSE DEPENDING ON, UM, THE FRIDAYS, IT MIGHT BE THURSDAY EVENING. 
          SO THIS AGENDA WAS POSTED ON THURSDAY, UM, AUGUST 7TH ON THAT DAY, RIGHT? SO WE ALREADY GET IT POSTED BEFORE WE POST IT. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THE AGENDA APPROVED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          SO THAT WEEK BEFORE, USUALLY BY THAT MONDAY BEFORE, SO ON MONDAY, AUGUST 4TH, WE HAD TO SEND THE AGENDA TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS APPROVED AND THAT EVERYTHING ON IT IS, IS, RIGHT. 
          SO THEN THAT'S PRETTY MUCH TO MAKE THE AGENDA. 
          BEFORE THAT, WE HAD TO START THE AGENDA THE WEEK BEFORE. 
          SO THE WEEK OF, LAST WEEK OF JULY, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT WE NEED ANY ITEMS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE POSTED ON TIME. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S QUESTIONS AND HOW DO WE PUT STUFF ON THE AGENDA? HOW WE PUT STUFF ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE WOULD JUST EMAIL IRENE AND ASK HER TO PUT THIS, THE DIFFERENT TOPIC ON THE AGENDA, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S 2 8, 2 4, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE MAKE ALL THE DEADLINES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NOW, SO ONCE IT'S POSTED ON AGENDA, UM, THEN SECOND THE COMMISSIONERS WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TOPIC DURING THE MEETING. 
          SO IF IT'S POSTED ON AGENDA, PRETTY MUCH WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT LIKE WE DO WITHIN THE AGENDA AS ITEM, UM, OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT. 
          IT'S NOT LATE. 
          UM, BUT THE ITEM, AND THEN PRETTY MUCH AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION, IF YOU APPROVE, UM, AND YOU WANT TO LIKE MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, THEN PRETTY MUCH THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU GUYS WILL EITHER APPOINT SOMEONE OR DRAFT A LETTER, UM, LIKE A FORMAL LETTER, UM, TO BE REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING MEETING TO ACTUALLY BRING IT FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE DRAFT LETTER IS SUBMITTED AND PUT ON AGENDA FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH. 
          SO AFTER YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION OF A CERTAIN TOPIC, LIKE SAY THE TOPIC, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE UP A TOPIC AND YOU KNOW, A TRANSPORTATION ADDING A BUS STOP, LIKE OUT HERE FROM THE SENIOR CENTER, RIGHT? MAYBE THAT'S WHAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA, UM, RECOMMEND FOR ADVOCACY. 
          AND SO YOU PRETTY MUCH WOULD DISCUSS IT AT THE MEETING AND THEN, UM, SAY, YES, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, SHEILA, CAN YOU DRAFT A LETTER OR NORMA WORK TOGETHER TO DRAFT A LETTER AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND PUT IT, GIVE IT, SEND IT TO US TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, UM, FOR THE NEXT MEETING. 
          AND THEN PRETTY MUCH THAT LETTER WILL BE SHARED WITH US, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU GUYS. 
          [00:10:01]
AND THEN WE CAN AGREE, YOU GUYS CAN AGREE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD UP AND DO THE PROCESS OF, UM, SENDING IT TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO ONCE WE HAVE THE LETTER DRAFTED AND THE, IT'S APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION WITH NO CHANGES, THEN YOU SUBMIT THE LETTER TO US. 
          UM, AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT LIAISON WILL CREATE A MEMO AND ATTACH THE APPROVED LETTER, LETTER LETTER WITH THE MINUTES, UM, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          THEN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL REVIEW THE MEMO LETTER AND THEN FORWARD IT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S JUST THE PROCEDURE AND HOW TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT GO UP TO CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          OKAY? SO I JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'M AT THE, AT THE LOWER LEVEL, I'M STILL TRYING TO REMEMBER WE'RE GETTING THAT ON OUR AGENDA. 
          SO WHAT IS THE CITY CLERK LOOKING FOR THAT MIGHT MAKE THAT PERSON REJECT WHAT WE HAVE ON? OH, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY REJECT WHAT WE PUT ON THERE. 
          IT JUST, THEY LOOK MORE AT LIKE THE WORDING, HOW WORDING, THAT'S WHAT, SO IT WON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, BE PRETTY MUCH LIKE ON OUR PRESENTATIONS IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, WE JUST NEED TO BASICALLY PUT WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE JUST SAY AN UPDATE ON SOMETHING VERY VAGUE, LIKE IT JUST HAS TO BE SPECIFIC. 
          SO AS LONG AS WE WRITE IT IN THERE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE OR A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS AND WHO'S THE PRESENTER THAT SHOULD BE, THAT'S IT, IS JUST MORE OF THE TECHNICAL WORDING ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY LOOK AT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME IS I, I CAN, I CAN DIGITALIZE PUTTING A MOTION ON AGENDA. 
          I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE AN, A MOTION I HAVE TO FORMULATE MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE RULES ABOUT YOU DON'T HAVE STANDING COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT, BUT I CAN VISUALIZE DOING THAT. 
          WHAT IF I TO HAVE A US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE H RANGE? SO CAN I PUT DISCUSSION OF, YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT YET. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS ONE AND TWO OR SIX AND SEVEN OR, AND MAYBE IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S BEEN, BUT RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, DISCUSS AND RECEIVE THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN OR SOMETHING. 
          AND THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS, YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION IF ANYTHING'S ON THE, UM, AGENDA. 
          SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO NECESSARILY APPROVE, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. 
          SO YOU JUST NEED TO PUT THE, UM, AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN ON THERE. 
          SO IF YOU WRITE IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A, A MOTION, IT'S JUST BASICALLY, RIGHT, YOU CAN JUST PUT ON THERE THAT YOU WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION BASED AROUND THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN. 
          AND THEN PRETTY MUCH DURING THAT DISCUSSION, THEN YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH A MOTION IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION, THAT AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN THAT YOU WANNA START THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT. 
          OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU GUYS AS A, A COMMITTEE, UM, WANT TO TAKE ON AND SAY LIKE, HEY, WE WANT TO DO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BASED ON, UM, ONE OF THESE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN. 
          HEY, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ONE FOR US TO DO AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE CAN CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES BASED ON A CERTAIN ASK A SUBJECT, RIGHT? AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE ON THEIR, UM, MAYBE ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO LIKE, PROVIDE MORE TRANSPORTATION TO SENIORS, TO THE SENIOR CENTERS OR SENIOR HOMES. 
          YOU CAN CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH THAT, UM, SPECIFIC GOAL IN MIND, AND THEN WE CAN FORM IT WITH THREE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD AND, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH, UM, THEN THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT GOAL, RIGHT? AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE THAT GOAL, THEN THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH THEY CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA, HEY, PLEASE PUT ON THEIR REPORT FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          SO YOU WOULD PUT IT THERE AND YOU CAN UPDATE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT. 
          AND THEN, UM, PRETTY MUCH IF YOU GUYS DETERMINE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS LIKE, HEY, I WANNA MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WRITING A LETTER AND STUFF. 
          AND THEN AT THE END, ONCE THE LETTER OR WHATEVER IS DETERMINED, THEN WE WOULD END THAT  COMMITTEE. 
          SO THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO NOT, TO MAKE AD HOC COMMITTEES ON CERTAIN THINGS, UM, THAT WOULD HELP MAYBE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          BUT IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA, YOU GUYS THEN CAN DISCUSS IT. 
          SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA OR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE A VERY SPECIFIC, LIKE, IT WOULDN'T BE THE WHOLE AGING PLAN. 
          IT WOULD BE LIKE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF THE AGING PLAN. 
          WELL, I THINK THE ORIGINAL AGENDA COULD BE LIKE A TOPIC OF THE WHOLE AGING PLAN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS CAN FULLY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH, RIGHT? AND MAYBE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THEN MAYBE UPON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN LAST MONTH, YOU CAN SAY LIKE, OH YEAH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THERE'S 10 OF 'EM, BUT LIKE, HEY, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD START AN AD HOC COMING ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? AND THEN THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD THEN CHAMPION THAT EXACT, UM, YOU 
          [00:15:01]
KNOW, SUBJECT AND KIND OF PULL IT FROM THERE. 
          UM, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE AGING PLAN IN GENERAL MIGHT BE A BIG OVERALL, BUT THAT'S WHY AD HOC COULD, COULD BE ON LIKE ONE SINGLE THING THAT YOU COULD LIKE IMPLEMENT AND CHANGE. 
          AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PICK ANOTHER ONE OR YOU CAN HAVE TWO OF 'EM AT ONCE, WHATEVER YOU, UM, DETERMINE. 
          OKAY, SO BASED ON THIS, I'M GETTING THAT WE PUT A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND THEN AT THE MEETING WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, WE COULD DECIDE THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA WRITE A LETTER ABOUT THAT. 
          THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WE, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE UNDER THE AGENDA AGAIN, WE WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THE LETTER. 
          WE THEN IF THAT LETTER GETS APPROVED, THEN YOU AND IRENE WOULD SEND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO WOULD SEND IT TO COUNCIL. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, JUST, WE ALSO WANTED TO PUT ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR THING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AGENDA, JUST THAT EVERY TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, EVENINGS, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, UM, SOMETIMES THEY GO DARK DIFFERENT MEETINGS. 
          SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT MORE LIKELY THEY'RE USUALLY HELD EVERY TUESDAY. 
          UM, UM, HOWEVER, AND SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK, UM, ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO JUST A REMINDER, HOWEVER, ONLY THE COMMISSION CHAIR OR A MEMBER WHO HAS RECEIVED PRIOR, UM, APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION MAY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. 
          SO YOU CAN SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON YOUR OWN ACCORD ANYTIME, RIGHT. 
          AS A PUBLIC MEMBER OF, UM, THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION TO DO IT. 
          SO LIKE IF THERE'S A TOPIC GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT, THAT'S WHERE, UM, YOU WOULD NEED TO GET APPROVAL COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY? YES. 
          UM, BASED ON THE REALITIES OF WHAT WE DO IN TIMING, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE ACTUALLY WOULD NEVER PRESENT LATER WITHIN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS OUT. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DARK OR WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE NOT HAVING A COMMISSION MEETING OR WHATEVER IT MEANS. 
          SO IT COULD BE A SIX MONTHS POSSIBLE PROCESS BETWEEN THE TIME WE SAY WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE TO THE TIME THAT THEY HEAR IT, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY GET HEARD ABOUT IT AND THEN GET A RESPONSE AND THEN GET SOMETHING DONE THAT'S ALMOST A HALF A YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE, I MEAN, THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT LIKE LETTER. 
          SO THAT'S THE THING, LIKE WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA, IF THERE'S LETTER, LIKE IT WILL BE SENT OUT WITH THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IF IT'S ATTACHMENT TO THE AGENDA, YOU'LL GET THAT IN ADVANCE. 
          SO YOU CAN PRE LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, BEFOREHAND AND HOPEFULLY THEN, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPROVED, IT WILL BE APPROVED AND MOVED QUICKLY. 
          IT COULD TAKE TWO, YOU KNOW, UM, MEETINGS TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA. 
          NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU, LIKE, ONCE WE SEND THE MEMO, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WOULD IT DOES TAKE TO GET TO THE CITY MANAGERS, CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, IT COULD TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS THOUGH. 
          YOU KNOW, MY, MY MY ANSWER WAS SIX, YOU SAID TWO. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY, WELL FROM OUR END, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES IN A WINDOW THAT SAYS WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A, THEY MUST DO SOMETHING BY 90 DAYS OR 45 DAYS. 
          EVERYTHING IS AS WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH. 
          AND I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL, THEY'LL HAVE THE 90 DAYS OR 45 DAYS LIKE REPORT BACK AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN THEY, WHEN IT GETS TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND FOR DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM US. 
          SO WHEN WE HAD OUR, UM, PRIOR REQUEST THAT WE WERE GONNA GET A 90 DAY FEASIBILITY STUDY ABOUT THE SAFE HOUSE, DO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE TO SAY, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO THIS IN 90 DAYS AND HERE'S TWO YEARS LATER WE STILL DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          DO WE ALSO LIKEWISE HAVE THE SAME, UM, I DON'T KNOW, INFLUENCE TO SAY YOU SAID THIS AND IT DIDN'T GET DONE BACK TO US IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME OR ANY KIND OF LEGITIMATE TIME? SO DO WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS DAYTON TO SAY, WE GONNA DO THIS AT 90? WE'LL SAY YOU DIDN'T DO IT AT 90, NOW WHAT? SO I THINK YOU COULD LIKE, PRETTY MUCH ONCE IT LEAVES US, LIKE YOU CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE TO, OR THE CHAIR CAN GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SAY, HEY, WE BROUGHT FORTH THIS, UM, ISSUE OR A RECOMMENDATION WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONTACT, UM, YOU KNOW, GO TO PUBLIC COUN THE COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY DO IT PUBLIC. 
          I KNOW FOR THE SAFE HOME, LIKE WE DIDN'T DO THIS ROUTE, THE SAFE HOME HAD OUR, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE WHO ACTUALLY TOOK IT. 
          AND UM, YOU AS COMMISSIONERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR OWN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, I GUESS WITH COUNCIL. 
          AND, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH, AND THAT'S HOW THE SAFE HOME KIND OF WENT ABOUT IS THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, MET WITH, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WHO THEN CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF THE, UM, THE STATE HOMES. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT LIKE, UM, WE, WE DID ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO SAY LIKE, 
          [00:20:01]
HEY, DOES IT HAVE TO ONLY BE THE CHAIR HAVING TO CHAMPION, UM, THE CAUSES? BUT HE SAID, NO, IT DOESN'T, IT COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE, LIKE IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT YOU GUYS DETERMINE, HEY, YOU KNOW, NORMA'S GONNA BE OUR SPEAKER ON THIS SUBJECT. 
          UM, SHE MAY HAVE MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LIKE INDIVIDUALLY, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, VIOLATING BROWN, BROWN ACTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, BUT SHE COULD, IF YOU GUYS GIVE HER PERMISSION TO GO TALK, AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP MOVE ALONG, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          BUT THAT'S HOW THE SAFE HOME CAN BE. 
          IT WAS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION, UM, PROCESS. 
          THE, THE COMMITTEE KIND OF DID IT BY, UM, WAY THROUGH CD ONE'S OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE COULD SAY, UM, WE COULD SEND ANOTHER LETTER MM-HMM . 
          SAYING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT REPORT BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          A 90 DAY REPORT BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          REGARDING THE SAME. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT. 
          SO LIKE, EVEN IF WE DO THE LETTER, RIGHT, LIKE LET'S SAY ONE MONTH WE DO THE LETTER AND LIKE SEND IT OUT AND THEN YOU CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT THING, LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE LETTER, LIKE, AND THEN I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE OR THEN AT THAT POINT MAYBE IT'S LIKE ALREADY DRAFT THE LETTER SAYING LIKE, HEY, WE WANT AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          IF, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, WE TIE UP THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHATEVER WE DECIDE, WE WANNA SEND A LETTER, VALENCIA SAYS, SHEILA WRITE THE LETTER, I WRITE THE LETTER, CAN'T WE VOTE ON THAT LETTER BY EMAIL? I'M ON TWO NONPROFIT BOARDS AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT ARE UP THAT ARE CURRENT AND NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M ASKING, ISN'T THERE A WAY FOR US TO SAY A LETTER BE SENT OUT AND EVERYBODY HAS TO RESPOND TO WHETHER THEY APPROVE OR NOT. 
          AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BY THE NEXT MEETING. 
          SO VOTE ON EMAIL AND THEN ALSO THAT YOU WANT ME, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, SHEILA, SO I'LL HAVE TO FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU. 
          I WANNA SAY YES OR NO, BUT PLEASE FIND OUT BECAUSE THAT DOES, THAT MOVES A WHOLE MONTH OFF OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND SO IN THAT REGARDS, I'M JUST KIND OF ADDING THROUGH YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, SO VOTE BY EMAIL, BUT LIKE IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO YOU MADE, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO MAKE THOSE ON THOSE BOARD BY EMAIL? WE ARE ON THESE NONPROFIT BOARDS. 
          WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY, I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE, AND THEN THE PERSON WHO INITIATED IT, IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE ME, FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD WRITE DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT LETTER AND PROVE IT AND SEND IT OUT AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT COULD STILL MOVE IT UP A MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. 
          I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. 
          I KNOW WITH THE  THAT LIKE THE EMAIL CHAINS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT GETS INTO IT DOES KIND OF THE LEADS. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE. 
          SO I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THAT'S AN OPTION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WILL YOU TELL US NEXT MONTH THEN? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I, I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING THOUGH. 
          AND I BELIEVE IF WHOEVER'S MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION, MAYBE WHAT THEY CAN DO IS CREATE THE LETTER, SEND IT TO ME. 
          YES. 
          I CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND SAY, THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          THAT WAY YOU COME WITH, OR, OR MAYBE, UM, CLARK MAKES A CORRECTION SO THEN I CAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS COME TO THE MEETING, THEN MAYBE WE CAN JUST VOTE ON IT THERE. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEN THAT HOLDS US UP ANOTHER MONTH. 
          IT WOULD BE THE, IT WOULD STILL BE THE NEXT MONTH. 
          IT, IT WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE NEXT MONTH. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS LETTER IS THAT WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR EMAIL DISCUSSION, WE HAVE ALL DECIDED TO VOTE TO DO IT. 
          AND BY THE TIME WE COME TO THAT NEXT MEETING, YOU ALL HAVE DONE YOUR NEXT STEP, WHICH IS TO SEND IT OFF. 
          SO, SO THE POWER THAT BE, YES. 
          BUT YOU CAN VOTE ON IT HERE AND IF EVERYBODY APPROVES ON IT, APPROVES IT, THEN YOU CAN HAND IT OVER TO US. 
          SO YOU CAN GO AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT SEND IT WITHIN YOURSELF. 
          YOU HAVE TO SEND IT TO ME TO SEND IT OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE THAT WOULD, WHICH IS I VIOLATION, I ENVISION THIS GOING DIRECTLY TO YOU. 
          YES. 
          YOU WOULD SEND IT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          THE COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE THEIR DISCUSSION, THEY WILL MAKE ANY CHANGES. 
          YES. 
          WOULD UPDATE IT, YOU WOULD RESEND IT, WE WOULD VOTE ON IT, AND THEN YOU WOULD REPORT IT THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU SENT IT TO THE POWERS THAT BE RIGHT. 
          NOT THAT WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON IT AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL GET NOT VERY WELL APPARENTLY. 
          NO, I GOT IT. 
          I GET, BUT I WAS JUST SAYING LIKE THIS COULD BE ANOTHER STEP IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE I DON'T, LIKE IN THE PAST, I, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, RIGHT. 
          MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO, RIGHT? IF YOU SAY THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK RIGHT. 
          FOR CITY AND BRA ACT KIND OF RULES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT I THINK IT'S A QUESTION WE'RE 
          [00:25:01]
ASKING. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WILL DEFINITELY ASK IT. 
          YEAH, I AGREE. 
          UM, WITH IRENE, SO INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA, WE COULD ALREADY, WHOEVER'S ID IT IS PRE-MAKE THE LETTER, SEND THE LETTER AND THE AGENDA ITEM TO IRENE. 
          SO THEN AT THE MEETING WE DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON THE LETTER RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT SAVES A MONTH AND THEN, AND THEN IT GETS SENT, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN, SO IT'S ALL, SO IT'S ALL DONE IN ONE, IN ONE MONTH AT ONE MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          THEN IT'S ONLY FIVE MONTHS CAROLYN INSTEAD OF SIX DAR STILL WE'LL GET DOWN BEFORE 2028. 
          ALL. 
          ARE THERE ANY MORE, UH, DISCUSSION POINTS ON THIS ITEM? JUDY? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT VOTING IS THE SAME AS THE, UM, THE QUORUM. 
          SO IF WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM THAT IT WAS ELECTRONIC VOTE, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE X NUMBER VOTE TO MAKE IT PASS OR NOT. 
          LIKE IT COULD BE TWO ONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST CLARITY. 
          YEAH, THAT DOESN'T, SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO COME FROM HER TO US. 
          WE MAKE OUR LITTLE CORRECTIONS BY JEFF. 
          HEY JEFF, WE MAKE OUR CORRECTIONS SO AT THAT TIME READ YOU CONSOLIDATE BACK TO THE LETTER, THEN IT'S ON AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          THEN WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT OTHER THAN I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT MIGHT BE, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING WHATEVER THE STANDARD IS AND ALL THE COMMISSIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE SAME WAY AND HOW THEY RECOMMEND DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'LL UPDATE YOU ON, UM, THE VOTING, UM, BY EMAIL POSSIBILITIES. 
          AND IF AFTER TODAY YOU HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS THAT COME UP BECAUSE THEY MAY ARISE, JUST EMAIL ME AND IRENE AND I CAN ADD THAT TO MY, UM, QUESTIONS IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AND THAT WE'RE UNCLEAR OF. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. 
          CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATE ON THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING TO THE CITY COUNCIL? SO MOVED. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THIS ITEM, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          NOW IT'S TIME FOR, UH, KAREN'S OUR GUEST SPEAKER THIS MONTH WHO SHE IS GOING TO GIVE US A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING, UM, AND WHATEVER ELSE SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. 
          THE LONG BEACH GREAT PANTHERS, PANTHERS, AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT ALL LEVELS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HANDED OUT PACKETS. 
          UM, THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS CELEBRATED OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, UM, LAST YEAR, AND WE, UH, LOOKED AT THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO IN. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING LEADERSHIP, UM, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. 
          MY PART TERM AS PRESIDENT WAS EXTENDED ONE YEAR AND, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE STEP FORWARD TO BE CO-PRESIDENTS. 
          UM, THEY WILL TAKE OFFICE IN DECEMBER. 
          ONE IS DR. 
          DREW JONES. 
          UH, HE WORKS AT, UM, THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE FOR THE CSU SYSTEM. 
          AND HE WORKS IN COMPLIANCE AND LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING, DEVELOP AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PERSON IS DR. 
          CLAUDIA LOPEZ, WHO IS A PROFESSOR IN THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH. 
          AND SHE'S CURRENTLY, SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US ON HOUSING FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. 
          AND SHE IS, UM, CURRENTLY DOING AN EVALUATION OF A HUD HOUSING IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND IT'S CONDITIONED AND IT'S NOT GOOD. 
          BUT, UM, THAT WILL HAPPEN. 
          THEY WILL TAKE OFFICE IN DECEMBER AND THEY'LL BE IN TRAINING FOR A YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR US. 
          IT'S SOMETHING NEW. 
          AND I IDENTIFY WITH THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UH, THROUGH MYRICK IN LA COUNTY, WE'RE HAVING LOTS OF THE SIMILAR TYPE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING ON AD HOC COMMITTEES BECAUSE AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO A LOT OF THE BROWN ACT RESTRICTIONS. 
          SO IT ENABLES US TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          UM, BUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I INCLUDED A COPY OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE WORK ON IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES AND OUR, OUR BASIC PRINCIPLES IS, UM, WE ARE TRYING, WE TRY TO BE PROFESSIONAL. 
          WE TRY TO INCLUDE OLDER ADULTS 
          [00:30:01]
IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          WE MEET ONCE A MONTH HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          BEEN DOING SO FOR AGES FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. 
          AND, UH, OUR MEETINGS ARE PRETTY OPEN. 
          ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TALK OR BRING UP AN ISSUE, THEY CAN TO JUST MAKE A MOTION. 
          WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 30, 40 PEOPLE IN OUR MEETINGS AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS. 
          UH, OUR MEMBERSHIP IS VERY DIVERSE AND REPRESENTS A BROAD RANGE OF THE POPULATION IN LONG BEACH. 
          UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY, WE HAVE LIKE 18 ISSUES THAT WE FOCUS ON AND WE DO AN ANNUAL SURVEY EVERY YEAR AND WE ASK THE MEMBERSHIP WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR THEM. 
          AND UM, USUALLY THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS HOUSING. 
          SO WE DO A LOT OF HOUSING WORK. 
          UH, WE DO DO EVERYTHING WITH PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE PARTNER WITH OVER 75 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN LONG BEACH, WITHIN ANA LA COUNTY. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE STATEWIDE, SOME OF THEM ARE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THE GRAY PANTHERS ARE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 
          OUR HEADQUARTERS IS IN MICHIGAN. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE OLDER ADULTS WANT AND UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE ARE WORKING ON IS TRYING TO GET ALL THE OLDER ADULT ISSUES ALIGNED BECAUSE WE HAVE ISSUES AT THE STATE, WE HAVE ISSUES AT THE COUNTY, WE HAVE ISSUES AT THE CITY, WE HAVE ISSUES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND THEY CHANGE ALL THE TIME. 
          UH, SO THIS IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH EIGHT DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH. 
          NOW, WHO KNOWS THAT WON'T GET PULLED DOWN TOMORROW 50, BUT, UM, WHEN IT WAS UP, THIS IS WHAT WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER SO PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMMING. 
          AND, UH, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WAS DOING A STUDY ON SENIOR CENTERS, WHAT A SENIOR CENTER CONSISTS OF, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK ON THE REPORT. 
          SO IT WAS A MULTI-YEAR STUDY BECAUSE SENIOR CENTERS, SOME CITIES IN LA COUNTY, THERE'S 88 CITIES, THERE'S AN UNINCORPORATED AREA. 
          WE ARE THE LARGEST AREA IN THE CITY FOR, IN THE COUNTRY FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND NOBODY HAS REALLY ACCURATE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY OLDER ADULTS THERE ARE. 
          AND IT DEPENDS WHETHER OR NOT YOU INCLUDE THE DISABLED COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY ALSO. 
          AND THE L-B-G-T-Q-A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS ARE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE COVER A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES AND WE WORK WITH, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE A TRUSTED MESSENGER. 
          THEY CAN COME TO US AND THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO, UM, THE ISSUES FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WORK ON. 
          AND IN LONG BEACH WE'RE GOING THROUGH A VERY INTERESTING PERIOD. 
          UM, OUR MAYOR IS BEING A STRONG LEADER FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          HE HAS DONE HIS MAYOR'S PLAN FOR THE BUDGET. 
          THAT INCLUDES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SHALLOW SUBSIDIES FOR OLDER ADULTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED EXTRA HELP. 
          A SHALLOW SUBSIDY IS TO HELP PEOPLE PAY THEIR RENT TO GET HOUSED, TO GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE HEALTHY AND LIVE WITH DIGNITY. 
          SO, UH, I WAS INVITED TO A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND HE EXPLAINED HIS PHILOSOPHY AND JEFF BEING HERE WAS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT HIM MORE ENGAGED WITH. 
          OLDER ADULTS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OLDER ADULTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WE ARE LOOKING AT LONG BEACH AS A MODEL. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE MAYOR'S DOING AN AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON SOMETHING CALLED LA CASA. 
          AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, HAVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A DEPARTMENT AT THE AGING HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          UM, OVER THE REST OF THE STATE THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED AAA. 
          IT'S AN AREA AGENCY ON AGING. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S HOW THE MONEY FOR OLDER ADULTS IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          UM, AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING AT AA AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO HAVE ONE. 
          SO WHEN I ASKED THROUGH THE COUNTY LEVEL, HOW DOES THE MONEY GET DISSEMINATED, NOBODY COULD GIVE ME AN ANSWER. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE STRUGGLE WITH BUDGET 
          [00:35:01]
FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE AAA. 
          SO IT'S THE MONEY IS NOT EVENLY ALLOCATED. 
          NOT EVERY CITY IN LA COUNTY IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A SENIOR CENTER. 
          I'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THEM. 
          THEY'RE MUCH LIKE OURS. 
          THEY'RE OLDER BUILDINGS, THEY ARE NEGLECTED, THERE'S NO COLOR. 
          UM, THE ONLY LIFE IS THE PROGRAMMING. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE PASADENA WHO, UH, SOME WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS LEFT THEM AN ENDOWMENT SO THEY COULD HAVE A SENIOR CENTER. 
          AND UH, THE ONE THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT IS, UH, FROM THE FIRES THAT GOT DESTROYED IN MONTROSE, I THINK IT WAS. 
          AND UM, HOW THAT COULD BE A MODEL FOR WHAT SENIOR CENTERS NEED TO LOOK LIKE. 
          UH, SENIOR CENTERS THAT COME TO HERE EVERY DAY, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM DO ABOUT A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE, TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE, UM, PRIMARILY TO GET LUNCH, WHICH IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION. 
          THEY PROVIDE MOST OF THE LUNCHES OVER LA COUNTY, NOT JUST IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND THE LUNCHES GET BETTER. 
          THEY ASK FOR INPUT AND THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE LUNCHES. 
          AND IT PROVIDES SENIORS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND CONVERSE. 
          SO THIS IS WHY THE MUSIC IS A PROBLEM. 
          UM, AS YOU AGE, YOU LOSE YOUR HEARING FUNCTION, YOU LOSE YOUR VISION. 
          UM, I JUST HAD CATARACT SURGERY. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY GOING BLIND SO I CAN SEE AGAIN. 
          SO IT'S, I LIKE A NEW LIFE FOR ME. 
          AND UM, I LOVE SITTING DOWN AND TALKING TO THE SENIORS AT LUNCHTIME. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE WATER EXPERT, WE HAVE HEALTH PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH NURSE. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VAST AMOUNTS OF KNOWLEDGE. 
          AS A COMMUNITY, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UPSETS ME THE MOST IS WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR OLDER ADULT COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CAPTURE AND USE THAT. 
          UM, MOST OF THE SENIORS THAT COME IN HERE HAVE VERY LOW INCOMES. 
          THEY'RE LIVING ON UNDER A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH, UM, THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU DON'T GET MANY MEDI. 
          I'M GONNA TELL YOU A QUICK LITTLE STORY. 
          I AM A POOR SENIOR. 
          I LIVE ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY. 
          I AM ELIGIBLE FOR HUD HOUSING AND I'VE HAD HUD HOUSING FOR 18 YEARS. 
          IT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ABLE TO LIVE IN LONG BEACH. 
          IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY HOUSING, I WOULD BE HOMELESS. 
          SO I FEEL THE PAIN. 
          AND I WAS HOMELESS ONCE FOR THREE MONTHS. 
          NOBODY SHOULD EVER BE HOMELESS. 
          UM, THE SENIORS ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME AND THE EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, I GOT A LETTER IN JUNE STATING THAT I WAS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY STATING THAT MY MEDI-CAL HAD BEEN, UM, CUT OFF IN MARCH. 
          I RECEIVED NO LETTER FROM MEDI-CAL TELLING ME THAT I HAD BEEN CUT, CUT OFF. 
          I SEE THIS NOTICE FROM SOCIAL SECURITY WAS, AND WHEN YOU GET CUT OFF, THEY CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR MEDICARE PREMIUMS. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE MEDI-CAL, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS IS YOUR MEDICARE PREMIUMS ARE PAID THROUGH MEDI-CAL. 
          SO IT'S LIKE AN INSTANT $170 A MONTH RAISE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND UH, THEY WERE GONNA TAKE $570. 
          UH, AND I GET EIGHT, ABOUT $1,800 A MONTH IN, UH, SOCIAL SECURITY. 
          AND MY RENT IS $548 A MONTH. 
          SO I GOT THE LETTER. 
          I IMMEDIATELY PANICKED. 
          I WENT TO TALK TO JEANINE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SHE CONNECTED ME WITH, UM, A WOMAN, WONDERFUL WOMAN NAMED DAMARI AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHO, UH, IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO MEDI-CAL AND SHE'S ABLE TO ACCESS THE FILES. 
          SHE WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THAT AND IT WAS A MISTAKE. 
          IT HAD TURNED OUT THAT THEY HAD INACCURATELY CORRECTED. 
          MY, UM, COUNTED MY MEDI-CAL PAYMENTS AS INCOME. 
          THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, WHICH PUT ME $53 OVER THE LIMIT. 
          SO THEY TOOK ME OFF ERRONEOUSLY. 
          SHE WAS ABLE TO GET ME REINSTATED. 
          SHE WAS ABLE TO GET ME REFUNDED BECAUSE THEY TOOK $570 AND THAT'S MY GROCERY MONEY FOR THE MONTH, UM, OUT. 
          AND I WAS GOT A REPLACEMENT CHECK FOR THAT MONEY WITHIN THREE DAYS. 
          SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT ARE REALLY VALUABLE THAT NOBODY KNOWS THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE SENIOR CENTER IS PROVIDING. 
          THE SENIOR CENTER IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE OLDER ADULTS THAT COME HERE. 
          SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WISH WE 
          [00:40:01]
DID MORE OF WAS ACTUALLY ASK AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SENIORS AS TO WHAT THEY WANT. 
          SO WE DO THAT A LOT. 
          WE DO SURVEYS. 
          UM, WE ASK THE SENIORS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SURVEY THAT COMES OUT. 
          AND UM, RIGHT NOW THE CITY'S HAVING ONE ON WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR CITY? AND I USUALLY SEND OUT THE LINKS TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO FILL IT OUT. 
          AND WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE ABOUT SURVEYS. 
          UM, OUR SURVEY WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, WE DO SURVEYS WITH SCAG. 
          WE GOT A GRANT FROM SCAG. 
          SCAG IS THE ENTITY THAT GETS THE FEDERAL MONEY FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          AND THEN THEY DISSEMINATE IT THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THEY OPERATE. 
          IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE MONEY. 
          WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SURVEY RESPONDENTS, I WAS THE ONLY AGENCY FROM LONG BEACH PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEYS AND THEY PAID US $25,000 TO DO THE SURVEYS. 
          SO, UH, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO SURVEYS THROUGH METRO. 
          WE ACTUALLY GOT A $25,000 GRANT FROM METRO. 
          WE HELPED DESIGN THEIR CUSTOMER OUTREACH SURVEY. 
          THEY DID A DATABASE, ALL THE AGENCIES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH METRO, WHICH, UH, ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IN LONG BEACH. 
          LONG BEACH IS NOT ITS OWN SEPARATE COMPANY. 
          IT RECEIVES MONEY LIKE ALL THE OTHER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES IN LA COUNTY. 
          THEY GET THEIR MONEY THROUGH METRO. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY FOR OUR SERVICES COMES FROM. 
          UM, THE LOCAL BUS SYSTEM IS ANOTHER ISSUE AND UM, THEY ARE ADDING MORE SERVICES. 
          AND I WENT ON A LITTLE SURVEY OF A BUS STATION. 
          MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T TAKE THE BUS, BUT HOW BUS BUS OPERATES IN A HUB AND A SPOKE SYSTEM. 
          SO THEY WERE SURVEYING THE METRO'S, DOING A LOT OF REDESIGN OF THE BUS SYSTEM FOR THE OLYMPICS. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T TAKE THE BUS NORMALLY GO AND RIDE THE BUS AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. 
          SO I WENT OUT AND DID A SURVEY. 
          TURNED OUT THE YOUNG WOMAN LEADING OUR GROUP, SHE HAD BEEN MY INTERN OH THREE YEARS AGO. 
          SO I'VE GOT GRAY PANTHER PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 
          UH, LA COUNTY. 
          TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SO WE WORK ON ALL THESE ISSUES. 
          THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          WE WORK WITH PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          UH, WE GET HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN PICK UP OLDER ADULTS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WITH LA COUNTY IS I CHAIR THE LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY GROUP. 
          SO I FEEL THE PAIN WITH ADVOCATING, UM, THE GREAT PANTHERS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO BEST IS OUR ADVOCACY WORK AND, UH, DEPENDS ON THE ISSUE. 
          WE HAVE ISSUES AT THE FEDERAL, UM, LEVEL, AT THE STATE. 
          ISSUES AT THE COUNTY'S IS COUNTY, UM, LEVEL. 
          AND I'M ALSO THE LEAD FOR DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS JANICE HAN'S, UH, SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO THE COMMISSION IDENTIFIES ISSUES OR AREAS THAT THEY WANT TO WORK IN AND UH, WE DO A LIST AND I GIVE THEM AN UPDATE REPORT EVERY MONTH. 
          THIS IS HOW WE DO THE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON. 
          UM, THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATOR HAS A PORTAL YOU CAN SIGN UP. 
          IT'S VERY EASY TO SEND A LETTER ON ANY OF THE ISSUES. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH SENATOR LEENA GONZALEZ. 
          UM, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THE LA FIRES WERE OLDER ADULTS. 
          UM, SOME BECAUSE THEY DIED HOLDING A HOSE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE, UM, TWO YOUNGER MEN THAT DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE DISABLED AND THEY HAD NO MEANS OF EVACUATION FROM THEIR PLACE. 
          ONE DIED WITH HIS FATHER NEXT TO HIS BED, THE OTHER ONE TOLD HIS MOTHER TO LEAVE. 
          UM, SHE HAD BEEN INJURED AND SHE COULDN'T LIVE TO CARRY HIM. 
          SO WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR EVACUATION CHAIRS IN HIGH RISES AND HAVING ACCESS SO PEOPLE THAT, 'CAUSE WE JUST HAVE ANOTHER FIRE. 
          UM, THEY ARE MEANS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DISABLED TO BE EVACUATED. 
          [00:45:01]
THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. 
          I LIVE IN A BUILDING. 
          I LIVE IN A 17TH STORY BUILDING AND WE HAVE EVACUATION CHAIRS ON EACH FLOOR AND I'VE SEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USE THEM. 
          WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE FIRES IN MY BUILDING. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS. 
          THE CITY HAS THREE IN DIFFERENT AMBULANCE AND UH, AT THE UM, BUDGET PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT, I WAS PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO THEIR EQUIPMENT. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BUDGET PRESENTATIONS WILL GO ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN IT'S PARKS. 
          UM, NOT UNTIL UM, SEPTEMBER 2ND. 
          SO YOU'RE ONE OF THE LAST ONES. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU CAN WATCH ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH I FIND IT'S BENEFICIAL TO GO IN PERSON. 
          YOU GET TO MEET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE. 
          I HAVE FORMED A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE WORK ON IN HOUSING IS BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING. 
          UH, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH MERCY HOUSING ON UM, THE FOURTH AND ALAMITOS PROJECT AND IT'S ON, ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE. 
          SO IT WILL HAVE 83 UNITS FOR SENIORS. 
          IT'S GONNA BE ALL SENIORS AND UH, IT WILL OPEN NEXT SUMMER. 
          THAT'S A LONG TIME FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE THAT DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I GET. 
          WE HAVE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN OFFICE UP IN THE SECOND FLOOR BACK NEAR THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM. 
          AND, UH, PEOPLE COME EVERY DAY AND ASK ME ABOUT HOUSING. 
          THEY ALL NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          LANDLORDS KEEP INCREASING THE RENTS, MOST OF THEM ILLEGALLY, NEVER PROBLEMS. UH, WE WORK BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A BAD DRUG PROBLEM TO GET THE PLANTER REMOVED OUT IN FRONT OF A SENIOR CENTER. 
          PEOPLE WERE GATHERING THERE TO DO DRUG EXCHANGES AND I OPENLY SAW PEOPLE SMOKING DRUGS. 
          I HAD TO CLIMB OVER PEOPLE OPENLY SMOKING DRUGS, SITTING ON THE RAMP, HANDICAP RAMP. 
          AND UM, WE MANAGED TO GET THE PLANTER REMOVED, UH, THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND ERIC LOPEZ HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          HE'S ALSO ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT ALONG WITH BRETT AND DENNIS, THAT THAT'S A BIG LOSS TOO. 
          HE'S THE ONE I THINK THAT REALLY PUSHED TO GET THE PLANTER REMOVED AND NOW THEY'RE JUST MOVING THE LOOSE ROCKS AND SITTING THERE STILL DOING IT OR THEY'RE DOING IT IN THE, UM, PARKING LOT. 
          ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES OF THE COMMUNITY IS THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE CONDOS RIGHT BEHIND THE SENIOR CENTER AND 3 33, WHICH IS ON ORANGE STREET. 
          THE OWNER PASSES THAT OFF AS A REHAB BUILDING AND THEY TRY AND, UH, THE CONDO OWNERS TRIED TO DO, ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO GET IT DECLARED A NUISANCE PROPERTY. 
          WE DID THIS WITH A PROPERTY THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY BUILDING. 
          UH, AND UH, THERE ARE PROCESSES THAT OWNERS CAN LOSE THEIR PROPERTY IF IT'S DECLARED A NEW CENTER. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY AND DO THAT. 
          WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE THAT WHOLE THING BE ANNEXED TO WHATEVER THE SENIOR CENTER BECOMES AFTER WE HAVE THE NEW SENIOR CENTER. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE LOCAL ISSUES ARE COMING FROM. 
          AND THEN I HAVE UM, I PUT SOME RESOURCES. 
          UH, INDEPENDENCE IS HOME IS ONE OF THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH AND I DON'T RECOMMEND ANY ORGANIZATIONS UNLESS I PERSONALLY HAVE WORKED WITH THEM. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE NOT FRAUDULENT. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR MONEY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS GO ON. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH ALMOST EVERY, UM, NONPROFIT IN THE CITY AND UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS TRYING TO DO IS GET EVERYBODY TO ALIGN THEIR PLANS. 
          WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR AGING. 
          WE HAVE AN LA COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OLDER ADULTS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, DR. 
          LAURA TREJO RESIGNED LAST FRIDAY, WHICH WAS A BIG SHOCK. 
          SO, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY MAKING PROGRESS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PLAN, WHICH HAS NO REALLY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN IT. 
          IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT ISSUES AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE STILL MISSING FROM THIS PLAN. 
          WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. 
          AND THE QUESTION THAT THE COMMISSION CAN REALLY LEAD ON IS HOW ARE WE GONNA HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DEVELOPING THE THINGS THAT 
          [00:50:01]
ARE GONNA BE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN? THIS IS A HUGE JOB AND WHO'S GONNA DO IT? WE DO NOT HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF AGING. 
          OUR UH, SENIORS ARE KIND OF SPLIT BETWEEN PARKS AND RECS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THAT WORKS WELL FOR LIKE THE TRIPS THAT THE GREAT MENTAL HEALTH THING AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT. 
          AND ALSO SOCIALIZATION BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO GET TO MEET THE OTHER SENIORS FROM THE OTHER SENIOR CENTERS. 
          AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOOD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THERE TENDS TO BE TUNNEL VISION ON THE BUDGET. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          ALL GO TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS IN PERSON BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET TO TALK TO THE HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          YOU GET TO EXPLAIN WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS FOR SENIORS AND UH, WHAT DO WE NEED. 
          AND MONEY IS ONE BIG ISSUE. 
          THIS IS A SHORT BUDGET YEAR, SO EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE FIGHTING OVER THE FOR SCRAPS AND UH, WE DON'T WANNA FIGHT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          THE MAYOR'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND UM, IN MY, BEFORE I RETIRED I WORKED FOR TOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SO I UNDERSTOOD. 
          I WORKED IN YOUTH ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT YOUTH ISSUES ALSO. 
          BUT THE THING THAT IMPACTS THEM MOST IS WHEN THEY HEAR FROM CITIZENS ON THE BUDGET. 
          I HAVE HAD, UM, MONEY MOVE TO SENIOR ISSUES BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO TOM MOCA AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO DO. 
          I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR EVERY TIME. 
          SOMETIMES HE RUNS AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR IT , BUT HE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH UM, HIS UPSTREAM PLAN AND WE ALL NEED TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO AND HE IS ALIGNING. 
          AND CONNOR LOCK, WHO'S DIS HOUSING DESK? UM, DEPUTY MCC. 
          I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CONNOR, I LOVE HIM TO DEATH. 
          HE'S AMAZING. 
          UM, BETWEEN THAT AND CAL A THIS IS WHAT UM, THE STATE IS RELABELING MEDI-CAL AND MEDI-CAL IS NOW STARTING JANUARY 1ST, GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING SUPPORTS FOR UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE ON MEDI-CAL. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING SIX MONTHS OF RENTAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE INTO HOUSING. 
          THEY ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING COSTS TO COVER, UM, UTILITY SHUT ONS, TURNONS, AND UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING MORE RESOURCES AND LA CASA KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THIS. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE POTS OF MONEY. 
          THIS IS GOING TO SYSTEMICALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT DELIVERING SERVICES TO HOMELESS OLDER ADULTS. 
          JANINE SAYS SHE ALREADY PLACED THREE PEOPLE IN HOUSING 'CAUSE OF THE COW AIM. 
          SO IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW ALL THESE THINGS ARE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE DIFFERENCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNING 'CAUSE NONE OF THIS IS EASY. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING IN HOUSING FOR 35 YEARS. 
          UH, THIS IS THE MOST ACTIVITY I'VE EVER SEEN IN HOUSING. 
          UM, LINK HOUSING SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THEY GOT THE FUNDING FOR THE ARMORY BUILDING. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE, THAT'S ANOTHER 83 UNITS FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND I JUST KEEP PUSHING. 
          I TALK TO CHRISTOPHER KONZ EVERY CHANCE I SEE HIM. 
          UM, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO TO EVENTS AND TALK TO POLITICIANS AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU SEE THAT WE NEED. 
          AND YOU CAN ASK THE SENIORS, THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED. 
          SO THEY'RE VERY VOCAL. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN THEM SO THAT THEY SPEAK UP AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK AND WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE THAT AND HOPE I'M WANNA TALK. 
          SO, UM, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME. 
          AND UH, CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF RETIRED AMERICANS I GAVE YOU FOR SURE. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST SENIOR ADVOCACY GROUP IN UM, US THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN CALIFORNIA. 
          THEY HAVE ALMOST A MILLION MEMBERS. 
          IT'S MOSTLY UNION AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, RETIREES WE FOLLOW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH ALL THE LEGISLATION. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY A 5 0 1 C FOUR, SO WE USE THAT THEM FOR MOST OF OUR LOBBYING ISSUES. 
          WE ALSO USE JUSTICE AND AGING. 
          THESE ARE AMAZING GROUPS THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK. 
          SO, UM, WE WANT THE BEST QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND WE WANT LA COUNTY TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          SO, UM, I WAS ABLE TO MEET SUSAN TOMORROWS AT, UM, THE HEARING THAT I WENT TO AND UH, SHE SAYS SHE'S GONNA DO A HEARING IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE WE 
          [00:55:01]
HAVE THE LARGEST GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE STATE, SO WE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING WITH THAT. 
          SO THERE'S LOTS. 
          PICK A TOPIC. 
          TOPIC. 
          LAA IS ALSO GONNA TIE IN WITH CAL INC. 
          THIS IS THE MONEY THAT'S GONNA PAY FOR THE UPSTREAM BUDGET PROPOSALS FROM THE MAYOR. 
          AND THE MAYOR IS, HAS BEEN ELECTED FOR AN EXTENDED TERM. 
          HE'S CHAIRING THE UM, GROUP. 
          THIS IS A NEW AGENCY IN LA COUNTY. 
          IT'S FUNDED BY, UM, A HALF A SIN INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX. 
          THE WHOLE COUNTY VOTED FOR IT AND IT IS GOING TO, IT GOT $1 BILLION. 
          IT'S STARTING TO PAY OUT. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET $16 MILLION EVERY YEAR. 
          THERE'S NO END TO THIS. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE $16 MILLION AND A LOT OF THAT IS TO GO FOR OVER ADULTS. 
          SO, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT'S WHERE IT GOES. 
          YEAH, MONEY'S IT'S PUBLIC MEETINGS, MEETINGS ARE ONLINE. 
          THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING. 
          THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTEND. 
          UM, I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF FOUNDING IT. 
          UH, TOMMY NEWMAN WHO WAS A LAWYER FOR UNITED WAY LED THE EFFORT AND UH, REX IS IMPLEMENTING IT BEAUTIFULLY. 
          SO WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR MAYOR AND ALL THE WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT CITY OF EMPLOYEES ARE BAD OR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE BAD. 
          I ONLY KNOW WONDERFUL, HARDWORKING, DILIGENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE BETTER LIFE BETTER FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I'LL LIVE WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU KAREN. 
          DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAREN? UH, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE OFTEN FOUND OUT AND THANK YOU, I SEE YOU AT EVERYTHING, LITTLE BIT LOUDER, LA CASA AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW YET, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME BECAUSE YOU SAID WE HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE NUMBER FOR THE SENIORS. 
          WE THE LARGEST POPULATION OF SENIORS IN THE COUNTY, MAYBE EVEN THE STATE. 
          WHAT AGE IS SENIOR? IT'S 50, 55, 52, 62, 65, 70. 
          WHAT AGE ARE WE ACTUALLY CALLING SENIOR? AND THEN IF EVERYBODY HANGS THEIR HAT THERE, THEN I CAN SAY THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE REAL NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE. 
          AND THIS AS AN ASIDE, 65% OF THE SENIORS LOST THEIR HOMES IN ALTADENA. 
          YEAH. 
          65% OF THE POPULATION OF ALTADENA SENIORS LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE FIVE AND THERE WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO, UM, AND IT'S A BIG QUESTION WE KEEP TRYING TO ADDRESS AT THE COUNTY BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT AGE FOR EVERY PROGRAM AND WE WANT THEM ALIGNED. 
          THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET EVERYTHING ALIGNED. 
          SO WE FOR CONSISTENCY, THESE SYSTEMS ARE HUGE. 
          THEY'RE COMPLICATED AND UM, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT TO SENIOR LIVES. 
          SO, UM, AND THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT IS THE LEGISLATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT SUPPORTS OLDER ADULTS AND IT'S BEING SLASHED. 
          THE, UM, HELP THE WORKERS AT THE LUNCH PROGRAM ALL GOT LAID OFF. 
          SO TRUMP KILLED, HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS KILLING THAT PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S A SENIOR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS DOING A GOOD JOB AND JOB IN TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE WORKAROUNDS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          CALIFORNIA SPENDS WAY MORE SINCE WAY MORE MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAN WE GET BACK IN SERVICES. 
          I MEAN, I PERSONALLY AM FOR SUCCESSION. 
          WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, FUNDING FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY. 
          BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING GOOD FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          WHAT SAY AGE? THE AGE IS, UM, LA COUNTY DOES 62 BECAUSE THAT OF COURSE THAT KEEPS CHANGING. 
          SO, SO IT IS EARLY, THE RETIREMENT AGE AT 62 IS THE COUNTY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY USES FOR MOST EVERYTHING. 
          WHAT DO WE USE AT ALONE? IS THERE A DIFFERENT NUMBER? I GUESS IT'S DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING. 
          SOME PROGRAMS ARE 55, SOME ARE 62, SOME ARE 65. 
          AND NOW THE, UM, RETIREMENT AGE IS GOING UP TO 70. 
          AND TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION MINIMUM AGE IS 50. 
          YES. 
          SO, AND A A RP IS 50 55. 
          WELL, I THINK IT START SENDING OUT THEIR STUFF AT 50 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET A HOLD OF. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT? I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION REAL QUICK. 
          WHAT IS THE, YOU SAID GREAT PANTHERS HAVE MEMBERS. 
          IS THERE A MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE GREAT PANTHERS? YES. 
          UH, WE CHARGE $30 MEMBERSHIP FEE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE. 
          WE PREFER NOT TO TAKE ANY MONEY FROM CORPORATIONS. 
          WE WANT IT TO BE FUNDED BY THE PEOPLE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANYBODY. 
          WE DON'T ENDORSE CANDIDATES. 
          WE ARE A BIPARTISAN 
          [01:00:01]
ORGANIZATION. 
          WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE CAN. 
          WE DO A HOST CANDIDATE FORUMS, BUT WE DON'T ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATES. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR REPUTATION FOR A TRUE SOURCE MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT AMONGST THE STUFF WE DO. 
          SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET THE TRUTH. 
          AND WE ARE VERY EFFECTIVE. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT AN 85% SUCCESS RATE WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT WE SUPPORT. 
          AND WE DID TAKE, UM, TWO OF OUR INTERNS, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 INTERNS EACH SEMESTER. 
          WE DID TAKE TWO OF THEM UP TO SACRAMENTO AND THEY LOBBIED WITH CALIFORNIA HOUSING. 
          SO WE WANT TO DO MORE OF THAT AND WE WANT TO TAKE SOME SENIORS UP TO SACRAMENTO TO LOBBY FOR THEIR ISSUES. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON MOLINA TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO 30 BUCKS PER YEAR FOR MEMBERSHIP FOR GREG ANDREWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          AND WE DON'T, AND UH, IF ANYBODY NEEDS A SCHOLARSHIP, JUST WRITE SCHOLARSHIP ON THE FORM AND WE WILL SCHOLARSHIP YOU. 
          WE DON'T WANT MONEY TO BE A BARRIER. 
          AND WE FEED EVERYBODY WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 
          SO, AND THEN THE FOLLOW, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          THE LUNCH THAT'S PROVIDED, IS IT DAILY AND IS IT FREE? I'M SORRY, THE LUNCH? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S PAID WHAT YOU CAN'T. 
          I SEE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE SHADOW, THE SHALLOW, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? SHADOW SUBSIDY? SHALLOW SUBSIDY. 
          SHALLOW SUBSIDY. 
          IS THAT, DO YOU WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THAT? HOW DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT EXISTS? UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T YET . 
          OH, OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S BEEN PASSED. 
          IT'S AGREED TO. 
          REX HAS TO, HE'S PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. 
          HE HAS TO TAKE IT TO LACASA. 
          AND THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MEETING, LACASA MEETING TO WATCH JANICE BE THERE. 
          UM, BECAUSE AT THIS MEETING THEY'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE BUDGET FOR LA CASA AND WHAT'S GONNA BE DECIDED AS TO HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA NEED, WE ARE GONNA NEED CITIZENS TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON, UM, HOW THAT'S AGREED TO AND HOW IT IS SPENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOUR SITUATION WITH THE BEING KICKED OFF. 
          YES. 
          SO, DO SENIORS KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO GREAT PANTHERS OR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO GET ASSISTANCE IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS TODAY? WELL, WE WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT A LOT AND DEPENDING ON, YES. 
          AND WE GOT, WE GOT EIGHT INDIVIDUALS HOUSED LAST YEAR AS PERSONALLY AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN A LOT MORE. 
          UM, WHEN THE HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS SHUTTING DOWN THE HOTEL, JANINE SENT THEM TO ME. 
          THEY HAD 10, 10 SENIORS THAT NEEDED TO BE HOUSED AND WE MANAGED TO GET THEM ALL HOUSED. 
          BUT I DON'T COUNT THAT AS, I COUNT THAT AS THE, THAT'S GOOD. 
          SO LIKE, IF SOMEBODY GETS LIKE, THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR CHECK DOESN'T COME, HOW WOULD THEY EVEN KNOW TO GO TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO GET ASSISTANCE? THEY DON'T. 
          UM, THAT'S WHAT I GET LOTS OF CALLS. 
          WHAT SHOULD I DO? THE CITY HAS A HELPLINE. 
          UH, THEY CAN CALL THERE. 
          THE COUNTY HAS TWO ONE ONE, WHICH, UM, THAT'S THE NUMBER EVERYBODY SHOULD BE USING FOR RESOURCES AND REFERRALS. 
          THE COUNTY HAS A LOT MORE MONEY THAN THE CITY DOES. 
          UM, AND 2 1 1, I HAND OUT ALL THE FLYERS ALL THE TIME. 
          THAT'S WHY I DO LOTS OF FLYERING BECAUSE TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE SO THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL. 
          AND, UH, WE ADVOCATE. 
          QUIT PUTTING EVERYTHING ONLINE. 
          YES. 
          ONLINE IS IMPORTANT. 
          UH, THE STATE HAS A RESOURCE LINE. 
          THE COUNTY HAS THE RESOURCE LINE 2 1 1. 
          THE CITY HAS THE RESOURCE LINE. 
          THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT JUST HAVEN'T CALL 2 1 1. 
          THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO DO. 
          AND IT IS MANNED AND STAFFED 24 7 BY UNITED WAY. 
          UNITED WAY IS A LEAVE FOR THE COUNTY. 
          THE COUNTY DOESN'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE ANY SERVICES. 
          THEY CONTRACT WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THE SERVICES. 
          AND I WAS JUST AT UNITED WAY YESTERDAY. 
          THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING. 
          UM, NEXT WEEK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, I CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION. 
          UM, WE PARTNER ALL OVER THE COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER ? UM, SO IF SOMEONE IS, UM, GETS A NOTICE LIKE YOU GUYS MM-HMM . 
          AND THEY'RE 50 AND DISABLED, WHERE SHOULD I SEND THEM TO THE DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER? OKAY. 
          OR TWO MORE THAN ONE OR ONE . 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I'M GLAD TO HEAR LIKE, CONCRETE LIKE THAT BECAUSE, 
          [01:05:02]
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO DOES WHAT AND TO BE ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE. 
          AND I'VE HAD TO LEARN. 
          AND THAT'S WITH THE COUNTY. 
          OH MY GOSH, THE COUNTY HAS SO MANY RESOURCES, BUT THEY'RE IN THE COMPANY, THEY'RE MOSTLY IN LA SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HEART OF IDA. 
          I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HEART OF IDA CAN DO. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE AN RFP TO DISTRIBUTE, UH, SHALLOW SUBSIDIES. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AS, UM, AN ACTIVITY. 
          UM, WE TRY TO FILL IN THE GAPS. 
          LIKE WE GIVE, WE DO WORN COATS FOR THE SENIORS. 
          WE DO GROCERY GIFT CARDS. 
          WE WORK WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS, UM, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A REORGANIZATION. 
          SO IT'S A TIME OF GREAT CHANGE. 
          SO IT'S TIME ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND I MEANT TO ASK, OF YOUR MEETINGS GRADE 10TH OR MEETINGS, ARE THEY IN PERSON OR ARE THEY, UM, THEY'RE IN PERSON. 
          WE ALSO DO AN ONLINE OPTION. 
          YES, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO COME IN PERSON. 
          AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING, UM, A LINK. 
          UM, I'LL LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND? GO AHEAD. 
          UM, A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH HAD OR WAS TRYING TO HELP A SENIOR GET BACK IN TO SOME SERVICES ONLINE. 
          AND HE HAD THE IDEA OF, OF A COMPUTER BANK OR VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD, YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO KNEW HOW TO NAVIGATE CERTAIN COMPUTER SYSTEMS. MAYBE. 
          DO YOU HAVE A, A WAY THAT VOLUNTEERS COULD HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH SOME OF THE ROADBLOCKS OR SOME OF THE, UM, INTAKES RE REAPPLY FOR THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN CUT OFF OF? WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF NOT HAVING DEPARTMENT OF AGING IS HOW IS, I AM WHAT'S CALLED LIKE A CITIZEN CONNECTOR. 
          I'M NOT IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND THERE'S DIFFERENT STATUSES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP CAN DO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YES, UM, I SEND EVERYBODY TO GRANT TO, UM, BENEFITS DOT GIVE BECAUSE THAT'S, WE WANT USE ESTABLISHED SYSTEMS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ADD NEW STUFF ALL THE TIME. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          AND THERE'S, YOU TAKE A BRIEF QUIZ, ASK LIKE SIX QUESTIONS, AND THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE LIKELY ELIGIBLE FOR. 
          UM, LIKE THE BUILDING, WHEN WE WENT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING THERE, THERE'S A PERSON HERE THAT, UM, SHE'S RETIRED FROM THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE COULD, UM, QUALIFY TO BE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE TALKED TO THE HOUSING, UM, BUILDERS AND SHE QUALIFIES 'CAUSE SHE HAS A HEALTHY RETIREMENT. 
          AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT THE, THE SERVICES DON'T EXIST, IT'S THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY QUALIFY. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          UM, THERE'S A NEW BUILDING THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT ON, UH, WILLOW, NOT WILLOW, PCH IN, UH, THE RIG IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WRIGLEY, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE POSSIBLY SENIOR HOUSING. 
          DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? THAT'S BEEN A LONG STRUGGLE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU GOT A CAR WASH. 
          HE'S DAD, , COMMISSIONER GIBBON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE SOMETHING THAT TIES INTO WHAT KAREN HAS BEEN SAYING, AND THAT IS, WE'VE ALL GOT THIS IN THE MAIL, RIGHT? WE ALL GET THIS IN THE MAIL. 
          IT'S THE RECREATION, UH, CONNECTION FROM THE PARKS. 
          AND THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES. 
          THIS GOES TO THE TECHNOLOGY THING. 
          I AM SURE THIS GOT MAILED TO THOUSANDS OF SENIORS EVERYWHERE. 
          NOW, ALL OF THESE ARE FEED CLASSES. 
          THIS PAGE IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR FREE CLASSES, ONE PAGE AND IT SAYS OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS, 50 PLUS. 
          AND ALL IT DOES IS GIVE YOU A LIST OF SENIOR CENTERS. 
          ARE YOU TELLING ME THE PARK CAN'T PUT A LIST OF WHAT'S FREE AT EACH CENTER? THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE KNOW I CAN GO THERE EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $45 TO GO TO A ARMCHAIR YOGA CLASS. 
          I COULD GO OVER TO HOWTON PARK. 
          MAYBE THEY HAVE ONE. 
          WELL, WHY ISN'T THAT LISTED IN THERE? LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS WILLING TO DO SOMETHING, UH, TO CONNECT. 
          THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THERE. 
          THE RESOURCES ARE THERE. 
          IT'S THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE NOT THERE. 
          THIS IS A PRINTED PAGE. 
          ALL I, I FEEL LIKE EVERY SINGLE CLASS, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF CLASSES IN THIS BUILDING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THEY ARE ISOLATED AND THEY DON'T, THEIR ONLY CONNECTION TO THE PARK IS THIS MAGAZINE 
          [01:10:01]
THAT COMES COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. 
          SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER THIS. 
          WHY AREN'T THESE CLASSES LISTED THAT YOU COULD COME AND SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO KNIT. 
          MAYBE I COULD GO OVER ON FOURTH STREET ON, I FORGOT WHAT DAY IT IS AND GO TO THE KNITTING CLUB. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE AT HOME BY YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVEN AVAILABLE AND YOU DON'T GO ONLINE, THIS IS ALL YOU GET. 
          SO I REALLY THINK THAT THAT KIND OF MINDSET THAT'S IN THE CITY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO THAT, AND I WAS DOUBLING BACK ACTUALLY. 
          I HAD BOUGHT A VISITOR THAT WAS GONNA COME TODAY THAT, UM, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE HAS OFFERED SEVERAL FREE CLASSES. 
          NUMBER ONE IN TECHNOLOGY KEYBOARDING AND AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. 
          BUT WHAT THEY OFFERED IS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE THE CLASS, TOOK THE CLASS THIS SUMMER JUST TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE AND SEE HOW SEAMLESS IT WOULD BE. 
          WE GOT FREE MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THEY GAVE CLOTHING EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THEY GAVE FREE BUS PASSES THROUGH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THROUGH ALL THE OTHER TRANSIT SYSTEMS EVERY SINGLE DAY, FREE TO ANYBODY. 
          BUT THEY HAVE SPECIALLY TARGETED FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          BUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS FIND OUT A NEED, LIKE A SURVEY. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOU? AND ALL OF THE CLASSES ARE FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE. 
          I CAN'T EXPRESS IT ANY LONGER. 
          AND ALL THEY'LL GIVE LAPTOPS AWAY WHEN YOU TAKE THE CLASSES. 
          SO I WANTED TO SAY THEY WERE COMING TODAY, BUT THEY HAD ANOTHER EVENT. 
          BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR UPSIDE BECAUSE I SAW EVERYTHING THEY HAD IS OLD LEE WITH LONG BEACH STATE AND ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON THEIR FUNDING AND THEY HAVE THREE TIMES AS MUCH MONEY FOR THE OLDER SENIOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 
          AND SO I WANTED ALL OF US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH ANYONE. 
          AND I, I DID IT MYSELF JUST TO SEE HOW SEAMLESS IT WAS AND WHAT THEY OFFER. 
          IT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. 
          AND I'M TALKING ABOUT REAL MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE HAD CLASS. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THERE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T IN THERE, BUT I EVEN TALKED TO DR. MUNOZ, THE PRESIDENT, TO SAY, WHY AREN'T YOU PARTNERING WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY? AND WE JUST DID THAT AT OUR, UM, ORIENTATION. 
          SO THAT'S JUST UP AND COMING. 
          BUT LIKE, UM, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP SATURDAY FOR THE TECH CLASS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OFFERED. 
          AND, UM, THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GIVING THE, THEY WERE NOT MY STUDENTS, UM, THE TECH CLASS AND, UM, STUDENTS DIDN'T SHOW UP. 
          SO, UM, IT'S LIKE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. 
          WE CAN CREATE CONNECTIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE LOTS OF BENEFICIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS. 
          WELL THANK YOU KAREN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM KAREN RESIDE? SECOND. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU, KAREN. 
          UM, NOW THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME VERY MUCH. 
          GREAT. 
          IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC CAN ADDRESS THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING ON NON AGENDA ITEM. 
          EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. 
          SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT'S TIME FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          I WILL GO DOWN THE LINE, UM, WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS. 
          NORMA, DID YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? UH, JUST, UM, THAT THERE'S REALLY GOOD, UM, DATA IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR PLAN HERE. 
          THAT IS PARTLY THE KIND OF DATA THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN I MADE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          SO, AND ALSO KAREN HAS LINKED ME UP TO WHERE YOU CAN DO THE INTERACTIVE DATA. 
          SO ON OUR NEXT AGENDA I'LL PUT A FORMAL AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, BE SURE AND LOOK AT THE DATA AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR PLAN. 
          IT'S REALLY, THANK YOU. 
          NORMA. 
          NO, UH, COMMISSIONER GIBBONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY? NOTHING. 
          NO, UH, I GUESS I WILL, I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TOO LATE. 
          THE LONG BEACH HERITAGE, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS, UM, OFFERED THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 
          IF, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING AGAIN, UH, WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO A BROADER SPECTRUM AND NOT JUST, UH, A GROUP OF OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR. 
          AND THIS YEAR THE THEME IS ENC ENCHANTED TOY LAND. 
          SO THE DECORATIONS WILL BE DIFFERENT. 
          UM, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, ONE YOU WANNA DO, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET IT ON THEIR, UM, CALENDAR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I GUESS, OR REMINDER THAT IRENE SENT US OUT, UH, BUDGET MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. 
          AND IT ALSO ONLINE. 
          WE CAN MAKE COMMENTS IF WE'RE UNABLE TO GO TO THE MEETINGS. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO PARTICIPATE THAT WAY. 
          COMMISSIONER SCHMITT, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, I HAVE, UH, 
          [01:15:01]
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY THREE. 
          WE WORKED, UH, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON A SENIOR SAFE HOUSE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH THE CITY, UM, AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR A PLACE, SO IT WENT TO THE COUNTY. 
          AND RIGHT NOW IT'S WITH THE COUNTY. 
          AND I'VE MADE A FEW CALLS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS WITH THE COUNTY, BUT I WANTED, IF, IF, UM, I'VE CALLED NICK HOLDEN AND HE'S KIND OF THE ONLY CONTACT I HAVE. 
          BUT IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME FIND OUT WHAT'S COOKING WITH THAT SENIOR SAFE HOUSE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON, IT'S UNDER DISCUSSION WHAT THE INTENT IS TO DO IT AT ALL LEVELS. 
          SO KEEP ME POSTED IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO OR THIS COMMISSION CAN DO TO PUSH THAT ALONG. 
          THE OTHER THING IS WE KNOW THAT WE'VE COMMITTED 23 MILLION TO A NEW SENIOR CENTER, AND WE'VE ASKED REPEATEDLY AS A COMMISSION TO HELP THEM OR WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. 
          THEY'VE HAD FOUR OPEN MEETINGS LAST YEAR, BUT NONE THAT I'VE SEEN PUBLICIZED THIS YEAR. 
          SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GETTING SOME INPUT ON THAT PART, PARTICULAR BUILDING. 
          AND UH, THE THIRD THING IS I'D, I'D LIKE MAYBE THE AD HOC COM TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THE, THE MISSION STATEMENT TO MAYBE JAZZ IT UP. 
          SO MAYBE WE COULD DO MORE WITH IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          JUST THE THOUGHT. 
          PUT THAT ON THE, PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA, PLEASE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THOSE ARE MY, UH, THANK YOU. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? NOTHING. 
          AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND? I'M NOT PREPARED. 
          NOT. 
          I'M, I'M NEW, NEW, NEW, SO, OKAY, NO WORRIES. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          NOT, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT REQUIRED. 
          JUST AN OPTION FOR YOU. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO CAN I DO ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT? YES, OF COURSE. 
          UM, LABOR DAY. 
          UM, THERE IS LARGEST LABOR DAY PICNIC IN THE UNITED STATES AT BANNING PARK FROM NINE TO THREE. 
          AND IT'S, UH, SPONSORED BY ALL THE UNIONS IN LA COUNTY. 
          THE GREAT PANTHERS ARE GONNA HAVE A BOOTH THERE. 
          ALL THE POLITICIANS SHOW UP, THEY HAVE BARBECUE, HOT DOGS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          YOU NEED TO COME, IF NOTHING ELSE. 
          IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS. 
          WHERE IS, WHERE IS BANNING PARK? IT'S ON ANAHEIM. 
          UH, UM, JUST OVER THE BRIDGE PAST THE MSC. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR ADJOURNMENT. 
          UNLESS ANYONE HAS OBJECTIONS. 
          WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 1120 SEVENTH ON AUGUST 13TH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          YAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU READY? DID YOU SIGN YOUR LITTLE BOX? 'CAUSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO SIGN MINE.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.